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?
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?
lSUPERFLYl said:
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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DroidBabe said:
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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DroidBabe said:
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!
lSUPERFLYl said:
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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Monkz said:
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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Chadly said:
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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The phone awesome but you'd think with a large battery. ..battery life would be stellar! !
It sucks on stock and unofficial Rom.
Are we all gonna have to lean to a EXTENDED BATT?
Any tweaks options opinions Specific ssettings or Roms that You don't just see drain 2% every two minutes
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Before you bash learn how to use your phone and apps that show you what is ratting your battery.
If your that disappointed get a droid maxx
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My battery life improved signifigantly with the ICS rom Revamped, go look for it on the development forums if you don't mind flashing a new rom.
Your phone goes dead every hour and 40 min?
I'm going on 17 and a half hours with 73% battery left. Not a ton of on screen time but a lot of deep sleep but still good to me
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The biggest drain is the screen, while in use, and this is my suggestion. Definitely has increased my screen-on time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544757
Screen filter helps with display and the new revamped rom is back up.
My wife might be a B but she can at least help herself and use the search box
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I use my note running Saurom RC7.1 with overclocking from 5am until 11pm everyday, I am doing various tasks throughout and have alot going on with different widgets running and such...
5am = 100%
10:15am = 73%
Not sure what your doing but maybe your battery maybe not holding a charge like it should?
Eric
Do not use Hyperion, QCell or any other cheap ebay/amazon batteries. They are only about 1700mah at best and will kill your phone under moderate use in about 60 to 90 minutes. Maybe less.
I'm on stock GB rooted with all bloat frozen via TB and I can get through a whole day of use on one Samsung OEM batt with light to med usage.
kevinjgray88 said:
Your phone goes dead every hour and 40 min?
I'm going on 17 and a half hours with 73% battery left. Not a ton of on screen time but a lot of deep sleep but still good to me
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This is no where near the average!
And you seriously must not use your phone, like at all
17 hours at 73% is a bit extreme, but so is 2% per minute drain.
I think I can represent a fairly average user. I usually check email, weather and a little reddit during my morning routine. BT is always on and connects to my car while I drive to work for about 30 minutes. I average about 2 or 3 long phone calls a day on my phone. Some text messaging throughout the day and some short internet sessions on my phone while at work. Plus a few minutes here or there for Draw Something. I stream Google Music every day on my way home for about 30 minutes. Once at home my usage varies depending on what I do for the evening. But so far I usually find I have about 50% battery life when going to bed. I actually made it through Friday and Saturday on a single charge.
So I would say that this phone has above average battery life for an android device. It isn't stellar, but it isn't bad either. My Infuse could eek out about the same life with less use. My N1 never made it even close to this length. My buddy's MyTouch 4g can't usually make it a full 24 hours.
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This is no where near the average!
And you seriously must not use your phone, like at all
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Yeah that was over night with a lot of deep sleep. It sounded impressive lol
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lojak29 said:
The phone awesome but you'd think with a large battery. ..battery life would be stellar! !
It sucks on stock and unofficial Rom.
Are we all gonna have to lean to a EXTENDED BATT?
Any tweaks options opinions Specific ssettings or Roms that You don't just see drain 2% every two minutes
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In a word: no
In a picture:
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Considering the screen size, the battery isn't actually that big. It sounds enormous due to other phones with almost a thousand less mAH, but I just bought a bunch of extra batteries. The removable battery feature is the biggest reason I switched to Android.
LTE is a HUGE battery killer. I turned off wireless since LTE is SOOOOOO much faster than any wireless connection I'm on. I'd be lucky if I could get through a workday without it being below 50% by the end of a work day and completely dead by 7pm.
Turn on wireless and it's now almost 3pm and still have 78% left.
Lets face one fact everyone is different. .everyone claims this and that and regardless of what carrier or what device people will.never see the batt life they would really.like to see.Say like 50% after 3 days heavy usage that would be a thing we.may see in.smartphones in a few years. Android o.s will always be battery harsh.Its a huge topic.
