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Hi
I have a question regarding the battery life on the prime.
ASUS advertise up to 12 hours on their website...
I'd expect to get at least half that with normal use..
How long does your battery life last with normal use?
Like ebook/pdf reading, some browsing, some youtubing and maybe some
light gaming?
I dont have much running on mine, i always try to kill backround processes.
I always have it on low brightness and turn the wifi off when not in use.
I usually dont make it much longer that 4 hours with light use... maybe 5 hours.
I use mine mostly for pdf/ebook reading. A little browsing/youtubing here
and there...
Is this normal or do I have a defective unit that I should replace?
Other than this I have no problems with the prime.
gezzybabalula said:
Hi
I have a question regarding the battery life on the prime.
ASUS advertise up to 12 hours on their website...
I'd expect to get at least half that with normal use..
How long does your battery life last with normal use?
Like ebook/pdf reading, some browsing, some youtubing and maybe some
light gaming?
I dont have much running on mine, i always try to kill backround processes.
I always have it on low brightness and turn the wifi off when not in use.
I usually dont make it much longer that 4 hours with light use... maybe 5 hours.
I use mine mostly for pdf/ebook reading. A little browsing/youtubing here
and there...
Is this normal or do I have a defective unit that I should replace?
Other than this I have no problems with the prime.
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My wife and I get about 8 hours heavy use. Video, nook & browsing.
With similar/more usage than what you describe, I get much more than advertised...at 70% right now on performance mode at 7 hours at full brightness with wifi never sleeping. Keep in mind their 12 hours was playing video the whole time. I'm ridiculously impressed so far.
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I can't tell you exactly how much I get, because I never got down to under 20%. To be honest I mostly use it with the dock, watching video and browsing outisde (+IPS) on never ran into battery issues after 2-4 hours.
So I never every until now worried about the battery, it was just there.
it really does last quite well, im used to charging my phone up every night and i cant get this thing to drain quickly, i wanted to do some full drain cycles on the battery and it actually took hours and hours to empty it.
you wont be disappointed!
Honestly, coming from an Apple employee, it kicks the iPad's ass not only at battery life, but at charging too. This thing charges in just about the same time it takes to charge an iPhone.
Wow.. 8+ hours... I dont see that happening on my unit.
I think ill try a factory reset and if that doesnt help
I think i'll have to return it for a new one.
Thanks everybody for your comments
I get about 16 to 1 day and 6 hours with the dock (That's using it very wildly, meaning not sparingly).
I surf alot, watch videos, play games, test settings.
I use IPS+ sometimes only but most of the time I have my brightness level on about 70%
Cheers!
Well, just did a factory reset, down 6% already after ~25minutes.
I think i'll see if the store will let me return it because of
unsatisfactory battery life
I get like 6 hours on screen time generally....pretty bad. Probably a lot of bugs to work out with the tegra 3 still, hopefully Asus is working on it. I do not even do anything that intensive, just web browsing, chatting, taking notes, don't even watch videos or play games too often. Battery life would probably plummet if I played games.
NeroDan said:
With similar/more usage than what you describe, I get much more than advertised...at 70% right now on performance mode at 7 hours at full brightness with wifi never sleeping. Keep in mind their 12 hours was playing video the whole time. I'm ridiculously impressed so far.
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Wow.
With the screen on?
Could you possibly take a screenshot of the battery statistics?
I would really appreciate it so i could have something to compare to.
Or even anybody with similar results on their prime?
16,5 hours since charged, and i've got
2h40m Screentime
3h24m WIFI on
61% charged
Usage: Watching a movie, surfing, playing around with the system;-)
Fully charged at 1pm yesterday, after flashing Primulous from cwm touch, i have been benchmarking, browsing, took about 10 min of 1080p video, running wifi analyzers to configure repeater in my house, left on overnight, on balanced mode. Woke up at 5am, have been youtubing, browsing. Its 8:30 and battery just hit 20%
I AM IMPRESSED to say the least, battery life is so good due to running "minimal" when flashing Primulous, wasn't quite this good when on stock, with bloated apps
I have just about every tab on the market in the past 2 years. iPad, iPad2, Transformer w/dock, Acer, HTC Flyer, Kindle Fire, Galaxy tab 7, galaxy tab 10.1 and now the Prime w/dock. The Prime battery outlasts all of them except the gTab for me. I get about 2 days between charges prior to the dock and about 3 with the dock. Stats right now are at 70% tablet 92% dock with 10h 36m on batter and 2 hours of screen on.
