Hi guys,
As you can probably guess, i am looking for a music player that has decent battery life on android.
I have an ipod touch 4 generation that has a 950 mah battery and I can listen to +40 hours with it while having decent sound level and quality.
I have a galaxy s2 with 1650 mah battery and with airplane mode, no gps i get only 10 hours music. I tryed many roms, many music apps but nothing helps still can't get over 15 hours music screen off of course.
I tryed other android devices but all have poor optimization in music. It seems like the processor is doing the decoding job while on the ipod it's a separate cpu.
Now i have a xiaomi redmi 4 prime with a 4100 mah battery and a snapdragon 625 manufactured in 14nm.
Battery life SOT is decent almost 20 hours browsing, 14 hours movie watching, 10 hours gaming, but for some reason music only works for +23 hours in airplane mode ofc.
If it had same optimization as the ipod touch it should get over 160 hours !
I think Qualcomm claims to have a third party music decoder allowing the cpu to deep sleep while listening to music in airplane mode all connexions disabled but it seems like it's not working.
Does anyone have a rom or any android device, music player that have a good ratio in music consuption ?
Like 1000 mah for 20/30 hours, ipod is 40 hours for 950 mah that's like 6 times better than any device i had so don't tell me consuption is coming from jack, obviously it's something else that keeps the cpu awake in Android.
Deep sleep is working great on my device btw so maybe it's google play service that is avoiding cpu to sleep while listening to music.
Whatever the reason, i just want a solution since i'm a hiker and I need 1/2 weeks battery before charging and I don't wanna take my ipod that's some extra weight !
I use same earbud for all devices so it's not the cause and i turn off audio equalizer and special effects like bass boost since I know it uses extra power.
Thanks for reading guys i didn't see any thread that talks about this so I just made one
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Hi,
I am considering buying a Hero, but wonder if anybody can let me know how long the battery will last if I am using it only as a mp3 player.
I am think of when I am on a plane and wifi, bluetooth and the phone are all off, and just the media player is playing mp3s.
Any idea of average battery life?
Cheers.
With my Hero the battery-drain is very minimal, when using mp3 player.
Same with me - the MP3 player uses very little battery. Not sure how long it would last, because I have never tested it, but my guess is much longer than a transatlantic flight.
i'll tell you exactly how little battery the music player uses with an example.
I had been using my phone all day at school browsing and texting and games etc. By the time it was time for me to go home the battery level was at 3%, I needed my music to get home its long ride on the subway and the bus. I went into airplane mode and the battery lasted me all the way home approximately 45-50 minutes that was on 3% battery life.
So you can guess how long it would last with a full charge.
about 14~15 hours at least,,
Does anyone else find it pretty poor? I think the max I can get is 18 hours, and that's without equalisers, I'm also using 128kbp tracks!
The iPhone 4S can get up to 40 hours music squeezed out!!
Ashtiany said:
Does anyone else find it pretty poor? I think the max I can get is 18 hours, and that's without equalisers, I'm also using 128kbp tracks!
The iPhone 4S can get up to 40 hours music squeezed out!!
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Its the general android platform in my experience on my htc sensation i got about 8 and now aboit 7 on my galaxys2.
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Ashtiany said:
Does anyone else find it pretty poor? I think the max I can get is 18 hours, and that's without equalisers, I'm also using 128kbp tracks!
The iPhone 4S can get up to 40 hours music squeezed out!!
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If you just want to listen music you can set the airplane mode on, that will add many, many hours.
Last year on holiday i turned on the airplane mode. I was able to get about 25 hours of music on half the battery.
I'am not sure but i think i had at that time the stock rom installed.
I lose 2-3% per hr listening to music & with minimal other usage/screen on time. Someone who works in audio commented in the Siyah discussion thread the other day that the lower the bitrate, the more juice it will use. Obviously the longer you listen to music the more pronounced this increased drain will be.
If you're doing other things with the phone (particularly with screen on/CPU intensive stuff) while you're listening to music, then obviously your drain is going to be a lot higher than listening with screen off mostly.
If you're serious about wanting to squeeze more zzzzs out while listening to music, there are hundreds of threads (thousands ?) about maximising battery life, obviously everyone's phone is setup/used differently, but if you really want to do something about it the info is here for you to do that. You just have to take the time to search/read/learn/experiment with settings.
Ashtiany said:
Does anyone else find it pretty poor? I think the max I can get is 18 hours, and that's without equalisers, I'm also using 128kbp tracks!
The iPhone 4S can get up to 40 hours music squeezed out!!
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Well, SGS2 has a 1.2 GHz dual core cpu and 4s has A5 dual core 800 Mhz CPU. By default of course. Then maybe (again : maybe) you need to adjust the governor, and definitely adjust display. AMOLED drying battery very well. And perhaps worth to check other players
Hey guys, I'm just sharing some knowledge that I stumbled upon 2days ago. It concerns video playback and conserving battery power on our Ace.