Another point.on all the claims of Great and terrible batt life has to do with the fact. .people just dont truly get how others may use there devices so heavily..streaming vid...music...downloads...mail sync...Some maybe few truly use there phones 24 hrs non stop. There probably will never be a batt drain solution for those people.So telling one person that batt is fine with all this moderate usage coming from a person who uses there data more like "lightly" rather than heavy, doesnt help a person who is a heavy heavy data user.Neither sides will ever come to an agreement.
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lojak29 said:
The phone awesome but you'd think with a large battery. ..battery life would be stellar! !
It sucks on stock and unofficial Rom.
Are we all gonna have to lean to a EXTENDED BATT?
Any tweaks options opinions Specific ssettings or Roms that You don't just see drain 2% every two minutes
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best thing to do... use setcpu or some other overclock program. make a profile so that when your phone is sleeping it runs at the very minimum. my battery can last me up to two days depending on use. heavy use at the very least 7 hours
This is about how much screen time I get a day with the new collective ics rom
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kevinjgray88 said:
Screen filter helps with display and the new revamped rom is back up.
My wife might be a B but she can at least help herself and use the search box
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lmao....
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This is no where near the average!
And you seriously must not use your phone, like at all
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Wow that is awesome! I'm getting home with a full days use at around 50-60%- It seems to be better than my captivate was on life that's for sure.
I have had mine for two weeks- On side note? hehehe Does cycling a battery really prove to get better life as time goes by or is it a old school story about batteries use to have memory etc... and now they don't?
Modern batteries don't have memory but their battery meters can become decalibrated which can be fixed with a full change cycle. Nonetheless, I don't recommend doing that too often (I only do it like once a year) since that's bad for the battery.
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I'd like to take as much bloatware and battery draining apps as possible off of the phone, I usually do that with CM but I read you can't root the DNA with the OTA installed so what can I do and how can I get these free games installed (FF, etc)
Wait patiently like the rest of us.
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Run for the hills!
You can "disable" the bloatware apps so at least they won't run and you won't have to see them.
Return it.
You can disable them. It's like freezing a app in tibu. But what do you mean by free games?
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damn that's what I thought, since the battery is so bad and since I get little freezes on messages/homescreen things/the clock I would really want to root the phone. that's not an option sadly and i can still trade it back to best buy for $50 and the s3, which I might
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damn that's what I thought, since the battery is so bad and since I get little freezes on messages/homescreen things/the clock I would really want to root the phone. that's not an option sadly and i can still trade it back to best buy for $50 and the s3, which I might
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The battery is pretty good, and there shouldn't be force closes.
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If you enjoy it, keep it and wait for the ota to be unlocked, rooted, and s-off'd. If you don't, dont go back to a dual core SGS3(OPINION), I would at least recommend the note 2 with the quad core, big fancy screen, and Spen setup(STILL 100% OPINION).
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xvsanx said:
I'd like to take as much bloatware and battery draining apps as possible off of the phone, I usually do that with CM but I read you can't root the DNA with the OTA installed so what can I do and how can I get these free games installed (FF, etc)
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Disable what you dont want to look at for now, and then when the new method comes out you will be able to root. Its very frustrating that i cannot root and custom rom this phone. With that said, it runs really smooth on stock rom.
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The battery is pretty good, and there shouldn't be force closes.
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How long does the battery last you? Can you go a full day with above moderate use (3hrs screen time+) without a wall outlet? I'm asking cause my first full day with it only gave me 7hrs and so when it reached to 20%. That's not too good. I'm using it on tmobile hspa so no lte either.
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it played dead trigger perfectly, took 1% battery from playing for 3 minutes or so. I read the dna's usage battery is 7 hours
i went from a full charge yesterday at 7am to 20% this morning around 11am, I didn't do any gaming I was at work for 8 hours then driving and watching a movie so it wasn't but light usage, but it's supposed to get 7 hours nonstop usage and the lock screen conserves battery like crazy
I guess I'm a little puzzled. I work in an environment where after the drive to work (typically with my DNA plugged in), I work at a desk all day (a lot of the time with my DNA plugged in), and drive home (typically with my DNA plugged in).
