I'm going to update this thread daily with my battery usage at certain time each day; 5:30PM EST. I pull my phone off my charger each day ~ 7:30AM when I leave for work. I want to see if the battery "breaks in" as everyone seems to agree and I'll record my progress here. I'll plug it in when I go to bed usually around 11 or 12.
For reference, I bought the phone Monday Feb 20 and this is LTE @ work and WiFi @ home.
My usage won't vary much during the work week. Standard text messaging, email usage, browsing FB/Twitter/Web while I poop, you know the routine.
Whenever I see a drastic increase in battery life I'll post up a screenie so you can see my usage statistics, starting with today's as a control.
Items of Note (haha)
On the morning of 22 Feb my phone was at 99% when I pulled it off the charger... Maybe 8 hours isn't enough for a complete charge, which is slower than my iPad?? I did use my old HTC charger so maybe that's to blame... I'll be using the Samsung one tonight.
I apparently only get LTE in certain parts of my building at work. It jumps back and forth between "4G LTE" and "4G". It definitely gets LTE as soon as I step outside.
I'm going to try to use the screen a bit more tomorrow (24 Feb) at least up to ~2 hours and see what that does to my battery life.
Definitely notice a considerable increase in depletion rate when doing anything (YouTube / streaming / web) over LTE.
Had to meet someone today(24 Feb) and ended up waiting almost 30 minutes at Starbucks. Needless to say that time was spent on my phone on LTE using up my precious battery. I did try to use my phone a bit more even before the meeting for things like posting here on XDA (app) and other miscellaneous things. Looks like my battery has hardly gotten much better in the 4 days I've owned it.
(Evening of 24 Feb)Rooted, installed TPC's ROM, Da_G's OC kernel and ran the super charger script. I almost instantly noticed how much slower my battery drops.. I'll run a test on Monday when I'm back at work and I'm very curious to see the difference but I can tell already that it's probably going to double the life.
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| 21 Feb | 21% | 2H1M36S | 7.84%
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| 22 Feb | 37% | 1H20M55S | 6.27%
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| 23 Feb | 53% | 1H23M36S | 5.07%
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| 24 Feb | 27% | 2H34M15S | 7.41%
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| 27 Feb | 62% | 1H13M23S | 3.80%
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| 29 Feb | 69% | 0H48M55S | 3.10%
Day One vs 1 Week Break in w/ root:
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Screen on time would be a good thing to note also. Looking forward to your updates!
It's in there, in my little chart next to %. xD
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Screen on time would be a good thing to note also. Looking forward to your updates!
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Where do you get the screen on time from?
Got it, nevermind.
40 minutes less screen time today, which probably is exactly the discrepancy shown in the %'s at 5:30 when compared to yesterday. I'm definitely hoping this improves over the next few days haha. I hardly used the phone today and it was steady falling.
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Rooting = Win Haha. I plan on rooting, but want to give the stock OS a fair shot.
Actually I'm curious what's your screen-on time at that time?
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Rooting = Win Haha. I plan on rooting, but want to give the stock OS a fair shot.
Actually I'm curious what's your screen-on time at that time?
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How do you cHeck screen on time??
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My screen has been on just under 2 hours. Now at 14.5 hours with 46% left.
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LOL longer screen uptime than me and 35% more battery. Lameeee.
Thanks man.
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LOL longer screen uptime than me and 35% more battery. Lameeee.
Thanks man.
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No problem. I'm actually impressed with battery life myself
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Updated with today's results. Definitely looking forward to flashing a custom ROM soon. Tomorrow will be my 5th day with the phone and I'll probably at least load TPC for a few days of testing this weekend, then flip back to stock ROM. I'd like to directly compare the percentages between stock and custom. If the2rrel's results are not unique, I'll be very happy.
Updated again, battery life has maybe increased by 5-10% over the 4 days since I bought it. I was definitely hoping to see a larger increase.
I appended some updates to the notes section.
Irishwake83 said:
Updated again, battery life has maybe increased by 5-10% over the 4 days since I bought it. I was definitely hoping to see a larger increase.
I appended some updates to the notes section.
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Your thread has inspired me to do my own logging. I'm going to be comparing super charged vs not super charged
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^^
You've got a couple charge spots on the second pic. Was screen on then? I'm getting good battery but max out around 2 - 2.5 hrs screen time.
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Yea the best I can get is a 3 hr 30 min screentime.