I use MX Video Player for viewing videos and like most I would just copy the .avi file or mp4 file straight onto my sd card. What I also try is to underclock the processor to conserve some battery and the speed I would usually use is 614mhz, to get a smooth playback.
However over the last couple days it just hit me "let me try to convert that avi file, see how much space I can save" so I fired up AVS Video Converter and chose the android tab and found the ace screen resolution (480x320). A typical avi file is around 700mb but with the conversion, most files are around 380mb, but that is not the great thing. Upon further inspection, I get smooth video playback (i.e. around 30fps) while using a very low cpu frequency of 245mhz.
Now I did some testing and waw, what a difference it makes I got like 5% battery drain for every 30mins of video played which is a lot better than the 614mhz.
I just thought I would share this for anyone who uses their phone to watch movies while out and about, it can save you some good juice, give it a try, it worked wonders for me.
Ok guys I did some more testing and this is what I got:
I tested by watching the same video clip (28mins) and recorded the amount of battery drain, then I let the phone charge back up to 100% and did the tests again using different frequencies. I did a stock (800mhz), powersaver (614mhz) and finally the ultimate battery (245mhz)
STOCK (800mhz)
14% battery drain
Powersaver (614mhz)
9% battery drain
Ultimate battery (245mhz)
5% battery drain
Note that the cpu governor was smartass v2, I did another set of benchmarks with the ondemand governor and I did not notice a big battery hit, only at the stock (800mhz) where the battery drain increased by 1%
EDIT: also I was not using the loud speaker, I used my skullcandy ink'd earbuds with the volume at 3.
I got more battery drain
I watch 6 hours movies anime etc
Then battery is at 25%
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Hummm...that is strange, i've been getting really good results
Battery reading are pretty awful on ace
Interesting, I tried to underclock my phone's cpu power to 245MHz but the video play was not smooth at all, I then finally kept it at 320MHz
Why you used MX player? Coz video quality is good only when SW decoder is used, which is hell laggy at low Mhz. You could also have used integrated video player with the same settings you mentioned.
Any thoughts...??
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Galaxy_Rohit said:
Why you used MX player? Coz video quality is good only when SW decoder is used, which is hell laggy at low Mhz. You could also have used integrated video player with the same settings you mentioned.
Any thoughts...??
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I really did not try that honestly, and it uses the HW decoder, I don't choose, it selects it automatically.
SpaceCaker said:
I got more battery drain
I watch 6 hours movies anime etc
Then battery is at 25%
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6hours is good, no? How many hours of video/music playback is the phone supposed to give? Can't find the info anywhere. Also where do you leave your brightness setting to?
I got a free S5830 from someone who upgraded to something else (rooted it, installed CM10.1), and i get only 2 1/2 hours video playback (or even when playing around with settings and the screen is being used - was the same with Gingerbread 2.3.6). I'd think that the battery needs replacing (has Aug/2011 date on it), but when it's left on standby the battery drains at the normal pace it's supposed to drain at. Does that still mean the battery needs replacing?
Are you using the original Samsung battery or did you replace it?
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Xadious said:
6hours is good, no? How many hours of video/music playback is the phone supposed to give? Can't find the info anywhere. Also where do you leave your brightness setting to?
I got a free S5830 from someone who upgraded to something else (rooted it, installed CM10.1), and i get only 2 1/2 hours video playback (or even when playing around with settings and the screen is being used - was the same with Gingerbread 2.3.6). I'd think that the battery needs replacing (has Aug/2011 date on it), but when it's left on standby the battery drains at the normal pace it's supposed to drain at. Does that still mean the battery needs replacing?
Are you using the original Samsung battery or did you replace it?
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If I play games on Cm 10.1 the battery lasts about 2 hours. So 2 1/2 hours could be normal.
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Hey guys, I'm just sharing some knowledge that I stumbled upon 2days ago. It concerns video playback and conserving battery power on our Ace.
I use MX Video Player for viewing videos and like most I would just copy the .avi file or mp4 file straight onto my sd card. What I also try is to underclock the processor to conserve some battery and the speed I would usually use is 614mhz, to get a smooth playback.
However over the last couple days it just hit me "let me try to convert that avi file, see how much space I can save" so I fired up AVS Video Converter and chose the android tab and found the ace screen resolution (480x320). A typical avi file is around 700mb but with the conversion, most files are around 380mb, but that is not the great thing. Upon further inspection, I get smooth video playback (i.e. around 30fps) while using a very low cpu frequency of 245mhz.
Now I did some testing and waw, what a difference it makes I got like 5% battery drain for every 30mins of video played which is a lot better than the 614mhz.
I just thought I would share this for anyone who uses their phone to watch movies while out and about, it can save you some good juice, give it a try, it worked wonders for me.
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Thank you for sharing this, i will definitely try this out when i next get the chance
i could really do with more playback time.
