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I have been using auto-brightness, but I feel that it is usually brighter than necessary. I'm trying to get better battery life ( get a day just fine as is using the phone quite a bit) but I'm going to experiment with manual brightness to see how much life I can save. What do you use? How has it affected your battery life?
I use auto brightness too, but have been thinking about using manual brightness with the screen always #1 in my battery history (consistently 60-70% battery use).
It seems like the only people able to get the screen out of the number one slot for battery history are those setting screen brightness manually. Can anyone confirm this?
I use auto brightness and it seems to do fine. I will agree with you that it does seem a bit bright in some situations though. I can get a day's worth of battery out of it with auto brightness, and wifi on (never sleep policy).
I need to do a bit more testing without wifi, but I don't see why it wouldn't be that much different (I could be wrong though)
It sucks that auto-brightness can't be adjusted at all. On the iphone you could "weight" auto-brightness to lower or higher settings. It worked great because you could still use auto brightness, but keep the screen a little dimmer to save power.
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I... and wifi on (never sleep policy) ...
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Sorry for this off-topic question - does it mean you got your Captivate without a data plan?
rexian said:
Sorry for this off-topic question - does it mean you got your Captivate without a data plan?
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He's referring to whether or not your Wifi chip will go into sleep mode when the screen is off. By default your wifi will go into sleep mode when the screen is off.
To change the setting navigate to settings -> wireless and network -> wi-fi settings -> tap the menu button and select advanced which has an option for wi-fi sleep policy that had been defaulted to sleep "when screen turns off". There you have the option to change it to "never" or "never when plugged in".
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He's referring to whether or not your Wifi chip will go into sleep mode when the screen is off. By default your wifi will go into sleep mode when the screen is off.
To change the setting navigate to settings -> wireless and network -> wi-fi settings -> tap the menu button and select advanced which has an option for wi-fi sleep policy that had been defaulted to sleep "when screen turns off". There you have the option to change it to "never" or "never when plugged in".
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What is the advantage to keeping wifi on?
Some people only have the 200MB data plan like me.
I also use google voice for my text messages because it is free. Has worked like a charm!
I used autobrightness for a few days, but then I found out that you can adjust the brightness just by sliding along the notification bar. I never went back.
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What is the advantage to keeping wifi on?
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Wi-fi uses less battery power, and is faster than 3G in most cases.
I use Manual brightness and i Have the power widget loaded which gives you a 3 position brightness toggle - low medium high, just in case i want to change.
alphadog00 said:
I use Manual brightness and i Have the power widget loaded which gives you a 3 position brightness toggle - low medium high, just in case i want to change.
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Try sliding your finger horizontally over the top bar. Samsung made it so that it acts as a brightness slider.
Yep I use the notification bar swipe method. Works great.
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I used autobrightness for a few days, but then I found out that you can adjust the brightness just by sliding along the notification bar. I never went back.
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That's brilliant (pun intended)! Thank you for letting me know about that. I was using auto, but I'm going to try this now.
So if your using manual do you use the power saving option? I feel this is the same as auto bright ness.
I use Tasker for automating a lot of redundant tasks on my phone. I figured I would post a couple I'm using with hope that others will share with me some stuff they use it for.
action: Docked.
Tasks done when docked: Bluetooth on, wifi off, gps on, auto brightness set off [if time < 1800, Display Brightness set to 255 if time < 1800, pandora set on.
exit tasks: Bluetooth off, auto brightness on if TIME < 1800, pandora set off, gps off.
Action open Application Maps/Nav or any gps app.
Tasks done: GPS on
exit tasks done: GPS off.
action: phone face down
Tasks done: airplane mode on if time < 2200, all sounds off except for alarm
exit tasks: airplane mode off, all sounds revert to previous settings.
these 3 i use, if you have any others let me know. If you need help with the program let me know too.
here is where you can grab tasker.
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
Sounds something that I would definitly use. I beleive its a paid app, but still worth it. I'll look into it. Does it have settings for wifi e.g.- 1 touch WIFI on, because i'm using the stock wifi on/of toggle but I then have to go into wifi settings and actually see my phone connecting to my network in order for i to work and turn on.... ??????
Yeah there are settings for connecting to wifi. Mine does it automatically when I get home based on the gps. Works most of the time, had to turn it on manually a couple times because the gps wasn't on.
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Action open Application Maps/Nav or any gps app.
