How to increase battery life on the Galaxy S II

[new2android]

i love everything on this phone excepting the battery life . somethings never change :< i get around 6 hours on average use and 12 hours max if i rarely use it for voice calls and a few texts ! rediculous :<

[jakethesnake]

i love everything on this phone excepting the battery life . somethings never change :< i get around 6 hours on average use and 12 hours max if i rarely use it for voice calls and a few texts ! rediculous :<

dig this forum for info on how to increase battery life, had the same problem now I get two days on moderate to light heavy usage

[mikeyb]

great tips! thankyou

[Redmon21]

When you guys mean battery life as it says on the graph thing? mine lasted up to 13hrs and 15 mins and it wasn't properly charged.
how do you find out how much you use just using the phone it self?

[SingaSling]

Some of you are getting amazing battery life...mine lasts barely 12 hrs !!!

[TweFoju]

Sorry, new user here, but where is the "turn off automatic background syncing" located at? couldnt find it anywhere on the settings.

[Doomed]

Sorry, new user here, but where is the "turn off automatic background syncing" located at? couldnt find it anywhere on the settings.

Well you've not looked hard enough.

Under Accounts and Sync Settings (Where your Gmail accounts are)

[TweFoju]

Haha yeah ^

thanks

by the way just want to share some info, i tried mostly the tips about saving your Battery life,

Turned off the Wake Up Command
Vibrate Off except when Silent ( but i barely goes Silent )
WiFi and Bluetooth Off
Always closing apps, and Active Apps Widget shows : 0
Display Brightness The Lowest
Auto Background Sync Off

i still only managed to hold on for 1D and 20H with roughly around 10% left

maybe i should try the SetCPU to lower the Processor used ( anyway is SetCPU the best for this task? are there any better apps for this task? )

but yeah, is this normal? if i did all that and still managed only roughly 2 days?

[Doomed]

How long have you had the phone for? It could take a couple of weeks for the battery to even itself out

To use SetCPU, your phone needs a kernel that supports OC and being Rooted

[Danny213]

Hi guys, looking for some help with my new S2. I have only had the phone a couple of days now (bought new on contract with Three), and the battery life has so far, been poor.

I am not even a heavy user, just play the occasional MP3 and browse the web. I turn the things off that I don't need, use only half the screen light (sometimes zero) and my battery still seems to be drained.

It seems that no matter what setting I change the screen brightness - I get between 45% and 50% battery usage on Display. How are other people getting as low as 10 - 15 percent?

Is it possible that I have a faulty device/battery?