Hi everyone,
I received the OTA update 1.28 yesterday (the Netherlands). My most important issue before I installed the update, was the battery life; the relatively high usage of the 'screen' in particular.
A preliminary report about update 1.27/1.28 said the battery life would improve drastically, showing screenshots of how little the 'screen'-usage was. Well, in my case the opposite happened; the battery life actually became worse. I think my max screen-on time is about 0,5h - 1h less than it used to be.
Here are some images of my battery usage. As you can see, it's running for 7h 34m now, and it's already hitting the 48%. My screen-on time being only 1h 9m. Didn't do anything power-consuming today as you can see; a little bit of whatsapping, browsing, etc. I propably won't even get 2 hours of screen-time:S
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For those who already received the OTA; how is your experience with the battery life? Did it become worse as well?
Same here. For what's it's worth, it might even have gotten worse...
How can you comment on the update after 24hrs usage?? Give it a week and a few charge cycles and then see how it goes. Or, better yet, factory reset the phone and add apps one at a time - it could be a poorly coded app causing the issues
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How can you comment on the update after 24hrs usage?? Give it a week and a few charge cycles and then see how it goes. Or, better yet, factory reset the phone and add apps one at a time - it could be a poorly coded app causing the issues
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Well, the fact my battery life became worse could be due to a miscallibrated battery, in which case a complete discharge and full charge (or stats reset) might improve the battery life. If a poorly coded app caused the issue, the app would probably show up in the battery usage list.
That being true or not, the battery life will probably not increase compared to 1.26, because the screen is using a lot of power, relatively speaking (more than half of the battery life is being drained by the screen). I expected this 'problem' to be solved after the update, but I guess the screen (and GPU?) are just very power-hungry.
The OTA update didnt really impact battery life (still crappy )... Im now running ARHD rom and the battery life is a lot better!!
Custom ROMs seem to be the way forward for now.
kish3n said:
The OTA update didnt really impact battery life (still crappy )... Im now running ARHD rom and the battery life is a lot better!!
Custom ROMs seem to be the way forward for now.
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That's nice,, how much % does the screen process use after a couple hours of moderate use in this rom?
After the update my discharging is fasten then my charging
My HOX is plugged in
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Theres an app on the market called Power Tune-Up. Use it to see which apps are power hungry. On my Desire, i have found that some apps have a very serious impact on battery life.
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Theres an app on the market called Power Tune-Up. Use it to see which apps are power hungry. On my Desire, i have found that some apps have a very serious impact on battery life.
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Ok thanks
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That's nice,, how much % does the screen process use after a couple hours of moderate use in this rom?
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2 hours on battery today and I have only put it down for a quick 10 minute lunch and (1hr 40 screen time) and i have only lost 13% battery! Not bad eh?
I've been off the battery for about 3 and a half hours and last time I looked, about ten minutes ago... it was on 90% battery... for over an hour I've been listening to music as well on it.
Though, my battery life was not actually that bad on 1.26 either, but for the moment I have no complaints about 1.28... even though the spare core might not be working properly yet for background tasks... so I can only hope that battery life will actually improve with time!
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2 hours on battery today and I have only put it down for a quick 10 minute lunch and (1hr 40 screen time) and i have only lost 13% battery! Not bad eh?
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1h 40 screen time and you only lost 13% battery? So you have 87% left? That would mean you can get around 12-13 hours screen time!? :what: Post some screenshots please with screen time, overall usage and brightness settings.
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Slightly less. Been on battery for about 4-5 hrs haven't put it down yet. Still have approx 5 hrs left of usage.
Will do a complete drain and post battery stats for y'all tomorrow.
Brightness is lowest setting.
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After a week of having the HOX, I think im seeing some improvements to the battery.
Im at 48% left,
9:30 hours usage with 1:30 of screen time.
Took it off the charger at 09.00 this morning and now the time is 18.11.
Been calling, mailing, texting, some browsing and syncing offline playlists from Spotify.
Running 1.28 OTA, non root, HT23 model.
The one thing I do experience from time to time, is backlight flickering. It just seems to come and go.
Cheers!
I have 11% left and here are my results.
4,45 hour talk time
1,08 hour screen time
12,30 hour tot...
Thats pretty good to me....
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Fully charged my phone last night before i went to bed. Unplugged 100% at 11pm. Didnt touch it until 9am. Its now on 86% battery
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Fully charged my phone last night before i went to bed. Unplugged 100% at 11pm. Didnt touch it until 9am. Its now on 86% battery
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yeah the hox is meant to be amazing at handling standby. Will also try this test tonight see how it fares.
So far I have been using my with moderate usage took it off the charger at like 5:43 AM.
