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My battery stats after 1st full day of normal use.

Switched on 8am, more than average use.
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Links working fine here...
That's probably what I'd get out of my NS if I used it fairly heavily... the display is a battery killer on that too. So about average, then.

Don't know what happened to the quality though,looked OK when I took them!
Hoping when this mobile data problem gets sorted battery life may increase as my phone was all over the place today!
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Ouch, thats some serious drain. I was hoping for at least 18hrs. Still not a deal breaker for me.

Gosh, why is yours so much better than mine. Feeling like I have a dud here :/

3 hours damnm

Thats right around what I get on my charge on 3g only.
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2H 55 of screen time looks to be pretty lacking if I'm not mistaken?
The Galaxy S II video run downs get like 8H or 4H on web browsing.
But yea, diff situations

Your pictures are broken can't see any of them.
Edit: 3h screen on sounds pretty normal to me. Depends though on the brightness of the screen.

pewpewbangbang said:
2H 55 of screen time looks to be pretty lacking if I'm not mistaken?
The Galaxy S II video run downs get like 8H or 4H on web browsing.
But yea, diff situations
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Those are completely different. They start with a full battery and just play videos or browse the web for that amount of time. With this he was using for the phone for random things and still had the screen on for 3 hours.
On that note, how is it possible to have the screen on for 3 hours of a 12-hour day? You literally spent 1/4 of your day looking at the screen? Do you not have a job? My phone sits in a dock on my desk, but I probably use it around 15 minutes per day while at work, and then another 45 min or so after work (so total screen time, if it wasn't sitting in the dock, would be around 1 hour for an 18 hour day).

pewpewbangbang said:
2H 55 of screen time looks to be pretty lacking if I'm not mistaken?
The Galaxy S II video run downs get like 8H or 4H on web browsing.
But yea, diff situations
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Those run down tests are from 100 to 0 doing 1 thing. This is throughout the day. The phone is still draining when the screen is off.

yea i understand.....but basically the screen time is how long the screen has been on throughout the day correct?
I had a galaxy S and it used to get like 4-5 hrs of screen time throughout a 12hr day. With the extended battery i could get about 6-7hrs of screen time.
Now on the iPhone 4, i get 2hrs of screen time with 80% battery left and had a standby of 6hrs. But yea....its iOS
Idk, 3hrs of screen time seems ehh to me. Im still probably gonna get the phone though, tired of iOS once again. Went from 3GS to Galaxy S to iPhone 4 and now possibly Galaxy Nexus....or wait for GS III

Wifi radio power on all day?

Several people who've had the phone for a few days have said the battery life gets better after a few charging cycles.

Calibrate the device, leave it off then charge it till it's full. Then use it till it is dead, then charge it again while switched off and keep doing that for the first week when you buy a device any device that uses a battery. I've always done this to my phone and my wife's sometimes friends too. After that the battery is calibrated, then if something goes wrong with the drain you would know, or if the battery life actually sucked Case 'n point EVO 4G.

yea, 3 hours used 56% of the 85% of the battery that was used. so really should be able to get 5 to 6 hours of just screen on time.

I uninstalled my virus protection yesterday and turned off sync and wifi whilst at work today about 11am and battery stats better today. Haven't been in a low signal area today so no problems or slowdowns caused by 2g/3g.
Taken off charge about 9.30am
Wondering if its the virus protection taken off or disabling sync and Wi-Fi or the fact I was in 3g area all day that's improved it.
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Signal strength is usually the main problem I have...
Is there a native ability in ICS to disable WiFi scanning? ie - Leave WiFi on, but disable scanning for networks...

OP, I'll bet your batt life would be 3x better with something like Tasker managing your Wi-Fi connection.
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[Q]Who gets 16+ hours of hard core use with battery?

So who gets 16 or more hours of battery life with hard core usage?
What Rom and Kernel are you using?
Hard Core I mean having 4g on all the time. Surfing Know and then. Playing Games. Having sync on all the time and more.

