When do you guys think the RAZR will see any release of Cyanogenmod? I need to know if I should get this phone over the Nexus or not, and I think that right now, that's a big deciding factor.
I really want Vanilla on this phone.
Wrong section, but if you want ICS you had better get a Nexus. This thing doesn't even have a proper recovery yet and we won't even begin to see real ICS ports until the Nexus is released.
Reason being is that even though ICS source was released, developers are still trying to rig 4.0 to work with Gingerbread kernels. Until the Nexus is released and phones begin to get OTA 4.0 updates with working and updated kernels, you will not see a true ICS port.
Obviously that is all going to take some time, at best probably a few weeks to a month after the Nexus drops.
I honestly do enjoy my Razr, but no removable battery, horrible battery life and the lack of ROM options are all clear reasons to swap it for the Nexus when that drops
I have great battery life. I have frozen alot of bloat, gps off, 4g off, background data off(i check stuff manually), unnecessary stuff set to autokill in stock task manager. Phone is used heavy for 9 1/2 hour work day and still typically 55-60% left. Overnight 1% drain per hour on standby(using circle battery widget for reference). Its all in the configuration. Motorola has superior voice quality and minimal dropped calls. IMO of course...
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dldennis76 said:
I have great battery life. I have frozen alot of bloat, gps off, 4g off, background data off(i check stuff manually), unnecessary stuff set to autokill in stock task manager. Phone is used heavy for 9 1/2 hour work day and still typically 55-60% left. Overnight 1% drain per hour on standby(using circle battery widget for reference). Its all in the configuration. Motorola has superior voice quality and minimal dropped calls. IMO of course...
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Yeah, you're not getting great battery life. Un-gimp your phone, use it as delivered, and then talk about battery life.
What can it hurt. Ill give it a shot
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I agree with u.....I could use phone steady for 18 hours without smart actions n 24+ hours with smart actions...
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How on earth can you guys be experiencing that great battery life??? I went to a wedding today and the phone lasted from 11am until 7pm (8 hours) and I used the camera/camcorder for 30 minutes total. I had GPS on but Wi-Fi off the entire time. I run stock unrooted software. The battery isn't awful... but not being able to promptly pop in another battery is a FAIL of epic proportion on behalf of Motorola.
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nagnrik said:
I agree with u.....I could use phone steady for 18 hours without smart actions n 24+ hours with smart actions...
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Lies. My RAZR lives on the charger and I will be returning it to Verizon pz, can't stand the horrible battery life.
We could as easily call you a liar. Each persons use is different.just because it does not match your results does not make someone a liar.
In my opinion, this Razr battery shows a great deal of how "battery conditioning" can improve your experience.
well my Razr battery works horribly in first 3 days and then it started getting much much better.
Now, a week and 2 days after I bought the phone, I am experience the similar battery life as someone there said.
1% drop per hour on standby in the night. easily got 24 hours of usage even with
10 hours in office on LTE (but not active use because I need to work), generally 1. 30-40 mins call
2. check email/facebook once per hour for 10 hours day time on LTE
3. check email/facebook play with the phone once per half hour at home on wifi with 4G data disabled
4. taking 10+ pictures
5. read kindle book 20 mins each on return trips between home/work
6. watched Google Videos REnted movie for 1 hour
pretty much above is the normal usage for me for a PHONE. (slight more than moderate)
quite impressed by such battery life.
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Lies. My RAZR lives on the charger and I will be returning it to Verizon pz, can't stand the horrible battery life.
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Not lies. I get about ~15hrs with moderate/average use, 7-8 with very heavy and 18-20 with light. The first 3 days it did poorly on battery, but fully letting it cycle down and charge back up so it's conditioned has let it hit its stride. LTE is on and in use all the time and I have 2 Exchange/push accounts running. Only things I keep off unless using is wifi, standalone GPS and bluetooth, why leave that on if I'm not using it? And I keep the brightness fairly low but not 0 and that dim option unchecked. Don't use smart actions. ~75 apps installed with the usual FB stuff syncing.
The Razr is easily the best VZ LTE phone on battery, though I hear the Rezound is ok too. Overall it's been a hair less than my X. Not sure why some of you have such abysmal life, something tells me you're in a fringe area with a lot of network flipping without realizing it, or have something installed/not configured right.
The LTE Nexus is worse. Hearing high single digit hours with only moderate usage from someone testing it. Sure you can swap, but if it can't make it on average use for < 12hrs, it's not good IMO.
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In my opinion, this Razr battery shows a great deal of how "battery conditioning" can improve your experience.
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Your phone is defying physics if its LiIon battery can be "conditioned". Hint: there's no conditioning or break-in with these batteries.
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Your phone is defying physics if its LiIon battery can be "conditioned". Hint: there's no conditioning or break-in with these batteries.
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Maybe not in a physical sense. But I certainly noticed it too. Fully charging and depleting does help the batterystats.bin
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Your phone is defying physics if its LiIon battery can be "conditioned". Hint: there's no conditioning or break-in with these batteries.