Am I the only one on this board who does this?
The very first day I had the DNA, I tested the battery to see how long it would go with my normal use. It went about 5 - 6 hours before I felt the need to plug it in (about 20%).
But, this isn't what is typical. How many on this board actually NEVER plug their phones in during any part of the day? To me it doesn't make sense that anyone would do this. Even for those of us that travel, we can always plug in at the airport, bus station, taxi...etc.
The battery wasn't designed to last us an entire work day, and we have to use some common sense here.
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I guess I'm a little puzzled. I work in an environment where after the drive to work (typically with my DNA plugged in), I work at a desk all day (a lot of the time with my DNA plugged in), and drive home (typically with my DNA plugged in).
Am I the only one on this board who does this?
The very first day I had the DNA, I tested the battery to see how long it would go with my normal use. It went about 5 - 6 hours before I felt the need to plug it in (about 20%).
But, this isn't what is typical. How many on this board actually NEVER plug their phones in during any part of the day? To me it doesn't make sense that anyone would do this. Even for those of us that travel, we can always plug in at the airport, bus station, taxi...etc.
The battery wasn't designed to last us an entire work day, and we have to use some common sense here.
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It usually lasts all day easily for me. 5ish hours screen on time and 15 hours off charger.
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Yehudah said:
I guess I'm a little puzzled. I work in an environment where after the drive to work (typically with my DNA plugged in), I work at a desk all day (a lot of the time with my DNA plugged in), and drive home (typically with my DNA plugged in).
Am I the only one on this board who does this?
The very first day I had the DNA, I tested the battery to see how long it would go with my normal use. It went about 5 - 6 hours before I felt the need to plug it in (about 20%).
But, this isn't what is typical. How many on this board actually NEVER plug their phones in during any part of the day? To me it doesn't make sense that anyone would do this. Even for those of us that travel, we can always plug in at the airport, bus station, taxi...etc.
The battery wasn't designed to last us an entire work day, and we have to use some common sense here.
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Mine will last all day for me but I generally keep it on the wireless charger when I'm at work.
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xvsanx said:
it played dead trigger perfectly, took 1% battery from playing for 3 minutes or so. I read the dna's usage battery is 7 hours
i went from a full charge yesterday at 7am to 20% this morning around 11am, I didn't do any gaming I was at work for 8 hours then driving and watching a movie so it wasn't but light usage, but it's supposed to get 7 hours nonstop usage and the lock screen conserves battery like crazy
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I've heard disabling fastboot helps some wake lock issues, but idk if thats true for sure...give it a try?
I wouldn't switch to the S3..its a much inferior device when it comes to specs (minus battery life) as it is an older device...
Well, I've had an entire day with the S4 now, and I can confidently say, "big whoop." yes the hardware is impressive. Yes I'm getting Quadrant scores over 12,000. Yes it has removable storage. Yes it has a removable battery. Yes the dev community is active. In the end I'm struggling with a case of who the F cares?
Recently I've been camped on a Note 2, and I'm really underwhelmed by this S4. I don't really know what I was expecting, but I was thinking there would be at least a little sparkle. The gimmicks are worthless for the most part, the display doesn't dazzle me the way the DNA does, and the build construction while better than the S3, is nowhere near as pristine as the DNA.
In all honesty, I miss being part of this HTC community. In the end I couldn't live with the DNA because the battery just wouldn't hold out long enough for me to make it through the day. I'm willing to accept that as a deal breaker. If it weren't for that however, I would probably be sticking to the DNA camp for a long time. The Samsung hardware specs are impressive, but the DNA has_soul_. I don't know how to put it any better than that. I'll probably go back to the Note 2 for the screen real estate and stellar battery life, but I'm going to continue to miss this forum. I won't miss the S4 one bit.
