Related
I am really starting to loose my patience with the prime, I have had it for a week now and its just been a very a difficult ride so far. Coming from the original iPad, I never had any problem with it. For some reason, I lost 20% of my battery just surfing the web last night, now I did not view any videos, I was just reading several online newpapers. 20% in an hour !!! what the hell is going on here.
Can sombody recommend me a decent battery monitoring app pleaase? otherwise, this thing is going back and then I will have to beg Apple to take me back.
How many things do you have syncing? Cutting down on that saved me a lot of drain. Also the app you use depends on what you're looking for.
Where's my Droid power seems quite useless on the prime
Better battery stats is good for finding apps with wakelocks
Current widget is good for tracking the current your tablet was using but I'm not sure if it works on he prime
Good luck!
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium
lucky6877 said:
I am really starting to loose my patience with the prime, I have had it for a week now and its just been a very a difficult ride so far. Coming from the original iPad, I never had any problem with it. For some reason, I lost 20% of my battery just surfing the web last night, now I did not view any videos, I was just reading several online newpapers. 20% in an hour !!! what the hell is going on here.
Can sombody recommend me a decent battery monitoring app pleaase? otherwise, this thing is going back and then I will have to beg Apple to take me back.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What brightness was your screen set to? Did you have SuperIPS turned on? 20% seems excessive but having the brightness cranked up can noticeably impact battery life, and using SuperIPS nearly triples the drain.
FWIW I keep my screen brightness to about 30% most of the time and I surf the web for about an hour or two a day and I have been getting 3-4 days of battery life or more. I leave the tablet turned on all the time as well, and last night after 3 days I plugged it in because the battery had finally reached 50%.
lucky6877 said:
I am really starting to loose my patience with the prime, I have had it for a week now and its just been a very a difficult ride so far. Coming from the original iPad, I never had any problem with it. For some reason, I lost 20% of my battery just surfing the web last night, now I did not view any videos, I was just reading several online newpapers. 20% in an hour !!! what the hell is going on here.
Can sombody recommend me a decent battery monitoring app pleaase? otherwise, this thing is going back and then I will have to beg Apple to take me back.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My Battery Drain Analyzer is good if you want to see an ongoing indication of how much battery is being drained per hour. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain&feature=search_result
However, in order to characterize your battery use as good or bad, we'd need to know the brightness you were at (as others have mentioned), whether you're running Flash on the sites you were visiting, what performance mode you have the Prime running in, etc. Too many variables.
I'll add that it's difficult to compare an iOS device and an Android device in terms of battery use, because the Android device is likely doing much more in the background. There's a tradeoff between functionality and battery life (and between functionality and simplicity, etc.), and of course in such an equation Apple ALWAYS opts for reduced functionality. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's definitely Apple's approach and has to be factored into any comparison.
I do burn about 15%/hour when browsing, on 30% brightness or so and in Balanced performance mode. I've found the Prime to be excellent in battery use everywhere BUT browsing--video about 10%/hour, email/ebook reading/etc. bout 7.5%/hour, etc.
Thank you all for your comments. My brightness level is set to 20% and gps, bluetooth all set to off. I am now using auto airplane mode app and it has significantly improved the battery life. I am also now using a fantastic app called android assistant and i spotted services that were running like google+ and google voice search which were consuming a significant portion from my battery.
Links for apps i mentioned:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.advancedprocessmanager&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vbS5ibG9nc3BvdC5kb25rdW4zLmF1dG9haXJwbGFuZSJd
I clicked the thanks button for every response.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk
The best battery monitoring tool I've found is Battery Monitor Widgit.
And I would highly recommend Tasker over any app that is dedicated to turning a single function on or off. If, that is, you are willing to learn to set it up. You can do things like have it set screen brightness to max when you start YouTube and set it back down to your preferred setting when you exit YouTube, turn WiFi or GPS on or off based on certain criteria, etc, etc, etc.
A simple free alternative to Tasker that I use is AutomateIt. The most rules are set on my phone to turn antennas on/off and manipulate volumes while I'm at work, driving, or at the gym. If you're looking to do more complex thing, Tasker is probably the better alternative.
Col.Kernel said:
The best battery monitoring tool I've found is Battery Monitor Widgit.
And I would highly recommend Tasker over any app that is dedicated to turning a single function on or off. If, that is, you are willing to learn to set it up. You can do things like have it set screen brightness to max when you start YouTube and set it back down to your preferred setting when you exit YouTube, turn WiFi or GPS on or off based on certain criteria, etc, etc, etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 for tasker, make life very easy once you set it up....
