Hi,
I am currently running a test to see how long my MDAC3 will run GPS continuously before the battery dies. I am curious if there is a higher battery usage with WM6.
I will be using:-
Tom Tom 6 (sceen on at all times, device set to run a route demo but also in a position to recieve GPS signal, device overclocked to 252mhz)
and
Memory Map 5 (set to goto backlight after 4 minutes but not turn off, device receiving GPS signal, deivce running at normal speed).
I did this when I first got the device and got the following run times for WM5:-
Tom Tom:- 4 hours 30 minutes
Memory Map:- 7 hours 50 minutes
I will post the results once the tests have been completed, Tom Tom one is running now.
Regards
Tom Tom Results.
Total run time was 4 hours 48 minutes.
First Battery reminder was after 4 hours 18 minutes.
Second Battery reminder was after 4 hours 38 minutes.
So 18 minutes longer than WM5.
Recharging now before starting the Memory Map test.
Regards
Memory Map Results.
Total run time was 7 hours 54 minutes.
Didn't record the first battery reminder times for this one.
Second battery reminder after 7 hours 40 minutes.
So it would appear WM6 and Toms ROM gives better battery usage than T-Mobiles orginal ROM on WM5.
I must admit I was a bit concerned when some folks reported poor battery results but I guess these must be device specific.
Regards
I should put my HTC Artemis to test.
Thanks for providing the results, gives me some idea of my potential usage as well.
spangelsaregreat said:
So 18 minutes longer than WM5.
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reliable and reproducible test ?!
from my pov and experience, I would say no more than 3 hours of autonomy with backlight turned on (mandatory for outdoors use) !
kulbut0r
Yes I would argue it is a reliable and reproducable result.
I have used Tom Tom a few times without the charger in the car and always get to the 4 hours mark before it dies.
I would also argue when using Memory Map there is no need to have full backlight on at all times. By letting it switch to minimum backlight after 4 minutes it saves battery time but keeps recording your track. If you want to check your position you simply touch the screen and the full backlight comes on.
The seven hours plus here reflects checking the screen about once and hour. Obviously if you check it more then the battery time will reduce.
Been using MM for 3 years in this fashion and get consistant results in line with my tests.
Regards
Related
Has anyone else experienced a huge decrease in XDA II Battery life since the 1.72 ROM Upgrade ?
My XDAII is approx 6 months old, and has had very little use (no voice, just email checking via POP3). Battery used to last about 3 - 4 days before the ROM upgrade, now I'm getting 12 hours if I'm lucky.
To make sure it wasn't any installed apps causing a big battery drain - I done a hard-reset, fully charged the XDAII, and 10 hours later my power has dropped from 100% to 12% ....
Alternatively, could the battery be at fault ? If so, are these warrantied (or are they classed as a consumable) - I'm on O2 UK if anyone has any experience of them !
Thanks
Mark
Aha .. may have 'identified' (but not solved the problem).
After monitoring my XDA for a short period, it appears that although the backlight is switching off, the unit isn't. You can still see the today screen at all times. Checking power settings / advanced tab, there is a tick in the (On Battery Power) - Turn off device if not used for 1 minute ... but it doesn't appear to be working. Have changed the time from 1 minute to 2 minutes, then 3 minutes, but the device does not turn off. Maybe that's what's causing the problem ... Unit on all the time, draining the battery - what do you guys think ?
Cheers
Mark
I searched, but I didn't find anything.
What is the maximum battery life when using only gps, all other things off or on minimum?
so far I have managed 3,5 days - using also other features (camera...). Battery level dropped to 31%
Thanks for answering, but I hardly believe that you managed to get 3,5 days with gps turned on and tracking. Maybe you meant 3,5 hours?
How about wifi? What are you getting for battery life with wifi on?
this morning i went to work (way of 20 min) with tomtom running and the battery is still 100% but the day before i used gps, wifi and bt a lot and the battery went down very fast, it lasts about 1,5 days.
Test turning on gps, wifi and bt together and you can watch the battery go down... like 10% in 10 min.
spaceKomet said:
Thanks for answering, but I hardly believe that you managed to get 3,5 days with gps turned on and tracking. Maybe you meant 3,5 hours?
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I was using gps for approx 1 hr/day. Making phone calls, photos, some other staff. No wifi, no bt, no fm. After 3,5 days I still had 31% battery
Could somebody with artemis make a test with nonstop turned gps on (, to see how many hours battery will last?
