Hello,
to all you x10 mini users (you pro users have the option to replace the battery easily):
Have you already noticed some decrease in battery life since getting your mini?
If so, how long have you been using it? It has been released roughly one year ago. Or no changes so far? How are you using it? Moderately, heavily? How long are you getting out of one charge?
Do tell
Good idea, though I1ve got Mini Pro, it's still interesting
I bought my mini in the middle of august 2010. Battery life is still the same. Moderate use 2-3 days. High use 1 day. Like every other smartphone.
I got mine last December and besides using MiniCM6 that uses more battery than the stock Rom, the battery duration haven't decreased.
This is a post from the Xperia play forum about battery life. Since the new Xperia phones shares a common software maybe the Mini is affected too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238230
I'm gonna try and see if there is any difference for me on the sk17i.
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nice, please let me know if there will be some difference for sk17i
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well i tried it, and im sorry to say that ... but it doent change anything
Let me here give you and example of how bad is this phone battery situation is .
I have an HTC HD2 running android 2.3.3 and it has a 1GHZ processor which is the same with the xperia mini pro i bought , on the other hand the HD2 has 4.3" screen while the mini pro is only 3" so I already nticed after using the mini pro that its consuming so much battery than the HD2 but i wanted to be more specific so below are the details
HD2 Battery is 1230mA, xperia mini pro 1200mA ( Almost the same )
so I left both of them in idle for 8 hours ( wifi is on both have the same apps like facebook , google+, twitter, with the same update settings, )
the HD2 dropped from 82% to 71% in 8 hours in idle (Lost 11% )
The mini pro dropped from 100% to 50% in 8 hours in idle ( lost 50%)
for me this is a big gap between the two devices and to be honest i expected the HD2 to have a shorted battery life conidering its much more powerfull device and its 2 years old with the same 2 years old battery.
and i also noticed that during the test:
the HD2 never exceeded 10mAh consumption at all
the mini pro rarely went below 50mAh and the minimum was 26mAh
so i guess there is something that eats the battery during the idle time and it is taking alot of it comparing the two devices.
in fact when i bought the mini pro i wanted smaller device that will have a better battery life , but now its totally the opposit which make me confused.
iwosh88 said:
nice, please let me know if there will be some difference for sk17i
thanks
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Maybe very little actually.. but I'm gonna keep at manual.. no need to auto scan when I'm locked to one operator anyway.
ahm09 said:
well i tried it, and im sorry to say that ... but it doent change anythin
Let me here give you and example of how bad is this phone battery situation is .
I have an HTC HD2 running android 2.3.3 and it has a 1GHZ processor which is the same with the xperia mini pro i bought , on the other hand the HD2 has 4.3" screen while the mini pro is only 3" so I already nticed after using the mini pro that its consuming so much battery than the HD2 but i wanted to be more specific so below are the details
HD2 Battery is 1230mA, xperia mini pro 1200mA ( Almost the same )
so I left both of them in idle for 8 hours ( wifi is on both have the same apps like facebook , google+, twitter, with the same update settings, )
the HD2 dropped from 82% to 71% in 8 hours in idle (Lost 11% )
The mini pro dropped from 100% to 50% in 8 hours in idle ( lost 50%)
for me this is a big gap between the two devices and to be honest i expected the HD2 to have a shorted battery life conidering its much more powerfull device and its 2 years old with the same 2 years old battery.
and i also noticed that during the test:
the HD2 never exceeded 10mAh consumption at all
the mini pro rarely went below 50mAh and the minimum was 26mAh
so i guess there is something that eats the battery during the idle time and it is taking alot of it comparing the two devices.
in fact when i bought the mini pro i wanted smaller device that will have a better battery life , but now its totally the opposit which make me confused.
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I have been struggling a bit too with battery life. But with my current settings I have 21hours since charge and I'm on 65%. (so thats about 2.1% each hour) But thats not standby only. I have been using connectbot, some browsing, facebooking, whatsapp.
wifi on all the time and push enabled for activesyncemail, facebook+googleplus+twitter notifications, whatsapp messages and gmail.
I have disabled 3G and set my operator manually and most important of all I have unchecked the Allow wireless network-option in Location and security.
Did attach two screenshots showing the battery usage. I had to connect the USB-cable to take those (with ddms) so it did charge for a minute or so (same thing abit earlier so it shows a small charge period for 1-2 min)
A bit funny also that it shows battery gain in two places (which wasn't when I had the device USB-plugged) and also it looks like something has been keeping the phone awake while the screen hasn't been on.
But as you say it's not very often down to 10mAh as you get on the HD2. (3rd screenshot)
Smiley76 said:
I have been struggling a bit too with battery life. But with my current settings I have 21hours since charge and I'm on 65%. (so thats about 2.6% each hour) But thats not standby only. I have been using connectbot, some browsing, facebooking, whatsapp.
