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6 hours screen on?

Sure sure it's with light use, but just the fact that it can hit 6+ hours screen time after more than a day and a half... sits pretty well with me.
No games, 30% screen brightness, 74 mins of calls, quite a bit of texting & whatsapp, 30 odd mins browsing, wifi 100%, sync on, only 1 widget.
aokp, lean kernel, undervolted, K6, extended battery.
Loving this phone!!!
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Not bad at all! Especially considering 74min of phone calls.

NICE!!! Can't wait till my extended battery comes in.

Nice. I've had my extended battery for 2 days now and I am seriously impresses ed with it. It on my drive home I'm at 65% instead of 30%. I really think the extended battery should of come stock.

I got a similar 6 hour in airplane mode. I was watching a movie while roaming on vacation.
Verizon stock rom. stock battery.

Even stock SGN makes wonders with battery on Wi-Fi But still your stats are truly amazing

OP did charge the phone for a bit....like 3 times don't know for how long....but nonetheless amazing stats...
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republitarian said:
OP did charge the phone for a bit....like 3 times don't know for how long....but nonetheless amazing stats...
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No, he didn't? Look closer on first screenshot. There is no sign of charging on those lines below the graph. Those places where graph line goes up are pretty normal and that doesn't mean device war charging.

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OP did charge the phone for a bit....like 3 times don't know for how long....but nonetheless amazing stats...
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There's no charging there.
Line is going up for a little, but that's normal and it often happens in my phone too.

republitarian said:
OP did charge the phone for a bit....like 3 times don't know for how long....but nonetheless amazing stats...
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Nah I didn't charge it at all, as the other guys pointed out. I remember my battery dropping to 4%, I then put down my phone and when I came back later on, it was reading 5%. I thought I was going crazy, but looking at the graph now I see it really did happen. It raised from 4% to 5% and stayed there for a bit before dropping to 4% again.
Anyway, I hope this wasn't a one off... it's not doing as well today with the same usage. We'll see...

martonikaj said:
Not bad at all! Especially considering 74min of phone calls.
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Actually, the phone calls don't do much damage... You should be able to talk 11hours on this phone apparently...

I am very jealous. I am lucky to get 3-3.5 of web surfing.

With standard battery, you can get almost 11 hours screen on time (by doing nothing):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366878&highlight=max+battery
So, that's the limit
My experience with extended battery, 2000 mAH, GSM, I could get 4 and a half screen on time with 61 hours stand by time. For sure, it can go down to 6 hours or more screen on time if I down the standby time. All with stock ROM, stok kernel, un-locked
It is not difficult to achieve that knowing the limit, all depends on how you set it up and how do you use your phone.

[Q] How many hours do you get before you charge your HOX?

I did not see a thread similar to this for HOX. People have been saying that HOX battery is not as good as SG3 but I just wanted to get an idea how much other users are getting.
MY HOX White is giving me an awsome backup for 48 hours average with 2 hours screen time and 45 minutes talk time. I think it is awesome. Post your hours here.

Not to bad almost 3 days before I had to put it on the charger 5 hours screen time. Running Charmeleon v5.0.0 with stock kernel.
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kamaldeepahluwalia said:
I did not see a thread similar to this for HOX. People have been saying that HOX battery is not as good as SG3 but I just wanted to get an idea how much other users are getting.
MY HOX White is giving me an awsome backup for 48 hours average with 2 hours screen time and 45 minutes talk time. I think it is awesome. Post your hours here.
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Hey man;
Sure the battery life in SGS3 is better, it has lighter processor (which doesn't help in heavy gaming, very fast in normal use though), more energy efficient AMOLED screen (which has less quality, but better brightness), and also the simpler TouchWiz UI (which is a bit childish in my opinion, but does the job well)
I get about 8 hours with heavy gaming (near 1 hours continuously) and web surfing (actually downloading, almost 500MB in total) and something like 1 hour watching music videos...

I get 2 1/2 - 3 hours screen time max! In the battery drain test my battery reaches 84% by the end of the hour, which I thought was great, but then again that test requires you to put your phone in Airplane Mode. The screen is a battery-hog imo, but its beautiful even with the stuck pixel I have haha.

