Hello guys and gals! Been a while since I've started a thread heh. So let me start off by saying this thread is a collection of both tweaks I've found through my incessant tinkering and apps I've come across throughout the last few years. That being said the apps I will cover are the work of the developers who created them and all credit goes to them.
Settings Tweaks:
One of the first things I do on any Android phone is enable Developer Options under system settings (you do so by tapping build number under about phone 7 times). There is a specific group of settings in there that can help give you more screen on time with less battery drain.
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Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animation duration scale can all be turned off. Without having to draw these animations constantly your screen will consume less power, and may even seem snappier.
I know there are very mixed reviews of Smart Stay, but I feel like it can only help. Samsung has also included some settings to adapt the brightness and color based on the onscreen image in order to save battery. I assume that can only help our cause. Disabling the screen to wake on all buttons except power can also save wasted battery from your screen turning on in your pocket (there are xposed modules that can do this or you can get into editting key layouts with a root browser).
Lastly, as far as user level things for helping with more screen on and less power use, keeping your wallpaper on grayscale or dark images and using dark theming really helps as drawing light colors on the screen uses more energy.
Power Saving Tools:
The first on the list is a heavy hitter, the app Greenify. I cannot stress enough how crucial this app is. It allows you to put set apps into Hibernation, stopping them from running in the background and eating your memory and causing wakelocks preventing deep sleep. It has a great built in auto-hibernation option in settings which I highly recommend enabling.
I also suggest supporting the developer and buying the pro version. It enables some experimental features which backbone on the Xposed framework, allowing you to hibernate system apps, which proves very useful for running services that don't need to be 24/7.
Paired best with Greenify is any one of the large selection of battery monitoring apps. The best one in my opinion is GSam Battery Monitor, it gives you a detailed breakdown of what is using your battery so you can hone in on sources of drain. BetterBatteryStats and Wakelock Detector are a couple more of my favorites.
Tasker is quite possibly one of the best apps out there. Another one I highly suggest to support the developer and buy the pro version. You can set up automation tasks to control your phone without lifting a finger. In order to get the results we're trying for it will also need the plugin app Secure Settings.
I have 3 profiles that are relevant. The first 2 are linked, Home Mode and Away Mode. Home Mode sets all of the settings shown above in the At Home task when WiFi detects that it is near my home network. When WiFi detects it is NOT near my home network, the settings change to what is shown in the Away task image above. Allowing Tasker to control the aspects will help make sure your phone is more battery friendly when you are away from a power source.
The third profile is a simple Shake to Greenify, which hibernates all set apps through Greenify by a good shake of the phone.
Even though we cannot overclock due to the locked bootloader, don't forget about the option to underclock which can greatly save power. I use SetCPU to run 2 profiles, one which slows the CPU to a crawl when the screen is off preventing any apps from going too crazy with cpu wakelocks. The other profile gives the full range of voltages when the screen is on. I prefer to use OnDemand as my governor to save cpu power for when I need it.
Last on the list is Lux Auto Brightness. The free version does just fine; this app controls your light sensor far better than the native auto brightness setting, and the different update modes give you different options as to how you want the brightness adjustments handled.
With this list of tweaks and helpful app usage, I encourage you to test and try different things to find what works best for you. Hopefully I have helped in your quest for better battery life. Cheers!
Can I safely hibernate any of these system apps?
Thanks for the detailed info, I am always looking for better battery stats!
I would Greenify Quick connect, S Finder, and ROM Mart. If you need to use the app it will exit hibernation once you go into it.
What all do you have greenifyed? I don't wanna greenify something and mess up my phone, I have an AT&T S5.
Basically anything coming up in Greenify showing wakelocks and long run times gets Greenified.
So one I greenify something will I have to regreenify it if I use the app again?
No, once you Greenify it it will hibernate any time you trigger the hibernate all option, either by shortcut, shake, or auto-hibernation. When you use the app it will wake up, and will re-hibernate when hibernate all is triggered again.
I originally saw your post in the Dynamic Kat thread, two days with four hours of screen time is amazing! Is there anything else that you can tell me (apps or settings) that will increase my battery life? I've done everything you said in your guide. I usually get 13hr of battery with two hr of screen time.
Stephenparrigin said:
I originally saw your post in the Dynamic Kat thread, two days with four hours of screen time is amazing! Is there anything else that you can tell me (apps or settings) that will increase my battery life? I've done everything you said in your guide. I usually get 13hr of battery with two hr of screen time.
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I personally use power savings mode and restrict the processor and turn on gray scale. I get around three days generally, but I don't use my phone nearly as much as my tablet.
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I personally use power savings mode and restrict the processor and turn on gray scale. I get around three days generally, but I don't use my phone nearly as much as my tablet.
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The only time I use powersave mode is when I'm out and my battery is less than 25 percent. At work I usually listen to music for at least 4 hours, and at night I usually play games for at least 2 hours. The only other things I can recommend are freezing a crap ton of system apps in Titanium Backup. Also, any games that you have that give push notifications will hang out in memory, so disabling notifications will help keep them from waking up. And it goes without saying that bluetooth, gps, wifi, and mobile data should stay disabled until you need them, and turned back off after you use them. Regularly check BetterBatteryStats and Gsam Battery Monitor to see what's using your battery the most and nip it in the bud.
You also need to know that smartphone batteries these days are smart as well. They learn your usage patterns and adjust accordingly. When I first got this phone my average battery life was 12 hours, and after about a week it lasted a lot longer. Then after flashing DK my battery life went straight into the toilet for about 3 days until it re-learned. You have introduced a bunch of new changes to your phone, so it may take a few days or even a week to fully adjust to everything. It can also never hurt to go to safestrap and clear your cache and dalvik cache.
Here was first day testing out Sm-G870A. Mostly just WiFi usage this day. Might have got 10 hours.
Straight out of box.
Here few days later with kool_active.
Samsung unlock bootloader on SM-G870A ...
XRange said:
Here was first day testing out Sm-G870A. Mostly just WiFi usage this day. Might have got 10 hours.
Straight out of box.
Here few days later with kool_active.
Samsung unlock bootloader on SM-G870A ...
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That is impressive my friend! For the sake of the Guide do you use any of the same techniques I employ or do you have other methods you could give to aid in the quest?
