Battery drain at idle - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

I'm losing around 1% of battery every 2 hours when I leave my tablet sitting sitting idle with wifi on. Is this the case for most people?
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d1ez3 said:
I'm losing around 1% of battery every 2 hours when I leave my tablet sitting sitting idle with wifi on. Is this the case for most people?
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I'll admit I don't my N7 yet, but that seems like over a week in standby. Not too shabby.

That sounds pretty good

d1ez3 said:
I'm losing around 1% of battery every 2 hours when I leave my tablet sitting sitting idle with wifi on. Is this the case for most people?
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That could be about right. Once I finished setting everything up Saturday I gave it a full charge. Between Saturday night and last night (Monday) I had about 1h 45m of screen on time from using it and was down to just 67% after nearly 48 hours of standby plus some good screen on time.

I took mine off charge at ~6:00AM surfed the web for ~10mins. I left it idle for ~10 hours and it was at 94%. BBS says 0.5%/hour.

I seem to be losing about 2% per hour at idle, though I'm monitoring it at the moment.
Last night (over ~8 hours), I dipped form 64% to 51%, today (over ~9 hours) from 48% to 33% This all at idle. The biggest culprit for usage seems to have been Google Play Services with a keep awake of around 50% (or 12 hours over a 24 hour period). Made some changes to settings and what to sync, am charging again, and will see what will happen. All up, 32 hours with maybe 3 hours of screen time (1.5 of that being Netflix) used 67% of the juice.
Currently bone stock. Contemplating unlocking/rooting though, since custom ROMs have done wonders for my phone's battery drain (from ~5%-ish per hour stock to around 1.8% per hour)

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How much battery do you lose over night?

Stock Nexus 4.0.2, everything off,...data, wifi, sync,...between 11:30 last night and 7am this morning went from topped off 100% to 92%. Seems like a lot to me for having everything off. Whats anyone else experience?
In the past, I have aimed for 1% per hour idle. Currently, w/ everything on, connected to wifi, and on cm9/Franco, I get 2% per hour.
Try airplane mode to get it lower.
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Running axi0m 2.1 rom Fromm rootzwiki and I lose 3% in 9 hours of sleep.
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With wifi, sync, and everything on, I go from 100% to about 92% in about 8 hours overnight. Not bad if you ask me.
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stevessvt said:
Stock Nexus 4.0.2, everything off,...data, wifi, sync,...between 11:30 last night and 7am this morning went from topped off 100% to 92%. Seems like a lot to me for having everything off. Whats anyone else experience?
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Stock here too. I charge after I get up, so I leave my phone idle while I sleep. For the first week I turned off wifi before going to bed. I would lose around 12-14% each night. Last night I kept wifi connected and only lost 5%. Seems wifi uses much less energy than the 4g radio.
Going to keep wifi on this week and keep an eye on results.
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4.0.2 stock with everything good on (wifi, syncs, gps, etc). i went from 11% to 8% in a 11 hour sleep (don't judge me!).
About 3% in 8 hours. GSM 4.0.1 stock, WiFi on overnight.
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screen off airplane mode = 5%
screen off 'mobile data disabled' = 8 - 10%
screen off (4g on) = 40%
i don't do wifi.
Running Revolution HD with Wifi connected I lose ~1% over a 7 hour night. That's with stock kernel with a profile set to the lowest clock with screen off. Syncing was enabled.
I charge when I'm sleeping. Isn't that normal.
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JOHNGAETANO said:
I charge when I'm sleeping. Isn't that normal.
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it is if you live somewhere with electricity(unlike the rest of us)...
I keep 4g and sync on. Lose roughly 3% an hour...
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i had juice defender on overnight and went from 71% to 10%
ElectronicYank said:
i had juice defender on overnight and went from 71% to 10%
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that's because you're using Juice Defender. uninstall it and just disable 'mobile data' when you go to bed.
Picked up the GNex on the 23'd and the OEM extended battery on the 26th. I charged up the phone with the extended battery then ran it for a bit over 24 hours and had 47% remaining after 24 hours.
I unplugged from the charger at about 11PM and the next morning, after about 8.5 hours, the battery was at 87% -- when I plugged it back in a bit after 11PM I was at 47%. I did not use the phone a great deal that day but I did use it. I had LTE, WiFi and GPS on and was within WiFi range about 80% of the time.
I'll see over the next couple weeks when I go back to work how it fares...
Brian
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i had juice defender on overnight and went from 71% to 10%
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I use juice defender as well and I lose about 8-9% over 8 hours of sleep running stock 4.02 rom. And I dont run a night mode when Im doing my tests so wifi enables every 30 min to sync.
Do you customize your JD settings because 61% is ridiculous, I wouldnt be surprised if it was some other rogue app, you can use watchdog to monitor that.
Running Gummynex 0.3.0 with Imoseyon's lean experimental kernel v3 last night I lost 2% over 6 hours w/ JD.
Running AOKP with the stock kernel and I lose 4-5% overnight per 7-8 hour sleep.
Not bad at all.
I use to lose 2% over 8hrs of sleep. wifi/data everything on as normal. Was on stock 4.0.1 kk1 unrooted. I'll test tonight with stock 4.0.2 rooted kk7
JOHNGAETANO said:
I charge when I'm sleeping. Isn't that normal.
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Normal for me too.
civicsisedan said:
I keep 4g and sync on. Lose roughly 3% an hour...
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That's about what I lose when I've checked after a nap.
bugger, 45% after 1h18m screen on :/ these HD screens really suck the juice, will see what idle % is tonight

