What happened to the power saver settings? Gone after OTA ICS - HTC Rezound

You know, in the Settings/Power you could set Economy/Power Saver mode. All that is gone in ICS. As if the battery life isnt already bad .... Any alternatives?

HTC hid them.
Try the free ap called hidden settings
good luck
howard

Thanks man. Much appreciated. I think their so called reasons for hiding sound bullish. Confusing the end user? Really? If it confuses people that much, then dont go into the power saver menu...or get an iphone... :/ .......Right

HowardZ said:
HTC hid them.
Try the free ap called hidden settings
good luck
howard
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You can also use Minimalistic Text to create a widget that links to the power saving settings. Unfortunately the settings don't work as my wifi would never turn back on after waking the phone, I had to constantly restart my wifi everytime I picked up the phone. And the settings there are minimal, not like before where you had more choices. I had to reverse all the settings then uninstalled the app, it never helped save any battery at all.

HowardZ said:
HTC hid them.
Try the free ap called hidden settings
good luck
howard
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Thanks, did the trick for me too. Now I have control again.

wallnut61 said:
Thanks, did the trick for me too. Now I have control again.
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Those settings only take effect when the battery drops below some (unknown) per cent. At least, that is my understanding.

Yea, I don't see an area where I can set a percentage to which power saver options activate... What gives HTC? Stupid to get rid of that feature even if I never really needed to use it tell now.
Sent from a galaxy far..far..away....

Speaking of power saving, does anyone else notice that since ICS, the backlight does not return to normal brightness after exiting camera application? You have to turn the screen off via the top button then back on to return to normal brightness.

anubis2k3 said:
Yea, I don't see an area where I can set a percentage to which power saver options activate... What gives HTC? Stupid to get rid of that feature even if I never really needed to use it tell now.
Sent from a galaxy far..far..away....
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I find the low power warning comes when the battery drops to 14%
Supposedly this is when the hidden power saving settings get implemented.
Yes, it would be nice to be able to change the 14% to be some other value, perhaps 30%

HowardZ said:
I find the low power warning comes when the battery drops to 14%
Supposedly this is when the hidden power saving settings get implemented.
Yes, it would be nice to be able to change the 14% to be some other value, perhaps 30%
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Yea, like all the other power savings apps available are set to by default? Lol
Sent from a galaxy far..far..away....

HowardZ said:
I find the low power warning comes when the battery drops to 14%
Supposedly this is when the hidden power saving settings get implemented.
Yes, it would be nice to be able to change the 14% to be some other value, perhaps 30%
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Yeah, I had mine set to 20% before the update. This hidden menu doesnt even have the option to set exactly when the power saver settings kick in...........No....I will never move to iphone. Not in a million years. But come on Android, stop downgrading your OS for cripes sake..geeez

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[TIPS - UPDATED 14/06/11!] Improve your battery life!

