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after i hard bricked my captivate im looking for new phone.
the main things i looking for is
-largest battery life
-3.5" screen
- working gps
im not playing games , i mostly using internet and listen to music on youtube.
any one can recommend me somthing ? O=
Root?
Are you willing to root the device? Many custom ROMS and kernels offer incredibly extended battery life. The processes are quite simple and laid out by developers in a step-by-step method for you.
Current I have a Samsung Vibrant 4g and am running a custom rom and kernel.
I can listen to Pandora from 8am to 12pm, texting and dicking around on the internet the whole time and am left with 50-60% battery life by 5pm.
If I don't use the phone at all it will last for about 2-3 days uncharged.
For tips all phone
Use Power control to close many thing ( wifi bluetooth GPS Sync )
and always kill all program.
fongwe said:
For tips all phone
Use Power control to close many thing ( wifi bluetooth GPS Sync )
and always kill all program.
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Fongwe is correct.
Doesn't matter which phone you will use, you will always have complaints about the battery life, whether be it an Android Device or an i Device or a WP Device.
Since we are talking about a phone in Android section, I will say that so far out of all those Android phones I have tried/used, Incredible S has got the best battery life(This is strictly my personal opinion, I am saying everything based on my personal experience only.).
Next after Incredible S for me has been Atrix 4G.
After that I can say may be you will get decent battery life out of a Nexus S.
Don't get me wrong about Nexus S as a third place, it has got a decent battery life, the only problem is the 3G connection kills the power.
If you have background sync, bluetooth, 3G radio, wireless and too many applications running in the background all together, doesn't matter which phone you use, it will not give you a great battery experience regardless.
This is my typical usage from those recent phones. With about 2 hours phone call, few minutes of surfing, sync on constantly with 3G connection, play casual games for a few minutes and watch youtube for about 15 mins.
Incredible S - About 10 hours - Stock ROM
Atrix 4G - About 8-9 hours - Aura
Nexus S - About 6.5 hours - CM7 (May be my phone's battery is indeed defective)
If you are at work/home/on way, consider switching off your 3G radio and you will save up a lot of battery. Also, if you get a single core processor, it uses up less battery than a dual core phone.
Good luck.
Cheers!!!
Thanks for the information guys! will try these asap
Atrix has pretty good battery life. Atrix 2 should too.
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Thanks for the information guys! will try these asap
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iPhone or wait for Nokia Wp.
You will always get the occasional answer on saving battery life and I think that constitutes for a big part of how you could really get a device that would last long.
I think that you should be efficient in switching applications, service and the phone itself off, if you want to have it last longer through the day.
Also, rooting it would be another good option but those who want to keep it as is, this would be no option.
New ROMs help
I have a Vibrant that I used about a year. I went through a lot of different ROMs/Kernels during that time. Battery life varied wildly based on overclocking, undervolting, open apps and apps used. Also, just like mentioned above, if you drive through areas where the phone is always searching for new connections it can have an effect on battery life as well. Pick a phone with good ratings that you like and keep the background apps to a minimum. Figure you will be charging every 1-2 days, 3 at the most.
Galaxy S II. Dualcore, used properly, saves battery.
I turned off GPS and Bluetooth on my Galaxy Captivate and the battery last 2 or 3 times longer. Turn off Wi-fi too, if you can live without it.
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get a S2, root it and use and DEV's rom to your liking and flash a good kernel like speedmod or siyah
There's a lot of misinformation out there, so you need to do some testing. I get 20 hours of regular use or 16 hours of heavy use.
Note that these are my results on a Samsung Galaxy Note i717 running on 4.0.4 ICS stock rom. Your results may vary, particularly if you're using a different OS version!
Don't use Live Wallpapers. They're cool, but consumes lots of battery.
Don't use Sense UI. Again, it's pretty, but not friendly to battery (for HTC users)
Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
Use WiFi whenever you have access to a network because it uses less battery than 3G. (Shorter distance, lower power.)
Turn WiFi off when you don't have access to a network, otherwise it will keep looking for a WiFi network it can use (which drains battery)
Reduce the frequency at which apps refresh their content. Common offenders are social media clients (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and news or weather apps.
Finally, watch your battery usage under Settings -> About Phone -> Battery -> Battery Use. This will show you what has been using the battery since it was last charged. (So it shows nothing while charging!) If anything unexpected is using the battery, consider replacing it with another app or service.
Best of luck, and enjoy your Android phone!
Original tips from Droid Wiki and applied it on my i717 , it helps try it for yourself
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Consider running at a higher clock speed, and track how well your phone is performing. I've had much more luck getting overclocked phones to last.
chexuma said:
Consider running at a higher clock speed, and track how well your phone is performing. I've had much more luck getting overclocked phones to last.
