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Battery life + great battery monitoring application

I just got my Glide a few days ago. From the specs of the phone and reviews online I was expecting the battery to last very long, but that hasn't been my experience.
My battery was going down about 10% every hour which means I would barely make it through a work day without charging it again.
I found a great app called Battery Mix that tracks battery usage and estimates how long the battery is going to last. It shows a number called P/H (percent per hour) which tells you how many percent per hour the battery is going down (or up if you're charging). You can find the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.smapho.battery_mix
When I first installed the app I was getting about 12.5 P/H which means the phone will only last 8 hours. I then uninstalled a few apps that use battery, but that didn't help much. Somebody said their battery improved when they formatted their SD card, so I just removed the SD card from mine. Now my battery consumption is down to about 8 P/H. The best I've seen is 7 P/H. This is better but still would only get me 12 hours and I'm not running all the apps I would like to be running.
I have JuiceDefender running now on the balanced setting. I'm running the Osimood ROM with Android 2.3.5. I've removed all background network polling apps like Facebook. Android OS is using 56% of the battery followed by display at 15%, so there isn't anything else that's eating up my battery.
How is the battery life on your Glide? Could you please install this app so we can compare numbers?

Woah, 56% battery life for the Android OS?
On daily usage it barely gets above 20%. The screen takes most battery life.
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Alex2221 said:
Woah, 56% battery life for the Android OS?
On daily usage it barely gets above 20%. The screen takes most battery life.
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Thanks for the info.
Mine has been sitting on standby most of the day so that's probably why display is so much lower on mine than yours.
The high percentage of Android OS doesn't really worry me. It doesn't mean it's using a lot of battery; it just means it's using most of whatever is being used which could be a small amount.
Mine is doing much better now. P/H is down to 4.3 which means it could last 23 hours.
I really think the problem was the SD card. I'll pick up a different one after work today and see if it works better. I need a bigger one anyway.
I also found a thread that talks about corrupt image or video files on your phone causing bad battery life. That could definitely be what I'm experiencing. Should be fun figuring out which image is causing the problem.

what about downclocikng your cpu to 800? it will help i belive.

OK just installed it. I will let you know how mine is doing in a few days. I am fully Rogers stock.

I replaced the SD card and it seems to be doing better now. There may have been images on that card contributing to the problem.
I actually had GPS, wi-fi and bluetooth on the whole time. I've turned them all off now.
I've also underclocked it to 800. Thanks, taiber2000.
It looks like for the last hour it only dropped 3 percentage points.

If you are rooted and have ClockworkMod installed, you can sometimes get better battery life by resetting your battery stats. I think there are even some apps for rooted phones that will do it, but I don't have any experience with them. I can say, however, that resetting my battery stats using CWM increased my battery life significantly.
See here for one guide on how to do it: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/bugless/111009-get-better-battery-life-reset-battery-stats.html

sjbotha your welcome.
i belive i will do the same when i'll get my phone as well. altugh i will install the OC rooted kernel for better overall performance i will still downclock via software, not need the extra sterngh for my uses and i better have longer use time then CPU power.

I get 4.9 but the other day I was getting 12. All I did was Reboot my phone and I haven't started many apps. I think when they start they stay in memory.
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Mine depends on usage:
-about whole day wifi-on with 3 hours games and calls; if battery is 100% at 6am, it will be 20-30% at 10pm
-whole day HSPA+ on, 2 hours phone calls + SMS/MMS, emails etc; if battery is 100 at 6am, it will be 50-60% at 11pm or before I sleep...
in terms of P/H:
-i get 3-5 P/H when wi-fi, Auto-Sync is on.
-i get 2-4 P/H on HSPA + Auto-Sync on.
-about 1-2 P/H or sometimes a straight line on Battery Stats when Idle, no data connection and/or auto-sync is on.
in other words, the glide can handle my needs in a whole day without completely draining it's battery.

Battery drain???

Is there a drain??
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May I ask why you suspect a drain, like how long does it last and also what's wrong with the built-in bat-stat?
My biggest recommendation is to avoid DL'n every single app and keep it to a minimum.
Mine last roughly 2days with a screen time of 3-4h without charging (was away a weekend recently and took my chances and left the charger at home, used the camera alot incl. 4k shooting and alot of music videos playing and made all the way home with 1 percent )
Best phone in terms of battery I've come across yet.

on the stock rom and kernel?

