I currently have a droid charge. I have a buddy wanting to give me a thunderbolt with 5 cases, an extended battery and another extra battery. What about the thunderbolt would make me want to switch??? I had one before when it first came out but got rid of it quickly because of the awful battery life... convince me guys...
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sorry but all 4G phones have bad battery life due to the 4G signal. there's all sorts of tweaks here & there to help improve battery life but generally you won't see a big difference.
i personally don't even use the stock battery at all, just the extended. even though the battery isn't that great, the 4G speeds sure beat 3G hands down. i could never see myself switching back to a 3G phone.
for instance, on my old Incredible 2, i could download a 700MB file in about 1 1/2 - 2 hours if i'm lucky. now on my Thunderbolt i can do the same in about 5 - 10 minutes. i also use it for tethering to my laptop all the time.
Although I hate to have to create yet another 'battery life' thread, I'd really like to get some insight into how Note users are faring on LTE and LTE ONLY. No one ever mentions what kind of network they're on in the other battery life threads and LTE battery life will differ greatly from those who are on HSPA. Hopefully this will also clear up some confusion for other LTE users who are seeing astronomical standby/screen on times compared to their own.
FWIW, I've never gotten more than 3hrs of screen on time and 12hrs standby on LTE - that's after root and de-bloat (stock rom). IMO, this is far from the "all day battery life" mentions I've seen strewn about the blogosphere. It's hard for me to judge where I stand compared to others since most screenshots I see show HSPA or wifi in the status bar...
So please, post some results of your Note's battery life on LTE ONLY. There's already plenty of battery life info for those on HSPA.
Thanks!
Sounds about right. I'm constantly in an LTE are and the most screen time i can achieve is no more than 3 hours.
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Same here except it is about 2.5 hrs of screen at the most
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+ 1 I am in a pretty constant LTE zone and 3 hours seems about right. It's become something of a problem. I love the speed of LTE but I feel I've gone back years with constantly having to watch the battery status on the Note.
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yup same deal here gets me through the daily with about 3-4 hours of screen time
Get Juice Defender.
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Eddie Bombay said:
Get Juice Defender.
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I have juice defender installed... But to me that defeats the purpose of this device - 15 minute sync intervals, disconnects Google talk etc. Reminds me of the og iphone lol.
Guess I'm just aiming too high? Too bad we don't even have the option to try HSPA... Yet.
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Does anyone know which of these consumes more of the battery? In most cases I prefer to use LTE because it is so much faster but I winder how it compares to wifi in terms of draining the battery. Any ideas?
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Mine seems to last longer on wifi. First got the phone i would use wifi most of the time for fear over doing data UsAge. Have been running exclusively lte for last week and battery seems to not last as long. Wifi= 1 day and 3 to 4 hours life. Lte= 20 hours to 1 day life. 3 to 4 hours displAy with 2-3hours music playing which doesn't allow deep sleep. Overall really pleased with battery life with this phone.
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xplan9 said:
Does anyone know which of these consumes more of the battery? In most cases I prefer to use LTE because it is so much faster but I winder how it compares to wifi in terms of draining the battery. Any ideas?
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definitely lte consumes much more battery.
When on wifi I can easily last a day or two.
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Yep, the LTE radio uses much more power than the WiFi one does.
Well, I guess you gotta pay for that download speed one way or the other. If it wasn't for the battery drain I would definitely stay on LTE all the time. However, the drain for me is pretty drastic.
Over 33hrs on battery and over 7hrs screen time...4g ia on all the time..so is gps. The only thing i have shut off is auto sync..I sync manually and it really helps battery life...what are you other maxx users averaging
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Ive gotten just under that and charged at 30%.
That's not accurate you charged up in the middle of the time period, anyone can get unlimited time that way.
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I've been really happy with my battery life today. I have 41% left and have over 5 hours of screen on time.
This is over wifi though. With LTE only I get about 5 hours of screen on time total.
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That's not accurate you charged up in the middle of the time period, anyone can get unlimited time that way.
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That's what it looked like to me too lol. I see that major drop and rise.
