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Battery life?

What sort of battery life are you all seeing with this years note? come from the ipad 3 where i usually saw 10-11 hours screen time and 2-3d standby, today is the first time ive had it from 100% and i only lasted 6 hours screentime with 7 hours overall on time, i still havent run it down completely yet but surely i should be getting more than this?
Its such a shame because i love it so much, but i cant deal with this short battery life

It's much better than that. I found it better after a couple of charges. I rooted mine and deleted or froze b.oatware and I get 13 hours heavy use
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DUBS73P said:
What sort of battery life are you all seeing with this years note? come from the ipad 3 where i usually saw 10-11 hours screen time and 2-3d standby, today is the first time ive had it from 100% and i only lasted 6 hours screentime with 7 hours overall on time, i still havent run it down completely yet but surely i should be getting more than this?
Its such a shame because i love it so much, but i cant deal with this short battery life
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I came from an ipad 3 as well and had the same problem until I disabled several apps, turned off GPS, etc and over the long weekend I was getting ~12 hours of web surfing.
I haven't rooted yet so that should be a number that can improve. I'm sorta trying to wait for a root that doesn't trip knox. I don't want a custom rom so no reason to install a bootloader and lose my warranty if I can be patient. Tried Cydia Impactor but I had already upgraded to MK1. I'm wondering if the shipping rom (P600XXUAMIE) might have the 4.3 vulnerabilities unpatched.

Houndx said:
I came from an ipad 3 as well and had the same problem until I disabled several apps, turned off GPS, etc and over the long weekend I was getting ~12 hours of web surfing.
I haven't rooted yet so that should be a number that can improve. I'm sorta trying to wait for a root that doesn't trip knox. I don't want a custom rom so no reason to install a bootloader and lose my warranty if I can be patient. Tried Cydia Impactor but I had already upgraded to MK1. I'm wondering if the shipping rom (P600XXUAMIE) might have the 4.3 vulnerabilities unpatched.
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What apps did you disable and how Exactly? Thanks alot
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I've freezed all unnecessary apps and i am getting like 9 - 10 hours screen on time with 8 hours standby. Standby is great for me nearly no battery drain.
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DUBS73P said:
What apps did you disable and how Exactly? Thanks alot
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I thought it was more, but looking at the list.. go to settings, General, Application Manager, select the prinstalled apps you don't want running all the time and click Turn Off. I've turned off BlurbCheckout, Businessweek+, NYTimes, Polaris Office, Screen Saver and Twitter. I think more important was turning off GPS, Screen Rotation, Bluetooth, Reading Mode, Smart Stay, Smart Pause, Smart Scroll, Auto Brightness then adjusting the screen brightness to something a bit less retina searing than the default.

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I've had mine since Saturday soooo, 5 days now. I get easily 10-11 hours of screen time. I loose about 1% per 8-9 hours in stand by and i loose about 9% per hour of video streaming from either my Netflix, HBO GO, or Slingbox account and that's with brightness about or just above 50%. I'm also NOT rooted yet. Totally stock with just certain apps turned off and i restrict a lot of the background data on individual apps that i don't need running background data
Have you guys try using this damn thing at 100% while indoors? It hurts the eyes with a white screen.

Eric214 said:
I've had mine since Saturday soooo, 5 days now. I get easily 10-11 hours of screen time. I loose about 1% per 8-9 hours in stand by and i loose about 9% per hour of video streaming from either my Netflix, HBO GO, or Slingbox account and that's with brightness about or just above 50%. I'm also NOT rooted yet. Totally stock with just certain apps turned off and i restrict a lot of the background data on individual apps that i don't need running background data
Have you guys try using this damn thing at 100% while indoors? It hurts the eyes with a white screen.
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What apps did you disable in the background? Would love to get battery like that
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arty93 said:
What apps did you disable in the background? Would love to get battery like that
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Hmm, I think I misspoke about the background data on this tablet. I do that religious with my phones (Bionic, GS4) but I went to look at what i did and there is no option to turn off background data. I would normally go to settings>data usage and tap whatever app and the check "restrict background data". I must have thought I did that on this tablet but obviously not.

i think the battery life is great on my tablet - i dont game with it - today it has been running for 13 hours 48 minutes with 5 hours and 48 minutes of screen on time and battery is at 52% - not rooted yet - i have everything i dont use turned off ( ie. smart stay/scroll, air view ) and running nova laucher prime and dont use power savings mode

Face it - it's nowhere near ipads. That's my biggest concern.

