Does this seem logical to you guys?
It took me 3 hours and 15 minutes to charge the battery from 0% to 100%.
It then took me less than 2 hours to drain 30% of it.
Is this the typical battery behavior on the S2?
Not really my battery is not the greatest but it gives me about 18 hours
With the amount of screen on time you have used. Yes.
The battery will last for days with very little screen on time.
Our big screens chew through the battery.
Was getting screen on time of around 4+ hours with stock battery and am getting around 6+ hours with 2000mah battery.
Over 4 days only using like a phone.
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Thanks for your answers.
I really like this phone, but its autonomy worries me. I come from a blackberry bold 2 and I could get a full work day on it without recharging it. With the galaxy s2, I have to carry a charger with me.
How am I supposed to use my phone without using the screen? It can get so frustrating to see the battery drain in real time...
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Well as it was said already, it's a huge screen, it's normal to drain a lot of battery. If your phone is new, the battery will get better. And if you don't have so much screen on time, it will last much longer. When I have a busy day, and not play around with my phone, it can last 2-3 days.
That's the thing. I always have busy days. My smartphone is supposed to let me go to meetings and be an extension of my computer so that I can answer the plethora of emails I get on a daily basis while doing other things. I'm supposed to use my phone without being afraid of running out of battery mid day.
I guess I'm just frustrated because I think I made a bad choice with the s2, given the nature of use and the autonomy I expect from my device.
I can live with a laptop that needs to be plugged in all day, but my phone has to be very independent of a wall socket.
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Are you saying that you will be using your phone more than 4 hours a day?
I'm talking about continuous screen time here.
Standard Samsung batteries are only about $10 or so. Having a backup might give some peace of mind. There are chargers on eBay to charge phone and spare at same time.
Samsung extended 2000mah battery costs around $40 and will give you 5 or 6 hours screen time.
A Desk top charger and car charger might help depending on your job.
Point me to the other phones you were choosing from and I bet they aren't too much different.
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Essentially, yes.
I work in advertising, so I'm out and about all day long. It isn't unusual for me to be running around the agency talking to the creative teams, or in the car going to a meeting, or getting on a plane. This is why the phone's autonomy is important to me.
Previously, I had a Bold 2. Before that, a Bold. Before that, a BlackBerry 8820. Before that a Nokia N95. Before that, I wasn't that much of a smartphone user.
The best phone I've had so far is the Bold 2. I could get by the whole day on a single charge. Sometimes I'd have to charge it in my car if I knew I was going to have a long night. Honestly, I ran out of battery just once. That 1500 mAH battery was a beast. To make things better, I could get a whole charge in just over an hour using the wall or car charger. My S2 took 3 hours and 20 minutes to charge from 0% to 100% yesterday.
I use my phone to answer email (a lot!), use Facebook, Twitter, read news, browse the web, navigate with Google Maps, play music through Bluetooth, calendar meetings, and chat with friends and colleagues through BBM, Gtalk, or WhatsApp, and phone calls, of course.
For reference, I've had my previous phone, the Bold 2, on for at least four days with no SIM chip and hooked on to my house's wifi and it still has around 60% battery left. Obviously this doesn't include screen time as I haven't used to.
I sound like a BlackBerry fan boy, I know, but I really like Android and I want to be able to use it. Maybe I just picked the wrong device, I don't know...
I am seriously considering getting another battery for my S2, but I feel like I'm worrying too much about the phone and I end up being at it's command instead of the other way around.
Yeah mate grab another battery.
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I just bought two and a wall charger.
Should be good enough
Hope you didn't get one of those cheap "gold" batteries... they will do more harm then good.
Nope, some guy on our local eBay sells a pack of two original 1650 mAH batteries and a wall charger for $50. I compared the pictures and they seem exactly as the one that came with my phone.
They are delivering them today.
as everybody has said, comparing the SGS2 to the blackberry in terms of battery life is pointless, if the sgs2 had the same screen size as the blackberry then it would last a long time, but a 4.3 inch screen is always going to suck battery life. I learned this first with my HD2
Batteries are here and they seem legit.
So now I solved my power problem by buying 2 more batteries lol
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Has anyone tried this for the atrix? It seems like to good of a deal to pass up for the price. However I want to be able to see how much power I actually have left and have seen mixed reviews on other sites.
All I have to say is.. that thing is HUGE!!!
http://gorillagadgets.com/motorola-atrix-4g-3500-mah-extended-life-battery.html
This is the right one, right?
