I started this week finally fed up with the fact that I had to charge my battery every 24 hours. It was not working for me and I seriously was getting finally pissed off with this phone that I love so much and defend so much.
I did some research around here and using my best friend Google and found bits and pieces.
I decided to start a post where we can contribute ways to conserve the battery life. The one I have used has so far gone over 6 hours and only used 17% of battery life after calls of about 5 minutes in total. Normally by now my phone would be on 2 bars.
The ultimate thing to be aware of is that the battery is just like our bodies. The more activities, the faster the depletion. By activities I mean applications running. Now often you 'end' an application and yet it is still running chewing your battery behind your back.
Here are some tips:
[*]Light Displays
This is the common tip. Go to 'start/ settings/ power management' and look for 'Backlight time out on battery' and 'Display time out on battery'. The lower you set the time for these, the less battery you use therfore the more you conserve batteries.
I set my backlight time out to 5 seconds and display time out to 1 minutes. After making a call I rarely need the lights on. I adjust this stuff when I use other applications like Mobile Comic Reader (yes, I'm a comic book geek).
[*]Automatic email downloads
Now this is one that I overlooked and was like 'You idiot!'
Just remember, the more active your phone is the more battery it chews up. Email updates has your phone communicate with your mail box to find new emails and download them automatically.
To change this (in case you don't know) click 'start/ messages/ <select email account>/ menu/ settings/ next/ next/ next/ next/ next/' You should be on the screen that has 'automatic send/ receive emails'. The lower the frequency you set, the more battery you save.
I set mine to 'Once a day' and opt it to only download 'Todays messages'.
[*]Ending tasks using task manager
I only find out there is a task manager yesterday and I've had this phone for like a year and a half. How crazy is that?
Click 'start' and go right to the bottom and you will find it. Just like normal desk/ laptop task manager, you can use this to stop programs from running. Often times you end a program and think that it has stopped running but it is actually still running. The biggest culprit on this is 'Windows Media Player'.
Every so often, especially after using an application, make it a habit to close it off in task manager.
Switching off GPRS and/ or EDGE
You will notice a 'E' or 'G' at the top of your phone. This merely tells you that there are GPRS or EDGE networks operational. This is completely different from the 'E' or 'G' in the top right hand corner where your signal strength metre is.
If there is a 'E' or 'G' there, it means that your EDGE or GPRS is still connected and running. A running program means battery is being chewed.
At the top of your screen you'll see the first highlighted section containing 'Wi-fi; the time; your network service provider'. Clicking on this takes you to your Comm Manager with 8 rectangles. On the right hand column third row is an icon that looks like a PDA or touch screen with two arrows in different directions. Click this application to turn it off (give it a cross).
When you go back to your home screen, the 'E' or 'G' in the top right hand corner (not to be confused with the ones on the top middle) will be replaced with an icon I can only describe as a key that opens a tin of sardines. This means your EDGE or GPRS is turned off and not active.
Please remember to switch this back on when you want to send mms and go onto the internet using GPRS and stuff. Alternatively there is an option to automatically turn off GPRS if it is idle for a specified amount of time. for that you need any registry editor,
Goto HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Settings\Planner
Now change CacheTime to say 120 to turn of GPRS after its idle for 2 mins.
And Change SuspendResume from ~GPRS to GPRS_bye_if_device_off
That's the tips that I have found have made me a happy s710 user. I don't know if there are battery conservation programs for the s710 - I searched in vein - but in the end it just came down to efficient use of energy.
If there are any further suggestions, I invite all to drop their personal ideas that work.
God speed.
Please remember to switch this back on when you want to send mms and go onto the internet using GPRS and stuff.
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There is an option to automatically turn off GPRS if it is idle for a specified amount of time. for that you need any registry editor,
Goto HKLM\Comm\ConnMgr\Settings\Planner
Now change CacheTime to say 120 to turn of GPRS after its idle for 2 mins.
And Change SuspendResume from ~GPRS to GPRS_bye_if_device_off
Hey. Nice.
