... Personally I find the battery life brutal. It's got to the point that I try not to even use it for fear of not making it even 10 hours with minimum use. I use my Nexus 7 more and more, even for texting with an app called Mighty Text. Even with stamina activated, battery life is short.
With one hour of listening to music at the gym, and a handful of texts, and reading maybe one or two emails, it is basically done in just under 9 hours. With the screen rarely on... My android system shows a higher percent than my screen time because I try to turn it on as little as possible.
kramdens said:
... Personally I find the battery life brutal. It's got to the point that I try not to even use it for fear of not making it even 10 hours with minimum use. I use my Nexus 7 more and more, even for texting with an app called Mighty Text. Even with stamina activated, life battery life is short.
With one hour of listening to music at the gym, and a handful of texts, and reading maybe one or two emails, it is basically done in just over 9 hours. My android system shows a higher percent than my screen time because I try to turn it on as little as possible.
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I seen you replied to my YouTube video.
Like i said there, you probably have a defective unit or there is something going on. My Z Ultra easily lasts 6+ hours of screen on time and i have no trouble making it through a full day.
Can you share some screenshots of app usage or other info?
There have been a few faulty Z Ultras sold from asia so it would not surprise me if you got one.
ScottishSwan said:
I seen you replied to my YouTube video.
Like i said there, you probably have a defective unit or there is something going on. My Z Ultra easily lasts 6+ hours of screen on time and i have no trouble making it through a full day.
Can you share some screenshots of app usage or other info?
There have been a few faulty Z Ultras sold from asia so it would not surprise me if you got one.
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Do this clear up ur recent apps
And turn off the syncs.
Set ur brightness 40-50 %.
And u'll get more batt. Life.
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ScottishSwan said:
I seen you replied to my YouTube video.
Like i said there, you probably have a defective unit or there is something going on. My Z Ultra easily lasts 6+ hours of screen on time and i have no trouble making it through a full day.
Can you share some screenshots of app usage or other info?
There have been a few faulty Z Ultras sold from asia so it would not surprise me if you got one.
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Same. Mine lasts me a full day with 5+hrs of screen time, most usage is FB, net surfing and messaging using data and some calls and video streaming. Stamina mode not used at all.
avsquare said:
Same. Mine lasts me a full day with 5+hrs of screen time, most usage is FB, net surfing and messaging using data and some calls and video streaming. Stamina mode not used at all.
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Yeah that sounds about right
I absolutely believe what the OP said though. I think he is really having bad battery life but, i put that down to the device being faulty or there is a rogue app consuming a lot of power it shouldn't be.
How are you enjoying the beast so far?
ScottishSwan said:
Yeah that sounds about right
I absolutely believe what the OP said though. I think he is really having bad battery life but, i put that down to the device being faulty or there is a rogue app consuming a lot of power it shouldn't be.
How are you enjoying the beast so far?
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It's rather difficult to tell, sure it could be just a rare unlucky defective unit or some other rouge apps but we can't tell for sure until he provides battery usage charts etc.
And yeah, totally enjoying this beast. Previously I was on Note 2, it doesn't have a FHD screen and I moved to S4 which is full HD but the screen size is a little small for videos while relaxing on my bed. Tried tablet options but there isn't really any good FHD tablets with 3G/LTE. I had the Samsung Ative PC Pro but it's a humongous 13.3'' and pretty heavy. I've thought about the Padfone Infinity but again, I rather look at Snapdragon 800 devices. I think Z Ultra came at the right time, with the right hardware and form factor for people like me. It's like owning a Nexus 7 2013 but with full phone functions. Awesome. :good:
Just do factory reset and give it a go again. Also install gsma battery or better battery stats from play store and see what is eating battery.
I am able to pull about 5 hours Screen on time with more than 15% battery left still.
It might be some app causing wakelock issue.
Turning sync off is not needed and it is pointless. We have a smartphone, turning sync off just makes it that little bit dumb. I am getting decent battery life with 3 email account syncing along with 14 sources hourly updated and synced in pule and twitter syncing every 15 minutes. Also signed into Whatsapp and Hangouts. No issues at all.
Screen I have adjusted to my liking. Not too dark.
If possible post your battery graph from gsam. (Along with the app usage screen).
I not sure can be done use this method. But I try my device before and now batt usage came to normal. Just press the power button n the volume up wait until the vibrant 3 time after all your device will suit off and goto charge yr device until full charged (don't. Switch on your device). After full charge prees the power button like normal start . Now try to use your device one day see the result.
Hope can help.
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This is how the battery lasted on my Z Ultra after the first charge.
Auto sync was turned on and so was everything else. I was using it very heavy throughout the day.
kkkok8051 said:
I not sure can be done use this method. But I try my device before and now batt usage came to normal. Just press the power button n the volume up wait until the vibrant 3 time after all your device will suit off and goto charge yr device until full charged (don't. Switch on your device). After full charge prees the power button like normal start . Now try to use your device one day see the result.
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As i think...it's just that it need some time to settle down and calibrate to be set as per ur usage...
the best thing is ur under warranty u can go for replacement anytime u want...(That's the last Scenario..)
And Exactly....What u did is a simple reset so as it triggers to refresh the whole ui...
and do this after doing this let ur phone come to 0% and then plug in charge it to a full 100 % ,let it charge for 5-10 mins extra too,....would calibrate your battery fully....
Then use these.
1. Set brightness around 40-60 % which i guess is more than enough....as it Drains the battery quite heavily..
and try not to use the live wallpapers...
2.Always clear ur background apps...
3. No problem with syncs or data connection....use them as u like that's what they are for. as disabling would result in same or more wakelocks....
4. Check ur battery stats under power mangement and click on graph...The screen on time and the awake time bars should be parallel or closer to it...
Else You can do the things for what it stands for....
Want to ask this, how's the ultra what's ur view for it liked it or not, any best features u noticed.
and post here.. :good:
I'll try some of these sugestions.. yesterday my screen on time was only 1 hour 38 minutes.. I should have taken a screen shot sorry. Today randomly seems to be a little better.
kramdens said:
I'll try some of these sugestions.. yesterday my screen on time was only 1 hour 38 minutes.. I should have taken a screen shot sorry. Today randomly seems to be a little better.
