So I am only averaging around 3 hrs of screen on time. I have lux and greenify always active. 4G and wifi on every 15 minutes and have Knock-on turned to off and I still see people getting 5hrs and even some more. What kind of tips do you have?
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Faulty phone, or some weird app issue, i would factory reset and play around without installing anything. If you still get those numbers, get a new one.
This is the only phone I've ever owned that easily lasts all weekend.
Im at 15 hrs with 2hrs screen and 46 percent left. I drive all day and play music via Bluetooth and it was sunny today so screen was at 80 brighteness.
Get a wakelock app and see if something is draining your battery
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For some really really weird reason, I get better battery life when everything is enabled. I'm stock not rooted with EVERYTHING enabled, and I mean all the at&t bloat + LG bloat. I even have knock on enabled lol
Right now I have 14h30m of usage and 4h of screen on time, and I still have 40% left. Also I've only been on WiFi for about 2 hours today, the rest is all 4G
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I would recommend leaving data off cause i had mine on all day and at 38% with 9hours on batteryv3 hours screen on time. Data seems to be sucking the life outta my phone. Oh well.
Screen time is not absolute. Playing games for 3h or watching movies for 3h is comparable to reading a book for 10h, because of a thing called GRAM. Don't let those stats fool you.
Dang maybe you should try enabling everything just for the fun of it lol and I mean absolutely nothing disabled!
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Dang maybe you should try enabling everything just for the fun of it lol and I mean absolutely nothing disabled!
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i will try tomorrow after a full charge
Yea for some reason I get a ton of wakelocks if I try to optimize or disable anything
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Screen time is not absolute. Playing games for 3h or watching movies for 3h is comparable to reading a book for 10h, because of a thing called GRAM. Don't let those stats fool you.
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Exactly! With RR3 i get 3hrs and a little more. Browsing 7hrs. It depends what are you doing.
My Experience:
1. Greenify
2. Clear RAM (Widget LG)
3. Use Wifi, limiting open 4G data
4. Screen Brightness 50%
But these things only improve a small part. Encourage use a ROM MOD :good:
I'm running cm 10.2 and got 4 hours screen on, 9 1/2 hours up with wifi on all day, got home with 49% battery left. I use greenify and wakelock detector. Maybe run a custom ROM. I prob couldve got 5 maybe 6 hours screen on.
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you should be using Greenify...
There are alot of apps that are constantly pinging the network that could be causing the extra battery draw
I.E Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, dating apps, Hangouts, Skype, Drive, Box, Dropbox and any other messaging apps that go outside of basic text messaging through the carrier
Edit: Or Tapatalk...i just noticed your using that. Gonna check in every so often for new messages.......I bet you just have a TON of apps running in the background....
I just don't understand. I'll do a factory reset once kit kat comes to Verizon. If it ever does!
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Oh, and for the Sprint variant, i disabled/froze some LG apps, Sprint apps, and 'VuTalk". Boosted my battery life like crazy....
As long as you have a constant cell signal I think the battery life is great. With my T-Mobile version I don't get nearly as good signal on the days that I work because the phone is using Wifi Calling for the cellular signal. On weekends when I have full strength signal I easily get the high screen on times.
Did a factory reset now actually. Lets see if this fixes anything
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Carefull with what apps you put back on......
Few games. I have Greenify, xposed, 2x battery, lux and a few other minor apps but none of the rest run in the background.
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Auto brightness, change your mobile network to 2G when you're not using data, go to settings > WiFi > advanced and make the WiFi always on *only when it's plugged in* and turn the always scanning option off, go to your Google account in the settings and turn off sync for anything that doesn't need to sync, make sure NFC is disabled, increase the refresh time on any of your social apps, and enjoy your battery.
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Obviously it all depends on what you've done while the screen was turned on but it'd be an interesting statistic.
Overall battery:
26hrs on stock rom 1.8.3
16hrs on gingerblur 3.1
Both with more than 3:30hrs of display on
About 24hrs on battery with 4hr15min with the display on. I think I have a screenshot on FB, lol.
I might be on to something here then..
Am using GladiAtrix 3 b0.2, before I installed it I did a battery stats reset through CWM
(advise from KennethPenn, dev of Gingerblur):
"""- Reset battery in CWM (under Advanced)
- Drain your battery to 0 percent and let it turn the phone off, then charge it back up to 100%."""
