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[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] madjinx:
Looks good. Ill wait until Monday to render final verdict. Battery should be good to go by then. Honestly, ill probably keep it regardless, since its such a good phone in so many other regards.

Its worth noting my idle battery drain is great, like 3% while I sleep. So maybe 0.5% an hour at home. Pretty good at work too, since I turn off wifi and have have a strong 4g signal (its kinda weak at home).

Now sit and wait for unlocked bootloader/root/custom rom :D
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Galaxo60:
Excellent battery life, this is what I expected from this device, and I guess that system updates and Lollipop would bring more longevity to the Turbo.

:D
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] m.jude.m:
Thank You For the Tips!!

Made the following changes and seeing a significant improvement in battery!

1. changed mobile network from Global to LTE

2. disabled drive and home in assist (left sleep and meeting on)

3. disabled wave to silence (camera twist and approach, voice and moto display still on)

4. disabled verizon bloat (except my verizon.. i actually use it)

5. disabled attentive display

6. disabled command center... not that impressed by it

7. changed Location to Battery Saving Mode (will toggle to high accuracy if need to use google maps)

8. Along with the verizon apps... i disabled all the apps in the screen shots below (only the apps i don't use so no sacrificing here)

When I was done modifying all the above, I watch a few youtube videos and read a few articles with screen brightness on auto for about 35-40 minutes and lost only 1-percent battery.... That is a HUGE improvement. Went to bed and noted the amount of battery... woke up a little over 7-hours later and only lost 4-percent... again... HUGE improvement.

At work now and will charge full and unplug until I reach 5-10 percent batter remaining... will post stats when complete.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
I know this is a lazy question. But what settings page am I looking for specifically with Google Play? Im not sure what the Google Now settings should be. OR should i disable google now all together? It kind of renders Moto Voice useless. It appears of all Moto Voice commands are done through Google Now
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Looking forward to your results. I am currently running a full SoT test.

Also, I am going to shamelessly use your list, but improve upon it. I was too lazy after the video, hah!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] m.jude.m:
I don't think there's any shame in you using a list that I compiled from your video.... I appreciate the tips though, it's put my turbo back to what i expected it to be when i traded my moto x (2nd gen) in for it! Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Lastest charge cycle dedicated to full media SoT drain, only about 1 HR of Bluetooth. Over 8 hours SoT with web browsing, YouTube, Netflix, some camera time as well.

Shutdown phone at 9hr 45m to charge.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Galaxo60:
Try to disable the location history and location reporting for the settings of Google>Location. Try to have the Location settings in "Battery Saving".

Personally I have entirely disabled Google Now and most of the locations settings, and the impact on battery I rather say is huge, when I need to find something, just press the home button upwards and still can make a voice search or normal one.

;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] INCREMENTAL:
The screenshots of SOT look good but from what im seeing ur still on wifi alot? Yay? Nay? Be nice to see the battery life from LTE only.

Thanks for the thread, I've held off buying it cause of poor battery life but ur making it look better.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] cyberr8der:
Here's a shot I took a few days ago with LTE only.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
WOW, this is impressive.

And is it just my phone or does disabling Google Now basically disable Moto Voice. As far as I can tell, every single command I make through my Moto Voice has gone through Google Now. Please let me know if this is how Moto Voice is supposed to work. Thanks!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] timjp692:
Getting way better battery life with the settings from the op, still going to get rid of the phone I think but thanks for posting this.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] cyberr8der:
No idea. I have Google now turned on.. I do turn location and android device manager off.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] rlb81:
I've copied most of AndroidMJB's settings, however I did leave on moto display and attentive display. Also left location on high accuracy since I use GPS a lot.

I turned off approach (even though I like it). I plan to turn it back on in a few days to gauge the impact of this feature alone

I'll post my results in a day or 2
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
I dont like these

Can someone help me determine how to turn off whatever is causing these services (highlighted in my screen shot) to appear here? Is everyone else having these show up under Google Services?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] tonyf7:
Amazon started acting funky after I applied some of these optimizations. Battery drained about 15% on idle within 5.5 hours.

I would disable it but I actually use the damn thing.

So I uninstalled updates to the amazon app; we'll see what happens.

Anyone else experience this?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Kobu11:
Home

I have done all of the above except disable Command Center and will be checking to see if my battery life gets better. I noticed one thing when I viewed your video on Youtube. Under setting above Moto i saw "Home". I don't have that under my setting and I was cruious to see why or how, if you can help me out I appreicate it. Thanks
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] itanas:
its really the high res screen thats draining the battery. When screen is ON battery drains fast.. 15-20% an hour. I come from droid maxx where itd drain at 1/2 the rate, if not even slower. Unless theyll add an option to reduce screen reaolution or you keep it at lowest brightness levels i think this phone is doomed in terms of battery performance.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jaben2:
I don't think that is the case. I think if people were to look at the wake locks it will prove the phone is hardly sleeping.

