yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
I am sorry, forgot to mention. The slider is just below the half, so that would be 40-50% most of the time, since I don't use my phone much on direct sunlight.

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884

Here is the thread that I mentioned.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] v7:
The mentioned Guide is by the OP of this thread! lol xD :D

Tapped from my furious dogo ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
Haha indeed it is :D I wasn't paying enough attention :)

Great thread btw, keep up the good work, I definitely saw the difference, mostly in standby :D

Just one thing, as far I as noticed, GCM_RECONNECT shouldn't be limited, because it causes delayed notifications, right?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] v7:
Exactly!Limiting it affects the push notifications.Leave it as it is.

Tapped from my furious dogo ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] V4LKyR:
Wow you're so cool... :cyclops:

Stop blabbing about and tell us what your configuration is. How are you getting such times?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
Dude, don't get offended, that wasn't my intention, but you started it :)

I am running LP .28 version, with serajr's debloating method, rooted and Xposed installed. Now, I am using Amplify to limit alarms/wakelocks/services and Greenify to hibernate nasty social apps, using the guide from my previous post, but all that mostly helps in standby. I have also disabled all services for fitnes and wearables using "Disable services" app. Brightness is around 40-45%, sync is off, BT off, Location off, when I use internet it's most of the time on Wifi rather than 3G. Not much of calling involved, most of my screen on time is on social apps, FB, messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp...

That's pretty much it, do you need any more info?

Cheers :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] AudioAw2015:
I flashed KitKat just to see if I can get more out of my battery, and it turns out that I'm getting almost an extra hour and a half of screen time. Best I got with Lollipop was six hours and five minutes screen on time with 5% left after three charge cycles. With KitKat, I'm getting around six hours and 30 minutes screen on time with 20% left, after only one charge cycle. Guess I'll be sticking with KitKat for a while.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] jarayn:
... Because you often need more than 6.5 hours sot before you can charge?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] d14gvn:
you can go back to kit kat after upgrading to lollipop? I'm coming from a motorola device and I couldn't did that. Only need a flash the firmware through flashtool?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Sparksys:
Yes you can

Using flashtool ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] boojay:
Been testing 5.1.1 the past couple of days after a clean install and suffice it to say, battery life has not been impressive (neither was 5.0.2) when compared to 4.4.4.

Swyped from my Z3C
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] dertli01:
its like 12h with location on , 3g on , and whatsapp chrome messaging using.It feels so good after using Iphone 4s for 2 years.

Good phone but expires quickly.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paulmt123:
5.1 (so far) is terrible, 5.02 OK, 4.4 very good. And more free storage on kitkat.

I've had it with lollipop.

Shoddy battery life on 5.0.1 and 5.0.2. Looked forward to 5.1. Installed it as soon as it became available and my battery life is shocking. 39% after 2 hours screen on time today is not good.

On kitkat the phone is much cooler at rest than lollipop where it feels a little warm to the touch.

I also find browsing smoother in kitkat. Whether one of the apps I have on the phone doesn't like lollipop I'm not sure. I've done factory reset, even tried US version as someone mentioned. Initially all seems well but sometimes I find my phone has much less charge than I expect. At idle it seems to drop quite quickly.

I've disabled lifeblog and no effect.

I also don't like the fact I have no quick access to 2g3g4g settings anymore and less tabs on the quick launch. I do like notification system and more modern interface.

But it's not enough. My phone is flashing kitkat as I type this.

Battery life summary

Kitkat 4.4.4 5-7 hours screen on time (standby 2 days)

Lollipop 5.0.2 4-5 hours screen on time (standby 1.5 days)

Lollipop 5.1 3-4 hours screen on time. (standby 1 day)

Also bad is although lollipop brings apps to SD. Even after I move all my apps to SD, I have less space than I had with kitkat. 3GB instead of 5GB free after all my apps. So even that is worse despite it supposed to being an advantage.

It was a lovely phone on kitkat but its frustrating on lollipop. Kitkat is where I'll stay from now on.