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Ah no need to be sorry just take a random screen shot.
Just do this to observe charging from 0 to 100% after using the combi power + vol up. Till the 3 vibrations.
Would be helpful.
And post here.
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A couple of questions:
- Exactly what are you doing with your ZU? Are you playing games? Reading?
- Which apps do you have installed? There are plenty of apps out there that will suck the life out of the battery (Facebook etc.)
- When did you get it? New batteries aren't at max capacity right out of the box. A typical week will normally give you max output (so around 7 cycles)
And hows the ultra's response. ?
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A couple of questions:
- Exactly what are you doing with your ZU? Are you playing games? Reading?
- Which apps do you have installed? There are plenty of apps out there that will suck the life out of the battery (Facebook etc.)
- When did you get it? New batteries aren't at max capacity right out of the box. A typical week will normally give you max output (so around 7 cycles)
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- I listen to music for one hour during workout
- check email maybe once or twice a day with gmail
- 20 minutes youtube, used to do more with Note 2, but scaled back with this phone
- using google chrome for browser, usually will browse a bit, but keeping that to minimum
- text conversations
- at most one or two calls a day, don't talk much on the phone
- check facebook a couple times, instagram a few times, not much again since getting this phone
- installed apps are: FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, MIGHTY TEXT, GOOGLE APS, (MUSIC, PLAY BOOKS ETC), EBAY, NETFLIX, SHAZAM, TD BANK, ZEDGE, and Riptide game which i don't play.
this is day 5 with the phone.
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- I listen to music for one hour during workout
- check email maybe once or twice a day with gmail
- 20 minutes youtube, used to do more with Note 2, but scaled back with this phone
- using google chrome for browser, usually will browse a bit, but keeping that to minimum
- text conversations
- at most one or two calls a day, don't talk much on the phone
- check facebook a couple times, instagram a few times, not much again since getting this phone
- installed apps are: FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, MIGHTY TEXT, GOOGLE APS, (MUSIC, PLAY BOOKS ETC), EBAY, NETFLIX, SHAZAM, TD BANK, ZEDGE, and Riptide game which i don't play.
this is day 5 with the phone.
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Hmm, nothing unusual here. Keep using it until it hits 0% and charge it back to 100% without turning it on.
kramdens said:
- I listen to music for one hour during workout
- check email maybe once or twice a day with gmail
- 20 minutes youtube, used to do more with Note 2, but scaled back with this phone
- using google chrome for browser, usually will browse a bit, but keeping that to minimum
- text conversations
- at most one or two calls a day, don't talk much on the phone
- check facebook a couple times, instagram a few times, not much again since getting this phone
- installed apps are: FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, MIGHTY TEXT, GOOGLE APS, (MUSIC, PLAY BOOKS ETC), EBAY, NETFLIX, SHAZAM, TD BANK, ZEDGE, and Riptide game which i don't play.
this is day 5 with the phone.
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Let them run to get to 0.
But after that always force stop them..and clear the most recent from background.
And most imp.
ENJOY USING UR ULTRA.. :thumbup:
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LordManhattan said:
Hmm, nothing unusual here. Keep using it until it hits 0% and charge it back to 100% without turning it on.
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Is it ok to go all the way down to 0?
kramdens said:
Is it ok to go all the way down to 0?
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Yes, but don't do it to often.
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ADDICT.ANK said:
Let them run to get to 0.
But after that always force stop them..and clear the most recent from background.
And most imp.
ENJOY USING UR ULTRA.. :thumbup:
Be Humble and Hit thanks if you find the post helpful or if I helped u.
A click for u but rep for me
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Killing services will only kill the battery faster since Android will automatically start them again. Android is not Windows.
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kramdens said:
Is it ok to go all the way down to 0?
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yes but only for a purpose its ok to go down to 0...
coz the battery needs calibration so its better to reset the batt. stats and the device is new so it'll take a little time to settle...
no worries just enjoy using it....
And tell us the review atleast...its good to know coz we want to... :highfive:
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I know battery has been diacussed before but i think this isnt normal. I left the office with almost full charge, listened to music on the.way with bluetoith headset for an hour. Got home and browsed for like half an hour. And here is my battery.
3 hours and the phone is almost dead. I have no apps running. I had 3g on when i left the officw and at home i used wifi.
Is this normal or should i take the.phone back for an exchange?
Regardless, i still love the phone.
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RETURN ZE PHONE
get a new shiny in exchange
btw when u return the phone what do u say exactly
Thats ridiculous man. Maybe you're battery is broken.
That said mine has just drained 35% in 3 hours with almost no usage so maybe it is just the phone.
I think there is 100% guaranteed a software problem and we need samsung to fix it.
It says you've had the display on for quite a long time, music needs the display on? Also that wifi sharing is another culprit.
It drained because you had the screen on nearly the entire time not because anything else
Unless thats a case of the 'phone staying awake' bug. You can freeze wifi sharing with titanium backup to save some juice
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I too am facing the same issue battery drain from 100% to 60% in a span of 3 hours.
I am having a mediocre usage of battery with touchdown as my mail client talking to my corporate exchange. Still it doesn't warrant a drain of 40% in 3 hours.
I dont have much apps installed. Even with juice defender I am not getting better results.
Niket
ale922 said:
Is this normal or should i take the.phone back for an exchange?
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You could say it's normal because if you haven't yet rooted and frozen the wifi sharing process this is the exact behavior everybody else is also having. A new phone will behave in exactly the same way if it's using the current firmware.
You can do two things.
1. root and freeze the process with titanium backup or similar.
2. wait for the next official samsung firmware which may include a fix.
The rooting process takes about 15 minutes and is not too difficult. You may or may not get in to warranty trouble in case of repair, but as I and several of my friends saw it, there really is no other way unless you want a phone with 3-4 hours of battery compared to the 19-23 hours we all get now after the freeze.
