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According to you, what is the prettiest and coolest battery app? Please share your idea
do you mean by widget ??
mysql2779 said:
do you mean by widget ??
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Yes. something show the percents
Battery Monitor Widget Pro !
I use BatteryLife.
I like BattStatt, its really nice!
Its Pro version was recently released for free in market, and is much more customisable.
I'm using Smart Batter Monitor.
It's not a widget, but I'm very fond of Circular Battery Indicator
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Battery Monitor Widget Pro !
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I've used this for a long time now - like it a lot
I used Vizbattery. ( no connection to the comic lol)
Simple, elegant and not very obtrusive
ive been using the make your clock widget with battery for a while now
i use clarus battery
can i say none?
well not if you are running gingerbread........
I brought juice defender ultimate and i like to think it made a bit of a
difference when running froyo.
Since i began running cyanogenmod i cant see any improvement what so ever-
I believe it may just be the way i personally use my phone;
I am constantly on my phone all day flicking it on and then locking it.
I think it may use alot of power creating a data connection(handshakes with server)
than what it would be if it was just left running in the background.
Bluetooth is never switched on, Gps on all the time,
I get 2 days usage typical/ I see roughly a 8- 10% drop per hour when listening to music on my headphones
If you dont use your phone alot you may see more of a difference.
Only my personal experience
Battery Monitor Widget Pro indeed.
use PowerTime as it tells you aproximately how long your battery will last you. It is also very customizable as a widget and it tells you how long your battery will last you according to your overall battery usage stats.
trippinz said:
use PowerTime as it tells you aproximately how long your battery will last you. It is also very customizable as a widget and it tells you how long your battery will last you according to your overall battery usage stats.
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Is there a free version of PowerTime available?
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It's not a widget, but I'm very fond of Circular Battery Indicator
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is it this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724778
I have wanted to use that myself but have not figured out for wildfire. Did the desire files work or did you have to recompile for the wildfire?
Do you also know if you can flash this over an existing theme you're using?
About the battery app. Don't use any widget, every widget consumes battery life. I just use the option in cyanogenmod that has a little color bar and the percentage number next to it... And the circulars posted above make it even cooler.
hey according to me ,,u download "android system" from market...it wil show u batteru...even details of rom n al......
i think the best way is http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
it just makes battery with percents in status bar... without any widgets
earlier, without root the phone i used Fbreader it can show also battery with percents... any other ways just decrease battery charge
Hello !
Im in the way to be crazy...
Im flaahing roms 3 or 4 times a day...
The only objective is to have 16 hours of battery in a day with push email , and web ....
Stock and moded..
Diferent kernels
With or without samsung apps
Hard resets
Juice defenders
Battery calibration , give some cicles to the new rom....
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I Cant see diference or improvements in battery managment
Please tell me you best results vs roms and kernel. Please...or i will have to sell the sg2 and buy an iphone again.
Btw; i was adicted to foursquare in iphone...in sg2 the locations are not acurate...and it takes a lot of time to find....
Ok... My bat was in 84 when o start writing now is in 82%...
Thanks in advance for your advices...
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Hey there!
Hi, maybe stupid to ask since you are flashing 3 to 4 ROM'S a day but have you tried lite'ning rom? I find the battery duration on it very surprising and with normal usage (the things you mentioned) I last for about 20-25 hours.
Good luck finding something that fits your needs!
try underclocking/volting
Just relax man. Everything will be OK if you relax for a while
ThibVc said:
Hi, maybe stupid to ask since you are flashing 3 to 4 ROM'S a day but have you tried lite'ning rom? I find the battery duration on it very surprising and with normal usage (the things you mentioned) I last for about 20-25 hours.
Good luck finding something that fits your needs!
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Thanks . Im with Lighting 5.0 nipho kerne 2.05
NirXY said:
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I have set cpu...got a lot of freezes.
SetCPU and all those undervolting/underclocking stuffs are useless.
@OP- You just need to find what processes or apps are causing the drain, to see that download Better Battery Stats and check under 'Wakelocks'. Juice Defender, Flashing different Custom ROM's, changing kernels will do nothing but waste some energy and time of your and give you false mental peace. But it is recommended to Calibrate the battery once after you install a new ROM.
Regards.
I also have Lighting 5.0 and nipho 2.0.5 and my battery life is great!almost 2 full days with medium to high usage which is just GREAT for me ;]
-Advanced Task Killer autokill set to ON.
-Green Power Premium and Powersaver Enabled at 10%
-Autokill Memory at Startup
-Also Instaledl Root Uninstall and froze all stock applications which where not needed which HELPED ALOT,because applications running in the backround does drain battery and trust me 60% of applications running are not needed
-Also have Battery Calibration which is nice.Use it after flashing every rom ;]
-If you dont really Use 3G that much Change Network Mode to GSM only and disable Use packet data.If you do use 3G just install an app like Cambia Red make a shortcut on your screen and enable disable both Packet Data and GSM to GSM/WCDMA(Auto mode) to use 3G and then switch it back off.
