[Q] Battery Life after Update to ICS - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I update my SGS2 in ICS Manually before two days... The ICS firmware is this : I9100XXLPQ .... But after i rooted and calibrate my battery with battery calibration apps from play store my phone battery start to drain very fast... For three hours it went from 100% to 40% with wifi,bluetooth ,gps,brightenes off ... I have just played a couple of games for about 10-15 minutes... i dont think that this is reason for 60% drain.. Plzz help me to fix my battery life..I cant do nothing cuz my battery go low very quickly...

Go back to GB OR
#read the hundreds of battery posts starting with Better Battery Stats thread ..
Dont expect a battery to recalibrate itself in two days no ap can recalibrate it requires use of the phone .
jje

JJEgan said:
Go back to GB OR
#read the hundreds of battery posts starting with Better Battery Stats thread ..
Dont expect a battery to recalibrate itself in two days no ap can recalibrate it requires use of the phone .
jje
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So i only have to use my phone and the battery will be fixed by itself ?

how much time do you have with your phone?

Mine sucks too

wing85 said:
how much time do you have with your phone?
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They are not hours..Just minutes... In 2-5 minutes the battery drain 2-5% ... (( if i use it for hours the battery drain completly..

I've had some success saving my battery by disabling Fast dormacy - Call *#9900# and disable.

I have found the battery life on ICS so far amazing

Use CPU spy from market. Take a look, for deep sleep doesn't work and also my phone was at 1200 mhz all the when was awake. Flashed siyah ics kernel and then it was fine.
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Thanks
Thank you so much, really help me, great thread

i think it is only kernel/change kernel and u solve the problem/
for me the best is cf-root

After full charge, if my mobile connect with WIFI it will give one day....or else, 1 and half day..
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Ya and also it depends an kernal, am using Siyah kernal....its gvng gud battery life and smoothness, and much faster.

Om nom nom, battery *burp* But at least it's running on 200MHz and not 1200
Guess I might have to take another look at Siyah, and hope 3 is more stable than 2 was, kept having freezes with that one

After updating from official 2.3.6 XILA3 to 4.0.3 LP3 I expect a huge drop from <30 to about 10 then the phone die completly.
Attached battery graph.
This is the genuine 2000mah battery, and with GB 2.3.6 duration is about 3 days with GPS-3G.

i have migrated to ICS resurrection 1.1 from checkrom and find the battery life is better even though there is more stuff running in memory and more widgets.

m4x23 said:
After updating from official 2.3.6 XILA3 to 4.0.3 LP3 I expect a huge drop from <30 to about 10 then the phone die completly.
Attached battery graph.
This is the genuine 2000mah battery, and with GB 2.3.6 duration is about 3 days with GPS-3G.
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This is not a real battery graph man. Just post the results after 1 full battery cycle.

Battery problem after updating I9100XXLPQ (ICS)
After updating to ICS try to switch on data connection, now try to switch on wifi.. it tries for some time and after 10 mins or so.. battery is completely drained out.
Is anyone facing the same problem ???

I haven't had the same experience as you but i have been very happy with Ressurection Remix 1.1. With the standard kernel it comes with.
I get around 1.5 days from a charge..... try it out.
Many talk about the Siyah kernel being good too, it has more options for battery saving/ performance.
Hope you figure it out

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[Q] GinTonic.SE - Dimished battery life?