Another thing, it won't matter if wifi is turned on or off, the bug and wifi sharing process will still be there.
You will probably read around the net that several processes has to be frozen, but it really only is the "wifi sharing" one that needs to be frozen for the battery drain issue to go away.
What is the "wifi-sharing"?
Mine GS2 is a bit different from the OP's. Android OS occupied 45% while Display only 19%. And charging time is unusually long. Very long. I plugged my GS2 into PC at 9am with 30% left, and by the time I left work 6pm it only got up to 75% something. That's half a day charge.
The rooting process takes about 15 minutes and is not too difficult. You may or may not get in to warranty trouble in case of repair, but as I and several of my friends saw it, there really is no other way unless you want a phone with 3-4 hours of battery compared to the 19-23 hours we all get now after the freeze.
Sorry, whats the freeze. I haven't heard this before ?
Thanks
almostfrench said:
What is the "wifi-sharing"?
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I don't really know. But I haven't found a feature not working after the freeze. Even dlna sharing, hotspot etc.. Everything seems to be fine.
You can read more about the issue here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069295
Regarding the unusual long charge time, I haven't heard about that before. It takes my phone about 3 hours to fully charge.
I can recommend this application for monitoring if the phone really sleeps when left on the table and which processes uses your juice in general. It's history based and you will be able to figure out a lot of useful stuff with it.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/systempanellite-task-manager/nextapp.systempanel
I'm also have a similar problem, but mine was after one hour and an half of web surfing using dolphin HD and wifi... it was full, it's now about 25% remaining... Is it normal that the dolphin browser used 39% of the battery ? It's even more than the display... !
Ps: it's actually really hot on the back of the phone, on the top, just under camera... Normal ? ? ?
steve16 said:
whats the freeze. I haven't heard this before ?
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Well. When you have rooted your phone, you are able to do a lot of usefull stuff:
-Freeze processes
-Disable the camera shutter sound with a simple property/text file
-Make the middle home screen the real home (like htc sense) with a simple property/text file,
-Replace camera.apk and get higher quality sound in video, actually also higher video bitrate if you want that.
-Replace talk.apk and enable the upcoming google talk with video chat
-Install chainfire3d driver to be able to play tegra2 gpu based games
...and probably a lot more, but above is the only things I've done.
Freezing means : that you lock a process you don't want to run ever. You are also able to "un-freeze" if you decide to revert.
So:
1. you root your phone
2. you install titanium backup or other application that has the "freezing" ability.
3. open the freezing app, go to the process list, find "wifi sharing", press freeze, reboot
Problem solved, "wifi-sharing" will never run again.
You want to revert: Launch titanium, go to process list, find wifi sharing, unfreeze, reboot. Everything back to where you were before.
Yarymo said:
I'm also have a similar problem, but mine was after one hour and an half of web surfing using dolphin HD and wifi... it was full, it's now about 25% remaining... Is it normal that the dolphin browser used 39% of the battery ? It's even more than the display... !
Ps: it's actually really hot on the back of the phone, on the top, just under camera... Normal ? ? ?
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I really don't think anything matters as I can see you have the wifi-sharing bug.
You must understand, that it's everybody with the current firmware that has this bug. You must either wait or root and freeze.
Sucking up your battery in a couple of hours and making the cpu run at full speed which makes the phone get hot is exactly what this wifi-sharing bug does.
There is absolutely no way you can change anything in the settings or say, not run dolphin browser to fix this problem. You simply have to freeze the process or wait for samsung to fix it. As long as the wifi-sharing process enters your battery usage list you have the firmware that has the problem (and it's more than one) and your doomed until you freeze or upgrade to a future firmware where the bug may be officially fixed.
Just another "wifi-sharing" discussion link:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16721
Alright then, it's just that it doesn't seem me to be that much of the battery (~20%...)
I did just freeze that process and will see once my phone is fully charged... Thanks.
Try the lite'ning rom. It is much better!
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isnt this pretty normal looking battery drain? most people on this forum are getting about 4 hours screen-on time, sometimes 4.5 hours. yours seems to have the screen on about 4 hours from your graph picture. isnt this normal? if it was all gaming usage it definitely would be normal...
@OP, You mind to mention the Screen On time please?
Regards.
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sia1996 said:
Try the lite'ning rom. It is much better!
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oh, was that a constructive comment?
Given the recent run of battery posts, i thought i would join in. Yes you read it correctly; 98% after 5 hrs on battery. Thats with an up-time of 8:20, and an awake time of 1:51. During that time i checked and replied to a couple of emails(opened a photo attached) looked at pics in the gallery, and watched a 30 second video w/max volume three times. Also checked the weather several times to update the 5-day forecast.
So whats the secret? Dont open up any of the other screens after you reboot. Or, you can remove whatever you have on there and have only one active screen.
Heres the proof ( sorry about the crappy pic, all i had was my old Hero)
How do you do it can you explain a little better
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Well, I don't have a picture, but my battery is down 2 bars on the screen you are showing...so roughly 80% I guess. I have up time showing 39:17:xx and awake time of 12:51:xx. I've looked at some pictures of my cat several times (had to put him to sleep yesterday due to a degenerative disc disease that finally damaged his spinal cord to where he couldn't walk anymore ) I did a lot of texting, e-mailing, some web surfing, and updating some programs from the market. I also talked on the phone for about an hour.
What did I do for this? Well, the only account sync I have is GMail, all the other crap is turned off. I have the LCD brightness locked at about 20% (auto brightness unchecked), I use WiFi whenever possible since 3G sucks the battery, and the only widget I have running is the HTC Sense weather/clock thing. It is set to update every 4 hours. Otherwise pretty basic stuff.
Uptime and awake time don't mean anything in regards to your claim. That just means, since you last rebooted your phone has been up for 8 hrs 20 min, etc. What you have to show to backup your claim is the time since unplugged...
awenthol said:
Uptime and awake time don't mean anything in regards to your claim. That just means, since you last rebooted your phone has been up for 8 hrs 20 min, etc. What you have to show to backup your claim is the time since unplugged...
