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Horrible Horrible Battery Life

Hi guys im wondering who else have a really really battery life, it drops so quick :S
i have brightness low,and seems its draining fast. i tried stock for a little and seems it drops not so fast but still fast, i compare with my old evo and wow was a beast it can last tooo long before drop 1% and htc one X its giving me so much issues i tried insert one coin, and im now on leedroid (seems better) i have to get juice defender ( i never have to use) using hard my old phone (EVO 3D) drops like 50% in 4 hours of Hard use, 2.5 hours bluetooth headsetplaying music, some browsing, whatsapp, twitter and facebook. sometimnes drop 60% its not so bad, perhaps yesterday in almost the same time and doing a lot less drop from 70% to 0% idk what happening or if this is normal because screen? anyone has this issue?
or maybe we can do a "test" maybe playing a video for 30 min or something wifi on, just to test.
Maybe could be my radio? im using HK htc one X in mexico, the 3G works great perhaps could drain more battery?
Any help i will apreciate thanks a lot, i love the phone but this sucks
Regards

How long have you using HOX. I am getting 1 day of battery life after heavy use.

Have you tried battery test, or safe mode?
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i have +/- 40 hours, average use,
its like my sensation, with 1730mAh battery (well in my sensation with bricked kernel i have +/- 50 hours)

wow make me feel like my battery its faulty (hope no)
well i have been using for 1 day i hope last well the next days LOL my warranty its void due unlocked bootloader xD damn i hope works well i will try charge when the phone its off, i should try make a "battery tester" i mean maybe some benchmarks? like doing some stuff and see how much battery drops, decoding and so on maybe for one hour and compare between phones to see if you have issues or something, no one has done something like that?
Thanks a lot i really like the phone i hope its just something to get fixed soon
i really apreciate all comments, and make me feel bad lol i
Have you tried battery test, or safe mode?
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wich one its safe mode?

vladnosferatu said:
i have +/- 40 hours, average use,
its like my sensation, with 1730mAh battery (well in my sensation with bricked kernel i have +/- 50 hours)
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screen on time?

Drain the battery completely and then charge for at least 8 or more hours, use the phone as normal and let it drain completely again and then charge for a minimum of 3 hours, after a couple of days it should last longer and if you can or need to upgrade to the latest OTA then do so.

vladnosferatu said:
i have +/- 40 hours, average use,
its like my sensation, with 1730mAh battery (well in my sensation with bricked kernel i have +/- 50 hours)
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well that is not really helping him is it. no point you telling him you getting that kinda of use of out the battery..it is like rubbing it in his face
but anyway 3g does drain battery specially if the signal is low and it is trying to find the best possible signal for you. only use it when you need it. same goes for wifi. for wifi i would have it to sleep when screen is off.
have a look in the battery stats thread and few people give tips in there on how to extend the battery life mate.

McBeaker said:
Drain the battery completely and then charge for at least 8 or more hours, use the phone as normal and let it drain completely again and then charge for a minimum of 3 hours, after a couple of days it should last longer and if you can or need to upgrade to the latest OTA then do so.
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thanks i will try it i hope its because its "new" perhaps AFAIK its bad let the battery discharge complete right?anyways if i do once i guess nothing will happen thanks a lot i really hope it fix my battery issue :C

Goku80 said:
well that is not really helping him is it. no point you telling him you getting that kinda of use of out the battery..it is like rubbing it in his face
but anyway 3g does drain battery specially if the signal is low and it is trying to find the best possible signal for you. only use it when you need it. same goes for wifi. for wifi i would have it to sleep when screen is off.
have a look in the battery stats thread and few people give tips in there on how to extend the battery life mate.
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thanks, yeah i noticed some people have great battery life and i said NOOO WHY ME!!!! heh i hope its because battery its "new" but to be new sucks hard LOL, i have good signal, perhaps something weird i see its change from 3G to edge (i never had gsm phone on this carrier where im, i had a CDMA phone so idk if its normal, or signal sucks) so i figure out im having drop call just in 4:25
maybe coincidence idk maybe has something to do, any Radio to flash? or firmware? (safe and tested one please xD)
thanks a lot and i really apreciate all comments
thats why i love XDA
and yeah vladnosferatu slap in my face for great battery LOL

