I'm fairly disappointed in this battery and will start gathering benchmark metrics,asking others to do the same for more data points and what does and doesnt work to increase.
Currently I have disabled sense ui and reduced widgets down to hardly anything, just a search and taskiller. I seem to get around 10 hours with moderate usage (occasional short call, several texts and quick searches, etc) letting android download background data and check google accounts email, contacts and calendar (this really is the power of the phone, cloud syncing pim). Weather, stocks and other "widgetable" apps are refreshed only on demand.
It's worse than I thought. I went less than 6 hours today with only one quick call (<1 minute) a few youtube clips and 2 texts. I noticed the phone was pretty warm in my pocket compared to my HTC touch (it actually felt cold sometimes if left on the desk) and a few times I noticed that there would be no radio "bars" but most of the time I had 3-4 out of 5 bars (I never have recetpion problems where I am) leading me to believe that something goofy is going on with the radio. I am going to reset since my testing is over today!!
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It's worse than I thought. I went less than 6 hours today with only one quick call (<1 minute) a few youtube clips and 2 texts. I noticed the phone was pretty warm in my pocket compared to my HTC touch (it actually felt cold sometimes if left on the desk) and a few times I noticed that there would be no radio "bars" but most of the time I had 3-4 out of 5 bars (I never have recetpion problems where I am) leading me to believe that something goofy is going on with the radio. I am going to reset since my testing is over today!!
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Whit what tool did you test it?
It's still to early to tell but I'm seeing decent battery life. Better than my pre but not great. Certainly acceptable considering I'm playing with it all the time since its new.
i also am seeing bad battery life.. i had court yesterday, and had it OFF most of the day.. and it was dead last night, i turned it on after court.
anyone notice this:
the website has extra batteries
http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASA...oryID=BSH5110&topPageNumber=0&subPageNumber=0
they say 1340mAh. mine says 1500mAh
do you guys think thats a mistake?
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I just looked at battery usage in Spare Parts at various parts of the day and input this manually to minitab. No special app or anything.
slackwaresupport said:
anyone notice this:
the website has extra batteries
http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASA...oryID=BSH5110&topPageNumber=0&subPageNumber=0
they say 1340mAh. mine says 1500mAh
do you guys think thats a mistake?
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I read that the European version has a small battery, but because it is GSM is supposed to have as good or better battery life than the CDMA version.
The GSM Hero has a 1350mAh battery, and battery life is reportedly slightly better than the Sprint Hero even with its more capacious battery. As you correctly surmise, this is due to the Sprint being a CDMA network.
Why Sprint would want to sell a lower capacity battery though, I've no idea!
Regards,
Dave
my battery didn't last a full day either
I am into my 3rd day of usage (on single charge) on my week old hero.
Running on 2G network, turning off all data connectivity, manual reduce screen brightness, minimum vibrate and sound notifications for typing and applications
I have a Sprint Hero and the battery is at half strength not too long after lunch. But since I've only had the phone 3 days, I probably am playing with it more than usual. I'm guessing Seido will come out with an extended life, same size battery. They did with my Touch and it was great! It was very handy having a spare battery when I was out for a long period of time, away from anywhere to charge the phone.
Im also into my 3rd day of usage, and been off the charger all day today... had a couple calls, couple texts, bout 3hrs worth of browsing/facebook/twitter... down to about 60% as we speak so i know its a vast improvement from my tp... hell, 2 hrs of anything on that phone and it would be below 50 percent before the day even really started lol...
There are a number of things you can do to help improve battery life.
1 ) Turn off Wifi autodiscovery. You can always turn it on again if you are at a spot where you know you have a good wifi connection and plan on using it. My Hero was constantly telling me about wifi hotspots that I was driving past. I've found a number of widgets that will turn wifi on with one push.
2 ) Set Twitter, Facebook, and or email to check for updates less often than stock. I don't remember exactly what mine was set to at the beginning, but one of the first things I did was set Twitter to every four hours and Facebook to every two hours.
3 ) GPS is also a battery eater. Turn it off unless you need it.
4 ) Whenever you get a new phone, you ( well, I do, I'm just assuming that you do, too. ) use the heck out of it, playing with settings, seeing what all the programs do, downloading apps and games. Battery life should pick up as the newness wears off.
If you guys want a little more juice, Seidio just came out with a 1750mAh battery that fits in your device's existing battery space and doesn't require a replacement door.
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/basi17htp2.htm
Problem is, whats the point of having a phone designed to have al lthese features if you can't use them as the battery just dies.
My T-Mobile G2 / Hero dies so quick it's annoying.