Hi there. I'm using GinTonic.SE v1.3 for 4 days now, and I can get only 30-34h worth of battery life - as long as I have Wi-fi and 3G off. I used to get almost 50h with Froyo CM6.
Has anyone experienced diminished battery life with GinTonic?
Thanks!
Gingerbread are battery drainers, try undervolting (settings/CyanogenMod/performance/cpu). And reduce backlight to minimum
i'm experiencing the same problem, the battery draining is anormal, i've tried with battery calibration but that doesn't resolve the issue, battery goes from 100% to 98 in about 1 minute (data,sync,wifi off and minimal brightness) then straight down... i need to charge the phone 3 times in a day, i had to reflash he cyanogen revolution... any advice?
Modesis said:
i'm experiencing the same problem, the battery draining is anormal, i've tried with battery calibration but that doesn't resolve the issue, battery goes from 100% to 98 in about 1 minute (data,sync,wifi off and minimal brightness) then straight down... i need to charge the phone 3 times in a day, i had to reflash he cyanogen revolution... any advice?
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Erm that is strange.... is ur gps on??? u might have a faulty battery mate... wat's the performance like on Stock ROM? Post ur typical usage pattern too..
c0tonet said:
Hi there. I'm using GinTonic.SE v1.3 for 4 days now, and I can get only 30-34h worth of battery life - as long as I have Wi-fi and 3G off. I used to get almost 50h with Froyo CM6.
Has anyone experienced diminished battery life with GinTonic?
Thanks!
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It's true... as xxlordxx said... compared to Froyo, Gingerbread Customs are slightly higher battery drainers..... You atleast get 30 H, I used to get 13 with Gintonic..
I've no problems with the cyano revolution and/or the stock rom
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c0tonet said:
Hi there. I'm using GinTonic.SE v1.3 for 4 days now, and I can get only 30-34h worth of battery life - as long as I have Wi-fi and 3G off. I used to get almost 50h with Froyo CM6.
Has anyone experienced diminished battery life with GinTonic?
Thanks!
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I'm using it for 4 days now too and I can only agree...it's really strange how fast the battery becomes empty!
I have to charge it 2 times a day!!
Chackel said:
I'm using it for 4 days now too and I can only agree...it's really strange how fast the battery becomes empty!
I have to charge it 2 times a day!!
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have you tried the new GT 2.3.8? claims better battery use, i installed yday and it lasted for the day at least..but that was quite minimal use. as stated use either uv.ko or underclock with setcpu, i downloaded app called cpu spy it informs you what speed your proc is running at and u can get a decent reading on when and how long the speed is which helps in set cpu if you set up profiles so i.e when yr battery reaches x% the clockspeed will reduce, and choose a governer like powersave or conservative...it does make quite a difference
yes battery life is bad I will have to look at some of those 3rd party batteries

Urgent help... Is this battery defective?

My Galaxy S2 is NTTdocomo from Japan, everything is working fine, apart from an extra battery that I bought recently. It is an original international Galaxy S2 battery, the problem is that it is draining very fast from 80% and downward, even while the phone is deepsleeping, but from 100%-80% the draining is quite normal compare to the original came with the phone. When I check the battery usage, the Android OS takes up to 45% of total battery usage, and the battery would drain from 100%-0% i around 6 hours with approximately 2 hours of screen on. While everything is normal with the original battery came with the phone, I cant understand why I have prob with the extra battery... Anyone knows why and how can I fix this prob? Thanks a lot in advance^^
Its the battery
Please post questions in the correct section Q&A
jje
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What android version got u?
The os draining battery was a bug update to the latest firmware.
Its the battery if one battery behaves normally .
jje
Using Galnet MIUI 2.11.26 since its released. Original battery is fine, extra battery acts weird. Anyway to fix the battery?
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Calibrate by charging to 100% Remove charger wait then replace and continue charge . at 100% remove battery and wait three hours .
Replace and wipe battery stats through recovery .
Thats all a user can do .
jje
blizzari said:
What android version got u?
The os draining battery was a bug update to the latest firmware.
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I have Galnet MIUI Stable 2.11.26 Android 2.3.7 with Phoenix kernel
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gaming massive battery drain!!