I got a replacement phone already, I let it sit overnight. I lost almost 25% over a 7 hour period. It was constantly awake.

I charged back up and changed some settings, I am still on my recharge which I only went to 88% to prevent battery stats from resetting.

I'm still on that charge since around this time yesterday. I'm now at 40% and am averaging 2% per hour drop.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] driscoll42:
I've found that the wi-fi for me is eating up almost too much battery and turning it off and on in the settings doesn't seem to work. At least it never shows the wi-fi bar on the battery stats as every being off. I installed the Better Wifi on/off app from the Play Store to control my wi-fi usage which works much, much better. Brought my wi-fi use down from 15% percent to 4% roughly. With all these tips I'm now finding my standby as my biggest battery drain.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jaben2:
Well hopefully I found a setup that is working for me. This was after charging up to 87% yesterday around this time. My starts since then are pretty good I think.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] itanas:
what's so good about your screenshot that has 2hrs of screen and battery at 30%? That's really poor.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jaben2:
Yeah but if you look at the screen shot and pay attention to what I said.

This is coming from 87% battery, and those stats are over the course of 22 h 51 m. With just over 2 h 16 m screen time plus a lot of blue tooth time. I personally think that is pretty good.

Also this is completely on LTE no Wi-Fi at all
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] itanas:
yea you've used 57% of battery to get 2hrs 16mins,that's about what I get and see from Turbo.. roughly 4hrs of screen time on a full charge...IMO that's weak.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jaben2:
Well everyone has their own opinion. But if I can get over 24 hours without charging and get my normal 2-3 hour screen time I'm good with that.

I'm not on my phone a lot but I stream a lot of music though.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm still debating on going to the z3v or back to my g2. I still have a week to decide
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] zathus:
I'm a heavy user. And the phone has always lasted me at least a day. Which is all I need. I'm averaging 5 to 6 hours of screen on time fluctuating between a hundred percent brightness and around 30%. Google made a big deal about their new battery optimization with lollipop. I know the Nexus 5 gained about 30%. So I think once lollipop comes out this phone is going to be incredible. I mean, it already is but even better. It's very clear that Motorola is focusing their attention on lollipop and not releasing an update to an obsolete operating system. I just think this is a timing issue. The Droid turbo should have been released a month later with lollipop.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Steve One:
Kinda followed things here
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] rlb81:
The home option appears when you install a launcher, it let's you easily choose between which one you want as the default
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Kobu11:
thank you
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
My Test Results

Here we go:

OP's settings except for the following:

Moto Display ON

Twist For Capture ON

Approach (Moto) ON
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
Am I reading this correctly? 10 hours of screen on time?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
What the hell is going on with your Google Services?!?

I think the Moto Actions "Approach" and Moto Display are the biggest issues with idle drain right now, besides regular radio drains.

The reason for approach or the wave to silence draining a lot of battery is due to firing the sensors a lot or them being active quite frequently on the device it self. The Moto Display is just pulsing way too often right now, they need to tone it down or perhaps give you an options menu to allow the user to tweak the pulse. That would be great actually.

I get great battery life disabling the features. I do understand it does kind of take away from the overall Moto experience, but at least you have the options available to get the longest battery life with KitKat & DT.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
I got to be honest, Im pretty happy with 24 hours and 3.5 hours screen on time. For once I feel like I have a blackberry again - could virtually go 72 hours with those things. I really like the Twist for Camera option - allows me to never miss a funny moment. Ill turn off Approach and Moto display and compare the results to my last uploaded screens. Hopefully we can get a break down of how much power each little thing tends to draw from our beloved Turbos.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Steve One:
Yes
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
Are you using exactly OP's optimization settings? How on earth??? Lux in the negatives only at night or something? Im boggled right now.

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I cant figure out whats wrong with my Google Services. Its bugging the crap out of me and noone seems to have an answer haha.

HELP! Google Services is just livin its own dreamworld on my phone. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Are you on the latest update? Have you tried a factory reset?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] pjcforpres:
Someone mentioned you could turn off the pulsing by using Moto's sleep status, but turning off the silent mode aspect of it. Set it to 12:01am - 12:00am IIRC.

