Can someone please explain how to configure ALL of the Juice Defender Ultimate options on the Epic?
I paid for the Ultimate version of Juice Defender and only some Icons are lit up. Icons such as "Night" still appear to be gray.
Given the big battery issues with Epic, this tools seem like a great workaround.
You may have tried this but since you have purchased it why not try removing it from the device and then reinstalling from the market. This should ensure that you are installing the version you paid for.
You actually have to run "Ultimate Juice" before you run Juice Defender. IT will pop up and say this is just a license, run Juice Defender or something like that.
@goddimus, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling already.
@kcarpenter, where would I run "Ultimate Juice" from 1st because it does not appear in my APPS screens?
The good news is that the default auto config certainly seems to be helping a lot with battery life. Need to test for longer, but 24hrs without charge and very moderate use.
i downloaded juicedefender and let it run in easy mode or w/e its called and didnt even get seven hours of battery life so i uninstalled it.
I'm really pleased with the results so far, I only want to know how to get control over the customizations it advertises. There is no response from the developer Latedroid.
When you think about it, it makes complete sense for the phone to not eat up battery when its not necessary. Its a stellar concept and checking around you can find some sort of similar apps.
Here is what I sent to Latedroid support:
Can I PLEASE get some help on how to customize Ultimate Juice Defender? Auto mode seems to work pretty good, but if I can squeeze more out of the battery based on personal profile, it will be even better. My fone is a Samsung EPIC (Galaxy S) The "WiFi" and "Schedule" icons and their settings for example seem grayed out and say "Do nothing" in the summary area. Only 4 of 9 features seem to be enabled in some way. I paid for Ultimate.
All I am asking for is an explanation of how to use the app. All of the documentation I find talks about what the app can do but nothing about how to configure each feature. What would be ultimately great is a new version of JD that actually has a much more usable and intuitive configuration UI.... or dare I say, more "normal" looking config UI.
I had to uninstall this app cause it was messing with my cpu clocks..
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ultimate juice definetely rocks. on the stock rom.
after flashing baked 1.0 and installing UJ again, i lost 25% in 15 mins. uninstalled UJ, and i'm getting 12 hrs of heavy usage.
go figure....
I have been using juice defender with the UJ add on since I have had the phone with the suggested settings the first time you run the app. The only things I have edited are under the app setting I completely stopped google talk from sending or receiving data at any time. Also noticed that I use less batt when connected to a wifi network so I have locale handling turning my gps on and off when in known hotspots. Attached a screen shot of how JD is saving my batt.
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Mine put an ultimate juice icon in my app tray.ran it once and it went away.
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cognitivel0gic, thanks for the feedback, but do you find that only some of the 11 options are configurable in your JD?
What I need, and reason I started this thread is to get some help understanding how to configure all JD options. In my JD view, things like WiFi, Timeout, Night do not allow making any adjustments.
Yes I purchased the Ultimate addon from the Market.
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the most i got was 1.76, how is that measured? are you getting x.8 more life than me or thats compared to your previous settings? is it relative?
@mmediaman
in response to your last post yes all of the options in juice defender allow me to edit them some of them like the standby option require a double click to edit
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@OP....this may be an obvious question but on your JD settings screen does it say Enabled or Disabled?
If it is disabled that is the only way that I know that you won't be able to adjust your settings....If it is disabled, just click on that Disabled button to enable...
Hope this helps
I have a couple of questions about Juice Defender if someone could be so kind...
1) Is there really just no way to run Google Talk with this application?
2) I use the Google News & Weather app which refreshes every hour, last time i used JD, it prevented this from happening. Any workaround?
JD is Enabled (blue button with green ON light).
@cognitivel0gic, what Standby option are you talking about? I don't see anything that says Standby on my version. Are there different versions out there? From the Help button, mine says "Evolution 1.8.8 beta". I'm using JD on Samsung Epic (Galaxy S)
And what about that activity log I see in the help screen? Does that keep growing forever??? Is there ANY documentataion for this App?
Sorry by standby I was referring to the timeout option.
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cognitivel0gic said:
I have been using juice defender with the UJ add on since I have had the phone with the suggested settings the first time you run the app. The only things I have edited are under the app setting I completely stopped google talk from sending or receiving data at any time. Also noticed that I use less batt when connected to a wifi network so I have locale handling turning my gps on and off when in known hotspots. Attached a screen shot of how JD is saving my batt.
