I am LOVING this phone but this is a bit ridiculous.
I was browsing xda and various other forums on wifi @ 30% brightness for 1.5hr tops.
Seems like the browser is draining way too much juice, I have the GSM 1750mah version all stock.
Try force stopping the Browser then temporarily disabling it. Install Opera or Dolphin and browse for awhile.
Looks normal to me. If all you did with your phone was read XDA via the browser with the screen on as much as it looks like it was on, then yeah, you're gonna get like 5 hours of battery life with the majority of that battery life being occupied by the screen and the browser.
Why were you not using the app to surf the forums? Not that it should matter too much but it does make a difference. And yes that is normal for screen on for 3 hours straight and using network the whole time. Also, changing the browser isn't going to magically fix your battery woes. Finally, watch how many tabs you have open, just checked my browser and had about 13 tabs open since yesterday.
Also not to mention, you're using the browser where you're seeing a lot of whites.
Whites on AMOLED screens use more power than blacks.
Try investing into XDA Premium ($0.99) and set it to black. It'll help.
Can you guys recommend a rom with good battery life
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have been noticing this for the past few weeks with this phone......while browsing the interent my battery drains fast and i mean 10% in say 5-10 Minutes
its fine for phone calls....and ok for just everything else...but wether it be the stock or dolphin HD the phone will get pretty hot and go threw battery like its nothing
any others with a similar issue?
Don't know if this has anything to do with it but I noticed keeping my brightness on 'auto' doesn't seem to help the battery, in fact it just seems to make it worse. 50% is fine, or drag it down as far as you can tolerate. This screen is amazingly visible even with the backlight down really low, even in sunlight.
I actually noticed this today (I do not normally use my browser) on the phone much since I have no need to do so yet today I was bored and just wanted to goof around and noticed the same behavior.
I haven't used Dolphin in many phones, and the stock brower feels odd. I usually stick to Opera Mobile (or mini, whichever one recompresses via OperaTurbo) and haven't noticed this. Plus nothing scrolls as smooth as Opera.
Opera doesn't have built-in flash support. Maybe the flash is murdering your battery? It's been a concern in the past, I wouldn't be surprised.
This is true when browsing it drains the battery most. Has anybody tried using another browser and has the same drainage?its 3g radio or something else
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The stock browser has its own brightness control independent from system brightness. Might want to try lowering that a bit. But yes, overall battery life on this phone is not good at all, hence I went back to my Nexus.
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daneurysm said:
I haven't used Dolphin in many phones, and the stock brower feels odd. I usually stick to Opera Mobile (or mini, whichever one recompresses via OperaTurbo) and haven't noticed this. Plus nothing scrolls as smooth as Opera.
Opera doesn't have built-in flash support. Maybe the flash is murdering your battery? It's been a concern in the past, I wouldn't be surprised.
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Has nothing to do with Flash. Just the way amoled screens are. If it's not a solid black background it's using a lot of juice.
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Hey, pretty much trying to get an idea of which browser you think leads to the best battery life? This is pretty much opinion and depends on use age, but I'd also love to see real results!
Personally, so far I've only compared chrome and the stock ICS browser. I mostly use the phone for web browsing, and have had the best screen on time with chrome. Honestly, I haven't noticed much a of a difference between either, but would love to know what your experience has been!
Stock?
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Its more important to check your connection and brightness when browsing, which browser really doesn't matter that much browsing black pages is better for your battery than another browser haha.
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Well, I was kind of assuming The same screen conditions and such
There are differences though. According to betterbatterystats, the stock browser has very few wake up calls in an hour of use age (<10) whereas chrome would easily have over 100 wake ups in an hour of useage. Also, many different apps drain our batteries at differrent speeds. I don't really expect much of a difference, but would be interesting to see if maybe there is. I haven't been able to find anything to show which might be best as far as battery use.
Stock gives best battery due to the black invert setting. I use ics+ browser even better. Hope chrome gets this setting.
This is from my first full charge cycle. Completely stock. Amazing! This is 3.5 hours screen on and 2 hours voice calls. It's not letting me upload those screen shots for some reason.
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thats pretty good!
Yeah mine has been pretty solid as well. Yesterday after 17hrs I was still at 35% which is better than most Android phones I've had.
I really think that galaxy nexus standby is amazing but the screen is the only thing that really drains the battery. So if you don't use it heavily, you should be fine. I use my nexus moderately and I still get through a day with about 40% left.
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Pretty good... i find voice calls and cell signal to be main battery drain cause on Sprint's turtle 3G network.
With 2100mah extended battery, 15% juice left unplugged at 8:30am, replugging in at 10pm, 2.5hr screen, 1hr gps, 30min voice
2nd full charge cycle
Here are the results from my 2nd full charge cycle:
40+ hours off charger; 4.5 hours screen-on time. Remarkably good.
