Yeah, curious on how the Lumia 800's battery goes. I'd love to switch to Nokia, but the 900 is too expensive for me.
All I might use is:
-3G
-Wi-Fi in case I know that it works at home
-an occasional game (aka max. 5 min/day)
-about 15-20 min. of music/day.
So, how will the battery manage it?
Also, how does the battery react after that "battery-tripling" update?
I'm wondering the same, I love wp7 and am about to swap my sensation for a lumia 800. Surely it can't be as bad as an android phone like my sensation right? Cause that only lasts 12 hours Max with what I do which is play the odd game, send about 20 texts a day and about an hour or 2 of browsing.
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I'm wondering the same, I love wp7 and am about to swap my sensation for a lumia 800. Surely it can't be as bad as an android phone like my sensation right? Cause that only lasts 12 hours Max with what I do which is play the odd game, send about 20 texts a day and about an hour or 2 of browsing.
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I use my lumia 800 all day, I mean I really use it :
writting about 20-30 sms
3G internet is on all time becouse I use the phone for business so,
sending 40-50 E-mails /day
The E-mail synchronisation is all time on with instant synchronisation with IMAP server so i instantly get the e-mail when it's arrives
PLay games ~30 min / day
Talking 3-4 hours (3G) /day
Browsing 1-2 hours
And I get 8-9% Battery life at the end of the day.
So like any other smart phone I can say If you use it, you have to charge it every night.
Before lumia i had a C7 (which I accidentally throw out of a window ) It was the same thing about that phone i hadd to charge it every night.
But hey I'm not dissapointed about this, it last very long if you dont browsing sending e-mails all day like me, on hollydays i barely use it, and then it keeps the charging very vell then with one charge iit lasts 3-4 days ( usualy i only make phone calls on hollydays)
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Thanks! That helps me. My sensation dies before I leave work sometimes so as long as I haven't got to take my charger to work everyday I'll be happy
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Well... it depends when do you leave from work
By the way I have an usb cable at work, so my advice is that keep one at your work place too just in case...
with the last update, my phone has a good battery life, i can go through the whole day with a good usage, sms/ calls, internet browsing, music( lot of ^^), some pictures sometimes
Love my lumia.....
I can easily go through one day with my Lumia 800.
- No data connection
- WiFi constantly turned on
- approx 200 SMS
- up to one hour of browsing the web
- ocassionaly some gaming
I'm very satisfied with my Lumia 800 battery life. It's the best among all recent smartphones I've owned so far (iPhone 4, Nokia C7, Xperia Arc). My last charge still has 9% left and it gave me 34 hours of moderate usage. I can go trhu a whole day of heavy usage without any problem!
Well, I don't have a lumia 800 but I have a closer relative to it which is the 710. They are both the same except for the screen and battery size. Of course the 800 would be more power efficient than the 710 since it has an amoled screen.
But I can go around 16 hours with moderate usage, 30ish hours with light.
I struggle to get a day out of it with:
1) 4 email accounts (2 set to push, the other 2 accounts poll every hour). Probably only read 4-10 of the emails a day
2) Light Twitter usage (a single account and read < 200 tweets a day)
3) A couple of calls and SMSes.
4) ~30 of web browsing.
Turning off push email on all accounts seems to help a lot.
To put it in comparison, my Desire HD could easily last a day and I was using that more:
1) All email accounts were using push.
2) 3 twitter accounts
3) Google+
My Lumia 710 battery life is usseless, always on fridays take 50 photos, always Wi-fi, send 30-40 E-Mails, 2 hrs of calls, 2 or 5 messages, and have to charge it...
My lumia 800 Battery life is good...
data connection on 24x7....
heavy texting around 200 msgs min a day....
1-2 hrs of calling...
frequent checking mails and replying...
playing for about 15-20 odd mins....
10-15 Photo's daily....
chatting using Facebook chat...
i get about 30-35% battery left after all this at night....
charge it in morning straight away...
since i came back in my own country (france, was in finland), my battery is even better!
it was good, it is now almost awesome for my heavy use!
i can go through the whole day easily, with remaining charge at the end of the day.
Nice, i can now use my phone as a mp3 player everyday.
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just wanted to know what an average battery life is because my hero eats charge very very quickly
please post how long it lasts and how long you use it: games, browsing, music ect
I can get through the day with no real issue, have GPS on, WiFi on but set to switch off on screen off (advanced settings), Bluetooth on.
Twidroid set to update every 30 mins
HTC Mail set to manual update
FeedR (RSS) set to update every 4hrs
Facebook set to update every 4hrs
Use HTC Mail quite a bit when away from my Mac
Twidroid a lot during the day to tweet and read tweets
Never use it for music, browse a bit but not that much unless out and about.
Games rarely.