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Well, I don't really have to prove anything to you. We are not in court and I am not on trial. However, I can tell you I wake up every morning at 7:30 and unplug my phone which means, at the very least, the awake time is accurate. I didn't realize up time was only since last reboot. But still, sitting at 8/10 bars at 13 hours. If you don't believe it, then don't.
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Uptime and awake time don't mean anything in regards to your claim. That just means, since you last rebooted your phone has been up for 8 hrs 20 min, etc. What you have to show to backup your claim is the time since unplugged...
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OK, so its was on battery for 5 hours and I unplugged it at that time. Im not trying to brag, cause frankly the battery was pretty crappy for the first week. I believe the stand-by time on this phone is awesome, Im more concerned about how fast the battery drains once you start using it.
ttieder said:
How do you do it can you explain a little better
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When you reboot your phone, the only active screen is the home screen. If you long-press the Home button, you will see the other six screens blank. I left the other screens the way they came from the factory and found out that if you even look at them once, they seem to remain active even if they are not being updated.
I was charging my phone before I went to bed, and waking up with 95% (yes I minimized all the background updates). Then I would drive to work with BT on and it would go to 93%. 12 hours later, after two text messages and two voice mails, Im at 70%. Sure my up time was 19 hrs, but my awake time was 40 minutes max. So basically you need to keep everything but the essentials off your screens. This is my experience, as im sure there are people out there on 4G 8 hrs a day who come home with 50%+ on their phone.
Can I put apps on those screens so basically no widgets on any screen but the home
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When you reboot your phone, the only active screen is the home screen. If you long-press the Home button, you will see the other six screens blank. I left the other screens the way they came from the factory and found out that if you even look at them once, they seem to remain active even if they are not being updated.
I was charging my phone before I went to bed, and waking up with 95% (yes I minimized all the background updates). Then I would drive to work with BT on and it would go to 93%. 12 hours later, after two text messages and two voice mails, Im at 70%. Sure my up time was 19 hrs, but my awake time was 40 minutes max. So basically you need to keep everything but the essentials off your screens. This is my experience, as im sure there are people out there on 4G 8 hrs a day who come home with 50%+ on their phone.
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You don't have GPS enabled. That's cheating.
3G (or WiFI, 4G enabled) GPS, auto sync, backlighting, widgets, exchange, twitter, facebook, live wallpaper, all the reasons we bought the phone?! Those should be running at all times. (Otherwise, what exactly is the point? Srsly?)
If the battery life is still 3 hours then I am expecting a phone that hasn't and won't be built for 20 years.
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You don't have GPS enabled. That's cheating.
3G (or WiFI, 4G enabled) GPS, auto sync, backlighting, widgets, exchange, twitter, facebook, live wallpaper, all the reasons we bought the phone?! Those should be running at all times. (Otherwise, what exactly is the point? Srsly?)
If the battery life is still 3 hours then I am expecting a phone that hasn't and won't be built for 20 years.
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I think we use our phones very differently. I like those features but I don't have them on all the time. I use the GPS when I need to use a GPS. I look at FB or Twitter when I have time to look at them. Live wallpaper, while cute, doesn't do much for me. Exchange and Gmail push is about all I use regularly.
ExploreMN said:
I think we use our phones very differently. I like those features but I don't have them on all the time. I use the GPS when I need to use a GPS. I look at FB or Twitter when I have time to look at them. Live wallpaper, while cute, doesn't do much for me. Exchange and Gmail push is about all I use regularly.
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I get about the same when I'm working a 10-14. That's with checking exchange email, background sync and data on, sending texts on a normal basis, brightness about 30-40%, checking fb, etc etc. Battery doesn't drain much at all for me while it's sleeping which is great when I'm working these shifts and don't care to bring a charger.
Using GPS with location on and Sprint Navigation will drain that beast though, but that's expected.
ExploreMN said:
I think we use our phones very differently. I like those features but I don't have them on all the time. I use the GPS when I need to use a GPS. I look at FB or Twitter when I have time to look at them. Live wallpaper, while cute, doesn't do much for me. Exchange and Gmail push is about all I use regularly.
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Damn your finely worded post. Now I feel the sudden urge to re-evaluate my obsession with live wallpapers so I don't feel like a lame kid that likes something "cute"
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I had a epic 4g with extended battery 3500 mah and I would constantly use the phone even while at work.. At the end of the day my battery would be at 50%. On my evo 3d I use the phone even more now because its new and my battery would still be 50 % at the end of the day.
Fairly impressed
Doesnt the GPS only draw power if an app is actually using it at the time? So does it matter if you leave it on
Im pretty sure that if you leave your GPS on it will be put into "stand-by" mode, which in effect draws power. I could be wrong tho
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that aint proof at all
use a program like battery status, that'll actually tell us how long its been since it was off the charger
but even from this, shows your phone doing a lot of sleeping
we'd be more impressed with a lot of battery left after actually USING the phone
I shut everything off that im not using. Only time my battery life sucks is when Im at work and get very low signal. That drains the crap out of the battery.
Plus I use Juice Defender, seems to provide some improvement.
After being unplugged and having used it as I described, after 20 hours I still had 68% of my battery charge. I don't have juice defender, but I made the adjustments I mentioned and the one I forgot to mention is I also turned off location services.
So far I am pretty happy with the battery life, but I also remember with the Epic I had amazing battery life for a month or so and then it was more like what is "average" for that phone. I'm no scientist, but I would guess that brand new lithium batteries do a little better and then when the chemicals start breaking down you lose that "little extra."
Sorry, I guess I should have included two pics. I do have battery status and it showed 5:05 since off the charger. I chose to post the other pic since I thought it meant more in terms of use. Sure it doesn't tell you how I was using it, just that it want sleeping for half of that time. Im not trying to impress anyone, i just thought it was a huge improvement from the past week where 5 hours off charger showed 70% battery left with only 40 minutes of up time (which resulted form a couple of VM and texts). So my point was along the lines of; more use, but huge improvement in battery consumption.
