Hey guys, I have a question. I don't have the phone yet but when T-Mobile gets it I'll have it. I'm seeing some people say they get amazing battery life but I'm just wondering if that Android OS drain is lingering? I'm on a Note 2, and sometimes I get great battery life, sometimes I struggle to get 10 hours. On the bad days it's because Android OS is keeping the phone awake.
I don't know if that was just a Note 2 problem or an Android problem. So have any of you guys had it drain your battery or is that not a problem with the M8?
Thanks.
E30Nova said:
Hey guys, I have a question. I don't have the phone yet but when T-Mobile gets it I'll have it. I'm seeing some people say they get amazing battery life but I'm just wondering if that Android OS drain is lingering? I'm on a Note 2, and sometimes I get great battery life, sometimes I struggle to get 10 hours. On the bad days it's because Android OS is keeping the phone awake.
I don't know if that was just a Note 2 problem or an Android problem. So have any of you guys had it drain your battery or is that not a problem with the M8?
Thanks.
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There is a thread about battery life for the M8 :good:
I can't link yet so just check in the thread it's on the first page already under the General section of M8. There was one user that complained about battery drain because of the Kernel(Android OS) I don't know if he got it sorted or not though, but he seems to be in the minority as most members posting there don't seem to have that problem at all.
BerndM14 said:
There is a thread about battery life for the M8 :good:
I can't link yet so just check in the thread it's on the first page already under the General section of M8. There was one user that complained about battery drain because of the Kernel(Android OS) I don't know if he got it sorted or not though, but he seems to be in the minority as most members posting there don't seem to have that problem at all.
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There is a link here about user giving their thoughts and experience with the battery life of the M8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694719
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There is a link here about user giving their thoughts and experience with the battery life of the M8
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Thanks, that's the thread that I was talking about, I just can't post links, yet...
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Hello,
My main criterion in deciding which of the many custom ROMs to go with is amount of battery life improvement I will have.
I see that the AHRD rom is the most popular, but does it also have the best battery life?
Or will the battery life improvements only occur when the source code is released and the One X runs on an ICS Kernel? I am under the impression that for some strange reason, the One X is running on a gingerbread kernel.
Thanks
This should properbly be in the Q&A section.
But anyway if you want great batterylife you should try Cyanogenmod. Those are the most basic ICS roms. Without any Sense gimmicks to suck the power.
That coupled with the Franco kernel should give you good battery life.
At the moment I'm using insertcoin with bricked kernel. And i have about 30% left at the end of the day. And I'm a fairly heavy user. So I find that to be acceptable.
And sorry if my spelling or grammer sucks, I'm from Denmark, so English is not my first language
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Charmeleon Rom giving me 24 hours battery life with auto brightness on.
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forumhookersdotcom said:
Charmeleon Rom giving me 24 hours battery life with auto brightness on.
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ARHD gives me 57h battery life with autobrightness on The question is how much screen on time you get
And one more question, where are the mods to move that thread to Q/A section
6 hours of on screen time.
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6 hours of on screen time.
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what kernel do u use? Oo
muamers said:
ARHD gives me 57h battery life with autobrightness on The question is how much screen on time you get
And one more question, where are the mods to move that thread to Q/A section
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What kernel are you using?
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What kernel are you using?
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Using stock kernel for now (signature) ... will give a try faux kernel after the next official release.
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what kernel do u use? Oo
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Franco r9
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Virtually everything that is asked on this board is a question. In fact, the majority of people who visit this board come to get a question answered. So the distinction is odd to me. People ask questions within threads that have declarative sentence titles all the time.
So if I had said "AHRD ROM gives insane battery life" then I guess it belongs in the general forum. Then if someone replies that Chameleon does even better as post #2, and I reply, why is it so much better as post #3. Then I have asked a question. My point is that in every thread there are questions, whether it's post #1 or post #3 seems like an arbitrary distinction. The fact that the Q&A section is not growing very quickly suggests confusion, since I still believe that if you analyzed the content of each post, and dare I say the overarching purpose of the board, is to ask questions. Newbies also see that he Q&A section isn't nearly as well frequented, so they post in the general section.
I think that the Q&A forum and the FAQ overlap in purpose. Anyway, just my 2 cents.
Thank you though for the answers to my question. I had expected, given the Anandtech review, that the One X would have comparable battery life to the iphone 4. However, I am finding this to be anything but the case, and I recently installed AHRD (wiped battery stats, etc). When trying to run down the battery (max brightness at 550 nits and surfing over 3g), I'm dead in 2 hours. My 2 yr-old iphone 4,with a peak brightness of about 500 nits, lasts approximately twice as long under identical conditions. I am finding the One X no better than the HTC Amaze, which has notoriously poor battery life. On the positive side, the One X's battery life is not as bad as the original EVO 4G, and the One X's standby battery drain is extremely low. I shudder to think what the battery life would be like if I had a US version which has LTE.