Galaxy Note 2 Battery Life

So I just got my Note 2 this week and I'm only getting about 9hrs of use before hiring 30%. I checked a bunch of reviews and they were saying they usually got a day in a half with moderate use. How about u guys? How long are u guys getting of of your phone? Are u rooted? Using a juice app? Is an SD card inserted? How long does it take for your battery to recharge?
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I have to charge it in between, but I am always on it. Still the best battery life I have gotten out of a phone since razr maxx.
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I've been getting 1.5 to 2 days on mine with my normal usage.
I spent a few days at my in laws where I used it a solid 8 hours near continuously and ran it down to 15%.
I was in an area of no cell coverage and had wifi calling running all day.
16 hours yesterday with moderate to high usage. 40 minutes calls, 25 sms, 6 mms, 10 photos + retouching, 3 app updates, 1 install and a total of about 3-4 hours greader/browser reading. Wifi on, 3g on, power saving on and sync on. Display brightness between lowest and 50%. Display on time 48%. 19% battery remaining. Stock international version, unrooted. No LTE.
I have no idea how long it takes to charge. Sorry.
Trivia: The word "Nomofobi" (swedish) or "Nomophobia!?" (English) has been added to the Swedish dictiodary. It is the fear of running out of juice on your mobile phone!
My nomophobia disappeared with the purchase of my Note II.
I hope you sort your battery issues out.
Question, those with insane battery life, are you rooted? The first day I got the phone, it had 16 hours before going down to 5% battery life, and I had about 6 hours of screen time. I wasn't rooted.
I rooted yesterday, and the battery life today was about 12 hours, and its at about 20% battery life.
I was curious, maybe rooting the phone has a parasitic effect on the battery. All I did was remove T-Mobile's bloat ware, nothing else.
I don't see any difference in battery life pre-rooting and post-rooting. I consistently average around 16-20 hrs depending on usage. Typical day use for me is to take it off the charger at 6 am, then I usually have 1 to 2 hrs streaming on 3g, another 2 hrs streaming on wifi - all using Plex. Youtube about 1 hr, maybe 1-3 calls lasting 5 mins avg., 1 hr playing games, and about 1-2 hrs browsing internet. I'm not a heavy texter or gmail, since usually I can do that on my laptop at work.
I usually don't put the phone back on the charger until around 12 or 1 am, with about 14% left. I usually have wifi on, gps on, sync on, brightness level around 10-20% except outdoors (then it's full brightness), power saving mode on, and screen time out at 1 minute.
I had realized that I had the brightness set to full brightness since early in the morning lol. All in all, I don't know any phone that would last all day with full brightness and doing all I did.
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Thanks for the responses guys, ive turned on power saver mode and I'm starting to notice a difference. Hopefully I can get 16hrs like the rest of u guys
The battery life is good and stays longer by not using it or talking on the phone with it
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Two hours of screen time and the battery is at 79%... Doesn't seem normal. Going to take it back and try and get it replaced, not root and see what happens.
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Abnormal Battery Drain ?

