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Does anyone use 4G on all day and get good batt?

Want to get a small survey. Do you guys leave 4G on all day and only 4G, no JuiceDefender or radio tricks and get good battery?
Post your results please!
I use Setcpu for screen off and underclock to 1.35 GHz and average 12 hours allowing 4g to stay on throughout my day.
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I've been getting about the same battery length whether I'm on 4G only or WiFi+EDGE - which is around 6-8 hours. This is without additional battery-saving techniques.

i get around 8-9 hours if i leave 4g on....... without it 12+
what settings do you have on setcpu i have it downloaded but i haven't used it on this phones tips will help

Yes 4G on, no JD help, no wifi relying. My buddy's Droid bonic has the extended 2880 mah battery and I'm darn jealous, keeps LTE on and lasts a day streaming google music all day. This is obviously the perfect setting we all want, fast 4G, sync on, blistering powerhouse, no compromise usage.
I've got a profile during screen off for 384mhz/192 powersave
Main is 1350/192 ondemand. Phone remains smooth and usable.
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I am amazed with this phones battery life. I am coming from a droid incredible and that thing died every 20 min. I am a light user and stock as you can get, not even rooted. (yet) This phone will last me about two days on one charge.
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i leave my phone in 4g and wifi all day and i get batt plus for a good 4 hrs im listen to mp3 player threw bluetooth... i will say i rooted my device and removed most of tmobiles apps apps that i dont use that are always running

I'm really shock today, picked up an exchange yesterday and today I'm getting over 15hrs with 4G on and fully stock and I still have 33% left. This is with a few calls, music streaming and texting.
First unit I would get around 8-10hrs.
So yeah, I'm a happy camper, lol.
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That's really good and your initial numbers are more in line with the majority of the members here. I wonder if its ether phone itself or the battery. :-T

im surprised as well i leave everything on and the phone is still alive all day. have 4g on, sync, stream, web, text, couple calls, screen brightness set to automatic.
i think if i do some battery saving techniques i could push 2 days/
been on for 13 hours and still have 26%.
way better than the 8 - 10 hour max on my vibrant.
havent had to worry about charging my phone on at all

htc2364 said:
I'm really shock today, picked up an exchange yesterday and today I'm getting over 15hrs with 4G on and fully stock and I still have 33% left. This is with a few calls, music streaming and texting.
First unit I would get around 8-10hrs.
So yeah, I'm a happy camper, lol.
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What was your reason for exchanging?
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Wow, there has to be some issue causing some of us to only get 8 hours out of a battery and others getting 13+. Starting to make me wonder if I have a bad one.

I keep 4g on & I get good battery life too. I don't underclock or even mess with the CPU at all either.

im starting to wonder if I got one with a really good battery, ill post screens tomorrow but since I bought the phone like 3 weeks ago I have Never turned off 4g. im on wifi at home but where I work for 8 or more hours in on 4g. i leave wifi on anyway and i dont use juice defender or any power saving modes, i tend to use full brightness, and i play with my phone (checking phandroid and cnet/videos, rev3 etc...) whenever I'm not in a sale.
all of that and my battery always lasts more than 12 to 15 hours.
I will charge tonight and post screens either as soon as I remeber when on low battery.
is anyone else getting great battery life?
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Are u talking high use or normal use cause with high use i get about 7 or 8 hours with normal use about 12 to 14 and minimal use easily 24 to 30 hours
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i only know my own definitions of high and low use I guess but id estimate an average of being touched at least 60% of every hour, up to 90% at work and when I'm bugging my fiance for playing with my phone too much at home its up to 100 lol
and at least once a day I flash something and reboot twice and run sd maid and i play some games like shadowgunner, samurai vengeance 2 and i love dragon fly :-D
I'm rooted btw
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mikeb85 said:
Are u talking high use or normal use cause with high use i get about 7 or 8 hours with normal use about 12 to 14 and minimal use easily 24 to 30 hours
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Psh, this damn thing burns through 8% an hour on idle in an area with full bars reception. Low middle high usage? My zero usage is about 10-12 hours.
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I just got my sgs2 yesterday
Today i got 14h and still have 15% left with 4g on all day, texting, galaxy voice commands, Bluetooth and light browsing.
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Just my two cents, but I leave my 4g on all the time. I literally never turn it off and I get a full days (moderate) use out of my SGS II. I don't know how, but this is BY FAR the very best battery life i've ever gotten out of an Android; and I've owned quite a few out them by this point (since the original hero). I know it's battery is very large for an oem/ as it comes battery and for me I can really tell.

