Hi all,
I installed the ARHD rom yesterday and it is amazing! Truly great
I have just one small question, that I hope I can find the answer to in here: Ever since I installed this rom, my baterry just drains like mad. I assumed that installing this rom would just make my battery life better, but unfortunately not. I am a frequent Whatsapp user and I know that it drains battery, but I lose around 12% power each half hour! If I don't use Whatsapp and just use my DHD in a normal way, I still lose over 6 or 7% each half hour. That can't be right I guess?
Does anyone have any tips for me, to make my battery life better? I really don't want to uninstall this rom, cause it's simply amazing! Only my battery is just killing it at the moment. Even worse than the stock rom that was on it from the store.
I thank you in advance for your patience with me and for answering my question
Edit: I added a SS of my software information
Boot into clockworkmod go into advanced section and choose 'wipe battery stats'. This will start to give you a more accurate account of your battery life. I have read in many places that this should be done every time you switch roms. It's suggested to charge the unit fully before wiping battery stats. This has helped me when switching to various roms.
Agreed, you should recalibrate your battery after flashing a new ROM. Loads of good battery info in this thread.
Also, for me, battery life on ARHD 5.1.11 is amazing when WiFi is turned off, but uses a lot more when I'm connected to a WiFi network. Not sure why, but I'm not too bothered because I can just plug it in when I'm at home on the WiFi
Confirmed ... my DHD bat life is GREAT !! since 5.1.11 ;D
Ok guys...Thanks for the response. So charge it fully, wipe battery stats and things should go better? Sorry if I wel stupid questions. I'm a n00b in here :-D
Regards
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Hi! Before i have got a drain of 3-6 mA with most of the roms, but suddenly all roms dain 16-20 mA. No matter if it is MIUI , cm7 or sense roms. They all have the same drain .. is my battery bad ?
Got my phone waterdamaged 2 weeks ago , but this bad battery time started yesterday...
First you need to calibrate the battery.
Charge your phone until Current Widget shows 0mA. Then go into recovery and delete battery stats. Let the phone discharge until it shuts down by itself, then charge until it is back to 0mA. That will calibrate the battery.
Secondly, new ROM's do take a few days to "learn" how to use the battery most efficiently so you wont get the best battery life instantly.
raze599 said:
First you need to calibrate the battery.
Charge your phone until Current Widget shows 0mA. Then go into recovery and delete battery stats. Let the phone discharge until it shuts down by itself, then charge until it is back to 0mA. That will calibrate the battery.
Secondly, new ROM's do take a few days to "learn" how to use the battery most efficiently so you wont get the best battery life instantly.
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I know that ROM´s need a few days , but i have waited a few days ,and noticed that it is allways the same drain... But i will try calibrate my battery next
And please make sure that during the period of charging it the second time that you do not take it off the charger. That will mess up the calibration and you will have to start all over again.
you might want to try a new radio too
same for me. I tried everything I could.
I tried these roms:
-coredroid
-ARHD
-honey
-virtuous
-MIUI(current)
I tried these methods:
-multiple new recommended radio + ril
-battery calibration app + clear battery stats(recovery) @ 100%.
-full wipe 1.5
-re-root(hack kit v12.3)
-different kernels
When I first rooted my phone battery was perfect on any roms until I flashed ARHD,thats when my battery drainage happened.
P00t said:
same for me. I tried everything I could.
I tried these roms:
-coredroid
-ARHD
-honey
-virtuous
-MIUI(current)
I tried these methods:
-multiple new recommended radio + ril
-battery calibration app + clear battery stats(recovery) @ 100%.
-full wipe 1.5
-re-root(hack kit v12.3)
-different kernels
When I first rooted my phone battery was perfect on any roms until I flashed ARHD,thats when my battery drainage happened.
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Same here lol. The drainage started after flashing ARHD, witch is the best rom out there .. so dunno how to solve this
shadowraiin said:
Same here lol. The drainage started after flashing ARHD, witch is the best rom out there .. so dunno how to solve this
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how many hours you are getting now....with regular usage ????
I'm getting the same here... Started with ARDH too, then LeeDroid, now Virtuous.
Clean installs each time, apps restored using Titanium. Also re-flashed the recommended Radios too and calibrated the battery once.
Current drain is 15% / hour on Standby ~70+mA.
I noticed no unusal Wake Locks either.
I'm loving Virtuous, but thinking to go back to stock if the new Viruous update doesn't solve this.
Just whilst typing this I lost 2% :-(
Yeah this is no fun...
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Delete all htc account and calibrate the battery
Hello all. I just upgraded my HTC Merge from froyo 2.2 to gingerbread 2.3.4. I like how the new rom works, and feels and its features. But on froyo I would unplug before bed, with data off, wifi off, gps off, bluetooth off, and wake up with 99% battery life. I did a titanium backup before gingerbread. Updated with HTC Sync and used titanium backup to restore all my settings. Now when I wake up I have 37% battery!!!!
