I just acquired a Xperia S one week ago, and then i realized that battery is very poor. with full charging it got three hours of use to hit 15%, during these three hours the phone was in flying/airplane mode. The first two hours i used memedroid with wi-fi and opera mobile navigation and downloads, the last hour i played temple run 2. Its normal such battery life? before this phone i had a lg p990 which i considered very very poor the battery life, but the xperia s just broke the record. sorry for bad english, i'm brazilian '-'
my average battery usage is about 9 hours, usually unplug from charger about around 7am, around 4pm battery empty.
Androids aren't popular for battery life. But it can be increased by doing several customizations since Androids are meant for customizations.
So before complaining please check the battery life related threads in General sections. You'd find many tweaks and tips from other users.
Hello Jr, i´m BR too. Write in english ...bad english....rs
My battery life in LT26i is 12h with all things "on": BT, GPS, 3G and WIFI. I install PAC ROM V19 , but when i have Stock ROM my battery life is the same with updated system. Maybe your phone have any problem and you can change if have NF and between 7 days of purchase. You see the "battery stats" in "Setting" to see how apks drain battery ?
Hello m8 .
There are several ways to check if your battery is OK (but I think it should be, as Android device with HD screen just eat battery)
First of all, we can check if you battery health is good. To do that, in phone dialer enter this code: *#*#7378423#*#* (it's same as: *#*#SERVICE#*#*). There enter to "Service tests" > Battery Health Test. In my phone it looks like in photo in attachment. Don't worry if value in "Actual Batt(uAh)" is lower than 1750mAh. When you use your phone correctly, I can be around 1650~, too, but after fully charging this "counter" sometimes reset. More important thing is information, that health is good, and battery is no need to be replaced.
If this part is correct, now enter Settings > Battery. Here you can find information what consume your battery in pertencage of currently "eaten" % battery (example: You have 80% battery remaining, so you've lost 20%. There's information, that "Screen" or anything else eat 60% of battery. It means, that in these 20% of current lost battery -> It has been lost for screen).
Most discharging things in our phone are:
Screen - try to turn off Mobile Bravia Engine if not used (not watching movies), and decrease brightness.
WiFi & Data Transfer - If not used, turn off your WiFi.
Hope this helps
Also remember that the first charges are smaller.
Hopefully I'm helping an not hindering...so here we go.
I ran AnTuTu tester on my Sony XPERIA S 1750mAh battery which is reported to be in good health.
Now I'm not sure how much faith I place in this application as it didn't list my CPU usage, where on my XPERIA X10i it did.
My XPERIA S is rooted and using RaymanFX' ELiTE kernel with GPU and CPU over-clocked.
I started the test with my battery fully charged.
I got a battery life from 100% to 19% of 1hr and 50min using a 1750mAh battery on a dual-core CPU clocked at 1566MHz.
Yes, I know, that scared me too.
The same test on my Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10i returned the following.
I got a battery life from 100% to 19% of 3hr and 17min using a 1800mAh battery on a single-core CPU clocked at 1113MHz.
Now this may not be as bad as things look as we have two CPUs ripping into a battery compared to 1 CPU so there may be pause for reflect and thought on this battery usage in this case.
So, long story short, if you run the same test at 1.5GHz (stock ROM) and you get a battery life of approx 1hr and 50mins (or more) using the AnTuTu Tester your battery should be able to give you a days usage in moderation.
This is not exactly science, but it may give some indication if your XPERIA S(LT26i) 1750mAh battery is operating in a 'normal' threshold.
Odp: [Q] Xperia S battery life very poor, its normal?
So that's why I bought external battery for phones from Sony, CP-EL. 2000mAh.
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ThaweK said:
So that's why I bought external battery for phones from Sony, CP-EL. 2000mAh.
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but this 2000mAh has a higher size compared to the stock 1750 battery, anyway, it works fine?
ThaweK said:
Hello m8 .
There are several ways to check if your battery is OK (but I think it should be, as Android device with HD screen just eat battery)
First of all, we can check if you battery health is good. To do that, in phone dialer enter this code: *#*#7378423#*#* (it's same as: *#*#SERVICE#*#*). There enter to "Service tests" > Battery Health Test. In my phone it looks like in photo in attachment. Don't worry if value in "Actual Batt(uAh)" is lower than 1750mAh. When you use your phone correctly, I can be around 1650~, too, but after fully charging this "counter" sometimes reset. More important thing is information, that health is good, and battery is no need to be replaced.
If this part is correct, now enter Settings > Battery. Here you can find information what consume your battery in pertencage of currently "eaten" % battery (example: You have 80% battery remaining, so you've lost 20%. There's information, that "Screen" or anything else eat 60% of battery. It means, that in these 20% of current lost battery -> It has been lost for screen).
Most discharging things in our phone are:
Screen - try to turn off Mobile Bravia Engine if not used (not watching movies), and decrease brightness.
WiFi & Data Transfer - If not used, turn off your WiFi.
Hope this helps
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Since i bought my phone the mobile bravia engine is turned on.... i did the test and the battery health is good, i will try to close apps and decrease the brightness, and see if a get a decent battery life. I use only wifi, no data transfer, and 2G connection. If i cant get success i will wait for sony's JB update.
The guy who posted the benchmark up there should be reminded that you're using a dual core in Xperia S plus each core is built on 45nm technology which means that the newer snapdragon phones are likely to be more battery conservative than the one used in xperia s because it produced around double the heat...
I changed my omnia II ([email protected]) to xperia s and I was shocked with its battery. now I got used to charging it twice a day with really heavy use or once for two days with normal use.
