Like the title says,my amaze has a very low battery life.It us an unbranded amaze running "Energy" rom with Stock kernel.
I am having only 3-4 hours battery life(with screen on).It was good with gingerbread but after flashing ICS on it(unofficial way),it got worse.I tried other roms as well e.g "Android revolution","Energy with both faux and stock kernel but battery life was still same.
I also calibrated the battery.
Now you guys have to tell me what to do.I tried my best.
Thanks in advance.
umair42 said:
Like the title says,my amaze has a very low battery life.It us an unbranded amaze running "Energy" rom with Stock kernel.
I am having only 3-4 hours battery life(with screen on).It was good with gingerbread but after flashing ICS on it(unofficial way),it got worse.I tried other roms as well e.g "Android revolution","Energy with both faux and stock kernel but battery life was still same.
I also calibrated the battery.
Now you guys have to tell me what to do.I tried my best.
Thanks in advance.
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3-4 hour screen time is good. But if that's not enough for you, you can try the 3600 mah mugen power battery
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filthygoat223996 said:
3-4 hour screen time is good. But if that's not enough for you, you can try the 3600 mah mugen power battery
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3-4 hours is not good time.I personally use Xperia U and it has great battery time(6-7 hours screen on).And I don't want extended battery because with it,phone looks fat and ugly.
umair42 said:
3-4 hours is not good time.I personally use Xperia U and it has great battery time(6-7 hours screen on).And I don't want extended battery because with it,phone looks fat and ugly.
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The Xperia u has a smaller screen,a lower clocked processor, you can't expect the amaze to be the same in terms of battery life. It's like comparing the mileage of a Honda civic and a mustang. There is no magical way to double your battery life, but you can lower screen brightness, underclock, etc
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The Xperia u has a smaller screen,a lower clocked processor, you can't expect the amaze to be the same in terms of battery life. It's like comparing the mileage of a Honda civic and a mustang. There is no magical way to double your battery life, but you can lower screen brightness, underclock, etc
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But it was not as bad on gingerbread as it is on ICS.It became worse only after updating to ICS.
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Hey guys. I know this is going to appear an elementary issue but I can't seem to figure it out. I work for Sprint I know all about battery life and what kills it and how to make it last. My 3d is draining about 20 percent per hour! I have swapped batteries, tested my batteries, wiped my device mutiple times and flashed different roms and kernels. I can't seem to figure out why my battery life has become so bad. My wifes 3d lasts about 16+ hours with moderate use and I get nowhere near that. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks!
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you can try wiping battery stats. if you have been flashing roms that can sometimes cause bad battery life. also the standard making sure radios you arent using are turned off and what not. but i'm sure you already know that. most recoveries have an option built in to wipe battery stats or you can use an app called batterycalibration. pretty straight forward app. hope that helps.
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Hey guys. I know this is going to appear an elementary issue but I can't seem to figure it out. I work for Sprint I know all about battery life and what kills it and how to make it last. My 3d is draining about 20 percent per hour! I have swapped batteries, tested my batteries, wiped my device mutiple times and flashed different roms and kernels. I can't seem to figure out why my battery life has become so bad. My wifes 3d lasts about 16+ hours with moderate use and I get nowhere near that. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Try the AndroTECH Ron... I've Tried a Sh!t load of Roms and Battery life has been the Best on that Rom for me so far!
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Hey guys. I know this is going to appear an elementary issue but I can't seem to figure it out. I work for Sprint I know all about battery life and what kills it and how to make it last. My 3d is draining about 20 percent per hour! I have swapped batteries, tested my batteries, wiped my device mutiple times and flashed different roms and kernels. I can't seem to figure out why my battery life has become so bad. My wifes 3d lasts about 16+ hours with moderate use and I get nowhere near that. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks!
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backup your wife's rom and restore it on your phone. wipe battery and you should have exact same battery life as your wife's.
Thanks i will try that
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Thanks i will try that
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if that still doesn't work, swap your phone with hers. She wouldn't even know.