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On the contrary, under clocking and under volting would give you a better battery life, no need to explain why
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joshxrain said:
Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
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I'm not sure if the back button really really close ALL apps as you think and as we want to have like.
I've noticed that this won't work for:
- DrawSomething
- AirDroid
Saiba said:
I'm not sure if the back button really really close ALL apps as you think and as we want to have like.
I've noticed that this won't work for:
- DrawSomething
- AirDroid
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Hmm yea you're right about that but somehow most of you're apps will close so its a big thing to hit the back button instead of home rather than closing them one by one on task manager ...
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joshxrain said:
There's a lot of misinformation out there, so you need to do some testing. I get 20 hours of regular use or 16 hours of heavy use.
Note that these are my results on a Samsung Galaxy Note i717 running on 4.0.4 ICS stock rom. Your results may vary, particularly if you're using a different OS version!
Don't use Live Wallpapers. They're cool, but consumes lots of battery.
Don't use Sense UI. Again, it's pretty, but not friendly to battery (for HTC users)
Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
Use WiFi whenever you have access to a network because it uses less battery than 3G. (Shorter distance, lower power.)
Turn WiFi off when you don't have access to a network, otherwise it will keep looking for a WiFi network it can use (which drains battery)
Reduce the frequency at which apps refresh their content. Common offenders are social media clients (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and news or weather apps.
Finally, watch your battery usage under Settings -> About Phone -> Battery -> Battery Use. This will show you what has been using the battery since it was last charged. (So it shows nothing while charging!) If anything unexpected is using the battery, consider replacing it with another app or service.
Best of luck, and enjoy your Android phone!
Original tips from Droid Wiki and applied it on my i717 , it helps try it for yourself
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If possible just switch 2 airplane mode or switch off 3g/2g connection,
When travel becoz network fluctuations causes more battery use.
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deadcpu said:
If possible just switch 2 airplane mode or switch off 3g/2g connection,
When travel becoz network fluctuations causes more battery use.
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You got a point , switching between 3g to 2g really helps increasing ur battery life like what i said in my post , but switching into airplane mode makes me think twice especially when ur waiting for ur boss's call
somehow u said "if possible" so i also consider that
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Battery Life
I note that some applications eat all battery in a few minutes. Two or three times I had to restore default settings to repair problems with battery.
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I note that some applications eat all battery in a few minutes. Two or three times I had to restore default settings to repair problems with battery.
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can you tell us what are those app ? a little information will be great for all of us
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can you tell us what are those app ? a little information will be great for all of us
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I use better battery stats,
Which give me complete information which app is consuming the maximum battery,
Just search xda you will get the xda free version,
And if you like it you can update it to pro version for its real price
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deadcpu said:
I use better battery stats,
Which give me complete information which app is consuming the maximum battery,
Just search xda you will get the xda free version,
And if you like it you can update it to pro version for its real price
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thanks for the info , ill give it a try
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Nice guide!
But these are very common tips!
Press the thanks button
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Razor! said:
Nice guide!
But these are very common tips!
Press the thanks button
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Yes, thanks again for these. much appreciated!
thanks for appreciating my little tip , anyway android headline is giving away a free nexus 4 until today maybe some of you didnt know about this you can still register at their site
http://androidheadlines.com/2012/11/lg-google-nexus-4-giveaway-at-androidheadlines-com.html
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Thanks For Sharing this Information
joshxrain said:
There's a lot of misinformation out there, so you need to do some testing. I get 20 hours of regular use or 16 hours of heavy use.
Note that these are my results on a Samsung Galaxy Note i717 running on 4.0.4 ICS stock rom. Your results may vary, particularly if you're using a different OS version!
Don't use Live Wallpapers. They're cool, but consumes lots of battery.
Don't use Sense UI. Again, it's pretty, but not friendly to battery (for HTC users)
Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
Use WiFi whenever you have access to a network because it uses less battery than 3G. (Shorter distance, lower power.)
Turn WiFi off when you don't have access to a network, otherwise it will keep looking for a WiFi network it can use (which drains battery)
Reduce the frequency at which apps refresh their content. Common offenders are social media clients (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and news or weather apps.
Finally, watch your battery usage under Settings -> About Phone -> Battery -> Battery Use. This will show you what has been using the battery since it was last charged. (So it shows nothing while charging!) If anything unexpected is using the battery, consider replacing it with another app or service.
Best of luck, and enjoy your Android phone!
Original tips from Droid Wiki and applied it on my i717 , it helps try it for yourself
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Thanks for Sharing this ,
There are a lot of ways to increase the battery life of your Droid. One is adjusting the brightness of your Droid. That way, energy consumption is reduced.