So every night before sleeping I turn Data/ Wifi off, Past few nights ive noticed there has been a 12-15% drain in 8-9 hours.
Battery before sleeping 30%(data/wifi off)
Battery 9 hours later 15%
Stock 4.2.2
No Intense Background apps.
Is this normal ?? I don't think 4.1.1 had such battery drain with screen off and no data/wifi.
Thanks,
so u basically(roughly ) have 1% drop an hour? thats pretty damn good if you ask me
mine is usually 10 hours with intense use and 30 hours with minimal use eg: at work
sl4y3r88 said:
So every night before sleeping I turn Data/ Wifi off, Past few nights ive noticed there has been a 12-15% drain in 8-9 hours.
Battery before sleeping 30%(data/wifi off)
Battery 9 hours later 15%
Stock 4.2.2
No Intense Background apps.
Is this normal ?? I don't think 4.1.1 had such battery drain with screen off and no data/wifi.
Thanks,
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That's normal at around 30% battery left. Once it reaches 30 and below it really would drain that much even without doing anything. But if you start with 95% percent and overnight drain of 15% with all off, then there is a problem somewhere. I usually have overnight drain of 3% for 8 hours.
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tohno said:
so u basically(roughly ) have 1% drop an hour? thats pretty damn good if you ask me
mine is usually 10 hours with intense use and 30 hours with minimal use eg: at work
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Thanks for the reply buddy, 1.5% an hour seems higher, but as mrm43 said i think its the cause.
mrm43 said:
That's normal at around 30% battery left. Once it reaches 30 and below it really would drain that much even without doing anything. But if you start with 95% percent and overnight drain of 15% with all off, then there is a problem somewhere. I usually have overnight drain of 3% for 8 hours.
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Thanks for your reply, I had a feeling about what you just said. But I don't recall this happening before, I could be wrong. Will charge up and test tonight and post results.
Also, I'm noticing my phone getting warm past 1 week while normal usage( Web surfin+music) area behind the camera.
So just to post back, I charged the phone upto 85% and turned off Data and Wifi, Woke up 8 and half hours later and the battery was 79%. Which is ok I guess, assuming only cell radio was on.

Is my battery life normal?

I went to bed last night after unplugging my phone at 100% and woke up to find it at 84%. After browsing through the Internet for around 30 minutes, the battery dropped another 10%. I just downloaded gsam and will post up a screen shot after a full days of use. But I have seen people who can go 7 hours continuous YouTube streaming with this phone. I've owned this phone for almost 2 weeks.
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Superbad95 said:
I went to bed last night after unplugging my phone at 100% and woke up to find it at 84%. After browsing through the Internet for around 30 minutes, the battery dropped another 10%. I just downloaded gsam and will post up a screen shot after a full days of use. But I have seen people who can go 7 hours continuous YouTube streaming with this phone. I've owned this phone for almost 2 weeks.
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i have found that my M8 tends to drain quite a bit in deep sleep. I had a nexus 5 and with everything off except wifi, i'd lose 3-4% in 8 hrs. compared to the same settings and a 10% drain on my m8.
Superbad95 said:
I went to bed last night after unplugging my phone at 100% and woke up to find it at 84%. After browsing through the Internet for around 30 minutes, the battery dropped another 10%. I just downloaded gsam and will post up a screen shot after a full days of use. But I have seen people who can go 7 hours continuous YouTube streaming with this phone. I've owned this phone for almost 2 weeks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694719
There's over 900 replies in that thread dedicated to the battery of the M8
Guys I had the same issue in deep sleep but with a custom kernel(i have the ElementalX), my phone now in deep sleep loose 1-2% the whole night!
Tapatalked with my "refrigerator look" HTC one M8
Go to settings, and battery history. If 3. bar is always active, then something is unnecessary draining your phone. I don't know what. Download Clean Master and clean RAM, or just reboot the phone, and that issue will probably dissappear
Superbad95 said:
I went to bed last night after unplugging my phone at 100% and woke up to find it at 84%. After browsing through the Internet for around 30 minutes, the battery dropped another 10%. I just downloaded gsam and will post up a screen shot after a full days of use. But I have seen people who can go 7 hours continuous YouTube streaming with this phone. I've owned this phone for almost 2 weeks.
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There's definitely something wrong. Download GSam to find out which apps are draining your battery, then fix their settings (ie. social media apps are always syncing by default, turn that plague OFF). I suggest to freeze all apps you aren't actively using especially those who seem to be draining your battery. On the M8 you should expect at LEAST a full day of heavy usage, ie. 5hrs screen on time + 20 hrs standby.

Terrible battery life.