zen kun said:
thanks i will try it i hope its because its "new" perhaps AFAIK its bad let the battery discharge complete right?anyways if i do once i guess nothing will happen thanks a lot i really hope it fix my battery issue :C
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if i was you i would not let it drain completely..let it die down to say 5% i would then fully charge it like overnight. then go here install that apk and once you have fully charged let the battery drain again. once it drains to say 15% check what wakelocks you have. that will help you see where the issue lies and the battery gets drained..better explanation on the thread i gave you the link of mate
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zen kun said:
thanks, yeah i noticed some people have great battery life and i said NOOO WHY ME!!!! heh i hope its because battery its "new" but to be new sucks hard LOL, i have good signal, perhaps something weird i see its change from 3G to edge (i never had gsm phone on this carrier where im, i had a CDMA phone so idk if its normal, or signal sucks) so i figure out im having drop call just in 4:25
maybe coincidence idk maybe has something to do, any Radio to flash? or firmware? (safe and tested one please xD)
thanks a lot and i really apreciate all comments
thats why i love XDA
and yeah vladnosferatu slap in my face for great battery LOL
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if your carrier still shows that you have updates then i would say do that as well mate. radio as far as i know we can not flash just as yet as we need s-off to do that so your best bet is the OTA if you are not on the latest firmware

Wait & see what the battery lasts like after a couple of days of charge & discharge, mine was poor on the first day.
I always try to charge mine up over night & my battery lasts on average 40 - 48 hours now.
The other day i had wi fi on & gps on read some of a book, 3 or 4 calls 5 messages & used a gps app for a while had just over 2 hours of screen on time & after 14 hours still had 60% battery left.
There is no reason why your phone wont get that after a couple of days, hope it is the case for you

Estoy orgulloso que tenemos mexicanos que tienen un One X
Hopefully as updates come, battery life will improve

I´ve been using the HOX for 5 days and it does get better after you run some cycles, but I still find it´s not as good as the battery life on the GS2 I used to have (I was running the Illusion rom).
With the GS2 I would leave the brightness at full blast, I would watch about 1 hour of video, I would use the calendar a lot, I would make a couple of calls and by 19h when I got home my battery would be around 80%. I do the exact same things on the HOX and I get a little less than 70% at the end of the day.

anoniemouse said:
Wait & see what the battery lasts like after a couple of days of charge & discharge, mine was poor on the first day.
I always try to charge mine up over night & my battery lasts on average 40 - 48 hours now.
The other day i had wi fi on & gps on read some of a book, 3 or 4 calls 5 messages & used a gps app for a while had just over 2 hours of screen on time & after 14 hours still had 60% battery left.
There is no reason why your phone wont get that after a couple of days, hope it is the case for you
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thanks i hope this works :C
ATM from 100% its now 95% in one hour
3 min screen on
and rest idle, im using juice defender to cut data on screen off for 15 minutes.
afaik its pretty bad 5% in one hour with almost no use

zen kun said:
thanks i hope this works :C
ATM from 100% its now 95% in one hour
3 min screen on
and rest idle, im using juice defender to cut data on screen off for 15 minutes.
afaik its pretty bad 5% in one hour with almost no use
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Have you tried running BetterBatteryStats?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
It may give you some idea of where the power drain is occurring. I've found it invaluable in the past where I've had battery drain and I couldn't see what was causing it.

