Got Jellybean, now my battery life SUCKS!

[GrooveRite]

Well then I wasn't referring to you, goofball. I think I lose more than 2% an hour but maybe I won't charge it tonight and see.

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I wasn't accusing you silly head!! lol

 

[Joe113]

I dont get what the big fuss is!! Google Now and all it's features are ON.

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And after 1 Day 6 hrs and 36 min it finally died. 30 hrs 36 min on the battery, no complaints here...

 

[slave]

So, I tried to kill my phone today... 15 hrs 27 mins, 17% battery left. I also have 3 hrs and 27 mins of screen time on. Oh, and I didn't use auto screen.

I feel like this is actually decent. 3.5 hrs of screen time is good right?

 

[monkeydog]

Try removing your media files from your phone. for a couple of days. If you are like most of us, most of your media files are on you external sd card. So just remove your external sd card for a couple of days and see if media goes down.

I removed my card then rebooted and charged my phone. The media task has disappeared from the list. It had been holding steady at 43% usage.

Thank you for this tip, I never would have thought corrupt files would affect the battery that dramatically.

Next question: how do you find out which files on the SD card are corrupt? Or is it just a format issue?

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[Skunkape60]

I removed my card then rebooted and charged my phone. The media task has disappeared from the list. It had been holding steady at 43% usage.

Thank you for this tip, I never would have thought corrupt files would affect the battery that dramatically.

Next question: how do you find out which files on the SD card are corrupt? Or is it just a format issue?

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I just backup all my files to the computer and then just delete all the files on the sd card. You can format it if you want but do not format using the phone and always format using the fat32 file system. You can try adding back files one folder at at time but I find it easier to just start from scratch.

 

[slave]

I formatted using the phone. it worked like a charm for me. With my normal use, I am almost back to pre ICS levels.

 

[Skunkape60]

I formatted using the phone. it worked like a charm for me. With my normal use, I am almost back to pre ICS levels.

The problem with formatting with the phone is the phone formats to the exfat file system. It should be well known by now that recovery can't read cards formatted with exfat. So if you ever need to access any files on your card from recovery you won't be able to.

 

[GrooveRite]

The problem with formatting with the phone is the phone formats to the exfat file system. It should be well known by now that recovery can't read cards formatted with exfat. So if you ever need to access any files on your card from recovery you won't be able to.

Hey Skunk, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there a file size limit with fat32 format? Wouldn't exFat be a better solution with our MTD partitioned cells? I understand that recovery wouldn't be able to read any files that are not in a fat32 formatted system but if you want better performance, wouldn't it be better to be on a exFat system?

 

[Wooga]

I reformatted and got rid of the media task....but now my top killer is "Media Server" What is this and why is it killing my battery? 7hrs 14m 63% Discharge

 

[Skunkape60]

Hey Skunk, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there a file size limit with fat32 format? Wouldn't exFat be a better solution with our MTD partitioned cells? I understand that recovery wouldn't be able to read any files that are not in a fat32 formatted system but if you want better performance, wouldn't it be better to be on a exFat system?

The exfat file system is more efficient for storage as the cluster size is smaller. I really don't know how it compares to fat32 as far as performance. I don't think it will make a difference because the majority aren't running apps on it.

The main reason I keep pushing using fat32 is the majority of us will eventually need to access it from recovery. If you knew how many times I had to address this both in the forums (during the manual update) and even more in pm's you would understand.

I know everyone isn't rooting their phones but if you do, having you card in fat32 is almost a necessity because almost everything you do is in recovery.

Like I said, not everyone is rooting but how many people were installing the update manually? And how many times was the issue raised?

And yes there is a file size limit with fat32 but in all of my years on computer or phone I've never reached it.

 

[GrooveRite]

The exfat file system is more efficient for storage as the cluster size is smaller. I really don't know how it compares to fat32 as far as performance. I don't think it will make a difference because the majority aren't running apps on it.

The main reason I keep pushing using fat32 is the majority of us will eventually need to access it from recovery. If you knew how many times I had to address this both in the forums (during the manual update) and even more in pm's you would understand.

I know everyone isn't rooting their phones but if you do, having you card in fat32 is almost a necessity because almost everything you do is in recovery.

Like I said, not everyone is rooting but how many people were installing the update manually? And how many times was the issue raised?

And yes there is a file size limit with fat32 but in all of my years on computer or phone I've never reached it.

Thanks for the info!

I carry huge 720p/1080p video files so fat32 wouldn't be a great option for me. Thats why I'll stick with exFat, for now....until I root, lol!

 

[bdmridgback]

I dont get what the big fuss is!! Google Now and all it's features are ON.

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You obviously don't use your phone.
I didn't use mine much today. Dozen or so texts and a few short calls. Screen almost all the way turned down with auto turned OFF and all sync turned off.

 

[Skunkape60]

For those with maps battery drain issues try this:

Open maps app. Go to settings. Turn off auto reporting.

 

[shaneontherocks]

Skunk I can't find it in the settings. I looked everywhere! There is location reporting? Is that it?

 

[scipio11111]

NM...

 

[Skunkape60]

Skunk I can't find it in the settings. I looked everywhere! There is location reporting? Is that it?

Sorry... Yes go there. And then locatiln setting. You can turn it off in there.

 

[Almeuit]

This is my usage today. Some wifi.. Mostly 3g and browsing AC and news sites at work all day... With some streaming music from slacker thrown in.

Not bad if I say so myself. I unplugged (100%) around 620 AM this morning when leaving the house.

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[Chillidog66]

OK, found an app that fixes the battery life issue its called juice defender, it works great!

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[Skunkape60]

OK, found an app that fixes the battery life issue its called juice defender, it works great!

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Juice defender breaks more stuff than it fixes. Everything juice defender does you can do yourself.

 

[Joe113]

You obviously don't use your phone.
I didn't use mine much today. Dozen or so texts and a few short calls. Screen almost all the way turned down with auto turned OFF and all sync turned off.

Not true at all there guy. I had about 1 1/2 hrs of screen on time, a BUNCH of texts (100+), games, internet, etc.