Turn off 3G, turn on only when needed
Settings -> Location -> Untick ''Wireless Networks and GPS Satelites''
Settings ->Accounts -> Untick Background data (Unless you want to use market)
Settings -> Wirelless -> Advanced -> Wifi sleep policy -> Never
Use phone on 2G, unless using internet (then switch to 3G mode)
Data traffic always OFF (Use only when needed)
Backlight low or Auto Brightness (And allow light to decrease)
Turn off wireless, basically everything turned off with the power control widget, turn on when necessary
Install task manager and set auto-kill mode to crazy on switch off screen mode (Put apps that always run in ignore list e.g. Launcher, Messaging. Basically the necessities)
Install SetCPU (After rooting your phone) - Min CPU 122mhz, Max CPU ~700mhz - 'On demand' profile
SetCpu - Profiles -> Screen Off -> Min 122mhz, Max 122mhz, Performance mode
Upgrade to Froyo 2.2 - Enable JIT (Saves battery on 2.2+)
Switch to a Cyanogenmod Rom
Enable undervolting (Only for CyanogenMOD roms)
Use RenderFX widget (CyanogenMOD, best to use low red, best to use when you are heading out)
Cyanogenmod - Spare Parts -> End Button Behaviour -> Go to sleep
LAST, but NOT LEAST, if you notice no significant increase in battery life, then your battery is no calibrated right! So go to market, download 'Battery Calibration', and charge your phone to 100%. Next, if its abbout 4000v - 4200v, your phone is correctly calibrated!
If its not 4000 -4200, press the ''calibrate'' button, and let your phone die out, then fully charge it (while its still powered off). Wait till light is green, TURN ON.
After boot, battery will not be 100% yet, reboot once more, charge to 100% (while phone is on), and check your new calibrated battery! It should now be 4000 to 4200v
I know there might be programs and applications to increase your battery life, but I dont have any experience with these, so feel free to post your experiences! Some examples may include juicedefender, etc
Anyone wants to add to this list, feel free =)
royalbloodvi said:
Turn off 3G
Backlight low
Turn off wireless, basically everything turned off with the power control widget
Install task manager and set auto-kill mode to crazy on switch off screen mode
I know there might be programs and applications to increase your battery life, but I dont have any experience with these, so feel free to post your experiences! Some examples may include juicedefender, etc
Anyone wants to add to this list, feel free =)
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I will never install a task manager it's do more damage then it does good.....
My battery last 2 days and the only thing i do is install juicedefender and use my phone alot
knudsen81 said:
I will never install a task manager it's do more damage then it does good.....
My battery last 2 days and the only thing i do is install juicedefender and use my phone alot
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I don't know what goes wrong, but mine losts for only one day. If i have charged it overnight the battery is empty the next evening
No task managers. The phone manages its RAM well and the battery will last longer. For normal uses upto 1.5 days and for heavy users 1 day.
dabulcke said:
I don't know what goes wrong, but mine losts for only one day. If i have charged it overnight the battery is empty the next evening
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and here I heard installing juicedefender does more damage than good too.. what to believe? Everything is based on peoples hearsay and no evidence..
On my girl friends X10 mini I changed from ADW launcher to Helixlauncher and changed the brightness to auto. That made a HUGE difference.
Was on vacation and turned off 3G because I was not gonna use any expenisve data. That alone boosted my batterylife about 1 days worth.
junglepunk said:
Was on vacation and turned off 3G because I was not gonna use any expenisve data. That alone boosted my batterylife about 1 days worth.
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people can do much to boost battery time, like turn off 3g, brightness control, turn off gps and so on, that all helps the battery
I have switched of almost everything and still get about 1 day of battery with about 2-3Hrs of music and a few calls and videos.
is it ok?
I get over 48 hours and I use the wifi a lot and do about 30mins of calls a day.
My tips:
* turn background data off and manually update ur emails when u want - this is the best tip I put it on my blog too
* manually enable network data when u need it
* use the top button to go on standby as soon as you are done using the phone
* keep gps, 3g and wifi off unless u want to use it
Sent from my U20i using XDA App
I have background data off.
No emailing whatsoever till now....
Almost 75% of the time in standby
Gps 3G wifi bluetooth are off.
Yet with stock launcer i get 24Hrs