Amazing battery life on a single charge
I'm getting 13+ hours with 4G on all day. Simply amazing battery life.
My phone is rooted with Teshxx streamlined ROM loaded, with no additional power saving apps of features running.
I'm in an area with amazing 4G signal, my phone never switches to 3G/Edge.
It is possible your mileage may vary if the phone is switching constantly between the two.

mettleh3d said:
What was your reason for exchanging?
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I was having random shutdowns, like 10 a day. So far no problem with this second one.
My first one I did only get around 8-12hrs, but I hadn't mess with my apps.
This time around I set up the apps the refresh themselves to do it every 4hrs (like Facebook, tweeter, weather bug, etc)
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The Battery Really Is Amazing!

Hi guys,
Go this One X about 2 weeks ago tomorrow, so I'm guessing the battery has now reached its maximum capacity. Yesterday I was using my phone loads, I had nothing to do and so I kept messing about on it and I got these AMAZING statistics. I'm on 1.29, and for a heavy day of usage these statistics are excellent!
Anyone else seeing anything like this
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check this out

The battery consumption in standby is almost negligible. 3% for all the night. Having the same kind of statistics since last 38days. But the consumption when the screen is on, isn't so great. But for me it can easily sustain for a day, only thing I have to keep my hands off my mobile.
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I have often noted not a single % loss overnight! I couldn't believe it when I went to bed (it was 91%) and woke up 7 hours later and it was still at 91%. I confirmed this behaviour over about 3 or 4 nights - same. Very impressed. Overall I must say that I am actually pretty impressed considering what this phone is packing inside. Over the weekend when I'm not using my phone as much as during the week (family duties call ;-) I can go about 2 days without a charge which is outstanding. The One X is by far the best handset I have ever owned. I love it.

yup 5th battery saver ninja core Nvidia was correct about this one at least

hamdir said:
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That's really good actually, much better than mine so maybe over the next few days I will see an increase in battery life compared to what I already have. You have charged yours though around the Yellow drop down mark
itshotinhere said:
I have often noted not a single % loss overnight! I couldn't believe it when I went to bed (it was 91%) and woke up 7 hours later and it was still at 91%. I confirmed this behaviour over about 3 or 4 nights - same. Very impressed. Overall I must say that I am actually pretty impressed considering what this phone is packing inside. Over the weekend when I'm not using my phone as much as during the week (family duties call ;-) I can go about 2 days without a charge which is outstanding. The One X is by far the best handset I have ever owned. I love it.
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I agree with this statement. I can't go that long without a charge, but there again I am always using my phone so you know. The GSIII has nothing on this, it really doesn't.
shree.cse said:
The battery consumption in standby is almost negligible. 3% for all the night. Having the same kind of statistics since last 38days. But the consumption when the screen is on, isn't so great. But for me it can easily sustain for a day, only thing I have to keep my hands off my mobile.
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Same here.

Wish I could say the same I struggle to get a full day out of mine and I hardly use my phone apart from the odd bit of facebook

stezo2k said:
Wish I could say the same I struggle to get a full day out of mine and I hardly use my phone apart from the odd bit of facebook
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disable all the last 4 settings in the sound menu, no fastboot in power options and battery is better on 1.28 and 1.29 so whats ur firmware?

