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Anyone else experiencing huge battery drain in R2AA008 (Generic_UK)?
Updated few days ago and now X1 drains the batery in 6 hours.
- Same location (networks etc)
- Same config (ie. all power-savingoptions enabledin Advanced Config)
- Same Microsoft Push settings, same servers etc
Any ideas?
Maybe SE changed some hidden power management settings. They did fix the BT shutting off on its own automatically. Id bet that was some badly implemented power saving strategy.
I use my BT very rarely so it's turned off like 99% of time so that's not the issue. Just can't figure this one out. If all else fails I have to flash R1 back, situation now is just not working, can't use phone for a full workday :/
just set the backlight to 20~30%, then you'll have more battery life I always use this method.
You're comparing the R2AA008 with which firmware?
foxcheng said:
just set the backlight to 20~30%, then you'll have more battery life I always use this method.
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I'm sure I read somewhere that disabling auto-backlight actually throttles back the CPU for some reason.
It's strange I know but I read it somewhere on XDA-Devs
I'm comparing to R1 generic UK, will try R2AA0010 and see what happens. Will also try auto backlight. (Strange, always had it on auto)
Does anybody encounter the following situation?
I have my X1 fully charged and put to sleep. After 8 hours and switch on X1 again, there were only 30% battery left.
I've updated my X1 ROM to R2AA008 too. But I got my phone stanby for four days and the battery still last about 20%-30%.
I think the only reason is your battery is not original or it's not OEM battery.
No problem here. My battery work for whole 2 days.
BT - 4-5 hours connected with my Jabra BT Car Speaker + 2 hours at home with laptop
WiFi - 2-3 hours
Voice - 1-2 hours
Still having fun with my X1 so I turn it on very often to check, change settings etc.
At the end of the 2nd day it has 10-20%
ROM R2AA008 UK
Backlight auto, nothing special
Power drain
I had a smilar problem. It was due to a third party case which had a small bump pressing on the screen. They seemed to draw power. Out of the case, it lasts a lot longer.
Been testin R2AA0010 for a few days, same thing. Looks like I have to confirm this by moving back to R1. Annoying at least, X1 doesn't survive for one day as it is.
I use up the entire battery with just 4 hours of web browsing through wifi/3g on the R2A10 rom.
The same behaviour for me as well with the new ROM.
I am using exactly the same settings, apps, tweaks as before the upgrade, and now I have to charge the battery every day. With the R1 ROM it was 2 days!
It seems the 3G is eating the battery power so much in the new R2 ROM.
I just disabled it, because I don't use the video call, and the ordinary email checking doesn't need HSDPA, a simple EDGE is enough.
So, I got back the 2 days uptime
Consumption of power is bigger i R2A10 imho comparing to R2A08 genUK.
1.5 day it's all I can survive
Have you thought about why the new R2 rom is much snappier? Perhaps the CPU core isn't being throttled anymore/as effectively as before. I'll trade the increased response for battery life though, just need a standby battery ready. Now, if only SE would release a decent charger for that...
Me personally, i haven't noticed any huge difference in power consumption. I believe most X1's come with batteries from China, the outlet I dealt with in Taipei (remember HTC is based here and makes phones here) reports some issues with the new batteries.
Anyone who's seen me in Rom threads probably knows that I usually ask the question about battery life, its like one of my obsessions... I want a phone that does a lot, but gets the most battery life too, probably not a winning combination, but it all helps!
I read on one thread that someone was using a radio version 1.10 and found it gave them better battery life then the new 1.13 with no loss of signal / gps.
Anyone got any thoughts?
1.13 radio
i just upgraded the radio in my hd to the new 1.13 from 1.09 and feel that the battery is a little better than before. i also currently running kwbr topix 1.0.1 wm6.1 rom. today will be the first full with that combo. i'll get back to you tomorrom on how the consumption is.
Have been using 1.13 since release and found no issues at all.
I am using Duttys 2.9 ROM and am getting 2.5 - 3 days of reasonably heavy use. Before i was getting 2 max before
Battery life sucks for me.....
2-3 days of battery life with heavy use.... i cannot even imagine getting that on my phone.
