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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Szadzik:
My point is that turning your 21st century smartphone into a cripple from 1999 is pointless when the benefit is 1 hour extra battery life.

If you travel with anything like a bag/ backpack or even a man purse, throw an ultra short uUSB cable and an external battery and you will be better off than with a smartphone that does not have data when it needs it. I believe that it is pointless to turn sate of the art devices into something out of the previous century just because battery does not last long.

My 0.2c.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vgupman:
I respect your opinion and see where you're coming from but for me it's more of an inconvenience to carry around an external charger and a usb cable. If that's what the 21st century looks like then I don't want anything to do with it :p. Keeping LTE off unless I really need it seems to work for me, and I don't consider my phone to be a cripple from 1999...kind of an exaggeration don't you think?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Grims:
Times like this using Google Voice as a texting plan seems like a double edged sword. I can't disable data for any period of time if I want to get timely texts from people.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Neurotica:
I can't say I can complain about battery life on the RAZR. Yes I am rooted and i use Smart Actions.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Szadzik:
What's the app to monitor battery that you show in the screenshot?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Neurotica:
Just the stock "Battery Information" in settings.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Neurotica:
I just realized that TapaTalk didn't allow the full image to be uploaded hence the inability to see the details of the image I previously posted. Here goes :
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tk76:
IMO it is most helpful to list how many "screen on hours" and "4G hours" you get.

My guess is that people who are lasting 24hrs+ on a single charge likely don't have the screen on that much.

Generally, most people get about 6-7 hrs of screen time, much less if you use 4G.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] milkshed27:
I've never had that amount of screen on time. I believe the most I've had is a little over 3 hours and that is on 3g.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] c9chen:
Is this with 4G off? What are your rules for Smart Action? I am stock rooted, but not running any apps to save battery. I don't get nearly close to that...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Stick_man09:
I also use Juice Defender ultimate and Google voice for voicemail and texting. I know that with JD controlling my data connection (on once every 15 mins for 15s) and my screen is off I still get google voice calls. I configured JD to allow connectivity for google voice with the screen off to see if I would get instant texts. I think this works based on some preliminary testing but I will let you know for sure if it works really well. I am at about 50% battery after being unplugged for 16 hours with light use.

UPDATE - I definitely do not get google voice texts with data off and JD configured to enable/screen off google voice. I still get pretty good battery life as it sits but I would rather not have to use JD. I hope that the new OTA update will manage the idle data connection better. haven't got it yet but I've been trolling to see how its affecting battery life.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
So I turned off SA after buying JD Ultimate, and this is the results the very first full charge with JDU.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jmdearras:
What APP is that?

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mistawolfe:
No 4g, plus it doesn't look like you do much.

Next.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] opensourcefan:
It's your stock battery stats in the settings, just click on the small graph on the top to make it full page.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zeidof:
With normal usage, i have more than 26hrs battery life, i've just installef "data on demand" from market, of course i have not 4g
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ddemlong:
Just my 0.02c

If I was truly worried about battery life I wouldn't have bought a smart phone. If I didnt want 4G all the time I would have bought a 3G.

I don't want to cripple my phones capabilities and have to remember to turn things on or off. I do "freeze" apps/processes. Even as it stands I had 20 hours on my phone yesterday and still had 15% left before hitting the charger. Granted I slept for 7 hours, 13 of those were with moderate use 4G on the entire time.

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Tehran huh? I just noticed that, I am surprised they sell the droid Razr there. Is is Verizon there too?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] opensourcefan:
How much screen on time are you usually getting per charge. I get about 14hrs of use with about 3 hours screen on time, no wifi, don't use it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ZolaSlo:
I know this might come as a surprise to you, but intelligent life outside of America really does exist. We even have non Verizon mobile phones, like Motorola Razrs, Gnexs and etc. We are capable of building our own mobile networks, thus having non Verizon mobile operators.

br Zola
[Motorola Droid RAZR] milesg:
A world outside of the USA? Surely not! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ZolaSlo:
I know, it's madness i tell you, madness! :)

br Zola
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mistawolfe:
I'm surprised the regime allows smartphones, to be completely honest.

