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Help How to find a rogue app - battery killer?

Here's a question..how is your signal at home? I know if you're in a poor service zone (for me, at work) your battery drain is a lot higher.

EG: At home, I get good service. I text sometimes and browse the web on occasion. Battery life over 8 hours I lose maybe 20%

At work, I do the same thing, and I lose 51% over the same course of time.
 
Prinny said:
Here's a question..how is your signal at home? I know if you're in a poor service zone (for me, at work) your battery drain is a lot higher.

EG: At home, I get good service. I text sometimes and browse the web on occasion. Battery life over 8 hours I lose maybe 20%

At work, I do the same thing, and I lose 51% over the same course of time.
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Nothing obvious in the wakelock listings. I will run another test tonight.

As for signal, its usually pretty good at home and I can also get 4g fairly easily. However, Im 99% of the time on Wifi so it shouldnt be an issue. Its definitely an app using the network thats casuing the issue. If I go into airplane mode I can go all day and still be in the 90%'s

Thanks all.
 
turn off maps bluettoth wifi 3g?4g lower brightness to 45% will help your battery and the app fast reboot is a good taskkiller
 
Its improving. I turned off the weather widget for Beautiful Widgets and got 14+ hours and that was with using the phone at a tree-lighting event (taking pics, uploads to facebook, checking email etc).

Today I have to wipe the phone and run RUU so I can take the OTA update. I will let you know if the battery life returns :)

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Rxpert83 said:
It should be back to normal after that
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What a difference. Im back on stock (waiting for the update) and overnight with 4g on the phone went 10+ hours and is still at 87% on the stock battery.

Post update I may just try Harmonia and stay as close to stock as possible.

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Just take it slow when you start adding modifications and new things. Hopefully that'll let you narrow down what the issue is
 
Well, I've been having the same problem. All of a sudden my batteries drain very fast even if I'm not using my phone. Maybe it's something to do with the update?
 
Fazermint said:
Well, I've been having the same problem. All of a sudden my batteries drain very fast even if I'm not using my phone. Maybe it's something to do with the update?
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Im still waiting for the update. My phone is running close to 30 hours on the stock battery. :)
Thanks all.
 
Fazermint said:
Well, I've been having the same problem. All of a sudden my batteries drain very fast even if I'm not using my phone. Maybe it's something to do with the update?
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The update has had absolutely no effect on my battery life. Have you installed anything else since the update?
 
btw the way, have any of you checked the box for "best wifi performance"? (System settings> wifi > menu button, advanced > Best Wi-fi performance). It's another easy place to check for battery drainers.

I forgot to turn that off once, and my phone's battery drained pretty quickly. I wanted to keep wifi on while my screen was off while downloading a big file. Normally the wifi speed is reduced when screen is off.
 
pinocytosis said:
btw the way, have any of you checked the box for "best wifi performance"? (System settings> wifi > menu button, advanced > Best Wi-fi performance). It's another easy place to check for battery drainers.

I forgot to turn that off once, and my phone's battery drained pretty quickly. I wanted to keep wifi on while my screen was off while downloading a big file. Normally the wifi speed is reduced when screen is off.
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Good lookout. Mine is unchecked. What is this feature for?
 
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