i have the elegant white rom,its awesome low ram consumption speed etc.
BUT first to change stock rom(original from manifacturer)i could play 2 hours and 1/2 sometimes 3 without trouble with battery at 30/35% left now i play 5 mins and my battery goes from 93% to 87% in 5 min
so 6%x12=72%battery lost in 1 hours its bad really bad! i also installed the battery fix but notthing!in idle without playing i lost 2/3% per hours so this is good.
someone have my same trouble? it is normal?if so i should install back stock rom?
if i get stock rom again the battery should be fine?
the elegant rom is on stock 2.3.7 i had 2.3.3 when i bought this phone
sorry for bad english i have not much time
thx everyone
(already done calibration)
to full charge it takes 1 hours max is it normal?
cech12 said:
i have the elegant white rom,its awesome low ram consumption speed etc.
BUT first to change stock rom(original from manifacturer)i could play 2 hours and 1/2 sometimes 3 without trouble with battery at 30/35% left now i play 5 mins and my battery goes from 93% to 87% in 5 min
so 6%x12=72%battery lost in 1 hours its bad really bad! i also installed the battery fix but notthing!in idle without playing i lost 2/3% per hours so this is good.
someone have my same trouble? it is normal?if so i should install back stock rom?
if i get stock rom again the battery should be fine?
the elegant rom is on stock 2.3.7 i had 2.3.3 when i bought this phone
sorry for bad english i have not much time
thx everyone
(already done calibration)
to full charge it takes 1 hours max is it normal?
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You need to calibrate your battery (and/or delete your battery stats)
Soeskip said:
You need to calibrate your battery (and/or delete your battery stats)
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i said:already done
done 2 days ago after let phone shut down and charged until 100%
Roms based on CM7.2 do drain battery massively compared to stock so going back to stock would help.
Battery callibration does not help - see Here
Same problem here... Living with it cuz stock has just become old and lazy
But if you really want battery switch to stock its way better than cm
[practice random acts of kindness and selfless acts of love]
cech12 said:
i have the elegant white rom,its awesome low ram consumption speed etc.
BUT first to change stock rom(original from manifacturer)i could play 2 hours and 1/2 sometimes 3 without trouble with battery at 30/35% left now i play 5 mins and my battery goes from 93% to 87% in 5 min
so 6%x12=72%battery lost in 1 hours its bad really bad! i also installed the battery fix but notthing!in idle without playing i lost 2/3% per hours so this is good.
someone have my same trouble? it is normal?if so i should install back stock rom?
if i get stock rom again the battery should be fine?
the elegant rom is on stock 2.3.7 i had 2.3.3 when i bought this phone
sorry for bad english i have not much time
thx everyone
(already done calibration)
to full charge it takes 1 hours max is it normal?
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Battery Calibration has nothing to do with battery life on any ROM.
Source: XDA-Developers Battery Callibration Myth Debunked
008bond said:
Battery Calibration has nothing to do with battery life on any ROM.
Source: XDA-Developers Battery Callibration Myth Debunked
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if i switch back to stock manifacturer rom it should be fine or not??
cuz if so ill get it back
elegant white is based on 2.3.7 not on cw(i have just cw console)
cech12 said:
if i switch back to stock manifacturer rom it should be fine or not??
cuz if so ill get it back
elegant white is based on 2.3.7 not on cw(i have just cw console)
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theres a lot of stock rom base try it...
go back to stock rom...stock roms are the best!!
ace-user said:
go back to stock rom...stock roms are the best!!
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umm is there a different battery life between
2.3.3 and 2.3.7?
I'll try to install stock rom.I'm doing a test with my friend's phone stock rom no Root my battery has more life with wifi and browsing.didn't try with gaming yet
