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So I've had it since November 8th, that was a while ago... and I've been at work today and lightly texting, using gochat fb from time to time, reading RSS, calendar, minimal brightness, hspa+, and after 8 hours my batteries at like 15%, does this seem like normal usage/battery drainage to anyone? I'm at work so ill extend on this a little more later, but people were saying you should see battery improvements after a week or two ..
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zexco said:
So I've had it since November 8th, that was a while ago... and I've been at work today and lightly texting, using gochat fb from time to time, reading RSS, calendar, minimal brightness, hspa+, and after 8 hours my batteries at like 15%, does this seem like normal usage/battery drainage to anyone? I'm at work so ill extend on this a little more later, but people were saying you should see battery improvements after a week or two ..
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There's a lot of factors that go into battery life it might be the Facebook chat constantly using data and killing the battery it might be other things...I would recommend juice defender beta it really helps me out. I usually just keep my phone on 3g unless I really need the speed and that helps tremendously. I'm going on 14 hours with more use than you've described above with 29% battery left.
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With the usage described, by the time I was getting to the end of the thread I thought you would mention you had 15% after 5-6 hours.
I am not sure what phones you have had in the past and if they were Android phones, but what you just described is GREAT battery life.
Take into consideration these things:
1. 3G
2. Screen on
3. Phone not sleeping because of chat
4. Huge screen
5. Fast CPU
Did you really expect battery life to be the same on this as on your Nokia 6310i almost 10 years ago?
Now regularly getting just over 48 hours between charges (this morning I've still go 20% left in the tank)..
..3g off, but wifi on during daytime (with background sync for email, weather, uknews widget, xbox live stats widget etc), a few calls here and there (inc using speakerphone) moderate texting... using 3g when away from home e.g. commuting to work a couple of days a week.. regularly checking fb etc.. smart action to disable wifi, 3g and background sync over night but that's about it..
pretty..
damn..
awesome!!!
I guess you're right, I do expect too much usage from the phones these days it seems.. anyway, lightly (read: barely) using the phone today, 6 hrs usage so far and its kicking at 70% still, not bad.. I also installed JuiceDefender (sounds like a condom brand lol) so that seems like its helping I think, ill start setting up my smart actions and stuff too.
Even with my brightness all the way down it seems like its using a whopping 46% of the battery, jeeeesus
I also do feel like my smartphone is my primary device these days, I mean, I don't even use the desktop I just bought.. gonna sell it and get an HDTV + HD station + wireless keyboard w/ touch pad.. and I will be set!
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Don't know if this helps but I've now been listening to music for 6 hours straight and still have 40% battery left, that's checking 5 mail accounts every hour, going on book face and 2 google accounts. The battery rocks
+ charged it to 100‰ as I knew tonight would be music night
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My battery on my Razr is excellent
Ok I'm here to tell ya z battery on this here Razr is fine. I spent 4 hours on the golf course with the screen and gps on the whole time with my SkyDroid golf range finder app, had several calls and even surf the web a few times while waiting to hit my next shot and I only lost 32% on my battery. I can go 24 hours easily with heavy use.
Now I'm rooted...use Battery Calibration and AutoKiller Memory Optimizer and I'm golden. Both those apps need Superuser Permission so you have to be rooted and maybe I'm just lucky but I'm pleased with the battery life so far. Now ask me in a year after 300+ battery charges and maybe it will different as I'm not a big fan of non-replaceable batteries. I do like my Razr however.
Good Luck
I was getting terrible battery life when I first got the phone. Did 3-4 battery cycles (let the phone die completely, charge to 100%, use phone and let battery die completely, rinse, repeat) and my battery life has improved dramatically.
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I ,am on it a lot, between GPS and general usage, ,but this still seems like too fast to drain compared to what others here have said. I had this problem with my Atrix too, maybe i am just destined for bad luck with battery life
Do you use anything like juice defender. This app literly doubled my battery life!
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Dillsnik said:
I ,am on it a lot, between GPS and general usage, ,but this still seems like too fast to drain compared to what others here have said. I had this problem with my Atrix too, maybe i am just destined for bad luck with battery life
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how much screen on time do u get?
