Alright, I've read countless "photon battery issue" threads and none really have a good answer but this is just ridiculous:
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I went to bed with the thing charged to 100%, wake up 8hrs later, not having used it once and its at 50%... okay, whatever, I guess it was about 8 hours...
So I charge it to 80% then go work-out for about maybe 2 hours and when I'm done the SOB is at 40%- I DIDN'T TOUCH IT THE WHOLE TIME! I DON'T THINK IT EVEN CHARGES THAT FAST! I don't care if it was searching for signal the whole time, which it shouldn't have, WTF?!
Other anecdotal stories: I'm fanatical about battery life and always charge it full before going out for the night or something and I'm usually lucky to make it to bar close, a total time span of MAYBE 5 hours. How is this even possible?! The damn thing is supposed to have a 10 hour talk time?! Even if I was on the phone the whole time (which not even close, just txting and using it when you're awkwardly alone while your friend goes to the bathroom)- WTF!?
I'm extremely vigilant about charging and monitoring battery life and despite my best efforts I get burned constantly. I even have this thing on airplane mode at work (in a basement) cause it will be dead by the end of my shift.
Any one use a rom that gives a noticeable increase in battery life? Doesn't seem like many of them are mature enough. Juice defender doesn't seem to help much... do I have any decent options? I may start carrying around a second battery but seriously, that's a bit silly.
/venting.
you have a bad battery, just call up Motorola and see if your still under warranty, if so, have them send you one, that's what i did and i've noticed a substantial increase in battery life
Hey man, did you calibrate your battery when flashing roms? Battery will die faster when dont calibrate. Currently which rom are you on. also check some programs that might run in the background. Right now, im getting about 17 hours, but i am over clocked and under volting this bad boy. I posted my battery life prior to running jokers ROM. Check it out.
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I think I have some issues with my battery as well. It discharges fast! I usually have it full all the time but the times where I have left it discharge cause I'm lazy I wonder how everyone post pics with 13+ hrs when I feel like my won't get even 10. Btw, my battery has been in water for a brief moment idk if that affects it somehow?
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In my experience, bad battery life is usually related to some apps or settings wrecking havoc in the background. Unless you happen to have a phone with LTE and a smaller battery of course.
I always get an average of 30 to 40 hours on one charge with moderate use on my Photon, stock rooted...
For me, live wallpapers demolished my battery life. Also, I completely formatted sd internal before flashing joker skinny.
No rom here, just rooted- lime green theme. I didnt calibrate but for a theme i shouldn't need to? Ill look into getting a battery from moto, no reason i shouldn't be covered.... Aside from rooting that is. Also wouldnt phantom app drain show in the pics posted?
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Get betterbatterystats and check for wakelocks etc, something is stuck full throttle in the background
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My battery life is also really bad.. but since I flashed cm7 its been better which makes me not wanna throw this phone against the wall lol..but seriously ..right now I'm at 42 percent after 11 hours with texting, a few calls, Facebook, playing some games so I'm really happy with cm7.give it a try
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I was thinking of rooting my phone and installing bionix fusion after getting sick of dealing with the battery problems. However, I am concerned about two main things and I haven't seen the exact same thing asked, maybe because they are obvious though =
I read about passwords being stored in cleartext if it's rooted from androidcentral a while ago. I only really use gmail for e-mail, is this a nonissue for me then?
Does the fusion rom overclock the processor by default? I'd rather leave the processor at default speed.
you can dl fusion without overclock. or with overclock and just install set cpu and scale down to 1ghz
Great battery life is not just a matter of the rom you are using. You can be running the most battery friendly rom on the planet but if you are a heavy user, have twitter, facebook, email updates running all the time, and/or heaven forbid playing Angry Birds for hours at a time, you can kill the battery in a few hours.
This screenshot was taken tonight when I got down to 15% battery life. I use gmail, touchdown, handscent, and make phone calls.
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KerryG said:
Great battery life is not just a matter of the rom you are using. You can be running the most battery friendly rom on the planet but if you are a heavy user, have twitter, facebook, email updates running all the time, and/or heaven forbid playing Angry Birds for hours at a time, you can kill the battery in a few hours.
This screenshot was taken tonight when I got down to 15% battery life. I use gmail, touchdown, handscent, and make phone calls.
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Just out of curiosity hour foist you get your dislpay count so low
Times never wasted when your getting waisted
for me, I'm loosing my battery from...doing nothing! It's annoying the crap out of me. I've been obsessively closing apps with the task manager and services as well with mixed results. Most of the time I'm still loosing 4-5% per hour when the phone is idling. So, yes, switching should help me.
