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A few nights ago I killed all the running apps on my atrix and turned off all network services like bluetooth and wifi except for mobile data. 9 hours later (with no use) the battery had dropped seven percent. Then I turned off mobile data as well and did the same thing. 9 hours later the battery had dropped 5 percent. On my iphone 3G I left data on and 9 hours later the battery had dropped 0 percent.
It seems to me that because android has multitasking, things that you don't need stay running in the background and although the battery usage by each is minimal, after long periods of time the battery usage adds up. On phones like the iPhone 3G, there is no multitasking (I didn't use backgrounder) so no applications or services were running and therefore no battery was drained.
My question is if there is a way to turn every application and service off other than those that govern calls and texts so that the idle battery usage is minimal and more comparable to phones like the iPhone 3G?
There was a thread about this in the nexus one forum. Miui if my memory serves... It consisted of running apps right off the sd card via dark tremors and some serious autokiller memory optimizer tweaks.
I heard mixed results of great battery life and corrupt sd cards. Either way there are better ways of achieving good battery life whilst keeping that snappy multitasking of android.
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Is miui available on the atrix? It doesn't show up in their list of supported phones?
If anyone else has any other solutions please post them too.
Yea, I don't think you can get miui on the atrix.
BTW, I instead of just disconnecting mobile data I turned on airplane mode and it lost 3 percent battery in 7 hours (cell standby was gone from battery usage and phone idle was at 90% with display at 5%). Extrapolating to 9 hours makes it 3.7% which means that simply searching for a connection contributes to half of the battery usage when idle.
Putting my phone in airplane mode is not a good solution... does anyone have any other ideas?
The mediapad is my first tablet. I just bought a second hand one, and two things trouble me:
1) The RAM in active processes is displayed as 512, should it not be 1GB?
2) battery life seems too low, something along the lines of 3 hours of mainly google play use. I have high resolution set, active wifi, had no sim inserted, though plane mode was not activated.
A lot of devices display less memory than you think they should, it's ok don't worry.
Yes the battery does not last very long...
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If you go to settings/applications/running services you should see bar at the bottom of the screen indicating free and used ram. Mine is standing at 191MB used and 434MB free at the moment.
I was going to ask about battery life myself, so here is a question for all other mediapad users: How much "screen on" time do you get per charge?
No matter what I do, I can't even get close to 6 hours that are specified.
The best I got was 5:15, and that was offline (wifi and 3G), brightness on minimum (bedtime reading), JuiceDefender on.
Only apps I was using were Adobe Reader, ComicRack and Amazon Kindle.
If I use Opera, Facebook, YouTube, StumbleUpon, News360, I get about 4 hours of "screen on" time.
When I look at battery usage breakdown in settings, display or wifi are never at the top. Usually there is AndroidOS or Android System, followed by some of the apps I was using.
If I play GTA3 (ver1.3 works great btw), it drains about 20% per 15 minutes of playtime.
On occasion it happens that battery drains at usual rate to about 15%, and then the shutdown countdown begins, as battery drops from ~15% to zero instantly.
Also, sometimes when it drops to 20% goes back to 30%, then from 10% goes back to 20% and from there drains to zero normally. It drives me crazy as I'm never sure how much juice I have left.
Tried to use Battery Calibrator app, but still the problem still persists. Can't root, still have year of warranty left.
Do you guys have any similar issues, how do you cope? And don't forget to tell us your "screen on" times and typical usage.
Thanks!
I know this might be somewhat of a gravedig but I really need to correct things a bit...
With WiFi on, screen brightness down and constant screen on + surfing / reading I was able to squeeze out 7 hours and 10 minutes out of the battery, starting at 100%...
The battery really is awesome! Just make sure to turn off things you dont need (Bluetooth, GPS, 3G / Mobile Data, Screen Brightness).
I'm surprised, in a positive way.
The only problem I got is with the touchscreen shaking and at times not taking my taps.
Hi. Been using my RN9S/Pro for the past 4 days and I feel that my battery consumption is too much. When I got the phone I have charged the device 4 times already with minimal use. I charge when it reaches below 15-20% till 80-90%. I did some test. 1 hour of playing a game called Dragon Raja. It runs on Unreal Engine 4. Medium Setting(no HFR mode). Brightness set to full. From 86% to 72%. Did another test. 3 hours of browsing(purely browsing-no social media app or video app opened) via chrome mostly online shopping with brightness set 10-15%. From 94% to 81%. After browsing went to sleep and left phone on idle not connected to wifi/mobile data no wake screen notification as well. From 81% to 74% idle consumption. Is that normal? I'm seeing reviews of overnight idle consumption with either mobile data or wifi ON around 1-3% and gaming for 3 hours consumed 20-30%(pubgm, codm, mobile legends).
