Infuse battery saving tips?

[jmoney860#AC]

Just got my infuse last week, battery life isnt the best right so if anyone has any tips, let me know! Also how does rooting help with battery life?

 

[Egidio]

Just get JuiceDefender (free or paid) on the Android Market.

 

[jmoney860#AC]

Att does not allow that app apparently

 

[olorin]

I agree. I use Juice Defender Ultimate and have almost doubled my battery life. I've also started this info with my wife & friends who also swear by JD.

 

[Egidio]

Att does not allow that app apparently

That's news to me. I installed it within days of getting my Infuse.

 

[aapold]

Opinion on Juicedefender is varied, from people swearing by it above all else to those who swear it is counter-productive.

I used it in the past. I uninstalled it after installing the infused rom, which gets me better battery performance over stock.

The biggest annoyance for me was I would get iffy wifi connection when it would wake the wifi up at my work. That could just be my work's wifi though, ymmv.

 

[cwmont13]

I used it in the past. I uninstalled it after installing the infused rom, which gets me better battery performance over stock.

+1 My battery life got way better after installing Infused v1.6. I just flashed Infused v2.2.3 a few days ago and battery life is improved over stock on that ROM too. I tried to DL Juice Defender too and it's carrier blocked by AT&T. Not sure why though.

 

[gattzzz]

Juice Defender works for me on AT&T.

 

[electricpete]

Check put settings/about-phone/battery use. Mine started with display @ 98% using default settings. Then I got widget to finely tune my display easily to mi comfortable brightness indoors. At first 9% brightness was perfectly fine and 8% intolerable. After a few days 8% is just fine and 7% intolerable. Today 6% just fine for me. I think the annoyance at lo levels must be based on what we're accustomed to, not based on visibility. Now my display is 80%. Is it 18% better? No, much more than that assuming everything else stayed same. It changed from 50 times everything else to 4 times everything else.

The other big thing is your wick and data connections. I got Widgets to easily manually turn them off when not in use.

I don't think I'd like Juice defender tweaking display for me...
I know better exactly what brightness i want and would prefer to tweak it myself. A key part is making that easy with the right Widgets. For large group of customiizable Widgets i like eidgetsoid

 

[electricpete]

Sorry i hit enter by accident on my android....don't see any edit option in tipatap.

I like widgetsoid and Elixir Widgets to create many customizable Widgets. Widgetsoid is easier to learn. Elixir Widgets has steeper learning curve but more powerful

 

[ateebtk]

You want the best battery life...just ROOT phone and install any one of these 2 roms that I have personally used Catyrom / ZEUS. Here are some additional things you can do to greatly improve battery life...

- display - put brightness all the way down OR at the very least keep "automatic brightness"
- Turn off sync of apps that you don't use - these apps sync data continuously after designated time
- I turned off Facebook, Twitter , weather app notifications (previously they used to sync every hour = kill battery life!)...consider doing that
- Install some free widget that are 'toggle' for common functions such as bluetooth, wifi, data, 3g etc. on your homescreen... *tip* when u go to sleep turn off wifi + data ... ur sleep remember so ur likely not using ur phone ... plus its a healthy habit anyway (this will greatly imrprove battery life)

At the end of the day keep in mind that a smartphone offers alot more functionality...GPS, internet, texting, calling etc. .. and its not likely gonna last u 3 days w/ normal use.

Having said that with CATYROM 2.1 (ICS theme edition) I have been getting 1 day 5 hrs w/ minimal use which means no texting, calls ~ 1 hr, screen on/browsing/ 4 hrs, gps 10 minutes

Good luck

 

[gallardoseggrollshop]

Zeus rom or any rom will most likely give you better battery life. Extended my infuse from barely a day to 2 days with zeus alone. Combine it with juice defender ultimate and battery saver pro I was getting 3+ days of usage with moderate to heavy use on and off through out the day. Of course mileage may vary and I was using the phone with the lowest brightness but still a very good strategy if your trying to save power.

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[cbsharpe]

Well ever since I have installed advanced task killer for froyo, I have been golden. Huge difference between now and before when it wasn't installed.