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[Android Apps and Games] Chainfire:
You're not a douchebag for reporting the problems you are having :) Sorry you are seeing so many issues with it. I assure you though, not everyone has the problems you are seeing, though a few of them have been occasionally reported by others as well. There are quite a few thousand users who don't feel the need to uninstall it, so I'm guessing it works somewhat for them. Maybe there is something specific in your usage that freaks out SuperPower - that'd be hard to figure out though.

Re: losing data connection - do you have any comment whether or not you think this is due to 2G/3G switching or data being disabled ? (the latter doesn't survive a reboot, btw).

Re: recovering 3G, was RIL or Sidekick used for switching ? A problem that might cause this behavior was fixed in 0.75.

Re: GPS, no idea what is actually going on there. I'll be investigating this issue further. However, I would like to point out that there is no way in hell you got an 8 satellite lock within 10 seconds on the Vibrant while using "standalone" GPS. There is definitely some AGPS/SUPL going on in that case. It is quite possible SuperPower blocks that behavior though. Requires more research and testing.

Re: battery usage, that is so heavily dependent on how the device is used and personal... Numbers mean little unless compared to the same person using the same device with and without SuperPower.

Re: devs/user recommending it, well, apparently it does work as expected for them. I'm not saying there aren't any bugs - on the contrary, there a probably quite a large number of them. However it does seem to work reasonably well for a large number of users. Same way that Juice Defender works for you - it has never worked nicely for me, and if you do a bit of looking, the amount of people complaining about JD is fairly large. That will always be the case with these sorts of apps.

I'd ask to check back in a few versions, see if it works better for you then.

The patch options aren't really special. The background settings / GPS patch just gives SuperPower an permissoin it shouldn't have, the Sidekick patch just installs Sidekick. Uninstalling SuperPower and Sidekick will undo them.

However, yes, SuperPower does change device settings, so you will have to put those back after uninstalling. It is unfortunately not possible to automatically run code before and uninstall so it cannot do a clean-up.

You'd have to check if Wi-Fi/WiMAX/Bluetooth/GPS/Background-data/Auto-Sync/3G are on or off. It doesn't permanently change anything that cannot be configured using the Settings app - at least on my phone... I have heard people say the 2G/3G option is not available in their settings screen for them, but I'm not sure which device that was, and if they just failed at looking or if it is really not there.

The exception would be uninstalling SuperPower while it has data disabled. That option is not in the settings screen. BUT this setting does NOT survive a reboot, so simply rebooting fixes that one.
[Android Apps and Games] loogielv:
you might be right on the GPS part, because after I uninstalled SP, it did get a lock but it was like 3/4 then 5/6 then up to 7/8 over the course of maybe a 2 mile drive.

also I was using the app "GPS Status" which does download, so maybe that's why too. Definitely caught me slippin there :)

I will definitely be checking back on SP, as I believe that as soon as these little gremlins are caught, it will be, far and away, the best battery saving app available.
[Android Apps and Games] respider:
Thats weird.

Yes I have 075 beta from market installed.

How long does it take to patch? So I dont need to wait forever hoping it could be working :D

I have rebooted many times and stilno luck.

I hope you reprduce this error someday. Thank you for your work!
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
1800 - 100% battery (just charged)

uninstall superpower paid, install superpower, install superpower paid

open superpower, activate "modify secure settings" (only setting i changed)

reboot (initiated by superpower -> worked)

open superpower to check root features -> "gps: enable" & "background data: enable" are both enabled

reboot again to be sure

2200 - 82% battery

Wakelocks:
E-Mail	23m 34s
SuperPower	15m 38s
Android System	8m 14s

phone usage in the last 4 hours - several messages/mails received, checked the time couple of times.

wifi was connected before and it always connected to it once the device was woken up.

unfortunately also the network came up when i just checked the time and didn't unlock the device.

first a short data connection was made and then it connected to wifi.

so this issue isn't fixed for me.

Airplane mode ON.

0430 - 80% battery

Wakelocks:
E-Mail	23m 36s < only a 2s increase means this works!
SuperPower	23m 30s
Android System	8m 46s

phone usage in the last 6,5 hours: screen activated twice to check the time.

battery loss per hour in airplane mode: 0.3%

(aka theoretical phone uptime on a full charge while in airplane mode: 333hrs = 13.8 days!)