That's with rooted, supercharged, frozen bloat, brightness all the way down, dark wallpaper, and mostly hspa+
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I don't know what u mean. My phone has been off The charger since before lunch yesterday. Unless another family member was using it and plugged it up. How can u tell if some charged it. I would like to know how to do that. So i can tell if some one playing with my phone kick there ass....lol
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90% battery after 12.5hrs!
I keep all the radios on (4G, 3G, wifi, bluetooth, gps) and brightness set to auto.
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I couldn't do a screen shot from the phone cuz no root yet
Manl, that's insane how efficient the new dual cores are!
Only if you dont use the phone. Hence your display percentage so low. Mine went about 12.5 hours on battery with the display on for 3h total
That is one thing that I don't understand about this phone. Sometimes, i'll pull it off the charger and not touch it for 12 hours and the battery will still be in the 90's like you see above. Other times, i'll pull it off the charger and not touch it and it will just slowly drain and be into the 60's or 70's after 12 hours (and it's still sleeping). Don't get it. Signal is always good here too.
I get about 3 hours of battery, and I don't even use it for calls really.
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Sitting at about 50% with 18 hrs gone by. The display takes up most of the battery usage.
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Sitting at about 50% with 18 hrs gone by. The display takes up most of the battery usage.
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How much time with the display on?
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just out of curiosity, what battery indicator app is that?
Of course you have WiFi in and its not constantly searching for signal
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just out of curiosity, what battery indicator app is that?
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built in settings app i guess u can say.... about phone> battery>battery use
he was talking about the indicator in the top left corner.
curious too, currently using the simi clock battery. Fan of that, but having one in the top bar would be cool...
After 7 or 8 hours I hit about 20-25%. With Juice Defender Ultimate I get about an hour more of battery. But thats still not enough for me hah.
What are you guys' usage patterns like? My battery life is no where near what I'm seeing in this thread. Maybe I use my phone too much.
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What are you guys' usage patterns like? My battery life is no where near what I'm seeing in this thread. Maybe I use my phone too much.
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I know why my battery life sucks. I use it way too much... Lol... Underclocking to 685mhz works pretty well and the phone isn't all that laggy. It is definitely bearable.
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The only days I get battery life anywhere close to that are the days that I am super busy and just don't touch my phone, except to answer a call or text. Days where I have too much time, I'll constantly be on my phone playing games, researching things, youtubing stuff, listening to music, and on those days I'll get 9-12 hours, which is still good in my book. It'll easily go over a day with very light usage. I can leave it off the charger at 100% over night, and it'll be at 97% or so when I wake up, but as soon as I get on that XDA app for 20 minutes I'll be down to 75%, lol. It's ironic that the XDA app is such a major battery drain, and that is one of the apps that I use the most.
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I get about 3 hours of battery, and I don't even use it for calls really.
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If you get '3 hours of battery and don't use it for calls' then you either have a defective phone or lying. I do vallet and play Video's all day work 5PM-4AM and I never have to charge my phone although close to dead by the time I leave. 3 hours? I don't think so.
Fact 1: 9 times out of 10, if you don't use your phone at all, the battery will barely drain.
Fact 2: If you were to actually pick up and use the phone, you wouldn't get nearly as long out of the battery.
That's something that baffles me about people and keeping track of battery usage. They leave their phone sitting there over night and all day without touching it, and then have kittens when the battery percentage barely goes down. Well.. newsflash, that will happen if you don't use the phone at all. I guarantee that if you were to use the phone for any length of time the battery would drain a lot faster than that. So that isn't an accurate indicator of the phone's battery life.
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I'm getting around 11 hours and that's with normal use.
GPS on
Bluetooth on
Autosync on
Lotus Traveler on/always connected/SMS
WiFi on
And getting tons of mail. I'm Google voice integrated on Sprint.
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Idk if this is the one displayed in the OP but I use the app Battery Status Bar which is similar.
Ive noticed better battery life overclocked and undervolted.
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Try Battery Circle in the Market.
Now that we have some huge updates and all these new roms I am curious who is getting the best battery with which rom with the most display time. I am on MIUI getting about the same battery I did with stock 3D. Only about 2 and half hours display time.
I am thinking about going to another rom but, I would like to see what rom could get the best display time.
All the AOSP ROMs for some reason give me terrible battery life. I tried ViperRom and it's battery life is decent. Synergy is okay. Right now, however, I'm using warm twopointthree and it has great battery life. Maybe the best I've seen so far.