Yes I've been doing lots of stuff with it this week but to have to turn of 3G to save battery is a laugh. My old Sony phone uses 3G etc and it can last a good two days without charge.
I've kept my 3G on but have kept all the updates to minimum amounts or to be done manually.
Background data also turned off most of the time but again, if it's required, then we shouldn't have to turn off.
It's about time batteries were developed or the companies actually provide longer life ones.
All the testers reviewes keep going on about how great the battery life is doing all these things and stuff, what batteries have they been given to use compared to the rest of us I wonder?
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Hi all, did a search using keyword "batteries" and suprisingly found nothing. Question: Does anyone know of an extended battery that allows you to keep the oem cover? I got a slightly extended for my pro (1800mAh) and it fit great , giving me just enough more juice. My HD arrives this week and I know the battery prolly will have a tough time going a full day. I've seen the usual assortment of super batts that take a custom bulging cover. I'd prefer to avoid the bulge.
Mugen Power makes one but it's been out-of-stock for a while... the easiest solution (at least for me) was to get a second battery.
If it's any consolation, once you go through several charge / deplete cycles with your new battery, you can expect to go through a whole day without much trouble.
Touch HD actually has the best battery life on the PDA market, surpassing even the menacing iPhone by more then 15%!
You can also find very useful apps that will help save the power, such as Lumos, that will automatically adjust your screen brightness depending on ambient lighting. And I can confirm it makes a lot of difference when it comes to battery life.
Also, Mugen sells batteries for HD that have same dimensions as stock battery, but with slightly larger capacity. I bought one for 30$, and I easily go over 3 days with these 2 batteries.
Thanks for the feedback guys. It's great to hear that the HD actually has good battery life using the oem. I know for the first few days or weeks I'll probably be using the crap out of it just because I'll be getting used to it and it will be to awesome to put down I'll see how it goes and maybe check into muygen if they might have something that fits as is, into the back. Really getting hyped about this HD.
You can also consider a power station which slots in the mini usb slot but makes your touch hd longer but you don't get the bulge.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BATTERY-POWER...0|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1308|301:1|293:1|294:50
You get approx 2.33x the juice.
cortez.i said:
Mugen Power makes one but it's been out-of-stock for a while... the easiest solution (at least for me) was to get a second battery.
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Hmm, that's interesting - I ordered mine about a week ago, they told me they were "out of stock" until the 25th May, but yet they shipped two days after I got that email and I received my 1500mha battery yesterday!
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/product_info.php?cPath=108_135&products_id=534
aussiebum said:
Hmm, that's interesting - I ordered mine about a week ago, they told me they were "out of stock" until the 25th May, but yet they shipped two days after I got that email and I received my 1500mha battery yesterday!
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/product_info.php?cPath=108_135&products_id=534
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Just ordered, and mine was out until june 15th!!
Are you satisfied with yours?
I go easily 2-3 days on my HD between recharges and normal usages. A few calls and texts and a spot of internet browsing.
Do you guys watch video's or something to make the battery life so poor?
Well, after using my HD with the oem battery for the past 3 weeks I must say I am very pleasently surprised that it is working very well for me. I can go a full day with usually a bit left over. I am still using it pretty heavily, just because I can't put the dang thing down. Lol. I'm not sure I'd want to pay to much for a 1500mAh as it seems like not enough of an increase in power reserve. I'm happy with the oem.
WeeJockMacFeegle said:
I go easily 2-3 days on my HD between recharges and normal usages. A few calls and texts and a spot of internet browsing.
Do you guys watch video's or something to make the battery life so poor?
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i don't even know how you accomplish that...my screen is turned down to the lowest brightness...the 3g radio is off, i don't use wifi or play music or video...and i get a day to a day & a half @ best.
Never, ever seen 3 days
I ordered a battery from Mugen.
I received it on friday, but the phone will not charge it.
charge light turns on for about 15 sec the shots off.
when looking at the battery status it shows battery unknown.
I have emailed Mugen about this no reply as of yet.
DRTigerlilly said:
i don't even know how you accomplish that...my screen is turned down to the lowest brightness...the 3g radio is off, i don't use wifi or play music or video...and i get a day to a day & a half @ best.
Never, ever seen 3 days
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I charged my HD over night two days ago, so now I'm clocking 2.5 days from last recharge, and it's on 50%. Couple of calls and SMS, 10-15 mins of GPRS internet each day and about 20 mins of GPS in Google maps.
That's the way to do it.
I'm on Dutty's 3.7. I make a few calls, send a few sms's, browse the internet a bit and play a bit of freecell most days. Last time I charged up was Thursday morning, yesterday at 2pm it hit 14%.
