I currently own a Rezound and I love the phone. However, I am about to take a career as a police officer and I need a phone that allows me to not worry about battery life while on my shift. The Rezound has OK battery life if I don't use it often, but even with the extended battery it might not be enough. I've heard great things about the Razr Maxx and it's astonishing battery life, and I'd consider trading the 720p display and unlock/S-off for something that's still fun to tinker with and gets amazing battery life. I need to make sure I have a rock solid, long lasting phone on the job.
Any opinions?
I love the phone. Stock gb I got over 2 days of battery life, but as always, it depends on ur usage habits and how u modify it if u choose to do so. On the ics leak .79 the battery doesn't seem to last as long but then again its a leak and a early one, I'm sure the official release will be just as good as the gb battery life. The later leaks r probably better too but I want to be able to return to stock for the official release when it comes (hopefully by the end of the month but I'm not holding my breath)
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I can say I get 6 hrs screen on time w the latest 211 leak. On 4glte. The battery is extremely impressive and more than what I really expected it to be.
I came from the rezound and was hesitant at first. I even was considering trading my maxx for a gnex. But the battery life and soon to come ics are keeping me here. The resolution took some getting used to. But overall battery life is more important to me.
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I'm new to the RAZR Maxx. I've just come over from an LG Revolution about a week ago but let me tell you, from the perspective of performance, feel, and battery life, this phone is light years ahead of where I'm coming from. Battery aside, I think I've tinkered with the phone enough already to say it's absolutely solid.
WRT the battery directly, because I'm so used to having to plug my Revo in no matter where I'm at (the office, the car, the train station, the airport gate, home, etc.) I still have micro USB chargers everywhere I've been intentionally stressing the Maxx's battery to get a feel for just how much better it is. Mind you the Revo, as bad as its battery life was out of the box, when coupled with bad cellular at my office, would last me 6-8 hours off a charger with low use and sync toggled off.
This is where the Maxx has truly astonished me. Same surroundings but now I'll leave GPS, sync, wifi on (even though there's no wifi at the office), and use a 30 minute email update interval, etc. Don't dismiss the 'new phone use factor' - the constant tweaking settings and unusually high phone use to learn the new UI . . . and the battery is still is over 60 percent by the end of my work day.
That remaining 60 percent is more than enough to carry me through until morning and beyond. Bottom line, I'm figuring where before I was getting 6-8 hours, under my self imposed more demanding data conditions with the Maxx I'm getting well in excess of 24.
I chose the Maxx instead of pre-ordering the SIII because of battery life and I am not at all disappointed. In fact, I'm still being pleasantly surprised. Recommended.
Forgot to add I'm at 2 days 3 hours with 30% battery life left.
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Wow, thanks for the quick replies! Seems like the battery life is where it's at, and that's what I'm going for first and foremost.
How about sunlight visibility? I had a Bionic and while the screen was horrible, it did very well in the sunlight. My Rezound however... not so much.
I just switched to this phone from the evo 4g (sprint), and I believe the evo, and the rezound have the same size battery, and are advertised as the same battery life. I too needed a device that got better battery life, and let me just say... WOW The maxx gets unreal battery life... Easily 2 days, with not quite heavy use, but pretty close. 720 display... Meh... when ur looking at a 4.3" screen, does it really matter if its hd? I doubt it... And I def prefer easily triple the battery life!
Maxx is awesome!!! Unplugged from charger at 6:15 am this morning, its now 12:04 and have 90 percent. You won't regret the Maxx.
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Direct sunlight viewing with this phone is not impressive. Just something I live with as I haven't seen anything do any better yet.
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why wouldnt you?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-15/motorola-may-have-succeeded-in-reviving-the-razr
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why wouldnt you?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-15/motorola-may-have-succeeded-in-reviving-the-razr
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I don't trust anything with Bloomberg's name on it. Sorry.
Greetings from another public servant!
Unless you just want a new phone, just grab a car charger since you'll probably be in your unit most of the day.
Every time I'm on duty, I keep my car charger with me.
Just remember to secure your phone when your running emergency. A Eazr flying around the vehicle while clearing intersections is annoying, and dangerous.
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I bought one when they released. Now we have 3. Battery is where its at. Screen visibility is pretty good if you max it out. I have it set to automatically max brightness when I put it in the car dock. Max brightness will definitely hit you're battery tho. But everything maxed out, it will still get you through am 8 hour day, streaming internet radio over Bluetooth. Cut back to 3g,, and it will go for many more hours. No telling how stable ICS will be, but GB is just locked down reliable.call clarity is the best, period. No regrets on this purchase.
Just got my razr maxx 2 days ago. Came from a thunderbolt. This thing lasts forever and is super fast and smooth.
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Jacob9424 said:
Just got my razr maxx 2 days ago. Came from a thunderbolt. This thing lasts forever and is super fast and smooth.