Yup. That's the one.
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I've had one about 2 days now. Read reports saying to go full discharge/ full charge about 4-5 cycles to realize full potential. I've ran it down once fully and down to about 30% a few times but with my work schedule/activities I dont like to let it get too low for fear of having to be leashed to a wall plug or charger for awhile. BUT i can say that the life seems to be getting better and as for the actual size of it.. seems big at first and in pix but i'm fully used to it now and I'm comfortable with it. Havent checked the actual stats on how long since unplugged in comparison to the stock, but I'd say for the price it was worth it..
At $30 I'm thinking about it. How much thicker did this make your phone rickriego?
I am guessing that this doesn't work well if you use the fingerprint reader?
Might be able to get used to the added dimensions, but how about weight? Was that pretty noticeable?
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Has anyone tried this for the atrix? It seems like to good of a deal to pass up for the price. However I want to be able to see how much power I actually have left and have seen mixed reviews on other sites.
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it fake real mA 2200 - 2400
discharge 1-1.5 days
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=768344&stc=1&d=1320167938 http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=768345&stc=1&d=1320167938
I have had a 3200 mAh battery from Seidio for about 3 months. I have all my radios blazing throughout the day. I listen to music over the cell network while in my car for a 1 hour commute. I leave my GPS on all the time. I use Bluetooth in my car. In short I have all the features of my Atrix that I paid for. I get 16 hours on a charge on a hard day. I plug it into the charger at bed-time.
The battery shown above may well be phoney. My Seidio is the real deal. I have no financial interest in Seido.
I am on stock OTA GB from AT&T. My only complaint is that by early afternoon my Atrix begins to complain (falsely) that my battery is depleted. I've haven't researched the problem fully yet, but there is a battery daemon (battd) that I think I can kill and end that silliness.
I have tried all manner of battery calibration juju to no good end, I have posted about it in other threads with lots of advice and no resolution. Let's not hijack the OP's thread.
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it fake real mA 2200 - 2400
discharge 1-1.5 days
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=768344&stc=1&d=1320167938 http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=768345&stc=1&d=1320167938
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Seems same brand as this one http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-HIGH...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item519a60619e ( I have an optimus) which is $2.95 .., someone is making a lot of money if it's selling for $30
BTW I have the above battery and it works fine, if I had to guess I'd say 1200mAH, seems worse than stock 1500 slightly. after 20 charge cycles I think it's starting to go bad, not sure yet, it died at 40% the other day.
I just recieved this one and WOW
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/3-7v-3...-pack-with-back-cover-for-moto-ma860-4g-65800
Streamed a 2h 20m movie over wifi without taxing it at all. Plus when it fell to 1 percent it stayed on for about an hour. I'm on cyanogenmod right now so I know the larger size battery needs to be recalibrated. I am also assuming that when you switch from the lower MAH to the higher one the battery information stored on your phone would then be incorrect. Basically everytime you switch batteries you should clear your battery memory in your recovery or download a proper recalibrating app to do so. Hope this helps everybody!
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I just recieved this one and WOW
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/3-7v-3...-pack-with-back-cover-for-moto-ma860-4g-65800
Streamed a 2h 20m movie over wifi without taxing it at all. Plus when it fell to 1 percent it stayed on for about an hour. I'm on cyanogenmod right now so I know the larger size battery needs to be recalibrated. I am also assuming that when you switch from the lower MAH to the higher one the battery information stored on your phone would then be incorrect. Basically everytime you switch batteries you should clear your battery memory in your recovery or download a proper recalibrating app to do so. Hope this helps everybody!
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I got this batteries from my friend. Please tell me how can i re-calibrate it with CM7.2 MROM.
definately not accurate mAV. maybe a little worse than stock. Best solution I've used (if you don't need a replacement) is the little chargers with built in usb plugs that look like mini phones
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I'm using a 3500MHh but I keep getting a weird behaviour. I get to 1% in about 30 minutes of gaming and than it get stuck there but the phone is still working. When plugged get to 100% in 20mins... I've already wiped the battery stats
I was wondering when someone would recommend getting a new oem battery for the eris? I've had mine for almost 2 years now and it seems like my phone dies quite quickly. Of course my usage varies (usually depending on if the girlfriend is working lol) so i can't be sure. Furthermore its not like i kept logs of my battery life when i first got the phone so its not like i can accurately compare to my past life. What do you guys and girls think? The oem batteries on ebay for like 5$ are quite tempting at this point.
