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Hello! I've been using smartphone for the part two years and I had started with Xperia X8 which doesn't seems have a good battery life and change to Samsung Young. Last month, I decided to go back to Sony and purchased Xperia Ray. I must say it amazed me for it's standard and good battery life, but the past few days I had trouble with it's battery.
Every night before I went to bed, I would often let my Ray charged until the next morning. As usual, I would wake up and go to school with my phone turned off throughout the school session. When I got home, as I turned my phone on, I noticed that my battery has sucked up to 80%, which I am totally aware that I had charged my phone to 100% before, and I charged it when the phone is off.
As for my typical use, I tend to have moderate usage on the internet using the data connection as my phone cannot connect to the WEP wireless in my home. As for game, I could say I spent 2 hours per day. I rarely use my phone for SMS or call. And the phone sometimes gets very warm too.
As for other program that I use, I only have GO Launcher. I also have problem where my display is constantly on 80%> even I had disable most display setting. I will post screenshots later for your better understanding.
SeiryuV said:
Hello! I've been using smartphone for the part two years and I had started with Xperia X8 which doesn't seems have a good battery life and change to Samsung Young. Last month, I decided to go back to Sony and purchased Xperia Ray. I must say it amazed me for it's standard and good battery life, but the past few days I had trouble with it's battery.
Every night before I went to bed, I would often let my Ray charged until the next morning. As usual, I would wake up and go to school with my phone turned off throughout the school session. When I got home, as I turned my phone on, I noticed that my battery has sucked up to 80%, which I am totally aware that I had charged my phone to 100% before, and I charged it when the phone is off.
As for my typical use, I tend to have moderate usage on the internet using the data connection as my phone cannot connect to the WEP wireless in my home. As for game, I could say I spent 2 hours per day. I rarely use my phone for SMS or call. And the phone sometimes gets very warm too.
As for other program that I use, I only have GO Launcher. I also have problem where my display is constantly on 80%> even I had disable most display setting. I will post screenshots later for your better understanding.
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Hmm... Battery discharging even when phone is off.... Do one thing. .. Recharge the phone full and remove the battery for couple of hours out of the phone.... Then put the battery back in and see the %... If it's again low , then you might want to replace it with a new one... If it's 98-96% then this means your phone is eating battery even when switched off ( which is not possible ) ... Alternatively you can run battery health test by antutu..
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Hmm... Battery discharging even when phone is off.... Do one thing. .. Recharge the phone full and remove the battery for couple of hours out of the phone.... Then put the battery back in and see the %... If it's again low , then you might want to replace it with a new one... If it's 98-96% then this means your phone is eating battery even when switched off ( which is not possible ) ... Alternatively you can run battery health test by antutu..
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Just read this and thanks for your suggestion. I will check upon this method first. As for the antutu app, I will get the battery tested after your first suggestion. FYI, on other app "Battery Monitor Widget" it stated that my Li-Po are in good state cut there's no harm in trying.
Maybe you should charge your phone up to 100% then wipe your battery stats in cmw.
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First charge your battery 100% then enter to CWM and Wipe battery stats.
If it wouldn't solved, just flash and use an another rom.
rachit.rc96
Well, you are right. The battery and the phone are not the problem. I've charged it to 100% and unplugged its battery for 5 hours and when I plugged it in, it still 100%. But still, the battery indicated that it reached 88% after 25 minutes. It's quite bugging me because I noticed that my usual usage to 90% practically takes 30 minutes. Haven't use antutu yet though as I don't know how it actually worked.
tags23 & bandarigoda123
I don't think that wiping the battery status won't change a thing but it might calibrated its stats. I think I won't be requiring those as when I flashed my phone a week after I bought it, the battery stats are still relatively same.
I'm still open for any suggestion as I still think that my last resort would be factory reset the phone.
Just dial this
*#*#4636#*#*
And check battery information
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Read this and do,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848324
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my quad core s3 is a no-contract phone . uses pre-paid card. so there is no 3g/4g. i get around 4 hours screen on time with power saving mode on with juice defender on. i find that gaming time in this phone is awful. in the iphone 4, i get 5 hours 3d gaming time. now i dont even get 4 hours 2d gaming time! is this normal with the s3? but stll this is a fantastic phone. without gaming i get 6 hours screen on time. just would like to know if you get the same with gaming. iphone 5 seems to have a really good battery with 8h screen on time.
Make sure you disable wcdma in network settings.... your phone probably searching for a 3g signal and failing.
