I am a long time owner of the Galaxy S that has recently bought the S II.
Comparing to the previous model the S II heats up real bad with my usage and the battery drains incredibly fast. When running 10 min of flash video, my battery temp shoots up to over 50C and it drains over 20% of my battery. This is even with the May 11 ROM release.
So i would like to ask other owners to post their results with a flash video as reference (i used the video on watch futurama online S2E1 as my test if you could use the same one maby). Running full screen for 10 min at lowest brightness what is your battery temp and how much battery is drained (i use Smart Battery Monitor to get those values)?
Thank you.
I think it's Flash - it will always be a power hog.
720p YouTube video doesn't even run smoothly on my Macbook Pro, so it's going to be a challenge for the SGS2.
Its not just flash. Games, market and some other stuff also causes the same thing. As i said Galaxy S didnt have such problems with runnin flash or any other content... i want to hear from other users if they are expiriencing the same problems or if my cellphone is defective.
When it is on standby it is lik 1% -2% an hour. When I just touch it and play some games or browse the web, I just see the % go by fast.
Yesterday i downloaded some games, browsed the web and played the games. 26% lost in 45 minutes.
So its not just mine.. this sounds horrible. Anyone else confirm this? Also post the 10min test result with temp and drain?
I played a game for 20 minutes, lost 20%. And that's with almost all games.
General usage - 35c
Heavy usage - 40c
Idle - 29c
Charging with no usae - 41c
Charging with usage - 44c
And when i put my case in the temp increases about 4c on average... So now when i charge it i put it near my air con. Battery is good lasts me a day
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So battery does drain that fast... what is heavy usage for you?
Can you please just run 10 min of the video i did on wifi and tell me what peak temp you get exactly with it and exactly how much it drained the battery... anyone just so i can compare my results, its just 10 minutes of your time.
David Horn said:
I think it's Flash - it will always be a power hog.
720p YouTube video doesn't even run smoothly on my Macbook Pro, so it's going to be a challenge for the SGS2.
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Really??? Videos 1080p Youtube run smoothly on my GS2, no problem at all. After updated to the newest firmware (KE7), CPU temperature is noticeable lower when playing game for me, and battery life improves too
I noticed a decrease in temperature with latest firmware too, but how much exactly is your max temp now? Give me some numbers...?
I had max 41c after 15min of game and down to 32c after 3min
Thank you. After the last update from Kies i also had a max of 42C after 15 min of watching a flash video. Before the update the same flash video made it shot up to 58C.
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hi all!
i recently noticed that while im watching some flash videos online (not the youtube one or the videos that the player can play) for about an hour or so that it drains my battery eventhough my phone is connected to the charger. (i didnt noticed how much but it really drained it)
i noticed this too when i got addicted at dungeon hunter. 1 hour of playing while charging and the battery got drained by 12%.
any one also experienced this?
is my battery broken?
i got my x10 last 2 months and bought it brand new and using stock rom and kernel with fps uncapped
Yeah mate, that's normal. I stream a lot of HD quality stuff, and am addicted to pocket legends.
Takes 5 hours non-stop videos and phone reaches 0%. Plugged in. Pocket legends with brightness on full and wifi connected lasts three. Again plugged in.
You can reduce brightness and volume to save some power, but that's it. I do have o/c to 1113 MHz so on stock it may last a little longer, but the o/c makes it smooth so that's better for me.
Also read omega reds post about battery optimization/calibration. I used it and got about a 20% boost in battery life.
Hope this helps.
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thanks for confirming this.
i was about to buy a new battery thinking my battery now is broken
I noticed that with all I'm doing to save battery (GPS, Bluetooth, 3g off, brightness on the lowest setting in the browser and general) its not making much of a diference in my opinion. I even under clocked the cpu to 500mhz. All I want to do is webbrowse for an hour or so throughout the day and yet it seems to use more battery than I believe it needs to. I have about 35 minutes of display time and 10 minutes of web time and my phone has already lost 7%. This doesn't seem normal to me since I've lowered everything possible of the phone. Does web browsing use a lot of battery in general?
I typically use about 16-20% of battery for every 1 hour of screen time, so yeah your running about normal to a lower than normal drain level.
I try everything to save batterylife. Using the browser sadly is a good way to see your phone's battery life dissapear. Especially when browsing forums with white backgrounds.
