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@299,993) 7
Battery Calibration Pro 2018 (4.5@74,807) 9
Battery Calibration (4.4@148,099) Ǥ 25
Battery Calibrator (4.2@707) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2016-06-25
Battery calibration repair (4.2@265) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-05-19
Battery Calibration (4.1@204) Ǥ 8
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
Battery Calibration [ROOT] (3.9@946) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-06-25
Easy Battery Calibration (3.8@529) 2 LastUpdate: 2013-12-18
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
BatteryCalibration (0@0) 0 Github

Identify Battery Consumers

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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@68,209) Ǥ 13 / GSam Battery - Root Companion (4@1,531) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-17 / GSam Battery Monitor Pro (4.6@7,537; ~EUR 2.50) Ǥ 11 Video Review 1/2013; Kurztest 6/2013
SystemPanelLite Task Manager (4.5@12,795) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-27 / SystemPanel App / Task Manager (4.6@6,289; ~EUR 3.00) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-17 Testbericht 2/2012; Intro 8/2013
BetterBatteryStats (4.5@11,273; ~EUR 2.50) 16 Testbericht 2/2012; Intro 3/2013; XDA Home
SystemPanel 2 (4.5@1,816) Ǥ 21 Test 2/2017
Battery Mix (4.3@13,584) Ǥ 16
3C System Tuner (4.3@12,131) Ǥ 17 LastUpdate: 2017-03-13 / 3C System Tuner Pro (4.6@1,983; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 20 LastUpdate: 2017-03-13 Video Review 6/2012; Test 2/2012; Intro 4/2012
Usage Timelines Free (4.3@1,635) 5 LastUpdate: 2016-11-04 Testbericht 3/2013
Wakelock Detector [Root] (4.2@29,176) Ǥ 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-14 / Wakelock Detector [FULL PACK] (4.2@505; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 9 XDA 3/2013; Intro 10/2013
My Battery Drain Analyser (4.1@1,711) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-12-16 Kurzvorstellung 2/2012
PowerTutor (4@1,136) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-11-05
Battery Stats Plus (3.8@3,725) Ǥ 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-12-19 XDA 11/2012; also compares your battery's runtime with that of others

Other Battery Helpers

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AccuBattery (4.7@123,023) Ǥ 12
Ampere (4.5@185,703) Ǥ 8 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; show how many mA your device uses/gets fed
BatteryBot Battery Indicator (4.5@57,680) 2 / BatteryBot Pro (4.6@6,356; ~EUR 3.00) 5 Github; Battery monitoring tool
Battery Dr saver+a task killer (4.5@22) Ǥ 24 LastUpdate: 2016-11-30
Batteryminder (4.4@4,442) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-11-03
Battery Charge Limit [ROOT] (4.4@1,029) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Video Demo 5/2019; stop charging at a set limit (default: 80%)
GreenHub BatteryHub (4.4@62) 12 LastUpdate: 2017-10-26 Github; battery monitor
Kapex Battery Monitor (4.3@118) 4 LastUpdate: 2014-08-05 how much time lasted each battery percent
Ampere Meter (4.2@10,437) Ǥ 8
Battery Charge Notifier (4.2@1,016) 2
Energize - Battery Monitor (4.2@102) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Ampere Charging Time (4.1@236) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2017-11-18
Battery level shutdown (4@32) Ǥ 7
No Wakelock (3.8@236) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-05-13 / No Wakelock - Donation Pack (4@92; ~EUR 1.50) Ǥ 2 LastUpdate: 2015-10-13 disable unnecessary wakelocks. root+Xposed required. Read howto for details.
Carat (3.7@2,755) 14 Vorstellung 7/2012; personalized recommendations for improving your battery life
DrainGuard TRIAL (3.2@49) 9 LastUpdate: 2012-12-30 monitors usage and alarms you in case of "jumps"
DU Battery Saver - Battery Charger & Battery Life (0@113) 33 Video Review 1/2014 | 3/2014

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
- Looking for a consistent answer about battery calibration (8/2013)
- Wiping Battery stats and Battery Calibration Myth gets Debunked (2/2013)

2019-06-07

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Battery Calibration

Identify Battery Consumers

Other Battery Helpers