I am using approach and moto display, and not having any issues myself with idle drain. ~.5 - 1% an hour when I am sleeping. I think the biggest drains during idle are location based stuff, Google Play auto update, and the Moto Voice / "Hey Google" feature.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Steve One:
Yes pretty much same as op. Although I am using command center and I am using the twist for camera.

I also have the motion still on, just the approach to wake is off. Don't have a lux thing on it just put the screen on auto that really makes a difference wasn't that hard to get used to. But yeah pretty happy with 10 hours screen on time. Oh I also have google now off and location set to battery saver mode.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Updated with Rootjunky bloat removal: Video & Files
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Steve One:
Oh 2 more things I don't use are Facebook and twitter .

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So does this really remove it or hide it.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
I haven't used it personally. He says "block" & "unblock" so I'm pretty sure it's just a disable/hide script. Doesn't remove it from the device.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Steve One:
So most of us have done this manually.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
I have not updated the phone at all, Im hoping that this will put me in a bigger window for Root when it comes. What does the update address? Theres only one correct?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Yes, only one update as of now.

I would at least try a factory reset then, if not taking update.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] tonyf7:
Worked like a charm.

Happy to report I applied SOME of these optimizations and all is sunshine and roses now. I'm now going on 18+ hours with almost 5 hours of screen time and only 2.7% battery drain per hour. I have 38% battery left. Also please note that my phone was NOT fully charged when I unplugged it. Less than 80% charge when I unplugged it from what I can remember. Here's what I did and did not apply:

Changed preferred network type from Global to LTE/CDMA

Disabled show WiFi pop-up

Disabled network notification

Disabled WiFi notifications

Disabled scanning always available

DID NOT disable Moto Display

DID NOT disable Moto Assist features using GPS, such as Home and Driving.

Disabled wave to silence

DID NOT disable Approach for Moto Display

DID NOT disable Twist for Quick Capture

Disabled Attentive Display

Disabled apps:

Caller Name ID

Cloud

Command Center (Clock/Temp/Battery Widget)

FamilyBase Companion

Message+

Verizon Location Agent

Verizon Support & Protection

VZ Navigator

Amazon app suite

Amazon Music

Appstore (Amazon)

Audible

My InfoZone

Softcard

Slacker Radio

DID NOT disable these apps:

Amazon Kindle

My Verizon Mobile

Amazon Mobile Store

DID NOT put Location on Battery Saving Mode. Left it on High Accuracy.

The Amazon app started draining battery like crazy after I did all this but the problem was solved with a simple reboot.

Seems you still get a very noticeable improvement in battery life even if you decide not to apply all of the suggested optimizations. Well done OP, you just made an awesome phone even better.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Aarongauntt:
All moto disabled except for voice,bloat disabled, GPS off. I'm good with this.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] INCREMENTAL:
Your screenshot is a Droid turbo? I have better battery stats, didn't think it worked right without root? And I noticed ur battery icon, where did u get that from? I don't have a Droid turbo but thinking of getting one.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ccheww:
Can someone help me with my google services issue? Seems to always be the biggest drain on the battery

EDIT* funny how the display brightness from an app effects the screen shot.

Sent from my XT1254
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] tonyf7:
Yes, screenshot is of my Turbo. BBS works on any phone but there are some features that need root. The clock is an app from the Play Store called Kit Kat battery percentage. No root required. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Aarongauntt:
Also, no idle drain issues here. This is even with that quick drop to 99.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Yes. When the phone is operating optimally, you will notice drains of roughly .5% per hour. The max being 1% hourly.

Anything above 1% hourly drain is most likely due to using all features available or having issues with background processes.

Disabling everything but Moto Display or Voice will greatly increase battery life in most cases.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] DroidTurbo44:
got these usage stats over the weekend, probably between light and moderate usage for me.

wifi and bluetooth on all the time

location on high accuracy

google location settings:

location reporting: off for this device

location history: off

Disabled Google Now

Changed preferred network type from Global to LTE/CDMA

Disabled show WiFi pop-up

Disabled network notification

Disabled WiFi notifications

Disabled scanning always available

Set WiFi to be Always on during sleep

DID NOT disable Moto Display

DID NOT disable Moto Assist features using GPS, such as Home and Driving.

