I have noticed that when I am on 3G, my battery drains very rapidly. Usually like 3% a minute. Is there anyway to fix this, if this is abnormal?
ra9b said:
I have noticed that when I am on 3G, my battery drains very rapidly. Usually like 3% a minute. Is there anyway to fix this, if this is abnormal?
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There's no fix to signal related drain. There are only two things that can be fixed really:
1. drain related to apps including unwanted prevention of deep sleep - wakelocks are normal
2. drain related to screen - lower brightness
3g drain is related to signal strength which there is no fix and 3g drains faster than wifi. Also, the older the battery, the less of a charge it can handle. If you're in an exceptionally poor signal area sometimes Verizon can get a signal extender. I haven't dealt with that but I've heard that sometimes happens if signal is bad.
ra9b said:
I have noticed that when I am on 3G, my battery drains very rapidly. Usually like 3% a minute. Is there anyway to fix this, if this is abnormal?
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More than likley means that the phone isnt getting a good signal, and is using more battery trying to stay connected. You can try updating to the latest radio, and prl. Has it always done this, or did it just start recently?
Though 3% a minute is really fast. I usually am closer to 1% every minute of two of screen on time depending on signal. Keep in mind battery drain is not linear meaning it may seem to drop off faster at different percentages. I don't know the details of this but this may help:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
Thanks tiny and cmlusco. And no cmlusco, it has always done this. I did update my radio to yours (I don't remember which one exactly) and that helped. I'll search how to update prl. And thanks tiny. I'll look into that link.
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And yeah, I have weak signal where I live (-92 dB usually) but I experience this multiple places.
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ra9b said:
Thanks tiny and cmlusco. And no cmlusco, it has always done this. I did update my radio to yours (I don't remember which one exactly) and that helped. I'll search how to update prl. And thanks tiny. I'll look into that link.
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To update the prl just dial *228 and select option 2.
I feel your pain. I work in an area of Tampa that has zero service and I mean ZERO. My phone tries desperately to cling to a signal and the battery drain is mind blowing. I usually have my phone in airplane mode and switch it off now and then to check for missed calls and what not. One of the roms I was using completely lost 3G and this was while I was at work. I had to change to a different rom after messing around with **778* I couldn't get it back.
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I feel your pain. I work in an area of Tampa that has zero service and I mean ZERO. My phone tries desperately to cling to a signal and the battery drain is mind blowing. I usually have my phone in airplane mode and switch it off now and then to check for missed calls and what not. One of the roms I was using completely lost 3G and this was while I was at work. I had to change to a different rom after messing around with **778* I couldn't get it back.
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That sucks. You need to switch carriers.
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That sucks. You need to switch carriers.
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It certainly sucks. But i dont really think its Verizons fault. I work on an AirForce Base. Cell phone service is scarce within the whole base. It does seem to be worse for Verizon and Sprint users from the people i had asked about it
Alot of the times my weather app will show totally different locations then where i am, I will pickup the weather forecast for Apollo Beach or Gibsonton(i dont even know where this is)
might be my imagination but i noticed this battery drain using 3G more when i switched to CM10.1(4.21) versus CM10(4.12).
but when on Wifi, my battery usage seems adequate to very good
It is your imagination. ROM has no bearing on 3g drain.
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When I'm at school (5 days a week) most of my classes are in a building where I do not get a lot of reception, aka, my battery gets killed by the phone to keep up the signal. I do get reception, around 1-2 bars, but that still drains the battery extremely fast. Is there any app or something that I can do to help reduce the amount of battery drain?
I don't want to put the phone into air plane mode because I can still send and receive text messages, but it's just very slow.
Have you tried putting it in cdma only mode?
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You could save a lot of battery life by either connecting to a wifi hotspot (if available) or by turning off background data. The problem your phones having is that it has to turn the gain way up on its cellular radio in order to transmit and receive data. By reducing the amount of background data usage (or off loading it to another network with better signal--i.e. wifi) you'll save a lot of juice.