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Get rid of juice defender and turn off power save mode.
Also 8 hours screen on time for ip5 is questionable, these are the same people that said 8 hours 3g use and 10 hours LTE. As everyone knows, LTE uses more power than 3g.
Their numbers are lies/exaggerated.
If you want the iPhone so badly then you know what you need to do.
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I too have Power Saving Mode turned on, and manually adjust the brightness (it's always set to the lowest setting).
I have WiFi turned on the entire time that I'm home, and 3G when I'm out.
Auto Sync is on the entire time, because I want to be able to know when I get an incoming email.
That's pretty much it.
I am not able to come close to 4 hours of screen time, before my battery reaches 5-10%. Cell Standby accounts for the most battery usage.
Any pointers/tips?
P.S. Phone not rooted.
Do you have Viber? If yes there is a bug in the latest update that's keeping the proximity sensor on and draining the battery. 4 hours screen on time with battery save mode is really bad. There's probably some app draining the battery.
Ps. Ip5 battery life is a lie as usual, people who have it and actually use it say battery is actually quite bad. Also on the ios stats you don't have 'screen on' time report, but 'usage' time that is a lot more stuff than just screen on time. People who say the have 8 hours are probably just reading the usage time.
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Do you have Viber? If yes there is a bug in the latest update that's keeping the proximity sensor on and draining the battery. 4 hours screen on time with battery save mode is really bad. There's probably some app draining the battery
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Yep; I do use Viber. I think you're right. Ever since I got the latest Viber update, the battery seems to die off sooner.
Should I uninstall and check?
How can I check what rogue app is eating into the battery?
Well. i hate the iphone 5! no i dont have viber. juice defender shows me battery improved by 1.8x. i have auto sync off and power save on. i have disabled mobile data. and i realised i am just expecting too much! i was surfing the stock browser on wifi for 45 min and my phone went from 39% to 34%. guess thats okay.
Viber just fixed the proximity sensor issue; hope this resolves the battery drain issue.
BTW, what is the normal hourly battery drain percentage?
You can install an app called 'betterbatterystats' (very counterintuitive name!) to see what exactly is eating your battery, it takes a while to figure out how it works but it is very usefull!
Google location services in maps and Google now (if you are on jelly bean) drain quite a bit of battery and basically anything running on the background. Obviously you just deactivate what you don't need!
What about the iphone4 and SGS3 screen size ...every mm more=more power
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Three days ago, I flashed stock ICS (with wipe). I wanted to test the battery life.
Screen On time was a little under 4 hours.
I spent just a little over 2 hours on the phone.
Wifi was on/off intermittently.
Around 15 minutes of gaming.
The phone lasted 1 day and 20 hours.
That, in my opinion, is really, really good.
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Three days ago, I flashed stock ICS (with wipe). I wanted to test the battery life.
Screen On time was a little under 4 hours.
I spent just a little over 2 hours on the phone.
Wifi was on/off intermittently.
Around 15 minutes of gaming.
The phone lasted 1 day and 20 hours.
That, in my opinion, is really, really good.
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You can easily go for 2 days with this phone and normal usage if you turn off or use airplane mode at night. But I never do because the phone is so cool that I use it all the time! I charge at night, still I never get to 0% at the end of the day.
anyone else can post their experience with battery life?
I get easily 2 days without charging I don't see what your problem is
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I get easily 2 days without charging I don't see what your problem is
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are you using 3G internet or WI-FI?
Full time Wi-Fi, and proximity 8 hours screen on per day and background music
I have to use about 3 batteries... this is my experience
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battery life on this babe is good enough for me!
I get around 21-26 hours of standby time and screen on time ranging from at least 5 hours to 6.5 hours. When I don't browse much and just use the Adobe Reader I b get around 7 Hours plus a few minutes.
I switch on power saving mode when the battery drops below 30% and my brightness is set on auto and I'm connected to a 2g network. No gaming. I generally browse the Web for an hours , listen to music for a few minutes and then read on the Adobe Reader.
Auto sync is switched on at all times.