On my phone are more than 120 apps installed. Battery Manager is on "Maximum ".
The result is fairly amazing; the display time of almost 7 hrs is under heavy use; wlan & sync constantly on, Xscope & XDA app non-stop checking, market downloads, etc!! I have never had such good battery!
I advise everyone to do the above, it really helps.
Vangelis13 said:
I might be on to something here then..
Am using GladiAtrix 3 b0.2, before I installed it I did a battery stats reset through CWM
(advise from KennethPenn, dev of Gingerblur):
"""- Reset battery in CWM (under Advanced)
- Drain your battery to 0 percent and let it turn the phone off, then charge it back up to 100%."""
On my phone are more than 120 apps installed. Battery Manager is on "Maximum ".
The result is fairly amazing; the display time of almost 7 hrs is under heavy use; wlan & sync constantly on, Xscope & XDA app non-stop checking, market downloads, etc!! I have never had such good battery!
I advise everyone to do the above, it really helps.
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are u using only GSM/EDGE?
about the battery mannager on maximum... if i leave my phone for more than 15 mins on the table... that means i wont get notifications or recive my Whatsapp and Facebook Messages??
are u using any task mannager?
Budske said:
are u using only GSM/EDGE?
about the battery mannager on maximum... if i leave my phone for more than 15 mins on the table... that means i wont get notifications or recive my Whatsapp and Facebook Messages??
are u using any task mannager?
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That's right, only 2g unless I need 3g for data. I'm always around a wifi though.
No task manager, android 2.2 does all that automatically.
Not sure battery manager is so aggressive, I think it takes a bit longer than 15 minutes.
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nice.. ill do the same....
u use *#*#4636#*#* to change the data connection to 2G??
How do u change 2g-3g ext?
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nice.. ill do the same....
u use *#*#4636#*#* to change the data connection to 2G??
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Download Any Cut in the market. Put a shortcut to the above on your home screen.
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6hrs is my personal best, straight stock phone.
I've just put mine on charge, prob got about 40-50 hours, mostly standby. Seems a lot but I just unpacked my charger from going away for the weekend.
Prob about 4 hours talk time, prob 3 hours web. No GPS, no wifi.
Strange thing is, the battery thing said '5 hours since unplugged' which is definately not the case, is this a known issue? 5 hours since I rebooted it maybe.
when you reboot - the time since unplugged counter is reset.
Is there a way to do the battery stats reset without CWM?
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Is there a way to do the battery stats reset without CWM?
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That one worked 100% for me.
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Here is mine
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a little off topic but howd you get that 1% battery mod and not the ugly circle, this looks kinda nice sitting at 33%, can one get that without gingerblur , stock plus root would do?
on topic, i get about 2 days on a medium usage on my battery , 1.5 days on heavy, i dont think i could use another phone after getting this much battery life, i just wonder what gingerbread would do to this phone
5 1/2 hours, with 3G turned on. Although the last 45 minutes of that it was just sitting at the launcher, I was waiting for the battery to die on it. I usually average 2-3 hours, but when I charge my phone I usually still have about 50% left.
Seeing as I rarely use data, I may have to try that 2G trick. Maybe I could charge it every other day instead of each night.
My best "Screen On" time is close to 4.5 hrs running Greyblur. For those just posting "time since unplugged"..screen on time is a much better indicator for battery life imo because it means actual use. The phone sitting idle in your pocket or on your table for 48 hrs is misleading to some people because then they wonder why they're only getting 12hrs with 5hrs of actual "useage" (screen on time).
For my style of use..battery saver modes and apps don't do me any favors because then I miss out on my IM's which I rely on for most of my communication. And unfortunately 2G isn't an option any more for most of us Canadian users..as 2G has been pretty much phased out.
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My best "Screen On" time is close to 4.5 hrs running Greyblur. For those just posting "time since unplugged"..screen on time is a much better indicator for battery life imo because it means actual use. The phone sitting idle in your pocket or on your table for 48 hrs is misleading to some people because then they wonder why they're only getting 12hrs with 5hrs of actual "useage" (screen on time).
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With you on that, I keep asking people to post screen usage time (also in other threads); anything else is fairly misleading on how long the battery lasts.