I'll look for that. I was wondering if there was such a function.
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Hey. Nice.
I'll look for that. I was wondering if there was such a function.
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just add it to your post. that way pple will get everything from the first post. BTW tc shows strange values, try resco or sktools.
Thanks. That was a good idea. I just added it.
Radio Off
I do some searching in internet and found this freeware RADIO OFF
It will automatically off your radio. just need to set the time..
Enabling Cell Info Display drains the battery.
The little re-writable NFC tags you can get online. What do you use yours for?
I got some MIFARE 1k tags online (5 + 1 keychain) and so far only have 1 of the tags + the keychain NFC programmed:
- 1 to auto login to our wifi, and open unified remote
- the keychain will turn gps on if not on already, sets media and notification volumes as high as they go, and opens Waze. If i tap the tag again, it closes Waze and opens Navigation instead
I use NFC Task Launcher to program and use the tags.
I've got 4 more to be used and am looking for creative uses for them, or really am interested in what everyone else uses them for.
I have one to toggle my wifi when i enter or leave my home
One to start my alarm clock app so i can set my alarm before going to bed.
One in my cubicle to start the wifi tether app.
My wife uses one in her car to toggle blue tooth.
I really want to use then with Geocaching (a kind of scavenger hunt with GPS enabled devices). I could hide the tag and set it so when its scanned it gives the GPS coordinates of the next cache. But this would require them to have a samsung device too. Which kinda limits the people that can use it.
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I have one to toggle my wifi when i enter or leave my home
One to start my alarm clock app so i can set my alarm before going to bed.
One in my cubicle to start the wifi tether app.
My wife uses one in her car to toggle blue tooth.
I really want to use then with Geocaching (a kind of scavenger hunt with GPS enabled devices). I could hide the tag and set it so when its scanned it gives the GPS coordinates of the next cache. But this would require them to have a samsung device too. Which kinda limits the people that can use it.
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I just added a modified one from your alarm clock one last night as you got me thinking
Mine: sets brightness to lowest, sets phone and notifications to off, sets alarm highest, and turns notification led off. When I tap it again in the morning it sets everything back to normal (auto brightness, etc). I have my alarm set per day where it automatically works so doing the above would just ensure the phone won't bother me at night and if I turn the screen on it won't blind me
The various toggles you have are great ideas too. Nice and simply but they make a task a bit easier
As for being samsung specific, is it really? I wasn't aware of it. I'm still very new to nfc-tags and everyone else I know has Galaxy Nexus' so of course it works with theirs also
The geocaching sounds really cool, definitely something I want to play around with some now . Is there a site that has the "start" to these or do you just happen to come across them? I've seen people talk about it some, and that it's taken them to really cool places they would have never been before. So I'm very curious about it, sounds fun
I thought the tec tile app was Samsung only. But I could be wrong. I don't know anyone else with nfc to test.
Geocaching Started 12 years ago on geocaching.com. Free to create an account. You can download their official app $10 or some of the unofficial ones like c:Geo is a good one. It is simply getting the GPS coordinates of a cache, which the app will handle, and just going out and finding it. Some are in urban places like malls and parking lots (under lamps is a common place). Most are in forests or out of the way areas to deter "muggles" (common folk who aren't supposed to know about the cache. You are supposed to find the cache without people seeing then sign the log to note you were there and the date. Some big caches have take and leave. Might be toys. Books. CDs. Random themed caches. Others are just micro caches (pill bottle or film container) and they only have a log). The wife and I do this for fun. And we always have a great time. Sometimes you get stumped on where to look. The app sometimes lists clues or you can read logs to see if anyone gave hints. Really fun. And great for kids too cause its like a scavenger hunt. And so rewarding when you find them. Sometimes you won't find it. My wife and i have one at a dunkin ddonuts we have tried 6 times to find to no avail. Just keep trying.
--Sent from GlaDos baked potato
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I thought the tec tile app was Samsung only. But I could be wrong. I don't know anyone else with nfc to test.