Maybe you live a a poor reception area? I've noticed my battery life gets very poor if I'm in the middle of nowhere, far from any cell towers.
I usually listen to internet radio and surf to and from work, make a couple of phone calls, have a couple of mail accounts set up. I usually don't run out of battery on a normal day, but if I have to go somewhere special I might listen to internet radio more and surf more and the battery will run out. And if I play any games, Xtrakt or Need for Speed Under Cover, or watch videos I can kiss the battery good bye.
It's a smart phone, so we use it to do all the cool things that a smart phone enables us to do. Sure its gonna drain the battery more and usually it's worth it, but you can fault us for trying to get more out of our devices
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Just ordered, and mine was out until june 15th!!
Are you satisfied with yours?
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yep - been using the 1500mha Mugen for about 2 wks now and it seems pretty good - on avg. get about 10% more charge remaining at the end of the day vs. the stock battery. Work day = a bit of web surfing via HSPDA / GPRS, a bit of gaming, 1hr or so of music and a couple of SMS's and maybe calls. Usually still have around 60% charge around midnight. I do use S2U2 with Suspend Power = ON option.
I've noticed that Windows Mobile phones (in general not just Touch HD) seem to have really poor battery life in areas with poor / no reception - in these areas, it's best to either switch to flight mode OR force GSM only mode on.
Hi,
I know that there are quite a few threads about battery life in Hero...
Mostly everyone says : switch this off switch that off....
I dont want to switch anything off!!
I would expect from a mobile with all those gimmicks to last at least 15-17hours with all on (ok maybe not wifi all the time and gps but with 3G for push email and updates for widgets)
mine barely lasts 10hours even that I dont play with the mobile too much or lately tak to much on it...
are Your batteries so weak as well ??
Im thinking of getting either bigger battery (1800mah that doesn't require new battery door) or just give it back and get a new BB or even Nokia ( my e71 maneges to last 20hours with 3g push email on all the time from 2 accounts and wifi and gps from time to time...)
I love android, I have to admit that....screen in Hero is lovely...but for ...sake...c'mon...not even 10 hours ???
I need your opinions on this guys.
Or maybe my battery is £"%&^%
Thanks
I have also problems with the Hero battery.
I've found out if i charge it with the usb cable, the battery gets very hot.
so now i only charge it with the adapter.
my battery lasts a day and a half normally, or a good 24 hours if I'm using it a lot
if you have lots of apps/widgets that stay active, it's going to go down... this is essentially a small computer, more powerful than many older laptops, and with a fraction of their battery size... you're always going to be able to push it past limits
Well, when you have the data connection on all the time you only get one day out of it. When you turn off the always on data connection, up to three days.
Obviously how much you use it is the most important factor. It won't do a day of gaming ofcourse
I have exchange ,gmail accounts...weather with clock and thats it...that are all the apps I have on all the time..
and it barely can get over 10hours :/
Use Spare Parts to see if any application is holding open a partial wake lock for extended periods.
Regards,
Dave
My battery has been fine since day one.
You guys on your phone 24/7 or what?
azr6 said:
My battery has been fine since day one.
You guys on your phone 24/7 or what?
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I'm not..but when I switch it on lets say at 6AM when I go to work I expect it to last at least until 10PM with push emails on and other widgets.
I would check your uptime.
Like someone mentioned earlier. The more widgets you have goin and other apps the faster the battery will drain. That is just how it works.
First of all, hello to everyone. I have been reading through a lot of threads here in the last few weeks after getting my HD2, especially the ones about battery life.
I have never owned a smartphone, so I have no comparison but I'm barely getting through 1 day of use when fully charged! And I'm not even using it that much yet, Wifi is off, no data transfers, just some texting and calls. I have installed Bandswitch and Battlog, didn't really help though.
Got the phone brand new (T-Mobile US) and haven't done any major tweaking yet, it's still pretty much stock with a few programs that I installed so far.
Do you guys have a similar experience or is it completely different? I love the phone, but if I dont even get through one day of use (and I want to use the phone in the future, not just for surfing but for music streaming or web browsing), I would have to bring it back.
Any help appreciated!
It's just something you have to live with, buy a spare battery, or the extended battery, flash a lighter ROM, adjust screen brightness turn off push e-mails etc etc.
I can get 2 days battery from very light use. i.e. a few texts and calls a day, no Wi-Fi, bluetooth or internet browsing. That's just how smartphones are.
So how do you do it on a daily basis?
