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Benji222

Benji222

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I saw a bunch of people saying they have battery problems and I conducted a test. i stayed up late and when my phone was fully charged I unplugged it and left it overnight.
The results were very surprising. I had lost 0% battery with:
Activator, BiteSMS, Five Icon Dock, Five Icon SB, Infinifolders, Lockinfo, MobileTerminal, SSH, SBSettings, and Winterboard.
I had 3g, Wifi, Data, and SSH left on and received a text and 4 emails.
This is 1 day after a complete reset(not from backup). Running 4.01 for commcenter hack

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You are just being fooled by the os failing to update the real battery percentage. Reboot and watch your battery plummet to what it's suppose to be
 
GunBlazerX said:
You are just being fooled by the os failing to update the real battery percentage. Reboot and watch your battery plummet to what it's suppose to be
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Not necessarily.

I've noticed on iDevices the jump from 100->99 takes longer than the rest of the increments. I've done the exact same test, and rebooted the phone, and the battery was still at 100%.

Of course in actuality it isn't exactly 100%, but the display meter was accurate since the reboot. And yes I calibrate my battery.
 
So how do we explain that I had 100% battery before bed. I had 3G off, wifi off, and push off. I had 2 emails when I woke up. My usage was at 30 min and I had 92% battery. I have BiteSMS, Shrink and SBsettings installed. I Don't understand how there could be such a huge spread. You having all your apps running and me having nothing running. Doesnt make any sense.
 
impulse462 said:
Not necessarily.

I've noticed on iDevices the jump from 100->99 takes longer than the rest of the increments. I've done the exact same test, and rebooted the phone, and the battery was still at 100%.

Of course in actuality it isn't exactly 100%, but the display meter was accurate since the reboot. And yes I calibrate my battery.
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Use accura, that will tell you a more accurate battery percentage.
 
impulse462 said:
Not necessarily.

I've noticed on iDevices the jump from 100->99 takes longer than the rest of the increments. I've done the exact same test, and rebooted the phone, and the battery was still at 100%.

Of course in actuality it isn't exactly 100%, but the display meter was accurate since the reboot. And yes I calibrate my battery.
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I agree with you about the 100 -> 99 jump but I've done the same test as you before and I noticed the battery drain much quicker than usual as I used it, and eventually it ended up being the same amount of usage.
 
moussekateer said:
I agree with you about the 100 -> 99 jump but I've done the same test as you before and I noticed the battery drain much quicker than usual as I used it, and eventually it ended up being the same amount of usage.
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Yeah, you're right about the same usage. In my tests, the usage ends up differing between 5-10 minutes so I agree with you.
 
What theme are you using btw? Looking for a theme to make the icons 'smaller'
 
@Benji222 what theme is that for winterboard and SBSettings? And for anyone that installed ultrasn0w a new update was pushed out 1.1.1 to address any battery drain issues can't speak for others that didn't install it and still had an issue
 
I will try this again tonight, but my experiment last night:Fully charged before I went to sleep. Used SBSettings to turn off all processes other than mail and phone. Woke up this morning with 12 minutes of usage and 83% battery remaining. I received 14 emails and no texts overnight.

Needless to say, I'm not happy with that amount of battery loss in 8 hours when I haven't even touched the phone.

Going to run battery down today, fully charge and then re-run the test.
 
alpineflip said:
@Benji222 what theme is that for winterboard and SBSettings? And for anyone that installed ultrasn0w a new update was pushed out 1.1.1 to address any battery drain issues can't speak for others that didn't install it and still had an issue
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SBSettings theme is iNxoSB
 
As of now im at 95%, ive been texting and emailing a little.
I think you guys installed something bad because my battery is still amazing.
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I synced them all with iTunes, then synced them back.
I lost all of my game info and SMS but I honestly didnt care if I could get my phone working better.
 
Benji222 said:
I synced them all with iTunes, then synced them back.
I lost all of my game info and SMS but I honestly didnt care if I could get my phone working better.
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Can you please post your usage at 50% battery and then 20% if you happen to be using the phone during those times?
 
There are options via itunes to Sync your contacts calenders ect with programs liek outlook on your computer. Do that and then Sync it all back.

Sure, I will if I remember too.
The Usage isnt very accurate. If you play games for 1 hour, its 1 hour of usage. If you listen to music for an hour it is also 1 hour of usage. Music takes 1/4th the battery that playing a game does.

Another problem is repringing with winterboard. if you dot hat you loose usage statistics.
 
Benji222 said:
There are options via itunes to Sync your contacts calenders ect with programs liek outlook on your computer. Do that and then Sync it all back.

Sure, I will if I remember too.
The Usage isnt very accurate. If you play games for 1 hour, its 1 hour of usage. If you listen to music for an hour it is also 1 hour of usage. Music takes 1/4th the battery that playing a game does.

Another problem is repringing with winterboard. if you dot hat you loose usage statistics.
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you lose all your photos?
 
Yup,
you can always put them in a folder and sync them back on. In my case all were on the computer and the really funny ones were on facebook if I ever needed them.
I had about a gig of photos and was running out or room so it helped me in that aspect.
 
My i4 battery sucks. My 3GS had definitly a better battery.

Did the test over night - received 6 E-Mails. Disabled all programms in the task manager. E-Mail Push is turned off - mails get checked hourly. I don't have the feeling that battery life got worse with JB though.

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Alright, so im starting to get worried. I JUST got my iPhone 4 yesterday, jailbroke, and have the usual apps running. Granted, it was on the original factory charge, and i used the crap out of it (i mean, really? who wouldn't?). Lots of texts (bitesms), emails, downloading, and such. Didn't charge it over night and this is what i got today. I'm calibrating it now (via wall charger.. don't know if there is a difference between wall charger and usb port...) so hopefully we will be ok.

thoughts?
 

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