"Official"? Bionic battery life thread

[Jaycea22]

same here.

Exactly what features if you don't mind sharing.

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[Psychlone]

^ THIS is what I've been talking about. If you guys would all just go back a couple pages, I started a guide that contains settings in all our Bionic phones -just the basic stuff that may affect battery life.
If someone would just complete it and post it, we ALL could just change the settings in the post to what we're currently running along with our current results.

This way, we're all comparing apples to apples (or better said, gingerbreads to gingerbreads)

 

[wooddale]

The way I see it battery life sucks if you use your phone. Im a little disapointed one of the reasons I bought this phone is because I wanted better bat life. I have come to the conclusion its not gonna happen if you use your phine like a computer. How many hrs would you get out of a lap top? I stilllike the phone. I am in my cabin in Wisconsin in an extended service area on a network extender. The nearest tower has to be six miles through a lot of trees so if Im not the extender pnone is always searching for signal gotta be burning battery. Im not sure how much juice it burns on the extender. The DX and the TB both did the same. The DX was the best.

 

[Jaycea22]

^ THIS is what I've been talking about. If you guys would all just go back a couple pages, I started a guide that contains settings in all our Bionic phones -just the basic stuff that may affect battery life.
If someone would just complete it and post it, we ALL could just change the settings in the post to what we're currently running along with our current results.

This way, we're all comparing apples to apples (or better said, gingerbreads to gingerbreads)

I saw your post and thanked you for providing it. Just thought others had different things they toggled on and off. I also got JD with UJ as per your recommendation.

Just got my extended battery this morning and did a full drain/fill. Went into advanced settings and fooled around with some settings. I was running with 1% battery in the extended and was still able to stream a movie in Netflix for an hour and 15 mins before my phone died.

Hopefully my battery life will be better!!

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[Psychlone]

I saw your post and thanked you for providing it. Just thought others had different things they toggled on and off. I also got JD with UJ as per your recommendation.

Just got my extended battery this morning and did a full drain/fill. Went into advanced settings and fooled around with some settings. I was running with 1% battery in the extended and was still able to stream a movie in Netflix for an hour and 15 mins before my phone died.

Hopefully my battery life will be better!!

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums

Thanks Jayce... I know you did thank me for the little bit of work I did.

I suppose that I'm just going to have to do it myself...which is hard considering I own 2 computer repair businesses in my hometown and have very little time, but it's clearly something that needs to be done.
Thing is, once it's done, it's not going to just be posted in this thread - I suspect that it will be stickied for future use and everyone for a long time will simply copy/paste the template, insert their own values and follow up with their usage and results.

Seems easy enough, we all just need to be speaking the same language. For instance, I could tell you that I have GPS Standalone turned off, but there are 2 other factors in that same menu that matter just as much to battery as GPS does. This is why I envisioned a single template that includes ALL the Bionic settings that may have anything to do with battery life... I only started the beginning of the template before work beckoned.


I'll get around to the entire thing at some point - I can see, after 320 posts, that a standardized template is exactly what we ALL need so we're doing standardized comparisons of battery life.

 

[grrouchie]

For the first time today I finally drained my battery down 100%.
The last 3-4 hours I had Bluetooth and Wifi both on - I streamed a lot of video's off of youtube and whatnot.
I turned my screen brightness the whole way up and left the screen display always on as well.

Even with all that it still took over 4 hours to drain the last 40%

I believe my total was almost 16 hours.

Get paid tomorrow and running to Verizon to see if they still have extended batteries and for $25 - what a great investment.

 

[Psychlone]

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Wireless Networks
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD]Airplane Mode
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[TD]WiFi
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[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD]Network Mode
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[TD][CDMA ONLY]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]System Select
[/TD]
[TD][HOME ONLY]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD]
Display[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Brightness
[/TD]
[TD][MIN]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Animation
[/TD]
[TD][OFF]
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[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Screen Timeout[/TD]
[TD][30 Seconds]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Battery &
Data Manager[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Battery Mode
[/TD]
[TD][Custom]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] >
[/TD]
[TD][CUSTOM SETTINGS]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]Off-peak hours
[/TD]
[TD][10:00pm] to [8:00am][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]Turn off data after[/TD]
[TD][15 Minutes]
[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]Peak hours data off after
[/TD]
[TD][Always On][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]Display brightness
[/TD]
[TD][MIN][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Data Saver
[/TD]
[TD][OFF]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Data Delivery
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD] >[/TD]
[TD]Background Data
[/TD]
[TD][ ]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Data Roaming
[/TD]
[TD][ ]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Data Enabled
[/TD]
[TD][X]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Social Applications
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]Sync over Wi-Fi Only
[/TD]
[TD][X]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]Data deliver frequency[/TD]
[TD][60 Minutes]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Backup Assistant[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Recurring Sync[/TD]
[TD][Late Night][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Location &
Security[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Google Location Services
[/TD]
[TD][ ]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Standalone GPS Services
[/TD]
[TD][ ]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]VZW Location Services
[/TD]
[TD][X]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Share Picture Location
[/TD]
[TD][ ]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Allow Bluetooth Bypass[/TD]
[TD][ ]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]
Privacy[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]Back Up My Data
[/TD]
[TD][X]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Automatic Restore
[/TD]
[TD][X]
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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Date & Time
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
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[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]Automatic
[/TD]
[TD][X][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]