If you can't do either, there are some things you can do with Tasker to reduce data usage to windows of time instead of always on. May be something to consider.
- chris
isinisterx said:
When I'm at school (5 days a week) most of my classes are in a building where I do not get a lot of reception, aka, my battery gets killed by the phone to keep up the signal. I do get reception, around 1-2 bars, but that still drains the battery extremely fast. Is there any app or something that I can do to help reduce the amount of battery drain?
I don't want to put the phone into air plane mode because I can still send and receive text messages, but it's just very slow.
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Drop it into 2G only or connect to WiFi.
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Have you tried putting it in cdma only mode?
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He's in Canada, so using the GSM model.
Give juice defender a try. It used to almost double the battery life on my old X10 when I worked in a building that I could only get 1 bar at best.
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Give juice defender a try. It used to almost double the battery life on my old X10 when I worked in a building that I could only get 1 bar at best.
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JD sucks on the Nexus, unless it has gotten an update since last month.. WiFi doesn't want to reconnect. I've seen others say the same thing.
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JD sucks on the Nexus, unless it has gotten an update since last month.. WiFi doesn't want to reconnect. I've seen others say the same thing.
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yessss someone else with the wifi problem.when in like a perfect wifi signal zone, my friends gnex connect oerfectly and mine just says saved, wont connect to the networj
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I can barely get 12 hours on mostly standby. I looked at what was up with my battery in the settings. In the signal bar it shows a ton of yellow and red not alot of green. I think this is what is killing my battery. I tried different radios and kernels with no luck. Any ideas
Thanks
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Aside from being closer to a tower, there isn't much you can do if you've already investigated different radios. I live in a fringe area and have had this issue with every phone i've had, both Verizon and At&t. Few things seem to drain a battery faster than the phone increasing transmit power to compensate for a weak signal.
Try using forcing 2G so it doesn't use so much energy trying to find 3G/4G.
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Try using forcing 2G so it doesn't use so much energy trying to find 3G/4G.
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Thanks will give it a try. I came from the att g note and never had issues with signal killing my battery. But it's a small price to party for such a fun phone
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The phone looking for 3G/4G signal in a place where its hard to find is what kills it. Kinda like when you get no signal, dont put it in airplane mode, and you can literally see your battery life go down.
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Okay, so I am getting pretty bad battery drain whenever I use my phone. The phone goes into deep sleep just fine, and wakelocks don't seem to be an issue. Whenever I use any app though, the battery drains very quickly. Now obviously using the device will make the battery drain faster than it would when it's asleep, but I'm talking about losing 2-3% with only playing 2 minutes of Scrabble or checking a news feed for less than 3 minutes. My screen is on half brightness, but it's only been a week since this has really been noticeable.
I'm not sure if my battery is getting worse or something (although I try to not overcharge it and let it get to around 50% which I don't see why that would be an issue) or this is just an illusion and it's been happening the whole time.
Has anyone found any solutions or ideas to help conserve battery?
I'm stock, nonrooted, running the latest update. I never have any sync or push notifications active. I keep NFC on but I've had that on since day 1 and didn't seem to be an issue before. I restrict background data for the Play Store (tried that yesterday but didn't seem to help much), brightness is always around halfway, and I am using JuiceDefender pro. I have the Amazon App Store installed which I've considered to be an issue, but haven't seen many people complain about it recently and it doesn't seem to report anything on BetterBatteryStats.
Bump? =\
I've been experiencing the same problem as you recently. I'm going to backup and format EVERYTHING and odin back to stock and see if that'll help.
I have a feeling it has something to do with my SD card.
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I've been experiencing the same problem as you recently. I'm going to backup and format EVERYTHING and odin back to stock and see if that'll help.
I have a feeling it has something to do with my SD card.
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Hmm I didn't think of that. I have an SD card as well but I've had it for quite a while so I'm not positive if that's causing it.
Tell me if ODINing it back to stock actually does something. I believe that the battery itself may be causing the issues though, but I'm not sure.
