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Manage to get my sg2 up to 5 days(battery wize) now with allot of tinkering and rom switching =)

Tell me more, tell me more....
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Kanzari said:
Manage to get my sg2 up to 5 days(battery wize) now with allot of tinkering and rom switching =)
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5 days yeah, im assuming you mean 5 days on standby meaning you barely if ever used it in that time because it is practically impossible otherwise to get that amount of battery for 5 days.

One man post on some forum. 7 days
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Kanzari said:
Manage to get my sg2 up to 5 days(battery wize) now with allot of tinkering and rom switching =)
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You need to start using ur phone instead of leaving it on stand by.
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Jeeez you lot are obsessed!
Plug sockets arnt hard to find!

with an intelligent use of the power-off button your battery may last some weeks...

I had 4.5 day on normal use but disabled data.
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Greatz for buying this kind of phone and keeping it unused.
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jangomango said:
Jeeez you lot are obsessed!
Plug sockets arnt hard to find!
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Bang on man! think my worst case I have burned through a whole battery in a 4-5hours (chroot vnc gps etc) you know what though, it's not an iphone carry a spare!!! have a charger, have a battery pack charger, have a car charger!
the slightly more worrying factor for me is the power draw of some apps being greater than the draw on car charge.
I-on road for example probably the only truely useful AR app but V. battery intensive (gps and camera on full time go figure)

Lol - it doesnt matter how many days you got, i bet it was still only 3-4hrs screen on time like everyone else.
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I saw someone post a 8 days screenshot in the extended battery thread.
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i don't see the point...5 days, 7 days, 98 days...whatever...i'd acheive the same by not using my phone at all...
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Dude I can accept 5 and 7 but 98 you are on. ;-)
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"Hey guys I got my phone 2 weeks ago and haven't even had to charge it yet.
It's still in the box."

My granny claims she have't charged her phone for years Must be one of those wired devices...
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Yeah carry a spare battery and don't worry about it, no point on spend $600 on a phone only to use it like a $50 one.
I've burned through a fully charged battery in an hour and half...
curioct said:
I-on road for example probably the only truely useful AR app but V. battery intensive (gps and camera on full time go figure)
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I had to look it up, and jesus god help us if people had to rely on that to drive safely...

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Battery life.

I havehorrible batter life and it takes forever for this phone to charge and it overheats. I'm using the andromeda kernal and OC widget. Can someone tell me some settings I should use? Or tweaks or whatever? I'm talking non-commonsense stuff (not stuff like "turn 4g off")
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A_Flying_Fox said:
I havehorrible batter life and it takes forever for this phone to charge and it overheats. I'm using the andromeda kernal and OC widget. Can someone tell me some settings I should use? Or tweaks or whatever? I'm talking non-commonsense stuff (not stuff like "turn 4g off")
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Turn on Airplane mode and leave it on. Tell people to call you on the house phone. Your battery life will improve dramatically.
The radio really sucks up tht much power, huh? :/ I wish sprint used simcards so I can have a reason to lug around my hero for when I'm out for more than 3 hours
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A_Flying_Fox said:
The radio really sucks up tht much power, huh? :/ I wish sprint used simcards so I can have a reason to lug around my hero for when I'm out for more than 3 hours
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Wow, 3 hours huh? I'm at least getting 8. I was getting 15 or 20 hours, but then started putting lots of widgets on my screens and that really killlllllllllled it
I usemy phone a lot. I was spoiled by my hero. I was getting days on a single charge with the same usage, if not, more. I wish I knew what's killing it so fast :/ spare prts says the screen is a majority of power consumption, but I usually have brightness on 0 (its plenty bright enough. It seems brighter than my hero at 50% ).
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A_Flying_Fox said:
I usemy phone a lot. I was spoiled by my hero. I was getting days on a single charge with the same usage, if not, more. I wish I knew what's killing it so fast :/ spare prts says the screen is a majority of power consumption, but I usually have brightness on 0 (its plenty bright enough. It seems brighter than my hero at 50% ).
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Is the Running time at 100%? If so, check Partial Wake Usage. Click on whatever's at the top of the list and check it's running time. Report back and let us know what you find.

2 batteries for the life of your phone?