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your welcome sir , hit thanks if u dont mind
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Yup, a little trick I use is to switch auto-brightness off, that way the light sensor doesn't have to keep taking readings. Same with the auto-rotate, it unnecessarily keeps the accelerometer on
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Switching off haptic feedback/setting it to auto also helps a lot.
If on a custom rom, try reducing the vibration motor vibration to 50% one minute of using the vibrator is as good as 10 minutes of ringing.
Further, try changing your cpu governor to something more meek and less performance oriented
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ramnex said:
Yup, a little trick I use is to switch auto-brightness off, that way the light sensor doesn't have to keep taking readings. Same with the auto-rotate, it unnecessarily keeps the accelerometer on
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Switching off haptic feedback/setting it to auto also helps a lot.
If on a custom rom, try reducing the vibration motor vibration to 50% one minute of using the vibrator is as good as 10 minutes of ringing.
Further, try changing your cpu governor to something more meek and less performance oriented
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thanks for the additional info you guys are great
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more battery life tips
The tips given so far are great for reducing battery drain, but there is another way to look at battery life.
Batteries degrade and lose capacity. The lithium ion / lithium polymer type batteries used in phones age faster with heat. At room temperature, ~68F a typical phone battery mght lose 7% of it's capacity per year. With each added degree the rate of loss accelerates. As temps increase the rate of loss can become very high. Leave your phone in a car in summer sun and you can lose a measurable amount of capacity in a few hours. Likewise as temps decrease rate of loss slows. If you have a spare battery that you only use on trips, storing it in a refrigerator will slow its decline. Storing in a freezer will slow it slightly more, but introduces a risk of damage from condensation when you take it out to warm. Also, the battery can be damaged by charging when very cold.
Unlike lead acid batteries which age faster in a partially discharged state, lithium based batteries age faster at higher levels of charge. Some laptops now offer an option to not fully charge the battery which is very helpful for people who mainly use them while plugged in to a charger. The combination of the heat from the laptop plus continuously being at a state of full charge causes rapid ageing. Lithium batteries degrade most rapidly when fully discharged so it is usually recommended to store them 50% charged, roughly 3.75 to 3.80 volts. When storing for very long periods of time one might want to start from little higher state of charge to lessen the risk that the slow internal self discharge doesn't drain the battery too far. Storing at lower temps also slows self discharge.
Hi everyone,
I bought a Galaxy S4 GT19500 few days ago. I didn't put an SMS yet to this mobile, so I am using the WiFi to connect to the internet. However, I noticed that the phone consumes a huge amount of battery. I used the stopwatch how much time it takes for the battery to decrease by 1% when browing internet only using WiFi. The time it took was 3 mintues and few seconds only !!
Given that: GPS off, Bluetootch off, Air Gesture off, S-Beam off, eye detection (I forgot it's name) off ..etc and most of the smart features
And brightness was auto, power saving mode was on and from time to time I clear running apps in background.
Please help me, I want to know is this amount of battery consumption normal ??
Thanks in advance,
altayash said:
Hi everyone,
I bought a Galaxy S4 GT19500 few days ago. I didn't put an SMS yet to this mobile, so I am using the WiFi to connect to the internet. However, I noticed that the phone consumes a huge amount of battery. I used the stopwatch how much time it takes for the battery to decrease by 1% when browing internet only using WiFi. The time it took was 3 mintues and few seconds only !!
Given that: GPS off, Bluetootch off, Air Gesture off, S-Beam off, eye detection (I forgot it's name) off ..etc and most of the smart features
And brightness was auto, power saving mode was on and from time to time I clear running apps in background.
Please help me, I want to know is this amount of battery consumption normal ??
Thanks in advance,
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The apps you have installed could also be a factor. Try using Better Battery Stats to see what is keeping your phone awake and draining battery
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brandonarev said:
The apps you have installed could also be a factor. Try using Better Battery Stats to see what is keeping your phone awake and draining battery
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Thanks for the reply. When I go to settings->more->battery, the stats show that the screen cosumes most of the battery 27%. However, the level of I screen I've chosen was almost the lowest !!!
Please any other suggestions, any S4 users can share their experience to tell me if what I am experiencing considered NORMAL?
altayash said:
Thanks for the reply. When I go to settings->more->battery, the stats show that the screen cosumes most of the battery 27%. However, the level of I screen I've chosen was almost the lowest !!!
Please any other suggestions, any S4 users can share their experience to tell me if what I am experiencing considered NORMAL?
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Percentages are good but actual time is better. How much screen on time do you get in a typical charge and how long does your phone last in a typical day?
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Hello, two days ago I closed the lid of the cover and put my Note Pro LTE in a bag. I just took out the device and found that there are about 81% left. Is this normal?
