Battery Helpers

Probably one of the most persistent Battery Myths: the battery needs to be calibrated every now and then! Rather nonsense (see linked article). You don't need an app to calibrate your device's battery. That rather happens as a side-effect: that is, always when your battery ran low until the evening, and you fully charged it in one uninterrupted run (over night) – so those apps are mostly „snake oil“ to obtain ad revenue (see: What’s it all about those modules apps contain?). But for those who insist, there are some calibration apps available – which all require root (mostly to remove the batterystats.bin which holds the "juice consumed by app" data):

Advanced Battery Calibrator (4.6@316,884) 7
Battery Calibration Pro 2018 (4.5@84,923) 9 LastUpdate: 2018-02-16
Battery Calibration (4.4@148,099) Ǥ 25
BatteryCalibrate (4.3@48) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Battery Calibrator (4.2@707) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2016-06-25
Battery Calibrator (4@432) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-22
Battery Calibration [ROOT] (3.9@6,878) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-07-06
Calibrate Battery Now (root) (3.8@205) 3 LastUpdate: 2016-08-12
Battery Calibration Pro (3.7@746) 2 LastUpdate: 2014-07-31
Battery Calibrator (3.5@565) 3 LastUpdate: 2014-11-15
Easy Battery Calibration (3@749) 2
Battery calibration repair (3@426) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-05-19
Battery Calibration [ROOT] (2.8@1,105) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-06-25
BatteryCalibration (0@0) 0 Github

Identify Battery Consumers

2020-03-20

Though Android comes with a built-in tool to show battery usage and consumers, this is often mis-interpreted and not even complete. It gives you raw indicators, true – and if there's an app nibbling at your battery all day long permanently with „greater hunger“, it will certainly show up here. For a deeper analysis, however, one often needs tools revealing more details:

GSam Battery Monitor (4.5@69,720) Ǥ 13 / GSam Battery - Root Companion (3.2@1,539) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-17 / GSam Battery Monitor Pro (4.4@7,788; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 13 Kurztest 6/2013
Usage Timelines Free (4.3@1,635) 5 LastUpdate: 2016-11-04 Testbericht 3/2013
Battery Monitor - Battery Saver & Battery Charger (4.3@669) 18
SystemPanel 2 (4.2@2,032) Ǥ 19 Test 2/2017; Data Extraction 5/2019
BetterBatteryStats (4.1@11,312; ~EUR 2.50) 14 XDA Home
PowerTutor (4@1,136) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-05
Wakelock Detector [ROOT] (3.9@29,194) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-14 / Wakelock Detector [FULL PACK] (3.5@513; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 9 Intro 10/2013
SystemPanelLite Task Manager (3.8@12,798) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-27 / SystemPanel App / Task Manager (3@6,277; ~EUR 3.00) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-17 Intro 8/2013
Battery Mix (3.6@13,687) Ǥ 18
Battery Stats Plus (3.5@3,729) Ǥ 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-19 also compares your battery's runtime with that of others

Other Battery Helpers

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Ampere (4.6@223,912) Ǥ 10 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; show how many mA your device uses/gets fed
AccuBattery (4.6@178,293) Ǥ 13 Video Intro 7/2018
BatteryBot Battery Indicator (4.4@58,121) 2 / BatteryBot Pro (4.4@6,386; ~EUR 3.00) 5 Github; Vorstellung 3/2019; Battery monitoring tool
Kapex Battery Monitor (4.3@118) 4 LastUpdate: 2014-08-05 how much time lasted each battery percent
GreenHub BatteryHub (4.3@64) 12 Github; battery monitor
Energize (4.2@102) Ǥ 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-20 Github
Battery Dr saver+a task killer (4.1@119,500) Ǥ 24 LastUpdate: 2016-11-30
Ampere Meter (4.1@12,441) Ǥ 8
Ampere Charging Time (4.1@236) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-18
DU Battery Saver (4.1@113) 33 Video Review 1/2014 | 3/2014
Batteryminder (4@4,440) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-11-03
Battery Charge Limit [ROOT] (4@1,497) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Video Demo 5/2019; stop charging at a set limit (default: 80%)
Battery Charge Notifier (4@1,265) 2
Battery level shutdown (4@32) Ǥ 7 LastUpdate: 2018-05-21
Carat (3.6@2,757) 14 LastUpdate: 2018-03-27 personalized recommendations for improving your battery life
No Wakelock (3.4@236) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-13 / No Wakelock - Donation Pack (4@91; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 2 LastUpdate: 2015-10-13 disable unnecessary wakelocks. root+Xposed required. Read howto for details.
DrainGuard TRIAL (3.2@49) 9 LastUpdate: 2012-12-30 monitors usage and alarms you in case of "jumps"
ACCA (0@0) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Advanced Charging Controller; needs root

Further Readings:

Rubrik Battery Savers
Rubrik System Info
General
- How To Take Care of Your Smartphone Battery the Right Way (12/2014)
- Garantiebestimmungen für Akkus in Smartphones (6/2014 - 1/2017)
- Akkus: Das Leben mit der Stagnation (6/2014)
- Known Android Myths (9/2012)
- The Top 3 Android Battery Myths (1/2012)
Battery Calibration

2020-03-31

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Battery Calibration

Identify Battery Consumers

Other Battery Helpers