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I was wondering when someone would recommend getting a new oem battery for the eris? I've had mine for almost 2 years now and it seems like my phone dies quite quickly. Of course my usage varies (usually depending on if the girlfriend is working lol) so i can't be sure. Furthermore its not like i kept logs of my battery life when i first got the phone so its not like i can accurately compare to my past life. What do you guys and girls think? The oem batteries on ebay for like 5$ are quite tempting at this point.
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I was noticing definitively lower battery life in May this year - so, when my battery was about 16 months old - and bought a new one, and battery life definitely improved back to my old normal. I had to weight that against the realization that I was planning to upgrade my phone sometime around mid-August to late-September - but it was still worth it to me. It's a lot less of a hassle than making sure that I am charging a couple of times a day.
I think that, given the charge cycles that phone batteries typically get, this is pretty much expected.
Do it.
Also, there was a thread around here somewhere (in the Droid Eris Q&A section) about OEM batteries for about 10 bucks. I'd say that's a pretty good deal.
Alright thanks, i jumped on it, should be here by monday. Ill let you all know how it goes
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You should be fine with it - especially for under $10 - I ordered a HTC Ozone OEM 1500 maH battery for the Eris (which I knew would fit tightly with the stock cover) and nearly 6 months later, no issues whatsoever & holding charges. Recently ordered a LG ENV3 (OEM) battery from the same NY-based eBay merchant and it put new life into DW's 2 years old "feature" phone.
I kept the "old" battery charged & keep it alongside with the headphone & usb cable handy when I'm on the go for contingency purposes, occassionally rotating between the 2 batteries.
I've had my Droid Eris for almost 2 years and noticed the battery life was becoming horrible. To the point of having to keep the phone plugged in all the time. I purchased a brand new oem battery and STILL have the same issue. Now its worse those, it will suddenly die and when I restart the phone, there is NO charge. Any suggestions?
Did you try calibrating it?
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I had my battery die on a hiking trip (I was using the camera a lot) and bought a spare battery when I got home.
Not long after that I rooted my phone and put Setcpu on it to lower the clock speed when the screen is off. I now get about double the battery life. I have yet to need my spare battery, but I swap back and forth every few weeks.
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Are you using a battery monitor on the Eris? I highly recommend using it as you can check to see what's running in the background (i.e Maps did manage to stay on or come back - maybe, delicate touchscreen issues ??) that might be "draining" the battery - even after a proper calibration & several full charge/discharge cycles.
Depending on the custom ROM, it could be the widgets, clock/weather/news app, email, or even screen settings, etc. Up until last week, I had a nearly 30 months old HTC battery (from the Ozone @ 1500 maH) in the now decommissioned, WiFi only Eris and it was fine - holding a solid charge for typically 20+ to 30 hours of light/moderate usage & standby time.
Hi all here is my situation I've had my phone now for about 18 months or maybe a bit longer it wont charge to 100% every single time sometimes does sometimes doesn't. Phone turns itself off even at 50% power left then when re-started shows 0%, wait a while, maybe 10 or 20 mins then re-start again sometimes shows more power than before (today went off @ 56% came back on @ 84%, go figure). Back in the old days of nicads and ni-mh batteries there is a phenomenon called "recovery" where they magically get recharged from "sub-space" and then they last a bit longer.
up untill the past week I thought li-ion batteries were immune from the phenomenon of "recovery" but they have now showed me to not know as much as I thought....
Oh, the other dead (pardon the pun ) give away that my battery is dying, is the fact that it has started to buldge and is now a little hard to get out of the phone lucky for me *touch wood, its not getting hot while charging, cause u know these things can go BANG and make big damages....
Just thought I'd share some wisdom of something new I've learned, who knows maybe some else can learn something new too...
P.s. I've already ordered a battery set from eBay, 2 * 1500 mAh plus wall charger for AU$ 10 +$4 quick delivery... will have to see if those batteries are better than the stock batteries.
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Sorry to hear, but my stock battery's the best. It still provides advertised hours of stock, sometimes even more on custom ROMs.
But on the contrary, I did use two other third-party batteries, both from eBay, both from Hong Kong with the dreaded 6-week shipping to Canada. The first one lasted fine after the first year, the second one died on the day I used it @ 30%. I threw it in the snow (I think that's illegal and dangerous, oops) in rage. But the first one, as it aged its very short third-party imitative age, began to bulge, like yours.