Geocaching Started 12 years ago on geocaching.com. Free to create an account. You can download their official app $10 or some of the unofficial ones like c:Geo is a good one. It is simply getting the GPS coordinates of a cache, which the app will handle, and just going out and finding it. Some are in urban places like malls and parking lots (under lamps is a common place). Most are in forests or out of the way areas to deter "muggles" (common folk who aren't supposed to know about the cache. You are supposed to find the cache without people seeing then sign the log to note you were there and the date. Some big caches have take and leave. Might be toys. Books. CDs. Random themed caches. Others are just micro caches (pill bottle or film container) and they only have a log). The wife and I do this for fun. And we always have a great time. Sometimes you get stumped on where to look. The app sometimes lists clues or you can read logs to see if anyone gave hints. Really fun. And great for kids too cause its like a scavenger hunt. And so rewarding when you find them. Sometimes you won't find it. My wife and i have one at a dunkin ddonuts we have tried 6 times to find to no avail. Just keep trying.
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I'm honestly not sure, was mainly curious. So I assume tec tile is a common app for creating a geocache and finding them with?
I'll check out geocaching.com...this sounds like it'd be pretty fun and I'm sure my fiance would enjoy it also while learning about or finding new places
Thanks for all the information! I'll definitely try it
I've never seen a tec tile cache. That's why I'd love to do one. But they'd need to have the app for it to work. Or I guess I could leave coordinates on paper. And a tag they can scan if they have the app. They sre fun. Very fun to do. I hope you enjoy it.
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Posting to tag the thread since it gets buried so quickly here.
Tried to request a cancellation on an order including some nfc tags because amazon was going to miss the delivery date, but in a rare show of customer service, probably due to my comment, they overnighted the shipment and it's out for delivery now.
Original delivery was slated for tomorrow, and I had ordered another package of nfc tags with expedited shipping for tomorrow.
Ends up that i'll just have a whole bunch of these things to play with - never used the tech before so i'll hit the thread back up again after I figure out how to use them and with some of what I came up with.
Now, just have to do my homework on the whole issue - not sure whether I enjoy learning or implementing something new more, but gonna have some fun!
Thanks for inspiring me to look into it, this thread did just that.
Ordered some tags to play with. probably have on turn off sounds when at work, and turn on wifi when I get home, stuff like that.
Where can I order NFC tags? And how do I program them?
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The little re-writable NFC tags you can get online. What do you use yours for?
I got some MIFARE 1k tags online (5 + 1 keychain) and so far only have 1 of the tags + the keychain NFC programmed:
- 1 to auto login to our wifi, and open unified remote
- the keychain will turn gps on if not on already, sets media and notification volumes as high as they go, and opens Waze. If i tap the tag again, it closes Waze and opens Navigation instead
I use NFC Task Launcher to program and use the tags.
I've got 4 more to be used and am looking for creative uses for them, or really am interested in what everyone else uses them for.
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For your auto login to your home wifi, you should probably use tasker to do that. You can set it up to turn on wifi automatically when you get within a certain distance from the house. Pretty cool trick, and it will free up your tag for other uses.
Tasker App on Google Play
I definitely have a night stand tag that turns down the brightness, turns off led notifications, sets the phone to vibrate. (wife's a light sensitive, light sleeper)
Also, I use NFC Task Launcher, not the samsung app.
Nfc task launcher is definitely a nice app.
The first tag I programmed sets to minimum brightness, turns off all sounds and vibrations, but jacks alarm volume all the way and pops open my alarm clock app.
Went and took a fine point sharpie and wrote "sleep" on the tag.
Next is to make two more tags, one that reverses all that at minimum brightness, then another that jacks brightness and opens maps, so I can put the device active again and then one more to tap out the door of my hotel room.
Definitely need to make one for work to tap when I get there, and since I travel so much i'm gonna make one to send a text to my lady letting her know when I cross my state line. That's safe texting while driving - when I hit my state just tap the tag.