My battery is fully charged in the morning and lets assume I'm using the phone for what I bought it for - some music streaming, gps here and there if I need it, some web browsing, calls and texts etc.
I haven't even started using most of the features of the phone and my battery has died twice on my already while I was out at night.
How can that be normal or acceptable? I can't charge my battery every 6h...
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So how do you do it on a daily basis?
My battery is fully charged in the morning and lets assume I'm using the phone for what I bought it for - some music streaming, gps here and there if I need it, some web browsing, calls and texts etc.
I haven't even started using most of the features of the phone and my battery has died twice on my already while I was out at night.
How can that be normal or acceptable? I can't charge my battery every 6h...
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Maybe you shouldn't have a smart phone? Battery technology is ****, it's a shame, but it's true. The only thing I can suggest is a spare battery, I carry one everywhere.
I generally watch an hour and a half of video a day on my phone, text, call, use the internet and I can still make a 9 hour day with 40%+ battery left, and just incase I am out and about in the evening before I have a chance to get the phone on charge I have the spare.
But with that said half hours charge from the mains will give you a good 30% topup I very seldom have to swap the batterys and I use a pretty juicy ROM.
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Given his kind of use, 2 days should be normal. Right now I'm squeezing 3 days out of this battery, and that's only because I swap it out when it's at 10%, otherwise it could be a little longer... and a few calls here and there is not the only thing I did with it... it's still my work pda after all
Since it's pretty much stock, unless it gets better with time (the first recharging cycles are the worst) and even after a hard reset it won't get better, it probably is something wrong not software related.
Install battclock and check the standby battery drain, shouldn't be much higher than 4mA, up to 7mA could be normal, any higher than that, especially if significant, and you've got something wrong, and found the cause to the short battery life.
First off, buy a couple of cheap oem batteries from here...
Now, these eBay batteries have performed slightly better than the original battery...
Some of us smartphone users are so used to poor battery life we have power charging cradles at home work and car just to keep the charge up... And have spare batteries every in case of emergency...
I take my phone off the charger at 6am to go to work... My avg day is 6-10 calls, 20 reminders, an hour of UNO, an hour as a wifi router and I return home at 5pm with 50-60% battery life...
they are trying to make batteries smaller and thinner so they can make the phones thinner and smaller so battery life is compromised. But you do need to give it some time to settle in.
Back up batteries and cradles to charge them are cheap and an easy solution. So are extra chargers to keep at work, in the car, etc. Most people can charge their phone at least an hour during the day and that should give you all you need.
The only smartphone that I didn't carry an extra battery for was the moto q9c, because it came with an extended life battery. But on these phones, that probably isn't the best option.
So what did you guys do to improve the battery life of your HD2? Are there any specific programs (I heared about G-Profile) you are not supposed to use or did you guys just deinstall all the T-Mobile Apps?
If I can just get 1 day of actual use out of it I am OK with that. I just dont want to have die every second or third day if I use more often than normal...
Any suggestions or may tests I could do? I feel like I could stream music on Slacker for about 90 Minutes and the battery would be dead...
EDIT: Just did Battlog for about 15 Minutes, my phone uses between 15ma and 31ma when in standby. So where do I start, how do I find the culprit?
I love huge screen HTC devices and Im a power user, so my solutions for power issues are:
Callpod Fueltank Duo
http://palmtops.about.com/od/accessoriesperipherials/fr/Callpod-Fueltank-Duo-Review.htm
Mugen Extended-size High-capacity 2600mAh Battery for HTC HD2
http://www.mugenpowerbatteries.com/
There is a 15% discount right now, better hurry.
Extra chargers and thats it! Now I browse, calls, emails, music, videos, TV stream (Slingplayer) and maximize all of the other features of my HD2 t9193.
Software and the end-user are the cause behind battery drain. I've got 2.5days out of moderate use so I don't think it's the hardware at all.
Methods for testing battery consumption and proof it is typically software related
Hi,
At the risk of looking like I'm trying to hijack this thread, I started a discussion on this particular subject a while ago as feedback on my finding after reading almost all the threads I could find regarding battery use on the HD2. Lude219 is 100% correct, the issue is always software related (yea, I know there might be exceptions to the rule) and my phone was a prime example of that.