Just froze most if not all bloat. Set screen on least brightest inside house. Add u can see WiFi & mobile signal where full strength. So that might had some to do with it. Mobile was on AT&T Micro cell that day also. Use most stuff as everyone else, xpose, gravity box, greenify, tb to freeze bloat.
Samsung unlock bootloader on SM-G870A ...
Oh man been looking for better ways to safe battery and bam just found them .. Thx man awesome article .. as big fan of tasker i have totally forgot about that app ... Could you post tasker profiles?
wizardslovak said:
Oh man been looking for better ways to safe battery and bam just found them .. Thx man awesome article .. as big fan of tasker i have totally forgot about that app ... Could you post tasker profiles?
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I'm always willing to help! I will post full breakdowns of my battery saving ones only though to stay on topic in the thread. Any thing not battery life relevant can be shared through PM
Also glad you enjoyed the guide!
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Also glad you enjoyed the guide!
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thx again..
Feel free to post screenshots of the battery I've helped you save!
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Me and Jesús David Gulfo Agudelo AKA @D4rKn3sSyS present you Peek!
This application is a complete redesign of the known "Peek" feature by ParanoidAndroid project, built to work on any 4.4+ ROM. The whole concept lies into allowing users to quickly interact with their notifications, without having to press any button. The new design includes sharper typography, nicer placement of the items, breathtaking new effects and extended functionality (including blacklist). It works on secure locked devices, with the ability to customize what information to show.
How peek works:
When you receive a notification, and screen is off, peek will start polling your sensors. If some movement is detected on your device (either it was on a table and you lifted it, or it was in your pocket and you got it out), peek will show. Sensors will be polled for 10 seconds (by default, customizable) and then it stops doing so, to save battery. It is not possible to simulate the behavior of devices like the Moto X, without affecting battery, since they have special hardware for the task.
Featured on:
Android Police: http://goo.gl/0Dtr2P
Android Authority: http://goo.gl/iJ9GC9
Droidlife: http://goo.gl/WCo7C0
Chris Nacca YouTube channel: http://goo.gl/233P2G
And many more!
Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jedga.peek
IMPORTANT NOTES:
-This application was successfully tested on stock Android 4.4 and AOSP based 4.4 ROMs, on multiple Nexus devices (including tablets) and Oppo Find 7a.
- Internet permission is used for bug catching.
Really cool app! Great work Franco and others
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Interestingly, I have found that enabling 'always polling' a là the Moto X only has a very small battery impact (maybe around 1% extra per hour). The default 10 seconds has no impact on battery life. Love the feature.
Works very inconsistently on my xperia z2. Success rate under 10% I'll say. Submitted an email for support on the issue, awaiting feedback.
So u guys have any plans to make this an "lockscreen replacer"?
LiFeSII said:
So u guys have any plans to make this an "lockscreen replacer"?
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Not for now, it would mean too much deviation from its main objective.
hotnikkelz said:
Works very inconsistently on my xperia z2. Success rate under 10% I'll say. Submitted an email for support on the issue, awaiting feedback.
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Can you help us describing what is the problem? We've tested successfully on more than 10 devices that we own, with no apparent problems. Just quote this post, me and Jesus will see it and help you. Sorry if I didn't reply to the e-mail, my inbox is crammed with e-mails from Peek, I haven't had time to answer them all.
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So u guys have any plans to make this an "lockscreen replacer"?
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Currently we have no plans because it would require a major re-design of our code. Its not so straightforward, but its something we can think about for the long run.
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Can you help us describing what is the problem? We've tested successfully on more than 10 devices that we own, with no apparent problems. Just quote this post, me and Jesus will see it and help you. Sorry if I didn't reply to the e-mail, my inbox is crammed with e-mails from Peek, I haven't had time to answer them all.
Currently we have no plans because it would require a major re-design of our code. Its not so straightforward, but its something we can think about for the long run.
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Simple problem really. The screen supposed to come on when i pick up my phone and display notifications right, whether past or present?! Mine simply doesn't most of the time. I actually see a little red light indicating the sensor coming on, but Peek doesn't get activated for some reason and my screen remains black. I'm using a Sony Xperia z2 with 4.4.2. Hit or miss basically. Sorry I can't give more info for you, but that's just the reality with my device. I'm testing for a few days to see if i can discern some kind of pattern
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Simple problem really. The screen supposed to come on when i pick up my phone and display notifications right, whether past or present?! Mine simply doesn't most of the time. I actually see a little red light indicating the sensor coming on, but Peek doesn't get activated for some reason and my screen remains black. I'm using a Sony Xperia z2 with 4.4.2. Hit or miss basically. Sorry I can't give more info for you, but that's just the reality with my device. I'm testing for a few days to see if i can discern some kind of pattern
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Hmm... that's not easy. Did you read the "how peek works" in the OP? You sure you're following it?
franciscofranco said:
Hmm... that's not easy. Did you read the "how peek works" in the OP? You sure you're following it?
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Yeah, I didn't want to report the problem, but I thought I should due to the app's infancy. I believe i followed it. I have made sure Peek is a device administrator, and I have made sure notification access is checked as well.
Correct me if I'm wrong but regardless of when I get the notifications, as long as I pick up my phone at anytime, the Peek screen is supposed to activate right? it seems (and don't quote me) that it activates when I get a fresh notification. At one time it activated with me just looking at the phone (without touching it)
I left thepolling a the default 10 seconds, I'm going to put it to always on and see if that helps. I think my problem may be device specific though. Good luck, and thanks
I'm using nexus 4 with FK r208.
I have to say, Peek is a great work for nexus 4. Especially for the poor durability of the power button of nexus 4, Peek massively reduces the usage of power button
Here's a little question:
I find that when the screen just turns off for about 2~3 seconds, a new message accidentally comes in and the LED glitters (controlled by Light Manager 6.0),
I lift it from the table, but Peek does not work.
Is this event not meeting the criteria for Peek to take actions?
BTW, if it's not a must for Peek's functionality, is it possible to remove the "Peek service is running" message from the notification tray?
I would like to suggest to reduce slightly the distance to slide to unlock and dismiss notifications. Currently I have to slide until the very end of my screen to trigger it. Or maybe just me. Thanks for the nice app anyway!
Oh by the way, how to blacklist system apps? Thanks. @franciscofranco
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kevin0164 said:
I'm using nexus 4 with FK r208.
BTW, if it's not a must for Peek's functionality, is it possible to remove the "Peek service is running" message from the notification tray?