I dunno whats wrong with my phone .
I just updated to the new rom and radio from htc website.
Also, have disabled, wifi, data connections, active sync... all the stuff that take the juice out.
Also i am in NA, so also disabled 3g.
My setting are set manually for backlight and it is at the third point from the left.
I also have screen turn-off in 1min as well as switch off in 4 min.
In terms of program, i have pocket shield and incall touch lock program.
No after charging the battery to full.
This is wat i get,
Talk time- 30-45 min.
Music - 120 min. (S2P2 player)
Wifi - 10 min.
Now after almost 30 hrs.
battery is showing jst one bar.
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Am sure what usage i mentioned above is definitely cannot be termed as heavy.
Let me know, if someone can help me to improve my battery life.
shah1237 said:
2-3 days of battery life with heavy use.... i cannot even imagine getting that on my phone.
I dunno whats wrong with my phone .
I just updated to the new rom and radio from htc website.
Also, have disabled, wifi, data connections, active sync... all the stuff that take the juice out.
Also i am in NA, so also disabled 3g.
My setting are set manually for backlight and it is at the third point from the left.
I also have screen turn-off in 1min as well as switch off in 4 min.
In terms of program, i have pocket shield and incall touch lock program.
No after charging the battery to full.
This is wat i get,
Talk time- 30-45 min.
Music - 120 min. (S2P2 player)
Wifi - 10 min.
Now after almost 30 hrs.
battery is showing jst one bar.
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Am sure what usage i mentioned above is definitely cannot be termed as heavy.
Let me know, if someone can help me to improve my battery life.
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Try another rom or hardreset your phone
David Balfour said:
Have been using 1.13 since release and found no issues at all.
I am using Duttys 2.9 ROM and am getting 2.5 - 3 days of reasonably heavy use. Before i was getting 2 max before
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What do you class as heavy use?
Atze001 said:
Try another rom or hardreset your phone
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I'd do this too, its best to start with a rom, see battery life first without installing anything, then add bits one by one and you can usually eliminate the culprit!
Re: Barety life
What?
I have HTC Touch HD half year and batery never last more then 30 hrs with oficial ROM and clever use!
With my wifi on all the time... i never cross 24hrs
nicelad_uk said:
What do you class as heavy use?
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i use the music player for about 2 hour's a day and use the phone for about 1-2 hours and i am nearly always on the net with it as well.
edit: @drgopoos, WiFi eats battery like you wouldn't believe so no wonder you dont get more than 24hrs. I once had WiFi on and plugged the phone in to sync with my PC and the battery still went down. What happens if you dont use WiFi. Surely you dont need it 24/7?
I too am in the same boat, can't really stretch much past half a day with a bit of music, websurfing and the occasional email. No WiFi, only 3G. I've loaded a few apps (TomTom, CorePlayer and PHM Regedit) and don't have Exchange or anything active. Running Dutty V3.6 XT and radio 1.14.25.24.
Watch your power settings! My sat-nav program turned off the "turn off device after xxx mins" option in there. I could hardly reach 24 hours with one charge since the device never really turned off. This was really annoying e.g. when a reminder popped up at night, or when the phone was out of my reach.
After I realized that and set my option properly (screen 30 secs/power off after 1 min) my device lasts at least 2 days with normal use and even 3-4 days at light use.
I use radio 1.14.25.24 on Duttys 3.4 XT
David Balfour said:
am getting 2.5 - 3 days of reasonably heavy use.
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A-ha. I am getting 2 weeks with extremely heavy use.
Brightness is set to 100%, Wi-Fi and BT are always on. And I talk 24 hours a day also.
mine always have some strange consumption of power when I leave it through the night
before I go to bed it would be around 50% but when I wake up (5 hours later without running any programs of course) it drop to Battery very low
I'm using Radio 1.14, when I was on 1.13 I'm not experience that problem
I got the feeling that the newer radios use more battery. I've just downgraded to version 1.09.25.14, which I think was the original one that came with the phone. I will let you know my experience with that.
Dmitry N said:
A-ha. I am getting 2 weeks with extremely heavy use.
