Just noticed in 'Settings > About Phone> Battery Use' that 'Maps' has used 52% of the battery. I didnt start the app up.. Excuse my android noobishness but how do I stop it from starting?
And is there an easy way to gracefully terminate the process?
Or is it a cumulative count (ignoring reboots)?
settings > aplications > running services
It should be in there somewhere. Just select it and press stop. Also make sure GPS is off.
Beware: These are my settings and have worked for me and a few other family/friends who own HTC One X's. What may work for one person may not work for everyone. Because different people use their phone differently throughout the day. But with these tips and settings each person was able to maximize the use and efficiency of the battery (including me).
ON AVERAGE I GET : 3-4 HOURS SCREEN TIME, ON ALL DAY MODERATE TO HEAVY USAGE , MY BEST WAS 5 HRS AT ONE POINT!
(Text Messaging, 1 hour Phone Calls, Camera, Music, Facebook, Email, WebBrowsing, Twitter, Spotify, PULSE News, ESPN Scorecenter)
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Before we start If you are on OTA 2.20 Update make sure you root your phone using this guide (you can only do this if you saved the "Unlock_code.bin" from the 1.85 root method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812039 CREDIT TO: ERASTE
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After you complete the above requirement. Then move onto the tips/tricks below
APPS NEEDED: BetterBatteryStats (root required), BatteryCalibration (root required), Quick Boot (root required), SetCPU (root required), SmartSync Disabler, TitaniumBackup (root required), Watchdog
Within Settings:
1. Wi-Fi:
Go to Advanced -->
- Turn off "Network Notification Setting"
- Select Always for "Keep Wi-Fi on during Sleep"
- Un-check "Best Wi-Fi Performance)
2. Still inside settings click on "More" under "Mobile Network"
- Make Sure "NFC" is set to OFF
3. In Accounts and Sync
- Make sure you turn off any sync settings you dont need. I usually leave DropBox, Facebook, Weather, Google on.
4. In Location
- Turn off GPS Satellites.
- I keep 1st and the 3rd setting checked usually all the time.
5. Display, Gestures, & buttons
- (This is Personal Choice) I uncheck "Animation"
- Uncheck "HTC gestures"
6. Sound
- Uncheck "Quiet ring on pickup" , "Pocket Mode", "Flip for speaker"
- Also uncheck "Dial pad touch tones", "Touch Sounds", "Screen lock sound" , "Vibrate feedback" .
7. Power
- Uncheck "Fast boot"
8. Language & keyboard
- Inside "HTC Sense Input" setting, Turn off "Sound feedback" , "Vibration feedback" , "Trace keyboard" , "Toggle keboards"
EXIT OUT OF SETTINGS
NOW:
- If you have the Sense UI Weather/Clock Widget good!, if not add the Widget to your Homescreen for this part
-- Click on the Cloud or Weather Icon on the Weather/Clock Widget ... THEN click on "Menu" --> Then click on "Edit" = now erase any of the other locations for weather ... this reduces the amount of places the weather has to sync to.
--- NEXT ... Go back to the home screen and now on the Weather/Clock Widget this time click on the Time ... THEN at the bottom click on "World Clock" ---> Then click on "Edit" at the top within the "World Clock" screen ---> then delete the other World Times ...
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Download "SmartSync Disabler"
- Check the setting "Disable smartsync" (smartsync is apparently some glitch that causes your phone to drain overnight, look into it...)
- Restart your phone
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Download "Watchdog"
- Configure it and leave it be; this app will tell you when there are rogue apps running wild in the background.
-- After you are notified about the rogue app you can go and close it .... very useful to minimize stray apps causing battery drain
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Download "SetCPU"
- Set the "max" to "1134" (value I use, and i experience no lag .... this underclocks your phone without noticable lag or performance issues)
- The "min" is by default at "384" , leave it at that
- Check the setting "Set on Boot"
- At the bottom there are 2 little tabs:
1st tab: select "ondemand"
2nd tab: select "noop"
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Download "TitaniumBackup" (I use pro version)
- Click on the "Backup/Restore" tab
-- Once inside the tab find and freeze any bloatware apps/signed apps that you dont need our use ... just longpress on any useless Apps and choose
--- For example I froze: YellowPages, ATT Navigator, Car, CityID, MOG, HTC Hub, Live TV, Top HD Games...etc...
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Download "QuickBoot"
- Use this to quickly reboot or power down just by clicking on the app without having to hold on the power button.
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Download "BatteryCalibration"
- Charge the battery to 100%
- Once you are at a 100%, open this APP
- If you see "100%" in white bold letters --> Then click on Calibrate ---> Then unplug your phone and use
UR BATTERY IS NOW CALIBRATED
USE THIS AFTER SWITCHING ROMS and ETC ...
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Download "BetterBatteryStats"
- Use this app to check which apps are causing a lot of drain
- Look up the guide on how to use this APP to hone your "wakelocks"
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HOPE THIS GUIDE AND STEPS HELP YOU AS MUCH AS IT DID ME, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
I do all of these except battery calibration, setcpu, and I leave GPS on.
