Why are people getting amazing battrry life? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've seen a lot of people reporting unreasonably(for me) great battery
life , like three days WITH usage. Even for CM7 based ROMs, they( most people seen reporting) also get a day and half or two.
But for my personal experience, I have used my phone six months, and the best I got is 1.5 days WITH usage.
How do those people have those huge battery life? Or am I missing something?
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They using gingerbread bootloader's, and only 2g network with off autosync

Do you use juice defender? If you tweak your phone right up, then don't use it you might get 3 days if you did correct first charge etc, but in reality most people charge their phone everyday as they use them, it is a smart phone...ie a computer, my laptop lasts 4 hours! T there is no point in having a smart phone if you don't hammer the pants of it!
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Dfolt said:
They using gingerbread bootloader's, and only 2g network with off autosync
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My auto sync is on, but I turn off data network when I don't use it.
On top of that, my brightness is set to the lowest and uc+uv+conservative scaling.
Still I have never get pass a day with cm7s
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i'm facing pretty low battery life problem also
back then i remember when my phone is on idle, every 5 min only consume about 5ma(according to battery monitor widget), but recently i have no idea why , idle will consume up to 80ma every 5 min, i have very little apps installed and most of it doesn't have push notification nor sync
Another main point, i'm on 3G instead of hsdpa, i expect much better battery life to be honest, i'm currently on Juwe's smart edition 5.3

check the processes
First of all check what processes are consuming more memory and CPU.
Try using "Usage Timeliness Free" app, which will show you which application is eating up your memory thus battery.
It has got option to terminate unwanted apps as well.
BO3527

Mine lasts about 7/8 hours at most with wifi turned off and some bloatware apps frozen aswell.
I've had the phone a year so I dont no if my battery is ready for the bin or if its something to do with flashing cf-root.
It runs out so quick I've got to make sure its on charge every night in case it dies and my alarm doesn't go off for work in the morning ha

bo3527 said:
First of all check what processes are consuming more memory and CPU.
Try using "Usage Timeliness Free" app, which will show you which application is eating up your memory thus battery.
It has got option to terminate unwanted apps as well.
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That app uses more cpu then all my other apps together.

use "Usage Timeliness Free"

Saull said:
That app uses more cpu then all my other apps together.
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open that app
close unwanted app, which are consuming a lot of memory thus battery.
And then close that app as well.
I use that application + Taskiller

One major difference people overlook is how hard the radio works to get a signal. E.g. At home with WiFi and 3G on I lose about 10% battery overnight of the phone sitting idle. At work I lose closer to 45% for the for the same period. Naturally when I use the phone it'll be flat at the end of each day.

bo3527 said:
I use that application + Taskiller
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There is no reason for using taskillers. Android is klilling apps by itsself if needed

slaphead20 said:
Do you use juice defender? If you tweak your phone right up, then don't use it you might get 3 days if you did correct first charge etc, but in reality most people charge their phone everyday as they use them, it is a smart phone...ie a computer, my laptop lasts 4 hours! T there is no point in having a smart phone if you don't hammer the pants of it!
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+1 juice defender actually helps out with your battery usage.. its worth the money.. though we should all consider the ROM were using...
garbz said:
One major difference people overlook is how hard the radio works to get a signal. E.g. At home with WiFi and 3G on I lose about 10% battery overnight of the phone sitting idle. At work I lose closer to 45% for the for the same period. Naturally when I use the phone it'll be flat at the end of each day.
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If i were u ill calibrate my phone.. when i first bought my galaxy i used to have the same issue as you... when i was listening to music for about an hour my battery used to dropped down by 20%.. but now it usually drops by 3%... i suggest to calibrate your phone, install a custom rom and kernel then install juice defender which toggles between 2g to 3g... ;] i get around 3 days now on a full charge on my galaxy... planning to get that 1650mah samsung galaxy armani battery for another 10% battery life on my sgs
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how do some of yall get 24+ hours battery life?

