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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
So for anyone who has one, had is the battery life? How many hours of use? Thanks
Bob
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well i guess you guys will know on 11/11/11 at 11:11AM.
sucks about the non-removable battery...
at least there's still the possibility of some sort of external battery device that'll connect to it's USB port.
my 2c
Mine is on its third charge, and its still getting better
charge overnight via AC,
unplug at 8am for a full workday
2 push email accounts with up to 100 emails a day (1 gmail, 1 exchange)
whatsapp messages all day
bluetooth on in the car for 2 hours a day
bit of browsing and RSS reading thru the day
10 minutes of calls
end of work day ~ 40%.
get to 20% at about 10pm
so enough to get thru a work day, if you need to go out at night, get a car charger or similar.
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my 2c....
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Very good and detailed information. Thanks!
if the battery goes that quickly with such minimal use, i'd be screwed big time. with my current setup(thunderbolt - no razr here till Friday) I have a 4500mAh extended battery + a 5000mAh external power pack(9500mAh total) I easily blow through that in less then a day.
I am a heavy data user though. constant HQ audio streaming, downloading, video streaming, etc. around 30GB/month on a slow month.
sephstyler said:
my 2c
Mine is on its third charge, and its still getting better
charge overnight via AC,
unplug at 8am for a full workday
2 push email accounts with up to 100 emails a day (1 gmail, 1 exchange)
whatsapp messages all day
bluetooth on in the car for 2 hours a day
bit of browsing and RSS reading thru the day
10 minutes of calls
end of work day ~ 40%.
get to 20% at about 10pm
so enough to get thru a work day, if you need to go out at night, get a car charger or similar.
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you're not on Verizon right? So not 4G/LTE?
That sounds like pretty good battery life to me on 3G!
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you're not on Verizon right? So not 4G/LTE?
That sounds like pretty good battery life to me on 3G!
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Its on 3G, no LTE on my network here in Oz.
Is LTE supposed to be better for the battery?
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voxigenboy said:
if the battery goes that quickly with such minimal use, i'd be screwed big time. with my current setup(thunderbolt - no razr here till Friday) I have a 4500mAh extended battery + a 5000mAh external power pack(9500mAh total) I easily blow through that in less then a day.
I am a heavy data user though. constant HQ audio streaming, downloading, video streaming, etc. around 30GB/month on a slow month.
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hahaha, you do sound like a real heavy user, I dont have time to stream anything as I'm replying to the 100 push emails in an average work day!
Ps. My screen on time would be higher than most due to the typing.
I'm an average user, don't stream much at all. Granted, it's only the first day, but I charged this baby up and have been using it nonstop for email, web, and text for close to 5 hours and I'm at 50%. Played a couple of short videos as well.
As I said, it's the first charge so I assume the life will get better over the next couple of days. But so far so good.
To the guy who burns through nearly 10,000 MaH a day, there's no reason in the world you should get a phone without a removable battery!!!!
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So for anyone who has one, had is the battery life? How many hours of use? Thanks
Bob
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2 days with it now, getting better day after day... Smart Actions really a big add to the battery life.. On the first day, with out smart actions, It was over for 22 hours with good usage of internet/calls/display/music streaming from motocast etc..
And the next day, I have done some settings on smart actions, already 25 hours over, I still have 30% left though the same way I have used it on the first day... So, Thumbs-up Guys.... I expect it for another 4-5 hours as such we get it for 30 hours... That is better than any phone right now in the markret.. Smart Actions is the magic...
horrible battery life
I might be taking mine back. I've had it off the charger since 8:30AM, it is now 1:30 and the battery is at 30%. This is very unacceptable to me, especially since I really haven't done anything on it today. I really like the phone, but I can't have it charging all day.
nagnrik said:
2 days with it now, getting better day after day... Smart Actions really a big add to the battery life.. On the first day, with out smart actions, It was over for 22 hours with good usage of internet/calls/display/music streaming from motocast etc..