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if that still doesn't work, swap your phone with hers. She wouldn't even know.
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LOL! Oh, they know. They all have radar.
May be a bad battery, 20% an hour is an aweful lot
LOL she would definitely know if I swapped it out. I bought the platinum brand 34000mah extended life battery from best buy and I'm seeing little improvement. I really hate to think its the phone since I have s-off and really dont Want a 1.5 hboot. Could some one tell me which radio I should have. Could that affect battery life as well?
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LOL she would definitely know if I swapped it out. I bought the platinum brand 34000mah extended life battery from best buy and I'm seeing little improvement. I really hate to think its the phone since I have s-off and really dont Want a 1.5 hboot. Could some one tell me which radio I should have. Could that affect battery life as well?
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The radio version shouldn't effect battery life that much, could be from a bad signal, the phone constantly searching for signal kills the battery quick, and when you say her phone lasts 16 hours with moderate use.... That doesn't tell us too much,
Screen on time is where the valuable information comes from....
Do everything you can to maximize battery life... Turn on and off the certain radios as you need them etc.
And do a battery stat wipe, as this is calibrating the phone to the battery, not the battery to the phone... Flashing kernals and roms could Bork battery stats very easily... And flashing to a different one wouldn't necessarily fix the problem... Hope you get it worked out,
Get rid of auto brightness too, get your captivate buttons to a lower brightness they eat the battery up too...
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Hey guys does gb or ics make a different in battery life and if it does how big is the difference and does stock gb give the most battery life or does a Rom i know you Guys don't like Threads about roms and there battery life sorry but this is just generally ics stock or gingerbread rooted i spend alt of time on the internet and Im in jersey so i don't use lte i use hspa + so what's the best way i can get the max out of.my battery thanks
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gb, but custom kernels with undervolting with increase battery even more. ICS will be even better once source drops and we have custom kernels for that as well. This is because ics can clock lower and still be smooth due to the gpu rendering that is finally integrated, and should've been done that way since day one. But until then definitely gb.
^^^this... Was getting 4+ hours screen time and 1 day 4hrs battery with GB. that was on the oc'd Rom @ 1.82 with undervolting everything below 1.5 and over volting 1.82.
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Stock gb vs unrooted ICS leak I got the same on screen time and standby
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^^^this... Was getting 4+ hours screen time and 1 day 4hrs battery with GB. that was on the oc'd Rom @ 1.82 with undervolting everything below 1.5 and over volting 1.82.
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Which Rom were u using
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The leaked ICS ROMs had very poor battery life for me.
My best battery life on GB was 13 hours with 6 hours of screen time.
On ICS, my best was 5 hours of screen time on Noteworthy Beta 2. Only did 1 charge cycle, though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25361182&postcount=1097
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My best battery life on GB was 13 hours with 6 hours of screen time.
On ICS, my best was 5 hours of screen time on Noteworthy Beta 2. Only did 1 charge cycle, though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25361182&postcount=1097
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Should i believe this guy? 6 hours of screen time? You must be kidding right?
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It depends honestly. Somedays with ics i have high standby drain and apps galore sucking my battery down, other days I get almost 4 hours screen time.
Dags alpha2 seems a bit better than alpha1. I dunno about seraphim, I promptly returned to to alpha1 once I seen baby blue text on white in my apps.
I'd rather keep charging than deal with GB.
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Hi guys...I've been running GB-Saurom Rom OC to 1.7-1.8gHz.... but had a Screen Off Profile of 192-702mHz... also everything gets turned off for Data WiFi and Sync....using a 5000mAh battery....
Unplug at 5AM and when I get home ay 3PM I'm at 10%...... that's with heaving streaming of HD Video, txt, email,surfing.... lol I have 2 - 5000mAh batteries and 1 - 5200mAh plus the stock...... all good now! !
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Hey me again... sorry..... so my point was that I've been running ICS for 2 days now and getting pretty much the same......
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sweetboy02125 said:
Should i believe this guy? 6 hours of screen time? You must be kidding right?