See the thread below that explains how to measure your battery consumption, has logs and screen shots from users you have high consumption and also people who have systems where battery life is more than 48 hours so that you can compare your results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=718173
Regards
I'm also sure it's software related. My phone would use app. 2% overnight with all connections closed. This i tested over months. Then suddenly without me changing anything drastic software wise, it pulled 5% per 3-4 hours. So after going thru all the cleaning routines nothing helped exept a good "ram cleaning" . Somehow or other the phone starts processes over time wich consume alot of power. One would have to look into it with a process manager to find out what exactly it is. WinMo seems to be quite sofisticated looking at all the running processes. So my view is , keeping the system tidy might be the only way to save the extra power.This is where the huge diffrence to other platforms seems to be, it can take quite a while until you have configured your phone the way you need it. I am useing the stock rom 1.66 German
thanks you guys for participating and sharing your thoughts.
But now, here is a thinker:
Last night, I let my battery drain all the way to zero and then recharged it at night. The only other thing I did was installing BSBTweaks and Touch X Taskmanager. I also changed my Bandswitch Settings to turn off data when not used and put it at 60 sec (instead of 500 sec before).
And I couldnt believe what I was seeing, I took my phone off the charger this morning around 8.30am and now at 7pm I am still at 84%!!! I did not use the phone heavily but sent and received a few texts, made 1 call and played around with it for a little bit. Similiarly to what I did in the beginning after I got the phone, but then the battery had almost died at 7pm!
I am super happy and hope it stays like that but cannot explain why all the sudden it is that different...
Hi everyone,
This is a very usefull thread, for me it is, thanks to everybody that answered.
regrding the last post, a noobish quesition is
”Bandswitch Settings to turn off data when not used and put it at 60 sec (instead of 500 sec before): how do i do this?”
I remember stumbling upon this setting the day i got the phone and started viciously going through it.
Somehow it didnt store in my memory the path i went that day so i can try doing what the man sugested.
So if anyone can lay a hand, much obliged.
Regards
i lost 12 pct over night in 9 hours with my radio turned off last night and only gmail and texts were open...
with battlog how do i do the test so it stays in standby? it keeps turning the screen on and off when i run benchmark
You may want to flash a new radio. Try a new one each day and measure battery life. I use radio 2.12.50 and have had a good experience.
yeah but with my radio turned off the radio shouldnt affect it shoudl it?
i use blackberry to stream pandora radio thru aux for about 8 hours a day and it still has 2 bars left after that.
HD2 just sits there and kills the battery lol
what kind of phone is that when you have to disable all its functions every time you dont use it?
seriously this is called unfinished product or poor design, that is beeing sold to customers as a next best thing.
you guys can argue with me all you want. i heard many excuses from users advocating the companies. such as. if you dont like this than pay more for a better product. well HD2 is a better product, its a 500 dollar phone damn it.
but you dont realize that even the "better" products suffer from same underdevelopment syndrome.
companies spend millions on consumer research and consumers spend millions on **** they dont need every year. cows eat grass, consumers eat garbage made by big companies.
where are the better products? they dont exist because it became "normal" to have a faulty OS or for your phone buttons to fall off, or battery to explode.
companies worked long and hard to make consumers get used to the idea that garbage is just a part of life, and worked long and hard to minimize costs of production, and cut corners.
which corners?
the final QA testing that is not beeing done by a company, so they can release the phone 3 months earlier, the consumers pay for the phone and test it.
we work for the company and we pay for it instead of getting paid.
the phone breaks oh how sad ,
company takes note(dont use this cheap glue or the buttons fall off, get a lil more expensive glue next year)
so they use better glue and cut another corner and we buy another "new and improved phone" and this time screen goes dim oh dang not again...and it continues.
do you disconnect your car battery every night so it doesnt die? or when you buy a lexus do you drive with your AC off because it cant pull the car around when ac is on same time as the stereo?
I just bought a Droid X2, but have decided to take it back for an LTE phone before the change in unlimited data.
I really don't like the way the charge looks, but it seems to be just as good as the TB. The TB has the likely potential to have a better community and better roms.
However I cannot have a phone that cant hold a charge for a whole day. And I do keep my phones for the 2 year duration of the contract, so whatever I get I need to be happy with.
I get the idea that the TB lasts between 4 and 8 hours. Is this a hardware issue, or is it the ROM which would be fixed as time progresses?
It is pretty bad. If you live in a 4G area, you should get the extended battery.
There are some settings tweaks, especially in the stock ROM, that help tremendously. The notification/background data is what kills the battery.
I always get at least 8 hrs with normal to heavy use.
But if your streaming video constantly, yeah like 4 hrs.
Most I have seen is around 20 hrs.
Seems like it always dies with about 4 hours of awake time or actual usage.
In a 4G area. And I think it will get better with hopefully a new OTA.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
If you are going to play with ROM's, standard battery life is real bad. I loose about 25% of the battery, 4G downloading, then flashing 1 ROM!