Anyone know about the security issue from the first post?
A factory reset might help just as much as another rom. You might also have a bad battery. If your phone is actually doing nothing, then its doing something that you dont know about. I was certainly doing much better than 5% per hour while it was idle.
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A factory reset might help just as much as another rom. You might also have a bad battery. If your phone is actually doing nothing, then its doing something that you dont know about. I was certainly doing much better than 5% per hour while it was idle.
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Yeah I'm running bionix final with core 1.2i was lucky enough to have a phone that can handle oc I've had a few roms on this device but my battery life sucks idk I think I'm gonna get a new battery and then see the life I expect thanks
Times never wasted when your getting waisted
The Google creds are safe, but others might be exploited via sqlite.
Here is the more detailed post from androidcentral
http://forum.androidcentral.com/hacking/35470-aware-clear-text-passwords-database-files.html
Thanks! exactly what I wanted to know.
It depends on what is draining your battery. Lately my battery life is hit and miss. Sometimes I am getting 40hrs a charge and sometimes I am getting 25hrs a charge.
For me most of my battery is getting drained on Cell Standby. The past 2 days i have been getting 3-4% battery drain on standby.
I have Fusion 1.1. GREAT rom, but there is something happening to my cell radio. Fusion has JI2 modem installed. I tried flashing the JI6 and battery life varied from 2-3 of 3-4% battery drain. I just flashed back the JI2 modem end of last week. And i have been getting 2-3, 3-4 or 4-5% drain. Right now pinning it down is pretty frustrating. But I will find out the best combo for my phone eventually.
This is probably a too long story to ask a simple question lol. I've tried every calibration, tip and trick to get my battery life to where it should be like others are reporting.my battery life has never been great just alright at times. And since gingerbread its been awful. I've even tried not installing any Apps to make sure it wasn't one of them causing drain. I've tried every rom cherry, alien, stock, fruit cake I'm on cm7 now. So I called AT&T and they wouldn't replace my battery because the phone wasn't upgraded on my line. (got it off craigslist). So I called moto and they said they would replace The battery. But they are out of them for 1-2 weeks. Plus 4-5 days for shipping. That being said I can wait but I'm tired of my phone dying in 4-5 hours from being in my pocket all day on campus while I'm in class, with light usage between . So while I wait for the replacement. I was thinking of buying a battery off amazon. And I was wondering how many people use or have two batteries and how useful is it? Or people that have one healthy battery is that enough in your opinion? Sorry that was so long and drawn out lol
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joshyy_rey said:
This is probably a too long story to ask a simple question lol. I've tried every calibration, tip and trick to get my battery life to where it should be like others are reporting.my battery life has never been great just alright at times. And since gingerbread its been awful. I've even tried not installing any Apps to make sure it wasn't one of them causing drain. I've tried every rom cherry, alien, stock, fruit cake I'm on cm7 now. So I called AT&T and they wouldn't replace my battery because the phone wasn't upgraded on my line. (got it off craigslist). So I called moto and they said they would replace The battery. But they are out of them for 1-2 weeks. Plus 4-5 days for shipping. That being said I can wait but I'm tired of my phone dying in 4-5 hours from being in my pocket all day on campus while I'm in class, with light usage between . So while I wait for the replacement. I was thinking of buying a battery off amazon. And I was wondering how many people use or have two batteries and how useful is it? Or people that have one healthy battery is that enough in your opinion? Sorry that was so long and drawn out lol
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Well when i briked my phone =P when tryin to flash back i made a problem description as my battery died so i got new one and my phone replaced but i never got a chance to use it after goin on cm7 i get about 35 hours of light use. So keepin it as back up till this one dies
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I got 2 3500mah for 24 bucks.
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=220799408011
So far so good. But I'm still trying to calibrate the phone. I will be at %1 for 8 hours. I'm pretty sure that it's due to me swapping the batteries instead of charging it in the phone.
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But I can vouch for 36 hours of my usage compared to 17 hours on our standard.
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I'm fortunate, I guess. My battery life has always been pretty good. One battery is sufficient as I'm never that far away from the ability to charge it with either a wall charger or car charger. Since I typically can go all day on a single charge, if needed, I'm content with just the one battery.
Just one and I don't feel like needing more than that...
I use my Atrix a lot, and I mean A LOT, but whenever I sit on my desk, I plug it into my trusty Lapdock and work from there, both on the phone and webtop. Very convinient I must say.
Obviously the Atrix charges while docked, so whenever I need to walk out of the office, the Atrix is 100% charged and ready to go.
Cheers!