I stopped using it and placed it in my wallet pocket as an emergency battery for whenever I'd really need it. Since my wallet is always on my person and I live in cold-cold-Canada, the battery was always warm from body heat, something I believed damaged it to the point of disrepair.
A few months ago on a trip to the States, I had to use it, but unsurprisingly it lasted for around half an hour at every charge and would never charge > 16%. Ouch.
I'm now back to one battery, but it suits me. The only thing I need now from my Legend is SMS and Wi-Fi Hotspot.
Regarding difficulties in removing the battery, have you tried the red lever? My bulgy battery was bulged for months before I figured that thing out, so I always either had to use it as a primary battery, or spend a few hours periodically shaking it out in a very gross, suggestive hand gesture before it got out ENOUGH to push the battery out. Pain in the bum! I found it, and it was a godsend from HTC, them probably knowing we'd use third-party batteries. <3
Yes, thanks for the red lever tip, although I did know that one already I could not use my finger to pull the red tab/lever down as the battery was a bit tight, I had to get a flat screw driver to latch onto the red tab to pull it down as it hurt like hell trying to use my finger.
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Finally received my set of 2 * 1500 mAh and charger today now for the endurance testing
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Well this is fantastic, now my phone lasts all day and doesn't turn off at random intervals even when showing 92%. I have a thought how the hell can the health report for the old battery shows "good" when its doing what it was
My first full charge I got 23 hours this encluded 2 hrs 30 mins of continues screen on and mobile internet (gave it a good hammering) 2*20 min phone calls and various other short stints on the net and sundrys.
Next endurance test will have to be continues music playback, back in the old days I used to get about 9 hrs music playback.
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before you put to trash your old battery, just try this software to see any improvement?
Battery Calibration 1.2, by marosige
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
Mine friends too battery is dying but the calibration app works for sure to an extent.wat a phone was that in those days.
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subyf said:
before you put to trash your old battery, just try this software to see any improvement?
Battery Calibration 1.2, by marosige
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
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Thanks for the idea, how ever, this is something I do already. No this doesn't help, because the battery was stuffed.
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Here's a bit of an update, it is about 5 months since getting those new batteries, and they are now both showing signs that they are not very good, I have had to swap them out regularly as they cannot last a whole day, even with reduced usage. So it looks like the old saying of you get what you pay for is very true, best to avoid cheap Chinese ebay batteries.
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Like the title says I'm thinking of switching my the galaxy s4. My main concern is for the battery. I know this is extremely different for each person, but more than not I see people complaint about the battery life.
I average 4.5 hours of screen time and just wondering what most people are getting. I browse the web, do some email and texting and may use Pandora for a few minutes. Not a heavy user, but I do get on it at times.
If anyone else has made the switch what re ur likes/dislikes so far??
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Like the title says I'm thinking of switching my the galaxy s4. My main concern is for the battery. I know this is extremely different for each person, but more than not I see people complaint about the battery life.
I average 4.5 hours of screen time and just wondering what most people are getting. I browse the web, do some email and texting and may use Pandora for a few minutes. Not a heavy user, but I do get on it at times.
If anyone else has made the switch what re ur likes/dislikes so far??
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That's definately not a bad amount of screen time on one charge. From what i've heard S4 has slightly better battery life than the One to begin with, and with the S4 you have the ability to swap out batteries with spares and also equip larger capacity batteries, where the One it's non removeable.
I myself have the stock battery and 2 spares and a wall charger that i can charge my spare batteries on. If my battery dies during the night when i'm using it a bit heavier, i just swap the battery out with the spare in my wallet and back to 100% charge.
Just buy a battery case or an external battery pack if you're concerned about battery life. A lot of external battery packs aren't much more bulky than carrying around replacement batteries, and they work with multiple devices.
Okay, I have seen a lot of people having issues with their battery life. This is a couple things that I have discovered and this has been checked with 2 other A7's.
First is wipe your Cache Partition. If you haven't done this. Please do as it helps drastically.
Second, some say it take 2-5 charging cycles to straighten out. As I charge my phone every night because I use mine phone a lot. 2-5 charging cycles is not it. I prefer 2-5 days of use and charging. This is for any device I have ever had. This also includes the tank of all phones, the Nokia 5160.
Third is Dolby. Yes it is nice. 4 Day test -20% battery over 7 hours of use average. This is why I don't use it unless I am in the car plugged into the car charger or wall charger. This is only true when using Dolby. Battery drain from stock music app with Dolby off to Poweramp (what I use) appear to be the same me.