Decks sense rom still gives me the best battery life, by far. I used it with the stock kernel and it kicked butt. Very stable overall. I've been getting a solid 19 to 21 hours on CM7 with normal usage, which is good too. I love aosp.
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Steelh rom is decent on battery life but deck is awesome I got like 30 hours of his rom
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What's your guys display time on average
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VirusRom InfectedROM_Eternity battery life and performance is awesome with stock kernel. Don't even use setcpu its works so well. Plus the Beats audio and sexy skins are a great plus. Of course if you're own your phone 24/7 its going to drain but at the rate its suppose too and it should be awesome in standby. Yeah Asop roms seem to drain.
I've tried pretty much all the roms. The most stable rom with the best battery life is hands down Myn's rom warm2point3
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I've tried pretty much all the roms. The most stable rom with the best battery life is hands down Myn's rom warm2point3
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+1...MYN,IS THA SHIZNIT!!!
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Ha I love myns ROM to but its not better than decks battery life. I've killed every app and switched to airplane mode and not better than decks Sry just had to but my opinion no disrespect Mr myns
Throw your official already. Plzzzzz
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I get about 15 hours with about 4 hours awake time with mine with moderate to heavy use (internet browsing, videos, texting, and games). Running SteelRom 2.6.
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I get about 15 hours with about 4 hours awake time with mine with moderate to heavy use (internet browsing, videos, texting, and games). Running SteelRom 2.6.
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This is probably the best answer I've ever heard on the matter of battery life and is on par with mine.
Nobody seems to understand that battery life is determined by your usage patterns. So, the next person won't ever get YOUR battery life unless they use their phone like YOU. People also seem to forget that total battery life and awake time are completely different.
Awake time (actually using your phone) will not give you anywhere NEAR the amount of hours some people claim. If you continuously used your phone from a charge of 100% to 0%, NEVER letting it sleep, I would say anywhere from 3-5 hours.
Standby time (screen off/sleep) will definitely get you close to what some people claim. If you charged your phone to 100%, then let it sit in standby the entire time, I'd say anywhere from 24-36 hours.
Awake/Standby combined will average out anywhere from 8-12 hours depending on usage patterns, but can definitely spike up to 16 hours.
(These estimates are with the stock battery)
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This is probably the best answer I've ever heard on the matter of battery life and is on par with mine.
Nobody seems to understand that battery life is determined by your usage patterns. So, the next person won't ever get YOUR battery life unless they use their phone like YOU. People also seem to forget that total battery life and awake time are completely different.
Awake time (actually using your phone) will not give you anywhere NEAR the amount of hours some people claim. If you continuously used your phone from a charge of 100% to 0%, I would say anywhere from 3-5 hours.
Standby time (screen off/sleep) will definitely get you close to what some people claim. If you charged your phone to 100%, then let it sit in standby the entire time, I'd say anywhere from 24-36 hours.
Awake/Standby combined will average out anywhere from 8-12 hours depending on usage patterns, but can definitely spike up to 16 hours.
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Um feeling like this is coming at me yea freeza I use my phone more than any other person out there. I use gps and phone mms internet fb g+ xda app and still get 30+ hours from decks. I don't charge my phone on my cars chargers I use charge it to 99% then let the phone do its thing.
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Um feeling like this is coming at me yea freeza I use my phone more than any other person out there. I use gps and phone mms internet fb g+ xda app and still get 30+ hours from decks. I don't charge my phone on my cars chargers I use charge it to 99% then let the phone do its thing.
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No no, not directed towards you at all. Just in general.
Kool have a good Friday man let's get chocolate wasted. Shauuuu
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Kool have a good Friday man let's get chocolate wasted. Shauuuu
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ahaha already one step ahead of you bro!
What's you guys battery comsumption in standby in mA?
According to Current widget mine is around 150mA and when in use t ranges from 400-900mA it is much higher than my previous Desire HD where I get 1-5mA in standby and 60-400mA when in use.
Does anybody notice the same?
I have 2 batterys and it is not enough to see me through 12 hours.
On CM7 VAlpha 3, I'm getting the best battery life I've ever had. When I plugged the phone in at 2:30 am this morning, I still had 54%, and that was with me waking up at 10:30 am. I'd been on battery for 14 hours with 7 hours of awake time (Mainly Cut The Rope, Plants vs. Zombies and Zombieville USA, but a couple half hour phone calls and about 70 text messages as well, also on wifi about 75% of the time).