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I too came from a Thunderbolt, had my Razr Maxx for about a week or so now. I switched because of data connection issues and the terrible battery life I've had with the thunderbolt.
This thing is amazing... But I don't like it 3 things a bout it.
1. The battery meter in the settings page only shows battery percentage in tens intervals, (90%, 80%, 70%....)
2. It takes a lot longer to charge the thing, (I guess you can expect that from the bigger battery) so when I heavily use it on certain days I'm left with it charging for like an hour or two and the battery percent has only gone up a small amount (granted I'll have wifi tether on while charging)
3. I switched from the thunderbolt because of data connectivity always flaking out. and The Maxx seems to have this issue as well. Although I don't believe it is as bad as the Thunderbolt.... But I've only had the Maxx for less than 2 weeks.
Overall I like the phone and hope my connectivity issue will work its' self out soon.
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I too came from a Thunderbolt, had my Razr Maxx for about a week or so now. I switched because of data connection issues and the terrible battery life I've had with the thunderbolt.
This thing is amazing... But I don't like it 3 things a bout it.
1. The battery meter in the settings page only shows battery percentage in tens intervals, (90%, 80%, 70%....)
2. It takes a lot longer to charge the thing, (I guess you can expect that from the bigger battery) so when I heavily use it on certain days I'm left with it charging for like an hour or two and the battery percent has only gone up a small amount (granted I'll have wifi tether on while charging)
3. I switched from the thunderbolt because of data connectivity always flaking out. and The Maxx seems to have this issue as well. Although I don't believe it is as bad as the Thunderbolt.... But I've only had the Maxx for less than 2 weeks.
Overall I like the phone and hope my connectivity issue will work its' self out soon.
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Interesting... the Rezound has been the best phone I've owned as far as data connectivity. It's never flaked out of 4G or 3G and left me hanging. I had that problem with the Charge and Bionic. Even my DX was rock solid with 3G signal.
skippy214 said:
I too came from a Thunderbolt, had my Razr Maxx for about a week or so now. I switched because of data connection issues and the terrible battery life I've had with the thunderbolt.
This thing is amazing... But I don't like it 3 things a bout it.
1. The battery meter in the settings page only shows battery percentage in tens intervals, (90%, 80%, 70%....)
2. It takes a lot longer to charge the thing, (I guess you can expect that from the bigger battery) so when I heavily use it on certain days I'm left with it charging for like an hour or two and the battery percent has only gone up a small amount (granted I'll have wifi tether on while charging)
3. I switched from the thunderbolt because of data connectivity always flaking out. and The Maxx seems to have this issue as well. Although I don't believe it is as bad as the Thunderbolt.... But I've only had the Maxx for less than 2 weeks.
Overall I like the phone and hope my connectivity issue will work its' self out soon.
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1 use battery indicator and in the menu select 1% hack.
2 mine goes all day w over 6 hours screen on time on 4g. Just charge while you sleep. That's almost an entire workday worth of screen on usage.
3 ics 211 has completely fixed all data connectivity issues I ever experienced w gbread.
Hope this helps
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Interesting... the Rezound has been the best phone I've owned as far as data connectivity. It's never flaked out of 4G or 3G and left me hanging. I had that problem with the Charge and Bionic. Even my DX was rock solid with 3G signal.
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And I've really liked HTC devices, (up until every phone they put out looked pretty much the same) But both of the models I've had (G1 & Thunderbolt) were troubled with connectivity issues. And I had also had both of the replaced and the issues were still crept up again. Maybe I just screw up all the phones I tinker with.....lol, I don't know
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1 use battery indicator and in the menu select 1% hack.
2 mine goes all day w over 6 hours screen on time on 4g. Just charge while you sleep. That's almost an entire workday worth of screen on usage.
3 ics 211 has completely fixed all data connectivity issues I ever experienced w gbread.
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I appreciate it man.
The battery indicator app I think you're talking about puts up a second battery icon in the task bar, and I'm not a big fan of that. I like my screen to look clean and not redundant. speaking of that I kinda chuckle when I see screen shots of phones and the peeps have the little clock in the corner of their screen plus a fancy widget clock in the middle of their screen. not putting them down... I just think the redundancy is funny.
And I'm trying to hold off on rooting and just going to give the ICS update a try since it suppose to be on its way out by the end of June (we'll see).
but just in case can you link the 211 ICS you are talking about I looked in the dev section and only saw something for safestrap.
Thanks though.
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I currently own a Rezound and I love the phone. However, I am about to take a career as a police officer and I need a phone that allows me to not worry about battery life while on my shift. The Rezound has OK battery life if I don't use it often, but even with the extended battery it might not be enough. I've heard great things about the Razr Maxx and it's astonishing battery life, and I'd consider trading the 720p display and unlock/S-off for something that's still fun to tinker with and gets amazing battery life. I need to make sure I have a rock solid, long lasting phone on the job.