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Fully charge last night and when it went 3% and this is my stats:
3g was on for about 3hr,15 minutes games, and browsing for 1 hour max.
With 1.26 I have great battery life.
With 1.28 it's the same,great.
18 hours and still 64%.
Few phone calls,browser,and hours of listening to music.
Not bad at all.
I have a great HOX.
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I'm on Stock 2.2 US and Battery Life is HORRENDOUS. I have the Moto Charge app that displays actual battery in the status bar. I charged to 100%, wiped battery stats, turned it on and after 6 minutes of no use, I'm at 97%. What am I missing here?
Are there any apps constantly running in the background?
Do you have bluetooth/wi-fi/gps switched on all the time?
Are you using your phone somewhere that's unusually hot, cold or humid?
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Are there any apps constantly running in the background?
Do you have bluetooth/wi-fi/gps switched on all the time?
Are you using your phone somewhere that's unusually hot, cold or humid?
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No, no, no, no, no
How long have you had it?
Has the battery always been this bad?
Has it only started recently? Is there some sort of cause, something that happened that has brought about this poor performance?
I just got the phone from a friend but I do not believe it to be an issue directly related to this specific handset.
Having GPS "on" all the time will not drain your battery as it is only being made "available" when an app needs it (mine is always checked and has zero effect on the battery until actually used). Did you do a factory reset after installing 2.2? On the Moto forum many issues are resolved with a reset.
hah2110 said:
I'm on Stock 2.2 US and Battery Life is HORRENDOUS. I have the Moto Charge app that displays actual battery in the status bar. I charged to 100%, wiped battery stats, turned it on and after 6 minutes of no use, I'm at 97%. What am I missing here?
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Lithium-ion batteries have a big drop off at the start of the discharge profile.
They will then maintain a fairly steady state between about 80% - 40%.
A 3% change, therefore, from 100 to 97 is not equivalent to a 3% change from 80% to 77%.
I'm pretty certain it is specific to your handset - most Defys have very good battery life.
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At that rate, it should last ~5 days.
There are always something running in the background. Install a cpu monitoring application and see if the cpu is running wild.
In my case, 1% power lasts for 3~5 minutes usage (game, movie, surfing etc), or 2 hours standby (wifi off), or 1 hour standby (wifi on).
I checked Battery Use, there is nothing crazy. I've also checked Battery History and nothing is using the CPU or keeping it awake. I actually wiped the phone last night, didn't have a sim card in it and left it on over night and it lost 14% in 7 hours. It shouldn't have even lost 2% given that it wasn't connected to a cell tower. I have wiped it twice.
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I checked Battery Use, there is nothing crazy. I've also checked Battery History and nothing is using the CPU or keeping it awake. I actually wiped the phone last night, didn't have a sim card in it and left it on over night and it lost 14% in 7 hours. It shouldn't have even lost 2% given that it wasn't connected to a cell tower. I have wiped it twice.
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I am of a differing opinion.. I think these android devices have terrible battery life.
That being said, invest in a few of the cheap Hong Kong 1800mAH batteries on ebay.
I had a good experience ordering from "farmerseller". Curiously, I ordered 1500mAH batteries but received 1800 mAH batteries..... it took a while to arrive, but they work great and the charger is nicely designed.
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I am of a differing opinion.. I think these android devices have terrible battery life.
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Compared to what?
What's your frame of reference?
I'm not aware of any other smartphone with specs similar-to or better-than the Defy's that gets anywhere near the battery performance my phone does.
Everyone I know with Galaxy Ss or Desires charges basically every day, one friend with an iPhone4 can get a couple of days out of it but most are only a day, friends with Blackberrys get a couple of days or so.
I regularly surpass 3 days of what I would call normal usage - web browsing, texting, a bit of gaming and the odd call here and there.
Are there any ROMs known to get better battery life? On both my N1 and NS, certain ROMs performed LIGHTYEARS better than other ROMs in the battery department. This is a well known fact that Android is inconsistent on battery life.
So I wiped, re-wiped, flash the beach update.zip, wiped, re-wiped and I'm not confident the wipe is working. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988036
Regardless, I also find it odd that my battery was at 85% and, after the flash/wipe, it charged to full in <10 minutes.
Give it a few days of usage and see the results afterward. Basically it needs some cycles to re-create the battery stats after wiping.
You can also install Powertutor to check what apps are "consuming" the battery.
From my experience: with light usage I made once 3 days but normally 1-2 days is all I get (3g, some talks, 30 min browsing, some ebook reading). It was the same with my past 2 Android phones and some 4 Win Mobile phones...