Take this post for what you will, a comparison of htc/sammy, a rant, some addled thoughts late at night, whatever er. Feel free to chime in if you want, or not. Feel free to delete the thread if someone thinks it's not relevant. I just had to get these things off my brain and onto the forum I care about most on XDA.
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I gotta admit, I have the s4 and I find myself feeling the same way. At least we gave it a shot right?
th3xg00b
For people having battery issues, there are a lot of things to try. Depending on kernel, configuration, etc. I have had crazy amazing battery life. It really varies though and there are some things that can just totally wreck battery life. Just have to be mindful of it.
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Well, in regards to the s4, battery life was horrible regardless of what I did. I fun minimal stuff that syncs. No social networking crap or anything and it managed to hit 46% after 8 hours. The same usage on my DNA and I get a minimum of ~12 hours at 50%. Best I've done on a charge is about 22 hours. That alone was the straw that broke the camels back...
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Your DNA doesnt last you the whole day? What are you doing on it? I am running pio's PAC rom with crpalmer's kernel(and even before his kernel) I was *easily* getting 30+ hours with normal usage(messaging every ~15 minutes, around 1-2 hours of browsing reddit, various tinkering, and phone calls).
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Your DNA doesnt last you the whole day? What are you doing on it? I am running pio's PAC rom with crpalmer's kernel(and even before his kernel) I was *easily* getting 30+ hours with normal usage(messaging every ~15 minutes, around 1-2 hours of browsing reddit, various tinkering, and phone calls).
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well, if this was directed towards me, my moderate usage is playing games, texting all day, at least 30 minutes of youtube, engadget, emails...thats about an 18 hour battery for me
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Your DNA doesnt last you the whole day? What are you doing on it? I am running pio's PAC rom with crpalmer's kernel(and even before his kernel) I was *easily* getting 30+ hours with normal usage(messaging every ~15 minutes, around 1-2 hours of browsing reddit, various tinkering, and phone calls).
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I owned three different DNA's over the course of about four months, and no matter what I did I couldn't get more than about 12-15hrs max from the battery. I was more than mindful, I ran battery stats until I was blue in the face, I ran multiple ROMs and kernels, bought two wireless chargers, etc. I'm jealous of those who would get 30+ hours on a charge, but it just wasn't possible with the way I use my phone.
Under the same or harsher conditions, I get around 30-48 hours on the Note 2, including up to about 5-6 hours of screen time. Not trying to say the Note is better, just relating experience and one key factor in my handset choice. If I had liked the S4,it would have required an aftermarket battery for sure.
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th3_g00b said:
I gotta admit, I have the s4 and I find myself feeling the same way. At least we gave it a shot right?
th3xg00b
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+1. Definitely worth the experience. I feel now I've at least gotten it out of my system.
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Average battery life with newts sense 5 and beast setup default is 22 hours. Each day I do over 3 hours screen time and several calls. It lasts me a full day and that's all that matters to me.
Just curious but why do you need more then 13-15 hours of battery life? I understand its convenient if you're ever gone from home for a long time but you couldn't invest in a battery pack or carry a charger with you at all times just in case you are gone for a long time? I'd understand if you were only getting 4-6 hours of battery because that's what I got from my Gnexus. I'm up and at the gym at 6 in the morning and I don't have to charge my DNA until 6-9 pm when I finally make it back to bed with the stock rom (2.06) running 2x battery.
Glad to see people feel like the DNA is still a stellar phone. I was really curious to see if I should have waited to get the S4 or the HTC One if it ever came to Verizon. Now I don't regret getting this phone for free. It was practically stealing because it is such an amazing phone.
Flame on !!! I've been saying the same thing about the S4 and HTC One and have been beat down.
how the hell is your battery life on newts sense 5 22 hours?? I get like 13 maximum. wtf. and it's like barely 2 hours screen on.