Brightness is set to 100%, Wi-Fi and BT are always on. And I talk 24 hours a day also.
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Do I detect a hint of sarcism LOL.
David Balfour said:
=I am using Duttys 2.9 ROM and am getting 2.5 - 3 days of reasonably heavy use. Before i was getting 2 max before
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Even with stock rom I would get no where near this, and I doubt anyone else would. I've used all Throys roms and yes it may be possible to get battery usage to maybe 2 - 2.5 days when left on standby but with heavy use!!! Extremely doubtful.......what do you classify as heavy use? Leaving it alone on standby locked in the cellar so no one can touch it!!
god, i'm happy when i make it through the day, meaning 12-16h without recharging, little to no music, hour or 2 msn, some net, normal call/sms, few weather updates....best i got was about 36h on Lost In Asia v5, generally Titanium seems to drain less then Manila :/
i could see getting 3 days if i buy 2 more batteries....or never unplug it from my laptop/socket :/
Dmitry N said:
A-ha. I am getting 2 weeks with extremely heavy use.
Brightness is set to 100%, Wi-Fi and BT are always on. And I talk 24 hours a day also.
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only two weeks ??? Your battery is probably broke !
Lil feedback with Lost in asia V5 and radio 1.14.25.24
around 36 h with heavy use
around 48 h with normal use
But i noticed that 4 things eat a lot my battey:
-when i check my mail and when the connection is bad ...
-when my HD is connected to my pc by usb
-when i'am in subway because sometimes it's edge,sometimes HSDPA etc...
- Wifi of course !
By the way, manila eat more battery than titanium...
shah1237 said:
2-3 days of battery life with heavy use.... i cannot even imagine getting that on my phone.
I dunno whats wrong with my phone .
I just updated to the new rom and radio from htc website.
Also, have disabled, wifi, data connections, active sync... all the stuff that take the juice out.
Also i am in NA, so also disabled 3g.
My setting are set manually for backlight and it is at the third point from the left.
I also have screen turn-off in 1min as well as switch off in 4 min.
In terms of program, i have pocket shield and incall touch lock program.
No after charging the battery to full.
This is wat i get,
Talk time- 30-45 min.
Music - 120 min. (S2P2 player)
Wifi - 10 min.
Now after almost 30 hrs.
battery is showing jst one bar.
==================================
Am sure what usage i mentioned above is definitely cannot be termed as heavy.
Let me know, if someone can help me to improve my battery life.
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never had these benefits...
perhaps you have a battery plus, or a special hd
I have suffered with battery life as well... Can never get past a day to be honest & I have tried almost every ROM from here including WM6.1 & 6.5. I use my phone mostly for music, little bit of gaming and web surfing. It is connected to net all the time though, because I have unlimited data plan. I normally leave home at 8:30 in the morning & till then the phone stays plugged in with the charger over night.
On the way to work and back I listen to music with normal 3.5mm headphone & sometimes play xtract or watch movie. The journey time is around 40 mins each way. I actively surf internet for around 15mins during break, not every day though. My emails get automatically downloaded after every 2 hours from 4 different providers. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
By the time I get home at around 6 in the evening the battery level is generally at around 65% and I consider this as light use.
Is there any chance to improve it?! I don't wanna buy those huge batteries which shatters the sexyness of the device.
Hi,
I know there's a lot of talking around about power consumption and it is not my intention to open another thread about it: just an information to share.. Even if Diamond2 will not be remembered as a world champion in powersaving (I can remeber only Artemis being one), I am experiencing an additional bug that could make think that the battery life is shorter than real! When fully charged, battery level goes down quite quickly(talking about hours) but at 3% the device is able to run for at least another 40 minutes of hard work (wifi+fullscreen youtube). This may be caused by a wrong battery calibration, I let it discharge completely but seems not to work. This "hidden" extra charge is certainly a positive thing but it is disappointing to notice that HTC newer devices can have a such banal problem. It's the third htc phone I buy,never experienced it before, and its not now I'm gonna start behaving like a maniac always concentrated on how i charge my phone just to workaround their bugs.