more performance,less battery life
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sunnyfok said:
more performance,less battery life
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Any difference between 2.3.3 .5 .7 ?
which of these has more life?
cech12 said:
Any difference between 2.3.3 .5 .7 ?
which of these has more life?
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There isn't a noticeable difference in both versions in terms of battery life. However, 5.7 has better performance and is noticeable.
You can try underclocking to something like 730 MHZ and save a decent amount of battery life without losing performance. Check this OC kernel out:
OC zImage
Also, use Cyanogenmod, ADW launcher without customizations is faster than the stock touch-wiz UI launcher.
008bond said:
There isn't a noticeable difference in both versions in terms of battery life. However, 5.7 has better performance and is noticeable.
You can try underclocking to something like 730 MHZ and save a decent amount of battery life without losing performance. Check this OC kernel out:
OC zImage
Also, use Cyanogenmod, ADW launcher without customizations is faster than the stock touch-wiz UI launcher.
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I just want to have a long life of battery so ill come back to stock .7
For all those who r shouting that battery calibration doesnt improve battery.. Did the XDA said it improves battery life?? Do u ppl know wats the meaning of calibration?? Calibrating means adjusting something to the accurate value.. Not improving the value!! Even we never said it ll improve battery life.. Battery calibration just calibrates the reading to more accuarte one. So let the ppl calibrate it. Else leave. It ll automatically gets adjusted after 1 or 2 week.. U can see urself the change..
Prashanthme said:
For all those who r shouting that battery calibration doesnt improve battery.. Did the XDA said it improves battery life?? Do u ppl know wats the meaning of calibration?? Calibrating means adjusting something to the accurate value.. Not improving the value!! Even we never said it ll improve battery life.. Battery calibration just calibrates the reading to more accuarte one. So let the ppl calibrate it. Else leave. It ll automatically gets adjusted after 1 or 2 week.. U can see urself the change..
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Yes, many members on XDA said that callibration improves battery life. The battery indicator on your status bar does not use batterystatus.bin. It does not automatically adjust after 1 week or 2. It re-calibrates every time you charge!
Read the article posted by XDA for more:
google-engineer-debunks-myth-wiping-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
well i dont know about you all
but on my phone battery percantage isnt that accurate
cause when i unplug phone from charger and just open game or do something battery percantage goes to like 90%
but when my battery percantage is low like 18% it holds 30mins on 18%
I've tested many roms here and stock rod do tend to have better battery life, but... When i tested the RAZRv3 by TeamCooper, it had extremly good battery life.
When i got my Ace it had froyo, that lasted about 2.5-3 days. I upgraded to gingerbread official, battery lasted about 1.5-2 days on. Then i tried several custom stock roms and they all lasted about 1-2 days.
After that i started testing CM7 (both 7.1 and 7.2) roms and most of them lasted 12-18 hours (i used the wifi disables 3g function and some other tweaks to last the battery longer otherwise those roms would not have been usable)
Then i got to the RAZRv3 i used it for 2 weeks and the battery was amazing, it lasted easily for 3 days with no other tweaks than "wifi disables 3g" and also the performance was good. No lag!
Then i tested the CM7.2byFAT and the battery was awful but i really liked the rom so i keep 3g disabled when i dont use internet (all background apps use 2g internet) and now the battery last for 2 days.
As i've tested.... 3g takes really alot of battery in CM7 roms but in RAZRv3 (cm7.1 based) it worked like a charm.
So.. Everyone who wants really good battery life should test RAZRv3 that can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478807