Screen times?
My One X did 2 days 7 hours once but it means nothing if you haven't really used your phone...

animaleyes76 said:
Screen times?
My One X did 2 days 7 hours once but it means nothing if you haven't really used your phone...
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Ran out of battery before I could report, but it was about 4-5 hours

hamdir said:
disable all the last 4 settings in the sound menu, no fastboot in power options and battery is better on 1.28 and 1.29 so whats ur firmware?
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Already done that sadly fella, manual sync, manual brightness too
I'm on 1.29 at the mo, just switched to a new Kernel so hopefully should get an improvement

stezo2k said:
Already done that sadly fella, manual sync, manual brightness too
I'm on 1.29 at the mo, just switched to a new Kernel so hopefully should get an improvement
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Totally recommend a factory reset, by the sounds of things your battery needs calibrating or something firmware wise is wrong.

Done it many a time mate (I install new ROMs every week or so)
As for calibrating my battery I have done it once but I will be trying it again soon

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Done it many a time mate (I install new ROMs every week or so)
As for calibrating my battery I have done it once but I will be trying it again soon
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There's a market application that can do it, but it will install those annoying adds that put the little green '+' in your notification bar, however uninstalling the application will remove these.. so you could do a calibration and run

jaaystott said:
Ran out of battery before I could report, but it was about 4-5 hours
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Will wait anxiously for your next battery drain where you capture the screen showing that much screen on time...

jaaystott said:
There's a market application that can do it, but it will install those annoying adds that put the little green '+' in your notification bar, however uninstalling the application will remove these.. so you could do a calibration and run
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Sounds like a plan cheers. Whats the app called?
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I'm also really impressed with the battery life
It's so much better than my old iPhone 4S
Here's a screenshot of a few days usage (using the phone whenever I needed, no just leaving it idle for days.... )

I wish i could be that enthusiast about the battery life. I ran the HTC Battery Test and it went from 100% to 89%, which is supposed to be really good (or at least shows that there is nothing wrong with the battery). However, when the screen is on, the battery level decreases pretty quickly. I've seen people here who use the screen for 4 hours and still have 50% battery but it's clearly not my case.
I've had the phone for like 10 days, so maybe it will get better. Let's hope so

tommmtom said:
I'm also really impressed with the battery life
It's so much better than my old iPhone 4S
Here's a screenshot of a few days usage (using the phone whenever I needed, no just leaving it idle for days.... )
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It is because you have hardly used the phone as indicated by the fact that the screen is only at 28%. The standby life is good, however as soon as you start using the phone battery goes down fast. Also it does not update battery properly while in standby, as soon as you start using it the battery will drop by 5-6% in one go.

Been peaking at the SG3 forum...

..and my worst fear has been realised!!!
20hrs, 5hrs screen time! Stock ROM with shipped firmware...heartbreaking stuff...it's no doubt down to that big old battery but thats mouthwatering for a quad core after 1-2 cycles.
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Plastic crap.

dannysmith43 said:
..and my worst fear has been realised!!!
20hrs, 5hrs screen time! Stock ROM with shipped firmware...heartbreaking stuff...it's no doubt down to that big old battery but thats mouthwatering for a quad core after 1-2 cycles.
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Okay the go ahead and sell your one x and get a s but please keep away from here then.
This is one x forum and if you are so happy about the s3 battery post it there.
This is no offense and no hating.
Have to admit it's a pretty good battery life but it has a bigger battery.
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offenberg said:
Plastic crap.
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I had a feel of it today, it's not as bad as the S2, but doesn't feel as premium as the One X...although I read its made of the same shizzle?!
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dannysmith43 said:
..and my worst fear has been realised!!!
20hrs, 5hrs screen time! Stock ROM with shipped firmware...heartbreaking stuff...it's no doubt down to that big old battery but thats mouthwatering for a quad core after 1-2 cycles.
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On min brightness using only wifi or 3g and the other turned off, Gmail on push, email on once a day but with a few manual refreshes and all other syncing off I can get 4 hours. Are you really going to put up with the fantastic plastic and touchwiz for an extra hour?
The question really is, do you need 5 hours of screen time on your phone? Do you use that? If so, get an SGS3, oh and I want your job!

jonas2295 said:
Okay the go ahead and sell your one x and get a s but please keep away from here then.
This is one x forum and if you are so happy about the s3 battery post it there.
This is no offense and no hating.
Have to admit it's a pretty good battery life but it has a bigger battery.
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Ok keep your panties on, just an observation I wanted to share. My HOX is worth £320? and an S3 is £500 new, I cant afford it even if I wanted to.
At the moment I am a One X owner and have a right to post here, be it positive or negative...the HOX has plenty of positive points over the S3 but the battery is not one of them (yet?).
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offenberg said:
Plastic crap.
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The one x is plastic too.

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I don't get it my battery is fine as long as I'm not gaming. I can get 2 days easy and I use my phone a lot as my work calendar is on it. So I'm always checking it.
I use full brightness faccebook, bookmarks, no WiFi, full hspda data, and most of the stock HTC widgets...

dannysmith43 said:
..and my worst fear has been realised!!!
20hrs, 5hrs screen time! Stock ROM with shipped firmware...heartbreaking stuff...it's no doubt down to that big old battery but thats mouthwatering for a quad core after 1-2 cycles.
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Lol, you know the HTC one X can get around 24 Hours screen on time too, Leave it on Minimum brightness, Airplane mode etc. But that's not an accurate representation, and that will be where the S3 also got that screen time.
Now, Put the One X and S3 on chrome Browser home screen or any white background and watch that Piss poor AMOLED suck itself dry.
Personally, I'm very happy I didn't get the S3.

farnsbarns said:
On min brightness using only wifi or 3g and the other turned off, Gmail on push, email on once a day but with a few manual refreshes and all other syncing off I can get 4 hours. Are you really going to put up with the fantastic plastic and touchwiz for an extra hour?
The question really is, do you need 5 hours of screen time on your phone? Do you use that? If so, get an SGS3, oh and I want your job!
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Its a great point, very rarely would I use 5 hours of screen time but who could honestly say they wouldn't want it of you had the option?
I had a little tinker with it today, Touchwiz is a bit cartoony for my taste and the AMOLED colour saturation probably doesn't help but it was super smooth, better than ICS on the S2 fo' sho'
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TommUK said:
Lol, you know the HTC one X can get around 24 Hours screen on time too, Leave it on Minimum brightness, Airplane mode etc. But that's not an accurate representation, and that will be where the S3 also got that screen time.
Now, Put the One X and S3 on chrome Browser home screen or any white background and watch that Piss poor AMOLED suck itself dry.
Personally, I'm very happy I didn't get the S3.
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I've not made my mind up yet about whether I made the right decision, my mate will have 1 soon so we can compare closely.
GSM Area reckons the S3 can do 5.15 hrs browsing the web compared to 4.15 hrs on the HOX, not sure if that's true though.
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There is no stopping mate ... Always better ones will come along ... I saw at GSMArena LG phone wil FullHD with 446 ppi

ShyamSasi said:
There is no stopping mate ... Always better ones will come along ... I saw at GSMArena LG phone wil FullHD with 446 ppi
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That my friend is the truest of statements!
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I get 5 Hours screen time on my HOX. I am impressed with this beauty!

There was someone complaining about the HOX battery the other day in the Q&A forum. I posted pics there of my battery stats. Standard stock setup, not rooted at all. A couple bloatware apps disabled in app settings and haptic feedback turned off, auto brightness on and all accounts set to auto sync switching between WiFi and 3G a lot (wifi left on as I was popping in and out the house all day). Basically straight out the box running latest update. Had over 36 hrs, over 4 hrs screen time, well over an hour voice calls, browsing, using various other apps, and still had 20% battery! So the HOX battery ain't as bad as a lot of people make out. Sure it could be bigger/better, but unless your hammering Tegra games all day or watching movies on it, the battery in the HOX is sufficient.
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JJbdoggg said:
The one x is plastic too.
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i think the point he's making is similar to statements like these from the verge review[/QUOTE]
I’ve never been a fan of plastic being made to look like metal — it feels disingenuous both on the part of the company selling the product and, subsequently, the person owning it — and I find it makes the Galaxy S III look cheap.
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The Galaxy S III doesn’t creak or flex, fit and finish are great. It’s just that the materials used are not of the same tier as the premium stuff you’ll find on Nokia or HTC’s latest.
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The blue version looks like a no-name knockoff phone maker is trying to appear ‘premium’ by faking a brushed metal look with plastic. It’s really unattractive.
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liberator72 said:
There was someone complaining about the HOX battery the other day in the Q&A forum. I posted pics there of my battery stats. Standard stock setup, not rooted at all. A couple bloatware apps disabled in app settings and haptic feedback turned off, auto brightness on and all accounts set to auto sync switching between WiFi and 3G a lot (wifi left on as I was popping in and out the house all day). Basically straight out the box running latest update. Had over 36 hrs, over 4 hrs screen time, well over an hour voice calls, browsing, using various other apps, and still had 20% battery! So the HOX battery ain't as bad as a lot of people make out. Sure it could be bigger/better, but unless your hammering Tegra games all day or watching movies on it, the battery in the HOX is sufficient.
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I can promise you I don't get anywhere close to that with very similar usage...all my syncs are 2 hours, with WIFI on 100% of the time, only time its not connected os the journey from home to work all of 15 mins...
I would be more than happy with that!!!
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So what if s3 got some onscreen time more than 1x. I could send a screen with 7h onscreen with hox if that makes u feel better
It's not healthy to think "the grass is greener on the other side" xD
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LOL I get at least 3.30 hours of screen time every day with VERY heavy use.
Today when I was at 1% my screen time was 4 hours 30 min and I had been surfing for almost 2 hours.
And that's not even my best, this is the best recorded stats so far -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392&page=114
I intend to break those stats btw
I am extremely happy with my HOX and the design and specs of the GS3 were in all honesty a huge disappointment to me.
Said before and am saying it again I am proud to have the best current mobile phone in the world.
Cheers!

dannysmith43 said:
I've not made my mind up yet about whether I made the right decision, my mate will have 1 soon so we can compare closely.
GSM Area reckons the S3 can do 5.15 hrs browsing the web compared to 4.15 hrs on the HOX, not sure if that's true though.
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I doubt those stats to be Honest, it depends on the webpages, but a high percentage of web pages have a white background, and due to the nature of AMOLED it uses more battery (Trying) to reproduce the colour white.
Therefore, I doubt it would have a higher browsing time than the One X, but obviously only a side by side comparison would prove so (not leaving it on a page however, so it would be a very boring test browsing for 5 hours)

Thinking of getting Note 2 and replace my S3 but..

I currently have Galaxy S3. I really like the phone except one thing.. Battery life. It seems that the battery life is worse than my previous phone Iphone 4s which i still have. I've read some posts with people claiming note2 gets up to 8 hours of screen on time, and some reviews that claimed iphone 5 gets better battery life than the note 2.
My question is, would getting a note 2 for its battery life worth it? I do tons of browsing and watching videos on my phone, not so much games. I want my phone to last for the whole day with heavy usage without having to charge it.

