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SuperPower (I got it on AppBrain) is an advanced power management app. It does cool stuff like allow you to schedule your phone to shut off data when the screen is off WHILE scheduling the data to come on for a couple minutes every hour to sync your email AND leave data on if your screen is off but you're downloading something. It didn't seem to play too nice with setcpu but has literally doubled my battery life without a noticeable change in performance. There's a thread on xda about it somewhere, but this is currently an unsupported beta so use at your own risk.
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SuperPower (I got it on AppBrain) is an advanced power management app. It does cool stuff like allow you to schedule your phone to shut off data when the screen is off WHILE scheduling the data to come on for a couple minutes every hour to sync your email AND leave data on if your screen is off but you're downloading something. It didn't seem to play too nice with setcpu but has literally doubled my battery life without a noticeable change in performance. There's a thread on xda about it somewhere, but this is currently an unsupported beta so use at your own risk.
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of course it did it shut data off. any app that does that will extend batt life
So basically it is Juice Defender?
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So basically it is Juice Defender?
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sounds like.
Ya, it's a similar concept to JuiceDefender. Less about task management and power profiles, though - isntead of setting up profiles you basically just enable levels of control over your phone for the app. And yes, 94tbird, I am aware that "of course it did it shut data off. any app that does that will extend batt life " but the impressive thing is that it didn't just turn data off, but it managed it so that I didn't notice it was off. If I wanted a phone with no data connection and great battery life, I'm sure I have an old nokia around here somewhere. The point was that it is a smart enough app to turn data off when I don't need it and on when I do, while still keeping my email box synced and all without me noticing a difference (besides the battery life). You could accomplish the same thing with the stock widget to turn your data connection on and off, but you would actually have to turn it on and off. This app does it for you, and seamlessly enough that you don't notice it working. But hey - do as you like. I don't have any connection to the developer(s) of this app, I just dl'd it and it worked really well, thought I would share.
Which is the best battery-saving app 2012?
Mugen power
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Hi,
In my little experience, there is no software that makes alot of diference, normaly what i do is:
disable motion
insert *#9900# and disable Fast dormacy - check is your network needs this
disable sync for accounts
disable GPS
disable wifi gps
disable wifi when not using
set brightness level to auto
set wifi sleep policy to when pluged in
Of course there are a couple more things you could do, and again this is what i do cant say it will work as good for you.
rooting.
Tasker
With it one can automate almost everything on the phone.
It's almost like programming i use it all the time and there are a lot of examples on this forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775
Juice Defender Ultimate + Battery Saver Pro (by Antutu).
I tryed a few battery saver apps but no longer use them as i found if i turn auto sync off, change wifi sleep policy to never, untick network notification, and use task manger frequently to kill unused apps my battery lasts a lot longer. I also use easy task killer and set it to kill all apps every 30 mins. im using king cobra v1.1 for evo 3d gsm and the battery life is amazing!! just swapping battery's over now and its nearly 9pm!!
If any one needs any help rooting or unrooting the evo 3d gsm hboot 1.4.9.0018 let me know as i have done it a few times now. I unrooted my phone back to ***locked*** s-on with no traces of rooting, then checked for ota updates, wouldnt of installed them tho even if there was one!! then downgraded back too 1.4.9.0007 and rooted it again with revolutionary.
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forgot to mention auto brightness is a must. and i also calibrate battery after installing roms . can anyone please tell me if calibrating the battery every time it gets to 100% is good or bad? thanks.
When you use an xperia mini pro like me, with just 970 mAh, you get to try all possible battery savers... and unfortunetly no one of them makes the exception... actually as said evilchild, they don't make difference...
just disable everything that may drain your battery, your launcher effects too can be in cause, get rid of unuseful apps, put your brightness to lowest levels or just get it to auto if your rom use it... choose the best profile for your CPU... and with this you are good for 10 new hours in your daily battery life.
I'm not sure a 'battery-saving' app is real.
They just disable some features that we can manually do that. They just make it automatically disabled.
But, 2x Battery is good. It could disable Wifi or mobile data while the display is off.
one touch battery saver is awesome. create a widget to enable/disable wifi,gps,sync,brightness,bt,data ect with one touch!. free on google play
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I'm not sure a 'battery-saving' app is real.
They just disable some features that we can manually do that. They just make it automatically disabled.
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Yeah. There's a thread somewhere which gives real battery saving tips
I tried some apps, but I didn't found one which really improved the battery.
In my opinion the best method is to reduce the brightness.
juice
Juice Defender Ultimate + Battery Saver Pro
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I'm not sure a 'battery-saving' app is real.
They just disable some features that we can manually do that. They just make it automatically disabled.
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From the apps I tried out and used, almost all of them just disabled certain things, or tweaked settings that I could have done on my own, and eventually did do.