Any opinions?
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I was the 1st of my friends and family to get the RAZR MAXX. I bought it on release day. I have 8 friends who upgraded to the RAZR MAXX, and they are all very happy with it. I bought one for my father for Father's Day, and he loves the thing.
I tried the GNex and the Rezound, both fine phones. But at the end of the day my RAZR MAXX won out. I work 12 hour days, and need to have a phone that can keep up with my busy day without having to "dumb down" the phone. After working 12 hours, I typically have >50% of battery life left. That's with moderate use. With light to moderate use, I've gone 2 full days between charges. I never have to use the "smart actions" either. Also I believe the RAZR MAXX has more function than what you get from the Rezound or GNex. Motocast is a brilliant idea. It allows you to access your computer and it's files from your phone. Including pictures, music, video, and documents. I hope this helps you.
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I thought i would share some bad experences i've had in the last 2 weeks with the DX2.
Droid #1, worked -GREAT- for about 48 hours, started randomly rebooting, then went into a non-recoverable bootloop.
Exchanged for Droid #2
Droid #2, right out of the gate would go into airplane mode all by itself, Sometimes while sitting in the multimedia dock, sometimes while txting. Took it to the store, they played with it, factory reset, and when they got done, it would not even get a 3G connection.
Droid #3 - Battery life sucks horribly, same setup as last two(apps, LWP, etc), but i only get about ~4hours battery life with moderate use, where the first two i got about 7 hours.
If i have any issues i'm going back to my Cyanogen 7 OG Droid
I would take out back for a charge or a thunderbolt. I have this as a work phone and I have not seen anything impressive.
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fischb22 said:
I thought i would share some bad experences i've had in the last 2 weeks with the DX2.
Droid #1, worked -GREAT- for about 48 hours, started randomly rebooting, then went into a non-recoverable bootloop.
Exchanged for Droid #2
Droid #2, right out of the gate would go into airplane mode all by itself, Sometimes while sitting in the multimedia dock, sometimes while txting. Took it to the store, they played with it, factory reset, and when they got done, it would not even get a 3G connection.
Droid #3 - Battery life sucks horribly, same setup as last two(apps, LWP, etc), but i only get about ~4hours battery life with moderate use, where the first two i got about 7 hours.
If i have any issues i'm going back to my Cyanogen 7 OG Droid
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Ouch! You've gotten some real lemons! Battery life for me so far has been as good as with my DX, even with better performance in general. The X2 could use some improvement, but you may just want to freeze some blot, use a power management app, and/ or even get a new battery before giving up on it.
something that worked well yesterday, i ran the battery down to -dead- and let it on the charger for 4hours, i got ~ 10 hours mixed light/moderate use and its ~ 40% just now.
battery life on my phone is outstanding
when i get home in the evening i have 60% plus remaining
Droid X, Droid X2 and First Droid from Moto are the best phones i have tired
Only Moto for me!!
no battery time
get an app that turns off 3g/wifi/gps etc. will you screen is off. my phone can last days now.
battery life is pretty amazing for me. after i solved the issues with the constant contact picture sync, my battery only loses 10% after being left alone overnight. (I pull out the charger when it is maxed before I go to sleep.)
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battery life is pretty amazing for me. after i solved the issues with the constant contact picture sync, my battery only loses 10% after being left alone overnight. (I pull out the charger when it is maxed before I go to sleep.)
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How exactly did you fix that?
What is going on? I got this phone a week ago and have had absolutely no problems with it. Seems like everyone here is having issues with the X2. I would say I get close to 8 hours of life with heavy use, I drove 2 hours while listening to Pandora for an hour and the FM Radio for an hour. I still had 75% afterward, and my phone was losing 3G constantly since I was driving through valleys and mountains..
Only thing that is bothering, which ahs nothing to do with the phone, is Gameloft's laziness and lack of care for the customer. None of their games work on my X2 or my Transformer...
When do you guys think the RAZR will see any release of Cyanogenmod? I need to know if I should get this phone over the Nexus or not, and I think that right now, that's a big deciding factor.
I really want Vanilla on this phone.
Wrong section, but if you want ICS you had better get a Nexus. This thing doesn't even have a proper recovery yet and we won't even begin to see real ICS ports until the Nexus is released.
Reason being is that even though ICS source was released, developers are still trying to rig 4.0 to work with Gingerbread kernels. Until the Nexus is released and phones begin to get OTA 4.0 updates with working and updated kernels, you will not see a true ICS port.
Obviously that is all going to take some time, at best probably a few weeks to a month after the Nexus drops.