berek9999 said:
Have you tried running BetterBatteryStats?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
It may give you some idea of where the power drain is occurring. I've found it invaluable in the past where I've had battery drain and I couldn't see what was causing it.
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yeah i downloaded, im running the HTC battery test to see what happen in flight mode 15 min ATM drops only 3% i will see how this finish, after that i will use better battery to see what happen btw how to notice what its causing issues?wake kernels? others or wich one its the one should i check btw im sytarting to read the post that gooku show me

hey guys can someone help me with a test?
dial *#*#3424#*#*
and make Battery test, you need put in airplane mode and the test will make full bright
after the hour i had 85% seems ok i guesss so im wondering if the problem its the radio, i had bad the radio or something :S

zen kun said:
hey guys can someone help me with a test?
dial *#*#3424#*#*
and make Battery test, you need put in airplane mode and the test will make full bright
after the hour i had 85% seems ok i guesss so im wondering if the problem its the radio, i had bad the radio or something :S
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You have good result. Stop crying you have horrible battery life.
Just wait few days and stay om Insert coin rom and see the difference.

McBeaker said:
Drain the battery completely and then charge for at least 8 or more hours, use the phone as normal and let it drain completely again and then charge for a minimum of 3 hours, after a couple of days it should last longer and if you can or need to upgrade to the latest OTA then do so.
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Is this possible on phones with clockwork recovery? My phone turns on automatically when it's got some charge

Is ExtendedBatterie Worth it? and which is best?

Hi all,
i have a I9100, but the battery life is really bad, ihave to charge it up about 3 times a day.
i was wondering if getting one of thoses extended batteries (the ones which go in the phone, not the ones you plug in to the phone) is worth it?
and if they are, which one do you guys recomend?
Cheers Corey

fishingfon said:
Hi all,
i have a I9100, but the battery life is really bad, ihave to charge it up about 3 times a day.
i was wondering if getting one of thoses extended batteries (the ones which go in the phone, not the ones you plug in to the phone) is worth it?
and if they are, which one do you guys recomend?
Cheers Corey
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You will get ~20% more juice with genuine battery. If you are charging your phone 3 times per day I don't think it's worth it.
P.S. What are you doing with your phone?

fishingfon said:
Hi all,
i have a I9100, but the battery life is really bad, ihave to charge it up about 3 times a day.
i was wondering if getting one of thoses extended batteries (the ones which go in the phone, not the ones you plug in to the phone) is worth it?
and if they are, which one do you guys recomend?
Cheers Corey
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Wow 3 times per day? What`s your screen on time when you have to recharge? Maybe some Wakelocks?
However, a new battery the 2000 mah from Samsung can add some juice for about 2 more hours. At least for me it`s the case. With the normal battery I had about 16 h of juice, with the new one I can go with 18 h but of course depends on usage.

Hi, i get about 5 hours battery with about 3 hours screen time before I have to recharge, and is the any larger battery's then the 2000mh one?
Cheers
Corey
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fishingfon said:
Hi, i get about 5 hours battery with about 3 hours screen time before I have to recharge, and is the any larger battery's then the 2000mh one?
Cheers
Corey
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I think that there is something wrong, 5 hours is pretty bad. Instal Betterbatterystats and look if you have wakelocks.
Ok if you watch HD videos all the time while your screen is on or you play games very often then 5 hours is understandable.
There are batteries that provide over 2000 mah but they are not Samsung certified and could damage your phone and they are significantly bigger.
Do you use any rom or any modified kernel?

So you are on your phone 6-9 hours every day How is that even possible?

You really should read some other threads before actuly posting a question about the same thing that has been repeated 100 times.
Its on the first page as well...
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Hi,
I use cm9 and siyah kernel, with the profile set to battery, the second cpu core disabled, and lots of other mods to make the battery last longer, but it won't get me fast 5 or six hours.
Is the battery life in the screens normal?.
And u did Google it first, but I couldn't find an answer
Thanks heaps
Cheers
Corey
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fishingfon said:
Hi,
I use cm9 and siyah kernel, with the profile set to battery, the second cpu core disabled, and lots of other mods to make the battery last longer, but it won't get me fast 5 or six hours.
Is the battery life in the screens normal?.
And u did Google it first, but I couldn't find an answer
Thanks heaps
Cheers
Corey
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If you are using mobile data all the time, that is normal... You use your phone a lot! Genuine 2000 mah battery would give you another hour of use
Go to general section, you will find many configs (UC/UV) fot better battery life.