Going from 1% battery loss in 7 hours, to 70% battery loss in 7 hours is completely ridiculous. I have one a partition cache wipe, battery stat wipe and the like. I have not changed any settings. The phone is not in use over night. The stats show that android OS and system idle are both using 40% of my batter a piece. Any ideas? Could it be a bad install? Some say their battery life is better, how can mine be so much worse? I've tried most of what I've read from the thousands of other users with the same problem. I am rooted, but don't know of any custom roms or kernels for the Merge. I have a few more things to try, but just wanted to see what you guys all thought.
Thanks for the responses guys, I appreciate it.
Yea I had a similar issue that was fixed, for the most part, by changing the kernel. I guess you should try to find one custom for the Merge? Never heard of that model..
I've noticed recently that my battery seems to be draining quicker than usual, and I haven't been able to figure out why exactly. I know people here know a LOT more about this stuff than I do, so I figured I'd see if someone could help.
I use GSam Battery Monitor, and I took some screenshots of the top drainers to see if it would mean anything to someone who knew better. When the battery started dying quickly, I installed Greenify and added almost every application to it so they wouldn't drain constantly. These screenshots are after Greenify was installed.
I'm running CM 10.1.0-RC4, with no other modifications to my system. Thanks in advance for any help!
seems that kernel is on max speed most of the time
Happened to me on the one v but it usually goes back to normal after a while
Hi,
I follow the forums here for years but have not posted yet, hence not allowed to post on the dev forum in the appropriate thread, had to open a new one
A couple of days ago I installed "[ROM][JB][4.3.1][JLS36I] CyanogenMod 10.2 Alpha (Build 3)" on my wife's phone. Until then she was still using the stock GingerBread ROM. The phone got so slow to the point of not being usable at all.
After I flashed to CM 10.2 it feels like a new phone. Lightning fast, good looks, everything works - fantastic, very much appreciated and thank you very much @ Devs!!! :good::good::good:
One big problem though:
When running the stock ROM the battery usually lasted about 2 days. Now, with CM10.2 it is empty after half a day. Since I did a full wipe before she is using less Apps as compared to before and there is no single big consumer. Just the typical mail apps, facebook etc.
When I look at the wakelocks there is one app consuming most CPU which is CSipSimple. But that app was also running before the upgrade when the battery lasted 2 days.
The screen seems to consume more power though, is that possible? Anyone else with similar experiences?
Thank you very much!
nuukee said:
Hi,
I follow the forums here for years but have not posted yet, hence not allowed to post on the dev forum in the appropriate thread, had to open a new one
A couple of days ago I installed "[ROM][JB][4.3.1][JLS36I] CyanogenMod 10.2 Alpha (Build 3)" on my wife's phone. Until then she was still using the stock GingerBread ROM. The phone got so slow to the point of not being usable at all.
After I flashed to CM 10.2 it feels like a new phone. Lightning fast, good looks, everything works - fantastic, very much appreciated and thank you very much @ Devs!!! :good::good::good:
One big problem though:
When running the stock ROM the battery usually lasted about 2 days. Now, with CM10.2 it is empty after half a day. Since I did a full wipe before she is using less Apps as compared to before and there is no single big consumer. Just the typical mail apps, facebook etc.
When I look at the wakelocks there is one app consuming most CPU which is CSipSimple. But that app was also running before the upgrade when the battery lasted 2 days.
The screen seems to consume more power though, is that possible? Anyone else with similar experiences?
Thank you very much!
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try to flash madridi kernel .. and install greenify app from playstore to greeinfy apps which run in background
Ahmed.ragab said:
try to flash madridi kernel .. and install greenify app from playstore to greeinfy apps which run in background
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ok thanks let me do some reading.
Also yesterday I deactivated the SIP app and that helped of course. Still strange that the app consumed to much less power on Gingerbread compared to CM10.2
Thanks,
Sven
You can try out battery calibration app before new kernel. Cause there is no "wipe battery stats" on cwm 6.0.4.4. I had same problem, and its a bit effected on cm 10.2. It's free. Maybe it will solve your problem.
Battery Calibration
That sounds very good, let me try that!
I have the same issue with increased battery drain. Yet I've not been able to identify the source. I disabled a lot of services (with Disable Service), also deactivated unnecessary system apps.
Cell standby is also shown as a huge drainer, although I usually have a good signal and no losses (checked with Better Battery Stats). There are no wake locks out of the ordinary.
Now I'll try battery calibration to see if that helps at least some amount.
Actually for me nothing really helped.