Tasks done: GPS on
exit tasks done: GPS off.
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How do you set up an OR for the app launch context? I'm trying to get it to turn on GPS when I open Maps, Foursquare, Yelp, or Places, but it doesn't let me multi-select apps and if I add a context, Application isn't there.
Make it separate tasks.
make 1 for each app.
Foursquare - turn on gps. Turn off gps when exit.
Ect.
also, I guess there is a wiki with a bunch of samples I guess. I'm out at a remote beach on northern oahu right now, but if someone doesn't post it before me I'll post the link when I get home.
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Make it separate tasks.
make 1 for each app.
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Yeah, that's what I've been doing. It'd just be nice if you could have conditionals in the context. IF Yelp OR Foursquare OR Maps OR Places then ...
Post over there and make a feature request, they should put that in I agree .
Just bought Tasker and so far I like it. Can't seem to figure out how to do the following task though.
I need to set to static IP when on a certain wifi connection. I already have the IP set and the only thing that will need to be done is to toggle the static IP checkbox in the advanced setting of wifi. I know how to specify the wifi network but how can I make it toggle that checkbox/setting?
Thanks for any info.
i made a simple widget to toggle the screen brightness to two preset brightens for inside and direct sunlight.
i could not find an app that let me choose the brightness, they either made it full dark/bright.
i can't work out however to toggle a different widget icon to indicate on/off...
i've tried set icon but with no luck
its not really needed but would be good to have/know for future apps
also, can anyone explain how the HTTP (get info from net) works?
i want to try a few things but not really sure how it works
This app is the best app on the market... hands down. #Win
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Yeah there are settings for connecting to wifi. Mine does it automatically when I get home based on the gps. Works most of the time, had to turn it on manually a couple times because the gps wasn't on.
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You should use "wifi near" as a condition instead of "gps". That way it just toggles you wifi on and off periodically and if it is near... it will connect.
Gps is so demanding on the battery... and not always accurate... as you see
I set mine up so whenever I plug in my headphones my music app opens
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I set mine up so whenever I plug in my headphones my music app opens
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I set my heaphones the same.. but at the same time, it cuts my media volume up (in case it was down) and when I unplug them... it returns my media volume back to it's previous value
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I set my heaphones the same.. but at the same time, it cuts my media volume up (in case it was down) and when I unplug them... it returns my media volume back to it's previous value
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I do the same except my volume goes down when I plug them in so I don't have music blaring in my ears.
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I also have a profile that texts my gf a random message at a random time that is between 7:30 am and 7:40 am (so she don't think it's automated lol) every morning. I got that idea from LexusBrian
Again.. great app!
Here was I have got going on with tasker.
Car dock: gps on, bluetooth on, display always on, notification volume off. On exit they all do the opposite.
When home: wifi on. Exit wifi goes off.
At work: phone goes to vibrate for everything.
10pm to 545am: phone goes quiet.
I second it a best app ever. Wifi, gps, and bluetooth are never on when I don't need em. Come on you can't beat that. What a battery saver.
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Tasker is an incredibly handy utility.
Here's the profiles I use:
GPSonForLocationApps - I think this one has already been covered by this thread.
WifiOnAtHome - I use the wifi near option... although I think it's causing issues with my 3G signal... it will occasionally turn on wifi to check if I'm at home which seems to turn off 3G. Still playing with this one.
LowVolumeDuringWorkHours - sets various volumes appropriately so I can still hear stuff but doesn't annoy folks working near by. I turn this on/off based on day of week and time of day. Upon exiting this profile it returns my volumes back to normal.
NoficationsOffAtNight - I turn off notifications at night and if my phone is plugged into AC.
SilentForMeetings - if I have a calendar entry where I'm marked as busy it turns my phone to silent mode.
Openwatch?
Hello
I am new to Tasker, and I'm starting to understand exactly how much you can do. Uses open watch a lot and have done a lot of settings to make my clock better. But I wonder if I can get messages from one app to my watch. The app is an ice hockey results service. And each time it becomes a goal, I get it as income message in the status bar. But can I get the message in the clock at the same time? Right now I just get a message in the watch which I've written, but would like it says in the status bar so you do not I pick up the phone to look at the result. Is there perhaps a few codes to enter, instead of my message is? Hope you understand me?