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I just dropped to 40% here:
At 8% now and I got 7.5 hours of screen on time! :O
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24-30 hours or so, give or take. 6-7 hours of screen time, though all depends on my location for service since that is what really drains my battery. Though hopefully to increase said item with a recent tweak. On the leaked ICS rom.
Actually surprised more phones haven't tried to really up there battery size more. Baffles me that "consumer tests" at least the one I read that battery life wasn't a priority for that user group, think it was for HTC. Not a priority? What are they on, if its any business related or making it through a full day on a charge is needed expecially if traveling with limited access to plugs.
Razr Maxx is the only kind of LTE device SHOULD be available to consumer at this stage. All others are kind of deceptive things that use fancy features to lure consumers.
battery is SO important.
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That's not accurate you charged up in the middle of the time period, anyone can get unlimited time that way.
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+1 TRUTH. Even my OG RAZR gets great battery life when its plugged in lol
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I willing be ditching my Note 2 and I want to know from you guys that have had experience with the dna your overall opinions on the battery.
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right now i'm at 37%. off the charger for 12 hours, with 2:20 screen on time. i'll get 3 hours screen on by the end of the day. this is using wifi all day, taking many pics, sending lots of texts and MMS in an area with crappy 4g service (so MMS take forever to go through, if they do) and plenty of emails..then used facebook, instagram, tapatalk, etc.
on 4g, i'd probably get 10 hours or so with 3 hours screen on time. yesterday i had 16.5 hours with 3 hours screen on time on wifi/4g mix.
I have very good 4g where I live and I always use wifi when I'm at home. I mainly read up on tech blogs, a lot of Web browsing a few quick videos and some picture taking. So im hoping I can get 12 hrs.
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i think you'll be able to. like i said, i've gotten up to 16-17 hours before. it's not bad, it's pretty much the same as the GS3
Its holding good for me. This is the last 24 hours.
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I get 12-15 hours off charger with 4-5 hours on screen time.
Auto brightness, most stuff syncing. Streaming spotify for at least an hour and playing a good amount games.
It doesn't hold up to the note 2, but its the same if not better than the s3
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I get 12-15 hours off charger with 4-5 hours on screen time.
Auto brightness, most stuff syncing. Streaming spotify for at least an hour and playing a good amount games.
It doesn't hold up to the note 2, but its the same if not better than the s3
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I get these exact same numbers as well. Theres a thread in here called "enough with the battery already" in which people have posted screenshots and go more in depth about battery usage and stats.
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J.Guido85 said:
I willing be ditching my Note 2 and I want to know from you guys that have had experience with the dna your overall opinions on the battery.
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Did you check the BATTERY THREAD???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34082361
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Bigandrewgold said:
I get 12-15 hours off charger with 4-5 hours on screen time.
Auto brightness, most stuff syncing. Streaming spotify for at least an hour and playing a good amount games.
It doesn't hold up to the note 2, but its the same if not better than the s3
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I know everyone has there opinion but battery life is not close with gs3.
Battery is the DNA biggest issue.
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intruda119 said:
I know everyone has there opinion but battery life is not close with gs3.
Battery is the DNA biggest issue.
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Everyone I know with a s3 gets about 4 hours on screen time, which the DNA can easily get. I've gotten above 5 a couple of times.
Either you got a lemon of a DNA or you are confusing the s3 with the note 2.
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Battery life for me has been awesome. Coming from the Rezound, on a good day with medium to light use (for me) I'd be lucky to get 12 hours. I bet I could go two days on my DNA before I'd HAVE to plug in. As always, YMMV.
On days when I use my DNA heavily (3+ hours of streaming videos with some web browsing mixed in + another combined 1-2 hours of texting, checking FB, etc), I can make it from 6AM through to 12AM. Granted, I'm usually at around 9% by 12AM, but I can still make it through the day without needing to worry about battery. On days when I just use it for the 1-2 hours of texting, checking FB, etc., I can go for 2 days before I need to charge. I am mostly in 4G LTE areas, with around 1 hour combined time spent underground with no signal. My mobile network is always on, I never use WiFi, my auto-sync is always on, and my screen brightness is set to around 40%.