Battery life after ICS update

I have updated my S2 with the official ICS. My battery life is now so poor I struggle to get a full day's use. Before the update I would get about two days with moderate use. I have read that the battery life should improve with ICS update. Can anyone explain this and give a solution as it is very frustrating.
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ADe6 said:
I have updated my S2 with the official ICS. My battery life is now so poor I struggle to get a full day's use. Before the update I would get about two days with moderate use. I have read that the battery life should improve with ICS update. Can anyone explain this and give a solution as it is very frustrating.
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try some batt monitoring apps from market and see whats draining ur batt and resolve the same either by force stopping those apps r deleting them if u find they r batt drainers
and also for ICS it requires at least one r 2 recharge cycles for things 2 settle down
Sun90 said:
try some batt monitoring apps from market and see whats draining ur batt and resolve the same either by force stopping those apps r deleting them if u find they r batt drainers
and also for ICS it requires at least one r 2 recharge cycles for things 2 settle down
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I am using a battery monitoring app and have closed apps that use most battery. I have also switched off wifi, sync, gps which I never used to do, but still no real improvement.
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Samsung Official ics will always be a battery eater.
Suggest you to root your phone and install a custom rom like wanam/slim etc. These will remove all unnecessary bloat wares giving u better battery and performance. (Do remember to read all the necessary info before u root).
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ics generally uses more battery than gingerbread
i remember getting 3 days easy on moderate use on cm7
still you can try custom roms because they give better battery life
ADe6 said:
I am using a battery monitoring app and have closed apps that use most battery. I have also switched off wifi, sync, gps which I never used to do, but still no real improvement.
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Have you tried BadAss Battery Monitor?
imho: too many running services in background.. try to kill/freeze unnecessary apps(use link2sd), but most important thing is it seems that current ics is not optimally written/optimized, most kernel can help minimize this effect (but minimal e.g. speedmod)... if you can bare with this condition you ics is for you.. but if you are expecting an optimal performance of your sgs2, you should consider reverting back to gb ..
If you wish to remain on Stock Rom, please root your phone. CF-Root kernel here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Then use Titanium Back to freeze unwanted apps which drains your battery. List of applications safe to remove here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069924
Use BetterBatteryStats und search for the kernel wakelocks.
And use CPU Spy. How much is the amount of deepsleep?
Luppo9 said:
Use BetterBatteryStats und search for the kernel wakelocks.
And use CPU Spy. How much is the amount of deepsleep?
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According to CPU spy deepsleep is at 42%.
According to badass battery the battery is consumed as followes: 60% kernel and rest of apps about 9% with none more than 1.5%. Balance is consumed by screen 15%, phone radios 3%, phone 13%
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UnderVoltage
ADe6 said:
According to CPU spy deepsleep is at 42%.
According to badass battery the battery is consumed as followes: 60% kernel and rest of apps about 9% with none more than 1.5%. Balance is consumed by screen 15%, phone radios 3%, phone 13%
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Deepsleep with 42% is far to little
Find out, with process drains your battery.
Use BetterBatteryStats und look for kernel wakelocks after display is 1 or 2 hours off.
I had the same problem a while back and battery would go down to 20% in about 5 hours. Did a factory reset because when I upgraded, I didn't wipe cache. I read somewhere that old gb code could cause issues.
After the reset, phone works great. I get to 50% battery in about 13 hours. If you can, give it a shot. Of course, back up paps with Ti, otherwise reinstalling them is a *****. :banghead:
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I'm quite satisfied, after first cycles now with stock Italian LPF and Phenomenal 5.4 Medium Kernel I have very satisfing results (I forgotten the phone on this night, in 5 hours it drained at least 1-2% of battery).
In normal operativity I'm on 13-16 hours with 1650mhA battrey.
Thanks will do that and post results for further help.
Battery life has now improved to about 15hrs since taking the battery out for recalibration and putting it through a few charge cycles. But this still feels to low.
Ps deepsleep still at 42%.
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oooor you can downgrade to Gingerbread and get a custom rom/theme for that awesome ICS feel and at the same time get awesome battery life
I backed up my data, did a factory reset, restored my backup, charged the battery and now the estimated battery (@ 64%) is about 30 hours. So it seems my battery problem is sorted. Holding thumbs!
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I suggest i apply all the Tweaks as possible first, secondly install a cok kernel like Siyah, then see if there's any difference
Imo, i bet ICS is eating more battery than Gb, so dont expect a better battery life, try to.enjoy the new feature instead
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[Q] Resurrection Remix 1.9.1 battery drain