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He's right. Your phone gets better battery life the first couple days you use it not because the battery is being "conditioned" but because the phone's software learns how to utilize the battery better -- in laymans terms.
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I nearly posted a response to all this *****ing about battery life to say that if we could just get CM7 onto this phone, it'd help quite a bit with battery life (even more so if we could manage a custom kernel, too). Then I realized that's how this thread was started. Where did we go wrong?
Oh why should someone lie?? LOL, RAZR is the best smartphone I have ever come across on battery life...
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Oh why should someone lie?? LOL, RAZR is the best smartphone I have ever come across on battery life...
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Indeed! I'm at 50% still after HEAVY usage and I unplugged it at 7am..
\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//
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Since this thread has mutated into a battery thread I'll chime in as well. I have been getting amazing battery life the past few days. As stated above, the first few days are a gong show but it really does settle out and get much stronger. I'm not going to get into what my use is etc but I will say I am coming home with 20-30% more than what I was with my Desire Z, Sensation and Galaxy S after the same full day at work.
+1 for Motorola phones running CM. Ive had my Photon since August and just flashed CM7 build from the Photon forums and its wonderful. Just keep in mind that Motorola uses some of the BEST hardware. Their products hold strong through the years of abuse. I stuck it out with blur until CM7 was ported over to the photon. If i was on the razr, id do the same thing. Good things come in time. Phones work the best having good radios in them, without a good radio its just a good looking paper weight. Stick with Motorola and you will be impressed.
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I'm a little sick of seeing "terrible battery life!" posts on these forums. So let this be my official way of saying "YER DOIN' IT WRONG!":
Original Droid Razr:
It says "3d 0h 45m 30s on battery":
img651.imageshack.us/img651/3199/img07481n.jpg (Sorry, I can't post links)
I turned 4G off and left WiFi on and pretty much did not leave the house for 3 days straight, which likely reduced power usage by the radio. I've had the phone since November, fully stock.
FYI, the battery widget is called Battery Indicator Pro.
brian22 said:
I'm a little sick of seeing "terrible battery life!" posts on these forums. So let this be my official way of saying "YER DOIN' IT WRONG!":
Original Droid Razr:
It says "3d 0h 45m 30s on battery":
img651.imageshack.us/img651/3199/img07481n.jpg (Sorry, I can't post links)
I turned 4G off and left WiFi on and pretty much did not leave the house for 3 days straight, which likely reduced power usage by the radio. I've had the phone since November, fully stock.
FYI, the battery widget is called Battery Indicator Pro.
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Ok so I can't use 4G or leave my house? Why even buy the phone then? Sorry but YOU are doing it wrong.
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i find battery life on my GSM unit to be wonderful... so long as i have excellent reception from a tower. as soon as i'm in a fringe area, BYE BYE BATTERY!
Yeah it's kind of pointless to get on here talking about how good battery life CAN be. Yes it can be extremely incredible if you turn off 4G, turn off wifi, turn off background data, don't use your phone, don't leave your house. I mean come on man seriously??? What people are complaining about is everyday regular use. I had 4G on all day, wifi only turned on when I'm home, talked on the phone for about 1 hour all together, sent and received about 50 texts, checked email, checked facebook, hop on Google+, check twitter and a little bit of Temple Run and Draw Something. Got just a little over 8 hours on battery. The OP's stats are NOT realistic so do not buy this phone thinking that you will get the same battery life.
Yeah it's really about screen on time and usage. I don't count it as great battery life if the phone is in airplane mode or barely being used.
My Razr Maxx gives me enough last me from the time I wake up in the morning to the time I go to sleep with no problem, so that's good enough for me.
I definitely don't think it will give us how they advertise on the commercial but it's definitely better than any other android phone I've had.
I think it's more how the android os is consuming the battery over how large the battery is. My friend as the iPhone 4 and gets a day and a half with medium to heavy usage. I don't think the battery is that big in iPhone, never had one.
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I got about 20 to 36 hours of battery life for typical daily usage. But, lately it getting worse. The "culprit" is, .... Angry Birds SPACE.
2G + WiFi is the way to go for better battery life.
Thank you.
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With g3 on apro 10h till 15 hours normale use. G2, speedsettings and freezing some stuff apro 36 till 42 hours max. Thats oke with me. Lets wait how ICS goes.
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The phone awesome but you'd think with a large battery. ..battery life would be stellar! !
It sucks on stock and unofficial Rom.
Are we all gonna have to lean to a EXTENDED BATT?
Any tweaks options opinions Specific ssettings or Roms that You don't just see drain 2% every two minutes
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Before you bash learn how to use your phone and apps that show you what is ratting your battery.
If your that disappointed get a droid maxx
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My battery life improved signifigantly with the ICS rom Revamped, go look for it on the development forums if you don't mind flashing a new rom.
Your phone goes dead every hour and 40 min?
I'm going on 17 and a half hours with 73% battery left. Not a ton of on screen time but a lot of deep sleep but still good to me
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The biggest drain is the screen, while in use, and this is my suggestion. Definitely has increased my screen-on time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544757
Screen filter helps with display and the new revamped rom is back up.