So in my honest opinion, the DNA's battery is quite decent. My brother has an SIII and he doesn't get anywhere close to these numbers.
I'm on my second day of using the phone (I had it on the charger for hours the previous day until around 4:30 P.M.) It is currently 9:56 A.M. the next day and I have about 46% on the battery (Quoted use time is 14h 29 min on battery). This is on moderate use, so not too shabby. I have never had a good battery in any of my phones (I came from the regular Droid Razr, so 2020maH vs. 1780maH) so I am used to not having a good battery.
FYI, I rooted this and flashed a ROM on it about a week ago, and there isn't any definitive upgrade over battery performance yet. While it's nice to have no bloatware, I haven't found anything out that really is much of a benefit over Sense 4.1 in terms of performance/battery. Too many bugs to work out yet.
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The battery life on the DNA has FAR EXCEEDED any expectations I would have had.
I have had the phone about 3 weeks now and I do not use it heavily, so I have gotten up to 3 days, 6 hours of battery out of this thing.
The least I have gotten has been about 23 hours and that was driving from NH to NYC and making calls, texting(not while driving of course :angel: ), GPS navigation running and checking things like FB and Twitter. Average seems to be about 29-30 hours for me.
So I am VERY pleased so far, HTC did a great job with battery management.
I'm coming from a T-Bolt, which is known by all to have horrific battery life.
The DNA has blown me away in terms of battery life.
I dont do video or music streaming. But I do heavy voice, txt and constant data (exchange push, gmail, and sending lots of emails per day). Also a fair amount of web browsing, FB, twitter, and all that stuff.
Im coming from an evo lte to the DNA. Its really amazed the hell outta me the difference. I mean the evo has dual core and a smaller screen and no were near as powerful. How they can make something use less juice but that much stronger is really cool. Id say 30% better. You want me to solve ALL your battery needs and questions? Best damn thing I ever bought. You wanna talk about powerful! I rate it a 6.5 outta 5 stars lol.
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It doesn't hold up to the note 2, but its the same if not better than the s3
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I can easily get 48 hours with my SGS3 (with ICS), a little less with JB. Can you manage to get that long with a DNA ?
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Im coming from an evo lte to the DNA. Its really amazed the hell outta me the difference. I mean the evo has dual core and a smaller screen and no were near as powerful. How they can make something use less juice but that much stronger is really cool. Id say 30% better. You want me to solve ALL your battery needs and questions? Best damn thing I ever bought. You wanna talk about powerful! I rate it a 6.5 outta 5 stars lol.
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Which model Anker is that? I'm looking into the Anker Astro3E 10,000mAh one
Bagbug said:
I can easily get 48 hours with my SGS3 (with ICS), a little less with JB. Can you manage to get that long with a DNA ?
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How much screen time did you use? Talk time? Number of texts sent? How much WiFi or 4G data did you use? I can claim to do the same with my DroidX if I turn on Airplane mode
Bagbug said:
I can easily get 48 hours with my SGS3 (with ICS), a little less with JB. Can you manage to get that long with a DNA ?
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With my GS3, I would range anywhere between 18-30 hours with 4+ hours of screen time. That was on ICS or JB. I was rooted with custom ROM's, but I didn't do anything special other than that. A lot of it was with the stock kernels.
I'm only on my 3rd full day with the DNA and I'm keeping a very close eye on battery life. I want to make sure I'm at least getting close to my GS3 otherwise it might not be a worthy move for me after all. So far it has been doing decent but I haven't been able to have a normal usage day yet. Today would be my first normal usage day.
If the battery holds up, I like the DNA more than the GS3, so I would keep it. If the battery doesn't hold up, I'm going to consider the Note 2.
I'm on my first full work day. Pretty confident that ill make to the end of the day.
Only issue is that I had to change my habits a little. Stock vs stock with gs3 is clear winner as far as anything media related to battery.
By no means is it horrible.
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