Mugen battery for S3 - Galaxy S III Accessories

I bought a Mugen battery for my S3 and am currently testing it out. Rooted, stock ROM.
I charged it and then discharged it until the phone stopped. The put it on charge again with the phone on - as recommended by Mugen - for about 9 hours (as recommended).
I supose that it hasn't be an especially heavy usage day but still, after 9 hours of very light use the battery still show 88%. Amazing.
Battery usage wasn't a real issue for me anyway. On a standard battery with heavy use I could get through a whole day quite easily - which compared to my HTC desire HD was fantastic. The HTC realy needed a Mugen battery. Anyway, I decided to fork out the price - $44 -ouch! and it looks as if it will be a very good battery indeed.
I'm going to do a full discharge again and then long recharge. At this rate, I expect it to take at least a couple of days - maybe three to get it to 0%.
After a few cycles, I may even have a four day battery - certainly a 3 day battery.
We'll see.

30 hours later - light use - reading papers, some email, some calls - 65% left

Can you put here screenshots with battery usage and screen-on figure ?

My regular battery was on 87% after 16 hours of very light use yesterday.
Need battery stats, screen stats etc. as everyone's definition of light use changes!
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matttye said:
My regular battery was on 87% after 16 hours of very light use yesterday.
Need battery stats, screen stats etc. as everyone's definition of light use changes!
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Sure - attached.
In fact, a bit less than 30 hours.
Screen is at 100% brightness all the time

is this battery the same size as the original

lejars1 said:
Sure - attached.
In fact, a bit less than 30 hours.
Screen is at 100% brightness all the time
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wth happened to your screen?

Diaze said:
wth happened to your screen?
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Yeah his screen looks scratched to **** lol or could be the camera he is usings lens is scratched to ****

Screen is perfect - but the protector has had substantial use. I've just changed it.
Battery is possibly just a smidgeon larger than a standard battery - but it's just an impression. The battery is 2300ma and fits without any problem under the standard cover.
I don't know why, I lost root and couldn't use a screen grab so I had to take a photo instead.

Can you provide a screen-on time shot? How many hours was the screen on for?

You scared the life out of me.....for one horrible minute I thought I had wandered into "accessories".....then I realized I was indeed in "general".....and everything was ok

lejars1 said:
I don't know why, I lost root and couldn't use a screen grab so I had to take a photo instead.
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S3 doesn't need root to have screen grab.
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Arsaw said:
S3 doesn't need root to have screen grab.
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It does with the app I'm using - screencast

What do you guys class as light use?
I left work 1 hour ago with 100%. Been listening to music, checking facebook, xda and news site and now at 81%.
Is that heavy use?
I'm not complying because compared to my old i9000 that's good!
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I consider 1 hour's use as light use.
My light use over a much longer period was "light" compared to a heavy use when I might be checking and writing emails several times an hour, checking my twitter account and posting in my forum several times durring the day.
Whatever "light use" means - the new Mugen battery is very much better than my standard battery with mr normal light use.
I don't think that it is worth this thread getting into discussion about what is "light use".
I shouldn't have used the phrase.
What I want to say is that the Mugen battery is substantially better.
I still don't know if it was worth the $44 - because that is really very expensive for a battery - especially for me when battery usage wasn't a particular issue - unlike the DHD which was badly spoiled by the poor battery life

Thank's for this information.
Can you post one picture showing the back and one side of the phone. I think the Mugen Power Battery is fatter than the genuine one.
What looks like the galaxy s3 now ?

sorry - I don't have time t do that. It is a standard size and fits complet;y under the standard cover.
I think that ther is amore powerful Mugen battery which does need a special cover - but mine is a standard size 2300ma

1 hour 20 mins use and 65%? That's really not very impressive at all. That equates to about 4 hours screen time which is quite easy to achieve on the stock battery. It's certainly not worth the inflated price.
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For comparison a cheap $15 4500 mah battery gives me 45 hours with 7 hours screen time. Here are some screenshots

lejars1 said:
sorry - I don't have time t do that. It is a standard size and fits complet;y under the standard cover.
I think that ther is amore powerful Mugen battery which does need a special cover - but mine is a standard size 2300ma
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No problem. If it has a standard shape and size, it's perfect.
I've already seen Mugen battery with high capacity (more than 4000mAh) which added 5mm on each side.

