I Just charged my phone to 100% and unplugged it. It's already dropped 5%. Is this bad? I'm not rooted, stock, and running nova launcher prime. My battery temp right now is 34.6c. My brightness level is only halfway too. I have all the fancy crap turned off. Only stuff on is wifi and data. I have disabled probably 20 or so bloatware apps as well.
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Seems to drop about 10% every 40mins when using it.
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Chadly said:
Seems to drop about 10% every 40mins when using it.
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I'd say this is normal. Just make sure you keep your brightness down, and turn on Power Saver and you should notice a dramatic increase in battery life.
Power Saver will throttle your CPU, but for me, everything still runs butter smooth and haven't noticed any lag, I actually forget my CPU is being throttled. Phones are becoming too fast too quickly.... Just 2 years ago a single core 700 MHz phone was "fast"
Thanks for the input. I didn't charge it since those last screen shots. Been using it for 5 hours straight playing music, testing apps etc. Here's my results. Everything look okay? I have the capacitive button lights on and they vibrate. Also, screen brightness a little over half the whole time.
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Thanks for the input. I didn't charge it since those last screen shots. Been using it for 5 hours straight playing music, testing apps etc. Here's my results. Everything look okay? I have the capacitive button lights on and they vibrate. Also, screen brightness a little over half the whole time.
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How do you use your phone for 5 hours out of it being off the charger for 6???
Either way, 5 hours screen on time is very good.
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I Just charged my phone to 100% and unplugged it. It's already dropped 5%. Is this bad? I'm not rooted, stock, and running nova launcher prime. My battery temp right now is 34.6c. My brightness level is only halfway too. I have all the fancy crap turned off. Only stuff on is wifi and data. I have disabled probably 20 or so bloatware apps as well.
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Not sure what 17 minutes is going to show. Try checking when it's at 50%
Did you see the new pics I loaded? I got 5 hours on screen time and like 7 hours on total.
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geoff5093 said:
How do you use your phone for 5 hours out of it being off the charger for 6???
Either way, 5 hours screen on time is very good.
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Lol what do you mean? I was just on my phone for like 5 hours straight and took an hour and a half break
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With heavy use, I believe this is fairly normal. It can last 1-2 days with more moderate use, though.
The great thing about Android is that it shows you whats eating up your battery. Turn your brightness down or at least turn your screen timeout shorter.
I'm actually very happy with the battery bcuz it charges insanely fast. It seems like when I'm at 1% and i put it in, I check on it 30 mins later and it's like 60%. Even my car charger charges it real fast.
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I noticed it charges quickly also. Thought I was imagining it. My s3 was way slower to charge.
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I noticed it charges quickly also. Thought I was imagining it. My s3 was way slower to charge.
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Yeah, I've never seen anything charge as fast as this phone its crazy.
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How many hours of battery life are you getting out of your galaxy note 2 ...Do you disable wifi at and data at night .Another question when I have wifi and data enabled I noticed that wifi overides data so does data do anything to the battery since wifi over rode it ..Im trying to find out wheather or not I should just disbale certian featured and have longer battery life or just purchase an extra battery and carry that around just in case I will admit one thing the battery on the note 2 is definitely good but I question when people say they get two days of battery how much usage and are they disabling wifi and data at night ? I want to get 8 hours of on screen time it seems like I might get 6 1/2 to 7 hours with a day and a half of usage but rarely two days unless im on the phone lightly like 2 hours a day maybe 3 depending on what app im using thats hogging battery life
Did you have a bad experience with a phone charger Bro? LOL
The more you disable the better but at what point does saving battery become more useful than using the phone.
I understand the obsession because I had it with my nexus so I'm not judging people that worry about it but I use this phone for work and fun with 6+ hours day screen on and I am loving that I only charge when I go to bed and don't have to worry about it again.
Mine lasts all day and I'm on it all the time. Either texting, listening to music, email ect. Maybe you have an app running it down prematurely?
I've also bought 3 extra batteries. Their so cheap. So I have one charged up and ready to go no matter what...LOL
No offence but these threads are so useless. Yesterday I got 5 hours screen time and only 11 hours. I average 7.5 hours and over 16 hours. So what's my point? it depends on location, what you're doing, what apps you have etc.