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jayochs said:
how the hell is your battery life on newts sense 5 22 hours?? I get like 13 maximum. wtf. and it's like barely 2 hours screen on.
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I use newts last rom with beastmode kernel with a little oc and I get 20+ hours of battery life with 3+hours of screen use.
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I use newts last rom with beastmode kernel with a little oc and I get 20+ hours of battery life with 3+hours of screen use.
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i'm using newts latest sense 5 with beastmode kernel with NO oc, stock default settings, and i get barely 14 hours with like 2 hours screen on.
what the fart.
They might also be on wifi in areas with great signal coverage. I highly doubt they're getting these insane numbers on 4G.
I get about what you get.
I can see people enjoying the S4 less than the DNA, but there's no way the DNA beats the One. Not in any universe.
If you're only getting 2 hours of screen time..... you're doing it wrong.
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13 hrs of work yesterday and I had 65% left when I got home. No wifi, all 3g or 4g. Plugged in before bed with 50% after 18 hrs unplugged. Probably only 2hrs screen on, but still.
Running Newts latest with beastmode kernel as well with no oc.
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deathrow1992 said:
If you're only getting 2 hours of screen time..... you're doing it wrong.
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lol let's hear your "expert" opinion then.
i've been with android since 2010, and i consider myself a power user. i text multiple times a day, always use 4G etc. i have everything syncing at all times.
i used to get 14-15 hours, and 3 hours screen on for the DNA until around Google I/O when they updated something. the play store got EXTREMELY slow and it would take 20 minutes to download a 15mb app, and my battery went to garbage.
jayochs said:
lol let's hear your "expert" opinion then.
i've been with android since 2010, and i consider myself a power user. i text multiple times a day, always use 4G etc. i have everything syncing at all times.
i used to get 14-15 hours, and 3 hours screen on for the DNA until around Google I/O when they updated something. the play store got EXTREMELY slow and it would take 20 minutes to download a 15mb app, and my battery went to garbage.
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I honestly wouldn't know because I'm on stock and I can get 2 days+ with light use and my phone can last almost the whole day with heavy. I'm on stock though.
Maybe try and reinstall the ROM you have? Could be something with the download that is giving you trouble.
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I hit 16hrs. 4hrs screen on and at 40%
I'm on stock as well.
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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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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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Chadly said:
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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Chadly said:
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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My Galaxy S II (and pretty much any Android evice I've picked up) has a usable battery life of 45 minutes. I unplug the phone at 9 A.M. in the morning after charging it to 100%. By 12 in the afternoon I would have browsed the Internet, checked social apps and played a few rounds of a game for what feels like 45 minutes in total. By then the battery is at 30% and I have to put it away in fear of it dying before I get home. The phone is useless for the rest of the day. My iPhone 4 with its 3 year old battery lasts 2 days like this.
No wakelocks, 99% deep sleep. I have a 3200mAh battery which feels like it lasts 1.5 hours before I have to put it away in fear. Basically the phone is not usable at all due to the user being in constant fear of the battery dying.
If I don't use the phone at all it's down to 20% by the end of the day with no wakelocks and 99% deep sleep. If I don't use my iPhone 4 with its 3 year old battery, it still lasts 20 days.
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My Galaxy S II (and pretty much any Android evice I've picked up) has a usable battery life of 45 minutes. I unplug the phone at 9 A.M. in the morning after charging it to 100%. By 12 in the afternoon I would have browsed the Internet, checked social apps and played a few rounds of a game for what feels like 45 minutes in total. By then the battery is at 30% and I have to put it away in fear of it dying before I get home. The phone is useless for the rest of the day. My iPhone 4 with its 3 year old battery lasts 2 days like this.
No wakelocks, 99% deep sleep. I have a 3200mAh battery which feels like it lasts 1.5 hours before I have to put it away in fear.
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Well, or you buy a new battery for the S2 or you keep going with your "stylish" i phone. The world is not complicated and phones are not rocket science.
And by the way, games drain battery hard, very hard.