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Not kidding.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23560201&postcount=54
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^^^this... Was getting 4+ hours screen time and 1 day 4hrs battery with GB. that was on the oc'd Rom @ 1.82 with undervolting everything below 1.5 and over volting 1.82.
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What are you under volting 1.5 and below to? And when you say what you are over volting 1.82 is it the only one over 1.5 that you are over volting or are you over volting everything from 1.5 to 1.82?
Also can you list what you're over volting and under volting to? I'd like to try to see if I can get the same results.
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What are you under volting 1.5 and below to? And when you say what you are over volting 1.82 is it the only one over 1.5 that you are over volting or are you over volting everything from 1.5 to 1.82?
Also can you list what you're over volting and under volting to? I'd like to try to see if I can get the same results.
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Currently on ics alpha 2 so no kernel to do this.
When on GB i was using DaG's OC kernel (or dagr8's sorry getting them confused right now, tired will check and edit l8r). J only overvolted the 1.82 setting. As for undervolting i pretty much looked ar what cpuspy said were the most used and using systemtuner set those down one notch on the slider. The ones used less frequently i set 1-2 notches down on slider. only methodology i used and was done over a period of time pushing to see if any problems/fc's occurred. Never really got to the point where that occurred as the ics leak came out and i jumped to it. Did not make a screen capture of system tuner settings or keep a list of final changes.
Oh yeah, i also get the min frequency to 192 and that seemed to quite a bit especially when apps were forcing 'stay awake' mode. That, i feel, is the biggest difference between my GB battery life and ics. I can get 1 day out of ics with 3-4 hours screen time but sometimes an app will force stay awake and the drain is quicker.
Biggest battery saver for me is using wife vs lte. <<wifi i mean word completion error but don't mind using wife sometimes too
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I'm getting 14-16 average usage hours on NOTEworthy ICS v2. Plenty for me.
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sweetboy02125 said:
Should i believe this guy? 6 hours of screen time? You must be kidding right?
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Easily, i got 12hr with 5.5 hours display time on ics alpha 2. then again im using a 3000mah battery. And that with light set to auto with screenfilter app on 72% boom pugaroo. B6 the way im using juicedefender.
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Hello.... from Windsor Ontario Can on the Rogers Wireless network using GB SauRom Rom. .... on the stock 2500mAh battery I get 4hrs if I'm lucky with the screen @ 25% and the chips @ 1.5gHz.....
How in the world are you guys getting more than that?? I stream HD Video most of the time.... don't make any calls and surf.... most of the day I'm on WiFi.... I have no idea how you get these times of over 4hrs... I'm lucky if I reach 4hrs.....
All good now though. ... now I have 2 batteries @ 5000mAh & 1 battery @ 5200mAh so now I'm @ 1.7 or 1.8gHz and I'll get 7hrs ......then I'll Swap to the stock battery for when involution of work.....
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If I use the 5000mAh batteries at home they last pretty much all day but most of the time I only use them at work.... feels too bulky in public. ..... I could get the 3060mAh batteries that are the same size as stock in eBay..... but at like $10-12 for the 5000mAh batteries it's all good. .... I have almost unlimited power... so I'm OC at 1.8 most of the time. ...lol
They should start building these phones with Huge Screens with Solar Cells to charge on the fly.... I know there's one out there already but never really took off.... these phones need those Solar Cells........
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Ffs can we not have a battery life thread started every single day?
Battery life is the most subjective thing, it all depends on how you use your phone, what apps you have installed running in the background, what you have synced, location services. Etc...
No 2 people well have the same drain.
I'm on stock ROM and subscribe to Rogers Toronto. I get about 4 hours too.... My usage sounds similar to yours as well. Thanks I will pick up extra battery soon.
Loving the DNA so far but I've noticed my kernel usage has been high. I don't think It's almost never been below 30%, at one point it was at 50%. From my understanding this is not normal and is creating bad battery drain. If anyone has any suggestions or advice it would be appreciated. Maybe I should try a different kernel? Here's some screenshots from a few minutes ago.
