Hi Note 3 owners, are you getting 16 hours plus on the Note 3 as I do on ny Note 2 with 3 + hourse of screen time? Im considering Note 3 or G Flex (But has low resolution )
Thanks in advance.
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Really depends on how you use the phone, what kind of signal you get, how you work inside, if you play games etc.
Typically I get a good 10 hours on my phone without any charging, but I am seldom in that position, I have wireless chargers at work and home and charge any time I am sleeping.
Never had a note 2 to compare with but this phone is way better than my previous and I use it a lot more than the old one.
krelvinaz said:
Really depends on how you use the phone, what kind of signal you get, how you work inside, if you play games etc.
Typically I get a good 10 hours on my phone without any charging, but I am seldom in that position, I have wireless chargers at work and home and charge any time I am sleeping.
Never had a note 2 to compare with but this phone is way better than my previous and I use it a lot more than the old one.
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Thought the 6.5 hours was a joke. Wow 10 hour is not mutch unless you are a extra heavy user. I would usually get between 14 to 16 hours with about 3 hours of screen on for internet and gaming. This was on Jedi Master x20 with custom rom
someone out must be getting 14 to 16 hours. If not is it because oh the HD screen?
going to do more research on Note 3.
thanks for your insite.
I think he meant 6.5 hours screen time.
pvaldeben said:
Thought the 6.5 hours was a joke. Wow 10 hour is not mutch unless you are a extra heavy user. I would usually get between 14 to 16 hours with about 3 hours of screen on for internet and gaming. This was on Jedi Master x20 with custom rom
someone out must be getting 14 to 16 hours. If not is it because oh the HD screen?
going to do more research on Note 3.
thanks for your insite.
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This is my screen time on my note 3.
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Battery life is good but there's better (G2, G Flex).
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Battery life is good but there's better (G2, G Flex).
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I'm getting 10+ hours of screen time on my Note 3. I'm rooted with just a deodexed stock rom with bloat removed. This phone is amazing with battery life.
Eric214 said:
I'm getting 10+ hours of screen time on my Note 3. I'm rooted with just a deodexed stock rom with bloat removed. This phone is amazing with battery life.
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10 hours off screen time uh? I believe u only if u only swipe through home screens and don't use the phone normally. I was getting 8 hours of screen time with the G flex with heavy use and the note 3 cannot pull that off, be real.
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My best is 2 days 14hrs with 5.5hrs of screen on time.
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10 hours off screen time uh? I believe u only if u only swipe through home screens and don't use the phone normally. I was getting 8 hours of screen time with the G flex with heavy use and the note 3 cannot pull that off, be real.
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he is real there is someone if not him have proven with screenshots, our phone can handle that. its all about knowing how to prioritize your battery on your phone and settings. not every phone is the same so some can handle and do that others may not.
And the G-Flex isn't even out yet
apacseven said:
I think he meant 6.5 hours screen time.
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Bingo
XxLostSoulxX said:
he is real there is someone if not him have proven with screenshots, our phone can handle that. its all about knowing how to prioritize your battery on your phone and settings. not every phone is the same so some can handle and do that others may not.
And the G-Flex isn't even out yet
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The G flex isnt even out yet? Its been out for nearly 3 months, its called the unlocked korean version.
Second, I dont care what screen shots one provides, u cannot get 10hrs of screen on time of "normal usage" on the note 3, thats not happening unless your goal is to squeeze as much battery life as possible to prove that it can. If that's the case then even the S4 can do that, all u have to do is set the brightness at zero and swipe through the home screen the whole day. Then maybe make a phone call or 2 then boom! 8 hrs of screen time achieve but whats the point? Were talking average normal usage. If the G flex cant do it the note 3 certainly cant.
There was a thread in the one x forum where a guy pulled off 12 hours of screen on time. Do u think thats its normal usage? Be real guys.
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My best is 2 days 14hrs with 5.5hrs of screen on time.
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Thats sounds pretty good and reasonable.
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6.5 hours with normal use for me.
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The G flex isnt even out yet? Its been out for nearly 3 months, its called the unlocked korean version.
Second, I dont care what screen shots one provides, u cannot get 10hrs of screen on time of "normal usage" on the note 3, thats not happening unless your goal is to squeeze as much battery life as possible to prove that it can. If that's the case then even the S4 can do that, all u have to do is set the brightness at zero and swipe through the home screen the whole day. Then maybe make a phone call or 2 then boom! 8 hrs of screen time achieve but whats the point? Were talking average normal usage. If the G flex cant do it the note 3 certainly cant.
There was a thread in the one x forum where a guy pulled off 12 hours of screen on time. Do u think thats its normal usage? Be real guys.
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Thats sounds pretty good and reasonable.
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Um in the states its not released so to most people who live in America don't have it. But it is normal usuage. My note 2 was able to get 8 Hours normal usage no playing games but internet, youtube, messaging, etc... its called customizing your phone to perform well at a battery saving stand point. On my note 2 i was running a kernel, rom, and undervolted and made everything the phone can do to push more battery life and it did. 8Hours screen on time, 12-14Hrs on battery overall.
I got about 7hrs of SOT with 17hrs of off charger time yesterday. Mostly used on WiFi.
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10 hours off screen time uh? I believe u only if u only swipe through home screens and don't use the phone normally. I was getting 8 hours of screen time with the G flex with heavy use and the note 3 cannot pull that off, be real.
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lol use my phone? More days then not I'll have an hour or so of YouTube, about 2.5-3 hours of SlingBox or Netflix going over data not wifi, i stream music for a 1-1.5 hours throughout the work day maybe an hour of web surfing 15+ emails each day and I use the Action Memo instead of pen and paper for random stuff all day and will still be at 45-50% battery left. That's not that far off from a typical day and thats fairly heavy use, so yeah, my Note 3 pulls this off. Don't hate if yours doesn't. Maybe I average closer to 9 hours of screen time but i have regularly seen 10-10.5 hours.
Screenshot is from yesterday and is a light day of use though I did watch 4 episodes of Breaking Bad and an hour of the Super bowl in HD from my slingbox (My GF drug me out of the house last night). I don't usually take SS but a friend was asking what i was getting yesterday on my Note 3 so i took one.
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Um in the states its not released so to most people who live in America don't have it. But it is normal usuage. My note 2 was able to get 8 Hours normal usage no playing games but internet, youtube, messaging, etc... its called customizing your phone to perform well at a battery saving stand point. On my note 2 i was running a kernel, rom, and undervolted and made everything the phone can do to push more battery life and it did. 8Hours screen on time, 12-14Hrs on battery overall.
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I never specified the region did I? Fact is the G flex is out. And actually folks have the flex from today in the US (at least AT&T) so what now?