My wife might be a B but she can at least help herself and use the search box
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I use my note running Saurom RC7.1 with overclocking from 5am until 11pm everyday, I am doing various tasks throughout and have alot going on with different widgets running and such...
5am = 100%
10:15am = 73%
Not sure what your doing but maybe your battery maybe not holding a charge like it should?
Eric
Do not use Hyperion, QCell or any other cheap ebay/amazon batteries. They are only about 1700mah at best and will kill your phone under moderate use in about 60 to 90 minutes. Maybe less.
I'm on stock GB rooted with all bloat frozen via TB and I can get through a whole day of use on one Samsung OEM batt with light to med usage.
kevinjgray88 said:
Your phone goes dead every hour and 40 min?
I'm going on 17 and a half hours with 73% battery left. Not a ton of on screen time but a lot of deep sleep but still good to me
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This is no where near the average!
And you seriously must not use your phone, like at all
17 hours at 73% is a bit extreme, but so is 2% per minute drain.
I think I can represent a fairly average user. I usually check email, weather and a little reddit during my morning routine. BT is always on and connects to my car while I drive to work for about 30 minutes. I average about 2 or 3 long phone calls a day on my phone. Some text messaging throughout the day and some short internet sessions on my phone while at work. Plus a few minutes here or there for Draw Something. I stream Google Music every day on my way home for about 30 minutes. Once at home my usage varies depending on what I do for the evening. But so far I usually find I have about 50% battery life when going to bed. I actually made it through Friday and Saturday on a single charge.
So I would say that this phone has above average battery life for an android device. It isn't stellar, but it isn't bad either. My Infuse could eek out about the same life with less use. My N1 never made it even close to this length. My buddy's MyTouch 4g can't usually make it a full 24 hours.
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This is no where near the average!
And you seriously must not use your phone, like at all
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Yeah that was over night with a lot of deep sleep. It sounded impressive lol
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lojak29 said:
The phone awesome but you'd think with a large battery. ..battery life would be stellar! !
It sucks on stock and unofficial Rom.
Are we all gonna have to lean to a EXTENDED BATT?
Any tweaks options opinions Specific ssettings or Roms that You don't just see drain 2% every two minutes
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In a word: no
In a picture:
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Considering the screen size, the battery isn't actually that big. It sounds enormous due to other phones with almost a thousand less mAH, but I just bought a bunch of extra batteries. The removable battery feature is the biggest reason I switched to Android.
LTE is a HUGE battery killer. I turned off wireless since LTE is SOOOOOO much faster than any wireless connection I'm on. I'd be lucky if I could get through a workday without it being below 50% by the end of a work day and completely dead by 7pm.
Turn on wireless and it's now almost 3pm and still have 78% left.
Lets face one fact everyone is different. .everyone claims this and that and regardless of what carrier or what device people will.never see the batt life they would really.like to see.Say like 50% after 3 days heavy usage that would be a thing we.may see in.smartphones in a few years. Android o.s will always be battery harsh.Its a huge topic.
Another point.on all the claims of Great and terrible batt life has to do with the fact. .people just dont truly get how others may use there devices so heavily..streaming vid...music...downloads...mail sync...Some maybe few truly use there phones 24 hrs non stop. There probably will never be a batt drain solution for those people.So telling one person that batt is fine with all this moderate usage coming from a person who uses there data more like "lightly" rather than heavy, doesnt help a person who is a heavy heavy data user.Neither sides will ever come to an agreement.
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lojak29 said:
The phone awesome but you'd think with a large battery. ..battery life would be stellar! !
It sucks on stock and unofficial Rom.
Are we all gonna have to lean to a EXTENDED BATT?
Any tweaks options opinions Specific ssettings or Roms that You don't just see drain 2% every two minutes
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best thing to do... use setcpu or some other overclock program. make a profile so that when your phone is sleeping it runs at the very minimum. my battery can last me up to two days depending on use. heavy use at the very least 7 hours
This is about how much screen time I get a day with the new collective ics rom
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Screen filter helps with display and the new revamped rom is back up.
My wife might be a B but she can at least help herself and use the search box
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lmao....
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This is no where near the average!
And you seriously must not use your phone, like at all
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Wow that is awesome! I'm getting home with a full days use at around 50-60%- It seems to be better than my captivate was on life that's for sure.
I have had mine for two weeks- On side note? hehehe Does cycling a battery really prove to get better life as time goes by or is it a old school story about batteries use to have memory etc... and now they don't?
Modern batteries don't have memory but their battery meters can become decalibrated which can be fixed with a full change cycle. Nonetheless, I don't recommend doing that too often (I only do it like once a year) since that's bad for the battery.
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I currently own a Rezound and I love the phone. However, I am about to take a career as a police officer and I need a phone that allows me to not worry about battery life while on my shift. The Rezound has OK battery life if I don't use it often, but even with the extended battery it might not be enough. I've heard great things about the Razr Maxx and it's astonishing battery life, and I'd consider trading the 720p display and unlock/S-off for something that's still fun to tinker with and gets amazing battery life. I need to make sure I have a rock solid, long lasting phone on the job.
Any opinions?