Rayan
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underclocking with setcpu is the only thing that works for me. that and use the alien theme. for now, it will give you exceptional battery life when using a screen off underclock profile compared to others.. my phone actually holds it's battery while sitting around.. by which I mean, while sitting idle with the screen off I lose about 1% every 2 hours. ;-)
this also assumes you disable all networking when idle. green power automates this task. if you for example, leave an app like Netflix on pause and let your phone go idle, your battery will suffer. best to close all tasks before standby
I have not had any problems with the stock battery. The first week was really bad, and it only lasted maybe 6-8 hours. After that first week, it got waaaaaay better. I can get easily 2 days of moderate use on 1 charge. It seems like it's getting better as time goes by.
I have two batteries, but i rarely need the second battery but i just switch the batteries around so i get a good lifetime out of both of them. With light usage i easily make it through the day but my phone goes on charge most nights so i rarely test it more than that.
I bought a backup off of amazon. rarely use it, either on weekends when I am doing a lot of running around and can't charge it through the day, or at the end of the day if something comes out that i want to flash but don't want it to die.
To all SGS2 owners,
Can you tell me how long this device last, generally use and talk time?
Some sites indicate it has 8 hrs talk time but others such AT&T itself, BestBuy, Costco do say it only has 3 hrs talk time.
So is it only 3 hrs?
on OEM battery: 10 hr and 30 minutes today and still at 74% medium usage
as for talk time i dont talk for hours and hours so i dont know lol but i can make all the calls i need and have plenty of juice.. i recommend using a cutom ROM like unnamed to save battery
on the extended 3500 battery: i got 41 hr and 30 minutes and i was at 19%
62% left after what I consider heavy use. E-mail, GPS, Wifi always on. It's a work phone so multiple calls during the day.
I'm using Unnamed ROM and even updated the ROM today to the latest version on battery. (hence the dip in the graph )
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This device gets excellent battery life, especially after you root and freeze useless apps. Alternatively, just install UnNamed ROM.
Mine is bone stock with nothing more then Juice Defender. Tons of app's Medium use my best is 2 days 1 hours and change. Heavy use, Streaming 4-5 hours, lots of talk time and text with surfing with mail was my worst at 10 hours 48 min.
I am VERY happy with the battery life!
my phone is usually dead within 8-10 hours.. light usages in my view..
Alls i can say is that i went from 100-0 in 6-8 hours stock rom to 24-30 hours + with unamed rom... cant thank gtg enough
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my phone is usually dead within 8-10 hours.. light usages in my view..
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That is because you phone is awake 80% of the time according to your screenshot. If you want to improve battery life, look for the app that is causing it to stay awake.
X2!
My Wife be happier if GTG did a little more LG Thrill work ...but that is her
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312951
There's my thread, lots of people have put in their input.
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my phone is usually dead within 8-10 hours.. light usages in my view..
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You get only 8 hours because your phone never goes into deep sleep.. It is awake most of the time.. You may want to look into that..
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my phone is usually dead within 8-10 hours.. light usages in my view..
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Hahaha this guy....
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Battery life is so dependent on your usage that almost all comparisons are worthless. I have learned its best to just make sure everything is running as efficiently as possible.
Surprising how some are getting a days worth on the battery.. I'm lucky to get 14 hours..
I can go 8 hours tool its dead or 14 with life to spare. It usually depends on how bored I am at work.
That's why I said its almost too subjective to compare.
Dave7 said:
I can go 8 hours tool its dead or 14 with life to spare. It usually depends on how bored I am at work.
That's why I said its almost too subjective to compare.
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+1. Well said!
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Thanks so much, ladies and gentlemen. Very appreciate.
It does make me feel more confident getting this phone.
ok so i hate to start another battery thread but i'm a little confused...this is my first android phone and to me my battery won't even last 12 hours...i feel that's pretty low....i've read stuff about wakelocks and stuff but how do i find out how to stop them? here are my specs.... i'm rooted with UnNamed and siyah kernel....heres some screen shots taken when battery was at 3%....maybe you guys can help??
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ok so i hate to start another battery thread but i'm a little confused...this is my first android phone and to me my battery won't even last 12 hours...i feel that's pretty low....i've read stuff about wakelocks and stuff but how do i find out how to stop them? here are my specs.... i'm rooted with UnNamed and siyah kernel....heres some screen shots taken when battery was at 3%....maybe you guys can help??
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How much screen on time did you have? how long has it been since you flashed your current set up?
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sorry forgot that shot....i rooted and flashed on either Sunday or Monday this week.....now i do use bluetooth for work so i'm thinking that kills the battery big time....