im running fresh 2.3.3 and my battery doesnt last through out the day
ex.
10 am - 100% off charger
6 pm -15%
and thats with some text here and there and listenin to some songs thats about it
can anyone help me with this?
I like mrinehart93 use SMODA widget to turn off 3g when i dont need it, that helps out a ton. I also only have only one other widget on my homescreens instead of a ton like some people use. And using an uv kernel helped me out as well.
During the course of 7-8hrs of sleep with 3g off, my phone only loses about 2%. Sleeps like a baby
I should also add, i use pandora periodically during the day, text a lot, and have only 1-2 phone calls less than 10 min long usually.
-Running DarchDroid 2.7
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6399061&postcount=3546
kyouko said:
I like mrinehart93 use SMODA widget to turn off 3g when i dont need it, that helps out a ton. I also only have only one other widget on my homescreens instead of a ton like some people use. And using an uv kernel helped me out as well.
During the course of 7-8hrs of sleep with 3g off, my phone only loses about 2%. Sleeps like a baby
I should also add, i use pandora periodically during the day, text a lot, and have only 1-2 phone calls less than 10 min long usually.
-Running DarchDroid 2.7
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yeah seems like you use the phone like i do on a normal day
but today i barely used the phone and that ****.
ima try what you do
i barely got widgets
and im usin the UV kernel
macvalentine said:
im running fresh 2.3.3 and my battery doesnt last through out the day
ex.
10 am - 100% off charger
6 pm -15%
and thats with some text here and there and listenin to some songs thats about it
can anyone help me with this?
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I usually get about 24-48 hours of battery life depending on my use, but one thing i've noticed really helped was running the app TasKiller, removing everything but HTC Sense from the ignore list, and killing everything, then reopening the app, hitting menu then "Kill Me". I usually never have to disable my 3G unless i really need to.
bmxrider4444 said:
I usually get about 24-48 hours of battery life depending on my use, but one thing i've noticed really helped was running the app TasKiller, removing everything but HTC Sense from the ignore list, and killing everything, then reopening the app, hitting menu then "Kill Me". I usually never have to disable my 3G unless i really need to.
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so you just kill everything except sense?
so basically same concept with launcherpro
I get 12+ hours under extreme heavy usage using 2.2.
i checked my awake time
my phone is damn near 100%
any advice on what i can do to reduce that
Try using UV kernal, underclock just a little, say if you are using DarchDroid 2.7, it is over clocked to 710~ i think, so underclock it to say like 680, disable the 3G, and dont use a ton a widgets, 2 or 3 max.
i dont get why i'm still getting less than 12 hours of battery life
i know there isnt an issue with my battery
i baby this phone so much i highly doubt that there would be an issue
im recalibrating it again and i hope it works
i set my OC for 710 and its the UV'd kernel
i only have 2 widgets and 1 screen
i dont get wtf is goin on
i was streamin pandora for bout 20 min or so and my **** dropped from 90 to 70%
even when it is just sitting the with the screen off it'll drop by 1% every few minutes
macvalentine said:
i dont get why i'm still getting less than 12 hours of battery life
i know there isnt an issue with my battery
i baby this phone so much i highly doubt that there would be an issue
im recalibrating it again and i hope it works
i set my OC for 710 and its the UV'd kernel
i only have 2 widgets and 1 screen
i dont get wtf is goin on
i was streamin pandora for bout 20 min or so and my **** dropped from 90 to 70%
even when it is just sitting the with the screen off it'll drop by 1% every few minutes
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How often di you charge it?
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Battery life will also depend on the signal strength in your area. I don't get great signal in my house, so the battery will drain faster. Check time without signal and see if it can be improved.
For those of you who get great battery life, do you have a great signal most of the day?
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Bradart said:
How often di you charge it?
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as you can tell i gotta charge it everyday
12 hours is the max i've gotten since i went on fresh 2.3.3
1. Those taskkiller apps that kill everything kill core apps, and that takes extra CPU to relaunch those apps (because they must be running). Don't use them. Use a kernel with a tweaked memkiller.
2. If you have bad signal, use SMODA widget. 'nuff said with that.
3. Use SMODA widget.
Seriously, SMODA widget keeps my battery good for 48+hours...
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1. Those taskkiller apps that kill everything kill core apps, and that takes extra CPU to relaunch those apps (because they must be running). Don't use them. Use a kernel with a tweaked memkiller.
2. If you have bad signal, use SMODA widget. 'nuff said with that.
3. Use SMODA widget.
Seriously, SMODA widget keeps my battery good for 48+hours...
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Cliffs on the SMODA widget?
Why do you need this smoda. There is an htc app to turn mobile network on and off.its under the settings area of widgets?
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mrinehart93 said:
1. Those taskkiller apps that kill everything kill core apps, and that takes extra CPU to relaunch those apps (because they must be running). Don't use them. Use a kernel with a tweaked memkiller.
2. If you have bad signal, use SMODA widget. 'nuff said with that.
3. Use SMODA widget.
Seriously, SMODA widget keeps my battery good for 48+hours...
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so you dont use any task killers?
Why do you need 12 hours of battery life,I'm personally happy with 8
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I downloaded Juice Defender last night after reading this thread. So far my Hero has lasted 12 hours and according to the app I have another 5 left. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend Juice Defender. I think it may be the first app I ever buy
primerib said:
Why do you need this smoda. There is an htc app to turn mobile network on and off.its under the settings area of widgets?
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SMODA widget is necessary in CyanogenMOD because there is no stock widget to do that.

[Q] Why is my battery life so awful?