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Really like my anker 1900mah batteries

I got the charger and 2 batteries from amazon, and have been running them for over a week now. In that time, my phone had not touched a charger! lol
So far they last a long time and do not heat up. NO JOKE, my phone is 27 hours with 33% left, with light to medium use.... that's reading mu pules blogs, playing some games, surfing the web, chacking emails, and facebook, using it as a flashlight a few times and checking out the market for new apps. The batteries are good quality as far as I can tell.
running wanama light ROM or whatever, with nephetamine kernel.
Are these batteries the same size as the original?
1900mah, I got 1 day 14 hours out of my battery with good use, and switched my battery and I just kept on trucking! lol My review is on amazon as well.
I meant are they the same physical size as the original 1650mah samsung batteries, or will you need a larger back case
same size. you use your existing back case your phone came with. I find it lasts slightly longer then stock.
After a couple of cycles the battery takes 6-7hrs to trickle charge in the dock charger.
But its hardly an inconvenience when you have 50% battery in your phone and a spare battery in your back pocket just incase and a battery charging at home on the dock charger.
and I never have to connect my phone to a charger either.
Great!
Anyone here been using them for more than a month and noticed a drop in capacity?
screenshot of battery usage? =D (specifically display-on time)
Just got these in. I'll report in a few days how these act under heavy usage. ie 3+ hours screen time
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Just got these in. I'll report in a few days how these act under heavy usage. ie 3+ hours screen time
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Please do report! most people just go mia after saying they'll report
Nice to see another member from sg. I have used to for almost 2 weeks now.
So here's what I think. (its not an official benchmark test)
Using CM7 and launcher pro
Wifi or 3g switched on all the time
No GPS
Alarm Clock Plus running the whole night.
Casual games and surfing.
No video watching.
No calls, no text,
About 2 hours of music
24 hours later, ~15% left.
This performance is about the same as the stock battery, so you should not expect a drastic improvement. But with a total of 3 batteries including stock, you can pretty much do whatever you want during the day and charge when you need to.
One good thing about this arrangement. You are always charging your battery only when its empty, so i suppose battery life will last longer?
For the price and functionality, its a very good buy.
Update: It does heat up considerably when i stream videos and battery life dropped 15-20% for every 25 min of streaming. It could be a rom thing and not the battery's fault.
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Nice to see another member from sg. I have used to for almost 2 weeks now.
So here's what I think. (its not an official benchmark test)
Using CM7 and launcher pro
Wifi or 3g switched on all the time
No GPS
Alarm Clock Plus running the whole night.
Casual games and surfing.
No video watching.
No calls, no text,
About 2 hours of music
24 hours later, ~15% left.
This performance is about the same as the stock battery, so you should not expect a drastic improvement. But with a total of 3 batteries including stock, you can pretty much do whatever you want during the day and charge when you need to.
One good thing about this arrangement. You are always charging your battery only when its empty, so i suppose battery life will last longer?
For the price and functionality, its a very good buy.
Update: It does heat up considerably when i stream videos and battery life dropped 15-20% for every 25 min of streaming. It could be a rom thing and not the battery's fault.
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Aside from how well the battery performs, which I won't comment on as I don't own one, your statement about 'charging your battery only when its empty, so i suppose battery life will last longer?' is actually incorrect.
Lithium-ion batteries are more conducive to a partial discharge than a full one. The only time you ever full discharge your battery is to calibrate the battery meter, normally once every few weeks of use. Constantly draining the battery to 0 and then recharging it will actually harm lithium-ion batteries.
