Extend Battery Life on ACER A500 ***ROOT REQUIRED***

[mapaz04]

Alright, for those who have the ACER A500 WIFI ONLY TAB you know that there is no PHONE on the TAB... So read on if you are interested in prolonging your battery life... jejeje

THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO PROLONG YOUR BATTERY LIFE ALMOST 12 EXTRA HOURS... I'M STILL TESTING... Working GREAT so far... Here are my current findings...

BEFORE CHANGING/DELETING FILES...
IDLE - 2mA
PEAK - 151mA (During stress test that ran at least 6 minutes)


AFTER DELETING/CHANGING FILE NAMES...
IDLE - 1-2mA
PEAK - 104mA (During stress test that ran at least 8 minutes)

You need ROOT to do this (See my post on how to ROOT the tab... jejeje)and must have a ROOT enabled file browser to make the changes...

1.) Find/Locate the directory /system/app and find the PHONE.APK and the TELEPHONY.APK

You can either rename the files (e.g. PHONE.OLD and TELEPHONY.OLD) or even DELETE the files.

DONT FORGET TO MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR FILES BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!!!

***IF YOU NEED TO FACTORY RESET YOU WILL HAVE TO REPLACE/RESTORE THESE FILES OR YOU WILL BE STUCK AT THE START SCREEN!!! I am not responsible if you brick your device!!! ***


For those that do not follow advice and deleted the files before making a backup, I have attached both files on this thread...