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Go into app info and uncheck show notifications, test notification won't work anymore but everything else still works :good:
hotnikkelz said:
Yeah, I didn't want to report the problem, but I thought I should due to the app's infancy. I believe i followed it. I have made sure Peek is a device administrator, and I have made sure notification access is checked as well.
Correct me if I'm wrong but regardless of when I get the notifications, as long as I pick up my phone at anytime, the Peek screen is supposed to activate right? it seems (and don't quote me) that it activates when I get a fresh notification. At one time it activated with me just looking at the phone (without touching it)
I left thepolling a the default 10 seconds, I'm going to put it to always on and see if that helps. I think my problem may be device specific though. Good luck, and thanks
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No, it only shows up during that 10s polling period.
kevin0164 said:
I'm using nexus 4 with FK r208.
I have to say, Peek is a great work for nexus 4. Especially for the poor durability of the power button of nexus 4, Peek massively reduces the usage of power button
Here's a little question:
I find that when the screen just turns off for about 2~3 seconds, a new message accidentally comes in and the LED glitters (controlled by Light Manager 6.0),
I lift it from the table, but Peek does not work.
Is this event not meeting the criteria for Peek to take actions?
BTW, if it's not a must for Peek's functionality, is it possible to remove the "Peek service is running" message from the notification tray?
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We don't know about those LED apps, they are independent of Peek. Maybe that app is consuming the notification. If that's the reason then there's not much we can about it.
jiatern said:
I would like to suggest to reduce slightly the distance to slide to unlock and dismiss notifications. Currently I have to slide until the very end of my screen to trigger it. Or maybe just me. Thanks for the nice app anyway!
Oh by the way, how to blacklist system apps? Thanks. @franciscofranco
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Ok, I'll check the distances.
Next app update you'll be able to blacklist System Apps.
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No, it only shows up during that 10s polling period.
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Sorry for what seems like a dumb question but is that 10 seconds polling from notification ARRIVAL, or from picking up the phone (independent of when the notification comes in) Just want to be 100% clear. If it is the former then I definitely have to have it always on for it to be of use to me.
I was just wondering, is peek a lock screen widget or replacement?
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BadFish79 said:
I was just wondering, is peek a lock screen widget or replacement?
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Neither.
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As we all know the battery life is a lot batter in Galaxy S5 but still some one said that "A HUMAN IS NEVER SATISFIED." We like to get a much as possible from what we have... I am one of them.
So I put up a thread giving step by step guide to set up the device the best way possible.
Before we begin these are my latest screen shots of battery stats. THESE ARE AFTER WATCHING VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE, MY KIDS PLAYED GAMES IN KIDS MOD, SYNC ON, MOBILE DATA AND WIFI ON. AND I STILL HAVE 40% LEFT.
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1. Flash the ROM that you would like to use.
2. After flashing the rom, reboot the phone and set it up.
3. FOR MM I use BOEFFLA KERNEL
Latest Boeffla Kernel uses "ANYKERNEL METHOD" So Please Flash stock MM kernel (THANKS TO @alexndr first before flashing Boeffla Kernel THANKS TO @Lord Boeffla.
Link to the Explanation of other Governors and schedulers :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687578
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369817
http://tinzdroid.blogspot.com/2012/07/android-kernel-governors-modules-io.html
Link to Explaination of Kernel Governors, Modules, I/O Schedulers, CPU Tweaks, AIO App Configs
4. Go to Settings>more networks>DISABLE "Nearby device scanning". Also uncheck NFC services in settings.
5. If you are not using location services all the time than you can do the following as well and you can enable the location services whenever you need them.
Go to GOOGLE SETTINGS APP>Location> UNCHECK "Access Location"
google settings app>maps & lattitude. UNCHECK "report from this device"
6. Install SYSTEM TUNER PRO with GREEN ICON old version. There are other apps that can do the same thing so you guys can use any other apps that supports disabling services. I use this one because of additional features.
This is the link for the latest version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.pmw.pro
7. Follow the guide in my video. The link is below: It will remove useless wakelocks from apps like google wallet, google talk, google plus, IF YOU ARE NOT USING THEM.
Video with DISCLAIMER :
I will update the video when I am little bit free from my job.
Link (If Video is not showing here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBpOl77Tm4
Thread with DISCLAIMER : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357417 Thanks to SKIPJACKS
8. Install Greenify and Greenify Donation. Links are below:
You need to install XPOSED FRAMEWORK for the Donation app to work.
Greenify: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Greenify Donation: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify.pro
Xposed Framework: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327541
9. Greenify all user apps and some of the system apps. To greenify the system we dont need xposed framework anymore starting from latest BETA versions.
10. Disable double tap home button for SVOICE. If you are not using it. It will give good responsiveness with home button.
11. Go to setting>MORE> DISABLE NFC Services.
12. Open up system tuner pro.
Go to build prop>presets
TICK following:
Power saver (It will give good standby battery)
There are a lot more tweaks available that you can use as well.
And Reboot.
13. In the new greenify app there is an option to CUT the connection of the app that is waking up the services.
Now for example,
I am using swift key keyboard not the android keyboard that comes with the rom, but android keyboard also wakes up GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES and keeps it running, so I cut the wake-up path. So now android keyboard will not wake-up GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES.
SO you need to find out which apps are waking-up the system apps and cut the wake-up paths IF THE APP IS NOT IMPORTANT.
14. Disable or reduce animations from DEVELOPERS SETTING. It will give faster response at cost of less animations.
15. Use Titanium Backup and uninstall or freeze the apps that you are not using. Like : Email, ANT service, Samsung Keyboard Etc.
16. Go to Setting>Controls and Disable any of the control features that we are not using. It will reduce the sensors' usage.
17. Download and install Xorware 2G/3G/4G Swticher and Interface Pro.
It automates the network mode while screen is off or on. When screen is off it will switch the network to 2G or anything you would like to be. YOU CAN COMPLETELY CUSTIMISE THE OPERATION BASED ON YOUR NEEDS.
Xorware 2G/3G/4G Switcher: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xorware.network.s2g3g.xposed.switcher
Xorware 2G/3G/4G Interface RPO : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xorware.network.s2g3g.settings
It is an xposed Module which requires xposed framework.