Me! I am running stock with bullet 2.7b kernel. It wasn't like this in the beginning. Took a while (about a week) of keeping this rom and kernel combination before I can now get 20 hours with pretty heavy use. And even this is at school where I barely have signal. Last time I had this battery was on ip4
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Oh and btw. I only get 20 hours with launcher pro. For some reason touchwiz is a battery hog. Shame cuz I love touchwiz....
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Whoever gets 20hrs+ isint using their phone with heavy usage. Mines usually last 12-14 hours with abut 5 hours on screen time on 4G. ****...I can leave my phone at home and not touch it and I can get like 30 hours. The point is 20 hours is BS if your on your phone like I usually am. I happy cause I got a extra battery or bring my charger to work. I'm on Juggernaut with stock kernel which I know definitely eats less battery than the custom kernels. The custom kernels do a great job when in deep sleep but when you are using it, it drains faster than the stock kernel.

Oh Cause Im looking for a combo that gives me 16 hours or at least an entire day with heavy usage...

Cm7 rom and kernel. overclocked with smartassv2. 19 hours. 6hours 48minutes screen on. playing games all day and texting and quite a few phone calls.
Win

batt drain is realy fast with all custom roms. all roms are bad. not enough developers.. because they sell it only in usa..so after 10 days with my t989 today i hve sold it. im happy now waiting reduce price of nexus for buy..

kikiodead said:
Cm7 rom and kernel. overclocked with smartassv2. 19 hours. 6hours 48minutes screen on. playing games all day and texting and quite a few phone calls.
Win
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Can anybody beat this lol...

"Hard Usage" is very relative. Screen on time is a much better metric assuming that you are actively doing something with the screen on and have a short screen timeout or manually turn off the screen.
Having said that I get 3-4 hrs of screen on time with Bullet 2.9 and Jug3.69 "hard usage" with 25% brightness.

Just 3-4 hours. Wow. That is bad.

quarkw said:
batt drain is realy fast with all custom roms. all roms are bad. not enough developers.. because they sell it only in usa..so after 10 days with my t989 today i hve sold it. im happy now waiting reduce price of nexus for buy..
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This phone is killers man.... Samsung Galaxy S series... Amazing

ysuleman said:
Just 3-4 hours. Wow. That is bad.
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I thought it was pretty good actually. That is 3-4 with the "screen on" utilizing 4G network. Total battery life is in the 15-20 hr range.
By comparison my Mytouch 4G could only barely do 3hrs and my Amaze 4G could hardly do 2-2.5 hrs. You can't really compare battery life between multiple people as their usage pattern is different. What really matters is battery life for yourself across different phones.

vw671 said:
I thought it was pretty good actually. That is 3-4 with the "screen on" utilizing 4G network. Total battery life is in the 15-20 hr range.
By comparison my Mytouch 4G could only barely do 3hrs and my Amaze 4G could hardly do 2-2.5 hrs. You can't really compare battery life between multiple people as their usage pattern is different. What really matters is battery life for yourself across different phones.
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I agree, they guy who said he play games ALL DAY and get 19 hours on CM7 is total BS. When I play games like Jelly Defense or Eternity Warriors, the battery goes down pretty quick and it definitely won't last ALL DAY as the other guy claims.

With moderate use I get
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With heavy moderate use I pass the 12hr mark which is enough for me...(still at work after 12hrs I'm not picking up unless you buying afterwards) I'm on Juggernaut 3.7 bullet 2.9 don't bother with extra scritps, juice defender or llama too many bugs that happen for an extra 15mins
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real hard core use, as in every feature on, and lots of screen ON time with web surfing or playing games
i can get a max of between 6~8 hours
soft core use, it can pull a whole day, as in 7 am to like 11 pm
while we are at it, this is yet another battery life topic, so please continue in the original topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301609

[Q] Pathetic Battery Life, even with 3800mah extended battery. WTF?!?