I tend to agree with the other comments here. I usually see about 10% drain per hour of screen on when not doing anything data/processor intensive (i.e. reading an ebook) while my normal data is syncing in the background. I'd expect this to be improved if I turned data and radios off, but probably only by a percent or 2.
With more processor and data intensive stuff like browsing or watching movies, I would guess this would increase some. Extrapolating your data out would give you roughly 14% drain for an hour and 10 minutes of screen on with 20 minutes of browsing. Seems reasonable to me.
Hey guys, I'm just sharing some knowledge that I stumbled upon 2days ago. It concerns video playback and conserving battery power on our Ace.
I use MX Video Player for viewing videos and like most I would just copy the .avi file or mp4 file straight onto my sd card. What I also try is to underclock the processor to conserve some battery and the speed I would usually use is 614mhz, to get a smooth playback.
However over the last couple days it just hit me "let me try to convert that avi file, see how much space I can save" so I fired up AVS Video Converter and chose the android tab and found the ace screen resolution (480x320). A typical avi file is around 700mb but with the conversion, most files are around 380mb, but that is not the great thing. Upon further inspection, I get smooth video playback (i.e. around 30fps) while using a very low cpu frequency of 245mhz.
Now I did some testing and waw, what a difference it makes I got like 5% battery drain for every 30mins of video played which is a lot better than the 614mhz.
I just thought I would share this for anyone who uses their phone to watch movies while out and about, it can save you some good juice, give it a try, it worked wonders for me.
Ok guys I did some more testing and this is what I got:
I tested by watching the same video clip (28mins) and recorded the amount of battery drain, then I let the phone charge back up to 100% and did the tests again using different frequencies. I did a stock (800mhz), powersaver (614mhz) and finally the ultimate battery (245mhz)
STOCK (800mhz)
14% battery drain
Powersaver (614mhz)
9% battery drain
Ultimate battery (245mhz)
5% battery drain
Note that the cpu governor was smartass v2, I did another set of benchmarks with the ondemand governor and I did not notice a big battery hit, only at the stock (800mhz) where the battery drain increased by 1%
EDIT: also I was not using the loud speaker, I used my skullcandy ink'd earbuds with the volume at 3.
I got more battery drain
I watch 6 hours movies anime etc
Then battery is at 25%
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Hummm...that is strange, i've been getting really good results
Battery reading are pretty awful on ace
Interesting, I tried to underclock my phone's cpu power to 245MHz but the video play was not smooth at all, I then finally kept it at 320MHz
Why you used MX player? Coz video quality is good only when SW decoder is used, which is hell laggy at low Mhz. You could also have used integrated video player with the same settings you mentioned.
Any thoughts...??
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Why you used MX player? Coz video quality is good only when SW decoder is used, which is hell laggy at low Mhz. You could also have used integrated video player with the same settings you mentioned.
Any thoughts...??
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I really did not try that honestly, and it uses the HW decoder, I don't choose, it selects it automatically.
SpaceCaker said:
I got more battery drain
I watch 6 hours movies anime etc
Then battery is at 25%
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6hours is good, no? How many hours of video/music playback is the phone supposed to give? Can't find the info anywhere. Also where do you leave your brightness setting to?
I got a free S5830 from someone who upgraded to something else (rooted it, installed CM10.1), and i get only 2 1/2 hours video playback (or even when playing around with settings and the screen is being used - was the same with Gingerbread 2.3.6). I'd think that the battery needs replacing (has Aug/2011 date on it), but when it's left on standby the battery drains at the normal pace it's supposed to drain at. Does that still mean the battery needs replacing?
Are you using the original Samsung battery or did you replace it?
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Xadious said:
6hours is good, no? How many hours of video/music playback is the phone supposed to give? Can't find the info anywhere. Also where do you leave your brightness setting to?
I got a free S5830 from someone who upgraded to something else (rooted it, installed CM10.1), and i get only 2 1/2 hours video playback (or even when playing around with settings and the screen is being used - was the same with Gingerbread 2.3.6). I'd think that the battery needs replacing (has Aug/2011 date on it), but when it's left on standby the battery drains at the normal pace it's supposed to drain at. Does that still mean the battery needs replacing?
Are you using the original Samsung battery or did you replace it?
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If I play games on Cm 10.1 the battery lasts about 2 hours. So 2 1/2 hours could be normal.