I was at 100% battery at around 2:40pm today. I left and went to my brother's for Christmas lunch. Now, at 4pm, it's at 67%. All I did was Facebook (via the browser) and listen to some music (not the entire time). I frequently killed all the running apps, too.
I'm running Axura RC 2.5. I flashed it via Clockwork Recovery.
Elektrisk said:
I was at 100% battery at around 2:40pm today. I left and went to my brother's for Christmas lunch. Now, at 4pm, it's at 67%. All I did was Facebook (via the browser) and listen to some music (not the entire time). I frequently killed all the running apps, too.
I'm running Axura RC 2.5. I flashed it via Clockwork Recovery.
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Thumb rule in android: stop using task killers.
diablo009 said:
Thumb rule in android: stop using task killers.
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Then how do you manage backgrounded apps that you aren't using? They just drain the battery, no?
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Then how do you manage backgrounded apps that you aren't using? They just drain the battery, no?
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No, they don't. It's all related to how the Android OS manages applications. There's a ton of info about it - just google it. If you have battery draining issues, most of the time it's because you left something running that's constantly downloading/connecting to 3G or is doing something CPU intensive. Take the new Facebook app for example - if you use the chat function and you don't log out, it keeps you logged in and that will suck your battery dry. If 3G is spotty, you'll also have battery drain as the phone switches back and forth from edge to 3G, trying to connect.
I used a task killer when I first got my phone, because some moron at the AT&T store recommended it. My battery life got much better when I unloaded that crappy app.
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No, they don't. It's all related to how the Android OS manages applications. There's a ton of info about it - just google it. If you have battery draining issues, most of the time it's because you left something running that's constantly downloading/connecting to 3G or is doing something CPU intensive. Take the new Facebook app for example - if you use the chat function and you don't log out, it keeps you logged in and that will suck your battery dry. If 3G is spotty, you'll also have battery drain as the phone switches back and forth from edge to 3G, trying to connect.
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I don't use FB chat, nor have I had unstable connections. I've had constant HDSPA all day. Could it be an issue with the ROM? I have WiFi, Bluetooth, & GPS turned off, as well as Brightness as low as it can go.
Hold down the home button and open task manager...
Also i noticed that using 3g on low signal kills the battery, try to use wifi...
You can also try assonance, i think its clocked 200 mhz less than axura, so you might perceive more battery, and it is as stable
Or try recalibrating the battery
Pd maybe it is an issue with the modem draining too much battery, you could try a different one, i bet if you dissable 3g your bat will improve a lot
Elektrisk said:
I don't use FB chat, nor have I had unstable connections. I've had constant HDSPA all day. Could it be an issue with the ROM? I have WiFi, Bluetooth, & GPS turned off, as well as Brightness as low as it can go.
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Custom ROMs give you more speed, more power, more more more. That comes at a cost. You will have crappy battery life with some ROMs, and other ROMs may have better battery life.
rastanthology said:
Hold down the home button and open task manager...
Also i noticed that using 3g on low signal kills the battery, try to use wifi...
You can also try assonance, i think its clocked 200 mhz less than axura, so you might perceive more battery, and it is as stable
Or try recalibrating the battery
Pd maybe it is an issue with the modem draining too much battery, you could try a different one, i bet if you dissable 3g your bat will improve a lot
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I pay $25 a month for 3G access.. I'm not going to disable it
Elektrisk said:
I pay $25 a month for 3G access.. I'm not going to disable it
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For normal day to day work, EDGE should be fine. Switch from EDGE to 3G when u feel need more data transfer speed. This should help.
im at 11 hrs since my last charge...
currently at 30% battery
Depends on the Rom I guess... And ive done the usual... Checking email txts facebook and xda and on the phone all day.
Oh.. And I was taking pics all day too. Not bad for this phone.
Currently running the latest Assonance rom.
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avgjoegeek said:
im at 11 hrs since my last charge...
currently at 30% battery
Depends on the Rom I guess... And ive done the usual... Checking email txts facebook and xda and on the phone all day.
Oh.. And I was taking pics all day too. Not bad for this phone.
Currently running the latest Assonance rom.
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I wanted to try Assonance, but whenever I tried flashing it via Clockword recovery, it froze at 'installing update..'. About to try Darkys 7.0.1.
Could it be a deffective battery? I used to get 7 hrs heavy use (web, games, music) with my original battery. I bought a backup battery (same thing, Samsung OEM 1500mh) and I am impressed I am now getting 12-18 hrs with heavy to moderate use. I guess I had a bad battery to beging with.
elektrisk,
has your battery life changed since you first flashed axura? if so, it is most likely due to an app you installed after flashing the rom. if your battery life has always been "awful" then you should consider flashing a different kernel, or another rom & kernel altogether

