Do HD games drain your battery....? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was wondering how long all you Xperia Play users battery life is when playing HD games like GTA 3, Shadowgun, Nova 2, Modern Combat 3 and all other high intense graphical games.
I play Nova 2 for about 15 mins and I lose 23% !
Is there anyway I can reduce this ? because just say if I go on a long journey say about 3 hours if I play these games my Xperia Play would die before even reaching to my destination !
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Most Xperia Play games drain alot of battery unfortunately.
I'm not sure if the HD makes a difference as its not true HD, just higher resolution textures.
The Play is better suited for emulators anyway as the touch pads are God awful
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well the gameloft games dont drain that much battery for me.
in general i can say: 1 hour gaming = 20% battery
one exception is EAs dead space. drains about 40% in 30 minutes.

I guess you could turn down your brightness..

CTU_Loscombe said:
Most Xperia Play games drain alot of battery unfortunately.
I'm not sure if the HD makes a difference as its not true HD, just higher resolution textures.
The Play is better suited for emulators anyway as the touch pads are God awful
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I guess my best bet would be to get a higher capacity battery ?

ridder215215 said:
I guess you could turn down your brightness..
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Yeah true but I only have it about at 25%

just to be a fun loving ass...
everything drains your battery...

sufy1000 said:
I guess my best bet would be to get a higher capacity battery ?
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That would probably be a good idea. I think I'm gonna do that as this ICX Beta drains battery so much, yet I love it too much to flash something over it lol
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[Q] Megaman Legends 2?

