Awesome S4 Battery

[ZCLUTCH]

I installed the Snapdragon Guru app last night. I usually get 3-3.5 hours max in screen time, so Im hoping for the same results as the OP. I'll follow up with my own results once it's taken effect. One thing OP didn't mention- this takes 3 days to "learn" your usage habits to optimize battery perfomance, so there is some investing involved.

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[thegrants82]

I installed the Snapdragon Guru app last night. I usually get 3-3.5 hours max in screen time, so Im hoping for the same results as the OP. I'll follow up with my own results once it's taken effect. One thing OP didn't mention- this takes 3 days to "learn" your usage habits to optimize battery perfomance, so there is some investing involved.

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Use your phone as you would normally use it during the learning.. I don't think that you could consider that much of an investment.

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[JLeung1]

OK I guess but I dont see the gain in making this stuff up. Anyway I am a former Razr Maxx HD guy that was very disappointed when I couldn't get at least 6 hours screen time out of my new s4. After a few emails to the developers of SnapDragon guru I have been able to get consistent 6-8 hours screen times. I am now very happy with my s4.

Can you show us your setting such as disabled apps or if you have any of the unnecessary stuff on like air view or gestures.

 

[ZCLUTCH]

Use your phone as you would normally use it during the learning.. I don't think that you could consider that much of an investment.

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No there is an investment in the fact that results will not show up for 3 days. This is not an instant battery saving app like juice defender, that is all I was trying to let people know.

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[paintdrinkingpete]

I used the Battery Guru app on my S3 as well, but the savings appear to be even better with the S4...

To answer some questions:
- Yes, you need to keep location services turned on, but that doesn't seem to matter. It uses location cues to know when to turn wifi on/off and such.
- Once the "learning" phase is complete, you can customize it to only make the changes you want it to make. If you don't want it to control certain apps or services, it's very easy to turn those features off
- Even after the initial learning phase, the app will continue to get better over time as it is able to adjust to your daily habits and location cues. You may not notice a significant difference right away.
- Worst case scenario, if you find the app doesn't work for you, just uninstall it.

I personally don't like any "battery saver" apps that cripple my device in the process. I have been using this app for quite some time and I can honestly say that it has no effect on my device's overall usability...which is why I like it so far.

 

[paintdrinkingpete]

So this battery app needs GPS and location services on 24/7 to run it? Even with this on it still improves the battery life?

A common misconception is that these eat your battery if left on...but the fact is that GPS and other location services really only consume power *when in use*. To answer your question though, even though this app does require them to remain on, yes, it still improves battery use.

 

[garublador]

I leave all location services on, screen is on auto and I get 6 hours screen time minimum everyday.

What about "Background Location Reporting," "Latitude Location Sharing" and "Location History" from Maps>Settings>Location Settings? Do you still have that stuff on or is some, or all of it disabled?

 

[thegrants82]

What about "Background Location Reporting," "Latitude Location Sharing" and "Location History" from Maps>Settings>Location Settings? Do you still have that stuff on or is some, or all of it disabled?

Didn't even know that stuff was there. I just checked and it is all enabled.

 

[garublador]

Didn't even know that stuff was there. I just checked and it is all enabled.

That's very interesting. That stuff sucked about 20% of my total battery capacity for the day when it was on. I'll have to check out the SnapDragon Guru app to see if it can get me the same type of battery performance with that stuff on.

 

[cgardnervt]

That's very interesting. That stuff sucked about 20% of my total battery capacity for the day when it was on. I'll have to check out the SnapDragon Guru app to see if it can get me the same type of battery performance with that stuff on.

I currently have this installed on my HTC One. I did a lot of research VIA the youtube videos when it was in beta. A lot of people seemed to like the results. I have 1 more day of it learning then I will see how it works. I guess it will stop certain services from running that are no needed through out the day. Sounds promising but we will see! Good luck!

 

[fishepa]

Well I installed the program. We'll see how it works. Maps has been taking up about 25% of my battery so maybe it will help that.

 

[cgardnervt]

Well I installed the program. We'll see how it works. Maps has been taking up about 25% of my battery so maybe it will help that.

It should. I guess if you leave your GPS on it will only allow it to update when it needs to. Along side when real apps use it. Like I use Yelp! A lot or even maps when you need directions. I could be wrong and I'm sure you can turn that functionality off as well.

 

[thegrants82]

More screenshots today just as I broke the 3 hour screen time mark. Today was the first time that I enabled the turn off mobile data power boost option just to try it. Judging by the numbers it looks like that should push me into 7 hours of screen time today. Here is a copy of an email that I got from the SnapDragon Guru guys asking about the data option. The first response from is an answer about using the Samsung power saving setting.....I have every other option on except the Samsung gesture garbage. I used google maps for directions on a 45 minute drive this morning along with web surfing, texting, email, youtube and other normal stuff. Before SnapDragon Guru this same activity would have almost drained my battery.

Hi Kevin,

1. Ideally you shouldn?t have another power saving application running at the same time.

2. If you choose inactivity timeout, you will still receive Phone calls and SMS messages.

Good luck!

The Snapdragon BatteryGuru Team

 

[JLeung1]

More screenshots today just as I broke the 3 hour screen time mark. Today was the first time that I enabled the turn off mobile data power boost option just to try it. Judging by the numbers it looks like that should push me into 7 hours of screen time today. Here is a copy of an email that I got from the SnapDragon Guru guys asking about the data option. The first response from is an answer about using the Samsung power saving setting.....I have every other option on except the Samsung gesture garbage. I used google maps for directions on a 45 minute drive this morning along with web surfing, texting, email, youtube and other normal stuff. Before SnapDragon Guru this same activity would have almost drained my battery.

Hi Kevin,

1. Ideally you shouldn?t have another power saving application running at the same time.

2. If you choose inactivity timeout, you will still receive Phone calls and SMS messages.

Good luck!

The Snapdragon BatteryGuru Team

What kind of battery life were you getting before using Snapdragon guru?

 

[thegrants82]

What kind of battery life were you getting before using Snapdragon guru?

I dont think that I ever broke 5 hour's screen time before. But I wasnt watching that close until I started going dead before I left work.....now its between 6 and 8 everyday running it down just for these forum posts is difficult.

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[thegrants82]

It just seems to me that the guys at snapdragon took ot upon themselves to fix something that Samsung broke. This app must be doing more than throttling apps. Whatever it is doing its doing it doing it very well.

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[JLeung1]

Just got out of the learning stage. Hopefully I'll be getting the kind of battery life you're getting.

 

[thegrants82]

Just got out of the learning stage. Hopefully I'll be getting the kind of battery life you're getting.

Cool. It will be interesting get other peoples feedback. I am actually thinking that this app is doing other things behind the scenes because I am running the crap out of this phone and it keeps getting betrer. I don't even have the lag that I was experiencing the first couple of days anymore. I traded for 10 minutes with a girl in my office today and her gs4 felt sluggish compared to mine when running chrome. At this rate I may even turn the gimmiky gestures back on to see if I can get over 6 hours with them.

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[JLeung1]

I've turned all the novelties off including disabling most of the google apps and i still got like 3 and a half hour screen time max

 

[perrochingon]

Just installed it on my device and will report back with results as well. Battery life has been good for me so far. I am interested to see if this app helps though.

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