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Loving the DNA so far but I've noticed my kernel usage has been high. I don't think It's almost never been below 30%, at one point it was at 50%. From my understanding this is not normal. If anyone has any suggestions or advice it would be appreciated. Maybe I should try a different kernel? Here's some screenshots from a few minutes ago.
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You can try a different kernel there are two different ones in this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1967 . However, the kernel is (are) the piece(s) of software that basically runs everything, so having the most battery usage out of the kernel is to be expected. The kernels on the form I gave may have better battery usage for multiple reasons (optimized resource usage, bloat removed, etc.) but it will (probably) still be the biggest battery eater.
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You can try a different kernel there are two different ones in this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1967 . However, the kernel is (are) the piece(s) of software that basically runs everything, so having the most battery usage out of the kernel is to be expected. The kernels on the form I gave may have better battery usage for multiple reasons (optimized resource usage, bloat removed, etc.) but it will (probably) still be the biggest battery eater.
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Thanks. I was kinda thinking that. It makes sense that the kernel will be higher in percentage the less the screen is used and vice versa. Just seemed like my battery drain was excessive and since the kernel usage percentage was the highest I assumed that it was the problem. I'll give a different kernel a go and see what happens. Thanks again.
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Thanks. I was kinda thinking that. It makes sense that the kernel will be higher in percentage the less the screen is used and vice versa. Just seemed like my battery drain was excessive and since the kernel usage percentage was the highest I assumed that it was the problem. I'll give a different kernel a go and see what happens. Thanks again.
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Sure thing, but don't expect much more battery life. With a quad core processor, two gigabytes of RAM, a 1080p screen, and an active 4G radio this monster draws a lot of power.
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Sure thing, but don't expect much more battery life. With a quad core processor, two gigabytes of RAM, a 1080p screen, and an active 4G radio this monster draws a lot of power.
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I hear ya. Just seems like I'm getting a lot less battery than what I've seen other people claim they get, especially in deep sleep but oh well. And yes, this thing is a monster lol. Best phone I've had yet.
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I wondered the same. Both kernal usage and android system are many times higher than my last HTC.
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Please share your experience with Stock JB leaked
Mine giving 12 hrs+ after charging and discharging fully 3-4 times
Medium use
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gagan_ahuja11 said:
Please share your experience with Stock JB leaked
Mine giving 12 hrs+ after charging and discharging fully 3-4 times
Medium use
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12 hrs is not a good battery life I usually get around 18-22 hrs with moderate use, wifi on for 6-7 hrs. I have removed all the bloatware, which itself eliminates useless battery draining processes.
End of the day it all depends on your settings and use. But Leaked JB is well known for bad battery life. Hope that gets fixed in official release.
Here is my battery stats
Just check my calls
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Here is my battery stats
Just check my calls
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My battery is 1650
What's your
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My battery life was crap on leaked JB. Cant remember exactly on how long it lasted but it didnt feel long compared to other roms.
At first batterytime was not so good, but after 2-3 charging cycles, and disabling all bloatware it's quite good, easily lasting 2 days with lite to moderate use. Seeing the same on NeatRom Lite 4.0
Debloated, philz kernel and stock battery...
Crap imo. But also seem to have a few wakelocks. eBay I think...
can u pls name all bloatware apps so I can remove them off my s2
What are bloatware apps????????
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can u pls name all bloatware apps so I can remove them off my s2
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Wow the list is way too long to type.
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What are bloatware apps????????
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apps that are useless to some people and are not necessary.
I.e GameHub/Samsung app etc...
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My battery is 1650
What's your
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i also have stock battery 1650
It looks like batterydrain is good when not using the phone much, but not so with more use. I have been using it a bit more than usual today, and after about 7 hours from unplugged, and a little more than 3 hour total screen time (minimum brightness), and 1,5 hour web-browsing, 1 hour playing music, the battery was below 15% (screen using 45% of battery) and I'm really not too happy anymore...