Add 2 hours worth of on anf off fiddling with the screens and setups takes it down to 40% remaining, then I have to turn off wifi, and 4G to get through the workday, ending <10%. If I do 2 ROM's, i'm dead before lunch. Gotta get a cable for work.
Get the extended battery. Mine lasts typically a day and a half with it, moderate usage. Awesome phone.
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I can get a full day out of my phone with moderate use (texting, calls, web browsing). I have my settings tweaked and have juice defender running which really helps. I'm on stock ROM and am not rooted, there is a lot you can do to improve the battery.
Well if you use your phone as much as I do then you would be surprised how quickly the Barry drains out haha
Sent from my TB yo.
Mine is usually 60-85% display, and I have it on dead minimum brightness unless I'm outside in the sun, in which case I set it to auto for a few minutes. Mind you, that's maybe five or ten minutes max of screen on time, two or three times a week. On the other hand, a twenty or thirty minute phone call can take ten percent off; I'm one of the people who sometimes remembers that it can make calls, too, so my experience is probably a bit off. I also have most everything set to sync every 2 hours, but I have imo.im running constantly.
If I'm using it pretty heavily, it may be down to 40-60% on the standard battery by lunch, which would be about three or four hours of screen on time. I'm in a 3G area, btw. I just carry a charger; which has the advantage of making other microUSB people happy when their phones die (and we can mock the iPeople with proprietary chargers). Yes, the battery sucks, but every phone has trade-offs.
If you won't have any way to charge the phone (car, wall, etc) during the day, then I don't think you will be happy with the phone. Between my wall charger (or USB cable), car charger, and two batteries (spare is the Seidio 1600 mAh), I'm satisfied.
As for the Droid Charge, the Touchwiz UI compared to Sense is a non-starter.
Is it bad? Yeah, seems like. Is it as bad as everyone is making it out to be? I dunno. I remember a lot of people complaining about the battery when I got the Incredible. With light use (about an hour of internet and email over 3G, one or two half hour calls, and a handful of texts), I'd charge it every other night (and have 30% or so when it went on the charger).
I picked up the Thunderbolt yesterday and charged it overnight. It came off the charger at 7:30 this morning, and I'm showing 54% as I'm typing this at 8:45pm. Since it's new, I was probably fiddling with it more than usual (but not a ton more, as the differences between the Thunderbolt and the Incredible aren't huge).
So with 4G on, yeah, it runs it's battery down faster than my old Incredible. But it seems like I can make it through a day without much difficulty.
EDIT: I figure I might as well mention my settings.
I have the brightness set to about 30%. I shut off any and all vibration. Screen timeout is 1 minute, volume is maxed for everything. Bluetooth and GPS are off (unless I need them). The weather widget updates every three hours. I don't use any other widgets that use data (just a volume profile and a power control widget). The phone can do background sync for my contacts, but my gmail, other mail, and Twitter (Seesmic) are all set to update manually.
I'm getting about 8 hours of moderate usage here as well. I've come to terms with the fact that using a device that is more powerful than my netbook will come with some battery trade-offs.
hey guys,
I'm going to follow this thread for a bit. My HD2 jumped into the Harbor yesterday and will probably be switching to Verizon for my next phone. I'd really like to get the TB, but am really concerned about battery life.
It sounds like people are getting a battery life similar to what I was getting running Gingerbread off the SD card on my HD2...which didn't quite cut it for me on days I was working in the field and not able to charge. But at least with the HD2 I could run WinMo on days like that and not have worry.
Keep the info coming!
thanks
setting tweaks
Headshots4life said:
I can get a full day out of my phone with moderate use (texting, calls, web browsing). I have my settings tweaked and have juice defender running which really helps. I'm on stock ROM and am not rooted, there is a lot you can do to improve the battery.
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Hello, im currently running with juice defender, but i was wondering if you could help me with what all settings i should tweak to help the battery?
After applying the MR1 OTA update I still wasn't happy with my battery or GPS performance, especially compared to my past phones (Incredible, X, original droid, blackberries, etc)...
After doing a wipe and reloading the apps I use by hand, I have seen battery life match the Inc in 3g only areas, and GPS lock on my location consistently in under 7 seconds.
In mixed 3g/4g areas (where I live), similar results. Battery life and GPS lock are very much improved. And the TB now makes it through the day for me.
In solid 4g areas, well, last night I was surfing the web, reading, looking to see if the GB update for the X had hit. I went to bed around 1 am with 80% battery, didn't hook to charger. This morning at 9 when I looked it had received some emails and auto updated some apps.. battery was at 55% so that is better.