How does it play on the Xperia Play? I am getting so tempted to by this device along with the Mugen 3600mah battery and 64 GB micro sd. Anybody else have this set up with extended battery and sd? How it is for daily use also hows the battery life? Hows netflix on it?
youngronn said:
How does it play on the Xperia Play? I am getting so tempted to by this device along with the Mugen 3600mah battery and 64 GB micro sd. Anybody else have this set up with extended battery and sd? How it is for daily use also hows the battery life? Hows netflix on it?
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Battery life on the Xperia Play is not good. You can get a day of use with moderate usage. It drains a lot when using wifi and playing games.
When you play HD games like GTA 3, Shadowgun then your battery is gonna drain like hell !
I was expecting better.
Lol? I optimized my device so much that the stock battery lasts like three days. The battery life on this thing is amazing, just use it wisely and optimize stuff.
rubbergnome said:
Lol? I optimized my device so much that the stock battery lasts like three days. The battery life on this thing is amazing, just use it wisely and optimize stuff.
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What do you mean by ' optimize ' and how long do you charge your phone for ?
And do you play games on it and use wifi heavily ?
rubbergnome said:
Lol? I optimized my device so much that the stock battery lasts like three days. The battery life on this thing is amazing, just use it wisely and optimize stuff.
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Yea, what have you done that your phone lasts for THREE DAYS?
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I have wifi constantly on but use the the general mode on both juice defender and easy battery saver and don't even get a days usage really (although I did just reinstall easy battery saver today). I haven't even played on any games. That's quite bad I think so what could I do to improve this? Not rooted
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Nothing too serious, i'm quite a noob at this stuff (first android device). I just rooted, cleaned the bloatware, frozen other stuff like the stock launcher, installed a very light launcher, disabled the boot animation (boots so much faster), did the adb setinstalllocation 2 trick, and a couple of other things. I mean, i always have low brightness and i only have wifi on when i need it, but i do play games. Of course the three days mark is only achieved when i don't play, but it definitely got even more awesome than out of the box (even there, it rocked, at least for me).
Anyone know if Ice Cream Sandwich update will improve battery life ?
reply to youngronn
I actually run the exact same stuff you wish to purchase, and i can kill the phone in 1 day if i play castlevania, symphony of night for about 11 hours straight, other than that for an average day of minimal use, maybe a half hour web browsing or so its drains about 6-7% in the approx 10 hours off the charger.
this is overclocked to 1.5ghz with a slight undervolt. the 64gb microsd works fine, i have aroundabout 10gb left free on it, as does the majority of psx emulation using fpse, n64 is a bit more spotty, everything older runs 100% perfect.
i cant comment on netflix because it isnt available where i live.
Confused...The title of thread is mega man legends 2.....so where is this game available for Xperia play? Is it on an emulator or gameloft?
Ios suckkss.
I just finished playing Asphalt 6 HD for 15 mins and I lost 16% !
So if was to play for an hour my phone would shut down right?
How about that right? How can this happen?
Why me?
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Mael5trom said:
I actually run the exact same stuff you wish to purchase, and i can kill the phone in 1 day if i play castlevania, symphony of night for about 11 hours straight, other than that for an average day of minimal use, maybe a half hour web browsing or so its drains about 6-7% in the approx 10 hours off the charger.
this is overclocked to 1.5ghz with a slight undervolt. the 64gb microsd works fine, i have aroundabout 10gb left free on it, as does the majority of psx emulation using fpse, n64 is a bit more spotty, everything older runs 100% perfect.
i cant comment on netflix because it isnt available where i live.
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Thanks are you running on the 3600mah battery?
And its a psx game ran off the emulator to the guy asking.
Also is there a compatibility list on this forum for PSX and N64 games?
I've searched and haven't seen one.
Most users who are saying that are saying that their battery lasts for 2 days or more are those who leave their xperia play on standby most of the time. Only use it a little bit here and there and a bit of gaming. Or are using a 3600mah battery.
In no way can you get 2 days of gaming full whack usage from the stock battery.
Played 9mm HD on stock GB 2.3.4 no overclock,oem stock battery
with 100% brightness,Wifi On,Multiplayer online,no data (airplane mode)
after 3- 4 hours of non stop playing,then it's shut off.
Phu_Kang said:
Played 9mm HD on stock GB 2.3.4 no overclock,oem stock battery
with 100% brightness,Wifi On,Multiplayer online,no data (airplane mode)
after 3- 4 hours of non stop playing,then it's shut off.
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Your rooted that's why. I'm not.
You have deleted all that bloatware and stopped excess processes from running.
sufy1000 said:
Your rooted that's why. I'm not.
You have deleted all that bloatware and stopped excess processes from running.
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yes i'm rooted,but not all of the bloatware i deleted,just foursquare,uefa champion,xperia hotshot,madden nfl.
Phu_Kang said:
yes i'm rooted,but not all of the bloatware i deleted,just foursquare,uefa champion,xperia hotshot,madden nfl.
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What's your set up then ? you using a battery saver ?
sufy1000 said:
What's your set up then ? you using a battery saver ?
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no,i didn't use anything to improve my battery life.
seriously,the battery are good to me,compare with my previous galaxy s2,xplay will give you aproximately around 30 min -1 hour more life.
i saw your post about battery life in another thread,but i forgot which is was.
seriously,maybe there is something wrong with your device/battery.
xplay does really have good battery life,at least for me.

[Q]Best games for One X regarding battery drain

Soo, I only have one game currently in my One X which is Angry Birds Space but there is just a minor issue with that one..... It drains the battery at the rate of 1% per 1min. For me this seems pretty high.. With my iPad 2 I can play Angry Birds 30min and only lose 3-4% battery, yes it has bigger battery but still.
One X is my first proper fast phone so I really don't have anything to compare it with but it just does not seem right. Is Angry Birds Space somehow using more resources than it should or is the drivers for Tegra just so messed up that it uses all CPU even when not needed?
To the topic then.. Can you guys recommend some games that do not drain battery like hell? Or is it like this with every game?
Yes, HOX CPU consumes alot of power, but i only notice that when running Tegra HD games. Tried Andry bird space one, didn't like it seems like its not optimised for larger screens.
Games i currently have on my phone, Temple Run, Soulcraft THD, Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave. Had others, but can't remember...
I'm running on GSM version with Quad Core, it does drain quicker with Tegra games. I find that turning off auto brightness, and setting screen brightness to the lowest comfortable setting for you game does make the battery last slightly more...
I been playing dude perfect.
It's like angry birds but its basketball related. Shooting hoops with rebounds etc.
I played a good 3 hours and 20 mins before I got the 14% battery warning.
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mickfitz said:
I been playing dude perfect.
It's like angry birds but its basketball related. Shooting hoops with rebounds etc.
I played a good 3 hours and 20 mins before I got the 14% battery warning.
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you battery was full? -.-
I drained the battery to 5% in 2 hours of playing Defense Zone HD. And yes the phone was almost at 100% before I started playing. So if you are outside and about to play few hours on your One X, better carry a portable charger with you...
Except the game I have Wifi on around the clock and auto brightness of the screen.