fishingfon said:
Hi,
I use cm9 and siyah kernel, with the profile set to battery, the second cpu core disabled, and lots of other mods to make the battery last longer, but it won't get me fast 5 or six hours.
Is the battery life in the screens normal?.
And u did Google it first, but I couldn't find an answer
Thanks heaps
Cheers
Corey
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Dude,if you're not using airplane mode ,then the problem with your battery is bad network signal.On your screenshots i can see that most of the time you have no network.When you have no signal ,the phone works to find it,thus eating the battery.

Hi, i only have airplane mode turned off for about an hour, and where it says the us no network signal is because the phone is in airplane mode
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5h is really short. What r u doing? Playing all the time? I world consider to restock to ICS to check if changes you made could actually degradated power efficiency.
And for sure dont mess with CPU cores - by disabling second core you loose 50% processing power and gain very little teorethical battery juice. Android needs to work longer and harder to perform tasks.
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Yes worth every penny, I'm using the 3500 its being very helpful for almost a year
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fishingfon said:
Hi all,
i have a I9100, but the battery life is really bad, ihave to charge it up about 3 times a day.
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I think your battery is faulty... try out a new one.
Declan79 said:
Yes worth every penny, I'm using the 3500 its being very helpful for almost a year
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I got the same... but it makes the phone look like a "boat"... and it's very heavy indeed...

fishingfon said:
Hi,
I use cm9 and siyah kernel, with the profile set to battery, the second cpu core disabled, and lots of other mods to make the battery last longer, but it won't get me fast 5 or six hours.
Is the battery life in the screens normal?.
And u did Google it first, but I couldn't find an answer
Thanks heaps
Cheers
Corey
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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Its kinda logical your battery don't last very long.... I mean your phone never sleeps. Its almost awake all the time!
I advise u to try betterbatterystats to find out what is keeping your phone awake all the time.....
And u probely don't wanna hear this but if u can't find anything wit BBS then try a fresh install , don't install apps or do any tweaking, and keep away from changing any kernel settings..
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I think the original samsung extended battery is very good. My sgs2 without juice defender have a 16h standby with exchange push mails.

spookhc said:
Dude,if you're not using airplane mode ,then the problem with your battery is bad network signal.On your screenshots i can see that most of the time you have no network.When you have no signal ,the phone works to find it,thus eating the battery.
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Based on his screen shoot he's in airplane made 90% of the time... His mobile sign would be red if there was no cellular connection.
On the side note regarding the battery it might be that you might need a new battery try the 2000mah one it gives me 5hrs of screen time with around 20hrs of total use on AOKP. If not there are plenty of 3000mah batteries available that can boots your battery life tremendously and increase the bulk of your phone, and you decide. Btw based on what you said 9 hrs of sitting in front of your phone is not normal in one day. You don't even need bb to see what's causing the wake locks.... It's clearly the user the screen time on is consistent with the wake locks.
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yep 6 hours with screen all the time on and wifi its normal.

Salatschlachter said:
I think your battery is faulty... try out a new one.
I got the same... but it makes the phone look like a "boat"... and it's very heavy indeed...
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i'm using this bumper when 3500mah attached (1st photo from the right)

help to time t charge

About the Galaxy W Battery

How long should the Samsung Galaxy wonder Battery last for with continuous usage for web browsing and twitter for example ?
Or how long should it last for complete stand by ?
I am asking because I bought a new Galaxy W and the battery last only for very few hours with the usage mentioned above , and I wanna know if this is normal or I have to replace it ?
Thanks in advance