How are you getting such good battery life? i can't seem to even last a whole work day, requiring me to charge before I leave the office.
I just got my replacement, so hopefully it will be better this time around.
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How are you getting such good battery life? i can't seem to even last a whole work day, requiring me to charge before I leave the office.
I just got my replacement, so hopefully it will be better this time around.
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I use 30-40% brightness. Black wallpaper. Other than that, nothing special. I only have 1 gmail account syncing, unlike some of the people on here that have 3 or 4 email accounts syncing. I also only have like 2-3 widgets running (beautiful widgets smaller home, audiomanager pro, astrid, and maybe one or two others). And most of the screen on time is doing relatively simple tasks like web browsing, reading xda, google talk, etc. Nothing too terribly intensive like video.
Based on my experience though it seems like pretty much anybody except the heaviest of users should be able to get at least a full day's use out of it, and lighter users should easily be able to get 2.
Is yours GSM? I hear the Vzw/Sprint ones get far worse battery life.
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I really think that galaxy nexus standby is amazing but the screen is the only thing that really drains the battery. So if you don't use it heavily, you should be fine. I use my nexus moderately and I still get through a day with about 40% left.
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I agree. I ended a day with ~70% battery left, and most of my usage was the screen (~30 minutes or something). I haven't had any issues with my battery dying on me yet. If I left the screen off all day, I could probably use 10-15%.
Nvm
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chrikenn said:
I use 30-40% brightness. Black wallpaper. Other than that, nothing special. I only have 1 gmail account syncing, unlike some of the people on here that have 3 or 4 email accounts syncing. I also only have like 2-3 widgets running (beautiful widgets smaller home, audiomanager pro, astrid, and maybe one or two others). And most of the screen on time is doing relatively simple tasks like web browsing, reading xda, google talk, etc. Nothing too terribly intensive like video.
Based on my experience though it seems like pretty much anybody except the heaviest of users should be able to get at least a full day's use out of it, and lighter users should easily be able to get 2.
Is yours GSM? I hear the Vzw/Sprint ones get far worse battery life.
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...your setup works on my GNex!
thanks
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I bet it's not LTE
CoronaDelux said:
How are you getting such good battery life? i can't seem to even last a whole work day, requiring me to charge before I leave the office.
I just got my replacement, so hopefully it will be better this time around.
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I'm guessing it isn't using LTE. If I only connect by wifi and turn off data syncing then I can get more than a day too (with moderate use).
LTE really drains the battery.
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I'm guessing it isn't using LTE. If I only connect by wifi and turn off data syncing then I can get more than a day too (with moderate use).
LTE really drains the battery.
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Correct it is gsm, not lte.
That's impressive! Stock rom allows you to get at least 20 hours of WiFi/3G with 3-4 hrs of screen. Auto brightness. Here in Europe we don't have LTE, so our batteries could last a little bit more.
avarage battery use is over 13 hours (cm9+franco kernel).
10 hours and 53 min it dropped to 94% worth mentioning I didn't even touch the phone, can't seem to post a screen shot of it
Right now I am at 45% and I used it quiet heavily today
I didn't charge the phone even if it sems like it
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Some of the best I've seen so far from my phone (about two weeks old) is posted here. Almost 36 hours of uptime! Wifi on the whole time, had a signal for most of it too, but guarantee there were some times that I didn't (because I was trying to use the phone then). This includes time spent playing some games as well. I've fired up Osmos HD, Everlands, Swords and Soldiers, and Draw Something at some point during that charge for at least a few iterations of play on each game. Decent amount of browsing, including hits from Google Shopper for some price comparisons. I'm syncing one Google account and one Exchange account, with black wallpaper, auto brightness (not tuned) and the calendar, news and weather, settings, and prepaid usage widgets. Stock ICS and unrooted.
i have ext battery and can run (what seems like) forever
Background: Rooted, stock rom.
- Just bought the phone on Saturday, charged it fully and played around with it on Sunday literally just moderate texting, making short calls, and taking a couple of pictures and the battery pretty much dies by 2 PM. Will the battery life improve over time?
This is with the settings tweaked to maximum battery conservation (15% screen brightness, NFC/S Beam off, No motion controls, battery savings on, the works.)
- Also, in that time the phone seemed to be fairly hot, I cannot recall the temperature, but it was hot to the touch. And when I tried downloading the OTA update from T-mobile, the bottom half of the phone (everything below the battery) became drastically hot. But the battery remained relatively cool. Is this something I should worry about?
I'd just like to know so I can exchange the phone while I still can.
I just got mine on Friday and I noticed the same issue. It seems to get hot whenever its doing something data intensive live streaming a youtube vid or downloading a app.
Thanks for the response.