Hello, what's your android version and firmware build number? I would like to use it because i'm on 4.4.4 build 14.4.A.0.108 and I'm experiencing fast battery drain.
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May I ask why you suspect a drain, like how long does it last and also what's wrong with the built-in bat-stat?
My biggest recommendation is to avoid DL'n every single app and keep it to a minimum.
Mine last roughly 2days with a screen time of 3-4h without charging (was away a weekend recently and took my chances and left the charger at home, used the camera alot incl. 4k shooting and alot of music videos playing and made all the way home with 1 percent )
Best phone in terms of battery I've come across yet.
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jserrano15 said:
I would like to use it because i'm on 4.4.4 build 14.4.A.0.108 and I'm experiencing fast battery drain.
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Changing ROM will not help in most cases if you won't discover what is eating battery.
I am on the same above ROM and kernel and I don't complain.
Term 'fast' is not much precise, either.
BTW:
1.3%/h is pretty reasonable if phone was in use from time to time.
Base rule with BBS is to check batery over night, when it is not used at all.
Under those circumstances you should see 0.1-03%/h and that is completely fine.

F308 said:
Changing ROM will not help in most cases if you won't discover what is eating battery.
I am on the same above ROM and kernel and I don't complain.
Term 'fast' is not much precise, either.
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1.3%/h is pretty reasonable if phone was in use from time to time.
Base rule with BBS is to check batery over night, when it is not used at all.
Under those circumstances you should see 0.1-03%/h and that is completely fine.
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how about dropping from 60% to 6% fast? that's my battery problem.

eumanoid said:
how about dropping from 60% to 6% fast? that's my battery problem.
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As always - check that all automatic synchronizations are off.
google, pictures, facebook, whatsapp.
Hope you don't use WiFi all the time, nor you scan for available networks.
BetterBatteryStats is really helpful, read corresponging thread.

F308 said:
As always - check that all automatic synchronizations are off.
google, pictures, facebook, whatsapp.
Hope you don't use WiFi all the time, nor you scan for available networks.
BetterBatteryStats is really helpful, read corresponging thread.
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i dont think using wifi and auto sync will drain my battery from 60% to 6% in just a second. Anyway, i ordered a replacement battery from witrigs. Hope this fixes my problem. Ive tried factory resets and repair through pc companion. still no improvement. Turning stamina mode improves my battery. It no longer drops 50% in a second, just 10%. Still way too low compared to my excellent battery life with kitkat. Before lollipop, i charge my phone every 2 days with heavy use. Now, i need to charge it twice a day with moderate use.

eumanoid said:
Still way too low compared to my excellent battery life with kitkat. Before lollipop, i charge my phone every 2 days with heavy use.
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If so - I'd come back to KK before replacing battery, if for no other reason then to prove LP is guilty.
BTW:
Long ago I decided not to upgrade to LP.
Looks like evey step ahead is in real life step back.
Everything is more complicated, wants more maintenance, yet works worse than old simple tools.

jserrano15 said:
Hello, what's your android version and firmware build number? I would like to use it because i'm on 4.4.4 build 14.4.A.0.108 and I'm experiencing fast battery drain.
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This with additional adblocker :angel:
And removed alot of bloatware and sony apps I don't need.

so... Did the 6 update fix the battery drain?

I haven't seen it since I got the update a few days ago... anyone else seen it since the update? *fingers crossed*

senectus said:
I haven't seen it since I got the update a few days ago... anyone else seen it since the update? *fingers crossed*
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Well, I've left it overnight, airplane mode ON and Always on OFF. Drained 4%. Is this good?

Adikovec said:
Well, I've left it overnight, airplane mode ON and Always on OFF. Drained 4%. Is this good?
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mines been on since 1630 yesterday, connected to phone and screen always on now at 58%

I can't break the habit of powering down when I put it on the charger and keeping it off until it's unplugged. Works everytime. I only had stock mm for a day then flashed alex6600s kernel.

Adikovec said:
Well, I've left it overnight, airplane mode ON and Always on OFF. Drained 4%. Is this good?
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In this mode and on table it drain about 0.5% by hour.

I know I'm probably jinxing myself but I'm finding the battery is *much* better in this build!
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no battery drain so far
Since 4 days on MM....long way to go until we know for sure though...so far MM seems pretty stable...equal or improved over the previous one.

Quick update from M - 3rd day, 20% battery left. Thanks Sony

After update to MM I turned off gps, wifi and my watch not live more than day. It have about 5% power consumption per hour. What the problem is?