I found it easier to just go on a sub forum for the phone I had at the time and look up tweaks, tips etc.. I'd say doing this helped me more than any app I found previously, and was easy to do.
Dolphin companion is good and gives more remaining of time.
I use juice defender and the setting: "Only 2G"
3G takes a lot of battery..
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Juice Defender Ultimate + Battery Saver Pro (by Antutu).
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i try yah friend.. i use script exacly but not best i think... thanks..
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None. There are no working saving battery apps, not a single one.
What a battery saving application can do is to change the phone configuration to a lower energy one, just like lowing brightness, disabling data packages and such, to sum up, things you can do by yourself and you'll save the battery that that application consumes.
The best way to save battery is to make a proper use of your phone:
-Disable gps when you don't need it.
-Turn off bluetooth when not needed.
-Keep screen brightness low at all time.
-Disable data packages before going to sleep and enable them again when you wake up.
-Keep your phone clean by periodically uninstalling apps that you don't use anymore and that make unnecesary use of memory, cpu and battery energy.
-Check your battery use statistics and keep an eye on applications that are using energy unefficiently, and replace them with better alternatives. Facebook and facebook messenger are clear examples.
-Some people say that connecting to 2G networks instead of 3G helps as well.
-Activate wifi at home, it seems to eat less battery than connected to 3G.
There are more tips out there, just gogle it and make a responsible use of your phone. Keeping phone clean and lowing brightness will probably make the biggest difference.
Moreover, if android S.O. is on the top of the list of battery use, your phone's software entered a weird condition. Reboot it and if it persist, consider a factory reset.
I hope this helps
I just started evaluating Juice Defender Ultimate to see if it can save battery life, but there are many options that I don't fully understand. I have attached a screenshot of the Notificatin pulldown window from my Galaxy Nexus which shows the JD status. There are 9 objects just to the right of the JD shield. They include 3 icons, 3 colored circles and 3 lines of text. Can anyone explain what each of them mean? I have checked the JD online info, without luck.
My best guess is:
the up/down icon represents mobile data
the red circle next to the up/down icon means mobile data is disabled
the radiation icon represents WiFi
the green circle next to the radiation icon means WiFi is enabled
the 3G icon represents 3g mode
the red circle next to the 3g icon means 3g is disabled and 2g is enabled
As mentioned, these are just my best guesses. I have no idea what the 3 lines of text mean?
Pete
In this post I'll give you tips to save your Android's battery and a How to get A FULL DAY lasting battery?
Common tips:-
#1 Uncheck the Auto-Brightness and keep brightness to as low as 10%, also lower the screen timeout to 15 or 30 seconds. Add Power Control widget to your homescreen (comes preloaded with most phones). So you can increase brightness whenever necessary.
#2 don’t use Live wallpapers, If possible keep your background completely black, Black color is battery-friendly as well as eyeball friendly.
#3 Don't keep Mobile data (2G/3G)/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth always on, simply turn off whenever not required.
#4 GPS is another biggest battery eater. Don't turn on GPS unless you need accurate data (for navigation).
#5 Turn off (or keep at least 1HR time between auto-refresh) BACKGROUND SYNC from social apps/web app, If you really don’t need them. e.g. Facebook, Twitter, TapaTalk, G+.
#6 Turn OFF vibrate/Haptic feedback feature as it consumes a lot of juice.
#7 Use WI-Fi whenever available (at home), it impacts less on battery then mobile data connection.
#8 Disable bloatwares on your phone e.g. Samsung's S apps WARNING: Don't disable important system app.
How to do this...
Go to Settings->Apps->All apps->Select app(e.g. Samsung apps store)->disable.
#9 Weak cell signals may cause battery drain to increase dramatically, because radio will try a lot to establish connection. So if you know there is very few possibility of getting connection then better turn on the Flight mode temporarily.
#10 Don't use WEB based widgets unless you really need them. They increase load on CPU and indirectly on battery.
#11 Some apps wakes your device partially to collect data aka a "WAKE LOCK". This happens many times in day. Run the app Wake lock detector and find out which app is causing too much wake locks. Wake locks increase battery drain. IMs are generally biggest source of wakelocks, Google apps are second.
#12 Don’t use task killer/RAM Boosters. Why?
Android generally stores data from apps which you started recently as Cache. This helps to improve loading apps quickly. If you kill any apps manually, some apps will restart automatically and finally impacts a lot on battery and CPU soon you will find your phone laggy.
#13 Reboot your phone at least once in week. (Press and hold power button —> select shutdown -> wait untill it shuts down -> to start again press and hold power button)
#14 Remove additional accounts (setting->accounts) from phone if you don’t use them.
#15 Don't let your phone getting too much hot. This improves battery lifespan.