I honestly do enjoy my Razr, but no removable battery, horrible battery life and the lack of ROM options are all clear reasons to swap it for the Nexus when that drops
I have great battery life. I have frozen alot of bloat, gps off, 4g off, background data off(i check stuff manually), unnecessary stuff set to autokill in stock task manager. Phone is used heavy for 9 1/2 hour work day and still typically 55-60% left. Overnight 1% drain per hour on standby(using circle battery widget for reference). Its all in the configuration. Motorola has superior voice quality and minimal dropped calls. IMO of course...
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I have great battery life. I have frozen alot of bloat, gps off, 4g off, background data off(i check stuff manually), unnecessary stuff set to autokill in stock task manager. Phone is used heavy for 9 1/2 hour work day and still typically 55-60% left. Overnight 1% drain per hour on standby(using circle battery widget for reference). Its all in the configuration. Motorola has superior voice quality and minimal dropped calls. IMO of course...
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Yeah, you're not getting great battery life. Un-gimp your phone, use it as delivered, and then talk about battery life.
What can it hurt. Ill give it a shot
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I agree with u.....I could use phone steady for 18 hours without smart actions n 24+ hours with smart actions...
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How on earth can you guys be experiencing that great battery life??? I went to a wedding today and the phone lasted from 11am until 7pm (8 hours) and I used the camera/camcorder for 30 minutes total. I had GPS on but Wi-Fi off the entire time. I run stock unrooted software. The battery isn't awful... but not being able to promptly pop in another battery is a FAIL of epic proportion on behalf of Motorola.
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nagnrik said:
I agree with u.....I could use phone steady for 18 hours without smart actions n 24+ hours with smart actions...
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Lies. My RAZR lives on the charger and I will be returning it to Verizon pz, can't stand the horrible battery life.
We could as easily call you a liar. Each persons use is different.just because it does not match your results does not make someone a liar.
In my opinion, this Razr battery shows a great deal of how "battery conditioning" can improve your experience.
well my Razr battery works horribly in first 3 days and then it started getting much much better.
Now, a week and 2 days after I bought the phone, I am experience the similar battery life as someone there said.
1% drop per hour on standby in the night. easily got 24 hours of usage even with
10 hours in office on LTE (but not active use because I need to work), generally 1. 30-40 mins call
2. check email/facebook once per hour for 10 hours day time on LTE
3. check email/facebook play with the phone once per half hour at home on wifi with 4G data disabled
4. taking 10+ pictures
5. read kindle book 20 mins each on return trips between home/work
6. watched Google Videos REnted movie for 1 hour
pretty much above is the normal usage for me for a PHONE. (slight more than moderate)
quite impressed by such battery life.
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Lies. My RAZR lives on the charger and I will be returning it to Verizon pz, can't stand the horrible battery life.
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Not lies. I get about ~15hrs with moderate/average use, 7-8 with very heavy and 18-20 with light. The first 3 days it did poorly on battery, but fully letting it cycle down and charge back up so it's conditioned has let it hit its stride. LTE is on and in use all the time and I have 2 Exchange/push accounts running. Only things I keep off unless using is wifi, standalone GPS and bluetooth, why leave that on if I'm not using it? And I keep the brightness fairly low but not 0 and that dim option unchecked. Don't use smart actions. ~75 apps installed with the usual FB stuff syncing.
The Razr is easily the best VZ LTE phone on battery, though I hear the Rezound is ok too. Overall it's been a hair less than my X. Not sure why some of you have such abysmal life, something tells me you're in a fringe area with a lot of network flipping without realizing it, or have something installed/not configured right.
The LTE Nexus is worse. Hearing high single digit hours with only moderate usage from someone testing it. Sure you can swap, but if it can't make it on average use for < 12hrs, it's not good IMO.
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In my opinion, this Razr battery shows a great deal of how "battery conditioning" can improve your experience.
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Your phone is defying physics if its LiIon battery can be "conditioned". Hint: there's no conditioning or break-in with these batteries.
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Your phone is defying physics if its LiIon battery can be "conditioned". Hint: there's no conditioning or break-in with these batteries.
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Maybe not in a physical sense. But I certainly noticed it too. Fully charging and depleting does help the batterystats.bin
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Your phone is defying physics if its LiIon battery can be "conditioned". Hint: there's no conditioning or break-in with these batteries.
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He's right. Your phone gets better battery life the first couple days you use it not because the battery is being "conditioned" but because the phone's software learns how to utilize the battery better -- in laymans terms.
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I nearly posted a response to all this *****ing about battery life to say that if we could just get CM7 onto this phone, it'd help quite a bit with battery life (even more so if we could manage a custom kernel, too). Then I realized that's how this thread was started. Where did we go wrong?
Oh why should someone lie?? LOL, RAZR is the best smartphone I have ever come across on battery life...
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Oh why should someone lie?? LOL, RAZR is the best smartphone I have ever come across on battery life...
