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[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
CPU gets stressed enough already. Phone gets hot and games slows down. At times.

Good tips

Cheers mate! :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Kiritsugu:
- Stock official 4.4.2 rooted

- Stamina + Extended Standby + Extended Usage (on after 50% battery)

- WCDMA (preferred) / GSM

- Alarm is working fine except the led notifications
[Xperia Z2 General] romdroid.:
Cell standby is irrelevant ,the relevant is the screen on time which is good.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Battery on 4.4.2 was awesome. If not that Lollipop is around the corner, i would have gone back to 4.4.2 .
[Xperia Z2 General] deepongi:
how did the hell you managed to get 11h of screen on time!? you are using any app to keep screen on while in idle...? jk ... :D
[Xperia Z2 General] Abdl:
Anything about the battery life on lollipop yet?
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
Nope, fully idle on lowest brightness you get 18h SoT maximum!
[Xperia Z2 General] deepongi:
ok, going to try those settings.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Nope, nothing yet. But! It should be better. Just has to be...
[Xperia Z2 General] Kocane:
I don't see why 4.4.4 would be worse?
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Been struggling with battery life since updating to 4.4.4 really. I maxed only about 7hrs screen time. But recently i came across MoonWalker ROM made by [MENTION=2902434]Pandemic[/MENTION]

Fantastic ROM really. Was able to get the result below after a full test , you guys should check out the ROM, it's got Android 5 eye candy and it's not as battery hungry as any other 4.4.4 ROM.

Look at the screenshots. :)

App Usage

Graph

Screen time

Overall Usage (GSam)

Apps Usage (GSam)
[Xperia Z2 General] Pandemic:
Very nice bro [MENTION=4702699]stanley08[/MENTION]

Because we did alot inside the system + apps and with some tweaking etc and flat icons and modifications so thats why it eats less battery but still keep the speed and power what the Z2 really have ^^

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
Hell No!

I hate the 5.0 Navbar buttons.

Luckily on 4.4.4 with exposed that's easy changed ^^

But i remember Pandemic from the X10i days ^^

And I've had MoonWalker before on my Z :) was a nice rom. Gotta try it out on my Z2 again.
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
Yea same. I'm still on rooted stock just hoping lollipop comes out soon, but the more I think about it, the more I want to flash pandemics rom for the meantime. After all, root won't be available for lollipop on day one I'm sure. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and flash pandemics rom until then.
[Xperia Z2 General] Kocane:
I think my drainers are the kernel wakelocks... not sure though, how much of an effect they actually have but they're persistent across rom versions and something that all Qualcomm devices 'suffer' to my knowledge. I didn't really feel any difference going from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, battery wise...
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
if you can go trough different kernels, and roms (even CM/aosp) then it's definitly not a kernel problem but a App/Baseband problem.

Either your favorite app you use all the time causes wakelocks, or you live in a place where your phone is constantly switching Mobile Networks.

This actually drains my battery quite bad. nothing you can do about it except going flight mode.
[Xperia Z2 General] Pandemic:
Haha the old X10i days, wow that is 1000 years ago [emoji14]

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 General] vavill:
I uninstall some system apps, but battery life is not better the before
[Xperia Z2 General] Pandemic:
Be more clear, which rom, Stock ?

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
It's really good work mate, we are anticipating next version :)

Yh, you guys should give it a try. I think you'll really like it [MENTION=2902434]Pandemic[/MENTION] and co really outdid themselves on this one :)

Lots of people say that, but 4.4.2 was alot better in terms of battery life in my opinion. Check screenshots on first page.

It's not automatic mate, uninstalling system apps doesn't automatically mean better battery mate. Battery life depends on many many things. Read first post and you'll see what i mean.
[Xperia Z2 General] Pandemic:
Thanks bro [MENTION=4702699]stanley08[/MENTION]

You support me in all the ways and i hope all the people gonna flash mw v2.3 to proof that the rom eating less consumption of the battery like on other 4.4.4 roms ^^

Sent From Somewhere On Earth With My Z2 ^^
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
I'm pretty sure more people will Flash MW ROM. 2 people already stated that they would after my battery test post. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Pandemic:
yes indeed and yes i saw that and that would be nice :D
[Xperia Z2 General] Bn Waheed:
Want a decent battery life? Z3 rom is perfect for you
[Xperia Z2 General] beni8978:
Z3 Rom FTW :)
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Really good results. Maybe i'll try when i have a chance. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Bn Waheed:
the rom is perfect .. it's same as the Z3 rom even in tiny details and it has perfect performance and battery life.

i hope EXR team will port Z3 LP rom when it will be released from sony

i hope that sony will even release LP for Z devices :/
[Xperia Z2 General] alb3rtt:
It's confirmed that they're releasing it to the WHOLE Z series, even the original Z. Don't worry, it'll come. They're taking their time because its built from scratch (no reused content from older sony releases) according to what i've heard.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
I didn't hear this tho, only heard it for the Galaxy S6. But let's hope so...

