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Mobius 1 · 26 Sep 2012 at 21:43

Ohhhhh... I see

well.. Maybe my usage isn't that great yet. I've only fully charged it twice since I got it Saturday morning. Is there an image upload app? I can't seem to find one :s

Nexus18 · 26 Sep 2012 at 21:50

Yeah, can't really judge battery life unless you post your usage, screen brightness etc.

Although since you got 2 days so far, I am guessing that nothing is keeping it awake otherwise you would only be able to get about a day out of one charge...

You can take a screenshot via holding the power/lock button as well as the volume down button OR the home capacitve touch button at the same time and then use imgur to upload the screenshot directly from your mobile, copy

Skillmister · 26 Sep 2012 at 21:56

Or use imgur from your pc because it's the best image hosting site anyway

Mobius 1 · 26 Sep 2012 at 21:59

Nexus18 · 26 Sep 2012 at 22:03

Post the other graph showing awake, GPS etc. time/activity.

Screen brightness? What have you got syncing and how often? Also that graph/usage chart isn't very accurate/reliable, doesn't show half the stuff for me i.e. camera, flipboard etc. despite being used an awful lot.

Mobius 1 · 26 Sep 2012 at 22:07

Like this?

Nexus18 · 26 Sep 2012 at 22:21

Yup like that

Your mobile reception looks a bit sketchy, got a few red specs as well (no connection), mobile reception plays a big part in battery life so that could be why you aren't getting longer on screen time.

The majority of time when your device is awake is when the screen is on, so doesn't look like you have any apps keeping it awake.

Install better battery stats, can get it for free at the bottom of this post and see what is consuming the battery:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15869886&postcount=2

What about screen brightness? You controlling it manually or just using automatic?

Mobius 1 · 26 Sep 2012 at 22:29

I'll give that app a go

cheers. I got the screen brightness set to auto, which is usually still too bright anyways

specially first thing in the morning

Really loving this phone. Highly recommended from me. Glad to be back on android

Nexus18 · 26 Sep 2012 at 22:43

Yeah, auto brightness is far too bright for nearly every condition, even in pitch black

I have qbright installed and set to launch when I swipe up on my homescreen via apex, brightness settings I use are:

night - 0
indoor - 30
outdoor - 50
sunshine - 70

It certainly is awesome!

Must be a breath of fresh air coming from the dark side

Gavin · 27 Sep 2012 at 07:36

Nexus18 said:
Yup, I hardly ever ring/receive calls Only ever on the mobile for like a max of 5-15 minutes each day if even that, use text/whatsapp etc. mostly

Regarding better battery stats screenshots, the kernel and partial wakelocks and process plus this:

http://i.imgur.com/2q9iW.png

Take them when you hit 15% or less battery though.

What about your screen brightness?

I will take the shots today............

And god knows how people get battery life like this!!!

Tauren said:
2 days and 20 minutes since I've charged my phone, and 33 percent left in the battery. I have left wifi on all night and mobile data all day with light medium usage. Damn, coming from a iPhone 4S, I'm really impressed.

Im amazed.

Richy888 · 27 Sep 2012 at 10:40

Nexus18 said:
OMG! What a difference it makes having no 3 dot menu button on the bottom!

First boot, signal strength full! Before it was like 2-3 bars!

Nexus - I've reloaded my 'stock' nandroid backup onto One S, flashed the stock boot.img and flashed the stock recovery and thankfully all is working

I've not relocked the bootloader yet though. Phone notified me of latest update before I'd flashed stock recovery and even though it downloaded it wouldn't install due to clockwork recovery still in charge. Anyway, once stock recovery back on the update went fine. In our living room with constant 3 bars of signal where before 1 or less was the norm. Wifi has always been full signal regardless so that remained the same.

Currently using One S again today and so far today I've only caught it without signal twice. This is actually better than the One X though signal level is about on a par with each 'One' phone. Both times it reconnected straight away. Downside is battery stats report 40% of time without signal? This I'm struggling with a little as doesn't appear that bad. See how the day goes.