With WiFi running at 10h and taking up 81%of the battery. I switched it off this morning to see if I get an improvement since I dont use it and I definitely see a HUGE improvement.
I've always had issues with leaving my WiFi on connected all the time. Lasts about 4-6 hours with WiFi on all the time. Now that I have it on JUST when the screen is on, it lasts about the good 6-9 hours. Anyone having this issue too?
gezzybabalula said:
Hi
I have a question regarding the battery life on the prime.
ASUS advertise up to 12 hours on their website...
I'd expect to get at least half that with normal use..
How long does your battery life last with normal use?
Like ebook/pdf reading, some browsing, some youtubing and maybe some
light gaming?
I dont have much running on mine, i always try to kill backround processes.
I always have it on low brightness and turn the wifi off when not in use.
I usually dont make it much longer that 4 hours with light use... maybe 5 hours.
I use mine mostly for pdf/ebook reading. A little browsing/youtubing here
and there...
Is this normal or do I have a defective unit that I should replace?
Other than this I have no problems with the prime.
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With web browsing, ebook reading, and some YouTube I get 12-14 hours when my screen is set to "power saver" performance mode and with the screen at about 25% brightness. If I have the Prime plugged into the keyboard dock I get 15-18 hours depending on what I am doing.
First thing. Don't kill background tasks. Unless your Prime is seriously suffering performance issues you should ignore any background task that is running. Compulsively killing tasks will actually drain your battery faster. Do you have a lot of apps syncing? Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc? If so turn off the ones you don't use often or at least set them to update no faster than once an hour. Also, set the WiFi to turn off when the screen is off, this will improve standy battery significantly.
If you keep getting battery drain, before you return the Prime do a factory reset and see if that solves the battery drain. There could be some system process that isn't ending correctly and keeping the Prime awake. Factory resets are wonders at solving this kind of glitch.
I am seriously thinking about returning my Sony Tablet S.
I can't seem to get more than 3 hours out of this without a charge.
I play a full movie with wifi/GPS on and then i am down to 30%.
I do have it rooted and most of the bloat apps is gone. I check the battery indicator constantly and the biggest app using battery seems to be android so nothing is zapping my battery life.
Any ideas?
I think something is wrong with you're tablet, mine lasts for more then 8 hours without root.
So yes, return it and ask for a replacement.
bartbla said:
I think something is wrong with you're tablet, mine lasts for more then 8 hours without root.
So yes, return it and ask for a replacement.
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same as that
Try this app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
If it doesn't work, send to service centre for a check.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium
Try and adjust the backlight intensity
When I first used my tablet the battery seemed to be gone in no time. I have found that reducing the backlight manually has helped. I would say there was a definite difference.
Thanks for all the responses.
Problem is this is for my kid. He don't really have the patience to wait for charges every day.
He like to watch movies on the tablet and play some games here and there. Considering he only use it for 3-4 hours a day, this is insane how short the battery is.
I thought i will never say this...but another android guy bite the dust and cross over to the evil apple kingdom (exchanging for the ipad2 with 10 hour battery life).
jxl92182 said:
Thanks for all the responses.
Problem is this is for my kid. He don't really have the patience to wait for charges every day.
He like to watch movies on the tablet and play some games here and there. Considering he only use it for 3-4 hours a day, this is insane how short the battery is.
I thought i will never say this...but another android guy bite the dust and cross over to the evil apple kingdom (exchanging for the ipad2 with 10 hour battery life).
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so we've all told you that it doesn't sound normal and that you should get much longer out of the device and your answer is "it must be android" rather than a faulty device.......
8 hours to 10 hours on mine, depending on what i do. with and without root, it doesn't change my battery life.
Mine about 8 hours
Had the same issue in the past... Delete all on USB and make a factory reset solved the problem. Now it run up to 8 hours.
Schrammi said:
Had the same issue in the past... Delete all on USB and make a factory reset solved the problem. Now it run up to 8 hours.
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Same issue and fix here.
I have decent battery life ( 6+ hours) but one thing that makes me wonder is the idle time.
