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I have decided to buy a new Desire phone.I read on many forums that battery backup on Desire is very very bad.I need this phone for gaming atleast 1 hour a day.Whether there are any tricks to increase the battery or the battery backup has no problem?
Desire's battery consumption isn't so good, but to play 1 hour a day, is ok even with stock roms.
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What is the standby time if i give a full charge?
If you're not using it could be around 5 days.
With moderate use 2 days.
Heavy usage 24h.
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I think with heavy usage phone working 24 hours is not too bad.Tell me what will be the battery life with the following usage:
1.5 hours gaming,1 hour browsing,1 hour music,45 minutes running apps and always running a live wallpaper.
Probably around 24-36 hours.
Is a bit impossibile to know how your battery will "live" with this usage, because not all apps have the same battery drain... so, we can only imagine...
Live wallpapers use a lot of battery, wi-fi drain is more than 2g/3g network drain... i think that using MIUI or AOSP rom, with this usage, you can stay 24h without recharge... with stock roms 12-16 hours maximum...
Sorry if my english isn't perfect
k3lcior said:
Probably around 24-36 hours.
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Agree, around 36 hours.
And also,Can it run latest games without any lag?I need a phone with this budget.I selected Motorola Defy and this one.Which is better?
both are good devices...
ShotMe said:
both are good devices...
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But select anyone from those two.
From these two Desire, but in this price range there is also Samsung Galaxy S which is slightly better from hardware point of view but i would get Desire anyways.
Galaxy S's price is higher in our country.120$ more than these phones.I need a good phone in 340$-360$ price range.And what about HTC Google Nexus One and Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro?
Hey guys...im thinking of buying this awesome phone but there is one concern which is the battery life of this phone, i have searched many places, read many reviews, all were mixed. So i decided to open a thread here and ask the actual users of this phone about the battery.
please report how many hours you get wth a single charge and what activities you perform..
im not a very heavy user, but use my wifi from time to time, dont use 3g at ALL, one hour of games. mostly browsing stuff, checking mails,twitter,gplus,news and all.
sorry for making a new thread for this
Thanks in advance
You can't measure battery like that, each user has a unique way of using their phone.
With the usage you describe it will last you until you're back at a charger, at least 12 hrs with 2-3 hrs screen time.
I would consider myself a heavy user. I watch about an hour of video every day via YouTube and have wifi and data always enabled. I do have to say I run a custom rom and kernel and that has significantly improved battery life since I bought it. I usually finish a days use with about 20-40% before charging again. It's hard to say since everyone uses their phones very differently, but compared to other android phones I have owned this is by no means a battery whore (any more).
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Battery life for me is worse than any Android device I've ever owned (see my signature), by far, even with the same amount of usage.
Best ever was my UV/UC Nexus One. I miss that metallic masterpiece.
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RTContent said:
I would consider myself a heavy user. I watch about an hour of video every day via YouTube and have wifi and data always enabled. I do have to say I run a custom rom and kernel and that has significantly improved battery life since I bought it. I usually finish a days use with about 20-40% before charging again. It's hard to say since everyone uses their phones very differently, but compared to other android phones I have owned this is by no means a battery whore (any more).
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What are you using. Iv installed a few roms and kernels and my battery is still horrible. With little use too! Im in school all day where I get a perfect 4g signal. Yet the phone still drains battery.
Vangelis13 said:
You can't measure battery like that, each user has a unique way of using their phone.
With the usage you describe it will last you until you're back at a charger, at least 12 hrs with 2-3 hrs screen time.
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i know we cant measure the battery life like that, and its not my first android devices, i have used htc wildfire, and gakaxy i9003.
i was asking compared to others is the battery satisfying ?
You're looking at 3-4 hours of screen on time per day on average.
I've had it last for almost 3 days (very minimal use) or 6 hours (very heavy use, 5hrs 16mins screen on time)
Depends how you use it.