Now youre bringing the note 2 when were actually talking about the note 3. If he was getting 10 hours of screen on time with normal usage then we should see more of it in the battery life thread right? But guess what? We do not. Everybody knows that the note 3 has good battery life, but 10 hrs of screen on time? You have to be kidding yourself. Nobody gets that on average unless again, youre doing everything you can so you can reach that to post it here for bragging rights. I think it is misleading as some folks might wanna purchase this phone thinking that its that kind of battery life they would get.
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he is real there is someone if not him have proven with screenshots, our phone can handle that. its all about knowing how to prioritize your battery on your phone and settings. not every phone is the same so some can handle and do that others may not.
And the G-Flex isn't even out yet
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I do tweak my phone. The only thing i do though is restrict background data on apps i don't need running in the background. I leave my location settings (wifi setting) on but not GPS and i have email sync once an hour not every 15 min. I have my google account sync turned off as i just sync it only when i add new calender events or new contacts. There is no need to have it sync 30 times a day for nothing. I use no battery saver apps as they usually just eat battery running in the background so it can watch stuff.
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lol use my phone? More days then not I'll have an hour or so of YouTube, about 2.5-3 hours of SlingBox or Netflix going over data not wifi, i stream music for a 1-1.5 hours throughout the work day maybe an hour of web surfing 15+ emails each day and I use the Action Memo instead of pen and paper for random stuff all day and will still be at 45-50% battery left. That's not that far off from a typical day and thats fairly heavy use, so yeah, my Note 3 pulls this off. Don't hate if yours doesn't. Maybe I average closer to 9 hours of screen time but i have regularly seen 10-10.5 hours.
Screenshot is from yesterday and is a light day of use though I did watch 4 episodes of Breaking Bad and an hour of the Super bowl in HD from my slingbox (My GF drug me out of the house last night). I don't usually take SS but a friend was asking what i was getting yesterday on my Note 3 so i took one.
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LMAO! Im not gonna hate because your phone gets better battery than mine, more power to u.
Can you show us your "10 hrs average of screen on time" with some detailed screen shots with the graph and everything? Like this
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I will defer to the xda mods if they think this thread is redundant. I have been using my Galaxy Nexus now for ~3 weeks. During that time, I have seen my daily battery life improve from ~10 hours to a little over 24 hours before needing a charge. I have listed out the power saving strategies I've developed during these 3 weeks following the screenshot [PROOF]:
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1.) Calibrate your battery using the following methods here: Battery Calibration.
2.) While on battery power, set your Nexus display's brightness level to ~30%. I've found that particular brightness level to be a sweet spot. Auto brightness does not work for me, so I hard set the level. I am able to get between ~4 to 5 hours total of screen time a day on battery power at that level. There are many Android Market apps/widgets that will allow you to set power profiles depending on your location and power draw and/or charge.
3.) Along with conservative display settings, I turn off cellular data entirely, or only use 2G (Edge) when connected to a WiFi hotspot. I have an unlocked I9250 Worldband GSM Galaxy Nexus, so I'm unable to address 4G LTE. But if I did have access to 4G LTE, I imagine the only time I would use it would be for tethering while the phone is plugged into a power source. Regardless, 3G (HSPA+) can be a significant power draw, and 4G doubly so. When on WiFi, 3G and/or cellular data is off entirely. My guesstimate is this saves me between 15 - 20% battery power throughout the day.
4.) I set application accounts to sync and updates only when on WiFi.
5.) Avoid rebooting or powering off the phone while on battery power. I've noticed a loss of between ~2 - 5% when rebooting the phone on battery.
6.) No live wallpapers, and the image I do use for a wallpaper is very dark. I set the homescreen widgets to nearly transparent and white text. I'm certain this conserves battery power, but by how much I can't say. [REFER]:
7.) During a typical day for me, I'm constantly using Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Gmail, the ICS Browser, TapTalk, and of course the homescreen widgets connected to network services. I would consider myself an average to heavy user depending on the day. All Gmail is pushed. My widgets update between 1 - 3 hour intervals. You can tell by the screenshot provided my WiFi signal is always on, my Awake and Screen On times are between 4 to 5 hours total of the 24 hours available. As you can see from the screenshot, during that 24 hour period I did not top off with a power charge during that time.
Any other tips for extending battery life are welcome. I hope this helps.
Cool. I keep my phone plugged in when I am in the car or desk and that seems enough for me without having to compromise. 4G is a real killer
Are you using Tasker to kill data when on wifi and enable it when not?
I was under the impression the OS did this automatically
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FYI, the original poster is a HSPA+ user. Entirely different experience from a LTE user.
Err... if there is anything I take away from this thread, its: "If you want 24 hours of battery life on your Google Nexus, don't use it."
It's hard to say for certain, but it sure doesn't look like you used your phone very much over 24 hours. :|
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Err... if there is anything I take away from this thread, its: "If you want 24 hours of battery life on your Google Nexus, don't use it."
It's hard to say for certain, but it sure doesn't look like you used your phone very much over 24 hours. :|
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Total time the screen was on was between 4 to 5 hours total out of that particular 24 hour period. Depends on your definition of "use", but I've seen definitions of moderate to heavy smartphone use defined in various forum posts throughout XDA somewhere between 3 to 6 hours of screen time on a single charge. YMMV.
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Total time the screen was on was between 4 to 5 hours total out of that particular 24 hour period. Depends on your definition of "use", but I've seen definitions of moderate to heavy smartphone use defined in various forum posts throughout XDA somewhere between 3 to 6 hours of screen time on a single charge. YMMV.
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Based on that image, there's no way you got even 3 hours of screen on time.
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Based on that image, there's no way you got even 3 hours of screen on time.
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I'm certain it was over 4 hours, I remember digging into the screen stats under the battery settings before taking a screenshot. I don't have a screenshot of the screen stat window during that 24 hour period.
Don't believe me? I don't really care. I have nothing to hide and nothing to prove. Just relaying my experience with the GN battery over a 3 week period.
I would rather keep 4g on and just charge throughout the day. Why pay a premium if you're not going to use it, but I suppose you don't have 4g so you don't care.
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Err... if there is anything I take away from this thread, its: "If you want 24 hours of battery life on your Google Nexus, don't use it."
It's hard to say for certain, but it sure doesn't look like you used your phone very much over 24 hours. :|
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This. Doesnt look like 4-5 hours screen time because the phone isnt awake enough.
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I don't see a problem with the battery life for the size of the phone.
I'm sure it would go a day and a half before needing a charge with my usage (which I consider 'normal') but I plug it in everynight while I sleep anyway.
The battery life definately improves after a few charge cycles.
I agree with sc4, you basically are saying not to use the phone. You do not have to take such extreme measures just to get good battery life. I get pretty good battery life and I don't disable anything.
Well I thought it was a nice post. Jeez. Especially if you compare to most of the crap that comes up in the general section.
I couldn't find where he said "dont use 4g der". I believe the idea he presented was to turn off 3g/4g while you're on wifi. Do you need 4g AND wifi? Easy, common sense. Thumbs up.