Finally you could have looked at the huge battery life thread or one of the 5 others.
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No offence but these threads are so useless. Yesterday I got 5 hours screen time and only 11 hours. I average 7.5 hours and over 16 hours. So what's my point? it depends on location, what you're doing, what apps you have etc.
Finally you could have looked at the huge battery life thread or one of the 5 others.
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True story, we all have the same phone. If its dying on you, its what YOU'RE doing
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If you want a reason to worry about Battery get a Nexus or Droid Charge and you will have plenty to worry about! These were my last two phones and I obsessed about battery. Now I don't worry.
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True it last me all day no matter what I do that said its on the charger till I wake up and charging when in the car
As long as your not running too much in the background, you should AT LEAST get 5+ hours of screen time a day.
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No offence but these threads are so useless. Yesterday I got 5 hours screen time and only 11 hours. I average 7.5 hours and over 16 hours. So what's my point? it depends on location, what you're doing, what apps you have etc.
Finally you could have looked at the huge battery life thread or one of the 5 others.
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Not to mention he created a second thread alone on the exact same thing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2158784
Usage is everything. Want 8+ hours screen time, all the time? Get an extended battery
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Hey thanks and yes I'm new on this forum I didn't think the first one went through so i created a second thread my bad ..But yes I do get at least 5 hours of on screen time for sure so Ive decided not to obsess and let it go I got a day and a half on one charge with almost 6 hours on screen time ... I'm running cleanrom 3.5 and I should be greatful this phone is a beast .. I'm done obsessing
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Just curious if anyone runs JuiceDefender? Perhaps I'm just paranoid about 4G sucking down my battery but I do hate hitting my wifi and mobile data toggles every day.
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Just curious if anyone runs JuiceDefender? Perhaps I'm just paranoid about 4G sucking down my battery but I do hate hitting my wifi and mobile data toggles every day.
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Nope, don't need it. I went through the whole micromanaging battery with OG Evo and the Galaxy Nexus. You don't need to do any of that on this phone. It has what I call "second generation" LTE radios, they are much more power efficient, and management of wifi and other radios is also improved. I leave 4G, Wifi, Bluetooth, and GPS and Google sync on all the time. Battery usage is consistently 10% per hour when screen is on, and 1% per hour when in standby connected to Wifi or good LTE signal, dropping to 1.25% in weaker signal areas. Voice uses about 1% per 5 minutes talk time.
Not rooted yet, but when I am it will be even better.
1.79% discharge per hour overnight with no use. That's almost as good as my S3 was getting, rooted, with lots of bloatware disabled. Can't wait to see what this will do once it's rooted and bloat free!
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Not rooted yet, but when I am it will be even better.
1.79% discharge per hour overnight with no use. That's almost as good as my S3 was getting, rooted, with lots of bloatware disabled. Can't wait to see what this will do once it's rooted and bloat free!
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Almost? Thats not nice to hear, my S3 is currently getting 4 hours of life :/
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Almost? Thats not nice to hear, my S3 is currently getting 4 hours of life :/
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My S3 was stock rooted and I was getting .89% discharge per hour overnight. What does yours get with no use (sitting overnight)?
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My S3 was stock rooted and I was getting .89% discharge per hour overnight. What does yours get with no use (sitting overnight)?
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I was always rom'd with CM, and it never made it to Night, like I said I got 4 Hours TOPS.
Truthfully, Touchwiz makes me want to puke.
I got my S4 yesterday, took it home and rooted it and charged it to 100%. Took it off, put about 2 straight hrs of screen time on it setting it up, messing around, benchmarking it, etc and was only down to 74%. That would mean almost 8 hours of screen time and heavy usage, which is pretty damn impressive for such a powerful device with such a great screen.
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I got my S4 yesterday, took it home and rooted it and charged it to 100%. Took it off, put about 2 straight hrs of screen time on it setting it up, messing around, benchmarking it, etc and was only down to 74%. That would mean almost 8 hours of screen time and heavy usage, which is pretty damn impressive for such a powerful device with such a great screen.
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that's crazy!
pre-root, i got 14 hours standby with just barely over 5 hours of screen time.
rooted it last night. removed bloat. let's see how well this baby holds up today.