This is what i do with my phone,with all this settings i am extremely happy with my battery performance ;]
Also i Agree with ithehappy install BetterBatteryStats and see which programs have high Wakelocks!! ;]
Hope it helps
I use LeoMar rom with nimpho kernel.
With medium use i can use my phone 2 days without charging. Wlan, GPS, 3G is on. My brigthness is always on 25%.
you crazy ???
Multiple flashes of roms does no good at all .
Totally wipe tour phone install stock rom . Turn everything off thats not required .
Monitor apps that are connecting/using power for no reason .
better battery stats .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Applications safe to remove .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069924
Remove Samsung Apps script .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108479
jje
JJEgan said:
Multiple flashes of roms does no good at all .
Totally wipe tour phone install stock rom . Turn everything off thats not required .
Monitor apps that are connecting/using power for no reason .
better battery stats .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Applications safe to remove .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069924
Remove Samsung Apps script .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108479
jje
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Thanks...i do i keep the widget for the weather ?
From what i see battery is not related with the main system and kernels , but with the samnsung apps ?
No matter what rom or kernel i use ?
Stavr0s91i said:
I also have Lighting 5.0 and nipho 2.0.5 and my battery life is great!almost 2 full days with medium to high usage which is just GREAT for me ;]
-Advanced Task Killer autokill set to ON.
-Green Power Premium and Powersaver Enabled at 10%
-Autokill Memory at Startup
-Also Instaledl Root Uninstall and froze all stock applications which where not needed which HELPED ALOT,because applications running in the backround does drain battery and trust me 60% of applications running are not needed
-Also have Battery Calibration which is nice.Use it after flashing every rom ;]
-If you dont really Use 3G that much Change Network Mode to GSM only and disable Use packet data.If you do use 3G just install an app like Cambia Red make a shortcut on your screen and enable disable both Packet Data and GSM to GSM/WCDMA(Auto mode) to use 3G and then switch it back off.
This is what i do with my phone,with all this settings i am extremely happy with my battery performance ;]
Also i Agree with ithehappy install BetterBatteryStats and see which programs have high Wakelocks!! ;]
Hope it helps
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Thnks...but what i dont want is to put all of this software tom manage the battery....
the SG2 must at least give one day of bat.
Apps first rom second despite claims its not the rom that will improve battery life but the users apps .
the SG2 must at least give one day of bat. >>>Then you need to take the matter up with Samsung .
jje
turn your brightness down!!!
Hi guys, I'm coming from an iOS iPhone 4 device to a Samsung Galaxy S2, So far I'm very satisfied by the performance of the device, the freedom of choice and let's just sum it up, Really happy about the switch.
Anyway can you guys recommend me some Battery saving tips?
What Kernels do you guys use, and that are battery life efficient, and do not sacrifice performance,
I'm running on 4.0.3 Stock ROM
I don't and will not switch from a regular Sammy rom, for certain reasons.
Thank you very much and sorry if I'm OT..
Hi, my first bit of advice is to learn how to flash roms and get your phone rooted!
I'm using a rooted, stock ROM from wanam and I've no complaints.
Once your rooted, the best app I've used for battery saving is called 'autostarts'. It allows you to control when an app starts (for example the google plus app starts after pretty much any event-like connecting a power cord for example).
Using just this app my overnight drain (11 pm to 7 am) went from 16% down to 8%.
The majority of battery monitors I've used just give you the 'feeling' you're saving battery on my experience!
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What Kernels do you guys use, and that are battery life efficient, and do not sacrifice performance
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For the best battery life you want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601520
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For the best battery life you want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601520
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Yes, Phenomenal kernel is very good :asd:
There are a lot of custom rom based on the stock samsung rom that add useful features. I reccommend this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498017
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For the best battery life you want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601520
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I've flashed my device with the Medium because for some reason the extreme won't boot up my device, I have a "cation" sign under my Phones name, anyway I noticed some apps appear on my device, "Superuser" and "CWM" That means my phone is rooted?
I recommend you to use the WanamLite ROMs (they are the stock ROMs with very few and essential tweaks, and root access). I'm using Fluxi kernel, but I'm using Paranoid Android, which is NOT a Sammy ROM.
Now, in order to save battery you can undervolt the processor, lock it to never go beyond certain speed (i.e 1GHz), use low brightness, disable automatic sync, use 2G, etc...