It lasts the day, charge it at night, what's the problem, as long as it lasts all day there's nothing to worry about
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And actually review Vs the two say ipad has about an hour more battery life, not night and day
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Face it - it's nowhere near ipads. That's my biggest concern.
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I dunno, doing pretty good over here. Rooted, but have no froze anything. Only rooted to get gameCIH installed screen is between 25% and 50% brightness depending on what im doing or where i am. I mostly just use it for playing a few games here and there, taking notes during lectures.. etc. This is about typical, sometimes I get a little less, screen brightness seems to play a huge role in battery drain (obviously) but ive never run it dead during the day.. ever. I start every day with 100% charge and dont usually plug it in till I go to bed. If I have a charger around and im not doing anything ill plug it in (I mean.. why not) but I don't ever have to "worry" about it going dead on me.

I'm currently on 9 hours of battery time, probably at least 4-5 hours of that is screen on time reading comics or doing sketchbook pro pictures.
Battery is on 46%.
So yeh, battery is fine. Brightness is about 30%.

kaimyns said:
Face it - it's nowhere near ipads. That's my biggest concern.
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Right... It's better then an IPad. I doubt the IPads beat 11-12 hours of screen time at roughly 50% brightness and an IPad has a smaller screen and less pixels to power.

freeze those mofos
I use app quarantine...
theres a dude that posted all the system apps u can freeze
and I followed his suggestions
cant find his post
when I do I will update this one...

Hi all, I just bought this tablet, I have not turn it on yet...
Do I have to charge the device fully before turning on like some cell phones are?! or I can just start using it right away?!
and what kind of battery it does?! how's the charging process?! should I wait for it to be fully discharged, and then charge it to 100 percent?! or should I keep it between 40 to 80 percent to save the battery life...
in a nut shell, if you have any forum or link or information that could help, please share

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Hi all, I just bought this tablet, I have not turn it on yet...
Do I have to charge the device fully before turning on like some cell phones are?! or I can just start using it right away?!
and what kind of battery it does?! how's the charging process?! should I wait for it to be fully discharged, and then charge it to 100 percent?! or should I keep it between 40 to 80 percent to save the battery life...
in a nut shell, if you have any forum or link or information that could help, please share
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Dude, just turn it on and use it. The days of cycling a batter (let it drain and then charge to full) were over in the 90's with Ni-Cad batteries.. these do not develop a memory. From dead, the tab will take 5-6 hours to charge with supplied charger and in the wall. Using it while charging will still cause it to lose battery but a a much slower rate.

[Q] Best way to save battery life (reasonably speaking)

I'm on the ViperOne ROM and what would you recommend to save battery life? (Whether it be apps, a battery saver, etc.) I'm getting on average about 8-10 hours. I feel like it should be much more than that but who knows I'm probably wrong and that's the norm lol.

Enazsem said:
I'm on the ViperOne ROM and what would you recommend to save battery life? (Whether it be apps, a battery saver, etc.) I'm getting on average about 8-10 hours. I feel like it should be much more than that but who knows I'm probably wrong and that's the norm lol.
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8-10 hours from 100% to 0%? It seems very low. There are people that can squeeze as much screen on time out of our M8. Maybe try an app like GSAM Battery Monitor or BetterBatteryStats to see if you have any wakelocks or any rogue apps that suck your battery.
You could also try Greenify which hibernates apps that are not active to conserve battery.
But my opinion is to reflash your ROM with full wipe and no tweaks or apps installed, run it for 2-3 days and check if you see a difference.

Using stock ROM and managing to get about 13 to 14 hours with 6 to 7 hours of on-screen time, depends on my usage which is light to moderate. Don't know if that's good enough though... however I'm satisfied with these stats. I know that I can achieve better though.
Performed all textbook instructions on how to increase battery life, switch off location services or put it on battery saving mode, increase your sync intervals or switch that off too.

I disabled 4G and got a lot better battery times from that only. 3G speeds are fine for me and im usually near a wifi network anyways.
And you can always enable 4G for those rare occasions where you need really high internet speeds and there's no wifi network nearby.

I come from an Xperia T. Got almost 1,5hours of screen-on time. Now this phone, it is madness. As student that uses his phone a lot, with 3/4G, wifi,... I am still impressed. On a normal day I can get 2 full day's with like 3hours of screen on time a day. For someone looking for good battery life, I think this may be one of if not the best phone to get!

I'm losing about 8.3% battery life an hour according to the GSam app. There doesn't seem to be anything out the ordinary either.

Enazsem said:
I'm losing about 8.3% battery life an hour according to the GSam app. There doesn't seem to be anything out the ordinary either.
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Mind sharing your GSam stats here?
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Teriyakii said:
Mind sharing your GSam stats here?
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Here you are.

Enazsem said:
Here you are.
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Alongside with your app usage please.
And it seems that you're just having a lot of applications running on the background or it seems like it at least from first glance.
At least it isn't a hardware battery problem.
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2 exchange accounts, 1 pop account, Pandora / spotify / text messaging / wifi / emails / cal appointments / etc on all day while I'm at work:
I charge it at night, wake up at 7am with 100% and by 10pm I have ~25% left. Stock ROM, rooted.

Teriyakii said:
Alongside with your app usage please.
And it seems that you're just having a lot of applications running on the background or it seems like it at least from first glance.
At least it isn't a hardware battery problem.
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Sorry about that and the delayed reply. Here's both

And an updated screenshot of the battery usage.

Enazsem said:
Sorry about that and the delayed reply. Here's both
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And an updated screenshot of the battery usage.
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To be fairly honest, I don't think there's anything out of the ordinary here, apart for your wakelocks and since you've been doing a lot of gaming, I presume they are pushes from your games?
Also your percentage per hour is fairly decent if not good and 6 hours of on screen time is decent as well.
What you could try to do is disable push notifications from your apps as well as reduce your sync intervals for your social media applications.
If nothing helps, I would suggest a reset but that's only if nothing's changed over the coming days.
Keep us posted on how your battery is holding up bud.
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Teriyakii said:
To be fairly honest, I don't think there's anything out of the ordinary here, apart for your wakelocks and since you've been doing a lot of gaming, I presume they are pushes from your games?
Also your percentage per hour is fairly decent if not good and 6 hours of on screen time is decent as well.
What you could try to do is disable push notifications from your apps as well as reduce your sync intervals for your social media applications.
If nothing helps, I would suggest a reset but that's only if nothing's changed over the coming days.
Keep us posted on how your battery is holding up bud.
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Thank you so much for looking it over. I'll take a look at them and see if there's a way to turn them off and if it helps.

I'm running PA with Furnace and yesterday I got over 7 hrs SOT using Wifi. I was on reddit, playing games, videos, etc.. For me, coming from a Gnex that is awesome and I couldn't be any happier.
I use Greenify and the clear recents option. Kernel settings are stock besides Eco Mode, Max to 1728000 and Vibration Strength to 1300.