Note: When I got the phone what I did is to master reset it. Installed the App I needed(fb, messenger, twitter, spotify, asphalt 9 and dragon raja). Disabled auto brightness and set it to 10-15%. Uninstall all other apps that phone will let me. Tests were done on separate days.
that is pretty normal , max i can get while gaming was 6 hours on pubg smooth hd + 60fps using gfx tools , I already switched to custom gsi rom and the battery here is a lot better than stock i can tell but still haven't try for gaming. And one more thing, game like dragon raja consume alot of batteries because the cpu and gpu basically run at full throttle. Used to play on oneplus 7t and i can tell that game consumed alot more battery on that device.
Thank you for the reply. How about the idle consumption? Is it normal? I did another idle test for 3 hours from 74% to 71%. Wifi and mobile data off no notifications as well. Seems kinda off coz the reviews ive seen is again 1-3% overnight with either wifi/mobile data ON. I did have it in dark mode to save battery and every app that has dark mode on as well. Not sure if something is wrong with the battery. Im worried coz the replacement date is almost due.
Overnight,with airplane mode and battery saver on,I'm getting 2% drain over about 8 hours
Slept for 7 hours. Phone not connected to wifi or mobile data. Battery saver off. Drained 6%. Is that even normal? Or am I just being paranoid? Or am I facing battery issues?
momobordz said:
Thank you for the reply. How about the idle consumption? Is it normal? I did another idle test for 3 hours from 74% to 71%. Wifi and mobile data off no notifications as well. Seems kinda off coz the reviews ive seen is again 1-3% overnight with either wifi/mobile data ON. I did have it in dark mode to save battery and every app that has dark mode on as well. Not sure if something is wrong with the battery. Im worried coz the replacement date is almost due.
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dark mode only makes a difference to amoled type panels. lcd ips etc wont make a difference in dark mode.
I have had the Pixel 6 for a week now and I'm very disappointed. My biggest disappointment is by far the battery life. I can barely get through an 8 hour work day before it dies (Note: this is with zero WiFi use). After 8hrs I'm typically at 10-20% battery or dead. The mobile network standby is slaughtering my battery life. It uses a consistent 25-35% of it everyday. I also seem to have a lot of weird bugs.
-I get occasional system UI crashes
-randomly I'll lose signal where I always have signal and have to turn it off and back on or reboot
-auto rotate I have to frequently shake my phone for it to work
-camera quality seems terrible. My photos are almost always blurry. My OnePlus 7 Pro takes much better pics.
Update: The 8hrs is total battery life not SOT. My SOT is like 3-4hrs average sometimes worse. My phone use also stays in a 6ft area all day. So I'm not like in and out of service. I also make no calls during the day.
Update 2: I've had 5G disabled all day and I've had 3.5hrs SOT and have 45% battery left and it's the end of my work day. I'm happy with that number. Still having weird OS issues like system UI crashes, Spotify pausing randomly and it not working with the Google assistant. So I think I still need to do a factory reset unfortunately.
I am returning it also tomorrow.
I already did factory reset without any result.
Mobile network standby is killing the battery.
30% day and 60% overnight.
I tried everything without success.
Fingerprint Scanner also is terrible.
Bump.
I had big hopes for this phone.
Try clearing system cache.
Try a network reset.
Try safe mode to rule out 3rd party apps.
Try turning off any power management.
Use factory reset for; you did a major firmware update, for malware, damage to hidden users settings by a 3rd party app.
Otherwise the issues are likely to reoccur.
Try to find the root cause(s). Cloud apps can use a lot of power day and night. Trash apps like WhatsApp, FB, etc waste power and abuse privacy.
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I am returning it also tomorrow.
I already did factory reset without any result.
Mobile network standby is killing the battery.
30% day and 60% overnight.
I tried everything without success.
Fingerprint Scanner also is terrible.
Bump.
I had big hopes for this phone.
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Damn, what carrier did you buy it from? I'm also disappointed in the performance of the finger print scanner. I was expecting that though and it works if you hold it. So that's not like a deal breaker but all the reviews I watched before purchasing were saying great things about the battery life. Google even advertises it as a 24hr battery life. Which I don't expect but I need to at least get to when I go to bed without charging.
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Damn, what carrier did you buy it from? I'm also disappointed in the performance of the finger print scanner. I was expecting that though and it works if you hold it. So that's not like a deal breaker but all the reviews I watched before purchasing were saying great things about the battery life. Google even advertises it as a 24hr battery life. Which I don't expect but I need to at least get to when I go to bed without charging.
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From Media Markt.
I am using o2 Deutschland.
Tried different carrier also.
Tried esim and physical card also.
Tried every combo on network preferences.
Mobile standby mode is not dropping below 25%.
Crazygrouzin said:
From Media Markt.
I am using o2 Deutschland.
Tried different carrier also.