When you are in a really tight spot do the usual tricks: 2g only, disable APN, don't play too much with the phone. You will probably get 3-4 days in one charge
I updated to 2.2.1 also, and battery life went right down the tubes. I lived with it for two days, and then did a factory reset, and now I have better battery life than with 2.1. I really didn't want to factory reset because of all the fine tuning I did, and not to mention re-downloading all the apps and setting them back up, but I must say it was worth it. After 13 hours I'm at 30%, and that is with heavy use. I started at 100% and in 10 hours without using it much at all, it only dropped 10%, so 1% an hour I can live with. Once I started playing game it went fast, but that is to be expected.
Ahhh!!!!! You guys are killing me from laughter. Don't take this the wrong way....but read more items on these forums...they are a welath of information. First off.... battery stats are wiped. It will take a few days of charging/discharging for the phone to get an accurate idea of actual use. It needs a baseline created. Don't worry yet. It can take up to a week to get really good stats. As for the horrible life on 2.2....did you wipe battery stats before flashing? If not thats your problem. You have to wipe the stats when you go to 2.2. Different profiles and usage. It's mentioned in a number of the roms. With steady hard usage I'm averaging about 2 days between charging. On standby with no use the best I have gotten so far is 6 days. RTFM.... Hope this helps out.
hey.
i bought a new one like 3 days ago, rooted and installed android revolution HD custom ROM.
which says makes the battery better and has a custom kernel so im not overclocking my processor or anything.
i even fully charged to 100% and wiped all battery stats with CWM.
on my battery stats page it says my screen is using 50% of my battery and when i press it it says its been on for 2 hours ( out of the 14 hours my phone has been since i charged it )
thats too much battery drainage going on here.
any help ? or suggestions ?
oh i also have my wifi on and my screen brightness set to the lowest possible
This is normal just read over threads....
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hey.
i bought a new one like 3 days ago, rooted and installed android revolution HD custom ROM.
which says makes the battery better and has a custom kernel so im not overclocking my processor or anything.
i even fully charged to 100% and wiped all battery stats with CWM.
on my battery stats page it says my screen is using 50% of my battery and when i press it it says its been on for 2 hours ( out of the 14 hours my phone has been since i charged it )
thats too much battery drainage going on here.
any help ? or suggestions ?
oh i also have my wifi on and my screen brightness set to the lowest possible
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You never mentioned what your final battery level was after 14 hours and 2 hours of screen? The "50% used" means 50% of the battery used to that point.
FWIW, I'm showing the following at the moment:
78% battery remaining
3h 51m on battery
Screen: 62%, Android OS: 17%
Screen on time: 1h 17m
So, based on this, I'd expect to get maybe 15-20 hours of charge and 4-5 hours of screen use out of a full battery, which is about right.
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Battery life of a brand new device is always going to be a little poor.
Here's what I do: Charge it up all the way when you first get it. Then run it down until you get the low battery warning. Then charge it up. Then use it normally.
After a week or so, your battery life will normalize and should be much better than the first couple days.
alright
i will wait until its on 5% or so and charge it to full again.
my battery is on 48% now after 14hours of use
2 hours screen ( 51% screen usage )
android os 15%
notice that im running with the minimum screen brightness which is not what i want to be on most of the time =/
but i have wifi on AT ALL TIMES, it doesnt drain as much battery as the screen.
anyway i will wait for the battery to normalize like one of the users said and see what happens.
thanks a lot
it's normal for android phones or any phones for that matter.
beirouty said:
alright
i will wait until its on 5% or so and charge it to full again.
my battery is on 48% now after 14hours of use
2 hours screen ( 51% screen usage )
android os 15%
notice that im running with the minimum screen brightness which is not what i want to be on most of the time =/
but i have wifi on AT ALL TIMES, it doesnt drain as much battery as the screen.
anyway i will wait for the battery to normalize like one of the users said and see what happens.
thanks a lot
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48% remaining after 14 hours, with 2 hours screen on is pretty good actually, especially if you have had the phone under a week.
You will find the battery get better after half a dozen charges
Remember, its a 4.6inch screen with hd resolution, that's a big hi res screen by any stretch, and will use a bit of power
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The ARHD ROM is a good one, and you'll get excellent battery performace, especially if use with the James Bond kernel and undervolting settings. But to lower your screen battery drain, use a dark (or plain black) static wallpaper and auto brightness.
standard nexus , no rom kernel or GPS and Bluetooth, twitter Facebook and Gmail set to push. Playing games and listening to music , brightness 100%.
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It's a 4.65" 720p for science's sake... based on your stats, you would get 4 hours of screen on time from a total of 28h on. What did you expect ? 10 hours of screen on time ? Sheesh... Where did you come from ? iCrap ?
