Estimated power consumptions

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I was playing around with some .xml files and found power_profile.xml in framework-res.apk
My understanding system uses this file to guesstimate how much this or that used the battery.
So according to that file the most power consumption part of the phone is the radio, then screen and third is gps followed by active wifi.
This actually proves my previously observations that the traffic via radio (cellurar/wifi) is the battery killer and cpu running at lowest 192mhz vs 1500mhz is not that of a big difference.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<device name="Android">
    <item name="none">0</item>
    <item name="screen.on">74.5</item>
    <item name="bluetooth.active">9.9</item>
    <item name="bluetooth.on">9.7</item>
    <item name="screen.full">232.8</item>
    <item name="wifi.on">26.7</item>
    <item name="wifi.active">99.5</item>
    <item name="wifi.scan">66.9</item>
    <item name="dsp.audio">0.1</item>
    <item name="dsp.video">0.1</item>
    <item name="radio.active">550.0</item>
    <item name="radio.scanning">7.9</item>
    <item name="gps.on">100.6</item>
    <array name="radio.on">
        <value>2.0</value>
        <value>5.1</value>
    </array>
    <array name="cpu.speeds">
        <value>192000</value>
        <value>384000</value>
        <value>432000</value>
        <value>486000</value>
        <value>540000</value>
        <value>594000</value>
        <value>648000</value>
        <value>702000</value>
        <value>756000</value>
        <value>810000</value>
        <value>864000</value>
        <value>918000</value>
        <value>972000</value>
        <value>1026000</value>
        <value>1080000</value>
        <value>1134000</value>
        <value>1188000</value>
        <value>1242000</value>
        <value>1296000</value>
        <value>1350000</value>
        <value>1404000</value>
        <value>1458000</value>
        <value>1512000</value>
    </array>
    <item name="cpu.idle">3.37</item>
    <array name="cpu.active">
        <value>407.8</value>
        <value>420.0</value>
        <value>426.9</value>
        <value>432.5</value>
        <value>438.4</value>
        <value>442.5</value>
        <value>448.0</value>
        <value>457.3</value>
        <value>466.4</value>
        <value>473.9</value>
        <value>484.5</value>
        <value>494.7</value>
        <value>505.8</value>
        <value>515.6</value>
        <value>524.9</value>
        <value>534.3</value>
        <value>544.1</value>
        <value>552.4</value>
        <value>566.8</value>
        <value>581.1</value>
        <value>595.8</value>
        <value>603.0</value>
        <value>608.8</value>
    </array>
    <item name="battery.capacity">1830</item>
</device>

This may be off topic, im not sure..still a bit tired from working till 3 AM lol, but do u guys all live in an area blanketed with LTE or not? The reason I ask this is because I think this is one of the primary reason for our phone draining battery really fast. I believe that when the phone is searching for an LTE connection and can't connect to one, it waste much more battery doing so than when it is actually connected to one.

I live in northern jersey, where most of the area is not covered by LTE yet. I work in NY however and most of the area is already under LTE coverage. I notice that I waste much more battery in NJ than when I am in NY at work. Im not saying that with LTE connected I am saving 20-30% more battery, but I can say that I see the percentage drop slower than when it's searching for one.

We really need to somehow be able to turn off LTE when we don't need it or not in range of it. I believe we can save more battery by turning it off, just like in Verizon's phones.

I live in an area of good LTE coverage speeds from 25 to 50 down and the battery still drains giving tops of 4.5 hours of heavy use. Although when the screen is off the baterry drains is less noticeable so the drain is somewhere between LTE and IPS screen.

Sent from my LG-P930 using xda premium

Well, considering this file is what I think it is, the radio scanning consumes 7.9 points, so yes, it would make sense if it drains additional battery.

wait, GPS on uses over 100 points??? Isnt dat kinda high?

is that the code that generates the details for this?

Originally Posted by aquariuz23

wait, GPS on uses over 100 points??? Isnt dat kinda high?

By GPS on, I think it means, when the GPS is being used (when the icon appears in the top bar) not when the setting is enabled.