Just so you know: WiFi uses the same amount of power to transmit/receive data as 3G. You're not saving anything by turning off the 3G radio while on WiFi since the only thing it's being used for is phone calls and text messages.
In addition, being in WiFi all day long can *really* improve your battery life. It's easily the biggest thing on your list. Why? Because the cell radio isn't constantly trying to maintain a data signal to the 3G towers. It maintains a connection but it doesn't have to negotiate for it almost at all...saves a lot of battery life.
Oh, and that Battery Calibration post is ridiculous. When you first get a phone just discard it fully then charge it up fully. Do it once every few months for the life of the phone and you'll find you maintain great battery life. Outside of that, keep it plugged in as *OFTEN* as you can to maintain longevity.
Also, according to your screenshot, your screen was on a *maximum* of 3 hours, but most likely around 2 1/2. That means the data connection most likely wasn't used much more than that, as well. That's very light use over a 24 hour period.
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Well I thought it was a nice post. Jeez. Especially if you compare to most of the crap that comes up in the general section.
I couldn't find where he said "dont use 4g der". I believe the idea he presented was to turn off 3g/4g while you're on wifi. Do you need 4g AND wifi? Easy, common sense. Thumbs up.
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Well, no, you wouldn't...but it turns off the LTE radio when on WiFi anyway...so that's a moot point.
One more tip:
If you use vibrate on keyboard, shorten it to as low as possible.
This is possible using SwiftKey
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In addition, being in WiFi all day long can *really* improve your battery life. It's easily the biggest thing on your list. Why? Because the cell radio isn't constantly trying to maintain a data signal to the 3G towers. It maintains a connection but it doesn't have to negotiate for it almost at all...saves a lot of battery life.
Oh, and that Battery Calibration post is ridiculous. When you first get a phone just discard it fully then charge it up fully. Do it once every few months for the life of the phone and you'll find you maintain great battery life. Outside of that, keep it plugged in as *OFTEN* as you can to maintain longevity.
Also, according to your screenshot, your screen was on a *maximum* of 3 hours, but most likely around 2 1/2. That means the data connection most likely wasn't used much more than that, as well. That's very light use over a 24 hour period.
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@ hotleadsingerguy
I'll leave 3G running for the next couple of days, see if there's any difference. Thanks for the info. Are you saying the screen on time reported by the OS is not reliable? If not, know of any apps that do report battery stats and usage reliably?
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This. Doesnt look like 4-5 hours screen time because the phone isnt awake enough.
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Agreed that is not 4-5 hours of screen time. It is blatant in the graph u provided. Look at the screen and awake times. Here is mine with only 2 hours of screen time but over an hour of voice.
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To push more, set the animation etc. to 0.5x in the developer options. This should reduce the cpu usage a little bit.
And turn off auto rotate as it consume quite a lot of cpu power. Most probably this is just a bug, there has been a report in the Google code bug yracking.
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@ hotleadsingerguy
I'll leave 3G running for the next couple of days, see if there's any difference. Thanks for the info. Are you saying the screen on time reported by the OS is not reliable? If not, know of any apps that do report battery stats and usage reliably?
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Qhen you go to battery stats tap on the screen percentage. It will tell you exactly how long screen has been on.
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Agreed that is not 4-5 hours of screen time. It is blatant in the graph u provided. Look at the screen and awake times. Here is mine with only 2 hours of screen time but over an hour of voice.
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I agree. I did not get a screenshot of my screen time when I took the screen pic of the timeline graph. I was relying on memory, but after comparing republitarian's pic which has roughly the same timeline span, looks like my memory failed me. Mine is somewhere between 2 - 3 hours of screen time as well. My bad.
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I am just curious to know what other Galaxy Nexus owners are getting out of their battery.
Let me start by sharing mine.
During my sleep or when my phone is idle or when I know I am not using it for a long period of time, I switch my phone to 2G.
Below is a screenshot of my battery usage during a long period of idle (overnight when I am sleeping)
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I only switch it to 3G when I am actively using the Internet for surfing websites, Facebooking, Youtube, uploading photos or video.
Below is a screenshot of my usage from light to moderate to heavy.
I got just over 2 days out of mine with a mixture of wifi, 3g, calls, and general use with facebook, trillian and google+
I went into the bathroom with full charge and after I did my daily deed(s) I went down to 43% with brightness turned all the way down and only running xda app. wtf gives?
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I am just curious to know what other Galaxy Nexus owners are getting out of their battery.
Let me start by sharing mine.
During my sleep or when my phone is idle or when I know I am not using it for a long period of time, I switch my phone to 2G.
Below is a screenshot of my battery usage during a long period of idle (overnight when I am sleeping)
I only switch it to 3G when I am actively using the Internet for surfing websites, Facebooking, Youtube, uploading photos or video.
Below is a screenshot of my usage from light to moderate to heavy.
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This is EXACTLY the kind of battery life that I am getting.
Quality posting. Thanks
You guys must be on the gsm versions, the only people that aren't happy are the ones on 4g
I have the lte sgn and I would say my battery life is directly related to the screen on time.
The battery is usually completely discharged once the screen on time approaches around 3 hours, regardless of the total time it has been since the last full charge.
Sometimes I can get 20+ hours total life and sometimes I can barely get 5 or 6 hours of total life. Just depends on how fast I reach the screen on time "limit" so to speak of about 3 hours or so.
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I have the 4g, and ill admit, when i got it the battery life was pretty bad. In part to newphonesyndrom, but stock is pretty bad in general
Currently running peter alfonso's bugless beast 4.0.3 and francico franco's kernel #6. Battery life has gotten wayyy better; so there is a light at the end of the stock tunnel. My phone goes into cpu sleep way more than before, and on the computer side of things, its efficient to the point that the screen uses 75% of battery compared to the 50% i used to see (more battery to screen means less everything else is drawing). And turning down the brightness, i kinda like the fuzzy whites, kinda gives it a paperlike texture
And turn off wifi if you are not actively using, it will just search endlessly. Same with turning off 4g if you are going to be in a 3g area for awhile
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Verizon LTE version with 4G turned off. I think i may have .... issues
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Verizon LTE version with 4G turned off. I think i may have .... issues
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How high is your screen brightness?
1h45m with screen on is most likely considerably longer than the time the other posters have had their screens on for.
EDIT: I'm saying this because most people with brilliant battery life tend to have LOW screen on time.
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How high is your screen brightness?
1h45m with screen on is most likely considerably longer than the time the other posters have had their screens on for.
EDIT: I'm saying this because most people with brilliant battery life tend to have LOW screen on time.
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This was at Auto Brightness. I know I had the screen on for a long time, but is this what I need to accept from now on? That after a total time of 2 hours of screen ON time, the battery will be dead? Is the only way to get good battery life to turn off 4G and not use the phone that much? I would expect the phone to be able to survive for at least 3-5 hours even if the screen was on 100%, but maybe I am just being naive.