Battery only last me 7 hours :(

I have a nexus one running stock and I cant get through a day of battery power. if im lucky maybe it can last me 8hrs is it common? I have wifi off bluetooth off I dont have live wallpapers or widgets running. Also seems like either tmo or htc devices dont get good reception my hd2 & N1 always switch from 3g to edge like every minute sucks.
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Mine can last 8 hours with heavy usage, how old is your Nexus One?
Pay attention to running services and processes, use a task killer to find out what applications are running automatically and consuming much CPU.
houzuoguo said:
Mine can last 8 hours with heavy usage, how old is your Nexus One?
Pay attention to running services and processes, use a task killer to find out what applications are running automatically and consuming much CPU.
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I bought it on ebay the user said he had it for less than 3 months so im assuming maybe 4 months old. I have only emails running auto 2 are normal 1 exchange for work. I maybe use 30 min of calling few emails and maybe 50 sms and 1 hour to 2 of web browsing and also 2 hours of music. I was thinking of under clocking the phone to 600 to see if it gets better.
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Get memory optimizer from market and set it to moderate settings, should help.
Good luck.
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Check if you have the stock battery. I have 2 extra batteries I've bought off eBay, one of them can last me between 10-14 hours moderate usage like yourself, and the other about 7-10 hours (sucks!). The battery that came with my phone lasts between 24-36 hours (I know, huge range but it really depends on how I use it.)
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Get memory optimizer from market and set it to moderate settings, should help.
Good luck.
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Thanks I will give it a try
KAwAtA said:
Check if you have the stock battery. I have 2 extra batteries I've bought off eBay, one of them can last me between 10-14 hours moderate usage like yourself, and the other about 7-10 hours (sucks!). The battery that came with my phone lasts between 24-36 hours (I know, huge range but it really depends on how I use it.)
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I have the stock battery Im going to buy the 1600 mAh power battery from sedio see if it works
houzuoguo said:
Mine can last 8 hours with heavy usage, how old is your Nexus One?
Pay attention to running services and processes, use a task killer to find out what applications are running automatically and consuming much CPU.
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mine dont last long at all i got mine 1 year ago or less....and um i dont run apps or setting is disable running 2.2.1 cyanogen mod 6.1.1 and really battery sucks what apps do you use to check all and stuff???suggestion???
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Thanks I will give it a try
I have the stock battery Im going to buy the 1600 mAh power battery from sedio see if it works
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I tried that battery back in April and found it no better than the stock battery, even after conditioning. It's sat in my spares box somewhere and I kept using stock.
My stock battery's at 68% after 12 hours today (not heavy usage). My heaviest usage is on work days and I have desktop docks at home and work to top up the charge where necessary.
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I tried that battery back in April and found it no better than the stock battery, even after conditioning. It's sat in my spares box somewhere and I kept using stock.
My stock battery's at 68% after 12 hours today (not heavy usage). My heaviest usage is on work days and I have desktop docks at home and work to top up the charge where necessary.
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Hopefully gingerbread update makes it better I hate carrying batteries around. Maybe I should just buy a normal htc battery
What apps top your battery status list for usage?
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Monkey see, monkey do.
Also, try to take the SD out and test the phone for a day without external memory.
You might have a corrupt multimedia file on the SD card, happened to me not a week ago. The battery would last about 8-10 h, while it usually lasts for the whole day with about a third to spare at the end.
If that doesn't help, then go to the market, and get "Usage Timelines Free". It's an app that shows recent CPU usage in the notification area. When you notice high usage, select the notification and see what app is hogging the system. You might want to do Preferences->Start at system startup, and also Sort->CPU Usage before that happens.
The indication of something not being right with multimedia files is an abnormal activity of Android System which you could also notice at the end of the day in android's Settings->About phone->Battery use. This menu logs battery usage since last unplugged, so remember to check before you plug in the phone. About 10 to 20 minutes of "CPU total" for 8 hours since unplugged, is a normal amount of usage for Android System, alot above this value is suspicious.
There, some pointers. Took me a while to figure this out.
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Also, try to take the SD out and test the phone for a day without external memory.
You might have a corrupt multimedia file on the SD card, happened to me not a week ago. The battery would last about 8-10 h, while it usually lasts for the whole day with about a third to spare at the end.
If that doesn't help, then go to the market, and get "Usage Timelines Free". It's an app that shows recent CPU usage in the notification area. When you notice high usage, select the notification and see what app is hogging the system. You might want to do Preferences->Start at system startup, and also Sort->CPU Usage before that happens.
The indication of something not being right with multimedia files is an abnormal activity of Android System which you could also notice at the end of the day in android's Settings->About phone->Battery use. This menu logs battery usage since last unplugged, so remember to check before you plug in the phone. About 10 to 20 minutes of "CPU total" for 8 hours since unplugged, is a normal amount of usage for Android System, alot above this value is suspicious.
There, some pointers. Took me a while to figure this out.
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Thanks everyone for the pointer and your replies first thing tomorrow I will try to see how much it can last me without plugging the phone to a charger see if it was just me not having the right set up. Yeah cpu usage seems a bit tricky to figure out I also notice calendar was running 20MB which is weird because I dont sync my calendar any more.
You can also check out SetCPU (on the market, or the nag-ware version on XDA) - I have mine set to ondemand for normal use, and a profile to clock it down to ~400Mhz when the screen is off. Makes a huge difference in battery life and you can tweak it to your needs.
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You can also check out SetCPU (on the market, or the nag-ware version on XDA) - I have mine set to ondemand for normal use, and a profile to clock it down to ~400Mhz when the screen is off. Makes a huge difference in battery life and you can tweak it to your needs.
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I not able to use it since my phone its not root it yet can you set the cpu with out rooting the device?