I used it for about 15 minutes this morning reading a web page on Chrome and it seemed to get warm.
Also streamed HD YouTube as well as Spotify for about 15 minutes and it's still warm.
The thing is, these are the first really data-intensive things that I have done so far.
I'm going to go through a whole day just to see what happens.
Forgot to add that I even reduced my CPU through SetCPU to 1.2Ghz the since I rooted it
It's at 87% after 2h 20m 46s on battery.
With only 42m 23s of screen time.
It should calm down after a couple of charge cycles. For battery. Also make sure auto brightness, auto sync is off, gps, motIon control, voIce cmd, etc.
I dont use the battery saving feature and get great life. But I remember a few times it getting hot after a fresh flash but it always calmed down for me. Getting warm is normal, especially if on the charger while using.
Theres a lot of features I like but dont use much so for me its worth the few extra seconds to turn it on/off.
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I am having the same issues. I got acwhite one last week and it is constantly hot near the home button. I am probably gonna revert to stock and return for another. My s2 did not do this.
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It's at 87% after 2h 20m 46s on battery.
With only 42m 23s of screen time.
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13% drain for almost 45mins screen time.
Sick
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So I have completed my school day.
11h 25m 45s on battery
Battery percentage is at 57%.
I barely used the phone however.
Sent about 10 texts, went on Chrome and searched the web for about 15 minutes, took 8 pictures, instagram for 3 minutes.
Also kept getting e-mails (probably like 10 of them)
I turned on Power Saving mode as well.
Screen is the highest with 1h 32m 24s using 38% on my battery.
Would this be normal on the stock T-mobile rom with no updates?
I've never had an Android phone before so I wouldn't know.
But after researching, some people managed to be at around 70% usage by the end of the day. While doing more intensive tasks.
It's probably the service when you're inside buildings. If it's bad service it'll drain your battery.. if it's constantly trying to connect 4g you're going to have a short time *insert ski instructor meme*
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I suggest you guys flash Exajoule. His ROM is insane on battery & its really fast as well.
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I had the heats issues and ot turned out to be a borked phone. I returned for a swap and the new s3 is worlds apart from the last. Less heat and better performance
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You should check to see what's consuming CPU... (long press the home button, and go into the task manager...) should see something consuming cpu...
(when my phone's warm, it's generally because something's gone psycho on cpu use...)
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You should check to see what's consuming CPU... (long press the home button, and go into the task manager...) should see something consuming cpu...
(when my phone's warm, it's generally because something's gone psycho on cpu use...)
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Or better yet in dev options turn on Show cpu Usage. In the top right corner of your screen it will show whats running.
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Teo032 said:
It's probably the service when you're inside buildings. If it's bad service it'll drain your battery.. if it's constantly trying to connect 4g you're going to have a short time *insert ski instructor meme*
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At home, I literally get 0-2 bars. But at school I can consistently get anywhere from 1-4 bars.
This could possibly be it, but I am not too sure how much my signal fluctuates throughout the school.
Britannia, troklwit
belial20xx said:
I had the heats issues and ot turned out to be a borked phone. I returned for a swap and the new s3 is worlds apart from the last. Less heat and better performance
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I had given my local T-mobile store a call and they said that smartphones should be regularly heating.
It's strange to me how I can do a task a simple as texting and it heats up though.
How long did you have the borked S3 for?
I 2nd the bad carrier coverage notion. Just as a test, I put my phone into airplane mode while watching a video. I watched the same video while out of airplane mode. The battery drained faster while on the carrier's network than not. I noticed the signal meter was at 3 bars before I played the video.
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Or better yet in dev options turn on Show cpu Usage. In the top right corner of your screen it will show whats running.
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I haven't tried that... though most of the time my phone's running cool...
Better Through Time
I decided to instal CM10 on my phone and it really did help.
I just got home from school/finished most of my day and here's the update:
63% left
9h 45m 29s on battery
1h 21m 33s screen on time
This makes me feel so much better considering that I actually used the device more today than ever before.
(HD YouTube videos, streamed Spotify, lots of internet browsing, more calls/texts.)
Even with the added usage CM10 seemed to have improved my battery life by a lot!
Not sure if I can totally attribute it to CM10 or just more charge cycles, but everything seems to be working better for me.
Thanks for all of the help!
The phone still runs hot sometimes but it has decreased over the last couple of days.
I have noticed on my phone that since installing Liquid Smooth rom has resulted in much better battery life than on the stock rom. However, ever since I have owned the phone, if i have the screen on for more than 10 minutes or so the screen gets really warm right above the home button. Anybody else experiencing this?
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I have noticed on my phone that since installing Liquid Smooth rom has resulted in much better battery life than on the stock rom. However, ever since I have owned the phone, if i have the screen on for more than 10 minutes or so the screen gets really warm right above the home button. Anybody else experiencing this?
