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Want incredible battery life? (OFFICIAL HTC INCREDIBLE BATTERY THREAD)

crazyg0od33 said:
my android system is 36% of my battery usage. Is this normal?
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Completely, no matter what the things listed will add up to 100%. If you haven't used your phone then Android system and cell standby would have the largest amount. 36% isn't anything to worry about.
 
I had the same experience and the Verizon store. They need to set up your account so they charge the phone just a bit do what they need to do.
 
ash1981 said:
NKK,
Would you mind sharing your info on the battery stuff. Do you have any tips on how to improve its life???
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Not sure who nkk is but this thread is 8 months old, lol.
1st post has some very good battery saving tips though, it sums it up nicely I think
 
I know Skype is very power hungry. I usually shut it off on my Droid X as soon as I turn it on. It's one of those applications that will always run in the background whenever you turn the phone on.
 
does the stock sense launcher use more battery then an alternative launcher like adw or something like that?
 
You know this is no different than on the Dakota truck forum I am on. I cant tell you how many times I hear Help I have a V-8 and I want to get better gas mileage. I am not happy with 15 mpg. If you wanted better gas mileage then you should of bought a 4 cylinder car. You want power then you have to take a hit in efficiency. Same goes for these threads about help with my battery life. You want all the bells and whistles but dont want to pay the price of battery life. I never worry about battery life. I have 2 batteries for my Dinc and will prob get a few more before my trip to Disney World in april.

There are more important things than worrying about battery life. If you want great battery life then get a dumb phone. My mom has a nokia that can go three days on a single charge.

I have done nothing to my Dinc but turn off a few things I dont need and right now my phone has been up for over 24 hrs and still at 71% charge. I use it for texts and phone calls. I noticed one thing when I first got the phone is the battery level goes by ones and not 5 like my original droid. so you see the number change more and makes you think oh god my battery is dying fast.


I have left my original droid plugged in all day and night and the battery last as long as it did when I first got the phone.

So enjoy your phone and all the "cool features".
 
Dark Jedi said:
You know this is no different than on the Dakota truck forum I am on. I cant tell you how many times I hear Help I have a V-8 and I want to get better gas mileage. I am not happy with 15 mpg. If you wanted better gas mileage then you should of bought a 4 cylinder car. You want power then you have to take a hit in efficiency. Same goes for these threads about help with my battery life. You want all the bells and whistles but dont want to pay the price of battery life. I never worry about battery life. I have 2 batteries for my Dinc and will prob get a few more before my trip to Disney World in april.

There are more important things than worrying about battery life. If you want great battery life then get a dumb phone. My mom has a nokia that can go three days on a single charge.

I have done nothing to my Dinc but turn off a few things I dont need and right now my phone has been up for over 24 hrs and still at 71% charge. I use it for texts and phone calls. I noticed one thing when I first got the phone is the battery level goes by ones and not 5 like my original droid. so you see the number change more and makes you think oh god my battery is dying fast.


I have left my original droid plugged in all day and night and the battery last as long as it did when I first got the phone.

So enjoy your phone and all the "cool features".
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I agree with your post but I have to ask the question, if you only use your phone for calls and texts, why do you have a smartphone?
 
sdrawkcab25 said:
I agree with your post but I have to ask the question, if you only use your phone for calls and texts, why do you have a smartphone?
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I use it for calls and texts while home. I have a laptop I use. I tinker with the phone constantly. So dont take it as I just use it for phone and texts. I should of been more clear on the use of my phone.
 
So does sense use more battery power? I'm not complaining, I get 24-36 hours unplugged out of my phone. I'm using a different launcher though and I want to go back to sense but if its going to cause a faster battery drop then I really dont want to do that
 
mach1man said:
So does sense use more battery power? I'm not complaining, I get 24-36 hours unplugged out of my phone. I'm using a different launcher though and I want to go back to sense but if its going to cause a faster battery drop then I really dont want to do that
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That's hard to say, it probably does, but not really quantifiable.
 
mach1man said:
So does sense use more battery power? I'm not complaining, I get 24-36 hours unplugged out of my phone. I'm using a different launcher though and I want to go back to sense but if its going to cause a faster battery drop then I really dont want to do that
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Post your ROM and kernel please. Those are impressive numbers.
 