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I am just curious to know what other Galaxy Nexus owners are getting out of their battery.
Let me start by sharing mine.
During my sleep or when my phone is idle or when I know I am not using it for a long period of time, I switch my phone to 2G.
Below is a screenshot of my battery usage during a long period of idle (overnight when I am sleeping)
I only switch it to 3G when I am actively using the Internet for surfing websites, Facebooking, Youtube, uploading photos or video.
Below is a screenshot of my usage from light to moderate to heavy.
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I am curious about your battery times. I would like to know your screen "ON" time for at least the light and heavy usage that you reported.
All the battery posts I have been reading on this forum seem to directly correlate to screen "On" time. I have a theory that the battery dies after 2-3 hours of screen on time regardless of most other factors. So some people may get 16-18 hrs of battery time, but the screen was only on for 2.5 hours or so. If you get a chance I would love to see some of your battery reports with the Display on time reported next to them.
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This was at Auto Brightness. I know I had the screen on for a long time, but is this what I need to accept from now on? That after a total time of 2 hours of screen ON time, the battery will be dead? Is the only way to get good battery life to turn off 4G and not use the phone that much? I would expect the phone to be able to survive for at least 3-5 hours even if the screen was on 100%, but maybe I am just being naive.
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Well, less than 3 hours is pretty awful.
That's around what I get if I play games like GTA or Shadowgun for more than an hour.
I have the GSM GN so if you did turn 4G off you should have similar times as me. Which are on average 8-12 hours of moderate use including a lot of WhatsApp-ing, some music, some Facebook, some browsing, some calls and texts.
However playing games literally will drink my battery life away, so I tend to keep 3D games to a minimal when on the go.
Sorry if I am stealing the thread. I put this to anyone else with some battery screenshots. Take a screenshot of your display "ON" time and put it next to your total battery on time.
I would love to see if anyone is getting 3-6 hours of screen "ON" time coupled with 10-20 hours of Total Battery Time. Anyone?
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Sorry if I am stealing the thread. I put this to anyone else with some battery screenshots. Take a screenshot of your display "ON" time and put it next to your total battery on time.
I would love to see if anyone is getting 3-6 hours of screen "ON" time coupled with 10-20 hours of Total Battery Time. Anyone?
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I seriously doubt it. That is something I genuinely miss about my iPhone 4--I could get 8+ hours of screen on time and well over a day of standby on a single charge.
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I seriously doubt it. That is something I genuinely miss about my iPhone 4--I could get 8+ hours of screen on time and well over a day of standby on a single charge.
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OOOH, we are taking that route huh? Well one reason why these lower than average battery times don't bother me that much is because I own 4 batteries for the Galaxy Nexus (2 standard, 2 extended) and can SWAP my batteries whenever I feel like it. Can you do that with your iPhone 4??? No, didn't think so.
P.S. I know you just threw in a iPhone screenshot for the fun of things. Thanks for the laugh!
Screen on time of a little over 3 hours and my battery is in the 30% range.
I definitely agree that the screen on time is the biggest factor. The battery seems to die once 3 or 4 hours of screen on time has been reached, regardless of how long the total life has been.
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Screen on time of a little over 3 hours and my battery is in the 30% range.
I definitely agree that the screen on time is the biggest factor. The battery seems to die once 3 or 4 hours of screen on time has been reached, regardless of how long the total life has been.
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At least you are getting 3-4 hours. I am barely getting 1.5 hours of screen on time before my battery is close to dead. It's alright though, I battery swap regularly and I will figure it out eventually. Just keep turning stuff off till my battery life improves a bit.
Here's mine. GSM, stock 4.0.1.
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Here's mine. GSM, stock 4.0.1.
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I think that kind of confirms it for me. Your screen on time is in the 3 to 4 hour range and your battery is almost completely discharged.
Once the screen on time reaches the 3-4 hour range, the phone dies. It just took you 2 days to reach the 3-4 hour screen on time.
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OOOH, we are taking that route huh? Well one reason why these lower than average battery times don't bother me that much is because I own 4 batteries for the Galaxy Nexus (2 standard, 2 extended) and can SWAP my batteries whenever I feel like it. Can you do that with your iPhone 4??? No, didn't think so.
P.S. I know you just threw in a iPhone screenshot for the fun of things. Thanks for the laugh!
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Whoa buddy, ease off the haterade. I wasn't trying to start an argument or anything. I sold my iPhone 4 to buy a Galaxy Nexus, and I'm very happy with my decision. But the reality is the i4 got much better battery life, and I posted a screenshot (from my device) to support that. Swapping batteries wasn't necessary, and carrying around 4 doesn't exactly help your case.
No one is attacking your mother. Chill.
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Whoa buddy, ease off the haterade. I wasn't trying to start an argument or anything. I sold my iPhone 4 to buy a Galaxy Nexus, and I'm very happy with my decision. But the reality is the i4 got much better battery life, and I posted a screenshot (from my device) to support that. Swapping batteries wasn't necessary.
No one is attacking your mother. Chill.
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If you are rooted.....install another kernel....it will improve your battery life
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I received my Galaxy SIII on Monday and haven't been able to complete a full day with light to moderate usage. Yesterday after about 11 hours of mainly standby / light usage I had about 3% battery before I was able to charge it.
Is this normal? I'm coming from an iPhone 4 (this is my first android phone) and was quite excited about this. But if I can't make it through the day what's the point. I have noticed at times that the back of the phone can get quite warm, not hot, but definitely warm. Perhaps I have a faulty battery?
I've heard Android can be a bit notorious for poor battery life, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't be able to use it for the fear of the phone not lasting the day.
My iPhone 4 I could use it quite often throughout the day and end the day with close to 40% battery life and if needed I could last through the night well into the next day without a charge.
Will I have to carry around a spare battery / charger at all times.
Here are some screen shots from today. I've been awake and unplugged for nearly 3 hours, barely used the thing and I'm already at less than 70% with HIGH cell signal standby.
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Hmm, looks like yours may be fairing better than mine based on your usage. Looks like you used it for a good 40 minutes.
When I use mine I can watch the battery percentage drop. I really hope that this is an issue with my phone and not the phone in general. I really like the phone and it's a nice change from the iPhone (little quirks here and there but still nice).
However, if the battery life is this bad (bad IMO perhaps this is actually good), then I think I'll have no choice but to return this phone - assuming I can. Otherwise I guess I'll have to drop the money for extra batteries.
I've gone as far as basically making email manual. I've turned off that stupid S-Voice thing so it won't wake up by me saying "Hi Galaxy". Guess I'll turn off WiFi and GPS (though I feel I shouldn't need to). I have battery saving mode on as well and I've dimmed the screen down to what looks like 20%...
EDIT: also, the maps that used 6% of total battery usage was me just taking a look at the widget and disabling it. Less than a minute of usage...