A few NFC ideas.
I have a few of the "normal" ones... in and out of the car, work or home... but I also have a ton of very simple ones that come in handy too.
Here's a quick list...
on the back of my guitar, opens a guitar tuner app
on my practice drum pad, opens the metronome
on my Xoom, opens WiFi Tether
on my carry-on bag, starts airplane mode
in my wallet, starts silent mode(it reaches through my jacket)
on the refrigerator, opens the Peapod app.
on the stove, opens the Timer app
on my work notebook, opens Evernote.
But my favorite is this one...
on my Zippo (I keep it in my watch pocket), it uses NFC Tag Launcher to text IFTTT which then calls my phone so I can make an excuse to escape.
I have a few more but I forget to use them.
I forgot the emergency video record on my dash, never needed to use it but just in case it records and sends to the cloud quick and discrete.
This thread got me thinking and I decided to order some tags. The first set came in today. I'm still looking for cool ideas, but here's what I've got so far:
Home (on my desk) - Brightness: minimum, WiFi: on, Bluetooth: on, ringer mode: normal
Car (on my steering wheel) - Brightness: maximum, WiFi: off, Bluetooth: off, ringer mode: normal
Class (on my notebook) - Brightness: minimum, WiFi: off, Bluetooth: off, ringer mode: vibrate
When my second order comes in, I'm going to use the keychain tag to store my contact information. When anyone asks for my phone number or email and has an NFC capable device I'm just going to hold it out. I've tested putting a tag inside my wallet. It works perfectly, I just don't have a good use for it. Maybe have it launch Google Wallet or Mint. I'm also planning on putting another one on my desk that toggles some sort of file sharing or adb over WiFi for copying things from my PC to my phone. I just have to find a way to do it that I like.
I'm sure we can come up with some way cooler ideas though.
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But my favorite is this one...
on my Zippo (I keep it in my watch pocket), it uses NFC Tag Launcher to text IFTTT which then calls my phone so I can make an excuse to escape.
I have a few more but I forget to use them.
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Epic, I am stealing this idea! Kudos!
IFTTT rocks!
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Epic, I am stealing this idea! Kudos!
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Thanks!
This is the text I have read to me when it calls...
{{Message}}. Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day. You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town. Waiting for someone or something to show you the way. Tired of lying in the sunshine. staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find. ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run. you missed the starting gun. And you run and you run to catch up with the sun. but it's sinking. And racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older. And shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Every year is getting shorter. never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught. or half a page of scribbled lines. Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way. The time is gone. the song is over. thought I'd something more to say. . . Home. home again. I like to be here when I can. When I come home cold and tired. It's good to warm my bones beside the fire. Far away. across the field. tolling on the iron bell. Calls the faithful to their knees. And hear the softly spoken magic spell.........
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Took a while to get the punctuation in the right places so it reads (almost)correctly.
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I forgot the emergency video record on my dash, never needed to use it but just in case it records and sends to the cloud quick and discrete.
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This was definitely the first thing that came to mind with the nfc tags, not sure how I want to implement this for the car yet, but definitely will be there.
I did go ahead and make a tag to reverse all the sounds/notifications I disabled on the sleep tag, but kept the brightness low. Called it 'first wake'.
Made another one that jacks brightness all the way and pops open maps, so I can tap it on the way out the door and have navigation ready by the time I hit the vehicle at a brightness level I can see.
Made another one to send my lady a text when I cross my state border, but can't seem to get the auto-send plugin to work at first brush, now it just populates the text but I still have to send manually. When I have more time to play with it i'll probably get it figured out pretty quickly.
I still have more then a dozen fresh tags to play with, so all the excuse in the world to find stuff to use them on. Easy to carry and quick to program.
Like the feature of being able to use the nfc tags in airplane mode in the app, but haven't tried it yet.
I got the samsung tec-tile nfc tags, and they are sticky on one side. I am thinking the best thing to stick them to is a soft side of a velcro strip, one of the ones with sticky on one side that you cut to length. Find a roll as wide as the tag and then cut to fit, sticky to sticky promises good adhesion.