> Go for a ROM with minimum size and least applications. This lighter ROM saves battery by eliminating the junk running in the stock's background. Less CPU usage = Less battery drain
> Reduce the brightness to save power since the 4.3" 720p is a battery hog.
> You can also try switching on 3G and Wireless only when required.
But don't be worried (if you were), almost all androids suck at battery timing.
I relocked my bootloader and installed the original firmware and now android system is using up 66%.. though it still lasts 14 to 15 hours with average use, it can be much more, but i've no idea what the problem is.
BBS says "AlarmManager", but since I don't have root anymore I can't figure out which process/app is getting all these partial wakelocks :crying:
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but this 2000mAh has a higher size compared to the stock 1750 battery, anyway, it works fine?
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It's an external battery. Imagine it as you were charging your phone out of your notebook's battery. It is way bigger, so it uses just a part of it.
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Felimenta97 said:
It's an external battery. Imagine it as you were charging your phone out of your notebook's battery. It is way bigger, so it uses just a part of it.
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Yup. However, if you're using your phone normally during charging it will use full 2000mAh and there still won't be full but ex. You can watch about two full movies more for ex. during trip
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Hello all,
Am i the only one that is having problems with the battery life on the galaxy gio?
I charged the phone today at 5 in the afternoon, by 8(3 hours after) 70% of battery, charged it with the wall charger and i rebooted it when the battery was full to close all tasks.
In 3 hours without any wifi, only 1 sms received, no calls and no other tasks was executed i lost 30%.
What can i do to improve the battery?
Are you experiencing any similar problems?
Coiso said:
Hello all,
Am i the only one that is having problems with the battery life on the galaxy gio?
I charged the phone today at 5 in the afternoon, by 8(3 hours after) 70% of battery, charged it with the wall charger and i rebooted it when the battery was full to close all tasks.
In 3 hours without any wifi, only 1 sms received, no calls and no other tasks was executed i lost 30%.
What can i do to improve the battery?
Are you experiencing any similar problems?
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You can wipe battery stats, and turn things like gps wifi data autosync unused apps etc off, for some things you need root acces
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What rom you have ?
I have problems with battery life too...but because i play games. Is weird because you didn't do nothing like browsing or play games and your battery was eaten.
Try a full wipe.
Also search the market for PowerTutor, it might be able to help finding what eats your battery, as what you describe this is not normal.
If you've rooted your phone you can calibrate your battery. There's an app for this in the market. It just wipes the battery stats file and creates a new one. I've head that it is good with every rom change to calibrate the battery Hope this helps! GL!
Actually it's good to flash every new ROM when you have fully charged battery. If you fail to do this you'll have to calibrate the battery and it might not be easy to do right the first time.
SO much easier to flash having full power
Battery stats wiping
IIRC google denied that battery stats wiping would actually increase the battery life: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
I assume, you have things like WiFi, BT or GPS turned off... Then you maybe might try another launcher. Samsung's TouchWiz is quite a power eater.
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IIRC google denied that battery stats wiping would actually increase the battery life: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
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It won't increase battery life, true, but think - when you unplug the charger? When your phone says "100% charged", right? And if your battery starts are wrong the phone may say "I'm charged" when it's actually, say, 40% charged or whatever.
Wiping stats should also provide more accurate battery indicator when it gathers new stats after some usage.
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It won't increase battery life, true, but think - when you unplug the charger? When your phone says "100% charged", right? And if your battery starts are wrong the phone may say "I'm charged" when it's actually, say, 40% charged or whatever.
Wiping stats should also provide more accurate battery indicator when it gathers new stats after some usage.
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In my experience the battery indicator may work a bit odd (e.g. it goes fast to 40% then stays there for ages). But it didn't keep the battery from charging to full, even when it indicated 100% it still kept charging. But to stay in the topic, clearing the stats might help the "dropping by 30% really fast" issue
Yup, that's what I was talking about - wiping stats won't improve battery life, but might fix indicator accuracy
It could be your background applications eat too much mobile data. Check out your background applications and disable them. Stick with 2G also it improves battery life a lot
if the phone and battery are ok, and you don't have Wifi/BT/3G/EDGE/max_screen_brightness/ or high CPU usage background apps, you should get something like in the attached picture:
AT least for me CM7.2 really improved battery life up to 2 (TWO) days!
Unfortunately CM9 ruined this again and brought it back for ~8h...
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if the phone and battery are ok, and you don't have Wifi/BT/3G/EDGE/max_screen_brightness/ or high CPU usage background apps, you should get something like in the attached picture:
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The z stands for days??
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The z stands for days??
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Yes, is romanian language
SilviuMik said:
Yes, is romanian language
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Oh ok..
Z means day, sounds logically.
In dutch we call it 'dag'
Thats kinda good battery life, but also without nearly using your phone
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You can use CM 7.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1381355
It is stable and saves battery better than stock rom.
Another thing to check is that Wifi is set to disable when the screen turns off or when plugged in... If not, you can loose 50% battery life in 6 hours. (Which i did once. NOT FUN.)
As well, apps that sync in the background. Ie, mail checking your inbox every hour for new mail; facebook, twitter, myspace checking for new notifications every hour; leaving apps using GPS running in the background like Navigation, My Tracks, etc. Those sorts of things can drain a battery really quickly, beacuse it has to wake up the phone, get the phone to get the required data over the cellular network then go back to sleep again, instead of just letting the phone sleep.
