ICS has caused major battery drain

[TisMyDroid]

Yes, after doing an fdr .215 will still be there. And yes, definitely should do an fdr. ICS was a major upgrade and should have been part of the upgrade. An fdr has solved most everyone's problems, including battery drain, after the ICS upgrade.

[helron]

Yes, after doing an fdr .215 will still be there. And yes, definitely should do an fdr. ICS was a major upgrade and should have been part of the upgrade. An fdr has solved most everyone's problems, including battery drain, after the ICS upgrade.

Tahnks, will give it a go. I shoud do it via settings, correct?

[TisMyDroid]

Yes, you can do it through settings.

Ideas for backing up and restoring before doing an fdr, see: Getting the most success upgrading to ICS from GB

Take you a few hours to get everything set back up the way you had it (only about 15 minutes to do and activate) but you will be happy you did.

[helron]

Thanks TMD - just read your tips in above link. Thanks. A Qiestion or two, follows

1. Have question with: After I do the fdr, I first go into play store and make sure it is not automatically installing all my apps and stop if it is... cuz I want to do those one at a time. Usually I discover there are apps I do not use or want anymore this way. But this is not necessary. Unsure of where to disable auto install in Appstore?


2. Had this from lst FDR, when I first got phone. Forgot if I will lose all files on my removable SDcard. Yes/No? -- It says all imports will bedeeted, but yet says I have option to save Micro SD contents, so I assume my SD removable, is safe from deletion?
(I saved files to my computer, just in case, (Photos, files, etc.)
Factory Data Reset removes everything that was imported, added or installed on the device. Keep in mind, when using this feature everything is deleted. Nothing stored on the MicroSD or the internal phone storage will be affected unless you choose to erase it as well.
Factory Data Reset

• From the screen of your phone, press the Menu button
• Tap Settings.
• Scroll down and tap Privacy
• Tap Factory Data Reset
• Check Erase internal storage if you would like to erase all the data on the phone internal storage such as applications, music, movies or photos.
• Tap Reset Phone

[TisMyDroid]

1. Yes, I always restore one by one for same reason. Go into settings in play store > my apps... if the apps are automatically installing, just hit stop at the top of the list. Then you can slide panel to the left and all your previously installed apps will be listed.
2. Your removable sdcard is safe. Your internal sdcard should be safe also, unless you hit option to reset that.

[helron]

Thanks...do u think I should delete both cards. Can there be crap on there that may screw me up later on down the road? thx!

[TisMyDroid]

Thanks...do u think I should delete both cards. Can there be crap on there that may screw me up later on down the road? thx!

I wouldn't just yet. There should not be a problem. I will occasionally copy my entire cards to pc and reformat cards and selectively restore, just to clean them up...but I always do that when I can take time to know exactly what I need to restore, etc.

[FoxKat]

Answer to all your questions is yes. Clear cache, factory restore, do battery meter training, and all will be good. Discussion of these steps is there in the same thread.

Good luck!

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[Raydee35]

My battery drain is also horrible right now and I am dying to do the update BUT everytime I update and have to do a factory reset I lose to much stuff that I need. Is there a way to back up EVERYTHING and put them back in after the reset. By everything I mean all my text messages, sticky notes that I have on my phone and homescreen settings?

*EDIT* I forgot to mention that I do have Titanium Backup Pro that I forgot about, will that do everything I need?

[TisMyDroid]

Yes TiBu if you are rooted or

Yes, go to the link in post # 13 of this thread.