EDIT: Sometimes after 3 consecutive softresets I get 3 different battery levels, not bad eh? I could play the lottery with those numbers
I spent most of the day yesterday outside skating. Had GMaps running the whole time with GPS and HSDP connection at all times, + a twitter client which refreshes every.. 5 minutes or so.. Also halfway through enabled G-Watch with Geocaching..
Every 10 mins or so was checking the screen (yeah, cheap alternative for a GPS Navigator ). Some photos and videos were also made on the way
By the end of the day, the phone started complaining about the battery (20% ?) and I turned off GMaps, G-Watch and the twitter client. Some 15 minutes later I got the very low batt notification (10%, right?) and I forced the data connection off (forgot about it the first time ^^ )
Now.. After that I still had to connect to GMaps + Data + GPS to check the route back home ^^
After about 1 hour maybe, I reached home.. and it was still alive.. I was pretty impressed with the battery life, but now that you say it, it is weird that it lives for SO long at low batt levels.. I'd love to find a solution. For now I'll try to do a couple of full discharges to try and calibrate it =/
Very glad to hear that Diamond2 is capable of such battery performances! (not mine at the moment). Anyway,if I'm not wrong, you confirm a strange battery indicator behaviour..we'll see
Has anyone tried the HTC Desire battery fix and confirms it works on the SGS?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755903
Some people have implied it works but I'd like to know what you think?
Yesterday i was make all from this HTC Desire thread give, except wipe battery stats because i not found this thing in clockwork recovery menu, and i can say , it work for our device too. My Galaxy S battery last pretty better-smoother:
After all, i powered on my device in midnight 00:00, morning about 8:00 was battery 100% too. Standby without APN connection, recieved one SMS only.About 10:30 was 99% have one short about minute,recieved call. On 12:00 make APN conection (2G) and about 20 min was on the internet, some news page, company pages, etc., and battery dropped to 97%, about 14:00 some calls 3-4 min, dropped to 95%. On 15:00 was on the APN about half hour,battery go on 93%. To now on 19:00 hour battery is on 92%...I think this is great thing, beause before my galaxy was from 100% to empty about one and half day....
Next thing i use only when i need it, usualy stay:
1.WiFi off
2.APN only when need Internet(2G), rest is off
3.Bluetooth off
4. Animation off (in Settings)
5.Autorotate off
6.GPS off
7.Network location off
8.Autosync off
Best regards
PS (Sorry if my english is bad)
Just given this a try...will report back in a few days.
I tried it... i didnt notice a SIGNIFICANT change... although i did switch from ryan's lagfix to the voodoo one... so that maybe have had an effect. Overall it feels like the battery life is about the same...
Also no change for me, after 8 hours of use with wifi or 3g on whole time, dropped 35%.
I forgett say, i have stock I9000XXJF3 rooted firmware,newer reflashed any other firmware, none lagfix apk, or other etc. system things apk, expect task manager and startup manager... From 19:00 when a haved 92%, and now on 1:20 i have 89% with 15 minute calling, 4 SMS sended/recived, about half hour internet surfing on 2G, and 10 min play bubbles game. Tommorow i will tried GPS lasting and wifi. For me more than fantastic battery duration...I was Make exactly how read on HTC Desire thread, except wipe battery stats, but reboot i was make from recovery menu, not usualy with on/off button or some reboot apk, becaus, i think maybe battery stats itself refreshed-calibrated !?
Best regards
Well, I did this last night, and my phones battery status is now showing 98% after 11.5 hours.
To be fair, I was asleep for most of this time, and have only brought the phone out of standby a couple of times to check the time.
I also have APN/bluetooth/Wifi switched off, and i'm using only 2g networks.
Still, 2% in almost 12 hours isn't bad is it?
Nope....
I just tried it this morning. I still have the same battery consumption per hour with the same amount of using the phone. So I guess it's not working for me.
ibizaGTi said:
Well, I did this last night, and my phones battery status is now showing 98% after 11.5 hours.
To be fair, I was asleep for most of this time, and have only brought the phone out of standby a couple of times to check the time.
I also have APN/bluetooth/Wifi switched off, and i'm using only 2g networks.