I love the phone. Stock gb I got over 2 days of battery life, but as always, it depends on ur usage habits and how u modify it if u choose to do so. On the ics leak .79 the battery doesn't seem to last as long but then again its a leak and a early one, I'm sure the official release will be just as good as the gb battery life. The later leaks r probably better too but I want to be able to return to stock for the official release when it comes (hopefully by the end of the month but I'm not holding my breath)
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I can say I get 6 hrs screen on time w the latest 211 leak. On 4glte. The battery is extremely impressive and more than what I really expected it to be.
I came from the rezound and was hesitant at first. I even was considering trading my maxx for a gnex. But the battery life and soon to come ics are keeping me here. The resolution took some getting used to. But overall battery life is more important to me.
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I'm new to the RAZR Maxx. I've just come over from an LG Revolution about a week ago but let me tell you, from the perspective of performance, feel, and battery life, this phone is light years ahead of where I'm coming from. Battery aside, I think I've tinkered with the phone enough already to say it's absolutely solid.
WRT the battery directly, because I'm so used to having to plug my Revo in no matter where I'm at (the office, the car, the train station, the airport gate, home, etc.) I still have micro USB chargers everywhere I've been intentionally stressing the Maxx's battery to get a feel for just how much better it is. Mind you the Revo, as bad as its battery life was out of the box, when coupled with bad cellular at my office, would last me 6-8 hours off a charger with low use and sync toggled off.
This is where the Maxx has truly astonished me. Same surroundings but now I'll leave GPS, sync, wifi on (even though there's no wifi at the office), and use a 30 minute email update interval, etc. Don't dismiss the 'new phone use factor' - the constant tweaking settings and unusually high phone use to learn the new UI . . . and the battery is still is over 60 percent by the end of my work day.
That remaining 60 percent is more than enough to carry me through until morning and beyond. Bottom line, I'm figuring where before I was getting 6-8 hours, under my self imposed more demanding data conditions with the Maxx I'm getting well in excess of 24.
I chose the Maxx instead of pre-ordering the SIII because of battery life and I am not at all disappointed. In fact, I'm still being pleasantly surprised. Recommended.
Forgot to add I'm at 2 days 3 hours with 30% battery life left.
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Wow, thanks for the quick replies! Seems like the battery life is where it's at, and that's what I'm going for first and foremost.
How about sunlight visibility? I had a Bionic and while the screen was horrible, it did very well in the sunlight. My Rezound however... not so much.
I just switched to this phone from the evo 4g (sprint), and I believe the evo, and the rezound have the same size battery, and are advertised as the same battery life. I too needed a device that got better battery life, and let me just say... WOW The maxx gets unreal battery life... Easily 2 days, with not quite heavy use, but pretty close. 720 display... Meh... when ur looking at a 4.3" screen, does it really matter if its hd? I doubt it... And I def prefer easily triple the battery life!
Maxx is awesome!!! Unplugged from charger at 6:15 am this morning, its now 12:04 and have 90 percent. You won't regret the Maxx.
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Direct sunlight viewing with this phone is not impressive. Just something I live with as I haven't seen anything do any better yet.
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why wouldnt you?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-15/motorola-may-have-succeeded-in-reviving-the-razr
halfdriven said:
why wouldnt you?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-15/motorola-may-have-succeeded-in-reviving-the-razr
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I don't trust anything with Bloomberg's name on it. Sorry.
Greetings from another public servant!
Unless you just want a new phone, just grab a car charger since you'll probably be in your unit most of the day.
Every time I'm on duty, I keep my car charger with me.
Just remember to secure your phone when your running emergency. A Eazr flying around the vehicle while clearing intersections is annoying, and dangerous.
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I bought one when they released. Now we have 3. Battery is where its at. Screen visibility is pretty good if you max it out. I have it set to automatically max brightness when I put it in the car dock. Max brightness will definitely hit you're battery tho. But everything maxed out, it will still get you through am 8 hour day, streaming internet radio over Bluetooth. Cut back to 3g,, and it will go for many more hours. No telling how stable ICS will be, but GB is just locked down reliable.call clarity is the best, period. No regrets on this purchase.
Just got my razr maxx 2 days ago. Came from a thunderbolt. This thing lasts forever and is super fast and smooth.
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Jacob9424 said:
Just got my razr maxx 2 days ago. Came from a thunderbolt. This thing lasts forever and is super fast and smooth.
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I too came from a Thunderbolt, had my Razr Maxx for about a week or so now. I switched because of data connection issues and the terrible battery life I've had with the thunderbolt.
This thing is amazing... But I don't like it 3 things a bout it.
1. The battery meter in the settings page only shows battery percentage in tens intervals, (90%, 80%, 70%....)
2. It takes a lot longer to charge the thing, (I guess you can expect that from the bigger battery) so when I heavily use it on certain days I'm left with it charging for like an hour or two and the battery percent has only gone up a small amount (granted I'll have wifi tether on while charging)
3. I switched from the thunderbolt because of data connectivity always flaking out. and The Maxx seems to have this issue as well. Although I don't believe it is as bad as the Thunderbolt.... But I've only had the Maxx for less than 2 weeks.
