[Q] battery life - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone my phone,vibrant, dyes so quicly i asked a member of xda to tell me what to do and he told me to download the kernel TIGERS BLOOD nd yea it kinda worked but what i've noticed was that my phones dies fast in the mornin but when the afternoon comes my fones battery life lasts for the rest of the day with only 39% of battery life.. so is there something wrong with my phone or why does it dues so fast in tye mornin???

Try turning off wifi, GPS, and turning screen brightness down when not in use. Also try setting sync intervals for appear at higher times ex: twitter =30 min atleast or Facebook = 1 hr
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Yea thats wt i do.. i flashed the rom TRIGGER and i do turn off my gps nd wifi nd when im not using it i jst leave it alone nd keep it on my pocket nd the battery drains by one digit every 3 minutes and the only wag my phone doesnt die so quickly its when i put it on flight mode....

Download the "watchdog" apply which displays what apply is taking up battery
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[Q] battery life

I'm very concern with my battery performance due to i've read there are people that the battery reach more than 1-2 days, it's true? because my battery only reach 15 hours with a regular operation.
Same mate, depends on what you call normal usage tho, and what you got on the phone. If i dont use it for anything but txts it will last 2 days, otherwise no chance. Use atk pro and kill all non essentials at screen off and cpu master set to powersave to give you bout 25% longer run time.
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The rom Im using is rendeiro Cyanogen 6.1.3 V1, camera fix.
When I said that my operation with the phone is normal, because it is. Let see.
20 minutes on voice.
Email sync always on
Xda app many times at day
30 minutes in the web
Twitter sync each 30 minutes
2 or 3 facebook uses at day
And watch a few small videos
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I do everything u do except for the facebook sync and twitter sync. Thats probably doing that to ur battery. My battery last probaby for two days but i drain it every night to really low then charge it over night. Try turning off facebook and twitter sync and see what happens for a day
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I charge every night, but while in tours, I make sure, I keep my data traffic / wifi / GPS turned off while phone is on standby to extend the battery life.. That helps to push it on for around 2 days at max..
While in roaming, the Network signal strengths also eats a lot of battery, some one told me to use 2G network only, dont know how effective is that..
My phone goes for about one day but i am a heavy user. Youtube browsing using messneger on phone , texting with girlfriwnd . etc i dont mind though ots plugged in each time i go to bed. So when i wake up i have a fully charged phone again to repeat my daily usage
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I m using cm7 009. Goes 1 day. Normal use. Its better than stack se rom.
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Anybody knows why the battey drain faster on 3g than wifi.
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[Q] Most screen time you have got with one full battery charge?