I bought this phone in September and m very disappointed...my huge problem is the battery life which is awful...i can't compare it to any other phone that i had before ... it sucks...is there any way to make it last longer ?custom kernel ?anything ?Never had a phone that bad (
rootkited said:
I bought this phone in September and m very disappointed...my huge problem is the battery life which is awful...i can't compare it to any other phone that i had before ... it sucks...is there any way to make it last longer ?custom kernel ?anything ?Never had a phone that bad (
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Auto brightness, turn it on. NFC, Bluetooth turn it off. I always suggest that users turn on extended standby mode but some people want their whatsapp or email to come through instantly all the time which I can understand but it's a real life saver for me, I personally don't have a massive issue with my battery, lasts a whole day, sometimes less if I use the phone heavily.
MadManMark said:
Auto brightness, turn it on. NFC, Bluetooth turn it off. I always suggest that users turn on extended standby mode but some people want their whatsapp or email to come through instantly all the time which I can understand but it's a real life saver for me, I personally don't have a massive issue with my battery, lasts a whole day, sometimes less if I use the phone heavily.
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The autobrightness is on, and nfc and bluetooth are always off (since i don't use em)...I need my e-mails, and Whatsapp is not even installed on my phone..turning 3g off or enabling the extended standby mode is like ... hmmm, i carry a 4 inch useless device around ... (
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The autobrightness is on, and nfc and bluetooth are always off (since i don't use em)...I need my e-mails, and Whatsapp is not even installed on my phone..turning 3g off or enabling the extended standby mode is like ... hmmm, i carry a 4 inch useless device around ... (
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Your emails would come as soon as you turned on your device anyway could you screenshot your battery usage please?
i don't know how to take screenshots
i understand that the e-mails arrive as soon as i turn the phone on, but this is not ok...it will become a habit to look at the phone ....
Very easy to do, hold volume down and the power button
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I think there is also a problem with reading the actual battery level (hopefully not hardware). The other day mine dropped from 15% to 0% in 10 seconds. This has happened a few times before when the battery gets around that level.
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I think there is also a problem with reading the actual battery level (hopefully not hardware). The other day mine dropped from 15% to 0% in 10 seconds. This has happened a few times before when the battery gets around that level.
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happened to me too...i was looking at the phone because i heard the battery notice, and than, paaaf, turned off .... i guess i'll unpack my old iPhone 4 which is already packed to be soled on ebay...
Try disconnecting your battery then, hold power button and volume up till you feel 3 buzzes
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Switch of the rotation sensor.. I read it somewhere I dun remember.. No prblm giving it a shot
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Tried calibrating the battery?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=en
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Tried calibrating the battery?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&hl=en
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i have to root the device and to be honest, i am sick of it ...
attached screenshots...bare in mind that 3 hours the phone was on 2G and the display was as dark as possible (unable to see anything in the day light)
You could use clockwork recovery to erase the battery stats as well. I don't think you need root for it.
You charge to 100%, reboot into recovery erase battery stats, unplug and boot normal. After that you let it drain on its own until dead.
I've read that sometimes it worked after the second calibration or something but i believe it might be user error.
I erase the stats every time I flash a new rom. ...
I am now on 2.3.7. ... Maybe is better
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You could use clockwork recovery to erase the battery stats as well. I don't think you need root for it.
You charge to 100%, reboot into recovery erase battery stats, unplug and boot normal. After that you let it drain on its own until dead.
I've read that sometimes it worked after the second calibration or something but i believe it might be user error.
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Battery stats doesn't do anything: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
That is, it essentially holds the information displayed in the Settings > Battery screen. Nothing more, nothing less. Thus:
It has no impact on the current battery level shown to you.
It has no impact on your battery life.
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I would advise you to update your phone to the latest firmware, it has better battery management... If you are rooted, you can try custom kernel like ThP or Sliding_XP and custom Rom based on stock... I used to get only 10-12 hours of battery life in 2.3.7 before rooting.. The steps I took to improve battery life are:
1) Root the phone, add init.d and build.prop tweaks or install a Rom that has tweaks like Brain_ICS or XPT's Vision Roms.
2) Use any custom kernel based on stock that are tweaked to give better performance and battery life, along with above Roms
3) Switch off WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC when not in use. Or better, use NFC tags to switch settings (like WiFi on only at home, Bluetooth on only in car)
4) Keep the brightness to the minimum setting when indoors and keep it in auto brightness when outdoors.
5) I live in an area which has better 2g coverage. In network settings, if you set the network mode to select only gsm, battery life vastly improves as there is no searching and switching for a 3g connection. Also I find that staying in 2g gives better network clarity. I shift to 3g when I require high speed browsing only.