First battery cycle after debloat, I got 6hrs screen time over a 16 hour discharge. Love it.
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Today is my first day with the phone. It was 100% at 11pm yesterday and it dropped to 95% by 5:30am....not bad. Been using it all day at work reading emails, reading reddit, surfing some websites and it's down to 44% (it's 4pm now). It's had about 3 hours screen time too.
So far the battery life is much better than my old galaxy nexus.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that this is with everything stock. Air view and gestures are turned on as well as power saving mode.
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Not rooted yet, but when I am it will be even better.
1.79% discharge per hour overnight with no use. That's almost as good as my S3 was getting, rooted, with lots of bloatware disabled. Can't wait to see what this will do once it's rooted and bloat free!
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What features do you have enabled or rather disabled?
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This is a welcome change from the Galaxy Nexus. I'm usually charging it by 3pm on a workday. it's almost 5 and i have 35% left (that's after multiple reboots during the rooting process too)
I am at 1d 3h 8m 42s and 22% remaining.
3hrs of screen time.
45min of voice calls.
I have used it to take some pictures, check email, read some articles, and do facebook. I am rooted and have all bloat frozen.
I am very pleased with this battery life and cannot wait for AOSP roms.
I even made my TWRP backup in this charge.
This battery life is insane! I love this phone!
0.94% discharge per hour overnight after root. As good as my S3 now!
Here is a light usage, fully stock not rooted or anything. I have the CPU battery saver on because i notice like 0 performance difference. texted a bit, ebayed, facebooked and a couple other things mostly wifi, bluetooth and location services are on.
I was more pleased with the charger than anything, half hour adds like 30 to 40 percent last time I checked, which is awesome for how big the battery is in comparison with the s3, only drawback is that it doesn't charge very quickly on any charger but the one that comes with it and my car charger. So at work I don't even bother plugging in.
I couldn't stand how laggy my S4 was, so I rooted it and removed the bloatware ( and my God, was there a lot) and now, not only is it WAY snappier, but the battery life is unreal.
I am very pleased with battery life
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My phone is too hot and took three hours to charge ;( please help
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Nobody can help you unless you include details....
Are you rooted?
Are you running a custom ROM? If so, which one?
Are you running a custom kernel?
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Does you screen stay on when charging?
Are you charging your phone from your computer or from the wall?
How hot is "too hot"? What is the exact temperature of your battery and core?
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Nobody can help you unless you include details....
Are you rooted?
Are you running a custom ROM? If so, which one?
Are you running a custom kernel?
Are you using the stock charger that came with your device?
Does you screen stay on when charging?
Are you charging your phone from your computer or from the wall?
How hot is "too hot"? What is the exact temperature of your battery and core?
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I'm stock and unrooted. No custom kernel. The phone is brand new out of the box. Stock charger in use. The SCreen doesn't stay on when charging. I charge it from the wall outlet. I would say its not too hot but it is noticeable. I'll look at the temperature when I charge it again.
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DroidBabe said:
My phone is too hot and took three hours to charge ;( please help
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Are you using the s4 charger?
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Are you using the s4 charger?
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Yes. I'm using the s4 charger that came with it. I just bought this phone today.
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Yes. I'm using the s4 charger that came with it. I just bought this phone today.
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If its still stock and taking 3 hours to charge you might think about taking it back. If its within the first 3 days and is defective they will swap it out right there. If after 3 days your gonna have to get a refurb in the mail. Mind you I have not worked there for 6 months but that was our policy when I was there. The phone does get somewhat hot when charging but 3 hours seems extremely long. Maybe be a bad battery or something like that. But the sooner you get back to the store the better.
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Wow. That's sad to hear. I just bought this today. Its taking a long time to charge. I took it off at 84% and its only gone to 97% in one hour
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Since it's right out of the box, my only guess is a stretch, but it maybe change the wall outlet? My house the old, and on certain wall outlets around the house are really buggy and give an inconsistent power supple and usually lead to blown fuses. Your problem obviously isn't as severe, but just for sh*ts and giggles, try it?
I've had 3 S4's and they all charged about 5-7% every 5 minutes. It's normal for it to get warm while charging especially if you're using it while charging. When I use my S4 during charging the battery temps can get up to 41c.