Col.Kernel said:
The best battery monitoring tool I've found is Battery Monitor Widgit.
And I would highly recommend Tasker over any app that is dedicated to turning a single function on or off. If, that is, you are willing to learn to set it up. You can do things like have it set screen brightness to max when you start YouTube and set it back down to your preferred setting when you exit YouTube, turn WiFi or GPS on or off based on certain criteria, etc, etc, etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the tip about Android Assistant. It seems very useful!
However I would get rid of Auto Airplane mode, you don't need it.
Instead go into "Settings > Wifi > Advanced (top right menu)" and change the "Keep WiFi on when asleep" setting to "only when plugged-in (recommended)" or "never."
What this does is that any time the screen is off, but you are not currently downloading a file or app, the WiFi will be suspended until you turn the screen back on.
You can turn GPS off from the settings if you never plan on using it, and it doesn't make sense having an extra app running in the background that just duplicates functionality already found in the OS.
Hi all
This is my first post, so let's hope I've gotten it right and am abiding by all the rules and the n00b video. And yes I did search for a good 10 minutes about batterylife and battery before posting and didn't find anything relevant.
I've recently swapped over from Apple iPhone and I'm now very much enjoying being on Android. However batterylife is a big concern for me, as on iPhone I could go 2-3 days without charging and now I can barely make it home from work and I definately have to plug it in before dinner. And yes this is with me closing down applications, wifi when not used, bluetooth when not used, running latest kies released PHONE:LFB firmware and so on.
So my question is... how is your batterylife after having rooted and installed a custom rom? The one I'm thinking mostly about using is definately the new Preview 3 (or perhaps wait for 4 or 5) of CM10, that XpLoDWilD is working on. Does anyone have any experience with the batterylife before and after?
Thanks a lot for any help you can provide! :highfive:
Casper[DK] said:
Hi all
This is my first post, so let's hope I've gotten it right and am abiding by all the rules and the n00b video. And yes I did search for a good 10 minutes about batterylife and battery before posting and didn't find anything relevant.
I've recently swapped over from Apple iPhone and I'm now very much enjoying being on Android. However batterylife is a big concern for me, as on iPhone I could go 2-3 days without charging and now I can barely make it home from work and I definately have to plug it in before dinner. And yes this is with me closing down applications, wifi when not used, bluetooth when not used, running latest kies released PHONE:LFB firmware and so on.
So my question is... how is your batterylife after having rooted and installed a custom rom? The one I'm thinking mostly about using is definately the new Preview 3 (or perhaps wait for 4 or 5) of CM10, that XpLoDWilD is working on. Does anyone have any experience with the batterylife before and after?
Thanks a lot for any help you can provide! :highfive:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's very weird. Are you international or a US S3? I easily get 3 days battery, very easily. Perhaps try turning off useless stuff like bluetooth, gps, wifi, etc when you're not using them. Turn off push email and other useless crap. See how it goes then?
I still have the stock ROM, usually 3.5 days battery before it gets to 10% and i charge. I'm going to go to OMEGA rom soon though.
I have tried almost all custom roms out there. And I can easily say the battery life is not any better if not worse on custom roms.
Stick with the stock rom. I would however recommend flashing a custom kernel like speedmod or phenomenal. They definitely give you that extra juice you need at the end of the day. The idle time and screen time has increased for me 10 to 20 % compared to stock.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
danben7 said:
That's very weird. Are you international or a US S3? I easily get 3 days battery, very easily. Perhaps try turning off useless stuff like bluetooth, gps, wifi, etc when you're not using them. Turn off push email and other useless crap. See how it goes then?
I still have the stock ROM, usually 3.5 days battery before it gets to 10% and i charge. I'm going to go to OMEGA rom soon though.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm using the international version. I did turn off bluetooth and wifi, but not gps. Will try that aswell. I have manuel mail check every 1 hour, but will try to set it to 4 hours.
However from what I read in the reviews on GSMarena and other sites, it's quite normal to only get 1 day worth of battery.