6) I usually keep data connected with auto sync on and extended standby mode on. If you switch off extended standby off, you can last through the day but only if you reduce the amount of apps syncing and the polling time of each app. In my case, I have switched off syncing for Twitter, facebook, Google+ etc and sync only for Google contacts, calender and Gmail.
7) I also have automated the phone to switch to airplane mode from midnight to early morning.
By the time I get home from work, I have at least 40% battery remaining. On the whole, I get 22hours on average and I have got 1day 12 hours maximum from my Xperia P. And happy with my choice.
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Forgot two things:
I keep all location services switched off and turn it on only when required. This prevents the Map app from unnecessarily polling for location and helps save battery.
And sorry for such a long post. There won't be a tldr.
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Just had this weird experience, battery was on 1 percent then I rebooted my phone using power button and volume up, then my battery shot up to 28 percent
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that was android normal problem....thats why developer making phone by using high capacity battery (motorola razr maxx) . By using 3000mAh battery also just give certain phone for 2 days (using galaxy note 2). Android jelly bean suck battery juice faster because of its f***** project butter (uses cpu and gpu at the same time). Now phone developer starts frustrated on android...hehe (from my speculation)
Android problem how?
Almost all smartphones last about 1 day. Don't blame the Operating System it's the same battery life in all smartphones. Blame the battery technology.
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Android problem how?
Almost all smartphones last about 1 day. Don't blame the Operating System it's the same battery life in all smartphones. Blame the battery technology.
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one day means 24 hours...24 hours means more than i need .... i only get 10hrs if i don't touch the device...used, i get like 5 hrs .... anyways, thanks for your feedback...
PS: Xperia P, Red, for sale - 2 months old
I installed the Xiam/Qualcomm Snapdragon Battery Guru app recently:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
it seems to work well on my XZU.
I'm not convinced it's making a huge difference to battery life, but it seems to be an improvement in the three days its been active.
more info on it here:
https://www.xiam.com/faqs-snapdragon-battery-guru
is anyone else using it?
I'm using it for two days now. It says battery saving should start in 1 Day 15 hours.
So wait and see .
My question is do i have to disable Stamina mode ???
speculatrix said:
I installed the Xiam/Qualcomm Snapdragon Battery Guru app recently:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
it seems to work well on my XZU.
I'm not convinced it's making a huge difference to battery life, but it seems to be an improvement in the three days its been active.
more info on it here:
https://www.xiam.com/faqs-snapdragon-battery-guru
is anyone else using it?
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Tried it in the past, didn't noticed any difference. The thing with smartphones in general is when you're standby and don't touch the device you get good battery life. At the moment you touch the device your battery is going to be sucked dry.
Huge screen to illuminate, processors toggling up (we do want immediate response), apps are updated. And the phone is then only active. When you start using the smartphone then it goes really fast, games, movies, internet, thetering and so on.
When i'm "using" the phone at home i often put it on the charger. Sometimes i receive the message, "phone using more energy then receiving".
When you want battery life, use nokia 3310. Excellent for calling and opening beers. When you want your entire pc in a pocket, deal with the limitations of the battery.
Id have to agree, I used it on my nexus 4 and there was no difference in battery life
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Guys, I have never tried Battery Guru, but I use 2x Battery and I have to say that it works great. It not only enables/disabled network access automatically, but it also has a screen filter. It it's the closest thing to Juice Defender, which was quite popular a while ago.
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That's exactly what I use, I find that it works only about 50% of the time and does what stamina mode is meant to do
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yeah been there done that...
LNIK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506043
didn't do anything that we could see.
Perhaps on a device that doesn't have 'stamina' mode it would be better.
Hello everyone,
I just want to share my experience with this app.
I have the Ultra for months now, i'm a heavy user, i tried a few customs roms and i'm now on stock 290. I've never been able to get more than 4h30 of screen time but usually around 4 hours, stamina mode ON, and tried a few third party app. Couldn't notice any improvements. I'm also using Greenify.
Note: Whatsapp, dropbox, google + are always allowed to run in background because i need them
So i downloaded Snapdragon batteryguru 4 days ago and it said i have to wait 4 days so that it learns my phone behaviors . I have to admit i was quite sceptical
I got a notification yesterday telling me batteryGuru is ready to start extending my battery life.
And guess what i got 2 extra hours of screen time ! :laugh:
Stamina mode is still enabled, low power mode disabled , wifi ON, LTE ON ( yep makes no sense if i'm on wifi but i' m too lazy to deactivate it lol ), bluetooth and GPS ON when i need it , brightness at 100 % most of the time except at night .