so as im a new user and i can't post in half of the forum, but i've still got this urgent question/ point to ask, here's my question:
i recently moved on the new 1.9.1 ressurection remix rom from the 1.3, and aswell changed my kernel to siyah, now lately my battery drains preety quick (yes i did burn it down to 0% and charged it over to 100% few times), but here's the thing, when once i had issues with screen burning 30%-45% of my battery, now it's lying low on 10%-20% while the real issue now is the "Android OS" which goes as high as 60%-70% of my battery, i've been trying to calibrate the battery and reset battery stats and discharge and recharge couple of times, but this just keeps going on... any way to solve this?
kiltev said:
so as im a new user and i can't post in half of the forum, but i've still got this urgent question/ point to ask, here's my question:
i recently moved on the new 1.9.1 ressurection remix rom from the 1.3, and aswell changed my kernel to siyah, now lately my battery drains preety quick (yes i did burn it down to 0% and charged it over to 100% few times), but here's the thing, when once i had issues with screen burning 30%-45% of my battery, now it's lying low on 10%-20% while the real issue now is the "Android OS" which goes as high as 60%-70% of my battery, i've been trying to calibrate the battery and reset battery stats and discharge and recharge couple of times, but this just keeps going on... any way to solve this?
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OK! I've read your situation. This is the only thing that I can recommend. Try installing a Gingerbread rom and see if the issue persists. If it does then some of your application could be the culprit behind the battery draining issue. But again, thats just a guess...And if it is one of your applications that is causing the drain then you should install bettebatterystats from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Then charge your battery to 100% and try a new calibration method, maybe you haven't heard of it. But if you charge till 100% then take out the battery for exactly 3 minutes and put it back in and power up your phone and use your phone normally as you do and then at 20% or lower go and check betterbatterystats and see what is causing the most of the battery drain.
Have a great day and good luck with the battery drain, hope this helps!!
Did you check the ROM FAQ about battery draining?
Please check it out. There is also an example of making some changes using extweaks which comes installed by default with ICS Resurrection 1.9.1.
Here is the link to FAQ.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26341532&postcount=33924
beston94 said:
OK! I've read your situation. This is the only thing that I can recommend. Try installing a Gingerbread rom and see if the issue persists. If it does then some of your application could be the culprit behind the battery draining issue. But again, thats just a guess...And if it is one of your applications that is causing the drain then you should install bettebatterystats from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Then charge your battery to 100% and try a new calibration method, maybe you haven't heard of it. But if you charge till 100% then take out the battery for exactly 3 minutes and put it back in and power up your phone and use your phone normally as you do and then at 20% or lower go and check betterbatterystats and see what is causing the most of the battery drain.
Have a great day and good luck with the battery drain, hope this helps!!
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i did read about the new method today, but havent had the chance to try it yet.
im not sure if it's a certain application that causes it, but in the battery stats it points out "Android OS", i've seen many galaxy nexus users complain about the same problem, even with stock kernel/roms, and galaxy S2 users that moved from gingerbread to ICS. it's logical that ICS will take more battery because of the control over multiple cpus and all this kind of stuff but im not sure how much it is about that "Android OS".
anyway ill try to have this battery calibration new method once my battery will drain out, and im probably not going to go down to gingerbread again because i already know its not gonna persist because i remmember how my phone behaved on GB and that those 2 systems work completely different and i want to solve the drain per ICS and not solve the issue by downgrading back down to gingerbread.
thank you for your time and help anyway
fxa5209 said:
Did you check the ROM FAQ about battery draining?
Please check it out. There is also an example of making some changes using extweaks which comes installed by default with ICS Resurrection 1.9.1.
Here is the link to FAQ.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26341532&postcount=33924
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thanks for the link, i haven't noticed too much i havent done yet, they poiny siyah kernel as one of the 3 good 1s that work well with the rom for better battery, and i am testing different governors, clocks and voltages but there's many options so i can't do it all in an instant so it takes time...
thanks for your help

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