Another thing you can do is to make sure you kill apps. IE, don't use the home button to exit the app, use the back button. That will kill the app instead of leaving it running in the background.
Its kinda funny, this is all stuff people have mentioned already, but it seriously can be the difference between a half a day and a whole day on a battery...
Hi,
On my One-X battery meter is completely inaccurate. Sometimes it sits for hours on one value (e.g. 90%) and then suddenly drops (with no CPU/data activity whatsoever) to for example 80%. This results with very jerky battery use graph (attached mine). I am on 1.29.401.7 and done multiple full discharge/charge cycles, but it does not make any difference.
I have never seen such bad battery meter behavior on any other Andoid phone. Have you got similar problem?
I have the exact same problem actually.
Same here. It's as if it doesn't update the battery meter when it's in sleep (fifth core running). I suspect it's because of the T3 architecture and power management. As soon as you wake it, after maybe a minute, it updates the battery status...
Mines does it. Can sit on a %age for an age then with little use it will plummet.
@Op,
No I didn't notice such a problem on a unrooted One X and with no modifications running the latest OTA update 1.29.401.11.
Did you play with battery apps or did you modify something yourself which could cause this issue? Did you investigate what could cause it?
How long do you have your device, did you install apps? Can you provide more info about it maybe? Do you softreset your device?
Did the problem exist when you bought the device?
Thanks.
So it must be general problem then. It happens to me not only in sleep mode, but when browsing the web, etc.
I think these sudden percentage jumps and meter inaccuracy also contribute to all these battery life complains from various people. I was personally shocked when after a few minutes of web browsing battery dropped instantly from 30 to 20%. It looks like crappy battery, but in fact seems to be just dodgy meter...
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@Op,
No I didn't notice such a problem on a unrooted One X and with no modifications running the latest OTA update 1.29.401.11.
Did you play with battery apps or did you modify something yourself which could cause this issue? Did you investigate what could cause it?
How long do you have your device, did you install apps? Can you provide more info about it maybe? Do you softreset your device?
Did the problem exist when you bought the device?
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I have got the phone for almost a week now and I am pretty sure this problem has been there from the very begining. I initially though this is because a couple of full charge / discharge cycles are required to calibrate the meter, but it did not make any difference. My phone is not unlocked, no mods or battery apps. I did not try soft reset though.
It looks to me that meter is somehow not updating during the sleep. When device wakes from sleep, after a couple of minutes value drops significantly. This problem is probably a reason for various false claims that One X does not consume a single percent of battery during the overnight sleep.
Yeah, i have the same thing. Sometimes my battery drops about 2 or 3 percent at once, sometimes 10 percent...pretty annoying.
Thanks for your reply.
I'm new to Android but I do have some Windows Mobile experience.
It's weird to me seeing people having such problems because I realy don't experience it.
My battery meter is constant, also after a night sleep.
Maybe it's because I use my device different as others I don't know, it's strange to see all these reports in XDA forum as the One X to my opinion is a very cool device.
Maybe you could try some battery percentage apps and see if it realy is that insufficient?
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I have got the phone for almost a week now and I am pretty sure this problem has been there from the very begining. I initially though this is because a couple of full charge / discharge cycles are required to calibrate the meter, but it did not make any difference. My phone is not unlocked, no mods or battery apps. I did not try soft reset though.
It looks to me that meter is somehow not updating during the sleep. When device wakes from sleep, after a couple of minutes value drops significantly. This problem is probably a reason for various false claims that One X does not consume a single percent of battery during the overnight sleep.
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No problems with the battery monitor whatsoever (unrooted) 1.28.161.9
Laurentius26 said:
Thanks for your reply.
I'm new to Android but I do have some Windows Mobile experience.
It's weird to me seeing people having such problems because I realy don't experience it.
My battery meter is constant, also after a night sleep.
Maybe it's because I use my device different as others I don't know, it's strange to see all these reports in XDA forum as the One X to my opinion is a very cool device.
Maybe you could try some battery percentage apps and see if it realy is that insufficient?
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I used your excellent ROMs on my HD2 in dark WM6.5 ages . I am glad to see you here with One X!
I installed Battery Meter Widget and (if the readings are correct), my One X consumes about 10-15mA during the sleep with Wifi and 3G on. I will keep an eye on the percentage.
Don't get me wrong - besides of erratic GPS and dodgy battery/power management problems, I really love this device.
I really wished that international One X version was based on S4 SoC (superb GPS with GLONASS and great power management as S4 is a 28nm chip). It is such a shame that dodgy Tegra 3 ruins this excellent device...
Hello, maybe this behaviour is only due to the voltage sampling/display ...
Someone here says the native battery app was only at 5% precision at display
and it looks like it updates in long time samples too ( 5 minutes ? ) ...
Knowing that Li-Ion goes from 3600 mV ( 0% ) to 4200 mV ( 100% ),
it means 600 mV of voltage variation from empty to full, with 1 mV precision.
So 1 millivolt is 0.2% of battery charge.
The display should be really more precise if all voltage precision was used.