Not doubting your intelligence.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ZolaSlo:
It doesn't. That's why i never use my Razr in same place twice. :)

br Zola
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zeidof:
No this is gsm version, unlock factory
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mistawolfe:
What's the point of a 4g smartphone if you don't enjoy it? Why turn off all the functions that were a turn on to buy it?

Personally, I pay out my a** for my service and you better believe I'm getting my money's worth.

Happily (somewhat) enjoying my 6 hours :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
I like the idea of a 4G phone, but, how often do you need it. Unless you are streaming videos nonstop there isn't much difference with a 3G phone. And of you do that don't expect much over 6 hours at best.

I drive alot for work, and streaming either Google music or Pandora, I'm plugged into the car charger. With Juice defender ultimate turning off data when screen is off and some other settings, I get a good 14-16 hours most days.

Just my opinion....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mistawolfe:
I'm spoiled by 4g, man. If i browse the web or anything on 3g I notice a difference.

Just me though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ronin3178:
I'm not saying that I turn off 4g for 3g, just that I allow JD to disable it (data) while I am not using the phone and it greatly extends battery life. I don't get any super important emails on this phone so I check the phone for time or whatever enough that any mail comes thru reasonably on time.

But without JD, someone could extend battery by going down to 3g.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Oaklands:
I dropped the juice defender ultimate i bought. Froze the crap out of bloatware, leace it on wifi at work and home. Moderate use and have 50+% when I go to bed. Just using it as a phone, text messenger and read a few emails and some news on it. It is really no different from my old og I had as far as battery life. Use it a bunch and the battery drains. Don't use it a lot and it lasts all day. I never turn the 3g off while out running. I want it to be ready to use at all times and not have to wait for the 3g to kick in.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ddemlong:
I hear that, I was grandfathered into unlimited data. Just in one day alone I used 5GB watching multiple netflix movies.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mistawolfe:
Wow. Lol. 13 GB for me this month. 2 days left.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ddemlong:
There was a post (on FB) not to long ago of people who were getting notices from Verizon due to them using 100+GB a month of data.

I think VZW was threatening throttling their speed. I know people who literally use 4G for everything, from home wireless tethering for their computer, to accessing xbox and PSN for online multiplayer stuff.

I still have a dedicated internet service for home, since I do alot of FPS I think a lower ping and consistent connection is a little bit more important that faster peak speeds
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Aashrey99:
Two days ago I would've completely agreed that the RAZR cannot manage 12 hours on battery. But then I came across this article on google.

http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com...roblem-your-android-smartphone-seems-to-have/

Really helped my stupid battery issues. I can manage 16 hours on full charge with medium to heavy usage. Just be sure to micromanage your wifi and sync settings(or use can use smart actions) and have system panel monitor any battery draining apps.

It really helps! :D

Another thing you can do is, get SetCPU from the market and set a profile of 300-600MHZ on screen off. That should help battery further. This is mostly not needed if you're happy with your current battery life.

Please report your battery life after trying this out! Thanks XDA! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jtsativa420:
Agreed that's what my two car chargers and three home chargers are for!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Shadowdancer123:
Only power save I have is auto brightness.

And I have no problem whatsoever to hit 48 hours with texting/calls/some scummvm.

I did root to kill google maps though, when I forgot wireless location on it was dead in 20 hours or so.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jake21:
I can't take a screenshot (don't know how on unrooted phone) but it would be good if you showed how long each thing has been used (not just %) for example on my phone display has used 22% (power is at 50% and last charge was 21 hours ago) but the display was only one for 50 minutes. Btw does this mean that if i play a game for 2 hours battery will be 0 ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jtsativa420:
There are apps like no root screenshot it that allow you to do that. Search the market and you may find something you like.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] onslaught86:
Finally, this is the sort of battery life I expect:

Nearly five hours screen-on, meaning this is real usage. Shame it's entirely on wifi, battery disappears very quickly with mobile data and/or much more calling than this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ddemlong:
Was at 30% per my widget No issues here. 4G on all day, data, only sync was my Gmail. (literally just plugged it in when I used screen capture so dont mind that)

I actually have had multiple issues with Smart Actions. I would set up a home profile or something and next thing I knew it had drained 60-70% in 2 1/2 hours even with wifi off. The culprit was Motorola Services. For some reason the phone would not sleep and it was staying awake the entire time.