Tried esim and physical card also.
Tried every combo on network preferences.
Mobile standby mode is not dropping below 25%.
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Have you installed the latest feature updates?
Do you use 5G and if not have you set your phone to use 4G instead?
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Have you installed the latest feature updates?
Do you use 5G and if not have you set your phone to use 4G instead?
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I installed the update.
I am using 4g.
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Have you installed the latest feature updates?
Do you use 5G and if not have you set your phone to use 4G instead?
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I'm using 5G and will try doing that next. I don't really need the 5G speeds but I like seeing the icon lol.
Just got another system UI crash
Disabling 5G seems to have actually made my battery life worse. My phone is at 12% after only 8hrs of use..... Usually it's at like 20% after 8hrs.
So on WiFi my battery is amazing. In the past 3hrs with high brightness and over and hour of video and the rest on apps it's only gone down 6% So if the network standby issue can be fixed my battery life would be great.
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So on WiFi my battery is amazing. In the past 3hrs with high brightness and over and hour of video and the rest on apps it's only gone down 6% So if the network standby issue can be fixed my battery life would be great.
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On safe boot.
Well this is not causing other app.
Hi guys! Having great battery life, Yesterday did 5.15hrs with still 33% normal usage wifi and 4g.
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Disabling 5G seems to have actually made my battery life worse. My phone is at 12% after only 8hrs of use..... Usually it's at like 20% after 8hrs.
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Is it a joke ? Have 8hr SOT and crying ?!
Don't read too much into the two-hour "battery usage" percentages. They don't have any relationship to how much total energy was used - they only show the relationship to other tasks running during that two hour period.
For example, we can assume that the "Mobile Network Standby" power usage is pretty consistent if you remain in the same physical location and make the same amount of cell phone calls/texts. However the bi-hourly use % will be wildly different depending on how the phone was being used. For example, you are showing 66% Mobile Network Standby when the phone is sitting idle and not being used. That is to be expected because the phone was literally not used at all so there are very few tasks using energy during that period of time. If you compare another time when the phone was being used, the Mobile Network Standby might only account for 22% of battery use during a 2 hour period. The actual energy used for Mobile Network Standby was the same in both cases, but the % changes depending on what other tasks were using energy. It doesn't mean that it used three times the energy when it shows 66% vs when it shows 22%.
You can see this same type of battery usage detail for the last 24 hours by clicking the drop down menu "System usage for past 24 hours" on the initial battery usage screen. This will show a more accurate accounting of how much actual power each app and system process used in the last 24 hours. Unfortunately it is only for 24 hours and not since the last full charge, so it can still be a skewed number because it still doesn't show how much battery power was used, but only what % of total battery use each item accounted for. In other words, you could charge and totally drain the phone 3 times in a day, and the percentages would still look relatively the same vs someone that didn't charge at all during the day.
I suspect you will see your Mobile Network Standby number run about 20-30% when you look at this number.
Plus, your first set of battery use images show the phone using about 55% during an 8 hour period. The second set of images show the phone using about 75% over a 12 hour period. Of course we don't really know what type of use you really had during those times, but that isn't terrible. That shows the phone should last about 16 hours based on your usage.
You are also showing about a 10% decrease in battery life when the phone is setting idle for 8 hours. Honestly this is about normal battery life and you shouldn't complain about it. These phone are going to use a little more than 1% total battery power per hour when they are sitting idle and on cellular (not wifi only). If you are seeing 2-3% battery use per hour while idle, then you should be more concerned.
I have 11h40 SOT with the Pixel 6 and it is more than enough for me.
I loose 8.2%/h with the screen on and 2.7% with the screen off
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Plus, your first set of battery use images show the phone using about 55% during an 8 hour period. The second set of images show the phone using about 75% over a 12 hour period. Of course we don't really know what type of use you really had during those times, but that isn't terrible. That shows the phone should last about 16 hours based on your usage.
You are also showing about a 10% decrease in battery life when the phone is setting idle for 8 hours. Honestly this is about normal battery life and you shouldn't complain about it. These phone are going to use a little more than 1% total battery power per hour when they are sitting idle and on cellular (not wifi only). If you are seeing 2-3% battery use per hour while idle, then you should be more concerned.
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This is from 93%.
I am taking in best case 4 hours sot.
All the other battery is drained by mobile standby.
I am loosing sometimes 4% with screen of and wifi turned on, when my old redmi note 10 pro loses 0%
I guess i get faulty phone.
But i am done with with pixels.
I have the S23 Ultra since February 3rd and battery life gets better and better.