Overall I like the phone and hope my connectivity issue will work its' self out soon.
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I too came from a Thunderbolt, had my Razr Maxx for about a week or so now. I switched because of data connection issues and the terrible battery life I've had with the thunderbolt.
This thing is amazing... But I don't like it 3 things a bout it.
1. The battery meter in the settings page only shows battery percentage in tens intervals, (90%, 80%, 70%....)
2. It takes a lot longer to charge the thing, (I guess you can expect that from the bigger battery) so when I heavily use it on certain days I'm left with it charging for like an hour or two and the battery percent has only gone up a small amount (granted I'll have wifi tether on while charging)
3. I switched from the thunderbolt because of data connectivity always flaking out. and The Maxx seems to have this issue as well. Although I don't believe it is as bad as the Thunderbolt.... But I've only had the Maxx for less than 2 weeks.
Overall I like the phone and hope my connectivity issue will work its' self out soon.
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Interesting... the Rezound has been the best phone I've owned as far as data connectivity. It's never flaked out of 4G or 3G and left me hanging. I had that problem with the Charge and Bionic. Even my DX was rock solid with 3G signal.
skippy214 said:
I too came from a Thunderbolt, had my Razr Maxx for about a week or so now. I switched because of data connection issues and the terrible battery life I've had with the thunderbolt.
This thing is amazing... But I don't like it 3 things a bout it.
1. The battery meter in the settings page only shows battery percentage in tens intervals, (90%, 80%, 70%....)
2. It takes a lot longer to charge the thing, (I guess you can expect that from the bigger battery) so when I heavily use it on certain days I'm left with it charging for like an hour or two and the battery percent has only gone up a small amount (granted I'll have wifi tether on while charging)
3. I switched from the thunderbolt because of data connectivity always flaking out. and The Maxx seems to have this issue as well. Although I don't believe it is as bad as the Thunderbolt.... But I've only had the Maxx for less than 2 weeks.
Overall I like the phone and hope my connectivity issue will work its' self out soon.
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1 use battery indicator and in the menu select 1% hack.
2 mine goes all day w over 6 hours screen on time on 4g. Just charge while you sleep. That's almost an entire workday worth of screen on usage.
3 ics 211 has completely fixed all data connectivity issues I ever experienced w gbread.
Hope this helps
triton302 said:
Interesting... the Rezound has been the best phone I've owned as far as data connectivity. It's never flaked out of 4G or 3G and left me hanging. I had that problem with the Charge and Bionic. Even my DX was rock solid with 3G signal.
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And I've really liked HTC devices, (up until every phone they put out looked pretty much the same) But both of the models I've had (G1 & Thunderbolt) were troubled with connectivity issues. And I had also had both of the replaced and the issues were still crept up again. Maybe I just screw up all the phones I tinker with.....lol, I don't know
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1 use battery indicator and in the menu select 1% hack.
2 mine goes all day w over 6 hours screen on time on 4g. Just charge while you sleep. That's almost an entire workday worth of screen on usage.
3 ics 211 has completely fixed all data connectivity issues I ever experienced w gbread.
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I appreciate it man.
The battery indicator app I think you're talking about puts up a second battery icon in the task bar, and I'm not a big fan of that. I like my screen to look clean and not redundant. speaking of that I kinda chuckle when I see screen shots of phones and the peeps have the little clock in the corner of their screen plus a fancy widget clock in the middle of their screen. not putting them down... I just think the redundancy is funny.
And I'm trying to hold off on rooting and just going to give the ICS update a try since it suppose to be on its way out by the end of June (we'll see).
but just in case can you link the 211 ICS you are talking about I looked in the dev section and only saw something for safestrap.
Thanks though.
triton302 said:
I currently own a Rezound and I love the phone. However, I am about to take a career as a police officer and I need a phone that allows me to not worry about battery life while on my shift. The Rezound has OK battery life if I don't use it often, but even with the extended battery it might not be enough. I've heard great things about the Razr Maxx and it's astonishing battery life, and I'd consider trading the 720p display and unlock/S-off for something that's still fun to tinker with and gets amazing battery life. I need to make sure I have a rock solid, long lasting phone on the job.
Any opinions?
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I was the 1st of my friends and family to get the RAZR MAXX. I bought it on release day. I have 8 friends who upgraded to the RAZR MAXX, and they are all very happy with it. I bought one for my father for Father's Day, and he loves the thing.
I tried the GNex and the Rezound, both fine phones. But at the end of the day my RAZR MAXX won out. I work 12 hour days, and need to have a phone that can keep up with my busy day without having to "dumb down" the phone. After working 12 hours, I typically have >50% of battery life left. That's with moderate use. With light to moderate use, I've gone 2 full days between charges. I never have to use the "smart actions" either. Also I believe the RAZR MAXX has more function than what you get from the Rezound or GNex. Motocast is a brilliant idea. It allows you to access your computer and it's files from your phone. Including pictures, music, video, and documents. I hope this helps you.
Since people only post on negative battery experience while the happy ones are silent, I will break the silence.