This is irritating me immensely...my Galaxy Nexus has yet to last me a full day on a charge. I bought a Hyperion 3800mah battery and I believe it really did extend my battery life. On Sunday, I was home all day and my phone was connected to wifi. I used it quite a bit and the thing had 80% when I went to bed.
Today and yesterday, going to school, my phone is just about dead when I get home, at 2:30. I did use my phone, but not heavy at all. Spent the most of the day in my pocket. I had nothing on both days. No bluetooth, GPS, I had sync off when I went to school today, then I turned it on around 1 o clock or so. I used full screen brightness when I was outside for a few minutes, otherwise it was on low. The thing is warm to the touch like its been running frantically. I'm lead to believe that its something to do with the LTE radio. But what??
Took some screen shots of my battery page, had 4% left.
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Please please please help me. I've read people getting 2 days on a charge with a 3800mah battery...I'm drooling for that ability.
Thanks!

It looks like your spending lots of time in area's with bad reception. I'm using the sedio 3800mah and I have no problem going several days on one charge. Only time it drops faster is when I have crappy reception and the radio's are pulling more juice. On heavy days I have wireless tether running all day, and a couple hours of games and still have 40+ percent at the end of the day.

there is also some crap app installed that keep ur phone awake..
ur phone should be awake only when the screen is on (or so)..

your high % of cell standby should give it away.

look at your signal the red is all the times with no signal meaning that whole time the phone is searching for signal. plus 49 %of screen on time that looks to be half of 7:49 so almost 4 hours of scren time is good just need to fix your signal problem plus draw something kills your battery as well

lordgodgeneral said:
It looks like your spending lots of time in area's with bad reception. I'm using the sedio 3800mah and I have no problem going several days on one charge. Only time it drops faster is when I have crappy reception and the radio's are pulling more juice. On heavy days I have wireless tether running all day, and a couple hours of games and still have 40+ percent at the end of the day.
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+1 to signal causing drain
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dco717 said:
plus 49 %of screen on time that looks to be half of 7:49 so almost 4 hours of scren time
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is not like that..49 % is the power consumption of the screen in relation to the other things that drained the battery..with easy word, you cant know the screen on time if he doesn't say u

True...well he needs to do a factory reset and see if it helps
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Wow, poor to no reception, high awake times, high screen on times...it's a miracle your battery lasted as long as it did.

dco717 said:
True...well he needs to do a factory reset and see if it helps
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Factory reset doesn't help bad signal...lol.
Turn off LTE, bad signal will drain you fast but bad signal on LTE will drain you twice as fast.

Looks like you have a rogue app. See how much your phone is awake when the screen is off? That combined with bad signal=dead phone.

I see what you guys mean about awake mode. Yea my phone feels like a warm coal all day. I uninstalled "Words Free" because I've heard bad thing about battery, I stopped using the beautiful widgets weather app, stopped sync with soundcloud, and I got an airplane mode widget for the bad reception area. We'll see how long I can stretch my battery tomorrow.
I read up on how Light Flow light might drain the battery. The LED light has remained stuck on a lot, so I uninstalled it. I'll post a battery stat tomorrow night. Fingers crossed.

I can vouch for bad reception draining the battery.. that should clear up your problem.
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I had the same problem but get this app called "2X Battery", my batter lasts the whole day now! Get the PRO version, its actually worth it and it works wonders!
I have the extended battery also

yep bad reception... once time i left my phone one in my bag while on an airplane... not in airplane mode or anything... battery went dead in about 2 hours due to no signal

Pretty sure the bigger problem is the phone waking up while the screen is off. You should run your phone for another day and look at the list of apps that are draining your battery.
A few good things to look for? Google + or other programs constantly checking for messages your location, or updates, e-mail being pushed to your phone automatically, Wifi on while in sleep, and widgets.

My battery is **** also on GSM version my galaxy s2 would have 2-3% drain per hour most time less Nexus seems to drain 2-3% in 15mins its terrible wish i never changed.

[Q] How many hours do you get before you charge your HOX?

I did not see a thread similar to this for HOX. People have been saying that HOX battery is not as good as SG3 but I just wanted to get an idea how much other users are getting.
MY HOX White is giving me an awsome backup for 48 hours average with 2 hours screen time and 45 minutes talk time. I think it is awesome. Post your hours here.