AhmedPower said:
How long should the Samsung Galaxy wonder Battery last for with continuous usage for web browsing and twitter for example ?
Or how long should it last for complete stand by ?
I am asking because I bought a new Galaxy W and the battery last only for very few hours with the usage mentioned above , and I wanna know if this is normal or I have to replace it ?
Thanks in advance
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Do the first time 8 hours charge, and only recharge it if only a few % left(best if charging it after it is out of battery and shut down by itself), you may use battery saver application( eg Juice Defender, Go Power Master) as well

MyDeSTiNaTe said:
Do the first time 8 hours charge, and only recharge it if only a few % left(best if charging it after it is out of battery and shut down by itself), you may use battery saver application( eg Juice Defender, Go Power Master) as well
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Thanks for info MyDeSTiNaTe ,
I have bought it about 12 days ago , and didn't charge it for 8 hours as you said , Am I supposed to do that now , and may this affect the battery life positively ?
Also please read my reply to other member here in the forum may be you can help me in that
But I am still very disappointed from the battery life ,
what makes me so disappointed is that I compared my Galaxy W Battery with Galaxy fit Battery , in a life experiment making exactly the same thing on both phones ( open wifi and download from the market ) , My Galaxy W take about 3-4 minutes for the battery to decrease by 1% , while the Galaxy fit takes about 30 minutes to decrease this 1% .
The owner of the Galaxy fit told me that may be the reason is that I have 1400 processor while he has only 600 processor , and the faster the processor the less the life battery , I don't know whether what he says id right or wrong .
So I am still confused whether to take it to the warranty or it is normal ,
Can you or anyone tell me whether the experiment result is normal or I have to go to the warranty ?
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Thank you MyDeSTiNaTe

It depend on rom that you use and how often you use your phone. I think cm9 by arco is the best performance & battery life compare with stock rom. I installed cm9+juice defender, my battery about 16 hours. I use it very often, autosync whatsapp, YM & reply emails. I use stock rom before, I only get less 10 hours.
Sorry my English is bad, I hope everyone knows what I mean.
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AhmedPower said:
Thanks for info MyDeSTiNaTe ,
I have bought it about 12 days ago , and didn't charge it for 8 hours as you said , Am I supposed to do that now , and may this affect the battery life positively ?
Also please read my reply to other member here in the forum may be you can help me in that
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Not necessary.
You'll need to do 2 or 3 complete battery cycle (that is : charge until full, then let it run out until the phone shuts down) before the battery indicator gets accurate.
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pepoluan said:
Not necessary.
You'll need to do 2 or 3 complete battery cycle (that is : charge until full, then let it run out until the phone shuts down) before the battery indicator gets accurate.
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Yea, the 8 hours matter is just for first time charging after you bought the phone, after that just try not to charge it until it got a few % left

Look at my battery, lasted for 2 days with web browsing and frequent gaming.

Average use for me almost 2 days.

imadiu said:
Look at my battery, lasted for 2 days with web browsing and frequent gaming.
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Black Note from Rio right?

MyDeSTiNaTe said:
Black Note from Rio right?
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Nope, Mutant Rom

For me the best Rom is F.A.W Release 2.
Awesome speed, awesome Battery life time, and I don't care about the design, which is Stock..
All in all, nice Rom, I'd definetly recommend it !
CM9 worked good too for me... but never as good as FAW Rls2 (talking about the Battery life time..!)
I'd also recommend you to Underclock your Phone when it's locked.
I have the following Set Up.
Screen on:
100-800MhZ
Screen Off:
100-200MhZ
Charging:
100-300MhZ [300 MhZ cause sometimes I use my phone a bit while it's charging. 100MhZ is definitly too low to write a Message via WhatsApp (well of course it's possibly, but seriously... who wants to wait minutes to answer on a message..?)]
That works out great.
I recommend this app/widget to set the Settings.
I think 1,4 GhZ is alot already... So I clocked it down.
And as I hardly play games, I don't need the speed...
Works great to Phone, Text messages (whatsapp etc.) Facebook, Browser etc.
Good Luck
Btw.
How the heck can a battery last for TWO DAYS..?
Mine never comes over about 22 hours... :s

