Just got the Maxx yesterday battery question - Motorola Droid RAZR

Hi all
So im lovin this RAZR MAXX but I would like to ask a question about the battery.
So I unplugged it at 7am this morning used the internet a little bit a total of 20 minutes voice calls and about one hour of telenav GPS and the battery is at 60%. Does that sound normal? Sounds kind of quick no?
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It takes a few cycles to get max battery life, but are you on 4G and how bright is your screen?

The thing that killed your battery was the hour of GPS usage... But remember, 60 percent of a Razr Maxx battery is still more the a fully charged OG Razr. My advice, stop worrying about the battery and just enjoy the phone. You've got the best factory battery life that money can buy.
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1 hour of GPS usage actually isn't that bad on the RAZR, I use that regularly and it barely makes a dent. Screen brightness and 4G however will drain it.

Likely has to do with it being a new battery. It really needs a couple of cycles (running it down below 5% and then recharge to 100%) for the phone to estimate the size of your battery. Android actually cuts off charge to the battery at a certain level to protect the battery, so if it thinks you have a smaller battery, it'll shut off earlier.
Basically.. just keep using your phone normally for a few days and your battery should improve.

Had better to turn off the GPS and wifi function to extend your battery life.

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Never saw such good battery life on my EVO4G or My Nexus S4G

Battery life has been pretty great on my EVO 3D using juice defender and SetCPU.
Switched to Sprint for this thing yesterday and I gotta agree. Coming from an SGS I've learned to be paranoid about my battery life, so when I barely see the battery draining off this thing I have myself convinced that it HAS to be a bug lol
How is your awake time so low compared to your up time!!
How can I see what is keeping my phone awake.
pkny said:
How is your awake time so low compared to your up time!!
How can I see what is keeping my phone awake.
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Because in the time that the phone has actually been powered on, its only been in use 4 hours. If he had been really using it, the battery would be down more than it is, but its still good battery life.
I agree, of all the devices have had so far, HERO, EVO 4G, EPIC, 3D. the 3D (comparing all of them on stock) has had the best battery life of them all. Heck even my Rooted EPIC with SFR 1.1.1 didnt get quite as good battery life, and it was rooted.
you guys know that the 3d has a larger battery than all those phones listed right?
still has the best battery i've used.
Well you will get amazing battery life turning the display brightness down anyday though. Still i have to agree this phone has great battery life. On auto my biggest battery drainer is the display but still I can get through all day with the phone. I unplugged the phone yesterday at 6 in the morning and at 9 at night I still had 20% battery life and that is with medium usage.
you barely used it. i can get great standby time too. but once i have the screen on and turn data on or a game you drop something like 10 percent an hour.
in the past 53 minutes ive had my screen on for 17 minutes. lost 8 percent.
Up Time: 37:49:30
Awake Time: 05:17:50
Battery Remaining - 52%
Impressed with battery life thus far.
I think the battery life is even better at 1.5 GHz and stock voltage.
well you guys are lucky cause my battery life stinks. medium usage, brightness at 30% sync accounts knocked back , no 4g and im getting 4-5 hours out of this thing which I think is terrible. something is wrong. Anyone else experiencing the same ?
how much of the battery is listed as "display"? last week while i was working i would leave my phone in my truck and come check on it an hour later to notice a 30%+ drop in battery. it would die after only being unplugged for 5 hours. but then i realized my screen wasn't ever turning off so if i got a text, notification, etc. that turned my screen on, my battery got drained idling in my truck.
rebooting usually fixed it but i think it was one of the early temp roots that really was causing it because i don't think it happens anymore
under battery usage the display is 75% percent of drain the rest is voice calls
mine is stock, no root here
Wow thats crazy my phone has an up time of 87 hours and an awake time of 69, i still have 95% battery left.
I'm dominating all of you.
Or maybe those two numbers mean nothing besides how long the phone has been on, and not anything to do with battery
tablo said:
Up Time: 37:49:30
Awake Time: 05:17:50
Battery Remaining - 52%
Impressed with battery life thus far.
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Battery Remaining Now - 51%
Battery Usage:
Display - 35%
Voice Calls - 21%
Cell Standby - 14%
Phone Idle - 12%
Wi-Fi - 8%
Maps - 6%
Battery life is awesome on this phone. I still think its too good to be true. When I turn off mobile data, I can easily go a whole weekend without charging my phone. And that's with sending and receiving over a thousand texts, taking random drunken pics and vids, and talking on the phone for long periods of time. I only turn on mobile data when I need to sync up for fb, email and such or look up stuff, and I've pretty much been charging my phone every other day, and sometimes on the 3rd day. This alone makes this phone priceless to me and I've never been so satisfied with a phone like I am now.
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All and all battery life on this phone is average. It lasts the same 9-10 hours as every other android i've owned. I spend the same amount of time doing the same things day in day out.
The only android I've ever noticed an exception was the NS4G and it had crazy battery life, easily 20 hours.
I think its better to post time the display or voice calls was used rather than percentage.
I'm at about 13 hrs usage with about 2hrs and 50 minutes with the display on. Probably close to 20% battery left
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[Q] Multiple batteries and battery stats