It's still not as good as my droid x, but the TB is certainly more usable than when I first got it a month and a half or two months ago.
The t-bolt is better than my inc was, with bams GB rom I got 12 hours of heavy use with stock battery....my 2 cents...
I just tested my battery life. It was about 2 hours with Carl pagan cosmos on 2g. 4g really eats the battery. After I recharge, I'm going try it over 3g and see if that makes any huge differences.
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When someone here gets one of these could they please let us know what the battery life is like?
I know nokia says 400 hours standby but standby figures are kinda plucked out of the air since smart phones, i'm sure mine has 200h plus but realistically 2g, everthing turned off I can get around 4 days use of it when only using it for calls/txts. I nreal world upto 2 days, 1 day if I use it a lot.
I know its not real world use, but sometimes when i'm away in area's with no access to a charger I like to know I can last a couple of days without it dieing on me!
Cnet claims that it drops to 25% after just 4 hours of heavy usage. If this is true I would never buy it and it would be a real shame. Lumia 800 had same issues many months after launch and even after numerous software updates it is still not up there.Working at Nokia so I've seen my fair share of lumia failure...Really hope the 920 delivers.
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Cnet claims that it drops to 25% after just 4 hours of heavy usage. If this is true I would never buy it and it would be a real shame. Lumia 800 had same issues many months after launch and even after numerous software updates it is still not up there.Working at Nokia so I've seen my fair share of lumia failure...Really hope the 920 delivers.
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Was that test with 4g on? i'm assuming with 4g it constantly searches for the network. If simply turning 4g off gives a nice boost to battery i'll be happy with that, personally i'm fine 90% of the time with 2g speeds.
My current phone gets just under 2 hours use in navigon at full charge. I know generally you have a car charger in car, but its the only way generally I use to measure how long the battery lasts.
I remember my first smart phone would power tomtom for around 5 hours on one charge, sure the screen was smaller and the processor was slower, but it was still perfectly usable. I suppose 320x240 would feel very wierd now tho...
falconyx said:
Cnet claims that it drops to 25% after just 4 hours of heavy usage. If this is true I would never buy it and it would be a real shame. Lumia 800 had same issues many months after launch and even after numerous software updates it is still not up there.Working at Nokia so I've seen my fair share of lumia failure...Really hope the 920 delivers.
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Is this really that bad? Because this would mean you'll get about 8 hours with half the battery on heavy usage (assuming linear discharging). I'd think that is pretty good.
I currently own Samsung Focus (1st Gen) and I get about 26 hrs or so on moderate to low usage.
Unless they mean 4 hours straight gaming or watching a movie that is a lie.
I've had my phone for 6 hours using it pretty much none stop. Downloading lots, taking pictures/video, trying maps/gps, wifi on but not connected, no LTE but "4g", placed a few calls, dozens of text, full settings/setup, etc etc. This was from the phone coming out of the box at ~50% charged and I am at 19%.
Just got it so I will report back in a few days and see how it goes.
I've had mine for a week now and I have to say Im a heavy user - maybe because of that Im not too happy with the battery. I have to charge it after 7 or 8 hours but I do have bluetooth on, wifi on, 3g on, push email, facebook updates etc on all the time. As an Ipad owner I thought it might be on a par with that for battery life but it isnt....
I use my phones enough that I am use to charging them every day. I have yet to have a smart phone that would last me 2 days. This phone so far fits right in there, no worse no better. Haven't had it long enough to be a final decision though.
Yesterday I had it unplugged from 7am to 11:30pm and it was at 29%. This was with wifi off, BT off. Lots of usage, played a bunch of Angry Birds:SW, lots of texts/app downloads/heavy camera usage/etc...
In the end unless it makes it to the next morning at above ~55% it really doesn't matter, I'm going to have to charge it. All that matters to me is that i can make it through a day and so far this phone seems like it will be able to do that no problem. If you spent a heavy day of gaming and movies I suspect you would find yourself needing to charge again but that is inline with every other smartphone on the market unfortunately.
I've had the phone 72 hrs now. I previously had the 900, Focus S. I run my phone with bt, and WiFi on. I do not turn off lte or 4g. If the phone charge lasts from 6am till 330, then its good for me.
As with many new phones battery life in the first few weeks is not really accurate. Currently my 920 exhibits the same traits the 900 did.
I do light music and games, heavy internet and social contact, medium texting, but virtually no phone calls. As of now, this puts me in the 40-50% range. I expect it will get better as I stop experimenting with themes, lock screens and tile arrangements.