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At the moment screen time 2hrs 50mins battery stands at 55%
That's with wifi or 3g when screen is on
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I am amazed by the battery management of the phone. Where i work is practically a bunker, almost no signal at all. The phone keeps jumping from sprint to roaming all day. And i still manage to get out of work with 30% battery left. My epic was always on the charger.
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I am amazed by the battery management of the phone. Where i work is practically a bunker, almost no signal at all. The phone keeps jumping from sprint to roaming all day. And i still manage to get out of work with 30% battery left. My epic was always on the charger.
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Mine's been good at my office too (virtually no Sprint signal), I'm really happy with the battery life so far. I have missed some calls due to jumping between Sprint and Verizon, but I expected that to happen.
anything you guys did with settings or something, because that is NOT the case with me. In the back office where I work I get low signal and goes to roaming, phone barely lasts the time that im there.
Havent been at work the past two days and the battery life is great, went over 24 hrs without a charge with light usage. Dont really use it that much at work other than a few calls and txts and some very light web browsing in the areas I get data connection, not enough to kill the batter like it does I would think.
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anything you guys did with settings or something, because that is NOT the case with me. In the back office where I work I get low signal and goes to roaming, phone barely lasts the time that im there.
Havent been at work the past two days and the battery life is great, went over 24 hrs without a charge with light usage. Dont really use it that much at work other than a few calls and txts and some very light web browsing in the areas I get data connection, not enough to kill the batter like it does I would think.
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I have facebook, htc, etc to manual sync. Other than that is stock
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If you don't use Facebook or any of the other carrier bloatware, uninstall it via the settings > applications menu. I was surprised how much I could remove without having root, it's really nice to see.
I managed 50 hours off of a single battery change over the past two days, battery saver mode (set to 15% threshold) finally kicked in this morning, but I have great signal strength at home and work.
IMO the battery life is much better at stock on the 3D compared to the 4G, but it still isnt great. Im sure once we get custom kernels and ROMs that things will get better.
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I am amazed by the battery management of the phone. Where i work is practically a bunker, almost no signal at all. The phone keeps jumping from sprint to roaming all day. And i still manage to get out of work with 30% battery left. My epic was always on the charger.
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Do you have 3G on or just 2G?
It shows the 3g icon
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Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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Expect poor battery life from any Android phone
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Also, don't use auto brightness. Just set to a mid setting.
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Mine is great, it got considerably better after a few days of conditioning.
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I'm actually getting pretty good battery life compared to what I've read so far... Though it wasn't 16 hours, I DID get almost 12 out of it yesterday with pretty heavy usage all day.
I highly suggest using the task managers auto end feature. It'll turn off any apps you set it to after 2 minutes. Fast Reboot is also a very good friend of mine. Though I haven't set any yet, I've played with Smart Actions, and I think with some tinkering, it'll work wonders as well!
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JuiceDefender with root, AOSP helper, and a manual setup is extremely helpful. The data disable override feature should be on as well.
Make sure in-pocket detection is OFF, as well. It kills the battery really really quickly.
As far as smart actions.... Just turn on the premade battery extender and nighttime battery extender. And data off on screen off.
Lastly, screen filter from the market helps a lot.
I got a full day and 2 hours of use today on Wi-Fi. I'm sure on 3G I could get 20ish hours, and on 4G I could get 15ish.
Mine is great. I got my phone yesterday so it isn't fully calibrated yet but it still last very good.
I've found that the the biggest drainer for me is being in an area where 4g/3g is flip flopping alot. Other than that, phones got amazing battery life. Especially on wifi.
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Ya, idunno about that....
What has always worked for me is to use an app called brightness profiles. My phone lives at 30% brightness 95% of the time. The RAZR has a super bright screen, 30 is plenty.
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my gf just got her razr a week ago and says with regular usage she gets about 4 hours of battery life. thinking about returning it for a different phone or maybe she got a dud? she doesn't want it rooted so I did everything else mentioned. if there are more tips I'd love to hear them before the phone goes away for good.