my battery goes off soon in Real Racing 3 game

Recently i installed Real Racing 3 Game in my office mobile Note II. When ever i play, battery drains faster and also too much of heat from back side. is this common to all???
I came to know that too much of RAM usage generate heat, but when i try Task-manage, ram useage was just 800mb / 1.75 GB.
Any help.
I get the same when playing alot of HD games. This has been common since my G1 days.
Small device with the power of a computer and no fan its sure the generate heat.
I always turn the phone off with the battery out to let it cool and everything is fine after
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Pinkrst said:
Recently i installed Real Racing 3 Game in my office mobile Note II. When ever i play, battery drains faster and also too much of heat from back side. is this common to all???
I came to know that too much of RAM usage generate heat, but when i try Task-manage, ram useage was just 800mb / 1.75 GB.
Any help.
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Its normal. If ur rooted try underclocking the cpu. I underclock mine to 1.2ghz and its works all fine. No lag nothing.
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This game rapes your battery what ever you do,
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Heating problems are common on intense graphic games.
And intense graphic games costs a lot of battery due to its high definition of course. :cyclops:

Gaming experience of Moto G

Hi guys, i want to ask some questions about this phone, mostly about its gaming experience. I know that this phone has great all-day battery life, and i also know that Moto G is a great gaming smartphone, if not the best, thanks to its Snapdragon 400 and Adreno 305 GPU. And i believe this phone is capable to handle most of graphically demanding games around Google Play Store. But my question is, what's about the battery life of this phone when playing games? I mean, how long can it survive when playing intense games without resting the screen, of course, from the full charge 100%? I'm actually quite interested to get this phone in the near future because it's affordable but amazingly good.
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Well, you wont have to worry about the battery life I have played demanding games like mc4 and real racing 3, and the battery is just not going down fast at all. Like i could play mc4 for several hours, and still 30% left. Ofcourse not with the highest screen brightness. But this phone has just an incredible battery life overall. Like i could go with 30% battery in the morning, and in the evening there is still 10% left. So dont worry about the battery, in my opinion it does a great job.
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xplay_gamerrr said:
Well, you wont have to worry about the battery life I have played demanding games like mc4 and real racing 3, and the battery is just not going down fast at all. Like i could play mc4 for several hours, and still 30% left. Ofcourse not with the highest screen brightness. But this phone has just an incredible battery life overall. Like i could go with 30% battery in the morning, and in the evening there is still 10% left. So dont worry about the battery, in my opinion it does a great job.
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It really depends on the game though. For example Badlands (a 2d game) is absolutely murdering my battery, while games from the Anomaly series that are 3d last longer. But all in all, you can expect to get a solid 3-5 hours of gaming without issue, plus the idle drain is minimal, under normal circumstances, so you can make it back to a charger an hour or two after you get your first low battery warnings.

Running Hot

My Find 7a runs extremely warm when playing games such as candy crush, angry birds space etc, which is causing the battery to drain quickly. Is this normal for phones with such specs or is there something wrong with my device?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
xxlap1xx said:
My Find 7a runs extremely warm when playing games such as candy crush, angry birds space etc, which is causing the battery to drain quickly. Is this normal for phones with such specs or is there something wrong with my device?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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I would say that this is normal. I played Godzilla; Strike Zone yesterday, which was more or less the first time I ever gamed on the device after having it for a couple weeks...and I was amazed at how warm it got. As far as I can tell, the device running hot is normal. Could be fixed with some better management in a kernel down the line, but for now, I don't think there's much we can do
I see, looking forward for the next update then!
xxlap1xx said:
I see, looking forward for the next update then!
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I wouldn't expect it to see much of a change during gaming and other intense usages. That's just the nature of CPU's. They give off heat as a byproduct of use. The more intense the use the more heat.
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I've seen temps of 106 F on my phone according to the Battery Monitor Widget app

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