USAGE
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]TEXTS
[/TD]
[TD]CALLS (in minutes)
[/TD]
[TD]INTERNET TIME (min)
[/TD]
[TD]GAMES (min)
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[TD]MISC (Apps in min)*
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[TD]48[/TD]
[TD]120[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]120*[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
BATTERY LIFE
to total
discharge
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]37 hours[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]* no GPS or internet based
apps were used[/TD]
[/TR]
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Now, if EVERYONE could use this same template and insert their own values into it, we'll be doing a standardized comparison that actually matters.
(by the way, these are my actual settings)


PLEASE copy this template into your next posts, fill in the fields with YOUR personal settings, follow it up at the bottom with YOUR personal usage and how long your battery lasted. This way, everyone that comes to this page (now and forever) will have a standardized way to see what's working for some people and what isn't.
I fully realize that everyone's needs are going to be different, but this is for those people that just might think "hey, I don't need [insert setting here] running all the time!" ...

Psychlone

 

[Schoeney]

First day with extended battery. 17 hours of normal use. Still have 40%! I now love this phone.

 

[fixy2273]

I've been thinking about getting the extended battery. Does anybody have an idea of how much more battery life you get with one? If you use the phone an equal amount does it give you 10% more use? 25% more use?

 

[mandragora]

I've been thinking about getting the extended battery. Does anybody have an idea of how much more battery life you get with one? If you use the phone an equal amount does it give you 10% more use? 25% more use?

I just got the Extended battery. I was going through the standard battery in about 9 hrs with normal use (basically, email, messaging, and a small amount of browsing)

Yesterday with a full charge on the extended battery I got 14.5 hrs but I also watched video at the end for 2.5 hrs. (Actually, I was trying to run the battery out at that point. ).

At 11 hrs, I still had 37% left so if I did not watch the videos I believe I would have gotten close to 17 or 18 hrs, so for me I thing it almost doubled my battery life.

The other thing it did was greatly increase the enjoyment of my phone as I am no longer watching the battery and worrying about recharging it all of the time.

 

[Jaycea22]

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Wireless Networks[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Airplane Mode[/TD]
[TD] [OFF][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] WiFi[/TD]
[TD] [ON] **[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Bluetooth[/TD]
[TD] [OFF][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] > [/TD]
[TD] Mobile Networks[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Network Mode[/TD]
[TD] [4G LTE][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] System Select[/TD]
[TD] [HOME ONLY][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Display[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Brightness[/TD]
[TD] [MIN][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Animation[/TD]
[TD] [OFF][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Screen Timeout[/TD]
[TD] [30 Seconds][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] Battery &
Data Manager[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Battery Mode[/TD]
[TD] [Custom][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] > [/TD]
[TD] [CUSTOM SETTINGS][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Off-peak hours [/TD]
[TD] [10:00pm] to [8:00am][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Turn off data after[/TD]
[TD] [15 Minutes][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Peak hours data off after[/TD]
[TD] [Always On][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Display brightness[/TD]
[TD] [MIN][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Data Saver[/TD]
[TD] [OFF][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Data Delivery[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] > [/TD]
[TD] Background Data[/TD]
[TD] [ ][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Data Roaming[/TD]
[TD] [ ][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Data Enabled[/TD]
[TD] [X][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Social Applications[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Sync over Wi-Fi Only[/TD]
[TD] [X][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Data deliver frequency[/TD]
[TD] [60 Minutes][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Backup Assistant[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Recurring Sync[/TD]
[TD] [Late Night][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] Location &
Security[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Google Location Services[/TD]
[TD] [ ][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Standalone GPS Services[/TD]
[TD] [ ][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] VZW Location Services[/TD]
[TD] [X][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Share Picture Location[/TD]
[TD] [ ][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Allow Bluetooth Bypass[/TD]
[TD] [ ][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Privacy[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Back Up My Data[/TD]
[TD] [X][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Automatic Restore[/TD]
[TD] [X][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Date & Time[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Automatic[/TD]
[TD] [X][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] USAGE[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] TEXTS[/TD]
[TD] CALLS (in minutes)[/TD]
[TD] INTERNET TIME (min)[/TD]
[TD] GAMES (min)[/TD]
[TD] MISC (Apps in min)*[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 30[/TD]
[TD] 60[/TD]
[TD] 60-120[/TD]
[TD] 120****[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] BATTERY LIFE*****
to total
discharge[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 10 hours ***[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