18. Fix for the external SD card write permissions.
1. Use Root Explorer
2. Go to System > etc > permissions
3. Open file named "platform.xml" with editing tool
4. find a line "name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" >"
5. Add line <group gid="sdcard_all" /> after <group gid="sdcard_rw" />
6. Save it and exit than reboot the phone.
OR
Download XPOSED MODULE for it.
After doing all of these, I am able to achieve around 5Hours screen on time with HEAVY to normal use with total time of around 25 to 28 hours minimum.
Brightness : 10 to 30% all times
Either wifi or mobile data ON all times except after 10PM till 5AM.
CREDIT goes to all of the developers of ROM, MODs, and APPs...
Super tutorial, gonna use it many thnx
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You can't use greenify (xposed settings) with ART.
Xposed isn't compatible with ART (Unless it's changed since i last looked?)
Some good tips in there though!
@superleeds27 has a point there, xposed is not compactible with ART :/
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superleeds27 said:
You can't use greenify (xposed settings) with ART.
Xposed isn't compatible with ART (Unless it's changed since i last looked?)
Some good tips in there though!
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Yes... that is correct. I will highlight that in main post... thanks.
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Sock12345 said:
@superleeds27 has a point there, xposed is not compactible with ART :/
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People are working hard to do it. Let's hope it will soon...
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Can someone please explain whats xposed framework is? and what does it do? Thanks
sofia-captivate said:
Can someone please explain whats xposed framework is? and what does it do? Thanks
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Xposed Framework is an application which is required to run several other apps. It allows third party applications to work on OS without needs to flash the ZIP files via CWM/TWRP or any kind of recovery, which inturn gives more controls and less hassle for the people like me who love to keep modifying the system. further more explanation can be found here in the link.
Xposed General information:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053
i have tried all these steps since i got the phone week ago. i installed battery doctor, os monitor , wakelock detector, system tuner, gsam battery, betterbatterystats, disabled like all the samsung apps, disabled all google stuff including chrome, got a black wallpaper i still dont get why my battery is so terrible? i cant get pass 2h30m on screentime no matter what i do.
sofia-captivate said:
i have tried all these steps since i got the phone week ago. i installed battery doctor, os monitor , wakelock detector, system tuner, gsam battery, betterbatterystats, disabled like all the samsung apps, disabled all google stuff including chrome, got a black wallpaper i still dont get why my battery is so terrible? i cant get pass 2h30m on screentime no matter what i do.
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try disabling services as shown in the videos. and check the batterbatterystats for more details what is consuming so much of the battery. Currently I am able to go around 5 hours with 50% wifi and 50%mobile data. still doing tests on some kernels.
Great tips!
chungdae said:
Great tips!
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Thank you...
I've heard that enabled NFC does not have any impact on battery life. Is it true?
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wernus24 said:
I've heard that enabled NFC does not have any impact on battery life. Is it true?
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Yes... It doesnt affect but to be sure... batter to disable if not in use.
Hi guys..
Thanks for sharing..
Regards.
Ripolin2 said:
Hi guys..
Thanks for sharing..
Regards.
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Any time
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i tick in developers settings use ART , my phone reboots normaly ,but nothing happens why ?
ManDone.vRs said:
i tick in developers settings use ART , my phone reboots normaly ,but nothing happens why ?
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by activating ART, your phone will process the files and applications more faster than dalvik. for example: it will open the game or any other application more faster than dalvik or it will be more smoother to operate.
Here is a video for example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1BesOlQb8c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5oliXcOqxg
I'm sorry, but what's the point in turning off NFC? It only activates when you use it...
dandroid13 said:
I'm sorry, but what's the point in turning off NFC? It only activates when you use it...
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Simple thing if we are not using it than batter to disable it. it is just one tap away... If someone doesnt want to disable than it is up to them. It just drains approx 0.5% and that is also only while the screen is ON. it is completely off when the screen is off...
Powersaving / extend battery life
On rooted and non-rooted Note 4 devices.
There are quite a few battery saving tools on the playstore market. However, most of these tools only use what your device can already do by itself. Besides that, it is one more app that can and will consume power so the overall effect of these apps is very limited.
Here is a lot of stuff you can do by yourself to save power and increase battery life. Although most forum users will already have some knowledge on the way your phone works I will begin this post with the most obvious tips on power saving.
Obviously, the list below is a list of possibilities, and not a list of stuff you should do immediately while reading this post. Just look carefully which functions you really use which you don’t. Every option can save a little bit of battery, but together they make quite a difference.
I am quite a heavy user and at this point my phone can do 1,5 to 2 full days without a charge.
General:
1 Turn your GPS of if you are not using it
2 Turn your Wifi of when not using it
3 Turn your Bluetooth of when… (you get the idea)
4 Same goes for NFC
System settings:
Display and wallpaper:
Use auto brightness and set it to your liking. There 10 different levels of auto brightness. I have found that level 2 or 3 is not only sufficient but friendlier to my eyes.
If you really want to get most out of your battery, it’s possible to have a completely black wallpaper image. Black doesn’t take any power so this will save you a lot during a full day of work. I always have one black wallpaper in my preferred wallpaper list.
Smart stay. With smart stay on, the device will stay on while looking at it. Now you can reduce the screen time out mode to 15 seconds. Actually works pretty well and saves a lot of power.
Activate auto adjust screen tone.
Turn daydream off.
Turn led indicator off.
Touch key light duration on “always off” or 1,5 seconds.
Increase touch sensitivity off.
Lockscreen:
It really helps if your lock screen just has a black wallpaper.
Unless you really need to, don’t make your screen lock too complicated. The fingerprint scanner seems pretty cool but really isn’t. It often takes several swipes to get it to work and that takes power as well.
Personally I use non at home and a simple pattern outside. I use the tasker app to automate this but I will talk some more about specific apps after the general settings.
Multiwindow:
Although the multi-window function is one of the things that makes the Note series the king of Phablets, a lot of users hardly ever use these functions. If you are one of these users, turn this function off. The hone keeps checking which apps you can or can’t use in this function evertime you open an app, or open your recent apps. This takes power and CPU.
Even if you are a multi window user, the 2 listed options:
Open in split screen view & pop up view shortcut aren’t used by many. If you don’t use them, turn them off.
S pen:
Same thing here, look at the options You really use during the day.
I do find Air command a very useful function and personally I always keep it on. If you don’t use it, you know what to do by now.
