Hey guys
Can you tell me please what is your average battery usage with display on ?(measured with current widget)
Thanks in advance.
tzacapaca said:
Hey guys
Can you tell me please what is your average battery usage with display on ?(measured with current widget)
Thanks in advance.
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Im getting 115-142mA with the phone idling with the display on with wifi on.
With data enabled/wifi off it jumps to over 200mA.
Having Bluetooth on but not paired didnt seem to make any difference in battery consumption.
Having GPS on but not in use also showed no increase in battery consumption. However, having gps in use (had navigation running in background) caused the battery to spike to almost 400 before settling around the low/mid 200mA range.
CallMeAria said:
Im getting 115-142mA with the phone idling with the display on with wifi on.
With data enabled/wifi off it jumps to over 200mA.
Having Bluetooth on but not paired didnt seem to make any difference in battery consumption.
Having GPS on but not in use also showed no increase in battery consumption. However, having gps in use (had navigation running in background) caused the battery to spike to almost 400 before settling around the low/mid 200mA range.
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Thanks for answer
What is your brightness level?
What about data/wifi/gps off and brightness set to ~40%?
Sorry if i'm bugging you with so many questions,but i have a HTC HD Mini and i'm running a ported Android from sd card and i'm trying to figure out how is the battery life compared to the original
tzacapaca said:
Thanks for answer
What is your brightness level?
What about data/wifi/gps off and brightness set to ~40%?
Sorry if i'm bugging you with so many questions,but i have a HTC HD Mini and i'm running a ported Android from sd card and i'm trying to figure out how is the battery life compared to the original
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If I turn data/wifi/gps off and put brightness to somewhere between 30-40% approximately it sits between 91-98mA. My original posts were made with auto brightness on.
And its no bother. Takes seconds to adjust settings and I just left the phone sit for 5mins with display on.
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CallMeAria said:
If I turn data/wifi/gps off and put brightness to somewhere between 30-40% approximately it sits between 91-98mA. My original posts were made with auto brightness on.
And its no bother. Takes seconds to adjust settings and I just left the phone sit for 5mins with display on.
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Thanks again mate,I appreciate that
Well..with the above settings I have ~150mA,so the difference is 50mA,not bad (hope devs will get rid of this difference )
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With 2.1 not having a real good auto brightness setting compared to 1.6 whats your brightness setting? Would you rather have Auto Brightness on? or where on the meter do you have it set?
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Personally I find the brightness toggles from the stock widget provided to be rather useless, either too dark or too bright.
I usually use slightly less than half brightness on the slider, good visability and looks at the same time.
If I want to configure for themes or just have a nice bright screen to show off wallpapers I use a little more than half. Any higher and it gets glaring imo.
I use manual setting, mine is 50% and the battery last very long, hehe
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On 2.1 I've set it at 100% and left it.
XperiaX10iUser said:
On 2.1 I've set it at 100% and left it.
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wow does your battery ever get sucked up??
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wow does your battery ever get sucked up??
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No. I find 100% in 2.1 to be equal to that of 50% in 1.6, and given the battery life increase that comes with 2.1 haven't noticed a drain.
I keep it on 0% and change it to more with a widget when I'm using it out doors. 0% works fine indoors and I'm getting about 2 or 3 days worth in battery life, thats using mp3 during the day and audiobooks when trying to sleep with about 30min per day of internet browsing.
Mine is set to around 75% or so. Battery life is so much better in 2.1 I coulod probably have it at max and still get better battery life than 1.6.
I like it at about 50%, little dull outside not enough to bother changing.
Hey xda,
I'm curious as to what you all use for your screen brightness settings. For the duration of my ownership of the fascinate, I've kept it at the lowest possible setting. I'm wondering if that's really doing that much for my battery life. I'm contemplating turning it to auto.
What do you guys think about screen brightness as it compares to battery life. Is the screen not lit with LEDs? If I'm not mistaken, a typical LED could run for like 40 years on a single AA battery.