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Hey guys, I'm just sharing some knowledge that I stumbled upon 2days ago. It concerns video playback and conserving battery power on our Ace.
I use MX Video Player for viewing videos and like most I would just copy the .avi file or mp4 file straight onto my sd card. What I also try is to underclock the processor to conserve some battery and the speed I would usually use is 614mhz, to get a smooth playback.
However over the last couple days it just hit me "let me try to convert that avi file, see how much space I can save" so I fired up AVS Video Converter and chose the android tab and found the ace screen resolution (480x320). A typical avi file is around 700mb but with the conversion, most files are around 380mb, but that is not the great thing. Upon further inspection, I get smooth video playback (i.e. around 30fps) while using a very low cpu frequency of 245mhz.
Now I did some testing and waw, what a difference it makes I got like 5% battery drain for every 30mins of video played which is a lot better than the 614mhz.
I just thought I would share this for anyone who uses their phone to watch movies while out and about, it can save you some good juice, give it a try, it worked wonders for me.
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Thank you for sharing this, i will definitely try this out when i next get the chance
i could really do with more playback time.
SpaceCaker said:
I got more battery drain
I watch 6 hours movies anime etc
Then battery is at 25%
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Considering how quickly the battery drains on my ace, i'd say that this is a good amount of time
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy Note 9's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
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I might be tripping but my Note9 Doesn't last as long as my OP6. I run the same apps and similar settings and my note last me about 5-6 hours my OP6 Last 6-7 hours. All this with heavy usage and the OP has a lower battery capacity.
I feel like heavy use and light use consumption is around the same and get 5-6 hours SOT regardless. Browsing and using the Samsung Music app seems to drain around 1% every 5 minutes. I was expecting the battery to drain a lot faster with games but it's more subtle than I thought. Yesterday I didn't game much but used S-pen to take notes, and got 6 hours 21 minutes SOT with 6% left, within 10 hours of total usage (resolution was QHD+ most of the day). Today with some heavy gaming (Real Racing forced to QHD resolution with Game Tuner, as well as Bowling by Jason Belmonte, Alto's Odyssey) I got around 5:48 SOT in 11 hours 25 minutes (started to reduce the resolution to FHD+ around 30%).
I'm going to kill the battery in my Note 9, eventually. It's my daily workhorse. Multiple Gmail accounts, work email, continuous use throughout the day, 3 games that I check upon every hour and a half... Should last about a year by my estimate. Oh well. Phones come and go...
Heavy use endurance is okay in this phone but light usage endurance is not good. You lose %15 in a hour just by 9gag browsing.
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...You lose %15 in a hour just by 9gag browsing.
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Ha! You made me spit up my drink!
Can I have that Fortnite promotion if you don’t play Fortnite ? I’m dying for it and that phone is to expensive for me
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Can I have that Fortnite promotion if you don’t play Fortnite ? I’m dying for it and that phone is to expensive for me
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Sadly, samsung put a lot of effort for this not to happen. Right now it's not really possible outside of a friend that don't play fortnite and lend you his phone to login with your account and play atleast 3 full matches.
I find camera and SoundHound to drain a lot. I can barely break 4.5-5h SOT if I use the camera for over 50 minutes. The other day I was trying to see if SoundHound could identify songs from my bad singing while wireless charging and the percentage actually went down.
Eddie9090 said:
Can I have that Fortnite promotion if you don’t play Fortnite ? I’m dying for it and that phone is to expensive for me
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high_voltage said:
Sadly, samsung put a lot of effort for this not to happen. Right now it's not really possible outside of a friend that don't play fortnite and lend you his phone to login with your account and play atleast 3 full matches.
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IMHO, the fortnite skin you get is garbage. Should have given in game money instead. Or at least pub g. I play both on my N9 with the latter getting more SOT
Recently got my Note 9 a week ago and battery has been about average as compared to my last phone. I can last 5-6 hrs of heavy use and 7 for light use. Mind you my last phone was the Galaxy A7 (2017) and battery on that thing is nuts. 7 on a heavy and 8-9 in light use. Might probably due to I game more on my note rather than my last phone.
Off topic question, was playing ragnarok mobile on my note while fast charging when I suddenly fell asleep. Woke up 4 hours later game was still on and the battery is now at 83%. Will this massively damage the battery of my phone?
moistcity said:
Will this massively damage the battery of my phone?