Then it's just making rough side velcro landing spots everywhere. Couple of velcro strips in specific places in my car, my house, on notebooks and camera/phone cases, backpacks - you name it, I believe velcro is the correct answer to dynamic use of the tags. I'll pick some up tomorrow and see how it goes, maybe get some pictures if it works as well as I imagine it will.
Try rubber cement
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I got the samsung tec-tile nfc tags, and they are sticky on one side. I am thinking the best thing to stick them to is a soft side of a velcro strip, one of the ones with sticky on one side that you cut to length. Find a roll as wide as the tag and then cut to fit, sticky to sticky promises good adhesion.
Then it's just making rough side velcro landing spots everywhere. Couple of velcro strips in specific places in my car, my house, on notebooks and camera/phone cases, backpacks - you name it, I believe velcro is the correct answer to dynamic use of the tags. I'll pick some up tomorrow and see how it goes, maybe get some pictures if it works as well as I imagine it will.
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I tried Velcro but it was too thick for most of my applications.
I now use a little rubber cement on the spot and a little on the nfc tag(paper backing left on).
Let it dry and stick it together.
It's easy to remove and the cement just rolls off in your fingers for clean up.
I just added one to the top of my PC case that turns on ES File Explorers FTP server. I tried a few alternatives, and this way met my goals best. SMB sharing was too slow at <1 MBps. Wifi File Explorer was a painless solution, but it was mediocre at about 2 MBps plus I didn't want to have an extra app for that one function. ES's FTP server allows me to use one app for all my file moving needs at transfer speed of 3-6 MBps with FileZilla. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to kill the server with an NFC tag so I still have to do that manually. I emailed the dev about adding a kill shortcut or toggle for the server, though.
All in all it's nice not having to dig around for a USB cable when I want to grab a quick file off my phone or push a mod.
Also, for you guys trying to make the tags reusable, might I suggest sticking them to a piece of static cling sticker? You know those removable clear plastic ones you can put on your car windshield. They don't have any adhesive and peel right off (but still stick perfectly well). They only work on smooth surfaces, but if that suits you they'd work really well. I've bought some of the static cling multiple times from this site to use with my parking passes (I hate putting stickers on my car, especially when it comes time to remove them). You can probably find it cheaper somewhere else for a larger sheet that will do multiple tags, then just cut them down to size.
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I've bought some of the static cling multiple times from this site to use with my parking passes (I hate putting stickers on my car, especially when it comes time to remove them). You can probably find it cheaper somewhere else for a larger sheet that will do multiple tags, then just cut them down to size.
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Great idea, I actually have some larger sheets around here somewhere.
That is a good idea. This vehicle is one i'm going to run into the ground. At a thousand miles a week or so travelling, that grave is fast approaching since it wasn't designed for the weight i'm dragging around.
I have no problems with shooting a few self-tapping screws right into the dash to secure the velcro with - past experience with adhesives in the heat this thing gets to on the daily has taught me how unreliable they are.
Next step is to find something to stick a tag to that I can mount in my hotel rooms on a temporary basis as I go from place to place. Here is where I think the static cling idea will come into it's best use for me.
...if not the runner up idea is dollar-store keyring tags I can hang in places.
I'm parked at a place where I can see about some velcro, so i'll let you guys know how that works out.
Loving the ideas and accounts of experiences on this subject, definitely adding a whole new dimension to interacting with my android i'm really enjoying.
I have the droid ultra and was wondering how I could get some extra juice out of my phone? Any help would be appreciated!
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1. Turn off Battery Saver under Settings/Battery. This is false hope and more of a placebo. It usually kicks on when you are already really low on battery and it usually just down clocks your CPU and can make your phone sluggish.
2. Turn off Automatic Brightness under Settings/Display/Brightness. When the sensor on your phone reads the light around you, it likes to shift the brightness on your phone from really high to really low. This effects your battery. Turn that option off and leave your phone on half to 1/4 max brightness. 1/2 is usually just fine. You will get used to this brightness.
