yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] teeg07:
I'll start, because I just got the best battery I've gotten to date yesterday. WOO!

Note: I used stock charger to charge the night before, although no wake locks, i always restart in the morning. Dont know if it helps... I feel like it does.

1. CM9 Stable, InstigatorX 5.4.5

2. installed 2 days ago-ish

3. see attached.

4. Forgot to get a screen on time screeny... was like 2 hours. light useage. auto brightness

5. badass governor, used the cwm script to get both cores to be governed. 1.72/192

6. LTE/Wifi all day, baby. Mostly wifi.

7. there was a slight period of charge when i moved over some music. wasnt more than ~10 minutes of being plugged into my laptop.

8. exchange email on 15 minute syncing periods. Turned off push, as i can deal with the 15 minutes between emails... BEST. BATTERY SAVER. EVER.

9. gps off. didnt use it at all. I missed the key screen shots... I know. I only have this because i was bragging to my friend who's got a s3 on verizon and a sucky battery.

couple phone calls, probably 30 texts. it was pretty light usage these days. Color me impressed.

OHH! i have the nexus extended battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Illnevertell:
This isn't to post your good setups it was to help people on their current setups that need help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mindmajick:
Great idea illnevertell! As usual :D

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Sent from my Rocket! Running a Majick Rom :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bps119:
Not having bad battery life, but hey, it can always be better right!?!

First off, GREAT thread idea, it's a shame it hasn't really been utilized though. How about I start. I'm wondering a bit about how much battery I can save if I get rid of Google maps. Also, if you have any recommendations of a replacement for it if I do dump it. Even if I don't open the application the entire day, it is consistently in the top stats on my BBS reports. I'm not really sure of the effect it will have if I get rid of it though. I mean, if it is only going to get me another 40-60 minutes per charge, I don't know if it would be worth losing the convenient access to reliable maps.

Anyway, I thought I'd toss this out and see what everyone thinks.

I'm currently running Majicks Orthus One (quite happily I might add) and I've been on it for almost a week now. I generally don't use my phone too much during the weekdays while at work but, once I get home, the screen is generally on until I go to bed. On weekends, which is when I grabbed these screenies and BBS dumb, I am on WIFI most of the day, but I use my phone ALL DAY LONG even though I've got my laptop and rooted Kindle running CM10 sitting right next to me. LOL!

Other than the apps I've added (around 70 total), I've got it set up pretty much as if I just flashed it. By this, I mean that I haven't really done any battery tweaking. It's on badass gov by default, and I am utilizing the bln feature (I know it hates my battery, but I LOVE this feature). I get pretty good life usually (12-16 hours with 3-5 hours of screen on time), and I haven't really seen the media wake locks which are affecting others. Also, and I know I'm asking a ton (and maybe even being a bit of a battery miser considering I'm already getting decent time on my charges), but do you see anything else that should be a cause of alarm to me? Everything looks minuscule to me compared to Maps, but I know that there are many people who know much more than me when it comes to this stuff. So all thoughts are welcome.Without further adeau, here are some of my screen shots and BBS dump...

Thanks in advance! I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] liquidzoo:
Great idea. I'll contribute as well.

I'm also on Orthus-One, and whatever kernel comes with. One change I made was to change the governor to Conservative. Not entirely sure what that does, but I thought I'd throw it out.

I've been on this ROM for 28ish hours, so today was day 1. I've rebooted a few times. Can't remember how many.

I don't know that I've done a whole lot to reduce battery usage. Today I was on wifi almost all day, but normally I fluctuate between H+ and LTE (LTE near work, H+ most of the drive home, wifi at home).

Brightness is set at a constant ~35% with auto brightness removed. I don't use my phone for anything other than answering calls in the car, so that suits me.

I don't play any games that would be battery intensive, and only watch videos (from sd) when it's plugged in. Rarely listen to music, but that's likely to change next week on vacation.

These shots were taken about 3 hours ago. There's been another hour and a quarter of screen on time since then. I used my phone a lot today, as you can see.