Still, 2% in almost 12 hours isn't bad is it?
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miro666 said:
I forgett say, i have stock I9000XXJF3 rooted firmware,newer reflashed any other firmware, none lagfix apk, or other etc. system things apk, expect task manager and startup manager... From 19:00 when a haved 92%, and now on 1:20 i have 89% with 15 minute calling, 4 SMS sended/recived, about half hour internet surfing on 2G, and 10 min play bubbles game. Tommorow i will tried GPS lasting and wifi. For me more than fantastic battery duration...I was Make exactly how read on HTC Desire thread, except wipe battery stats, but reboot i was make from recovery menu, not usualy with on/off button or some reboot apk, becaus, i think maybe battery stats itself refreshed-calibrated !?
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Wow, that's seriously amazing guys. No noticeable improvements here. Followed the procedure, it was 100% at 8am. It's 6pm now, and after around 25 texts, 75 minutes of 2g calls and 5 minutes of 2g browsing, I now have 27% battery left. Doesn't seem like anything has improved.
I'm on JM7 with voodoo, btw.
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have good succes with disabling power saving mode, so the brightness mode only is, as i set to be, my batterytime has improve significant.
911rsr said:
have good succes with disabling power saving mode, so the brightness mode only is, as i set to be, my batterytime has improve significant.
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Yeah, and power saving mode on the display is annoying anyways.
This method seems like voodoo (not the lagfix voodoo), but many people on many devices seem to swear by it.
If you're not happy with battery life, get spare parts off the market and look into what's eating up the battery life. Check your data-sucking widgets, wifi sleep policy, screen brightness settings, etc. Get rid of those apps that are mis-behaving and turn down the frequency on widget data.
Wiping batterystats.bin file after a full charge usually helps if you haven't tried that.
Also, if this is your first smartphone with a big bright display and a fast cpu, get used to the fact that the battery isn't going to last as long as your Razr did, not anywhere near as long.
Get a spare battery (the SGS battery is so thin it fits in my wallet without even noticing it's there, get a spare desk charger for your office and keep a charger in the car. Dock/charge the thing when you have the chance to keep the % up while you're away from the charger, and stop worrying over this.
With virtually every new "ROM" I follow on this device and the Nexus One, the first and biggest complaint is usually "battery life sucks" in the early release stage; then the complaints start disappearing as the battery stats get a chance to settle down.
Yes, I did tried that 'HTC Desire' Method.
On my previous firmware JM5,
80% 18hrs
74% 1 Day 1 hrs 47min
And lasted until the 3rd day before I had to plug in the charger. All this with Wifi off and idling most of the time.
For JPC,
The battery level was awful until I applied the wifi fix for JPc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774507&page=5
Currently, my galaxy s is on 28% approaching 3 days (72 hours). So i guess in my case the battery level did improved. All this with playing games, wifi on (off when the screen is off) and movies. So the usage definitely increased, yet the battery still stands strong
Oh and another thing, the brightness level on JM5 was 30 (android lowest). I discovered Dimmer after that, which promptly reduced the brightess to 10 for JPC. That might explain the better battery part a bit
erm why does disabling power saving mode increase the battery life? i thought it supposes to save the power instead? My brightness is already set to the lowest means i dont need to enable power saving mode? wads the difference of enabling and dis-enabling.
Same question. Then why it's called Power Saving mode?
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Same question. Then why it's called Power Saving mode?
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During this mode, the screen's brightness will adjust to the color/intensity of the image projected on your screen. If the image is bright, the brightness will go down in order to safe battery life.
If the image is dark (like most of the SGS's UI) it will increase the brightness because dark colors don't drain as much of the battery.
This sounds pretty confusing, but when you think about it, it makes sense.
I disabled this mode, because i think i conflicts with the automatic brightness setting =D
QuickSettings did the trick for me, if i'm in a dark area i disable automatic brightness and go for the lowest setting (Still brighter than an Acer Liquid or HTC Desire if you ask me ! AMOLED IS GREAT !)
So basically it means that by disabling the power saving mode save the power more instead? As it does nt increase the brightness nor decrease automatically?