Under Air view there are the following options to turn off if not used by you:
Information preview / Preview info, extend text, or enlarge pictures hovering over them
Icon Labels / View the labels of icon by hovering over them
List scrolling / Scroll up or down by holding the pen over the edge of the screen
Link preview / Hovering over a link will show you a preview of the page
Air menu / Hover the pen over the action or attach button to add content or contacts
Motions and gestures:
Again. Turn everything off that you are not using.
Direct call / By bringing the phone to your ear it will call the contact on the screen
Smart alert / Device will vibrate when you pick it up to notify you about missed calls and messages
Mute/pause / I don’t think this option will affect your battery life
Palm swipe to capture / I have no idea who thought this would be a good option to add. Turn it off if you agree.
Cloud:
I have rooted and installed ROMS and apps on many phones of friends. What seems odd to me is that most people have at least 3 cloud storage spaces were the automatically store all their pictures. Some them even had 4 or 5 without realizing.
1 Samsung account,
2 Picasa / google,
3 Dropbox.
One of these will do just fine. You can have more but just don’t let them auto-upload your camera pics. If every picture you take has to upload to 3 or more different cloud spaces, your device will be working more than it should have to.
Backup data:
Same story. Pick one. Stick to it. Don’t have 3 backup accounts.
Accessibility:
Vision and hearing / Turn off unless you need them
Dexterity and interaction :
• Assistant menu / Off
• Air wake up / Off
• Press and hold delay / 0.5 seconds
• Interaction control / Off
Direct access / Off
Answering / ending calls / Look at what suits you best. Picking up quickly will save battery over the phone ringing longer.
Powersaving:
Whats in a name ha? The powersaving mode can be adjusted which means you can get to saave power in the way you find most efficient.
The options are:
1 Restrict background data.
• This option limits the stuff you can do on your phone rather drastically. Dowloading content, viewing multi media and sending messages. Personally I never use this as this makes my phone just as useless as a phone with an empty battery
2 Restrict performance, which has 4 sub options:
• 1 CPU performance / This machine has enough power to do pretty much everything with this option on except for some high performance games perhaps.
• 2 Screen output / Usefull to have turned on when in need of extra battery life.
• 3 Turn off touch key light / Usefull to do when needing power.
• 4 Turn of GPS / Which I already only turn on when needed.
3 Grayscale Mode
• This option doesn’t affect your performance but just makes you entire phone black and white. This grayscale mode saves a lot of power and you will still be able to do all the work stuff like browsing, mailing, texting, etc…
Ultra power saving mode:
In this mode your phone can last for several days but its use is very limited. You can browse the web, call and text but that’s pretty much it.
I think this would come in very handy if the end off the world has come, all power is gone, and you want to be the very last person to send a text
Just kidding. If this is what gets you home on a few percent of power, it comes in very handy.
Look at the standby time when you turn it on. It’s amazing how long a phone can last in this mode.
Widget use:
Widgets can save or cost you power. There are very useful widgets that give you quick access to wifi, GPS, Bluetooth and other power saving stuff on your home screen. Besides easy access you will become more awre of the fact that you have a lot of stuff on that really doesn’t need to ben on at the moment.
Other widgets can cost you lots of power and data. This mainly depends on the amount of data the widget has to download and the refresh interval. For example: If you have a Facebook widget on one of your home screens that refreshes every 15 minutes, that means it will go and download new content from facebook every 15 minutes. This costs you data (when not on Wifi), but also battery life.
So look carefully at the widgets you use before installing them on your homescreens if you want your battery to last.
Launchers and home screens:
By organizing your favorite and most used applications you will be able to open them faster and so it will shorten your screen on time.
Personally, I think you should be able to open every app within 2 seconds. If you have many apps, and the only way to open them is scrolling to several pages of app drawer, your doing something wrong.
The beauty of Android is the fact that it is the most customizable system out there so use it! Combine widgets, apps, shortcuts, and folders until you have everything within reach.
When using TouchWizz launcher, it really helps to turn of Briefing on your home screen. This makes the phone slower and it costs battery life and data usage.
Many Samsung users have come to terms with the fact that TouchWizz will never be the best launcher out there (And that’s the understatement of the [email protected]&1ng century).
That’s why most heavy users will install a third party launcher as a home screen replacement. The one most used is probably Nova Launcher.
Playstore link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher
Youtube tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO52dfFm40o
I have found after installing this launcher and setting it up, my battery life increased with 7-9% on a full days use. At this point I haven’t figured out if this is only because I navigate more efficiently, or that there are other reasons aswel.
The benefit of a third party launcher is more customization for your home screens and app drawer (such as making categories is the app drawer and such). But also to have gesture control, for example: Have apps open when swipning up or down, with one or multiple finger, double tap, home button and so on.
This gives you much easier and faster acces to your most used apps.
Other usefull apps for powersaving:
Tasker is an app that lets you automate tasks on your phone. For example letting your phone detect when you are at home, and automatically turn on wifi, turn of GPS and your lockscreen pattern.
Tasker does not have to let GPS run for these task and can also turn everything around when you leave home. The amount options on tasker is pretty much unlimited and these automated tasks can save a lot of power thus increasing battery-life .
Playstore link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
Youtube tutorial(s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzY9te12UI0&list=PLjV3HijScGMynGvjJrvNNd5Q9pPy255dL
Tasker is not an easy to use in 2 minutes app. It will take some time and effort to really get into it, but beside winning a lot of battery life, it will let you automate pretty much anything you can think of.
Rooted users:
For rooted users there are many more options to save power and increase battery life.
I am just going to mention a couple:
• Limiting your CPU frequency. Your note 4 has a surplus of power and you will never need it all unless you play high performance games. You can limit the frequency completely, or make profiles that change the frequency as your battery level decreases. Personally I use the app SetCPU to do this.
Playstore link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mhuang.overclocking
• Freezing or uninstalling bloatware. A lot of stuff on your android phone you will never use. I always use Chrome as my browser so I won’t keep the original browser Samsung gave me on my phone. This goes for many apps. I use 2 applications to freeze and/or uninstall apps from my phone to free up memory, RAM and save battery life:
SD Maid (also limited functions for non rooted users)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
Titanium Backup (also the best backup app I have found sofar)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Both these apps let you freeze and uninstall bloatware. Be carefull though! Do not just start deleting everything that doesn’t look familiar, or you will get in trouble.