I don't know what to say. I think this s23 ultra is faulty. I can't be at 29% battery used with over 6 hours screen on time! Light use, from 80% charge
15 hours total uptime, 8 and a half hours screen off time, gotta sleep sometime. LIGHT performance profile used and screen at 60hz cause 120hz my eyes can hardly see. It's smoother yes, but barely, battery life is king for me
All on WiFi, location on, most apps sleeping. Gobsmacked. It's beating the redmagic 8 pro that's in the household with its 6k mah battery.
I'm expecting a lot less using mobile data, surely
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I don't know what to say. I think this s23 ultra is faulty. I can't be at 29% battery used with over 6 hours screen on time! Light use, from 80% charge
15 hours total uptime, 8 and a half hours screen off time, hours sleep sometime. LIGHT performance profile and screen at 60hz cause 120hz my eyes can hardly see. It's smoother yes, but barely, battery life is king for me
All on WiFi, location on, most apps sleeping. Gobsmacked. It's beating the redmagic 8 pro that's in the household with its 6k mah battery.
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Amazing battery
This phone is perfect
Got it since February 10th in the USA and I can only say battery has been great. Compared to my other phones ( coming from a pixel 7 pro and a Xiaomi mi 11 5g) the battery life is just excellent on this s23 ultra, for such a big device and huge screen size I think Samsung finally nailed it. No sleeping apps, not profile settings just plain stock and so far so good. Wifi and data on 24/7, location on 24/7, VPN 24/7 . The browser times where spent a huge time watching videos from it, almost an hour of video calling and shooting some video and photos, couple of sessions of gaming.
Full Hd, adaptuve screen, performance mode
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How much do you lose on standby? Say overnight, while sleeping, over 8-10 hours how much do you lose ?
My last check yesterday was 3 percent
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My last check yesterday was 3 percent
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Thanks, is that with WiFi data Bluetooth GPS etc off? How many hours standby did you lose 3% on?
The amazing battery life has a lot to do with the display too. It is a hugely more efficient panel.
Samsung gave the Galaxy S23 series a new energy-efficient AMOLED display
Samsung confirmed that it has fitted the Galaxy S23 line with a new type of AMOLED display that saves on power.
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All on. Wifi. Data. Location. Bluetooth. Performance mode.
I'm so happy with this battery performance and am afraid to update OS when it comes out...Given the great track record of Samsung breaking things that don't need fixing, there's a high probability that the battery life will go for a toss
Had my s23 ultra since 7 Feb and consistently get just under 10 hours of SOT (most of my day is indoors on WiFi, with a 2 or 3 hours walk most afternoons in 4g)
I am running pretty.much on default settings for screen and battery - I just use my phone normally and forget about battery optimisation settings
This is the best battery.life EVER on a Samsung!
After 2 weeks with the 23u and my standard use of it i have from 85% to 30% (i never go below 30%) 4h SoT
https://imgur.com/a/SMF1J58
I think it is ok. I use performance mode, all location, Bluetooth with watch, some 5G, some WiFi etc.
I mostly read on phone, scrolling...
Thanos88 said:
How much do you lose on standby? Say overnight, while sleeping, over 8-10 hours how much do you lose ?
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In offline mode and closing all the app before sleeping I loose 0%
Fl1nt91 said:
In offline mode and closing all the app before sleeping I loose 0%
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Hmmm I need to change a setting then or something, I lose 2-3%
Fl1nt91 said:
In offline mode and closing all the app before sleeping I loose 0%
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Have you done anything specific in battery settings? Any debloating? Is this with wqhd + 120hz? Standard mode or lite mode? What's your battery settings ?
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Have you done anything specific in battery settings? Any debloating? Is this with wqhd + 120hz? Standard mode or lite mode? What's your battery settings ?
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Yes I did debloat, light batter profile and battery saving (it's more than powerfu enough).
Plus I have disabled all the nearby services for smarthings find the phone offline wifi quick share etc.
I don't like having the phone always sending radio signals around for no reason
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Yes I did debloat, light batter profile and battery saving (it's more than powerfu enough).
Plus I have disabled all the nearby services for smarthings find the phone offline wifi quick share etc.
I don't like having the phone always sending radio signals around for no reason
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Can you give a brief list of what you debloated?
Also, android system intelligence service, is that even a necessary app? Would cause any issues if I disabled/deleted it?
Thanos88 said:
Can you give a brief list of what you debloated?
Also, android system intelligence service, is that even a necessary app? Would cause any issues if I disabled/deleted it?
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Honestly I didn't track the changes, but I followed this guide
[DISCONTINUED] Samsung Galaxy One UI - Optimization Guide
THIS IS A SUGGESTED CONFIGURATION FOR SAMSUNG DEVICES OUT OF SUPPORT/CLOSED I - RECOMMENDED SETTINGS To Start With - Factory Reset before starting optimisations - Factory Reset after every Major update (One UI/Android) - Remove SIM before first...
forum.xda-developers.com
I wasn't even too much aggressive with debloating, maybe I'll go for a second round