Awful battery life on ics

**jskinvest** · 07-01-2012, 07:37 AM

Battery life is awful. I have switched to 3G only and that has not helped at all. I would estimate that my battery life has been cut in half since update on the morning of June 30. Has anyone else experienced this? Any thoughts? Can I expect the battery life to improve over time?

**sj993** · 07-01-2012, 07:51 AM

Yeah, at first my battery life wasn't great either. After I rebooted, wiped the cache and did a full discharge/recharge it has been fine since.

**jskinvest** · 07-01-2012, 07:59 AM

Can you tell me hot to wipe the cache? Do you mean the cache in the browser? That I know how to do. Or is there another cache to wipe also? Thanks.

**dhendriksen** · 07-01-2012, 08:08 AM

My battery life has suffered as well...I'd looked more details on this wiping the cache as well.

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**jskinvest** · 07-01-2012, 08:53 AM

My display is taking up more than 80% of battery life. But I have it set to about 20% brightness and my screen is off about half the time. Why is this happening?

**myersjesse** · 07-01-2012, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by jskinvest

Can you tell me hot to wipe the cache? Do you mean the cache in the browser? That I know how to do. Or is there another cache to wipe also? Thanks.

No. You need to get into recovery by first turning off your phone than holding the volume +/- rocker down while pressing the power button. Go down to recovery then volume + to select "recovery". I think you will get a droid lying on its back. Push both volume +/- then scroll down to wipe cache and select by pushing the power button.

**jskinvest** · 07-01-2012, 02:20 PM

Is that the same as a factory reset? Or different?

**myersjesse** · 07-01-2012, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by jskinvest

Is that the same as a factory reset? Or different?

Its different. You won't lose any of your settings, apps, or anything else by doing this. I've did this on my maxx and I seem to be getting the same battery life from ics.

**jskinvest** · 07-01-2012, 03:11 PM

So what does wiping the cache actually do?

**bubbadog** · 07-01-2012, 07:19 PM

I just get the Android lying in his back w/o any selections to scroll to. After a couple of minutes the phone rebooted normally. Have tried 3 times with same results.

**myersjesse** · 07-01-2012, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by bubbadog

I just get the Android lying in his back w/o any selections to scroll to. After a couple of minutes the phone rebooted normally. Have tried 3 times with same results.

Once you get the droid lying on it's back you need to hit both the volume + and volume -. You will then get into standard recovery.

**wolfpackarmy** · 07-01-2012, 07:39 PM

I haven't had any battery issues. My battery life has actually improved, although I have noticed that the screen is taking an inordinately large amount of power.

**kgk1985** · 07-01-2012, 07:52 PM

I have an app that clears cache and all that good stuff. Does that do the same thing as the recovery clear? Cuz my life seems a little worse too. Mostly with the screen, even dimmed down

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**sj993** · 07-01-2012, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by myersjesse

Once you get the droid lying on it's back you need to hit both the volume + and volume -. You will then get into standard recovery.

Correct. It will not work unless you hit both volume buttons, then it immediately goes into recovery. Make sure you do not hit the power button as that is only for the initial step.

**sj993** · 07-01-2012, 08:15 PM

The display usage is also the highest consumption on mine as well, although the battery still lasts the same as on gb despite this.

**kgk1985** · 07-01-2012, 08:51 PM

Can anyone answer my question about the cache clear app vs. recovery clear?

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**anthony2558** · 07-01-2012, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by bubbadog

I just get the Android lying in his back w/o any selections to scroll to. After a couple of minutes the phone rebooted normally. Have tried 3 times with same results.

After you get the android on his back you need to press both volume + and - at the same time quickly. That will bring you to Motorola recovery.

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**bubbadog** · 07-01-2012, 09:13 PM

Finally got there. Thanks

**svfd757** · 07-01-2012, 09:58 PM

My wife's RAZR is having similar battery issues. I will have to try the recovery thing tomorrow. My daughter's MAXX is updating right now. I assume the process is the same since these phones are the same inside...

**sj993** · 07-01-2012, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by svfd757

My wife's RAZR is having similar battery issues. I will have to try the recovery thing tomorrow. My daughter's MAXX is updating right now. I assume the process is the same since these phones are the same inside...

Yes, the same.

**twan2001** · 07-02-2012, 12:34 AM

maybe i'm a minority on this one but...

That's with moderate use and 4g turned on all day. It's a razr so i can't complain much here.

**kgk1985** · 07-02-2012, 02:14 AM

I just rooted. Once i get a full charge and do the battery calibration and a full discharge/charge cycle, I'll see how my battery life is

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**kgk1985** · 07-03-2012, 04:17 AM

when youre doing the battery calibration, is it recommended to have the phone turned off with the initial charge? or just not to do a lot of fiddling while its charging?

**dontlookatme** · 07-03-2012, 03:25 PM

Idk how you guys do it. But this is my battery. On 2.3 and ics. Data is only on when the screen turns on. Brightness is usually set to 22%.

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