Helix 30Hrs..
Why?
Its been two weeks(or 3) since i bought the phone...
Please reply.
BTW when did you buy the phone?
^^Ok.
I have come to know the problem.
Running any apps in background like Battery Indicator or task manager brings down the battery so much(the latter not much though)..
Because daily i used to get the above with battery indicator pro on.
But after uninstalling it i got about double that battery life..
So people better don't run them all the time.
task manager can be used sometimes about once every 2 hrs o so.
This increased my battery life so much on stock launcher
Just got the pro today. Will be ditching my X2 depending on the performance of this one after a week. So far, I love the mini pro for the fact that I can now hear my incoming messages and calls!
A couple of questions though:
1) Is there a way to wake up the screen when an SMS arrives?
2) Custom ringtone per contact?
3) Is there a way to disable screen lock when the phone goes to sleep by itself (not pressing the power button) ?
4) Is there a way to unlock the screen without the need to press the left button, I was hoping to go directly to the pattern unlock after i turn on the phone
Still getting used to the keyboard lay-out as I've been using X2 for almost 6 months.
andoy said:
1) Is there a way to wake up the screen when an SMS arrives?
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I use Chomp SMS app and this allows the screen to wake-up, I think Handcent SMS does too. I never used the stock SMS app so not sure if there is a way to do it with that.
andoy said:
3) Is there a way to disable screen lock when the phone goes to sleep by itself (not pressing the power button) ?
4) Is there a way to unlock the screen without the need to press the left button, I was hoping to go directly to the pattern unlock after i turn on the phone
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Not sure if this answers your question, I just press the Menu button twice to unlock the phone, never used the power button to wake it up funnily enough, only used the power button go in to sleep mode. When I press Menu button it wakes up to the pattern unlock.
ayewhy said:
I use Chomp SMS app and this allows the screen to wake-up, I think Handcent SMS does too. I never used the stock SMS app so not sure if there is a way to do it with that.
Not sure if this answers your question, I just press the Menu button twice to unlock the phone, never used the power button to wake it up funnily enough, only used the power button go in to sleep mode. When I press Menu button it wakes up to the pattern unlock.
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Nice, i'll try to look for those apps. I did try the menu button and it worked. At least this relieves stress on the power button since I won't be using it to wake-up the phone anymore.
How's about not locking the phone when it goes to sleep? Unless I press the power button?
After a day with it, battery is now @ 30%+. Hope it improves or SE comes out with a high capacity.
Hi, where is the disable 3G button?
I can't seem to find it. I found wifi on and off.
and I unchecked location with gps.
thanks
Helix launcher is the best thing I installed to my mini pro. Batt life is now 3-4 days regular use and 5 days if i don't play games. Games are draining the batt quickly.
I'm totally getting rid of my X2.
3 to 4 days? Lol how can that be possible.. Did you use 3g?
hyhyhhy said:
3 to 4 days? Lol how can that be possible.. Did you use 3g?
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I can prove it, there's a display in the phone where it says # of hours unplugged. If it's not working for you, doesn't mean it shouldn't for others as well. If you barely make 2 days, then that's what we should be LOLing about.
My setting is as follows:
- 2g only
- 1 to 2 hours of wifi and bluetooth per day
- 1 to 2 hours of games (love the games) per day
- tried GPS for 1 hour using mapdroyd
- a couple of calls and text messages per day
- tried watching a movie (AVI) for an hour using yxflash
- tried the media, played MP3s for an hour
- tried meebo for an hour
- I got my alarms ON always
- notifications ON always
- custom led lights for new SMS (using ringo pro) always
- max volume for the entire day
- medium volume at night
- data connection off
- background data off
- screen brightness to zero but the sensor is still working (weird), the screens still adjusts to the surrounding
This is after installing helix. Before helix, I got a max of 1 and a half days only.
Ray_jai said:
Hi, where is the disable 3G button?
I can't seem to find it. I found wifi on and off.
and I unchecked location with gps.
thanks
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Im finding the same issue. Im looking for the "use only 2g" as found on the g1 (my other phone) but I can find it. Some help would be excellent on locating this option!!
~Dark