I just picked up a spare battery and was curious to hear some opinions on what would affect the battstats the most.
Would the stats and battery drain be less accurate if I were to bump charge multiple times a day, or if I swapped out batteries when needed?
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What my girlfriend and I have noticed is at the beginning multi battery straight swaps aren't that bad. Over time though the stats get bad and charge life BLOWS GOATS. Also on another note I purchased an extended battery 3600mAh and that thing sucked horse malarkey! To get it to fully charge we had to use an external charger. when u put it on the phone it rocked at 100% for about 30 minutes then dropped to like 15%, then 5%, then sat at 1% for 16-48 hours straight depending how it was charged. The ongoing low battery notification was just too annoying so we tossed it.
Overall a single battery is your best bet but a secondary battery will get you by in a pinch. That's how her an I both roll now and seem to get much better battery life with a single battery.
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[Q] Battery Calibration - Seidio Extended Battery

So I was one of those who was finding my battery life to not be sufficient on the Photon and bought the Seidio extended battery. First thought is that it does make the phone heavier, but I can deal with that. Not a deal breaker.
My issue is that the Photon doesn't recognize the fact that I now have the extended battery. I've spent the last two days using Battery calibration software (charging overnight to 100%) and then trying to discharge completely and recharge. The problem is that the phone continually is showing 1% for almost 3-4 hours if not longer. I can't get it to recognize that there is more juice in there.
While it's great that it seems to be working well (first real work day with it today), having the battery drain like mad (or seemingly) and then sitting at 1% for half or more of the day and not knowing when it will die is a problem.
I wonder if this is why the stock seemed to drain so quickly - maybe it's a programming bug? Firmware bug? I dunno. In any event, any suggestions on how to make the phone actually see that there's more juice would be great.
As an FYI I've used "Battery Calibrator" - both of them and Battery Drainer and Fast Discharge to get the phone down. I am rooted, but everything is stock other then the root itself.
Thanks!
Rumor has it, that the latest software update decreases battery life. I have the latest update, (I understand that many have this issue updating, if you do, look it up in the forums, you will need to SBF the first version of software to your phone...), and my battery life could be a lot better, like it used to be.
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Well the issue now with the new battery isn't so much battery life. With the extended battery the life is stellar. This issue is that yesterday at about 3 in the afternoon the phone showed 1 percent battery life. Yet it didn't ever die. When i plugged it in last night before going to bed, at 1200, I still had 1 percent. So the issue is that the phone isn't properly recognizing the battery life itself.
Help?
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cubexg said:
Well the issue now with the new battery isn't so much battery life. With the extended battery the life is stellar. This issue is that yesterday at about 3 in the afternoon the phone showed 1 percent battery life. Yet it didn't ever die. When i plugged it in last night before going to bed, at 1200, I still had 1 percent. So the issue is that the phone isn't properly recognizing the battery life itself.
Help?
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I understand that you have used the battery calibration application, try installing CWM, ClockworkMod, after you root the phone. Drain the battery, charge to 100% boot up into CWM, and go to advanced, and clear battery stats...
If that doesn't work, then I could be the battery, or the phone itself. See if any other members have any insight.
Can't change bootloader on photon without breaking 4g as far as I know. Will crosspost in main photon forum. Thanks!
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Battery Life

What is everyone's battery life on this phone? 55 minutes in with light use I'm down to 75%
My phone is rooted so not sure if that matters, waiting on someone to allow LTE to be switched off
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I haven't done any objective tests (too busy playing with it) but mine has been great. I'm rooted and overclocked. I've enabled the lowest power stepping, my battery power has been phenomenonal and getting better. Inverted apps, dark themes, great deep idle and a massive stock battery I fully expect the g -note to shape up as a new standard in phone battery life.
You've must have something, a background service, something like that, and it is chewing up your electrons. Have you checked your battery stats? If you can't find a power thief return it, or at least exchange the battery. With millions of batteries there has got to be a few bad ones. Until then, can you post a battery usage graph?
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I've always found it wise to run the battery to full charge/complete discharge a time or two to calibrate the battery
When I got my skyrocket new, I drained the battery down to 20% in 5 hours, then it took another 5 hours to drain that. Afterwards, the battery "appeared" to last longer. Today is my "kill the battery" day.
I've always read the Li-Ion batteries work best at 40% capacity. Not sure why, but I would think that the meter is highly inaccurate at the upper and lower ends of the readings.