Clean Rom 2.5 is money. Stable and I'm getting around 16 hrs from a full charge with moderate use. I get 1 bar of signal at work and at least 30-40 min of talk time all day with a little FB and Ebaying. Check it out. Also has a Rom updater app that'll let you download custom fonts, icons, colors, etc.
viperrom
I've been loving viperrom. I have a clean install, no battery saver apps. I just used the viper mod to adjust my cpu settings to be powersave when screen is off. And I'm getting the best battery life i've ever gotten.
Running at 30 hours uptime, i'm still at 37% battery with moderate use.
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Oh, and that is with Bluetooth enabled as well.
Android os is slowly eating my battery.
Is this happening to anyone else?
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Yup. It's taking 50% drain of all other services on my phone
Android os is near or at ths top of the list of battery consumption on my phone most of the time. But I'm not to concerned about it because I'm getting excellent battery life on this phone so far. It exceeded 3.5 hours of display on time before I had to recharge the battery the first time.
I wouldn't get too excited about battery stats until you have had your phone for 4 or 5 days and get settled into normal use and have completed a half dozen our so recharge cycles because the battery stats will not be very accurate until then.
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Yeah im getting good battery life so far too but if it didnt have this issue we would be getting excellent battery life. In six hours of very little use its sucked down 21% and ran for over 30 minutes.
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Android OS is at 47% for me.
I'm wondering if it's some sort of reporting bug, because I'm still getting excellent battery life. With debloating to kill all the background services and some minor power management tweaks in the kernel, it's doing significantly better than Serendipity VII did on the Infuse, which I didn't think is possible.
Usually at my desk in weak signal, Cell Standby is #1 and Phone Idle is #2 on the Infuse. They're #2 and #3 respectively for me.
I wonder if it's a dual-core reporting bug, because I've NEVER seen it over 50%, and if you ignore it, the remaining items in battery usage are consistent with what I'd expect to see for a device in the conditions I'm putting it in and the battery life I'm getting. It may be that for every item that wakes up one CPU core, it gets counted, and Android OS gets counted equally on the other CPU core.
This is the same problem that the Sprint's version faced. There's a few long threads about it over in their section.
When I had the Sprint version, my AOS was random after each nightly charge. It would be really high one day, then really low the next. I've noticed that I get the best battery life when AOS is 2x%.
This is the first day after a full charge for my at&t version and AOS is around 2x%. 9h on battery and I'm at 70% with little - moderate use.
I've been unplugged for 13.5 hours and I'm still at 74%. Auto brightness ON, 1hr 20 min display time. My Android OS is 18%. Thats way better battery life than I was getting with my Captivate. I'm stock right now(no root, kernel changes for now )
I was at 88% after 9 hours on my desk - that's pretty good considering the weak-signal conditions at my desk.
There is a similar situation with my LG Thrill. I haven't really monitored the battery usage on my SGS2 yet, but I'm thinking that you may be correct in questioning the dual-core issue. My only hesitation in saying that is that I don't have the same issue on my Atrix and it, too, has a dual core.
Android OS is currently at 21% for me(n my (SGS2), but I'm using my Atrix as my primary phone at the moment. So, it isn't being used excessively.
Probably not a universal bug with dual-core, but some firmwares may not handle it properly.
I have this same 'bug' on my HTC inspire and it has remained through about 10 different rom flashes.
I have been all over this phone today playing games, downloading and installing apps and check this out
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I never saw 5+ hours screen time on my captivate. Also Android system was at 7% and Android os was at 6% - so it definitely does not seem to be a problem for me.
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Mine is at 18%
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Android OS at 12% here after a full days use.
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wow 5 hours display time thats insane. i hit just over 4 hours today. android os was at 40 something minutes use. what is the time on for android os for you guys?
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wow 5 hours display time thats insane. i hit just over 4 hours today. android os was at 40 something minutes use. what is the time on for android os for you guys?
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Up time has been a little over 24 hours. On this charge, about 10 hours and 50% percent battery life left.
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Seems like the percentage drops the more other things use battery.
I'm not worried about the percentage for now, considering how little drain I was actually experiencing.