Disabled wave to silence

DID NOT disable Approach for Moto Display

DID NOT disable Twist for Quick Capture

DID NOT disable Attentive Display

DID NOT disable Moto Voice

Disabled apps:

Caller Name ID

Cloud

Command Center (Clock/Temp/Battery Widget)

Email

Message+

Verizon Location Agent

Verizon Support & Protection

VZ Navigator

Verizon Login

Amazon

Amazon app suite

Amazon Music

Appstore (Amazon)

Audible

Softcard

Slacker Radio

TalkBack

DID NOT disable these apps:

Amazon Kindle

Audible

My Verizon Mobile

My InfoZone
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] INCREMENTAL:
Thank you sir, by the way great battery life.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Slartibartfast_:
What's the benefit of "blocking" the Verizon bloatware using these scripts over just disabling them?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] distortedloop:
Convenience.

Run one script versus search for and manually disable a dozen apps.

Sent from my XT1254
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] pushlatency:
I started to follow the ops instructions but now have found I'm no longer connecting to LTE. Are there any setting mentioned here or that I would have hit accidentally during the process that would have done this?

thanks!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
I'm taking it you're not on a GSM network?

Make sure you select LTE/CDMA if you're on Verizon. If for some reason you cannot connect to your network, go back to Global as default.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] wrecklesswun:
to extend even more, enable the ANR in the debug menu, that will tell you which apps are out of control. In my case Amazon apps killed my battery within hours. After disabling, i get 2 days average use.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] pushlatency:
Thanks - yup, I'm trying to use the phone on Verizon's LTE-rich NYC network.

Unfortunately cycling Global to LTE/CDMA (and back) doesn't seem to help.

Thanks for the suggestion though.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] wingdo:
With this beast of a battery, are people really still running out of battery during the day? While I understand disabling bloat you don't want / need, I don't understand turning off all these systems to get a bit more battery life. I can't kill this phone in a normal day even if using the phone a ton.

If battery life is of utmost importance, you can disable all data and just use it as a phone. You should get a few days between charges.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Moto Display & Voice are really all you need enabled, technically. The individual at this point has the option to disable these or other functions that do have an impact on battery life.

Some individuals also use Android Wear, so the Moto features aren't really needed in most situations as notifications are pushed to wrist. Again, completely up to the individual to decide.

The attentive display and Moto actions are using sensors built into the phone that drain a considerate amount of battery life over time.

This post is just for helpful tips as some people do like to squeeze every possible minute out of their phone.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] wingdo:
I do understand the reasoning to disable programs which drain the battery. I had an S4 which chewed through the battery due to all the Touchwiz bloat, but what I am asking is, as people actually running out of battery during the day on the Turbo without disabling these items? Or is this simply a we disable it because we can thing? I guess my question would be, just how large a battery would be necessary for people to not feel the need to disable sensors etc. to feel they can make it long enough between charges.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jaben2:
I think something that may be happening is with the wireless charging.

I was using it before and my battery wouldn't make it a full day.

I have been using the turbo charger now and am regularly getting 1 1/2 days use. I think either my tylt charger wasn't actually charging it fully or something on the phone thinking it was charged when it wasn't.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] madjinx:
Well, after a handful of charge cycles I'm getting about 4.5 hours of SoT (20% brightness), with the battery left at 20%. That's with a lot more disabled than whats in the OP.

Its not that that's bad, I was just hoping for more given the size of the battery.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Andromjb:
Brightness settings most likely the impacting points with your SoT then if you are using that for comparison.

Results can vary greatly with auto on and if you are outdoors or in very well lit areas throughout most of your day. Then there is always the fact of using max brightness or anything above 60%, obviously you will always drain faster.

The screen is the biggest battery drain on this phone period, it's pushing crazy PPI.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] CRuby28:
I don't think a battery exists that would satisfy everyone's needs while remaining small enough. But as technology improves, so will battery capacity.

I disabled the apps and options I knew I would not be interested in using. NFL Mobile doesn't interest me, nor does the Google Now. I happen to really like the features of the Verizon Messaging and decided to keep it. The battery life issue can be viewed as competitive among us Turbo users, but I think it's because the phone is so new. We are learning off of each other's experiences and excited to post them.

I am currently 27+ hours without recharging with 4:44:58 of screen time. Location and Wifi constantly on, Bluetooth on during my commute home yesterday as I was on a call. I wanted 24+ hours, got it, and am very happy.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] madjinx:
I agree, the whole QHD thing is a big drain. I imagine if they made this phone in 1080p, the battery life would improve noticeably.

For a moment I considered sending it back, and waiting for the Iphone 6+ (the 64 or 128 version) to be in stock at Verizon. Then I realized for what you get with this phone, it will last a day of heavy use easy, and thats all I care about. Its a great phone.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] 123421342:
No one is disabling sensors. They are disabling apps and services that poll them to cause massive wakelocks. This whole thread is about preventing wakelocks.