I had Widgetlocker installed from Day 1 on my Bionic. I have the extended battery and was barely getting 8-10 hours of battery life, and the screen was not on very much at all during that time. The only things showing up in the battery screen were Cell Standby, Phone Idle, and Bluetooth (when I had it on). I was also having an issue where my phone would stay hot and continue to drain battery very quickly after using the Mobile Hotspot, even after turning it off. Only a reboot of the phone would cool the phone off and stop the huge battery drain.
However, ALL of that was solved by disabling Widgetlocker. I didn't even uninstall it yet, just disabled it in its own menu. For the past 3 days, my battery life has gone up by 30-40% under exactly the same conditions. I work an 8-hour shift and my battery would normally be down to 5-20% by the end of my shift just by having the phone in my pocket listening to podcasts/music via Bluetooth (local playback, not network). With Widgetlocker disabled, I'm now staying near 50% at the end of my shift!
I hate to blame Widgetlocker, but it's the only variable that changed. I noticed the difference right away after disabling it because my phone was noticeably cooler (except when actually running the Mobile Hotspot). I'm thinking about re-enabling Widgetlocker just to make sure, but I don't want to ruin a good thing! lol
Btw, the only things I had on the Widgetlocker screen are Beautiful Widgets clock/weather, a custom slider, and a few icon shortcuts. I even had background data disabled after 15 minutes, but my phone would rarely go to sleep with Widgetlocker running. Now my phone easily goes to sleep and stays cool. Not sure why....
However, ALL of that was solved by disabling Widgetlocker. I didn't even uninstall it yet, just disabled it in its own menu. For the past 3 days, my battery life has gone up by 30-40% under exactly the same conditions. I work an 8-hour shift and my battery would normally be down to 5-20% by the end of my shift just by having the phone in my pocket listening to podcasts/music via Bluetooth (local playback, not network). With Widgetlocker disabled, I'm now staying near 50% at the end of my shift!
I hate to blame Widgetlocker, but it's the only variable that changed. I noticed the difference right away after disabling it because my phone was noticeably cooler (except when actually running the Mobile Hotspot). I'm thinking about re-enabling Widgetlocker just to make sure, but I don't want to ruin a good thing! lol
Btw, the only things I had on the Widgetlocker screen are Beautiful Widgets clock/weather, a custom slider, and a few icon shortcuts. I even had background data disabled after 15 minutes, but my phone would rarely go to sleep with Widgetlocker running. Now my phone easily goes to sleep and stays cool. Not sure why....
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