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You have 14 days to return the phone to the store to get your money back or swap it for a different S4. If you have a problem after the 14 days you have to call the 1800 Verizon number and they will send you a new phone. I know because I just went through this. I Made sure they didn't send me a refurbished phone. I got a brand new one and its working great.
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I'm stock and unrooted. No custom kernel. The phone is brand new out of the box. Stock charger in use. The SCreen doesn't stay on when charging. I charge it from the wall outlet. I would say its not too hot but it is noticeable. I'll look at the temperature when I charge it again.
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On Stock i only would get 1.5-2 hours max of screen time on a single charge, and it would take forever to charge my phone. Most nights i would have it charging from 5% and i would wake up to an increase of only like 60% charge. Switching to acustom ROM fixed everything for me. Now i get 5+hrs of screen time on a single charge, and i can charge from 0-100% within 2 hours.
My battery life is much better, charges faster, runs much cooler and the phones SMOOOOTH!
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Since it's right out of the box, my only guess is a stretch, but it maybe change the wall outlet? My house the old, and on certain wall outlets around the house are really buggy and give an inconsistent power supple and usually lead to blown fuses. Your problem obviously isn't as severe, but just for sh*ts and giggles, try it?
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I'm gonna try this when I get home. This could be the problem. I want the 22 hr battery life that everyone is getting lol
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On Stock i only would get 1.5-2 hours max of screen time on a single charge, and it would take forever to charge my phone. Most nights i would have it charging from 5% and i would wake up to an increase of only like 60% charge. Switching to acustom ROM fixed everything for me. Now i get 5+hrs of screen time on a single charge, and i can charge from 0-100% within 2 hours.
My battery life is much better, charges faster, runs much cooler and the phones SMOOOOTH!
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Lol wtf? 2 hours max on screen time? I'm stock/unrooted and i get 6-7 hours on screen time..
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Lol wtf? 2 hours max on screen time? I'm stock/unrooted and i get 6-7 hours on screen time..
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6-7 seems pretty steep. Is that with powersaving on? Because my 2 hours was without powersaving. Now i get 5+ hours with wifi or lte on all day, medium brightness, no powersaving, and overclocked to 2GHz. I havent tested what times i can get now with powersaving, but i refuse to use it because what i get now is already getting me good enough battery life so no need to waste performance to make it last longer.
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6-7 seems pretty steep. Is that with powersaving on? Because my 2 hours was without powersaving. Now i get 5+ hours with wifi or lte on all day, medium brightness, no powersaving, and overclocked to 2GHz. I havent tested what times i can get now with powersaving, but i refuse to use it because what i get now is already getting me good enough battery life so no need to waste performance to make it last longer.
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Usually I'm on wifi most of the day. Brightness about 60%. No power saving however I always have force gpu rendering on which has made a huge improvement on my battery.
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I've been downloading apps and stuff all day and I'll still end up getting 6 hours on screen time. My battery drops at most 15% every hour with screen on.
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I've been downloading apps and stuff all day and I'll still end up getting 6 hours on screen time. My battery drops at most 15% every hour with screen on.
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Oh thats pretty close to what i get now. Idk my phone has its own personality. It has a history of hating stock, hating AOKP, and AOSP when it comes to battery life. Performs fine, but heats up like crazy and i think its the heat that causes the drain. I don't understand why the Custom TW ROMS treat the temps so much better, but thats just how it goes with my phone. However just finally updated my favourite AOKP ROM and it seems to have fixed my temp problems, so hopefully when i run my phone the next couple of days the battery life sticks to how its been going!.
Also ordered a pair of 3500mAh batteries, so looking forward to seeing if i can get close to 10 hours of screen time with those!
Automatic brightness will help tremendously. not only that but having wifi on will definitely drain your battery a lot faster.
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man, i got 1.5 hours screen on time yesterday with 4g OFF, regular google stuff syncing etc..100% stock rom..
whats some good battery saving tips?? i was very surprised how bad it was
sounds like a bad battery
It's either a bad battery or you have too much crap running in the background.
Sigh....wouldn't common sense tell you that your battery is bad or there is a app wakelocking the device? A quick search would show that 4-6hrs of screen on time is nomal for this device depending on the setup.
