Battery mprovemnt

[zazan]

This may be old news but in case it may help some others here goes.

Since the ICS update my battery life was terrible and I was having some weird quirks. I tried everything with just minor success. I also noticed that my auto backup was not working properly.

I decided to check and clean up some files when I went to All Apps I noticed that I had 2 copies of several Verizon installed apps on my phone such things like Backup Assistant, Sync Service, Settings, etc. I thought what the hell? So I disabled all duplicated copies, did a restart and waited. Everything started normally. It was late so I shut it down put it on charge then went to bed.

Next morning went to work and forgot about it. By evening I still had 45% battery remaining. As test this weekend I charged it and did not us it much just a few calls (maybe 40 min total), mail downloads, some internet downloads, and listening to music (about an hour). It lasted 47 hours plus with 34% remaining. Also most of the quirks went away.

For those having battery issues especially stand-by issues check if you also have duplicate apps installed and disable them. It may help.

FWIW, YMMV

 

[Legobricke]

If you want additional battery life, either download and install the latest 4.03.604,2 RUU or wait for it to possibly go out OTA in the next month...

I get much better life and don't suffer the over heating issues now...

Finally the software is showing the full capabilities of the hardware this phone has.

Lego

 

[TrooperThorn]

I have to say as well, that in my experience, uninstalling all the Facebook updates has increased my battery life significantly. I'm back to the same battery life I experienced on GB.

Has anybody else found Facebook to be consuming a lot of battery life, even with the auto refresh turned off?

 

[andr01d]

^ha! you should have seen how fast i was uninstalling that Facebook updates!!
(i don't have any facebook stuff)

 

[zazan]

After cleaning out (disabling) all the installed apps like the doubles and facebook etc my battery is lasting all day. I tried a use test and got 27+ hours with 24% battery remaining. All functions were on including WiFi and Bluetooth except no GPS just Maps. My phone is now back to it old self.

 

[cesiumxrs]

I want to make sure i'm disabling the right programs... i'm still new to this stuff... but i had to switch back to my stock battery(have been using the extended battery since february) so I could use it with a different case and wanted to make sure my phone last all day... can you clarify what you were saying and if anyone can help with more was to extend battery life it would be great!!