...So there's only one other person which these issues? What am I doing wrong?
I hate to keep bumping this thread but I am literally only getting 3 hours of screen on time when I'm on airplane mode and am at 20% brightness.
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For the moment, my battery seems to be doing better. The only reason I wiped out my SD card was because my phone started getting hot at the bottom when listening to music from my 32GB SD card, so I thought it was some sort of corrupt file my phone kept trying to read and drained the battery
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Okay, so I am getting pretty bad battery drain whenever I use my phone. The phone goes into deep sleep just fine, and wakelocks don't seem to be an issue. Whenever I use any app though, the battery drains very quickly. Now obviously using the device will make the battery drain faster than it would when it's asleep, but I'm talking about losing 2-3% with only playing 2 minutes of Scrabble or checking a news feed for less than 3 minutes. My screen is on half brightness, but it's only been a week since this has really been noticeable.
I'm not sure if my battery is getting worse or something (although I try to not overcharge it and let it get to around 50% which I don't see why that would be an issue) or this is just an illusion and it's been happening the whole time.
Has anyone found any solutions or ideas to help conserve battery?
I'm stock, nonrooted, running the latest update. I never have any sync or push notifications active. I keep NFC on but I've had that on since day 1 and didn't seem to be an issue before. I restrict background data for the Play Store (tried that yesterday but didn't seem to help much), brightness is always around halfway, and I am using JuiceDefender pro. I have the Amazon App Store installed which I've considered to be an issue, but haven't seen many people complain about it recently and it doesn't seem to report anything on BetterBatteryStats.
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Can you post a screen cap of your battery statistics?
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Can you post a screen cap of your battery statistics?
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Yeah here's what I'm getting today.
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disabling S Voice helped a lot for me
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disabling S Voice helped a lot for me
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I don't have it enabled but thanks for the suggestion
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Looks like you have shout of time without signal. Are you turning data off when not on use?
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U can also put on airplane mode when your not using it. It helps out a lot for me
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Looks like you have shout of time without signal. Are you turning data off when not on use?
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U can also put on airplane mode when your not using it. It helps out a lot for me
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Yeah it can waste a lot of battery I admit. I do put it on airplane mode when I'm not expecting any calls but I still need to use this thing as a phone so it's tough.
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Have you installed better battery stats to see if you are getting excessive wakelocks?
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Have you installed better battery stats to see if you are getting excessive wakelocks?
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Yes I have and my phone has no issues being in standby
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Hi,
I have stock 4.1.1, so build 3.14.708.28.
I've found that since the last firmware update I have a major battery issue. It takes the form of:
- When WCDMA radio is enabled the battery drain is phenomenal, even with no use. I can drop 30% in 30 minutes at times.
- The battery levels do not appear to be accurate. It will be on 40%, then I reboot and the battery shows at 8%, for example. Only apparent at lower battery levels. This not just a widget thing - you can see it in the Power settings.
Have tried 2 hardware resets, rebooting the bootloader multiple times, uninstalling all software except for stock, monitoring the battery usage stats, using Carat to check for errors over a three week period, etc. No software related issues have been found.
Any ideas on what to do? At the moment I'm just using 2g most of the time, which yields much better results.
thanks,
Andrew
If it helps at all, the data connection is normally hsdpa
And I'm always in power saver mode..... And fast boot is off... What else I need to say to get an answer?
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3G always drains a lot of battery.
Try using WiFi.
You may want to do a battery calibration.
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Thanks, will try calibration. I think it's probably fundamental hardware though, as I'm also getting random reboots. Aim for a new phone every 18 months, but looks like the one x won't last more than 10.
Maybe I should get a battery replacement
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Hi there guys,
my hox does the same. fully charged, turned on at 9:30 and down to 1% at 16:00. Was Vodafone branded, but today flashed generic ROM (3.20.401) so will see... right now charging then will wipe battery stats and see...
Also noticed, that with Tesco SIM getting much better battery life.
Have power saver turned ON as well...
WCDMA preferred mode drains a lot lot of battery as it is always searching for a stronger 3G signal.