So I remember reading somewhere that if your battery starts to lose charge fast do to having it for a long time, that you can take it to a Verizon store and get a free battery and this can only be done twice for the life of your phone. Is this true.? I'm concerned because I find myself charging my phone everyday so I'm gunna need the extra. And please don't respond with battery saving techniques lol. Thank you
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Please tell me you have the extended battery. Otherwise if it is bad that you have to charge it everyday(omg!!!), you never use your phone.
Lol seems bad to me
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Haha...most people are lucky to only have to charge it once a day. Its a smartphone and being that android phones are always syncing something somewhere on the phone, you're not going to have superb battery life. Ive got an LG Dare ill sell you though. Gets great battery life XD
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Lol seems bad to me
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I normally charge 1-2 times during the day and always overnight. I can make it through the day if I use no data at all
Jmoney47 said:
I normally charge 1-2 times during the day and always overnight. I can make it through the day if I use no data at all
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Youtube drains the battery like crazy watching phone reviews. Stuff I need to save that for my pc
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Stock atrix battery life sucks!

I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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which ROM are u using ? i used to have very good battery life in stock 2.2 2 . about 2 days with 5 hrs display usage.
supermerkin said:
I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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Dude, there are like three complete threads here with solutions to battery problems. Why did you create another one?
Two of them are in the very same section where you created this thread.
Solution to your battery life woes can be had by putting your sim back inyour iphone. The atrix and instructions to use this forum seem to be above your level of using technology. Btw, my battery life has been awesome.
I voided my warranty.
Dude seriously if you battery sucks its because you dont know how to use the phone properly i get 15-24 hours with heavy texting facebook and browsing you dont need to complain about somthing its your own issue creating another thread is useless post up on the others not here
Holy snot I in no way was bashing the phone but was venting my frustration in how complicated it seems to be to get the battery to last...
I also posted in the general section not QA where I knew I would get bashed.
Im on stock 2.3.4 and it seems like (due to not being able to install the 5.3 lite program) I'm stuck running stock rom and can't make changes needed you guys can.
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supermerkin said:
Holy snot I in no way was bashing the phone but was venting my frustration in how complicated it seems to be to get the battery to last...
I also posted in the general section not QA where I knew I would get bashed.
Im on stock 2.3.4 and it seems like (due to not being able to install the 5.3 lite program) I'm stuck running stock rom and can't make changes needed you guys can.
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If you aren't comfortable flashing a new rom and/or freezing system apps, give the "2x battery" app a try. It certainly is an improvement to the stock battery life.
I really want to flash one but the program I need to install on my cpu won't install... I keep getting error msgs and no one has been able to give me a solution why yet.
I used to have an htc fuze and flashed roms almost daily so I have the knowledge but my machine isn't cooperating with the needed download to unlock.
Ill try the 2x battery, thank you for the help.
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supermerkin said:
I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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User error....
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supermerkin said:
Holy snot I in no way was bashing the phone but was venting my frustration in how complicated it seems to be to get the battery to last...
I also posted in the general section not QA where I knew I would get bashed.
Im on stock 2.3.4 and it seems like (due to not being able to install the 5.3 lite program) I'm stuck running stock rom and can't make changes needed you guys can.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
Installed 2x battery then fully charged the phone and disconnected it around 4 our so.
wifi on the whole time, I have texted and taken some HD video plus been on FB since and have only dropped to 80%. Thank you for the tip on the program, seems to be helping. Ill leave it unplugged over night and see where I am in morning.
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Stock atrix battery life sucks!
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Could not disagree more. On my stock Atrix, I was getting just over 2 days usage (not just leaving the phone on the table) pretty consistently. Rooted and GB rom now, am getting a day and a half but am probably just getting the battery and rom used to each other lol
I don't get it, I had 80% 2 hours ago then went to 70% powered off and on and now I have 80% again?
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Omg. You have a self charging battery!
I voided my warranty and your mum.
Bender B. Rodgriguez said:
If you aren't comfortable flashing a new rom and/or freezing system apps, give the "2x battery" app a try. It certainly is an improvement to the stock battery life.
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Freezing apps would definitely help. Especially is you use "System Panel" to find the culprits.
Although from what I've heard isn't stock supposed to have better battery life than the custom ROMS?...
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Ill take a look at that one to. Went to sleep with 70% and left wifi on all night to end up with 50% this morning. I'd say that isn't too bad.
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supermerkin said:
I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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You, Sir, are a five-star noob.
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supermerkin said:
Ill take a look at that one to. Went to sleep with 70% and left wifi on all night to end up with 50% this morning. I'd say that isn't too bad.
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Which battery saving mode are you using?...
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My battery lasts about 3h max, im living the dream!
@ccrows- It only lets me select the daytime mode due to not having the PRO version. And I dont see in it where I can freeze apps?
It actually seems to be charging faster as well. How long does it take you guys to get a full charge from dead on average?