3. Turn off Location Access. This is probably one the biggest battery wasters out there and you don't need it running all the time. It is located under Settings/Location Access. Turn off or uncheck everything here. If a program needs or wants it on, it will request it when you are using that app. Most of the time it is usually for Google Maps. As you can tell, this also turns off GPS.
4. Let your phone sleep, but not too soon/long! Under Settings/Display click on sleep and change it to 1 or 2 minutes(preferred). Nothing shorter, nothing longer. Nothing longer because if you forget to turn off your screen, you don't want it sitting there for 5
minutes wasting away. Nothing shorter because turning it back on after 15 seconds because you were thinking will only cause the screen to demand more power to get it restarted, thus draining battery.
5. Facebook = Battery Killer. I get it, you love Facebook. That is ok, but your battery doesn't. There is hope though! Open the Facebook app and slide your finger from the left side of the screen to the right side of the screen. Now go all the way down to "App
Settings" and make these changes. #1 Refresh Interval = Never: This will prevent it from waking up your phone/battery and refreshing automatically when the phone is off. When you launch the app, it does this for you, so why have it do it when you are
working/sleeping? Plus you can always manually do this by pulling down on your News Feed. #2 Turn off Messenger location services. You don't really need this on. it likes to activate your GPS(battery hog) and let people know which city you sent that post/message from. Unless you care that people know you are in Butt****, Ohio, you should have this off.
6. Streaming Music kills battery. Do you have 80gb of songs at home on your computer? Then why do you stream Pandora all day? You having unlimited data is not a good excuse. If you can, put all those songs on your SD card/phone and listen to them using Google Play Music app. Buy a bigger SD card if you have to, they are not that expensive. Or just ask Santa.
7. Turn off vibrate on touch/haptic feedback. Usually located under Settings/Sound. That little motor that tickles your finger tips when you touch the screen actually uses a good amount of power. If you are really looking to get the most out of your battery, turn this off. I leave it on because I could always go for a finger tip tickle.
You don't have to use all of those, you can pick and choose if you like. I do. I hope it helps you out. Let me know.
Fun Fact: The takes more power to show the color blue on your screen than any other color.
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3. Turn off Location Access. This is probably one the biggest battery wasters out there and you don't need it running all the time. It is located under Settings/Location Access. Turn off or uncheck everything here. If a program needs or wants it on, it will request it when you are using that app. Most of the time it is usually for Google Maps. As you can tell, this also turns off GPS.
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Yeah, well, you need location services for Google Maps. It's nothing something discrete for just one application. (Meaning, if you turn off location services globally, it turns it off for everything. If you turn it on, you can go into individual apps and see if you can turn off location.) However, you can go into Google Now, menu on the bottom right, settings, Privacy & accounts, Google location settings, and turn off location reporting and location history - unless you really want that in Google Now.
6. Streaming Music kills battery. Do you have 80gb of songs at home on your computer? Then why do you stream Pandora all day? You having unlimited data is not a good excuse. If you can, put all those songs on your SD card/phone and listen to them using Google Play Music app. Buy a bigger SD card if you have to, they are not that expensive. Or just ask Santa.
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There is no SD card slot in the Droids.
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1. Turn off Battery Saver under Settings/Battery. This is false hope and more of a placebo. It usually kicks on when you are already really low on battery and it usually just down clocks your CPU and can make your phone sluggish.
2. Turn off Automatic Brightness under Settings/Display/Brightness. When the sensor on your phone reads the light around you, it likes to shift the brightness on your phone from really high to really low. This effects your battery. Turn that option off and leave your phone on half to 1/4 max brightness. 1/2 is usually just fine. You will get used to this brightness.
3. Turn off Location Access. This is probably one the biggest battery wasters out there and you don't need it running all the time. It is located under Settings/Location Access. Turn off or uncheck everything here. If a program needs or wants it on, it will request it when you are using that app. Most of the time it is usually for Google Maps. As you can tell, this also turns off GPS.