#16 If you have 3G connection then Switch to GSM (2G) while browsing and switch to WCDMA (3G) when you want to download files or want to surf faster. Use Opera mini browser for just browsing its way faster than others and light on resources (battery, CPU)
#17 Turn off Auto-Rotation when not required.
Still you can’t get a day long battery then carry portable power banks
Advance tips:-
WARNING: I am not responsible for any thermonuclear wars, bricked phones. Rooting voids warranty, do it at your own risk. Do your own research before doing anything.
#1 *ROOT* Use Greenify (or Titanium backup) app and freeze useless apps e.g. Social apps. WARNING: If you freeze IM apps you won’t get any message until you de-freeze it again.
#2 Clear you cache at least once in month... Do this by Going to recovery —>Clear cache partition.
#3 *ROOT* Undervolt/Underclock your device by using SetCPU when you don’t need much processor power.
#4 *ROOT* Uninstall bloatwares which are useless in most cases. if you are not sure about certain app then better do a GOOGLE search about it.
#5 Use app Tasker it is multipurpose tool to automate android by creating different profiles (e.g. turn off connectivity when display is turned off for more than 5 minute and so on)
#6 *highlyAdvance* Install any battery friendly Kernel (such as Franco).
#7 *highlyAdvance* Set to powersaver Kernel governors when you don't need performence.
More about kernel governers
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Nice thread:good:
i have literally read 20 battery saving threads the same content , that was 5 mins of my life m not getting back :!
Nice tips and thread too
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Thanks, that helped me a lot
Get Full Battery For A Day With No Comprimis on data networks!
Hey! This is my first post of hopefully many more!
1) The most important one is set your brightness to AUTO. This is really important and easily adds up to 5 hrs of extra juice!
2) Don't run many background apps and kill apps that use network in the background!
3) Download a good battery saver app (Battery Doctor is my Favorite ) and let it optimize your settings for you!
4) Kill unused app repeatedly . Apps that run in the Background drain a lot of battery and RAM! You can see the app hogging your battery under Settings->Battery.
5) Charge your battery until 30% to 100% everytime.
6) Regularly Calibrate your battery . See this tutorial
Following these steps will easily get you a day+ juice with no compromise to your network or connectivity!
Please hit the thanks button if this was helpful!
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Hey! This is my first post of hopefully many more!
1) The most important one is set your brightness to AUTO. This is really important and easily adds up to 5 hrs of extra juice!
3) Download a good battery saver app (Battery Doctor is my Favorite ) and let it optimize your settings for you!
4) Kill unused app repeatedly . Apps that run in the Background drain a lot of battery and RAM! You can see the app hogging your battery under Settings->Battery.
5) Charge your battery until 30% to 100% everytime.
6) Regularly Calibrate your battery . See this tutorial
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At least post 1st post with facts.
All above written by you are wrong except point no (2)
1) AUTO brightness is battery guzzler as it runs on light sensor. Read OP.
3) No need of battery saver app. They only do things which you can do from status bar. Switching off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,data, brightness etc.
4) Read OP. ( that is original 11st post on this thread)
5)Charge battery when it reaches very low like 5-15%, don't unplug till 100%.
6)Calibration is only deleting batterystats.bin It does not increase battery . It only deletes battery use history.
No offence but please write facts instead of useless things.
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Revolutionary batteries
Nice tips you got there. Wish it was more common for batteries to charge while walking or in the sun.
After I switched to CyanogenMod I noticed an improved battery-life.
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Nice tips you got there. Wish it was more common for batteries to charge while walking or in the sun.
After I switched to CyanogenMod I noticed an improved battery-life.
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Of course Cyanogenmod and AOSP give lot of battery life because they don't have bloat ware from manufacturer. When I use AOSP 2.3.7 I get 6-8 days backup(moderate use). With stock I get Max 3-4 days.
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Hi,
I am not sure if this should be posted to specific forum for my Moto X. If so, please let me know.
The battery drains very quickly. I used CPU spy and it showed that phone never enters deep sleep, even though I barely uses it.
How could I found out which application is preventing the sleep?
Thanks
Like Sewrizer said, search for a wakelock detector on google play store and lock your screen for some time
It should show you which app is causing this problem
I have Moto X with 4.4 and no root. It looks like Wake Lock Detector would need root on 4.4. Is that right?
Thanks
betterbatterystatus is also a good app that helps with analysis of battery drain.
Anyway in the case you know you only need to check wakelocks, but I would still recommend BBS for you (of cource, BBS can analysis wakelocks as well)
@redhonker
BBS did not work in 4.4.4 in non rooted mode.
It happened to me on Moto g. Some culprit app drained battery. So i used DS battery and greenify together.
DS battery- Slumberer mode (This forces deep sleep i guess)
Greenify- Allows you to shut down nonsense background apps.