I get 5-7 hrs screentime on AOSP and TW. Search the forum
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There is nothing I could possibly do to make my battery go down in 1.5 hours, you've clearly got something wrong. Most likely possibility would be a bad battery. Also, make sure your charger is securly plugged into the wall or power strip, i've seen people, and it's happened to me too, have their chargers not seated all the way into the outlet and that CAN cause a "false charge", meaning your phone will say fully charged but it won't last long.
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There is nothing I could possibly do to make my battery go down in 1.5 hours, you've clearly got something wrong. Most likely possibility would be a bad battery. Also, make sure your charger is securly plugged into the wall or power strip, i've seen people, and it's happened to me too, have their chargers not seated all the way into the outlet and that CAN cause a "false charge", meaning your phone will say fully charged but it won't last long.
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He never said it died in 1.5 hours, only that was his screen on time. He may have had his phone on all day, who knows.
and here I've been walking around with my phone plugged in to a generator thinking this 1 hour screen time was normal. damn.
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and here I've been walking around with my phone plugged in to a generator thinking this 1 hour screen time was normal. damn.
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I LOL'D
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Morkai Almandragon said:
He never said it died in 1.5 hours, only that was his screen on time. He may have had his phone on all day, who knows.
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Woops, thanks for the correction! My apologies.
Wait, this thing came with a battery?
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Send it to me. I'll take care of it...
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4g off makes things worse op
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If you are in a low or no signal area your battery will drain about 10% an hour trying to sync. Turn off data in these areas.
My place of employment has zero service from Verizon. When I'm at home I only use wifi as soon as I leave for work I turn off both wifi and data. Phone calls and texts only and after 11 and a half hours my phone has only used 25percent of its battery. Not like it really matters to me because I always put my phone on charge right before I go to bed.
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Not sure about OPs issue - but my Note2 will easily last 2 days with my level of usage. YMMV based on your usage pattern. But I have used several phones in the past and none of my smart phones lasted more than 24hrs.
After it passes the 50% threshold...or do I have a bad battery. I'll have 3 hours screen on time at 50%. But barely make it to 5 hours screen on time. Was the same way on my s3. Got 2 hours of screen on through the first 50%, barely got 3 hours screen on the last 50%. Noticing the same on this battery. Either the way the phone reads the battery is incorrect or the last half of the battery is messed up
I enjoy the battery very much but I see some people getting 7-8 hours screen on and I'm assuming it's because their batteries don't do what mine does
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I got 5 hours screen on time out of mine with no wakelocks. However my coverage is never in the green it's always just moderate.
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Never understood the big deal why people care so much about screen on time. As long as I can wake up at 4:30am and my phone last me the entire day, which includes texting, phone calls, web browsing, a few emails here and there, listening to some music.....and I can go to sleep at 10:30pm with about 30% battery left, sometimes more, I'm good. I have gone over 24hrs with regular to moderate use a few times. Battery is great in my opinion. I guess people have their own way of judging battery life...
my battery life is killer
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Never understood the big deal why people care so much about screen on time. As long as I can wake up at 4:30am and my phone last me the entire day, which includes texting, phone calls, web browsing, a few emails here and there, listening to some music.....and I can go to sleep at 10:30pm with about 30% battery left, sometimes more, I'm good. I have gone over 24hrs with regular to moderate use a few times. Battery is great in my opinion. I guess people have their own way of judging battery life...
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I agree I'm just curious why my battery dies quickly after it hits 50% I ended up with 5 hours screen on time and about 14 hours off the charger which is good. I'm assuming if the bottom half of the battery didn't die off so quick then thus battery would be even better
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I can easily get 20+ hours with 4-5 hrs screen time with auto brightness. With moderate usage, texting, games, browsing and YouTube.
its definitely something with your phone. i can run this phone with heavy use the whole day and be right around 45% before bed. people talking about extended batteries im like huh?
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its definitely something with your phone. i can run this phone with heavy use the whole day and be right around 45% before bed. people talking about extended batteries im like huh?
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It's all in how you use your phone. Be smart with your brightness, sync settings and charge cycles and you should't have any issues at all. I got over 35 hours on my HTC One by using auto bright and doing light to moderate usage. Everyone will have different results. Also if you are rooted use "Greenify".