alex217c said:
I currently have Galaxy S3. I really like the phone except one thing.. Battery life. It seems that the battery life is worse than my previous phone Iphone 4s which i still have. I've read some posts with people claiming note2 gets up to 8 hours of screen on time, and some reviews that claimed iphone 5 gets better battery life than the note 2.
My question is, would getting a note 2 for its battery life worth it? I do tons of browsing and watching videos on my phone, not so much games. I want my phone to last for the whole day with heavy usage without having to charge it.
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Get it. Note 2 will definitely last a day or even MORE
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http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-battery-life-test-is-complete-here-are-the-results/
Here are the battery tests by gsmarena
You can chexk for yourself Note II is far ahead.
Plus there are a million more features in Note II other than battery life... I think the undisputed winner is Note II

No, don't get the Note II for its battery life.
If you buy a phone because of its battery life, it should be the RAZR MAXX (clear evidence in that gsmarena link above, no?)

I had the Gs3 for a month before getting the 2 and I had to put my extra battery at around 4 when at 10 it was fully charged now with the note 2 I can use it all day long =) so the bottom line get the note 2 if you can afford it =)
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Here is my analysis after using galaxy series for a year. My usage is gaming, browsing and music
s1 Average screen on time: 3hrs
s2 Average screen on time: 4hrs
s3 Average screen on time: 5hrs
Note 2 Average screen on time: 6-7 hrs
This shows you the clear difference between s3 and note 2. Battery is quite good.

I came from s3 and love it. The battery life is much much better. Ive been getting 6 hours screen time and that includes hd video playback and gps on using navigation.
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Got the Note 2 just yesterday and i was coming from iphone 4s too.So my short experience is yes get the Note 2.Its a beast from all aspects
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For heavy use, the note 2 would be nice for battery life.. But as always ymmv and im not sure about that iphone 5 due to my brother telling me he basically has to stay on the charger with it
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

Personally coming from the IPhone 4 s....and having every iteration of the IPhone beforehand, I simply love the note 2 and am blown away by itw battery time.
For the first time in many years, I have a device that lasts all day, and believe me I hammer it.
Working as a designer, I use this to its fullest and the multi windows feature, s pen usage, twitter and web browsing, and now using photo shop touch on my note 2 constantly (thank you kind members for donation of the apk), the phone just copes so well with plenty of juice by the time I get home.
Never looking back
No more Apple for me

Note2 is the best. Go for it

Sounds like the battery life is good on the note 2. I guess I'll sell my s3 and get it

Battery life
I had the original note. I had problems with the battery life, never satisfied with it. I have note ii for 2 days. I am impressed. Not only battery life is outstanding - conveniently one day with heavy use, but charging is super fast also. Major improvement in battery and charging, it is a great phone in total!

Comparing your 4s with an s3?
If you used the s3 just the same as you do the 4s I bet it would last longer. You are using a device with more capabilities so of course its going to die faster.
Nothing will beat the note 2 battery life though.
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alex217c said:
I currently have Galaxy S3. I really like the phone except one thing.. Battery life. It seems that the battery life is worse than my previous phone Iphone 4s which i still have. I've read some posts with people claiming note2 gets up to 8 hours of screen on time, and some reviews that claimed iphone 5 gets better battery life than the note 2.
My question is, would getting a note 2 for its battery life worth it? I do tons of browsing and watching videos on my phone, not so much games. I want my phone to last for the whole day with heavy usage without having to charge it.
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Battery life alone is worth it, but there are a million other reasons to get this phone! Keep in mind mine is Int'l version (no LTE radio) and i am not a power user, but still i can't put this phone down and i haven't chargd it in almost 3 days, still 60+ percent left : )
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skugpezz said:
Nothing will beat the note 2 battery life though.
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The RAZR maxx HD should as it has a bigger battery and a smaller screen, no?
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I am a very heavy user. And my Note 2 lasts for a full day. My Note 1 used to run out in half a day.
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i also have to s3s(my wife) has one and no room to upgrade anytime soon...is there a significant difference other than battery?...i felt like my OG droid was the best phone and now all these new ones are a huge upgrade in hardware for me