Downloaded it already, will give it a spin as soon as i can. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
Looking forward to that.

But i really wonder why a ROM made for the Z3 would give better Batterylife than a original Z2 ROM which is supposed to be optimized.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
These things happen. I hear people say that battery life on 4.4.4 and 4.4.2 are same but i don't think so. 4.4.2 was better in my opinion. Anyways, it's possible the ROM has better battery as people claim at the same time it coulda been treacherous.

I only hope battery life on 5.0 would be epic :)
[Xperia Z2 General] demlanhlung:
Thank you for this useful tip [MENTION=4702699]stanley08[/MENTION] :)
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
:D :good: 4.4.2 or 4.4.4?
[Xperia Z2 General] yavhin:
Thanks for the guide... this helps!
[Xperia Z2 General] dem.lanhlung:
I'm on 4.4.4
[Xperia Z2 General] cutjvungtau:
What rom you do!

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Good battery.tell me know where link rom!
[Xperia Z2 General] dem.lanhlung:
Fully stock, not rooted. [emoji1]
[Xperia Z2 General] rronaldrajat:
Excellent Battery without root

Great Battery backup just by trying the steps mentioned above
[Xperia Z2 General] beni8978:
What is that beautiful theme? Perfect battery stats tho. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Good to see my thread helps you all get better battery. Cheers mates! :)
[Xperia Z2 General] rronaldrajat:
Just a standard built in theme nothing special used
[Xperia Z2 General] Matteomagico:
Hi, how is it that 2 hours. My battery is already at 82%? You can not .. I updated via flashtool a lollipop .. The battery was fine at the beginning now has dropped so much and I see that is the Android system and the screen that consume so much and I have everything set to a minimum as brightness. Here are the screenshots. What I tell you to do?
[Xperia Z2 General] iamsameer:
Good tips to save battery..
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Hey mate, ur battery life seems normal, you have bad reception and u are on 4G. More like inconsistent reception tho. And u have 1hr+ screen time and u are on 80+ percent. Then see telegram, chrome. Try the same test on 3G and then on WiFi. Without using chrome and telegram and see the difference.

Cheers mate! Glad it helped you. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] lanegan:
The list of apps that can be freezed is apply to the Sony Xperia Z3 and the version 4.4.4?
[Xperia Z2 General] atzhory:
Great tips. Thanx

Intelli3G is Perfect!!
[Xperia Z2 General] diecast:
Hey great guide really thx for the freeze apps list!!!

What about the change in white balance? Big diffences on screen colors?

Also if i disable the x reality mobile i will get a degree of the quality in photos and videos?
[Xperia Z2 General] jok3r4u:
I have a problem with intelli3G, it doesn't switch to fast mode after wifi disconection. the option is ticked, what should I do?
[Xperia Z2 General] catalin.v:
Battery life for me on 5.0.2 is horrible, although I'm always using Stamina Mode with Extended Usage turned on and location is turned off 90% of the time, brightness is on Auto but always on the minimum setting, 3G is always on, signal strenght is pretty good.

Should I send it to the warranty center? I have the phone since November, it's weird that such a drop in battery life occured so fast.
[Xperia Z2 General] Zeblade:
There are AWESOME tips here yet mine was the same Cat. Unless I had a 3rd party app to turn off everything when it was in sleep it would drain about 20% every night. So I downgraded to 4.4.4 ..no root and blue tooth on wifi mobile .. beautiful now. I think there is some bug in 5.0.2.. what do I know though haha
[Xperia Z2 General] jug6ernaut:
The white balance correction just made my day. Awesome!
[Xperia Z2 General] adamsmth663:
Im getting about 2 days of usage with approximately 7hrs of screen time

disable GPS and NFC, bluetooth

turn off xloud and X-reality

went into all apps and turned off auto update/sync settings (except for contacts and emails)

went into google setting and opt out of location service, ads and google search

turned down brightness
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
You are welcome my friend. :)