5 hours of screen time is less power consuming than the tablet being 20 hours in idle. Has anyone the same experience?
Yes. In my case it's the 3G modem. Turn it off generally and only on when you use it.
If I compare this case with my iPad I have to say, that the 3G modem in the sony uses much more energy in idle than in my iPad.
My Tablet is WiFi-only. And WiFi shuts down when the screen goes off.
Battery use:
Tablet idle ------------ 49% --> 15h 8m 57s
Screen---------------- 37% --> 4h 56m 31s
Is this strange behaviour or am I just paranoid since this is a totally different battery usage than on a phone( e.g Sensation)?
Bejtulla said:
My Tablet is WiFi-only. And WiFi shuts down when the screen goes off.
Battery use:
Tablet idle ------------ 49% --> 15h 8m 57s
Screen---------------- 37% --> 4h 56m 31s
Is this strange behaviour or am I just paranoid since this is a totally different battery usage than on a phone( e.g Sensation)?
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I report the same type of stats...
Its using a lot of battery in sleep mode. But sometimes it doesn't, sometimes sleep mode last way longer but most of the time its about 25-30 hours in sleep mode and that is way too much...
I hope ICS will fix this, if not i may return mine.
And not 2g/3g/4g here, no celular radio here.. So, its not that.
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Schrammi said:
Had the same issue in the past... Delete all on USB and make a factory reset solved the problem. Now it run up to 8 hours.
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USB??? you mean internal SD card (/mnt/sdcard)?
Yes. That's what I mean.
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Hmm. You do realise playing videos and having the wifi on in the background will cane the battery? Even more so if you're streaming said videos to your device via wifi. No doubt you've got the screen turned up full brightness as well?
Mine runs perfectly well and can last for a couple DAYS between charges, depending of course on how I use it.
Follow the tips provided by the others, you might get a fix. If not, get a new one from Sony. It's not a problem with Android - I suspect if you watch hours and hours of movies on an iPad you will still experience excessive battery drain because of the intensive nature of what you're doing!
Thanks for all the suggestions. If the tablet is for me to use daily, I probably would have condition the battery, try to delete all and then restart. However, it is for my kid and frankly it is unacceptable that a brand new tablet after watching one movie (just regular mp4 file i installed into the internal SD) is down to 30% charge.
I won't even start with the rest of the things i am disappointed with; the missing 6 gigs on the 16 gig, the screen little darker than i wanted (the screen protector I don't like at all), and frankly honeycomb in general is not that crispy and well developed.
I did end up getting a Ipad 2. After watching 1 movie, the thing still got 80% juice left....is night and day. Screen is sharper and brighter and most importantly it last more than a day without charge.
I don't want to hype about ipad here and i am still an android fan (i got 2 android phones), but the ipad really is WOW compared to the current corp of android tablets. Yes i am disappointed i won't be able to "tweak" the ipad like i can with droid pads, but Apple OS is so much better developed than honeycomb or ICS for that matter that really you can live without the tweaking.
For all you guys, with Wi-fi only (and 3G if you like the solution), before putting it to sleep put the device in flight mode. I've done it on mine and it was asleep for 4 days while I went out on a journey and when I came back only 30% of battery was gone...
I honestly can only fault the ipad in the sense that a media device, that for all intensive purposes is basically a more convenient option than a laptop, does not have flash support. Quick web browsing on tablets is great but it's useless without flash :S. Damn apple. Other than that I think the iPad is pretty great, especially now that the pricing for the new iPad has become alot sharper than in the price. Obviously to combat the success of Android tablets of late. But all I want out of a tablet is a bit of web browsing here and there, a couple games now and then and a nice digital photo frame to boot
I don't know about everyone else, but I have no desire to flash the crap out of my Sony tablet like I do with my SGS2. Now that I have root access it's doing everything I wanted it to do (and should have done!) from the start. So long is it's stable and responsive I'll be happy with it for a few years at least.
I was never happy with my tablet from day one but for me it was just software - sluggish and app incompatibility - a factory reset and root has fixed all that now. Never once have I had an issue with battery life. Sure as hell out-does any gameboy/ds/psp I've owned. Standby will last weeks if I don't touch it too.
