Its here!!! Gingerbread in uk today honest

[Tufftoad]

There have been issues with battery drain from the first release of Gingerbread, here's an excerpt from the Nexus S users in Mar 11.

As if some disagreements with Google Voice weren’t enough, the list of complaints against the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread update for the Nexus One continues to grow. A significant number of users are reporting that the update to Gingerbread is leaving their Nexus One drained of battery life. While idle power consumption running Froyo amounted to about 2 percent on average, some are reporting that Gingerbread is registering power usage of 40 percent and above. One user claims his Nexus One ran through 40 percent of its battery over night sitting idle on his nightstand.
The issue seems to be related to how the phone and OS are handling idle services while the phone is sleeping with its screen off. While turning these services such as Wi-Fi on and off seemed to have no effect, setting Wi-Fi to never sleep actually conserved battery life versus setting Wi-Fi to sleep when the phone sleeps.

There is also a thread over at XDA regarding the problem - [Gingerbread] battery drain issues - info from samsung.

Android OS idle using between 50% - 75%

I think the story is that if you had battery problem before Gingerbread then they are solved. If you're battery was fine before GB then it's not good???

Edit: There is an app on Android Market called 'Battery Calibration'.

"Your battery stats maybe a little messed up if you often tinker with your Android device, flash ROMs, and other general shenanigans. It is probably because the batterystats.bin system file remains optimized for your previous states.

However, XDA-Devs have found a way to simplify the process even to clean up the battery stats. When your phone is fully charged, what you should to do is to install an app, named Battery Calibration."

Link to Android Market - Calibrate Battery

[Goots]

It seems to differ between handsets though which is very weird. Since being on GB I've never seen my Android System stat go above 3%, and Android OS never above 7%, never mind 50%-75% ?!

But I'd definitely agree with the WiFi thing. I've always set mine to "Never sleep when screen is off", since I've had the phone. People don't believe me but around the house my phone uses a LOT less battery on WiFi than on 3G, always has.

And I always let Android itself manage inactive applications. App killers for me seem to use up a lot more battery than they save.

[Tufftoad]

It seems to differ between handsets though which is very weird. Since being on GB I've never seen my Android System stat go above 3%, and Android OS never above 7%, never mind 50%-75% ?!

But I'd definitely agree with the WiFi thing. I've always set mine to "Never sleep when screen is off", since I've had the phone. People don't believe me but around the house my phone uses a LOT less battery on WiFi than on 3G, always has.

And I always let Android itself manage inactive applications. App killers for me seem to use up a lot more battery than they save.

I don't use mobile internet too much as I always have access to a wifi connection. Agree with Mob. Int. using a lot more battery, signal is constantly changing. My mate hates using 3g etc, kills his battery.

With you on app killers as well, the only thing I need to end is the music player which used to stay on JPY....not sure about GB.


edit: Was about to ask where the Wi-Fi sleep policy was...just found. For others:

Menu > Settings > Wi-Fi Settings > Menu Button > Advanced > Wi-Fi Sleep Policy

[StewieOx]

Is it worth rooting and applying a lag fix. Does it make a good speed difference?

If so which lag fix is the best one?

[Centurian]

I have also found that since going from Froyo to GB that my battery life is so much better..
will try that Wifi idea ...cheers
I have had terrible trouble with my orange signal from day one really...have always been on orange but with
the samsung it has been really noticable..I live in a detached house 200 yards from sea front (south east coastline)
a mile from local phone company and still really bad signal, most of time goes to answer phone instead of ringing..
go down beach and its even worse...Is this to do with the modem ?? I hope it might be a bit better now....

[Tufftoad]

Is it worth rooting and applying a lag fix. Does it make a good speed difference?

If so which lag fix is the best one?

I didn't apply a lagfix, I rooted using cf root and then applied the ext4 apk. No lag anymore.

EDIT: Why is there a thumbs up on this post??????

[Ceejay]

I'll tell you what's had the biggest improvement so far, it's the 'Manage Applications' menu in Menu>Settings>Applications>Manage Applications or Running Services.

This used to take ages to load up all the icons for the applications and as you scrolled it took even longer to update.

Now its all there in an instant, no waiting for any updating or anything, just scroll through with ease.

[Pidz]

JVO UK doesnt seem to different from JVH i think.

I been using Juwe's JVH 4.3.1 ROM and fantastic! Battery life is unbelieveable, been using 4-days on battery and is on 60% remaining, this is with "now and again" use, 2g data only enabled when i want it, got Juice defender running, but even with another other ROM, same kind of profile etc, i have never experienced battery life such as this before.....its brilliant.

Check it out guys, im loving it so far.... CLICK HERE

[stavros]

just upgraded to gingerbread via kies. Works ok so far.

[StewieOx]

I didn't apply a lagfix, I rooted using cf root and then applied the ext4 apk. No lag anymore.

EDIT: Why is there a thumbs up on this post??????

Thanks, I wasnt sure if these things were worth doing aftee this latest firmware release.

Can you point me in the right direction of where I find the cf root and ext4 fix and how to apply it.