Camping and battery life

Hello all. I am going camping for 5 days and I was wondering how I can get the best battery life out of my phone on 1 charge. (I won't have any electricity for 5 days)
I am currently using cnote's port of ice cold sandwich Rossi edition. I will be only using my phone for playing music and taking pictures. The phone will be in airplane mode for 5 days.
My question is if its good to idle it for 5 days in airplane mode or shut it down if it won't be used for more than 5 hours? Does it require more power when booting or does it consume less battery power when idling?
Thanks in advance.
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TDJ CM 7 and under clock
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The Indian's recommendation is good.
I would shut it off at night. Airplane mode will save LOTS of juice, but nothing saves power like being off for hours. Lol.
You might also consider one of those portable external chargers. They're pretty cheap.
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The Indian's recommendation is good.
I would shut it off at night. Airplane mode will save LOTS of juice, but nothing saves power like being off for hours. Lol.
You might also consider one of those portable external chargers. They're pretty cheap.
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I agree, about the portable chargers. That really helps out a lot when you need some power on the go
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Have back light as low as you can stand have wifi only when you need it.
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md1008 said:
Have back light as low as you can stand have wifi only when you need it.
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They have campsites with wi-fi? Daaaamn. I've got to find one of those.
Sorry for being brief, if you only need it for 5 hours of just listening to music and reading ebooks, any rom other than sense 4 and stock will serve you well. Underclock so CPU max is 700ish (thats all you need) and turn it off completely if you aren't using it. I also recommend buying an external battery from amazon. Anker makes nice big ones of like $20
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Sorry for being brief, if you only need it for 5 hours of just listening to music and reading ebooks, any rom other than sense 4 and stock will serve you well. Underclock so CPU max is 700ish (thats all you need) and turn it off completely if you aren't using it. I also recommend buying an external battery from amazon. Anker makes nice big ones of like $20
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I believe he meant there will periods of, maybe, 5 hours where he won't be using it and he wanted to know if it would be better to leave it on for those periods or turn it off.
Thank you very much for the feedback.
You guys rock.
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Get a solar charger!
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Get a solar charger!
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Lol you should see the reviews on the Play Store! People are so stupid sometimes...
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I think I will be fine under clocking it and keeping it on airplane mode. I shouldn't need a charge.
I also am taking my nexus one, which already lasts like 6 days on airplane mode running miui v4.
Cheers all!
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Get a solar charger!
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LOL I actually saw one of those for iPhone before...
I agree with external charger, will definitely come in handy.
ROM wise, any of them should be good, but its better to stay off ICS+.
GB is guaranteed stable for the Glacier, best battery life too.
-Saranhai
estallings15 said:
They have campsites with wi-fi? Daaaamn. I've got to find one of those.
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Lol wasn't thinking about him being at a camp site. Honestly wouldn't be surprised if a camp site did have a free wifi
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saranhai said:
LOL I actually saw one of those for iPhone before...
I agree with external charger, will definitely come in handy.
ROM wise, any of them should be good, but its better to stay off ICS+.
GB is guaranteed stable for the Glacier, best battery life too.
-Saranhai
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Thank God sckboy and I aren't the only one's around here who think ICS has the best battery life.
GB ftw.
Not that I'm not rocking JB right now, because I totally am. However, when I need stability, full functionality and battery life out that wazoo... Gingerbread.
Hey, i told him to use cm7 too. But I haven't had a crash on cm10 port yet
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My play music has been crashing and now I am upset that I can't use it at all. That was my main source of music. I can't even load it. Force closes as soon as I start it. I need to use the offline mode to save songs for camping.
I cleared cache. Set permissions and re flashed the newest gapp as well. Still crashing. Can't even load play music.
Oh well. Airdroiding songs to SD now.
I should flash cm 7 honestly but doesn't it take a couple of days for a new rom to normalize? I leave tomorrow and icecoldRossi is amazing battery life with frosted cherry now.
Technology ugh....
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Oh I also know that play music only allows a certain amount of devices authorized. I have my desktop, laptop, nexus one and my touch. That's one less than the required amount.
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poexone said:
My play music has been crashing and now I am upset that I can't use it at all. That was my main source of music. I can't even load it. Force closes as soon as I start it. I need to use the offline mode to save songs for camping.
I cleared cache. Set permissions and re flashed the newest gapp as well. Still crashing. Can't even load play music.
Oh well. Airdroiding songs to SD now.
I should flash cm 7 honestly but doesn't it take a couple of days for a new rom to normalize? I leave tomorrow and icecoldRossi is amazing battery life with frosted cherry now.
Technology ugh....
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If you feel like your battery life with that is well enough, go for it then; just because everyone says cm7 will get you the best battery life, doesn't mean your phone will agree. Oh and the play music thing is an app problem.
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Pretty much anything non-sense by TDJ. I swear everything I've gotten at least 3 days with use on every one of his roms/kernels.
I've even gotten 2 days on DARKSIDE sense. But it's always a good idea to keep an external charger if you're going to be gone for a while. Whenever I go on a business trip, even though I know that there will be available outlets, I always keep an external charger in case anything happens. Plus, it's always nice to not have to stick around a wall when you're charging your phone and have to use it at the same time.

