Juice Defender or Atrix Battery Mode

[imarek3]

Since I got my Atrix, I have been using the Battery Mode setting to help extend my battery life. On my previous phone I used Juice Defender Ultimate which has way more options.

Has anyone done any comparisons between the two? Which one do you prefer? If you use Juice Defender, do you set the Atrix Battery mode to Performance so the two won't clash.

I am also using the Battery Monitor Widget so I can see the battery life in 1% increments. I noticed that if I reboot my phone the battery life will jump up anywhere from 10% to 25%. For example, from 65% before reboot to 80% after reboot. This is while the phone is not on the charger. What is up with that?

BTW, I am running the stock Gingerbread ROM and the phone is not rooted.

 

[attweco]

I use the "Battery Left" widget, for accurate charge level and consumption, with the Battery Mode set to Maximum Battery Saver.

The recent Motorola Gingerbread update has resulted in an increased battery drain of about 20 percent on my Atrix.

I guess they call that "progress".

 

[Kage_]

I have read there a bug that corrupts the file that maintains the battery calibration and can cause way shorter battery life than it should. If your rooted you can get a market App that will clear the file and the OS will create a new one.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration

I personally have gained about 10% in battery life.