Your phone is not sleeping. Install better battery stats to see what is keeping it awake.
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Also cell standby means you are in a low signal area which from your screenshot appears to be correct.
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Also cell standby means you are in a low signal area which from your screenshot appears to be correct.
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Unfortunately I can't do much about that since I'm at work
Do you have a recommendation for a good battery monitor? One that preferably doesn't cost money?
When it was awake I believe I had been messing around with it. I've checked it again and it hasn't been awake that often (just spurts). Looks like it's periodically syncing with my email, while I realize this will cause the battery to be drained I wouldn't expect this to be too large a deal. I would think I should be able to have my phone idle and still be able to receive emails without it causing too much of an issue. All my accounts are set-up through IMAP (minus my exchange account - which I've set-up to run manual during peak hours and check once an hour during non - peak hours) so the emails should be pushed to the device since I shouldn't be polling the servers (although it's possible I don't know too much about IMAP....).
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Unfortunately I can't do much about that since I'm at work
Do you have a recommendation for a good battery monitor? One that preferably doesn't cost money?
When it was awake I believe I had been messing around with it. I've checked it again and it hasn't been awake that often (just spurts). Looks like it's periodically syncing with my email, while I realize this will cause the battery to be drained I wouldn't expect this to be too large a deal. I would think I should be able to have my phone idle and still be able to receive emails without it causing too much of an issue. All my accounts are set-up through IMAP (minus my exchange account - which I've set-up to run manual during peak hours and check once an hour during non - peak hours) so the emails should be pushed to the device since I shouldn't be polling the servers (although it's possible I don't know too much about IMAP....).
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Better battery stats is free if you search for it on XDA and from your above screenshot it is awake without the screen being on for a while. I think you have an app using up CPU processes.. poorly written apps will do this
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If WiFi is enabled and I'm connected does mobile data get disabled?
I also found an App called Juice defender, is this something that is recommended to use?
I got the BetterBatterStats app installed. I'll do a full charge, then see what it has to say.
Thanks for your help.
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If WiFi is enabled and I'm connected does mobile data get disabled?
I also found an App called Juice defender, is this something that is recommended to use?
I got the BetterBatterStats app installed. I'll do a full charge, then see what it has to say.
Thanks for your help.
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That's what I am here for juice defender is good for longer periods for use so yes you might want to look into it. Wifi does not automatically disable mobile data I do not believe.
I also think you can load up better battery stats right now and it will tell you data
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That's what I am here for juice defender is good for longer periods for use so yes you might want to look into it. Wifi does not automatically disable mobile data I do not believe.
I also think you can load up better battery stats right now and it will tell you data
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He'll have to full charge first to get a reference point for BBS. And as far as I know, once Wi-Fi is on, mobile data is off.
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He'll have to full charge first to get a reference point for BBS. And as far as I know, once Wi-Fi is on, mobile data is off.
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I don't know, I am pretty sure I thought the same of BBS but tried it for the hell of it last time and it was able to pull my stats from the current charge because they were just pulled from the system anyways.
Mobile data is not toggled off in the settings when wifi is on
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I just got and activated my S3 on Wednesday and am having the exact same problem. I'm also on ATT and am coming from an iphone 3GS. First day I had the S3 I barely got 8 hours out of it, most of that time in standby mode and with nothing but the stock apps installed. Yesterday I cycled the battery and drained it to completely dead to where the phone wouldn't even try to turn on. I then charged it to 100% with the phone turned off. I then unplugged it to see how much battery life it would drain on standby overnight. In about 6 hours while I was asleep it went from 100% to 93%. Then I left home and between that time and now, 7.5 hours, with minimal use which included less than 20 minutes of phone calls, downloading 3 apps, syncing email a couple of times, etc.. no games, no videos, no music, no internet browsing, nothing....
Battery is now down to 24%
Screen - 1h 42m 26%
Android OS - 10m 7%
voice calls - 17m 5%
and the rest of the stuff at about 5% or less,
basically, in 7.5 hours of doing almost nothing, with power saving mode turned on and juice defender also active, my phone has gone from 93% to 24%.
Before I got the phone I read several reviews that said the battery life on these phones was supposed to be excellent. I can't imagine that this is what would be considered excellent. My iphone, which I replaced because the battery was dying, would easily last twice as long as this and that's with heavy use including games, pandora, youtube, and internet browsing.
Aside from the short battery life I'm also experiencing horrible wifi issues. On my wifi at work it will constantly disconnect and reconnect over and over. I had my iphone sitting next to the S3 and the connection was rock solid.
I contacted samsung and ATT and they did not have any suggestions or solutions but the guy from ATT did suggest taking the phone to an ATT store and they would give me another battery to try and if that didn't work I could exchange the phone.
I hate running around exchanging stuff but I'm very disappointed with this phone so far. Half the battery life of my iphone and horrible wifi connectivity isn't what I'd expect from a phone which has been touted as being significantly better than the iphone 4S and possibly even the iphone5 when that's released.
Any suggestions? I'm really trying to love this phone but so far...meh....not so much..... I love the screen, the interface is very cool, it's lighter than my iphone, but if I can't get more than a couple of hours of very light usage and no solid wifi connectivity, I don't know.... Once I get these problems ironed out I have a couple of other total newb questions about things I need to do with it but first things first...if I can't solve these problems, this phone won't work for me. Hope you guys can help! :good:
I'm glad (but not glad) to hear I'm not alone. It really is frustrating. I've been in the process of charging my phone which is taking a long time in and of itself (although I am connected to USB on my PC). It's been plugged in for 2 hours and gone up 24% eh.
I'll probably take it to the AT&T store and talk to them about it. If I can't get is solved I'll probably exchange it, but that exchange would have to be a guarantee that I'd either get the iPhone 5 when it comes out without having to pay full price, or perhaps the HTC One X, but I hear that isn't much better either. I have a friend who has the HTC One X (or the variant of it on Sprint) and he get's two days of battery life with some gaming even.
I do not want the 4S since IMO it's a worthless upgrade from the 4.
I'm located in the suburbs of Chicago so I have 4g LTE just about everywhere, granted my signal is a bit weak in my building... by a window.
If you come up with anything let me know and vice versa.
Yeah, you're definitely not alone. I've read some other posts on this and other forums of people complaining about the same thing. I have 30 days to return it so I really want to see if I can figure out how to make it work. If not, I'm going to do the same thing you're thinking of -- take it back and hopefully they'll let me go back to using my old iphone until the iphone 5 comes out, then get that one at the new contract price. Like you, I have zero interest in the iphone 4S.
I have to say, this is really frustrating and disappointing. I was expecting an "iphone killer" and instead I've wound up with a phone that with light to normal usage is pretty much dead by 3 in the afternoon. I can't work like this.