I have and use the One X+ (international non-LTE, in central Europe) for one week. Today, I just used it to browse web for several hours (browser was consuming 55% at time of screenshot) and read some pdf (pdf viewer was consuming 17%; I flipped about 200 pages in fast way as it was mildly boring ebook with big fonts so no zooming). There were about 10 minutes of web or youtube video too.
The screenshot shows battery graph at 38% of battery left, after 8 hours since plugged.
I guess (based on the screenshot bars and based on the actual usage) the screen-on time was about 60% (so between 4.5 and 5 hours).
Boo at HTC for removing screen-on time counter.
Google now is off.
Mobile data is off.
WiFi is on.
Power saver mode is off.
Brightness was automatic, usually around 30%.
No extra battery monitor was running (they may affect battery while measuring too).
Stock rom, one OTA update was performed.
Android version 4.1.1
Build 1.17.401.1
I have never managed to fully discharge the battery so its measurements may not be fully calibrated.
no problems here
This phone has great life for me. The only times I've had a problem getting a full day was when I first got it and basically didn't put it down. Since then I usually have 30-50% left at the end of the day. I wonder what some people do to drain the battery so much...
jbharbin said:
This phone has great life for me. The only times I've had a problem getting a full day was when I first got it and basically didn't put it down. Since then I usually have 30-50% left at the end of the day. I wonder what some people do to drain the battery so much...
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Probably gaming ^^
Mine is just barley good enough, I never put my phone down. Doesn't matter tho because I always carry a charger
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Probably gaming ^^
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I disagree.
I don't game at all. I get about 10-14hrs of battery life with 1-2hrs of screen time with most of that running on LTE and with Power Saver ON. That is OK, but not great at all. I would like to get that type of battery life with 3-4 hours screen time and using Navigation. I think for people that use their phone for work and travel for work, you ideally need 16hrs battery life with 3-4 hours screen time with some GPS/Navigation. Don't think this phone will every get there.
I've finally got my IT to give me WIFI access at work to avoid 3G/LTE and today I'm testing if Juice Defender is better than Power Saver mode, but based on my current drain, I don't sure i'll make it to 16hrs.
In either case, I found the drain while running Navigation to be HUGE (40%+/h) and if Power Saving mode is OFF the phone will overheat as well (55C/130F).
Still I love this phone, but hope I can find a way to squeeze as much battery as possible. When I look over to say the Nexus 4 forum, I'm a bit envious on what those users are achieving on their batteries.
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I disagree.
I don't game at all. I get about 10-14hrs of battery life with 1-2hrs of screen time with most of that running on LTE and with Power Saver ON. That is OK, but not great at all. I would like to get that type of battery life with 3-4 hours screen time and using Navigation. I think for people that use their phone for work and travel for work, you ideally need 16hrs battery life with 3-4 hours screen time with some GPS/Navigation. Don't think this phone will every get there.
I've finally got my IT to give me WIFI access at work to avoid 3G/LTE and today I'm testing if Juice Defender is better than Power Saver mode, but based on my current drain, I don't sure i'll make it to 16hrs.
In either case, I found the drain while running Navigation to be HUGE (40%+/h) and if Power Saving mode is OFF the phone will overheat as well (55C/130F).
Still I love this phone, but hope I can find a way to squeeze as much battery as possible. When I look over to say the Nexus 4 forum, I'm a bit envious on what those users are achieving on their batteries.
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I'm debating switching from the N4 to the HOX+ but the battery is one huge concern. I traded a RAZR HD for a HOX+ and i should have it tomorrow so i can compare the two. I've been averaging between 4 and 5 hours of screen time per day, with my best being 5h 31min. The only thing that I'm thinking will help my case for the OX+ is that i will only use it on hspa+ instead of LTE.
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I'm debating switching from the N4 to the HOX+ but the battery is one huge concern. I traded a RAZR HD for a HOX+ and i should have it tomorrow so i can compare the two. I've been averaging between 4 and 5 hours of screen time per day, with my best being 5h 31min. The only thing that I'm thinking will help my case for the OX+ is that i will only use it on hspa+ instead of LTE.
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Well, I choose the HOX+ mainly because you can't buy a N4, unless you go to the aftermarket and pay a premium. Also the 16GB is just not enough and LG lost me a customer coming from the LG G2x. Plus in Canada, there's not much benefit buying a phone off-contract. I was off-contract for the past 3yrs and my experience wasn't any better than the the providers that lock you in. That said, I'm guessing you will see better battery on your N4 compared to the HOX+...but hey, I don't either will come close to the RAZR HD for battery life.
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This phone has great life for me. The only times I've had a problem getting a full day was when I first got it and basically didn't put it down. Since then I usually have 30-50% left at the end of the day. I wonder what some people do to drain the battery so much...
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smoothmoose said:
I disagree.
I don't game at all. I get about 10-14hrs of battery life with 1-2hrs of screen time with most of that running on LTE and with Power Saver ON. That is OK, but not great at all. I would like to get that type of battery life with 3-4 hours screen time and using Navigation. I think for people that use their phone for work and travel for work, you ideally need 16hrs battery life with 3-4 hours screen time with some GPS/Navigation. Don't think this phone will every get there.