SpaceCaker said:
I got more battery drain
I watch 6 hours movies anime etc
Then battery is at 25%
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Considering how quickly the battery drains on my ace, i'd say that this is a good amount of time
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+'s battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Decided to give this machine a full Saturday of being out around town. Woke up around 9am, phone was at 90%, did some errands, listening to podcasts, watched a lot of YouTube videos at my cigar lounge, streamed different news while in the car via BT, and at night walked the dog while listening to more podcasts via Samsung Galaxy buds. At 8pm I had about 19 hours of on time since last charge, nearly 5 hours of screen on time, and ended the day now at 19% before plugging the phone in while I showered and took out the trash and I'm back at 89%. I remember the days of my OG Droid or NEXUS phones and so this is just damn mind blowing. I will still get a ZERO LEMON for when I'm at the beach or Disney (live right by there in LA) as having that extra security of power just easies the mind but other than that this Note 10+5G is beastly.
7hrs SOT including over 6 hours of UHD youtube vanced playing and around 48% battery remaining. Brightness at MAX (using video enhancer).
That's more than decent in my book!
Unlocked USA version, Snapdragon 855 with 512GB storage.
I got same SOT around 7hrs+ note 10 plus USA tmobile carrier
cpufrost said:
7hrs SOT including over 6 hours of UHD youtube vanced playing and around 48% battery remaining. Brightness at MAX (using video enhancer).
That's more than decent in my book!
Unlocked USA version, Snapdragon 855 with 512GB storage.
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Add to that the screen is huge and it runs very fast.
The more I play with the 10+, the more I like it.
In another day or so I'll be holding a smartphone 1 tb of fast storage. Outstanding.
Samsung finally got the Galaxy Buds software/firmware dailed in... what's not to like*?
*ok maybe just a tad of sarcasm...
I wish I had the Snapdragon model
Exynos is .....
i got this phone... i cant remember when i got this phone, but ive ran it constantly while at work, and usually its even gaming by itself when im not using it, few months ago i thought hm prolongued use.. may be an uh oh.
0 life difference, battery still op asf
Bought the note 10 plus last year. The battery is still amazing getting 7-8 hours of SOT. I have three emails in full sync. Location, GPS, and Bluetooth always on. Definitely sticking with this phone until the end
dia_naji said:
Bought the note 10 plus last year. The battery is still amazing getting 7-8 hours of SOT. I have three emails in full sync. Location, GPS, and Bluetooth always on. Definitely sticking with this phone until the end
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hi.. may i ask what android version your using? pie? thanks
After heavy settings and packaging blocking mods my AT&T 10+ running on Pie uses 7-10% @ hour during internet vids, browsing, and gaming.
A 20% charge last 2-3 hours of SOT. Outstanding*.
*it wasn't always like this; at one point it was a hot running battery hog.
Subham jyoti said:
I wish I had the Snapdragon model
Exynos is .....
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I have the Exynos version, i can get just on 6 hours SOT, gaming, YT Vanced, BT streaming etc.
Srbija2012 said:
I have the Exynos version, i can get just on 6 hours SOT, gaming, YT Vanced, BT streaming etc.
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My Snapdragon AT&T variant did about the same or worse.
It was a hot running hog dog.
86+ blocked packages, plus extensive settings mods, plus disabling all power management and adding Karma firewall, a lot of time optimizing it... it now a fast, cool running machine with good battery life.
My advice is to play with it. Keep it running on Pie.
It may yet surprise you.
blackhawk said:
My Snapdragon AT&T variant did about the same or worse.
It was a hot running hog dog.
86+ blocked packages, plus extensive settings mods, plus disabling all power management and adding Karma firewall, a lot of time optimizing it... it now a fast, cool running machine with good battery life.
My advice is to play with it. Keep it running on Pie.
It may yet surprise you.
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Is there a list anywhere of which packages to block?
*it wasn't always like this; at one point it was a hot running battery hog.
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Hello, I recently acquired the red magic 7 supernova, and I would like to know your experience regarding the battery issue, I obviously use it to play, and playing games such as genshin, 60 fps high graphics (not at its maximum) consumes almost 40% Battery in 30 min, that is ok? I do streams and I use only for games and daily use. I end up charging it about 3-4 times a day, would that be a problem or could something be wrong with my battery?
The smartphone consumes little both in Active and idle, this in normal use, during the game has high performance and three different power management settings, if you use balanced and 60hz it lasts you slightly longer. It is advisable to use charge separation to exploit it to its full potential for long gaming sessions.
sickcito said:
Hello, I recently acquired the red magic 7 supernova, and I would like to know your experience regarding the battery issue, I obviously use it to play, and playing games such as genshin, 60 fps high graphics (not at its maximum) consumes almost 40% Battery in 30 min, that is ok? I do streams and I use only for games and daily use. I end up charging it about 3-4 times a day, would that be a problem or could something be wrong with my battery?
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You can always play on a charger with "charging separation " and you want lose battery