Busted. said:
How the heck can a battery last for TWO DAYS..?
Mine never comes over about 22 hours... :s
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You're question is mine also, bro...
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Busted. said:
How the heck can a battery last for TWO DAYS..?
Mine never comes over about 22 hours... :s
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Minimal usage of the phone.
Not letting any background apps running.
screen off..
No widgets and Live wallpapers running

willypt said:
Minimal usage of the phone.
Not letting any background apps running.
screen off..
No widgets and Live wallpapers running
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No widgets..?
That means no Phone for me... I mean, even the Clock is a Widget..!
I have like 0-2 Apps running in the Background. But I try to remove them always... But sometimes I just forget about that, cause Im kinda distracted with other things or whatever.
Screen Off...
Sound like the Phone is only turned on, but nothing is used. Well than it can last that long.
But people say they're surfing on the internet, playing smal games, chatting and what ever else... And If they're battery lasts about 2 Days, and they stil have some Percents left thats awesome..!
But honestly, 22 hours is enough for me. I don't play games, only texting, googling things and FB etc. And Im at home everyday, so Im always able to charge my Phone at the evening
And here comes a Question..:
Is the SGW's Battery the same in every Country? I mean, I bought mine in Germany, as I live here. But is it possible that the Americans (for example) have more Amperes than the german version ? Maybe that can cause big battery life time differences..?

Busted. said:
And here comes a Question..:
Is the SGW's Battery the same in every Country? I mean, I bought mine in Germany, as I live here. But is it possible that the Americans (for example) have more Amperes than the german version ? Maybe that can cause big battery life time differences..?
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Yea, all the capacity will be 1500mAh (unless you buy a bigger capacity battery from other manufacturers), anyway the weather may affect the battery life a bit

imadiu said:
Look at my battery, lasted for 2 days with web browsing and frequent gaming.
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look at my battery, lasted for 8-9 hours. LOL

temenalie said:
look at my battery, lasted for 8-9 hours. LOL
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my original battery also last that long
since i used a high capacity battery which is 2000mAh , it last 1 1/2 of hardcore browsing , vpn , desktop support , mp3 and gaming

temenalie said:
look at my battery, lasted for 8-9 hours. LOL
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I was able to make my battery last for a day even with listening to music and playing games.

LittleDoggy said:
I was able to make my battery last for a day even with listening to music and playing games.
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I only able to last my battery for a day only for music

Kreaz said:
I only able to last my battery for a day only for music
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Well to be fair this phone and newer phones aren't meant to last a long long long time since they can do so many things.

BATTERY

ok so i watched another video about someone else saying he got 29 hours of power on a charge. im still getting about 8 with heavy usage. not rooted yet. is this normal battery life? screen is on 3/4 wifi is always off as is gps.

Wifi uses less power than 3g. 8hrs of screen on time is reasonable at stock imho.
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With avg use, and counting that I do sleep 8hrs/day... I have 2 li-ion poly batteries & never tether to a wall... I generally get 24hrs, with about 10% or more remaining. I swap, read a book, until I am sleepy, go to sleep. The battery usually is about 95-97% when I wake up.
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Skripka said:
Wifi uses less power than 3g. 8hrs of screen on time is reasonable at stock imho.
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I don't think the op said that he/ahe is getting 8 hours of screen time. I think it's 8 hours total and if that's true then that's pretty bad battery life.