Obviously it all depends on what you've done while the screen was turned on but it'd be an interesting statistic.
Overall battery:
26hrs on stock rom 1.8.3
16hrs on gingerblur 3.1
Both with more than 3:30hrs of display on
About 24hrs on battery with 4hr15min with the display on. I think I have a screenshot on FB, lol.
I might be on to something here then..
Am using GladiAtrix 3 b0.2, before I installed it I did a battery stats reset through CWM
(advise from KennethPenn, dev of Gingerblur):
"""- Reset battery in CWM (under Advanced)
- Drain your battery to 0 percent and let it turn the phone off, then charge it back up to 100%."""
On my phone are more than 120 apps installed. Battery Manager is on "Maximum ".
The result is fairly amazing; the display time of almost 7 hrs is under heavy use; wlan & sync constantly on, Xscope & XDA app non-stop checking, market downloads, etc!! I have never had such good battery!
I advise everyone to do the above, it really helps.
Vangelis13 said:
I might be on to something here then..
Am using GladiAtrix 3 b0.2, before I installed it I did a battery stats reset through CWM
(advise from KennethPenn, dev of Gingerblur):
"""- Reset battery in CWM (under Advanced)
- Drain your battery to 0 percent and let it turn the phone off, then charge it back up to 100%."""
On my phone are more than 120 apps installed. Battery Manager is on "Maximum ".
The result is fairly amazing; the display time of almost 7 hrs is under heavy use; wlan & sync constantly on, Xscope & XDA app non-stop checking, market downloads, etc!! I have never had such good battery!
I advise everyone to do the above, it really helps.
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are u using only GSM/EDGE?
about the battery mannager on maximum... if i leave my phone for more than 15 mins on the table... that means i wont get notifications or recive my Whatsapp and Facebook Messages??
are u using any task mannager?
Budske said:
are u using only GSM/EDGE?
about the battery mannager on maximum... if i leave my phone for more than 15 mins on the table... that means i wont get notifications or recive my Whatsapp and Facebook Messages??
are u using any task mannager?
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That's right, only 2g unless I need 3g for data. I'm always around a wifi though.
No task manager, android 2.2 does all that automatically.
Not sure battery manager is so aggressive, I think it takes a bit longer than 15 minutes.
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nice.. ill do the same....
u use *#*#4636#*#* to change the data connection to 2G??
How do u change 2g-3g ext?
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Budske said:
nice.. ill do the same....
u use *#*#4636#*#* to change the data connection to 2G??
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Download Any Cut in the market. Put a shortcut to the above on your home screen.
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6hrs is my personal best, straight stock phone.
I've just put mine on charge, prob got about 40-50 hours, mostly standby. Seems a lot but I just unpacked my charger from going away for the weekend.
Prob about 4 hours talk time, prob 3 hours web. No GPS, no wifi.
Strange thing is, the battery thing said '5 hours since unplugged' which is definately not the case, is this a known issue? 5 hours since I rebooted it maybe.
when you reboot - the time since unplugged counter is reset.
Is there a way to do the battery stats reset without CWM?
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Spectre51 said:
Is there a way to do the battery stats reset without CWM?
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That one worked 100% for me.
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Here is mine
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a little off topic but howd you get that 1% battery mod and not the ugly circle, this looks kinda nice sitting at 33%, can one get that without gingerblur , stock plus root would do?
on topic, i get about 2 days on a medium usage on my battery , 1.5 days on heavy, i dont think i could use another phone after getting this much battery life, i just wonder what gingerbread would do to this phone
5 1/2 hours, with 3G turned on. Although the last 45 minutes of that it was just sitting at the launcher, I was waiting for the battery to die on it. I usually average 2-3 hours, but when I charge my phone I usually still have about 50% left.
Seeing as I rarely use data, I may have to try that 2G trick. Maybe I could charge it every other day instead of each night.
My best "Screen On" time is close to 4.5 hrs running Greyblur. For those just posting "time since unplugged"..screen on time is a much better indicator for battery life imo because it means actual use. The phone sitting idle in your pocket or on your table for 48 hrs is misleading to some people because then they wonder why they're only getting 12hrs with 5hrs of actual "useage" (screen on time).
For my style of use..battery saver modes and apps don't do me any favors because then I miss out on my IM's which I rely on for most of my communication. And unfortunately 2G isn't an option any more for most of us Canadian users..as 2G has been pretty much phased out.
Rickroller said:
My best "Screen On" time is close to 4.5 hrs running Greyblur. For those just posting "time since unplugged"..screen on time is a much better indicator for battery life imo because it means actual use. The phone sitting idle in your pocket or on your table for 48 hrs is misleading to some people because then they wonder why they're only getting 12hrs with 5hrs of actual "useage" (screen on time).
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With you on that, I keep asking people to post screen usage time (also in other threads); anything else is fairly misleading on how long the battery lasts.
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At the moment screen time 2hrs 50mins battery stands at 55%
That's with wifi or 3g when screen is on
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[Q] Serious Battery Drains due to Cell radio and Phone Stand by