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Indeed! I'm at 50% still after HEAVY usage and I unplugged it at 7am..
\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//
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Since this thread has mutated into a battery thread I'll chime in as well. I have been getting amazing battery life the past few days. As stated above, the first few days are a gong show but it really does settle out and get much stronger. I'm not going to get into what my use is etc but I will say I am coming home with 20-30% more than what I was with my Desire Z, Sensation and Galaxy S after the same full day at work.
+1 for Motorola phones running CM. Ive had my Photon since August and just flashed CM7 build from the Photon forums and its wonderful. Just keep in mind that Motorola uses some of the BEST hardware. Their products hold strong through the years of abuse. I stuck it out with blur until CM7 was ported over to the photon. If i was on the razr, id do the same thing. Good things come in time. Phones work the best having good radios in them, without a good radio its just a good looking paper weight. Stick with Motorola and you will be impressed.
I'm a little sick of seeing "terrible battery life!" posts on these forums. So let this be my official way of saying "YER DOIN' IT WRONG!":
Original Droid Razr:
It says "3d 0h 45m 30s on battery":
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I turned 4G off and left WiFi on and pretty much did not leave the house for 3 days straight, which likely reduced power usage by the radio. I've had the phone since November, fully stock.
FYI, the battery widget is called Battery Indicator Pro.
brian22 said:
I'm a little sick of seeing "terrible battery life!" posts on these forums. So let this be my official way of saying "YER DOIN' IT WRONG!":
Original Droid Razr:
It says "3d 0h 45m 30s on battery":
img651.imageshack.us/img651/3199/img07481n.jpg (Sorry, I can't post links)
I turned 4G off and left WiFi on and pretty much did not leave the house for 3 days straight, which likely reduced power usage by the radio. I've had the phone since November, fully stock.
FYI, the battery widget is called Battery Indicator Pro.
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Ok so I can't use 4G or leave my house? Why even buy the phone then? Sorry but YOU are doing it wrong.
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i find battery life on my GSM unit to be wonderful... so long as i have excellent reception from a tower. as soon as i'm in a fringe area, BYE BYE BATTERY!
Yeah it's kind of pointless to get on here talking about how good battery life CAN be. Yes it can be extremely incredible if you turn off 4G, turn off wifi, turn off background data, don't use your phone, don't leave your house. I mean come on man seriously??? What people are complaining about is everyday regular use. I had 4G on all day, wifi only turned on when I'm home, talked on the phone for about 1 hour all together, sent and received about 50 texts, checked email, checked facebook, hop on Google+, check twitter and a little bit of Temple Run and Draw Something. Got just a little over 8 hours on battery. The OP's stats are NOT realistic so do not buy this phone thinking that you will get the same battery life.
Yeah it's really about screen on time and usage. I don't count it as great battery life if the phone is in airplane mode or barely being used.
My Razr Maxx gives me enough last me from the time I wake up in the morning to the time I go to sleep with no problem, so that's good enough for me.
I definitely don't think it will give us how they advertise on the commercial but it's definitely better than any other android phone I've had.
I think it's more how the android os is consuming the battery over how large the battery is. My friend as the iPhone 4 and gets a day and a half with medium to heavy usage. I don't think the battery is that big in iPhone, never had one.
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I got about 20 to 36 hours of battery life for typical daily usage. But, lately it getting worse. The "culprit" is, .... Angry Birds SPACE.
2G + WiFi is the way to go for better battery life.
Thank you.
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With g3 on apro 10h till 15 hours normale use. G2, speedsettings and freezing some stuff apro 36 till 42 hours max. Thats oke with me. Lets wait how ICS goes.
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Hey guy!
Ok so I am now planning on trading my Galaxy Nexus for either a Razr or Razr Maxx. The battery life is one of the reasons Im trying to get rid of the Nexus, and I dont want to go to something that has the same problem.
My biggest problem now is picking between the two. I prefer the original Razr's form factor (I know weird right?) WAY more than the Maxx's but the Maxx's battery life is on a completely different level. So Im curious, how does the original Razr's battery life stack up again the Nexus'? I know the Maxx will blow it away, but like I said, I would prefer to stick with the original. Im a fairly heavy user, ie. always full brightness and 4G/3G and some light to moderate browsing, depending on the day. I dont watch a LOT of videos and Im usually close to an outlet. I just dont want to be tethered to an outlet like I was with the Nexus.
From what I remember with the brief time I had the Razr, it had pretty decent battery life.
if u are a heavy user, go for maxx
anyway, for me, original razr is the sexiest all the time
There is 0 comparison between the nexus and maxx in terms of battery life. 5+ hours screen on time on 3g is a basic average for me. I work in a shop w 5 other nexus owners. 2 have seidio 3800 and my maxx still last longer. 2 have the 2150 and one on stock battery. They are always plugged into the cord of life lol. I like the nexus. The battery life is terrible. I own the maxx. The battery life is everything you have heard and more.