So to those of you getting around 1-2 days standby time, something is seriously wrong with your tablet. There must either be a fault with your battery itself, or some app has gone rogue and just keeps it awake the whole time. i dont think any type of conditioning your battery will heed any results;
I didn't condition my battery at all when I got it and it's just fine. I played it with the 5% charge it had out of box till it died, got home, charged a bit, played with it till it shut off again, then when it got about 1/2 full just took it off charge and played with it again. Now it normally gets charged every friday whether it needs it or not.
As a prospective buyer,I would like to hear from users of the SXP here in India ?
*Price
*User experience with the phone
*Battery life
And anything else you would like to add !?
Thanx in advance
I have not bought it but I know the price in Kerala. It's 24500 rupees.
It's Looking Good.
rufusj89 said:
As a prospective buyer,I would like to hear from users of the SXP here in India ?
*Price
*User experience with the phone
*Battery life
And anything else you would like to add !?
Thanx in advance
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I have an Xperia S, and after looking at my phone my roomie liked the way it looked and bought the Xperia P as he was not comfortable with the size of the S.
It's been two days, but since due to AIRTEL not being able to provide him a Micro SIM, He's just using it over WIFI for now till he get's the Micro SIM
Got it for Rs.25000 from Sangeetha Mobiles in Bangalore on Saturday. They threw in a Bluetooth earpiece as well.
It's looking good till now , with the battery lasting pretty well while playing games and listening to music and also while on WIFI. But, I dont know how long the battery lasts with the Mobile network turned on. My estimate is that it'll last for a day and you'll have to charge it at least once every 24 hours with moderate to slightly heavy usage.
As far as User Xperiance is concerned, based on feedback from the XS and the XP, The sony stock launcher is the only one i feel that i can continue using without the need for a replacement launcher, but that is left up to you. The included widgets are not gimmicky and pretty usefull, maybe except for Timescape friends. But that is also a personal preference.
The phone has been running smoothly without any noticeable lag until now. Display looks pretty good, Camera is similar to that of my XS . The photos are pretty sharp and there is enough detail in them. Shot to shot time is less than 1.5 seconds. Also the Auto Scene recognition feature works pretty well and is pretty good while shooting macros.
It's a good phone and i think you can go for it.
Sidenote : this is my roommates first Android. wait Smartphone. and he's extremely impressed.
Let me know if you get it.
iamthad said:
I have an Xperia S, and after looking at my phone my roomie liked the way it looked and bought the Xperia P as he was not comfortable with the size of the S.
It's been two days, but since due to AIRTEL not being able to provide him a Micro SIM, He's just using it over WIFI for now till he get's the Micro SIM
Got it for Rs.25000 from Sangeetha Mobiles in Bangalore on Saturday. They threw in a Bluetooth earpiece as well.
It's looking good till now , with the battery lasting pretty well while playing games and listening to music and also while on WIFI. But, I dont know how long the battery lasts with the Mobile network turned on. My estimate is that it'll last for a day and you'll have to charge it at least once every 24 hours with moderate to slightly heavy usage.
As far as User Xperiance is concerned, based on feedback from the XS and the XP, The sony stock launcher is the only one i feel that i can continue using without the need for a replacement launcher, but that is left up to you. The included widgets are not gimmicky and pretty usefull, maybe except for Timescape friends. But that is also a personal preference.
The phone has been running smoothly without any noticeable lag until now. Display looks pretty good, Camera is similar to that of my XS . The photos are pretty sharp and there is enough detail in them. Shot to shot time is less than 1.5 seconds. Also the Auto Scene recognition feature works pretty well and is pretty good while shooting macros.
It's a good phone and i think you can go for it.
Sidenote : this is my roommates first Android. wait Smartphone. and he's extremely impressed.
Let me know if you get it.
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Thank you for the detailed post
Looking for the red colored one.not available in Chennai yet.Will use it and then purchase !
Any other info you would like to add ? Build Quality ? Scratch prone body ? Or did u get a case to hide that beautiful metal finish
any word on the battery and death grip issue??
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any word on the battery and death grip issue??
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Seems the battery gets better with usage.Death grip has been reported as a non issue.
Yeah I can't reproduce the death grip with mine.. even when using 2 ands griping it at multiple locations I can't get the phone to drop more then one bar (from a full bar).
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any word on the battery and death grip issue??
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No death grip issue on my phone.