Airplane mode OFF.

1030 - 71% battery

Wakelocks:
E-Mail	33m 41s
SuperPower	59m 2s
Android System	17m 49s

phone usage in the last 6 hours: none.

battery loss per hour: 1.5% - not that bad i'd say!
[Android Apps and Games] brack11:
Almost the same results here. I have removed sp yesterday evening and fully charged the battery before night, airplane mod on in 2300, airplane mode off at 0500 spritebackup run at 0000 and titanium backup new apps at 0600 at 0900 there is 99% left which means only 1% piter night, with sp I had 2-3% per night. Will look how it is in this night.
[Android Apps and Games] Chainfire:
Was is the logic behind un/reinstalling "SuperPower Paid" ? There isn't actually any code in that package, SuperPower just checks if it exists (with some magic to prevent faking) and if so disables ads and nag screen.

If you want to "reset all settings", you should un/reinstall the "normal" SuperPower package.

That is unfortunate. It works fine for me now. ***

Not bad at all :) Though your battery use is still slightly higher than mine.

*** I'm planning to implement a debug feature that creates a special log about a lot of relevant info...
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
i just wanted to be sure that it really does remove ads/nag.

the description of superpower paid says: "*** SuperPower already needs to be installed ***"

just wanted to be on the safe side.

btw: superpower was uninstalled before, i just didn't mention it because i couldn't install it if it weren't uninstalled beforehand ;)

that would be really really great! i'd install that in an instant, enable this setting and run it for a week and do all the test cases you'd ask me to do.

it's always a hassle to "activate alogcat"/"do stuff"/"open alogcat"/"save log"/"send log" - would be really handy to have all that integrated and just send you the log afterwards. or even directly from within the app.

EDIT: this is one of the most important apps for me - i want to help you as much as i can!
[Android Apps and Games] pongalong:
Regarding switching 2g/3g during a call - I've had this happen: connected to wifi at home while on a call (on 2g). While still on the call I leave the wifi network, the call drops and I switch to 3g. This is while the screen is off and I am on bluetooth.

You mentioned that it will not switch 2g/3g while on a call when the screen on/off event triggers. I'm not sure if this is implemented the same way for wifi events, but I've had this happen maybe 3 times, though I haven't tested it in a controlled situation.

Nexus One, CM6.1 RC1
[Android Apps and Games] hachoo:
Just an observation... well kind of one.

If you're constantly checking the time on your phone, I can only assume the settings for lock screen and screen state would actually lessen the battery life because it's constantly turning on and off wifi/gps/BT/2G or 3G? I have uninstalled this software and am actually getting better battery life without it.
[Android Apps and Games] Adevem:
Lockscreen Settings > DO not enable Data on screen on [TICK]

or something like that, to prevent data from turning on before you actually unlock.
[Android Apps and Games] anoraknophobia:
How is it possible to creat such a summary ? Any special app needed for it ?

Want to trace down my batterykillers.
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
i'm so sorry - that was a false alarm.

i was dumb enough to assume that the default setting is that data connection switches off when screen off.

checked that just now (after seeing the last posts in this thread) and found out it wasn't.

activated the option -> it works now!

so: fixed for me! thanks!

by the way: superpower enter night mode shortcut -> "Wake up times based on set alarms" -> i love you for that :D

question about it though - i have 2 alarms set but the option only shows one alarm. is that by design?
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
no special app needed, i just used spare parts to get the numbers and summarized it myself.
[Android Apps and Games] brack11:
Ok, day two gave me 2% drop by night but I had full titanium backup rather than only new apps. So, the conclusion is probably too quick but still something to think about: superpower causes some battery drain, and I stop using it for now, will see how it is in future.
[Android Apps and Games] Chainfire:
You are on a call through your bluetooth headset ? Do you manually leave the Wi-Fi network, or does SuperPower do this for you ? Why do you think this happened, if you didn't do it manually ? Just to make clear.

It indeed shouldn't switch 2g/3g while on a call. Might be I need to add an extra check somewhere to counter this specific situation.

It actually is the default option to turn data off when the screen goes off... at least it should be. I'll doublecheck that.