And like you've noticed, it does charge very slowly. Even through usb my iphone would charge very fast. 20 minutes in my car would give it about 15% more charge. The S3 goes up maybe 2 or 3% in the same time. I can live with this but not with the battery life or wifi problems.
btw, I'm trying another full discharge cycle tonight to see if that helps any. I really hope I can get this resolved. When I got the phone I started shopping for accessories like a car dock, screen protector/case, etc.. and was ready to order some but held off when I saw how crappy the battery life was.
No one has said this yet, but you are using a different version of SGS3 from us. You should go over to the ATT LTE boards and get help.
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I'm glad (but not glad) to hear I'm not alone. It really is frustrating. I've been in the process of charging my phone which is taking a long time in and of itself (although I am connected to USB on my PC). It's been plugged in for 2 hours and gone up 24% eh.
I'll probably take it to the AT&T store and talk to them about it. If I can't get is solved I'll probably exchange it, but that exchange would have to be a guarantee that I'd either get the iPhone 5 when it comes out without having to pay full price, or perhaps the HTC One X, but I hear that isn't much better either. I have a friend who has the HTC One X (or the variant of it on Sprint) and he get's two days of battery life with some gaming even.
I do not want the 4S since IMO it's a worthless upgrade from the 4.
I'm located in the suburbs of Chicago so I have 4g LTE just about everywhere, granted my signal is a bit weak in my building... by a window.
If you come up with anything let me know and vice versa.
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I am also in the Chicago area weak signal will destroy your battery so that could have a LOT to do with it. The sprint One X also is 3G only for the time being, so it doesn't have those life-sucking "4G" issues.
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I just got and activated my S3 on Wednesday and am having the exact same problem. I'm also on ATT and am coming from an iphone 3GS. First day I had the S3 I barely got 8 hours out of it, most of that time in standby mode and with nothing but the stock apps installed. Yesterday I cycled the battery and drained it to completely dead to where the phone wouldn't even try to turn on. I then charged it to 100% with the phone turned off. I then unplugged it to see how much battery life it would drain on standby overnight. In about 6 hours while I was asleep it went from 100% to 93%. Then I left home and between that time and now, 7.5 hours, with minimal use which included less than 20 minutes of phone calls, downloading 3 apps, syncing email a couple of times, etc.. no games, no videos, no music, no internet browsing, nothing....
Battery is now down to 24%
Screen - 1h 42m 26%
Android OS - 10m 7%
voice calls - 17m 5%
and the rest of the stuff at about 5% or less,
basically, in 7.5 hours of doing almost nothing, with power saving mode turned on and juice defender also active, my phone has gone from 93% to 24%.
Before I got the phone I read several reviews that said the battery life on these phones was supposed to be excellent. I can't imagine that this is what would be considered excellent. My iphone, which I replaced because the battery was dying, would easily last twice as long as this and that's with heavy use including games, pandora, youtube, and internet browsing.
Aside from the short battery life I'm also experiencing horrible wifi issues. On my wifi at work it will constantly disconnect and reconnect over and over. I had my iphone sitting next to the S3 and the connection was rock solid.
I contacted samsung and ATT and they did not have any suggestions or solutions but the guy from ATT did suggest taking the phone to an ATT store and they would give me another battery to try and if that didn't work I could exchange the phone.
I hate running around exchanging stuff but I'm very disappointed with this phone so far. Half the battery life of my iphone and horrible wifi connectivity isn't what I'd expect from a phone which has been touted as being significantly better than the iphone 4S and possibly even the iphone5 when that's released.
Any suggestions? I'm really trying to love this phone but so far...meh....not so much..... I love the screen, the interface is very cool, it's lighter than my iphone, but if I can't get more than a couple of hours of very light usage and no solid wifi connectivity, I don't know.... Once I get these problems ironed out I have a couple of other total newb questions about things I need to do with it but first things first...if I can't solve these problems, this phone won't work for me. Hope you guys can help! :good:
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Almost 2 hours of Screen On, is not bearly doing nothing. It's nearly a 5" light bulb you're leaving on.
Your signal may also not be as good as on your iphone in the same areas. But both of you seem to be on par. Yes android devices don't last as long as an iphone. There's more to do and more do on an Android than an iphone. You're also in your honeymoon stage..
Did some research found this link to force hspa so it disables lte or wont connect to it. Going to try that. Not sure if this disables the antenna and you'd still get the battery drain.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338109
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Did some research found this link to force hspa so it disables lte or wont connect to it. Going to try that. Not sure if this disables the antenna and you'd still get the battery drain.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338109
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No you will not experience the battery drain if you disable LTE in this way.
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No one has said this yet, but you are using a different version of SGS3 from us. You should go over to the ATT LTE boards and get help.
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If I'm understanding you correctly, are you saying that the ATT S3s are different than the other S3s and are expected to get less battery life?
btw, where are the ATT LTE boards you're talking about?
Hey guys, I forgot my new sexy white Gnex in the sun a few days ago. It got so hot that I could barely hold it in my hands I'd like to know what damage could there be from this overheating? As far as I know, heat kills lithium batteries really bad. But what else should I check?
This is the battery life I get since this happened ( no data active, just occasional small sessions of wifi browsing, and brightness set to 25%, with stock 1750 mAh battery) :
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Hey guys, I forgot my new sexy white Gnex in the sun a few days ago. It got so hot that I could barely hold it in my hands I'd like to know what damage could there be from this overheating? As far as I know, heat kills lithium batteries really bad. But what else should I check?
This is the battery life I get since this happened ( no data active, just occasional small sessions of wifi browsing, and brightness set to 25%) :
Should I get worried or buy a new battery? Thanks in advance guys!
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4 and a half hours of screen time ... o.o... do you even need to worry? ... lol
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4 and a half hours of screen time ... o.o... do you even need to worry? ... lol
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well the thing is that I saw people around here getting similar with data active. And I get that with no data connection. Or maybe I don't recall correctly :silly:
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well the thing is that I saw people around here getting similar with data active. And I get that with no data connection. Or maybe I don't recall correctly :silly:
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Depends what they're doing with their phone too right? I saw someone pull a 6 hours screen time just reading pdf file? I'll see if I can pull 4 hours with mine ~XD stock battery here btw
Nah man I can get 5 hours on mine over WiFi... and yours is 1750mah? Mines 1850. I wouldnt worry man. Your all good.
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I can't even get close to 4 hours with my stock battery GSM phone. I Max out at like 3 hours.
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Nice trolling OP, I only get 2 hours screen time in like 6-8 hours, what are u worrying about
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Nice trolling OP, I only get 2 hours screen time in like 6-8 hours, what are u worrying about
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Your phone is defective, you have a rogue app, or some other problem.
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Nice trolling OP, I only get 2 hours screen time in like 6-8 hours, what are u worrying about
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Same.
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Your phone is defective, you have a rogue app, or some other problem.
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Not necessarily. I get 2.5 hours screen on on 4g when I'm avidly checking my phone, syncing my social networks and what have you.