I did find (on the v1 firmware) that Peep and Stocks were real resource and battery killers. Since stopping using them the Hero has been rock solid and waay faster. even better now with the v2 firmware.
TBH, the battery lasts a lot longer than my Nokia N82 and N85 ever did and they were not using WiFi or Twitter etc.
4-8 hours but under crazy usage. If its my day off. 18 hours ish.
About 1 to 2 days. Occasionally, some process goes crazy and it drains the battery - usually after charging the phone. Now I tend to reboot after charging the phone. I don't have GPS running normally. WiFi switches off when not in range of my remembered networks. I have Advanced Task Manager to kill off processes. Removed Twitter from the phone. Use Twidroid - checks every 2 hours. Turned off data synchronization for calendar and contacts - I do that manually. I leave gmail on. I take 5 to 10 calls per day. If you receive a lot of messages and gmail, turning off audio notification/buzz will also reduce drain on your battery - but this trades off you getting notified in a timely fashion except via visual (flashing LED).
I found that killing off the Advanced Task Manager application reduced awake time on the phone from about 22% to about 12%. Killing off the actual application doesn't affect the part that periodically wakes up and kills tasks - it just removes the module that sits in the notification bar and displays running tasks and other system information. Checking the awake time gives a reasonable indication of other applications that keep your phone from sleeping and reducing power consumption. This extended my phone battery life another half day or so.
mine lasts for about 24-48 hours. depending on usage.
By running APNdroid, my battery holds its charge for 2 days
It barely lasts the day out, but I use it!! and dare I say, make calls on it during the course of the day, shock horror! The battery isn't great. Emails and calls mainly
3 days with all stuff off and listening to music.
But i do take a few calls a day, up to 15 mins daily for now.
about 24h with gmail and gcal on, exchange mail as it arrives and pop mail on 30min checks, weather sync on, about 30min browsing, 30min music, 30min talking and 30-60min playing games :/
me happy
should be more, shouldn't it?
from what i hear, iPhone lasts less, my Touch HD had a 1500mah battery and it lasted shorter, friend's Nokia E71 with 3 mail accounts set up doesn't make it over 12h really and she doesn't use it for anything but mail and sms/calls....i can't remember the last phone that lasted me 3 days, probably Nokia 6230, and that was long time ago :/
2 days easily with couple of hours of listening music per day and reading gmail / browsing a bit, sms and about an hour of talking.
I dont have Twitter sync on, no bluetooth, no wifi.. Google does sync all the time
with activesync set to receive emails as it arrives and no more than 30mins of calls, i get about 12hrs batt time before recharging.
suisen said:
from what i hear, iPhone lasts less, my Touch HD had a 1500mah battery and it lasted shorter, friend's Nokia E71 with 3 mail accounts set up doesn't make it over 12h really and she doesn't use it for anything but mail and sms/calls....i can't remember the last phone that lasted me 3 days, probably Nokia 6230, and that was long time ago :/
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My Xperia did laste 3/4 days..... 1500.
But why don't these companies work on the batt preformance :S
Doubt it's relevant, but how do you charge your battery, and also your initial charge from new.
This is the first phone I've had that I didn't leave the initial charge on all night, and just took off after a few hours when it was charged up. Do you think that affects the performance of the battery?
Do any of you let it run out past the amber warning colour as a completely flat battery is probably better to charge?
The main reason I don't leave it on all night is because it gets really hot.
All my other phones were left on charge all night, every night, but they weren't this type of phone....
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I can get through the day with no real issue, have GPS on, WiFi on but set to switch off on screen off (advanced settings), Bluetooth on.
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How do you access the advances settings for WiFi?? Please tell me where to find them. Thanks.
The Hero dosen't last me a working day. But I make a lot of calls. I prefer to carry two batteries rather than having to keep turning things on and off...
2-3 days with most stuff on.
I get at least a full working day out of it, that's with 3g on for the majority of the day, lot of tweet/fb bit of web, some music, text and calls. Pretty good tbh, especially compared to my old n82!
About 24hrs when i use it alot and have WiFi on all the time..
e.g. 1 hour web-browsing, 1 hour call, 30 SMS, 2 hours music per day
With 3G data connection on, WIFI off, etc.
And lasts for xxx hours / xx% left after xx hours
Can you share the battery performance of Lumia 800?
First day I got 16 hours, second day 22 hours and now its up to around 24-25 hours.
3 email accounts (check every hour), 1 hour web, facebook, couple of calls (around 10 mins) and a few sms. Wifi on.
92% after nearly 3 hours, push on for 3 email accounts, Mehdoh and twitter sync in the background. WiFi is on but not connected at some points so I've switched it off. I've also sent a few texts, downloaded an app or two and some attachments.
Current estimate for battery life is 13 hours left.
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First day I got 16 hours, second day 22 hours and now its up to around 24-25 hours.