I recommend keeping the mode to GSM Auto PRL.
Do this by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and into Phone Info.
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athulele said:
WCDMA preferred mode drains a lot lot of battery as it is always searching for a stronger 3G signal.
I recommend keeping the mode to GSM Auto PRL.
Do this by dialing *#*#4636#*#* and into Phone Info.
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Whats the point turning Off 3G??? Then is no point to have top end smartphone...
It is good advice when you're on place with weak or no signal, but almost everywhere, especially in towns there's full 3G/HSDPA signal anyway
GSM or 2G networks will be shut down soon anyway and speed on GPRS is not acceptable novadays...
Rexton270 said:
Whats the point turning Off 3G??? Then is no point to have top end smartphone...
It is good advice when you're on place with weak or no signal, but almost everywhere, especially in towns there's full 3G/HSDPA signal anyway
GSM or 2G networks will be shut down soon anyway and speed on GPRS is not acceptable novadays...
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I am not saying that turn off 3G completely. GSM auto prl just holds on to the network which is stronger, 2G or 3G.
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Aright, I didn't know that...
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Good tip, thanks. Will try hsdpa only and see how that goes.
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Well... Battery issue on my HOX is still present- battery don't last long...
Yesterday flashed latest generic ROM (3.20.401.1), fully charged, cleared battery stats but still same results... Right now down to 32% since morning 8AM, with mild usage...
Well I think it worked for me. I've gone from 4.5 hours of battery life to about 11. Also, my random restarts have stopped.
I guess I can't conclude absolutely that changing to wcdma only was the cause of the improvement, but nothing else has changed at all.
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Any other g2 users having major battery issues? Sprint g2, some apps and bloatware frozen/removed. Rooted as well. Battery dropped 38 percent in 4 hours with little to no use. Location services are off. Shows that android operating system using around 40 percent. Any idea of what is causing this? So far, not loving the update and the issues its having.
Absolutely not... Quite the opposite. I'm on a custom ROM but I used ZV7 ZV8 & ZVA before with no issues. That's one great thing about the G2 is the Snap Dragon processors are great on the battery, a charge lasts a long time and the battery never gets hot even with constant tethering and heavy usage. You should try the Snap Dragon battery guru app in the play store at: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app which is great for saving juice. Or takes a couple days to get full effect cause it learns your patterns and stops apps from refreshing during times when you don't use them, cuts of WiFi and or data during times when you aren't using it. Also I'd check your battery usage stats and see what processes are draining it the most. Is most likely an app or 2 draining a lot of your battery, so the battery guru will stop that from happening during times that you don't use those apps.
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Its very common after a firmware update for a battery to go outta whack. It may be that you need to recalibrate it. After any firmware update its adviseable to so a factory reset at 100% battery level. Then use your phone normally till the battery dies and phone shuts down. Plug in the phone and let it charge to 100% while off. Turn it on, and use it till the batt dies again. Repeat charging to 100% with phone off.
That may solve your issue. Fully cycle the battery 2x.
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Absolutely not... Quite the opposite. I'm on a custom ROM but I used ZV7 ZV8 & ZVA before with no issues. That's one great thing about the G2 is the Snap Dragon processors are great on the battery, a charge lasts a long time and the battery never gets hot even with constant tethering and heavy usage. You should try the Snap Dragon battery guru app in the play store at: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app which is great for saving juice. Or takes a couple days to get full effect cause it learns your patterns and stops apps from refreshing during times when you don't use them, cuts of WiFi and or data during times when you aren't using it. Also I'd check your battery usage stats and see what processes are draining it the most. Is most likely an app or 2 draining a lot of your battery, so the battery guru will stop that from happening during times that you don't use those apps.
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Thank you @bigpoppa and @sudosurootdev I will try both suggestions. I've got snapdragon app downloaded now. Haven't did a full cycle charge on it yet though. Normally had great battery life, even on aosp roms. Could be that I am just impatient too though haha.