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Nah man I can get 5 hours on mine over WiFi... and yours is 1750mah? Mines 1850. I wouldnt worry man. Your all good.
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Wow 5 hours? Is that with stand by time or continuous usage?
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Wow 5 hours? Is that with stand by time or continuous usage?
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Both. I can usually consistently get around 12-15 hours overall on Wi-Fi and around 5 hours and 15 minutes of screen on. Thats as far as i can push it with normal use like browsing on tapatalk. Browsing the webs... Google+ and Youtube normal "smartphone" activities. I dont have anything syncing i refresh things my self... and am normally on my laptop anyways. But on my Crappy Sprint 3G i only get around 2 or 3 hours with the same overall time.
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Not necessarily. I get 2.5 hours screen on on 4g when I'm avidly checking my phone, syncing my social networks and what have you.
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Could be that the CDMA ones have battery problems (since you mentioned 4G).
I forget those heathens are part of this forum too.
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I get these weird sudden drops of battery. Below 25 % it goes down to 0% in about 40 minutes of screen on time. When the battery is above 25%, it goes down by about 20% in one hour of screen on time. So the difference is big Anyone else is having faster drain below 25% or is my battery broken?
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4 and a half hours of screen time ... o.o... do you even need to worry? ... lol
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Why did you quote the entire OP in your post? It's pretty obvious who you were replying to, it was the second post!!!!
Reading over this thread, all the individual posts only present one combined set of what I consider the bare minimum info to have a battery life report be intelligible:
-Capacity of the battery (this is the one it seems like nobody ever mentions, props to ÜBER™)
-Total time
-Screen on time
Without all three of those as the foundation I don't think that any of the other info people like to quote can actually be understood. Qualifiers like "mostly on wifi/all on 4g/[screenshot of stats]" are still important for further context, but they stand on those three to mean anything.
A sample of my reactions to posts missing one of these, and what I've come to just assume about them:
-Oh your phone lasted twice as long as mine? Great, you've probably got a battery that's double the capacity.
-Your screen on time is incredible? Oh but you have the exact same screen on:total time ratio as everyone else, just dragged to one extreme.
-You think something's wrong with your phone because you don't get as good battery life as everyone you see posting on XDA? Oh but it turns out that you unplug it and don't put it down until it's dead.
Pissing contests are still contests, gotta follow the rules people!
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bgdxv said:
I get these weird sudden drops of battery. Below 25 % it goes down to 0% in about 40 minutes of screen on time. When the battery is above 25%, it goes down by about 20% in one hour of screen on time. So the difference is big Anyone else is having faster drain below 25% or is my battery broken?
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When you said this was with no data active, does that mean data is actually disabled, or just that you're not using it?
Just looking at your screenshots and comparing the slope of different parts of the graph, nothing looks too out of the ordinary. Your one stretch of inactivity is nice and level. Your periods of sustained use all seem to drop at a comparable rate.
If you're concerned that the battery is erratic, try putting it in airplane mode (not just disabled data) and seeing if it doesn't just flatlane. This should reduce pretty much any interference in your data (unless you can see that a rogue app keeps the phone awake the entire time, but that'd be obvious if it happened). Obviously the catch being that it would probably take weeks to get a full picture, so try just draining it down to a low state and flipping it into airplane mode before you go to sleep. Flatline for the night= put the issue to rest. Highly variable graph=get a new battery and put the issue to rest.
But from what you've written, nothing looks out of the ordinary about your data to me. Sounds like you're not actually firm in the belief that anything is very different, just concerned that you broke something and looking too hard to find things that aren't there.
JoeSyr said:
Reading over this thread, all the individual posts only present one combined set of what I consider the bare minimum info to have a battery life report be intelligible:
-Capacity of the battery (this is the one it seems like nobody ever mentions, props to ÜBER™)
-Total time
-Screen on time
Without all three of those as the foundation I don't think that any of the other info people like to quote can actually be understood. Qualifiers like "mostly on wifi/all on 4g/[screenshot of stats]" are still important for further context, but they stand on those three to mean anything.
A sample of my reactions to posts missing one of these, and what I've come to just assume about them:
-Oh your phone lasted twice as long as mine? Great, you've probably got a battery that's double the capacity.
-Your screen on time is incredible? Oh but you have the exact same screen on:total time ratio as everyone else, just dragged to one extreme.
-You think something's wrong with your phone because you don't get as good battery life as everyone you see posting on XDA? Oh but it turns out that you unplug it and don't put it down until it's dead.
Pissing contests are still contests, gotta follow the rules people!
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When you said this was with no data active, does that mean data is actually disabled, or just that you're not using it?
Just looking at your screenshots and comparing the slope of different parts of the graph, nothing looks too out of the ordinary. Your one stretch of inactivity is nice and level. Your periods of sustained use all seem to drop at a comparable rate.
If you're concerned that the battery is erratic, try putting it in airplane mode (not just disabled data) and seeing if it doesn't just flatlane. This should reduce pretty much any interference in your data (unless you can see that a rogue app keeps the phone awake the entire time, but that'd be obvious if it happened). Obviously the catch being that it would probably take weeks to get a full picture, so try just draining it down to a low state and flipping it into airplane mode before you go to sleep. Flatline for the night= put the issue to rest. Highly variable graph=get a new battery and put the issue to rest.
But from what you've written, nothing looks out of the ordinary about your data to me. Sounds like you're not actually firm in the belief that anything is very different, just concerned that you broke something and looking too hard to find things that aren't there.
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That sounds like a good plan. Thank you. Also, I should add that i use the stock 1750 mAh battery. Added that info to the OP also.
What I meant by no data active is that data connection is disabled in the settings
subxero123 said:
Nice trolling OP, I only get 2 hours screen time in like 6-8 hours, what are u worrying about
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fredryk said:
Why did you quote the entire OP in your post? It's pretty obvious who you were replying to, it was the second post!!!!
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I get 7 hrs of screen with my Atrix.
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What battery figures are you guys getting? Sot, type of usage, installed apps etc. Thanks.
Used the phone almost 12 hours exactly (11h 59m 26s) and at 75% battery.
SOT - 1h 24m 19s
alose said:
Used the phone almost 12 hours exactly (11h 59m 26s) and at 75% battery.
SOT - 1h 24m 19s
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Thanks for your reply. So that would translate to approximately 6 hours sot I guess?
Anyone else have some numbers please?
Twotems said:
Thanks for your reply. So that would translate to approximately 6 hours sot I guess?
Anyone else have some numbers please?
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It seems like I'll get 4-6 hours of SOT with two sim cards and a bluetooth smartwatch constantly connected. I've been more concerned with measuring standby time than SOT though. Doing a pure standby test, the phone drains just under 1% per hour as far as I can tell... about 6% in 7 hours.