Charge at work, upgrade the battery or stick with your iPhone.
I tip my hat to you and wish you a good day.
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Mine lasts up to 2-3 days with little usage.
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Edvin73 said:
Well, or you buy a new battery for the S2 or you keep going with your "stylish" i phone. The world is not complicated and phones are not rocket science.
And by the way, games drain battery hard, very hard.
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Like I stated, I have a newish 3200mAh battery which is safe to use for 1.5 hours before you have to put the phone away so it lasts the rest of the day.
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Like I stated, I have a newish 3200mAh battery which is safe to use for 1.5 hours before you have to put the phone away so it lasts the rest of the day.
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I hope you checked with BBS, if so and as you said "99% of deep sleep", it means that the games are draining your battery.Well, sometimes even a "newish" battery can be faulty.Try with different battery,I mean a good one for sure.And if your results are the same, stop playing those freakin' games.
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Charge at work, upgrade the battery or stick with your iPhone.
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I do. The battery actually drains while charging if I'm using the phone.
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I hope you checked with BBS, if so and as you said "99% of deep sleep", it means that the games are draining your battery.Well, sometimes even a "newish" battery can be faulty.Try with different battery,I mean a good one for sure.And if your results are the same, stop playing those freakin' games.
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Yes I use BBS and have completely disabled all bloatware using Autostarts. I have the original battery and the Mugen Power 3200mAh battery. The battery life is proportional to with the capacity of the batteries I've used.
The primary use of my phone is mobile gaming. I don't care about the phone part except for receiving push notifications for email, IMs etc. which I then reply to on the PC anyway.
My SG2 and pretty much every Android device I pick up has 45 minutes of battery... Either you have won the lottery and got a defect phone several times or there is something fishy going on..
My sg3 lasted for 24 hours, my s4 last for a couple of days, my motorola razr lasted a week and my iphone 4 went for a day and sometimes 24 hours..
Even if I stress test my sg4 and s3 all the time it would last for a lot loooonger than 45 minutes..
I know the games will use a lot of juice but 45 minutes? Something is wrong...
What kind of games are we talking about? I do not play so much myself, just online poker, some tetris and so on, my iphone and android phones is pretty similar when talking about these games...
You could go for a Nintendo Game Boy etc
That said I taught ICS used less battery than JB. And it's pretty weird if you have the mugen battery. My Razer had a 3300 battery and that would go for days, even with heavy usage.
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My SG2 and pretty much every Android device I pick up has 45 minutes of battery... Either you have won the lottery and got a defect phone several times or there is something fishy going on..
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I've extensively used the Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Nexus One, Nexus S. All of them can be used heavily (3G, gaming) for just 45-60 minutes before the battery is low and you have to save it for the rest of the day.
Simply listening to music for 2 hours in the gym drains 35% battery! WTF? This is without any equaliser and while using an external headphone amplifier. I could listen to music for 2-3 hours a day for 1 week on my old iPod touch before needing to charge it.
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What kind of games are we talking about?
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I'm currently grinding in Punch Quest.
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You could go for a Nintendo Game Boy etc
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Those currently suck. No more AAA games like the PSP had.
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That said I taught ICS used less battery than JB. And it's pretty weird if you have the mugen battery. My Razer had a 3300 battery and that would go for days, even with heavy usage.
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With zero usage and I mean barely switching on the screen once or twice to check the time, my 3200mAh Mugen battery is at 55% by evening. No wakelock, full deep sleep. The original battery will be below 20% or dead with zero usage.
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With zero usage and I mean barely switching on the screen once or twice to check the time, my 3200mAh Mugen battery is at 55% by evening. No wakelock, full deep sleep. The original battery will be below 20% or dead with zero usage.
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Maybe you usually install a battery discharger app?
Never had such behaviour.
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Maybe you usually install a battery discharger app?
Never had such behaviour.
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If I enable Aeroplane mode it's still at 99% after a day.