** WIFI is automatically turned on when I get home.
***10 hours so far and Juice Plotter states I have close to 11 hours left on battery consumption.
**** Words with Friends – I’ve come to realize this game is a battery hog, but I’m addicted so I don’t mind.
***** Extended Battery

First off – thanks Psy for providing the above. I believe it will be very helpful for individuals like myself that was having horrible battery life with med/heavy usage.

After having the Droid Bionic since release date, I was just getting horrible battery life. I tried everything from changing settings, drain/fill methods, less phone usage, etc. nothing was working. I bought the extended battery on Tuesday and it arrived yesterday.

I proceeded to drain the battery and when it got to 1% I played Shutter Island to drain the battery. To my surprise, the phone didn’t shut off for another hour and 15 mins. Once the phone shut off, I proceeded with Speeding Wheels method as stated below;

1. Remove battery from phone once it powered off.
2. With the battery out, hold the power button down for 10-20 seconds.
3. Insert battery and plugged the phone to the AC charger
4. With the phone powered OFF, let the phone charge to 100%

I also went and downloaded Juice Defender and upgraded to Juice Defender Ultimate. My settings are as follows.


Status Tab:
JuiceDefender Ultimate : Enabled
Notication: text
Options: quick enabled

Controls Tab:
Mobile data: enabled
Wifi: enabled
Options: wifi preferred
AutoSync: ping

Schedule tab:
Schedule: enabled
Frequency: 2h
Duration: 30s
Night: enabled – 12am-6am
Options: Silent

Triggers Tab:
Battery: enabled
Battery Threshold: 15%
Screen: enabled
Traffic: enabled
Traffic Threshold: high: 30s
Location: enabled

I understand that even though the phone is on standby that it's still processing information however, I was losing a significant amount of percentage while it was on standby and I had already turned off ALOT of the options. According to battery monitor widget my phone was at 86% battery at 6:01 am and dropped to 85% at 7:26 am. So far I am on my phone off the charger has been close to 11 hours and my battery widget estimates with my normal usage I still have 11 + hours left. ( I could probably get more off the phone if I change it to CDMA, but I get really good 4g reception in NY/NJ area, and I bought the phone for the 4g, so I'll be keeping it on that instead of toggling it only when I need it. )

So far I am happy with the extended battery, JD/UJ and Juice Plotter. Thanks for the help Psy and Wheels and everyone else. I can finally say that I am happy with my battery life. I will drain/refill the battery two more cycles and see if I can improve more. Just went from 6 hours standard battery with normal/medium usage to (estimated) 20+ hours dancedroid....

 

[yiannis]

My Debloating MAY have helped!

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-bionic-hacks/170228-has-anyone-rooted-deleted-bloatware-if-so-what-happened-4.html#post1754628

 

[Zregnier]

Put my regular battery back in today to give it another whirl. Must say I really love the feel of the phone. Feels like I'm carrying a feather! So far down to 62% after a little over 5 hours of use on 4G.

Edit: 11.5 hours later and I still have 23% remaining! Not too bad if you ask me.

 

[Psychlone]

If ANYONE sees a setting that you believe impacts battery life that's not in the template, please let me know via pm. I will update the original with your accurate information so we all are on the same page when comparing settings.

@Jaycea22: On a side note, I can VERY easily see that I'm going to need to insert an area at the bottom of the table for people to enter the basic battery usage stats as shown under Settings > Battery & Data Manager > (touch the battery) >
i.e.

Cell Standby: (x%)
Phone Idle: (x%)
Voice Calls: (x%)
WiFi: (x%)

(for now, that's all that shows up in mine, so I'm going to need a little help from other people and what shows up in their battery usage stats since my usage isn't like everyones... at least we can get a good indicator of some specific things.

Also @Jaycea22: I like how you footnoted some of your settings to explain what/why. That should be a mandatory part of the template.


Thanks all, please do pm me for changes or other input you'd like to see added. Also, since I can't be on here all the time and I'm really just throwing this together in a rush, if anyone wants to have responsibility for updates to the template, please ask and ye shall receive!


Take care Brothers and Sisters!
Psychlone

 

[yiannis]

Debloated with TiBuPRO. Doubled battery life.