Having left the phone alone, charged to 100%, I'm at 91% after 12 hours, with 5 minutes of SOT. This is on latest EU rom, which is based off of the MIUI 9 developer version released on Sept 22.
Hopefully standby improves with future updates, but generally I've found with two SIMs, standby times just can't be very good on any phone.
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It seems like I'll get 4-6 hours of SOT with two sim cards and a bluetooth smartwatch constantly connected. I've been more concerned with measuring standby time than SOT though. Doing a pure standby test, the phone drains just under 1% per hour as far as I can tell... about 6% in 7 hours.
Having left the phone alone, charged to 100%, I'm at 91% after 12 hours, with 5 minutes of SOT. This is on latest EU rom, which is based off of the MIUI 9 developer version released on Sept 22.
Hopefully standby improves with future updates, but generally I've found with two SIMs, standby times just can't be very good on any phone.
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That seems reasonable to me. Thanks for the information.
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Thanks for your reply. So that would translate to approximately 6 hours sot I guess?
Anyone else have some numbers please?
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I should also note that I have a Huawei watch connected all the time, Wifi and Bluetooth always on, with about 15 minutes of Pandora streaming during my commute.
Killer Battery Life
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What battery figures are you guys getting? Sot, type of usage, installed apps etc. Thanks.
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After doing my best to drain this beast, I ran the phone 6 hours as a hotspot, along with constant fiddling with the phone because the device is so sweet. Once I got home, I fired up my Slingbox app, and set the brightness to max, and let the phone stream 1080p via 4G until the device died, ~4 hours later.
I push my devices to the limit daily, and have held onto a s6 edge + for so long because the battery recharges so fast, and lasts quite long. However, I still use a Zerolemon case with a 8500mAh battery, because i tether so much. I've also gone through the Pixel XL 128, Xperia Z5 Premium, s8+, and was unimpressed by the battery life when tethering, and playing slingbox.
The Mi Mix 2 is hands down my new favorite phone. I installed playstore, and used the Package disabler app that was only samsung exclusive, to take admin control, and remove the chinese apps. The only thing I am left trying to figure out, is getting sam pay to work from my Gear s3.
Cheers.
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I should also note that I have a Huawei watch connected all the time, Wifi and Bluetooth always on, with about 15 minutes of Pandora streaming during my commute.
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It's sounding even better as I never use Bluetooth.
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After doing my best to drain this beast, I ran the phone 6 hours as a hotspot, along with constant fiddling with the phone because the device is so sweet. Once I got home, I fired up my Slingbox app, and set the brightness to max, and let the phone stream 1080p via 4G until the device died, ~4 hours later.
I push my devices to the limit daily, and have held onto a s6 edge + for so long because the battery recharges so fast, and lasts quite long. However, I still use a Zerolemon case with a 8500mAh battery, because i tether so much. I've also gone through the Pixel XL 128, Xperia Z5 Premium, s8+, and was unimpressed by the battery life when tethering, and playing slingbox.
The Mi Mix 2 is hands down my new favorite phone. I installed playstore, and used the Package disabler app that was only samsung exclusive, to take admin control, and remove the chinese apps. The only thing I am left trying to figure out, is getting sam pay to work from my Gear s3.
Cheers.
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Excellent. Thanks for the information. I was considering the Mate 9 until I saw the prices and the leaked pics. But it's the Mix2 I've always wanted with the smaller battery being the only question mark. Looks like battery life won't be a problem at all.
Battery life gets closer to the original mix than I expected, Snapdragon 835 and reduced screen size do help compensate more for the battery reduction than I thought it would. I'm on wifi at home but I'm always tinkering with the phone, browsing, reading books, etc etc. I plug it in every day but since I initially charged it to full, I haven't gotten the battery down to 50%. Even if I forget to plug it in after I come home, the phone "rewards" you for leaving it alone. I'm sure as I use more features and apps (shopping for a smartwatch) I'll drain it quicker. Not allowed to use phone at work, I can only do quick tasks for a few seconds at a time. Snapdragon 835's strength seems to be power usage while idling. Again, as I add more apps and features and on days when I'm bombarded by notifications, it will drain faster. I was out of touch with smartphone progress for the past 3 years, I appreciate quick charging more than I expected. I just got up during typing this post to check on the phone. I haven't even moved the charger to the bedroom and that's a good sign. I woke up, phone was at 55%, plugged it in, made coffee, browsed the internet, started posting here and battery is back to 97%.
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EU rom, 4G and wifi mixed usage, 20mins of calls, lot of games/youtube/browsing/telegram/whatsapp/push email etc.
And we are at the 3rd ROM release only from Xiaomi.eu...
Just one word: STUNNING!!!!
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EU rom, 4G and wifi mixed usage, 20mins of calls, lot of games/youtube/browsing/telegram/whatsapp/push email etc.
And we are at the 3rd ROM release only from Xiaomi.eu...
Just one word: STUNNING!!!!
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That's impressive. I'm going to be ordering in the next few weeks. I'm leaning towards the 64gb model as I never use above 25gb on my phones thanks to Google Photos.
I'm really impressed with the Mix 2. MIUI 9 Beta. Battery optimization as well as MIUI Optimization turned off as well no battery saver mode used.
Take a look at the remaining percentage compared to screen on time.
Lots of reading news, YouTube, playing music by streaming, taking photos. This charge primarily on wifi, 90 minutes 4G.
Standby is also very very good indeed. Went to bed last night with 43 procent left. After 7 hours down to 39.
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I'm really impressed with the Mix 2. MIUI 9 Beta. Battery optimization as well as MIUI Optimization turned off as well no battery saver mode used.
Take a look at the remaining percentage compared to screen on time.
Lots of reading news, YouTube, playing music by streaming, taking photos. This charge primarily on wifi, 90 minutes 4G.
Standby is also very very good indeed. Went to bed last night with 43 procent left. After 7 hours down to 39.
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I don't see your screen on time, only screen hardware use percentage.
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I don't see your screen on time, only screen hardware use percentage.
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Tell me where to find the right indicator then. I don't know where else to see what you request in MIUI.
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duckstardeluxe said:
Tell me where to find the right indicator then. I don't know where else to see what you request in MIUI.
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Click on the screen percentage in the hardware use page you posted.
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Click on the screen percentage in the hardware use page you posted.
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Doesn't work. Try for yourself.
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Doesn't work. Try for yourself.
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Just tried comparing better battery stats and stock numbers. The difference is within seconds.
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Doesn't work. Try for yourself.
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Just tried comparing better battery stats and stock numbers. The difference is within seconds.
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It works for me but I don't know what miui version you are using. Does better battery stats give screen on time like gsam? If so what's the number?
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It works for me but I don't know what miui version you are using. Does better battery stats give screen on time like gsam? If so what's the number?
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As written in the my first post it's the MIUI 9 Beta.
And it looks like you are right. There is around 10% difference after all.
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Around 50 minutes/10%is pretty solid though.