3 email accounts (check every hour), 1 hour web, facebook, couple of calls (around 10 mins) and a few sms. Wifi on.
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data connection always off?
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I always keep it on. Bluetooth is off.
2 mail account with push, Me tile with Facebook and twitter.
Wifi always on, event if no wifi station near me, Bluetooth on even if no device connected (it's for my car).
Game sessions (20-30mn), market place browsing, texting...
About 15h.
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About 15h.
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Out of interest is this your first day battery? Because mine seems to be getting better every day.
I have the phone for 1 week, I never get to 0%, this is just what the battery saver screen tells me.
But, I think this good estimation more or less 1 hour.
can someone compare battery life with Samsung Galaxy S ?
Question about charging
This marks my return to Windows (I had the venerable MDA Vario II) and more recently I have been using Android (Hero & ZTE Blade) but now it's all about Lumia 800 and I'm blown away so far with this phone & WP7.
I just wanted to ask if this is "normal": with the phone completely switched off (not sleeping) I then plug in the charger the phone would boot up.
If the phone is on & plugged into the charger and I switch it off it would then reboot. Is there no way to charge the phone without it being on?
Thanks.
I have to wait 1 or 2 weeks before reviewing the battery life, every new phone i used in the last years improved dramatically it's battery life after about 10 charges.
Got one of these last Wednesday when they came out. Moved on from HTC desire whcih I enjoyed a lot for different reasons. The Lumia is a superb phone but I was a bit worried about the battery life on the first few days.
After a usual day the battery was at 15% the first day then 20% the second. Granted I was fiddling with it as is normal for a new phone but my HTC would be on about 50-60% doing the same.
I remember that you need to do a couple of full charges and the battery should get better and today it was on 50% when I got home so that is a big improvement and hoping it will improve more.
I did have both my mail accounts on push to start with but have changed them to once every 30 minutes. Wifi always on, bluetoooth always off. All other sync options on so live tiles and people hubs syncing however much they do.
All in it's getting better and I am extremely happy with the phone. I took some pics yesterday and they look amazing on the PC but not so good on the phone so don't despair if they look crappy when you review them on phone.
You may have seen that I've been getting good battery, today I used the phone a LOT after going to visit a family member and spending a lot of time on the bus (traffic in Birmingham is bad at the best of times ) here's the results:
Took off charge at 11:00. It's now 21:03.
Around 3 hours of music. Wifi always on, Bluetooth off. Spent about 1/2 hours not connected to celluar network. Lots of web browsing and using web applications like Facebook and Twitter. About 30 mins gaming.Facebook chat on. 20 SMSs sent, 1 phone call and a few IMs via Facebook and MSN Messenger. Twitter and facebook accounts both connected. 1 Email service, about 15 emails received today pushed to the phone as they arrive.
Remaining battery life: 28%
Estimated time remaining: 2 hours (will jump to 3 with battery saver on)
Time since last charge: 10 hours.
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You may have seen that I've been getting good battery, today I used the phone a LOT after going to visit a family member and spending a lot of time on the bus (traffic in Birmingham is bad at the best of times ) here's the results:
Took off charge at 11:00. It's now 21:03.
Around 3 hours of music. Wifi always on, Bluetooth off. Spent about 1/2 hours not connected to celluar network. Lots of web browsing and using web applications like Facebook and Twitter. About 30 mins gaming.Facebook chat on. 20 SMSs sent, 1 phone call and a few IMs via Facebook and MSN Messenger. Twitter and facebook accounts both connected. 1 Email service, about 15 emails received today pushed to the phone as they arrive.
Remaining battery life: 28%
Estimated time remaining: 2 hours (will jump to 3 with battery saver on)
Time since last charge: 10 hours.
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I think it's a very good result for those who got used to charge phone every night. Just OK
Go to dialer and call ##634# this will activate the diagnostic app....
There is a option called Battery Status in the diagnostic app...
From there you can check your current discharging, maybe it's i better way to compare the discharging....
Check with different options what is draining your battery..
Had mine a week and a half now, my average use is as follows:
Take off charge @9am, Wifi on all the time, have Facebook, Twitter synced through People Hub.
Have Gmail synced but on Manual, Outlook on push and Windows Live only for Xbox Live.
I also have FB app with push notifications on.
I prob listen to music at most half hour a day, very little browsing on phone due to using SGS2 as my main phone, check Marker place a couple of times, no SMS sent and luckily if I make a phone call on it.
This is my works phone so mainly used of emails. So I receive on average 30 emails a day.
Phone switches to battery saver about 5ish and then runs on until about 11pm before dying.
So my thoughts are standby time is crap for what I use it for, battery saver is good but that's due to auto sync being turned off!
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2
I own Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC Desire HD also.
maverick1103 said:
Had mine a week and a half now, my average use is as follows:
Take off charge @9am, Wifi on all the time, have Facebook, Twitter synced through People Hub.
