Help w/ the ICS update. My battery life is horrible, Notifications don't always work

[acejavelin]

I too have noticed a decline in battery. Before ICS I was charging the battery every other day - now have to charge it daily. I can't find the WiFi advanced setting that you mention. Am I missing something? Thanks!

It's in kinda the same place, go to WiFi settings and tap it, then when the list of networks come up, press the Menu hard key and select Advanced.

[bcushman]

It's in kinda the same place, go to WiFi settings and tap it, then when the list of networks come up, press the Menu hard key and select Advanced.

Boy, you are fast. You replied while I was editing my post!! Made the change so will see if that helps. Thanks

[andeejo]

Ace....did you post a link on another thread on how to back up photo, apps, music and such before doing a factory reset? If so, I can't find it. If not, my bad.

[HowardZ]

I too have noticed a decline in battery. Before ICS I was charging the battery every other day - now have to charge it daily. I can't find the WiFi advanced setting that you mention. Am I missing something? Thanks!

when in the setting, WiFi, then press the settings button again to go into advanced WiFi settings.

[hollyk83]

I would recommend doing the factory reset, it is a pain and frustrating but honestly it has fixed most peoples issues, some it has not and I will gladly admit that. Almost everyone I have spoke to and seen postings about across AndroidCentral, RootzWiki, AndroidForums, and XDA all agree that if a person has problems with ICS they should do a factory default. I cannot guarantee it will fix your problems, but in most cases it helps significantly. Also ICS seems to take time to "learn" (an incorrect term, but the best I can come up with) how to work with your usage, most people see their battery performance increase and general problems decrease over time, I can't explain it but most people would agree with that.

I haven't used AppBrain for a while, so I can't tell you if it backs stuff up or not, but I would actually recommend NOT doing that since the most likely cause of your battery problems isn't ICS itself but how an application interacts with it, so I would backup important stuff (contacts for sure, pictures, SMS message, videos, music, etc. just to be safe) and then go into Settings->Privacy and Untick 'Back up my settings' and 'Automatically restore', wait a couple minutes (or just open the Play Store) then factory default the phone, restore your contacts, and then start adding back apps slowly and reconfiguring. You can always push the apps from your PC to your phone, just log into the Play Store, and go to "My Android Apps" and then Install the apps you want from there (don't even have to go unlock your phone!) once you have used the Play Store on your device to accept the terms and conditions.

Mine is not laggy AT ALL, it is much faster than on Gingerbread. As far as a the font goes, the size seems about the same but is much clearer and sharper than before, along with everything "stock" in the phone (wallpapers, icons, menus, etc).

Also, if you are that miserable with your device, do the factory default! I mean, seriously, what are your alternatives? Get a CLNR from Verizon (which they are out of the Rezound right now) and start over, do an Assurion Insurance replacement and start all over, or go back to tech support which will have you do a factory default anyway, or just buy an extended battery and deal with it... seems like a clear cut choice to me.

Looks like I will spend my night doing the factory reset...hoping it works. Are you able to sync your fb pics to your contacts?

[tc1]

It's a pain to factory reset and all but in the end it's worth it.

I didn't even have any problems with my ics update and I went ahead and did a factory reset anyway.

[acejavelin]

Looks like I will spend my night doing the factory reset...hoping it works. Are you able to sync your fb pics to your contacts?

Yes, I use the stock Facebook sync, messaging, and contacts app and pics sync fine.

[hotsaucecommittee]

Several people have noted pics don't come across in Go SMS or other messaging apps, I don't have any of these so I can't speak to that issue but Google might be your friend here.[/QUOTE]

I can confirm that my gosms contact pics are totally fine after ICS OTA. I don't use FB so I cannot comment on that, sorry. I would advise an app called "My Backup" from the app store, it backed up all my stuff pretty well. I am on the VW extended 2750 battery and I can tell you at first I noticed no difference, but I am confident that it is clearly getting better and better for me than it ever was on GB. I am noticing none of the bugs you guys seem to be dealing with (very thankful) and wish you the very best getting back to happy. I am very happy with ICS so far and I'm sure the peeps on these forums can assist in getting straightened out.

[HowardZ]

ok, I decided to see how God awful this battery problem is. I am stock rooted ics. I switched from nova launcher back to the stock sense launcher. nova is still installed, but not being used. I put in my Verizon extended battery and cover. I charged up the battery, left the phone on WiFi, and then went to bed last night.

I woke up, and checked the phone. After nine hours the battery is at 87%.

Now I turned off WiFi, and am using 4G with the signal showing only one bar. This should simulate someone going to work. I will be using opera web browser and playing games like angry birds, hearts, and backGammon.

I'll see how many hours I can go with heavy use in a one to two bar 4G signal area on a extended battery at 87%.

[acejavelin]

Ace....did you post a link on another thread on how to back up photo, apps, music and such before doing a factory reset? If so, I can't find it. If not, my bad.

No, it is pretty simple though, plug into your computer via USB and copy to your HD everything you want.