Not to bad almost 3 days before I had to put it on the charger 5 hours screen time. Running Charmeleon v5.0.0 with stock kernel.
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kamaldeepahluwalia said:
I did not see a thread similar to this for HOX. People have been saying that HOX battery is not as good as SG3 but I just wanted to get an idea how much other users are getting.
MY HOX White is giving me an awsome backup for 48 hours average with 2 hours screen time and 45 minutes talk time. I think it is awesome. Post your hours here.
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Hey man;
Sure the battery life in SGS3 is better, it has lighter processor (which doesn't help in heavy gaming, very fast in normal use though), more energy efficient AMOLED screen (which has less quality, but better brightness), and also the simpler TouchWiz UI (which is a bit childish in my opinion, but does the job well)
I get about 8 hours with heavy gaming (near 1 hours continuously) and web surfing (actually downloading, almost 500MB in total) and something like 1 hour watching music videos...

I get 2 1/2 - 3 hours screen time max! In the battery drain test my battery reaches 84% by the end of the hour, which I thought was great, but then again that test requires you to put your phone in Airplane Mode. The screen is a battery-hog imo, but its beautiful even with the stuck pixel I have haha.

LEt us get some more people to answer this one before we reach any conclusion.
Results are inconsistent for sure. Few people like me are getting 2 days average and few 2 hours!

For me it depends on what is running.
Normally I get about 14 hours of moderate use with 2-3 hours screen time.
Today I'm at 10hrs with 1.25hours screen time and I'm down to 11%. But I believe it is due to having wifi and viber running.
Personally it's my wifi that is really killing the battery. But given how I use it, it is perfectly acceptable

Is it true that non-rooted HOXs have poorer battery stats as compared to those that are rooted? If so, why?
I'm not rooted and am on stock everything.
How exactly do I go about testing the battery on my HOX?
Any tips for better battery for non-rooted devices?

I get about normal usage ( 3G-1 hour, Tegra games- half our, Music- 2 hour, SMS and Calls) 10h, just SMS and Calls about 30h.

The number of hours i get varies from time to time . On normal usage including listening to music, messaging, playing games and talking on the phone i get approx 4-5 hours max.

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How were you able to replace the battery icon with a number?

Its normally there in the tweaks of the rom ur using .
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@Skywalker, I am all stock. How do I go about making the tweaks in the Rom?

Very frankly after receiving OTA 1.28 my battery lasts 2 days after every charge . some tips.
1. While you are listening to music keep the screen off as screen sucks up most of the charge.
2. I do not let my battery go below 15 %, I have read that letting them go below a particular level reduces the actual life.
3.Try these small steps, it resolved the issue of low battery life for me as I had read it somewhere:
> Turn Wifi and then 3G off
> Turn either Wifi or 3G on again
> Do not keep both "On" at the same time.
4. Kill the Maps process by going to the task manager ( If not using it all the time).

C56X said:
@Skywalker, I am all stock. How do I go about making the tweaks in the Rom?
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I meant that for a custom rom. Im not sure what to do in a stock rom. Sorry
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How many years will this battery Last?
With all these responses, I am really unsure how long can we expect HOX battery to last. 1 year two years ??

Kudos if ur still with the one x after 2 years
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Now I think so that it will last 2 years
Now I think so that it will last 2 years...See this is theaverage battery life my HOX is getting...

How much screenon time?
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Flo95 said:
How much screenon time?
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2 hours Screen on time, 1 hour voice calls

I think turning off the screen while on a call or when listening to music will also aid in less battery drain. No?

[Q] Insane battery life, is this normal?