Good for you. :)

Haha! Glad I could be of help mate. It does actually look a whole lot better with those settings. Cheers! :)
[Xperia Z2 General] kingrion88:
wow stanley, the battery life is similar to note3.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
If there is one thing i'm very sure of, it's dat my Z2 is giving me better battery than my Note 3 EVER did. True!
[Xperia Z2 General] thienvandac:
I personal think that Developer options>(window animation scale/transition animation scale and Animator duration scale) all OFF and Dont keep activities make everything more simple and better. Of course Sound>(all of System options) are OFF is a good example too.
[Xperia Z2 General] daymon:
You can do the same by pressing a widget:

Install greenify.

In options disable all.

Add the shortcut "Create hibernation".

When you press widget first time prompted to make the process automatic.

You agree and now kill applications, and you see on the screen.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
I don't even have the Hibernate Now widget. I searched for it, didn't find it. And i concluded that the widget doesn't come for none root phones. Are you rooted? Let me know. :)

EDIT: Oh! I found it! Create hibernation shortcut. Lol. Let me add to OP. :)

Yes! Very good! I will see how to add this to OP. I have mine off since the day i bought the phone. Lol.
[Xperia Z2 General] daymon:
For none rooted phones.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Lol. I was using it even when i was rooted. I'm too battery conscious. Lol.
[Xperia Z2 General] Xernoxis:
Does intelli3g work on RomAur v3.1? I couldn't find it on Xposed. Thanks for all the great tips!

Sent from my D6503
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
All you need is Xposed and root. Try it from Playstore and see - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voidvapps.intelli3g
[Xperia Z2 General] Xernoxis:
Ah yes it was on Playstore. It works excellent!

However I am having some troubles with Greenify. It hibernates apps when I press the hibernate button, but it does not do it automatically when the screen is off. I have checked all the options in experimental both on and off but nothing helps. I do have root access.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Just make sure autohibernation is on. Greenify will do the rest. Enable auto hibernation on that same list where u see experimental features written... btw, it does not hibernate apps immediately u lock the screen. i think it takes a few minutes...
[Xperia Z2 General] Xernoxis:
Yes it is on. I am trying it on Facebook and all it says is "pending". I turned the screen off for 10 minutes, still pending.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Try to force hibernate it and see. Like go into the app and hibernate it. I don't ever use Facebook on my phone. Drains too much battery.
[Xperia Z2 General] Xernoxis:
Facebook was just an example. I have several apps in "pending" and they won't automatically hibernate. Once I press the hibernate button they go to hibernation.

Sent from my D6503
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
i have a question regarding this greenify.

Non-root user so i have the shortcut to hibernate

However when i hit it , it would bring me to one of the apps uninstall page?

like swiftkey,cpu z etc.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Lol. As long as auto hibernation is on, it should work. Here is what to do, As long as you are already rooted, uninstall greenify, Re-install it. Now add list of apps to greenify list and leave it so. It will work.

Here is what to do. Settings > Accessibility. Under services at the top there, set Greenify to On. Now go back and press the hibernate now, It would do the hibernation itself. :)
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Yes, battery life has dropped. I still feel like i had best battery on 4.4.2 (.314 ROM) :D
[Xperia Z2 General] b3ft:
Effective for less Battery Drain: (RUD Method) fw 28.

- Turn off 2 Processors (Try 3 and give me your Feedback)

- The CPU should be Interactive with maximal 1036Mhz and the GPU Powersave with 200Mhz

I got no difference with the RUD Method in the Performance. I use my Xperia for Social Network and Office.
[Xperia Z2 General] MegaSharkXDA:
Lollipop battery usage screen

Something tells me that Lollipop’s battery usage screen is unreliable.

Screen On Time is now roughly on 4h but is accounted as 6% battery usage.

I know I’m on 3 days battery life right now, and 4h SOT should account for at least 50%, right?
[Xperia Z2 General] bdithug:
I've also noticed many bugs with lollipop battery stats. Very unreliable and almost useless now.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
This is very true. I think things were broken in Lollipop. I doubt it would be fixed in 5.1.x. M might be the savior.
[Xperia Z2 General] MegaSharkXDA:
I think Kit Kat 4.4.4 had the best battery life
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Weirdly, i think 4.4.2 was best. Lol.
[Xperia Z2 General] V4LKyR:
But Lollipop is significantly faster compared to KitKat. Like really faster. Anybody can notice this.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
In truth, i can't really remember how Kitkat was. But i think i can remember saying Lollipop was faster.
[Xperia Z2 General] MegaSharkXDA:
Yeah, but I also changed devices from Kit Kat to Lollipop, so I really can't compare :D
[Xperia Z2 General] chesterr:
+1

4.4.2 .312 had the best battery life. I don't know man, I am having the worst battery life ever.

Even the xposed apps such as Amplify, Greenify doesn't seem to do the trick. :crying:
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
From what device? I'm thinking of getting a Z3 in coming days. Yet to decide...

Finally, someone dat agrees. I can barely get 8hrs screentime from lollipop. On and before .314 i could easy get 10 hours i always got around 10hrs of screen time. First post is proof. :p

Btw, Z3 owners are also complaining. Lollipop ruined battery life. Ironically i thought it was ruined since 4.4.4. Meanwhile some people feel 4.4.4 was best and some think it's lollipop. Still trying to figure out wats going on myself.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Here is a test i did today. Though it doesn't start from 100% exactly. It gives you an idea of what lollipop looks like running a similar test to the ones on first post. Yes, 7 hours isn't bad in comparison to every other smartphone out there. But in comparison to what it once was i think this is at best mediocre. See the screenshots below.
[Xperia Z2 General] Dendis:
How did you get this SOT, what did you did with your phone? Also, what I can do with my phone battery being used by FB messenger?
[Xperia Z2 General] MegaSharkXDA:
Xperia T3 Kit Kat to Z2 Lollipop
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
I don't have FB or FB messenger installed. They drain too much battery especially the earlier. However, I have BBM because i use it all the time. And BBM drains even more. lol.

Lol. Okay. I have Z3 now. Z2 no more. Since yesterday :)
[Xperia Z2 General] whalesplaho:
hows tha Z3 buddy? wish i could get but not yet... just gotten Z2 after so many months of droid-less...:D:D
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Currently have 6hrs 20 mins screen time with 41% battery left and about 21 hours since unplugged. Looks great for now :)
[Xperia Z2 General] whalesplaho:
lovely mobile... dahs great!!!

enjoy buddy:highfive:
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
phew... i knew the Z3 was better... but... like... THAT much? wow.

Well a TA Backup is always usefull, sadly that way didn't exist yet when i unlocked my Z2 ^^

Btw, Z3 is said to lose lot of camera quality when you unlock.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Thanks mate. But of course, below 30 percent thereabout battery starts draining faster. Lol.

Lol. It's only first cycle, plus.. I got similar or even better always on 4.4.2 on my Z2. Well, first post is proof.

About TA, yes! I just had to do it, just like you... I waited maybe 1 month or so and still no Locked BL exploit. Had to unlock also without backing up DRM keys.

I saw a photo shootout, Z2 vs Z3 in cam. Z3 looked worse but more detail :p

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z2/general/compare-camera-phone-z2-z3-night-t2949196
[Xperia Z2 General] diecast:
Everyone is making different use of the phone so dont go crazy with the others on screen time! I might have wifi open a and the brightness 100% all day long of course the battery will drain faster!

Στάλθηκε από το D6503 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
Phew... I reflashed. 28 in flashtool and installed androplus Kernel v57b then debloadet some apps and uninstalled fast dormancy....

Finally happy with WiFi Standby times :)

1% in 10 hours in total Standby (over night) seems okay :) i can live with 25 minutes wakelocks :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Jacky113:
Can you explain how you uninstalled fast dormancy?
[Xperia Z2 General] Dendis:
Any tips, or this is good?, between these days I have played like 2-3hours
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
Pretty easy if you have root.

use file explorer such as Root Browser or similar. Go to /System/Priv-App/ and delete the Fast-dormancy folder.
[Xperia Z2 General] whalesplaho:
fast dormancy?? whats it for & safe to delete?

dah is a great battery life..

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my Z2 comes with 2 pin.... takes time to charge but drops faster!!!

most times i ll need to charge for 2-3hrs to get a full battery if tha phone is on & im always on H! is it normal?
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
[MENTION=4914386]Martin213[/MENTION] Maybe Yes, Maybe no, no other way to know except to try it out ;) I've done some tests and i'm not entirely sure myself......

[MENTION=4471890]whalesplaho[/MENTION] Fast Dormancy is a network technic that reduces the connection when idle. It does create a whole lof of wakelocks, but it should reduce the network battery drain.

This videos here explain it better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8L50sCY7CI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VhwQ04IXJM
[Xperia Z2 General] chesterr:
Can you tell me what were your settings? cause I think I am gonna try his kernel.

Man sometimes I wonder what really happened to DooMLoRD, Miss his kernel so badly
[Xperia Z2 General] whalesplaho:
i need help please.....

my Z2 comes with 2 pin.... takes time to charge but drops faster!!!

most times i ll need to charge for 2-3hrs to get a full battery if tha phone is on & im always on H! is it normal?

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Appreciate brov....:good::good:
[Xperia Z2 General] Haldi4803:
no special kernel settings done right now.

but well, the 1% drop overnight was a fluke ~.~ happened because i charged the phone to 75% right before the overnight phase!

Tried to redo it. drained 4% in 8 hours aka 0.5%/hour

Oh yeah... and this ONLY works if you have really good mobile coverage.

huh ?

Charging vor 180 Minutes from 1% to 100% is absolutly normal!
[Xperia Z2 General] whalesplaho:
okay brov..... is yur charger a 2 pin or 3 pin?
[Xperia Z2 General] valentinrascu:
The fast charger is out. Our xperia is not compatible... :(
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Yeah, i was really looking forward to getting one of those for my Z3. Sadly... Not supported either...
[Xperia Z2 General] Eanan:
Everyone here talking about greenify on root. I consider the xposed greenify module to be essential as it makes it ten times better and you can greenify system wakelocks etc.
[Xperia Z2 General] naveenes:
Is your phone rooted?
[Xperia Z2 General] Dendis:
Yes, of course!
[Xperia Z2 General] yanlho:
Thx for your tips.
[Xperia Z2 General] ashishkr:
There are some system apps/features which is suggested to disable.

Would like to know- stuffs like maps, YouTube, socialife, senseme, music likes etc. , which is already not in running services/cache, does still it needs to disable/hibernate.

Does even their existence juices the battery???

from ➧ Xperia™
[Xperia Z2 General] jijishthomas:
good post

i like this guide. i have already done all these
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Thanks mate :)
[Xperia Z2 General] Ohhdayumm:
Its really surprising of how much sot you have. Are you still running kitkat? Right now?
[Xperia Z2 General] vukasinovic:
Android lollipop already have its own battery saver witch is pretty cool plus Xperia Samina mod makes it over-powered.. I really like my Z2 :)
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
ok but now it pops up a message asking if i want to force stop it..

i thought its something similar like the cleaner app with one hit button to clear spaces o.o
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Did you do what I said you should do? in Accessibility? If yes, whats the problem now?
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
yep i turned on greenify under accessiblity then went to hit the hibernate shortcut button. It didnt bring me to the uninstall page but pop up message asking if i want to force stop the certain app and this happen for every next app after i click yes
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Mine does hibernate/force close all itself. Check ur Greenify settings, i'm sure something is off.
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
ok i played with the experimental features, im sure thats the only setting, and i turned on both top options and now it says failed to hibernate the apps when i hit hibernate.

Idk what am i doing wrong here :/ what is your setting like for non root?
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Okay, check that in Experimental features, the first option there is NOT ticked... If you are rooted then it should be ticked
[Xperia Z2 General] StarFcker:
thanks i got it working somehow. Because some apps went to pending that i added and needed to be freezed(forced stop) in order for hibernation mode. In short words, i should had only greenify apps that work in background that i dont need and not ticking all the apps under more.
[Xperia Z2 General] stanley08:
Okay. cool :)
[Xperia Z2 General] jayc137:
Does greenify actually save battery ?
[Xperia Z2 General] paras:
Even Iam testing it.It's not as simple without root.

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Xperia Z2 General] celsior360:
My screen is taking 50% of the power, any solution to keep it down? Thx
[Xperia Z2 General] Xernoxis:
Stop using the screen, turn down brightness, use dark themed apps. Screen is number 1 power consumer so it is normal for the screen to be so high up on the list.

Sent from my D6503