I don't have access to the code at the moment (away from the dev PC) but I think it should be showing you both alarms. However, the alarms bit is tricky, because the alarm clock stuff is not standardized and does not have a formal API. I already have three different code paths for this functionality, because how alarms are stored differs greatly between ROMs. I think it should work on most ROMs with these three codepaths, but it will ignore a lot of the details about the alarms. For example, which days, if it's recurring, etc. It'll just try to find fields in the alarm database that appear to be times, and try to find a field that appears to say whether the alarm is enabled or not. That's it.

I'll check again though if there is something specific why it would only show one alarm, but I'm pretty sure I've tested it with multiple alarms set. If this doesn't work correctly on your ROM I'm afraid there isn't much I can do about it.
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
would be great if you could check that.

i'm fairly sure the default setting is disabled (= data does NOT turn off when screen goes off) because i haven't touched settings at all until a few hours ago (the only exception being enabling "modify secure settings" like i described earlier)

very interesting to know what's actually happening!

it's not that big a deal as long as i see one alarm - that would've been my only feature request from the last version and now it's here ;)

just doublechecked if the other alarm was disabled but both are enabled so i can rule that out.

like i said, it's no big deal and in principle works for me so thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] RaymondPJR:
superpower xda

Thanks for posting this, I looked at those settings and just couldn't understand what it was telling me. Because of your post I was able to visualize and then realized what it meant.:)
[Android Apps and Games] pongalong:
I'm on call through a bluetooth headset at my house, get into the car and drive away from the wifi network. After a few minutes it switches from 2g to 3g. I'll do a controlled test later to see if I can replicate it consistently. I have the follow settings: wifi-network->auto switch 2g, wifi-network->do not switch to 3g, screen on->auto switch 3g. These are the only settings that I think would affect this. Will post my findings after a few test runs.
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
I sent superpower to sleep before i went to bed.

As i was saying before only one of two alarms set was displaying.

0630: not shown

0700: shown

I chose the 0700 time and the device went to sleep accordingly (airplane mode).

I woke up with the first alarm and then disabled the second one so it doesn't go off in my pocket at work. Right after I disabled the second alarm - that's the one i used to set superpowers' wake up time - superpower woke up!

Now, i thought about this for a couple of minutes and i actually like this behaviour.

Not sure if it's intended but i wanted to know if it is.
[Android Apps and Games] ctpthanh:
Cannot re-open data connection (3G MobileData)

Hi,

After the SuperPower turn off my data connection when screen turns off, it is not able to re-enable it again except I reboot my phone.

It did happen when I turned 3G Mobile Data manually using Quick Setting.

Hope you can fix this.

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] JeepFreak:
Madic's "issue" was a big complaint of mine since installing this a day or two ago (and not having much time to read about or play with it), but I realized, right before I read your post, that turning on 3g based on the application is the perfect solution. You da' man!

Thanks,

Billy
[Android Apps and Games] sundar2012:
On cm 6.1 rc 2....

3g off 2g on with screen off 5min delay.

3g switch is 3g only.

3g on only after unlock...

superpower occasionally thinks it has switched back but remains on 2g. Using notification icons it shows on 3g. This doesn't happen regularly, not sure of the cause.
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
Today superpower stopped bringing data network back up after screen unlock.

Turns out i lost my networking ability as a whole.

Reboot didn't help, superpower uninstall didn't help - reset apn settings did help.

Not sure if superpower is to blame.

Going to wait for the debug version to provide more details.

The app works really great - moderate use during the last 13 hours and i lost only 20%!
[Android Apps and Games] Janis:
Vibrant Onyx 4.2 stock

I'm on a Vibrant running Onyx 4.2 stock kernel with the JFD radio, just thought I'd post my findings.

After basic installation & setup, SP managing everything, but loosely (1 min timeout after screen off, stuff like that), if I left my screen off long enough for SP to shut off data, I'd turn my screen back on, and I'd get the No signal symbol Ø and the checkbox was checked for flight mode in settings. I couldn't turn it back on without rebooting. I applied the Sidekick patch, and everything worked fine.

I'm wondering if anyone has tried the T959 JI2 and or JI6 radios with this and of they've gotten better/worse results.