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I have app CPU temp installed and shows very interesting readings.

Everytime I went on my phone and checked it with lollipop I had CPU temp 36-42 when idle.

Now I'm back on kitkat the CPU is only 30 degrees. The current drain is now under 100 a lot of the time whereas before it was 150.

What this shows is very simple. At idle the phone has much lower CPU usage on kitkat, and that means better battery life. It's just dropped to 29 degrees. Under load and running stuff there is very little difference.

CPU usage is 8% instead of 15% at idle.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] webwude:
Z3C: WLAN on, Sync off, GPS on, Screen brightness auto (slider almost complete to the left)

What's really confusing me: although I did a factory reset after updating to 5.1.1 (and restoring only user apps with titanium backup), I get worse stats compared to you. Especially cell standy my mobile radio active are not seconds but hours! :silly:

In addition - I used to have 8 to 9 hours active (according to GSAM pro) - now I have "only" 6 :(

No obvious wakelock according to GSAM and BBS.

See attached stats.

Any help / hint is highly appreciated.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
I expected to get better battery life in 5.1.1, but it actually went worse! I have noticed in BBS that wifi wakelocks accumulate with both screen on and screen off, and I see that for the first time since I use BBS on android :confused: However, the awake/screen on ratio isn't bad at all, so I'm stuck as well.

Do you use Amplify and Greenify?

I'm not sure, but my personal observation is that when the screen is on (when you use it your phone) battery usage is heavier than it was in 5.0.2...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] webwude:
I do not use any sort of such apps. What worries me most is the reduced overall active time...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paulmt123:
I'm back on 4.4 kitkat and after a day with 3 hours of screen on time, of which an hour was playing games I still went to bed with over 50 percent left.

Lollipop would have had half that. The big difference is standby time. I think the drop is 1 percent per hour when not in use versus about 3 or more for lollipop. Sony clearly got this kitkat release just right so I'm not going to upgrade. Looks like with routing you can fix the issues but then you risk ruining the camera and invalidating warranty. Sony might yet fix it but given other manufacturers have similar issues I'm not convinced. I don't want to have to faff around turning off and on location settings and the like. With kitkat just works. Even without stamina mode on and having used it for music and browsing I'm still on nearly 90 percent. WiFi, mobile data, Bluetooth to smart watch and 4g all on.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
Never mind, even with them, the overall usage time has decreased. Whether it's on wifi, or 3G, screen on time uses more battery than before. Standby usage is not consistent as well, most of the time something is draining battery. Although it might be due to the fact I'm using Nordic combined baseband instead of the one for my country.

I can have 3+ hours of SOT in 50% even now, but I've managed to push it for 2 days on a single charge easily with 5.0.2, versus barely 1 day on 5.1.1. Something is messed up on LP for sure.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paulmt123:
I'd agree. Lollipop has processes that sometimes cause excessive drain. 5.1.1 being the worst. Not sure exactly what.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] TimAhKin:
For me battery is phenomenal, especially on standby. I don't have Stamina enabled.

I can get 7-8 hours SoT with around 1 day battery life.

It is better than Kitkat and a lot better than 5.0.2 .

Now I'm on 5% with 6 hours SoT. I don't use Facebook( app is uninstalled). I've heard it can drain the battery.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paulmt123:
That's interesting. Maybe Facebook is not yet optimised for lollipop. I don't notice it using much power on kitkat but fitness stuff that uses accelerometer and measures steps does. I'm hoping that once new updates of apps are launched they'll run better with lollipop and reduce battery drain.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Nyt_Wolf:
I can testify to exactly this! Been using the French Generic Firmware since its release (5.1.1) and battery life has been even better than kitkat for me.

One noticeable difference I have made myself is turning off location history and location reporting history (using location only when I need it).

That may not be the only reason for why I can get 6+ hours SoT but I'm definitely enjoying the 2-day battery master-race Z3 Compact again :laugh:

P.S. if anyone wants to know specifically what my settings/setup/sync is like don't hesitate to ask.