LEt us get some more people to answer this one before we reach any conclusion.
Results are inconsistent for sure. Few people like me are getting 2 days average and few 2 hours!

For me it depends on what is running.
Normally I get about 14 hours of moderate use with 2-3 hours screen time.
Today I'm at 10hrs with 1.25hours screen time and I'm down to 11%. But I believe it is due to having wifi and viber running.
Personally it's my wifi that is really killing the battery. But given how I use it, it is perfectly acceptable

Is it true that non-rooted HOXs have poorer battery stats as compared to those that are rooted? If so, why?
I'm not rooted and am on stock everything.
How exactly do I go about testing the battery on my HOX?
Any tips for better battery for non-rooted devices?

I get about normal usage ( 3G-1 hour, Tegra games- half our, Music- 2 hour, SMS and Calls) 10h, just SMS and Calls about 30h.

The number of hours i get varies from time to time . On normal usage including listening to music, messaging, playing games and talking on the phone i get approx 4-5 hours max.

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How were you able to replace the battery icon with a number?

Its normally there in the tweaks of the rom ur using .
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@Skywalker, I am all stock. How do I go about making the tweaks in the Rom?

Very frankly after receiving OTA 1.28 my battery lasts 2 days after every charge . some tips.
1. While you are listening to music keep the screen off as screen sucks up most of the charge.
2. I do not let my battery go below 15 %, I have read that letting them go below a particular level reduces the actual life.
3.Try these small steps, it resolved the issue of low battery life for me as I had read it somewhere:
> Turn Wifi and then 3G off
> Turn either Wifi or 3G on again
> Do not keep both "On" at the same time.
4. Kill the Maps process by going to the task manager ( If not using it all the time).

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@Skywalker, I am all stock. How do I go about making the tweaks in the Rom?
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I meant that for a custom rom. Im not sure what to do in a stock rom. Sorry
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How many years will this battery Last?
With all these responses, I am really unsure how long can we expect HOX battery to last. 1 year two years ??

Kudos if ur still with the one x after 2 years
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Now I think so that it will last 2 years
Now I think so that it will last 2 years...See this is theaverage battery life my HOX is getting...

How much screenon time?
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Flo95 said:
How much screenon time?
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2 hours Screen on time, 1 hour voice calls

I think turning off the screen while on a call or when listening to music will also aid in less battery drain. No?

Battery Life for you Heavy Users

I know another battery life thread, but I want to know what battery life people get that are heavy users. What i mean by heavy is people that play games for an hour, watch videos, surf the web, music, download, calls, text. Things that would drain the battery quick and because the screen is on.
On a regular day I mostly text get about 1.5 hours of music and 2 hours of video/game. I don't play games all that much just watch videos during my breaks, surf the web allot and download small files. I have always kept WiFi and GPS enabled on all my android devices.
I had the SGS for 2 days and noticed it only lasts about 12 hours, my previous phone (hTC Raider) with the same usage would last about 14 - 16 hours.
What do you guys get? somewhat disappointed with the battery.

4 to 6 hrs screen time.
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Sirve esas fotos?
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Sirve esas fotos?
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Hey I Fly, what setup are you using? rom/kernel/CPU governors
That's way better battery life than me.

dirrtyswan said:
Hey I Fly, what setup are you using? rom/kernel/CPU governors
That's way better battery life than me.
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Blazer rom. Nothing else. No CPU governors, nothing else flashed.
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I'm getting anywhere from 10-15hrs. Everything stock. Heavy use with phone calls. Bluetooth streaming. SiriusXM playing and about 50-100 texts a day.
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i got 15-20, maybe 20-30 minutes of talk, 100-200 texts, 2-4 hours of browsing the web, 2-4 hours of facebook, 1 hour of mail. i was getting 10-15 before i installed cpu sleeper. the phone last much longer with it installed.

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I'm averaging 4hrs30mins of screen time brightness on 100
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I am suddenly getting a lot of wake locks. Can someone please suggest an app to track them down? I had one on my previous phone that was impossible to read. Thanks!!
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Try "better battery stats" in the play store. gives a lot of helpful info
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@ I_FLY_Z3R0
That's impressive I may have to check out that ROM. It funny how you guys get around 16 hours and i only get 12 I wonder what it is?
I'm starting to remove bloat and hopefully that will improve my battery, will post back at the end of the day.