Is this normal, an hour of web-browsing with screen on auto-brightness and phone drops from 100% to 71% ? Wifi was off, bluetooth on but not connected to anything. I have Better Battery Stats too, shall I post up? On stock ICS.
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with my experience with ics the first discharge is usually terrible but after a few charges battery life becomes better.
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are you using wifi? if so yes

G1_enthusiast said:
are you using wifi? if so yes
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He said the wifi was off, please read people.

not sure if "insane" means bad or good. But it looks about average. The average screen on time ranges from 3.5 to 4.5 hours. Mine is dead center of that.
Bluetooth not connecting to anything still drains a lot because it is constantly scanning for other bluetooth devices.
BTW your reception is in the YEllow. that means that also leads to battery drain.
So if you have better reception and your bluetooth is off then your battery would last longer.
Note: I use bluetooth a lot and I find it to be one of the biggest factors for draining. more than GPS and Wifi. Although, using wifi with strong signal actually saves battery.

Teo032 said:
The average screen on time ranges from 3.5 to 4.5 hours. Mine is dead center of that.
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I really doubt that, because I did the same battery test Techradar* does, which is:
screen on full bright
Wifi on
Gmai, FB, etc all set to update as often as possible
Run a 1.5 hour long HD video full screen
At the end of that test I was at 84%. (the Video was on my SD card, not streaming)
In the video they have a graph of their stats for different phones using this test. GS2 and GS3 are top 2.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/ph...laxy-s3-1078667/review/page:14#articleContent

96shox said:
I really doubt that, because I did the same battery test Techradar* does, which is:
screen on full bright
Wifi on
Gmai, FB, etc all set to update as often as possible
Run a 1.5 hour long HD video full screen
At the end of that test I was at 84%. (the Video was on my SD card, not streaming)
In the video they have a graph of their stats for different phones using this test. GS2 and GS3 are top 2.
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/ph...laxy-s3-1078667/review/page:14#articleContent
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You're doubting that our phone doesn't last that... Uhh.. Short? I've had this phone since December and had many discussions with others on here about it and we agree that 4 hrs is about right.
So with that test you're saying that our phone can get over 6 hours throughout the say with normal use? Highly doubt it. You have to realize a couple things.
1. Wifi consumes less battery than 4g
2. You should factor in a normal days use that means including idle time i would say about 2% per hour maybe less.
3. Watching a movie means no "touch" interactions which means it consumes less battery than Web browsing or playing games.
So yes if you just leave the phone on the entire time without touching it. It'll last a long time. But with actually interacting with the phone and using 4g data. Most gets 4hr. Screen time in 17 hours of use ( you guys do get 7 hours of sleep right?)
I don't really believe that test. I know that the 4s battery sucks balls. Our phone lasts longer with our 4g on. It is saying that the one x is shorter?? One x and s lasts longer than our phone. So yeah.
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Very normal to me.

96shox said:
Is this normal, an hour of web-browsing with screen on auto-brightness and phone drops from 100% to 71% ? Wifi was off, bluetooth on but not connected to anything. I have Better Battery Stats too, shall I post up? On stock ICS.
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You obviously haven't met the DARKSIDE...

Teo032 said:
You're doubting that our phone doesn't last that... Uhh.. Short? I've had this phone since December and had many discussions with others on here about it and we agree that 4 hrs is about right.
So with that test you're saying that our phone can get over 6 hours throughout the say with normal use? Highly doubt it. You have to realize a couple things.
1. Wifi consumes less battery than 4g
2. You should factor in a normal days use that means including idle time i would say about 2% per hour maybe less.
3. Watching a movie means no "touch" interactions which means it consumes less battery than Web browsing or playing games.
So yes if you just leave the phone on the entire time without touching it. It'll last a long time. But with actually interacting with the phone and using 4g data. Most gets 4hr. Screen time in 17 hours of use ( you guys do get 7 hours of sleep right?)
I don't really believe that test. I know that the 4s battery sucks balls. Our phone lasts longer with our 4g on. It is saying that the one x is shorter?? One x and s lasts longer than our phone. So yeah.
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well i guess that test is to show the efficiency of the screen.

Rob4828 said:
with my experience with ics the first discharge is usually terrible but after a few charges battery life becomes better.
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I have to agree. Mine did exactly the same. After the 3/4 day battery life started to improve very noticeably. :good: