Hey guys
I got my ultra yesterday and it came with about 40% battery and it took nearly 2 hours of screen on time to kill it which was amazing
I've given it a full charge so this is my first cycle and battery life isn't great with just over 1hour and 10 minutes screen on time which is worse then my 18 month old s3
Will it get better over time? I've got all the power saving features on
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J
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JackHanAnLG said:
Hey guys
I got my ultra yesterday and it came with about 40% battery and it took nearly 2 hours of screen on time to kill it which was amazing
I've given it a full charge so this is my first cycle and battery life isn't great with just over 1hour and 10 minutes screen on time which is worse then my 18 month old s3
Will it get better over time? I've got all the power saving features on
Thanks
J
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Yes it will get better over time.
Brilliant I look forward to it
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1 hour 10 minutes from 100 to 0%? You should get around 5-7 hours of screentime. Just keep using it though and it should get better in a few days.
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1 hour 10 minutes from 100 to 0%? You should get around 5-7 hours of screentime. Just keep using it though and it should get better in a few days.
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Just went through the first cycle and it was about 3 hours, Battery seems weird on this device, I unplugged it from full at 100% but I leave it on 100% for about 20 minutes after and it went straight down to 99% where as my nexus 7 doesnt do that :S
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Just went through the first cycle and it was about 3 hours, Battery seems weird on this device, I unplugged it from full at 100% but I leave it on 100% for about 20 minutes after and it went straight down to 99% where as my nexus 7 doesnt do that :S
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Hard to tell if it's normal or not. Are you using any apps that updates themselves frequently in the background? Widgets? Whatsapp? FB Messenger? I've had mine in standby for 8 hours (while at sleep) at 100% before, and it was still at 100% eight hours later, so it shouldn't drop 1% in 20 minutes.
Just keep using it for a week or so, and if it isn't better, you might have a lemon. But again, it's incredible hard to say what it might be. You can also do a factory reset and see if that solves anything. It might simply be a bug or an app that's gone rogue.
Agree with LordManhattan and 3mL.
When I first got it, I had the same questions about battery life. I was literally seeing it draining a percent a seconds. There were some rogue apps, like whatsapp and pinger (textfree), that were constantly doing something in the background. Uninstalled those and got much better results. After about a week or so and a few battery cycles, the battery also improved drastically.
Try some of the apps that monitor and hibernate apps, e.g. greenify and wakelock detector. I'm sure there are others but those are the ones I use.
I had a 2 percent drop last night so not to bad
And im not rooted so I cant use those apps at the moment
Ill see how it gets on
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I m on stock rom rooted. using stamina mode while allowing some of the apps to run in background. battery life is great
never let battery life go below 50%. on contrary to popular belief, it is not wise to let ur batter drain completely. for the first few cycles refer to the manual
I normally get about 1-2% drain over night, a bit more if the cell signal decides to play up a but.
Over this week I got 4d 12h on one charge with 12% still remaining - very light usage: 3 or 4 calls, a few emails, a few geo-tagged photos, a note or two with poor signal most of the working day.
Its been rather strange for me, on the first charge cycle I got 4.5 hours of screen on time and the 2nd I got 4 hours
Im now on my 3rd and im at 85% with only 48 minutes of screen on time which isnt too bad but I feel like I have to have low battery mode and stamina mode on just to get it through the day
Hopefully Sony release a fix or 4.4 with better battery life
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Its been rather strange for me, on the first charge cycle I got 4.5 hours of screen on time and the 2nd I got 4 hours
Im now on my 3rd and im at 85% with only 48 minutes of screen on time which isnt too bad but I feel like I have to have low battery mode and stamina mode on just to get it through the day
Hopefully Sony release a fix or 4.4 with better battery life
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Well i don't want to be rude, but are you just stare to your screen for 4 hours? Or are you also doing something with the phone?
Because it really matters what kind of activity regarding your battery life you're doing. Smartphones are not battery friendly, get your charger with you or buy a mobile charger.
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After it passes the 50% threshold...or do I have a bad battery. I'll have 3 hours screen on time at 50%. But barely make it to 5 hours screen on time. Was the same way on my s3. Got 2 hours of screen on through the first 50%, barely got 3 hours screen on the last 50%. Noticing the same on this battery. Either the way the phone reads the battery is incorrect or the last half of the battery is messed up
I enjoy the battery very much but I see some people getting 7-8 hours screen on and I'm assuming it's because their batteries don't do what mine does
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I got 5 hours screen on time out of mine with no wakelocks. However my coverage is never in the green it's always just moderate.