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Hi,
and then suddenly drops (with no CPU/data activity whatsoever)
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looking at that screenshot you have posted the sudden drops appear to be perfectly aligned to the 'screen on' or 'awake' periods so the most likely (and obvious) cause is that using the phone causes most battery use. I have seen this with many phones, I think its normal. Being in standby doesnt use much power at all but lighting the massive 4.7" screen and running a quad core processor does, so when you use the phone it uses loads more juice... thats my analysis anyway
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looking at that screenshot you have posted the sudden drops appear to be perfectly aligned to the 'screen on' or 'awake' periods so the most likely (and obvious) cause is that using the phone causes most battery use. I have seen this with many phones, I think its normal. Being in standby doesnt use much power at all but lighting the massive 4.7" screen and running a quad core processor does, so when you use the phone it uses loads more juice... thats my analysis anyway
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No, this is different. Drop in fact seem to be related to wake up from deep sleep, but the point is that this drop is massive and instant i.e. battery instantly drops from 30 to 20, bypassing all other percent states in between. Also, I am sure battery state does not update properly in deep sleep in many cases. At some point I left my phone for almost a day alone (wifi, 3g, Gmail and exchange sync, etc) and it did not lose a single percent, but as soon as started using it I observed instant 20% drop.
Same problem here even after hard reset
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Same problem here even after hard reset
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+1
And I have even worse problem, can anyone help me?
Take a look at my thread (not highjacking yours, just want some help too), my current widget never reads a real value AFAIK.
It stay with -850 for more than an hour at times...
And my battery life is dismal...
So this means that seeing no battery discharge throughout the night in sleep mode isn't due to excellent power saving feature of the companion core but is in fact poor battery meter?
And yes, my One X shows fast and huge discharge (3-5% at once) when I use after being in long sleep mode
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So this means that seeing no battery discharge throughout the night in sleep mode isn't due to excellent power saving feature of the companion core but is in fact poor battery meter?
And yes, my One X shows fast and huge discharge (3-5% at once) when I use after being in long sleep mode
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I think it too. Phone on sleep with data and sync on for 1 or 2 hours and % don't change. Use it for 2 min. and it suddently goes down by 5/10%
In my opinion the battery meter lacks of accuracy. This brings to inaccurate real time current calculations and wrong information about what's consuming power when we use it. That's bad!
I'm also seeing these big drops. For me it seems to happen between 100%-60% battery, battery level will drop anything from 5%-10% chunks at a time. After 60%, it does seem to be more stable and drop in 1-2% increments.
I've recalibrated the battery through CWM a couple of times but still get this issue.
It almost seems like there's a bug in the code that is causing the fuel gauge to not update.
I can tell you this, I modified other HTC phones battery driver. The nexus one driver for example updates volt, percent, temp, every 50 seconds while the screen is on. When off the sample poll changes to 10 minutes per update. This is real easy to see in the driver code, and you can filter dmesg log for "batt" and see the time stamps do in fact match this.
But the one x looks to be getting hung up on that part. Anyone know if kernel code has been released yet?
is it just me or is the kitkat ROM really sucks----battery pretty well?
I also notice that the CPU usage does not drop to 20 percent idle but when I used other ROM (JB based) it becomes 5 percent.
RAM usage is good but I think it hogs the CPU. I used cpuz on measuring the cpu usage
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is it just me or is the kitkat ROM really sucks----battery pretty well?
I also notice that the CPU usage does not drop to 20 percent idle but when I used other ROM (JB based) it becomes 5 percent.
RAM usage is good but I think it hogs the CPU. I used cpuz on measuring the cpu usage
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Where can I get the JB rom for OGP?
For me, Android was best at JB and went backwards with KK.
Yes, I've noticed absolutely horrible battery life with KK. KK just feels like it is several different parts all just thrown together.
The only reason I think is that theoretically JB uses more battery is that the system uses more voltage than the kitkat. however, what's less voltage use if the CPU is always busy and wakeups are just everywhere.
Hi guys, maybe you could post in some battery stats so we could know more about whats draining your battery in particular and suggest some fixes. I've actually experienced the opposite with kitkat-battery life for me improved. There was even an instance that I got the phone to last 30 hours, with 5 hours, 48 mins. screen. On another instance I got 15 hours life and 5 hours 25 mins screen on. I just lost the screenshots as I had to reflash stock when i was doing some G3 mods., but nevertheless i could post some new ones.
I value batter life was well and i'm curious to see how yours could be improved too..
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Hi guys, maybe you could post in some battery stats so we could know more about whats draining your battery in particular and suggest some fixes. I've actually experienced the opposite with kitkat-battery life for me improved. There was even an instance that I got the phone to last 30 hours, with 5 hours, 48 mins. screen. On another instance I got 15 hours life and 5 hours 25 mins screen on. I just lost the screenshots as I had to reflash stock when i was doing some G3 mods., but nevertheless i could post some new ones.
I value batter life was well and i'm curious to see how yours could be improved too..
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What a battery life. 15 hours screen time?
how can we accurately measure? because I only use CPU-Z and installed DS battery saver to save power. right now it only used 2% of my battery during the night. (from 1:45 - 5:50am)
I see. can you tell me what app should I use to determine CPU usage of each app/service?
fafalafafa said:
What a battery life. 15 hours screen time?
how can we accurately measure? because I only use CPU-Z and installed DS battery saver to save power. right now it only used 2% of my battery during the night. (from 1:45 - 5:50am)
I see. can you tell me what app should I use to determine CPU usage of each app/service?
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No, my battery lasted 15 hours, and my screen-on time (total time i spent using the phone) was 5+ hours coz i basically used my phone then for gaming the whole day I suggest you download gsam battery monitor app (it also has a temperature_bat. Usage graph), as well as wakelock detector. Another alternative would be better battery stats. What you would need to observe would be the apps and wakelocks draining your battery both when you are using your phone, and also when its idle.