Have you held the maxx? Its not as thin as the razr but the ascetics aren't lost, still doesn't bulge in a pocket, and it feels sturdier. I have froze bloat and set my sync settings quite low, with moderate use i can get 20 hours on one charge, 12-15 with heavy use.
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Not trying to be rude here but did anyone even read my post? I appreciate what everyone is saying about the maxx, but I already know that it will kick but around any phone battery wise. I was curious between the ORIGINAL Razr and Nexus...
I have held both...its just a preference as far as form for me. Again im still leaning toward the original. im just gathering a little more information.
They make a RAZR without the maxx haha.
I originally got the Droid Razr before exchanging it for the Razr Maxx. I can't say much on the Galaxy Nexus battery life since I've never owned one.
The original Razr battery life isn't that good. But you can make it last if you turn off the data through the day. If you leave 4G on, it's not gonna last all day. I don't known if it will on 3G either, but I am a medium to heavy user.
Honesty the Razr may look better, I had the white one and that was sexy!! But the Razr Maxx feels alot better in my hand. Stronger and more like a solid product. The original Razr felt like if I were to ever drop it accidentally, it's a wrap.
Like I always tell people, get the phone that matches what kind of user you are.
If you use your phone heavy and you rely on your phone to last all day, get the Maxx, it's worth it.
If you're not gonna use it that much, maybe lightly, the OG Razr might be for you. I don't care much for the skinnest of it, I just liked the white version. I had it for a week and a couple days, then exchanged it for a Maxx. When my next upgrade comes up, I won't be getting anything less in battery life. It will have to match the Razr Maxx or be even better. But I got a while before I gotta think about that lol.
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Get the max and i will trade you my razr for your max
Ive never used a galaxy nexus, but ive owned the the razr and the razr maxx, the battery life on the razr was slightly better than my og droid, 8-10 hours with medium use. I only push the maxx because the difference is only ascetics and theres not alot different even in that area, and the general amazement of getting home from a 10 hour work day not once charging your phone and still having 60% battery is totally worth having a slightly thicker phone. I wouldn't exchange the galaxy nexus for a phone with only a tiny bit more battery life, if any more.
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If it's between the OG Razr and the Galaxy Nexus, I'd rather have the Nexus. Straight ICS and first to get the Android updates....well suppose to be first. Plus it has a better display than the Razr. I heard mostly bad reviews of battery life on the Galaxy Nexus. But honestly in my opinion of using it for a week and some days, the of Razr battery life isn't that great. But like I said, it can last all day if you turn off your data and turn it on casually while you use it. Can you turn off data on the Galaxy Nexus? I'm not talking about airplane mode, just turning off the data. It still keeps the radios on for calls and texting.
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No offense to anyone here but I would take the RAZR<nexus<RAZR maxx
i find my GSM standard battery RAZR battery life to be extremely good with 3g+ data on all day. I wonder if LTE tech will ever improve to not require so much juice, or are high power requirements an inherent property of the spec?
For any kind of serious use, the original Razr battery comes up short. Yeah, you can go through all kinds of extremes, like turning off 4G, limiting syncing while the screen is off, using "smart" strategies and apps like Juice Defender... but all of that just treats symptoms and not the problem. The original Razr has insufficient battery life to last through the day. I don't care how it compares to any other phone. It's insufficient to most people's needs. So, while you seem set on a Razr Vs a nexus, I'll say what most others did... get a Maxx. Be wasteful. Turn your screen brightness all the way up. Use live wallpapers. Enjoy 4G and scream along with 25mbps downloads. And top off the charge every couple days.
I have had both the Razr and the Gnex at the same time.
Right before I sold my Razr, I set it up the same as my GNex and use it throughout the day on 4G. I got 2.75 hours of screen on time. My Nexus gets 2-2.5 with the 2100mah battery.
The reason the Razr gets better screen on time is because of its lower resolution.
I will be picking up a Maxx today. Stoked for it.
Im gonna trade my normal razr for a maxx
Phones Should Really have the Battery Life of The DROID RAZR MAXX
redrapt0r said:
Hey guy!
Ok so I am now planning on trading my Galaxy Nexus for either a Razr or Razr Maxx. The battery life is one of the reasons Im trying to get rid of the Nexus, and I dont want to go to something that has the same problem.
My biggest problem now is picking between the two. I prefer the original Razr's form factor (I know weird right?) WAY more than the Maxx's but the Maxx's battery life is on a completely different level. So Im curious, how does the original Razr's battery life stack up again the Nexus'? I know the Maxx will blow it away, but like I said, I would prefer to stick with the original. Im a fairly heavy user, ie. always full brightness and 4G/3G and some light to moderate browsing, depending on the day. I dont watch a LOT of videos and Im usually close to an outlet. I just dont want to be tethered to an outlet like I was with the Nexus.