Android os is a problem. Unplugged for two hours it ran for 20 minutes and brought me to 85%. Had to reboot
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Up time has been a little over 24 hours. On this charge, about 10 hours and 50% percent battery life left.
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Which Galaxy SII do you have? Do you have the UK version?
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Which Galaxy SII do you have? Do you have the UK version?
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At&t for me
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So my extended battery and case arrived. I bought the only one on EBay advertised for the AT&T version. Today is my first day of use. When it arrived it was charged to 67%. One thing I will say is the phone feels 3 times as heavy as it used to but the case fits snugly. The battery reads for the I9100 Samsung galaxy s2. I will upload a pic as soon as I figure out how to do it from my phone.
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nice, keep us posted...
Oh wow! How much was it? What does the outside of the back cover look like? Does it have the same texture/feel as the standard cover?
Definitely interested in how this turns out
Hello guys well so far so good. I am at 54% and the last time the battery was connected was exactly 8 he's ago. I have sent and recieved 74 data messages using group me. I have read a 102 page ebook today. And streamed 4 utube videos each about 10 min in length. I also streamed about 10 movie previews using flixster. I am almost certain that if I were using the oem battery the phone would be close to dead right about now. I am very very pleased with the battery life that I got today. I probably did more today with my phone then I have since I purchased it and to still have over 50 percent of battery life after 8 hours pleases me. What I did notice though is that the phone off of the charger it dropped down to 93 percent within an hour. And the reason why I noticed it is because I took it off of the charger to go to a meeting and when I came back I was like whoa. I have to wonder if it was truly charged to 100 percent because it has taken me some time to write this post and my screen has been on the entire time 10 min and I have only lost 1%. The case itself is plastic but it does not have the same texture as the original it is smooth but it is not slippery I am currently holding the phone with 2 fingers tilted at almost a 90 degree handle and its sticking. In any case it's easier to hold the phone now probably due to the added bulk. Once my Captivate charges I will take better pics of the case itself. I will also post a link to the item on ebay shortly. I believe I paid $24 or $26. Now of course my test is not scientific but again I consider myself am a heavy user and I am happy!!
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I left the screen on for a little over 30 min to see how much battery drain would occur. I was also typing the previous comment I made earlier then switched over to FB and Google+ not bad for having screen on at about 50% of its brightness.
The pictures were taken with the samsung captivate
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Here is the link.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e1140...tem=320761063292&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:1123
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There was one other I found on Ebay advertised as compatible with the I777. However, it was removed shortly after I sent a question asking if the battery was NFC capable and not cause the phone to boot loop with the USB cable plugged in. I guess it wasn't compatible after all...
So your new battery charges as normal? No issues with the cable plugged in?
I will do some research later to see if this battery has the nfc chip not sure how to detect that. I have not experienced any problems using my phone while plugged into the charger. Actually I play tank hero last night for about 15 minutes and the phone did run warm not extremely hot but it was definitely noticeable.
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One thing that I failed to mention last night because I just realized it this morning. I am running Juice Defender Plus but I have been using it from day one with this one because I used it with the Captivate. My excitement got the better of me but again I used this app and the exact same settings when the OEM was installed in the my phone. My settings are for it to check the network every 5 minutes and stay awake for 2 minutes after checking then cut data network again for 5 minutes. Not that comfortable with playing with the rest of the settings because there are a lot more things you can do but that is probably helping me achieve greater than normal battery life. Right now it says that JD has increased my battery life by 1.53 times since it has been running. Over the weekend I will have to test the battery without JD so that those that don't use any of these kind of apps will get a true idea of what battery performance you should expect.
DinoB12 said:
My settings are for it to check the network every 5 minutes and stay awake for 2 minutes after checking then cut data network again for 5 minutes.
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What setting do you use for this? I've turned off "Background Data" and have seen a huge increase in battery life so far. If I could get JD+ to automate this process on some kind of schedule, it would be great!
Wow the extended battery doubles the thickness of the phone... i've been getting good battery life after putting in CM7 and re-calibrating the battery..
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Are regular cases compatible with the extended battery?
Nevermind.
Love the idea of a bigger battery but I can't justify the bulk when I went 15 hour and only lost 40%... Granted it was light use, like checking XDA texting and small internet usage, but then again, that's with no jd with 1.4 mhz oc and full sync and everything. Cyanogen mod gave me the battery life I want without the bulk
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Wow I wish I had the guts to install Cyanogen on my phone. I will try it on my captivate first. And you are right it nearly triples
the weight of the phone.