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If you disabled data for googletalk, are you having problems with the market?
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If you disabled data for googletalk, are you having problems with the market?
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No problems with the market. I disable GTalk and GVoice.
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I just switched over from WM, because of the battery life i don't like to leaving date on. When i would click for anything that required data it would automatically turn on Ex. Internet, Shazam... is there any setting, widget, or app that can do that with android
Try Juice Defender, it will save your battery in alot of ways, including automatically turning off your data when you arent using it, in fact you might want to get the pay version of it if you like the way the free version helps your battery. Remember, you buy pay apps, they can be used from build to build, so buy it once, u get it for every build u run. Well worth it imo
+1 for Juice Defender.
Also, Tasker is an amazing app that allows you to create your own automator actions. So you can create an action that turns on data when you launch certain apps and turn it off when you exit. Its really powerful and does so much more than I can even describe here, you really have to just try it. It is a paid app, but well worth it. It takes some practice/learning, but sounds like it's exactly what you're looking for.
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Thanks a lot guys, for now I'm gonna try the juiceydefender ACDSee how that works
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Sp i came home after work and saw my note was at 14% battery,weirdest thing when i left to work it was about 80,no internet or nothing was enabled,btw this is 2nd time happening like this,any thoughts?
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Mine is I left it to charge over night, close those no use app.
When this morning wake up, saw the display using about most of the battery.
Any app to see what proofread is using the battery so much?
P/s: can't upload picture, keep asking me to login but I had already login.
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That is mostly caused by some app, had that too and deleted a few apps i installed last rebooted and it disapeard.
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Any idea wht program can use to show what app are in use?
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Try Badass Battery Monitor
Look for Samsung Push Service in your apps list and un-install it!
If you use Samsung Apps, this program is automatically installed and stays active, won't let your phone go to sleep!
My battery stats!
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My battery stats!
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High system and OS percentage.
Hi thanks the suggestion...after install it I noticed there is an app called phone radio auto sync to internet...how do I uninstall it as I can't find it in my app list....
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Look for Samsung Push Service in your apps list and un-install it!
If you use Samsung Apps, this program is automatically installed and stays active, won't let your phone go to sleep!
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Hi henklbr,
Thanks for the tip, I uninstalled it alrd...is there any other app tht I can get rid of?
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Hi henklbr,
Thanks for the tip, I uninstalled it alrd...is there any other app tht I can get rid of?
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Instead of trying to uninstall apps, installing Magic Locker allows you to set power saving and this could be very helpful. In my case it doubled the battery life and I now have around 60% left in the evening.
Hope this helps.
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Instead of trying to uninstall apps, installing Magic Locker allows you to set power saving and this could be very helpful. In my case it doubled the battery life and I now have around 60% left in the evening.
Hope this helps.
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I try to search for one but turn up mostly is for theme, which one I suppose to select?
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Any idea wht program can use to show what app are in use?
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There are a number of Apps you can install that will show running applications ~ SystemPanel is one such app.
It comes in two variant ~ Paid & Free.
The free version is okay for looking at what your apps are doing but it does not offer the same level of service that the paid version gives and in this case you do need the paid version.
Full version ($2.99) adds app manager (installer/uninstaller with multi-version APK archival), and long-term application resource monitor to solve app-related battery life problems.
However, for finding out what apps are using your battery you can do this with your phone's built-in settings.
Just navigate to Settings/Applications/Running Services and look at what apps are currently running.
If you don't need a particular app running simply tap on it and select 'Stop'.
Job done that is one app no longer running in the background.
Another option is to again go to Settings/Applications/Battery Usage.
Here you not only see the graph at the top but also a list of main running apps (note not all are shown).
Tap the graph at the top and it shows you various parameters i.e. when the screen was on and when the device was awake. Basically you need both to be the same. If the phone's screen was off but it remained awake you then have an app running constantly in the background.
So, press the back button and look at the list of apps showing. To terminate an app simply tap on it and this time select 'Force Close'.
Spend a little time now and again popping over to these two places (Running Services & Battery Usage) and you should be able to identify what app or apps are eating your battery.
Beards said:
There are a number of Apps you can install that will show running applications ~ SystemPanel is one such app.