Have Gmail synced but on Manual, Outlook on push and Windows Live only for Xbox Live.
I also have FB app with push notifications on.
I prob listen to music at most half hour a day, very little browsing on phone due to using SGS2 as my main phone, check Marker place a couple of times, no SMS sent and luckily if I make a phone call on it.
This is my works phone so mainly used of emails. So I receive on average 30 emails a day.
Phone switches to battery saver about 5ish and then runs on until about 11pm before dying.
So my thoughts are standby time is crap for what I use it for, battery saver is good but that's due to auto sync being turned off!
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2
I own Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC Desire HD also.
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Just send it back or replace it... mine is actually doing pretty fine... and still getting better
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Go to dialer and call ##634# this will activate the diagnostic app....
There is a option called Battery Status in the diagnostic app...
From there you can check your current discharging, maybe it's i better way to compare the discharging....
Check with different options what is draining your battery..
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That's great to know, thanks amigo! Some useful tools in there as well as the battery info.
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Ikkari said:
Go to dialer and call ##634# this will activate the diagnostic app....
There is a option called Battery Status in the diagnostic app...
From there you can check your current discharging, maybe it's i better way to compare the discharging....
Check with different options what is draining your battery..
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I use the tool,it tell me that my battery capacity is 1520Mah (in nokia site it notes that the battery of lumia 800 is 1450mah) so my battery is really good,isn't?
Capacity: 1508mAh
Discharge rage: 141 mA
A friend of mine has received a brand new Lumia a few days back as a gift. This guy happens to be an iOS/Android developer, and he doesn't give a damn about WP7, so he asked me if i wanted to swap my 5 months old GS2 for his Lumia, because he thinks it has no use to him. Sure, i know that this one is a big deal for sure, and that even if i don't like the phone i'll have no problem selling it making some good cash. Anyway what i'm asking you here is how does it feel moving from a top Android to a top WP7 device? Did anyone do that? What's your experience about it?
I already have an Omnia 7 so i know that WP7 is a good OS, but i was wondering basically how good this phone is as a daily driver compared to my GS2.
What will you be using the phone for? Games? Mere surfing and checking Facebook? Work? First thing I noticed when going from Galaxy S (not the 2nd) was that WP7 was way more stable and more importantly, the battery is just a beast, 24h with no charging and still having another 12h on it, despite watching movies for 3h on it.
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What will you be using the phone for? Games? Mere surfing and checking Facebook? Work? First thing I noticed when going from Galaxy S (not the 2nd) was that WP7 was way more stable and more importantly, the battery is just a beast, 24h with no charging and still having another 12h on it, despite watching movies for 3h on it.
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Well i'm not really a heavy gamer, but i play some game from time to time. My usage is pretty average i guess: browsing every now and then, gmail and twitter syncing, whatsapp, youtube, a movie sometimes but that's rare. Sound quality doesn't really matter because i already have a Cowon, can't beat that anyway Basically i want a reliable and solid phone that won't die at about 3 p.m. every day with my kind of usage.
My network did not have the Nokia Lumia in stock when it came to the end of my contract a few days back, the next best this was the SGS2, I sold S2 online and with the cash bought an unlocked Lumia.
Its a really, really nice phone and is very fast, there are a few bugs (firmware related) and we have been promised by Nokia for an update in the coming weeks. If I were you I would go for it, I did, and havent looked back
I cant say about the SGS bit i switched to the Lumia from iPhone 4 and im not regretting. This Os is better than iOS.
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I did this switch my self, SGS2 to Lumia 800, and to be honest, best phone switch I've done. The phone just works and I think, despite the tiny bugs in the firmware it's still among the best phones on the market.
There's plenty of games for WP7 and the native apps other than that work pretty well.
Tho I do miss Opera Mobile/Mini on it.
There should be a thread somewhere (yikes) here that explains weak point and strong points against iOS and Android. For the phone itself it's beautifully made, feels like a real piece of hardware in your hand. It weighs a bit more then expected but hardly an issue unless you have real trouble carrying stuff
The audio quality for me at least is great but I know some people had trouble with it.
The battery life is magnificent, haven't done any real tests but it easily lasts 24h despite heavy usage.
Camera is good but I expected better for going full-out with "Carl Zeiss Optics.."; but it might just be me not having a clue how to point-and-click the damn thing.
I love this lil bugger but Ice Cream Sandwich looks pretty damn sexy as well. I think you won't be disappointed by either phone.
Ok, i think i made up my mind in the end: tomorrow i'll meet my friend and grab the Lumia
I'll report back my first impressions, thanks everybody.
