Do those android battery saver apps work?

[KaOTiK]

As the title says, do any of them actually work or is it just BS? If they work, anyone recommend a certain one?

Also, any other must have type of apps on android, just switched to a galaxy nexus from my old iphone 2g so never followed apps to closely really (a lot didn't work or ran really slow on that old iphone)

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Nope. Those programs actually reduce performance. Android automatically kills things you don't need.

 

[WelshBloke]

Theres a couple that automatically switch on and off mobile data and wifi based on your location, those might work if they suit you.

 

[WelshBloke]

As for apps:

LBE privacy
ADWLauncher EX
Kindle app
Beautiful widgets
Chrome
Copilot
Google books
google maps/nav
google music
google voice
google+
Pocket casts
Pure messenger
Speaktoit Assistant
Swiftkeyx
Tapatalk
Titanium Backup
Tunein radio

 

[ew915]

turn your airplane mode on and it will work wonders

 

[rkkaranrk]

But the airplane mode is just for the networks how come it can help u save battery ?

 

[notposting]

JuiceDefender worked when I still ran Android, but it was hopeless in the face of some Google's crap coding. It worked by killing data, periodically reactivating etc.

Of course the Email app couldn't fucking figure out Activesync and had a wakelock issue that would last for hours. Anything besides Android will give you better life.

 

[Bateluer]

Nope, they're pretty much a scam.

You're better off simply using your phone smartly, turning off BlueTooth/GPS when you're not using them, keeping the screen brightness on automatic so it dims appropriately in doors, etc.

The Nexus should get you easily 20 hours as long as you're not web browsing on LTE.

 

[WelshBloke]

Nope, they're pretty much a scam.

You're better off simply using your phone smartly, turning off BlueTooth/GPS when you're not using them, keeping the screen brightness on automatic so it dims appropriately in doors, etc.

The Nexus should get you easily 20 hours as long as you're not web browsing on LTE.

You shouldnt have to worry about GPS, the OS should manage that itself and only use it when it needs to.

 

[KaOTiK]

Thanks for the responses guys. Figured as much but had to ask to make sure.

 

[notposting]

Thanks for the responses guys. Figured as much but had to ask to make sure.

JuiceDefender has a free version, could be worth an install, it's not one of the auto task killers that got so popular (and probably harmed battery life more than helping).

Assuming nothing in the phone is getting stuck in an active state anyway.

 

[wirednuts]

i think the task manager programs that allow you to quickly kill all running apps work the best for battery life. the one i use also lets you select programs that you dont want to auto-kill on command, so its been great.

 

[shabby]

Apps like juice defender and green power work just fine, disabling 3g/wifi can increase your battery life at least 25-50%. These apps usually turn off your radio for 15 minutes, then back on for 1 minute to fetch any emails/updates and turn it off again until you turn on the screen. Of course like notposting mentioned some apps maybe constantly try to fetch updates, so you just have to find which ones are doing it and disable them.

 

[karan1070]

In my opinion those applications are only for consuming the memory they do not save battery.

 

[GT1999]

Display brightness = main draw of battery if your check your stastics, turn it to auto.

 

[basslover1]

You can use an app like Better Battery Status to find out which apps are causing the phone to wake from sleep.

Google+ and GTalk constantly wake up the phone to fetch updates so I just signed out of both (didn't really use either anyway). I can usually make it home after 12 hours of unplugged time with 1.5 hours of screen on and still be at 50% battery. That's on a GNex with the extended battery, which I leave the LTE radio on even though I don't get coverage (I'm in an "extended coverage" area), and it doesn't seem to affect anything.

And in my experience using an exchange email addy (my school uses it), destroys battery life worse than G+ and Gtalk.

Oh, and I'm also in a pretty weak signal area too, so theoretically my battery life should be better than what I get if coverage in general didn't suck out here.