I also notice that battery capacity is 2A in which it should be 3.140A right?
this shows on kitKat but on jellybean, it's 3.140A again.
is there something wrong with the detection of battery capacity?
fafalafafa said:
I also notice that battery capacity is 2A in which it should be 3.140A right?
this shows on kitKat but on jellybean, it's 3.140A again.
is there something wrong with the detection of battery capacity?
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What happened was that in kitkat, the permisssions required to be able to access battery stat files changed. Thus, apps w/c could freely access the batter stats in JB cannot gain complete access in Kitkat. This is the case for some battery monitor apps w/c now have lesser accuracy in reporting battery. No worries though, as there are means to bypass this problem. If you have xposed you could install a module for this. Also, some apps like gsam battery monitor come with a separate root companion app. Once you install those batter stats will be accurate.
Here's a screenshot of my battery stats for today..might not be 5+ hrs of screen on as i did a lot of rebooting today (themed with g3 tweaksbox). Nevertheless, this is just to show that kitkat has the potential to provide good battery life. Also enclosed is a screenshot of one of the battery apps i use, gsam.
Hey everybody! I have some findings I absolutely must share so you can benefit as well.
I've been doing some tinkering and I've find a way to significantly increase battery life on the OGP.
First thing you'll want to do is put your phone into airplane mode.
Second, turn your screen brightness down as low as it will go. I mean, all of the way down.
Third, don't play any games on your phone.
Try those three tweaks and see what kind of battery improvement you get.
Unfortunately, Camera has stopped.
Perry2547 said:
Hey everybody! I have some findings I absolutely must share so you can benefit as well.
I've been doing some tinkering and I've find a way to significantly increase battery life on the OGP.
First thing you'll want to do is put your phone into airplane mode.
Second, turn your screen brightness down as low as it will go. I mean, all of the way down.
Third, don't play any games on your phone.
Try those three tweaks and see what kind of battery improvement you get.
Unfortunately, Camera has stopped.
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Just so you know, first my cell radio and wifi were both on the whole time. Second, i was on auto brightness the whole time. Third, i played clash of clans as you see in there.
If you have not done this already, adjust your cpu to save your battery juice. Set the cpu governor to powersaver or interactive mode if you just using the phone to send msg and make calls. I let my phone run on msm-dvcs and when I'm not plug in. Check out ROM toolbox if you're rooted. Seriously folks, instead of complaint about how much the roms suck the juice, try these different ways to see they make any difference for you.
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Perry2547 said:
Hey everybody! I have some findings I absolutely must share so you can benefit as well.
I've been doing some tinkering and I've find a way to significantly increase battery life on the OGP.
First thing you'll want to do is put your phone into airplane mode.
Second, turn your screen brightness down as low as it will go. I mean, all of the way down.
Third, don't play any games on your phone.
Try those three tweaks and see what kind of battery improvement you get.
Unfortunately, Camera has stopped.
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That's pretty much a tablet use. You want great battery buy a zero lemon battery, the bulk is worth it, I got 3 days with very heavy use
Perry2547 said:
Hey everybody! I have some findings I absolutely must share so you can benefit as well.
I've been doing some tinkering and I've find a way to significantly increase battery life on the OGP.
First thing you'll want to do is put your phone into airplane mode.
Second, turn your screen brightness down as low as it will go. I mean, all of the way down.
Third, don't play any games on your phone.
Try those three tweaks and see what kind of battery improvement you get.
Unfortunately, Camera has stopped.
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I found a way to make my phone last a long time. I just turn my phone off and don't use it. I wish I would have though of this sooner.
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Guys im sorry but i have rushed a few replies to get the 10 posts but can you please not take this down i need to know if this is legit as my money back only lasts a certain amount
Ok so i bought a lg g3 from ebay, Its legit i have tested with antutu officer but it can get really hot and battery drains very quickly when watching movies and games.
My screen usage is always above 60% but i have screen on 30 seconds and 0% bright. My phone also says that i have used like 1000 mah at 50% but it should say 1500 mah.
I have a d851 and marshmallow and use my phone only with wifi no gps/nfc i also dont have background apps
My phone gets 188 mins on gfxbench
Screenies
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http://imgur.com/G8I2tcS
http://imgur.com/LcM3NRe
http://imgur.com/st0GBFP
http://imgur.com/fi9ho9j
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Is this normal guys
razakma16 said:
Guys im sorry but i have rushed a few replies to get the 10 posts but can you please not take this down i need to know if this is legit as my money back only lasts a certain amount
Ok so i bought a lg g3 from ebay, Its legit i have tested with antutu officer but it can get really hot and battery drains very quickly when watching movies and games.
My screen usage is always above 60% but i have screen on 30 seconds and 0% bright. My phone also says that i have used like 1000 mah at 50% but it should say 1500 mah.
I have a d851 and marshmallow and use my phone only with wifi no gps/nfc i also dont have background apps
My phone gets 188 mins on gfxbench
Screenies
http://imgur.com/D95ABh1
http://imgur.com/G8I2tcS
http://imgur.com/LcM3NRe
http://imgur.com/st0GBFP
http://imgur.com/fi9ho9j
Sorry for structure of thread...
Is this normal guys
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Why should it say 1500 mah? The screen is not the only thing that drains the battery, you know that, right?
Running any benchmark will cause many battery drain. Don't do that. And that app you have to see the cpu temperature, 42º is not high for CPU. For battery it is.
dcop7 said:
Why should it say 1500 mah? The screen is not the only thing that drains the battery, you know that, right?
Running any benchmark will cause many battery drain. Don't do that. And that app you have to see the cpu temperature, 42º is not high for CPU. For battery it is.