I'm currently running WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, Gmail, all Google syncs (except photo uploads, newstand, fit data), soundcloud, Microsoft exchange email (Syncing every hour), Pushbullet, Sony Account, Twitter, Facebook (not allowed to sync those two), Reddit and BBC News.

Screen brightness on Adaptive Brightness (50% Preset on the slider), NFC off, Bluetooth Off, WiFi and Data on the whole day (but mostly Wifi use)

Edit: Stamina mode for me is enabled at 50% with all my messaging and social apps whitelisted. Battery saver goes on at 25%. I'm usually just above 50% at the end of the day so battery is still great without Stamina mode! :D
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] k-03-11-93:
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well, I have 5.1.1 and is not that bad, I like it because the auto mode camera is a little better (But I use "A better camera" app, It's good!!) and the phone not gets hot so much like before.

I disable all the apps I don't liked, also I use and app called Greenfy, pretty cool, google it

I just do what other people do, texting, watching videos, browsing and it was like 5h30min and still 16%

I used wifi almost all the time - mobile data, location, bluetooth: OFF- autosynchronization: ON- Stamina: ON

Don't use apps like battery doctor, etc those apps are just app killers, but, then the apps try to open again, or to run services again, so, at the end, that apps maybe use more battery than helping...

This site don't allow me to post link images because I'm new :eek:

Regards

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5h30min screen use!! stanby like 1day0h33min
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
I guess I was wrong about 5.1.1 :)

Now, after a full wipe and running a firmware with right baseband, I am satisfied. Setup is like on 5.0.2, manual brightness around 50%, auto sync is off, Facebook, Messenger, Viber, Whatsapp, Instagram, Xposed with 6 modules, Sony live wallpaper.

Note that I am using Amplify to block alarms, wakelocks and some services, and Greenify to hibernate 4-5 apps and a Facebook app , since it's causing the biggest drain, simply because the app is really crappy :) Also, weird wifi wakelocks are completely gone, I guess it's because of the leftovers from 5.0.2.

So I would recommend full wipe to the people who didn't do it yet :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] exeon:
May I ask how can I root the latest 5.1.1 rom and install xposed? :confused:

The top few apps in the list of battery drain are facebook and whatsapp.. With long period of mobile radio active.. :(
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
I guess you are not running a rooted rom? If not, you can do it by flashing KK rom, rooting it using giefroot method, and then flashing prerooted LP rom. You can root LP rom using Kingroot and replacing it with SuperSU (I did that on 5.0.2), but I would highly recommend first method.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] exeon:
Oh so means cannot directly root on 5.1.1 for now right? Then I guess I will be wait till the direct root release haha. Anyway thanks!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Cirra92:
Well you couldn't do it directly on 5.0.2 as well, apart from the Kingroot method, BUT it was reported as unsafe method, but I was in a hurry and did it. You might not want to wait direct method, since people got used to do it with the longer method I mentioned you, and it wasn't released for 5.0.2 :) It's easy :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] chichino84:
Hi guys! Your average battery statics are definitely convincing me!

I'm just few steps away from buyin this phone and trying to dissipate my last doubts. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

So, If I get it right:

1st step is to NOT update to 5.1.1 if I want to get root, and I can reach this by using giefroot method on stock 4.4.4 out-of-the-box firmware.

In this way I can have root and xposed without unlocking the bootloader (= possibility to have OTA) and without loosing

the famous DRM keys which I seem to understand are indispensable to use sony's camera features.

Next, if I'll want to jump to Lollipop, what are the issues I should be aware of?

Xperia rom looks pretty stock to me, I have in mind to only delete some useless apps and keep it stock. Do you think it's a wise choice?

Thanks!
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Crewville96:
The combo of 5.1.1 and Lux for real and proper auto brightness has done wonders for my battery. My battery was around 65% at the end of the night on 4.4.4, on 5.0.2 it was around 50%, and now on 5.1.1 with Lux I'm back to 65%.

Standby usage is better than ever as well. Absolutely minimal wasted battery.