Depends on what you're running in the background.
Mine looses about 1% every 24h when in deep sleep. I've got everything turned off, including sync, gps, wifi, mobile data (I'm not using a SIM yet), most of the bloatware including touchwiz.
So, even I closed the cover, apps were still running and the power hunger ones continued to consume power?
Just check the battery stats...
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Power hungry, no; but background processes still run like email checking and other sync services.
Considering you probably have sync set up for an email account and Google play services is likely running as well getting about 0.5% drain per hour seems reasonable to me.
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So, even I closed the cover, apps were still running and the power hunger ones continued to consume power?
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Turning the screen off doesn't disable Sync. With Sync enabled, it keeps actively checking for new emails and the lot. Think of it like going to sleep, and waking up every 5 minutes to check your mailbox.
It temporarily pauses games and videos, but it doesn't quit the app. You have to do that through the recent apps menu.
Is there an app that also put those sleepless apps such as sync to sleep when the lid is closed?
When it comes to battery life the first thing to do is get a handle on what your current drain is.
Monitor your battery stats page, look at the times that the device wakes up and at the rankings of applications to see what's using the most power. Third party applications can help here like Better Battery Stats or GSam Battery Monitor.
From a fresh clean boot with a full battery let the tablet sleep unplugged while on WiFi without ever opening any applications or turning on the display. Let it sit like this for at least a few hours and determine your average hourly % drain. Use this as your baseline and see what applications rank near the top. Repeat this with WiFi turned off and the tablet on LTE. Compare the two and if you see higher drain on LTE take a look at your signal strength. Most likely if LTE signal is weak then drain will increase as the radio tries to compensate.
If you see more than a percentage point of drain in deep sleep while on WiFi then chances are an application is keeping the tablet awake or waking it frequently. Those applications will likely rise to the top in the default battery stats page. If not, the third party applications can assist you in figuring out what's wake-locking the device.
Thanks, I will try the test under wifi. I haven't used LTE yet. I bought the LTE version because it has faster processors and quick charging.
Do the tips mentioned in the article also apply to our Note PRO? Do Airport Mode turns off those apps we talk about?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...one-or-tablet-quickly-and-efficiently_id56242
Since 4.3 Samsung OS has a process called Index (from indexing files) draining a lot of battery juice from its first start till completed process (just for 2 days i think).
I had noticed this since Note 2 update to 4.3, and now with 12.2.
But I can be wrong......or not.
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Do the tips mentioned in the article also apply to our Note PRO? Do Airport Mode turns off those apps we talk about?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...one-or-tablet-quickly-and-efficiently_id56242
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Seems fairly logical when you think about it . . if you're trying to fill a bath tub it will fill much faster if you close the drain at the bottom . .
Hello All,
I've managed to acquire a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. This phone was a steal due to its price/ condition. The phone currently is running Android 6.0.1 (Samsung Stock)(SM-N910F). I intend to use this phone, not as my daily driver, but as my "media player". The screen is plenty big enough and the device is more than capable. In order to make sure it performs this duty well, I've begun a crusade of trying to "better" its battery life. I'll making a fairly lengthy plane journey soon so I figured I'll use this as an experiment to learn. The device really is for media consumption so I don't really desire any tasking software. I'm happy to underclock/ volt providing it doesn't compromise performance and yields results. As already mentioned, I'm running stock software but I'm happy to look into ROMs which are fairly "light". I used to own a Note 3 with a 10'000mah Zerolemon battery. This thing was a beast when it came to running for time. I frequently went 4 - 7 days without charging, it's since left for greener pastures. I intend to purchase the Note 4 variant for this phone, but till then, I still want to better the battery life.
Owing to the excellent Devs on this site, I rooted it in a matter of minutes and installed apps such as Wakelock Detector and Titanium Backup. and also the donation variant of Greenify. I've noticed a improvement after I Greenified most apps and when I froze some others.
Wakelock Detector is showing is showing Android System to be the biggest offender in regards to CPU wakelocks, with "ConnectivityService", *Alarm* and "SmartManager Frame Thread" causing the biggest wakelocks in terms of duration spent awake. I'm led to believe this is potentially a WiFi issue. Their is no SIM in this phone and I use it in airplane mode. It's currently locked to a network (Although not of my preference). I have to use WiFi for connectivity and I think this is what is causing these wakelocks.
Under Kernel Wakelocks, ssp_sensorhub_wake_lock is another serious offender.
So.....
Will flashing another ROM be worth it ?
Is their a root way of unlocking the phone to a network. P.S The phone is network LOCKED, not BLOCKED.
Will flashing another ROM free up space ?
Apologies for the extensive post but I figured I'll get this out their as this info is better out than in !
Thanks,