As stated here, http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries 'Lithium-ion does not need to be fully charged; a partial charge is better.'
shockingpants said:
Nice to see another member from sg. I have used to for almost 2 weeks now.
So here's what I think. (its not an official benchmark test)
Using CM7 and launcher pro
Wifi or 3g switched on all the time
No GPS
Alarm Clock Plus running the whole night.
Casual games and surfing.
No video watching.
No calls, no text,
About 2 hours of music
24 hours later, ~15% left.
This performance is about the same as the stock battery, so you should not expect a drastic improvement. But with a total of 3 batteries including stock, you can pretty much do whatever you want during the day and charge when you need to.
One good thing about this arrangement. You are always charging your battery only when its empty, so i suppose battery life will last longer?
For the price and functionality, its a very good buy.
Update: It does heat up considerably when i stream videos and battery life dropped 15-20% for every 25 min of streaming. It could be a rom thing and not the battery's fault.
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Thanks! Where did you get your batteries from may i ask?
I've had my anker battery for well over 2 months now... Runs cool (Almost never heats up), and with very heavy usage, lasts me all day... I can go 2-3 days on one charge if I just use it for calls + texting lightly. Love it!
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Thanks! Where did you get your batteries from may i ask?
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I got mine from Amazon
I just got mine today off Amazon. Full run down on the first battery is scheduled for tomorrow, and hopefully they are good.
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I got mine from Amazon
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I asked him cause he's living in singapore as well, the seller on amazon doesn't ship to singapore Thanks for your reply anyway
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Anyway do you guys fully discharge your battery on the first use? as i assume they come mildly charged.. I'm waiting for my batteries to come!! so excited
Sorry to disappoint, I am studying in the states so its a simple click on ebay.
Here's the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Batte...ccessories&hash=item336b95eea6#ht_4700wt_1200
They did mention that they ship world wide so you will have to ask them. PM if you have more questions since I seldom check this post.
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Aside from how well the battery performs, which I won't comment on as I don't own one, your statement about 'charging your battery only when its empty, so i suppose battery life will last longer?' is actually incorrect.
Lithium-ion batteries are more conducive to a partial discharge than a full one. The only time you ever full discharge your battery is to calibrate the battery meter, normally once every few weeks of use. Constantly draining the battery to 0 and then recharging it will actually harm lithium-ion batteries.
As stated here, http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries 'Lithium-ion does not need to be fully charged; a partial charge is better.'
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I should have wrote a disclaimer that I am not 100% certain if that increases batt life. I am not so sure that it'll harm the battery if you perform full charge discharge, but i do know that the cycle means you are using pretty much calibrated battery all the time. For people interested in finding out more, that article is a good reference. Make your own judgement after reading it.
Thank you for posting the article btw!
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Thanks for the eBay link!
I just ordered mine literally two minutes ago from Amazon.com. Don't know why I forgot to check eBay. I guess I was going to buy a few things for Amazon anyway. Hope I can still cancel my Amazon order as it's $10 cheaper to order from ebay.
Ive had mine for a few weeks now and definitely better than the stock ones for sure! I have not charged my phone at all since I got this lol
Important to note that you can't charge these in the phone, and you have to use the external charger. I can see that being inconvenient in some cases