I have not noticed any improvements with any custom ROM thus far, but it's possible that using the screen at 75% brightness is basically such a determining factor that any gains in battery life are imperceptible to me. If someone can confirm that it is possible to drain the battery if you surfed at max brightness for 3 hours continuously and that that's just the state of phones today, then I can accept that. I just want to make sure that my phone is behaving normally and that any battery tweaks, cpu undervolting, wont' make a huge difference.
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Virtually everything that is asked on this board is a question. In fact, the majority of people who visit this board come to get a question answered. So the distinction is odd to me. People ask questions within threads that have declarative sentence titles all the time.
So if I had said "AHRD ROM gives insane battery life" then I guess it belongs in the general forum. Then if someone replies that Chameleon does even better as post #2, and I reply, why is it so much better as post #3. Then I have asked a question. My point is that in every thread there are questions, whether it's post #1 or post #3 seems like an arbitrary distinction. The fact that the Q&A section is not growing very quickly suggests confusion, since I still believe that if you analyzed the content of each post, and dare I say the overarching purpose of the board, is to ask questions. Newbies also see that he Q&A section isn't nearly as well frequented, so they post in the general section.
I think that the Q&A forum and the FAQ overlap in purpose. Anyway, just my 2 cents.
Thank you though for the answers to my question. I had expected, given the Anandtech review, that the One X would have comparable battery life to the iphone 4. However, I am finding this to be anything but the case, and I recently installed AHRD (wiped battery stats, etc). When trying to run down the battery (max brightness at 550 nits and surfing over 3g), I'm dead in 2 hours. My 2 yr-old iphone 4,with a peak brightness of about 500 nits, lasts approximately twice as long under identical conditions. I am finding the One X no better than the HTC Amaze, which has notoriously poor battery life. On the positive side, the One X's battery life is not as bad as the original EVO 4G, and the One X's standby battery drain is extremely low. I shudder to think what the battery life would be like if I had a US version which has LTE.
I have not noticed any improvements with any custom ROM thus far, but it's possible that using the screen at 75% brightness is basically such a determining factor that any gains in battery life are imperceptible to me. If someone can confirm that it is possible to drain the battery if you surfed at max brightness for 3 hours continuously and that that's just the state of phones today, then I can accept that. I just want to make sure that my phone is behaving normally and that any battery tweaks, cpu undervolting, wont' make a huge difference.
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None of the custom ROMs change anything to do with battery consumption. A custom kernel could help, however I have tried them all and none of them make any appreciable difference.
Browsing over 3G seems to kill battery fast, I have never been able to get more than 3 hours screen time, and most of the time it is 2 or 2 and a half hours.
Hi thanks alot for the reply. I was thought that custom ROMs were supposed to improve battery life (one of the major reasons, if not the major reason, to install a custom ROM). In fact, in most of the intros for ROMs, they say something like "excellent battery life".
But you're saying that it is at the kernel level where improvements in battery life are made?
I agree with your conclusions--each custom ROM is about the same regarding battery life, and it is possible to surf and kill the phone in 3 hours of screen time, if I want my max brightness glory and over 3g.
Hi guys ,
hi have a big problem with battery life , i use AOKP build 4 and i tried a lot of roms e and a lot of kernels , but the battery runs out at 15;00 ... i don't know why , i try to wipe everithing but nothing , i want to activate data al day and arrive in the evening with still battery... any advices???
Bring a charger
On the real, if it's that important I'd suggest an extended battery. I use the free 2100 mAh and barley get through a day. Turning data off does make a big difference in consumption though. One thing I noticed, Lean Kernel does well for battery life.
why do we need twenty of these threads per day?
crixley said:
why do we need twenty of these threads per day?
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The search button must be broken again.
phatmanxxl said:
The search button must be broken again.
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We have an awful lot of blind users apparently...
considering the thread would be like directly under their own
crixley said:
We have an awful lot of blind users apparently...
considering the thread would be like directly under their own
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Should have been posted in Q&A too.
Juice Defender will manage your LTE/cell radio for you. It's made my atrix's battery go up by like 10 hours a day.
After reading all these positive comments about the stock kernel regarding battery life, I guess I don't even bother with all the other Kernels...
Can anyone comment on battery life for the new release of jelly bam? I have been getting 50+ hours and over 7 hrs of screen on out of my gorilla gadgets extended battery and I don't want to lose that performance. I would post this in the jellybam thread in the dev section, but I have fewer than ten posts and I can't. Thanks for your input.
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Can anyone comment on battery life for the new release of jelly bam? I have been getting 50+ hours and over 7 hrs of screen on out of my gorilla gadgets extended battery and I don't want to lose that performance. I would post this in the jellybam thread in the dev section, but I have fewer than ten posts and I can't. Thanks for your input.
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Usually, battery life only gets better. Also, not many people have your extended battery so it's gonna be very hard to compare.
I'm currently using 4.0 with stock kernel and i'm getting good battery, life the same as before.
I guess I should have asked how is the battery life as compared to the previous version(s) of the rom.
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I guess I should have asked how is the battery life as compared to the previous version(s) of the rom.