I also use setcpu and set MIN/MAX to 300 when screen is off.

As you can see it wasnt idling either all day, this is average for me. Texts, Email, Opera Mobile and phone calls.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dccoh:
I set a mix max in setcpu to help with battery life.

Is there any surefire way to see that the screen off profile actually activates?
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
Redirect here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19938469#post19938469
[XPERIA X8 General] kumarv:
Wow thanks! Some nice nd common tips. Gud compilation
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
Mind pressing thanks button?
[XPERIA X8 General] shimmy2:
Good guide, thanx. I can't find google apps in titanium backup. Also can you tell us witch apps won't work if you freeze all those apps (I guess that market wont work if you freeze market or gmail).
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
That will be too much to write.

Once freeze the app wont work.

About related apps, google apps(gsearch, gmail,...) are related to market, so be careful.

Argh, i will write a little bit more for u...
[XPERIA X8 General] kelvinloo:
good tips newbies should follow.
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
I made this long long time ago, no replies so no one realize :D

Its in my signature too. :)
[XPERIA X8 General] goldenr:
Need to try out one day following these tips and see how many hours x8 can run with full charge :cool:
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
Dont use OC. :)
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
Updated 20.2.2012

- Use less certain apps.
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
Both.

Undervolt is the module from DX.

Underclock means opposite of overclock. (use lower CPU frequency)
[XPERIA X8 General] yulyan19:
tnx

Thank you. is very useful
[XPERIA X8 General] zhuhang:
updated 29/4/12
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunderroid:
Hi everyone,

I really like the lyric preview in iOS devices, as you can see below, it’s very nice & useful,

My question is, if this is possible on stock Samsung Music Player, (I really don’t like other 3rd party players), all my mp3 already contain lyric, but it doesn’t show up. :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
I've only got it working on the Miui player. I don't see any options etc on the stock player so I doubt it. Would be nice though.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] emil78978:
Hello! some days before this trouble phone ideos x5 start sometimes to work very slow. And suddenly camera did not want to start "it is not possible to connect camera". i dont remember that phone fall or something like this. Because of it i think that there is a soft problem.

I made "wipe" (vol+ and power) and reload system - but camera does not want to start.

I dont want to give it to service center. because it can take till 45 days to make repair on garantee - i need a phone and camera for work! Please help!

android v 2.2.1

u8800v100r001c00b136sp02
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AmeesingNoob:
A wipe doesn't always do the trick. Have you tried a different camera app?

Also, you could try a different ROM.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] emil78978:
yes, i have tried other soft - nothing

and i have v 2.3.5 now - the same.

May be somebady have some test for camera.? Is it a soft problem or hardware?

I removed the camera, reload phone and start camera application without camera - there was the same mistake. Now i have camera inserted in socket - nothing...

Do somebody know what model camera? i can not find it through internet. may be other camera (from other phone) can be inserted?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AmeesingNoob:
Have you even contacted the tech-support of your brand?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] emil78978:
Yes. I talked with Huawei servise center in Moscow. They want my phone for uncertain time - till 45 days!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] HFZenon:
Did you accually open up the phone and physically remove the camera from the motherboard? Would say that voids your warranty...

Anyway it sounds like a hardware problem...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] emil78978:
I can not wait for 45 days. they should order camera. And the will give phone or many back if they do not recieve camera from Huawei.

I want to try repair myself. without garantee
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] birginioss:
Are you sure this isnt a ROM problem? if you have 2.3.5 you probably have installed the BETA relese from Huawei which has a lot of bugs..

I cannot really believe that you removed the actual camera part from the board..

Please try a different,custom,ROM such as CM7 or MIUI from the forum and try again..