I was using the Viper One S rom and had terrible 3g/H switching during data usage. This is now how it should be with latest HTC update with constant H though drops back to 3g when idle - which is the norm. One S feels certainly as fast it was on both Trickdroid and then ViperOneS. Of course there are a few less 'tweaks' though the main one of remapping the recent apps button and removal of 3 dot menu at botton of screen is now sorted. Also the option of a free EA game

To be honest I much prefer the size of the One S against the One X but the screen size and quality of the X I do miss using the S - though on quality I've struggled to see the S that much behind the One S. Certainly the S has more contrast and more saturated colours against the X. Neither phone has particularly good reception where I live against the Moto Defy+ and still think it is hardware problem with poor antenna possibly? I was on the verge of selling the S hence going back to stock. I'll see how the next day or two go with it and may put the X back to stock and sell it. I await with interest the Moto Razr HD (Standard or Maxx) when they're released over here.

Even though Viper One S was on Sense 4.1 and Version 4.0.4 it wasn't as good for me as the HTC official... so far

BTW - Battery does seem better but we'll see at the end of the day.

Nexus18 · 27 Sep 2012 at 12:27

And that is why I don't want to bother with ROMs again!

Good to hear it has somewhat improved for you.

Gavin · 27 Sep 2012 at 15:24

Richy888 said:
Nexus - I've reloaded my 'stock' nandroid backup onto One S, flashed the stock boot.img and flashed the stock recovery and thankfully all is working I've not relocked the bootloader yet though. Phone notified me of latest update before I'd flashed stock recovery and even though it downloaded it wouldn't install due to clockwork recovery still in charge. Anyway, once stock recovery back on the update went fine. In our living room with constant 3 bars of signal where before 1 or less was the norm. Wifi has always been full signal regardless so that remained the same.

Currently using One S again today and so far today I've only caught it without signal twice. This is actually better than the One X though signal level is about on a par with each 'One' phone. Both times it reconnected straight away. Downside is battery stats report 40% of time without signal? This I'm struggling with a little as doesn't appear that bad. See how the day goes.

I was using the Viper One S rom and had terrible 3g/H switching during data usage. This is now how it should be with latest HTC update with constant H though drops back to 3g when idle - which is the norm. One S feels certainly as fast it was on both Trickdroid and then ViperOneS. Of course there are a few less 'tweaks' though the main one of remapping the recent apps button and removal of 3 dot menu at botton of screen is now sorted. Also the option of a free EA game

To be honest I much prefer the size of the One S against the One X but the screen size and quality of the X I do miss using the S - though on quality I've struggled to see the S that much behind the One S. Certainly the S has more contrast and more saturated colours against the X. Neither phone has particularly good reception where I live against the Moto Defy+ and still think it is hardware problem with poor antenna possibly? I was on the verge of selling the S hence going back to stock. I'll see how the next day or two go with it and may put the X back to stock and sell it. I await with interest the Moto Razr HD (Standard or Maxx) when they're released over here.

Even though Viper One S was on Sense 4.1 and Version 4.0.4 it wasn't as good for me as the HTC official... so far

BTW - Battery does seem better but we'll see at the end of the day.

Im also on the viper rom but want to flash back the orginal rom...........Any tips.....????

Ive got twrp recovery and a custom kernel and the viper rom. Im not sure if flashing the stock one back is easy enough?

Gavin · 27 Sep 2012 at 20:47

anyone advise me on what to do to get the battery to last?

Nexus18 · 27 Sep 2012 at 23:34

firstly, what are all the apps/icons in the top left? I recognise one, lookout mobile, uninstall that, there is no need for it and that is draining your battery the most. Only install apps from the market and not pron ones!

Or if installing through a 3rd party source, make sure it is trusted and you have read the comments for it. You want the tracking features, buy cereberus.

Your signal is very good for most of the time, so that isn't the problem.

Your mobile is waking up a fair bit when screen is off, I presume due to syncing i.e. weather, facebook, reduce the syncing time or better yet only do it manually.

Do you need the weather lockscreen? If not disable it as well and just use the plain wallpaper one.

Saying that, hard to judge really as you didn't charge to 100% and plus you have spent a long time on the phone regarding calls.