Dunno, for me GSam says that the turned off screen takes almost 4 times more than turned on. I know how it sounds, but having screen drain about 20% from all, though it worked for 20 minutes of 2 days. And the common battery life if not too bad - about 20% per day. I cannot find the reason for already three weeks, how this could be?..
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When you have drain like me then you can complain . I have yet to figure out why my battery drains so fast, it ranges from 10-15% an hr while its just sitting there.
ie: if it says that the screen is draining it 50%, it means that 50% of the power drain on the battery was caused by the screen, it didn't drain your battery by 50%. The screen is the biggest power hog on most smart phones so your stats seem pretty normal.
Well, the drain is not big indeed Just to ensure, that it could happen at all and find out, what it could be - kind of perfrctionism
Just installed PGM, assuming it will change the statistics. Let us see how much.
OK, after maybe a day with PGM I should say the drain is same - about 1.5% per hour (with radio turned on). Trying to be more tolerant to drain now
So I was wondering if anyone who has their device already could post some screenshots of their battery usage, screen time etc?
I know there have been some thrown around numerous thread but just thought it would be useful if people would post in one place?
Thanks
just wanna share some battery life stats..
1st power up of the phone.. did a full charge with phone off, once charging light changed to green, i powered up the phone.. 1st thing i notice.. it is not fully charged to 100%..
next thing to take note, the entire duration the phone is on is an additional hr plus.. i rebooted the phone once so im not sure what is the actual duration the phone is powered by the battery..
all in all, about 3hr+ with high usage of the phone.. notice how the phone was awake most of the time and the screen was on most of the time too..
cheers..
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Only if this phone had some decent battery packed in, as in the Note, I'd have grabbed it. Why HTC why ?
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just wanna share some battery life stats..
1st power up of the phone.. did a full charge with phone off, once charging light changed to green, i powered up the phone.. 1st thing i notice.. it is not fully charged to 100%..
next thing to take note, the entire duration the phone is on is an additional hr plus.. i rebooted the phone once so im not sure what is the actual duration the phone is powered by the battery..
all in all, about 3hr+ with high usage of the phone.. notice how the phone was awake most of the time and the screen was on most of the time too..
cheers..
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Screenshots ain't working.
Is it true that there was yesterday a OTA to fix battery issues?!?! If yes, did it solve? and what is the version number?
These are my stats from first day...not bad given how much I'm played with it
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Here are my current stats.
Not impressed at all.
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Looks like we are about the same.
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This is my battery
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This is my battery
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Whats your screen on time?
1st post so I hope it's helpful.
I'm a big fan of the phone & love it, there are a few small issues I've noticed & I'll post these in the relevant thread.
People keep saying the battery life is dreadful but it doesn't seem much worse than my original Desire on similar use.
After the first full charge last night I plugged in the charger when the warning came on at 9%:
11 hours 2 minutes on battery, screen used 75% of the power while on for 4 hours 31 minutes.
Everything else used a few % each.
Brightness was on auto at approx 50% most of the time and on full for about half an hour; indoors I wouldn't want it as bright as that.
F/W 1.26.401.2
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The battery you have seems to have lasted better than a few others who have posted here.
Was it heavy use or normal??
Thanks
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1st post so I hope it's helpful.
I'm a big fan of the phone & love it, there are a few small issues I've noticed & I'll post these in the relevant thread.
People keep saying the battery life is dreadful but it doesn't seem much worse than my original Desire on similar use.
After the first full charge last night I plugged in the charger when the warning came on at 9%:
11 hours 2 minutes on battery, screen used 75% of the power while on for 4 hours 31 minutes.
Everything else used a few % each.
Brightness was on auto at approx 50% most of the time and on full for about half an hour; indoors I wouldn't want it as bright as that.
F/W 1.26.401.2
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Can you post your screen shots please?
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No idea how people are getting 4hrs screen time, I will be lucky to get 3 and thats with brightness at like 30%.
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1hour 30 min
Hi
Thinking about this phone or the one s. Just a quick q regarding the documented poor battery. Could i go out for the day - say for 15/16 hours send the occasional texts maybe a couple of photos/videos and the occasionally browsing the web - to check football scores etc etc.. should this handle that ok ?
is a pocket charger the way to go ?
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Thinking about this phone or the one s. Just a quick q regarding the documented poor battery. Could i go out for the day - say for 15/16 hours send the occasional texts maybe a couple of photos/videos and the occasionally browsing the web - to check football scores etc etc.. should this handle that ok ?
is a pocket charger the way to go ?