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Never understood the big deal why people care so much about screen on time. As long as I can wake up at 4:30am and my phone last me the entire day, which includes texting, phone calls, web browsing, a few emails here and there, listening to some music.....and I can go to sleep at 10:30pm with about 30% battery left, sometimes more, I'm good. I have gone over 24hrs with regular to moderate use a few times. Battery is great in my opinion. I guess people have their own way of judging battery life...
my battery life is killer
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Never understood the big deal why people care so much about screen on time. As long as I can wake up at 4:30am and my phone last me the entire day, which includes texting, phone calls, web browsing, a few emails here and there, listening to some music.....and I can go to sleep at 10:30pm with about 30% battery left, sometimes more, I'm good. I have gone over 24hrs with regular to moderate use a few times. Battery is great in my opinion. I guess people have their own way of judging battery life...
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I agree I'm just curious why my battery dies quickly after it hits 50% I ended up with 5 hours screen on time and about 14 hours off the charger which is good. I'm assuming if the bottom half of the battery didn't die off so quick then thus battery would be even better
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I can easily get 20+ hours with 4-5 hrs screen time with auto brightness. With moderate usage, texting, games, browsing and YouTube.
its definitely something with your phone. i can run this phone with heavy use the whole day and be right around 45% before bed. people talking about extended batteries im like huh?
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its definitely something with your phone. i can run this phone with heavy use the whole day and be right around 45% before bed. people talking about extended batteries im like huh?
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It's all in how you use your phone. Be smart with your brightness, sync settings and charge cycles and you should't have any issues at all. I got over 35 hours on my HTC One by using auto bright and doing light to moderate usage. Everyone will have different results. Also if you are rooted use "Greenify".
I work on 3rd shift (11pm-7am) and I charge my phone when I get home around 830, let it charge to 100% and unplug it before I fall asleep and I am good to go until the next morning.
Think your phone might be messed up.............
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Screen on time
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I'm able to go a full day with moderate usage easily. I am very pleased with the battery.
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Starting day 4 and I think the battery is great. No complaints from a moderate to heavy work/social user...
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After it passes the 50% threshold...or do I have a bad battery. I'll have 3 hours screen on time at 50%. But barely make it to 5 hours screen on time. Was the same way on my s3. Got 2 hours of screen on through the first 50%, barely got 3 hours screen on the last 50%. Noticing the same on this battery. Either the way the phone reads the battery is incorrect or the last half of the battery is messed up
I enjoy the battery very much but I see some people getting 7-8 hours screen on and I'm assuming it's because their batteries don't do what mine does
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I think mine might be bad too. I can't seem to get more than 9 hours usage unless i leave it in airplane mode all day. Im going to try returning it on Friday.
KingGinger55 said:
I think mine might be bad too. I can't seem to get more than 9 hours usage unless i leave it in airplane mode all day. Im going to try returning it on Friday.
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My battery is great because of the top 50% last a long time. But once I pass that it seems like it drains fairly quickly. My first note didn't do that. Plus when I unplug my phone, it drops to 98% within 10 minutes of no usage
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phyba said:
My battery is great because of the top 50% last a long time. But once I pass that it seems like it drains fairly quickly. My first note didn't do that. Plus when I unplug my phone, it drops to 98% within 10 minutes of no usage
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Try watching your phone and unplugging at 99%. Its probably dropping to 98% because when your phone reaches 100% it does a trickle charge where it drains a little then charge again. You might be removing it during that cycle.
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nolimit06 said:
Try watching your phone and unplugging at 99%. Its probably dropping to 98% because when your phone reaches 100% it does a trickle charge where it drains a little then charge again. You might be removing it during that cycle.
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Testing today and I'm at 90% after 3 hours and have an hour of screen time. Pretty amazing. yesterday I was at 40 minutes screen time. I also killed the battery off last night. I read it wasn't good, and I read that it was. So far so good. Will run it all day and see how the bottom 50% works today.