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that aint proof at all
use a program like battery status, that'll actually tell us how long its been since it was off the charger
but even from this, shows your phone doing a lot of sleeping
we'd be more impressed with a lot of battery left after actually USING the phone
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ExploreMN said:
After being unplugged and having used it as I described, after 20 hours I still had 68% of my battery charge. I don't have juice defender, but I made the adjustments I mentioned and the one I forgot to mention is I also turned off location services.
So far I am pretty happy with the battery life, but I also remember with the Epic I had amazing battery life for a month or so and then it was more like what is "average" for that phone. I'm no scientist, but I would guess that brand new lithium batteries do a little better and then when the chemicals start breaking down you lose that "little extra."
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20hours, and almost 70% left?
i say super BS
because you know at that rate you can go almost 3 days with no charge right?
i know the evo 3d battery has bout 150 more mah then the 4G, but c'mon son
I ,am on it a lot, between GPS and general usage, ,but this still seems like too fast to drain compared to what others here have said. I had this problem with my Atrix too, maybe i am just destined for bad luck with battery life
Do you use anything like juice defender. This app literly doubled my battery life!
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Dillsnik said:
I ,am on it a lot, between GPS and general usage, ,but this still seems like too fast to drain compared to what others here have said. I had this problem with my Atrix too, maybe i am just destined for bad luck with battery life
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how much screen on time do u get?
Cozzeck said:
Do you use anything like juice defender. This app literly doubled my battery life!
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Apps like that only increase standby battery life. Everything else is very minimal.
And I'm not happy with the battery life either. My phone is plugged in right now and the battery is actually going down as I use it.
Ready for the HTC One X
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This happened to me since i first got the phone it has slowed down and now the phone can last through the day ever since at&t throttled me for this month goes without saying ill take it easy next month. so most likely if your in an lte area thats the problem
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Apps like that only increase standby battery life. Everything else is very minimal.
And I'm not happy with the battery life either. My phone is plugged in right now and the battery is actually going down as I use it.
Ready for the HTC One X
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If it's notbthe stock charger you areblikely not using a rapid charger.
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I pull mine off the charger at 7:00 and at 3pm or so it's down to 85%, I'll put it on the charger at work until I leave around 5-6pm (mainly because I'm used to having to do this on my previous phone) and at night if I'm not using it constantly it's around 70-75% when I plug it in at bed time.
I suspect anyone getting that bad of battery life must be using it constantly, ie: Playing games, browsing, trolling facebook, etc.. Even in the "new toy" stage I'm getting great battery life.
FYI I don't have LTE, but do generally have good 4G.
You honestly can't use any phone on GPS without external power and expect that you're not going to discharge quickly. Assuming that you are running a car charger during GPS and just didn't say so, search the i-717 threads, since the topic has been well vetted on what chargers are more effective,etc. There are definite differences.
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The fact that there are people out there that get really good battery life means the problem is you and not the phone. If you refresh facebook every minute of course your battery life will be crappy. apps like juicedefender are just marketing crap. as long as there are no running apps in the background that eat your battery, you do not need any juicedefender or tasker. also setting screen-off behavior to conservative on set cpu helps improve battery life.
When I first got my i717 and was using it on the stock rom I had pretty terrible battery life. I take it off the charger at 5:00am and had decent battery life (around 5 to 7 hours without GPS) but I use my phone a lot for internet/email. I think your battery life is completely normal given your usage.
Most people get about 5hrs screen on time. Total on battery ranges up to about 24hrs, but only if the screen is off at least 19 of them.
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Most people get about 5hrs screen on time. Total on battery ranges up to about 24hrs, but only if the screen is off at least 19 of them.
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5 hours? Would you mind posting a link to suh a claim? I barely get 12 hours total with 2 hours of screen time.
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khaytsus said:
I pull mine off the charger at 7:00 and at 3pm or so it's down to 85%, I'll put it on the charger at work until I leave around 5-6pm (mainly because I'm used to having to do this on my previous phone) and at night if I'm not using it constantly it's around 70-75% when I plug it in at bed time.
I suspect anyone getting that bad of battery life must be using it constantly, ie: Playing games, browsing, trolling facebook, etc.. Even in the "new toy" stage I'm getting great battery life.
FYI I don't have LTE, but do generally have good 4G.
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7-3 is 8 hours
exactly how much screen on time do you have by the time its at 85% ? because i mean, it can go on standy for days with nothing on
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5 hours? Would you mind posting a link to suh a claim? I barely get 12 hours total with 2 hours of screen time.
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i can get about 3 or so
5 hours of screen time AND 19hours standby sounds incredible
would sure like to see screen shot as well
and def dont think 5 hours is any type of avg
I had GPS running on my phone for 4 hours today, had blue tooth on half the time without knowing it, sending text messages, making two 5 min phone calls, checking maps, checking FML and reading a book for about an hour and drained down to about 70% and I have the brightness set at auto. I would exchange it for a new battery.
On average with several texts per hour, several 5-10 min phone calls, taking a few pics and uploading them to picasa, checking facebook, updating status and checking emails I can pull off the charger at 630am and still have 50% battery (at least) by 630pm.
I do have the juicedefender (which isn't crap, it turns off signal after so long so you aren't trolling for signals when you aren't on the phone).
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I had GPS running on my phone for 4 hours today, had blue tooth on half the time without knowing it, sending text messages, making two 5 min phone calls, checking maps, checking FML and reading a book for about an hour and drained down to about 70% and I have the brightness set at auto. I would exchange it for a new battery.
On average with several texts per hour, several 5-10 min phone calls, taking a few pics and uploading them to picasa, checking facebook, updating status and checking emails I can pull off the charger at 630am and still have 50% battery (at least) by 630pm.
I do have the juicedefender (which isn't crap, it turns off signal after so long so you aren't trolling for signals when you aren't on the phone).
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and whats your screen on time for that 12 hour 6am-6pm with 50% still left please?
Just buy a second battery and throw it in at noon. No biggie.
kimtyson said:
Just buy a second battery and throw it in at noon. No biggie.