Ultimate Battery Tweak - think I've cracked it!

Just finished my latest raft of battery saving tweaks for my rooted s3 and here are the results.
I consider myself a medium user and managed to get 54 hours off my last charge. Interested to see how other people's experiences match up to mine.
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Look at your Awake and Screen on times.
Might as well leave your mobile untouched for 2.5 days.
What matters is screen on time, not how long between charges, if you only use your phone for 5 mins a day you will wait a long time between charges. I can get 4 hours screen time which is decent (That's 4 hours in one day) So in theory if I use my phone for 1 hour a day I should get 4 days usage out of it.
All it shows is you don't use your phone much, show me a screen time of more than 6 hours and I will check out the battery tweak in use (as long as I can still use my phone)
Ok will post my screen on time stats from my next charge, pretty sure it's more than six hours.
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What's the point of having these devices if you'll use them like regular phones. I see no apps in your battery details. Obviously you're unlocking your device only for phone calls and swiping between screens and app drawer because of boredom.
Better to get a nokia 3310 and never care about battery again...
There you go Delsus just got home from a day out onsite plus the commute back & forth - 8 hours screen on time.
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Cool, so what exactly is your "tweak"?
The second image is "screen on time" though
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one more,but not mine.
when i will have time i will try to see how much "screen on" i can reach (although i can reach 8 hours of text reading, i doubt that i will reach that playing NOVA.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36325089&postcount=469
there is also another topic where we have shared our tweaks using Stweaks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2071967
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The second image is "screen on time" though
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then share with us ur tweak
i am currently using Null 15.1 with siyah kernel
i used to let my Wifi on the whole time to test it and with screen on + downloads time to time..
Max time :8hrs
Min time : 7hrs.
A bit of background I use my phone for work & spend alot of time away from a power supplier (either a plug socket or my car charger) & was finding my battery was fried within about 4 hours of constant use.
By researching & implementing battery tweaks (which don't affect the performance of my phone) and I've managed to get it up to 8 hours.
I'd be happy to post my battery tweaks for others to use, what I'm interested in is other user's experiences to benchmark against.
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The problem is a lot of noobs post junk or badly researched / bench marked stuff .or even exact same battery life posts week after week . We have three identical topics in the first three pages of General as it is .
Hence regular users are cynics after all it is a developers forum not some childish fix my phone look at my quadrant forum .
Well researched logical topics don't get attacked .
jje
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A bit of background I use my phone for work & spend alot of time away from a power supplier (either a plug socket or my car charger) & was finding my battery was fried within about 4 hours of constant use.
By researching & implementing battery tweaks (which don't affect the performance of my phone) and I've managed to get it up to 8 hours.
I'd be happy to post my battery tweaks for others to use, what I'm interested in is other user's experiences to benchmark against.
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Do you mind sharing your tweaks, would be interesting to see.
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Finally some members with a modicum of common sense. Yes will post a full list of apps & settings when I get home this evening.
FYI although my background is in Linux based sysadmin I've not gone seriously 'under the hood' merely used apps that are properly configured & applied system tweaks via root.
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Can you please post the battery tweaks which made your mobile 8 hours of screen ontime?
so what happened to this? was he using his phone as an ebook?
Shuryou said:
so what happened to this? was he using his phone as an ebook?
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Shuryou said:
so what happened to this? was he using his phone as an ebook?
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i can get up to 9 hours screen on time while reading e-books (wattpad) and a few texts using whatsapp though with wifi on and still have 10% juice left with 11-12 hours of battery usage:silly: is that count as having a superb battery life? just curious though
losta said:
i can get up to 9 hours screen on time while reading e-books (wattpad) and a few texts using whatsapp though with wifi on and still have 10% juice left with 11-12 hours of battery usage:silly: is that count as having a superb battery life? just curious though
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Which ROM you are using? You are using the airplane mode?
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