It comes in two variant ~ Paid & Free.
The free version is okay for looking at what your apps are doing but it does not offer the same level of service that the paid version gives and in this case you do need the paid version.
Full version ($2.99) adds app manager (installer/uninstaller with multi-version APK archival), and long-term application resource monitor to solve app-related battery life problems.
However, for finding out what apps are using your battery you can do this with your phone's built-in settings.
Just navigate to Settings/Applications/Running Services and look at what apps are currently running.
If you don't need a particular app running simply tap on it and select 'Stop'.
Job done that is one app no longer running in the background.
Another option is to again go to Settings/Applications/Battery Usage.
Here you not only see the graph at the top but also a list of main running apps (note not all are shown).
Tap the graph at the top and it shows you various parameters i.e. when the screen was on and when the device was awake. Basically you need both to be the same. If the phone's screen was off but it remained awake you then have an app running constantly in the background.
So, press the back button and look at the list of apps showing. To terminate an app simply tap on it and this time select 'Force Close'.
Spend a little time now and again popping over to these two places (Running Services & Battery Usage) and you should be able to identify what app or apps are eating your battery.
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Very well put...... +1
thanks...will try that first and see how's thing goes
MIUI
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I try to search for one but turn up mostly is for theme, which one I suppose to select?
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In my case I chose MIUI but I think any theme should work as well. After installation it asked if I wanted to activate the battery saving mode which I accepted to check its performance as I was having battery drain as well and needed a solution.
I was happily surprised the next day. I hope all these issues are fixed by Samsung in ICS.
Best Battery Status with Chracks Rom.
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Does anyone know what is this phone radio app is? I try to find it at the app and want to uninstall cannot find...
How do I get rid of it?
Thank you.
lhooipg said:
Does anyone know what is this phone radio app is? I try to find it at the app and want to uninstall cannot find...
How do I get rid of it?
Thank you.
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Errrrrr...
That's your phone!
Hi guys,
Firstly I am no expert, however I would like share my experiences and knowledge of battery saving tips. This is probably best suited to novices like myself and some tips maybe obvious to some, but hey if they are, try the next one!
Press the thanks button if this is useful.
Tip 1 :
Turn off wifi, GPS, Bluetooth - when not using it.
Tip 2 :
If you know that you're going to be in a bad reception area (has 0 bar) for awhile, turn ON airplane mode. If you let the radio keep on searching for a signal, then it's going to drain the battery. For example, I would do this when travelling on the tube in london.
Tip 3 :
Turn off google's location service, unless you need latitude. - Settings - Location Services - Turn off all 4 boxes.
Tip 4 :
Dim screen brightness, I like to use a widget called brightness level, mainly keep brightness on 25%. Screen brightness is a big culprit for battery drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...XJ2ZWZpc2gud2lkZ2V0cy5icmlnaHRuZXNzbGV2ZWwiXQ..
Tip 5 :
Disable apps you dont use, e.g. email and exchange servces. You can disable apps, by going into manage apps within settings. If rooted you can freeze apps, by using titanium backup.
Tip 6 :
Turn off backround data sync within apps. Apps such as Google currents, pulse etc, regulary download data in background, turn this off and manually download when you actually use the app.
Tip 7 :
If your a facebook user, uninstall the official facebook app as this is a big battery drainer, I prefer to use :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rcm0uZmJtIl0.
Tip 8 :
Use a black or dark wallpaper and theme apps/widgets dark where possible. Thanks to b-eock here are some dark wallpapers : LINK
Theres probably some more tips I've forgotten to add, but these are the main ones I follow.
Handy checklist, thanks.
At the risk of stating the obvious, there is another even more radical power saving measure possible:
If you are in a situation where you really only need to use the phone as a simple phone, then TURN OFF BOTH MOBILE DATA AND WI-FI COMPLETELY!
I know, people will say "but what's the point of having a smartphone", but as an example, at work my only use of the phone is to be contacted in emergency. It's so easy to toggle data, I often just switch it off.
You will find that with the latest firmware and data off, the battery life is truly amazing.
Agree mobile data does eat a lot of battery to and if your phone is just sitting there idle or you are in desperate need then turning it off could be an option.