Also, I don't know if it makes a difference, but I took the case I had off of my phone yesterday, and it doesn't seem to get anywhere near as hot. Probably a coincidence, but I thought I'd mention it.

Since it was mentioned above, this is all on a Standard battery.

Sent from my SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
That's actually not half bad battery life. I noticed a few things, though. One is the NetworkLocationLocator wakelock. Leaving network location on will chew away your battery like that. If you can do without a location service more often than not, I'd leave it and GPS off. I actually think network location is less useful than GPS--GPS doesn't use *that* much more battery, and it's precise. With network location, if a couple of wifi networks near you have "_nomap" appended to the end of their name, you're lost.

The only other PWL I saw was Avast. Personally, I don't think any of the "anti-virus" apps are worth the time it takes to download them. They sit there eating up battery, when really all you need to make sure your phone doesn't pick up a virus or malware is common sense. Only install apps from Play, Amazon and XDA (third-party markets will often put bootloaders and other bad stuff in their apps), don't click anything on shady-looking websites, and leave USB debugging off unless you need it.

KWLs all look ok. BLN is murdering you, but if the feature's worth the battery sacrifice, more power to you.

Alarms look fine, but keep an eye on Facebook. It used a ton of network data for apparently only being active 28s (according to the PWL data). Do you have it set to use push notifications or refresh on a short schedule?

Not a coincidence at all. "Naked" phones run cooler than phones in a case. Shouldn't be by a ton (if it is, get a new case), but a case, naturally, restricts airflow, which allows more heat to build up. I had to stop using my Otterbox Defender for that reason--the phone was just getting too hot inside the case, and I was starting to be concerned.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bps119:
Yeah, after seeing maps eating up so much power, I changed it to not automatically update my location. I was using it cause the wife is a bit of a worry wart and she heard a story from a friend that their husband was in a motorcycle accident not involving another car and wasn't found for about 12 hours cause he fell into a ditch off a country road. Now, she thinks that if one of us ever get into an accident, that latitude is going to save us. Lol! I get the theory behind it, but her iphone only updates it sporadically anyway so it's not really worth much. I unchecked all location services, and I'll just turn on gps when I need it and see how that treats me.

Anti-virus is more for if I lose my phone. I like the remote wipe feature, as well as the Web and app firewall. Plus, it doubles as a security blanket for me;) lol

BLN is a power monger, but I love being able to have that option so I deal with it.

FB is a pain in the butt in general, but I haven't found an app I like to use in its place so I've just dealt with it. I do have it set to push notifications, but I've read that you think it may be misbehaving even when it's not set to push data, so I may just dump it and try fast for Facebook or friendcaster for a bit to see if I can deal with one of those.

I appreciate you looking into this for me as you are pretty much the battery guru around here. I was a bit worried that no one was looking at this thread cause it wasn't really being utilized. I don't understand why, when everyone wants to open a thread for battery life, they don't seem to want to utilize the one sanctioned by our mod. But that seems to just be xda in general lately.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
If you're willing to, freeze/uninstall Maps and use MapQuest and/or OSMAnd instead. Both eat up far less battery, and MapQuest has basically all the same features. I use Waze as well, but that's more for speed trap notifications than anything else.

Just an FYI, you can have the Avast theft protection app (the one they tell you to give a custom name to) on your phone without the full Avast suite. Eats up almost no battery, and can be set to wipe upon X number of failed attempts to sign in.

Friendcaster and Tweetcaster have both had great results for me. The Twitter app's biggest sin is a stray alarm that'll hold you awake for 10-15 seconds every so often. The Facebook app, though, is (I can only assume) downloading ad data and sending usage info back at set intervals, even if you have it set to refresh every X hours. I caught on when I had it set to never auto-update, but saw that it was still using mobile data.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Illnevertell:
As far as mobile protection I don't use antivirus but I have Cerberus for tracking wiping and the like
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Eyedoctor2:
Hi,

Using Seanz Sky Ice 4.2- 2.8 with modded Kernal 6 and UCLA 6 Modem

Attaching my BBS zip file.

