Hi everyone,
The other day i saw 30% drop in battery overnight. I had already researched battery saving ideas and had the usual settings (i.e., google now off, dim screen, etc.)
I came across 3 different tools that helped me big time...i am currently sitting at 80% after 16 hours
1) application manager -> swipe right to all - go through the list and disable "show notifications" for pretty much every app you don't need a notification for. also unistall updates/diasable/force stop any app you dont need (since there are a lot of random apps, only do this for obvious ones)
2) download (all free) cpu spy (confirm your phone is hitting deep sleep), my data manager (determine which apps are using data), and gsam battery monitor (determine which apps are both keeping your phone awake, and waking your phone). cross reference my data manager and gsm battery with the below.
3) the holy grail as someone referred to it - settings -> data usage -> scroll down to bottom -> manually disable background data for all obvious apps. i personally left my weather, email, and the android os ones alone. it is important to note that if you open your browser (or any other app) it is no longer a background app. you must do the hold home button clear open apps to close it out.
i am pretty good with tech, but am no expert and this worked for me (so far), but if anyone knows better please let me know
nice to see my battery finally in beast mode
_______JULY 2014 Kit Kat Update_______
If you found this thread, like me, your probably a**l about battery life. So i figured i put a quick update.
Deleted my data manager - ended up using battery
Deleted GSM battery monitor - doesnt really have the same functionality in Kit Kat
Still - turn off notifications when i need to
turned back on background data for facebook and amazon app store, since the apps run better with them
My new FAVORITE APP for battery life is....Greenify. Google should just buy this company and use it.
Download the free version, click literally every app except the ones you need (for me I left Nova launcher, weather bug, swiftkey, power toggles, cpu sky, app icon packs, screen dimmer and email).
Set up the app with full permissions. Now every time after you close out all your apps, run the greenify widget.
DONE...thats it...simple. Don't believe me...try it
last night my cpu spy had 93% deep sleep and i lost 5% over a 9 hour period
enjoy
The other day i saw 30% drop in battery overnight. I had already researched battery saving ideas and had the usual settings (i.e., google now off, dim screen, etc.)
I came across 3 different tools that helped me big time...i am currently sitting at 80% after 16 hours
1) application manager -> swipe right to all - go through the list and disable "show notifications" for pretty much every app you don't need a notification for. also unistall updates/diasable/force stop any app you dont need (since there are a lot of random apps, only do this for obvious ones)
2) download (all free) cpu spy (confirm your phone is hitting deep sleep), my data manager (determine which apps are using data), and gsam battery monitor (determine which apps are both keeping your phone awake, and waking your phone). cross reference my data manager and gsm battery with the below.
3) the holy grail as someone referred to it - settings -> data usage -> scroll down to bottom -> manually disable background data for all obvious apps. i personally left my weather, email, and the android os ones alone. it is important to note that if you open your browser (or any other app) it is no longer a background app. you must do the hold home button clear open apps to close it out.
i am pretty good with tech, but am no expert and this worked for me (so far), but if anyone knows better please let me know
nice to see my battery finally in beast mode
_______JULY 2014 Kit Kat Update_______
If you found this thread, like me, your probably a**l about battery life. So i figured i put a quick update.
Deleted my data manager - ended up using battery
Deleted GSM battery monitor - doesnt really have the same functionality in Kit Kat
Still - turn off notifications when i need to
turned back on background data for facebook and amazon app store, since the apps run better with them
My new FAVORITE APP for battery life is....Greenify. Google should just buy this company and use it.
Download the free version, click literally every app except the ones you need (for me I left Nova launcher, weather bug, swiftkey, power toggles, cpu sky, app icon packs, screen dimmer and email).
Set up the app with full permissions. Now every time after you close out all your apps, run the greenify widget.
DONE...thats it...simple. Don't believe me...try it
last night my cpu spy had 93% deep sleep and i lost 5% over a 9 hour period
enjoy

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