And to ryjabo, the battery life in this is better than the nexus s. Definitely.
The GSM version gets very good battery, especially if you are not a heavy user. The Verizon sprint version gets bad battery. I go 8 hours and have 70% left with 1 hour display time. This phone idles very very well. On wifi all day is even better.
mitchell4500 said:
What are you using. Iv installed a few roms and kernels and my battery is still horrible. With little use too! Im in school all day where I get a perfect 4g signal. Yet the phone still drains battery.
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Well for starters I have a gsm phone, not lte and I'm sure that helps a lot with battery. Apart from that I'm on cm9s latest build with Francos latest nightly.
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I have the Google Play GSM version, rooted but with no special power tweaks. Yesterday I didn't use it very heavily (< 1 hour screen on), and last night I had 82% remaining after 16.5 hours. That was with wi-fi on all day. It definitely seems like the screen is the most power-hungry component, and it typically accounts for about 50% of my battery usage.
Ryjabo said:
Battery life for me is worse than any Android device I've ever owned (see my signature), by far, even with the same amount of usage.
Best ever was my UV/UC Nexus One. I miss that metallic masterpiece.
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Worse than the EPIC 4G??????? Wow.
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moizsami said:
Hey guys...im thinking of buying this awesome phone but there is one concern which is the battery life of this phone, i have searched many places, read many reviews, all were mixed. So i decided to open a thread here and ask the actual users of this phone about the battery.
please report how many hours you get wth a single charge and what activities you perform..
im not a very heavy user, but use my wifi from time to time, dont use 3g at ALL, one hour of games. mostly browsing stuff, checking mails,twitter,gplus,news and all.
sorry for making a new thread for this
Thanks in advance
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You should expect mixed reviews for this phone. This phone targets developers. Developers know all the intricates of a device and benchmark it against other hardware.
The Gnex is on par with the Photon 4G and has a better battery life than the EPIC 4G. (for me). I stick to stock roms and only change the kernel.
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What are you using. Iv installed a few roms and kernels and my battery is still horrible. With little use too! Im in school all day where I get a perfect 4g signal. Yet the phone still drains battery.
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Yeah the fact that you're even connected to 4g all day is probably why your battery life sucks. I always stay on 3g when im not on WiFi unless i need to download something or do some browsing or what not.
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If this its not good /great i dont know what it is
Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3
Off late my Gnex is draining a lot of battery while making calls. a 15-16 mins call is draining the battery by 4-5% atleast. Overall I'm getting screen time of around 3.5 - 4 hours on my stock, rooted Gnex when I am making only a few calls. I'm using the stock dialer.
Can anyone please help me out?
kaushikd said:
Off late my Gnex is draining a lot of battery while making calls. a 15-16 mins call is draining the battery by 4-5% atleast. Overall I'm getting screen time of around 3.5 - 4 hours on my stock, rooted Gnex when I am making only a few calls. I'm using the stock dialer.
Can anyone please help me out?
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Geez mate, I gotta tell ya.. That seems like reasonable screen time and talk drain to me. How old is this device, and especially, how old is the battery?
Stupendousman2012 said:
Geez mate, I gotta tell ya.. That seems like reasonable screen time and talk drain to me. How old is this device, and especially, how old is the battery?
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It wasn't like that earlier. I have no issues with screen time, only a call is draining the battery much faster than it used to do. The battery and phone both are almost 1.5 years old.
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After 1.5 years, your battery is still providing about 6.6 hours of talk time out of approx 8hrs when brand new, assuming you're on 3G.
I would estimate this to be about what you can expect after that amount of time, give or take.
I wonder if a new battery would solve the issue?
What was your average drain previously?
Stupendousman2012 said:
After 1.5 years, your battery is still providing about 6.6 hours of talk time out of approx 8hrs when brand new, assuming you're on 3G.
I would estimate this to be about what you can expect after that amount of time, give or take.
I wonder if a new battery would solve the issue?
What was your average drain previously?