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WOW i really envy you now , i should find whats making mine drop that fast in idle while yours can last that long while using it. i will check the settings you specified and report back the results
I attached a screenshot of the HD2 idle usage
Wifi
I've found that the culprit for mine is the Wifi.
I went from ~8 hours to 32,5 hours(is just about to turn itself off) by turning wifi off and on only when I used it.
This is with me watching a 40 min mkv show, and playing myth defence for 30 minutes and a little talk and sms and searching the market.
Wifi location function has been off from the start.
It's a bit weird because on the x10 mini it turned off wifi when the screen timed out and it held for about the same time, so maybe it's a "feature" they forgot to implement on this phone.
On normal usage mine lasts max of 2 days and thats pushing it. Normal use means I do browsing on it via wifi for maybe 10 minutes at a time per hour I guess. Will sync to wifi every 15 mins for 1 minute then off (via Green Power app). To help the thing, I am downclocked to 122Mhz on idle, max to 800+ on load via SetCPU, always on minimum brightness. Playing with autostarts too to disable apps to run and eat memory as well.
There is a higher capacity battery thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232065
But we're still waiting for somebody to go and test it.
GoBBLeS said:
I've found that the culprit for mine is the Wifi.
I went from ~8 hours to 32,5 hours(is just about to turn itself off) by turning wifi off and on only when I used it.
This is with me watching a 40 min mkv show, and playing myth defence for 30 minutes and a little talk and sms and searching the market.
Wifi location function has been off from the start.
It's a bit weird because on the x10 mini it turned off wifi when the screen timed out and it held for about the same time, so maybe it's a "feature" they forgot to implement on this phone.
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Strange. I almost the opposite behaviour, especially if I leave 3G on.
hello guys..
this my last battery life with wifi on,playing some game,sms,OC to 1113mhz,smartass governor,,UV,backlight off...
ahm09 said:
WOW i really envy you now , i should find whats making mine drop that fast in idle while yours can last that long while using it. i will check the settings you specified and report back the results
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Im still on the same charge 1d16h and i used it alot yesterday evening.
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Smiley76 said:
Im still on the same charge 1d16h and i used it alot yesterday evening.
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At 10% the phone suddenly dropped to 1% and it did shutdown.
Something is draining the battery during the sleep and i cant find it.
Smiley76 said:
At 10% the phone suddenly dropped to 1% and it did shutdown.
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Yes, this thing happens to me, 30% them immediately 1% and stays on for maybe 2-3 mins then dies (when in heavy use). I will recalibrate the battery stats when the phone is fully cycle charged (drained to dead, and charge on AC overnight). Hopefully should fix the issue.
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Something is draining the battery during the sleep and i cant find it.
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Check the battery usage what consumes it (Settings, About Phone, Battery use).
jtdc said:
Yes, this thing happens to me, 30% them immediately 1% and stays on for maybe 2-3 mins then dies (when in heavy use). I will recalibrate the battery stats when the phone is fully cycle charged (drained to dead, and charge on AC overnight). Hopefully should fix the issue.
Check the battery usage what consumes it (Settings, About Phone, Battery use).
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yeah. it died again at about 10%, I did plug the charger and switched on the phone and it went directly to 10% again. Unplugged it and it died after a few mins. Did pull out the battery and inserted it again and now it started to behave correctly starting from 1%.
Another thing I have noticed is that when it reaches 100% it starts to discharge until it goes down to 95% then it charges again (quite normal behavior) but the phone still shows 100%. So it could be down at 95% when you disconnect it but it starts to tick down from 100%. I did check the kernel source and it was a comment there that it should show 100% while still charging in that mode.
It's possible to see the real value when using adb logcat|grep charge and also betterbatterystats shows the real value instead of the 100%.
thanks for the tip will try that. i get that same thing too, dies at 30% but when charged, it goes up at 30% immediately hehe... well, i didn't went to extent remove the battery though. what i do know is to have "Battery Monitor" sound some notification at 3425mA. At that rating, that just means I have some time to look for the cable and charge it.
Side by side, the st15i screen is significantly brighter than the st18i screen at the same brightness level. Though the st18i has a higher resolution, its colors appear more washed out, in a way though that is easy on the eyes. The st15i seems to be brighter and perhaps that is hurting the battery life.
Upon further testing, it appears the auto brightness feature of the stock rom is doing this.
With both devices in a dark environment, the st18i appeared brighter, with the same brightness settings.
Unfortunately, there doesnt seem to be a way to turn off auto brightness on the stock rom.
My mini pro's battery last much longer then it did on my old phone galaxy s2 so I have not a problem with battery
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how long does it take for your mini-pro to fully charge when is on?
2 hours and i have 13% from dead and i on to charge it.. i killed all apps...
This there something wrong?