And the next day, I have done some settings on smart actions, already 25 hours over, I still have 30% left though the same way I have used it on the first day... So, Thumbs-up Guys.... I expect it for another 4-5 hours as such we get it for 30 hours... That is better than any phone right now in the markret.. Smart Actions is the magic...
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You aren't in an LTE area I'm assuming?
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I might be taking mine back. I've had it off the charger since 8:30AM, it is now 1:30 and the battery is at 30%. This is very unacceptable to me, especially since I really haven't done anything on it today. I really like the phone, but I can't have it charging all day.
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You are, I'm assuming?
I've been off the charger for 4 hours and 15 minutes, and I'm at 70%, with moderate use and no smart actions, with a mix of 4G, 3G, and Wifi (it switcehs between 4G and 3G a lot). I'm satisfied with those numbers, especially considering I'm upgrading from an Incredible.
I'd give it an understandable amount of battery life credit. Nothing spectacular but not bad either. This is compared to my sgs2.
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mine is after full battery and go work for 12 hours still have 80% (3G optus Australia)
-facebook
-whatsapp
-call
-internet
my Razr root and install cpu tuner (auto mode it will slow down the mobile and setup when screen off use only 2G )
and install auto manager memory (use fast mode will make Razr still fast when wake up phone) so happy
aecoo said:
mine is after full battery and go work for 12 hours still have 80% (3G optus Australia)
-facebook
-whatsapp
-call
-internet
my Razr root and install cpu tuner (auto mode it will slow down the mobile and setup when screen off use only 2G )
and install auto manager memory (use fast mode will make Razr still fast when wake up phone) so happy
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no lte......
I got about 8 hours of HEAVY use today, down to 20%.
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nagnrik said:
2 days with it now, getting better day after day... Smart Actions really a big add to the battery life.. On the first day, with out smart actions, It was over for 22 hours with good usage of internet/calls/display/music streaming from motocast etc..
And the next day, I have done some settings on smart actions, already 25 hours over, I still have 30% left though the same way I have used it on the first day... So, Thumbs-up Guys.... I expect it for another 4-5 hours as such we get it for 30 hours... That is better than any phone right now in the markret.. Smart Actions is the magic...
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Hi everyone!
I d like to ask you about smart actions..when I try to set a trigger based on location, I cannot because appares that I have "no location to view" and I can't find a way to set it...am I the only one who got this problem?
Sorry for my bad English..good morning to all!
I froze smart actions, it constanly runs and drains battery.
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How come my Evo V 4G drains at 33% per hour when the screen is on? I'd expect a little better battery life from my phone... I keep it at minimum brightness all the time...
How long does the phone last charged total?
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So that equates to about 3 hours of screen on time. That's about what I usually get on ICS roms, so I want to say it's normal (or at least we're both in the same boat).
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crimsy said:
How long does the phone last charged total?
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My daily schedule is usually 45 minutes on the bus to school, music + random bits of texting, and another 45 minutes after school on the way back home. Almost dead by the end of it. Kind of pathetic if my old iPod touch 2G that I've had since ~4 years can outdo that in terms of battery life... (minus texting, but I'm usually connected to school WiFi on my iPod anyway!)
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So that equates to about 3 hours of screen on time. That's about what I usually get on ICS roms, so I want to say it's normal (or at least we're both in the same boat).
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What about GB ROMs? I'm willing to make the tradeoff for battery life, since this is just awful... also, what ROMs do you use?
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My daily schedule is usually 45 minutes on the bus to school, music + random bits of texting, and another 45 minutes after school on the way back home. Almost dead by the end of it. Kind of pathetic if my old iPod touch 2G that I've had since ~4 years can outdo that in terms of battery life... (minus texting, but I'm usually connected to school WiFi on my iPod anyway!)
What about GB ROMs? I'm willing to make the tradeoff for battery life, since this is just awful... also, what ROMs do you use?