Cozzeck said:
Do you use anything like juice defender. This app literly doubled my battery life!
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Apps like that only increase standby battery life. Everything else is very minimal.
And I'm not happy with the battery life either. My phone is plugged in right now and the battery is actually going down as I use it.
Ready for the HTC One X
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This happened to me since i first got the phone it has slowed down and now the phone can last through the day ever since at&t throttled me for this month goes without saying ill take it easy next month. so most likely if your in an lte area thats the problem
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Apps like that only increase standby battery life. Everything else is very minimal.
And I'm not happy with the battery life either. My phone is plugged in right now and the battery is actually going down as I use it.
Ready for the HTC One X
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If it's notbthe stock charger you areblikely not using a rapid charger.
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I pull mine off the charger at 7:00 and at 3pm or so it's down to 85%, I'll put it on the charger at work until I leave around 5-6pm (mainly because I'm used to having to do this on my previous phone) and at night if I'm not using it constantly it's around 70-75% when I plug it in at bed time.
I suspect anyone getting that bad of battery life must be using it constantly, ie: Playing games, browsing, trolling facebook, etc.. Even in the "new toy" stage I'm getting great battery life.
FYI I don't have LTE, but do generally have good 4G.
You honestly can't use any phone on GPS without external power and expect that you're not going to discharge quickly. Assuming that you are running a car charger during GPS and just didn't say so, search the i-717 threads, since the topic has been well vetted on what chargers are more effective,etc. There are definite differences.
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The fact that there are people out there that get really good battery life means the problem is you and not the phone. If you refresh facebook every minute of course your battery life will be crappy. apps like juicedefender are just marketing crap. as long as there are no running apps in the background that eat your battery, you do not need any juicedefender or tasker. also setting screen-off behavior to conservative on set cpu helps improve battery life.
When I first got my i717 and was using it on the stock rom I had pretty terrible battery life. I take it off the charger at 5:00am and had decent battery life (around 5 to 7 hours without GPS) but I use my phone a lot for internet/email. I think your battery life is completely normal given your usage.
Most people get about 5hrs screen on time. Total on battery ranges up to about 24hrs, but only if the screen is off at least 19 of them.
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Most people get about 5hrs screen on time. Total on battery ranges up to about 24hrs, but only if the screen is off at least 19 of them.
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5 hours? Would you mind posting a link to suh a claim? I barely get 12 hours total with 2 hours of screen time.
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khaytsus said:
I pull mine off the charger at 7:00 and at 3pm or so it's down to 85%, I'll put it on the charger at work until I leave around 5-6pm (mainly because I'm used to having to do this on my previous phone) and at night if I'm not using it constantly it's around 70-75% when I plug it in at bed time.
I suspect anyone getting that bad of battery life must be using it constantly, ie: Playing games, browsing, trolling facebook, etc.. Even in the "new toy" stage I'm getting great battery life.
FYI I don't have LTE, but do generally have good 4G.
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7-3 is 8 hours
exactly how much screen on time do you have by the time its at 85% ? because i mean, it can go on standy for days with nothing on
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5 hours? Would you mind posting a link to suh a claim? I barely get 12 hours total with 2 hours of screen time.
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i can get about 3 or so
5 hours of screen time AND 19hours standby sounds incredible
would sure like to see screen shot as well
and def dont think 5 hours is any type of avg
I had GPS running on my phone for 4 hours today, had blue tooth on half the time without knowing it, sending text messages, making two 5 min phone calls, checking maps, checking FML and reading a book for about an hour and drained down to about 70% and I have the brightness set at auto. I would exchange it for a new battery.
On average with several texts per hour, several 5-10 min phone calls, taking a few pics and uploading them to picasa, checking facebook, updating status and checking emails I can pull off the charger at 630am and still have 50% battery (at least) by 630pm.
I do have the juicedefender (which isn't crap, it turns off signal after so long so you aren't trolling for signals when you aren't on the phone).