If your not bothered about rooting or the customisation of android then go ahead , wp7 is a much improved version of iOS, just as fast and sleek but with menus and a better looking UI. I have a lumia given to me as a work phone. Not my cup of tea personally , wouldn't dare swap my gnexus for it but has good features as well. Build quality is top notch , decent camera (Carl Zeiss lens) , very nice screen. Down sides , poor customisation apps are slow to use , not the best app choice , no developer support and its a new os. Also because it has the funding of windows and this is one of the most important areas to the company then you know its not going to go web os way , you are going to have a phone with updates and a lot of services. (Nokia maps/music/zune )
My advice is if your looking for a iPhone because you like the way it works (simplicity etc) then the lumia all the way as it works in a similar fashion. If you appreciate the way android works (rooting roms customisation and the actual os) then keep your s2 as it is still easily one of the best phones on the market.
I'd stick with the s2 but if you got a lumia I would doubt you would be dissapointed.
Hope the upsides and downsides I have listed my help you a little
J
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Good choice. My colleague here has the SGSII and gets around 16 hours battery life and has problems with apps crashing and the os lagging/random reboots. No such problems with the Lumia and I get 24 hours with heavy or 36 hours with light use.
I bought a Lumia 800 few days ago but still can't get to 24hrs.. I tried the diagnostics tool and get a 1505 mAh full charge, so I have no battery problems, but still after a few hours of heavy usage the battery dies(90% of times wi-fi is off!!!), tips?
Define heavy usage and define "few hours". I watched movies for 2-3h yesterday and then went to sleep, woke up and fiddled with the camera and checked Facebook regularly until now, 45% battery life remaining. Estimated time remaining: 14 hours. Time since last charge: 13 hours
I have never seen "remaining time 13hrs" ;-) this say's it all!
Now I have 27% with 3hours left.. I never use wifi and i deactivated (i think everywhere) GPS localisation for pictures and stuff like that..
for Heavy usage I mean mail check every 15/30 mins, 5/6 web pages opened per hour and half an hour of games every 8/9 hours with medium brightness... I don't even think that this is "heavy".. with my Nexus S (SLCD) i can get to 40/50hours with no problems and with the SAmoled one I can complete with no problem 1 day (18 to 24hours).. Is there any option that I have to set to get my battery to last enough to go to sleep with still 10/15% left? thanks
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I bought a Lumia 800 few days ago but still can't get to 24hrs.. I tried the diagnostics tool and get a 1505 mAh full charge, so I have no battery problems, but still after a few hours of heavy usage the battery dies(90% of times wi-fi is off!!!), tips?
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Same, my L800 is about a week old now. Battery life so far is not very good and nowhere near the advertised or GSMarena's 35/40 hours.
Right now: 88%, 12 hours remaining, 3 hours since last charge. Rather high battery drain considering low/moderate use. 1529 mAh full charge capacity.
No crazy apps that are always on using data connection except WhatsApp. I don't use twitter, I don't religiously check FB and RSS feeds are on manual refresh since I am in front of PC most of the day. Some calls, whatsapp and a few emails during the day.
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Same, my L800 is about a week old now. Battery life so far is not very good and nowhere near the advertised or GSMarena's 35/40 hours.
Right now: 88%, 12 hours remaining, 3 hours since last charge. Rather high battery drain considering low/moderate use. 1529 mAh full charge capacity.
No crazy apps that are always on using data connection except WhatsApp. I don't use twitter, I don't religiously check FB and RSS feeds are on manual refresh since I am in front of PC most of the day. Some calls, whatsapp and a few emails during the day.
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At the moment I got 94% remaining and "Estimated time remaining: 1 day 6 hours".
Sounds like you have a battery bug of some sort.
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At the moment I got 94% remaining and "Estimated time remaining: 1 day 6 hours".
Sounds like you have a battery bug of some sort.
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I certainly hope it is a bug and the upcoming update fixes the battery issues for all. There appears to be a massive disparity in L800s battery life reports. Some people have the confirmed but where battery doesn't fully charge.
What is your drain rate in Diagnostics? Idle with screen on is between 120-135 mA with occasional spikes into 200+ mA. What is your usage pattern, more or less?
Doing around 185-200 mA idle screen on. Phone syncs to gmail/facebook/calendar, I check it about once a hour, at night I watch movies for like 2-4h and during the day I try out my apps that I developed or other ppl's ones.
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Doing around 185-200 mA idle screen on. Phone syncs to gmail/facebook/calendar, I check it about once a hour, at night I watch movies for like 2-4h and during the day I try out my apps that I developed or other ppl's ones.
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Yes, must be some kind of battery bug.
Doing some math (1529 mAh battery as reported by my L800) and battery durations as provided by Nokia and GSM Arena test.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-lumia-800-battery-test-now-over-see-how-it-did-test/
Hours Drain (mA)
3G standby 265 5,77
GSM standby 335 4,56
Average 300 5,10
2G talk 13 117,62
3G talk 9,5 160,95
3G talk (GSM Arena) 8,42 181,59
Average 10,31 148,35
Music 55 27,8
Video 6,5 235,23
Video (GSM Arena) 5,87 260,48
Web Browsing (GSM Arena) 4,12 371,12
The phone should last an average person 18 hours assuming a typical 8 am - 2 am day ...