Something seems wrong
gorelow said:
ok so i watched another video about someone else saying he got 29 hours of power on a charge. im still getting about 8 with heavy usage. not rooted yet. is this normal battery life? screen is on 3/4 wifi is always off as is gps.
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I have had the phone for a month now and have yet to kill it in under 24 hours (ok fine I got it to die in 23 hours and 36 minutes). I usually get about 1 day and 6 Hours. Of course, I am sleeping for a good portion of that... Typical screen use time is about 3 hours for me (inside that 24 hour phone use time) but I have done as much as 5 Hours of screen time. Im assuming that you could kill the phone faster if you really tried, but i have a hard time believing it would die in 8 hours unless you were doing everything you could to kill it..

ok thank you guys can i ask are you all roooted? im still on the fence about rooting this phone like i have my others. can not being rooted effect battery?

gorelow said:
ok thank you guys can i ask are you all roooted? im still on the fence about rooting this phone like i have my others. can not being rooted effect battery?
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I'm rooted, running UltraLight1.5 with Perseus kernel. Rooting aside a big battery killer is the wireless network locater in Settings/Location Services. That stupid service kills battery with thousands of pointless kernel wakelocks. I used to disable Maps entirely, but that ain't needed.
I leave GPS &WIFI on all the time with screen brightness on auto, power saving turned on on the screen and cpu. 8hrs of screen on time easy...overnight at idle there's minimal eating of battery while I sleep.
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my brother got 2 days and 8 hours. he uses wifi when at home. not sure about work. he has a live wallpaper. he is stock rooted.

Obviously heavy usage is relative. I definitely get over 24 hours worth normal use. I'm pretty much on it constantly. I would imagine if you are gaming or watching videos then your battery is going to die much quicker.
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Being rooted doesn't give better battery life is just an access for to things you couldn't unlock before like admin rights.
However if you freeze a few apps you don't use and close any apps after your done with them you'll get better results.
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Im pretty sure those ppl who get 2 days on their phone barely use this device as far as watching videos, games, n etc. ive seen those screenshots and barely or never is video or gaming usage seen. What's the point in having this beast if not being used but left idle so the honor of the longest lasting battery is displayed for the world to see. Lol smh. Btw 8 to 10hrs for me heavy usage..
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Im pretty sure those ppl who get 2 days on their phone barely use this device as far as watching videos, games, n etc. ive seen those screenshots and barely or never is video or gaming usage seen. What's the point in having this beast if not being used but left idle so the honor of the longest lasting battery is displayed for the world to see. Lol smh. Btw 8 to 10hrs for me heavy usage..
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I'll post a few screenies later of mine. And once its done charging I'll try watch Netflix and play games to see what I can pull being stock.
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New update Battery Problem

Sony say on the log that they fix the battery??? Seams like is the oposite battery now seams to drain faster than previous update?? Anyone have the same problem??
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Mate just give it a time and it will be ok after a couple of cycles.
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Lonzo_SGS2_506 said:
Mate just give it a time and it will be ok after a couple of cycles.
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Thx for the replay I will monitor that and see if is worth it or not
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nutzuTo said:
Thx for the replay I will monitor that and see if is worth it or not
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No problem. I'm on my 1st cycle and I have 17hrs after unplugged it with 2.17hrs os screen time and I still have 53%... Pretty good uh?
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here is my update
17 hrs since unplugged
screen on 1h 36m
voice call 6h 30m
battery @ 18%

Hmm still not good
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Same here.. Just update last night and issue has been vexing me ever since... The device well charge slowly Now and discharge at much faster rate than before. Although all other improvements are welcomed but battery drainage leaves device only for standby usage which sucksss
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It´s almost the same by my ZL, now it get´s very warm in a very short time of using, and I have ca. 14 hours of battery with 56 minutes of on-screen time and only 20% left. And when i want to charge it over USB, it first discharge a few percent and then starts very slowly to charge.