Is this normal battery life for the first day of having the nexus?

I just got my nexus today and was wondering if this was good battery life for the first days use and when it will start getting better?
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This is the screenshot.
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Just about. I usually get 7hrs.
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Thats a drastic drop! Id say about normal as well. Did you have a lot of apps that were re downloading from the time you first activated it. After a few days to a week when your done looking at your phone every 5 secs you'll start to see battery improvement haha.
Tonight will be my 3rd time charging it. WIll it get a lot better tomorrow?
ProTip: Put the phone down every once in a while and enjoy life.
That's normal if ur 4g on
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It can take 4-5 charge cycles for the battery to really get worked in.
Also, check out the juice defender plus app. Doubled my battery life.
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Lithium Ion cells do not get better in any way after a few charges.
In fact the capacity goes down a wee tiny little bit with each and every charge, so your first charge was the "best" one.
Stop playing around with the thing for 5 hours non stop and you will get decent runtime.
Best thing to do with a new device is to charge it up fully as soon as you can. Then run it down until you get the low battery warning. Then charge it back up.
Battery life will likely be pretty poor for the first week or so, then it will normalize.
Deep discharging (to 0%) is about the worst thing you can do to a LiIon battery, because it "hurts" it much more than several shallow discharges.
Also, like I said before, battery capacity won't in any way rise or "normalize" over the first week.
Battery life is poor the first days because you use your shiny new device all the time (i.e. more than later). It's like that for all of us.
My battery life sucked the first few days, It got better though. It really only seems to suck it down if it is hunting for a signal constantly.
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If you are using your phone a laptop replacement and are surfing the web constantly, expect it to die like a laptop.
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You also need to try this manual battery calibration:
http://myhtcdesire.com/tutorials/how-to-improve-your-battery-life-calibration-tutorial
After I did this, saw the battery reading 99% and 98% more often rather than straight to 96% after charged.
Originally, it was suggested by HTC tech support. I did that once every six months or so ... And my battery level is now improved. Screenshots will follow in the next post.
Not bad?
Sync is off btw. And this includes using Maps 2%.
At least with my usage pattern, I am more or less satisfied.
I wish Google fixes the high Android OS Keep awake time!
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You need to remember the only thing relating to battery life is not just the battery, it's software as well, hence calibration. After about a week or so your phone gets a "feel" for your battery and gets more battery stats, so it's more accurate with it's readings. That is a proven fact, you need to think about all things.
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It is quite easy to gauge a Lithium Ion battery. 4.20 V = full. 3.60 V = empty. Your phone can read the battery precise to 0.001 V. The curve isn't linear, but it's well known what voltage relates to the exact capacity left in the battery.
There's really no room to "feel" anything there, just simple math.
Smokeey said:
ProTip: Put the phone down every once in a while and enjoy life.
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I consistently get 15-18 hours of use out of mine with the extended battery.
But to the OP, if your screen is taking up 60% of your battery, it's always on, your battery is gonna die, it happens. Your battery doesn't get "better" with time. It seems that way because you aren't glued to the device 24/7.
Mine was god awful when I first got it but after a week or so it got much, much better.
I have the GSM version though.
60% screen time gawt damn! Did you talk to anyone that day?
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60% screen time gawt damn! Did you talk to anyone that day?
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Google need to run classes on how to read the battery consumption pages. 61% screen means that the screen used 61% of the total battery used, not that the screen was on 61% of the time.
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Something we keep forgetting Re: battery life

