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Running through my first charge today. So far, its been off charger for 4h 21m. I am at 74% with a live wallpaper and screen rotation on. So far, it seems to be better than my infuse.
Been using it a good bit today.
10h 40m, battery is at 42%
brock.higdon said:
Been using it a good bit today.
10h 40m, battery is at 42%
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war eagle!
TheTodFather said:
war eagle!
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RTR, I am just here for the education.
9% remaining. 16h 46m on battery. 75% screen brightness.
I am liking this. Are you a heavy user or moderate user?
I consider myself a moderate user.
I'm on my first full day using it and I'm at 33% left after 13 hours
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My Inspire would be dead at that point. I can not wait for this point. I am a very heavy user and am always on my phone.
I use mine a decent bit. My infuse would have been dead about the same time this one had 20% left on it.
Phone lasted me from 10am to 8pm~ish
Im a pretty heavy user. Steady flow of texting/browsing web/emailing;
/music throughout that timespan. I say its comparable to the iPhone 4 battery life. 'Once a day charges' not 2-3x a day lol
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Screen-on time is the thing that matters most when it comes to battery life.
Is there a way to get the exact amounts of screen-on time you guys are getting with the Galaxy S II?
ap3604 said:
Screen-on time is the thing that matters most when it comes to battery life.
Is there a way to get the exact amounts of screen-on time you guys are getting with the Galaxy S II?
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Not that I know of
brock.higdon said:
Not that I know of
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Setting/about phone/battery use/display will give screen on time since last charge.
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dayv said:
Setting/about phone/battery use/display will give screen on time since last charge.
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Thanks davv. Been with the iPhone for awhile so I forgot
Screen on time is the main thing that people should be including in their battery reports in addition to the total time between going from 100 -> 0%...
ap3604 said:
Thanks davv. Been with the iPhone for awhile so I forgot
Screen on time is the main thing that people should be including in their battery reports in addition to the total time between going from 100 -> 0%...
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Today:
Battery is at 48%
Phone has been on 8h 9m
Display 1h 7m (45% of consumption)
Edit: So I guess 1h 7m of display has used ~25% of the battery life.
Official battery
I've been hearing that the galaxy S2 battery from AT&T is proving to be pretty good. I don't know if you guys have heard about the official Samsung battery is supposed to be released any day now, if not there's a link.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-re...galaxy-s-ii-gives-you-all-the-juice-you-need/
With this at least you can carry a good extra battery when you know you're going somewhere and won't be near any AC.
dennishhh said:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-re...galaxy-s-ii-gives-you-all-the-juice-you-need/
With this at least you can carry a good extra battery when you know you're going somewhere and won't be near any AC.
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That link is for the international gs2. But maybe there will be a 2000 mah for ATT gs2 also.
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dennishhh said:
I've been hearing that the galaxy S2 battery from AT&T is proving to be pretty good. I don't know if you guys have heard about the official Samsung battery is supposed to be released any day now, if not there's a link.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-re...galaxy-s-ii-gives-you-all-the-juice-you-need/
With this at least you can carry a good extra battery when you know you're going somewhere and won't be near any AC.
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Like dayv said that is for the international version. The 4 pins on each side of the battery cover will not even align because the AT&T version is longer.
I have read a lot of threads regarding battery life.. But I really don't care having 2 days with 3 or 4 hrs of screen time.
My deep sleep is actually very good 96%-97% in 8 hours... But I want to know what to do to minimize the battery USING the phone while browsing.. Screen brightness I always have it a lowest possible.. Also have it UV a bit, using LiLRom 1.5.1 with entropy 3/5 right now is dropping like 1% in 3-4min... Is there anything else I can do to increase the time for lets say around 6-8min ? I guess 10min/1% will be impossible..
80% of the power usage is due to the screen. That's the price we pay for amoled.
Disabling "Use Wireless Networks" under Location and Security in Settings helps.