45 mins talk (110 mAh drained), 2-4 hours web/SNS (800-1200 mAh drained) and say some music for 2 hours at the gym (50-60 mAh drained) ... that still leaves 10+ hours of idle drain of around 5 mA according to Nokia.
@SvanteH: You phone's battery life is simply exceptional but do you actually get 24+ hours of usage out of it or are you down to below 10% at the end of the day?
I usually charge it every alternate night + some hour usb charging during the day
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I usually charge it every alternate night + some hour usb charging during the day
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I'm jealous of your L800's battery life, trumps mine by a large margin.
[UPDATE] Unplugged at 100% charge and it said 14 hours remaining. Sigh.
When someone here gets one of these could they please let us know what the battery life is like?
I know nokia says 400 hours standby but standby figures are kinda plucked out of the air since smart phones, i'm sure mine has 200h plus but realistically 2g, everthing turned off I can get around 4 days use of it when only using it for calls/txts. I nreal world upto 2 days, 1 day if I use it a lot.
I know its not real world use, but sometimes when i'm away in area's with no access to a charger I like to know I can last a couple of days without it dieing on me!
Cnet claims that it drops to 25% after just 4 hours of heavy usage. If this is true I would never buy it and it would be a real shame. Lumia 800 had same issues many months after launch and even after numerous software updates it is still not up there.Working at Nokia so I've seen my fair share of lumia failure...Really hope the 920 delivers.
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Cnet claims that it drops to 25% after just 4 hours of heavy usage. If this is true I would never buy it and it would be a real shame. Lumia 800 had same issues many months after launch and even after numerous software updates it is still not up there.Working at Nokia so I've seen my fair share of lumia failure...Really hope the 920 delivers.
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Was that test with 4g on? i'm assuming with 4g it constantly searches for the network. If simply turning 4g off gives a nice boost to battery i'll be happy with that, personally i'm fine 90% of the time with 2g speeds.
My current phone gets just under 2 hours use in navigon at full charge. I know generally you have a car charger in car, but its the only way generally I use to measure how long the battery lasts.
I remember my first smart phone would power tomtom for around 5 hours on one charge, sure the screen was smaller and the processor was slower, but it was still perfectly usable. I suppose 320x240 would feel very wierd now tho...
falconyx said:
Cnet claims that it drops to 25% after just 4 hours of heavy usage. If this is true I would never buy it and it would be a real shame. Lumia 800 had same issues many months after launch and even after numerous software updates it is still not up there.Working at Nokia so I've seen my fair share of lumia failure...Really hope the 920 delivers.
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Is this really that bad? Because this would mean you'll get about 8 hours with half the battery on heavy usage (assuming linear discharging). I'd think that is pretty good.
I currently own Samsung Focus (1st Gen) and I get about 26 hrs or so on moderate to low usage.
Unless they mean 4 hours straight gaming or watching a movie that is a lie.
I've had my phone for 6 hours using it pretty much none stop. Downloading lots, taking pictures/video, trying maps/gps, wifi on but not connected, no LTE but "4g", placed a few calls, dozens of text, full settings/setup, etc etc. This was from the phone coming out of the box at ~50% charged and I am at 19%.
Just got it so I will report back in a few days and see how it goes.
I've had mine for a week now and I have to say Im a heavy user - maybe because of that Im not too happy with the battery. I have to charge it after 7 or 8 hours but I do have bluetooth on, wifi on, 3g on, push email, facebook updates etc on all the time. As an Ipad owner I thought it might be on a par with that for battery life but it isnt....
I use my phones enough that I am use to charging them every day. I have yet to have a smart phone that would last me 2 days. This phone so far fits right in there, no worse no better. Haven't had it long enough to be a final decision though.
Yesterday I had it unplugged from 7am to 11:30pm and it was at 29%. This was with wifi off, BT off. Lots of usage, played a bunch of Angry Birds:SW, lots of texts/app downloads/heavy camera usage/etc...
In the end unless it makes it to the next morning at above ~55% it really doesn't matter, I'm going to have to charge it. All that matters to me is that i can make it through a day and so far this phone seems like it will be able to do that no problem. If you spent a heavy day of gaming and movies I suspect you would find yourself needing to charge again but that is inline with every other smartphone on the market unfortunately.
I've had the phone 72 hrs now. I previously had the 900, Focus S. I run my phone with bt, and WiFi on. I do not turn off lte or 4g. If the phone charge lasts from 6am till 330, then its good for me.
As with many new phones battery life in the first few weeks is not really accurate. Currently my 920 exhibits the same traits the 900 did.