Turn all haptic(vibration) feedback off. i get about 20 hours on 4g, all apps in auto end list, i don't have any BS apps that like to run randomly, not synced with my fb,twitter, g+(have my laptop all day so no point), brightness is about 30%, smart actions usually kill my batt faster for some reason, gps is on, timeout is 30 seconds. I text a lot, and about 2hours of phone calls perday
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my gf just got her razr a week ago and says with regular usage she gets about 4 hours of battery life. thinking about returning it for a different phone or maybe she got a dud? she doesn't want it rooted so I did everything else mentioned. if there are more tips I'd love to hear them before the phone goes away for good.
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What's her definition of "regular" lol... My fiancée sees "regular" as all day usage...
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I'm on my phone using opera xda reddit mobile hotspot, and only get a couple hours of usage. I aaam on my phone almost all the time but I gotta charge it quite a few times every day.. :/
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tried and failed
So I took everyones consideration and yes I got better battery life but I don't do much on the phone. My gf does a ton of more stuff than I do and by the end of the day. She still has better battery life when for me I did a few txt. Check fb on my lunch break and I'm down to 20% by days end. Whereas my gf surfs,txt,stream,chat half the day and she's down to 60%. Only difference between mine and hers. Mine is rooted. Mind you she has her 4g data on while all day I'm running only 3g. Any more help would be appreciated
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Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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Put the power control widget on your home screen.
Set brightness to minimum or lowest setting that you can use well.
Use wifi whenever possible. Turn. Off new network notifications.
Turn off animations.
Use a simple, mostly black wallpaper.
Turn off auto data sync.
Since I'm around wifi all day I can easily go 12 hours without a charge and have plenty of battery left. 4g is a total power hog.
If you're outside you might want to buy the power pack... good luck!
I think typical android battery life for a normal use will be varies from 6~20 hrs depending on the way u use and what you use.
when running only data/wifi when i need it(off data/wifi when not using), i can get more then 20hrs. if i on data all the time, i can get 8~10hrs with with some facebook, emails and lite web sufing. i will get 4~6 hrs on heavy use on gaming, video and music.
but u need smart action, task killer and ti backup to really optimize the battery life.
kent1146 said:
Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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yeah.
battery life is a hard problem for android device for a long time.
but i can use some trips, for example.
1. using the task managers, it can kill some app that you used.
2. using the app called province electricity king or the same function app.
3. turn off the back-data auto sync
for your information, 3q
opensourcefan said:
Mine is great, it got considerably better after a few days of conditioning.
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My Razr has a very good battery life after a few cycles of charging and discharging.
Hey guys please help. I barely use my phone and the battery still drains very quickly. If I charge it up to 100% before I go to sleep and then unplug it, by morning it is at 50%. The only sync option I have on is Gmail mail. I have 4G and wifi on but I really doubt those are killing my battery. In the time it took me to type this message I lost 2%. I can't live like this! Suggestions?
Ps for the first 2 or 3 days that I had my phone the battery life was fine. No issues.
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Turn off 4g and WiFi for starters. Don't need 4g since lte is not out yet. And if your house has no WiFi makes no sense to have it on searching for something that is not there. Also hold home bottom and close apps and clear ram.
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TeeRoPrice said:
Hey guys please help. I barely use my phone and the battery still drains very quickly. If I charge it up to 100% before I go to sleep and then unplug it, by morning it is at 50%. The only sync option I have on is Gmail mail. I have 4G and wifi on but I really doubt those are killing my battery. In the time it took me to type this message I lost 2%. I can't live like this! Suggestions?
Ps for the first 2 or 3 days that I had my phone the battery life was fine. No issues.
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I've been having the same issue on my att galaxy s3. I think there is a bug possibly when the phone is having issues maintaining a data connection. I always know when I am going to have an issue b/c the phone will stay warm even when I'm not using the phone. The only solution I have found is to turn off mobile data. Restarting the phone every day seems to help as well. There are a few other threads from people having the same issue. I'm guessing it's the data connection connecting and disconnecting over and over again. Cell standby will usually show up as taking up the most battery life.
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Turn off 4g and WiFi for starters. Don't need 4g since lte is not out yet. And if your house has no WiFi makes no sense to have it on searching for something that is not there. Also hold home bottom and close apps and clear ram.
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I have At&t in San Francisco. We have very fast LTE here. I shouldn't have to turn it off. That's why I bought the phone.
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I have At&t in San Francisco. We have very fast LTE here. I shouldn't have to turn it off. That's why I bought the phone.