I've become obsessed with the poor battery life on my new Galaxy Nexus and I've been pouring over forums, videos and blogs to find out why it's so bad.
I keep hearing about people getting 8 hours, 11 hours, 14 hours before their phone dies, but this is not actual use time, it's idle time (I.e "I left the phone off the charger overnight and..."). WHY does the manufacturer rate this phone as having a 15 day standby life... FIFTEEN DAYS!!!!
Something is terribly wrong here. If I can't use the browser for more than an hour without the battery getting critical, then what's the point of a "super phone "? It seems useless. I don't even want to install games on this device, because I know I'll get frustrated by it chewing through the battery as I play.
I purchased this phone with a high priority on the HD video recording capabilities, but will I actually be able to film stuff while out and have enough juice in case I need to make a call? Something tells me I won't.
Maybe I'm just expecting too much or maybe manufacturers should stop making these phones so "super" and focus on the fact that these are portable devices which need to last at least the day. God forbid you went for a hike and had an emergency, only to find your phone dead after eight hours!
Rant over
My battery is currently at 60% after 13 hours and and 1:35 screen time.
I have absolutely no complaints about the battery. In fact I would say its the best out of any phone I've owned.
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I feel you bud! The first 10-12% drops super fast then it seems to get a little better?
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Cool story bro... For anyone who is planning to go on a hike in the near future, BRING A SPARE BATTERY OR GET A WALKIE TALKIE!!!
Mitchmoney said:
Cool story bro... For anyone who is planning to go on a hike in the near future, BRING A SPARE BATTERY OR GET A WALKIE TALKIE!!!
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Not to mention that you shouldn't rely on a cellphone for calls out in the middle of the woods...
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Cool story bro... For anyone who is planning to go on a hike in the near future, BRING A SPARE BATTERY OR GET A WALKIE TALKIE!!!
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Good idea! Hahhahahaha
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did u check out the 2100 mAh extended battery, it's working wonders for me
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I feel you bud! The first 10-12% drops super fast then it seems to get a little better?
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That's because when you pull your phone off the charger and it says it's @100%, it's lying. It's somewhere in between 95-99%. The first 10% is spent figuring out where you're really at.
I think op said it best himself. Maybe you're just expecting too much. Battery life is freaking awesome for a phone with a 4.65 inch oled screen. Reminds me of my trusty nokia e71 back in the day.
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That's because when you pull your phone off the charger and it says it's @100%, it's lying. It's somewhere in between 95-99%. The first 10% is spent figuring out where you're really at.
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If your battery is properly calibrated, the first 5% is iffy. Just figured out how to properly calibrate less than two weeks ago and it doesn't include any software, like batterycalibration or resetting battery stats in cwm.
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Mitchmoney said:
Cool story bro... For anyone who is planning to go on a hike in the near future, BRING A SPARE BATTERY OR GET A WALKIE TALKIE!!!
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You can kindly replace "hike" with "family outing", "work", "movies", night club", "sporting event", "errands", etc... having a spare battery or charger (or a second communication device!) on you all the time should NOT be the solution to poor design (either hardware or software or both).
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Lot's of misinformation in this thread.
A new Lithium-Ion battery (LiCoO2) is always 100% fully charged at 4.20 V (+- 0.05 V). This maximum voltage lowers with age and use of the cell. Both voltage and battery age can be precisely measured by your phone and translated into the battery % display. It's not a linear graph but it's not really rocket science either.
There is no calibration of LiIon cells, it's neither necessary nor possible, they work at 100% efficiency right from the start.
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You can kindly replace "hike" with "family outing", "work", "movies", night club", "sporting event", "errands", etc... having a spare battery or charger (or a second communication device!) on you all the time should NOT be the solution to poor design (either hardware or software or both).
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You going on some intense 12 hour night club runs?
El Daddy said:
My battery is currently at 60% after 13 hours and and 1:35 screen time.
I have absolutely no complaints about the battery. In fact I would say its the best out of any phone I've owned.
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i'm at 24% after 12.5h, 1:45h screen time (inverted theme browser and some brief facebook/twitter time...). This, to me is not acceptable. If I was using google maps + gps, how long until the battery died? 30 minutes? Less?? I'm not watching video, making calls, downloading torrents, using the camera or anything else that would cause this kind of drain, but it seems to be "normal" for a lot of users on this and other forums.
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Have to agree with most and say battery life is by far the best compared to all other Android phones I've owned. As for standby time, this is tested without a sim card, apps, etc. So 15 days sounds reasonable without touching it and without the phone doing anything in the background.
I disagree.
The battery life of this phone is fantastic, more than what I expected. It is better than the Nexus S that I have.
I am using extended battery 2000mAh for GSM version.
Battery drain during night is about 1%-2% for about 8 hours. No kidding, I was surprised with that this morning. Probably because the new 4.0.2. Before, it was half percent an hour.
My current record for battery life was 61 hours with 4 hours screen on time. See the attached screenshot.
Again, this is based on my usage pattern.
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Battery life is amazing to me too, My average usage a day at work is 8-9 hours music, 45-60mins 3g web browsing, ~1h 40 mins screen on time.
On my Desire HD (Yea I know, hopeless battery life) the battery would die around 7-8 hours in with that usage. On my Galaxy Nexus I get home with 50% left.
One thing I found that helped battery life out a TON, is swiping facebook off the recent apps menu when you're done with it. Also have a similar high drain problem with joystiq/engadget apps.
Running AKOP17 with francokernel12 for anyone wondering.
I think you need to specify CDMA or GSM. It seems pretty common for GSM to get around 4 hours screen time before the battery goes. CDMA: 2.5 hours or so with moderate-heavy use.
I really hope someone on Verizon will post that they get 4 hours screen on time (no wifi) and what they did to get it.
Battery is good here too. Android OS is the eater. 4.0.3 and a good kernel fixes that.
The phone is capable of good battery but the new OS is still buggy.
LTE EX Galaxy Nexus - AOSP KANG
Asus Transformer - 3.2.1 OC/UV
Franco Kernel with a core powered down on screen offm 325 / 1200 clock.
Exiting / logging off google talk
Entering camera and force closing it one time after each reboot
LTE off
Nets me 1% drain per hour on 3g with nothing going on. That is excellent battery life. Loging out of Gtalk netted me approximately 2% an hour and the camera close trick netted me a crap ton. Prior to that I was getting almost 8% per hour loss doing nothing.