I work on 3rd shift (11pm-7am) and I charge my phone when I get home around 830, let it charge to 100% and unplug it before I fall asleep and I am good to go until the next morning.
Think your phone might be messed up.............
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I'm able to go a full day with moderate usage easily. I am very pleased with the battery.
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Starting day 4 and I think the battery is great. No complaints from a moderate to heavy work/social user...
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After it passes the 50% threshold...or do I have a bad battery. I'll have 3 hours screen on time at 50%. But barely make it to 5 hours screen on time. Was the same way on my s3. Got 2 hours of screen on through the first 50%, barely got 3 hours screen on the last 50%. Noticing the same on this battery. Either the way the phone reads the battery is incorrect or the last half of the battery is messed up
I enjoy the battery very much but I see some people getting 7-8 hours screen on and I'm assuming it's because their batteries don't do what mine does
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I think mine might be bad too. I can't seem to get more than 9 hours usage unless i leave it in airplane mode all day. Im going to try returning it on Friday.
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I think mine might be bad too. I can't seem to get more than 9 hours usage unless i leave it in airplane mode all day. Im going to try returning it on Friday.
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My battery is great because of the top 50% last a long time. But once I pass that it seems like it drains fairly quickly. My first note didn't do that. Plus when I unplug my phone, it drops to 98% within 10 minutes of no usage
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phyba said:
My battery is great because of the top 50% last a long time. But once I pass that it seems like it drains fairly quickly. My first note didn't do that. Plus when I unplug my phone, it drops to 98% within 10 minutes of no usage
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Try watching your phone and unplugging at 99%. Its probably dropping to 98% because when your phone reaches 100% it does a trickle charge where it drains a little then charge again. You might be removing it during that cycle.
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nolimit06 said:
Try watching your phone and unplugging at 99%. Its probably dropping to 98% because when your phone reaches 100% it does a trickle charge where it drains a little then charge again. You might be removing it during that cycle.
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Testing today and I'm at 90% after 3 hours and have an hour of screen time. Pretty amazing. yesterday I was at 40 minutes screen time. I also killed the battery off last night. I read it wasn't good, and I read that it was. So far so good. Will run it all day and see how the bottom 50% works today.
This is all on 3g while listening to music
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Mine sucked starting out once I started getting rid of all the bloat sprint packed on here its gotten a lot better
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phyba said:
After it passes the 50% threshold...or do I have a bad battery. I'll have 3 hours screen on time at 50%. But barely make it to 5 hours screen on time. Was the same way on my s3. Got 2 hours of screen on through the first 50%, barely got 3 hours screen on the last 50%. Noticing the same on this battery. Either the way the phone reads the battery is incorrect or the last half of the battery is messed up
I enjoy the battery very much but I see some people getting 7-8 hours screen on and I'm assuming it's because their batteries don't do what mine does
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First day I had it while setting everything up, screen on, apps chugging away... After 6 hours it had only drained 40% from a full charge.
Second day, rooted. Playing with a huge variety of apps to find the right ones for me. 5-6 hours screen time, 5% from a 85% charge. I was however downloading a massive collection of large files over WiFi, that will use a chunk of battery.
Last night I adjusted all my settings to optimize power consumption and improve battery life, installed Greenify and hibernated apps that like to linger after closed. Removed all unnecessary apps and Stopped useless imbedded apps. Will report at the end of the day my results.
So far it seems that the battery life you get out of a stock battery is based on how you use your phone, what you use it for and how long you use it. Turn off any features you're not currently using, such as Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi or put the phone in Airplane Mode when you're not in service so it's not constantly searching for a signal.
I watched half of a 1080p movie with a Bluetooth stereo headset, basic functions running in the background and only dropped 10% (45mins). This AMOLED screen uses much less power than that of my previous phones, the CPU seems to process quickly and efficiently, I would have assumed a 1080p video would use more resources to decode.
Just charged my phone from 40%, I got 21 hrs out of it with 4 hrs screen time, music, texting and general browsing. I will post a screenshot tonight when I get low again.
Oh I also ran Antutu like 10 times showing friends.
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