That is kind of good battery life considering you got almost four hours of screen on time. If your really worried then you should get one of the 3500 mah batteries. I have this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21589969. This battery gets me through at least a day and a half of heavy usage, and it works great for the price.
yeah i wasn't sure...i always keep reading about people getting 1.5-2 days on a battery...it's a new toy so hopefully when the excitement wears off that screen won't be on so much
That's exactly what will happen. You have new phone syndrome. I did too, when I first got my Galaxy S2. Except that I, unlike you, was running stock unrooted, and my battery life was more like 8 hours. I'm now running stock rooted with Entropy's kernel, plus I don't use my phone as much, and I get between 15 and 20 hours.
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Yeah...with almost 4 hours screen on, and mostly on cell data (assumption based on your 2.x hours of wifi on) that isn't too horrible. Your total awake time is about an hour more than screen on, so assuming you had phone calls, music playing, or some other screen off background task to account for some of that, you're doing pretty good...
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LOL so I'm guessing the best way to really conserve battery is to keep the screen off. Just outta curiousity (which I will test tonight after full charge) what is an acceptable drop rate when phone is fully asleep for say 8 hours or so. Like what 1-2% an hour?
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lunercrab said:
LOL so I'm guessing the best way to really conserve battery is to keep the screen off. Just outta curiousity (which I will test tonight after full charge) what is an acceptable drop rate when phone is fully asleep for say 8 hours or so. Like what 1-2% an hour?
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I think the best I have seen reported is 0.5% per hour. Mine on wifi has been as good as about 0.8% per hour, but usually a little over 1%.
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LOL so I'm guessing the best way to really conserve battery is to keep the screen off. Just outta curiousity (which I will test tonight after full charge) what is an acceptable drop rate when phone is fully asleep for say 8 hours or so. Like what 1-2% an hour?
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2%/hour idle drain I consider bad - that's why I haven't released a kernel since 1/2/2012 - I have a power management regression that pushes drain to a bit over 2%/hour when connected to wifi.
I strive for 0.5%/hour and get very close to that frequently when in a good signal area. In a weak signal area (like at my desk at work), it's around 1%/hour.
4.5%/hour or so is the idle drain you'll get if the phone is unable to enter deep sleep.
Ok so this is going to be a generic question
I'm thinking of buying droid DNA/ butterfly whatever it's called
Just wanted to know how's the battery life?
I'm a heavy user
So how long does it last under heavy usage?
Please share your experiences
Cuz I don't want to waste money on something that doesn't even last a few hours
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I am what I consider a moderate user, I have got anywhere from 8-13 hours to a charge.
Awake time 2-4 was playing mp3's in my truck. Something I also did with my T-bolt all the time. I see people on other boards saying they stream music for 4-6 hours over wi-fi and still are getting more life than I am.
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Hi, the battery holds up quite nicely even with the little 2020 battery. I can easily get at least 9-12 hours of moderate but mostly heavy use from the phone. The battery LIFE compares mostly to the S3 with this battery LIFE being slightly better from my tests.
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Moderate to heavy user: Get about 13-14 hours on a full charge with about 3-4 hours on screen time. Almost identical battery life to my S3 using stock Rom's as a basis for comparison.
This is what I see on a light day. Heavy usage is about 12-14 hours.
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Been receiving OK battery life in the past few days using the ROM called super charged sense. You gotta try it out!
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Good battery life!
Have the DNA for almost 2 weeks now, extremely happy with the battery...I was actually impressed with it...It is the first smartphone that actually last me a whole day...
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kirti_grewal said:
Ok so this is going to be a generic question
I'm thinking of buying droid DNA/ butterfly whatever it's called
Just wanted to know how's the battery life?
I'm a heavy user
So how long does it last under heavy usage?
Please share your experiences
Cuz I don't want to waste money on something that doesn't even last a few hours
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My battery life isnt too bad. i unplug from home at 6:30 AM, i use maps and turn by turn navigation quite often, and normally stream a half hour show for lunch, and text and talk here n there. my battery on average lasts until about 3 PM before getting to about 5%
I am a fairly heavy user and I see between 10-13 hours out of a full charge.
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I use it and battery life is not good. It also depend on your app, and how you use it.
yeah same here, i get at least solid 8 hours, and that is constant kik'ing, texting, facebook, youtube, games. this phone is by far the best i ever had.
I closed the thread as there is enough feedback in here to answer the OP's question. However, and let this be a warning to all of you...
IF a thread is created in Q&A WITH a question, NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE has the right to say a word about anything other than replying to the question.