Description of a pretty basic day with the Galaxy S3:
I usually unplug mine at 6 am, with wifi and bluetooth off and screen always on auto brigthness. Then at 7 am i turn on bluetooth for my earphones and bike to the train station and browse the web and such for about 45 minutes in the train. When I arrive at work it's usually around 80% battery and I turn off bluetooth. Then I'm at work from 8 am to 4 pm and check mails, texts, calendar and possibly make 1 or 2 short phone calls. At 4 pm I think the battery is often around 40-50%. Then again on the ride home I use the same, so it's usually around 20-30% when I come home. I then usually turn on wifi and play a couple of games, or watch some Netflix on it while I'm doing some other stuff or attach it to my stereo and play so music from Spotify on it. At 6-7 pm it's usually beeping at the 5, 10 or 15% marker for more power and wants me to plug it in to a power source. If I try to wait till I go to bed, I usually end up having it automatically shut down from lack of power.
I'm wondering if this seems normal or if perhaps my battery is faulty. From the review at GSMarena it seems quite normal and that's just the way Android is. They even gave it a good battery rating inspite of saying that it would only last them a day.
uronfire said:
I have tried almost all custom roms out there. And I can easily say the battery life is not any better if not worse on custom roms.
Stick with the stock rom. I would however recommend flashing a custom kernel like speedmod or phenomenal. They definitely give you that extra juice you need at the end of the day. The idle time and screen time has increased for me 10 to 20 % compared to stock.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay, thank you for your reply
it all depends on the usage i have an iphone 4 as well and i have to charge it by the end of the day (at 10pm). So it dpends on what you do with your phone if you use 3g all the time thats not gonna last long if you have syncing on all the time and gps that wont help...if you just let it idle then you can get 3 days uptime with maybe 1 hour screen time.
Casper[DK] said:
I'm using the international version. I did turn off bluetooth and wifi, but not gps. Will try that aswell. I have manuel mail check every 1 hour, but will try to set it to 4 hours.
However from what I read in the reviews on GSMarena and other sites, it's quite normal to only get 1 day worth of battery.
Description of a pretty basic day with the Galaxy S3:
I usually unplug mine at 6 am, with wifi and bluetooth off and screen always on auto brigthness. Then at 7 am i turn on bluetooth for my earphones and bike to the train station and browse the web and such for about 45 minutes in the train. When I arrive at work it's usually around 80% battery and I turn off bluetooth. Then I'm at work from 8 am to 4 pm and check mails, texts, calendar and possibly make 1 or 2 short phone calls. At 4 pm I think the battery is often around 40-50%. Then again on the ride home I use the same, so it's usually around 20-30% when I come home. I then usually turn on wifi and play a couple of games, or watch some Netflix on it while I'm doing some other stuff or attach it to my stereo and play so music from Spotify on it. At 6-7 pm it's usually beeping at the 5, 10 or 15% marker for more power and wants me to plug it in to a power source. If I try to wait till I go to bed, I usually end up having it automatically shut down from lack of power.
I'm wondering if this seems normal or if perhaps my battery is faulty. From the review at GSMarena it seems quite normal and that's just the way Android is. They even gave it a good battery rating inspite of saying that it would only last them a day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My basic day is charge the phone at around 8pm, unplug at 10pm. I never charge overnight it's pointless (not that i think it'll hurt it). Wake up battery is usually around 95% after my alarm goes off. Brightness is about 60%. I don't browse the web very much, and I don't play many games, let's say 1 hour of web and 1 hour of games/videos/music per day. Maybe 1 hour of maps too. Mostly though, I text message and phone call.
I don't think yours is faulty, i think it's quite normal, it seems like you're a heavy user, I'm a light user. If I used my phone as heavily as you did i'd be happy with 1 day of battery.
One day of charge (the battery being at 20-40% at the end of the day depending on the usage) is quite normal.
I've found CM9 with Siyah to give the best standby battery (1-2% drain per hour with 3G and Sync enabled) since it's very lightweight and has no battery-draining bloatware other than what you install.
CM10 is still too new and unfinished to be battery-friendly, it's not that bad though.
However sometimes it will chew the battery for no freaking reason (at least I cannot found any) and the CM9/CM10 stock kernel is not that battery-friendly on active usage. No Siyah yet =(
d4fseeker said:
best standby battery (1-2% drain per hour with 3G and Sync enabled) (
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No way is that good man, that means that if you leave it on standby alone you lose 25% per day. 0.5% per hour would be good/normal IMO.
I never used to mess with things like Llama because of my worry about battery life with previous phones. Now that I have the note, I don't really worry about it anymore. So, with that being said...
Just thought I would throw this out there, that I am enjoying Llama quite a bit. The premise is that you create location profiles - so when you are at home between 7am and 11pm, sound is full volume, etc. From 11pm to 7am, phone is on silent (except for contacts you put on the 'noisy contact' list). When you are at work, you can have a separate profile.