I don't see a need to use the battery calibration app on this phone. All my CPU tweaks I apply via init script so I don't need the app running using resources. Also I've found that GPS doesn't eat up too much unless an app is misbehaving. Also most of the sound stuff won't do to much. The only other thing I could suggest is use manual screen brightness instead of auto.
Other then that these are some good guidelines to good battery life
Good job OP :thumbup:
Edit: I also don't leave watchdog on there unless its a new ROM/app I'm testing. If you aren't experiencing wake locks there isn't much need for this app. Great for sniffing out rogue apps however!
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ChongoDroid said:
I do all of these except battery calibration, setcpu, and I leave GPS on.
I don't see a need to use the battery calibration app on this phone. All my CPU tweaks I apply via init script so I don't need the app running using resources. Also I've found that GPS doesn't eat up too much unless an app is misbehaving. Also most of the sound stuff won't do to much. The only other thing I could suggest is use manual screen brightness instead of auto.
Other then that these are some good guidelines to good battery life
Good job OP :thumbup:
Edit: I also don't leave watchdog on there unless its a new ROM/app I'm testing. If you aren't experiencing wake locks there isn't much need for this app. Great for sniffing out rogue apps however!
Sent from my One X
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HELLO! THANK U FOR THE KIND COMMENTS! ANY HELP WITH HOW TO DO THE "init.d" STUFF WOULD BE GREAT! GUIDE MAYBE?!
I'm curious what is NFC under the network setting?
I'm currently trying to max battery life, o have notice huge drops in battery time since moving to the new base.
Oh ...nice guide, should help a lot of people.
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Grnfinger said:
I'm curious what is NFC under the network setting?
I'm currently trying to max battery life, o have notice huge drops in battery time since moving to the new base.
Oh ...nice guide, should help a lot of people.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda premium
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Underneath "Mobile Network" there are 3 dots? click on that and then you shall see NFC within one of those settings!
Got the marshmallow update. Everything seems good but, for the data syncing limitations on power saving mode.
It doesn't seem to let you choice which apps get data. I'm not rooted, but if rooting will give me control over this aspect I may have to root. What good is a phone that has 2 hours life with syncing and 12 hours but hey people want to email you, or your boss wants to use yammer with you and Samsung said muhahahahaha and nope.
Anyone?
Ok
1) with adguard on and powersaving mode on, there is no Internet, period.
I have sent a bug report to adguard.
2) whatsapp works
3) email does not work unless you open it manually.
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Anyone have a adblocker that works with powersaving mode on?
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Power saving mode.
I think i can help you.
Go to Setting > Battery > Battery Usage > More > Optimize Battery Usage > "Apps not optimized" option. Choose "All apps" and turn off Apps that you need to sync data in background.
Sorry my bad English.
hoangvy0206 said:
I think i can help you.
Go to Setting > Battery > Battery Usage > More > Optimize Battery Usage > "Apps not optimized" option. Choose "All apps" and turn off Apps that you need to sync data in background.
Sorry my bad English.
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Thank you, that setting does not have the Google mail listed. I have added both yammer and adblocker to always on. The adblocker still does NOT work.
Thanks for pointing out the settings. The Gmail application is not listed in there. I have added the application yammer to it. The adblocker still does NOT work even with it listed as always on.
Hi,
I have an Umidigi S2 Pro running UmiOS based on Nougat. The phone has 6GB of RAM but still randomly (?) cleans apps in background when only using <2GB. This means that most apps are stopped and then take a long time to start up or to switch between them. The Ummidigi forums have been no help for this. I have tried the battery settings and all other 'optimisation' settings but none have made any difference. In particular, WhatsApp and Gmail are always 'cleaned' within minutes of use. Facebook is cleaned randomly.
Is there any hack or app to stop this from happening? There seems to be a lot of conflicting system apps and settings in Android 7, all trying to close apps in background and no way to stop them.
Thanks,
I am not sure about your device brand. But for my phone, tried 3 steps as below. Just for your reference.
Settings -> Battery -> "Settings Gear",
Ture off the option to "Close excessively power-intensive apps"
Settings -> Apps, click the "Settings" at the bottom, tap "Special Access" -> Ignore battery optimisation,
Select the apps you want to keep alive by switching to "Allowed".
Settings -> Battery -> Lockscreen Cleanup,
Disable the options for all apps you want to keep alive.
I've noticed that at default, the phone's RAM management isn't all too convenient when it comes to multitasking.
Sometimes I'll be playing a game, then go to check something on Twitter, and then open the game back up and it's restarted.
Found a neat little trick to help:
1. Go to Settings > Additional Settings > Recent Tasks Manager
2. Toggle apps that you don't want restarted all the time to On
And that's it really, the phone is fine for lighter apps, but when it comes to some games it doesn't handle multitasking too well, but if you "lock" the game with the above method then it won't close it as often.
Also might be worth going into the Phone Manager app > Settings > Self Check > Off. This also helps.
EDIT: Just worked out that this also works for custom launchers (ie Nova). It would often reload my home screen after closing an app, but after adding Nova to the list it doesn't do it anymore