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I'm always on 2g network. I can understand the battery is getting old. I was wondering if I reflash ta radio, will it help? Earlier I used to a get around 8-8.5 hrs of talktime.
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kaushikd said:
I'm always on 2g network. I can understand the battery is getting old. I was wondering if I reflash ta radio, will it help? Earlier I used to a get around 8-8.5 hrs of talktime.
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Try with the radio or do a factory reset
Hi all:
I have just purchased my desire 816 dual sim last saturday! However, I have found that the battery drain is quite significant! I didn't use the phone often. Just using FB and web surfing for 10 minutes and leave it for another 36 minutes alone, but the battery drops by 6%!!!! I have turned on the ART mode and battery save mode, but it doesn't help much!
Anyone has the same experience as I have?
iamwyim said:
Hi all:
I have just purchased my desire 816 dual sim last saturday! However, I have found that the battery drain is quite significant! I didn't use the phone often. Just using FB and web surfing for 10 minutes and leave it for another 36 minutes alone, but the battery drops by 6%!!!! I have turned on the ART mode and battery save mode, but it doesn't help much!
Anyone has the same experience as I have?
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Bought the 4G version yesterday. Battery is nice.. 11 hrs of normal usage & still 62% remaining
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hi i have also the dual sim version,im having a good batterylife with my desire.
just uninstall or disable some rogue apps.
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The battery is amazing
It last 16 hrs in normal usage
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fshami said:
Bought the 4G version yesterday. Battery is nice.. 11 hrs of normal usage & still 62% remaining
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+1. Very useful phone....best battery....enjoy
Good battery usage for me as well
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Hello,
The battery life on this phone is pretty amazing, the 2,600mAh battery does work well.
I guess your problem can be with the network reception.
If you use 3G and aren't getting proper signals, the phone strives hard to search for a better signal, and hence in that case, that keeps the processor awake, and it leads in the mre consumption of battery than usual.
I would recommend you to switch to 2G mode, or Wi-Fi if possible. And then observe for sometime. If ever your problem isn't solved after trying what I wrote above, try uninstalling any 3rd party apps that you think are useless, (Not 100% sure about this, because Android does manage it's apps well, and there are very less chances of battery drain through an app) or you can then try to let the HTC Service guys know your issue, and I hope they do something for you.
Good luck.
Battery drain
iamwyim said:
Hi all:
I have just purchased my desire 816 dual sim last saturday! However, I have found that the battery drain is quite significant! I didn't use the phone often. Just using FB and web surfing for 10 minutes and leave it for another 36 minutes alone, but the battery drops by 6%!!!! I have turned on the ART mode and battery save mode, but it doesn't help much!
Anyone has the same experience as I have?
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R u still facing this issue ?
My battery goes dead in 3-4 hours with moderate usage.
My Gps,sync is off n all possible things mentioned on net have been applied for battery saving.
Plz help i bought this phone 2 days back....everything is awesome except this.
king.huzefa said:
R u still facing this issue ?
My battery goes dead in 3-4 hours with moderate usage.
My Gps,sync is off n all possible things mentioned on net have been applied for battery saving.
Plz help i bought this phone 2 days back....everything is awesome except this.
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Force Stop Google+.. its a battery killer
Battery of my wifez Butterfly was also draining in 3 to 4 hours time without usage & same happened to my 816 after adding another Google account
After force stopping Google +, battery life is normal
fshami said:
Force Stop Google+.. its a battery killer
Battery of my wifez Butterfly was also draining in 3 to 4 hours time without usage & same happened to my 816 after adding another Google account
After force stopping Google +, battery life is normal
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I have disabled it and many other apps i dont use mate...
Still its dropping like anything.
My battery has given me 4 hrs of usage till date on full charge.
I had updated my software when i got the phone...is that the reason ?