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It's a small point, but on AMOLED screens, it takes less power to produce black than anything else. If you're desperate to squeeze every ounce of battery out of your device, theme your apps darker, if you can.
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thanks. have updated original post.
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Great Post
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Cheers. Nice to be helpful for a change.
Tip 1 :
Turn off wifi, GPS, Bluetooth - when not using it.
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I always leave those toggled on.
Tip 2 :
When connected to wifi, turn off mobile data
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I always leave it toggled on.
Tip 3 :
Turn off google's location service, unless you need latitude. - Settings - Location Services - Turn off all 4 boxes.
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All check boxes checked and I also turned on Location History in Latitude.
Tip 4 :
Dim screen brightness, I like to use a widget called brightness level, mainly keep brightness on 25%. Screen brightness is a big culprit for battery drain.
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Brightness always set to Auto. I never dim it.
Tip 5 :
Disable apps you dont use, e.g. email and exchange servces. You can disable apps, by going into manage apps within settings. If rooted you can freeze apps, by using titanium backup.
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I don't disable or freeze any apps.
Tip 6 :
Turn off backround data sync within apps. Apps such as Google currents, pulse etc, regulary download data in background, turn this off and manually download when you actually use the app.
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Everything is set to sync and working in the background. nothing is done manually on my phone. gReader is set to sync every hour pulling images and snippets. BeWeather is set to sync every 6 hours. Built in lockscreen weather is set to sync every 3 hours. I have some other stuff with push notifications too.
Tip 7 :
If your a facebook user, uninstall the official facebook app as this is a big battery drainer, I prefer to use :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rcm0uZmJtIl0.
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I use the official facebook app.
Tip 8 :
Use a black or dark wallpaper and theme apps/widgets dark where possible.
Theres probably some more tips I've forgotten to add, but these are the main ones I follow.
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Lockscreen is lightish blue, and homescreen is live wallpaper.
So it seems, I go against all this tip LMAO. Battery still last a whole day for me.
I hate turning things off and putting phone in airplane mode and all these tips to save battery. The S3 has a capable enough battery. Just use your smartphone to the fullest.
I'm pleased for you, if one day you wanted to get even more battery life, at least you know what to do! How much on screen time do you get? Screenshots?
Using juice defender is easier and a more consequent method of achieving better battery life.
I used to do everything manually but it felt stupid because I kept repeating myself. Leaving the house: turn off this and that. Arrive at work turn on something else again.
Why have a computer and perform the tedious and repetisios task ourselves?
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I'm pleased for you, if one day you wanted to get even more battery life, at least you know what to do! How much on screen time do you get? Screenshots?
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Not saying I get the most optimum battery life, but it gets me through a day. I get around 2 hour screen time and 19+ hours. I just like to keep every on for convenience.
I will post a screen shot when I deplete my battery.
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whatever works for you and your happy with is the main thing. personally I'm not happy unless I get minimum 3.5 hours screen on time.
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sargasso said:
Using juice defender is easier and a more consequent method of achieving better battery life.
I used to do everything manually but it felt stupid because I kept repeating myself. Leaving the house: turn off this and that. Arrive at work turn on something else again.
Why have a computer and perform the tedious and repetisios task ourselves?
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Again whatever works for you. Personally I prefer the manual approach. Think I found juice defender made things worse for me.
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Good idea. Just a couple of points.
GPS uses no battery unless an application specifically is using GPS to locate you. In other words, it only uses power if its flashing away in the status bar.
No need to turn mobile data off when on wifi. The connection is not using power unless an MMS wants to come in.
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thanks for the useful tips. Although my battery lasts most of the day also and it seems sometimes more frivilous to be turning apps on and off rather than to keep them all on and have your phone last a little shorter....
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thanks for the useful tips. Although my battery lasts most of the day also and it seems sometimes more frivilous to be turning apps on and off rather than to keep them all on and have your phone last a little shorter....
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I'm only suggesting to disable apps you don't use such as email and exchange. As I only use gmail. The other point I made is to turn off background data. Classic example is Google currents. I just sync when I go into the app and have background data off which is a setting within currents.
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Good idea. Just a couple of points.
GPS uses no battery unless an application specifically is using GPS to locate you. In other words, it only uses power if its flashing away in the status bar.
No need to turn mobile data off when on wifi. The connection is not using power unless an MMS wants to come in.