Freeze apps first and see if ervything keeps working. Then make sure you do a Nandroid backup within TWRP or CWM recovery before definitely uninstalling apps.
There are several lists available on the web which show what can possibly be frozen and/or deleted. This is one I found quite useful:
http://www.reddit.com/r/galaxynote4/comments/2pgiib/the_ultimate_list_of_removablefreezable_bloatware/
Custom ROMs:
There are many custom ROMs that are more friendly for your battery then the stock firmware. However, if you are new to rooting and installing custom ROMS please be carefull and watch the tutorials before you start flashing away.
A good site to begin is:
http://galaxynote4root.com/
From XDA Senior Member:
Zedomax (Profile http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2447605)
Many thanks Max. You are the one that got me hooked on this stuff!
Suggestions:
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great post thank you!! I wonder if you could share how much did you limit the CPU and if you you'd recommend any ROM there is plenty of them but which one worked the best for you? Thank you very much
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mefistos said:
great post thank you!! I wonder if you could share how much did you limit the CPU and if you you'd recommend any ROM there is plenty of them but which one worked the best for you? Thank you very much
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Thanks man.
I have the CPU set on 1728 MHz without any lag or problems even with multitasking. Only when playing games I push it up to the max.
At this moment I use 2 ROMs:
Alliance V2.2: This one is most customizable and you'll keep all the touchwizz functions. (I do recommend a third party launcher like NOVA or Action Launcher 3 to get rid of the lag TW still has).
CM12 official: This is more friendly to your battery, but you'll have to install CM Spen addon and Note buddy or Spen control to get some Spen functions working. The latest nightlies hardly have any bugs (I haven't experienced any).
Willem1975 said:
Thanks man.
I have the CPU set on 1728 MHz without any lag or problems even with multitasking. Only when playing games I push it up to the max.
At this moment I use 2 ROMs:
Alliance V2.2: This one is most customizable and you'll keep all the touchwizz functions. (I do recommend a third party launcher like NOVA or Action Launcher 3 to get rid of the lag TW still has).
CM12 official: This is more friendly to your battery, but you'll have to install CM Spen addon and Note buddy or Spen control to get some Spen functions working. The latest nightlies hardly have any bugs (I haven't experienced any).
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I don't really play games so I am alright with 1728
I was actually wondering how does CM works with S Pen thank you for the info I will definitely try both of them
Willem1975 said:
Powersaving / extend battery life
There 10 different levels of auto brightness. I have found that level 2 or 3 is not only sufficient but friendlier to my eyes.
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Can you explain how to change the auto brightness level? All I see is the "auto" checkbox and that's it. No way to adjust the auto brightness level. I can adjust the brightness manually though, but that isn't "auto".
Auto brightness levels
spexwood said:
Can you explain how to change the auto brightness level? All I see is the "auto" checkbox and that's it. No way to adjust the auto brightness level. I can adjust the brightness manually though, but that isn't "auto".
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When pulling down your notifications, you'll see a slider and a checbox as you can see see in thee pic below. (It might look different becausse I'm running Alliancerom).
If the checkbox is ticked, you can adjust the slider for different levels of autobrightness. Without the checkbox ticked, you change the screen brightness directly.
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When pulling down your notifications, you'll see a slider and a checbox as you can see see in thee pic below. (It might look different becausse I'm running Alliancerom).
If the checkbox is ticked, you can adjust the slider for different levels of autobrightness. Without the checkbox ticked, you change the screen brightness directly.
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I'm on stock and with Auto checked, it becomes unchecked when you adjust the slider. Thus, adjusting the slider only forces it into manual brightness.
Edit: and I'm on the n910a
Didn't know that. Did not spend much time on stock. Sorry....
spexwood said:
I'm on stock and with Auto checked, it becomes unchecked when you adjust the slider. Thus, adjusting the slider only forces it into manual brightness.
Edit: and I'm on the n910a
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Nothing like that happens on the snapdragon one. And i can bet it shouldn't happen on Exynos as well. This feature has been the same for years, and has worked very well; there is no reason to change it on any variant now.
Recheck that your rom is not messed up.
maksharma231 said:
Nothing like that happens on the snapdragon one. And i can bet it shouldn't happen on Exynos as well. This feature has been the same for years, and has worked very well; there is no reason to change it on any variant now.
Recheck that your rom is not messed up.
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My firmware is via ATT OTA, so it isn't messed up. I can't even flash anything since the n910a isn't rootable. The way my brightness slider is now is also how it was on Kitkat, and all ATT models are like mine.
It's just that when you mentioned the different auto brightness levels, I thought that maybe there was something I was overlooking in my settings. Apparently not, since your type of autobrightness was apparently adjusted by ATT.
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My firmware is via ATT OTA, so it isn't messed up. I can't even flash anything since the n910a isn't rootable. The way my brightness slider is now is also how it was on Kitkat, and all ATT models are like mine.
It's just that when you mentioned the different auto brightness levels, I thought that maybe there was something I was overlooking in my settings. Apparently not, since your type of autobrightness was apparently adjusted by ATT.
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Yup, must be ATT setup, although it makes much more sense the default android way.
Wonder why they decided to change it
My battery life on my note 4 is truly awful and I genuinely have no idea what's doing it, without fail it'll die like half way through the day when I only really use it for reddit and WhatsApp, I've heard by a lot of people that snapchat is really bad for battery. Whenever I look at these battery apps they never seem to tell me though, my screen on time is always atrocious and everyone else is getting like 6 hours, I use alxedandr rom btw, I also get lags here and there and I have no idea why can anyone help
Drizzy xS said:
My battery life on my note 4 is truly awful and I genuinely have no idea what's doing it, without fail it'll die like half way through the day when I only really use it for reddit and WhatsApp, I've heard by a lot of people that snapchat is really bad for battery. Whenever I look at these battery apps they never seem to tell me though, my screen on time is always atrocious and everyone else is getting like 6 hours, I use alxedandr rom btw, I also get lags here and there and I have no idea why can anyone help
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Most people are having problems with Google Play services drain. It's causing poor battery life because it's stopping the phone from deep sleeping. Sign out of Google Play in the accounts page in settings, then reboot the phone and sign back in again. Uncheck all the items you don't want to sync for Google.
I'm on lollipop and did a cache wipe straight after installing AND uninstalled the Facebook app. I've got 40% remaining after 12.5 hours. Boc3 seems to be really stable.