Hope I helped, and welcome to the wonderful Android world
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I used clockwork zip to root easy just flash zip in recovery then I suggest revolution remix rom to start then u can choose another from on duel boot anyway
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LifeLessGT said:
Hi guys, I'm coming from an iOS iPhone 4 device to a Samsung Galaxy S2, So far I'm very satisfied by the performance of the device, the freedom of choice and let's just sum it up, Really happy about the switch.
Anyway can you guys recommend me some Battery saving tips?
What Kernels do you guys use, and that are battery life efficient, and do not sacrifice performance,
I'm running on 4.0.3 Stock ROM
I don't and will not switch from a regular Sammy rom, for certain reasons.
Thank you very much and sorry if I'm OT..
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Congrats on making the move from an OS that are you are told what you can & can't do to an OS that YOU tell what you want to do.
Always leave data network mode as deactivated unless you need it. Go into Settings>Wifi and click the menu button (soft key to the left of the home button) and click Advanced. Then under the option Wifi on during sleep select Never (or Only while charging). As a few other users stated, use auto brightness. Where you can, use the Application Manager widget on your home screen. If the number goes above 0 then you should click on it and kill the app (and clear the Ram as well for good measure. If you can, also use a static wallpaper instead of a live wallpaper, and also use black or dark colours as much as you can. Also open up your dialler and dial *#9900# and something called Sys Dump opens up. There is an option there called Disable Fast Dormancy. Press it to disable it.
I can't think of anymore at 11:35pm!
As for kernels, stock Samsung is all I use. Lots of people on XDA seem to use Cyanogenmod, CF-Root or Siyah.
Good luck and enjoy your freedom. :victory:
You can't practically do anything to save juice but installing some battery monitoring apps like Better Battery Stats, Watchdog etc. Just monitor what apps are causing Wakelocks or misbehaving, then disable the Sync in them.
And PLEASE DO NOT install any crappy apps, Play Store is full of them.
Oh, Android's biggest juice hogger is those ads, so install AdAway and remove those nonsense ads.
Good Luck.
First thing post in the correct forum. Second asking for whats better for "x" or "y" is not allowed as its relative to each person. So for that I will be locking this thread.
Cheers
Hi guys!
For all people who want to know how to increase battery life!
Here we will put all solutions and information how to this.
1. Disable WiFi/Mobile Network - GPS - Bluetooth if you do not use them!
2. Set display brightness manually and reduce it (Settings » Sound & Display » Brightness)
3. Reduce screen timeout (Settings » Sound & display » Screen timeout)
4. Do not leave applications running and when you close them, close also from Recent Apps
5. Turn off Location system (Settings » Location & Security » Uncheck the boxes for Google Location Services and GPS Services)
6. Do not use Live Wallpapers, this will decrease your battery life!
7. Turn unnecessary hardware features off like 4G LTE network
8. Remove unused widgets from Home
9. Uninstall unused applications and keep your memory free
10. Have a Dual Core smartphone? Disable the last one! Attention. This will increase your battery life but will decrease your performance! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36523894&postcount=1)
11. Turn off auto-sync. This will increase your battery more.
Have you got other solutions? Tell us! And we will put it into first post. :laugh:
regards,
fulmix
fulmix said:
Hi guys!
For all people who want to know how to increase battery life!
Here we will put all solutions and information how to this.
1. Disable WiFi/Mobile Network - GPS - Bluetooth if you do not use them!
2. Set display brightness to Auto or Reduce it (Settings » Sound & Display » Brightness)
3. Reduce screen timeout (Settings » Sound & display » Screen timeout)
4. Do not leave applications running and when you close them, close also from Recent Apps
5. Turn off Location system (Settings » Location & Security » Uncheck the boxes for Google Location Services and GPS Services)
6. Do not use Live Wallpapers, this will decrease your battery life!
7. Turn unnecessary hardware features off like 4G LTE network
8. Remove unused widgets from Home
9. Uninstall unused applications and keep your memory free
10. Have a Dual Core smartphone? Disable the last one! Attention. This will increase your battery life but will decrease your performance! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36523894&postcount=1)
Have you got other solutions? Tell us! And we will put it into first post. :laugh:
regards,
fulmix
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i dont think setting the brightness to auto will increase battery life. it will decrease more likely! setting the brightness manually would be a good idea than auto. since auto requires energy to change the brightness now and then.
anyway keep up!
w1040 said:
i dont think setting the brightness to auto will increase battery life. it will decrease more likely! setting the brightness manually would be a good idea than auto. since auto requires energy to change the brightness now and then.
anyway keep up!
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Yeah. What you said is true. Auto means, the sensor has to work also, to detect the luminosity of external environment. This will call other processes and so forth...eventually using battery...I always use manual method..
Thank you for your usefull information!
First post edited!
Nice work, will help out a lot of people.
But why Official thread? Nothing official about it?
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MaartenXDA said:
Nice work, will help out a lot of people.