Forth is SYNC. I don't know how many people use it but I saw between 10%-25% battery drop over 16 hours with it on. The reason for the swing is Cell Data vs WiFi. Wifi uses more because it updates more. The update frequency seems to be every 15 mins on WiFi vs ever hour on Cell Data. This battery drop was not seen by me in MM. I grabbed one of my other phones that is on Nougat and it has the same issue. So that is not a phone issues. That is a Nougat issues.
Fifth, now this one caught me a little weird. The power saver that everyone hates it seems like. Turn your power saver to Performance. Run it like that for 2-6 hours. If yours worked like mine. You will see no change in battery life during this time. Then switch it back to Smart power-save. And now watch your battery life increase. This one I cannot confirm on MM. But my battery increased by 25% by doing this.
Sixth and this one is important, Clear All Apps. Yes they load slower when you clear them out. But apps like Snapchat, Facebook, basically any social media, camera, are going to eat battery. This is known by many but often forgotten. I forget to clear all still. See if it helps you.
Seven, ZTE Locker, It is fun to play with but will drain fast the moment you get on WiFi. It will look for all the lockscreen wallpapers.
Now these are what I found out with the way that I use my A7. I know everyone uses their phone differently. What I call "All Day Battery Life" is 6 am to 10 pm. During this stretch of time I could be using my phone up to 13 hours of that. Very few phones can last on a single charge the way I use my phone. A7 is one that beats out the rest. My battery life went from 13% at 10pm to 39% at 10 pm. And it continues to get better everyday. Also this my be a joke but it worked for a Moto G4 and at OP3T. If you have a day where your battery just seems to fall fast. I mean like you are not going to get 6 hours out of it. Find a 5v 2 amp charger and plug in for like 10 mins. Battery fall goes away. It cannot be the factory quick charger either. I hope this little bit helps some of you guys out.
Thanks for this info!
Just an observation I've noticed since having this phone for almost 6 months.
When I use my older Samsung charger (slow charge), my battery seems to die off quicker. If I charge with the stock charger, the battery seems to last longer.
Right now I have not noticed it dying off faster. But I will keep an eye out for it. So far I have not had any fast drain battery days with mine A7 yet. I use the term "yet" because it is going to happen. I have not own a phone that has never had it. Just glad I can help.
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Thanks for this info!
Just an observation I've noticed since having this phone for almost 6 months.
When I use my older Samsung charger (slow charge), my battery seems to die off quicker. If I charge with the stock charger, the battery seems to last longer.
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I'm experiencing the same. Not sure if it's a fact or just feels like this.
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tele_jas said:
Thanks for this info!
Just an observation I've noticed since having this phone for almost 6 months.
When I use my older Samsung charger (slow charge), my battery seems to die off quicker. If I charge with the stock charger, the battery seems to last longer.
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I saw this drain you are talking on my Nokia, Blu, and Samsung 1 amp chargers. I have not seen it yet on my Asus or Samsung 2 amp chargers. It is really noticable on the Blu charger. I am going to put my chargers on a test rig this weekend and see if the amp draw to the phone is causing a voltage drop in the charger and cause them to not charge right.
We should not have these issues these days. My Sony Z3 has no issues doing 1.5 days without using battery saver. My Windows 640xl will go 2 days no problem. I don't understand why manufactures can't figure out battery life. I love the Axon7 but its the thirstiest phone I have ever owned.
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll give them a try.
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We should not have these issues these days. My Sony Z3 has no issues doing 1.5 days without using battery saver. My Windows 640xl will go 2 days no problem. I don't understand why manufactures can't figure out battery life. I love the Axon7 but its the thirstiest phone I have ever owned.
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll give them a try.
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I can't speak for Sony as the last one I owned was the Experia Play. I had the Lumia 640 XL though. I never got over 20 hours on a single charge. Battery Life is also tied to how a user uses the phone. My father gets 3 days on his OP3T. He also doesn't use it as much as I do. When I only use my Axon for calls and sms. I get 6 days on a charge. But for me that is not real world life. As a thirsty phone, I just don't see it with mine. The other two guys here that have one as well. They get 2 and 3 days on a charge. I know some people are having battery issues. Some are having charging issues with slow chargers. I saw it happen with a few of my slow chargers as well. I hope that my suggestions work out for you. I have been looking at other things to try to see if they help. That is the beauty of having two more Axon's in the area. Right now I have a non-battery annoying issue that I am trying to work through.
I am also updating the OP for another that I found. ZTE Locker.