Razr Maxx Battery Life

Had my Razr Maxx for two days and was wondering if this was good battery life.
Battery is at 70 per Battery Indicator Pro.
16 hours on battery - took off charger when I got up at 4:30 am.
Cell stand by 29% - time on 16 hours - no signal 20%.
Display 18% - 1 hr 50 mins.
Voice Calls 15% - 19 mins.
Android OS 13% - 30 mins.
Phone Idle 7% - 15 hrs.
Android System 6% - 11 mins.
Bluetooth was on 11.5 hrs.
Am running Galaxy Live Wallpaper.
Used Fresh Network when I got to work at 6 am.
CDMA only.
No GPS.
Had sim card removed while playing with another phone for an hour.
Had WiFi on for an hour.
Have a Smart Action to disable cellular data setup.
Am also syncing two gmail accounts.
If you're at 70% with 16 hours that should tell you its good.
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I got this with a reg razr
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lucidvtec said:
I got this with a reg razr
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I don't believe it.
BrettXNA said:
Had my Razr Maxx for two days and was wondering if this was good battery life.
Battery is at 70 per Battery Indicator Pro.
16 hours on battery - took off charger when I got up at 4:30 am.
Cell stand by 29% - time on 16 hours - no signal 20%.
Display 18% - 1 hr 50 mins.
Voice Calls 15% - 19 mins.
Android OS 13% - 30 mins.
Phone Idle 7% - 15 hrs.
Android System 6% - 11 mins.
Bluetooth was on 11.5 hrs.
Am running Galaxy Live Wallpaper.
Used Fresh Network when I got to work at 6 am.
CDMA only.
No GPS.
Had sim card removed while playing with another phone for an hour.
Had WiFi on for an hour.
Have a Smart Action to disable cellular data setup.
Am also syncing two gmail accounts.
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That's insanely good. I'm such a heavy user my battery barely makes it through the day.
I got my Razr MAXX yesterday, fully charged it overnight. Woke up at 6am, battery was at 100%. It's 3:00pm now, and the battery is at 50%. Been using the phone quite a bit today, but don't think this is what I paid $300 for! Plaese tell me if I'm wrong...
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ari-nj said:
I got my Razr MAXX yesterday, fully charged it overnight. Woke up at 6am, battery was at 100%. It's 3:00pm now, and the battery is at 50%. Been using the phone quite a bit today, but don't think this is what I paid $300 for! Plaese tell me if I'm wrong...
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The reason you are having less than expected battery life is because the battery isn't conditioned yet. Best way to do it is to charge it to 100% before using the first time. Then you discharge it as much as possible by using the flashlight all the time, turn on Bluetooth and GPS, wifi, etc. Then completely charge it. Do this for about a week and your battery life should get quite a bit better. Had to do it with both my stock battery and extended one for my Epic 4G Touch. Made all the difference in the world. The batteries do not come pre-conditioned from the manufacturer. Your mileage may vary though...
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Actually don't do the above it doesn't help and if you do it too much you will hurt the battery. Also new Li-Ion batteries are conditioned when you get them. Keep it charged, keep the phone cool never hot, and never let the battery stay completely discharged.
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LaLongeCarabine said:
Actually don't do the above it doesn't help and if you do it too much you will hurt the battery. Also new Li-Ion batteries are conditioned when you get them. Keep it charged, keep the phone cool never hot, and never let the battery stay completely discharged.
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If that is the case with Li-Ion batteries, then why did the manufacture say to do that as part of the conditioning process? Not meaning to be rude about it but conditioning a battery, Li-Ion or not, Is good for people that use the hell out of their phones. Same goes with car batteries. I aint saying to do it all the time with a cell phone but the first week aint going to mess it up. It is actually better on Li-Ion batteries to do complete cycles than partial. Do your research for yourself and see.
Also, my co-worker had an E4GT, with an extended battery like mine. I did the conditioning process that I described and that was recommended by the battery's MFG. My battery lasted almost TWO days. His would last about 18 hours off the charger. Proof is in the pudding.
Guys.. keep using your phone and let it cycle through normal charges for about a week. You should have better battery life. Android takes a while to learn where to stop your battery, and it often will undercharge it during the first few cycles.
I have two Traxxas R/C trucks. And they use Lithium Ion batteries. It is known that you never let them heat up excessively. Reason is heat will kill the life expectancy of lithium in a heart beat. Most of the time cutting its charge capacity in half. The same goes for letting it die. If the battery does not have a protection circuit built into the battery or on the phone it self and the battery drops below 3.2 volts per cell. Then the life will be cut. Lithium is a very touchy chemistry. In all of its current forms it needs to be handled and maintained properly.