JD Plus actually gives u the ability to change how often your phone turns off the data. 5,15,30,60 minute increments. Today I have not used my phone much at all. Unplugged 5 hours and 14 minutes ago and it has 94% remaining.
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I was all set to buy an extended battery but no need now. 36 hours off charger with light use and 76% battery life remaining. JD+ and bloatware frozen did the trick. This is with background data on and syncing..
Does Cm7 really improve battery life by that much? I've been using UnNamed
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NFC?
the next question would be, does the battery have the NFC "antenna"?
Because the OE battery has the antenna beneath the samsung sticker.
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Does Cm7 really improve battery life by that much? I've been using UnNamed
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Yes it does. There are no att apps and processes running in the background.. CM7 plus setCPU will dramatically increase your batt life
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My Verizon store has extended batteries for all 4g phones for $25 plus my 25% discount. My question is, is it worth the added bulk? Last long?
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Hands down, unquestionably the best decision I've made. Lasts all day with no problem.
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Yeah it's pretty much needed if you wanna use it hardcore or go on long trips... I mean I've gotten 34+ hours outta mine with regular use on a stock, unrooted phone. Where if I'm lucky I can pull 12+ outta the stock battery. And it's not really that much added bulk, overall it makes the phone weigh 1/2 a lb, with one of the ext. battery cases.
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Hands down, unquestionably the best decision I've made. Lasts all day with no problem.
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What Rom are u running? New or old firmware? I can get maybe 9 hours now with moderate use.
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Yeah, I'd so go for it. Right now on the BAMF Rom Been up 6 hrs 41 mins, still have 92%. Screen 49%, wifi 21%, etc.
Personally I like the added bulk. I have pretty big hands and if a phone is too thin it is a little clumsy. The added bulk gives me something to hold.
Ive heard even with an extended the battery life isnt stellar.
Wow, im gonna get that now!
phyba said:
What Rom are u running? New or old firmware? I can get maybe 9 hours now with moderate use.
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RezRom 3.3 old firmware.... I average 36 hours in between charges on wifi, 22 on 4g
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What's your guy's screen time on at?
Evo4gLI said:
Hands down, unquestionably the best decision I've made. Lasts all day with no problem.
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+ 1 to that. Best thing that happened to my Rezound. I gave up my Droid Razr to get the Rezound + Extended Battery.
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Ive heard even with an extended the battery life isnt stellar.
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Wherever you got that info from, it's completely wrong.
My phone running the setup in my sig with an extended battery gets almost as good battery life as my bosses maxx.
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What's your guy's screen time on at?
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I'm on battery 23 hours mixed wifi and 4g, moderate usage with 37 percent remaining and screen on 3 hours and 26 minutes
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jmorton10 said:
Wherever you got that info from, it's completely wrong.
My phone running the setup in my sig with an extended battery gets almost as good battery life as my bosses maxx.
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A few on here have said it before. What kind of life are you getting?
I bought one on day one, and only used it for one day. I did not like the poor fitment of the cover, or the added bulk. I adapted by always having a charger handy.
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A few on here have said it before. What kind of life are you getting?
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I get a full work day and still have like 70% left when I get home as long as I'm not streaming audio with iheart radio or Sirius radio online. Those two apps will kill even the big battery in about 8 hours.
The big battery is the best investment you can make with this phone, I have 3 of them. I like everything about it. The bigger size gives a better grip on the phone also.
i get close to a full 24 hours with 4g on all the time. if i chose to switch back to 3g to prolong life about 36-48 hours. this is with moderate use running Nils ICS ROM.
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I get a full work day and still have like 70% left when I get home as long as I'm not streaming audio with iheart radio or Sirius radio online. Those two apps will kill even the big battery in about 8 hours.
The big battery is the best investment you can make with this phone, I have 3 of them. I like everything about it. The bigger size gives a better grip on the phone also.
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Cool. I'm about to pick one up with the case and holster for $44. Nit bad.
This is at ALL corporate Verizon stores Ive been told
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What's your guy's screen time on at?
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I just got the battery and it dropped from 45% to 30 % during a 20 minute call?? Is this normal? What's typical break in period?
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phyba said:
I just got the battery and it dropped from 45% to 30 % during a 20 minute call?? Is this normal? What's typical break in period?
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You should be charging it fully before using it to calibrate.
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