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Yeah, unless you get a huge battery, battery life on Android is pretty abysmal, especially if you have bad reception. I test a lot of roms, but my dailies are the Imagika roms (Zr3dxl, Common sense, and Homebrew). I also use Negalite ROM sometimes too.
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ow come my Evo V 4G drains at 33% per hour when the screen is on?
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The screen is the most drain on the battery, so 33% per hour with the screen on for an hour is fairly normal.
My daily schedule is usually 45 minutes on the bus to school, music + random bits of texting, and another 45 minutes after school on the way back home. Almost dead by the end of it
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Are you putting the phone in Airplane mode during the school day? Or at least turning the 3g/4g off? If it's in a locker all day, it will be constantly searching for a signal, thus wasting battery. You should at LEAST turn off all internet (3g/4g/wifi).
Kind of pathetic if my old iPod touch 2G that I've had since ~4 years can outdo that in terms of battery life... (minus texting, but I'm usually connected to school WiFi on my iPod anyway!)
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Well 2g uses about 25% of the battery that 3g/4g does, so that's not surprising.
sitlet said:
Well 2g uses about 25% of the battery that 3g/4g does, so that's not surprising.
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iPod 2g is means 2nd generation...
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iPod 2g is means 2nd generation...
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HA I guess that's what I get for working 16 hours straight on no sleep.
Either way, you cannot compare an ipod with no phone/3g radio to an android phone. The phone is constantly connecting/searching for signal for both the phone and 3g, and has more apps syncing in the background than an ipod normally does.
I looked at the other topics but couldn't find this answer. If it has been posted, please shoot me a link.
I listen to music on my phone all day, about 6-8 hours. All from the phone, no streaming, no WiFi, no LTE. I had the original Dinc, and its battery was terrible. I got 3ish hours of music before it died. I bought the iPhone 4s because it got great battery life while listening to music.
Has anyone tested the DNA while listening to music? I really want this phone, but if I can't go 8ish hours while listening to music, I'll have to get the Note 2.
Thanks guys, love this forum!
I used Google cloud today for about 5 hours, Went to work at 6:00am and I just plugged the phone with 25% of battery. Not sure if I helped you...
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I used Google cloud today for about 5 hours, Went to work at 6:00am and I just plugged the phone with 25% of battery. Not sure if I helped you...
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Were you using 4g
abby.ghag said:
Were you using 4g
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I used Google cloud today for about 5 hours, Went to work at 6:00am and I just plugged the phone with 25% of battery. Not sure if I helped you...
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Well if you got that battery life from streaming music, I can only assume that it would be better playing music from the phone itself. I am about 95% sure I'm about to get this phone.
I'll start off with my zerolemon 7500mah which is killing it right now its all stock kernel conservative row setup just check out this thing man
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With everything on (sync, google now, locations....) and 2-3 bars. The battery is amazing and the font changer is awesome. I should probably turn off all the location reporting and stuff. This wasn't just reading things, it was all chrome browsing, some videos and games, and about 2 hours of pandora
aooga said:
With everything on (sync, google now, locations....) and 2-3 bars. The battery is amazing and the font changer is awesome. I should probably turn off all the location reporting and stuff. This wasn't just reading things, it was all chrome browsing, some videos and games, and about 2 hours of pandora
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nice nice is that all stock?
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nice nice is that all stock?
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Yup. If I can get rid of the android system drain (it's the wlan_rx wake lock), it would be even better. I think you can get a full 24 hrs of screen on time with your battery at the rate your going
aooga said:
Yup. If I can get rid of the android system drain (it's the wlan_rx wake lock), it would be even better. I think you can get a full 24 hrs of screen on time with your battery at the rate your going
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lol i think i might cap out at 14 hours on screen been playing with drastic ds emulator and youtube too much XD
Well, then mine is even better than I thought. All stock with OEM battery.
This using it together with my Gear2 Neo all day plus about 30 minutes of running with GPS On.
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Well, then mine is even better than I thought. All stock with OEM battery.
This using it together with my Gear2 Neo all day plus about 30 minutes of running with GPS On.