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I meant the total of the battery is 1000 mah usage. But is it normal for screen usage to be 60-70 percent usage i use on low brightness aswell
Guys... Please help
razakma16 said:
Guys... Please help
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What help? Get a new battery or go away from Snapdragon devices. And, the screen usage is about right, because i don't know if you know, but the screen you are staring at is 1440x2560, or 2K, which is an insane resolution, and crammed in a 5.5 inch display at 538 ppi, it will consume A LOT. And the battery is just 3AH, which seemed much, but compared to the S5, with a 1080p display and a 2.6AH battery, the G3 has the worst SOT out of the 2014 flagship lineup.
西村大一 said:
What help? Get a new battery or go away from Snapdragon devices. And, the screen usage is about right, because i don't know if you know, but the screen you are staring at is 1440x2560, or 2K, which is an insane resolution, and crammed in a 5.5 inch display at 538 ppi, it will consume A LOT. And the battery is just 3AH, which seemed much, but compared to the S5, with a 1080p display and a 2.6AH battery, the G3 has the worst SOT out of the 2014 flagship lineup.
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The 2K screen doesn't consume that much power. There are mods which allow you to lower the resolution, but you won't see much or any increase in battery life or performance (maybe in games it's going to be most noticeable).
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Guys... Please help
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Sounds like a bad battery. Quite possibly a reason why the other person decided to sell it in the first place. How old is the device that you purchases?
You can get an original replacement battery online for a few dollars. Just make sure you use a reputable vendor, like LG's official website.
engmia said:
The 2K screen doesn't consume that much power. There are mods which allow you to lower the resolution, but you won't see much or any increase in battery life or performance (maybe in games it's going to be most noticeable).
Sounds like a bad battery. Quite possibly a reason why the other person decided to sell it in the first place. How old is the device that you purchases?
You can get an original replacement battery online for a few dollars. Just make sure you use a reputable vendor, like LG's official website.
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Its brand new thats why i'm worried and i have downloaded a few battery checking apps and they say battery health is good.
But when i add up usage it totals lower then the battery capacity, they total up to 1000mah at 50%, when it should be 1500mah
Do you have any benchmarks i can try so i can see if its working right or its just me.
razakma16 said:
Its brand new thats why i'm worried and i have downloaded a few battery checking apps and they say battery health is good.
But when i add up usage it totals lower then the battery capacity, they total up to 1000mah at 50%, when it should be 1500mah
Do you have any benchmarks i can try so i can see if its working right or its just me.
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Oh so it's a brand new LG? How many hours of screen usage are you getting, what usage (web browsing, checking email or playing games?) and with what period of idle time.
Don't trust the numbers in the battery stats, especially in a new ROM. They are supposed to get better over time but I've found them to be wildly inaccurate even on months old ROM. I haven't really found an application you can benchmark accurately with.
But you compare with other (real) results on the foruns and rather you get the hang of what's the normal usage you should be getting out of a good battery.
Did you make a day without running any benchmark apps? What is your SOT? Standby time? Do you have location,wifi,bluetooth,NFC,mobile data on?
All of this matters. You shouldn't start right away with "I have problems with my battery" if you are running benchmark apps. Benchmark apps drains battery!
Wait a few days without running that apps and see how it manages. Another thing. The battery stats, the mah usage, not all of the things appears in the default android battery stats. And another thing, the battery value (the percentage of the battery), it is an approximation. Sometimes it could go up without charging, it is because it detected that has a wrong value. You could try charge your phone to 100%, usage it normally until 0%, until it turns off. Then charge it again to 100% and use it normally (don't discharge to 0% to many times, it just hurts the battery).
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Oh so it's a brand new LG? How many hours of screen usage are you getting, what usage (web browsing, checking email or playing games?) and with what period of idle time.
Don't trust the numbers in the battery stats, especially in a new ROM. They are supposed to get better over time but I've found them to be wildly inaccurate even on months old ROM. I haven't really found an application you can benchmark accurately with.
But you compare with other (real) results on the foruns and rather you get the hang of what's the normal usage you should be getting out of a good battery.
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I watched lord of the rings for 1 hour and 10 minutes (streamed from the internet not downloaded) and my battery went from 100% to 70%, brightness 0% and no gps etc... or background apps, Is this normal guys....
dcop7 said:
Did you make a day without running any benchmark apps? What is your SOT? Standby time? Do you have location,wifi,bluetooth,NFC,mobile data on?
All of this matters. You shouldn't start right away with "I have problems with my battery" if you are running benchmark apps. Benchmark apps drains battery!
Wait a few days without running that apps and see how it manages. Another thing. The battery stats, the mah usage, not all of the things appears in the default android battery stats. And another thing, the battery value (the percentage of the battery), it is an approximation. Sometimes it could go up without charging, it is because it detected that has a wrong value. You could try charge your phone to 100%, usage it normally until 0%, until it turns off. Then charge it again to 100% and use it normally (don't discharge to 0% to many times, it just hurts the battery).
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OK i will try but it think you misunderstood i just want to run a benchmark to check i dont run them in the background constantsly now that would be
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I watched lord of the rings for 1 hour and 10 minutes (streamed from the internet not downloaded) and my battery went from 100% to 70%, brightness 0% and no gps etc... or background apps, Is this normal guys....
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Streamed from the internet with at least 1h10 SOT, that is not bad. That is almost 4 hours SOT. If you have 1h12 minutes SOT, that is 4 hours. It is good.
razakma16 said:
I watched lord of the rings for 1 hour and 10 minutes (streamed from the internet not downloaded) and my battery went from 100% to 70%, brightness 0% and no gps etc... or background apps, Is this normal guys....