I am on auto with GPS, Data, and sync on all time. I use it pretty heavily I would say. Nothing like hours at a time but 15 min here, 5 there, 10 there. I get about 16 - 18 hours out of my phone.
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I am on auto with GPS, Data, and sync on all time. I use it pretty heavily I would say. Nothing like hours at a time but 15 min here, 5 there, 10 there. I get about 16 - 18 hours out of my phone.
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Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if I should keep GPS on too. I mean as long as I'm not actively using it for navigation, is it really going to be draining any battery life?
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Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if I should keep GPS on too. I mean as long as I'm not actively using it for navigation, is it really going to be draining any battery life?
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Adryn has stated "Keep GPS off" for better battery life. Idk if you are using SC tho, but this would apply to any.
xHoLyx said:
Adryn has stated "Keep GPS off" for better battery life. Idk if you are using SC tho, but this would apply to any.
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Ah, thank you for the reply. I am currently on SC.
I keep all but wifi on w/ brightness varying bc im outside a lot. Im seeing 24 hours minimum w jt's aosp w nextheme. I use my phone for everything.
If forget to leave the brightness up all d way, i notice a huge difference. These are a little different that an LED and a double A my friend.
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hbc.ciccone said:
I keep all but wifi on w/ brightness varying bc im outside a lot. Im seeing 24 hours minimum w jt's aosp w nextheme. I use my phone for everything.
If forget to leave the brightness up all d way, i notice a huge difference. These are a little different that an LED and a double A my friend.
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Thanks for the response. So what you're saying is you leave the brightness high, but you know that's detrimental to your battery life?
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Thanks for the response. So what you're saying is you leave the brightness high, but you know that's detrimental to your battery life?
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Yep...but i'll sacrifice in favor of beauty for a loss of thirty min. Of use
how long an LED runs on a AA depends, some might run a day (not 40 years), others less than an hour, and the most powerful ones need multiple D batteries just to turn on. these phones have a SAMOLED screen, broken down into: Super Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode. the important part here is the organic. instead of having a single, or a few LEDs behind or around the screen, the screen uses an organic (not organic like the meaningless buzzword, but no ****, it's organic cells) compound for each colour. these organic compounds produce light when electrically charged, and only when a colour is displayed. this gives you the possibility of a truly infinite contrast ratio, and brilliantly rich colours.
I leave mine on auto.
Was using the lowest setting, but I'm now using auto setting.
I normally have it at its lowest setting unless I'm outside. I used to have it on auto, but it didn't work exactly like I wanted. Now that the notification bar brightness feature was added with Froyo, I just use that to adjust the brightness without having to open up settings.
As long as you don't have the screen on for minutes at a time, the difference between automatic brightness and the lowest setting is minimal. I switch to automatic for days that I tend to be outside a lot, but I normally leave it on the lowest setting because I occasionally go on binges where I read the news when I'm bored. If I don't do that too much and don't have any phone calls that last over 15+ minutes then I get about 48 hours of battery life on JT's AOSP ROM.
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I'm not typically on the phone for long amounts of continuous time, just to text then i turn the screen off (the display is on auto brightness), and i'm getting half a days battery, and display is showing up as using about 70% of my battery at any given time. Any ideas on what could help or anything? Any help is much appreciated
I've had the same thing since day one. What I always do is turn the brightness down when ever I can. It actually helps a lot. You'll notice a difference
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I play HD games for like 5 hours before battery runs out .
How often you sync your emails? every 15mins?
Also try UC , UV and turn your screen brightness to as low as you can.
I hardly ever sync my emails, i have it to auto-sync but i never open it. and whats a good kernel that allows me to do that?
% means nothing... Tell us how long your screen was on
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total screen time was about an hour
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total screen time was about an hour
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if you never change your email sync setting, it is sync every 15 minutes I believe and that sure use a lot of juice.
Really you should try UV and UC and don't use force dual core if battery life is most important to you.
do you know what kernel would allow me to do this?