Build quality looks solid.
rufusj89 said:
Thank you for the detailed post
Looking for the red colored one.not available in Chennai yet.Will use it and then purchase !
Any other info you would like to add ? Build Quality ? Scratch prone body ? Or did u get a case to hide that beautiful metal finish
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the build quality feels solid, and as for the case, he isn't using one. He uses the pouch provided along with it when he carries it in his pocket. I think Sangeetha mobiles have stock of the red one, look there.
Others who have been asking : Death grip not noticed. asn as said Battery gets better with use. Both on the P and on the S.
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the build quality feels solid, and as for the case, he isn't using one. He uses the pouch provided along with it when he carries it in his pocket. I think Sangeetha mobiles have stock of the red one, look there.
Others who have been asking : Death grip not noticed. asn as said Battery gets better with use. Both on the P and on the S.
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I have got the phone !!!
Sexy red as well
Work is keeping my hands tied up Will upload pics and initial impressions.Soon.
my xperia p
Hey bought this mobile just this sunday for rs.23200 from mobile point, vile parle mumbai ! was greatly impressed with the screen and the viewing angles as well as the camera quality ! coming to the battery life on my second charge the batery lasted a full 34.5hrs on moderate use ! i charged it on sunday night and then went to sleep ! the display time came to 3 hrs and 45 mins before getting drained, apllication time came to 1 hr and 47 mins,music came around 1 hr and 30 mins(nt included in display time), calls on 2g came to 25mins , web browsing via Wifi was 30 mins, synching my accounts and crating a google account for android market took me 20 mins via gprs ! camera just used for 20 mins and the rest of the time i spent on changing the settings, wallpapers and other apps! removing my idle time of approximately 18 hrs (2 nights sleeps of 7 hr each and another 4 hrs in classes) i guess it provided me with 16 to 18 hrs of use while i was awake ! thx sortof fine to me i guess ! can others also post their reviews about their battery usuage !
34.5 hrs ? that's awesome man.. Mine just lasted some 4 to 5 hours the first day, and was really a let down. But things have changed over last couple of days and I'm getting arround 12 hrs on moderate usage. That includes some 20 mins of gaming (TempleRun), browsing for 15 mins, auto sync n data enabled through out and some 45 mins of talking. I think the battery needs to go through a couple of charging cycles to attain it's optimal performance. Anyways it's a great phone and i'm in love with it.
dygen said:
34.5 hrs ? that's awesome man.. Mine just lasted some 4 to 5 hours the first day, and was really a let down. But things have changed over last couple of days and I'm getting arround 12 hrs on moderate usage. That includes some 20 mins of gaming (TempleRun), browsing for 15 mins, auto sync n data enabled through out and some 45 mins of talking. I think the battery needs to go through a couple of charging cycles to attain it's optimal performance. Anyways it's a great phone and i'm in love with it.
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hey please note: my phone was idle for around 16 to 17 hrs ie while i was asleep or while in classes . so if u deduct dat i too get somewhere around 17 or 18 hrs of practical use! my brightness was automatic with powersaver on ! live wallpaper was switched off, data traffic was turned on only when logging onto the net and last bt nt d least auto sync and permission for apps to use data was disabled . also turn off haptic feedback ie vibrations u get when u use the back, home buttons was turned on ! i mean i did everything to save my battery well i guess battery drains a lot while the networks and wireless are on ! today i left the bluetooth on for somwhere abt 2 or 2 and half hrs and my battery life is 60% after abt 7 and half hours !
Hey, thanks for this thread mate. +1
I am also planning to buy Xperia P as my first Android phone. I just want to confirm that wether it's is battery life is good or not.
topazonic said:
Hey, thanks for this thread mate. +1
I am also planning to buy Xperia P as my first Android phone. I just want to confirm that wether it's is battery life is good or not.