I have mine set to enable WiFi when I connect to a certain cell tower. Keeps the drain on my batter to nothing more than it was already at, and GPS is only enabled for about 5 minutes to and from the house. I'm sure the drain for that combined 10 minutes is much less than periodically checking the GPS or if a network is near.
I am turning off gps when I get to my home cell tower and turning on my wifi at the same time.
For my multimedia apps like pandora, I have my screen stay on when plugged to a power source.
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In the wifi sleep policy, it is possible to set wifi to sleep after screen off. However wifi does not sleep immediately but 15 minutes after screen off. I would like wifi to sleep earlier, say 5 minutes after screen off.
I searched around and found an app capable of doing this. But it is for samsung phones and doesn't work for defy. Does anyone know if and how it can be set manually?
Juicedefender. That is the exact app to use.
I tried Juice Defender. There are options to disable wifi based on connection existence, preset time, data flow etc, but there is no option to set the how long after screen off wifi would sleep.
Here you go, this should do what you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774507
Good luck
Hmm I actually set my wifi to never turn off automatically. For instance yesterday I made a phonecall with Skype. My mobile connection is too slow for that so I switched the wifi on. During the phonecall I had the screen turned off but of course the wifi needed to stay on.
I have a widgetsoid widget on my homescreen to enable/disable the wifi. Don't like it when things go automatic and it's just as easy when you need wifi only once in a while.
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Hmm I actually set my wifi to never turn off automatically. For instance yesterday I made a phonecall with Skype. My mobile connection is too slow for that so I switched the wifi on. During the phonecall I had the screen turned off but of course the wifi needed to stay on.
I have a widgetsoid widget on my homescreen to enable/disable the wifi. Don't like it when things go automatic and it's just as easy when you need wifi only once in a while.
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Since i changed my ROM, my wifi actually goes to sleep after 15 minutes and I don't want it to turn off.
How do you set your wifi to never turn off automatically?
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Here you go, this should do what you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774507
Good luck
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Thanks! Unfortunately moto doesn't have the settings.db file. I tried putting the mentioned key "wifi_idle_ms" in several other files but no effect.
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Stupid me. I find the location of settings.db and it works perfectly now
For information, the location of defy's settings.db is:
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
woonaval said:
Since i changed my ROM, my wifi actually goes to sleep after 15 minutes and I don't want it to turn off.
How do you set your wifi to never turn off automatically?
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In the wifi settings screen, press the menu button to get the advanced options.
ABC_Universal said:
In the wifi settings screen, press the menu button to get the advanced options.
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wow that was easy, thanks!
woonaval said:
wow that was easy, thanks!
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Indeed!
Thanks guys; I can now listen to TuneIn radio as long as I want (or my battery allows me to).
If you intend to save battery, maybe you should consider leave "wireless policy" to "never sleep".
It might sound senseless but there are a lot of people reporting substantial battery savings with this, including me, i noticed at least +20 hours in battery life only with this little thing. Charts drawn with Battery Monitor showed the same consumption, Wireless OFF. vs Wireless policy to never sleep. And the most expensive was policy of sleep when screen turned off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022390
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If you intend to save battery, maybe you should consider leave "wireless policy" to "never sleep".
It might sound senseless but there are a lot of people reporting substantial battery savings with this, including me, i noticed at least +20 hours in battery life only with this little thing. Charts drawn with Battery Monitor showed the same consumption, Wireless OFF. vs Wireless policy to never sleep. And the most expensive was policy of sleep when screen turned off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022390
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That's probably the case for 3g. But I'm using 2g and find 2g uses less battery than wifi in standby mode (with some background data sync).
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Here you go, this should do what you want: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774507
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Thanks, naenee, for the link. In case anyone is interested, I just made a simplified adaptation of RyanZA's guide, specifically for the DEFY: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22639770
Hi, i've recently been trying out the mango OS on my LG E900, seems great so far but I've got a couple of queries.
First of all the status bar at the top, showing phone signal, 3g, battery life etc, how do I get that to stay at the top all the time?
Bing maps/turn by turn nav. Why do I have to constantly tap the screen to wake it? Also when it needs to re-calculate the route I have to tap the screen. Isn't there an auto setting? Seems bizarre that I have to take my eye off the road to wake the nav up.
In settings > application > 'phone' it shows my old phone number before my new one was ported across. Can I edit this in the registry? There is no edit option that I can see.
