Just curious, for extreme phone users during the workday, has anyone tried using the M8 all day on 'Power save' mode ? Not the extreme mode, but the regular Power saver ?
How much does this mode save on battery life, compared to not using it ? But my typical settings, are no GPS, no Bluetooth, set screen to 50% - 75%, Greenify set to hibernate a lot of background apps.
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Hi,
I'm looking for locking program for HTC P3300. I tried 4 applications but with no luck:
S2U - works OK but with some power drain (about 10% of battery at night - 8 hours, device in standby). With no S2U installed my PDA is fully charged after night.
S2U2 - the same like S2U
DeviceLock - no power drain, but doesn't work if device is switched off with hardware power off button, with SPB Pocket Plus power off shortcut it works OK.
pLock - the same like DeviceLock.
Could you recommend any really working program? I want two features only - no power drain and autolocking after wake-up.
Thanks
try batterystatus, 2nd or 3rd tab has device lock. If you choose, it wi activate automaticaly when its powered down (by time) or by pressing the off button.
Thanks for your suggestion. I'm testing this program now (beta version). Lock works very well - after power off with hardware button and with shortcut. If there will be no symptoms of power drain I'll be happy with BatteryStatus.
By the way - I wonder if there is possibility not to display BS today plugin and have lock and CPU scalar enabled, because I noticed that displaying more indicators (memory usage, battery state, SD free space...) can drain battery faster.
varvocel said:
By the way - I wonder if there is possibility not to display BS today plugin and have lock and CPU scalar enabled, because I noticed that displaying more indicators (memory usage, battery state, SD free space...) can drain battery faster.
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I guess you can reduce the stuff to only the batterybar (1st or/and 2nd tab), but not clear it totaly. How do you notice the batterydrain? You need batterystatus (powerdrain monitor) tot see this don't you?
I use BS too and can live with the batterydrain (not noticeable in regard to all the extra stuff (overclock) it provides for me). Maybe others have further suggestions...
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I guess you can reduce the stuff to only the batterybar (1st or/and 2nd tab), but not clear it totaly.
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I've turned off all indicators (battery too) and cpu scaling works - I noticed that when system is idle LCD starts flicking (like always in low CPU frequency)
Twiggerdingo said:
How do you notice the batterydrain? You need batterystatus (powerdrain monitor) tot see this don't you?
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I observed increased power drain in SPB Pocket Plus simply turning indicators on and leaving device for about 8 hours at night in standby mode, then the same with indicators off. I'll try the same procedure with BatteryStatus.
Hello, I cannot find a way to have Tasker find out whether the 'battery saver' mode is ON or OFF. (h815p)
what i'm trying to do is to create a task that:
1 - checks if battery saver is ON or OFF
2 - if ON, turn battery saver off and set display brightness to 91
3 - if OFF, turn battery saver on and set display brightness to 255
i was able to get tasker to switch BS on or off (though not 'silently') - but there seems no way to know if BS if ON or OFF.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
PS. not sure why this feature is not discussed more in depth, it almost doubles my battery life with it.
I found that I get better battery life if I keep power saving mode on during my daily use, problem is that it lowers the screen brightness too low sometimes even when slide to max brightness. Is there a way to retain my brightness on normal mode when I am in power saving mode?
inspireyue said:
I found that I get better battery life if I keep power saving mode on during my daily use, problem is that it lowers the screen brightness too low sometimes even when slide to max brightness. Is there a way to retain my brightness on normal mode when I am in power saving mode?
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You can try lumos brightness manager but you will no longer be able to use the slider in the quick menu.
You may want to try the app "Night Screen" as well.
Putting my s20+ on moderate power saving mode turns off background data as well. Any way to get background data activated on this case.
I'm overall happy with my battery getting 7 to 8hrs SOT. If I'm able to save more from reducing cpu I'll touch 10 hours
nitesh171085 said:
Putting my s20+ on moderate power saving mode turns off background data as well. Any way to get background data activated on this case.
I'm overall happy with my battery getting 7 to 8hrs SOT. If I'm able to save more from reducing cpu I'll touch 10 hours
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You can turn off battery optimization for the apps which needs to fetch data in the background.
Dont think there is an outright feature to enable background data universally in medium power saving mode.
Edit: 7 to 8hrs of SOT? Whatz your screen brightness level?
Thanks. It's on manual generally at 30 to 40% depending on background lighting. Most of unused apps in deep sleep, no facebook app. Easily get 7 to 8 hours SOT of heavy usage
Kiran-Kumar said:
You can turn off battery optimization for the apps which needs to fetch data in the background.
Dont think there is an outright feature to enable background data universally in medium power saving mode.
Edit: 7 to 8hrs of SOT? Whatz your screen brightness level?
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nitesh171085 said:
Thanks. It's on manual generally at 30 to 40% depending on background lighting. Most of unused apps in deep sleep, no facebook app. Easily get 7 to 8 hours SOT of heavy usage
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Motion smoothness 120hz?
Nah 60hz
Kiran-Kumar said:
Motion smoothness 120hz?
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Kiran-Kumar said:
You can turn off battery optimization for the apps which needs to fetch data in the background.
Dont think there is an outright feature to enable background data universally in medium power saving mode.
Edit: 7 to 8hrs of SOT? Whatz your screen brightness level?
Motion smoothness 120hz?
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Afaik there is no way to enable background data in power saving mode, because that is the primary way power saving mode serves its purpose.
I routinely get 7-8 hours SOT on 96 Hz and auto brightness without using power saving mode. But I disabled a lot of stuff that I don't use.
it's been driving me insane. as soon as my battery hits 75% the phone goes to battery saving mode. some apps stop sync, theme goes dark in the middle of the day and if a go to battery settings both battery saving and ultra battery savingare off, and the quick tile is off. the only solution i can think of is a factory reset. any ideas?
non-serious edit: apparently i'm a senior member. so show respect (?
I will suppose you have rebooted a lot of times so:
1) try turning on battery saver
2) go to the battery settings of each app that has a problem and set it to "No restrictions"