[Q] How to calibrate battery

How to calibrate battery..?
I found application "Battery calibration" and it says:
Calibration needs to be done after flashing a new ROM, but you can calibrate any time you think your battery is miscalibrated. This program does it by removing the batterystats.bin system file. The OS generates a new clean batterystats file soon, thus any fake information from the previous ROM is removed.
It's suggested, but not necessary, to let the phone fully discharge after calibration, then charged to 100% without break.
market: http://goo.gl/XTJxa
But I didn't see any changes.. My battery stays around 13 hours...
After using "Battery calibration"and 2 times full battery charge, 72% yet (stock 2.3.3 KPE)
what was your usage?? i mean how much gaming, wifi, internet etc
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After using "Battery calibration"and 2 times full battery charge, 72% yet (stock 2.3.3 KPE)
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Your display only eats 4% of your usage, i can say that your phone was mostly on standby when you posted this.
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Your display only eats 4% of your usage, i can say that your phone was mostly on standby when you posted this.
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Yes only a few calls, and sms, but synchronization is on (2G only). Average battery life ~ 16h( 2.3.3 KPE), but better than villainrom 1.0 (max 7-8 h)
how is possible that after 19 hours you have still 75% of battery. you dont use the phone, is only in standby? the fully charges were with how many hours?
I have installed Battery Calibration as said, but its asking to root the device. What is root? Sorry for being noob. I am new Android phones.
Ace's battery won't stand for a day with moderate use. It's battery drains faster than any of my previous android phone. Before ace I've used Sony Ericsson x8 and Galaxy mini, both's battery can stand for 1,5-2 days. I usually put my phone to airplane mode during my sleep time from 11 PM to 6 AM and on galaxy mini's battery drains only 0-1% in the morning, but on ace the battery drains 7-12 %, it's horrible.
mewtwo68d said:
Ace's battery won't stand for a day with moderate use. It's battery drains faster than any of my previous android phone. Before ace I've used Sony Ericsson x8 and Galaxy mini, both's battery can stand for 1,5-2 days. I usually put my phone to airplane mode during my sleep time from 11 PM to 6 AM and on galaxy mini's battery drains only 0-1% in the morning, but on ace the battery drains 7-12 %, it's horrible.
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Sounds like you havent mastered the way of saving battery on a SGA yet. With some thrid party apps you'll be able to make it through the day without any problem.
QNBT said:
Sounds like you havent mastered the way of saving battery on a SGA yet. With some thrid party apps you'll be able to make it through the day without any problem.
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Do you have any suggestions of apps?
Floob95 said:
Do you have any suggestions of apps?
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Juice Defender, Set CPU, Auto Memory man., Autostarts and Tweaks for instance.
Use quick setting to access and switch/change the brightness, mobile data, wifi.
Check the apps that uses unnecessary CPU with watchdog, you can uninstall watchdog when ure done your evaluation.
Don't use apps such as Advance task killer(if you dont know what ure doing), it might give you even worse battery time. Many background apps doesnt use any CPU at all, they only take up RAM.
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Sounds like you havent mastered the way of saving battery on a SGA yet. With some thrid party apps you'll be able to make it through the day without any problem.
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I've installed Juice defender, Android booster, Go green power, and still the same battery problem, it won't stand for a day without re-charging
mewtwo68d said:
I've installed Juice defender, Android booster, Go green power, and still the same battery problem, it won't stand for a day without re-charging
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The only one I recommended from the installed apps was juice defender, and you didnt even combine my recommended apps. Try that before posting this issue.
mine stands for 2 or 2,5 days with Glsmt 1.3 rom, and wifi is always on. tried juice defender must say is the best friend of any android phone.
Hi to everyone on this thread. How long have you had your Ace & have you given it a chance to "settle in"?? I easily get 2 days+ with average use ie/ wifi/games/calls/surfing. The battery needs time to calibrate itself, no apps necessary. Takes a few weeks. At this moment I'm on 2d 15h 17m 45s with 27% left! Phone is left on all day/night & I disable wifi/3G/syncing when not required. My % stays the same overnight, no drop. Hope this helps. GrahamF. London
Hmm, cant see any changes after calibrating...
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grahamflowers said:
Hi to everyone on this thread. How long have you had your Ace & have you given it a chance to "settle in"?? I easily get 2 days+ with average use ie/ wifi/games/calls/surfing. The battery needs time to calibrate itself, no apps necessary. Takes a few weeks. At this moment I'm on 2d 15h 17m 45s with 27% left! Phone is left on all day/night & I disable wifi/3G/syncing when not required. My % stays the same overnight, no drop. Hope this helps. GrahamF. London
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That sounds quiet unbelieveable. What Firmware are you using?
Though: Turning 3G off all the time means that you also dont have background synchronisation, right?! That would surely save some juice, I guess.
You can still sync with 2G, it'll just be slower than with 3G and saves battery, but since he mentioned turning off 3G and Sync in one go, I guess he disabled both.
During holidays I switched off 3g and sync off due to avoiding data roaming abroad and had still 20% left after 2 days with one charge.
Used it during that time for occasional SMS, gaming and taking pictures, and scanning for free Wifi hotspots.
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Hi Deathmetal X, I'm using the stock out of the box Froyo 2.2.1 on 02-UK. No mods, just use the inbuilt task manager to close what I'm not using & turn 3G/wifi on & off as I need it. I don't need background syncing & I just collect my e-mails (3 accounts) & Facebook, Twitter etc...on a regular basis. I don't have loads of widgets wasting battery either, just F1 & weather. I use it a lot on wifi + games & calls/texts. Today I'm on 3 days with about 17% left. Biggest drain on battery is the 3G, trying to connect & re-connect all the time! None of this restricts my use/enjoyment of this great phone & well worth having it in my hand & not plugged into the wall! Graham. London.
Nice app_ I use CM7 before the battery is drain_ after I calibrate the battery I think my battery life increased. good_