It uses cell towers to determine whether you are at work, home, or wherever else, which is supposed to use less battery than GPS. Even if it does use battery, with the note II battery life, I can't tell a difference at all . Granted, there are some downsides - it is not super-accurate on location. My work cell tower has me until a decent ways off the work campus. But overall it is good enough for what I need it for.
Does anybody here use it? I was also going to try out tasker, but it's a paid app and looks like it requires a decent bit of effort. It supposedly will do pretty much anything though.
does it give you the option to use GPS to assist with location? Seems it could work similarly to a weather app, only triggering gps for a few seconds every 10 or 15 minutes to determine location.
Yup, it does allow GPS in the experimental settings. Not sure if it constantly pulls GPS or only in intervals.
People use llama to save battery, but it drained mine (I've tried it on a few phones, the RAZR Maxx was was the last one I tried). One thing I'm excited about is tectiles, same effect without a drain on the battery.
I've decided... almost. I want to buy hox+ international version, but my concern is running endomondo on it. I use it often on 9-10h bicycle trips.
So: screen mostly off (95% of time), power saving on, gps on, data transmision on (endomondo requires it), few minutes of maps checks, maybe some music?
So yes, it is all about battery life.
Are here Endomondo Sports Tracker on HOX+ users? :highfive:
korc said:
I've decided... almost. I want to buy hox+ international version, but my concern is running endomondo on it. I use it often on 9-10h bicycle trips.
So: screen mostly off (95% of time), power saving on, gps on, data transmision on (endomondo requires it), few minutes of maps checks, maybe some music?
So yes, it is all about battery life.
Are here Endomondo Sports Tracker on HOX+ users? :highfive:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use runtastic for the same purposes and more or less in the same way as you just described. It gets through a cycling day no problem. Mine is rooted and I'm using Ordroid 4.0 which provides excellent battery life but even stock is fine. I also have a Nexus 4 and I can guarantee you that battery, audio, and camera aren't even comparable to the One X+
PinoPano said:
I use runtastic for the same purposes and more or less in the same way as you just described. It gets through a cycling day no problem. Mine is rooted and I'm using Ordroid 4.0 which provides excellent battery life but even stock is fine. I also have a Nexus 4 and I can guarantee you that battery, audio, and camera aren't even comparable to the One X+
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you
korc said:
I've decided... almost. I want to buy hox+ international version, but my concern is running endomondo on it. I use it often on 9-10h bicycle trips.
So: screen mostly off (95% of time), power saving on, gps on, data transmision on (endomondo requires it), few minutes of maps checks, maybe some music?
So yes, it is all about battery life.
Are here Endomondo Sports Tracker on HOX+ users? :highfive:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use Endomondo Pro all the time as my work out app. The HOX+ can handle a full day tracking without problem. I recently used mine on an 11 hour cycle, used 3G along the way, a couple of calls and sms and still had 30% left when I got home. I think the battery life on this phone is pretty good.
Odp: [Q] Endomondo on HOX+
Another good news, thank you.
on a further note Endomondo doesn't need data to be on to log workouts. I rarely turn data on and sometimes I even put the phone in airplane mode if I really need to save battery
Hi all,
Just wanted to check how many of us here have location and google accuracy enabled. If so, what sort of battery drain does this have?
I have both enabled. Location service constantly on only for handful app otherwise on demand. Didn't pay any particular attention but didn't notice any obvious battery drain.
A big difference for me, when I have location on and Google location accuracy off I would get 15-20% better battery over 2 days, when I have both turned on I can barely make my usual 2 day battery life, but when Google location accuracy is off I can easily do 2 day battery and push 2 and a half days
Over I get a full day I'm happy, it's not like I'm living in a cave with no power lol
I turn it on. And never experience battery issue, even on my previous phone.
Darbar1701 said:
Over I get a full day I'm happy, it's not like I'm living in a cave with no power lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You are right! What's the point of having a "smart"phone when we are all so obsessed with dumbing it down by disabling the features that make it "smart"!! I'm done with this battery life obsession...it's time to open the taps to the fullest!
This is the first phone in a while with such incredible battery life even with everything turned on to the max. It's not Exynos, it doesn't lag, doesn't heat up, performs great, battery goes on and on...
I'm just keeping every damn $1200 feature that i paid for turned on and enjoying the best phone that exists on the planet currently ( and for once in my life not having to worry about battery dying before I go to sleep)