My other lengthy question, rather off topic except that y'all are battery fiends, is that I'm still only getting about 10% an hour out of my batteries. Yes, I have two, and they get identical results. Power Tutor generally shows:

"DRM Protected Content Provider" 40%

"Power Tutor" 38% -which when it's active, it really should be on the top of the list since it's using the display

Kernel 6.5%

System 3.6%

SuperPower 2.4%

& piddly apps using 1% or less

I'm flabbergasted when I hear people say SP used an extra 1 or 2% overnight. Of course it did. Apps do that. Shut it down and manually check flight mode for the night if you need 1% more. I lost 50% overnight last night, with SP in night mode with nothing overriding it, (not flight mode, cuz if I have to call 911, SP is the last thing I want to be thinking about). This was worse on Fusion 1.1 ROM, actually, and I flashed from Odin-ed stock, just to be sure I didn't have any battery-eating remnants. Any ideas? I'll post this is q&a, but I did have something useful to add to the thread, and frankly, I thought I'd get more interest here if I tacked this on. Thanks for your patience.
[Android Apps and Games] Vostradamus:
I disabled that one.... was fairly useless to me, and I can say my battery seems to have gained a significant amount of juice thanks to this :p
[Android Apps and Games] JeepFreak:
Any plans for app-specific control of GPS and Bluetooth like you have done with 3G?

Thanks!

Billy
[Android Apps and Games] JeepFreak:
Double post.
[Android Apps and Games] _bryan_:
0.75 hangs on miui 11.19 desire

loading preference...
[Android Apps and Games] SuperJMN:
A basic question, because I'm confused

Will SuperPower auto-swith off 3G with the default setup? If not, what options are the ones to auto-switch when not necessary?

What are the criteria for the switching modes? Inactivity? Screen off?

Thanks a lot!

I'm using it in my SGS Vibrant.
[Android Apps and Games] aksyong:
Is it safe to install SideKick without causing errors to my phone? Because I'm not really an expert in reviving my phone if it's dead. I'm using Samsung Galaxy S I9000, Froyo 2.2 updated from Samsung Kies, my phone build number is FROYO.DXJPA. I'm from Singapore.
[Android Apps and Games] Tyzing:
Praying this will be out on MIUI soon!
[Android Apps and Games] brack11:
After removing superpower and flashing latest speedmod kernel my phone has got over 50 hours of medium usage, it takes less than 1% of battery for 9 hours at night while the same kernel but with superpower enabled used to consume at least 2% per night.
[Android Apps and Games] Kel Ghu:
Hey CF,

Just to let you know. It seems sidekick causes my phone not to wake up when using OC/UV kernels. Other than that, great work!
[Android Apps and Games] RaymondPJR:
superpower xda

That's nice, but I think the devs idea is to make this an app for those who cannot or will not mod their phones. BTW, I'm not modded but am experiencing 0 to 1% overnight on Stock 2.1. I also think that I'm getting better battery life during the day which I was not seeing with JuiceDefender. Hopefully someone will post a how-to video so I'll understand how to tweek it further, but for now it is giving me great results.:D
[Android Apps and Games] vukandric:
Noob question. :D How to disable this?
[Android Apps and Games] Vostradamus:
temporary disable: just stop the drm related process.

It will start again at next boot, doesn't seem to cause issues

permanent disable (but reversible): stop the drm related process, then go into system/app and remove (after making a backup copy of course) drmua.apk, drmua.odex, sisodrmprovider.apk, sisodrmprovider.odex (must be root of course)

This way it will not start again at boot. Looks like sometimes this could cause audio player to get stuck while switching from one audio file to another though. I had this happen one time, restoring the removed files, removing them again and restarting seems to have solved the issue, but I'm still "investigating".

To revert the whole thing, just restore the 4 files in system/app and restart the device.
[Android Apps and Games] Disgustipated:
Hi Chainfire,

Still loving and repping your app. My Wifi issues seem to have been resolved. Each build gets better and better. I think it's almost ready for a final build, no? Seems to be out of its beta stage. :)
[Android Apps and Games] floepie:
Groeten, Thanks for the great app!

Could you please add setting that would allow the WIFI to turn itself ON every so often (15 minutes) to check for a known connection. If no established connection exists, then it turns itself OFF for another 15 minutes.