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I've actually found the battery to be a lot worse for me for the time being. I was getting killer battery life but now it's beyond awful. I don't necessarily think it's 4.0's fault, but i have something definitely going rogue and draining and can't seem to pin it on anything in particular. My two biggest drainers according to GSAM are "Android System" and "Kernel (Android OS)", so that's why I don't think it's a particular app or anything. This is since updating to 4.0.
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I've actually found the battery to be a lot worse for me for the time being. I was getting killer battery life but now it's beyond awful. I don't necessarily think it's 4.0's fault, but i have something definitely going rogue and draining and can't seem to pin it on anything in particular. My two biggest drainers according to GSAM are "Android System" and "Kernel (Android OS)", so that's why I don't think it's a particular app or anything. This is since updating to 4.0.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm gonna roll with this version bc I haven't seen anything in the new One that I can't live without and the battery life is kicking.
Hello,
So after hearing that everyone has been getting really good battery life on their M8, i wondered what the issue was with mine. So I tried different ROM's, kernels, tried wiping my data and downloading all my apps again, nothing seems to fix the problem. I've had my M8 for about 2 weeks and i'm currently running InsertCoin after leaving Viperone(because of the bad battery life), I have attached two screenshots from GSAM below, is it the google play services that is sucking all that juice out, what's the deal?.
Thanks.
Lol that's actually good Batley life in my books. You seem to be a heavy user and that is my typical battery life. Those other users who post battery life pics don't use their phones as much. Especially when you stream Spotify.
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Lol that's actually good Batley life in my books. You seem to be a heavy user and that is my typical battery life. Those other users who post battery life pics don't use their phones as much. Especially when you stream Spotify.
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lol 34% in 6 hours thats great !!
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How is your battery life? Please discuss here. Please use screenshots from gsam battery monitor to illustrate what your getting.
I have no idea how the real-life battery was on the G2 and Z3, although I heard it was amazing. The HTC One M9 should outperform the M8, and that's quite good already. With the S810 and still going with the 1080p screen it should be noticeably better than the M8. The battery is bigger in the M9 aswell which should bump its battery performance even more, was it like 200mah more on the M9 vs the M8? Thought it was something in that range. The fun thing i'll be looking forward to is how it compares to the S6/ Edge with its 14nm SoC and 2k display (the S-AMOLED should help with battery usage). Should be a close race I imagine
We don't know yet because the final hard- and software haven't been released yet to the public.
anybody heard about this foolishness? i dont belive it one bit
http://bgr.com/2015/03/17/htc-one-m9-battery-life/
PlatinumNick said:
anybody heard about this foolishness? i dont belive it one bit
http://bgr.com/2015/03/17/htc-one-m9-battery-life/
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What problems do you have with the testing methodology?
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What problems do you have with the testing methodology?
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The main problem that everybody has with the overheating is the software is not complete. there running these stats illicitly on software thats not even finished.
there putting a bad taste in peoples mouth based on false information
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The main problem that everybody has with the overheating is the software is not complete. there running these stats illicitly on software thats not even finished.
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Yes, in a literal sense, the software on the M9 that tweakers was using is not final, but the embargo was set to lift yesterday, so I think it's likely that what tweakers' reported would be reflective of the end model.
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Yes, in a literal sense, the software on the M9 that tweakers was using is not final, but the embargo was set to lift yesterday, so I think it's likely that what tweakers' reported would be reflective of the end model.
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lol buts its not the end model and thats coming from HTC themselves even if an embargo is lifted its just not final why make judgements on something NOT FINAL.
wow rough day for HTC today all the reviews come out at the same time and they all say the same thing battery life is not good at all not better than the htc one m8 either
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lol no need to be modest by saying "not better than M8". That makes people think it's the same.
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Dude battery life and overheating with the 810 and camera.... Seems like no phone for me in Q2... Gotta wait now
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I'm waiting for the S7, which should have Samsung's custom CPU and GPU cores.
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Mate s7 is next year.... Note5 would not be much... If you plan to wait for a72 core instead of the over heating a57 that's till next year.....
Thinking of s6 edge now.... Or at the max the next nexus
I feel kind of shocked I had high hopes for the m9 and then this happens SMH
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Dude battery life and overheating with the 810 and camera.... Seems like no phone for me in Q2... Gotta wait now
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Stop with the "overheating" issue. It has been solved.
MoonRaven said:
Stop with the "overheating" issue. It has been solved.
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smh people are still on that
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smh people are still on that
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people are still on that cuz... now thats it stopped the benchmarks are down and comparable to 805... plus the battery life aint better than m8.... not against HTC but not FOR as well now...
based on this article most of these reviews are based on non final software. It looks like HTC released the final software like the day of most of these reviews. So battery life will be better on this new software. Im waiting for part 2 of this article and any other reviews coming after this newest update that came out today to give a final thought of battery life.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9102/the-htc-one-m9-review-part-1/2
anybody that has the phone as any gsam battery stats to post on here after a full days use would be really helpful to many people on the edge of buying this phone based on some negative reviews for battery life its been getting.