4. Let your phone sleep, but not too soon/long! Under Settings/Display click on sleep and change it to 1 or 2 minutes(preferred). Nothing shorter, nothing longer. Nothing longer because if you forget to turn off your screen, you don't want it sitting there for 5
minutes wasting away. Nothing shorter because turning it back on after 15 seconds because you were thinking will only cause the screen to demand more power to get it restarted, thus draining battery.
5. Facebook = Battery Killer. I get it, you love Facebook. That is ok, but your battery doesn't. There is hope though! Open the Facebook app and slide your finger from the left side of the screen to the right side of the screen. Now go all the way down to "App
Settings" and make these changes. #1 Refresh Interval = Never: This will prevent it from waking up your phone/battery and refreshing automatically when the phone is off. When you launch the app, it does this for you, so why have it do it when you are
working/sleeping? Plus you can always manually do this by pulling down on your News Feed. #2 Turn off Messenger location services. You don't really need this on. it likes to activate your GPS(battery hog) and let people know which city you sent that post/message from. Unless you care that people know you are in Butt****, Ohio, you should have this off.
6. Streaming Music kills battery. Do you have 80gb of songs at home on your computer? Then why do you stream Pandora all day? You having unlimited data is not a good excuse. If you can, put all those songs on your SD card/phone and listen to them using Google Play Music app. Buy a bigger SD card if you have to, they are not that expensive. Or just ask Santa.
7. Turn off vibrate on touch/haptic feedback. Usually located under Settings/Sound. That little motor that tickles your finger tips when you touch the screen actually uses a good amount of power. If you are really looking to get the most out of your battery, turn this off. I leave it on because I could always go for a finger tip tickle.
You don't have to use all of those, you can pick and choose if you like. I do. I hope it helps you out. Let me know.
Fun Fact: The takes more power to show the color blue on your screen than any other color.
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1 - Agreed.
2 - This is mostly preference and will not that huge of effect on your battery. Having the display on the brightest setting will always drain more than the lowest setting, but the auto-brightness changing does not hurt the battery, it's when it sets the brightness high that it does. I have auto-brightness set and I'm doing pretty good.
3 - Location services are only accessed and turned on when requested. For example, when you open maps, or have geotagging enabled on the camera. Just leaving it enabled in general will not be that big a deal.
4 - Mostly preference, but setting it too long can have more detrimental effects than just battery usage. For example: forgetting to lock the phone and shoving it in your pocket while the display is still on can result in apps opening or calls being made.
5 - While you're at it, just quit facebook altogether But seriously, the more "social" apps you have running, the more you have apps waking up the phone and hitting data in the background. Instant messaging can cause battery drain as well. As for me and facebook, I do not have an account at all, so I don't use it, and can't really say if it really is a drain on its own.
6 - Agreed. Either put music on your phone or use the caching available in various services like Spotify. I'm a Spotify premium subscriber and it's totally worth it.
7 - This will have a negligible impact on your battery.
I'll add this: If you're into figuring out what's causing battery drain, install an app that monitors wakelocks. I use Wakelock Detector. Wakelocks are going to be your idle time battery killers and apps that abuse them will cause excessive drain. I'm sitting at 8% awake right now and my battery easily lasts the entire day with around half battery remaining on my Mini. You can find apps to blame for battery drain with an app like this easier than an app that just monitors battery usage.
bc760 said:
Trade it for the Maxx!!
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Only if I had the money
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SupremeOverlord said:
1. Turn off Battery Saver under Settings/Battery. This is false hope and more of a placebo. It usually kicks on when you are already really low on battery and it usually just down clocks your CPU and can make your phone sluggish.
2. Turn off Automatic Brightness under Settings/Display/Brightness. When the sensor on your phone reads the light around you, it likes to shift the brightness on your phone from really high to really low. This effects your battery. Turn that option off and leave your phone on half to 1/4 max brightness. 1/2 is usually just fine. You will get used to this brightness.