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I do. The battery actually drains while charging if I'm using the phone.
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Possibly a crap battery, but im going to suggest you don't use the samsung charger. The phone holds a wakelock whilst charging, keeping the phone running at 200Mhz, so unless you are delivering 650mA, your phone will die. Therefore I suggest you are using an unofficial charger, which doesn't deliver the needed 650mA, or you have an unofficial battery which wont accept 650mA. Either way, if you're not using Samsung appliances you shouldn't really be complaining about crap battery.
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Possibly a crap battery, but im going to suggest you don't use the samsung charger. The phone holds a wakelock whilst charging, keeping the phone running at 200Mhz, so unless you are delivering 650mA, your phone will die. Therefore I suggest you are using an unofficial charger, which doesn't deliver the needed 650mA, or you have an unofficial battery which wont accept 650mA. Either way, if you're not using Samsung appliances you shouldn't really be complaining about crap battery.
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I am using the original Samsung charger and the original Samsung battery. I have an additional 3200mAh Mugen Power battery.
It drains faster than the charge rate only if I'm playing games.
Could be many things then, but as you say BBS doesnt report wakelocks, it would all just be conjecture. Try and pull a logcat after an hour or so of deepsleep and see if you notice anything untoward. Also, have you done simple things like turn WiFi off when you're not using it? That scans every 15 seconds or something. Or if you're in a crap phone signal area, your phone will keep scanning for and trying to connect to a better signal.
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Or if you're in a crap phone signal area, your phone will keep scanning for and trying to connect to a better signal.
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It's the phone obviously. Like I said if I put it in Aeroplane mode than the battery is still at 99% at the end of the day. If it's in normal mode it drains severely. I don't have this problem on any other phone. I've flashed the latest modem for my region and tried older modems for my region as well.
Not sure but it sounds like you have technical issues with your phone.
I have the official Samsung uprated battery and I loose about 60% out of the phone battery a day with heavy usage. Usually doesn't get to that point as I charge at work or home when not in use.
I take it as a given that all smart phones, tablets or laptops have ****e battery life.
Blanket generalisations about specific OS' or brands being superior to others is just silliness.
Saying that, when it comes to battery life, my HP Touchpad running CM 10.1 pisses all over any iOS device and the ghost of Steve Jobs agrees with me!
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I have the official Samsung uprated battery and I loose about 60% out of the phone battery a day with heavy usage.
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I take it as a given that all smart phones, tablets or laptops have ****e battery life.
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60% at the end of the day is a joke. It's unacceptable. Without use My iPhone 4 is at 95% at the end of the day with everything switched on and every possible syncing enabled. Why is it so hard for Samsung to produce a properly working phone after 5 years? I am 100% sure their latest phones like the Galaxy S 4 behave exactly the same way no matter what PR bull**** they try to spin.
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60% at the end of the day is a joke. It's unacceptable. Without use My iPhone 4 is at 95% at the end of the day with everything switched on and every possible syncing enabled. Why is it so hard for Samsung to produce a properly working phone after 5 years? I am 100% sure their latest phones like the Galaxy S 4 behave exactly the same way no matter what PR bull**** they try to spin.
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Seems the iPhone is the device meant for you, for me in normal usage it lasts 2 and a half days altogether with the stock battery, heavy usage like a gameplay of Gamelofts Modern Combat series or N.O.V.A gives me 3 hours of continuous play after which the battery reaches around 7-10%, wifi in JB sadly kills my battery only gets around 6 hour's with continuous usage which was greater in my GB and ICS days.
But 95% at the end of the day for the iPhone 4 with everything ON is a bit of an exaggeration(the hell kind of unremovable battery is that?) don't you think?
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But 95% at the end of the day for the iPhone 4 with everything ON is a bit of an exaggeration(the hell kind of unremovable battery is that?) don't you think?
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Everything on with no use. Thats the drain in standby. My SGS2 drains whether I use it or not with everything on. In aeroplane mode, it stays at 99% without use.