I eventually identified the 3 apps that drained the battery via Wakelock detector.
Those apps are Facebook, GMX Mail (based on K9 mailer) and CSipCimple.
Before the update to 4.3 my wifes phone was running the stock gingerbread and did not have an issue at all with those apps.
Yet on CM4.3 they are draining the battery.
Once I uninstalled the apps the batter life is back to normal. Which is sad, because she needs those apps. But no other solution so far from my side....
nuukee said:
Actually for me nothing really helped.
I eventually identified the 3 apps that drained the battery via Wakelock detector.
Those apps are Facebook, GMX Mail (based on K9 mailer) and CSipCimple.
Before the update to 4.3 my wifes phone was running the stock gingerbread and did not have an issue at all with those apps.
Yet on CM4.3 they are draining the battery.
Once I uninstalled the apps the batter life is back to normal. Which is sad, because she needs those apps. But no other solution so far from my side....
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maybe if ur wife want to use fb checjlk her email... myb use broeser is okay... u can download opera mini or uc browser... it very fast and smooth browser.... or u can flash other rom like oneofakind.... growl (battety) version),,,,, hope this will help you!
hotriffs said:
You can try out battery calibration app before new kernel. Cause there is no "wipe battery stats" on cwm 6.0.4.4. I had same problem, and its a bit effected on cm 10.2. It's free. Maybe it will solve your problem.
Battery Calibration
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Again the myth with whiping battery stats / battery calibration. Make a full charge and unplug the charger. This will whipe your battery stats.
And for the ones who never get this. The stats are just some data about apps consumption collected while the battery gets discharged. The ROMs are whiping them by itself on each full charge and after shuting down the phone.
This data has no Infulence to how long a battery lasts. It´s just collected to show you visually the statistics.
honeyx said:
Again the myth with whiping battery stats / battery calibration. Make a full charge and unplug the charger. This will whipe your battery stats.
And for the ones who never get this. The stats are just some data about apps consumption collected while the battery gets discharged. The ROMs are whiping them by itself on each full charge and after shuting down the phone.
This data has no Infulence to how long a battery lasts. It´s just collected to show you visually the statistics.
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+10
honeyx said:
This data has no Infulence to how long a battery lasts. It´s just collected to show you visually the statistics.
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Thanks ... yeah well did not really expect it, but when you're desperate
At least I thought it helps with the effect that the first 50% of the battery last 3 times as long as the last 50%, but not even that changed
nuukee said:
Hi,
One big problem though:
When running the stock ROM the battery usually lasted about 2 days. Now, with CM10.2 it is empty after half a day. Since I did a full wipe before she is using less Apps as compared to before and there is no single big consumer. Just the typical mail apps, facebook etc.
When I look at the wakelocks there is one app consuming most CPU which is CSipSimple. But that app was also running before the upgrade when the battery lasted 2 days.
The screen seems to consume more power though, is that possible? Anyone else with similar experiences?
Thank you very much!
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I had the same problem with my S4 running CM 10.2 stable. The battery was empty after 8 hours. What I did was to change the theme, and today i got 12 hours and only 20% of the battery gone and wi-fi/3g all the time. Well, I still have only one hour of screen up time, but that is how it was before... I don't know, i'm just saying! Maybe it helps. The theme i added is LunarUi 2.
All the best!
Hello guys,
I'm in a little trouble right now. For past two weeks I'm experiencing high battery drain on my HTC M8. I'm running Android Revolution HD 10.2 for three months and I've never had that much battery drain as I'm having now. For example, I unplug charger in the morning after all night charging and after 45 minutes (screen off, lte off, WiFi, bt and stuff also off) I have left only 92 % of battery.
What can I do? I appreciate any help and I'm ready to post all data you need.
Best regards,
pablo7890
Since you've been on the same ROM for 3 months, I suspect its some app or mod that you applied recently.
Otherwise it has to be a hardware issue.
I finally found out that Snapchat was draining battery as hell. I deleted it, but still it's draining badly. What can I do? Are there some good power saving tweaks or something?
Thanks
It will suck but your going to have to go app/mod by app/mod youve installed to find the culprit.
pablo7890 said:
I finally found out that Snapchat was draining battery as hell. I deleted it, but still it's draining badly. What can I do? Are there some good power saving tweaks or something?
Thanks
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pablo7890 said:
I finally found out that Snapchat was draining battery as hell. I deleted it, but still it's draining badly. What can I do? Are there some good power saving tweaks or something?
Thanks
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After you install the app, you can try disabling the tweaks that you have installed for a day or two to see how the battery goes. If its still bad, take a look at the wakelocks that's causing the issue. Or you can go for a full wipe and set-up your device from scratch without tweaks to see how the battery fares.