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:good: Good to know.
When i reading long white pages with black text i often use negative colour widget. Saved battery and better for my eyes.
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patospatos said:
When i reading long white pages with black text i often use negative colour widget. Saved battery and better for my eyes.
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Tis a good tip. Actually, rooted users with the latest Siyah kernel can tap home 4 times and do this too.
ekjl said:
Not saying I get the most optimum battery life, but it gets me through a day. I get around 2 hour screen time and 19+ hours. I just like to keep every on for convenience.
I will post a screen shot when I deplete my battery.
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That's not good life at all. You just let it set there... 2 hours of screen time for a 19+ hour day... I can get over about 60 Hours with 5+ hours of screen time easily
daz_2000 said:
Hi guys,
Firstly I am no expert, however I would like share my experiences and knowledge of battery saving tips. This is probably best suited to novices like myself and some tips maybe obvious to some, but hey if they are, try the next one!
Press the thanks button if this is useful.
Tip 1 :
Turn off wifi, GPS, Bluetooth - when not using it.
Tip 2 :
When connected to wifi, turn off mobile data
Tip 3 :
Turn off google's location service, unless you need latitude. - Settings - Location Services - Turn off all 4 boxes.
Tip 4 :
Dim screen brightness, I like to use a widget called brightness level, mainly keep brightness on 25%. Screen brightness is a big culprit for battery drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...XJ2ZWZpc2gud2lkZ2V0cy5icmlnaHRuZXNzbGV2ZWwiXQ..
Tip 5 :
Disable apps you dont use, e.g. email and exchange servces. You can disable apps, by going into manage apps within settings. If rooted you can freeze apps, by using titanium backup.
Tip 6 :
Turn off backround data sync within apps. Apps such as Google currents, pulse etc, regulary download data in background, turn this off and manually download when you actually use the app.
Tip 7 :
If your a facebook user, uninstall the official facebook app as this is a big battery drainer, I prefer to use :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rcm0uZmJtIl0.
Tip 8 :
Use a black or dark wallpaper and theme apps/widgets dark where possible.
Theres probably some more tips I've forgotten to add, but these are the main ones I follow.
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Tip 9: buy a Nokia dumb phone as using the above you just will be able to the same thing with it.
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hi ,
I own a nexus 7 32 gig wifi only tab
it runs on stock JB 4.2.2
it was functioning perfectly until last week
suddenly the amount of battery drain was too high
with 8 hours the whole battery drained from 100 to 0%
in the battery stats "screen" was the highest battery consumer
i did a factory reset but still the problem persists
Now according to the battery stats,
google play magazine service is the highest batery drainer.. 89.2 %
i couldnt disable the service
I dont have any idea about how to proceed now with the issue... please help
Try uninstalling the updates to that app it should help
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Try uninstalling the updates to that app it should help
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i tried to locate the app in the app list but couldt find it
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i tried to locate the app in the app list but couldt find it
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try searching in the "All" tab rather than "Downloaded", this is because I think it comes preinstalled as a system app, rather than a separate download.
very weird that it is now using that much battery, are you trying to sync something constantly? Instead of uninstalling updates, try just clearing app data and cache if you don't use it.
in typical use, the screen is supposed to use the most battery, turn it to manual and set it to a lower value to use a little less.
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try searching in the "All" tab rather than "Downloaded", this is because I think it comes preinstalled as a system app, rather than a separate download.
very weird that it is now using that much battery, are you trying to sync something constantly? Instead of uninstalling updates, try just clearing app data and cache if you don't use it.
in typical use, the screen is supposed to use the most battery, turn it to manual and set it to a lower value to use a little less.
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Will do and get back with the results.. thanks
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try searching in the "All" tab rather than "Downloaded", this is because I think it comes preinstalled as a system app, rather than a separate download.
very weird that it is now using that much battery, are you trying to sync something constantly? Instead of uninstalling updates, try just clearing app data and cache if you don't use it.
in typical use, the screen is supposed to use the most battery, turn it to manual and set it to a lower value to use a little less.
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am confused now
after returning from work i checked the battery stats
i got two kind of results, one from "battery " in settings page and one from battery doctor
according to inbuilt "battery" stats screen was the highest consumer of battery
but according to battery doctor android operating sys is the highest
pls find the attached screenshots
still the battery drain exists... please help
This is very simple to do and I've found it helpful in conserving my battery life.