I've finally got my IT to give me WIFI access at work to avoid 3G/LTE and today I'm testing if Juice Defender is better than Power Saver mode, but based on my current drain, I don't sure i'll make it to 16hrs.
In either case, I found the drain while running Navigation to be HUGE (40%+/h) and if Power Saving mode is OFF the phone will overheat as well (55C/130F).
Still I love this phone, but hope I can find a way to squeeze as much battery as possible. When I look over to say the Nexus 4 forum, I'm a bit envious on what those users are achieving on their batteries.
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Thats very weird! Here are screenshots with detailed info about one of my usage days...
As you see i got 37hours with 3h screen time.... so about same as you.
All connection ON all the time (wifi, 3g)
Sync on
Power saver ON.
Some gaming, web browsing, social apps, calling, texting and stuff (see app usage screenshot)
p.s. my phone is stock and unrooted and i dont use any power saver apps or anything like that. Just stock power saver option.
Oh and i played one game with power saver off, not for long tho. (was tegra3 game, that racing game, you can see it in screenshot)
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Well, I choose the HOX+ mainly because you can't buy a N4, unless you go to the aftermarket and pay a premium. Also the 16GB is just not enough and LG lost me a customer coming from the LG G2x. Plus in Canada, there's not much benefit buying a phone off-contract. I was off-contract for the past 3yrs and my experience wasn't any better than the the providers that lock you in. That said, I'm guessing you will see better battery on your N4 compared to the HOX+...but hey, I don't either will come close to the RAZR HD for battery life.
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I had a RAZR HD for a few days. Wasn't impressed with the battery life to be honest. Maybe the Maxx version is better. And I was one of the lucky limbo level 3'ers from the N4 launch, that was not fun.
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Doubt the HOX+ can beat my N4! Kinda sucks cuz they have the same size battery
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Maybe I've not been using it for heavy gaming, but in the month I've had the phone, I've not run into any serious battery issues. If this were an issue, I'd probably install JuiceDefender, and configure it as per my schedule so push E-mails are not constantly keeping the radio on, as well as throttling CPU back.
I also have a charger in my car, so if I'm on the road, it gets charged.
my battery life usually gets me through the day until about 7pm with around 3hrs screen on time so i cant complain too much. i listen to music a lot and text heavily
Yeh. I dont thjnk ive seen better battery from any hox+ posted here. Ive seen 5hr screen time but the total run time is 6hrs.
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Never had a problem with the battery life myself.
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Maybe I've not been using it for heavy gaming, but in the month I've had the phone, I've not run into any serious battery issues. If this were an issue, I'd probably install JuiceDefender, and configure it as per my schedule so push E-mails are not constantly keeping the radio on, as well as throttling CPU back.
I also have a charger in my car, so if I'm on the road, it gets charged.
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I might have a bad car charger, but when I'm running Navigation, it still drains the battery at 10%/h.
I think I do have higher battery life expectations. I tested with Juice Defender yesterday, and basically it provides around the same benefit as running in Battery Saver mode. Got 2hrs screen time with 14 hrs total run time while mostly connected to WIFI (maybe 2hrs or so connected to HSPA/LTE). Again this is OK...but not great.
Today I am testing with both JD and Power Saver on and will report back. It's the last day of my 14 day return/exchange policy and I'm planning to keep the HOX+. I have a very slight inclination to change to LG Optimus G as I believe it has the potential to get the same battery life as the Nexus 4. But I'm scared as hell about the LG support and the if people think the Dev community is thin here, it's basically a ghost town there. That said, it looks like they have a good build for CM 10.1.
Here is my best battery stat for HOX+, no games mainly whatsapp use with wifi on. Few voice calls and sms.
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Thats damn good. Are you on internatjonal or at&t/telus? And what rom are you using?
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Here is my best battery stat for HOX+, no games mainly whatsapp use with wifi on. Few voice calls and sms.
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Ok you beat my record do tell me your whole setup YouTube video haha
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Elegencia 4.4.0, OXP Kernel-010613
Power Savings on whole time.
Automatic brightness handled by LUMOS app.
This setup I was running sense. Now I'm desened by Elegencia damn smooth!
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Hey guys, so I am finally upgrading my galaxyy nexus. Right now I am stuck between the Bette looking, more powerful DNA, or the huge, beastly battery wielding note 2. Right now I am probably leaning towards the DNA, but the one determining factor is battery life. Is it as bad as they say? Coming from a gnex, it probably can't be any worse, but I am in need of at least solid battery life. Thanks !
If I turn the standalone GPS off, I get 12-16 hours of moderate to heavy use. Your mileage may vary. This may change as the 2.04/2.06 s-off comes out and we can root and rom our phones/.
It's far better than the Nexus, but obviously the Note 2 has the best of the three.
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I am locked and stock, my phone lasts from 8:30a - 11:00p. Moderate use throughout the day. Not a lot of games, but I am constantly browsing ign, tapatalk(xda), and bleacher report. I don't have any problems. Hopefully this helps!