I take it most of you run manual w/ the screen fairly dim. I have had it on automatic. Im curious at about what percent auto hovers at. I know it auto adjusts but it probably has a general range it stays at - just curious if its like 35% or 55%.
What Percentage do you guys keep the brightness on for the best combination of battery life and visibility?
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do you know what kernel would allow me to do this?
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Mine is GSM version, so probablly can't help you. I am sure it will be all over the place in CDSM section.
I will start looking, thank you very much for helping me
I thought we've been over this. A high screen on percentage doesn't mean youre screen is killing the battery. It means its using the most amount of overall power. Technically that's a good thing. It means the rest of your phone (syncing, android processes, games, etc. Etc.) Aren't running wild in the background while the phone is asleep.
I'd be more worried if your display was only using 40% of the battery!
Turn auto brightness off.... It's too simple to pull down quick settings to change it that way,
Find an app to see running processes and services,might see stuff listed you have no idea was running.... Don't force close anything or mess with anything just use it as a refrence and find out if u really need the app or not, I use titanium back up to keep apps that I use just not to often and just restore them quickly use it and delete it.... I've seen a lot of games running in the background to give notifications and stuff, could be a lot of things... Best soulution to save batttery.... Buy a spare lol
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I have following battery consumation: display eat battery capacity very quickly. In decreasing area i was veawing 3d video trailers on youtube constantly. And during this perion screen eat 78% from all processes. Is it normal? Can i change this horrible appetites of screen? Backlight in automatic.
what app can effectively track our battery drain in MA?
battery monitor widget is quite erratic, or is it really that high during idle
-50 to -150ma (screen off)
I had installed battery monitor and noticed, that when using phone in internet plussed in usb for charging - BM shows -430mA!!! Is usb port so weak? why phone consume so many power?
Does removing bloatware drain battery?
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No.. helps battery life just freeze your the boat in your app settings.
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disabling bloat helps keep less apps using cpu resources therefore less battery drain be careful on wat u freeze though
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And why would you think it drains more battery?
The logic escapes me.
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And why would you think it drains more battery?
The logic escapes me.
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Well because i froze a ton of samsung and att bloatware and ive seen no improvement on my weak short battery life. I mean 4:30 hrs on battery with 3:01 screen on and im at 15%.... maybe the system is looking for the disabled apps??? I dont know..
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3 hours of on screen is why your battery drained. Doubtful it's removing system apps.
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I've seen really varied battery life. The screen is the number one battery drain on our phones so I use my brightness as low as I can get away with. Monitor your battery life day to day and see if screen percent battery usage even when used for 3-5 hours should start to show closer to show 20-30% of your battery usage vs the likely 50% or higher you may be seeing now. I use a third party app to lower brightness even below our normal GS3 brightness when I know I'll be surfing or using the phone an extended period of time.
Common battery conservation knowledge consists of simple things like disabling GPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth when possible. Limit or turn off sync when uneeded. Turn off led lit touch buttons if you get used to menu and back where they are. Turn off sprint network optimizer (sprint only) it seems to scan networks too often leading to too much battery discharge for me. Turn location services off if not used often certain ones not GPS effect battery too. Uninstall bloat which you did. Turn options in apps off not to sink.
Check battery usage during screen off and idle and make sure your phone is sleeping. If you have a sleep bug the phone is not shutting down cores and lowering speed while not used leading to multiple hours of battery life lost. I turn off vibrate and haptic feedback off except where I can. If your rooted take control of your cpu and when not needed clock it down yourself. If your browsing you may not need max frequency. 1ghz core or less is good to save power while just casually using the phone.