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I had GPS running on my phone for 4 hours today, had blue tooth on half the time without knowing it, sending text messages, making two 5 min phone calls, checking maps, checking FML and reading a book for about an hour and drained down to about 70% and I have the brightness set at auto. I would exchange it for a new battery.
On average with several texts per hour, several 5-10 min phone calls, taking a few pics and uploading them to picasa, checking facebook, updating status and checking emails I can pull off the charger at 630am and still have 50% battery (at least) by 630pm.
I do have the juicedefender (which isn't crap, it turns off signal after so long so you aren't trolling for signals when you aren't on the phone).
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and whats your screen on time for that 12 hour 6am-6pm with 50% still left please?
Just buy a second battery and throw it in at noon. No biggie.
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Just buy a second battery and throw it in at noon. No biggie.
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Was thinking of doing that since they're so cheap but thanks to juice defense I don't really have that issue no more.
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h0tw1r3 said:
5 hours? Would you mind posting a link to suh a claim? I barely get 12 hours total with 2 hours of screen time.
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I had a ss of my buddies yesterday, but can't restore mms lol. There are plenty of other ss in the note section. He was at 22+ hrs with about 4:30 of screen on and some % remaining. I have to charge around 7-9 everynight at 4-4:30 hrs screen on, but my use is pretty heavy. I sync 4 gmail accounts, a separate GV, 3 calendars, and several apps.
If yours is much worse than that, you likely have a few troublesome apps or are playing games. First, after a full charge, reset cpuspy timers, lock it, and set it down for a few hours (I know, impossible). Then check to see that your CPU has been in deep sleep about 95% of the time. If not, use better battery stats to see what has been request wakelocks. Not only the most total time, but the total number. Any app that looks outrageous, freeze it or uninstall it. For system processes that look troublesome, Google. You can often find simple tricks online that will tell you what's causing them to go crazy. Beyond that, turn off syncing of anything that isn't needed or doesn't matter (like Facebook), and uninstall stuff you never use.
Another slight help is the brightness widget (don't use the actual widget, just put the app on your homescreen, it works the same) or dimmer in market as they can both set the brightness to a value of 10 (Samsung lowest stock is 20), and even if you can't tell the difference, it helps. Jkay settings in saurom can set the auto brightness profile slightly darker than stock. Umm, and the obvious, use less Widgets, longer sync intervals, processor scaling and speed profiles, and buy a couple rapid chargers, wall and auto.
A couple things to note after seeing a few of these posts...
BT can be on, but without it searching, connected, or listening it's not active.
GPS isn't active unless its in use aand you see the icon in the notification bar. That being said, fb, websites, and many other apps that request location will activate it.
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YOU MUST CALIBERATE THE BATTERY!! I have no issues I use my phone heavy all day and get 15 hours and I still have 20% left. All you have to do is
1) Charge you phone until it says "charged"
2)Leave phone plugged in and power off and let it charge until the battery meter literally says "100" (screen will sleep so you can check with volume rocker to light screen)
3) power on phone and let boot and than power off and wait till you see 100% again
4) now keep doin this and you will notice it will start displaying "100%" faster and faster usually takes 6-7 times cycling like this
5) After you do this download Battery Caliberation (root required) app from market and hit the caliberate button and boom your good to go
I do this on every android phone I own when I flash a new rom or purchase a fresh one. Everyone should do this everytime you flash a new rom and I can CONFIRM significant battery longevity on all my android phones I have done this with
You only have to do it once so just get it out the way and you'll get through a whole dayand have some juice to play with.
I get 15+ hours and do not any battery juice defender apps
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The fact that there are people out there that get really good battery life means the problem is you and not the phone. If you refresh facebook every minute of course your battery life will be crappy. apps like juicedefender are just marketing crap. as long as there are no running apps in the background that eat your battery, you do not need any juicedefender or tasker. also setting screen-off behavior to conservative on set cpu helps improve battery life.
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Just to be clear here, Tasker has nothing to do with battery life. It doesn't hurt it, nor "help" it. However, you certainly could write tasks/contexts that would decrease battery life, and there are a few scripts out there which do silly stuff like autokilling, etc... But if we're talking "battery savings", Tasker and JD do not go in the same category.