Please do the following
Press and hold the power button then you will get this 4 options to power off and reboot
Now touch n hold the power off n u shall get an option to reboot in safe mode
Reboot the phone in safe mode and observe the battery if it's fine then it's the apps that u have installed if not then you need to visit a service center
Press thank button if helped
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htc desire battery draining superfast
Can someone give me a solution to two problems:
1. I bought HTC desire 816 dual SIM two days back and it's battery is draining super fast. Within a couple of hours battery goes to 50 percent whereas I am not into gaming etc. Very average usage. I read good reviews about the battery life and bought this phone . Can someone help? Is this a defective piece?
2. If I have disabled an app, and then enabled it, where do I see the shortcut from. For example polaris. I disabled and enabled it. Now when I search in settings< apps it shows but I can't find it in the apps menu. How do I use it again?
Thanks
zsurana said:
Can someone give me a solution to two problems:
1. I bought HTC desire 816 dual SIM two days back and it's battery is draining super fast. Within a couple of hours battery goes to 50 percent whereas I am not into gaming etc. Very average usage. I read good reviews about the battery life and bought this phone . Can someone help? Is this a defective piece?
2. If I have disabled an app, and then enabled it, where do I see the shortcut from. For example polaris. I disabled and enabled it. Now when I search in settings< apps it shows but I can't find it in the apps menu. How do I use it again?
Thanks
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1. Force Stop Google + & enable power saver
2. Restart the phone
SAME ISSUE. brought it a week ago.
iamwyim said:
Hi all:
I have just purchased my desire 816 dual sim last saturday! However, I have found that the battery drain is quite significant! I didn't use the phone often. Just using FB and web surfing for 10 minutes and leave it for another 36 minutes alone, but the battery drops by 6%!!!! I have turned on the ART mode and battery save mode, but it doesn't help much!
Anyone has the same experience as I have?
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sorry my english is so POOR......
same here.i brought BRAND NEW PHONE.
but its getting so fast bettry low. when i full charge its reduceing bettery level so fast.
my phone shows its 4.4.2 but i cant see kitkat wallpapers.
its sense 5.5 and its show sometims chinies letters when its turing on.
and camera not good quality.its like 5MP. but front is perfect.
i saw in GSM ARENA its stand by mode it more than 200HOURS.but its not.
please some help us to slove this.
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sorry my english is so POOR......
same here.i brought BRAND NEW PHONE.
but its getting so fast bettry low. when i full charge its reduceing bettery level so fast.
my phone shows its 4.4.2 but i cant see kitkat wallpapers.
its sense 5.5 and its show sometims chinies letters when its turing on.
and camera not good quality.its like 5MP. but front is perfect.
i saw in GSM ARENA its stand by mode it more than 200HOURS.but its not.
please some help us to slove this.
See mine is single SIM, data always on either 4G or wifi with atleast 2 hrs of audio play on speakers with full volume, browsing, whatsapp, facebook..
Will get a dual sim for my wifie today .. lets c how it will go
C this
I want to buy a g3 i heard that this phone is really good on every aspect, but someone told me that the battery life isn't that good and the battery easily heats up.
Is that true?
I have one more question, I know nothing about android so my question is can I use stock android 5.0 on g3 instead of what lg is giving me on the phone?
Thanks.
Battery is great on stock lollipop, I get 5 hours of screen time and 24-25 hours total.
There is no stock android on the G3, closest thing are CM roms.
Like said, battery is good. Could be better I believe but it is good. Getting also like 5 hours SOT.
At the moment there is only CM 12 that is close to AOSP Lollipop.
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DogoCAp said:
I want to buy a g3 i heard that this phone is really good on every aspect, but someone told me that the battery life isn't that good and the battery easily heats up.
Is that true?
I have one more question, I know nothing about android so my question is can I use stock android 5.0 on g3 instead of what lg is giving me on the phone?
Thanks.
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odd im only getting 3 hours sot :/
Really depends on what your doing with this screen on time browsing,watching video,playing games
Also what brightness settings each user is using so results will vary