That will stop the apps that you are using from unnecessarily polling your location. For example, I've seen Facebook turn on GPS every time I access it even when all I am doing is checking my Wall. Turning off above mentioned option prevents this.
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CyberManiaK said:
I have read a lot of threads regarding battery life.. But I really don't care having 2 days with 3 or 4 hrs of screen time.
My deep sleep is actually very good 96%-97% in 8 hours... But I want to know what to do to minimize the battery USING the phone while browsing.. Screen brightness I always have it a lowest possible.. Also have it UV a bit, using LiLRom 1.5.1 with entropy 3/5 right now is dropping like 1% in 3-4min... Is there anything else I can do to increase the time for lets say around 6-8min ? I guess 10min/1% will be impossible..
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If your browsing the forums, you need to use the black theme in Tapatalk (xda premium). Black is our friend for battery. Could also drop your CPU/GPU clock down 1 step, but the screen will be #1.
There's an entire thread full of suggestions, why start this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308030
CyberManiaK said:
I have read a lot of threads regarding battery life.. But I really don't care having 2 days with 3 or 4 hrs of screen time.
My deep sleep is actually very good 96%-97% in 8 hours... But I want to know what to do to minimize the battery USING the phone while browsing.. Screen brightness I always have it a lowest possible.. Also have it UV a bit, using LiLRom 1.5.1 with entropy 3/5 right now is dropping like 1% in 3-4min... Is there anything else I can do to increase the time for lets say around 6-8min ? I guess 10min/1% will be impossible..
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I'll write a guide soon then post it in my battery thread. All suggestions will be welcome.
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ryude said:
80% of the power usage is due to the screen. That's the price we pay for amoled.
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Yup, guess you are right, but I think it´s possible to get a bit more usage.
jazzboyrules said:
Disabling "Use Wireless Networks" under Location and Security in Settings helps.
That will stop the apps that you are using from unnecessarily polling your location. For example, I've seen Facebook turn on GPS every time I access it even when all I am doing is checking my Wall. Turning off above mentioned option prevents this.
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Well I use Facebook on web, that way I don´t have to deal with all the wakelocks it produce.. But anyway thank you for your suggestion.
cwc3 said:
If your browsing the forums, you need to use the black theme in Tapatalk (xda premium). Black is our friend for battery. Could also drop your CPU/GPU clock down 1 step, but the screen will be #1.
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Well I don´t browse only the forums. You mean messing around with the bus freq. for the CPU/GPU ??
Miami_Son said:
There's an entire thread full of suggestions, why start this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308030
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Because that thread is focused mainly on battery drain while sleeping and if you read my initial post I already have that sorted out.. here I am asking for USING the phone, not overnight drainage.
MysticKing32 said:
I'll write a guide soon then post it in my battery thread. All suggestions will be welcome.
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Yeah I have read your thread and is a very nice one but the problem on that thread is that it became some sort of competition of which combo rom/kernel have the better battery for a period of days.. And not squezing the most of screen ON but using the phone. I did some test a few months ago, and if only the screen is ON but without touching the phone it will get nice times. But once you start touching the phone is when the power consumption is bumped.
But will be nice to see a guide with some values to mess with freq,mv,etc.. to get a balanced consumption between usage and performance..
CyberManiaK said:
Well I use Facebook on web, that way I don´t have to deal with all the wakelocks it produce.. But anyway thank you for your suggestion.
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Well, that was just an example. I too don't use the FB app anymore. The focus was on disabling the "Use Wireless Networks" option
CyberManiaK said:
But will be nice to see a guide with some values to mess with freq,mv,etc.. to get a balanced consumption between usage and performance..
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I am trying to crowd-source what people do to get good battery over here in an xda thread. If you add your settings to that form (after jumping to that post), it may help telling you and others as to what settings help towards and against good battery life.
I understand that, right now, this post is merely a placeholder.
But I can't even find specs about battery life by Samsung.
This is not a problem because specs about battery life are often exaggerated..