Getting the most out of your battery

Ok going to try and start a conversation here to get feedback from everyone on what you guys do to get the most out of your battery. I see alot of people always asking what kernal is best for battery life and some people seem to have horrible battery life and some have exceptional battery life. I personally get decent battery life. Nothing super amazing but that comes down to the way I use my phone.
My current battery I'm using - Andida 2000mah battery
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/280843217453...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_4497wt_1396
I also have - GTMax 3500mah battery
http://www.amazon.ca/GTMax-Extended-Battery-3500mAh-Microfiber/dp/B006VAP102/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_4
The Andida gives me generally a extra 2-3 hours more over the stock. I had to cycle the battery 4 times before I started seeing any real improvements. If I take these off the charger at 6:30am I can ussually make it to around 10pm without needing to charge.
The GTMax get me through a day (630am - midnight) with around 50% left.
Now keep in mind this is based on my usage habits, and when I'm at work my signal is horrible so it drains a bit harder for the 8 hours I'm at work.
I don't have LTE where I live or work, I do get LTE in areas close by but on a regular day I don't see it. With the bad signal at work I've started to switch to gsm only mode (phone was constantly switching from Edge to 3g/4g and wouldn't provide a stable connection most of the time). This seems to have helped my battery at work.
When I flash a new rom I always give it at least 2 good full battery cycles before judging the battery life on it.
Ok onto some apps. My first foray into getting better battery life started with wanting to control my data. I used Juice Defender to that but I found that having to wait for the data to turn back on was at some times taking way to long and even sometimes I would have to reboot to get it back. Tried a few others and had similar experiences. When it works its nice and I did see some gain from it but at the same time it seemed bloated and slow and I decided I like having my data on and readily available quickly. After some searching I found an awesome app...
Better Battery Stats
Play Store link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats&hl=en
XDA Forum link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
I highly recommend reading up on this app and trying it out. If your seeing a big drain on you battery while the screen is off, it's probably because there is something that is keeping it from going into a deep sleep mode. This won't save you any battery just by installing it but with a little work it can make a pretty good difference.
Ok now this is where I'm looking for suggestions, are there apps that you find specifically run smoother or are lighter than their stock counterparts or rival apps that put less of a strain on the battery?
Instead of the stock messaging app I run Pansi SMS. It gives me a few extra options but I never really used the stock mms on ICS so I can only compare it to Handcent SMS and I think it is definitely lighter and a lil bit more battery friendly. It's not a huge difference but I try and squeeze everything I can w/o giving up functionality.
For a launcher I'm running apex right now, but for a lightweight launcher I'd recommend FTL. Runs really nice and smooth, nothing fancy about it, just fast and light.
Some apps sometimes can just be poorly coded and thus have a bad effect on battery life. Alot of people seem to feel the Facebook app is one such app that suffers from that. The app that gets the most recommendations as a replacement and being a bit easier on the battery is Friendcaster. I tend to agree with that, and would recommend trying it out.
I'd really like to hear about what everyone else does to try and squeeze out the most of their battery. Theres more stuff that I do, such as reducing the amount of things that are synced to only the stuff I actually want, default settings just sync everything and I don't feel I need to sync my contacts on a daily basis as I rarely change them around. So share your tips, experiences good and bad with apps in regards to your battery, and if theres enough feedback I'll try and re-organize this into a bit better structure.
I personally always leave data off. WiFi is on a lot. I wrote this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631831
I am very please to get a day and a half with the extended battery. Generally I am always texting,also.
iStatiK said:
I personally always leave data off. WiFi is on a lot. I wrote this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631831
I am very please to get a day and a half with the extended battery. Generally I am always texting,also.
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Right here, this is the key. I have data off all the time. I only turn it on when I need to look something up or browse. IMO auto updates really kill the battery and aren't worth leaving your data on all the time. I'm on wifi a lot as well. Currently I'm on DarkRaider and I'm ending the day with around 30-40%, great improvement over stock.
It seems that with every new handset that comes out this is one of the hottest topics but the parameters all always the same with regard to battery life.