Out of curiousity is everyone on a custom rom, is anyone on a stock rom and getting these numbers (I apologize if i missed this but i dont think i saw it). Im rooted but still stock on sprint and I am getting about 8 hours. I have about 4 gmail accounts sync, 4 groupme accounts sync, gps and wifi enabled. I typically lower my brightness unless im outside or in a hard to read area....any ideas? I was really ok with not trying custom roms but if i can double my battery life by doing so i might reconsider....I was on the OG Evo before and flashed like crazy to get better battery life but no matter what others said they got, I only got 5-6 hours on similar setup that i just mentioned.

I'm testing my phone to make sure it lasts me my heavy day. Coming from GNEX i have to make sure that it's worth $600 i just paid.
now i'm getting 5 hours of talk time + 3 hours screen time (auto) + 20-50 text/emails. this is with power saver setting without CPU max limit.
and at the end of day (8PM) i have around 18 hours on batt, and 20% left.
Hope that helps.

This was extreme usage. Audio constantly playing and tethering on most of the time.
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jebise101 said:
@ I_FLY_Z3R0
That's impressive I may have to check out that ROM. It funny how you guys get around 16 hours and i only get 12 I wonder what it is?
I'm starting to remove bloat and hopefully that will improve my battery, will post back at the end of the day.
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Judging from the fact that he's on Blazer rom (I used to have a GSII), I'm assuming he's on sprint. Assuming he's on Sprint, I'm assuming he does not have LTE in his area yet. This could account for the huge difference in how long the phone lasts overall.
Being on AT&Ts LTE, I can get around 4 hours of on screen time and 15 hrs overall of medium use.

Here are mine. Mostly idle, lots of reading(Game of Thrones books, awweesome!), emails (all work related) and light gaming. 5% left after 20 hours, almost 4 1/2 hours screen time. I am running stock rom, rooted and I debloated a bit(few pre-installed apps, gmail, email, etc as I use other apps for those needs).
Uptime 5% left on battery.
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And, this is with my secondary (stock) battery....
The original one that came with the phone is even better....I need to get more recent screenies for that one though...
Throwing bricks since 2008.....and proud of it.

Battery life is awesome on this phone!
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Very poor battery despite reviews?

Had my Note 2 since Saturday and the battery seems really poor to think everyone reviewing them said they were fantastic.
Day 1 from full charge to 2% I had 1 day 8 hours
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Day 2 from full charge to 6% I had 17 hrs 10 mins
Don't seem to have any rogue apps from battery monitors I've tried which makes sense as I've only downloaded about 10 apps.
Always have WiFi and GPS on which I always do on any phone, and have auto brightness off and set manually to just under half way.
I have dropbox set up to automatically upload camera pictures but under battery monitor this only uses 0.5% of battery use.
I also seem to have a faulty S Pen which sometimes seems too sensitive as it'll draw or open menus/apps with the pen about 1cm from the screen, and other times the pen doesn't recognise the air/hover mode and I have to press firmly to draw.
Any ideas?
Between this and the over sensitive S Pen, I'm beginning to think I just have a faulty phone!?
If it was as easy as taking it to a store I would, but I received it free with a 2 year contract from an online company in the UK called Affordable Mobiles who seem to have pretty good reviews. They've said if I want an exchange or them to have a look at it I'd have to send it back and wait 2-3 days which I can't do really as I don't have a spare phone - but at the same time I don't want to start rooting the phone and messing about with launchers if it is a fault.
Thanks

Turn off gps. Thats sucking away your battery mate. Turn it on only when u need it.
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I'm beginning to think I just have a faulty phone!
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IMO, to get more than 1 day with WiFi & GPS constantly on is good. On my Note 2, I am usually left with around 30% of battery left at the end of the day but I never have GPS turned on unless I need it, only my WiFi is on.
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macklinjudith1 said:
I'm beginning to think I just have a faulty phone!
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So why are you posting this exact same message in multiple threads without explanation?