1. Open up Settings>General>About Phone
2. Scroll down to "Build Number" and keep tapping it until it says that Developer options has been enabled.
3. Hit the return button and now navigate to Settings>General>Developer options
4. Turn Developer options on
5. Scroll to the bottom and check "Do not keep activities"
6. Tap on "Limit background processes" and select "No background processes"
Thats it!
Note: Some apps like Netflix wont work if "Do not keep activities" is checked.
I've done this on plenty of phones and its helped with the battery life on all of them.
Let me know if helps with your battery life (and dont forget to hit that thanks button )
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This is very simple to do and I've found it helpful in conserving my battery life.
1. Open up Settings>General>About Phone
2. Scroll down to "Build Number" and keep tapping it until it says that Developer options has been enabled.
3. Hit the return button and now navigate to Settings>General>Developer options
4. Turn Developer options on
5. Scroll to the bottom and check "Do not keep activities"
6. Tap on "Limit background processes" and select "No background processes"
Thats it!
Note: Some apps like Netflix wont work if "Do not keep activities" is checked.
I've done this on plenty of phones and its helped with the battery life on all of them.
Let me know if helps with your battery life (and dont forget to hit that thanks button )
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I wonder if i change limit background process to no background process does the app will turn off if I open the other app? And will app need notification like email or whatapp no longer working? Thanks
It's odd that developer mode/options were already enabled on mine and yours weren't.
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It's odd that developer mode/options were already enabled on mine and yours weren't.
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Att model didn't have it, that was the first thing I did after getting the phone.
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This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
designgears said:
This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
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I agree, if you rarely use the phone, it might be a good option. For most of us here, allowing apps to stay cached will help performance and constant re-loads, especially considering that there is plenty of RAM.
designgears said:
This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
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Agreed. I went ahead and did this just for grins, and everything was slower because nothing stayed up in the background. I'll take the hit in battery life (if there is one) for better performance.
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if youre an average user DO NOT DO THIS
if youre getting an android for your grandmother, then do this
I guess I'm not an average user....
I just use the phone for a few social networks, internet browsing, checking bank info and for tweaks/mods. Hell, I still dont know how to use half the features of this phone (I know I'll never use them lol)
Thank You to everyone who replied!
Thanks OP for trying to help. but from my experience. this will make more problems then good. plus all the redraws it would cause from things constantly being killed. would be annoying and cause lag as well. but if it works good for u then cool
daddioj said:
Thanks OP for trying to help. but this will make more problems then good. plus all the redraws it would cause from things constantly being killed. would be annoying and cause lag as well. but if it works good for u then cool
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Agreed! Looks like its doing more "harm" than good for most people. I thought I was an "average" user, but I guess I'm not normal
I thought that doing that will ultimately result in draining more battery because of stuff being stored in the RAM
EDIT: After reading post ahead of me (using an app to view this so it only showed the OP and not the comments) I see that I was right lol
I guess I'm another heretic as I also find killing the background processes most of the time saves battery life. The key is whether it is an app you use infrequently and whether the background process engages in polling - especially useless phone home kind of stuff you don't want it to do anyway. In either case I've found it's better to just kill the app's background processes.
Try an experiment: check your battery level before bed and in the morning 7 - 8 hours later with all your background processes running as you normally do, to get your percentage loss. Then do the same the next night after Force Stopping all active app processes that are shown by a 3rd party Task Manager (the native one doesn't show you them). Compare.
This is useful to know because this is what your phone leaks in full sleep mode (if in fact your background processes actually let your phone sleep!) I get 0 to 2% per night loss depending on how strong and steady my LTE signal is, though of course a lot of other factors and settings come in to play. YMMV. Btw, I haven't tried the OP's method but I will. Thanks!
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Unfortunately the "Do not keep activities" option doesn't allow the back button to function within an app - as soon as you touch it, it kills the whole app, so it doesn't do what I had hoped, (ie I agree with the consensus that it is useless).
However if anyone knows how to trigger a "Force Stop" (nuke) of the active app so that its background processes are killed as well with one button push, I would be grateful to hear it.
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Anything pulled from storage takes more drain on battery compared to pulling from ram. Just remember that.
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