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Was thinking of doing that since they're so cheap but thanks to juice defense I don't really have that issue no more.
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5 hours? Would you mind posting a link to suh a claim? I barely get 12 hours total with 2 hours of screen time.
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I had a ss of my buddies yesterday, but can't restore mms lol. There are plenty of other ss in the note section. He was at 22+ hrs with about 4:30 of screen on and some % remaining. I have to charge around 7-9 everynight at 4-4:30 hrs screen on, but my use is pretty heavy. I sync 4 gmail accounts, a separate GV, 3 calendars, and several apps.
If yours is much worse than that, you likely have a few troublesome apps or are playing games. First, after a full charge, reset cpuspy timers, lock it, and set it down for a few hours (I know, impossible). Then check to see that your CPU has been in deep sleep about 95% of the time. If not, use better battery stats to see what has been request wakelocks. Not only the most total time, but the total number. Any app that looks outrageous, freeze it or uninstall it. For system processes that look troublesome, Google. You can often find simple tricks online that will tell you what's causing them to go crazy. Beyond that, turn off syncing of anything that isn't needed or doesn't matter (like Facebook), and uninstall stuff you never use.
Another slight help is the brightness widget (don't use the actual widget, just put the app on your homescreen, it works the same) or dimmer in market as they can both set the brightness to a value of 10 (Samsung lowest stock is 20), and even if you can't tell the difference, it helps. Jkay settings in saurom can set the auto brightness profile slightly darker than stock. Umm, and the obvious, use less Widgets, longer sync intervals, processor scaling and speed profiles, and buy a couple rapid chargers, wall and auto.
A couple things to note after seeing a few of these posts...
BT can be on, but without it searching, connected, or listening it's not active.
GPS isn't active unless its in use aand you see the icon in the notification bar. That being said, fb, websites, and many other apps that request location will activate it.
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YOU MUST CALIBERATE THE BATTERY!! I have no issues I use my phone heavy all day and get 15 hours and I still have 20% left. All you have to do is
1) Charge you phone until it says "charged"
2)Leave phone plugged in and power off and let it charge until the battery meter literally says "100" (screen will sleep so you can check with volume rocker to light screen)
3) power on phone and let boot and than power off and wait till you see 100% again
4) now keep doin this and you will notice it will start displaying "100%" faster and faster usually takes 6-7 times cycling like this
5) After you do this download Battery Caliberation (root required) app from market and hit the caliberate button and boom your good to go
I do this on every android phone I own when I flash a new rom or purchase a fresh one. Everyone should do this everytime you flash a new rom and I can CONFIRM significant battery longevity on all my android phones I have done this with
You only have to do it once so just get it out the way and you'll get through a whole dayand have some juice to play with.
I get 15+ hours and do not any battery juice defender apps
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The fact that there are people out there that get really good battery life means the problem is you and not the phone. If you refresh facebook every minute of course your battery life will be crappy. apps like juicedefender are just marketing crap. as long as there are no running apps in the background that eat your battery, you do not need any juicedefender or tasker. also setting screen-off behavior to conservative on set cpu helps improve battery life.
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Just to be clear here, Tasker has nothing to do with battery life. It doesn't hurt it, nor "help" it. However, you certainly could write tasks/contexts that would decrease battery life, and there are a few scripts out there which do silly stuff like autokilling, etc... But if we're talking "battery savings", Tasker and JD do not go in the same category.
IMO JD is only useful if you're frequently in an area with no signal, like you work in a basement or deep inside of a solidly constructed building. Since you mentioned Tasker, in this context it does help me a bit on battery because my wifi turns off when I leave the house, but that's also something JD can help with. If you don't have a wifi connection it'll turn off wifi (and I believe turn it back on periodically to see if there's one available?) I don't use JD, so can't speak too much for it.
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7-3 is 8 hours
exactly how much screen on time do you have by the time its at 85% ? because i mean, it can go on standy for days with nothing on
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Hour? Hour and a half? I'm working during that period. I usually hit news sites and G+ when I'm first at my desk in the morning, so that's 30 minutes or so off and on looking at it, then perhaps an hour over the rest of the day, sometimes more at lunch.
I'll look closer today and post back.
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YOU MUST CALIBERATE THE BATTERY!!
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Complete nonsense. https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
Phone now on %10 after 2days 10Hrs
Usage -
calls - 1Hr
Angry Birds - 1Hr Aprox
HD playback - 40Mins
HD recording - 5mins
Alarms - 30mins
Music - 10mins
Wifi - 10mins (for updates and app install)
Connected to TV - 10mins
40 Photos taken
and some other day to day things like looking at pictures and using apps.
Changed to GSM only data only on for Facebook updates
With the same usage as above before removing Drop-box,changing screen brightness and GSM only, i was getting less than a days use before recharge needed.
I think the biggest battery sucker is the screen, my brightness is set to about %25
Running services and other stats shown in screen-shots.
Iff i play Angry Birds like an half hour, I think battery will be 50...
Faulty device?
I would organize an party if my batterylife goes like this..
Efe64 said:
Iff i play Angry Birds like an half hour, I think battery will be 50...
Faulty device?
I would organize an party if my batterylife goes like this..
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Try re-calibrating your battery.
Can you link to where you got that wallpaper as I really like it
Also what is the name of the clock widget?
Thanks
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Switching off data, or to only GSM really defeats the purpose of having a smartphone... It's well known the main battery drain is data connection and phones searching for better reception (i.e. between GSM + 3G). Using WiFi over 3g and even switching to GSM only when using wifi is beneficial but having to manually do this all the time takes the smart out of it.
Nothing new here to be honest.
I Agree, used to switch data transfer always off and on, but found out its a way more handy to keep it always on. If there was a function that will automatically switch 3g data on when you need it and then turning it off would be awesome...
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Iff i play Angry Birds like an half hour, I think battery will be 50...
Faulty device?
I would organize an party if my batterylife goes like this..
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Used to be like this with GBA emulators but yesterday I played for the full commute(1hr45~) and only drained like 20%. If your phone is still new give it time to burn in.