Just a rant on what I've had success with. No pic but I have had success getting 24 hours between charge with heavy use like 6+ hours screen on if I was really conservative. Most days of heavy use as long as I didn't use a giant overclock I get 9-10 hours between charge.
https:// play.google. com/store/apps/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.brightnesslevel
My favorite brightness widget for quick access and free on play store.
https:// play.google. com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor
The great widget that's free on play store to adjust your brightness lower than current device brightness in a percent form. it can go 0-100% below your lowest brightness level or even below your highest brightness level if you prefer... as its based on your current set device brightness and is accomplished by using a screen overlay I believe. Adds a little lag when enabled but saves you the power when needed.
Remove extra space in address for Play store links. Admins hope link okay.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.brightnesslevel
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor
Fixed the links for you. Once you get 10 post you can link don't just spam for post tho.. at least attempt to add to the thread when you do those 5 other post.
I might just check this out as well. The built in SGS3 brightness thingy is garbage so I have it set on max *I still get 4hours of screen on for max brightness tho haha*
Edit: Those apps are not what I thought they are.. I thought it was a different auto brightness thingy but its not that still useful I guess if you want to go crazy on battery.
3 hours screen on = good
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3 hours of battery life is still decent anything lower than that I would be a little worried about it.
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Randomacts said:
I might just check this out as well. The built in SGS3 brightness thingy is garbage so I have it set on max *I still get 4hours of screen on for max brightness tho haha*
Edit: Those apps are not what I thought they are.. I thought it was a different auto brightness thingy but its not that still useful I guess if you want to go crazy on battery.
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better yet:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
Randomacts said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curvefish.widgets.brightnesslevel
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor
Fixed the links for you. Once you get 10 post you can link don't just spam for post tho.. at least attempt to add to the thread when you do those 5 other post.
I might just check this out as well. The built in SGS3 brightness thingy is garbage so I have it set on max *I still get 4hours of screen on for max brightness tho haha*
Edit: Those apps are not what I thought they are.. I thought it was a different auto brightness thingy but its not that still useful I guess if you want to go crazy on battery.
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Okay thank you kindly. I know much less than anyone here. I am new to this world and new to Android.
Those apps are not new brightness control as you have stated. ofirst one is a simple widget to change brightness from home screen so its just a shortcut. The second a screen overlay that doesn't get in the way of using apps and darkens the screen beyond minimum brightness that SG3 or any phone has. If a user does not need lower screen brightness than normal than the above apps are not going to be useful. Thank you for fixing links. I hope I can add to threads and around.
Like you I would love to see an app that creates a custom auto brIghtness function.
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better yet:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
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Thanks this looks great. that's what I was looking for in first place. Ill give it a try. That's definitely better yet.
A guy commented on app there and said useful info as follows which Ill try out myself just thought it was also interesting.
"On "automatic dynamic" mode- behaves buggy & erratic. USE: "automatic periodic" with updating at 5 sec intervals. Now works well. Set backlight zero to 10. Sample lux/% settings: 10/-55%, 100/10%, 500/35%, max/100%. Try it. Be nice if widget also showed Auto & %." -Heath
Edit: After trying the above app it easily replaces both apps I posted. Thanks jmorton10 for posting this great app.
Edit: After using all the apps. I found Lux can create lag in the touch interface and browsing etc just like the app"Screen Filter" I posted. On screen filter it causes lag when enabled and for some reason Lux also does this to my phone. Once I disabled and restarted the lag was gone again. I don't have to restart phone for Screen Filter just turning it off with a single button press fixes it. Lux has more features and actually makes a custom auto brightness profile. The free version is fairly limited but has enough to still make a fair brightness profile. Given the lag which is likely on just a few handsets is something most of us saving battery can deal with. Between all the apps I guess it depends on what you need. Lux is a top notch software but the free version is fairly limited vs the free brightness widget and screen filter but has no auto-brightness customization. The lag on Lux was not right away and was exactly like the lag in screen filter app so both must have issue in way the below normal brightness is overlayed over the screen. The paid version is likely very in depth.
Thanks for the app suggestion again.
Thanks for the input. I bought the onite 3800 mah extended battery, but im changing it for the qcell, or hyperion.