Havn't seen much change yet.
But even when the watch was om 5.1.1 it did good time. Two to four days between charging. Normal two days when using GPS for running every second day.
And so fare it behaves the same on 6.0.1.

No, it didn't. Not because it was 5.1.1's fault but it was app sync's fault.
I had only one battery drain on 6.0.1 - it was right after the very first setup. The same thing happened to me when I was setting up my watch the very first time while on 5.1.1.
On both versions, unpairing the watch, forgetting it in the app, resetting the watch and then, again, pairing it with the phone while plugged, letting it do its job during the sync process, not touching both the phone AND the watch for some time fixed the problem.
Battery life on 6.0.1 is very, very good. The watch lasts for about 3 days. Always On - ON, Gestures - ON, WiFi - ON... well, everything is on, even location.

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No, it didn't. Not because it was 5.1.1's fault but it was app sync's fault.
I had only one battery drain on 6.0.1 - it was right after the very first setup. The same thing happened to me when I was setting up my watch the very first time while on 5.1.1.
On both versions, unpairing the watch, forgetting it in the app, resetting the watch and then, again, pairing it with the phone while plugged, letting it do its job during the sync process, not touching both the phone AND the watch for some time fixed the problem.
Battery life on 6.0.1 is very, very good. The watch lasts for about 3 days. Always On - ON, Gestures - ON, WiFi - ON... well, everything is on, even location.
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exactly the same here, did the 6.0.1 update and battery down to 16% in less than 40 min.
Wiped everything, unpaired, did update again but now via PC companion, resetted everything again and now great battery life. 2x 20 min gps daily for bike ride and still 2 day battery life.

Battery curve in 6.0.1
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It drop to 10 after power ON the morning. When Power Off for the night it was at 46%
So no software issue (and never was software issue), just a deffective (deteriored) batt. I think there are faulty regulator charge circuit in SW3 and the battery overcharged. Just see how fast an SW3 can be charged, not normal charge process.
In general way, when a lithium batt drain faster after 50(40) % it mean batt is damaged.
I have normal drain from 50% to maybe 40%. Problem is after 40%.

So far I haven't suffered the random battery drain since the update.
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For me is seems to be fixed. But the app Wear Battery Stats stopped working. Hm, I don't need it anymore.

Marshmallow update battery life improvements?

So I was wondering how is everyone doing on MM as far as battery life is concerned? I am getting remarkable battery life since updating. I do have Greenify and the new battery features in MM are helping already. 15 hours since plugged in, 7 hours standby, 8 hours moderate usage and battery is at 49% that's amazing!
How is it looking for you guys?
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VICosPhi said:
So I was wondering how is everyone doing on MM as far as battery life is concerned? I am getting remarkable battery life since updating. I do have Greenify and the new battery features in MM are helping already. 15 hours since plugged in, 7 hours standby, 8 hours moderate usage and battery is at 49% that's amazing!
How is it looking for you guys?
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I'm at 10 hours since plugged in. 48% remaining. Moderate to heavy calls, Net searching, EMails with attachments and texting. No video watching but still, very good battery life and NOT so far enabling Greenify nor any special third party options. Plus I leave Wifi as well as Bluetooth on which I know can kill battery. Overall a good thing.

Well with me is quite the opposite way , I was getting 3 or 4 hours SOT depending if the signal is good or if I'm using wifi calling,power saver etc. on lollipop ,now on MM for the first 3 days I can't reach 3 hours ,even today is really bad,wifi calling on form 8:15 am till 3:15pm and just 30 min of SOT it was 39% .... usually the same usage with Lollipop I would be ot 50-60 %

What's your average SOT, so far? After the update I'm having cell standby issues again, but worse this time. I think I'm going to do a factory reset soon.
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I did a factory reset and it seems better now but can't tell yet ,because I work in area with very bad reception so I use Wifi calling all the time ( only wifi for calls not searching for cell signal) so the cell standby is high like 40% ,but when I'm off I'll use it more "normal" and I'll let you know. From 7am to 4pm I have like 45 min. SOT mainly texting ,FB and G+ and I'm at around 50% battery !

I still get the cell standby battery drain even with good signal and VOLTE off,it is always more than 14% in the stats,the other thing is Android OS is on first place always and Skype consumes more battery than before it's in top 4 ( signed in but running in background).

