Battery life on ics

**Eclipse2K** · 06-25-2012, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by bradenfontaine

Just the fact the graph is dumbed down, it doesn't show the 20 minutes I used the car charger, but states it has been on discharge for only 6 hours?

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I've noticed that a lot of applications or whatever don't change it unless it charged a certain percentage. Dumb, I know.

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**Snowcrash45** · 06-25-2012, 06:28 AM

The razr reports in 10% increments. Always has.

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**bradenfontaine** · 06-25-2012, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Snowcrash45

The razr reports in 10% increments. Always has.

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Oh i know, and that part is fine ;-) I just prefer Battery Monitor's graph as it is more detailed. Pair it with System Panel and I have an excellent overview of any and everything that uses a fraction of CPU/Battery.

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**Super Turtleman** · 06-25-2012, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by bradenfontaine

Oh i know, and that part is fine ;-) I just prefer Battery Monitor's graph as it is more detailed. Pair it with System Panel and I have an excellent overview of any and everything that uses a fraction of CPU/Battery.

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Which battery monitor are you using? Dev?

**amt0312** · 06-25-2012, 11:42 AM

I wonder what has happened to my phone then? I received the ICS update while I was out of the country (Russia) over Wi-Fi and I wonder if that was my problem. Immediately my battery life went from 24+ hours with light-medium usage to barely 2-3 hours and it takes more than 10 hours to charge my phone. While overseas, I had data disabled and all that jazz, and was only using it on wifi. When I noticed the battery life decrease, I saw that it was on "Global" and was possibly searching for a signal? I turned it off and made sure that it was in airplane mode. This didn't help. While sitting in the Amsterdam airport I had my phone charging for 6 hours and it went from 30%-40%

Anyways, I am now back in the states and nothing has changed. I use wi-fi at home, have the smart actions app in use as always. What the heck happened? Is a factory reset in order? Thanks for the help, guys.

Edit: I checked the battery usage app and the thing that it using most of my battery life is "Cell standby."

**Ewing33855** · 06-25-2012, 01:44 PM

Everyone download battery circle. You'll be glad you did. It gives increments of 1

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**djrakowski** · 06-25-2012, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by Ewing33855

Everyone download battery circle. You'll be glad you did. It gives increments of 1

I agree - it's excellent. Very small, lightweight, doesn't seem to put any sort of drag on resources. For some reason, it only reports in 5% increments on my Galaxy Player, though.

**bradenfontaine** · 06-25-2012, 02:19 PM

Battery Monitor PRO. As for the cell usage I would do a reset. Sounds like a bad time to do an update to global phone capabilities, when you are overseas.

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**Tom in Bristol** · 06-25-2012, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by bradenfontaine

I just prefer Battery Monitor's graph as it is more detailed. Pair it with System Panel and I have an excellent overview of any and everything that uses a fraction of CPU/Battery.

Are those the names of the apps as they appear in the Play Store?

TIA

**Ewing33855** · 06-25-2012, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Tom in Bristol

Are those the names of the apps as they appear in the Play Store?

TIA

Battery circle?

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**kingmeow** · 06-25-2012, 05:40 PM

Bad *** Battery Monitor (yes, that's the actual name) does similar monitoring. I have it on my Maxx.

**Tom in Bristol** · 06-25-2012, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Ewing33855

Battery circle?

No, I already use that. I was asking Braden about the two he mentioned.

Thanx, tho.

**hansgroter** · 06-26-2012, 10:09 AM

It has gotyen slot better

**anthony2558** · 06-26-2012, 08:52 PM

Anyone know of a better way to switch to 3G only. Im in a not so strong 4G area. I get 4G but its like only one or two bars. 3G is solid, so Id like to stay on that. I have found LTE OnOff from the market but when I use that app my 3G never turns blue????

**apquijano** · 06-26-2012, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by anthony2558

Anyone know of a better way to switch to 3G only. Im in a not so strong 4G area. I get 4G but its like only one or two bars. 3G is solid, so Id like to stay on that. I have found LTE OnOff from the market but when I use that app my 3G never turns blue????

There's also the option to dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to Phone Information, but it essentially brings you to the same place as the app.

What setting are you using? Mine is set to CDMA auto (PRL) and has been working fine for me.

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**anthony2558** · 06-26-2012, 10:34 PM

Yes I'm using the same cdma auto prl. I'm going to put it on that setting again and then attempt to restart the phone and leave it there.

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**mxkied2#ac** · 06-27-2012, 08:32 AM

I had hopes ICS would have improved battery life over GB but after 3 days of being on ICS all three days have shown worse battery life based on average usage. Obviously no days usage is an exact match to the next but with GB I use to finish the day with 50 or 60% remaining on average, the last three days of ICS have been 50, 40 and 20% respectively.

**anthony2558** · 06-27-2012, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by anthony2558

Yes I'm using the same cdma auto prl. I'm going to put it on that setting again and then attempt to restart the phone and leave it there.

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No good. Same issue. My battery is also suffering slightly and I believe that its do to the lack of built in CDMA toggle.

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**jtohio** · 06-27-2012, 12:11 PM

I am considering the Maxx or SIII or simply waiting for the Razr HD. Can any of you with ICS comment if the camera got any better?

Thanks

**jdtruong** · 06-27-2012, 04:11 PM

I'm still having issues with battery life while using Smart Actions on ICS. Same issue I saw on GB. I get much better battery life when I leave Smart Actions turned off.

**kingmeow** · 06-27-2012, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by jtohio

I am considering the Maxx or SIII or simply waiting for the Razr HD. Can any of you with ICS comment if the camera got any better?

Thanks

Don't have ICS yet but I've read in a few posts on various threads here that the camera has been improved. Much better (with examples posted) in low light.

**Ewing33855** · 06-27-2012, 09:54 PM

Bad *** battery monitor uses a lot of resources?

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**bradenfontaine** · 06-27-2012, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by jtohio

I am considering the Maxx or SIII or simply waiting for the Razr HD. Can any of you with ICS comment if the camera got any better?

Thanks

Much improved. Pics posted on another thread so I don't want to repost here.

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**bcoop8** · 06-28-2012, 12:56 AM

Originally Posted by jtohio

I am considering the Maxx or SIII or simply waiting for the Razr HD. Can any of you with ICS comment if the camera got any better?

Thanks

I have had the Galaxy Nexus, stock ICS, for 7 months before getting the razr maxx this friday. The camera app itself is greatly improved over the previous version. The instantaneous shutter is awesome, however Im pretty sure it is not as quick on the Maxx from videos I have seen.(I think) The SIII I do not know about. Also, I love the fact that you can take panoramic shots with the ICS camera.

Hope that helps! If there are any more specific details you want I'd be happy to answer.