IMO JD is only useful if you're frequently in an area with no signal, like you work in a basement or deep inside of a solidly constructed building. Since you mentioned Tasker, in this context it does help me a bit on battery because my wifi turns off when I leave the house, but that's also something JD can help with. If you don't have a wifi connection it'll turn off wifi (and I believe turn it back on periodically to see if there's one available?) I don't use JD, so can't speak too much for it.
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7-3 is 8 hours
exactly how much screen on time do you have by the time its at 85% ? because i mean, it can go on standy for days with nothing on
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Hour? Hour and a half? I'm working during that period. I usually hit news sites and G+ when I'm first at my desk in the morning, so that's 30 minutes or so off and on looking at it, then perhaps an hour over the rest of the day, sometimes more at lunch.
I'll look closer today and post back.
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YOU MUST CALIBERATE THE BATTERY!!
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Complete nonsense. https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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http://db.tt/eeiPVxIS
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I recieved an infraction of 5 points from xda finally got my pics up... lol. Lets see what we got out there.
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I recieved an infraction of 5 points from xda finally got my pics up... lol. Lets see what we got out there.
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Are you stock? I'm getting nothing like that, dropped 2% idling in gsam in 50 minutes!
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What band is everyones phone using? Go to dialler and enter *#*#4636#*#*, select 'phone information' and scroll down to 'set preferred network type'. Mine is set to WCDMA only which means I'm using full power to find a signal all the time I believe! This could explain my lack of battery life.
Could everyone check their network type and report back and see if we can get a correlation between battery life and network type. I might try changing it to WCDMA preferred or CDMA/GSM auto.
More research is required!
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Are you stock? I'm getting nothing like that, dropped 2% idling in gsam in 50 minutes!
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What band is everyones phone using? Go to dialler and enter *#*#4636#*#*, select 'phone information' and scroll down to 'set preferred network type'. Mine is set to WCDMA only which means I'm using full power to find a signal all the time I believe! This could explain my lack of battery life.
Could everyone check their network type and report back and see if we can get a correlation between battery life and network type. I might try changing it to WCDMA preferred or CDMA/GSM auto.
More research is required!
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I am on stock at this moment.. debloated/deo/rooted.
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razr maxx has the best battery life for a mobile that I know
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Most def...
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Mine is GSM Auto (PRL)
Myrmidon83 said:
Are you stock? I'm getting nothing like that, dropped 2% idling in gsam in 50 minutes!
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What band is everyones phone using? Go to dialler and enter *#*#4636#*#*, select 'phone information' and scroll down to 'set preferred network type'. Mine is set to WCDMA only which means I'm using full power to find a signal all the time I believe! This could explain my lack of battery life.
Could everyone check their network type and report back and see if we can get a correlation between battery life and network type. I might try changing it to WCDMA preferred or CDMA/GSM auto.
More research is required!
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Btw, my network type is set to lte/cdma/evdo/wcdma... the long one... lol.
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My record was 6 days from 1 charge. But in last 2 days phone just used for a few calls.
Here's what I'm seeing on this recent charge. Hope these pics ain't too big.
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Mine is GSM Auto (PRL)
Daniel, that's quite interesting you're on gsm auto prl. What region are you and which network? I tried changing it to WCDMA preferred and it appears to snap to gsm auto prl, with only a half loss in speed.
Note the sensor useage time.
In a-95dbm 4G service area. Auto brightness enabled. No battery saving tricks. Drops 1% every 2hrs while idling overnight.
I would call this moderate to light usage. No streaming music. Web browsing primarily.
Restarted to cause the vertical battery drop.
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In a-95dbm 4G service area. Auto brightness enabled. No battery saving tricks. Drops 1% every 2hrs while idling overnight.
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Mine must drop 2-3% every 2 hours and that's with mobile data & sync off with smart actions overnight. :/ Battery monitor widget shows I'm drawing around 51-77mA screen off idling. With around 41-47mA with mobile data off.