I'm stock no root. Just using adw or Helauncher. Now those numbers are unplugged so it counts the 8 hours its turned off while I'm asleep too.
 
I have the extended verizon battery. I notice that my battery hold charges better if I do not leave it plugged in overnight. I charge mine to 95% then unplug. The battery has gone through about 3/4 of my day with minimum use and it's at 85%. I think I can go three days without recharging.
 
Hightech said:
Looks like menu>settings>wireless and networks>mobile network

Shutting off the mobile networks....shuts off the 3G.
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This seems like a no-brainer. When I'm working and not surfing, I don't need e-mails dinging every two minutes, I just shut off Push, using the power settings app, and shut off the mobile networks. Isn't it much easier to just hold down the power button at the top of the phone, which brings up a dialoge box for shutting down the phone and shows the current state of the mobile network? Select the "mobile network is currently ON" to change it to off. Seems like less steps to shutting the mobile network off when not using it. I can still receive calls and texts when I do this.
 
Yes I find it extremely beneficial to disable the 3G network when I'm not using it. It saves me a ton of battery life because its not constantly pushing for emails and searching for updates.

The Incredible has a built in widget that is incredibly convenient. Add to home > Widget > Settings > Mobile Network.

I use these widgets for 3G, WiFi and GPS.
 
drhill said:
People think that they need every bit of ram freed up on the phone or the battery goes quicker and the phone slows down. So they use task killers to constantly kill "running" processes they aren't using. It's the windows mobile way of thinking.

Android leaves processes in memory so it can open them up quickly next time you try to use them, but they aren't actually running (unless they are a service and are intended to be run). They just reside in memory, which takes the same amount of battery as if the memory was empty. I've actually seen some people claim better battery life when they did an uninstall of their task killer, which makes sense because these task killers are meant to be run as services, thus always on.

Now there may be some poorly written programs that kill battery or don't suspend gracefully, but there is a built in task killer for that in the android settings menus. Android is smart enough to suspend processes that aren't in use and when they go off screen. Which makes me think that people who claim Live Wallpapers hurt their battery are just guessing. The wallpaper shouldn't be running if you have an app up or when the phone is suspended, so it only runs when you see it. Obviously that takes juice more than when a static background, but how long do you just stare at your homescreens?
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Actually most memory techniques for working memory use a capacitance-refresh type of model in which each bit is stored in a "capacitor", 1s being charged and 0s being uncharged. The memory bit is either refreshed each tick of the system clock(or a multiple of) if it is a 1 or allowed to decay to or remains at a zero state. Since some bits will always be 1s every cycle, there will always be a drain on the battery to keep them that way. If you kill these programs with a task-killer then you are also eliminating their stored data from memory, allowing the majority of the bits to decay to 0s and saving some battery.
 
heckraiser said:
Actually most memory techniques for working memory use a capacitance-refresh type of model in which each bit is stored in a "capacitor", 1s being charged and 0s being uncharged. The memory bit is either refreshed each tick of the system clock(or a multiple of) if it is a 1 or allowed to decay to or remains at a zero state. Since some bits will always be 1s every cycle, there will always be a drain on the battery to keep them that way. If you kill these programs with a task-killer then you are also eliminating their stored data from memory, allowing the majority of the bits to decay to 0s and saving some battery.
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Interesting theory, but in practice the memory banks are accessed in chunks, and because memory gets fragmented after use for a while, even if there are bits that can be allowed to 'decay' to 0, the bits next to it are still in use, and therefore the bank still needs power. This is why there are no power optimizations for DRAM, only for CPU frequencies & voltages.
 
Lithium batteries do not need to be "trained" nor does "training" help them. Repeatedly running the battery down to near-zero can actually shorten its life. This is directly from the manufacturer. Anybody who tells you different is spreading a myth.
 
The batteries don't need training, but the phones do. They store battery profile info. They learn battery stats. With root you can wipe the stats. Often an issue when Rom'ing.
 
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