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I have two Traxxas R/C trucks. And they use Lithium Ion batteries. It is known that you never let them heat up excessively. Reason is heat will kill the life expectancy of lithium in a heart beat. Most of the time cutting its charge capacity in half. The same goes for letting it die. If the battery does not have a protection circuit built into the battery or on the phone it self and the battery drops below 3.2 volts per cell. Then the life will be cut. Lithium is a very touchy chemistry. In all of its current forms it needs to be handled and maintained properly.
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Those are lipo (lithium polymer). They are more susceptible to voltage issues and dropping below their charge threshold.
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I downloaded juice defender today... Been off the charger since about 5am and it's now 8:15pm. I have over 40% battery left! I also just got my verizon navigation dashboard mount, had the phone plugged in for a little while, but overall I think that if I keep this up, I should be in pretty good shape.
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No problems here. Been off the charger since 6:15 CST and many calls, browsing, about 200 txt messages, YouTube vids and streaming Pandora I'm still at 57%.
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EVO -vs- MAXX
Comi from an HTC Evo ... Let just say the MAXX if off charge from 0430 until bedtime ar 2100 ... lowest the battery has gotten - with moderate use through the day is 40%! Had this been my Evo, I'd have charged the phone twice during the day.
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Comi from an HTC Evo ... Let just say the MAXX if off charge from 0430 until bedtime ar 2100 ... lowest the battery has gotten - with moderate use through the day is 40%! Had this been my Evo, I'd have charged the phone twice during the day.
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did you flash the maxx to Sprint or what?
Had the Maxx for a week now and I love it! Been off the charger for 15 hrs with over 2 hrs screen on and 2 hrs 20 min talk time, light browsing, and a little ebay app, still have 46%. I had a rezound with the extended battery and I got similar battery life. Seems like it's doing better every day.
I purposely left my maxx off the charger last night. This morning at 6:15 it was at 17% battery life left. This is way better than my dinc with the extended 2150 battery. I would have already charged it a couple times with the same amount of usage.
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lilross88 said:
If that is the case with Li-Ion batteries, then why did the manufacture say to do that as part of the conditioning process? Not meaning to be rude about it but conditioning a battery, Li-Ion or not, Is good for people that use the hell out of their phones. Same goes with car batteries. I aint saying to do it all the time with a cell phone but the first week aint going to mess it up. It is actually better on Li-Ion batteries to do complete cycles than partial. Do your research for yourself and see.
Also, my co-worker had an E4GT, with an extended battery like mine. I did the conditioning process that I described and that was recommended by the battery's MFG. My battery lasted almost TWO days. His would last about 18 hours off the charger. Proof is in the pudding.
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Sorry, not to be a jerk but all the information in your posts is completely inaccurate. Each battery type differs so you cannot generalize and compare it to a car battery. Nowhere has it ever been said by any cellular phone manufacturer that the battery requires any conditioning. In fact, continuously discharging the battery completely, shortens its life span.
Lithium-ion batteries actually prefer partial charge/discharges not complete discharges as this damages the battery as I stated above. Also, you should never run the LED light for long periods of time as that can cause damage to the LED and possibly the phone. Any improvement you may perceive from your practices IS likely due to the fact that the meter may have required a few charge cycles to become more accurate. However, complete charge cycles do not require the battery to be completely discharged.
Again this is not meant to offend you but I feel it's important to not give inaccurate info as incorrect information can potentially cause damage to someones phone in the long term.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
ari-nj said:
I downloaded juice defender today... Been off the charger since about 5am and it's now 8:15pm. I have over 40% battery left! I also just got my verizon navigation dashboard mount, had the phone plugged in for a little while, but overall I think that if I keep this up, I should be in pretty good shape.
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While I did see a nominal increase in battery life with Juice Defender, what drove me nuts was the time it took data to "wake up" after unlocking the phone. Eventually, I turned Juice Defender off.
And, like others, the first few days with my Maxx had 2 instances where I awoke to a dead battery. Now, 2 weeks later, charging and discharging is slow and predictable. About 2.5 hours from 5% to fully charged and a couple days of use between charges. No issues to speak of.

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