If you are having problems with battery drain I suggest you go to settings>application manager>running and kill tasks from there.
I am getting exceptional battery life on my Exynos
just quickly, is there any way to like reset the battery life physically?
ie in the old days, we would often let the battery run flat out, and recharge fully and run flat out a couple times.
and it'll basically give you the best longest battery life after doing this.
I think I just discovered a fix after updating to 5.0, I am running stock just for the info, all I did was boot into recovery and wipe cashe partition about 3-4 times and that seemed to have worked very well battery life is back to normal. Can someone who has this problem confirm?
joe1blue said:
I think I just discovered a fix after updating to 5.0, I am running stock just for the info, all I did was boot into recovery and wipe cashe partition about 3-4 times and that seemed to have worked very well battery life is back to normal. Can someone who has this problem confirm?
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What was your previous battery usage like for heavy, moderate and low usage?
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What was your previous battery usage like for heavy, moderate and low usage?
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It was strangely very bad after I updated to stock 5.0, I would lose about 2% every 15min I mean very bad to the point that I was about to do a factory reset.
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For those who cannot identify the battery drain source from the battery setting, disable your alarm clock. The stock alarm clock is causing a huge drain, and it hides itself in the Android System. Not even wake detector could detect it. I did a search, but couldn't find anyone talking about it. My SOT drops by an hour with the alarm clock on.
Hey folks, been awhile since I started a thread so....
So, I got my G4 about a month and a half ago, and instantly noticed how horrible the stock battery performed in terms of life. I was lucky to get 17hrs with 2 hrs of S.O.T. on a full charge.
So, of course i started looking into options to get better life... I installed XPosed, with Greenify and Amplify, and it really wasnt enough.
I started looking into the kernel, with Kernel Audiutor, and noticed something. No real HotPlugging, so all cores seemed to stay online at all times. Now, I did try a couple custom kernels, and even those did not seem to have a viable hotplugging solution implemented.... I took the next steps I could to achieve what I was starting to think was impossible.... 28hr battery life, with the same 2 hour SOT... and here is how I achieved it
#1 Root your device
#2 Install the attached Zip
#3 Open up Terminal, or ADB SHELL, and run one of the following
Code:
# To turn it on
echo 1 > /data/data/kevshotplug
Code:
# To turn it off
echo 0 > /data/data/kevshotplug
This runs in the background, so you can do this on the fly. The script will check the display state and apply the "hotplug" accordingly, I also have created some basic profiles for some of the more common governors we have available to us.
Get Rid of LOGD
- - - Copy /system/bin/logd and paste it to your sdcard
- - - Delete /system/bin/logd
Use Common Sense for Your Services
- - - This is all personal preference... but I don't see a need to have my location services on while I am home, or really anywhere else where I know where I am... so turn it off when you can
- - - On the road? Is there a real reason why you NEED to have WiFi still on?
That should do it folks... try and let me know your results, tips, tricks, etc....
Kevs-Tweaks.zip
CHANGELOG
11/15/2016
- Configurable frequencies for KevsHotplug in dp
- Fixed a couple gov tweak issues
- Fixed a typo or 2 in dp
11/12/2016
- Added screen-on hotplug for kevshotplug
- - Right now, it will turn off big or little cores as per the following:
- - - Little: At or under 460Mhz
- - - Big: At or under 480Mhz
- - Next version: will hotplug per core, and will be configurable in
Code:
dp
11/11/2016
- Added Alucard & Ironactive to dp
- Reworked all tweaks... now will apply correctly
- Added tweaks for elementalX, zzmoove, ironactive
11/4/2016
- integrated dp
- - see screenshots
- - adds in i/o scheduler, tcp congestion
- - Seperate Big & Little config
- - not recommended to use with a Kernel Tweaking app (like KernelAdiutor)
- - Thanks a ton to @Imoseyon for my time on the note 3 (and for the lk menu inspiration)
11/3/1026
- Added gov tweaks for: ondemand, impulse, bioshock, wheatley
- Updated interactive tweaks
- Updated Tweaking method
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HOW TO USE dp
Open Terminal or adb shell
Type In:
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su
dp
- dp is not needed if you do not feel like using it... it's 10KB in size, so leaving it does no harm. kevshotplug is exacty like in OP above... except I also threw it in the menu... yes, I saw the error, no, it has no effect on it what-so-ever.
- - - I have found that min frequency does not seem to stick when using interactive governor... just a fair warning
Thanks for this tutorial! I do have a question however.
When the screen is off, do you still get notifications as normal? I have android wear and android auto and want to make sure that I don't lose the functionality of these when the screen turns off. Additionally, does listening to music with the screen off work as it should?
Thanks
on step 13 ??? repeat 4 times from step. 1.??? or from wich step.? i know we will be editing cpu1-to cpu2 and so on. am just lost there LOL
logd rename to logd.bak same..
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When i finished creating the 2 profiles, nothing seem to happen. Phone also states no active tasker profile. Sorry, I don't know what I'm doing. I read that there should be a green lit notification that tasker is running or the profile is, but I can't get that...aargh....Youtube failed me on this one...
jt1998 said:
When i finished creating the 2 profiles, nothing seem to happen. Phone also states no active tasker profile. Sorry, I don't know what I'm doing. I read that there should be a green lit notification that tasker is running or the profile is, but I can't get that...aargh....Youtube failed me on this one...
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the only time an active profile will show is if there is a continously running profile. since these run once during the 2 events they officially arent xontinuing to run.
one way you can confirm... plug it into your pc... run adb shell... the su... then do a cat in one of the "online" files.
with screen off it should show 0... with screen on it should show 1
raptorddd said:
on step 13 ??? repeat 4 times from step. 1.??? or from wich step.? i know we will be editing cpu1-to cpu2 and so on. am just lost there LOL
logd rename to logd.bak same..
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copy step 10 mate
like this:
andyandmarlys said:
Thanks for this tutorial! I do have a question however.
When the screen is off, do you still get notifications as normal? I have android wear and android auto and want to make sure that I don't lose the functionality of these when the screen turns off. Additionally, does listening to music with the screen off work as it should?
Thanks
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i have been receiving text notices if that is what you mean.
also... as long as you dont underclock that first core too much music should continue to play
jt1998 said:
When i finished creating the 2 profiles, nothing seem to happen. Phone also states no active tasker profile. Sorry, I don't know what I'm doing. I read that there should be a green lit notification that tasker is running or the profile is, but I can't get that...aargh....Youtube failed me on this one...