But why Official thread? Nothing official about it?
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i think what he meant to say is official thread for battery life recommendations and discussion. let it be, this way, others may not create another battery performance thread. i think this has a nice touch by putting recommendations in OP.
had a similar thread in HD2 Android.
ayyu3m said:
i think what he meant to say is official thread for battery life recommendations and discussion. let it be, this way, others may not create another battery performance thread. i think this has a nice touch by putting recommendations in OP.
had a similar thread in HD2 Android.
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Oh okay. You're right, It's quite convenient to add that. @OP, nice work!
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i just realised you forgot to add disable auto-sync? this is the biggest part of what draining our battery.
or this tips are only based officially from htc websites?
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Oh okay. You're right, It's quite convenient to add that. @OP, nice work!
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And I added it to Index, some may find it useful.
R: [Official Thread] Battery Life
Yes I wrote Official thread for people that search threads for battery life.
I forgot auto-sync... Thank you!
These information aren't from websites in web but only from people in xda!
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AW: [Official Thread] Battery Life
JuiceDefender seems to be great. But I didn't tested it really so I don't know whether it really improves battery life.
R: [Official Thread] Battery Life
I will test it
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Any suggestion of cpu governer ?
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Greenify
greenify is also a nice solution for this
battery life concern, this will increase battery life considerably
and this will include other benefits too... like less data usage
In Settings-wifi-advanced I checked Best Wi-Fi performance and it drained like hell, so, if wifi is enabled, uncheck this one.
Da Londo said:
In Settings-wifi-advanced I checked Best Wi-Fi performance and it drained like hell, so, if wifi is enabled, uncheck this one.
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The function says that
Warning: This Guide Is Not For Stock 2.1 ROM And Unrooted Phone!!!Hi guys, i make this thread for those who experience fast battery draining...
requirements: Rooted Phone, CWM Recovery, A GB, ICS or JB ROM, A brain
note: before u do this make sure you backup first via recovery and im not responsible if anything happen to your phone
Battery Saver Settings:
Disable:
sync
wireless networks
gps
background data
data enabled
bluetooth
overscroll effect(CyanogenMod Settings)
auto-brightness
auto rotate screen
animation(set to no animations)
screen timeout(set to 15 seconds)
screen on/off animation(CyanogenMod Settings)
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Battery Calibration(Thanks To matmutant):
charge your phone up to 100% then boot to recovery mode select advance/wipe battery status then reboot
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now say hi to your High Battery Life X10 mini/pro......
Remove bloatwares(system app that no use)(download nobloat free from playstore to do this):
-provision.apk
-protips.apk(Home tips widger)
-geniewidget.apk(news and weather)
-carhome.apk
-orangehaze.apk
-cmwallpapers.apk(delete if you dont want)
-cyanbread.apk
-androidian.apk
-Any app that you dont use
-note: dont remove any google apps or else play store will not work and dont remove any cm apps!!! you have been warned...
Dont use any task manager(it will cause fc errors, etc if you use task manager) if you feel your phone is slow try using V6supercharger and seeder(search it on this forum)
credits:
nAa for MiniCM7, MiniCM10 ROMS, Kernels
matmutant for tips
Emperor.dk For list of bloatwares
Kilroy. For another list of bloatwares
zeppelinrox(V6Supercharger)
Ryuinferno(Seeder)
PS: Thanks Those Guys in Credits... Dont Forget!!!!
That means'' Battery used by the radio'' ? I have that app deleted: S Thank you!
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renzobm said:
That means'' Battery used by the radio'' ? I have that app deleted: S Thank you!
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hi renzobm, i recommend to do not delete radio.apk(Its Important If You love your country's music), follow the battery saver settings at the post #1
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'' Battery used by the radio'' refers to telephony features.
Thanks
renzobm said:
Edit:
'' Battery used by the radio'' refers to telephony features.
Thanks
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Radio-usage are all the stuff when the handset transmits something or recieve something
- Cell-tower-communication 2G/3G/Data (sometimes with bad connection, or too few cell-towers, 3G uses more battery because it keeps trying to find a new and better cell-tower)
- WIFI
- Bluetooth
- And also FM-radio (Radio-apk) (try to play mp3-music for as long as it can, and then try the same with FM-radio - my guess is, that it uses more battery to listen to FM-radio)
just to notice
i have been in the Philippines now since 2nd May, and only charging 1 time.
I know they have got 3G because it's possible to have unlimited internet on the handset for a monthly fixed price, but I have not updated connection settings. I think I am only using 2G.
also every day I use some wifi arond the mansion.
some should try to find a way so 3G does not use that much power. I know it has something to do with 3G constantly trying to find a better cell-tower.
EDIT: using local provider Globe SIM-card
thanks for the useful information