Battery reviews

I know the HTC One has been around a while on other carriers. Has anyone seen any reviews on how long the battery lasts?
I saw decent battery life in other reviews. One thing that caught my eye as a negative was that it had very slow charging times compared to other phones.
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I saw decent battery life in other reviews. One thing that caught my eye as a negative was that it had very slow charging times compared to other phones.
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I read that also somewhere..
Cares said:
I saw decent battery life in other reviews. One thing that caught my eye as a negative was that it had very slow charging times compared to other phones.
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The slow charging time was in an early 4.1.2 build. It has been fixed though already in a previous update.
I read they turned off the fast charge mode for it, I think in an effort to make the battery lifespan last longer.
I read that it slowly charges the battery on purpose. It allows the battery to last longer since it's not removable. Apparently the fast charge fries batteries pretty quick.
mpetruzz said:
I read that it slowly charges the battery on purpose. It allows the battery to last longer since it's not removable. Apparently the fast charge fries batteries pretty quick.
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Fast charging a battery phone is not really going to fry it... but there is truth that if you slow charge a battery, it will last longer.
I had the HTC One on T-Mobile for a while before switching back to Verizon and it got through the day with moderate to heavy usage. Overall you should be able to get a day out of it at least
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I had the HTC One on T-Mobile for a while before switching back to Verizon and it got through the day with moderate to heavy usage. Overall you should be able to get a day out of it at least
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What do you have now? Would you recommend the HTC one?
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Power Saver
Did Verizon remove Power Saver from their model? I can't find a setting anywhere. I know that 4.2.2 removed it from the notification screen, but it's not under the battery settings either. Anybody know?
dspcap said:
What do you have now? Would you recommend the HTC one?
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I'm back to the HTC One. The only reason I gave it up was T-Mobile coverage was terrible in my area
OK...My first full charge from 100%...the results???
I'm at 6% after 7 hrs 53 Mins
After a full days work (8 hrs) w/ my S4, I usually have about 65% left...I am hoping it will get better!
mtva24 said:
OK...My first full charge from 100%...the results???
I'm at 6% after 7 hrs 53 Mins
After a full days work (8 hrs) w/ my S4, I usually have about 65% left...I am hoping it will get better!
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What was your screen on time? The only other reason I can think of that contributed to this was all the setting up, syncing, and downloading that you may have been doing on this first full charge (unless you did that all of that prior to this full charge)
Edit: Nonetheless, thanks for sharing. Hopefully it is indeed going to be much better than that on a regular basis.
It'll be a few weeks before I can tell if the phone's batter is any good. I'm spending a lot of time on it.
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What was your screen on time? The only other reason I can think of that contributed to this was all the setting up, syncing, and downloading that you may have been doing on this first full charge (unless you did that all of that prior to this full charge)
Edit: Nonetheless, thanks for sharing. Hopefully it is indeed going to be much better than that on a regular basis.
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How doi find on screen time?
slaterd1 said:
Did Verizon remove Power Saver from their model? I can't find a setting anywhere. I know that 4.2.2 removed it from the notification screen, but it's not under the battery settings either. Anybody know?
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Yea they did, there is a Qualcomm snapdragon specific power saver app in the play store that is supposed to be a viable replacement.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
All I know is that in the first few days to a week of me having a new phone, I get horrible, HORRIBLE battery life. Why? Because it's shiny, it's new, it's interesting!
Give it a few days to a week and you will be back to mostly normal usage. I know that after the initial new phone excitement goes away, my battery life usually doubles.
Not to mention the battery cycle break in. I'm not sure if it's real or not, some people say it is, some say it isn't, but apparently it takes a few charge and discharge cycles for your battery to get to a normal state?
josh995 said:
All I know is that in the first few days to a week of me having a new phone, I get horrible, HORRIBLE battery life. Why? Because it's shiny, it's new, it's interesting!
Give it a few days to a week and you will be back to mostly normal usage. I know that after the initial new phone excitement goes away, my battery life usually doubles.
Not to mention the battery cycle break in. I'm not sure if it's real or not, some people say it is, some say it isn't, but apparently it takes a few charge and discharge cycles for your battery to get to a normal state?
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I read somewhere (pretty sure anandtech) that with these new batteries, it is advised against fully discharging. The optimal state is to charge it when it hits 75% ish.
If a battery dies, it dies, but you should not be purposefully killing it. I'll try to find the article, but I'm busy at work right now.
karn101 said:
I read somewhere (pretty sure anandtech) that with these new batteries, it is advised against fully discharging. The optimal state is to charge it when it hits 75% ish.
If a battery dies, it dies, but you should not be purposefully killing it. I'll try to find the article, but I'm busy at work right now.
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I don't know where you heard that, but for Lithium Ion batteries, over-discharging happens when you are around 2V or less... most phones will turn off when the battery gets to around 3.2V
Fully charged is roughly 4.2V
Most of these batteries are good for 250 to 400 charge cycles, It doesn't matter whether you are at 1% or 80%, the phone will stop charging once it gets to 100% since you cant trickle-charge Li-Ion batteries
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dspcap said:
I know the HTC One has been around a while on other carriers. Has anyone seen any reviews on how long the battery lasts?
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From what I've heard the battery is good for a day at best.
I've been debating One vs. Maxx for a few days... so confused... Battery Life vs. Sexy!
Just got my HTC One from Verizon. I am coming from a Note 2 which got excellent battery life but the phone was huge. The battery life is actually decent. I had the DROID dna and the battery life on that was horrible. So far it's pretty decent.
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This is it !!