Would be grateful for any help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Illnevertell:
Please attach screenshots like stated in the rules there is a reason I placed the requirement there

Also posting about how you use your phone is a rule

All you did was throw a DL at us and say fix it we do this for free to help the least you can do is follow every rule stated in op
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bps119:
First problem is you're using juice defender. Imo, that app does more harm than good on ics. It also looks like the gtalk app is waking you up way to much. If you don't use it, I'd say to delete it or, at the very least, log out of it when you aren't using it. Maps, like with my last setup, is killing you. I'd recommend following tj benders advice to me and either freeze it, or delete it all together and try one of his suggestions for a replacement.

Also, we're you charging at any point during that cycle, running at 384 for over 3 hours suggests to me that you had either charged for a while, or ya got an app going crazy. That is, unless your screen on time correlation is similar. Without the screen shots Illnevertell asked for, I can't really tell much more.

If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic. Don't let your pants get wet and use that search button.

Sent from my I-727 Skyrocket running an Android version AT&T probably won't give me for another year.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
FYI, if you zip your dump, I will not look at it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] specter07:
AOKP JB (R4INS)

9/16/12 release with stock kernel.

I've been using this rom for some time now but still can't get past the wake locks. When I updated to the 9/16, I did a clean updated. Wiped everything and fresh install. As you can see my phone rarely goes to sleep, so if anyone knows any secrets or tips on how to fix these wake locks it would help a lot and get the battery life I deserve.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Eyedoctor2:
Solved

My apologies for not having followed thread rules on my prior post. I had just come from another battery thread that actually wanted BBS in zip form as the only post.

My prior BBS dump showed that my culprit wakelock was Suspend_Backoff. Searching I found the following thread:

productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chrome/rT0ewNsBx18/0_RqLGBQr70J

I unchecked "Enable Tilt Scrolling" in Google Chrome settings and recharged my battery to 100%.

I then left it on idle all night just like it had been when I generated the last BBS file dump.

As you can see the results are drastically improved. Went from losing 65% of battery in 5 1/2 hours to losing 25% in 9 hours. Also went from 5% deep sleep to 94%!

Still not pefect but definitely a significant improvement. Thanks for the great thread!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Illnevertell:
Spectre one thing is network location I would turn that off until you need it also that giant cliff dropoff I'm assuming was a reboot of sorts that went uncaught I know that for me I don't get reboots on jb I go to recovery and clear my caches first thing then I make sure to close every app as I'm done using it as far as bbs I'll leave that to tj as he is a wakelock god at this point lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] T.J. Bender:
Google Maps, basically, is the answer. It's polling NetworkLocationLocator pretty constantly. If you turn location services off, you'll help yourself tremendously. I still recommend uninstalling Maps (usual disclaimer about uninstalling system processes) and using an alternate app like Mapquest, OSMAnd and/or Waze to clean up all of those Maps-generated alarms.

Beyond that, HD Widgets is definitely keeping you awake some, so you might want to change the refresh time on that. That being said, I can't imagine HD Widgets is doing too much damage to your battery life or people wouldn't use it.

Post up another BBS dump if you get a chance. Also, BBS dumps are a great way to tell if you've randomly rebooted (which, yeah, can chew through a ton of battery) because they'll differ from the "up-time" shown by your battery screen. Also, if you set your phone down at 9:00 PM and wake up at 7:00 AM, but your BBS dump says it's only been five hours since boot, you know you've got some random rebooting going on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lord dredd:
Hi I am gonna receive my epic touch any minute now,

Wanted to ask a few questions.

1.. is ICS officially out for this phone ' if yes can anyone link me to the method to root the ICS or may be a custom Odin rooted IVs build.

2.. I am sure many ICS Roms and even jb Roms are out there, which of them works reasonably well and give good battery life along with full functionality.

3..I have heard that sprint has blocked the USB tethering as well as the WiFi hotspot options in this phone ' is that correct ?

4.. I have been a Samsung fascinate user up until now and am pretty well versed with the Odin and cwm and flashing and stuff, does it all work similarly on epic touch as well. ? I mean vol down plus the USB cable puts it in download mode and by giving three fingers you can put it to cwm recovery.