Just a week ago i brought a new Samsung galaxy Ace S5830...this is my first Android mobile..overall Speed,Internet is Awesome.But the problem is with battery..
In a day Max to Max for half hour i use Facebook..and lets say 1 hour for Surfing Net..and in a day 2-3 calls of upto 5 minute Max.But still my battery usage details are below
This are my battery usage detail:
Cell Standby - 49%
Phone Idle - 68%
Display - 36%
With this kind of battery usage even after charging Full battery still it somehow manages to work for only 3 hrs Max!!!
i tried to clear Ram Memory bt still no use after clearing ram the battery usage details reduces my some % but strange thing is even if i dont connect to internet still this value again increases from 30 to 70%..
i had also used "NoBars Battery Saver" app but still no change..
tried to Enter this Code *#*#4636#*#* But after i Enter this Code i choosed to Tun off Radio option..but this Stopped me from making calls and receving..so i had to again Turn on Cell Radio button.
So all i want to know is is there any app or any working code.. to Disable Cell radio and improve my battery life or Shall i go for new battery of Lion 1500 mAh
I think you should use juice defender... Use it in customized mode & disable the schedule part in it... Also keep the brightness to its lowest...
One more thing in location & security settings disable the first 2 options... This should solve your problem to quite an extent.. If not then you have go to samsung service centre...
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vj1 said:
Just a week ago i brought a new Samsung galaxy Ace S5830...this is my first Android mobile..overall Speed,Internet is Awesome.But the problem is with battery..
In a day Max to Max for half hour i use Facebook..and lets say 1 hour for Surfing Net..and in a day 2-3 calls of upto 5 minute Max.But still my battery usage details are below
This are my battery usage detail:
Cell Standby - 49%
Phone Idle - 68%
Display - 36%
With this kind of battery usage even after charging Full battery still it somehow manages to work for only 3 hrs Max!!!
i tried to clear Ram Memory bt still no use after clearing ram the battery usage details reduces my some % but strange thing is even if i dont connect to internet still this value again increases from 30 to 70%..
i had also used "NoBars Battery Saver" app but still no change..
tried to Enter this Code *#*#4636#*#* But after i Enter this Code i choosed to Tun off Radio option..but this Stopped me from making calls and receving..so i had to again Turn on Cell Radio button.
So all i want to know is is there any app or any working code.. to Disable Cell radio and improve my battery life or Shall i go for new battery of Lion 1500 mAh
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Hey!
Just ROOT your phone and use BATTERY CALIBRATOR from Market. And how to ROOT, read THIS
DONT use Juice Defender(IMAO), I never like this APP. SORRY!
CHEERS!
I don't know why you dislike juice defender!!
Do you have specific reason or you use some other app?
Just wanted to know Since I'm new to android...
Thanks...
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k i will try it and rply to u soon!!!
adiles said:
I think you should use juice defender... Use it in customized mode & disable the schedule part in it... Also keep the brightness to its lowest...
One more thing in location & security settings disable the first 2 options... This should solve your problem to quite an extent.. If not then you have go to samsung service centre...
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Thnks for ur Suggestion..but i already use "APN Widget" so i wanted to ask that the Function of Juice Defender and APN widget are same or Different!!!