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It will not
moistcity said:
Recently got my Note 9 a week ago and battery has been about average as compared to my last phone. I can last 5-6 hrs of heavy use and 7 for light use. Mind you my last phone was the Galaxy A7 (2017) and battery on that thing is nuts. 7 on a heavy and 8-9 in light use. Might probably due to I game more on my note rather than my last phone.
Off topic question, was playing ragnarok mobile on my note while fast charging when I suddenly fell asleep. Woke up 4 hours later game was still on and the battery is now at 83%. Will this massively damage the battery of my phone?
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Fast charging works up till 80% then it will switch to normal charging (and the 80-100% are always different charging method that is slower + better for the battery longevity). You are fine, nothing will change about your battery health. I would be more concerned about burn-ins/burn-outs, but you played most likely at lower brightness and surely not in overdrive mode = you will be just fine too.
Edit: also I forgot to mention that samsungs don't fast charge when the screen is on, only when the screen is off = it charged slowly normally and that's why it reached only to 83% (as because of the battery use, the actual + in the charge was lower than the 2A in normal charge/~500-1A in the last 20%). All good, as I said, don't worry.
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I might be tripping but my Note9 Doesn't last as long as my OP6. I run the same apps and similar settings and my note last me about 5-6 hours my OP6 Last 6-7 hours. All this with heavy usage and the OP has a lower battery capacity.
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Note 9 has a big and brighter screen and a lot of bells and whistles
I guess that makes sense. The bigger brighter screen could be the culprit.
I can go a day (8am to 12pm) of moderate-heavy use with some battery left over. I'm taking 5-6 hours of SOT (WhatsApp, Internet, RadioPlayer Canada, Google Maps, Twitter, Fallout Shelter). This is despite the phone not being entirely optimized for battery life besides using the Device Maintenance feature (I have wifi and data on, bluetooth, location, high resolution, automatic brightness).
The battery actually kind of sucked when I first got it lol. But it randomly improved a lot.
My SoT with heavy usage is just amazing 6-7 hours without a problem!
Has anyone used the dual sim always active feature? Im assuming it drains battery far faster, especially with extended use
ok here is the deal. games will drain the battery less than previous phones do to more efficent cpu.
however anything else didnt change at all or got even worse.
any wireless connection, sensors, screen (even worse), will be the same as in any other phone. so this is where the battery kicks in and gives us a bit more leway. yet it ahs to compensate for the insane screen. so our SOTs are pretty good.
biggest issue is google and google services as usual. with their insane collection of data we litereally pay for them collecting our data. and thats not just a little bit, its over 1000 datapoints an hour.
that was the main reason i wanted to switch to apple, but after a day in hell i gave up on the fruit ****show. way to many compromises.
however at the end of the day what really kilsl the battery is energy for the screen itself and all kind of data connections.
the cpu cycles are laughable for most games, those cpus are powerhouses, almost PC level
so turn of wlan, turn of gps whereever you dont need it, same for bluetooth, cut down on syncing services as much you can this helps a lot.
also gmail is aweful in their push services. i tossed it out, i run exchange active sync and its fine
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Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy Note 9's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
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How's your screen after the 22 hour marathon? Any screen burn in? Ghosting? What brightness do you keep it at?
Hello, I recently acquired the red magic 7 supernova, and I would like to know your experience regarding the battery issue, I obviously use it to play, and playing games such as genshin, 60 fps high graphics (not at its maximum) consumes almost 40% Battery in 30 min, that is ok? I do streams and I use only for games and daily use. I end up charging it about 3-4 times a day, would that be a problem or could something be wrong with my battery?
The smartphone consumes little both in Active and idle, this in normal use, during the game has high performance and three different power management settings, if you use balanced and 60hz it lasts you slightly longer. It is advisable to use charge separation to exploit it to its full potential for long gaming sessions.
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Hello, I recently acquired the red magic 7 supernova, and I would like to know your experience regarding the battery issue, I obviously use it to play, and playing games such as genshin, 60 fps high graphics (not at its maximum) consumes almost 40% Battery in 30 min, that is ok? I do streams and I use only for games and daily use. I end up charging it about 3-4 times a day, would that be a problem or could something be wrong with my battery?
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You can always play on a charger with "charging separation " and you want lose battery