Found dead pixels and camera is also broken.... Will get the device replaced and see if problem still persists
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akshayjangra said:
Found dead pixels and camera is also broken.... Will get the device replaced and see if problem still persists
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Where did u find the dead pixel???and what is wrong with the camera??
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See the black spot on the pic...its camera fault..when I zoom it gets bigger nd bigger.. Rear camera is broken...and dead pixels I found using system settings....
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Still battery not improved
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Wow man u have to have something opened in the background that causes this drain. Disable gps and location or in stamina mode add google maps, whatsapp and other things that keep running... It did work for me.
Just to add a note. It's true that battery drains faster from 100 to 80% but it seems it last longer after that even when it is lowing. It seems that the less charge u have the more difficult to empty it..
Sounds weird I know but it is what happens to me.
Yesterday I managed 23hrs on one single charge and it gave me amazing 4.03hrs of screen time and I still had 17% left on charge...
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Lonzo_SGS2_506 said:
Wow man u have to have something opened in the background that causes this drain. Disable gps and location or in stamina mode add google maps, whatsapp and other things that keep running... It did work for me.
Just to add a note. It's true that battery drains faster from 100 to 80% but it seems it last longer after that even when it is lowing. It seems that the less charge u have the more difficult to empty it..
Sounds weird I know but it is what happens to me.
Yesterday I managed 23hrs on one single charge and it gave me amazing 4.03hrs of screen time and I still had 17% left on charge...
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Nice but still I think the previous fw was better on the battery life, btw it is posible to reverse back to previous fw??
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From 100% to 7% in just over 3 hours!!!
I will go mad if this continues!
Help what to do?

control freak said:
From 100% to 7% in just over 3 hours!!!
I will go mad if this continues!
Help what to do?
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Go back to the previous fw,I did and my battery is way better.
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control freak said:
From 100% to 7% in just over 3 hours!!!
I will go mad if this continues!
Help what to do?
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What the...
Even with 100% screen it should go longer than 3h?

My battery life post-update is identical to what it was before the update. There must be something else in the update that's interacting with an app or apps you guys are using to cause your problem -- I doubt it is the update itself, but more a combination of things.
Thanks to getting pretty insane battery life on the ZL, I discovered a couple of battery-draining apps that I was using that were keeping my phone awake (I imagine they were also responsible for my poorer battery life on previous phones as well). Since I nuked those apps, I get 2-3 days per charge on the ZL and that's only with using low-battery mode which kicks in at 20%, not stamina mode. My screen on time is usually around an hour with voice calls making up the majority of my usage. In my case, I found a couple of apps that were constantly accessing the GPS, thus waking the phone to do so and killing my battery in the process.
For those having serious battery drain issues since this latest update, have you guys considered installing better battery stats and actually hunting down what's keeping your phone awake and/or draining the battery?

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My battery life post-update is identical to what it was before the update. There must be something else in the update that's interacting with an app or apps you guys are using to cause your problem -- I doubt it is the update itself, but more a combination of things.
Thanks to getting pretty insane battery life on the ZL, I discovered a couple of battery-draining apps that I was using that were keeping my phone awake (I imagine they were also responsible for my poorer battery life on previous phones as well). Since I nuked those apps, I get 2-3 days per charge on the ZL and that's only with using low-battery mode which kicks in at 20%, not stamina mode. My screen on time is usually around an hour with voice calls making up the majority of my usage. In my case, I found a couple of apps that were constantly accessing the GPS, thus waking the phone to do so and killing my battery in the process.
For those having serious battery drain issues since this latest update, have you guys considered installing better battery stats and actually hunting down what's keeping your phone awake and/or draining the battery?
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Well TBH one hour of screen time is not a lot...

DoubleYouPee said:
Well TBH one hour of screen time is not a lot...
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Of course it isn't, but that isn't my point. My point is that my battery routinely lasted 3 days before the .235 update and it still does after the update. Screen-on time isn't the only measure of battery life on a smartphone (I indicated that voice calls are the majority of my usage, rather than things that require the screen to be on all the time.)
All I'm saying is don't be so quick to blame the update alone for the battery issue. If tons of users aren't reporting suddenly poor battery life, the issue is likely isolated to a few users and their specific usage. Perhaps those with the issue should truly investigate the possible cause of their particular issue via a tool like Better Battery Stats before immediately declaring the update to be the culprit.