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Same problem. I just assume that's where the processor is? It doesn't bother me. Its quite funny because the top of my screen is cold. And it doesn't get hot when I'm using it for browsing, texting, the usual. Not unless I play a game.
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trimble83 said:
I have noticed on my phone that since installing Liquid Smooth rom has resulted in much better battery life than on the stock rom. However, ever since I have owned the phone, if i have the screen on for more than 10 minutes or so the screen gets really warm right above the home button. Anybody else experiencing this?
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I'm assuming that Samsung's stock TouchWiz isn't as optimized as the ROMs that the devs make on here.
Which is a definite plus to having a device that has a strong community of developers behind it.
That happens to me as well. I have kind of gotten used to it. Just slip on a case so when you hold it your hand doesn't get sweaty and you should be fine. I would assume that's where the processor lives, but I am not too certain.
I've seen some discussions with mentions of 5+ hours of SOT, while I'm getting just over 3 and low battery warnings. Looking at the usage nothing stands out to me as unusual consumption, so how come some of you are getting far better?
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I've seen some discussions with mentions of 5+ hours of SOT, while I'm getting just over 3 and low battery warnings. Looking at the usage nothing stands out to me as unusual consumption, so how come some of you are getting far better?
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Do you use the Facebook app? That's one of the worst apps ever made. It's a battery killer. You can use the browser and setup notifications instead. I've read of that helping. I've never used that app mostly because I don't use Facebook at all. I leave everything on with adaptive screen set to half on slider. I can have my phone off the charger for 48hrs and get close to 8hrs screen time. My usage is mostly reading news, web browsing and XDA. I don't take a lot of photos and I always have wifi access about %99 of the time. If you have low cell service or use LTE a lot your battery will drain quickly too. There are many variables though with apps and usage. Apps really are the biggest problem for most people. Facebook being on the top of that list. IMO. If I can get a full days use off the charger. That's good enough for me. The Pixel battery is the best I have used. Better than my 6P which lasted me all day as well.
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Do you use the Facebook app? That's one of the worst apps ever made. It's a battery killer. You can use the browser and setup notifications instead. I've read of that helping. I've never used that app mostly because I don't use Facebook at all. I leave everything on with adaptive screen set to half on slider. I can have my phone off the charger for 48hrs and get close to 8hrs screen time. My usage is mostly reading news, web browsing and XDA. I don't take a lot of photos and I always have wifi access about %99 of the time. If you have low cell service or use LTE a lot your battery will drain quickly too. There are many variables though with apps and usage. Apps really are the biggest problem for most people. Facebook being on the top of that list. IMO. If I can get a full days use off the charger. That's good enough for me. The Pixel battery is the best I have used. Better than my 6P which lasted me all day as well.
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Yeah, use both Facebook and Facebook Messenger...
Carry a watch.. Saves battery
I too use facebook/messenger but I still get 4-5 hours screen on time. Somethings that help, custom kernels/ root+Naptime/greenify. If you have wifi calling, turn on airplane with wifi. Turn off auto brightness/NFC/Bluetooth though I use those except NFC. I hear too if you can ditch chrome and use another browser it helps a lot, I however like having my bookmarks and all.
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Gizmoe said:
Do you use the Facebook app? That's one of the worst apps ever made. It's a battery killer. You can use the browser and setup notifications instead. I've read of that helping. I've never used that app mostly because I don't use Facebook at all. I leave everything on with adaptive screen set to half on slider. I can have my phone off the charger for 48hrs and get close to 8hrs screen time. My usage is mostly reading news, web browsing and XDA. I don't take a lot of photos and I always have wifi access about %99 of the time. If you have low cell service or use LTE a lot your battery will drain quickly too. There are many variables though with apps and usage. Apps really are the biggest problem for most people. Facebook being on the top of that list. IMO. If I can get a full days use off the charger. That's good enough for me. The Pixel battery is the best I have used. Better than my 6P which lasted me all day as well.
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That's not true. I have Facebook and messenger installed on my phone and with normal usage, I can last a full day with at least 20% left
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That's not true. I have Facebook and messenger installed on my phone and with normal usage, I can last a full day with at least 20% left
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Read the op and look at the pics. This is a discussion about SOT. Not whether you get through the day or not. It looks like the OP gets through a day just fine. I'm not just making up Facebook's issues. It's well documented as has affected every version of Android/iOS and every device. Just search Facebook app battery drain online and see how much info there is. It's definitely an issue. I can get through 2 days with this phone without charging. If I used Facebook it would be one day. There is definitely a noticeable difference. But as I said, if you can get through the day just fine before you charge it. Then it's not really an issue. Unless you are away from a charger for days at a time.