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itz just same as any other android out in the market ! if u use too much of internet, watzapp, browser the battery is sure to drain ! else just take it easy you get a full days use out of it unless u a crazy gamer or someone of that sort !last night i guess from 11pm to 6 am it conumed only 6% in standby mode datz fair!and with more than 2 hrs of music and some apps it has consumed somewhere about 20% battery !! if u r a symbian user u will find the battery life pathetic or else i guess u will nt complain much !! hope it helps to decide onur purchase
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itz just same as any other android out in the market ! if u use too much of internet, watzapp, browser the battery is sure to drain ! else just take it easy you get a full days use out of it unless u a crazy gamer or someone of that sort !last night i guess from 11pm to 6 am it conumed only 6% in standby mode datz fair!and with more than 2 hrs of music and some apps it has consumed somewhere about 20% battery !! if u r a symbian user u will find the battery life pathetic or else i guess u will nt complain much !! hope it helps to decide onur purchase
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Yeah mate I will be coming from symbian.
Thanks for your reply. +1
Please post bettery life and please specify the time of the screen on (in Battery settings).
My Prime works about 48 Hours. Screen on about 5 hours.
Screen Backlight about 50% during 2 hours and minimum during 3 hours.
1 Hourse I read. and 4 Hours internet with Google Chrome beta.
What browser eat more power?
i'm really sorry for this but:
hour = 60 minutes of time
horse = the thing you ride or eat
hourse = NO.
On topic: battery life is fine on mine. Really depending on what i do with it. I wrote an essay today with my prime. Constantly writing for 4h with screen on at half brightness, went down to 75%. If i was gaming the whole time it would be down to 30% or something i guess So it all depends on what you do. I think battery is great especially with the dock.
Sorry for my English)))
And what you thing about browser? What browser eat more power?
hm i never tested between browsers, i always use ICS+ browser as it has everything i expect from a browser.
I heard the new firefox is quite good though^^
I've actually been pretty disappointed in my Primes battery life. I had it in the second week that it was out, and I'd almost always get 10-11 hours out of it with the dock.
My usage scenario is usually, a lot of down time, very little video watching and a lot of web surfing/email use and I almost never play games. I've noticed more recently that my battery %'age drops by nearly 10% every half hour. I always have the dock on and if I'm lucky I get around 7-8 hours of use out of it.
Luckily I've never needed it that long in one go, so I've never really needed to carry that cheap quality charger that ASUS provides that's practically fallen apart, even after I took exceptional care of it.
The only saving grace I've had recently with the whole thing is Androwook 2.0; and it is just plain exceptional! No force closes and very very few freezes. Absolutely silky smooth. I was considering selling it before the new tablets came out but this ROM is seriously making me consider keeping this tablet.
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I've actually been pretty disappointed in my Primes battery life. I had it in the second week that it was out, and I'd almost always get 10-11 hours out of it with the dock.
My usage scenario is usually, a lot of down time, very little video watching and a lot of web surfing/email use and I almost never play games. I've noticed more recently that my battery %'age drops by nearly 10% every half hour. I always have the dock on and if I'm lucky I get around 7-8 hours of use out of it.
Luckily I've never needed it that long in one go, so I've never really needed to carry that cheap quality charger that ASUS provides that's practically fallen apart, even after I took exceptional care of it.
The only saving grace I've had recently with the whole thing is Androwook 2.0; and it is just plain exceptional! No force closes and very very few freezes. Absolutely silky smooth. I was considering selling it before the new tablets came out but this ROM is seriously making me consider keeping this tablet.
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Watching Video and Playing actually uses less power than Web Surfing, dont ask me why ^^.
The WiFi is a blackhole of power and eats the battery like theres no tomorrow.
I use my TP for golf GPS in my cart with the dongle, wifi tethered to my phone and the screen always on, brightest setting and I get about 5 hours (maybe a few minutes less) of use before it goes dead.
Wish there was a way to plug the TP in when using the GPS dongle.
Zephyrot said:
Watching Video and Playing actually uses less power than Web Surfing, dont ask me why ^^.
The WiFi is a blackhole of power and eats the battery like theres no tomorrow.
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True, but I hardly watch any video online at all. Like no Netflix or YouTube...
Infact even the pages I read are usually mostly text, hardly a couple images, and my brightness is in the lower quarter all the time. I usually just open a page and leave it open and use it as a reference while I type on my laptop, or writing or whatever...
It's a bit annoying when my Primes battery % declines at almost the same rate my as power hungry laptop's battery...
I don't think this is for the Prime or ICS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16926577&postcount=46476
Wonder if it's the same as Wipe Battery Stats on TWRP...
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True, but I hardly watch any video online at all. Like no Netflix or YouTube...