From what I remember with the brief time I had the Razr, it had pretty decent battery life.
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Get an aftermarket battery for your nexus off ebay..
I consider the Droid RAZR (not Maxxx) battery to be really good. I am on 8% now and it has been up for 1d and 11h
romdroid. said:
I consider the Droid RAZR (not Maxxx) battery to be really good. I am on 8% now and it has been up for 1d and 11h
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What's your screen on time though? To me that is what matters the most when judging battery life.
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I owned a RAZR, (Rezound), a GNex, and now a MAXX. The RAZR battery is the worst battery I've ever had in a phone. I start my day around 5am, and take lunch break at 11:30. My RAZR was consistently at about 20% by lunch. And I was trying to extend battery life by not pushing emails and not syncing weather and calendars. Even my rezound which has a smaller battery and the bloated SenseUI lasted almost twice as long as the RAZR did. And the rezound has the highest screen quality/resolution of any phone in the world, AFAIK, and that is supposedly one of the biggest battery drainers there is. In my opinion, the RAZR and GNex have about the same battery life, enough to last til lunch if you are one of the people who actually take your phone out of your pocket once in a while. Maybe a whole day in standby mode. The maxx on the other hand.... I have 3 email accounts set to push, FB set to push, BLN, weather and calendars set to update/sync every 15 minutes, and screen brightness at about 80%. I leave BT and wifi on all day. And i don't toggle 3g/4g. I live in a very strong 4g area so i never see 3g. And by the time I go to sleep, I am usually between 10-20% depending on if it was a busy day. I have been spoiled by this phone, I will never own a phone again with less than a 3000mAh battery or the option of an extended battery 3000mAh or more. I know I added more than you asked about. But I hope that somewhere in there I answered your question.
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What's your screen on time though? To me that is what matters the most when judging battery life.
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where do u check that?
After recently purchasing a Razr Maxx I have noticed the battery isn't nearly as good as expected. After 12 hours of moderate use (about an hour of Angry Birds, screen at ~60%, 100 texts and about 20 minutes of 3G usage) the battery was down to orange. It is on its third charge right now, however its already on 70% battery after some Temple Run and an hour or so of Wifi. Could it be defective? Should I wait a couple more charges?
Im not even on ICS as I'm in the UK, that also means 4G can't be causing any run down either. Signal in my area is a bit patchy, but I hoped the Maxx could more than handle it.
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Do you have Facebook running in the background or some other app that might be sucking on your battery.
Unroot, or go back to stock, wipe, and clear cache. If that doesnt solve it, call Verizon for a replacement. Most of the time, its a rogue app, or a bad flash.
The battery info is telling me quite regular things, display is using 40-50%, games for an hour are about 10% and then Wifi and Android OS take up most of the remaining. I dont suspect it is a rogue app.
If you guys think it should be lasting longer Ill go into the shop I bought it from and probably get it replaced as I've only had it a couple of days.
And for the record here in the UK phones aren't provider specific and Verizon doesn't have a network!
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The battery info is telling me quite regular things, display is using 40-50%, games for an hour are about 10% and then Wifi and Android OS take up most of the remaining. I dont suspect it is a rogue app.
If you guys think it should be lasting longer Ill go into the shop I bought it from and probably get it replaced as I've only had it a couple of days.
And for the record here in the UK phones aren't provider specific and Verizon doesn't have a network!
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Check for apps on startup or ones that are consuming battery. Im constantly getting 16-24hrs on my standard razr with heavy usage.
Yea dude....You should be getting MUCH better battery life.
I can regularly go 2+ days b/w charges
Definitely should be getting better life than that. I just got 40+ hours with 4+ hours screen time and still had 11% remaining. Simply amazing. Running unofficial CM9.
Using the stock battery usage app is not enough.
1) You need to use GSAM battery monitor, to find out EXACTLY which apps are waking your device from letting it sleep properly, and by how much % & how much time spent.
2) You need to use CPUSpy to check your razr maxx is EVEN sleeping AT ALL.
If you have done both steps, and you dont have crazy apps that are waking your devices a couple hundred times in a few hours, and that CPUSpy is showing that your razr is sleeping properly (or not), then I advise go send it in for warranty..
I think what happened in your case is, someone probably did a dodgy and removed the razr maxx battery and replaced it with a normal battery.. May I ask did you buy it from an online store? Because I just bought one and am now worried these third party stores are doing these kind of dodgy things.
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Also, you can go into the device information through the Dialer.
You press a certain combination of # and * and numbers, and you cna find out exactly what battery is inside your phone. I would do that first, cause your battery sounds like its just a normal razr batt..