The 3 biggest things that drain our batteries are Display Usage, Data Connection & Radio Cell Connection. These are listed in order of current used. Of the 3 we can have some control over the 1st 2. Lower screen brightness and disconnect data when not needed and use wifi when possible. While wifi does use a good amount of current it's not as much as mobile data. The last one, Radio Cell Connection, we have very little control over. It's also the reason we see people having great differences in battery life. The further the phone is from the tower it's connected to the more juice it needs to make a good connection. So other than leaving the phone in airplane mode or planning your life around where towers are, neither of which are very practical, there is not much we can do there.
To get the best all around life from Li-ion batteries do not fully discharge them very often and also don't keep them plugged in after they're fully charged. It's best to recharge them when they get down to 20-30% and unplug them after they're charged. They also don't need to be fully charged every time, they have no memory. If your on the go and can only leave it plugged in for a short period of time that's fine. Also if you have more than one battery and your not going to use the 2nd one for a while don't store it at full charge. drop it down to 50-60% before pulling it out.
I'll update this post when I get home tonight with more info and links. Hope it helps.
slapshot30 said:
Right here, this is the key. I have data off all the time. I only turn it on when I need to look something up or browse. IMO auto updates really kill the battery and aren't worth leaving your data on all the time. I'm on wifi a lot as well. Currently I'm on DarkRaider and I'm ending the day with around 30-40%, great improvement over stock.
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I always make sure my auto updates are off. WiFi isn't an option for me when I'm working. How do you manage your data connection? Do you manually turn it on and off or use an app? I never really tried manually turning the mobile data on/off, just found with apps like JD that it sometimes took way too long to establish a connection. I always shut off my wifi when I leave for work. I know with ICS the widget toggles for gps don't work, they take you to the settings to turn it off, is there one for mobile data?
iStatiK said:
I personally always leave data off. WiFi is on a lot. I wrote this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631831
I am very please to get a day and a half with the extended battery. Generally I am always texting,also.
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With my 3500mah battery I don't really worry about turning anything off. That thing is great. Made a bumper case for it but I miss having a real case on it so I picked up the 2000mah andida battery so I could get a few more hours on some days. If someone ever made a real case for those big batteries i'd use it all the time.
citsong said:
I always make sure my auto updates are off. WiFi isn't an option for me when I'm working. How do you manage your data connection? Do you manually turn it on and off or use an app? I never really tried manually turning the mobile data on/off, just found with apps like JD that it sometimes took way too long to establish a connection. I always shut off my wifi when I leave for work. I know with ICS the widget toggles for gps don't work, they take you to the settings to turn it off, is there one for mobile data?
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Try 2x Battery from the store. It will shut off data as soon as the the phone sleeps, it reconnects at screen on after unlock almost instantly. It also allows you to white list apps, like Pandora. The free version only allows 1 app though.
citsong said:
I always make sure my auto updates are off. WiFi isn't an option for me when I'm working. How do you manage your data connection? Do you manually turn it on and off or use an app? I never really tried manually turning the mobile data on/off, just found with apps like JD that it sometimes took way too long to establish a connection. I always shut off my wifi when I leave for work. I know with ICS the widget toggles for gps don't work, they take you to the settings to turn it off, is there one for mobile data?
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The DarkRaider ROM I am using has a nice extended settings menu in the notification bar with a data toggle. I also have a nice widget from switchpro widgets where I can customize what kinds of things I want to be able to toggle from my homescreen. Currently I have data/wifi/vibrate-silent/gps. Doesn't take long at all when I toggle the data on/off, it's pretty much instant.
citsong said:
I always make sure my auto updates are off. WiFi isn't an option for me when I'm working. How do you manage your data connection? Do you manually turn it on and off or use an app? I never really tried manually turning the mobile data on/off, just found with apps like JD that it sometimes took way too long to establish a connection. I always shut off my wifi when I leave for work. I know with ICS the widget toggles for gps don't work, they take you to the settings to turn it off, is there one for mobile data?
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I use the 2X Battery app. When the phone goes to sleep, the app turns off the data radio. I can still get calls and text messages. I don't have a need for push notification of e-mail, etc., so this saves me some battery usage. Of course, if e-mail and other app notifications are important, this app will help only if you are willing to wait until you wake up the phone.
Here's what I do. I'm on the stock HTC battery.
I SetCPU screen off to 192/192 ondemand, in call to 810/192 ondemand, and regular use to 810/192 ondemand.