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That's how I intend to use the phone tomorrow, so i'll soon let you know.
The thing with this phone that is superb, there is hardly any drain when your not using it. It's extremely good for idle power saving.
dunno about you guys but i'm getting insane numbers in standby...
overnight i lose 1% with wifi, data and autos-sync on....
it's the first android phone that sleeps properly when screen is off...there's nothing keeping it awake.
i'm on 1.26 by the way
Well I don't think it's that bad on battery given how much screen time i've had....three and a half hours.
Only got 2% left so going to put it back on charge. These are my final stats for my first day after a 13hour charge
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That's how I intend to use the phone tomorrow, so i'll soon let you know.
The thing with this phone that is superb, there is hardly any drain when your not using it. It's extremely good for idle power saving.
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thanks, that would be good to know
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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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?
So all this talk about battery... Some early reviews said 5 to 6 hours battery life. While that is good, it isn't outstanding or anything. Sony been doing that for years and the S7 with the same processor, same battery and crazy amounts of bloat gets the same amount. Anyone have anything to share?
Will check battery life as soon as I got my device. Let's wait and see how it'll do the job.
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I posted this on another thead, HTC 10 Reviews, http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/htc-10-reviews-t3358845/page2
HTC 10: A Quick Look At Battery Life & Storage Performance
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10252/...torage-results
should help give some light about the battery, for me looks good enough!
Forget about the "rundown tests" as those dont show real use. Pocketnow said 4.5 hours of SOT in a day. Thats horrible for a battery of this size.
km8j said:
Forget about the "rundown tests" as those dont show real use. Pocketnow said 4.5 hours of SOT in a day. Thats horrible for a battery of this size.
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then i tell you forget battery life reviews, its subject to the user, what you've on, what services are running what you've pushing to the phone, it will never the the same for anyone
codeglitch said:
then i tell you forget battery life reviews, its subject to the user, what you've on, what services are running what you've pushing to the phone, it will never the the same for anyone
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km8j said:
Forget about the "rundown tests" as those dont show real use. Pocketnow said 4.5 hours of SOT in a day. Thats horrible for a battery of this size.
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Honestly, I am not worried about battery life that much as long as the phone has fast charging feature. I have fast charging charger in office and home and heck, I can even get another for car if I want to. As long as battery life is okay, I am fine with it. Now, if I was to buy a phone without fast charging feature like iphone, that will be a completely different story.
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Forget about the "rundown tests" as those dont show real use. Pocketnow said 4.5 hours of SOT in a day. Thats horrible for a battery of this size.
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I think the QHD Display is the Biggest Battery Drain. On my G3 I get also 4-5 SOT. Although I like the HTC 10 but I would like to get a better Battery life on a New phone as on my old one....
any updates on battery life?
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Brightness 2 hours or so on 100%, then an hour on 50%, then 2 hours between 10-30%
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I'll take 4.5h XD
Did a lot of WiFi Hotspot tough
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I'll take 4.5h XD
Did a lot of WiFi Hotspot tough
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Well doh, there's your problem.
WiFi + LTE at the same time is quite taxing and not even talking about the SoC load of the phone acting as a router.
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that sounds very good. did u use 4G. for how long?
Here are my battery stats.
Played allot with it today. Wi-Fi always on. Played 1,5 hour music through Bluetooth. 1,5 hour on 4G+, Made some pictures, not allot. Checking mail, social media.
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that sounds very good. did u use 4G. for how long?
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That was all on wifi. Today I was 2-3 hours on 3g:
Screen brightness between 70 and 100%, mostly on 100%.
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I saw a review saying it equals Note 5 battery life, of 5 to 6 hrs Screen On time.
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I saw a review saying it equals Note 5 battery life, of 5 to 6 hrs Screen On time.
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thats not good at all considering the Note 5 have a higher brightness threshold...matter of fact, HTC 10 got the lowest brightness nit I recently remember. seems like thats how HTC trying to save battery.
I've only got past 3 hours SOT on my MXP a few times, it averages at around 2.5 so this is great news for me hah.
With my usage I'm having 4h of sot
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thats not good at all considering the Note 5 have a higher brightness threshold...matter of fact, HTC 10 got the lowest brightness nit I recently remember. seems like thats how HTC trying to save battery.
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5-6 hours of SOT time isn't good at all?
The only phone I've had that was able to pull off a consistent 5-6 hrs of SOT time while lasting 24 hrs was the Note 2. I'll happily take 5-6 hrs of SOT and a full day of usage all day everyday.
Better not be 5-6 hours average... S7e for me if that happens.
Crappy untweaked M8 with everything running gives me that for years.
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