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thanks for the tip will try that. i get that same thing too, dies at 30% but when charged, it goes up at 30% immediately hehe... well, i didn't went to extent remove the battery though. what i do know is to have "Battery Monitor" sound some notification at 3425mA. At that rating, that just means I have some time to look for the cable and charge it.
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I'm currently on almost 2 days since charge and on 8%. And just when I started writing this it did just go down to 1% and a warning that battery is almost dead.
So it become 2% "better" ;-)
But I'm still happy with almost 2d with mixed usage and standby (wifi,push etc all the time).
Hello, I'm thinking to buy the Neo as my next phone.
Currently I have a X10 and my battery life is decent, like 16h per day and I would like to know about the batt life on the neo to make a comparision
thanks
i had the x10 for a while and with normal use the neo (my current device) lasts alot longer. i would say i use my phone heavy with alot of wifi and 1,7Ghz and it lasts almost 1,5 days.
btw. the neo looks and feels great
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Hello,
In normal use my neo has a 2/2.5 days battery life
That's a good phone !
For normal use with wifi on: 2 days without wifi: 3 days
Playing,wifi,bluetooth,gps: half to 1 day
I've just got a Neo to replace my X10 and it's great - I love it. Using it quite a lot at the moment as I get used to it and the battery hit 10% last night after 15.5 hours. Pretty good I reckon!
Battery = Nice!
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Takes a few days of use and several charges to settle down, but no complaints here. Most of that is the battery "conditioning" itself and also Android OS calibrating the battery stats.
With WiFi and auto sync on all the time,display brightness to 100% and a lot of fiddling with the phone(calls,gaming,internet,photos,videos,e-books,music etc) it lasts for about 12 hours with a remaining of about 10-12%. Which I consider to be pretty decent
Had mini pro fro half a year and battery was dead in 6 hours ,,,,,
Am now verry happy with neo ,
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Had my neo for about a month~ or so now and the battery lasts me over a day easy with a decent amount of use. It's definately worth getting in terms of battery life, compared to my old phone (google nexus s)
Battery like on x10 is pathetic compared to Neo my friend
I moved from x10 on Friday and haven't looked back
This is my phone since 6am roughly, after heavy use with brightness toggled between full and a quarter
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That's some good battery life. neo is pretty good. Compared to other phones.
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hi every one battery life on android all are same like if browse for 5 minutes get reduce 1%....i tried so many andoid phones with larger battery the results is same..ln sony ray i think smal screen it may give good battery life...but me disapoint...i purchase recently have see after discharging 3 to 4 times..how it works..any ray user can tell their experiaence on ray battery life??
shenoy007 said:
hi every one battery life on android all are same like if browse for 5 minutes get reduce 1%....i tried so many andoid phones with larger battery the results is same..ln sony ray i think smal screen it may give good battery life...but me disapoint...i purchase recently have see after discharging 3 to 4 times..how it works..any ray user can tell their experiaence on ray battery life??
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In stand by mode my battery drains for 1% per hour and when m using 3G and browsing then i drains about 13% per hour.....
I use task killer to kill background apps and keep brightness to balance condition
Also i keep my network to GSM only i.e to 2G when i don't want to surf net
It help me to get more battery life and i only need to charge once in a day
Hi all
I've searched and searched not just this site but the web for an answer but I cant seem to find one with direct user input, so if you could, I would appreciate yours.
I went from an X10 mini pro which had below average battery life (just about managed a day with everything turned off), to a blackberry curve which is shocking. A couple of days a week at university are 18+ hours and it wont get me through 12 of those some days.
I liked my mini pro but it did frustrate me because it was quite so tiny but the Xperia mini looks to be an improvement and if I trade in my blackberry I can get it for virtually free. Obviously I'm going to go and try out the phone for size properly before I buy.
Its between the Xperia mini and the Motorola Defy+, I understand all mentioned are smart phones and so battery life will never be amazing, but with unreliable trains and not being able to ring home because my phone has died yet again isn't really an option.
Is it worth me trading in the Blackberry for the Xperia mini or not?
I went from a x10 mini to a xperia active (which is just a waterproof xperia mini) and i have definately an easier time now getting through the day. I would guess i have about 30% more battery-life now.
I cycle to work (2 x 45 minutes) with bluetooth, gps, data (internet-radio) and screen on.
The x10 mini did it barely but i could not use the phone at work. The xperia active does the same + i can use the phone at work and still have 10-20% left when i get home.
As always your mileage may vare. IMO data sucks most, followed by Display.
worth, xperia mini is more powerful than bb curve of course. I can satisfy with battery life with this much power
Thank you! Just the replies I was looking for! I'll miss the email experience but I'd rather have a phone I can still get my emails on rather than a dead one.
I could well end up with an Xperia mini tomorrow!
I would not buy a mini for its battery,
it hardly lasts me a day with fairly light usage.