Battery life is greatly affected by weak signals. It drives up the power to get you signal
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My signal has actually been a great deal weaker since the update. I live in an.area where there is only 3g/1x data. Used to get around 1.8 mbps download...now only getting around 600kbps. Pretty much just sucks.
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I'm having the same issue. It's wakelock WifiOffDelayIfNotUsed. I've tried everything I can think of, but it's completely keeping my phone from deep sleep.
I did one full cycle charge. Took it off the charger at around 10am yesterday. Almost 21 hours later, sitting at 35%. Doing a little better than before. Bluetooth keeps showing on my list of wake locks but it's disabled.
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I got the ZVC OTA, then I flashed the zvc .tot after accidently deleting supporting services for voice mail (Skyfire Observer and Sprint Extension provider) after flashing Im at 7hrs 30mins Screen Time surfing web with 15% battery left on first day, before that I got little over 6hrs with 0% battery and all the same apps. Do a factory reset after OTA that might help or flash the ZVC.tot for a complete fresh install like I did.
Just an FYI Swype connect is a known battery killer for some its mentioned on their forums and it sometimes runs even when all connect features are blocked.
Another thing block location services when not needed it will save a nice amount of battery life.
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I'm having the same issue. It's wakelock WifiOffDelayIfNotUsed. I've tried everything I can think of, but it's completely keeping my phone from deep sleep.
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I noticed that this morning. I went into wifi settings and clicked advanced and unchecked "scanning always available". Im using "liquid Smooth 4.4 so I don't know if yours have it.
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I noticed that this morning. I went into wifi settings and clicked advanced and unchecked "scanning always available". Im using "liquid Smooth 4.4 so I don't know if yours have it.
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I think its a problem with 4.4.2, google is fixing that in 4.4.3. Also make sure Sprint Connections Optimizer is really off.
The only issue I've seen is Bluetooth showing up under battery stats as being used at around 50-55% yesterday with a runtime of over a day. I'm thinking its just a reporting bug since I haven't used Bluetooth at all and I don't see a noticeable drop in battery but if it is using it I'd definitely like to curb it.
anyone with a similar issue or possible idea on fixing it? Running stock zvc unrooted
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The only issue I've seen is Bluetooth showing up under battery stats as being used at around 50-55% yesterday with a runtime of over a day. I'm thinking its just a reporting bug since I haven't used Bluetooth at all and I don't see a noticeable drop in battery but if it is using it I'd definitely like to curb it.
anyone with a similar issue or possible idea on fixing it? Running stock zvc unrooted
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That's weird, never had that happen to me. Did you Factory reset after OTA? Sometimes that helps.
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That's weird, never had that happen to me. Did you Factory reset after OTA? Sometimes that helps.
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No I haven't. I guess I'll give that a shot. But sucks to have to redownload my apps n such for that.
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Im getting 30 hours with 3 hours screen on time since the update but i did a factory reset after thr update and dont have all my apps installed
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Im getting 30 hours with 3 hours screen on time since the update but i did a factory reset after thr update and dont have all my apps installed
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Do you have location settings and google now enabled?
I don't get the people who say they get 7 hours sot out of this phone. I have two of these and even with complete stock no after market apps the best I do is 3-4
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Do you have location settings and google now enabled?
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Yes i do tonight ill post screen shots
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I don't get the people who say they get 7 hours sot out of this phone. I have two of these and even with complete stock no after market apps the best I do is 3-4
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I get 7.5 hrs and 15% battery left at 50% Brightness, location and autosync drain battery a lot as I mentioned before. Also use task manager to autoblock Sprint apps and uncheck Sprint Connections Optimizer it eats battery, Lastly Swype connect runs even when online features are disabled and eats battery, there are many complaints about that on Swype forum as well.
Im mostly on WiFI and have full signal due to Airave (no LTE) so I guess that helps too. All those things add up, I'm sure you can achieve that screen time as well.
By factory reset, do you guys mean in settings? I need to reset, but I don't have a computer at the moment so I can't reflash tot.