Now phone is back to normalcy. Again CM battery doctor listed some music app as "Fast draining" I uninstalled some.
As general advice:
Disable auto sync and poll frequency of your email and other apps and get back your motto x. Enjoy
Press Thanks if helped.
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I thought greenify needs root as well. Will try it.
This KitKat change is really bad. I don't know why they want to prevent users to know more about their battery usage.
What is CM battery?
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Greenify has a hack for non root. You can enable hibernate feature from home up button for screen lock pin enabled devices through experimental menu.
For non - pin screen lock devices go to experimental menu click "automated hibernation". This will enable hibernation after screen off.
I prefer home button scroll up menu for " hibernate + lock screen ".
CM battery doctor was previously KS battery doctor. I just use it to kill apps and know battery % left in status bar.
Remember no battery saver app is useful for non root devices because ability to control is much lessor.
Rooted battery savers can limit cpu usage, kill apps and prevent again from Android picking up.
Greenify an exception beyond 4.0 devices.
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This post will benefit all not just @OP
To identify bg apps that suck your internet and battery just install No root firewall and check access log. Uninstall those apps that keep pinging servers outside for adverts etc.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.greyshirts.firewall&hl=en
Eg: Nova launcher access advertisements on avg of 4/sec. Do decide which one is best for you.
You can even control system apps like Motorola updates etc.
DS battery saver
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.batrsaver&hl=en
Greenify
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en
CM/KS battery doctor
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ijinshan.kbatterydoctor_en&hl=en
As you see CM reports higher battery available time than DS battery saver.
I suspect former (CM) is more publicity driven and not sure about its performance. While DS is good.
Please press THANKS if interesting. Sent from Moto G-od via xt1033 free Android app.
One more way to analyze usage
1. Press following
*#*#4636#*#*
2. Or download phone testing app which does the above for you
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=diewland.testing.phone&hl=en
3. Click "Usage Statistics" -> "Usage time"
This does not require memory intensive app or root as it comes pre installed on your phone. Enjoy.
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I run Mobiwol and block all apps I don't think need internet access. Plus AdblockPlus to remove advertisement trafficc. (I wish I have root then I need only one app).
Without root on 4.4, how much these can do?
I installed GSam. The frustrating thing is that most of application usage is by Android System and Kernel: 9 and 5 out of 34.
Thanks
Thanks for all the pointers.
With a few tries with GSAM, I was able to identify 2 rouge applications. Surprisingly, one is Google+. Since I don't use it, it's uninstalled.
I also recently moved to a different spot in office. The data signal apparently is bad from time to time. So I used llama to turn off data in office and wake up every 10 min to check for message.
This allowed me to go through the day without a recharge. Still not happy about battery life but that's ok for now.
Thanks
Try the Deep Sleep Battery Saver app mentioned earlier. Should solve your issue, since it forces deep sleep!
hello guys this is my first post in xda
i have owned a i ball 6318i android tablet
it's battery draining too fast !!!!
i also reset my tablet 5 times but no luck
my tablet is rooted also
i tried lots of apps to save my battery like 'Deep Sleep Battery Saver" ' Greenify' 'One Power Guard' 'Du Power Saver' etc etc...
so anyone can help me to save my battery
just go in application manager and disable the apps which you never use.
in developer option at last you will fing backgroung apps. set it to 2 and in developer option close any animations also.
do not leave syncronisation otion onn aa it drains a lot off battery.
turn background data off. its found in data service option.
prefer using mute mode insted of viberation.
donot close apps by clicking home button. as it will run in backgroumd. properly close apps.
after doing this all you should have atleaat 1:30 hours of your battery increased.
peace
droid_god said:
just go in application manager and disable the apps which you never use.
in developer option at last you will fing backgroung apps. set it to 2 and in developer option close any animations also.
do not leave syncronisation otion onn aa it drains a lot off battery.
turn background data off. its found in data service option.
prefer using mute mode insted of viberation.
donot close apps by clicking home button. as it will run in backgroumd. properly close apps.
after doing this all you should have atleaat 1:30 hours of your battery increased.
peace
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i tried all things before :/ but no change :/
but i noticed that if i put my cpu to deep sleep it gives me 24+ battery life
i used ONE POWER GUARD for that it puts my cpu to deep sleep 1-3 days and battery life increased but only for 3 days
after 3 days it 's juice goind so fast >.<
so bro can u help me
you are trying to say that while deep sleep mode your battery power is extended and as the deep sleep mode is off the battery ia gone so faat again.
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you are trying to say that while deep sleep mode your battery power is extended and as the deep sleep mode is off the battery ia gone so faat again.
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yes bro i want to say that
your`s no fault. fault is in your battery. get it changed.
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