Post your battery usage screen

**jrun** · 06-16-2010, 11:37 AM

Went to bed last night.. unplugged it from the charger at 97% battery.. 9hrs later when i picked it up.. my battery was in the red.. At my house i have full 5 bars of cell reception all the time..

Should my cell standby and phone idle be using up that much battery ?

*Edit, this is an EVO by the way*

**cd419** · 06-16-2010, 11:41 AM

Sounds like your phone isn't sleeping. Download the app spare parts and repeat the experiment. In the morning open spare parts and look at battery history choose the option for partial wake usage. If you see anything that is using more than a few minutes of partial wake usage that app is what is keeping your phone from sleeping. The phone should be able to sleep for at least 24 hours if not more without killing the battery.

**RayStinkle** · 06-16-2010, 12:04 PM

yes something is eating your cpu resources. you could also install system panel, but you would need the paid version to track cpu usage over an 8 hour period. but it gives you a list of each app and what percentage of cpu each app used, and shows it on a timeline, so you can see exactly when each app was doing stuff. sounds like an app is not letting your device sleep.

i've slept with my device on for 12 hours and only lost 11%. nexus one, though. but still, that isnt normal.

**chazm** · 06-16-2010, 12:05 PM

Mine is opposite. Android system uses 40% though I have been using it a bit today for calls and internet.

**EVO Navian** · 06-16-2010, 12:30 PM

My Evo always has meebo on especially during the night just in case my family overseas wants to IM me

Reuploaded, didn't notice attachment would come out so small and unreadable.

**zhens** · 06-16-2010, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by EVO Navian

My Evo always has meebo on especially during the night just in case my family overseas wants to IM me

Reuploaded, didn't notice attachment would come out so small and unreadable.

13 hours unplugged and your battery is still that close to 90%??!?!?!?

**mpa4712** · 06-16-2010, 01:01 PM

This is what mine looks like now. My battery used to perform almost exactly as poorly as your's until I did a hard reset.

**turbodude** · 06-16-2010, 01:16 PM

are your phones lying idle? jesus i thought i was getting good life, i give my phone moderate to heavy use everyday and get around 15-17 hours of it.

streaming music, lots of btunes, lots of internet, my location on, gps off, 4g off (sometimes on for a couple min), wifi off, LOTS of text, and about an hour of calls.

but 14 hours and 90% is awesome! i want that!

**Raf** · 06-16-2010, 01:22 PM

how and where is sleep configured?

**EVO Navian** · 06-16-2010, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by zhens

13 hours unplugged and your battery is still that close to 90%??!?!?!?

During those 13 hours I was mainly asleep for 9 hours and the phone only had meebo app running in the background during my sleep time. The rest it was on mild meebo chat use with my family, I did some mild google search and pic txt'ing back and forth with my mother. Didn't use it all that much.

**Raf** · 06-16-2010, 01:41 PM

So this guy's battery isn't being treated fairly by his settings. Since something is off....just how should the settings look which are battery friendly?

What's good and acceptable? And I take it his consumption is bad so we have that example.

Originally Posted by jrun

**bozman42** · 06-16-2010, 01:44 PM

After reading the suggestions to install Spare Parts, I did so, and noticed a few strange things. I had run Sprint TV this morning to watch the World Cup so in order to make sure none of that stuff was affecting what I saw in Spare Parts, I plugged the phone in and let it charge a while. I then powered it off, unplugged and restarted it. After doing a little bit of stuff in Market (installed AppBrain, uninstalled another app), I ran Spare Parts again and this was my result.

Is this normal? What is the '0'?

**EVO Navian** · 06-16-2010, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Raf

So this guy's battery isn't being treated fairly by his settings. Since something is off....just how should the settings look which are battery friendly?

What's good and acceptable? And I take it his consumption is bad so we have that example.

I'd like to know as well because I've left my phone unplugged several times already at night and have never woken up in the red zone ever. I've even had my media player playing a couple of times to put me to sleep and that's with meebo up and running as well unplugged.

**akarol** · 06-16-2010, 02:28 PM

They're not calling with at all. No Voice Calls as part of their percentages.

**palanilopez12** · 06-16-2010, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by EVO Navian

During those 13 hours I was mainly asleep for 9 hours and the phone only had meebo app running in the background during my sleep time. The rest it was on mild meebo chat use with my family, I did some mild google search and pic txt'ing back and forth with my mother. Didn't use it all that much.

But still that's amazing battery life!!! Mine won't sit at 90 % while sitting in my pocket for two hours and nothing running in the background

**chazm** · 06-16-2010, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by mpa4712

This is what mine looks like now. My battery used to perform almost exactly as poorly as your's until I did a hard reset.

For the love of god would someone tell me how to do a hard reset?!
I've asked in three other threads and no one responds

**Raf** · 06-16-2010, 03:01 PM

pretty hard to get answers on this forum for some reason. I experience this everyday. Get used to it. Don't mean to be rude....just stating what I've examined.

**EVO Navian** · 06-16-2010, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by chazm

For the love of god would someone tell me how to do a hard reset?!
I've asked in three other threads and no one responds

Google is your best friend if all else fails

That was the site I used when I had power button problems with mine.

**chazm** · 06-16-2010, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by EVO Navian

Google is your best friend if all else fails

That was the site I used when I had power button problems with mine.

Thanks, and by the way. I was on my phone when I first saw your reply and I tried to thank you from there but i didn't do anything and then my internet completely froze. I tried closing it, going to other websites, deleting the history, cache...nothing and finally I had to d/l an app killer just to close the internet down.....this phone is super buggy

Edit: and wouldn't you know, I follow the instructions word for word and they DO NOT WORK.....atleast for my phone. When I hold the volume down button and hit the power button nothing happens! and I know I'm doing it right because if I hold the volume up button I get the bootloader

**EVO Navian** · 06-16-2010, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by chazm

Thanks, and by the way. I was on my phone when I first saw your reply and I tried to thank you from there but i didn't do anything and then my internet completely froze. I tried closing it, going to other websites, deleting the history, cache...nothing and finally I had to d/l an app killer just to close the internet down.....this phone is super buggy

Edit: and wouldn't you know, I follow the instructions word for word and they DO NOT WORK.....atleast for my phone. When I hold the volume down button and hit the power button nothing happens! and I know I'm doing it right because if I hold the volume up button I get the bootloader

Hmm not sure then

I've only factory reset my phone (back when I had the power button issues) and haven't had problems since with the functionality of the phone. Maybe there is another way specifically for the Evo? Hopefully someone else can enlighten us with some solutions for your Evo's problems

**EVO Navian** · 06-16-2010, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by plopez12

But still that's amazing battery life!!! Mine won't sit at 90 % while sitting in my pocket for two hours and nothing running in the background

When it's on mobile network it eats up my battery. I keep mine on wifi when I know it's available, which is in many places in my area. When I first got it, I was on mobile network a lot and I had the phone plugged in more often than not.

**its_miller_time** · 06-16-2010, 07:43 PM

When I do a Hard Reset, can I re-download my paid apps from the marketplace or will I have to re-pay for them?

**Jesse** · 06-16-2010, 08:29 PM

Think I might have to do a hard reset. You guys are getting great battery life. I'm skeptical though. I don't really see how it could help.

**Jesse** · 06-16-2010, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by 0REDSOX7

When I do a Hard Reset, can I re-download my paid apps from the marketplace or will I have to re-pay for them?

When you setup your phone again, just configure it with the same Gmail account. Then the Android market will know which ones you've already paid for, and you won't have to buy them again.

However, I think I read that Gameloft actually charges you for each download.