3. Turn off Location Access. This is probably one the biggest battery wasters out there and you don't need it running all the time. It is located under Settings/Location Access. Turn off or uncheck everything here. If a program needs or wants it on, it will request it when you are using that app. Most of the time it is usually for Google Maps. As you can tell, this also turns off GPS.
4. Let your phone sleep, but not too soon/long! Under Settings/Display click on sleep and change it to 1 or 2 minutes(preferred). Nothing shorter, nothing longer. Nothing longer because if you forget to turn off your screen, you don't want it sitting there for 5
minutes wasting away. Nothing shorter because turning it back on after 15 seconds because you were thinking will only cause the screen to demand more power to get it restarted, thus draining battery.
5. Facebook = Battery Killer. I get it, you love Facebook. That is ok, but your battery doesn't. There is hope though! Open the Facebook app and slide your finger from the left side of the screen to the right side of the screen. Now go all the way down to "App
Settings" and make these changes. #1 Refresh Interval = Never: This will prevent it from waking up your phone/battery and refreshing automatically when the phone is off. When you launch the app, it does this for you, so why have it do it when you are
working/sleeping? Plus you can always manually do this by pulling down on your News Feed. #2 Turn off Messenger location services. You don't really need this on. it likes to activate your GPS(battery hog) and let people know which city you sent that post/message from. Unless you care that people know you are in Butt****, Ohio, you should have this off.
6. Streaming Music kills battery. Do you have 80gb of songs at home on your computer? Then why do you stream Pandora all day? You having unlimited data is not a good excuse. If you can, put all those songs on your SD card/phone and listen to them using Google Play Music app. Buy a bigger SD card if you have to, they are not that expensive. Or just ask Santa.
7. Turn off vibrate on touch/haptic feedback. Usually located under Settings/Sound. That little motor that tickles your finger tips when you touch the screen actually uses a good amount of power. If you are really looking to get the most out of your battery, turn this off. I leave it on because I could always go for a finger tip tickle.
You don't have to use all of those, you can pick and choose if you like. I do. I hope it helps you out. Let me know.
Fun Fact: The takes more power to show the color blue on your screen than any other color.
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I appreciate everything. I deleted Facebook like a month ago because I saw the stats. I did not know about the screen timeout though thanks man:thumbup:
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I may have a lemon S2 Classic. 24 hours in and there are 3 relatively bad issues:
- Pedometer step counter does not work AT ALL. Wore watch all day and it shows I took *zero* steps.
- Heartbeat measuring is a major fail. Click the icon, and the resulting curve is erratic & all over the place. Never even locks on a heart rate and eventually gets to a "try again" button every single time.
- I have display set to always on. After a few seconds, it reverts to a plain black display with clock hands only. No other features. I can live with that, but wait a few minutes more and the screen goes completely black until I touch it or shake it to wake it back up.
I'm hoping someone can point out tips that mean some of this stuff is just user error, but I've spent a ton of time combing the settings both inside the watch as well as inside the phone app. HTC One M9, by the way, and the BT paired without a problem. Thinking Best Buy is about to get a watch returned! Thoughts on what I'm missing?
Sounds like you have a bad unit. My steps have been as accurate as any other wearable I've used. The heart rate monitor is excellent (you need to wear it snug though)... I can't comment on the ambient display as I don't use it
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I think You should return it - the problems You mentioned don't occur on my S2c.
The pedometer is not perfect, at least not before You make more than ~10 steps. If less, the smartwatch is not recording it (as far as I read, it suppose to work like that, cause devs implemented it to be 'eco-energy' and not start recording with every move). But in daily use it works fine for me.
Heartbeat sensor should record fine, maybe the grip on the belt is to loose? Try to make some activity with sHealth and observe if the sensor records anything.
About display - if You choose from settings 'always on' it WILL show only plain black display with clock hands. That's how it suppose to work If You are interested in having the face always turned on then look in the Store for 'I am Alive' app.