Putting governor on conservative also helps a lot, but your phone will be a bit slower, but not unusably slow though. According to GSAM my average is 19H40M of which 7H40M is SoT. I always have my phone on conservative, pretty much always on WiFi but when I'm not it's on 4G, auto brightness, always on power save mode, auto sync enabled, location on but on power save mode.
I also use greenify which helps a lot too ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify )
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Enazsem said:
I'm losing about 8.3% battery life an hour according to the GSam app. There doesn't seem to be anything out the ordinary either.
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That means you'll have 6 hours SOT , seems ok to me.

battery life

hey all, recently my g3 has gotten terrible battery life, when it would usually take me through most of the day, it now only gives me like MAYBE 12 hours with less than 2 screen on time. today, i pulled it off the charger at 1230, by 4 it was down to 54%, and after 8 1/2 hours of sitting(i was at work) it was down to 15% and then it was dead less than an hour later. i'm unrooted(was rooted) and on the latest ota, i've done a factory data reset, re-rooted and unrooted and another factory data reset. it's just weird to me because about two weeks ago my husband's g-flex wouldn't hold the data connection, dropping in consistently for two weeks(bad enough that t-mobile sent him a replacement unit, and eventually put him in a note 3) and all the sudden my battery life went from decent, to complete crap.

You are having some major wake locks. Check your apps for "kept awake ". Usually Android os has a big number but dont worry about it. Here are my battery stats for reference.
Let us know what you find out and post screenshots of any abnormalities.
Edit: ive had bad luck with battery logging apps draining a lot of battery and not letting the phone go into deep sleep.
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getrdy said:
You are having some major wake locks. Check your apps for "kept awake ". Usually Android os has a big number but dont worry about it. Here are my battery stats for reference.
Let us know what you find out and post screenshots of any abnormalities.
Edit: ive had bad luck with battery logging apps draining a lot of battery and not letting the phone go into deep sleep.
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23 hours and still at 77%???? Is that with phone just sitting not in use in stand by?
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Here is mine. Bluetooth is on from the time I unplug till I plug it in at night going to bed. Wifi is off during the day, so I'm on 4G LTE till I get home and turn data off and wifi on. So wifi is on for about 6-8 hours a day. I always typically keep sync off. Ill turn it on a few tomes throughout the day for a few mins to pull any emails and what-not, than I turn it right back off. It drains a lot of battery on mine just talking with apps trying to pull data from them constantly.
Location is also usually off until I need it. Today I had it on all day.
My screen brightness when I'm away from home is usually anywhere from say 60-95%. I HATE auto-brightness, just keeps it way to dark.
I also use greenify, and I have clean master auto clear memory upon screen off. So when I turn screen off, all apps I selected hibernate via greenify, and memory clears with clean master.
I'm also using trickster mod, and have a few kernel tweaks to smooth out the notorious G3 stutter which was from a thread on here. Lag solutions I think(ill grab link in a min) via Heisenberg's settings. Very stable and runs like a champ!
I am using g3 tweakbox, nothing fancy going on though or crazy.
Also, I do have seeder, which I was using before the trickster kernel tweaks, and it was working great, but I'm trying the trickster settings for now.
I HIGHLY recommend using the trickster mod kernel settings heisenberg suggested in his his thread. They are extremely stable, it makes phone snappy and very smooth, and I swear it made my battery life much better! Give it a shot, I swear you'll love it.
Here is lag solutions thread, 1st post is the kernel tweaks I use w/ trickster mod. It did help battery. Give it a shot, if it doesn't help you, or makes things for(which it wont, its very stable) you can always undo them just as fast and easy. Do all of them though, and do exactly, don't change numbers yet(if you're very comfy with it and do k is what you're doing with it), just give those a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/lag-solutions-t2816188
Let me know if you have any questions on my set up, ill be glad to help.
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Syntax323 said:
23 hours and still at 77%???? Is that with phone just sitting not in use in stand by?
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Thats a medium/light use with mostly talking on the phone and listening to music day and i have a follow-up for it. The pics are after 48h of use without charging.
Coming from a Samsung galaxy s3 im really impressed with the battery on this phone.
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How do you have less screen on time after 48 hours than you did at 23?

