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Root Root + OverclockWidget = Insane Battery Life 40+ Hours

Just so you know, i rooted with the toast method and it seems that I messed up with Super User settings. The first time i installed OverClockWidget and configured to do what OP says and pressed SAVE, the settings menu just disappeared.
When i properly hard-reset my phone and reflashed with fresh's rooted update, i redownloaded the overclock widget and when I pressed SAVE after the initial configuration, the SU (allow permissions) dialog popped up.

So for those of you that see no results. when you saved the settings for the first time, did you se the SU(allow permissions) dialog pop up?
 
vladgur said:
Just so you know, i rooted with the toast method and it seems that I messed up with Super User settings. The first time i installed OverClockWidget and configured to do what OP says and pressed SAVE, the settings menu just disappeared.
When i properly hard-reset my phone and reflashed with fresh's rooted update, i redownloaded the overclock widget and when I pressed SAVE after the initial configuration, the SU (allow permissions) dialog popped up.

So for those of you that see no results. when you saved the settings for the first time, did you se the SU(allow permissions) dialog pop up?
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No sir... so I should re-root? I was starting to think my SU was broken... any way to fix without re-rooting? Is there a SU.APK I can just install?
 
gesanjose said:
Make sure "Unknown Sources" is checked under /Settings/Applications.
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I'm able to install, its just when I run or try to save settings, I get a black SU screen with not dialog. After a few seconds I get a force close pop-up. I'm thinking my SU is broken, and I'm scoruing the web looking for a Superuser.APK I can use... its that's even possible.

I have Unknown Sources enabled already. Have done several manual installs of apps.

Solved: Found the fix for SU black screen & force close. Make sure you have debug mode enabled under applications
 
apollooff320 said:
wait a sec.... I swear android down clocks itself already when it goes into sleep mode.
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You're right, it does. The scaling governor is already set to ONDEMAND and the phone sleeps at 245MHz. I verified it on my rooted EVO.

Code: 
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
Code: 
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
 
I can say it surely works. I have been unplugged 13 hours and I am at 29% battery life left and I use my phone to do 2 30 min conference calls with speaker phone on, about 120 text checked and replied. I have 2 email accounts sync as emails come in. reply to those emails as well. check Face book, turn on 4g while at work for 8 hours. Im very impressed.

AJ_EVO said:
How many people have confirmed that this works?
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I haven't ran into troubles with my battery life yet, but then again all I do is text all day lol I think I'm @ 13h unplugged and I have 50% battery life left still.

But I might just do this to give me some more power :D
 
autorail1 said:
I can say it surely works. I have been unplugged 13 hours and I am at 29% battery life left and I use my phone to do 2 30 min conference calls with speaker phone on, about 120 text checked and replied. I have 2 email accounts sync as emails come in. reply to those emails as well. check Face book, turn on 4g while at work for 8 hours. Im very impressed.
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What settings, please post them all THANKS!!
 
I'm using this method, but I obviously have some kind of terrible awake-time issue, as you can see here:

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You can see that right after that reboot my CPU usage goes crazy, and my battery just falls off. I'm not exactly sure what is causing this. God damn it. :mad:
 
using this app for a few days now. i have seen a difference!! thanks nick for testing the settings and posting this!

i have noticed that the android system has been the top most app using my battery. is this normal?

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on a side note, i cannot check my accounts and sync :confused:


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I can honestly say that this is doing SOMETHING! I took the phone off the car charger this morning at 6:50am and normally by the time I hit the front door of my job at 7am I have lost at least 3% battery with Wifi, 4G, GPS, Mobile Network and Friendstream all off. That was not the case today. I am using Unrevoked Root and OC Widget, with Nick's settings, and I am now at 97% after taking 10 photos and updating weather as well.

Thanks Nick for the cool find. I think I thanked you like 5 times today. LoL
 
TravisW0204 said:
I can honestly say that this is doing SOMETHING! I took the phone off the car charger this morning at 6:50am and normally by the time I hit the front door of my job at 7am I have lost at least 3% battery with Wifi, 4G, GPS, Mobile Network and Friendstream all off. That was not the case today. I am using Unrevoked Root and OC Widget, with Nick's settings, and I am now at 97% after taking 10 photos and updating weather as well.

Thanks Nick for the cool find. I think I thanked you like 5 times today. LoL
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I have pretty much the same loss rate on mine. Installed unrevoked and ocw with Nick's settings just a few minutes ago (no problems encountered on installs). I'll see what it does for the rest of the day.
 
So far I'm gaining roughly 65% more battery life with the settings I posted above. More when my screen is off more.

One problem I've noticed with the widget: every once in a while, it resets itself to its default clock settings while the screen is active. (It may also reset itself occasionally when the screen is off, I can't tell.)

If your chosen max speed is 998000 (998) this is probably no big deal and you will not even notice, but if its a lower speed like mine is, it makes the widget look like it isn't working. I can't tell for sure what events are triggering the change.

As a sort of workaround, make sure your "Update Interval" setting is fairly low so that the widget has a chance to revert back to your settings quickly (it does revert back).

I have contacted the developer about this bug and hopefully we will see a fix soon.
 
kathrynhr said:
So far I'm gaining roughly 65% more battery life with the settings I posted above. More when my screen is off more.

One problem I've noticed with the widget: every once in a while, it resets itself to its default clock settings while the screen is active. (It may also reset itself occasionally when the screen is off, I can't tell.)

If your chosen max speed is 998000 (998) this is probably no big deal and you will not even notice, but if its a lower speed like mine is, it makes the widget look like it isn't working. I can't tell for sure what events are triggering the change.

As a sort of workaround, make sure your "Update Interval" setting is fairly low so that the widget has a chance to revert back to your settings quickly (it does revert back).

I have contacted the developer about this bug and hopefully we will see a fix soon.
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I have my max speed set at 998000 and my Update Interval set at 120...is that ok...or what do you think I should set it at?
 
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