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Mine lasts all day unless I'm in an area with really poor cell reception. Then it searches constantly and drains quickly. Moderate use, unrooted 2.06
Who says its bad? There are several other threads that talk about how great the battery life is for most DNA people. I EASILY get 12 hours on a fairly busy day. .....my $.02.
I consider the battery life on my DNA great. I don't know hours wise but I have never had to charge it in the middle of the day and I have gone 2 days on occasion (with light usage)
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i wouldn't even consider a note 2 now that the S4 is out....
but honestly, i'd chose the DNA over both of them.
When I had my DNA stock the KWL would murder the battery to levels worse than my GNex by far. Probably a dead connection but anyways. I'm now S-OFF running Viper and my battery life if phenomenal.
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Battery life on the gnex was bad. Eventually I found Shiny ROM and Fancy kernel and could easily go 18 hours with 3+ hours screen on time.
Sense driving me nuts I haven't looked to fund the same info I used to check regularly but with that said I don't have to. The DNA gets marginally better battery life. I charge at night and go all day with the same usage of not more.
There's series of peopled getting horrible battery life then stories of people going days without charging. It's all about usage. 2 hours of playing Modern Combat 4 is much different than 2 hours of browsing although it'd the same screen on.
As a side note, no pun intended, I used a Note 2 for a week with cyanogenmod and got worst battery life than my gnex.
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i wouldn't even consider a note 2 now that the S4 is out....
but honestly, i'd chose the DNA over both of them.
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I had the s4 for a full day, full charge. Battery life was not impressive at all. It was on par with my DNA if not worse imo
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I had the s4 for a full day, full charge. Battery life was not impressive at all. It was on par with my DNA if not worse imo
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i only meant for like, specwise alone..and screen lol the GS3 and NOte 2 screens suck.
I love my note 2 very impressed with my battery life and honestly I cant see myself with anything but touchwiz...former apple dork here had all of them except the 5
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14-16 hours battery on my DNA. Coming from my gnexus this is a godsend. I could only make it 4-6 hours on it.
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Hey guys, so I am finally upgrading my galaxyy nexus. Right now I am stuck between the Bette looking, more powerful DNA, or the huge, beastly battery wielding note 2. Right now I am probably leaning towards the DNA, but the one determining factor is battery life. Is it as bad as they say? Coming from a gnex, it probably can't be any worse, but I am in need of at least solid battery life. Thanks !
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Screen off, battery life is pretty good. If you're always on wifi and do nothing but periodically clear out your email backlog and make the occasional brief phone call, it could go as much as three days before tapping out.
Screen on, the battery life is kinda mediocre. Figure about five or six hours of screen-on time will drain the battery. If you really wanted to, I'm sure you could zero it out in four or less.
Google Now and Latitude location services can increase idle power consumption by 50% or more. I spend most of my time on wifi, so I'm not sure to exactly what extent the various levels of cellular connectivity hit it. (And not going to test until I figure out why Google Music has decided that it should pull hundreds of megabytes per hour over my connection. All Access has issues...)
The headphone jack seems to draw more power than on previous phone's I've had. I haven't really quantified it yet, but I get substantially better battery life streaming music to a bluetooth 4 (w/ apt-X) receiver than I have with headphones plugged in. Worth keeping in mind.
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and honestly I cant see myself with anything but touchwiz...
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you're the only person I've ever heard say that.
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(And not going to test until I figure out why Google Music has decided that it should pull hundreds of megabytes per hour over my connection. All Access has issues...)
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I've been trying to figure out how I've fine through 4gb of data 2 weeks before my cycle resets. Going to have to check that out.
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you're the only person I've ever heard say that.
I've been trying to figure out how I've fine through 4gb of data 2 weeks before my cycle resets. Going to have to check that out.
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I keep hearing that the Google services newest update has caused increased idle usage as far as data goes. Although, I've yet to see it. Would the people who are having issues state if they actually use them? I take sync off anything I don't use. Like Google music, books, movies, etc. So maybe that's why I don't see that problem. Anyone?
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I keep hearing that the Google services newest update has caused increased idle usage as far as data goes. Although, I've yet to see it. Would the people who are having issues state if they actually use them? I take sync off anything I don't use. Like Google music, books, movies, etc. So maybe that's why I don't see that problem. Anyone?
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Maps and location services were killing my battery. I did not open the Maps app yesterday yet it was one of my biggest battery draws. I turned off Google Now and I no longer have maps even listed today. However, my battery life is about the same. Go figure. I think that battery reporting is more likely the issue.
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Li-pol is much more efficient than li-ion dna has Li-pol smaller batteries last longer. Also that's why it's non removable.
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I swapped out my Note 2 for the Droid DNA (I know some of you will think im mad)
To be honest the battery lifes arent much different once you start using the phone.
The note 2 does have maybe 6 hours better battery life (For me anyway) but i found the GPS drained the battery alot more on the Note 2 than the Droid.
To be honest i still struggle to drain the DNAs battery within 24 hours. The note 2 with Heavy use probaly lasted 36 hours..
Again these are just my thoughts