Is there anything specific about his phone that I should be aware of.

Regards
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g_ding84:
Ok kinda a lot. FF18 is the official ICS version. Sfhub's one click FF18 + root and CWM. Is you best bet. Flash agats 4.2 kernel/recovery (some people including me have issues with 4.4 kernel. ) this phone has a brick bug with wiping in an unsafe recovery. Agats kernel and venum kernel/recovery is safe.

Tweaked stock rom and M'ICS 1.3 are really good for battery life fully functional.

Yes but there is a hotspot hack now for it. On M'ICS page. Or download wifi teather.

To get into download mode. Its vol down and power. Warning screen comes up then vol up. Keep battery in you dont need to have the cable pluged in.

Biggest thing is follow the devs direction for their roms and read how not to brick. :)

Hope i answered all your questions. Any others let me know. You can also PM me if ya want.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lord dredd:
Thanks a lot mate .

the shipment seems to be taking its time somehow

once i get it

i ll update what it has come packed with.

then i might ask for a step by step guide to flash the stock rooted ics and /or the M'ics and the locations and instructions of appropriare kernels and recoveries or may be universal kernels and recoveries too.

the brick bug has already got be bugged even before laying hands on the phone ,

lol i have been a flashing freak , i have on somedays flashed my fassy like 50 times on a day.

thsi is important for me as i like to test various options available at our beloved forum .

how do you guyz rate Sbrisseb's work over at Rootz , he is very very highly regarded as far as fascinate is concerned , so much so that in the end it is sbrissen's Rom which i have to revert to .

regards
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g_ding84:
You'll enjoy this phone. We have a lot of get dev here. Any time you need anything let me know. :) A lot of the new ROMs (FF18 based have some if not all to stock FF18 bugs taken care of)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lord dredd:
i have just received the phone and posted another thread full of queries ,

hope you guyz will help .

regards

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832545
[General Questions and Answers] valent|n0:
nexus 7 vs touchpad vs galaxy tab 10.1 vs xoom vs ipad 2 vs tf101

what would you get

nexus 7 hands down got a lot of raving review

but I prefer 10 inch form factor

ipad 2 prices is on the high range, unless I can get good condition ipad 2 for $250 - 300 I might bite. I am kicking my self not getting fry's ipad 2 32GB sale for $339 a couple weeks ago and I was visiting seattle a few weeks after the sale where I could've order on line and pick it up a week later

tf101 is pretty decent, lots for sale in craigslist , OEM keyboard dock looks cool and really useful from what I seeing so far I am not sure how usable it is

Does TF101 has wifi issues ??

tf101 has stock jelly bean too if I am not mistaken

touchpad is pretty much not getting anywhere with android, it has camera and other issues. the downside probably forcing me to switch between webos and android constantly (seems like a pain to do). If I can get a realy good deal I think I will bite on touchpad

xoom seems pretty slow in XDA not so much progress in jelly bean development

galaxy tab 10.1 ?? any reviews? will this device get jelly bean?

what's your take?

thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] rustid:
What are you going to be using it for, they are all different?
[General Questions and Answers] SacTappingUni:
If you're going to be using your tablet around your house, or bringing it around with you wherever you go and using it for reading, games, etc. I would highly suggest the nexus 7. If you're going to use your tablet primarily for creating content, be it school work, artistry, work, or anything else, you're going to want a 10 inch tablet. I would suggest the Asus Transformer Prime for that. If you're lucky, you could get one for $200-$300 dollars off the regular price on Ebay. The 10 inch tablets are also great for browsing the web.

It's really a matter of preference. I prefer my nook color running cm7. It's perfect for me. I also have a cheap ICS tablet from china. It has a speaker and camera, so I use that one for social apps.
[General Questions and Answers] valent|n0:
the important aspect for me is the OS is to get the latest android OS . Another important feature is front camera.

so nexus is hands down will always get the latest OS

but I like 10 inch form factor

I guess I'll wait for nexus 10
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lamerkid:
Hey guys,

So, I decided to legally add tethering to my plan for $30 since I'm already up to 25 GB this month and I didn't want to lose my unlimited plan.