I want your impression because for me battery life is VERY important.
..And it is not a good thing that GSM Arena review DOES NOT talk about battery life..
When they do so means that it is not excellent..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638578
camspy said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638578
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Oh, sorry, i searched "battery life".. Well.. Maybe moderator can delete this thread!
practically, all android smartphones needs to be charged everyday....
even if you got 5% or 30% in evening, you must charge your phone for the next day... cheers !
This is my battery stats for today's use. How is it? Thanks.
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azeem40 said:
This is my battery stats for today's use. How is it? Thanks.
EDIT: No one?
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In order to get an accurate response, you'd need to post more screenshots from BBS - things like wakelocks, kernel wakelocks and app activity will help greatly to diagnose your phones battery consumption.
By the looks of the 1 screenshot that you have provided, I can only assume that you are a pretty heavy user...as the device did not have much deep sleep time (only 25%) and the battery per hour rate is 7.2% .
AJ Newkirk said:
In order to get an accurate response, you'd need to post more screenshots from BBS - things like wakelocks, kernel wakelocks and app activity will help greatly to diagnose your phones battery consumption.
By the looks of the 1 screenshot that you have provided, I can only assume that you are a pretty heavy user...as the device did not have much deep sleep time (only 25%) and the battery per hour rate is 7.2% .
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Yes I use my phone a lot during the day. Next time I will do a 100% to 1% and post more shots.
I updated my op with more information. How is it now?
Anyone.
azeem40 said:
Anyone.
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Looks decent to me. Not bad at all for such heavy use
BBS Review
Here is my dump. How is my usage? Is 12.5 hrs till 4 percent good or bad? Note that the awake time is higher because I was listening to music with the screen off. Don't refer me to the BBS thread because my idle battery life is great. Thanks again!
azeem40 said:
Here is my dump. How is my usage? Is 12.5 hrs till 4 percent good or bad? Note that the awake time is higher because I was listening to music with the screen off. Don't refer me to the BBS thread because my idle battery life is great. Thanks again!
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You need to actually read the BBS thread..
If your idle battery life is "great" then it boils down to how you are using your phone. Are you letting it sleep or are you using it a lot?
Getting rid of GoChat will improve your battery life as it is creating a wakelock.
You will gain still more battery life by going into Settings->Sound and unchecking all the boxes towards the bottom. This is yet another known issue..
Looks like you are using it a lot, and getting the battery life associated with a heavy user.
Do you have a more specific question? I'm not sure what you are looking for here really. The main thing you need to do is research this stuff so that you are familiar with it.
AJ Newkirk said:
You need to actually read the BBS thread..
If your idle battery life is "great" then it boils down to how you are using your phone. Are you letting it sleep or are you using it a lot?
Getting rid of GoChat will improve your battery life as it is creating a wakelock.
You will gain still more battery life by going into Settings->Sound and unchecking all the boxes towards the bottom. This is yet another known issue..
Looks like you are using it a lot, and getting the battery life associated with a heavy user.
Do you have a more specific question? I'm not sure what you are looking for here really. The main thing you need to do is research this stuff so that you are familiar with it.
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I read the BBS thread and have already posted an idle log there. I only posted a log instead of a screenshot cuz I was lazy and didn't feel like taking 5 screenshots. The time that the wakelock was on was the amount of time I used GoChat, meaning the screen was on as long as I was using it. I just wanted a yay or nay of my battery life. I usually play videos from youtube for a solid hour, browse the web intensively, take a couple of photos, use 3g, and send some texts, if that helps in putting a figure on my battery usage from the screen on time vs the deep sleep time, so thanks for answering my question.
Hi guys post your battery usage here in this thread to compare and see how this device battery endurance is :good:
Not much SOT 2 hours still but I base battery life off of background things since that's how I use my phone the most. Pandora for an hour took some pictures at the pool watched some YouTube videos light web/Facebook browsing. I love the battery life on this phone.