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Try re-calibrating your battery.
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Did 1 billion times.
Scratchling said:
Used to be like this with GBA emulators but yesterday I played for the full commute(1hr45~) and only drained like 20%. If your phone is still new give it time to burn in.
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8 - march
what's the name of that clock/battery widget?
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Can you link to where you got that wallpaper as I really like it
Also what is the name of the clock widget?
Thanks
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RawkBob said:
Switching off data, or to only GSM really defeats the purpose of having a smartphone... It's well known the main battery drain is data connection and phones searching for better reception (i.e. between GSM + 3G). Using WiFi over 3g and even switching to GSM only when using wifi is beneficial but having to manually do this all the time takes the smart out of it.
Nothing new here to be honest.
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what's the name of that clock/battery widget?
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Wallpaper found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520253&highlight=screen+shots&page=5
Clock Widget is from Beautiful widgets,
As for Data, I had it off on other tests and the battery lasted less than 17Hrs,
So its not the main problem i was having, i would say its the screen brightness and the running programs/widgets
however, i will now do the same test but with data always on and see what the score is.
i used to be like you, gsm n low brihtness, etc. but then i changed it to using my phone to its max potential (e.g. anti-theft programs will be rendered useless if ur using 2g mode/data turned off while screen off profiles, whatsapp can only get msgs every intervals of 30 mins e.g.)
with 3g and wifi turned on 24/7 using net most of the time i get about 16 hours which is just perfect, ( and 8 hours sleep), unless im going to go for flights (then i just bring my power bank, prob solved!)
58 hours 36 min from 100% to 9% battery.
6 hours 14 min screen on,
brightness set by lux auto, 45 to 54 in daytime and 30 to 40 with lights off or dim,
mostly web browsing, apps updating, emails checking, etc.,
few very short phone calls, mms, and one photo taken.
Stock rooted ls980 with some bloatware removed.
Happy G2!
harmonyxda said:
58 hours 36 min from 100% to 9% battery.
6 hours 14 min screen on,
brightness set by lux auto, 45 to 54 in daytime and 30 to 40 with lights off or dim,
mostly web browsing, apps updating, emails checking, etc.,
few very short phone calls, mms, and one photo taken.
Stock rooted ls980 with some bloatware removed.
Happy G2!
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Thats insane! My G2 is coming in mail today! Im coming from and iPhone 5! Im excited!
How'd you get lux to work properly? I installed it and was preventing my phone from going into deep sleep as it was doing 400+ wakelocks in 5min
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akong702 said:
How'd you get lux to work properly? I installed it and was preventing my phone from going into deep sleep as it was doing 400+ wakelocks in 5min
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I chose its "on wake" option, to avoid frequent sensor reading - didn't know that awakes cpu.
One auto adjustment per screen on sounds fine for most daily use scenarios.
Also removed it from notification to save some space there, instead added a udn nav bar long press shortcut to it, plus another shortcut on home screen, so to easily call it up for additional adjustments as nessesary.
Udn nav bar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270198
harmonyxda said:
58 hours 36 min from 100% to 9% battery.
6 hours 14 min screen on,
brightness set by lux auto, 45 to 54 in daytime and 30 to 40 with lights off or dim,
mostly web browsing, apps updating, emails checking, etc.,
few very short phone calls, mms, and one photo taken.
Stock rooted ls980 with some bloatware removed.
Happy G2!
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Awesome! Can u give me the list of ur bloatware? What firmware are u using now?
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quachhanthanh said:
Awesome! Can u give me the list of ur bloatware? What firmware are u using now?
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Sure, I have the following system apps uninstalled after making a Titanium backup (always good to have a backup, just in case):
[ Edit: Added a few more frozen or uninstalled back to the previous list. Doing a nandroid or user data+settings backup is necessary if you agree human is not always error-free, and wanted to expect the best and be prepared for the worst. I just took a fresh lesson on this G2 - for the first time forgot to correct "build.prop" permission after updating it to system folder; no matter how many times we did it right, once missed and then you'll immediately see it's so easy to brick an dear android lol ]
[The following stock apps/services were uninstalled, frozen, or replaced by alternatives without causing problems in my uses.]
1Weather
Browser
CBS Sports
CloudHub 1.20.12
Dictionary
eBay
Goolge Play Books 2.8.61
Google Play Games
Google Play Magazines 2.0.0
Google Play Movies & TV 2.4.14
Google Play Music 5.0.1041J.689753
Google+ 3.6.0.44338848
Hangouts
LG MLT 2.4.7
LGSetupWizard 4.3.019
Life Square 4.0.28
Life Square Log Manager 2.5.42
Lookout Security & Antivirus
Lumen Toolbar
Messaging plus
Plug & Pop 4.2.16
POLARIS Office View 5.5.0.x
Qualcomm IZat 1.0
QuickTranslatorV4.0.45
QVoice Engine 4.1605.36624R (Required by Voice Mate)
QVoice Speech Pack 4.0100.33464
Maluuba QVoice Interface 1.3.4q
Voice Mate
Scout
Sprint Connections Optimizer 1.4.601
Sprint - Discover AppsV1.1.09
Sprint ID 1.9.22
Sprint Installer [Work with ID/Zone…]
Sprint Music PlusV1.0
Sprint TV & MoviesV1.1
Sprint Worldwide 1.0
Sprint Zone 4.5.31
SprintExtensionProvider (Used by VVM)
TextTranslator 4.1.10
VUTalk 4.0.33
There are certainly a few more removable but not as big or bad for memory as the above so I just left them aside.
Also tried some apps to manage what apps are allowed to auto start per boot up.
And I only use three home screens; use folders to organize apps icons.
Emails: Gmail uses server push so no polling to set; I couldn't get server push mode working in k-9 mail app, so had to set its sync to every 1 hour.
That's all, nothing special. I think G2 just got a big battery, very energy-efficient sleep mode, plus the GRAM static frame buffer as LG claimed to save up to 20% battery.