Some quick maths shows that I should get roughly 40hrs data on and 68hrs data off. I was expecting nearer 68 with no battery tricks idling though. Maybe I should debloat some of the installed apps, dunno how much of a difference that would make.
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Here's what I'm seeing on this recent charge. Hope these pics ain't too big.
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Mine is GSM Auto (PRL)
Daniel, that's quite interesting you're on gsm auto prl. What region are you and which network? I tried changing it to WCDMA preferred and it appears to snap to gsm auto prl, with only a half loss in speed.
Note the sensor useage time.
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I would start by getting rid of "app sucker" ... lol
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stebomurkn420 said:
I would start by getting rid of "app sucker" ... lol
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Lol, that's a part of gsam battery monitor though, it's used to find out what is consuming battery. Unless you're telling me that it's not good? Must admit, I've always used battery monitor widget and never had any issues.
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Lol, that's a part of gsam battery monitor though, it's used to find out what is consuming battery. Unless you're telling me that it's not good? Must admit, I've always used battery monitor widget and never had any issues.
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I dont like battery monitor widgets <<<<… just my opinion
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I dont like battery monitor widgets <<<<… just my opinion
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I like to know what current draw and other things are, must be the EE side of me.
Anyone any idea what the ics equivalent of the 'enable always on mobile data' setting is? On GB you could switch this off but keep background sync on and apps would only update due to their sync interval setting. That greatly helped with battery life on my old HTC devices. A scout around ics seems to have removed this feature and we're left with the data useage mobile data setting & restrict background data which is confusing to say the least as it seems to only allow data on wifi and not interval setting. Or we have background sync which is essentially the google sync and switching this off appears to have little to no effect on current draw. Mobile data off decreases current draw by up to 30mA which is significant but the interval settings don't work.
Any ideas on this without resorting to juice defender as it's not very quick at re-enabling mobile data. Maybe a smart actions profile for screen off would be better, but again you would have the interval problem. Also with mobile data off, you ain't gonna receive mms messages. Aaargh, lol.
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Mine must drop 2-3% every 2 hours and that's with mobile data & sync off with smart actions overnight. :/ Battery monitor widget shows I'm drawing around 51-77mA screen off idling. With around 41-47mA with mobile data off.
Some quick maths shows that I should get roughly 40hrs data on and 68hrs data off. I was expecting nearer 68 with no battery tricks idling though. Maybe I should debloat some of the installed apps, dunno how much of a difference that would make.
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Those current draws are too high for idle overnight usage unless you are in a poor signal area. If signal is similar to or better than mine, then you have an app killing your battery. You should be around 10ma with data off and 20ma with data on. My maxx and my gf's og RAZR are in that ballpark
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Those current draws are too high for idle overnight usage unless you are in a poor signal area. If signal is similar to or better than mine, then you have an app killing your battery. You should be around 10ma with data off and 20ma with data on. My maxx and my gf's og RAZR are in that ballpark
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I have never owned a smartphone that had less than 28mA current draw. I find 10mA and 20mA to be very small for a dual core device. It seems to have settled to around 50mA screen off. The thing using the most battery seems to be the kernel, I don't know whether changing kernel would help. It easily lasts me through the day with my use, it's just not the 2-3 days I had hoped for.
What are you doing to limit current draw to 10-20mA?
Stock ics... verizon...
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I have never owned a smartphone that had less than 28mA current draw. I find 10mA and 20mA to be very small for a dual core device. It seems to have settled to around 50mA screen off. The thing using the most battery seems to be the kernel, I don't know whether changing kernel would help. It easily lasts me through the day with my use, it's just not the 2-3 days I had hoped for.
What are you doing to limit current draw to 10-20mA?
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Signal is a big driver. My overnight idle stats are in a-95 dbm area. At work I am in a -105dbm area and sometimes see occasional cycling to 3g. At work I see more like 40-50ma usage with data on. Hard to tell because I usually check email or something once in a while and I find it takes a while for the current measurement to settle in.
What signal are you seeing?