My battery has gone to **** again

Just about got over 3 hours on screen time and my usage is much lower than last time, no idea what it is, so I think a factory reset will be done tomorrow and I'll just keep to stock for a week or so and see how the battery life is

Richy888 · 28 Sep 2012 at 06:54

Gavin said:
Im also on the viper rom but want to flash back the orginal rom...........Any tips.....????

Ive got twrp recovery and a custom kernel and the viper rom. Im not sure if flashing the stock one back is easy enough?

If you haven't got a Nandroid backup then you'll need to flash one of the stock RUU's. It's not overly complicated so don't worry. Download an RUU that matches your phone from here..

http://www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/

Then it's a case of relocking your bootloader again and then flashing the RUU. This is just a case of double clicking the downloaded RUU whilst phone is connected to computer and phone in flashboot mode. I'm not sure if you have to flash a stock bootloader as well. Anyway, Google 'HTC One S back to stock'

I've not done the above as I had a nandroid backup. It's all straight forward though. Make sure you pick the right RUU and of course back up your data.

Richy888 · 28 Sep 2012 at 06:59

Nexus18 said:
And that is why I don't want to bother with ROMs again!

Good to hear it has somewhat improved for you.

LOL - I hear where you're coming from.

Unfortunately the rest of the day didn't go quite as well with One S. I was out and about and One S lost signal in places where I know the One X had a full 5 bars. Battery also struggled to do the day and once again I'd say it's down to signal issues. Day ended with 45% of time without signal :confused:

Gavin · 28 Sep 2012 at 09:33

Nexus18 said:
firstly, what are all the apps/icons in the top left? I recognise one, lookout mobile, uninstall that, there is no need for it and that is draining your battery the most. Only install apps from the market and not pron ones! Or if installing through a 3rd party source, make sure it is trusted and you have read the comments for it. You want the tracking features, buy cereberus.

Your signal is very good for most of the time, so that isn't the problem.

Your mobile is waking up a fair bit when screen is off, I presume due to syncing i.e. weather, facebook, reduce the syncing time or better yet only do it manually.

Do you need the weather lockscreen? If not disable it as well and just use the plain wallpaper one.

Saying that, hard to judge really as you didn't charge to 100% and plus you have spent a long time on the phone regarding calls.

My battery has gone to **** again Just about got over 3 hours on screen time and my usage is much lower than last time, no idea what it is, so I think a factory reset will be done tomorrow and I'll just keep to stock for a week or so and see how the battery life is

icons are..........BTWIFI for access to hotspots.......temperature obviously.......lookout..........(i use this in case of losing phone)..........and tapatalk forum app..............

No porn on mine

Ive disabled all synching before and it made hardly any difference..........

and that battery life yesterday was with 3g and data turned off just wifi on.

1 hour odd isnt a lot of time on what a mobile phone is meant for surely? isnt this what a phone is meant for?

5 hours on screen time? how much talking have you done?

Im on phone at least 1 hour every day more like 2

So you suggest turning the weather off which i really like having.......

uninstall lookout and unsynching facebook so if i dont pick my phone up i wont know if i have any messages etc?)

so under synch settings all i have enabled is dropbox and google now?

anything else i can do to increase battery life?

and sorry i dont mean it to sound sarcastic as above, im not good with wording

I appreciate all the help

smyth · 28 Sep 2012 at 09:34

FYI
http://lifehacker.com/5946919/check...nerable-to-the-remote-wipe-hack?post=53027289

Clicking the link in that article makes my IMEI number pop up so HTC one S is vulnerable to the remote wipe

Hope HTC sort out a patch asap!

Gavin · 28 Sep 2012 at 09:34

Richy888 said:
If you haven't got a Nandroid backup then you'll need to flash one of the stock RUU's. It's not overly complicated so don't worry. Download an RUU that matches your phone from here..

http://www.filefactory.com/f/11f2bd9c14cebbbe/

Then it's a case of relocking your bootloader again and then flashing the RUU. This is just a case of double clicking the downloaded RUU whilst phone is connected to computer and phone in flashboot mode. I'm not sure if you have to flash a stock bootloader as well. Anyway, Google 'HTC One S back to stock'

I've not done the above as I had a nandroid backup. It's all straight forward though. Make sure you pick the right RUU and of course back up your data.

Thanks and i might have a backup on my nas

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