Tested
spaceKomet said:
Could somebody with artemis make a test with nonstop turned gps on (, to see how many hours battery will last?
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Approximaly 4 hours non stop
But what application were you using? - this can make a significant difference in term of CPU activity and therefore battery drain time can increase between different software packages - Mike
I was using Co-Pilot that comes with the o2 Orbirt with wifi on, blue toothon using hte bluetooth for a 2 hour phone call, along with 2 hours use of gps
I wouldhave got longer but my batter was only charged to 30% so from that i should be able to get 6 hours with all the main features on full wack
Hi,
I got hold of my MDA Compact 3 yesterday.
I expect to get a micro SD card for it on Monday. Once I have it I can do a test using Tom Tom and with Memory Map to see how long it lasts on battery alone.
The Tom Tom test will be done with the screen always on.
The Memory Map will be set for the backlight to go off after 5 minutes.
I use my JAMin with BT GPS for off road biking so I am interested to see what the run times will be.
Will post once I have the results on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Regards
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But what application were you using? - this can make a significant difference in term of CPU activity and therefore battery drain time can increase between different software packages - Mike
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Using tomtom 6 an playing The build in FM Radio,
Will post once I have the results on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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I'm looking forward to.
I drove from london to manchester, fully charged at start. Had the gps on for most of the journey (interestingly, if you turn the pda off - button at side - whilst tomtom running, then it continues to run in the background).
On arrival in manchester, (4 hours later because of traffic!) battery was 67%.
Had it on for 4 hours
I went around London for 4 hours with TT5.21 on all the time. Power came down to 10% after using the phone for several times
Was at work a bit later than expected so did not get a chance to run a full test.
However, setting up a demo to run continuously in Tom Tom (also it is connected to the GPS and receiving a signal) it has reached two hours and has 58% of the battery left.
So as long as it runs the same in the second half of the battery it should last for just over 4 hours using Tom Tom on the battery alone from a full charge.
Which is similar to pkexceed's results. ansaar99 must have an uber battery go get 4 hours and still have 67% of battery left.
Regards
Yes, people who have already received this unit, how is the battery life in a not very intensive use? It has something to do with the advertised 690 hours?
Thanks for the answers.
The Battery
The battery is more efficient than that of Desire and with the same use more than double the autonomy!
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The battery is more efficient than that of Desire and with the same use more than double the autonomy!
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Thanks for the reply.
And how many days does it last?
depends on your usage, coverage etc
i get 2-4 days on the wildfire
and 1-2 days on the nexus one
OK. Tank you for the information.
2 days, not so many calls.
but maps, wifi, game a lot.more than 1 hours a day.
feels good than other smart phone i used.
I'm not getting anywhere near this sort of battery life. I've had the phone just over a week, and I'm having to charge it twice a day. I woke up this morning and the battery was on red. Previously I'd thought it was feral apps, but today it had been on for 16 hours and reported
cell standby 34%
phone idle 33%
android system 19%
open gps tracker 6%
display 6%
voice calls 2%
(that's not the only apps I'd been running. I'd also used Google Listen and Hapi podcast)
I've tried the battery tuning techniques, so my battery must be as good as it can be.
Any suggestions welcome
Edit: I realised that I also had "Guardian Anywhere" that had downloaded the complete contents of a newspaper overnight, but didn't show up on battery usage. I think that might explain things. More later, when I see how it behaves with that off
full charged , i was listening for 4 consecutive hours music because of a trip , then normal usage with 3-4 phone calls about 20 minutes a day , camera , wifi , games , texting . battery lasted for 3 days ! it was very good . when im having long lasting phone calls (about 2 hours a day) while using apps too , i have to charge it every 2 days .
WOWWWWW i only get a day of battery with my wildfire with not much usage, also what is autonamy?
I get 1-3 days worth of usage.
Turn off GPS, Wifi and 3G when your not using it, saves a lot of batterytime.
Lasts me about 3 1/2 - 4 days.
That would include a total of 40-60 mins of calling and texting.
No browsing, music, videos or even gaming.
Before I put ATK, my battery lasted 2 days with minimal use. Now I have almost 4 days with normal use.
what is ATK ?
My only guess is Android Task Killer.
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To All the guys with 2-3 battery life, are u on stock Rom(2.1 or 2.2) or have you been using custom roms or some apps like setcpu?
My battery lasts just a day and I'm on official froyo.