Quick access to hidden power saver tweaks menu

So, while browsing the One X forums, I came across this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627517
That link brought me to this app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logicvoid.powersaversettings&feature=search_result, which lets you adjust the power saver settings.
Thought this could be useful to someone...
Edit: This works perfectly on my Rezound on Sense 4
djRamage said:
So, while browsing the One X forums, I came across this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627517
That link brought me to this app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logicvoid.powersaversettings&feature=search_result, which lets you adjust the power saver settings.
Thought this could be useful to someone...
Edit: This works perfectly on my Rezound on Sense 4
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Note: These setting are supposed to take effect at a certain % battery. I haven't gotten a clear answer on what the value is. I've seen 40, 20, and 15%.
I'm pretty sure in some roms you can activate the power saver manually.

HTC Power Saver mode

I seem to have lost Power Saving mode after updating to ICS. Can anyone help or have any suggestions?
The power saver modes are hidden somewhere unreachable in ICS. This means you don't have access to them. I think in some custom Roms you can get them back, but I'm not sure.
Sent from my PG86100 using xda app-developers app
Try Hidden Settings by Derek Reynolds
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logicvoid.powersaversettings
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I did install this App. It did not change any settings when my battery got low. Is there a way to enable the settings at a certain battery percentage?
madman224 said:
I did install this App. It did not change any settings when my battery got low. Is there a way to enable the settings at a certain battery percentage?
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ICS removed Power Savings, and this is true, the app allows you to changed power related settings but not when it will turn on or how to turn on 'power saving mode'
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D using xda-developers app
crimsy said:
ICS removed Power Savings, and this is true, the app allows you to changed power related settings but not when it will turn on or how to turn on 'power saving mode'
Sent from my HTC EVO 3D using xda-developers app
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Is this app useless?
madman224 said:
I did install this App. It did not change any settings when my battery got low. Is there a way to enable the settings at a certain battery percentage?
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I noticed Leedroid Tweaks has a save power toggle in quick settings, but it's not automatic.
Also, I wonder if Tasker had the ability to activate power saver mode.
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crimsy said:
ICS removed Power Savings, and this is true, the app allows you to changed power related settings but not when it will turn on or how to turn on 'power saving mode'
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So if they removed the Power Savings option in ICS, is it just assumed that it's essentially obsolete as a whole?

Fully harness the display of lg g6

1. Follow this thread and enable full display: https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-hide-navigation-bar-status-bar-app-t3509747
2. Enable force long display in svc menu
3. download fingerprint quick action in playstore to use fingerprint as back and home button
4. if you want more control, download button mapper in playstore, assign volume down button hold for recents, and volume up button hold for toggle notification
sadly battery drain is an issue
enjoying full screen is the best, i wish phone manufactures enable some buttons at the back, imagine a near bezel less display fully utilized
preview: https://youtu.be/6sm2q2jgEyA
more screenshots please, I suppose some apps might have 2 big black bars on top and bottom
pham_dang said:
more screenshots please, I suppose some apps might have 2 big black bars on top and bottom
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there wont be if u enable force long display
pham_dang said:
more screenshots please, I suppose some apps might have 2 big black bars on top and bottom
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here's a youtube video
https://youtu.be/6sm2q2jgEyA
Oh man more people should be trying this, looks wayyyyyyy better. I strongly recommend you leave the status bar . However just try to hide every thing, then leave the status bar and hide navigation bar only, u'll see what I really mean
pham_dang said:
Oh man more people should be trying this, looks wayyyyyyy better. I strongly recommend you leave the status bar . However just try to hide every thing, then leave the status bar and hide navigation bar only, u'll see what I really mean
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im just experimenting for now, i wish some phone manufacturer can create a phone like this with more button controls at the back, im still observing if there are any battery drains
dinoypeter said:
im just experimenting for now, i wish some phone manufacturer can create a phone like this with more button controls at the back, im still observing if there are any battery drains
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I don't think there would be any serious battery drains
pham_dang said:
I don't think there would be any serious battery drains
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can you check if ur android system usage is high?
pham_dang said:
I don't think there would be any serious battery drains
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maybe just my imagination
dinoypeter said:
can you check if ur android system usage is high?
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very well jugdement there, so I've been only using it for 3-4 hours this morning (in cluding standby time), android system takes up to 4% (normally its around 5-6% at the end of the day). I'll however keep this hidden navigation bar till the end of the day. I'll update soon
So there you go, it does drain some serious battery there. Very sad :crying:
http://imgur.com/oPlehHV
Have you tried pie control instead of fingerprint control? It still leaves the whole screen for displaying content.
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EMJI79 said:
Have you tried pie control instead of fingerprint control? It still leaves the whole screen for displaying content.
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I've used many pie apps from root to no root and this app won me over hands down the best
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.de_studio.recentappswitcher.pro
ghost0211 said:
I've used many pie apps from root to no root and this app won me over hands down the best
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.de_studio.recentappswitcher.pro
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Does it have home button?
OK it has. Settings user interface is a bit awkward at first.
What do use to make navigation bar disappear?
EMJI79 said:
Does it have home button?
OK it has. Settings user interface is a bit awkward at first.
What do use to make navigation bar disappear?
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Home button.... How about you click on the link I sent you, lazy ass haha
I used the adb command to enable immersive and toggle it with ntiles app
ghost0211 said:
Home button.... How about you click on the link I sent you, lazy ass haha
I used the adb command to enable immersive and toggle it with ntiles app
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I know it sounds crazy but it wasn't a default settings :angel:
Will look about adb for immersive mode when I have time.
Did you solve the battery drain some people experienced?
Hey you should link to the non payed app version for people to try first...
EMJI79 said:
I know it sounds crazy but it wasn't a default settings :angel:
Will look about adb for immersive mode when I have time.
Did you solve the battery drain some people experienced?
Hey you should link to the non payed app version for people to try first...
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Nothing noticeable but its only been a day since I enabled it.
And most people know that "pro" means there's a free version because they understand got play stores work but note taken
pham_dang said:
So there you go, it does drain some serious battery there. Very sad :crying:
http://imgur.com/oPlehHV
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Did you keep with immersive or was it really too much battery drain at the end of the day?
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Did you keep with immersive or was it really too much battery drain at the end of the day?
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I immediately put everything back to normal haha. Well if you are OK with battery drain, you should forever have it that way cause the screen is just so pleasant to stare at
I have tried the Nexus P thread way to hide the navigation bar (except for YouTube and whatsapp) and then use xda LMT 2.8 pie app and it is working great for me, without extra drain as of today.
I turned each app into 18:9.
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s9 plus battery life trick