This 5.1.1 update has been fantastic. The only thing i can complain about is the stock auto brightness and the new bug, but as I've said, Lux beats the pants off stock. Problem solved.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Whitefoxy:
Everything of android 5.1.1 i like asswell. But i only miss the lockscreen charge time and the icons need to be more alined. The battery is realy good like it was on kitkat now tough

I hope those things get back in the bug fixe firmware
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paulmt123:
Sounds good

My kitkat battery life has now dropped off. Seems to happen a few days after installing firmware so with that no longer a bonus I'm going to try a clean install of 5.1.1.

I'm guessing it's got something to do with the latest version of Google play services as that seems to be main user of battery. It's still better than 5.0.2 but not much.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] luisaosan:
i guess you have the "Google Play Services wakelock bug" , as seem here:

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/script-google-play-services-battery-t3059585

this bug also affects kit kat roms
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] paulmt123:
Installed 5.1.1 then did factory reset.

Its looking promising. May be even better than Kikat.

Have 57 percent remaining after a whole day with GPS used and 2 hours of screen on time. Bluetooth sync to smart watch on constantly.

On 5.0.2 I'd have been on about 20 percent. So this is much better. Kikat would have been 50 percent. So far so good.

Without clean install was rubbish but with clean install seems excellent.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arneeuh:
Hello

I'm again in big trouble. If I'm able to solve it this time, I'll never touch any custom roms again, I promise.

So long story short:

- somehow the installation of CloudyG2_3.0 got messed up, stuck at bootlogo. I think I selected the F320S model at the installation on the device itself, because I could not select my model.

- I can enter download mode, but I can't flash because I'm getting an error: "Device model is different", also stating it is "F320S". I'm sure it's D802 international. On the device itself at the firmware update screen something with CloudyG2 appears, as well as F320S.

- I can't do a factory reset, it's stuck at "Factory reset processing..."

When I try using a versionwide .dll file I found flashing works until 94%, then I'm getting an error Download Fail!!!. It also says: USB port open fail.

Can you please help me out? I'm getting desperate. I'm willing to tip the one getting my device working again on paypal.

Please, please help me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d00lz:
Have you tried to flash using the TOT method?

Have you tried to flash using the KDZ method?

Both methods can be found here.

Another tutorial that may help you is this one by Extosis. Pay close attention to the Hex Editing part as it walks you through editing your TOT .dll file essentially tricking your phone into accepting the D802 firmware even though it thinks its a F320S.

The D802 .TOT file can be found here.

The F320S .TOT file can be found here or here.

HxD Editor can be downloaded here.

1. Open your D802 .TOT file.

2. Search for D80

2

(ignore that the image says D801).

3. Open up another instance of your Hex Editor.

Open your F320S .TOT file and search for F320S, right click, copy.

4. Now go back to your D802 .TOT file and right click the original D802 text and choose "Paste Write."

5. Click the save button.

6. Now flash your modified .TOT file.

Be sure you are flashing the correct files for your phones variant!

Good luck :).
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arneeuh:
I ended up trying another .tot file which worked. Weird, but I'm okay now!

Thanks alot for the help!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iblakejames:
Is there any way I could downgrade from stock 4.4.4 NL1 to stock 4.4.2 NC2? Would really like to do this without losing anything and everything I've seen tells me my internal SD card will be wiped if I flash stock odin files.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mechapanda:
I would just suggest you back up everything in your internal sdcard onto your computer, just put everything in a folder so you can copy everything back afterwards
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoneWatcher:
I have a rooted stock ROM Pure and I want to avoid the 5.1 update for a couple of reasons.

Does anyone know how to disable the update process on these devices?

TIA
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sivarticus85:
Disable MotorolaOTA in the system apps in settings. If you're rooted, you can freeze it in the /system folder using Titanium or whatever else you use. Safest thing to do is to rename it with a .bak at the end, then when you're ready to update you just remove it and reboot.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoneWatcher:
Thanks for the reply. I froze it with Ti Backup, but I'm still able to check for updates manually and it reports normally.