I've been able to use the Lumia 920 for one full day now and this is my battery information:
The information i'm about to put out is with; text messaging, internet, couple of phone calls, 15 minute gameplay, more surfing the internet
The battery information can be found ' Settings -> Battery Saver -> Battery Info '
Battery info:
Remaining battery life: 47%
Estimated time remaining: 3 days 3 hours (obviously meaning standby time)
Time since last charge: 20 hours
I took the phone off the charger at around 10pm last night and haven't used the charger since then.
My battery drains real fast. I think its down to 2 reasons: 1.data connection speed is set to 4G. 2.Loads of background apps running.
I dont have 4G in my area so the phone is swithing to 3G sometimes even poor 3G signal which makes it go to 2G. so if its constantly switching network signals that will drain battery fast. my Lumia has no option to keep it only on 2G, but i can change to 3G or 4G. If i could change it to 2G i guess the battery would last all day with no problems.
turning off background apps can also help reduce battery consumption.
btw i have a Lumia 920 bought from Phones4u using a TMobileUK sim
Ive had the 920 from the MS Build conference for a few weeks now.
1. I turned off NFC (tap to send). No need for it.
2. I turned off Bluetooth, unless I actually need it.
3. I ride the train for an hour to work, and an hour home, and use the internet sharing pretty much the whole way with my Surface.
4. I have it set to pull email from 3 different accounts, with it set to get items as they arrive, and I get a lot of email throughout the day.
5. The area I live in is all LTE.
6. I leave wifi turned on all the time, as I have it at home and at work.
7. I make a few calls during the day each day, but maybe only 20 or 30 total minutes at most.
I've found the battery life after a few weeks now to be excellent. Even after an hour of internet sharing on the train, it has only used 7% of the battery. Battery life seemed shorter during the first week or two, so i'm guessing everyone else will have similar results as the batteries get conditioned. I haven't had a problem with it running out of power before the end of the day. Early on it did, but it has gotten much better,
smcb said:
Ive had the 920 from the MS Build conference for a few weeks now.
1. I turned off NFC (tap to send). No need for it.
2. I turned off Bluetooth, unless I actually need it.
3. I ride the train for an hour to work, and an hour home, and use the internet sharing pretty much the whole way with my Surface.
4. I have it set to pull email from 3 different accounts, with it set to get items as they arrive, and I get a lot of email throughout the day.
5. The area I live in is all LTE.
6. I leave wifi turned on all the time, as I have it at home and at work.
7. I make a few calls during the day each day, but maybe only 20 or 30 total minutes at most.
I've found the battery life after a few weeks now to be excellent. Even after an hour of internet sharing on the train, it has only used 7% of the battery. Battery life seemed shorter during the first week or two, so i'm guessing everyone else will have similar results as the batteries get conditioned. I haven't had a problem with it running out of power before the end of the day. Early on it did, but it has gotten much better,
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After a week, today , this is what I see also. My phone comes off the charger when full, last night it was 11:15pm. The charge sits at 85% with 40 hrs estimated time remaining.
I have BT, WiFi, Tap to Send on. I have gone into background tasks and blocked anything I don't want running. I have noticed that Nokia Drive+BETA, when on, really drains the battery, as does streaming from XBOX Music Cloud. So Nokia drive is blocked in background tasks and I do have Cloud Music turned off.
I drained the battery to under 10% last night....I'll try to push it tonight to get further.
But overall, I'm happy with the battery. I know I have some wiggle room with turning off BT and Tap to Send if I want.
Another day, another test.
pvn70 said:
My battery drains real fast. I think its down to 2 reasons: 1.data connection speed is set to 4G. 2.Loads of background apps running.
I dont have 4G in my area so the phone is swithing to 3G sometimes even poor 3G signal which makes it go to 2G. so if its constantly switching network signals that will drain battery fast. my Lumia has no option to keep it only on 2G, but i can change to 3G or 4G. If i could change it to 2G i guess the battery would last all day with no problems.
turning off background apps can also help reduce battery consumption.
btw i have a Lumia 920 bought from Phones4u using a TMobileUK sim
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I hope they allow that in a future update, when I know im going to be away from a charger for a while I always switch mine to 2g to get that extra bit of juice
I did cave and order a 920, t-mobile offered a silly retention deal, was going to get the 820 but for the price i thought why not!
Have had mine for almost 8 days now, same here. My battery life is excellent. I keep wifi/bt off unless in use. No LTE here.
I played Drag Race for a good 2 hours yesterday on top of texting a bunch, few pictures, normal browsing/FB/etc...
When I "plugged in" to go to bed I was still over 50%. (5:30am to 11pm)