M.Schumacher said:
I still get the cell standby battery drain even with good signal and VOLTE off,it is always more than 14% in the stats,the other thing is Android OS is on first place always and Skype consumes more battery than before it's in top 4 ( signed in but running in background).
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My cell standby drops down to 12% when the phone is being used moderately to heavily. When it's idle in my pocket at work it gets pretty high. I'm guessing there's no need to factory reset the phone if it's still the same. That's pretty annoying.
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Yea,I did factory reset before the update and right after the update so... and even after few days again so these stats are after few factory resets I don`t think it would help much if you do factory reset !

Battery discharging abnormally fast.

A few weeks ago i had this weird abnormally fast discharge got the phone at 2% battery for like 30 minites, then 3% battery. So i took this capture.
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Now, my phone discharges abnormally fast since yesterday
My phone is 100% stock 6.0, logd dissabled since months ago, same usage, very weird, so much frustation. From 20% to 2% in 20 minutes, wtf? .
Phone is 5 months old. H815P.
Help? Any tip, anything?
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It's happening more or less the same on my H815. I've tried everything so far: plane mode or not, different roms stock or not, 5.1 and 6.0, dozens of factory resets, even a brand new battery, it's exactly the same everywhere. Phone will suck around 10% per hour even when freshly formated and untouched, even on plane mode. And any application informing of battery stats won't point at anything as the culprit, it's like the battery capacity is suddenly a 10% of what it should be but will still take 1:30h to fully charge. I haven't RMA'd it yet because mine has the bootloader unlocked but I might if it doesn't fix itself soon. What serial is yours? Mine is a 508.
Hopefully, living in Europe means they won't reject the warranty for an unlocked bootloader as it's obviously a hardware problem.

beje86 said:
It's happening more or less the same on my H815. I've tried everything so far: plane mode or not, different roms stock or not, 5.1 and 6.0, dozens of factory resets, even a brand new battery, it's exactly the same everywhere. Phone will suck around 10% per hour even when freshly formated and untouched, even on plane mode. And any application informing of battery stats won't point at anything as the culprit, it's like the battery capacity is suddenly a 10% of what it should be but will still take 1:30h to fully charge. I haven't RMA'd it yet because mine has the bootloader unlocked but I might if it doesn't fix itself soon. What serial is yours? Mine is a 508.
Hopefully, living in Europe means they won't reject the warranty for an unlocked bootloader as it's obviously a hardware problem.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...ttery-life-t3095884/post60429417#post60429417

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Been there, done that. No matter if I'm using a freshly factory reset stock ROM with all radios activated or a fully modded, debloated, greenefied and amplified CM installation on plane mode. Battery will still deplete at 10% hour with no culprit in battery stats (top one will be Screen with something like 30 minutes on and 100mAh used)

beje86 said:
It's happening more or less the same on my H815. I've tried everything so far: plane mode or not, different roms stock or not, 5.1 and 6.0, dozens of factory resets, even a brand new battery, it's exactly the same everywhere. Phone will suck around 10% per hour even when freshly formated and untouched, even on plane mode. And any application informing of battery stats won't point at anything as the culprit, it's like the battery capacity is suddenly a 10% of what it should be but will still take 1:30h to fully charge. I haven't RMA'd it yet because mine has the bootloader unlocked but I might if it doesn't fix itself soon.
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Thanks, I'll try. Even though Better Battery Stats does more or less the same and showed absolutely nothing (wakelocks et all) draining the battery.

That tool has a lot more granularity maybe it might reveal some more clues. Same goes for the OP.
let us know how it goes.

beje86 said:
Been there, done that. No matter if I'm using a freshly factory reset stock ROM with all radios activated or a fully modded, debloated, greenefied and amplified CM installation on plane mode. Battery will still deplete at 10% hour with no culprit in battery stats (top one will be Screen with something like 30 minutes on and 100mAh used)
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CM you get what you get...try Genisys

Does the phone get warm while this is happening?
the way I see it, you either 1) have crappy battery, and phone is normal so doesn't suck down lots of electricity and doesn't get warm, or 2) have fine battery, and phone is acting weird and sucking down all your energy.
If you are situation 2), then you would feel the phone get very warm to use that much energy so fast. If your phone is cool during all this time, then it's not using much energy to be able to stay cool, so you know your battery is having a problem.
maybe try cutting a hole in your pocket and put your phone against your thigh to really feel whether it's too warm.