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I have tried this desire fix and it achieved no improvement at all.
I have heard that the best thing is to let battery drain then charge whilst phone is off.. but its too impractical to do this all the time..
I may be wrong but wasn't someone with good battery life going to share the batterystat file? was there someone mentioning a fix like this?
Also if you have 3 batteries how does that tie into the battery stats file.. after GPS fixing this is now seeming like a big problem, a few people i know and from an Australian forum have been disappointed with the battery life, and some people on here are getting 2-3 days
A guy from work tested it before taking it back and without sim, network, wifi etc got 23 hours in standby.
The website states something like 300 hours in standby? I think that is BS in fact on the samsung galaxy Australian site, they have replaced the battery standby to TBA...
Anyway after samsung took his device and 'tested it' they said the hardware was all okay, here is the new firmware.
As soon as I see him I will report what fw samsung gave him to 'fix' his battery life.
I call shannigans on samsung.... again!
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Wow, that's seriously amazing guys. No noticeable improvements here. Followed the procedure, it was 100% at 8am. It's 6pm now, and after around 25 texts, 75 minutes of 2g calls and 5 minutes of 2g browsing, I now have 27% battery left. Doesn't seem like anything has improved.
I'm on JM7 with voodoo, btw.
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A you sure is not in backgrond AutoSync, or GPS, or Network location is off. And very important make exatly procedure step by step from Desire thread...Im now after 38 hours (day and half) on 70% with my usual using (about hour 2G internet, 30 minute call, 4-5 SMS, and 10 min GPS with network location. BUT ALL MAKE OFF AFTER USING, when go on Standby)....Impresive realy?
I thinking make same procedure with my old HTC Touch Diamond 2...
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dan 6a said:
I have tried this desire fix and it achieved no improvement at all.
I have heard that the best thing is to let battery drain then charge whilst phone is off.. but its too impractical to do this all the time..
I may be wrong but wasn't someone with good battery life going to share the batterystat file? was there someone mentioning a fix like this?
Also if you have 3 batteries how does that tie into the battery stats file.. after GPS fixing this is now seeming like a big problem, a few people i know and from an Australian forum have been disappointed with the battery life, and some people on here are getting 2-3 days
A guy from work tested it before taking it back and without sim, network, wifi etc got 23 hours in standby.
The website states something like 300 hours in standby? I think that is BS in fact on the samsung galaxy Australian site, they have replaced the battery standby to TBA...
Anyway after samsung took his device and 'tested it' they said the hardware was all okay, here is the new firmware.
As soon as I see him I will report what fw samsung gave him to 'fix' his battery life.
I call shannigans on samsung.... again!
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Charge with phone off while you sleep shouldn't be too hard, unless you need the phone for incoming calls or alarms.
I don't believe batterystats.bin can be shared amongst phones, it's really just a log of your own phone's battery performance, if I understand it correctly.
Three batteries (like you and I have) will almost certainly confuse the battterystats file, unless all three batteries have exactly the same performance characteristics.
300 hours in standby...? Well, those kind of stats are always under "optimal" conditions. Optimal for any smartphone would be to have the phone in 2G only, wifi off, BT off, syncing off, all widgets off, location off, etc, etc, etc; basically just your phone in cell standby and not being used for anything else. My Nexus One, which gets little to no use now, used to last no more than 18 hours as my everyday phone, now with Froyo on it, a few weather widgets, wifi on, location on, etc, etc, it will last several days off the charger. I think we all just use our phones a LOT more than we realize, and that the display chews up more battery than we think.
Looking forward to what new firmware Sammy gives your friend.
This really helped me and I'm dead serious, after flashing a lot of roms and somtimes charging to only 50-70 percent and then disconnecting it seemed that my battery drained way to fast! I followed this:
1: Charge phone whilst on till LED is green.
2: Disconnect phone from charger, power it off.
3: Reconnect to charger with phone powered off and allow to charge till LED is green.
4: Disconnect the phone from charger, power it on. Once completely powered on, turn it off again and reconnect to charger until LED is green.
5: Reboot into recovery with clockworkmod and wipe battery stats.