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How do you have less screen on time after 48 hours than you did at 23?
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Because that screen shot of the screen on time is from a different day. You can see that if you look at the time/date and battery %.
Sorry about the confusion.
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getrdy said:
Because that screen shot of the screen on time is from a different day. You can see that if you look at the time/date and battery %.
Sorry about the confusion.
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Ah okay, wasn't even paying attention lol.

after my most recent factory data reset, i realized that after i unrooted i had used the kdz for the 8110c firmware to unroot, and my phone updated to 8110m...i got 40 hours of standby after the update, but only about 3 hours screen on...but that's better than the 10 hours of standby i was getting...thanks for allt he suggestions!

balthuszar said:
after my most recent factory data reset, i realized that after i unrooted i had used the kdz for the 8110c firmware to unroot, and my phone updated to 8110m...i got 40 hours of standby after the update, but only about 3 hours screen on...but that's better than the 10 hours of standby i was getting...thanks for allt he suggestions!
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Hows your signal strength? Having crapy signal drains the battery a lot.
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Hows your signal strength? Having crapy signal drains the battery a lot.
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didn't even think to check it...you'd have thought that would have been my first instinct with the issues my husband was having with his g-flex...but, battery life was my only issue with the phone, and it's up to where i'm content with it now, but in answer to your question -87dbm

Ok so I did a "test". I had bad signal- 1 bar 4g and it would hop to 2g quite often. In about 2h i drained 70% battery with tune in radio and the screen turned off. I couldnt screenshot it because my phone died :banghead:
My guess is that if you are working somewhere with crapy signal and you have push notifications coming in often it would kill your battery.
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Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the OnePlus 3 before depleting the battery.
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Getting sot only around 3.5hrs.. Battery is average

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Getting sot only around 3.5hrs.. Battery is average
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Usage? Mobile data or wifi?

Unboxed it charged it till 99 and started using it. Still on 11% with <5 hours of SOT. Installed apps, using fb and normal browsing. I dont have any complaints with battery

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Unboxed it charged it till 99 and started using it. Still on 11% with <5 hours of SOT. Installed apps, using fb and normal browsing. I dont have any complaints with battery
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Sounds great so far, knowing that the battery normally becomes better after 2-3 days of charging I hope that we will reach even better SOTs

I hpe for at least 4-5 sot with wifi and normal usage and 3.5 hrs for mobile data.

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Usage? Mobile data or wifi?
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Mobile data 3g

SOT really depends on usage, and whilst I was one like many here that is obsessed with SOT, I've started to just use phones without really worrying about it. Plus Dash charge is a great addition (aside from having to carry the charger with you).

Used a few apps, specially Snapchat and Whatsapp. Got a screen on time of 3.5 hrs on 4G. Decent yeah. OPO had a tad bit better.

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Used a few apps, specially Snapchat and Whatsapp. Got a screen on time of 3.5 hrs on 4G. Decent yeah. OPO had a tad bit better.
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I think it is good. So with wifi around 4,5 hrs sot with this usage.

Getting 4.5 SOT after 1st day of use.
Battery currently at 11%.
Dash charger charges the battery really fast to.
No complaints and oxygen os is updated to latest
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johncanadude said:
Getting 4.5 SOT after 1st day of use.
Battery currently at 11%.
Dash charger charges the battery really fast to.
No complaints and oxygen os is updated to latest
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What's the stand by?

I bought it on the launch day and conducted the test the next day after a full cycle. At precisely 5 pm I unplugged the device, at 100%, Connected to wifi with brightness at 25%, with auto brightness off. The phone was at 3% the next day at 4 pm. I got about 5 hours and 15 minutes of screen on time, moderately heavy usage, the phone only lost 6% overnight. Made 15 minutes worth of phone calls, light gaming, lots of browsing and video watching. And some apps with location as well. My previous phone was a oneplus one and for my usage, it seems to be giving me better battery life.