Gosh
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] emil78978:
There is a soccet for camera. It is possibale to remove camera and insirt back it without unscrewing.

It is not Rom problem - it started when in previos (factory 2.2.1) ROM.

And now i can not find in Moscow new (or used) camera for replacment.

And i have a litle hope - my be somebody tell me about some magician key to start camera.)

Gosh[/QUOTE]
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AmeesingNoob:
That's terrific. Isn't there any local phone repair shop near you?

Repairing hardware yourself comes with the risk of breaking things you didn't intend to.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] emil78978:
Please read my messages again and try understand what i ask for.

Here is a tool for you http://translate.google.ru/.

if you have any actual idea after that - you are wellcome! :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] XDA-J:
the model of the camera maybe is OV5647
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] oleg_u:
hello ! i have same problem! camera don't start with error. Started on official 2.2.2 (136 firmware), then upgrade to official 2.3.5 (beta2 -518), error is present. And flashlight not worked to.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Fabio-Grave:
Try a different ROM. I've seen people with the same problem and after changing ROM was working.

If you dont solve the problem must be the hardware problem, but try another ROM, it's easy to tempt
[Android General] Lzryde:
I think automatic brightness is the best. If you go out during the day you won't be able to see anything on 0 brightness.

It's probably more convenient to just buy a second battery.

Good guide for those desperate for more battery life though.
[Android General] Tone_Capone:
Green Power is a much simpler alternative to Juice Defender and seems to work a lot better too!

Also there is no need for a task killer if you are running GB. Complete waste of time.
[Android General] zhuhang:
Task killer is much easier than GB internal app control. Save time, not waste time.

But remember FC task killer together thats all.

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Automatic brightness is good but not battery saving. The screen sensors have to work all the time and keep adjusting brightness. :/

Yes, we cant see anything under the sun. Thats the con.
[Android General] Stupidusername7:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running the FASTY ROM, and when I switched over to this ROM, I noticed I went from 6-hour battery life to 2-3 days battery life!
[Android General] armoredkin:
Go to every Apps that has Notification Interval in their setting, it updates in background although not display in the Accounts & Sync
[Android General] spinrite:
Leave you phone off. Usually gets me unlimited power and run times.
[Android General] zhuhang:
Dont get what u mean. Any example? :confused:

Thats a basic knowledge and everyone should know this. :D
[Android General] kelvinloo:
Nice tips. But the battery depands on rom, some of them uses a lot of battery :(
[Android General] zhuhang:
yes. CM7 uses more than CM6.

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Updated 20.2.2012

- Use less certain apps.
[Android General] chinadude:
Thanks for the tips.. most of them are pretty obvious though
[Android General] zhuhang:
That means you are good in saving battery. :)
[Android General] Jetroid:
There have been good tips mentioned but I would like to add that all those battery saver apps just do nothing. These kinds of apps are just ads while some of them like juice defender offer androidees a paid version (Ultimate, Pro etc) which is just another trick where it may be useful for lazy guys who can't turn wifi, bluetooth or other connections or apps off themselves!

I haven't actually tried any of ROMs which are told to be effective (like "undervolt") and on this position I must admit that manufacturers' ads for their mobile products are just lies as I have a SGS2 and whenever I start to play a HD game or connect via wifi it just starts to drain the battery times times more than the advertised battery life!

The only and reliable way of saving battery could be just using carefully: HD games for maximum 30-45 min and wifi connection for 2-3 hours. Playing movies or music could be run in a more span of time like 4-5 hours. Otherwise you will have no remaining for calling or necessary usages! :(
[Android General] zhuhang:
Yes, thats why i dont recommend saving apps. Just for lazy people.
[Android General] xbiggyl:
It's true, but other things also affect battery life (many of which the OP mentioned).

However, I just wanna add one thing which I'm sure many of you already know. But the reason I am mentioning it is because I witnessed this work on two Samsung Phones belonging to my friend and his wife: Galaxy Pro & Galaxy Mini (name of the phones, not my friends :P).

At first, and on stock rom(not rooted) their battery life was horrible; and by horrible I mean less than 6 hours of usage (<24 hours idle).