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Unfortunately the lte does drain your battery. So does the keyboard vibrating with every click. Get a app that with shut down background apps when your screen is off and temporally disable data. Works for me since I usually have at least 10 to 12 apps running that I forget to turn off.
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Chrome in its current version has been identified as a big battery drain even after the app is closed. Some bug. I'm still using it though, nothing else works as well.
http://global.christianpost.com/new...ttery-problems-solution-and-how-to-fix-77482/
Note that is the International GSIII, but you seem to be having similar issues, as was I. I made a nandroid and flashed it, we will see. Last night my phone died in 7 hours with little to no use.
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My cell standby does that too! I was wondering if I was the only one. Hell, I'm at 91% with only 15mins of screen on time and 2hrs off charger.
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If you're using widgets that auto sync like fb, weather etc. By default they're set to sync every hour. The first day I got my phone I got 4 hours screen time and about 17 hours total on the battery, but I didn't have any widgets running. after I started running fb and weather it went to 1 hour screen time and about 9 hours total on the battery. Google+ was the main juice guzzler.
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It really is a shame that we are disabling the design features of this awesome phone just to prolong the battery life. Are we really more concerned with battery life than the capabilities of this phone?
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It really is a shame that we are disabling the design features of this awesome phone just to prolong the battery life. Are we really more concerned with battery life than the capabilities of this phone?
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Yes, yes we are. Some of us, myself included, don't sit by a charger all day. Longer battery life is essential for me, at least until I get another battery.
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Yes, yes we are. Some of us, myself included, don't sit by a charger all day. Longer battery life is essential for me, at least until I get another battery.
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Humans are really complicated. We asked for compactness and features up the "kazoo" and yet we look for less power consumption. Lmao.:laugh:
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Humans are really complicated. We asked for compactness and features up the "kazoo" and yet we look for less power consumption. Lmao.:laugh:
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Yeah I know right? We want everything
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AT&T lte is not a huge battery drain in my experience. Your battery usage is not normal so you either have a bunch of social media going crazy all the time or some rogue apps preventing deep sleep. Try using better battery stats to see if you can track things down.
Also forcing Wi-Fi to not use power save is s big drain did you do that? *#0011# menu Wi-Fi
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AT&T lte is not a huge battery drain in my experience. Your battery usage is not normal so you either have a bunch of social media going crazy all the time or some rogue apps preventing deep sleep. Try using better battery stats to see if you can track things down.
Also forcing Wi-Fi to not use power save is s big drain did you do that? *#0011# menu Wi-Fi
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My drain was the same as his the very first day I had my phone (before I installed any apps).
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I had very bad battery life too on my first S3. Luckily I hard bricked it and got a new one right away. since it was only one week after the date of purchase they gave me a new one right in the store (Telus). This second one has amazing battery life with my same consumption. I find it weird too. about 30 hours with wifi and lte on and still got 24% left on it.
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My drain was the same as his the very first day I had my phone (before I installed any apps).
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I've tried the wap.cingular apn and it wasn't significant change at all for me. YMMV.
Has anyone on this thread ever drained the battery completely and charge it back to 100%? It might help.
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I had very bad battery life too on my first S3. Luckily I hard bricked it and got a new one right away. since it was only one week after the date of purchase they gave me a new one right in the store (Telus). This second one has amazing battery life with my same consumption. I find it weird too. about 30 hours with wifi and lte on and still got 24% left on it.
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That's strange. Think I should exchange mine? I've had it 2 days.
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TeeRoPrice said:
Hey guys please help. I barely use my phone and the battery still drains very quickly. If I charge it up to 100% before I go to sleep and then unplug it, by morning it is at 50%. The only sync option I have on is Gmail mail. I have 4G and wifi on but I really doubt those are killing my battery. In the time it took me to type this message I lost 2%. I can't live like this! Suggestions?
Ps for the first 2 or 3 days that I had my phone the battery life was fine. No issues.
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I also notice the abnormal Cell Standby consumption, it actually happens after I added my Outlook corporate email, with ActiveSync enabled. After I seting the sync option to every 1hr instead of ActiveSync, it went back to normal.
See if it helps you too. Good Luck.
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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TheMercantile said:
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...
Ltilt2 said:
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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