Theres already a battery life thread on the real life review section..
StonerSteve420 said:
Not much SOT 2 hours still but I base battery life off of background things since that's how I use my phone the most. Pandora for an hour took some pictures at the pool watched some YouTube videos light web/Facebook browsing. I love the battery life on this phone.
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I see but 1h50min SOT is still quite poor...
joyj112 said:
Theres already a battery life thread on the real life review section..
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You can see in all forums my friend that there is a battery thread in Discussion section even if real life review section exists
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I see but 1h50min SOT is still quite poor...
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Too each is their own. Coming from the Galaxy S7 to the V20 now the G6, the G6 hands down has the better battery life
Took some photos, browsed web, played a game for around 30mins, if not more, at 50% brightness, otherwise i have it on auto brightness. I usually get around 5 or 6 hrs of SOT so i think the battery life is pretty damn great.
Sot is the worst measurement for battery. I wish people would stop thinking it's the end all be all.. A lot of people use their phones listening to music or having navigation going with the screen off. A lot of things can be used with the screen off that will drain your battery. If the damn phone lasts as long as you need it to while doing the things you do, thats all that matters.
Swizzle82 said:
Sot is the worst measurement for battery. I wish people would stop thinking it's the end all be all.. A lot of people use their phones listening to music or having navigation going with the screen off. A lot of things can be used with the screen off that will drain your battery. If the damn phone lasts as long as you need it to while doing the things you do, thats all that matters.
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True, true.
That's exactly why there's such a huge difference of SOT between me and StonerSteve420., who uses a lot of background tasks .
Swizzle82 said:
Sot is the worst measurement for battery. I wish people would stop thinking it's the end all be all.. A lot of people use their phones listening to music or having navigation going with the screen off. A lot of things can be used with the screen off that will drain your battery. If the damn phone lasts as long as you need it to while doing the things you do, thats all that matters.
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True, but sommetimes we can have 2 people with almost same usage but phone A doesnt last as much as phone B, it can help the user to check if he have a wakelock or app keeping his phone awake...you know what i mean
Bad standby, due to the continuous switching of networks but far better than G5 here.
Killua96 said:
Bad standby, due to the continuous switching of networks but far better than G5 here.
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Pretty good, i get similar battery life on my S6
StonerSteve420 said:
Too each is their own. Coming from the Galaxy S7 to the V20 now the G6, the G6 hands down has the better battery life
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S7 should have gotten you around 6 hours SOT, the G6 with careful management should give you 6 to 7.
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Swizzle82 said:
Sot is the worst measurement for battery. I wish people would stop thinking it's the end all be all.. A lot of people use their phones listening to music or having navigation going with the screen off. A lot of things can be used with the screen off that will drain your battery. If the damn phone lasts as long as you need it to while doing the things you do, thats all that matters.
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That's fair enough a statement but most people who measure SOT still use background stuff.
On my S8+ I get 8 hours SOT over 2 days, using Deezer, Netflix, Calls, whatsapp, facebook, camera. The G6 gets me up to 7 SOT. So it's still a valid measurement.
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S7 should have gotten you around 6 hours SOT, the G6 with careful management should give you 6 to 7.
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That's fair enough a statement but most people who measure SOT still use background stuff.
On my S8+ I get 8 hours SOT over 2 days, using Deezer, Netflix, Calls, whatsapp, facebook, camera. The G6 gets me up to 7 SOT. So it's still a valid measurement.
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Please tell me how on Earth you get that much SOT. I get about 5 if I'm not streaming music or using Bluetooth. 4 if I do
This is my result of battery usage
BananowyPotwor said:
This is my result of battery usage
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This is pretty dope !
BananowyPotwor said:
This is my result of battery usage
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Yeah, but we are talking about a single charge.
I think they are hiding this part:
jayfiled said:
Yeah, but we are talking about a single charge.
I think they are hiding this part:
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With single charge results are more accurate