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Oh yeah, considering you even streamed the movie, it's signs of a good new and healthy battery. 3 hours of SoT with internet browsing is quite the norm, and 4 hours is on the up side.
I can barely get to 2 hours of SoT with my now aging battery.
engmia said:
Oh yeah, considering you even streamed the movie, it's signs of a good new and healthy battery. 3 hours of SoT with internet browsing is quite the norm, and 4 hours is on the up side.
I can barely get to 2 hours of SoT with my now aging battery.
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There are a few things you can try if you are rooted to improve battery.
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There are a few things you can try if you are rooted to improve battery.
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It's not about the software side of things, it's about that my battery is old now, and that's why happens to old batteries, the just deteriorate.
Thankfully the LG G3 has an easily replaceable battery, and I have a replacement waiting for me. Not getting a phone on which you can't remove the battery..
And never found those apps like Greenify to really work, at least in the last few years of Android. The OS seems to be doing just of a good a job and I see no improvement in battery life. Maybe they help in cases with poorly written apps that are draining your battery in the background, but I don't see why would you use such a software in the first place.
engmia said:
It's not about the software side of things, it's about that my battery is old now, and that's why happens to old batteries, the just deteriorate.
Thankfully the LG G3 has an easily replaceable battery, and I have a replacement waiting for me. Not getting a phone on which you can't remove the battery..
And never found those apps like Greenify to really work, at least in the last few years of Android. The OS seems to be doing just of a good a job and I see no improvement in battery life. Maybe they help in cases with poorly written apps that are draining your battery in the background, but I don't see why would you use such a software in the first place.
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There are other things. Try to disable assertive display. You can disable logd. Turn of VoLTE. I use greenify because the aggressive doze.
Guys,
can someone (2, or 3 people) post their battery estimated time left when the phone is 100% charged. I think i have a faulty one but i dont remember what was the estimated time left for a phone with good battery. I know its estimated but i have mine showing 15 hours left when 100 charged, so i think its dying again...
Someone? PLease?
three days and 20 hours, still on original battery.
My device Z1c rooted and Existenz custom ROM using...in my device it showing 1 day and 30 mins. So my battery is faulty...?
steanne said:
three days and 20 hours, still on original battery.
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Wow, that a lot. I dont eve think i got that when i bought the phone. You dont use it a lot, do you?
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My device Z1c rooted and Existenz custom ROM using...in my device it showing 1 day and 30 mins. So my battery is faulty...?
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Not necessary. depends on your use..
Anyone else can share they battery estimated time at 100% ?
profyler said:
Wow, that a lot. I dont eve think i got that when i bought the phone. You dont use it a lot, do you?
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i didn't say that's how long it lasts. just how long it estimates when it's at 100%, which is what you asked.
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profyler said:
Wow, that a lot. I dont eve think i got that when i bought the phone. You dont use it a lot, do you?
i didn't say that's how long it lasts. just how long it estimates when it's at 100%, which is what you asked.
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Oh All right, got it.
I thought it maybe shows the remaining time based on user use, but i guess not.
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Guys sometimes my phone when m using the phone in between the battery is 15% suddenly goes to 0% and get's power off...does this mean my battery got faulty or is there any solution for this...?
giriz1c said:
Guys sometimes my phone when m using the phone in between the battery is 15% suddenly goes to 0% and get's power off...does this mean my battery got faulty or is there any solution for this...?
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Your battery is dying. Time to get a new one. There is a thread for that issue here.
Battery currently 50% and says I have approx 1day and 1hour left.(stock Android 5.1)
My GSAM Battery Monitor says I get average 1day 19hr per charge with average over 2months.
I'm on stock 5.1 with root access and have my phone tool'd up with frequency/governor management and stuff like powersave governor for screen off and etc.
Battery use is very subjective on a wide range of settings, location, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, telephony signal strength, LTE and general usage patterns, so one person's setting/use will not reflect another.
That said, one should get 24hrs easy even with over 4hrs SOT.
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Dr Goodvibes said:
Battery currently 50% and says I have approx 1day and 1hour left.(stock Android 5.1)
My GSAM Battery Monitor says I get average 1day 19hr per charge with average over 2months.
I'm on stock 5.1 with root access and have my phone tool'd up with frequency/governor management and stuff like powersave governor for screen off and etc.
Battery use is very subjective on a wide range of settings, location, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, telephony signal strength, LTE and general usage patterns, so one person's setting/use will not reflect another.
That said, one should get 24hrs easy even with over 4hrs SOT.
Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk
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Do you think that the estimated time left showing is relative to the user experience/history?
I got 15 hours estimated time left when 100%, bu I play a lot of games with it, thats why I ask. If its not, than my battery is dying...
profyler said:
Do you think that the estimated time left showing is relative to the user experience/history?
I got 15 hours estimated time left when 100%, bu I play a lot of games with it, thats why I ask. If its not, than my battery is dying...
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The Z1C battery stat's reflect the current real-time usage and project the available time left based on what is currently happening.
If your phone is configured optimally and you don't use your phone over night, it should only use approx 5% of battery.
If you use GSAM Battery Monitor you can check if any apps are keeping your phone awake, number of time your phone is woken and high CPU users.
You can check for telephony signal strength.
My phone is 100% signal strength (very good)
How much power is used to keep your screen displayed, with dimmer better.