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thats pretty sick for stock :3 but i am still in my 2nd cycle of receiving the battery so its not at full potential but i am still amazed
Ok, am I missing something y'all are doing on Stock? I'm getting like ~13hrs use with 2-3hrs battery if I'm lucky on stock.
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Ok, am I missing something y'all are doing on Stock? I'm getting like ~13hrs use with 2-3hrs battery if I'm lucky on stock.
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Like I said, all stock. Worst I've got is 5.5 hours of Screen on time on a full day with GPS on a lot, Bluetooth for my Gear2 Neo and car and not close to a wifi signal for a good amount of time.
The one I posted is one of my best stats but my normal average is 6 - 6.5 hours of Screen on time.
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Like I said, all stock. Worst I've got is 5.5 hours of Screen on time on a full day with GPS on a lot, Bluetooth for my Gear2 Neo and car and not close to a wifi signal for a good amount of time.
The one I posted is one of my best stats but my normal average is 6 - 6.5 hours of Screen on time.
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Odd... no settings or anything you changed, or apps disabled? I've done all I can and can't get anywhere near what you're reporting. Especially with my Gear 2 Neo connected.
Since day one Android System and Android OS have been wrecking my battery life. Consistently using significantly more battery than my screen except on rare circumstance.
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Odd... no settings or anything you changed, or apps disabled? I've done all I can and can't get anywhere near what you're reporting. Especially with my Gear 2 Neo connected.
Since day one Android System and Android OS have been wrecking my battery life. Consistently using significantly more battery than my screen except on rare circumstance.
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Yes, a lot of changes, funny thing is that I took the time to post a long thread with all the details a month and a half back just a couple of weeks after I bought it, and seeing the few responses I got it seems than nobody paid attention to this here and in the other forum I posted it.
If you want to take a look just do a search for my username and you should find it.
Good to hear! I'll dig for it now, I've not been active about at all since I got my s5... new job and I've been buried in work ever since.
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Good to hear! I'll dig for it now, I've not been active about at all since I got my s5... new job and I've been buried in work ever since.
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I found the thread, only thing I put back was the option to keep WiFi on all the time not just when charging, I noticed later that it didn't matter, so I put it back as default.
Here is the thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2734356
I actually just finished going through it. I had done a large number of those tweaks, I did the same as you with the Keep WiFi on, didn't notice a difference when I toyed with that setting a while back. I did turn off hotword detection, so we'll see if that helps. I also saw someone mention the pedometer was draining theres. As I use the pedometer on my Gear, I didn't realize the device still had the pedometer running as well, so I disabled that. Can't think of too much else to mess with, but we'll see if those few small tweaks knock that Android System and OS drain down.
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Odd... no settings or anything you changed, or apps disabled? I've done all I can and can't get anywhere near what you're reporting. Especially with my Gear 2 Neo connected.
Since day one Android System and Android OS have been wrecking my battery life. Consistently using significantly more battery than my screen except on rare circumstance.
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Yeah mine does that too, but I can still get over 5 hours easy. It must be some rogue app thats causing your battery to drain quickly.
aooga said:
Yeah mine does that too, but I can still get over 5 hours easy. It must be some rogue app thats causing your battery to drain quickly.
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That's my assumption. I tried deleting everything and installing one by one to isolate that when I first got it to no avail. May have to try it again soon. Running the latest software update now, and gonna give my latest tweaks another day or so to see.
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guys i am coming upon 14 hours i think i might make it i got 16% left :3 maybe another 2 hour wil get it to drain to 2% but then that would put me at 15 hours o-o because i am at 13hr 20 minutes...
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guys i am coming upon 14 hours i think i might make it i got 16% left :3 maybe another 2 hour wil get it to drain to 2% but then that would put me at 15 hours o-o because i am at 13hr 20 minutes...
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Wow thats amazing. This is probably where battery tech is headed in the next 10 years or so (I mean in a much smaller battery like the one that comes stock).
Okay here is the final stats
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