As soon as it was added, I lost my data. I can only text and call. I think this has something to do with my MDN/MIN being "unknown".

I am running CM10 and had no issues with data before this change.

I searched everywhere, but I can't find an answer to this.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[[Update]] I rolled back to a previous backup that I made when I had it rooted/stock and the MDN/MIN came back, data works great again. I guess I'll just wait until the kinks get worked out for CM10. That Google Now hack makes it bearable for a bit.

~~Closing bug~~
[Asus Transformer TF700] archonur:
Hello all,

My problem is, the option "Background Process Limit" in Developer Options, seem to be set to Default again everytime i reboot or restart. I use Apex Launcher but it was same with the Stock launcher too. How can i solve this?
[Asus Transformer TF700] jtrosky:
Just curious - why are you even setting that option? My understanding is that it will just limits how many apps you can multitask with (could be wrong though).
[Asus Transformer TF700] TheAntiHero:
I would also like to know why this option keeps getting reset on power down/up.

My reason, if you require a reason, which you shuoldn't really, is wanting to control the amount of tasks on the machine. If they have the option available, it shouldn't have to be re-enabled each boot.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Thats OK:
Could be wrong here.

Aren't certain developer settings only available for rooted devices?
[Asus Transformer TF700] TheAntiHero:
From just messing around with it, it seems that if enabled, the setting does restrict the amount of processes.. it just doesn't carry over on reboot.

Which would be a very cool built in auto task killer, in my opinion.

Its a bit frustrating to have to continually re-check the option.

I just installed the most recent firmaware update though so I'll see if it sticks now.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Tybalt:
This option doesn't stick on any android device I've used. Didn't stick on the original Samsung Galaxy, Nexus S, Asus TF101 or Galaxy S3.

Just assumed this is by design.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ShadowLea:
I did a cold reboot yesterday, the 4 processes maximum setting remained enabled... :eek:

Because for many, it prevents random reboots. It also means you don't have to constantly clean out the background processes when launching something heavy. Let's face it, you're not going to multitask whilst playing a bluray or heavy game.
[Android General] Haano:
So XDA'ers what is the funniest or weirdest things you can ask Google Now?

I would like to compile a list but i need your help.

Heres what i have discovered so far

"Do a Barrel Roll"

"Who Am I"

I'd love to see what you have got!!

Looking forward to it.

Blazr
[Android General] DD-Ripper:
"Can I root my toaster ??" :D :D

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[Android General] djmcnz:
"Who am I" just links me to amnesia sites... :-/

"I am hungry" doesn't work for me either (it does for some) but "I need food" works for me.
[Android General] Haano:
Those are good
[Android General] adriggars:
google search "where is chuck norris" (without quotes) and click i am feeling lucky
[Android General] cubano2031:
Who am i is a jackie chan movie lol!!
[Android General] Piteryo:
Thank you) I will find more funny things))
[Android General] blumanfry:
funny things to ask google now

I always like: what is the answer to life the universe and everything
[Android General] HandyAndyXDA:
Ask Google Now "What is the loneliest number?"

Answer refers to the song by Harry Nilsson - One

More commonly known by - Three Dog Night

:D

Take care
[Android General] dava0404:
"Why are you so useless?"

e.g.

"Call James" - "There is no James in your phone book"

Oh yes there is!!!!
[Android General] adambika:
Try

Ask

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
[Android General] phonepersonality:
Try "When Am I?"
[Android General] krouri:
Try beam me up scotty
[Android General] pmac2k:
"What does a Fox say?" just proves that google is down with da kids :)
[Android General] Vesnyx:
Aren't there other threads with this same idea?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2524501
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohamadice:
hello every body,

i'm new to tablets, and need to buy one,

i really get mixed up,

is p5100 a good tablet in browsing Internet and watching HD movies and at all Entertainment ?

any other suggestion ?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubyman94:
I love this tablet. If you can get the new one. The note 10.1