Shouldn't that function be disabled if the OTA apparatus is truly disabled?

I do see in firewall a process called 'Device Management that I thought I could block MotorolaOTA from communicating, but there are other functions bundled, so I don;t want to do that.

Ideas, anyone?
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sivarticus85:
Motorola will still be able to be communicated to, but the OTA function will be disabled, eg. no OTA will be detected. It is my understanding that blocking MororolaOTA just keeps the notification from appearing and prevents OTA downloads.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoneWatcher:
Thanks again - that makes sense. I'll see the rollout on my stock Pure (if I still have it and decide not to sell it) and be able to compare in real-time if it does the trick.
[XDA Assist] :
Is it possible to root a galaxy s3 from straight talk?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoseWellci:
Thank you I could install. One concern is it possible to change the language in French and also activate the video call?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
The only way you could install CWM on the VZW S4 is if you are on an older update. There have been many updates since that was possible, and you are on one of the newest ones. Your only option is the Safestrap recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
I would think there's a French option in Settings / Language and Input, no? Not sure about the video calls. Plenty of apps that do that kinda thing. Hangouts, Skype, Tango...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoseWellci:
I rooted and install language enable but it is not change. There are currently not an application that could do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
Don't believe there is an app that can do it. There's this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale&hl=en but only works to a certain degree. You could install a custom rom that has the languages enabled, like HyperDrive. You already have root, so you would just need to install the SafeStrap recovery to install it.
[Verizon LG G2] MicroMod777:
Here's the codes to backup your partitions on the LG G2. Probably work an any variant. I need this for future references as now it will be stored online forever!!! :)

Need ADB installed.

adb shell

adb su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system of=/sdcard/system.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/sdcard/aboot.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery of=/sdcard/recovery.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem of=/sdcard/modem.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/rpm of=/sdcard/rpm.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/tz of=/sdcard/tz.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/laf of=/sdcard/laf.img
----
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/dbi of=/sdcard/dbi.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/sbl1 of=/sdcard/sbl1.img

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/persist of=/sdcard/persist.img
[XPERIA X2 General] xgeek.cub:
I have an xperia x2 with Windows mobile 6.5. Its Windows became problematic after installing softwares and hard resetting over the course of time.

There are some ROMS out there which is basically some softwares in .CAB format. My question is this;

Is it posible to install a fresh copy of windows on my phone and how?

My question maybe wrong but I really need some information on this issue.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] akomecr:
Hello, I got a HTC M8 HK unlocked from the following post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2718150 3 months ago the phone was working without any issue, then sunddenly the signal went gone and I place the phone on airplane mode then I deactivated it. The signal recovered pretty fine.

Then a couple of days ago the phone refused to receive/send calls only 3G is working, emergency calls are working so I assumed that the GSM antenna is working fine since I was able to place a emergency call.

Im still using the stock ROM 4.4.2 recently I updated the software to 5.0.1 to see if the problem can be fixed but nope... The issue stills there.

So if any one was able to replicate or is having the same issue can guide me in order to recover this.

I'm going to flash the following radio to re-attempt the unlock procedure again.

1.12.651.17 Original Stock ROM

Thanks for reading!

Cheers!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Magnum_Enforcer:
I would run the RUU for the 5.0.1 update to make sure your firmware is up to date. If you only updated your software but not your firmware you're going to have issues. If this doesn't fix your issue I'd try ##72786# from the dialer and do a reset from the menu once it comes up, and, if all else fails, run ##3282# from the dialer and then reset from there. You'll need your MSL code for that last one. You can get your MSL code from Sprint or by using the MSL reader app from the Play store. RUU's can be found in OMJ's RUU thread in the development section.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] akomecr:
Hey thanks! I will do that when I arrive home!

The problem will be that I need to get back to 4.4.2 to perform the unlock again, since this is the Harman Kardon edition from the Sprint.

Another thing that is kind of funny that I have full 3G connectivity downloading at 3MB/s

HBOOT: 3.16.0.0000

RADIO: 1.08.20.0610

OS: 1.54.654.15