I am extremely frustrated. My phone has always been bad with battery life. Its been over a year or so that I have not seen my phone last longer than 5-6 hours. I am constantly looking for any chance I get to charge my phone. My life revolves around checking battery %age and plugs to charge. Smart phones were suppose to be helping us, but its like they are using me to feed the juice every chance they get.
My T989 is a "SMART" phone with
- lowest on screen brightness (and a screen dimmer overlay)
- no NFC
- no haptic feedback or keytone sounds
- No animations or graphic heavy launchers
- dont play games any more
- turn off 4G/data anytime I get a chance
- No GPS
- Manual Sync emails, facebook and whatsapp
HELL, I want to go back to the age of Nokia's where the batteries would last you through weekend and still some juice left even after it goes through laundry.
But that is not what I am here to complaint about.
I would like to know what ROM+Kernel you have and how much battery life you get ? (w/ screen time)
Who else is going through these ?
Note: Currently on JB stock and a new OEM replacement battery
How often are you using your phone? It uses a lot more battery when the screen is on. You can get over 24 hours of battery life by not touching your phone at all/no apps running.
I think most people average around 3 hours of display time without charging. Check in settings/battery/display.
I'm running AOKP and depending on how often I use my phone it can really deplete my battery.
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Get a new battery maybe? I'm sorry for your issues.
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I've been running CM 10 for awhile, and I've been getting great battery life. Recently It's been sliding, and it's due to my battery just being old. I've got a new one I'll be putting in tonight. Get Gsam Battery monitor and check out what's using the battery.
easiest way i have found to extend my battery during the day is to toggle my data..if i am not using it for a bit, just toggle it off, takes 2 sec to toggle it on, and can easily double my battery life..
I use Jedi mind trick with Tiberius kernel. It fly's and I get around 12-14hrs with 1hr and 30mins or so with Facebook 1hour and half of music and texting. So get it!
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Do this stuff and read it carefully. And yes 3 to 4 hours is about average screen time. Makes no difference discussing total battery time. You can kill it 3 hours from a full charge with continuous use...or it can last 24 hours....all depends how often your using it and what you are doing with it.
If you go thru this other thread and follow all of the advice ....you should be fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461864
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Try this :thumbup:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0083M5CIM/ref=mp_s_a_2?pi=SL75&qid=1348506195&sr=8-2
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Areyoucrazy, 5-6 hours of on screen time or total? If that's all you get even with screen off, something is probably keeping your phone awake. Get an app called better battery stats or gsam battery monitor to figure out what is keeping it awake.
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These are my results, after buying the LAZA 3800mAh battery. I just had it for one day and it is light years ahead of the stock battery. I don't use NFC, and my brightness is all the way down. (Still I don't believe the brightness is low enough, seems too bright). I am a student so when I'm in class I can't obviously use my phone, so that is why the screen time is below what you guys expect. Still this battery is legit! I got it for $23 shipped (Amazon Prime). On the stock battery I had to revert back to ICS, but with this Laza battery I have no gripes on leaving it on the latest CM10.2 (4.3.1) and letting it go on Dual Carriage (DC, HSPA+42) mode. As long as I leave school with more than 70 percent battery like on my HTC Sensation, I am fine.
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I'm curious to see what screen time you get on a full charge.
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DJ Scooby Doo said:
These are my results, after buying the LAZA 3800mAh battery. I just had it for one day and it is light years ahead of the stock battery. I don't use NFC, and my brightness is all the way down. (Still I don't believe the brightness is low enough, seems too bright). I am a student so when I'm in class I can't obviously use my phone, so that is why the screen time is below what you guys expect. Still this battery is legit! I got it for $23 shipped (Amazon Prime). On the stock battery I had to revert back to ICS, but with this Laza battery I have no gripes on leaving it on the latest CM10.2 (4.3.1) and letting it go on Dual Carriage (DC, HSPA+42) mode. As long as I leave school with more than 70 percent battery like on my HTC Sensation, I am fine.
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I get the same on stock battery
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I get the same on stock battery
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On Jedi or on CM10.2? I don't know if Stock lets you use Dual Carriage or not. (Probably does, doesn't show it).
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Areyoucrazy, 5-6 hours of on screen time or total? If that's all you get even with screen off, something is probably keeping your phone awake. Get an app called better battery stats or gsam battery monitor to figure out what is keeping it awake.
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It is the total battery hours. My screan time is barely 1 hour.
coltonbauman said:
I've been running CM 10 for awhile, and I've been getting great battery life. Recently It's been sliding, and it's due to my battery just being old. I've got a new one I'll be putting in tonight. Get Gsam Battery monitor and check out what's using the battery.
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I do have GSAM battery monitor installed. I had it installed since it was called "bad ass battery monitor". It always is consistent and shows that screen uses most battery (abt 35% of overall usage), even at lowest setting. I also have a screen Filter app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor That overlays on the screen that dims it even further and is believed to save some more battery.
The other major user is the apps which is
- Android &
- Kernel
kj2112 said:
Do this stuff and read it carefully. And yes 3 to 4 hours is about average screen time. Makes no difference discussing total battery time. You can kill it 3 hours from a full charge with continuous use...or it can last 24 hours....all depends how often your using it and what you are doing with it.
If you go thru this other thread and follow all of the advice ....you should be fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461864
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I will try the cpu spy again. I remember doing it before and it was almost inconclusive if there were things I could control vs system related drain that I couldnt control.
I am currently on a new OEM battery (2 months old) and several ROMs later,. Some ppl claim they get best battery life, I just want to mirror exact same ROM, kernel... even the apps they have and their refresh settings if I need to.
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On Jedi or on CM10.2? I don't know if Stock lets you use Dual Carriage or not. (Probably does, doesn't show it).
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Jedi
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Dude.....less than an hour screen time tells something is very wrong.
First...I would bet the screen dimmer app Burns more battery than it saves.....that'd be my guess.
Second....flash a fresh rom, or stock. Run it at least a few days as is. With only gsam and cpuspy installed. Nothing else. I know you may really miss some apps....but its the only way to see if its an app, or rom, or hardware.
Then off gps after your install. Its on by default and is a huge battery sucker.
I'll bet things will be greatly improved. Then install apps.....monitor closely for changes in gsam or cpuspy.
Your screen battery usage should be more like 60 percent or higher....even as dim as it goes. That's normal. Apps, maybe 30 percent and then the other stuff. A 35 percent battery drain from the screen says you have problems.
After all your apps are installed.....try everything in that link I posted. Everything. And things should stay good.
Keep us posted.
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wow, and i thought mine was bad... i have my screen on alot and play 3d games, i guess im doing good. running slimbean.
I do believe that the battery life on this phone is not the greatest, a spare 5$ ebay battery in the wallet keeps me worry free
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