Do u have the 4g radio turned off completely?
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I had the same impression when I got RAZR Maxx, but to be fair the first thing I did was turning the screen background light to maximum. I changed it back to auto when I noticed that the battery doesn't live up to my expectations. It's jolly good now.
BTW we are right now getting an ICS update in the UK, got notified this morning but I will make a plunge later.
Hope this helps.
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I'm not a devout believer in such tests, but if the score would be much less than mine, I'd thought it over what to do next... Otherwise, there may be other reasons (most probably, software related ones).
Plug the phone in at night and then unplug it in the morning use the phone all day do not check the battery status and plug it in at night . you need to use that phone you need to cycle the battery. Depending on what account you have it could take anywhere up to 3 days for the background data to sync everything from YouTube to your email to all the other stuff it in there. That's on a stock rom. On custom roms you need to know what all the settings are for and set them manually. I've had great Luck with the stuff in my sig as I live 100 miles from 4g and my phone is always searching, and I let it. I try to plug it in every day but I easily make 2.
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I agree with the OP. My Droid Razr Maxx didn't live up to the hype, traded it for a 2 week old S3.
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I bought my phone from a respectable high-street shop, not a dodgy online retailer. I went in today and told the manager about my problem - for some reason he seemed to think that I should only expect that much battery life from a Maxx! I don't think he'd ever used one, as he seemed to think it was a regular old smartphone! I kept on insisting that it should be lasting better than it was, tomorrow I will unplug it and see how it fairs. I have reinstalled all the apps I had on my old one, so if I still have the same problems I will check out the suggested battery monitors.
I don't believe my phone even has a 4G radio, no phones in the UK do yet, we're not really getting any networks until next year. My network are doing a trial on 4G starting September, however only a select few phones are gonna have 4G. So yeah, there's no worries about that draining my battery. My house is pretty bad when it comes to signal, however my Maxx is only lasting as long as my old Droid on the same signal, and it is lasting less than an S3 on similar signal. So again, I doubt it is patchy signal causing the drain, and even if it was I thought the Maxx would be able to more than handle it.
So yeah, I really like the phone and I hope that I'm not going to have to start using it conservatively, as I bought the phone mostly so I could just do what the f- I want in the day and just charge it every night.
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I bought my phone from a respectable high-street shop, not a dodgy online retailer. I went in today and told the manager about my problem - for some reason he seemed to think that I should only expect that much battery life from a Maxx! I don't think he'd ever used one, as he seemed to think it was a regular old smartphone! I kept on insisting that it should be lasting better than it was, tomorrow I will unplug it and see how it fairs. I have reinstalled all the apps I had on my old one, so if I still have the same problems I will check out the suggested battery monitors.
I don't believe my phone even has a 4G radio, no phones in the UK do yet, we're not really getting any networks until next year. My network are doing a trial on 4G starting September, however only a select few phones are gonna have 4G. So yeah, there's no worries about that draining my battery. My house is pretty bad when it comes to signal, however my Maxx is only lasting as long as my old Droid on the same signal, and it is lasting less than an S3 on similar signal. So again, I doubt it is patchy signal causing the drain, and even if it was I thought the Maxx would be able to more than handle it.
So yeah, I really like the phone and I hope that I'm not going to have to start using it conservatively, as I bought the phone mostly so I could just do what the f- I want in the day and just charge it every night.
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Poor signal kills battery. I'm in Mexico and I'm running miui Rom. Today will try official ics for Brazil, but I agree. Too much hype on the battery life. ICS is no better for battery life anyway.
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I dunno, we tend to lose some perspective. I think we got used to the Maxx's battery. I can go easily a full heavy use 24 hour cycle without recharging. Neither of my friends with Android can go past 5-8 hours. When I was offered the Maxx they said "It goes a full day without having to charge the battery".
It certainly does. I expect no miracles, after all it's a mobile battery.
The best way I've found to save battery ( I had the same problem, ran through forums, and finally got it up to around 20 hrs average- with heavy texting) was a combination of things.
-Buy and Use CPU Sleeper
-JuiceDefender Ultimate
-turn off mobile data when not using (In class I turn this off so I only get texting)
I'm running rooted stock, and these so far get me through an entire day on one charge. Hope it helps.
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finally got my razr maxx, and am suffering from the OP problem, drains much faster than expected, but this is fresh out of the box (battery not cycled(?), i however think the manufacturer SHOULD have cyc;ed the battery (unless this is a consumer myth to solving our own probs)
So, not sure if this is overhyped this ''21 hours talk time on 4g'', given that im only 2g/3g and its draining pretty quickly.
However, if users are reporting full day with heavy usage,i find that realisitic & if you can last that long, no probs with the battery (I stream 3g radio on 3g to and from work, and games here and there browsing, etc) <-- my usual charge per day