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What's the stand by?
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18 hours
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Web browsing, transferred around 60 apps from old phone, Whatsapp, an hour and a half of music streaming along with writing using the mobile office app. 70:30 WiFi:3G usage. Battery @9% currently.

K.A. said:
Web browsing, transferred around 60 apps from old phone, Whatsapp, an hour and a half of music streaming along with writing using the mobile office app. 70:30 WiFi:3G usage. Battery @9% currently.
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I'm soo ****ing tempted to send my nexus 5x back and get the op3. 400 bucks is a steal with those specs. Also your SOT looks good. Are you using a dark theme and a dark wallpaper or not? From what I've read it comes prerooted?

Doc Moody said:
I'm soo ****ing tempted to send my nexus 5x back and get the op3. 400 bucks is a steal with those specs. Also your SOT looks good. Are you using a dark theme and a dark wallpaper or not? From what I've read it comes prerooted?
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Nope. Actually refrained from using the dark theme to see how well the battery does. And my wallpaper is the default never settle wallpaper. And no, it doesn't come pre-rooted.

K.A. said:
Nope. Actually refrained from using the dark theme to see how well the battery does. And my wallpaper is the default never settle wallpaper. And no, it doesn't come pre-rooted.
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Thanks for the info. Rooting that thing shouldn't be too hard anyway. Wonder how much battery you can sqeeze out with a dark theme / wallpaper? Haven't used an oled screen in years, though. Even more tempted now.

Time on: 7h 2m 41s
Computer power use: 534 mAh
I'll PM the Droplr link for the battery stats and SoT screens
I've using the following:
Dark Mode active throughout
Night Mode active throughout [ I REALLY REALLY LOVED IT, so I keep it on all the time.]
Apps used - Gmail, Excel, Word, Dropbox, Apple Music, Pocketcasts, Fenix, Messenger and Whatsapp.
Data usage is split over LTE and WiFi.
Battery was at 5% as I post this
If there is any other stat you'd like to see let me know

I'm getting exactly 5 hrs of sit for the last 2 charge cycles. Completely on wifi. No sim cards for now and moderate usage with low to no gaming.

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the ZTE Axon 7 before depleting the battery.
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One of the better SOT phones I've owned since coming from smaller 4.5 inch screens. I easily get 4 hours on a long day (16 -18 hours off the charger). I watched 2.5 hour movie the other day and did some more stuff. In 8 hours, I had over 5 hours of SOT with 47% battery left.

tele_jas said:
One of the better SOT phones I've owned since coming from smaller 4.5 inch screens. I easily get 4 hours on a long day (16 -18 hours off the charger). I watched 2.5 hour movie the other day and did some more stuff. In 8 hours, I had over 5 hours of SOT with 47% battery left.
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How are you measuring SOT? I can't find it in the stock battery stats.

biglilsteve said:
How are you measuring SOT? I can't find it in the stock battery stats.
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you install an app like BetterBatteryStats .

biglilsteve said:
How are you measuring SOT? I can't find it in the stock battery stats.
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GSam battery monitor.
There is a free version and a paid version, not sure which one this is but it'll get you close: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

djona12 said:
you install an app like BetterBatteryStats .
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Does better battery stats require root? Does it read system stats or does it create its own?
tele_jas said:
GSam battery monitor.
There is a free version and a paid version, not sure which one this is but it'll get you close: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
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I don't like gsam because it doesn't read the SOT from the system. It records it's own stats.

GSam battery monitor allows you to see the stock android battery stats and screen on time from there by going to the menu on the bottom right, clicking more and then Battery Use - Built In. If there is an easier way to get to stock android battery stats, I'd love to know.

biglilsteve said:
Does better battery stats require root? Does it read system stats or does it create its own?
I don't like gsam because it doesn't read the SOT from the system. It records it's own stats.
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"BetterBatteryStats is calling the "batteryinfo" service of Android to retrieve data already lying there without generating overhead" and no it doesn't need root

iznak said:
GSam battery monitor allows you to see the stock android battery stats and screen on time from there by going to the menu on the bottom right, clicking more and then Battery Use - Built In. If there is an easier way to get to stock android battery stats, I'd love to know.
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Good to know, thanks!
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"BetterBatteryStats is calling the "batteryinfo" service of Android to retrieve data already lying there without generating overhead" and no it doesn't need root
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This is exactly what I want. Sweet!