I am running 215 with simplex 1.2 and hotplug governor. My gf's stock 211 RAZR gives similar current draw though.
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Can we get a consensus on whether battery life is better or worse, for those who have updated to Jelly Bean?
From my own experience, I'd say it's dramatically worse. After updating and using it for a week, I noticed the battery does drain a bit quicker than usual. And last night, i thought to myself, no big deal, I'll just factory reset, maybe that'd help.
Well, that was a bad move, strangely. After factory resetting and setting up my phone and apps, I noticed I had zapped 25% in just under 2 hours. No heavy WiFi usage either, just zipping around the phone setting preferences and just installing like 5 apps.
No such thing, battery performance depends on individual usage. I'd suggest using BetterBatteryStats to determine which apps may be causing wakelocks, and Greenify which hibernates apps of your choice to prevent them from running background services.
I'm not outright saying JB drains battery more than ICS, I'm saying it does for me, under the same usage. What I am wondering if others find JB has increased or decreased or not changed their battery life.
In my case, battery life has improved a lot. Using DX the same as before and now it lasts for 2 days where on ICS i was charging it every night.
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Mine lasts only 9 hours while 2 days in ics.
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Improved battery life for me also. With moderate use two days nicely. Yesterday almost every hour some browsing and theming, all time wifi and after twenty hours still fifty percent. ( I have only a little number of background apps, like launcher, whatsapp and notification toggles)
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i get atleast 12 hours of usage no.matter what on jb i got a max of 21 hrs usage for me battery life has improved but by a minor scale nothing too impressive actually
however what i really appreciate is when it comes to gaming i ran nfs most wanted for 2 hrs and some other games for another 2 hrs still got 4 hrs of on screen time
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Can we get a consensus on whether battery life is better or worse, for those who have updated to Jelly Bean?
From my own experience, I'd say it's dramatically worse. After updating and using it for a week, I noticed the battery does drain a bit quicker than usual. And last night, i thought to myself, no big deal, I'll just factory reset, maybe that'd help.
Well, that was a bad move, strangely. After factory resetting and setting up my phone and apps, I noticed I had zapped 25% in just under 2 hours. No heavy WiFi usage either, just zipping around the phone setting preferences and just installing like 5 apps.
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In my opinion the battery life is preatty much the same. I think this difference may appears due to the apps installed.
Longer battery life for usage mainly text and social, plus light browsing.
Build it power saving is good enough. Can stand for two days.
For me there is no change in battery life. However, I'm new with my HTC desire x(one month), my usage time last maximum 4.5hrs if I use continuously, browsing, play store, etc. but if I use my phone more less, like picking call, once a day checking play store, I get usage time around 2 hrs. But the battery life in total including idle time, it's 2day. Not sure if its normal. Can anyone give me some tips or help?
Btw, my wifi is always on, but not using continuously. Disabled all auto sync. I want to keep in wifi for viber and whatsapp and my favourite HTC clock and weather widget. Do u think this wil drain my battery in idle mode?
I tried to switch off wifi while going to sleep night. Approx 8hours when wifi off, idle mode, only 1% was discharged from battery. Not bad for idle mode. But usage consumption is horrible. Just going through some app menu and setting, not applying any changes, within 4 minutes it takes 1% of battery power. Is this normal for everyone? I think this is called as poor battery life for desire x. Now if I play a game or chat, message it might be worse. My brightness was set to auto and most of the time I prefer to keep it zero brightness. Because the auto brightness is not going to its minimum level of brightness even in dark night situations.
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For me there is no change in battery life. However, I'm new with my HTC desire x(one month), my usage time last maximum 4.5hrs if I use continuously, browsing, play store, etc. but if I use my phone more less, like picking call, once a day checking play store, I get usage time around 2 hrs. But the battery life in total including idle time, it's 2day. Not sure if its normal. Can anyone give me some tips or help?
Btw, my wifi is always on, but not using continuously. Disabled all auto sync. I want to keep in wifi for viber and whatsapp and my favourite HTC clock and weather widget. Do u think this wil drain my battery in idle mode?