Yes. There is a huge difference specially when multi tasking. This is the reason I gave up my s3. No matter how many apps I load on the note it doesn't stutter but on my s3 it does. Also, when calling apps back to the screen, on the note they don't have to reload all their content, on the s3 it reloads every time.
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alex217c said:
I currently have Galaxy S3. I really like the phone except one thing.. Battery life. It seems that the battery life is worse than my previous phone Iphone 4s which i still have. I've read some posts with people claiming note2 gets up to 8 hours of screen on time, and some reviews that claimed iphone 5 gets better battery life than the note 2.
My question is, would getting a note 2 for its battery life worth it? I do tons of browsing and watching videos on my phone, not so much games. I want my phone to last for the whole day with heavy usage without having to charge it.
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Why not just get a portable charger?
or why not zoidberg? :silly:

[IME/EXO][DISKUSSION] HTC U12+/Exodus 1 - Battery life / SoT Thread

Greetings,
this thread shall help us to discuss the overall experiences with battery life / SoT of our all new HTC U12+ (ime)/Exodus 1 (exo). As I'm receiving my demo unit soon, I'll start uploading screenshots of my personal battery life here, as you can do as well, as soon as you got your HTC U12+.
5m4r7ph0n36uru

Here's one impressive screen shot of @mrjwilliams that can also be found on Twitter.
Uptime 2d 12h 43m
Left 15%
SoT. 4h 39m
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https://twitter.com/mrjlwilliams/status/1003666597259694080?s=19
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So much for all the reviews that just talk about a reasonable battery consumption. Indeed, the consumption is really very impressive - in a positive sense, of course!

5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
So much for all the reviews that just talk about a reasonable battery consumption. Indeed, the consumption is really very impressive - in a positive sense, of course!
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I'm really hoping that in paying homage to the M9's hard edge around the screen, they also aren't paying homage to the M9's horrid battery life as well. The reviews all seem to say that the battery life is bad.

OGhoul said:
I'm really hoping that in paying homage to the M9's hard edge around the screen, they also aren't paying homage to the M9's horrid battery life as well. The reviews all seem to say that the battery life is bad.
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Reviews give you the battery life after the first 48 hoirs which is never great. The picture above shows it after a week of usage though. That's what's interesting, bit no blog and Tech review cares about doing it right nowadays.
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5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
Reviews give you the battery life after the first 48 hoirs which is never great. The picture above shows it after a week of usage though. That's what's interesting, bit no blog and Tech review cares about doing it right nowadays.
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Yep. I really don't pay battery talk from reviewers any attention. Most of these reviewers live inside the camera during their review period which murders battery compared to just using the phone like regular people do. Simulated battery test aren't realistic either.

5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
Reviews give you the battery life after the first 48 hoirs which is never great. The picture above shows it after a week of usage though. That's what's interesting, bit no blog and Tech review cares about doing it right nowadays.
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Yep. I really don't pay battery talk from reviewers any attention. Most of these reviewers live inside the camera during their review period which murders battery compared to just using the phone like regular people do. Simulated battery test aren't realistic either.
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I agree for the most part, however Android Central is claiming they've had theirs for a week. On the flipside, a near 3500mah battery should be more than enough to go a day on a charge, even for a heavy user like myself. I mean, the Essential was the only Android phone that I can recall owning that would go a day for me, and it was only 3000mah. Sense is nearly as clean, the 845 is reputed to be a battery sipper, and another 500mah is another 500mah, so I'm hoping you're both right.