I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
madvinegar said:
I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
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Hi, how can i set Android system background operation OFF?
Thank u
Giangii said:
Hi, how can i set Android system background operation OFF?
Thank u
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Go to battery usage, open green android system icon and uncheck "allow background activity" switch
djoxie said:
Go to battery usage, open green android system icon and uncheck "allow background activity" switch
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Thats right, but keep in mind that this setting will be reverted to enabled on each reboot of the phone.
-Vulture- said:
Thats right, but keep in mind that this setting will be reverted to enabled on each reboot of the phone.
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That is correct, forgot to mention it
Do you how disabling Android system background activity will affect the phone? Does it delay notifications or anything?
Ahmedalwakeel said:
Do you how disabling Android system background activity will affect the phone? Does it delay notifications or anything?
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Not that i know off, but thats just me.
madvinegar said:
I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
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Giangii said:
Hi, how can i set Android system background operation OFF?
Thank u
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djoxie said:
Go to battery usage, open green android system icon and uncheck "allow background activity" switch
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Thats right, but keep in mind that this setting will be reverted to enabled on each reboot of the phone.
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djoxie said:
That is correct, forgot to mention it
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Ahmedalwakeel said:
Do you how disabling Android system background activity will affect the phone? Does it delay notifications or anything?
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-Vulture- said:
Not that i know off, but thats just me.
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With the latest update (BRE), there's no need to disable Android System background activity, because is not draining battery anymore.
I did many tests every update, and only BRE fixed the drain from it. Still, it seems that disabling the option is working for some people, is about trying.
Galaxo60 said:
With the latest update (BRE), there's no need to disable Android System background activity, because is not draining battery anymore.
I did many tests every update, and only BRE fixed the drain from it. Still, it seems that disabling the option is working for some people, is about trying.
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Yeah i can confirm that, with the latest BRE update it doesnt matter if you turn background usage for android system on or off.
great
cool sharing
Where to find Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
I've got developer options on but i cannot find this setting, does it have another name?
deboopi2 said:
Where to find Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
I've got developer options on but i cannot find this setting, does it have another name?
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It says something like "Keep network data on even if wifi is on" but you should disable that option.
Oh, that one , it's already turned off for a long time, battery life still sucks
How can you guys live without 5G WiFi?
I did a reset of the phone and installed without restoring a backup of apps.
At least standby time increased drastically.
I still must check the SOT, see if that one increase too
Cool! I'll give it a shot!
Does running on 2.4Ghz really improve the battery life?
madvinegar said:
I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
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Hey, (Γεια σου μεγαλε!)
Ι also have a s9+ unlocked.
I'm on the november security patch and battery life is pretty mediocre.
I get high standby battery drain, probably form android system.
I have never achieved sot of more than 5 hours and 10 minutes maybe!
Can you share your experience with this update?
Have you tried this trick on the latest security patch?

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