This is all on 3g while listening to music
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Mine sucked starting out once I started getting rid of all the bloat sprint packed on here its gotten a lot better
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phyba said:
After it passes the 50% threshold...or do I have a bad battery. I'll have 3 hours screen on time at 50%. But barely make it to 5 hours screen on time. Was the same way on my s3. Got 2 hours of screen on through the first 50%, barely got 3 hours screen on the last 50%. Noticing the same on this battery. Either the way the phone reads the battery is incorrect or the last half of the battery is messed up
I enjoy the battery very much but I see some people getting 7-8 hours screen on and I'm assuming it's because their batteries don't do what mine does
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First day I had it while setting everything up, screen on, apps chugging away... After 6 hours it had only drained 40% from a full charge.
Second day, rooted. Playing with a huge variety of apps to find the right ones for me. 5-6 hours screen time, 5% from a 85% charge. I was however downloading a massive collection of large files over WiFi, that will use a chunk of battery.
Last night I adjusted all my settings to optimize power consumption and improve battery life, installed Greenify and hibernated apps that like to linger after closed. Removed all unnecessary apps and Stopped useless imbedded apps. Will report at the end of the day my results.
So far it seems that the battery life you get out of a stock battery is based on how you use your phone, what you use it for and how long you use it. Turn off any features you're not currently using, such as Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi or put the phone in Airplane Mode when you're not in service so it's not constantly searching for a signal.
I watched half of a 1080p movie with a Bluetooth stereo headset, basic functions running in the background and only dropped 10% (45mins). This AMOLED screen uses much less power than that of my previous phones, the CPU seems to process quickly and efficiently, I would have assumed a 1080p video would use more resources to decode.
Just charged my phone from 40%, I got 21 hrs out of it with 4 hrs screen time, music, texting and general browsing. I will post a screenshot tonight when I get low again.
Oh I also ran Antutu like 10 times showing friends.
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I was astonished at how long my battery was lasting me! Check it out, this surprised me a lot!
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I was astonished at how long my battery was lasting me! Check it out, this surprised me a lot!
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My phone came off charge this morning at around 4am and because I was pretty busy, by 10am I'd only had about 15 minutes screen on time.
Expected time to use: 289 hours 21 Minutes
But most of my use is something like this
Battery 50% / Usage on Battery 11 Hours / Screen on 3 hours 50 Mins
32% 14 Hours 5 Hours
This is when mostly on wifi
On the one day I slammed the battery on commute to work I got down to around 30% after 13 Hours 40 minutes of use with 2 Hours 40 Screen On, but that included full brightness, only HSPA,streaming music.
Snapdragon 800 + this 3000mAh battery is something else.
Right, that's one of many reason why I bought this phone. I believe the new battery technology implement by Lg is not just a gimmick
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Me too... Its so great to pull your phone off the charger and not even worry about battery life...
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Where is the screen on time.? Ppl use android and they don't post screen on time that like ios which doesn't show nothing.
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So I, like many others with the G2, have been experiencing inexplicable battery drain even after shutting down most services (i.e. Google Music, location tracking, CIQ, etc.).
I got my phone last friday and was getting absolute **** battery life until last night. For example, at 70% brightness with a lot of internet surfing, I wouild get aboiut 2.5 hours of screen time before the battery was at 10%. Just the other day, I went from 100% charge to 30% charge with only 1 h 35 min of screen time at 65% brightness. Two nights ago I lost 30% battery life over 6 hours while I slept! My typical usage of browsing the net saw the meter drop 1% for every 1-2 minutes of use at 70% brightness (wifi or 4G LTE)
I was about to return my phone for a replacement until I did more research on this android "mediaserver" and realized that it could possibly be the issue. Checking the default battery app showed that Mediaserver went from 15 to 25% of the total power used on those days. So i went into Google Settings > Google+ > Auto backup and shut that **** off
Bingo!!!!
I only lost 5% last night (9 hours) while I slept and today I have been using the phone for the past 4 hours with less than a 10% loss so far. Browsing the net gets me around 4-5 minutes for each 1% drop at 65% brightness. This is all on a stock ROM that was rooted to disable the CIQ. Nowadays my mediacenter usage is no higher than 3% on any given charge. I will post pictures of GSAM and the stock battery app over the next few days as I test it from a 100% charge.
good find, it will solve some battery drains but not all
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What bad battery life are people speaking of? My battery life has been phenomenal since I got the phone....