OGhoul said:
I agree for the most part, however Android Central is claiming they've had theirs for a week. On the flipside, a near 3500mah battery should be more than enough to go a day on a charge, even for a heavy user like myself. I mean, the Essential was the only Android phone that I can recall owning that would go a day for me, and it was only 3000mah. Sense is nearly as clean, the 845 is reputed to be a battery sipper, and another 500mah is another 500mah, so I'm hoping you're both right.
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Well you're that screenshot if mrjwilkiams posted above, didn't you!? So unless Android Central didn't do anything wrong, they should have gained the same at least.
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OGhoul said:
I agree for the most part, however Android Central is claiming they've had theirs for a week. On the flipside, a near 3500mah battery should be more than enough to go a day on a charge, even for a heavy user like myself. I mean, the Essential was the only Android phone that I can recall owning that would go a day for me, and it was only 3000mah. Sense is nearly as clean, the 845 is reputed to be a battery sipper, and another 500mah is another 500mah, so I'm hoping you're both right.
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Is the SD845 a battery sipper though? Most phones with it haven't had the best numbers. OP6 performs around the exact same as the 5T despite the newer processor. The S9/S9+ have worse numbers than the S8/S8+ with the same battery sizes. XZ2 has a larger battery than the XZ1 but the improvement in battery life is pretty much equal to the size increase. I think this is another bad snapdragon year in the making.
It could be Oreo though because my numbers went down as soon as my 10 got it. The whole story will develop as time passes.

5m4r7ph0n36uru said:
Well you're that screenshot if mrjwilkiams posted above, didn't you!? So unless Android Central didn't do anything wrong, they should have gained the same at least.
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It could be the that the Twitter user was a very light user, or used power saving before 15%. I'm trying to argue it, I'd really prefer his numbers to be the norm rather than the outlier.
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Is the SD845 a battery sipper though? Most phones with it haven't had the best numbers. OP6 performs around the exact same as the 5T despite the newer processor. The S9/S9+ have worse numbers than the S8/S8+ with the same battery sizes. XZ2 has a larger battery than the XZ1 but the improvement in battery life is pretty much equal to the size increase. I think this is another bad snapdragon year in the making.
It could be Oreo though because my numbers went down as soon as my 10 got it. The whole story will develop as time passes.
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I said the 845 is supposed to be a sipper. I don't have one (yet) to personally test. I believe if this year is another dud year for Qualcomm, this could spell disaster for HTC. I dunno about Oreo being the culprit (overall); my girlfriend got 8.1 on her Essential and she hasn't complained about battery life (and believe me, she'd let me know). My fingers are crossed though.
Make no mistake though, I really do want the U12+ to meet my (IMO) reasonable expectations.

This is my battery stats! 70% time on WiFi 30% LTE. Battery drain is unusually high on LTE. Location off unless required Bluetooth sync off.

This is my first personal stats. 60% Wi-Fi, 40% 4G, BT on all time with a Smartwatch connected.
Listened to some music via USonic ANC Headset, streaming a few videos, browsing, mailing, XDA of course. After the first 58 hours up-time (so this being only the second full run) I'm pretty impressed of what I got
24h, 5h SoT
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Important piece of information, do you guys use Always On Display?

I thought the u12 doesn't use that feature?

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Important piece of information, do you guys use Always On Display?
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Yes I do.
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RyuujiTakasu said:
I thought the u12 doesn't use that feature?
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It does use it. But I couldn't find the adjustments in the settings menu yet, thus are running the out of the box standard setup.
Edit: nevermind just been blind. Found it.
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Can you try use phone for full charge without that feature?Lets see battery difference, after all its LCD not AMOLED.

My unlocked Galaxy S9+ is currently at about 29% with around 1:37 screen on time.....

Out of the box
Start at 80%
Setup and play with everything
screen on 4 hours and 24 minutes.
Go to bed 23:45 battery 24%
Wake up 05:45 battery 23%
Battery life is great for me.
I no it has to settle .
Anyway very happy with the result till now.
Grtz decodertje

Actually, feels like battery life decreases after the first day of use. It's understandable because of added apps. I charge it from 20-30 up to 80-90 (battery health squad). It gives me 4 hours of screen-on time. And I charge the phone only once a day with heavy usage. The major factor is screen brightness which drains battery damn fast when over 50%