'Bout Time to Recharge My Phone

[kidFromBigD]

Originally Posted by gorelow

ever notice how the members with the highest reputations get this insane battery life that even 2 of my batteries cant get. maybe theres some evil sorcerer theyve made a deal with

Ha! I'm determined to one-up the great Coz-erator, at least in the battery life category(wish me luck).

[kidFromBigD]

Originally Posted by TexasAggie97

Glad I kept reading, I was hoping to find Juice Defender thinking it would help! Whew!

Wait a sec... Coz tells us he's using Juice Defender, and you can see the icon in his screen caps 1st post... So maybe it is a decent option for you.

Coz? Care to weigh into the debate?

[gTen]

It depends on your usage as I said, juice defender has some useful features like keeping you on 1x to save battery life and etc. Its all about optimization for your usage.

[CozBoogie]

I've played with JD off and on for about the last year...and just recently with ACS ICS 5.5.

And as gTen stated it all depends on your usage. I use it primarily to toggle my radios off and on.

I've also played around with the whitelist capability so that when I select an app that 3G/Wifi are automatically activated.

As we know, there are many variables to our phones and that your mileage may vary.

Just keep tweaking your settings, kernels, etc. until you find the right balance...there are no hard and fast rules.

late,
Coz

[darren.wlsn1]

Originally Posted by gorelow

ever notice how the members with the highest reputations get this insane battery life that even 2 of my batteries cant get. maybe theres some evil sorcerer theyve made a deal with

well i have the highest rep and i dont get that kinda life with my touch 4g tweaked to hell. coz has a good grasp on what works though an uv is a great option lots of you need to use and removing CiQ.

[revaaron]

I used to get good battery life until I took an arrow to the knee.

[CozBoogie]

Originally Posted by gorelow

ever notice how the members with the highest reputations get this insane battery life that even 2 of my batteries cant get. maybe theres some evil sorcerer theyve made a deal with

Well I've had my Epic now for a year and 3 months. In that time I've searched for the perfect combination of ROM, kernel, launcher, OC/UV, background services, etc. to get better battery life.

I've killed off as many background services as I can (e.g., DRM, etc.). I'm sure the removal of CIQ helps as well. I don't use automatic background updating of any sort for email, FB, etc. I calibrate my battery whenever I change kernels/roms. I use wi-fi whenever I can. I usually don't overclock if I can't undervolt. I don't use live wallpapers even though I'm running WP Clock it doesn't seem to consume that much power. Screen brightness is down as low as I can stand it.

late,
Coz

[TexasAggie97]

Ok, I'm so jealous that I went ahead and purchased this battery for $16 at Amazon. I believe it is the same one mentioned by the XDA folks in this thread:

Samsung 1800mAh Battery Photos

Samsung Genuine 1800mAh Standard Battery for Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch d710

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller...A1FBR7E8HT21EQ

[CozBoogie]

Originally Posted by TexasAggie97

Ok, I'm so jealous that I went ahead and purchased this battery for $16 at Amazon. I believe it is the same one mentioned by the XDA folks in this thread:

Samsung 1800mAh Battery Photos

Samsung Genuine 1800mAh Standard Battery for Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch d710

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller...A1FBR7E8HT21EQ

Nice...let us know when you get it and how that bad boy performs!

late,
Coz

[WanderingMinstrel]

I've been using Anker 1800mAh batteries for about a month. I got two of them with a weird but useful multipurpose charger on Amazon for $10.99 w/free shipping. Best $11 I ever spent. I'm getting at least 25% better battery mileage on xBTs's MostlyStock Rebuild EI22 Rom with JD doing pretty much what Coz described. Usually, I get 2 days on a charge with moderate use and deactivating data at night.