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First of all the status bar at the top, showing phone signal, 3g, battery life etc, how do I get that to stay at the top all the time?
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I believe the answer to that is, you can't
Bing maps/turn by turn nav. Why do I have to constantly tap the screen to wake it? Also when it needs to re-calculate the route I have to tap the screen. Isn't there an auto setting? Seems bizarre that I have to take my eye off the road to wake the nav up.
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I think this is a known limitation at the moment.
In settings > application > 'phone' it shows my old phone number before my new one was ported across. Can I edit this in the registry? There is no edit option that I can see.
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I believe this is to do with your SIM card. The phone is simply displaying the number being presented to it by your SIM. I may be wrong there though.
Casey
Sandwiches said:
First of all the status bar at the top, showing phone signal, 3g, battery life etc, how do I get that to stay at the top all the time?
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You cannot. Windows Phone 7 was designed to only display that information when necessary.
Sandwiches said:
Bing maps/turn by turn nav. Why do I have to constantly tap the screen to wake it? Also when it needs to re-calculate the route I have to tap the screen. Isn't there an auto setting? Seems bizarre that I have to take my eye off the road to wake the nav up.
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Odd, if I am using navigation the screen will stay on for me and won't turn off. I think this is a bug that should be fixed because I've seen other people state this is happening to them too.
As for the phone auto-recalculating, there is no auto setting, and it's not a 'known limitation' but rather, by design. Hopefully they add an auto-recalculate option someday.
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In settings > application > 'phone' it shows my old phone number before my new one was ported across. Can I edit this in the registry? There is no edit option that I can see.
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Your phone should automatically update your phone number after some time. While your new number takes effect immediately on your carrier's network, it can sometimes take time for your phone to reflect the change.
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Bing maps/turn by turn nav. Why do I have to constantly tap the screen to wake it? Also when it needs to re-calculate the route I have to tap the screen. Isn't there an auto setting? Seems bizarre that I have to take my eye off the road to wake the nav up.
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This "tap the screen" exercise has - as far as I know - legal reasons. Microsoft only got the right to use the Navteq map under the condition that they would not provide a fully automated turn by turn app. MS' work around is that they do offer turn by turn navigation, but since you have to tap the screen to make it advance to the next turn, it is not "fully automated".
Since Navteq is fully owned by Nokia and since Nokia and MS have partnered, one can hope that this stupid restriction will go away eventually.
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First of all the status bar at the top, showing phone signal, 3g, battery life etc, how do I get that to stay at the top all the time?
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You can't, sorry
Sandwiches said:
Bing maps/turn by turn nav. Why do I have to constantly tap the screen to wake it? Also when it needs to re-calculate the route I have to tap the screen. Isn't there an auto setting? Seems bizarre that I have to take my eye off the road to wake the nav up..
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It's very stupid limitation
Andy.WP7 said:
This "tap the screen" exercise has - as far as I know - legal reasons. Microsoft only got the right to use the Navteq map under the condition that they would not provide a fully automated turn by turn app. MS' work around is that they do offer turn by turn navigation, but since you have to tap the screen to make it advance to the next turn, it is not "fully automated".
Since Navteq is fully owned by Nokia and since Nokia and MS have partnered, one can hope that this stupid restriction will go away eventually.
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Yep the turn by turn navi limitation is known and isn't OS limited. Its actually a licensing limitation. Some searching will bring up deeper legal reasons as stated above. And just get the Turn by Turn Navigation app. Its well sweet (and worth the $4.99) even in trial mode.
Here's a tip to save battery while still preserving the most important functions of your S22.
Enable "Developer Options" and turn on the "Sensors Off" quick set toggle in the "Quick Set Developers Tiles" area.
This will give you a new "Sensors Off" quick toggle to enable or disable all the Sensors on the phone, including the camera and mic. I've found this saves quite a bit of battery while not affecting most everyday uses. Additionally, overnight, my S22 only used about 3% of battery in 6 hours of idle time.
The rest of your phone will continue to function like normal including the mobile network and Wi-Fi. This also comes in handy if you want a more private experience. To turn the sensors back on all it takes is a tap of the Sensors Off button in the notification shade.
Thanks will give it a go. Right now I'm losing about 6 to 7% overnight
Stuart R said:
Here's a tip to save battery while still preserving the most important functions of your S22.