I listen to about 2 hours of music a day, have 3 GMail accounts on autosync, a Facebook account on hourly autosync and HTC Weather on hourly sync. Automatic brightness. Roughly 1.5 hours of cumulative web-browsing, no apps/games used.
I never use WiFi and I don't live in an LTE area.
I typically end the day (19-21 hours unplugged) with ~40% remaining.
Now I am not sure if living in area with LTE is a bless or curse....
I would unplug around 7am everyday, and by the time I get home (around 6pm) I would always in red mode (meaning, it is either 14% or under). Using the Holics-0.6 with the kernel that came with it, battery seems to die fast. Even when I am on the stock ICS before this, seems LTE would just bleed this baby to death....
Reading other comments, might as well start looking for a bigger battery....
It actually seems like I'm getting better battery since LTE came to my town. I'm on dark raider using kozmick's rc1 kernel and it's even better now. Try turning off vibration feedback...I think it's located in the sounds menu in settings. You can also try using automatic brightness or even just setting it to stay at 50% or lower. The screen is a battery hog. There's a stickied thread somewhere on here that has other things you can try too.
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Really is a shame that we have to disable or ease everything back so much to get through the day on a battery. Anyhow, I have a Velocity (which comes out of the box with the processor running at 1500) on Dark Raider. Therefore I use SetCPU to throttle the beast back, depending upon the circumstances. It only is allowed to run at 1500 when on charge and down to 400 when battery below 25 percent. I also use 2X Battery to take care of the netowrk and Wi-Fi and have purchased the andida battery for extended life. I also have JD installed, however it is rarely used - reason is that I am in agreeance with "citsong" that it takes too long to establish connections, even causing me general connection issues from time to time. So for around $25 AUD you can get through the day on a battery with moderate use and reasonable performance. I have not tried the extended battery pack, though I will probably get one of those as well...not sure which are the best???
I personally don't like the vibrate response thing, so I turn that off right out of the box, also, auto brightness is another that I set. When I go in the battery tab to see what is bleeding it to death, and most of it would be the display....
Though, vivid seem to have a smaller battery compared to other phones of similar functions and/or size, so that might be the reason I am not really seeing a very good battery life?
deathnai said:
I personally don't like the vibrate response thing, so I turn that off right out of the box, also, auto brightness is another that I set. When I go in the battery tab to see what is bleeding it to death, and most of it would be the display....
Though, vivid seem to have a smaller battery compared to other phones of similar functions and/or size, so that might be the reason I am not really seeing a very good battery life?
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Actually there are only a couple phones that have a larger battery...
The galaxy note and the atrix are the ones that come to mind...
And the note has a larger screen and Samsung's rediculious samoled screen which eats battery like potato chips...
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rignfool said:
Actually there are only a couple phones that have a larger battery...
The galaxy note and the atrix are the ones that come to mind...
And the note has a larger screen and Samsung's rediculious samoled screen which eats battery like potato chips...
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My solution was to get a larger battery (2100mAh, the largest one with stock format) and using juice defender to control my Data Connection. I am getting about 60% more using time on a normal usage whan before!
I actually have both Motorola Atrix 2 and HTC Vivid. However, my Atrix 2 would last about two days between charges, which is kind of weird. I have my personal account and company account on that phone (personal is to activate the google stuff), so it eats up data twice as fast, yet it is almost twice as long battery life.
And to update a little bit from my post before, it seems I am getting better battery life now, after 4-5 days of flashing the new ROM, let's hope it is true....or I am just going to go hunt for a bigger battery
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rignfool said:
Actually there are only a couple phones that have a larger battery...
The galaxy note and the atrix are the ones that come to mind...
And the note has a larger screen and Samsung's rediculious samoled screen which eats battery like potato chips...
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Actually, the Samsung Galaxy Note is way bigger than either Atrix or Vivid, so with a bigger body, I would assume that a bigger battery is possible. But if you look at current phones, I rarely see batteries that are above, say, 1800mAh, let alone 2000mAh and above, stock of course.
ideaLduK said:
My solution was to get a larger battery (2100mAh, the largest one with stock format) and using juice defender to control my Data Connection. I am getting about 60% more using time on a normal usage whan before!
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Could you share the details on the battery?
Andida batteies are easily found on Ebay, but beware of Chinese fakes!! I got mine from a seller in Canada, all good.
I get good battery life by turning off data while I'm working . 70% with 8hrs unplugged
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