Some folks also got over 6 hours screen on out of their Nexus 5:
How to get 6+ Hours screen on time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537930
How to r remove bloatware?
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imkr1 said:
How to r remove bloatware?
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With Root and titanium Backup yo can unistall all bloatware, but i recommended to freeze them in case of problems.
harmonyxda said:
58 hours 36 min from 100% to 9% battery.
6 hours 14 min screen on,
brightness set by lux auto, 45 to 54 in daytime and 30 to 40 with lights off or dim,
mostly web browsing, apps updating, emails checking, etc.,
few very short phone calls, mms, and one photo taken.
Stock rooted ls980 with some bloatware removed.
Happy G2!
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I'm honestly having a bit of trouble believing that you got 6 hours screen on time AND 58 hours off the charger. Seems like an either/or from what I've read. Did you really get these at the same time, or these are your max on both ends of the spectrum (idle usage vs active usage) ?
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I'm honestly having a bit of trouble believing that you got 6 hours screen on time AND 58 hours off the charger. Seems like an either/or from what I've read. Did you really get these at the same time, or these are your max on both ends of the spectrum (idle usage vs active usage) ?
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I find it believable. It really depends on what that on screen time is used for. Playing intense games like asphalt 8. No.. but simple stuff like browsing the web, tapatalk etc..sure. I personally loss about 1% every 4 hours or so on standby so if I could ever manage not to use my phone all the time lol I could put this to the test. But I'm on this thing all day so it's hard. I'm normally over 2 hours on screen time with 3 hours off the charger. Its hard to put down
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khaytsus said:
I'm honestly having a bit of trouble believing that you got 6 hours screen on time AND 58 hours off the charger. Seems like an either/or from what I've read. Did you really get these at the same time, or these are your max on both ends of the spectrum (idle usage vs active usage) ?
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Dude that was both. G2 had 6+ hours long screen-on PLUS great sleeping idling hours out of one single charge. Rock solid facts. :angel:
It used to impress me with that; now I got used to its long battery life and have to wish new phones catch up with that otherwise it'd be hard to move on to the next without the same or better battery juice.
More than happy to help you evaluate that nice performance with two more screenshots attached in below:
These pictures show G2 idled a few hours in my bedroom where 4g LTE signal strength stays 4 or 5 out of totally 6 bars. The first 5-hour drainage curve went almost horizontal! before it was carried to another place and used a little bit with 3-bar CDMA 3G connection and reached 96%. With that 5-hour slope how long do you think the big battery on G2's back will last in standby?
The phone stayed mostly at home in the long weekend so it enjoyed its good sleep, and as I said most screen-on time was for news browsing/emails/mms etc. (while tasks like streaming video or playing game will not benefit much from G2 GRAM static buffer.)
I don't play video games with phone so for moderate daily uses my G2 usually logs 4-6 hours screen on time before a recharge.
I like the idle on the g2, I can leave my phone over night or at work and still have full battery just about, I'm using the OC/UV kernel and Greenify, disabled alot of things, check the ss. I'm on Cleanrom 2.0 AT&T, would like to make the change to rayglobe but I don't know if I'll get the same battery performance.
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Dude that was both. G2 had 6+ hours long screen-on PLUS great sleeping idling hours out of one single charge. Rock solid facts. :angel:
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Okay, okay Sorry, just seemed nuts to me. My G2 was about 60 hours on battery, but only 70 minutes screen on time. And I've heard that people are getting max about 7-8 hours screen on time, so didn't sound possible to get that long on both at the same time.
khaytsus said:
Okay, okay Sorry, just seemed nuts to me. My G2 was about 60 hours on battery, but only 70 minutes screen on time. And I've heard that people are getting max about 7-8 hours screen on time, so didn't sound possible to get that long on both at the same time.
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8 hours? No Problemo
khaytsus said:
Okay, okay Sorry, just seemed nuts to me. My G2 was about 60 hours on battery, but only 70 minutes screen on time. And I've heard that people are getting max about 7-8 hours screen on time, so didn't sound possible to get that long on both at the same time.
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Your g2 can make it too... come on g2 is g2 lol. Have you debloated the stock rom? Some social networking apps/services or fancy UI features like eye tracking might keep phone awake, busy or burn battery quicker, or try some auto start management tools? Someone here mentioned using Greenify - that even prevents apps from switching on by themselves (sounds great yet I didn't go that far, for it needs xpose framework, a new thing I'm not familiar with). If just doing news browsing and emails/msg then 5 or 6 hours screen on should leave enough power for long sleep time.
I think the difference could be in the "idle" mode. The battery curve in idle/sleep time is a check point - staying within a decent signal zone either on 3G or LTE for a few hours without traveling among towers, compare that g2 battery curve with those posted here and see if the slope is really really flat.
harmonyxda said:
Your g2 can make it too... come on g2 is g2 lol. Have you debloated the stock rom? Some social networking apps/services or fancy UI features like eye tracking might keep phone awake, busy or burn battery quicker, or try some auto start management tools? Someone here mentioned using Greenify - that even prevents apps from switching on by themselves (sounds great yet I didn't go that far, for it needs xpose framework, a new thing I'm not familiar with). If just doing news browsing and emails/msg then 5 or 6 hours screen on should leave enough power for long sleep time.
I think the difference could be in the "idle" mode. The battery curve in idle/sleep time is a check point - staying within a decent signal zone either on 3G or LTE for a few hours without traveling among towers, compare that g2 battery curve with those posted here and see if the slope is really really flat.
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Greenify doesn't require the xposed framework
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This is my latest charge. I can't believe how good battery life this phone have!
I'm pretty impressed with battery life. Mind you I cam from an iPhone 4s.
7h41m25s on battery 57% left with screen on for 2h42m3s
Rooted runing Paranoid Android 4.0, KitKat 4.4.2
:laugh:
Once time, I was at home all day. On wifi and the screen brightness was at 0-30% all day. Got 10 hours of battery. That was with pretty much continuous usage for 10 hours... Hardly any standby. No gaming -- all web browsing, facebook and messaging.