BatteryGuru low power mode disabled too.
I have no idea what it does to improve my battery, i know some of you can reach 7 hours without any app or stamina mode, but it all depends on how you use your smartphone and for my usage, 4 hours seems normal.
So i got 6h 14m of screen time now and of course i'm happy
Average users may not see any improvement but i recommend heavy users to give it a try :good:
Hello
I know many wants to know about the battery time of the galaxy alpha!
For me it has always lasted throughout the day.
I do not play any games on my phone and use it mostky for browsing and texting/calling.
I have more screen on time than the average user (i think)
Well, here's a screenshot
Whats ur normal Sot?
Maybe 3 hours on days I watch videos.
About 2 when I only text and browse and 9gag ofc!
solhasse said:
Maybe 3 hours on days I watch videos.
About 2 when I only text and browse and 9gag ofc!
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is ur version with s801 or exynos?
It is the one with the exynos
Impress with the battery so far. Power saving mode is on 90% of the time tho.. But consumption of Android system is not impressive
But not bad Alpha, not bad..
Heres another ss
It's so much better than my s3, I use power save when I'm at work and it will drop by 10% at most leaving me with 80% at 5pm. That's with checking Facebook, texting my girlfriend and reading some articles through the day.
So everyone is using the power saving mode to get the battery to last?? That's crazy! It cripples the performance badly.
What results will you get for SOT and longevity without any power saving on? That's what I would like to know......
I agree, you should not pay 550 euro to have the same functionality as my Nokia 3310 from 15 years old. (with powersaving on)
You want all functions on, at their max speed during at least one day.
osvanberg said:
So everyone is using the power saving mode to get the battery to last?? That's crazy! It cripples the performance badly.
What results will you get for SOT and longevity without any power saving on? That's what I would like to know......
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No, not everyone is using power save mode. I've posted battery stats on here at least a couple of times. I've never used power save to get me through the day yet.
Arkangel786 said:
No, not everyone is using power save mode. I've posted battery stats on here at least a couple of times. I've never used power save to get me through the day yet.
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So what's your SOT a normal day without PS?
Zero lemon
I emailed Zerolemon last week and asked them if they will going to have battery for the alpha and this is their response.
"Yes, our design team is working on Galaxy alpha battery now. Hopefully it will come out in around Christmas time. We will announce of Facebook"
Im just not sure if its the 5580 mah battery or just the regular 1860.
Can anybody email them as well? so that they can rush the process of selling the battery lol. Because Ive been looking and looking in ebay and amazon and found only the oem one, and theyre too expensive atm
osvanberg said:
So everyone is using the power saving mode to get the battery to last?? That's crazy! It cripples the performance badly.
What results will you get for SOT and longevity without any power saving on? That's what I would like to know......
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Nobody said everybody is using it. There are two power save modes on the phone, Power Save and Ultra Power Saving. So what's so crazy about the phone being in regular power save mode, when it's not being used?
Would I rather the phone be running at 100% CPU power throughout my 8 hour work day to leave me with less battery life? No I don't! I use it get the most out of my battery so I don't have to worry about charging it. While it's on during my day, I only text and read some articles when I'm on break. Why would I need to run at 100% to do these simple tasks? I don't. Simple. I can understand if you're trying to play a game or something very CPU intensive, but I do what makes the best sense for how I use the phone and I was just sharing I get phenomenal battery life by using the regular power save mode when the phone is going to sit idle most of the time.
Battery on this phone is pretty bad even in power save mode
svengalis said:
Battery on this phone is pretty bag even in power save mode
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sorry but what do you mean by bag?
osvanberg said:
So what's your SOT a normal day without PS?
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I get between 4 - 4.25 hours SOT daily. As I said before, I've posted my battery stats a few times. Feel free to check [emoji2]
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sorry but what do you mean by bag?
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bad* I lost 20% battery in 2 hours just partially browsing the Web mostly in that time. Battery is worst then nexus 5. Only thing I really like is the ultra power saving mode which barely used any battery. It didn't drop 1‰ in 5 hours with ups mode turned on .
I bought the external charging station, so always equipped with a second battery. we can change it!!
Much more convenient as an external battery extender...
Battery life
Hi guys i got my ALPHA for a one week i post some screenshots without using a internet at all because i was in awork .Its just typing asms some calls playing Angry birds andlistening to music but for me its well done.
I like my ALPHA