Also you can see if your phone is in deep sleep when phone is not in use.
Over a 12hour period my phone is in deep sleep for 9hrs.
Use another phone for a couple of days and leave the Z1C with screen off for those few days.
If not used you should see over 3 days of battery life.
There is no answer to your question.
At the end of the day it's up to you to optimise your phone as best you can and base your decisions on previous battery use/experience with your known workloads.
If you're not gaming for a day or two and you have your phone as optimised as you can, then, 15hrs is crap and your battery is on the way out.
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The Z1C battery stat's reflect the current real-time usage and project ..............
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Thanks man. I got a 87% battery when i woke up (7 hours sleep), after a 100% charge. Stamina and wifi always on.
Im not playing any games today to see how far the battery is going to last.
thanks anyway
15 hours estimated battery but it hold ~19 hours. Still horrible since i used very lttle of the phone today
Sot = 47 mins.
Yep, battery is dying
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Sony Xperia Z1C Battery
Attached is a snapshot of the battery use in my Z1C running Android 5.1 stock with root access.
As noted, when the phone is not in use the battery almost flat-lines with very little use.
When battery use is almost a perfect triangle on the two axis and from 100 to 0%, then it's a good indicator the battery is failing/failed.
Replacing a battery on a Xperia Z1C ...well it sucks...to say the least :crying:
You need to add additional adhesive on the top left near the camera location as that's the area that tends to come unstuck after the back cover is replaced.
Also good batteries for an Xperia Z1C may be hard to find now.
The original batteries are marked with the manufacture date as yy-ww (Year and week[0-52])
If you find an original battery AND it DOESN'T have the NFC conductor glued on it, then you have a good chance of getting a good battery.
If the NFC conductor is glued onto the battery, then there is every chance the battery is just an old one pulled out of a previous Xperia Z1C.
Good luck.
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Attached is a snapshot of the battery use in my Z1C running Android 5.1 stock with root access.
As noted, when the phone is not in use the battery almost flat-lines with very little use.
When battery use is almost a perfect triangle on the two axis and from 100 to 0%, then it's a good indicator the battery is failing/failed.
Replacing a battery on a Xperia Z1C ...well it sucks...to say the least :crying:
You need to add additional adhesive on the top left near the camera location as that's the area that tends to come unstuck after the back cover is replaced.
Also good batteries for an Xperia Z1C may be hard to find now.
The original batteries are marked with the manufacture date as yy-ww (Year and week[0-52])
If you find an original battery AND it DOESN'T have the NFC conductor glued on it, then you have a good chance of getting a good battery.
If the NFC conductor is glued onto the battery, then there is every chance the battery is just an old one pulled out of a previous Xperia Z1C.
Good luck.
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Thanks man. How much SOT do you have in a 100% cycle? Your battery seems like awsome watching that print screen.
My little z1c is a frankenstein. I already changed the battery one time, the back cover 4, times. I repaired the mic, and changed the screen two times.
My screen is a generic one wich must be set to 100% auto brightness.. That also affects battery, but even so i think my batt is dying...
Xperia Z1 Compact Screen on Time
profyler said:
My little z1c is a frankenstein. I already changed the battery one time, the back cover 4, times. I repaired the mic, and changed the screen two times.
My screen is a generic one wich must be set to 100% auto brightness.. That also affects battery, but even so i think my batt is dying...
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A tube of glue and an Xperia Z1C are almost synonymous with each other these days.
I had to glue the bottom speaker cover and the magnetic charger back on again... plus the back cover several times.
Currently I have used 25% of the battery and 2hrs SOT as seen in the attached.
I get a reported ~7hrs of on screen time per 100% charge cycle.
Email, WhatsApp, web browsing using RSS in Opera Mini, Tapatalk, Shopping apps, system/file management, Youtube and etc... (No gaming nor social Facebook, Twitter, Tinder...and etc)
Deleted all Bloatware out of /system/app and system/priv-app.
Update - ..ummm.. is Clash of Clans and Battle Command gaming...me thinks not.. but maybe it is.. ..any way throw a 15min mix of that into the pot too.
If you're not using much CPU you'll get more SOT, which is why gaming is a bad indicator as it's hard on CPU and screen, unless you have a game that does not get updated anymore(known stable unchanged test environment) and you benchmarked it a few years ago.
Then you can use the same game as a good indicator for any current status changes.
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A tube of glue and an Xperia Z1C are almost synonymous with each other these days.
I had to glue the bottom speaker cover and the magnetic charger back on again... plus the back cover several times.
Currently I have used 25% of the battery and 2hrs SOT as seen in the attached.
I get a reported ~7hrs of on screen time per 100% charge cycle.
Email, WhatsApp, web browsing using RSS in Opera Mini, Tapatalk, Shopping apps, system/file management, Youtube and etc... (No gaming nor social Facebook, Twitter, Tinder...and etc)
Deleted all Bloatware out of /system/app and system/priv-app.
Update - ..ummm.. is Clash of Clans and Battle Command gaming...me thinks not.. but maybe it is.. ..any way throw a 15min mix of that into the pot too.
If you're not using much CPU you'll get more SOT, which is why gaming is a bad indicator as it's hard on CPU and screen, unless you have a game that does not get updated anymore(known stable unchanged test environment) and you benchmarked it a few years ago.
Then you can use the same game as a good indicator for any current status changes.
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2 hrs SOT is awsome for 25% battery. I got 1 hour for 100%. But it doesnt mater. I bought another generic battery yesterday (originals are almost impossible to find). So lets see what it happens after.