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is it showing notification that says underneath disable.??? if yes then its running how i checked was not making the screen on profile and turn it off then on and checked online cores only 2 were on, so it means its active. yeah i get you i was lost LOL its hard to understand it. but i finally got it working.
@kevp75 this tip is the best thing to ever have happened to our device IMO. Thank you. Incredible change in standby battery life, SOT, etc. I'm draining this bad boy and then will post screenshots. Thanks again friend. Really excited to see your work with ROMs, etc if you decide to go on that path...
jt1998 said:
@kevp75 this tip is the best thing to ever have happened to our device IMO. Thank you. Incredible change in standby battery life, SOT, etc. I'm draining this bad boy and then will post screenshots. Thanks again friend. Really excited to see your work with ROMs, etc if you decide to go on that path...
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gettin there
having a ton of issues compiling a kernel tho... right now... that and time to write up an installer is holding me off from releasing a rom for us
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gettin there
having a ton of issues compiling a kernel tho... right now... that and time to write up an installer is holding me off from releasing a rom for us
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it should last longer i dont know how long LOL longest i let it sit is almost 6 hours and only 1% was dropped
what i noticed is it charges faster as only one core is online. no wasted of uneeded sores.
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gettin there
having a ton of issues compiling a kernel tho... right now... that and time to write up an installer is holding me off from releasing a rom for us
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it should last longer i dont know how long LOL longest i let it sit is almost 6 hours and only 1% was dropped this is with not tasker.
what i noticed is it charges faster as only one core is online. no wasted of uneeded sores.
@kevp75 noticed when tasker profiles are being used, when trying to use the camera from screen off/sleeping, the device becomes unresponsive and i have to manually reboot or battery pull to resolve.
Does this happen to you?
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@kevp75 noticed when tasker profiles are being used, when trying to use the camera from screen off/sleeping, the device becomes unresponsive and i have to manually reboot or battery pull to resolve.
Does this happen to you?
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yes.
its because the cores are off and takes a few seconds for the screen on profile to run its full course
Using your directions, are all the cores getting turned off when screen goes off?
Also, how many cores are there? I thought only 4
Update... Nm. I see that there are 6 cores on this processor
Thanks
andyandmarlys said:
Using your directions, are all the cores getting turned off when screen goes off?
Also, how many cores are there? I thought only 4
Update... Nm. I see that there are 6 cores on this processor
Thanks
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6 i think only core 0 its active tried bluetooth and small speaker today everything okey.
andyandmarlys said:
Using your directions, are all the cores getting turned off when screen goes off?
Also, how many cores are there? I thought only 4
Update... Nm. I see that there are 6 cores on this processor
Thanks
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aye 6. we have to keep at least 1 core online... otherwise the phone would be completely unusable (tried it... had to kdz back to stock)
also... if you dont mind losing a bit of battery savings... dont turn off core4
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6 i think only core 0 its active tried bluetooth and small speaker today everything okey.
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question.... am a bit confused with core naming... sometimes cores are named like this
core0
core1
core2
core3
core4
core5
they are 6 cores on kernele auditour mod. they are named bigcore 1-2 small cores 1-2-3-4
so my question is how are they exactly named.?
like you live only core1 online.. but when i check core 1 is on after screen off both big and samll are on.. as they show in cpu both are named 1.. is it possible to leave online core 0 wich is the first core on small cores.. LOL i hope i make sense.. iwant to know is it possible to leave online only 1 small core. and rest including bigs off.
core numbering starts at 0
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kevp75 said:
core numbering starts at 0
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so you think phone would operate okey only if core0 this beign first small core is online, while all other cores are off. i think it should.. and maybe faster charge since only one core is online... with your profile both small and big are online.. what would i need to make small online only. too much complicated for me. this will also improve standby time.
raptorddd said:
so you think phone would operate okey only if core0 this beign first small core is online, while all other cores are off. i think it should.. and maybe faster charge since only one core is online... with your profile both small and big are online.. what would i need to make small online only. too much complicated for me. this will also improve standby time.
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i think having both big cores offline would make it too unresponsive at screen off
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aye 6. we have to keep at least 1 core online... otherwise the phone would be completely unusable (tried it... had to kdz back to stock)
also... if you dont mind losing a bit of battery savings... dont turn off core4
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Why core4 specifically though? Just curious, why not core1.
I just wanted to make a quick rundown of things I do to phones, even if they have a large battery.
- Go into app info, then battery, then enabled "Background Restriction" for apps that don't need to have fast notifications. I do this for apps like XDA, Feedly, Amazon etc. Given enough time Adaptive battery will do this for you, but I go in manually for any new apps or ones that I still might use frequently. (UnRooted)
- Download Naptime and enable aggressive doze. Also play around with the experimental features. I disabled location when Doze mode is enabled. (UnRooted)
- Download Servicely from the same dev. I disabled apps when my screen turns off and whitelist phone, messaging apps and other high importance apps. (Root)
- Use Tasker to automate Battery Saver Mode when your screen turns off and disable it when the screen comes back on. Naptime can also do this in the experimental settings, but I use Tasker to trigger it based on conditions like battery percentage, etc. (UnRooted)
- Install the Universal GMS Doze in Magisk. Combining this with Naptime really helps for standby. (Root)
- Install AdAway from F-Droid. This is a small thing, but less data use for pulling ads means better battery. It's a stretch, but the other benefits are no more ads! (Root)
This is what I've got done so far. Once custom kernels are released I'm going to use the Franco kernel app to make per app customizations to underclock the CPU and GPU for apps like Messages and other lite apps to really squeeze more battery.
With these optimizations I can easily make a full day. I haven't gotten a solid SOT number yet as I change in my car through Android Auto most days, but I really want to test a day completely off a charger to see what it's like.
Again, these are things I do on even large phones like the OnePlus 7 Pro and it's almost doubled my battery life on phones. Plus, these are set and forgot things and should only require a little bit of setup.
I hope this helps yall eek out some more battery out of our awesome devices! I can start to use the phone without worrying about battery anxiety.
Or you can just enable battery saving, and don't optimize apps you really need.
That's true, and I have it enable when the screens off. I'm not sure is restricting background use AND battery saver are doubling up and helping save more battery, but I want the option to have a light theme, so restricting battery for apps gives me that option