Infact even the pages I read are usually mostly text, hardly a couple images, and my brightness is in the lower quarter all the time. I usually just open a page and leave it open and use it as a reference while I type on my laptop, or writing or whatever...
It's a bit annoying when my Primes battery % declines at almost the same rate my as power hungry laptop's battery...
I don't think this is for the Prime or ICS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16926577&postcount=46476
Wonder if it's the same as Wipe Battery Stats on TWRP...
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Does not matter what you are doing in internet as long as that WiFi is on, and transferring some data it will destroy the battery. Try it out without WiFi and see how long it lasts.
Regarding battery stats... it does nothing. Check this out, directly from Google: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
Thinking of upgrading to the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge but worried about that the battery life won't be the same as my Note 4. I normally got around 4 hours on screen time with a charging time of 90 ish minutes, does the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge really beat that?
Share you screen on time screenshots with your S6 Edge. Does having the curved screen always on information stream drain your battery? What's your screen on time with bluetooth turned on most of the time,
Does 15 minutes of charge really provide you with 2 hours of watching HD video, does it have to be the default player or can it be any, like MX Player
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I always get 5hrs 40 mins watching Netflix on data so yeah it should. Most people get about 4hr 30 mins and up.
Well, i am one of those that never get the Screen time people show they get, i guess it's my brightness settings or that i leave everything on, bluetooth, nfc, wifi, gps etc..
I have the phone for 2 weeks and never went under 40% of battery , but at 40% i was with 8 hours on battery , 1h 28 min of screen on time. So i have the feeling that for me wont last over 3h of screen time. I might have some high drainage on stand by thought , wakelock or something. Today i charged my phone and went for a bike ride , so i barely used the phone, right now i have 82% of battery - 5h 45 min on battery with 19min screen on time.
Just sharing , not saying the phone's battery sucks. For me it's fine.
Depends on lots of factors. Some people have really bad battery life while others have awesome battery life. I've never had an issue with regards to battery life and I recently rooted and swapped to Edgar's debloated rom. I am using Kt kernel on stock clocks with undervolting on big and little cores of around 75. Unfortunately I got stuck with some bad binned chips or I would have under volted even more. Usage consists of Netflix, tapatalk, reddit and Facebook (web), and texting. I'm not a gamer but I do play clash of clans for about 15 minutes a few times during this cycle.
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Sounds awesome. I would love to get around 5 hours of Screen on time with Bluetooth on and connected to my Gear S. I would mostly be using it to browse the web, play YouTube videos and download large files often. Do you have to give the battery time to adjust to your habit to get the maximum amount of usage.
The battery takes time to settle down. I think 4hrs sot should be possible for medium use. This is what I've always got with all the Samsung phones. I used to get near 5hrs sot with note 4. I've only had the phone a few days now and the battery was very poor to start with and used to get soooo hot during charging. It seems to be settling down...else is going back. ...I'm still trying to get used to the size lol
my screen on time
riocharles said:
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what…. that is crazy. how do you manage that? do you use any special battery/ram management apps?
Kur0ya said:
what…. that is crazy. how do you manage that? do you use any special battery/ram management apps?
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hi Kur0ya . . . i dont use any of that, im a light user i use my phone mainly for watching youtube, call, bbm and line i also not playing any games. but i had a suspicious that my s6 is made in indonesia so it doesnt have much pre installed apps like volte and so on.
riocharles said:
hi Kur0ya . . . i dont use any of that, im a light user i use my phone mainly for watching youtube, call, bbm and line i also not playing any games. but i had a suspicious that my s6 is made in indonesia so it doesnt have much pre installed apps like volte and so on.
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I find that having wifi and mobile data on drains battery like crazy... this is my first android phone and on my iphone i could turn off 4G and stay on 3G to save battery but not an option on the s6 :/
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I find that having wifi and mobile data on drains battery like crazy... this is my first android phone and on my iphone i could turn off 4G and stay on 3G to save battery but not an option on the s6 :/
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well.. i dont really know if there an option on your phone, but on my phone if i go to settings>mobile networks>network mode
oh I have that! its just quite long winded though.. why can't it name it we all know like 4G, 3G, LTE, EDGE, GPRS. whats with the WCDMA and GSM
I regularly get 5+ hrs screen on time, I've had the best part of 7 hrs occasionally.