Scenario: I have 'Auto WIFI disable' checked. So, when I leave home, WIFI will be disabled after 5 minutes. However, when I return home, I need to manually turn WIFI on once again. If the WIFI can turn itself on every so often, that would be great.

Thanks...
[Android Apps and Games] sundar2012:
What is radio subsystem. According to power tutor that is draining all my energy.
[Android Apps and Games] WiwiPouPou:
To chainfire : what about a tasker integration ? A plugin to use sidekick depending of location..
[Android Apps and Games] greglord:
UPDATE: Never mind the previous question. I'll try to find out if the app has more options by scrolling up and down -.-
[Android Apps and Games] escherian:
Data (3G) lost forever if using 2G/3G switching

I think I have the same problem of another user, resetting the APN gives me back data connectivity.

Seems like after upgrading to Froyo SuperPower is very unstable (Galaxy S on H3G Italy) on 2G/3g switching. Using Eclair that was 100% stable (used for two weeks).

Tell me if I can be of any help (logs? tests to be done?)
[Android Apps and Games] Tyzing:
Great responses. Can't wait to be able to use it
[Android Apps and Games] ghostknife:
Huawei IDEOS U8150

Hi, new to all this as I just got first android but just reporting that I installed this on a Huawei IDEOS U8150 and it works, well it didn't crash the phone or anything so thats good right?

Seemed to get stuck trying to install sidekick and I couldn't go past that or go back, only option seemed to be to kill the task and start again, which I did, after that was fine. I Think. :p

See how it goes battery and stability wise in the next few days, Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] dihy:
With Superpower installed on PureFroyo's 950mhz kernel (Geo411m rom), when I get a notification my phone tends to hang for a few seconds, nothing responds while the LED blinks on and off. It takes about 10 seconds before I can use the keyboard or unlock the phone, otherwise it seems Superpower is toggling something that stops the phone from working. Ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] joe.kerwin:
I've seen somewhere there's a way to only turn on data when you open an app requiring data. Is this true? If so where is that option?
[Android Apps and Games] Kel Ghu:
I am sure it is related to sidekick. Tested this several times. It only happens after sidekick patch. It may not be directly sidekick, but it has something to do with it. I do UV, but everything is fine as long as I don't patch sidekick. I am sure it is not CPU scaling (using SetCPU or Superpower). Been testing for over 2 weeks now. Too bad, because I love the sidekick feature.
[Android Apps and Games] totovideo:
Hello Chainfire,

I've some news related to Sidekick installation that failed for me (HTC Desire, Froyo rom Leedroid 2.2f see post #395).

I just applied the patch to be S_OFF (full write access on Systems dir which is not the case with you're just root on recent HTC phones).

I then tried again Sidekick installation and install failed again but did not hang so the error is not the same. Also, after the patches, the phone did not reboot automatically.

The secure settings path failed also, without hanging like as it did before (and no automatic reboot again).

Hope it helps...
[Android Apps and Games] JeepFreak:
OK, so I uninstalled this yesterday and my battery life is way better without it. I coudln't stand the lag when toggling between 2G/3G/NoG w/ certain apps and screen states and I'm sure that would have made a difference if I could have let it control that. I also realize that's not within the developer's control. Also, I'm running CM6 Nightlies w/ WildMonk's latest AVS/CFS Kernel and I already had SetCPU set between 245 and 435 when the screen is off.

Is there any other information I could provide that would be helpful. I'm not trying to bash the app, I was real excited to see it.
[Android Apps and Games] mcmikecruz1:
I suspect that I may get a tiny bit more battery without using super power too , but it's not worth the hassle of turning everything off and back on all the time , was a big p.i.t.a
[Android Apps and Games] 651stp:
ok, while im not new to rooting and customizing im kinda new to this app so i wish someone would just make a tutorial not on using it but what would be some "suggested tweaks" in order to get better battery life. its kind of complicated as i try different ones but dont know if its doing its job or not, and if im even using the right ones. someone post some suggestions and can the OP include it in the first post. ty
[Android Apps and Games] dupel:
another bug - when you select to set cpu to 400 and ondemand on screen off, when you stitch on the screen it doesnt switch back to previous governor (in my case conservative).