I do light music and games, heavy internet and social contact, medium texting, but virtually no phone calls. As of now, this puts me in the 40-50% range. I expect it will get better as I stop experimenting with themes, lock screens and tile arrangements.
I've been able to use the Lumia 920 for one full day now and this is my battery information:
The information i'm about to put out is with; text messaging, internet, couple of phone calls, 15 minute gameplay, more surfing the internet
The battery information can be found ' Settings -> Battery Saver -> Battery Info '
Battery info:
Remaining battery life: 47%
Estimated time remaining: 3 days 3 hours (obviously meaning standby time)
Time since last charge: 20 hours
I took the phone off the charger at around 10pm last night and haven't used the charger since then.
My battery drains real fast. I think its down to 2 reasons: 1.data connection speed is set to 4G. 2.Loads of background apps running.
I dont have 4G in my area so the phone is swithing to 3G sometimes even poor 3G signal which makes it go to 2G. so if its constantly switching network signals that will drain battery fast. my Lumia has no option to keep it only on 2G, but i can change to 3G or 4G. If i could change it to 2G i guess the battery would last all day with no problems.
turning off background apps can also help reduce battery consumption.
btw i have a Lumia 920 bought from Phones4u using a TMobileUK sim
Ive had the 920 from the MS Build conference for a few weeks now.
1. I turned off NFC (tap to send). No need for it.
2. I turned off Bluetooth, unless I actually need it.
3. I ride the train for an hour to work, and an hour home, and use the internet sharing pretty much the whole way with my Surface.
4. I have it set to pull email from 3 different accounts, with it set to get items as they arrive, and I get a lot of email throughout the day.
5. The area I live in is all LTE.
6. I leave wifi turned on all the time, as I have it at home and at work.
7. I make a few calls during the day each day, but maybe only 20 or 30 total minutes at most.
I've found the battery life after a few weeks now to be excellent. Even after an hour of internet sharing on the train, it has only used 7% of the battery. Battery life seemed shorter during the first week or two, so i'm guessing everyone else will have similar results as the batteries get conditioned. I haven't had a problem with it running out of power before the end of the day. Early on it did, but it has gotten much better,
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Ive had the 920 from the MS Build conference for a few weeks now.
1. I turned off NFC (tap to send). No need for it.
2. I turned off Bluetooth, unless I actually need it.
3. I ride the train for an hour to work, and an hour home, and use the internet sharing pretty much the whole way with my Surface.
4. I have it set to pull email from 3 different accounts, with it set to get items as they arrive, and I get a lot of email throughout the day.
5. The area I live in is all LTE.
6. I leave wifi turned on all the time, as I have it at home and at work.
7. I make a few calls during the day each day, but maybe only 20 or 30 total minutes at most.
I've found the battery life after a few weeks now to be excellent. Even after an hour of internet sharing on the train, it has only used 7% of the battery. Battery life seemed shorter during the first week or two, so i'm guessing everyone else will have similar results as the batteries get conditioned. I haven't had a problem with it running out of power before the end of the day. Early on it did, but it has gotten much better,
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After a week, today , this is what I see also. My phone comes off the charger when full, last night it was 11:15pm. The charge sits at 85% with 40 hrs estimated time remaining.
I have BT, WiFi, Tap to Send on. I have gone into background tasks and blocked anything I don't want running. I have noticed that Nokia Drive+BETA, when on, really drains the battery, as does streaming from XBOX Music Cloud. So Nokia drive is blocked in background tasks and I do have Cloud Music turned off.
I drained the battery to under 10% last night....I'll try to push it tonight to get further.
But overall, I'm happy with the battery. I know I have some wiggle room with turning off BT and Tap to Send if I want.
Another day, another test.
pvn70 said:
My battery drains real fast. I think its down to 2 reasons: 1.data connection speed is set to 4G. 2.Loads of background apps running.
I dont have 4G in my area so the phone is swithing to 3G sometimes even poor 3G signal which makes it go to 2G. so if its constantly switching network signals that will drain battery fast. my Lumia has no option to keep it only on 2G, but i can change to 3G or 4G. If i could change it to 2G i guess the battery would last all day with no problems.
turning off background apps can also help reduce battery consumption.
btw i have a Lumia 920 bought from Phones4u using a TMobileUK sim
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I hope they allow that in a future update, when I know im going to be away from a charger for a while I always switch mine to 2g to get that extra bit of juice
I did cave and order a 920, t-mobile offered a silly retention deal, was going to get the 820 but for the price i thought why not!
Have had mine for almost 8 days now, same here. My battery life is excellent. I keep wifi/bt off unless in use. No LTE here.
I played Drag Race for a good 2 hours yesterday on top of texting a bunch, few pictures, normal browsing/FB/etc...