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Just made a test : I flash the RUU (2.1, the same original version I had with the phone) did not install anything, no wifi, no 3g, no call ... and did not even use it, just waited.
result : from full to empty battery : 11 hours.
at beginning it was like one day, then i just turned off background data (had fb and gmail sync) and now it is 2-3 days , with moderate usage, calls, msgs, net, fb...
If I really use it (music, apps, games, wifi, BT, 3G, text, phone calls) lasts ~2 days.
Battery life depends also on the network coverage. When it is poor, the phone will consume more energy (must give more power to antenna). 3G consumes less energy when you are near the BTS (transmitter), but more when you are far from BTS. So, when you live in the city - choose 3G, when you live in the countryside - choose 2G. Battery off your phone will live longer
My desire HD battery gets drain very fast so is there any solution for it
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i can use my phone for a week. i have this.
offline
backround data OFF
freememoryrecover app each time before i end using my phone i kills all processes.
no wifi or gps or any sort of connection,screen 11% light, when outside or in a car 30% is enough to see.
2.3.3 is good in battery managment. and battery saving mode ON!
i check if i missed any calls twice or once a day and theb back to OFFline mode.
one week can last this phone! screen max at 11% brightness MAX 20 minutes each
day. and itt last 1 week 4-7 days how u use it!
Pruikki said:
i can use my phone for a week. i have this.
offline
backround data OFF
freememoryrecover app each time before i end using my phone i kills all processes.
no wifi or gps or any sort of connection,screen 11% light, when outside or in a car 30% is enough to see.
2.3.3 is good in battery managment. and battery saving mode ON!
i check if i missed any calls twice or once a day and theb back to OFFline mode.
one week can last this phone! screen max at 11% brightness MAX 20 minutes each
day. and itt last 1 week 4-7 days how u use it!
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wow whats the point of having a smart phone, why dont you just use an old school nokia and it'll last you a week adn do more than you just described? how about charging it so you can use your phone lol
Pruikki said:
i can use my phone for a week. i have this.
offline
backround data OFF
freememoryrecover app each time before i end using my phone i kills all processes.
no wifi or gps or any sort of connection,screen 11% light, when outside or in a car 30% is enough to see.
2.3.3 is good in battery managment. and battery saving mode ON!
i check if i missed any calls twice or once a day and theb back to OFFline mode.
one week can last this phone! screen max at 11% brightness MAX 20 minutes each
day. and itt last 1 week 4-7 days how u use it!
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Sage advice if you don't want to get any of the benefits or joy the DHD can bring as a very powerful smartphone.
The alternative is to come to terms with the fact that the DHD has one of the smallest battery (1230mAH) to screen size ratios on the market so if you use it regularly you'll be doing well to last a full day.
eg. Downloading on a mobile network with a comfortable brightness outdoors or under office lighting can easily yield a current of 550mA, ie just over 2 hours constant use. Indoors with lower lighting on Wi-Fi this drops to about 200-250mA so more like 5-6 hours use.
I'm long past trying to squeeze days out of it because I'm much happier using and enjoying it to it's potential and just keep a few cheapy USB cables for charging scattered around home, office and in my car. I also bought a spare battery for less than £10 as a back-up (but have yet to use it due to just keeping my phone plugged-in when I can).
Trust me, you can drive yourself mad obsessing about the battery life when there's so much more you can be doing with the phone. Enjoy it and charge it often.
Just don't leave wifi,bluetooth and mobile data on when you're not using them.
I dont use Wifi, always on 3G, screen brightness to automatic, I listen about 2-3 hours of music, use Whatsapp and Ping alot sometimes make phonecalls/sms messages, surf the web for max 20 minutes, and I get about 1 day and 10 hours. My record once was 2 days and 17 hours xD
SO I have had the SW3 for about 4 days now and the battery life is excellent! Here are my results so far
- Day 2- Took off charger at 7 am, some e-mails, texts, 4 mile (35 minute) run with GPS and Bluetooth on watch, by 9 pm, I had around 45% left
- Day 3 - Off charger at 7 am, some emails, texts, no workout, by 9pm had around 65%
- Day 4 - 7 am off charger, lots of voice interactions, music for 1 hour, 9pm at 59%
Update
- Day 5 Morning: 7 am off charger, noon, with 3 emails, 1 call, 5 texts checked, battery at 86%
- Day 5 Full Day: 7 am off charger, 10pm, 25 emails, 10 texts, 3 calls, battery at 57%
I am sure if you just use it for normal emails, basic usage and not the GPS/Bluetooth music, this will easily go 1.75-2 days. Plus with more tweaks from google, I expect this only to get better
Thanks for your interesting remarks, I'm receiving mine tomorrow
What do you think about the accuracy of the SW3 GPS compared the GPS in your phone?. My Nexus 5 is accurate enough but only when I hold it in my hand... Once I put it in a pocket I get at least 10% more distance in Endomondo due to all the zigzagging.