adiles said:
I don't know why you dislike juice defender!!
Do you have specific reason or you use some other app?
Just wanted to know Since I'm new to android...
Thanks...
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Nothing personal man, just ITS MY OPINION. I used it only ONCE and dont like it by my self. SORRY!
I just want keep my phone clean (less apps, doing something, then you get less PROBLEMS) and install ONLY needed apps. You can MOSTLY configure your phone options from PHONE MENU it self. Just look them precisely and you be GOOD(of course not ALL options, but most of them, what you need).
CHEERS!
Juice Defender is of no use didn't stop battery draining just consumes space.
To save ur battery
*Lower ur display brightness (very imp)
*Upgrade to 2.3.3 + Rom
*Turn off wifi and b/t when not in use
* Turn off wifi locator
*Root It
*Stop backgorunds app (kill autoruns)
It will save ur battery as much as it can but sga battery is very poor as its 1350mAH :|
vazeer said:
Juice Defender is of no use didn't stop battery draining just consumes space.
To save ur battery
*Lower ur display brightness (very imp)
*Upgrade to 2.3.3 + Rom
*Turn off wifi and b/t when not in use
* Turn off wifi locator
*Root It
*Stop backgorunds app (kill autoruns)
It will save ur battery as much as it can but sga battery is very poor as its 1350mAH :|
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So shall i go for Lion 1500 mAh battery ,but will it really make any change!!!
mine timing is about 1 day , or 1.5 day is it ok ???
vj1 said:
Thnks for ur Suggestion..but i already use "APN Widget" so i wanted to ask that the Function of Juice Defender and APN widget are same or Different!!!
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I think the apn widget is the manual version of juice defender.
Juice defender switches off the connectivity automatically when you lock the screen where as you hav to do manually in case of apn widget.
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casiocas said:
Nothing personal man, just ITS MY OPINION. I used it only ONCE and dont like it by my self. SORRY!
I just want keep my phone clean (less apps, doing something, then you get less PROBLEMS) and install ONLY needed apps. You can MOSTLY configure your phone options from PHONE MENU it self. Just look them precisely and you be GOOD(of course not ALL options, but most of them, what you need).
CHEERS!
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Firstly You don't have to say sorry for expressing your opinion.
I know that I can configure the settings manually instead of using juice defender. But it does it automatically & it takes only few kbs of memory. So I can afford that much of memory & save time.
But thats my opinion!!
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aatif.bilal said:
mine timing is about 1 day , or 1.5 day is it ok ???
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Yup... I have the same timing too... But I use my ace for heavy data usage.. Probably around 5 to 6 hours a day... So if you have same usage as mine, then its quite normal.. (as far as my knowledge goes!)
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adiles said:
Yup... I have the same timing too... But I use my ace for heavy data usage.. Probably around 5 to 6 hours a day... So if you have same usage as mine, then its quite normal.. (as far as my knowledge goes!)
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I use mostly my phone even more(sometimes 8-10 hours[listen radio at work or music]) and oftenly(not always)I charge the battery every evening. But if it in standby, then it can take freely 3 days.
CHEERS!