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Let me just say this is not typical screen time for me. Today was my off day and I spent it doing a lot of reading and browsing. Quite a bit of ratchet fight videos off Facebook too. Lol
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Pfft that's very typical screen time for this phone
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tacosrdelicioso said:
Pfft that's very typical screen time for this phone
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Ya think.... that was my point...
This is not directed at the above person:
what is bad battery life these days... man I remember getting 3 hours of screen time and you were a champ. Now phones last more than 2 day's with 6+ hours of screen time and people still complain it's bad or they need more juice... How long should the batteries last in these smart phones?
Sorry for the rant op.....
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craigbailey1986 said:
Ya think.... that was my point...
This is not directed at the above person:
what is bad battery life these days... man I remember getting 3 hours of screen time and you were a champ. Now phones last more than 2 day's with 6+ hours of screen time and people still complain it's bad or they need more juice... How long should the batteries last in these smart phones?
Sorry for the rant op.....
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+1 to that. I've been getting great battery life on this phone with moderate use.
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I added about 30% to my battery life by turning off Google Now and all the associated location reporting (went from charging every 2 days to every 3 days).
before running cm on my phone I use to get 7 hrs screen on time and about 20 hrs on one charge. I don't know why some ppl are having bad battery.
2 days and 5 hours of screen isn't good enough battery!
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craigbailey1986 said:
Ya think.... that was my point...
This is not directed at the above person:
what is bad battery life these days... man I remember getting 3 hours of screen time and you were a champ. Now phones last more than 2 day's with 6+ hours of screen time and people still complain it's bad or they need more juice... How long should the batteries last in these smart phones?
Sorry for the rant op.....
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If you bothered to read my OP then you would see what I constitute as bad battery life. Namely, the intense drain while doing nothing and the lack of screen time for such a large battery. This phone is quoted by many to get around 5-7 hours of screen time regardless of what you can throw at it. Unfortunately, there are people that are experiencing drains like mine and can only get 2-3 hours of screen on time while only doing basic tasks. Most people do not experience this but the issue is quite prevalent in several other threads here.
Mediaserver can hang inexplicably, as G+ backup can too. Brth have happened to me.
Cycling the sync auto works for fixing the drain without disabling services.
Without a sc card, and even with, I recommend leaving it on.
Lose your phone, or get it stolen like my wife a couple months ago, and you'll wish it was on.
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If you bothered to read my OP then you would see what I constitute as bad battery life. Namely, the intense drain while doing nothing and the lack of screen time for such a large battery. This phone is quoted by many to get around 5-7 hours of screen time regardless of what you can throw at it. Unfortunately, there are people that are experiencing drains like mine and can only get 2-3 hours of screen on time while only doing basic tasks. Most people do not experience this but the issue is quite prevalent in several other threads here.
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Op I read your entire post. I stated I personally haven't seen such abysmal battery life. What phone do those with battery life that's constantly draining have.. I mean vwz att d802 or etc? Maybe we can narrow down these incidences. Over night losing 30% is a lot. I usually lose 3-4% over night. I don't turn off anything. But I do use 4.4 Google search, hangout,market, and mostly all Google apps from 4.4. Could they be using less battery or draining less??
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I was about to return my phone for a replacement until I did more research on this android "mediaserver" and realized that it could possibly be the issue. Checking the default battery app showed that Mediaserver went from 15 to 25% of the total power used on those days. So i went into Google Settings > Google+ > Auto backup and shut that **** off
Bingo!!!!
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I think there is a setting for the Auto Backup of Google+ wherein you can do the following;
Back up photos only when there is a Wi-Fi connection available.
Back up videos only when there is a Wi-Fi connection available.
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While charging only.
With these options, I think you will not have a problem with the battery esp while sleeping...
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before running cm on my phone I use to get 7 hrs screen on time and about 20 hrs on one charge. I don't know why some ppl are having bad battery.
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What do you get running CM? Is it a big difference?
Where is this setting? I looked under my google account and don't see it
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I don't know people are getting that kind of battery life! I get 2.5 hours of screen time and 38 hours of total battery life for every charge. Google Now is activated (I use it often), but otherwise GPS is off, Bluetooth is off, and WIFI is on for 15+ hours a day.