Yea no matter what I do or what Rom I use this is the same results I get the only way I can get like 10-15 hrs is if I rarely use my phone and turn the data off lol so yea just thought I show y'all my battery results lol
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Download GSam to see whats draining the battery down. When I used my Amaze I constantly got a good 12hrs with 3hrs screen time. Once you figure it out youll need to kill whats draining it.
Btw. What rom are you using?
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Download GSam to see whats draining the battery down. When I used my Amaze I constantly got a good 12hrs with 3hrs screen time. Once you figure it out youll need to kill whats draining it.
Btw. What rom are you using?
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This guy used all the roms he could get his hands on, and all of them, according to him, had bad battery life.
He doesn't understand his amaze or his battery is faulty, and blames the Rom every time he has bad battery life. He needs to get an iphone or Windows Phone because I doubt he understands Android.
Ah.. didn't even notice who the op was..
I'm not blaming the roms I'm blaming my bad choice of a phone yes I'm blaming myself mainly
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The Amaze is a quality phone with decent but not great battery life you can easily get a day its probably your battery
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I'm not blaming the roms I'm blaming my bad choice of a phone yes I'm blaming myself mainly
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Then you need to get a new battery because you clearly have a faulty one. You are the only person on here with a 1 hour battery while everyone else gets 24 on light use.
For what it's worth, this phone seems to eat batteries. I've been through 3, and its not even my daily driver anymore. The processor gets extremely warm, and that in turn gets the battery warmed up too. You can find batteries fairly cheap on Amazon but be careful about which ones you buy.
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Yea no matter what I do or what Rom I use this is the same results I get the only way I can get like 10-15 hrs is if I rarely use my phone and turn the data off lol so yea just thought I show y'all my battery results lol
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These guys are a bit unfair with you but you dont help it by saying lol so much. If you get battery like that on fourth bar infusion as well then its definitely your battery. Its not just you with bad battery. Generally the amaze has decent but not good battery life.
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Yeah, you should expect battery life on par with a first generation LTE device. If you're going to play on it a lot I would advise a second battery and a charger to keep you going. That's what I had to do when it was my daily. A second battery went with me wherever I was going, no questions asked.
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Check this out. .and still have about another full 24hrs before it dies
I had pretty decent battery life when I had the Amaze. As everyone said, it's probably your battery.
I had battery issues as well with the amaze. Even tried the Anker battery with no luck. I've since switched to the HTC One S because of this and am much happier. Good luck with your phone
I'm glad to see someone saying something positive about the One S... I didn't have much good to say about mine the two weeks I had two separate handsets.
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Check this out. .and still have about another full 24hrs before it dies
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10 hour screen on? That's cray
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Filthygoat - haha its not from an Amaze. It's my Note 2 with a Zerolemon 9300mah battery.
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Filthygoat - haha its not from an Amaze. It's my Note 2 with a Zerolemon 9300mah battery.
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Oh no wonder. I wish we had zerolemon for our amaze
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I think it comes down to expectation. I was able to play Inotia 4 for about 6-8 hours in airplane mode while flying.
However, in my home area the signal strength is weak. If I have 4G on, I lose about half of my battery power in about an hour.
(The battery is about 1 year old by now.) I bought a new Anker battery from Amazon. Reportedly it works well with the Amaze.
I'll have to test it out. Though I think in my area the battery life is not going to be too great due to weak signal...
It is ironically much better when I'm traveling.
install greenify from playstore (ensure you have supersu and root first) and you will be fine. my year old dead battery became alive again. also you can use anker battery, combined with greenify the phone can last day and half or more.
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Check this out. .and still have about another full 24hrs before it dies
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Thats crazy.. But the amaze with constant use for me last about 2-3 hours..(just about NONSTOP use). Does seem to drain fast but for the most part theres always somewhere to charge it or your best bet is to just get a second battery like some people have stated. I Love the amaze, Have Energy rom and everything is GREAT for the most part.. battery does go fairly quick though... Not horrible at the same time. But im on my phone alot