Enable "Developer Options" and turn on the "Sensors Off" quick set toggle in the "Quick Set Developers Tiles" area.
This will give you a new "Sensors Off" quick toggle to enable or disable all the Sensors on the phone, including the camera and mic. I've found this saves quite a bit of battery while not affecting most everyday uses. Additionally, overnight, my S22 only used about 3% of battery in 6 hours of idle time.
The rest of your phone will continue to function like normal including the mobile network and Wi-Fi. This also comes in handy if you want a more private experience. To turn the sensors back on all it takes is a tap of the Sensors Off button in the notification shade.
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So one needs to turn it back on whenever they want to make a call or use the camera and leave it off all the other times?
Just realized lift to wake doesn't work if you have sensors off.
Disabling the sensors I've noticed that turn on the screen by pushing the power button is slower. Can you please confirm this?
Any way to set this on automatically when you go to sleep and off again when you wake up via Bixby Routines?
butchieboy said:
Thanks will give it a go. Right now I'm losing about 6 to 7% overnight
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that's not bad at all. its usually like 9-10% for me on my S10 5G. My ultra is coming in April unfortunately
Just in case you are not aware, this Sensors Off quick settings developer tile is not unique to Samsung. It’s most likely available on all Android 11 & 12 devices. I have it available as an option in LOS 18.1
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Any way to set this on automatically when you go to sleep and off again when you wake up via Bixby Routines?
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I don't know if Bixby supports Developer Options. Might have better luck using a custom task in Tasker.
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Just realized lift to wake doesn't work if you have sensors off.
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Ah ... Yeah, lots of little convenience items will be affected in day to day use but I'm leaving the Sensors Off until I need them. YMMV.
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So one needs to turn it back on whenever they want to take make a call or use the camera and leave it off all the other times?
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That's pretty much the story as I understand it.
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Ah ... Yeah, lots of little convenience items will be affected in day to day use but I'm leaving the Sensors Off until I need them. YMMV.
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Yeah still useful. I will just turn them off when it's time for bed. Thanks again.
Stuart R said:
Here's a tip to save battery while still preserving the most important functions of your S22.
Enable "Developer Options" and turn on the "Sensors Off" quick set toggle in the "Quick Set Developers Tiles" area.
This will give you a new "Sensors Off" quick toggle to enable or disable all the Sensors on the phone, including the camera and mic. I've found this saves quite a bit of battery while not affecting most everyday uses. Additionally, overnight, my S22 only used about 3% of battery in 6 hours of idle time.
The rest of your phone will continue to function like normal including the mobile network and Wi-Fi. This also comes in handy if you want a more private experience. To turn the sensors back on all it takes is a tap of the Sensors Off button in the notification shade.
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I tried this today, and even with sensors off I was able to talk over whatsapp call.
Am I missing something?
Stuart R said:
Here's a tip to save battery while still preserving the most important functions of your S22.
Enable "Developer Options" and turn on the "Sensors Off" quick set toggle in the "Quick Set Developers Tiles" area.
This will give you a new "Sensors Off" quick toggle to enable or disable all the Sensors on the phone, including the camera and mic. I've found this saves quite a bit of battery while not affecting most everyday uses. Additionally, overnight, my S22 only used about 3% of battery in 6 hours of idle time.
The rest of your phone will continue to function like normal including the mobile network and Wi-Fi. This also comes in handy if you want a more private experience. To turn the sensors back on all it takes is a tap of the Sensors Off button in the notification shade.
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So the cameraservice wakelock is also on the s22 ultra? Omg
chillsen said:
that's not bad at all. its usually like 9-10% for me on my S10 5G. My ultra is coming in April unfortunately
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Same here. Most fun is my Huawei Mate 20x (my work phone) is using between 0-1% over night, around 7-8 hours
I checked last night, and my S22 Ultra used 3-4% battery in 6-7hrs overnight. That's without turning off sensors, and with all the battery 'optimisations' disabled. I use AOD, but have it on a timer so it's not running overnight.
I don't know why others are getting such poor battery life, it's very odd.
I'm losing around 1% per hour overnight, AOD off and with mobile data
Thanks for the tip
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Thanks will give it a go. Right now I'm losing about 6 to 7% overnight
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Did it help? How much are you losing overnight now with the setting on?
dj24 said:
Did it help? How much are you losing overnight now with the setting on?
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It was about the same for me about 6% overnight.