And now after 5 hours with about 20 sms send/received I still have 93% battery, normally it was like 83 or lower by then, so I'm very happy! thanks for posting
I also posted this on the "htcone" subreddit:
I'm currently using CM 11, which is not yet stable on HTC One M7 GSM (currently on "snapshot"), and the battery life just kills me, so inefficient. I have an external 16,800 mAh battery and it does a good job eating through that too. 20% from that will give me 30% on the phone if the phone isn't powered all the way off -- that seems like a lot of usage (even if that external battery is used and only half that capacity now). I take measures to help my battery like auto brightness, turn off mobile data or wifi depending on what I'm using, or both to really save, I'm usually on silent, no bluetooth ever, location services always fully off unless I'm driving (rarely) etc. Just being in my pocket with a couple of hours or so total streaming music over LTE during the day the thing is under 20% after around 8-10 hours. A few days ago just a couple hours of music streaming (some downloaded some mobile data, not sure how much of each but still; this was not "screen on" time either) and an hour of web browsing ate 70% of it. It was 100% when I unplugged it around 6:30am and shy of 30% around 11am -- jeez!
I have been starting to think my battery is just worn out, I mean the phone is 2 years old (contract ends a week from tomorrow; it really is). But, what if it's the non-stable CM 11? Maybe a different ROM would help? I don't remember it being like this back on the stock ROM but it's been a while since then, and I remember being kinda frustrated with battery life every since I switched but I never got around to messing with this until now when I am even more irritated. I'm due for an upgrade, but squeezing some more life so I can wait another couple of months to see what unfolds (or change my mind entirely) would be great.
Can someone suggest some more efficient ROMs? I could handle Sense but I prefer AOSP -- whatever gets me more juice though. Or feel free to suggest other possible problems/solutions as well. In my power options in settings where it shows power usage, screen is always at the top with around 30%, so nothing jumps out there either. Thanks for any and all time!
jtaylor991 said:
I also posted this on the "htcone" subreddit:
I'm currently using CM 11, which is not yet stable on HTC One M7 GSM (currently on "snapshot"), and the battery life just kills me, so inefficient. I have an external 16,800 mAh battery and it does a good job eating through that too. 20% from that will give me 30% on the phone if the phone isn't powered all the way off -- that seems like a lot of usage (even if that external battery is used and only half that capacity now). I take measures to help my battery like auto brightness, turn off mobile data or wifi depending on what I'm using, or both to really save, I'm usually on silent, no bluetooth ever, location services always fully off unless I'm driving (rarely) etc. Just being in my pocket with a couple of hours or so total streaming music over LTE during the day the thing is under 20% after around 8-10 hours. A few days ago just a couple hours of music streaming (some downloaded some mobile data, not sure how much of each but still; this was not "screen on" time either) and an hour of web browsing ate 70% of it. It was 100% when I unplugged it around 6:30am and shy of 30% around 11am -- jeez!
I have been starting to think my battery is just worn out, I mean the phone is 2 years old (contract ends a week from tomorrow; it really is). But, what if it's the non-stable CM 11? Maybe a different ROM would help? I don't remember it being like this back on the stock ROM but it's been a while since then, and I remember being kinda frustrated with battery life every since I switched but I never got around to messing with this until now when I am even more irritated. I'm due for an upgrade, but squeezing some more life so I can wait another couple of months to see what unfolds (or change my mind entirely) would be great.
Can someone suggest some more efficient ROMs? I could handle Sense but I prefer AOSP -- whatever gets me more juice though. Or feel free to suggest other possible problems/solutions as well. In my power options in settings where it shows power usage, screen is always at the top with around 30%, so nothing jumps out there either. Thanks for any and all time!
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I get the best battery life from Android 4.3 Sense 5.5
InsertCoin HTC ONE v8.1.3 >> http://insertcoin-roms.org/category/devices/one_m7/one_sense5/
It's also not real bad on AT&T Stock 5.12.502.2
I unplug the phone at 6AM and take it to work, normal use txt a few calls some web and emails and I have around 50% battery left when I get home at 3:30. On heavy use days I have about 30% when I get home. I should note my phone is also going on 20 months old.