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it will but only minimal i got 8 hrs of on screen continous wifi usage so idle mode is no issue since you have already disabled auto sync...
auto sync is actually the battery hog in my perspective....
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anilnc said:
I tried to switch off wifi while going to sleep night. Approx 8hours when wifi off, idle mode, only 1% was discharged from battery. Not bad for idle mode. But usage consumption is horrible. Just going through some app menu and setting, not applying any changes, within 4 minutes it takes 1% of battery power. Is this normal for everyone? I think this is called as poor battery life for desire x. Now if I play a game or chat, message it might be worse. My brightness was set to auto and most of the time I prefer to keep it zero brightness. Because the auto brightness is not going to its minimum level of brightness even in dark night situations.
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umm turn off the auto brightness in settings???:laugh::laugh:
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it will but only minimal i got 8 hrs of on screen continous wifi usage so idle mode is no issue since you have already disabled auto sync...
auto sync is actually the battery hog in my perspective....
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You mean you got 8 hours of usage time? Screen being on? That's something great battery then.. How is it possible? I get maximum 4.5 hours.
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djranbhir said:
umm turn off the auto brightness in settings???:laugh::laugh:
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Yes I turned off the auto brightness and set the brightness level completely down to zero. I use the power widget to do this task with a click. Instead of going to setting>display etc..
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Gnaver said:
Improved battery life for me also. With moderate use two days nicely. Yesterday almost every hour some browsing and theming, all time wifi and after twenty hours still fifty percent. ( I have only a little number of background apps, like launcher, whatsapp and notification toggles)
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You are not using the clock & weather widget?
I'm not using sense at all
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I'm not using sense at all
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Oops.. Are u not using HTC desire x itself?
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Oops.. Are u not using HTC desire x itself?
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I'm using desire, this is my second phone
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Then u said u r not using sense? Did u mean you changed sense with something else? Rooting?
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Then u said u r not using sense? Did u mean you changed sense with something else? Rooting?
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I'm using apex and disabled the Rosie launcher. Also only a few apps with I need (no some special apps like games, news etc) keep it as simple as I can
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You mean you got 8 hours of usage time? Screen being on? That's something great battery then.. How is it possible? I get maximum 4.5 hours.
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Yes I turned off the auto brightness and set the brightness level completely down to zero. I use the power widget to do this task with a click. Instead of going to setting>display etc..
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You are not using the clock & weather widget?
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I have disabled quite a lot of bloatware apps I don't use social networking apps sound hound and I don't remember rest so I pretty much have 175 mb + ram I want for smooth gaming I played nfs asphalt 7 subway surf a lot got about 8 hrs battery life but was gaming like an hour on each game with some breaks to check on email and browsing but my battery life has always been great
I think your mobile is better than desire x then. Because its not about apps for me. Whenever the screen is on battery drains faster. Sometimes I only attend some calls and SMS, then battery stays 2 days but the usage time is 2 hours. If I use continuously, then I get max 4.5 hours.
Just curious if anyone else is seeing battery life cut in half since the Kit Kat update? I was getting two full days on a charge before and now im getting less than a full day. At first it did an upgrade to my existing ICS which I thought may be a contributing factor but after a hard reset battery life is still poor.
My batt usage meter says that 77% of my juice is being used by the OS.
I've only been using it since this morning, so I'll follow up in a day or two, but battery life seems to be improved for me. For last few hours its been sipping battery; used about 8% in 2 hours with a lot of texting and browsing.
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I always found that with each update it seemed to get worse. But on a custom rom it's amazing.
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I am pure stock and the battery life after the update has been about the same for me over the last three days.
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Also, if you use Google Location Services they will wake up the phone hundreds of times per day, turn on GPS for minutes etc. Very bad for battery life on our phone (that has a relatively small battery). You can disable this in settings, location, mode, and set it to Device Sensors (ie GPS). This means Wi-Fi based location no longer works, but you get better stand by battery life. Needless to say, I am upset with Google about this decision to link their location services with such aggressive mandatory location reporting.
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