Juice Defender- Help or no help?

**mled203** · 08-02-2012, 01:02 AM

I am using the Verizon Extended Battery on my Sprint Galaxy Nexus unrooted and am trying to get the best battery life. I only seem able to get 2 hours screen on time. I am wondering if juice defender will help me. I am running tests to see if it is better with or without it. I would appreciate advice for battery saving tips on this wonderful-hog-of-a-device.

**mled203** · 08-02-2012, 01:25 AM

Here are screenshots.

**ryanr509** · 08-02-2012, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by mled203

I am using the Verizon Extended Battery on my Sprint Galaxy Nexus unrooted and am trying to get the best battery life. I only seem able to get 2 hours screen on time. I am wondering if juice defender will help me. I am running tests to see if it is better with or without it. I would appreciate advice for battery saving tips on this wonderful-hog-of-a-device.

Weird. I have a GSM galaxy and using only 3g all day I usually get 3 hours of screen on time. Then again a lot of things factor in to battery life. But if u have the extended battery seems u should be getting equal to or greater screen time than me.

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**VW Maverick** · 08-02-2012, 08:48 AM

Juice Defender works great for me.
The free version is all you really need.
When the screen is off, JD keeps the phone from trying to find a signal which is the real
battery killer.
Phone calls and texts come through just fine.
I would recommend it. You got nothing to lose.

Mav.

**rikyuki** · 08-02-2012, 09:00 AM

JD works great for me too. I enable my free version when I'm away from a power plug for a while.

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**Gekko** · 08-02-2012, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by VW Maverick

Juice Defender works great for me.
The free version is all you really need.
When the screen is off, JD keeps the phone from trying to find a signal which is the real
battery killer.
Phone calls and texts come through just fine.
I would recommend it. You got nothing to lose.

Mav.

>JD keeps the phone from trying to find a signal which is the real
battery killer.
Phone calls and texts come through just fine.

WTF? how does this work?

**Gekko** · 08-02-2012, 09:45 AM

**VW Maverick** · 08-02-2012, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Gekko

>JD keeps the phone from trying to find a signal which is the real
battery killer.
Phone calls and texts come through just fine.

WTF? how does this work?

When the phone is not being used/the screen is off, JD cuts off 3G/4G & WiFi connectivity as it is not needed. This is what kills a battery. The consistent searching for a signal.
Once you wake the phone, it reconnects in about 2 seconds to allow you to start surfing the web, Google search, checking e-mail, etc.

Not sure how JD does this, but it does work. At least it does for me.

As there is a free version, it costs nothing to see if it works for you.

Mav.

**Destoration** · 08-02-2012, 10:01 AM

I have been using jd since I got my gnex a few months ago and it makes a noticeable difference. Even now after I got a airwave with full 4 bars in my room jd gives a bit more battery life. It can be annoying sometimes with certain apps not working till you turn it off but thats usually somekind of streaming app that isn't critical to be on all the time.

**VDub2174** · 08-02-2012, 12:51 PM

What setting do you have it set on?

**Destoration** · 08-02-2012, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by VDub2174

What setting do you have it set on?

I have it on Balanced which is one of the default settings. You can customize it to better suit your needs but the default works alright for me.

**jean15paul** · 08-02-2012, 02:32 PM

I assume you're referring to the Verizon 2100 mAH extended battery and not the 3800 mAH battery.

You battery usage looks pretty similar to mine and I'm a pretty heavy user.

I used to use JD and it definitely helps, but it interfers with real-time push notifications (e.g. email, facebook, etc). I decided that I'd rather get real-time notifcations and I just stay close to a charger.

**mled203** · 08-03-2012, 01:52 PM

So I tried going a day without JD, what a sad battery.

**tony bag o donuts** · 08-03-2012, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by jean15paul

I assume you're referring to the Verizon 2100 mAH extended battery and not the 3800 mAH battery.

You battery usage looks pretty similar to mine and I'm a pretty heavy user.

I used to use JD and it definitely helps, but it interfers with real-time push notifications (e.g. email, facebook, etc). I decided that I'd rather get real-time notifcations and I just stay close to a charger.

Same here

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**VDub2174** · 08-03-2012, 02:50 PM

So I guess I would have to force stop SetCPU?

**mled203** · 08-04-2012, 03:32 PM

So after yesterday's results, I'm sticking with JD.

**dschoenike** · 08-04-2012, 11:27 PM

been using juice defender for about a year now, and absolutely love it. its always one of the first apps I install.
dschoenike

**jean15paul** · 08-06-2012, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by mled203

So after yesterday's results, I'm sticking with JD.

What JD setting are you using?

**VDub2174** · 08-06-2012, 01:37 PM

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**mled203** · 08-06-2012, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by jean15paul

What JD setting are you using?

Custom. I have JD Plus.

**ras.cal** · 08-08-2012, 11:02 PM

I downloaded plus yesterday and have been running it on aggressive today. Its been working great for me. 16h 27m with 14% left. Best life I have gotten on it so far.

**VDub2174** · 08-09-2012, 08:23 AM

I noticed my Twitter notifications stopped when using JD

I wasa using teh free version. Is there an option in the paid version that changes that?

**mled203** · 08-09-2012, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by ras.cal

I downloaded plus yesterday and have been running it on aggressive today. Its been working great for me. 16h 27m with 14% left. Best life I have gotten on it so far.

But what is your screen on time?

**ras.cal** · 08-09-2012, 09:11 PM

I didn't check that when I first posted. I will have to check it tomorrow. I was using my phone a lot more today, so I didn't get the same life as I did yesterday.