Try resetting the phone and check it for another day without installing any third party apps if it gives the same result that it must be a faulty phone. Hope it helps.
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Thanks guys, I'll try resetting it as suggested and see how it goes for a day or two.
Hope it's just me expecting too much cos I love the phone otherwise and don't want to send it back lol

You didn't mention what screen time you had, that's the most important of all...
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You didn't mention what screen time you had, that's the most important of all...
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Not sure how you find that out tbh, all I can see is that percentage bar under the battery that I posted

CaptnSpaulding said:
Not sure how you find that out tbh, all I can see is that percentage bar under the battery that I posted
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You just press the screen icon in the stats.
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Awh man, how dumb do I feel! haha
So far today I've had 2h 18m on battery with 24m15s screen on time and battery is at 94%

CaptnSpaulding said:
Awh man, how dumb do I feel! haha
So far today I've had 2h 18m on battery with 24m15s screen on time and battery is at 94%
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Happens
You should judge your battery stats from your screen on time. Regular usage with sync and wifi and data enabled should get you between 5 and 8 hours, but it's possible to reach 10 and beyond with low brightness and no connectivity. If it's below 4, you can start thinking that something is wrong if you didn't do any crazy gps navigation or something, and start from there.
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I always get under 4 hrs on screen with my 7105
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Well, mine can lasts up to 2 days with Wifi turned on when I'm awake. Also I have roughly 5 hours screen on time on average. Quite achievable with heavy debloating of the ROM and using custom kernel and probably with some undervolting done too.
P/S it's my first Android. Still learning. Please correct if I'm wrong :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

So far on my third day I have 10% left with 1d 5h on battery and 5h 13m screen on time.
Regarding issue I mentioned about the S Pen, Samsung are sending me a new one to try and rule out the phone

nothind wrong with your battery 5 hours screen on is good don't worry everything is fine
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Battery drains fast for the first 20-25% on Jelly Bean

Hey All,
I hope someone here can help me out. I am on stock rooted JB and the batter drains extremely fast for the first 20%. In about an hour I am down to about 75-80% left. Then it slows down. Also when I unplug the charger the battery immediately looses 5%. I might have to go back to Ginger Bread because this update is so buggy.

I m having the same issue.
Was having 2-days battery life with ICS.
Update to JB with new TMobile radio. Battery lift drop so fast. Only for 1-day. Same usage. Now back to ICS. Still cant get 2-days battery life. Any one has the same problem?
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I switched back to Ginger bread. JB has nice features but its too buggy and everything crashed even after a factory reset and debloat.

It will take a couple of days (a week maybe) until the phone settles down into its own. Until that time you will see very random battery stats. It has happened to me on every new OS I have ever flashed. Several reboots followed by a ten minute "no touch" helps me. Meaning boot the phone, let it sit for ten minutes, reboot the phone, let it sit for another ten minutes, etc. After about four reboots like this my battery becomes more stable and predictable.

Same problem. My battery drop so much. I used deep sleep battery saver but seem cant help more.
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Sounds like you guys might have have some rogue apps but also it does take a little time for the ROM to settle in
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I froze or uninstalled everything there is to freeze and uninstall. The only thing that syncs is the email every 30 min. Thats it. I am a light user and on GB I get 3 days of battery life on a single charge. After this update I cant get half a day. I never heard of ROM that needs to settle, is it like a new puppy or something

Damn that's crazy I've never seen 2 days
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On GB for 12 hours with 70% left. I have been using the phone quite heavily today. I can usually get about 3 days out of it with light use an only email sync.
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Yeah that's wild but I prefer having the latest and greatest I can deal with at least getting a day out of my battery ha I have 4 spare batteries always fully charged ready to go
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On GB for 12 hours with 70% left. I have been using the phone quite heavily today. I can usually get about 3 days out of it with light use an only email sync.
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You used the phone quite heavily? You barely have any screen on time. That is not heavy at all.

What the stats don't show is that my screen was on for at least 2 hours that morning while I was trying to restore GB from backups. It took at least 5 attempts to get it to work properly.

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Damn that's crazy I've never seen 2 days
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+1 to that! 3 days is crazy!
megaforcer: Can you please post screenshots with battery lasting 3 days?
Also, what GB ROM are you using for that kind of life?