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Thanks for your interesting remarks, I'm receiving mine tomorrow
What do you think about the accuracy of the SW3 GPS compared the GPS in your phone?. My Nexus 5 is accurate enough but only when I hold it in my hand... Once I put it in a pocket I get at least 10% more distance in Endomondo due to all the zigzagging.
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I just checked my tracks and I have 4 saved runs (3-5miles each). They are pretty spot on GPS wise and as good as my garmin FR620 running watch. The Garmin locks to the sattelites much faster (10-15 seconds), while the sony takes 20-30 seconds. The biggest thing at the moment is the lack of app support...I need something with speed and laps...tracks only has time and distance.
Off at 8am, at 3pm is 86% with regular use. Going to try it overnight and see how long I really can get
It is better than my moto x, so the driving force will be my phone that needs a charge first.
So how did you fare? Or is it still going? I'm interested as I'm on the fence for this watch as well...
24 hour report....
Off charger at 8am, normal usage, (calls, texts, voice), at 24 hour mark it was at 50%. . I did put it on night stand at night (off wrist) , but pretty good to me. I imagine you could easily get 36-40 hours on this until you charge it on the second night after work .
On another test, it seems music drains the battery at around 10% an hour if Bluetooth streaming.
I sleep with the watch and charge it at the same time every day for about 20mins and it's at 50% in average - So seems reasonable to expect 48h of battery.
I sleep and run with it and only throw on charger when in shower and never have had it go below 30% yet. GPS will bring down much faster but quickly charges back up
After a day of heavy usage, showing it off, playing with it, using voice commands and a bit of navigation I had 48% battery after 08:00 to 22:40.
Mine can only last about 14 hours....
Noticed that since a couple of days the battery use increased drastically (wouldn't last 24h now). I just upgraded my Phone firmware - not sure if it's related.
Be carefull if you use watchface like F03 from Smartwatch Bureaux, some have severe bug and drain 10% bat by hour even if you do not use it on watchface on screen but it is installed on your watch.
My watch lost 20%+ over night (7hrs approx) in airplane mode. Anyone else monitored airplane mode loss?
The battery used to last about 2 days, but has recently dropped to less than one day.
what do you mean with "it last 2 days" ? Because at least this watch can last 36-38 hours. If you use it for 12 hour per day,ok, it last "2 days"; but if you are telling me that your sw3 live for 48 hour in a row :silly::silly::silly::silly: i cannot believe it x)
I got 36-44 in a row with normal use
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I got 36-44 in a row with normal use
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really ? how many app do you have ? the screen was always off ?
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really ? how many app do you have ? the screen was always off ?
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You can see my posts on this thread about this. I have easily had 34+ hours on a charge without issue. I dont use facer and use itellicom watch faces, which do not eat up much battery. It is on always on mode (with ambient). I dont check my watch for the time that much and only for notifications.
I have these items installed
- Keep
- Calculator
- Runkeeper
- Mini maps
- Wear launcher
- Fit
- Audio recording
- Flashlight
- Play Music
I get maybe 10-20 emails a day on the watch, like 5-10 text messages and use it for running with runkeeper and playing music.
gs05 said:
You can see my posts on this thread about this. I have easily had 34+ hours on a charge without issue. I dont use facer and use itellicom watch faces, which do not eat up much battery. It is on always on mode (with ambient). I dont check my watch for the time that much and only for notifications.
I have these items installed
- Keep
- Calculator
- Runkeeper
- Mini maps
- Wear launcher
- Fit
- Audio recording
- Flashlight
- Play Music
I get maybe 10-20 emails a day on the watch, like 5-10 text messages and use it for running with runkeeper and playing music.
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Well, i have: evernote, @here,fit ,wear mini launcher and MIB. Screen is always on with the minimun intensity. I use only stock watchfaces plus 30-40 whatsapp per day and i get 50% every 12 hours. Hope my watch is fine