Hi,
I have a note 7 and for the past couple days the battery has been abysmal. Averaging 3 hours of screen on time. Also, the phone constantly gets hot (especially outside) that it has to lower maximum brightness to keep the device from overheating. With the phone on standby, overnight with always on display OFF, I will drain 10% of the battery.
Do any other note 7 users get this? I even drained 5% typing this post.
Go into settings-->drvicr maintenance-->battery then app monitor to save power
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I dont have this problem. Battery life is pretty solid for me. Getting more on screen time then my iphone 6s plus!
Same here, I'm at less than 2 hours SOT and at 32% left. That and keyboard lag issues have me kind of unimpressed so far. At least I have a 14 day return policy. I'll have to see how it lasts during this work week.
Sounds like faulty units. I'm at 6 and a half hours of screen on time and 35% battery life remaining, on a snapdragon model. No battery saving features active, WiFi, location services, Bluetooth, AOD, everything on. Even watched a movie at 100% brightness to see how it'd affect the battery life. Phone stayed pretty cool although out.
thdaddy34 said:
I dont have this problem. Battery life is pretty solid for me. Getting more on screen time then my iphone 6s plus!
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That's the opposite for me. My 6S Plus gets >5 hours of SOT, the note gets 3< hours.
Sounds like I've got a defective unit. Congrats Samsung Quality Control.
I get around 5h sot time but i also have bluetooth on and a few other things. I'm pretty happy
Right now I am at 5h 46m SOT and have 16% battery left. Not fantastic like the moto z force, but much better than my S7e I dumped after a couple weeks because of the horrible android OS battery drain.
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ZombieDawgg said:
Hi,
I have a note 7 and for the past couple days the battery has been abysmal. Averaging 3 hours of screen on time. Also, the phone constantly gets hot (especially outside) that it has to lower maximum brightness to keep the device from overheating. With the phone on standby, overnight with always on display OFF, I will drain 10% of the battery.
Do any other note 7 users get this? I even drained 5% typing this post.
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I was seeing this the first couple of days I had the phone. All of a sudden my phone is not getting hot and battery seems to be lasting much longer. ... ??????
ZombieDawgg said:
Hi,
I have a note 7 and for the past couple days the battery has been abysmal. Averaging 3 hours of screen on time. Also, the phone constantly gets hot (especially outside) that it has to lower maximum brightness to keep the device from overheating. With the phone on standby, overnight with always on display OFF, I will drain 10% of the battery.
Do any other note 7 users get this? I even drained 5% typing this post.
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Every new phone i have ever had the first week or so always sucked.
ZombieDawgg said:
Hi,
I have a note 7 and for the past couple days the battery has been abysmal. Averaging 3 hours of screen on time. Also, the phone constantly gets hot (especially outside) that it has to lower maximum brightness to keep the device from overheating. With the phone on standby, overnight with always on display OFF, I will drain 10% of the battery.
Do any other note 7 users get this? I even drained 5% typing this post.
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Here's my battery life. I've had the phone since Thursday. It's close to what I got on my iPhone 6 Plus. This was with light gaming, Facebook, texting, Facebook Messenger, Reddit and Tapatalk. Not bad if you ask me. My brightness is on auto, I do use the iris scanner and the screen is in cinema mode.
PS: I'm on AT&T with the SD820.
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Replace it sounds like a dud. I get 5 6 hours sot. I went 20 hours 30 minutes from a 100percent charge at 1am to having 23 percent left at 9pm. 5 hour sot. Another poster says he got 8 hours sot. By using the medium power save mode.
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matsuyamakaze said:
Replace it sounds like a dud. I get 5 6 hours sot. I went 20 hours 30 minutes from a 100percent charge at 1am to having 23 percent left at 9pm. 5 hour sot. Another poster says he got 8 hours sot. By using the medium power save mode.
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100 to 23% in 20hrs while the phone was into deep sleep? that sounds like a faulty unit
I get 10pc per hour. V similar to note 5. Not great but i am a heavy user running BT for my LG smartwatch and wifi all day as cell signal is poor at my office.
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I actually have had much better battery life than my S7E. Its odd but I think the slight revision of Touch wiz fixed some things. I also put Facebook and Messenger to sleep because they are the absolute worst at battery consumption.
Its worth stating that in week one, the phone is still cache prioritizing, cleaning up its IOPS etc. Not worth measuring for a while. But I am skeptical because My S7E was great for a while too. Its the sammy curse. Eventually you just have to factory reset to get your phone back.
Sounds like you need to reset your phone and start again
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Doing fine here. Been usin it a lot and listening to music since 8. 1130 now down to 70%
dubbactrumpetmsu said:
Same here, I'm at less than 2 hours SOT and at 32% left. That and keyboard lag issues have me kind of unimpressed so far. At least I have a 14 day return policy. I'll have to see how it lasts during this work week.
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I'm not having this issue at all. I navigated for 2+ hours with the screen at full brightness and didn't burn up that much battery. I wasn't tracking it but if things dont get better for you, I'd say try swapping it out for a new one. You might have a physical issue with your battery.
ekerbuddyeker said:
I get 10pc per hour. V similar to note 5. Not great but i am a heavy user running BT for my LG smartwatch and wifi all day as cell signal is poor at my office.
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I am on the same boat. Seeing like 7% per hour. Averaging about 4.48 min of SOT
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Corbitt74 said:
Doing fine here. Been usin it a lot and listening to music since 8. 1130 now down to 70%
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1:30 now and I'm at 56%. So 14 % in 2 hrs, messing wit phone quite often and been listening to music since 8.

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