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Where is this setting? I looked under my google account and don't see it
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goto apps > google settings > google+
guys, its not about bad batterylife but a possible battery drain you may or may not have issues with.
granted Op can state a batterydrain vs the batterydrain, or state that this doesnt affect all, but if it does, this could be it
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CIQ?
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Hey guys, so the title says it all, my first charge from this device was just over 4 hours which is pretty good and it went all the way to nearly 6 hours screen on time and now its at 40% with stamina mode on, and screen on auto brightness with 2hours and 44 mins
So it might get to 3.5 hours before it dies which isnt great at all -.-
I use my phone pretty much the same every day, bit of Facebook twitter instagram etc
Do you guys have these problems? Battery life isn't bad, its just not consistent. Hopefully KitKat brings even better battery life ?
J
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how you use the phone might not seen to differ to you, but may to the CPU/GPS/etc..
also 3/4g reception will have an affect on the battery life
JackHanAnLG said:
Hey guys, so the title says it all, my first charge from this device was just over 4 hours which is pretty good and it went all the way to nearly 6 hours screen on time and now its at 40% with stamina mode on, and screen on auto brightness with 2hours and 44 mins
So it might get to 3.5 hours before it dies which isnt great at all -.-
I use my phone pretty much the same every day, bit of Facebook twitter instagram etc
Do you guys have these problems? Battery life isn't bad, its just not consistent. Hopefully KitKat brings even better battery life ?
J
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social media apps are really bad! Don't use them.. no seriously dont!! they constantly use CPU and connectivity hardware every minute, so your device probably isn't using deep sleeping during this time. I'm betting thats whats doing it
First of all this is my first thread here
I want to share 2 screen shoots for my battery status really it is surprising
First one expecting time is 111 hours
But the second come moooooore 209 hours
So?
It's called Deep sleep. :sly:
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So?
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213 hours ... I think that is the deep sleep of processor
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It's called Deep sleep. :sly:
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I think that ?
It notes how much did it use in last 3 hours. During night phone is not used and it goes to deep sleep to save battery life. Lets say you went to bed with 100% and your phone lost 1% during 8 hours of night. It calculates that phone uses 1% every 8 hours and thinks that battery should last 8h*100%=800 hours (33 days) and its crazy long.
But as soon you start using your phone that predictions get to normal. Also first % of battery lasts longest (not sure why, its same on almost every device I had, guess it has something with battery calibration at full) so it shows crazy ammounts of battery life. Mine personal record is somewhere around 900 hours (I wish) but in the end its down to day or two.
Sometimes when I leave the phone charging on 100% and use the phone, it feels like I have charged it to 105% and first it has to be used like 1 hour to show the 99% numbers on my display [emoji2]
Yeah, 100%(100-99%) last very long. I can get one hour screen on by playing video with it or 20 minutes screen on with browsing. Of course u have to charge the phone for 10-20 minutes more when it just reach 100%.
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It notes how much did it use in last 3 hours. During night phone is not used and it goes to deep sleep to save battery life. Lets say you went to bed with 100% and your phone lost 1% during 8 hours of night. It calculates that phone uses 1% every 8 hours and thinks that battery should last 8h*100%=800 hours (33 days) and its crazy long.
But as soon you start using your phone that predictions get to normal. Also first % of battery lasts longest (not sure why, its same on almost every device I had, guess it has something with battery calibration at full) so it shows crazy ammounts of battery life. Mine personal record is somewhere around 900 hours (I wish) but in the end its down to day or two.
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Your explination is right after 7 month of using I am thinking in begining that the battery will last all of these hours but after I used it it become less for two days
Two days for me is very good comparing with other phone like samsung and apple
G2 idles like a beast, this looks normal
Meh, nothing special
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That is like after 9 months of usage of the phone
zihh said:
Yeah, 100%(100-99%) last very long. I can get one hour screen on by playing video with it or 20 minutes screen on with browsing. Of course u have to charge the phone for 10-20 minutes more when it just reach 100%.
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That is becausr our battety is divided into cells ranging from 4 to 6, so the first 2 cells are bigger then remaining so they hold more power that why drain looks slow
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Kind of funny, never seen this kind of overall battery estimation on mine, though I get 6-7Hrs SOT.
bobi1024 said:
Meh, nothing special
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That is like after 9 months of usage of the phone
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bobi1024 said:
Meh, nothing special
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That is like after 9 months of usage of the phone
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