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I was wondering what kind of battery life people are getting. Playing games (some graphic intensive and some not), browsing web, etc I only get a little over 4 hours...its using about 20% battery juice per hour. Brightness was set to auto and power to balanced, but setting brightness a bit lower didn't seem to make much of a difference. My Motorola Xoom gets about 8 hours doing the same stuff using about 10% per hour. I am running HairyBean 2.2 since it seems to be most popular. Is there a rom that will get me better battery life? Since the TF201 is rated at 12 hours, I thought I would see similar battery life to the Xoom but its so much lower I don't know if I can give up my Xoom for it.
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While watching tv show with full brightness I'm having around 30%/h draining. But I don't know about gaming, haven't paid attention wgile playing real racing 3. I'm running cm10.1 with performance
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My battery life is a lot worse than before since I run HB 2.2 (when compared to 1.51). But then again, the tablet seems much more fluid and is a joy to operate. I guess you will have to choose between great performance and some extra 4.2 features and good battery life.
I get about the same...4 hours with the screen going nonstop if gaming, but probably more like 6 if it's just watching video.
For what its worth I've tried a few other CM-based ROMs and non have had the smoothness or battery life of the Hairy Bean ROMs.
Try to remember that the super ips button is missing from 2.2 so is enabled all the time.
That's all super ips does is up the brightness so if you are running with the screen on full brightness that is the equivalent of having super ips on and full brightness before.
I never use auto brightness and very rarely is my slider over a third of the way up.
I also set disconnect network when sleeping to always in asus settings.
These are the biggest 2 causes of battery drain and running the screen with the slider on full is just asking to flatten the battery.
Try going back to 4.1.1 and turning brightness up full and switching super ips on and see how long you last
My battery lasts forever.
Thanks all. I will try HB1.51 and see if any difference in battery life.
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I would agree that setting the Wifi to disconnect when sleeping completely changed my battery life.
I am not sure Super IPS is the same as only increased brightness, I think it also changed the screen refresh rate (saw this in a few youtube videos where it was in sync with the video camera like an old CRT TV with Super IPS off, then disappeared when turned on).
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Try to remember that the super ips button is missing from 2.2 so is enabled all the time.
That's all super ips does is up the brightness so if you are running with the screen on full brightness that is the equivalent of having super ips on and full brightness before.
I never use auto brightness and very rarely is my slider over a third of the way up.
I also set disconnect network when sleeping to always in asus settings.
These are the biggest 2 causes of battery drain and running the screen with the slider on full is just asking to flatten the battery.
Try going back to 4.1.1 and turning brightness up full and switching super ips on and see how long you last
My battery lasts forever.
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I would agree that setting the Wifi to disconnect when sleeping completely changed my battery life.
I am not sure Super IPS is the same as only increased brightness, I think it also changed the screen refresh rate (saw this in a few youtube videos where it was in sync with the video camera like an old CRT TV with Super IPS off, then disappeared when turned on).
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It is just brightness.
I just use my Prime for studying because my books are in it, I usually spend 8 days until my battery dies (I´m running stock rooted).
I got about 4-5 hours on stock V10.4.2.18 JB with WiFi on and lowest brightness (Internet Surfing)
I think the battery life got weaker than one year ago..
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Its not it also increases contrast
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Stock ROM - Locked, rooted and tweaked.
Battery life is 8 to 10 hours depending on what I'm doing. I always have brightness turned all the way up but only use SuperIPS when I outside. I have WiFi turn off when it sleeps.
I surf, check e-mail, play music and games (DH4 right now which is graphic intensive).
Thats the Prime only. I can get 16 hours with my dock.
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Its not it also increases contrast
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Now look what you have made me do, you have made me post from holidays lol.
In Standard IPS mode, the Transformer Prime maxes out at 380 nits, but when you enable Super IPS+ mode, that number jumps to 600 nits.
I also have the code in front of me that controls brightness and super IPS and I have never seen an increase in contrast anywhere in it.
Please show me the source of your info.
Back to my beer