My first not-at-home day, I averaged just under 5hrs SOT in a 14 hour day.

tele_jas said:
One of the better SOT phones I've owned since coming from smaller 4.5 inch screens. I easily get 4 hours on a long day (16 -18 hours off the charger). I watched 2.5 hour movie the other day and did some more stuff. In 8 hours, I had over 5 hours of SOT with 47% battery left.
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What settings do you guys have setup? My battery is down to 27% after only 8.5 hours off the charger and not much video watching. How do you have your phone setup concerning gestures and everything? I use the fingerprint unlock and the double tap feature and so far I am not impressed with the battery.

What settings are you using? I'm barely getting10hrs of battery

imp3r10 said:
What settings do you guys have setup? My battery is down to 27% after only 8.5 hours off the charger and not much video watching. How do you have your phone setup concerning gestures and everything? I use the fingerprint unlock and the double tap feature and so far I am not impressed with the battery.
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imp3r10 said:
What settings are you using? I'm barely getting10hrs of battery
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Nothing special, really? It's basically stock, I just disabled some stock apps: Browser, calendar, stock email, Gmail, Hangouts, and stock messaging. Everything else is left alone.... I even installed the actual Facebook app (aka: battery eater) for the first time in a few years, since my battery can keep up now.

imp3r10 said:
What settings are you using? I'm barely getting10hrs of battery
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You either have very bad wakelocks or you've got a LOT of screen on time.

xxBrun0xx said:
You either have very bad wakelocks or you've got a LOT of screen on time.
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No screen on time. I am in an area where I get no service and was using WiFi, so today I turned on Airplane mode and then WiFi and it seems to work a lot better. though I still need to investigate is battery drain is bad when using the phone in normal service area.

imp3r10 said:
No screen on time. I am in an area where I get no service and was using WiFi, so today I turned on Airplane mode and then WiFi and it seems to work a lot better. though I still need to investigate is battery drain is bad when using the phone in normal service area.
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Sounds like wakelocks to me

This is the best phone I've owned in terms of battery life. With nova launcher and using nova's battery widget I can see my SOT. I average 5:30 which is alot for me. I have gotten as much as 6:40! This is all usually over 12-28 hrs. The phone is just phenomenal, just wish the camera was better.

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This is the best phone I've owned in terms of battery life. With nova launcher and using nova's battery widget I can see my SOT. I average 5:30 which is alot for me. I have gotten as much as 6:40! This is all usually over 12-28 hrs. The phone is just phenomenal, just wish the camera was better.
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I would believe it. I got about 5 hours in my last run. What I think ate up about 20% was listening to music through the speakers.. The phone drained faster than normal Witt the speakers on at max volume.. Which makes sense and is 5000% tolerable because how amazing they sound.
Furthermore, if I could get some stronger cell phone signal, that would help with screen on time too. I never have no signal, but I never see over two bars of signal either.

Sorry about double post.. Forgot to include second one..

Ok, I thought this was a battery beast but I think I was wrong. I don't expect any phone's battery indicator to be totally accurate but I've noticed that if I top the A7 up a little the battery doesn't drain *at all* for a long time. I've been letting it go down to 30% then topping it up to 40% where it stays without moving even while I'm streaming music and surfing for half an hour. Fishy.
I thought that as I was on about 3:30 sot at 40% I'd let it go down further to see if it would reach 5 hours. Three charging cycles in a row the phone has hit 19% and then reported that it's empty and shut down.
EU model build B03.