Battery depletion major problem

My battery is depleting very very fast after 5 minutes of usage 20% of my battery is gone any help? I am running infinity rom by nims i think i spelled his name wrong nvm
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It becoz u runing on custom rom...try stock 2.3.3 hehe
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gahh stock is boring and lame besides i really like this from but the battery is a big problem
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pyronia said:
It becoz u runing on custom rom...try stock 2.3.3 hehe
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Don't talk without knowing what you're saying. As desperate as he is, making a joke would lead to him taking it seriously.
Anyway, calibrate your battery by CWM or just let your phone charge to 100% full. When it SAYS 100%, it doesn't mean it. Leave it charging for about 1 more hour after it says 100%.
Dont be too serious man...
hmm.. that strange.. i'm using infinity v2 by nims11 but doesn't face such problem.
tried using battery calibration didn't work and potentially made it worst, how do i do it in cwm because i read that's the proper way of doing it
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Infinity is based on cm7 roms. Cm7 is a battery sucker. U can try SGSII by robinandroid. It is based on stock, but gud battery life.
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GTraymond2820gy said:
tried using battery calibration didn't work and potentially made it worst, how do i do it in cwm because i read that's the proper way of doing it
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To properly calibrate battery you should do a long and accurate procedure. See this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071885
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Jar3112 said:
To properly calibrate battery you should do a long and accurate procedure. See this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071885
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Can apply this to ace?
trying that method tonight.. wish it would help extend my battery power much further than 1 1/2 day..
The information is really screwed up. First my phone was just sitting there overnight at 90 % woke up and now it was about 50%. Phone was down to 17% plugged it in to charge it jumped to 60%. This is really infuriating and i cant even get a hour on moderate usage. Tried calibration didnt help or did something wrong i really dont know i give up
pyronia said:
Can apply this to ace?
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I did it and i can see noticeable improvement
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GTraymond2820gy said:
The information is really screwed up. First my phone was just sitting there overnight at 90 % woke up and now it was about 50%. Phone was down to 17% plugged it in to charge it jumped to 60%. This is really infuriating and i cant even get a hour on moderate usage. Tried calibration didnt help or did something wrong i really dont know i give up
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Battery percentage isn't that accurate. You need to see how long it actually lasts, mine goes down to 80 % in the first 1/2 hr of 3g use then stays there for a while, but in the end i can have it last for 17 hrs with pretty high usage. Try and see! And remember battery is fully charged when in settings/info/ status is displayed "charged"
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mine only get 8-10hrs normal usage. go down to 80% fast, slower down to 40%, and 20%, but much much slower down from 15% to 5%.
touchdown sync every 4 hrs, internet browsing, whatsapp, twitter.
on the battery use, its always cell standby, phone idle, and display take top three.
you can save the battery for about 24hrs when you use 2G only. with 3G, i don't think so. (I haven't tried this tweak http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436367 ).
Try charge to full 100% with the phone on...about - status say full
Power off, enter cwm recovery not while phone on enter cwm manager, use the home+power button method
Wipe battery stats, power on the phone (usually battery now 95-97%) then charge it to full 100% again...unplug n enjoy
I get 17 hour with this method with heavy usage...
dianpadi said:
mine only get 8-10hrs normal usage. go down to 80% fast, slower down to 40%, and 20%, but much much slower down from 15% to 5%.
touchdown sync every 4 hrs, internet browsing, whatsapp, twitter.
on the battery use, its always cell standby, phone idle, and display take top three.
you can save the battery for about 24hrs when you use 2G only. with 3G, i don't think so. (I haven't tried this tweak http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436367 ).
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Same here. I can confirm this.
pyronia said:
Try charge to full 100% with the phone on...about - status say full
Power off, enter cwm recovery not while phone on enter cwm manager, use the home+power button method
Wipe battery stats, power on the phone (usually battery now 95-97%) then charge it to full 100% again...unplug n enjoy
I get 17 hour with this method with heavy usage...
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True, but this way you will ruin faster your battery! Read the thread i linked some post ago, it explains many things.
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pyronia said:
Try charge to full 100% with the phone on...about - status say full
Power off, enter cwm recovery not while phone on enter cwm manager, use the home+power button method
Wipe battery stats, power on the phone (usually battery now 95-97%) then charge it to full 100% again...unplug n enjoy
I get 17 hour with this method with heavy usage...
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doesn't work for my ACE.
when phone ON, I charge it until 100%. then I turn off the phone, and keep charge it until it say FULLY CHARGE. go to CWM, and wipe battery status.
my ACE's battery still run for 8-10hrs only.
or may be my battery need to be replaced with the new one...
You don't have to wipe battery stats every time... after deleting them you have to do some full charge/full discharge cycles. If you don't do this the calibration won't be useful.
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[Q] battery switching off at 75%

am facing shut down on 75% or jus aftr a call...
i have tried everything n now i reinstalled fresh stock rom too..
calibration doesnt workout as..phone switches off at 75 and cannot get below it to drain it till zero n recharge again..
deleted stats also...still cant figure out... plz help
Battery dying get a new one happened to me but mine was shutting down at 87% got a new battery (my mistake bought a undervolted one) now my phone shuts down at around 24% but that's because of the battery I bought get a new one a direct replacement no cheap ones
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smithinsundar said:
am facing shut down on 75% or jus aftr a call...
i have tried everything n now i reinstalled fresh stock rom too..
calibration doesnt workout as..phone switches off at 75 and cannot get below it to drain it till zero n recharge again..
deleted stats also...still cant figure out... plz help
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It happened to me. Your battery is dying.
I bought a new one from Mugen Power and now I reach 2 days instead of 2 hours at same usage.
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Yeh same thing happened to me, I managed to knock it up to dying around 95%. I was too cheap at the time to buy a new one
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Same problem with my x10
After 75% it switch of at 90%.
I tried everything,
Sln is change the battery
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When they die, they die. $10 off ebay got me an oem replacement. Heavy gaming I get a half day to full, depends on game. Regular usage gets almost 2 days worth. With the new one I try not to make it a habit to charge it while over 20% battery and regularly let it die out on its own and use fera's technique to keep it conditioned. Had the same battery for a year now.

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