When I "plugged in" to go to bed I was still over 50%. (5:30am to 11pm)
My question is: Is the battery life of the Lumia 920 so bad, like they say?
Mine has been unplugged for 14 hours with heavy to moderate use and still has 20% left. Battery life got much better for me when I uninstalled the Battery Level for WP8 app. I'd say it's on par with the HTC One X or Galaxy S3.
brakke97 said:
My question is: Is the battery life of the Lumia 920 so bad, like they say?
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it can be, if you don't terminate nokia drive and it is running constantly in the background
there are also some weird modes the OS can get into that cause faster battery drain. A reboot fixes that until the next time.
When it's working the right way, it should go all day with decent use on a single charge.
brakke97 said:
My question is: Is the battery life of the Lumia 920 so bad, like they say?
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I checked my phone and the last time I plugged in was 1day and 2 hrs (i.e 26 hrs) ago. It still shows 79% battery life remaining.
I've made a few phone calls, checked emails regularly, took a 1 minute video (and uploaded to Skydrive) and some pictures. Minimal web browsing.
Turned on GPS to show it to somebody but didn't really use it.
I think if you make sure that unnecessary background tasks are turned off, then Nokia 920 has excellent battery life!
I've never been this pleasantly surprised with the battery life.
brakke97 said:
My question is: Is the battery life of the Lumia 920 so bad, like they say?
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well it depends on many things. For me a bad GSM-Signal ****s up the battery very fast. (about 10 Hours) even in powersaving-mode. BUT from Saturday to monday with medium usage and in powersaving-Mode it took only 26% of Battery and than i went to work, where the Signal is poor and it took 9 hours to kill the battery :-/
So i would say, if Nokia fixes the radio, the lumia 920 will be great on battery life.
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I checked my phone and the last time I plugged in was 1day and 2 hrs (i.e 26 hrs) ago. It still shows 79% battery life remaining.
I've made a few phone calls, checked emails regularly, took a 1 minute video (and uploaded to Skydrive) and some pictures. Minimal web browsing.
Turned on GPS to show it to somebody but didn't really use it.
I think if you make sure that unnecessary background tasks are turned off, then Nokia 920 has excellent battery life!
I've never been this pleasantly surprised with the battery life.
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Update: Time since last charged: 2 days & 3 hrs (51 hrs). Battery remaining: 44%
I've been using my phone all this time - made a few calls, used Photobeamer to share pictures. Used bluetooth just for a few mins.
I will post a screenshot tonight but yesterday I went from 9 am -1240 until it died, I was making calls texting speed tests and listening to music aloud and taking pictures during the day also. its great battery life better than the One X, I would say about 18 hours battery if your playing games and taking videos compared to 15 for the one X
Here is my screen shot and my day of use:
5am wake up 5 text msgs, leave phone on with push notifications till 6pm (haven't touched it) 6pm-8pm constant testing and calling to make plans for the night, 8pm-8:30pm browsing flud reading RSS feeds. mild texting / calling till 2 am, wake up at 9 am mild texting and tweeting and at 5 pm this is the screen texting all day and lots of browsing
Here is the screen
http://sdrv.ms/R1cq8x
I have noticed Wi-Fi uses alot of battery along with low signal, more than on most phones
My battery life fluctuates a lot, mostly having to do with signal strength. I live and work in a low service area; I never see above 2 bars of LTE/4g.
My battery lasts me the whole day of work; 8 hours. That is 8 hours with Data, WI-FI, Location on; listening to non-streaming music, regular texting, 3 email accounts polling (as items receive). 3 background apps. (Weather, WP Central, Moon 3d), Checking FB, etc. So high usage.
I do not have Nokia Drive installed, I found it killed my battery very quickly. I would be lucky if I got 5 hours of battery with it. It even affected my battery life even after uninstalling it (and rebooting the phone). Luckily I was able to fix it by installing the newest version; enabling the battery saver, uninstalling, and rebooting my phone.
My 920 had a battery drainer called Skype. Before the latest Skype update, the battery would last only a day with normal usage, I needed to recharge it every night.
Now, since the last Skype update, the battery life more than doubled, I can get almost 3 days of normal usage without charging, which is pretty good.
brakke97 said:
My question is: Is the battery life of the Lumia 920 so bad, like they say?
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No. Well, not for me anyway,
It's definitely better than my old iPhone 4 in a like for like test (my daily work routine hasn't changed since I bought the L920).
If I listen to the BBC Radio app then I'll be down to about 30% by the end of the working day (just over 8 hours), but if I'm listening to audio on the device itself then I rarely drop below 80% before I leave the office. I'm very happy with the battery life on the L920, and unlike my flatmate with his GS3 I don't have to charge it up before I head out in the evening.
I am considering trashing my iphone 4s in favor of a lumia phone. It's good to know that the battery on a lumia phone is good if you dont let bad app run in the background.