I googled it and read somewhere, that fully recharging the phone then draining it completely (until it switches off itself) every day for a few days, the battery life will improve noticeably.

I told them about it; they tried it; and after only 3 days they started to notice the difference. They told me that it really made a difference. Now their battery life is 6-7 hours usage. 48 hours idle.

I know those numbers sound unrealistic but somehow it worked.

I have read this before, and it seems to be a common thing for battery life.

I haven't tried it on my DesireHD because I'm always hopping between different ROMs..

I hope this would be helpful for someone...

... my two cents :) Cheers!
[Android General] Palastochas:
Nice tips, thanks
[Android General] soomuch:
Ways to maximize your battery life.

Generally when it comes to battery life I try to use those two tricks which work very well with ICS Roms.

I use ondemandx governor 122-1612MHz with suspend_freq=122MHz.

In order to achieve lowest power consumption in standby. You can tune manually Vdd at 122MHz =suspend_freq to the lowest value.

I also change in /system/buid.prop the value of ro.ril.disable.power.collapse to 0 instead of one by default in order to allow deeper sleep of the air interface.

Over all the type of ROM you are using, the age and capacity of your battery in your device also play a roll in the average time you get out of your device :)
[Android General] zhuhang:
1612MHz, what rom is that??
[Android General] zhuhang:
updated 29/4/12
[Android General] zhuhang:
Updated 19/05/2012

Experimental CM9 - 3.0.1 nAa (x8/x10m/x10mp)

Phone idle average 3 days

Normal usage average 2 days

Heavy usage average 1 day

Phone idle behavior:

->

Settings' Rating

(Its not compared to other CM9, 5 star is the maximum miniCM9 itself can go)

Graphics : ★★★★★ with Roob's ICS FIX : ★★★★★

Battery : ★★★★★ with Roob's ICS FIX : ★★★★★

Smoothness : ★★★★★ with Roob's ICS FIX : ★★★★★

Multitasking : ★★★★★ with Roob's ICS FIX : ★★★★★

As you've experienced, MiniCM9 itself cannot go very smooth and fast. If you overclock it to 700+ MHz, there's still lagness which came from somewhere.

Applying V6, to me, doesnt help but worsen the lag, but some said it improved, maybe your phone can bond with V6. :confused:

If you want to have fast and smooth, my settings are not too bad, because i've applied kernal sampage merging and purging of assets, which u may turn it on to make the rom faster.

I've also cut down some graphics, example window and transition animation are OFF.

Other than that, the options left are only zRam, VM heap, governor and CPU. Maybe you will increase zRam to 26%, increase VM heap and increase max CPU.

This settings are great for daily calling and smsing, overclock only if u're heavy user!

Applying roob's ICS FIX and use this settings, the result is good! Balance.

Warning: Dont touch roobeyn's Mimmiparts Advanced settings!

And since roob's fix removed several settings, i recommend u not to use if u want and wait for nAa's update.TQ.

EXPERIMENT & TIME TAKING

governor: ondemand better than interactiveX

mock location: ON better than OFF

My Configuration

ROM / MOD / MODULE

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APPS ALTERNATIVE

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APPS TO FREEZE (Titanium Backup)

Thats all, try dont freeze other apps!

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APPS TO STOP IN BACKGROUND

*When not in use

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SETTINGS > WIRELESS & NETWORKS > MOBILE NETWORKS

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SETTINGS > DISPLAY

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SETTINGS > ACCOUNTS & SYNC

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SETTINGS > LOCATION SERVICES

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SETTINGS > PERFORMANCE

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SETTINGS > DEVELOPER OPTIONS

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For your info, APPS I INSTALLED

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Feel free to ask more detail settings.
[Android General] AckeflyRyzle:
freezing ?? :P
[Android General] koledok:
Thank you very much. But tell me something about you phone performance. As I wrote before I experienced very very long lags...
[Android General] zhuhang:
Ops, yea i forgot to note it, im thinking of giving ratings in aspects, but i will describe more.
[Android General] zhuhang:
Freeze the app using titanium backup pro.