My battery will drop 10-12% overnight sometimes. I can't imagine that being normal. I deleted SBSettings and the battery seems to be doing better. I plan to try it out again tonight to verify. Is this common, or am I just missing something that is causing it?
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Does SBSettings/Activator kill battery?
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I havent expiermented with it on or off because it is one of my most used JB apps, gotta have it.
a lot of us are experiencing more-rapid battery drain since jb'ing, and the forums are filled with theories...hard to be sure what it is (but i'd like to know too...)...
i deleted sbsettings but left activator. I was getting better battery life with sbsettings gone while still leaving wifi and bluetooth constantly on.
I have both SBSettings and Activator too (among a bunch of other jb apps) and I'd noticed that my battery life after the jb (3GS) had gotten pretty bad.
A few days ago I decided to run the battery completely out and then recharge it to 100% to see if it would make any difference. It did. I've gotten fantastic battery life since doing that, so maybe try it?
The numbers, just off the top of my head...before draining the battery, I would use the phone throughout the day to check things like Twitter, Facebook. I'd use Safari to check in on my fantasy football...in other words, things that drain the battery. By the end of the night, I'd have 10-20% battery left.
After draining it and doing the exact same things, I've now got about 40-50% battery life left at the end of the night.
A few days ago I decided to run the battery completely out and then recharge it to 100% to see if it would make any difference. It did. I've gotten fantastic battery life since doing that, so maybe try it?
The numbers, just off the top of my head...before draining the battery, I would use the phone throughout the day to check things like Twitter, Facebook. I'd use Safari to check in on my fantasy football...in other words, things that drain the battery. By the end of the night, I'd have 10-20% battery left.
After draining it and doing the exact same things, I've now got about 40-50% battery life left at the end of the night.
I get much the same results. SBSettings is not the problem. Id look into one of the mobile substrate addons being the culprit for those who think they have battery problems and who have made sure the normal battery killers are not the problem.
lots of txting, intra webz, fb, emails, and various other apps. Not many calls though. No music or videos.