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hello my phone doesnt last 1 day of charge and it says 40% is due to display/screen can anyone help me?
alvespt said:
hello my phone doesnt last 1 day of charge and it says 40% is due to display/screen can anyone help me?
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You can lower your brightness if it is not already at the lowest setting.
Unfortunately, the galaxy nexus has poor battery life. You could also try turning off data when you don't need it.
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the screen is at lowest and it doesnt make sense turning of data if the problem is from screen right?
I'm having the exact same issue. Screen is totally eating up my battery life. It took 30 minutes for the battery to go down by like 10%. And the screen is 40% of the battery life issue.
Arrio said:
Unfortunately, the galaxy nexus has poor battery life.
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Maybe I just don't use the screen as much as you, but I don't find this to be true for me. I find it has great battery life. I don't sit for hours with the screen on, but I do regularly text and check emails throughout the day, do a bit of web browsing, take some calls, and play some Angry Birds or other games in the evening. The screen is always at the top of the list for battery usage, but even on an extreme day I still have more than 30% battery left by the time I go to bed. I throw it on the charger and I'm ready to go again in the morning.
I disagree that the Galaxy Nexus has poor battery life, in general. I would argue that: all high-end phones have "poor" battery life because of all the things they do (especially 720p screens), your personal use of it consumes a lot of power and you could benefit from an extended battery, or you have a faulty device.
hi there, i do that exact same things with no games, so less usage but i get less than a day... i love the phone but the batery is just no working...
I don't understand why people don't get that when you have a screen that is 4.65'' it will destroy the battery life. My screen use is always at 60% or more but yet I still get good battery life. The screen is going to use the majority of your battery when compared to other things, that's just how it is.
sorry but thats not the point, when you pay 700 for a top phone, that is suposed to be the google experience to carry arround wiith you and you can only get 10 hours of battery time something went wrong in the process...
Most phones are $600 to $700, and name one 4g phone that will last more than 10 hours with moderate use and no extended battery, just not going to happen. You need to reset your expectations.
GN battery is giving lots of trouble, too. I picked up the phone from charge and it was 100% charged. ! hour of usage with 3g on. Usage includes 1 hours or music and reading of pdf books simultaniously and battery is dropped to 61%.
alvespt said:
sorry but thats not the point, when you pay 700 for a top phone, that is suposed to be the google experience to carry arround wiith you and you can only get 10 hours of battery time something went wrong in the process...
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I think you should take a look at every other android phone that has come out with the same specs in the last year. Everything from the EVO 3d to the thunderbolt have their default battery's not last more than around 6-8 hours with constant use because of the screen & processors.
THis is why Verizon offered the extended batteries at a discounted rate right off the bat, because default batteries have never ever lasted that long in topof the line smartphones. FFS the new iphone 4s I've heard from a friend that their phones don't even last 24 hours.
I have a galaxy nexus, and mine has lasted... let me see.. one sec...1 day 3 hours and 25sec's with 35% left. (of course I have the extended battery) but here's the kicker: the extended battery has basically the same back as the regular phone does. so if they so desired, verizon could technically put out another extended battery just like all the rest of the phones, but they might not do that. I'm content with the battery life as it is almost identical as the droid X from which I came. The only difference is since I have a lot of un-updated apps for ice cream sandwich one of them is using "mediaserver" A LOT. I'm talking about that being the top of my battery draining with the screen being second. They both have taken ~20% with android OS itself taking 13, PlayerPro taking 13, and other random things like calls and txt msging taking ~10% each.
So I would suggest not trying to watch a lot of stuff on your phone while on battery, or don't expect your battery to survive long while watching stuff on that great screen
hymn thanks for the feedback so the only solution I see would be to go for a bigger battery. I'm from Portugal were could I buy one and whays the power?
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If your screen usage is less than 50%, it be more worried about what else is killing your battery........
Has anyone got a decent case with a battery in it?
as the nexus 5 does seem to have a not too good battery life.
(considering this device)
Seriously? I'm getting 14 to 16 hours with 6+ hours screen on time. It's not bad if you ask me.
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I agree. I'm getting better battery life than any phone I have owned, without rooting and messing with cpu governors, or adding an unwieldy 3000+ mah aftermarket battery.
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wow
from what I'v heard in reviews its not great, was about 5 reviews.
hmmm, Ill look into that a bit more
also geekphone.com is showing a not too great battery life
No, your not wrong, the phone is going to have less talk time than some of its larger battery packing competitors given the same use, physics works as they say. I'm on the lookout myself but have yet to see anything.
It could could be a software and hardware thing, as samsung does take a big dump on android. Pure android and especially 4.4 theoretically should have a lower power consumption.
how long does it generally last when mid-heavily used?
I can't comment on battery life, but I can tell you you won't be seeing a battery case. Only 2 products sell enough to make it a reasonable expense to develop: The newest iPhone, and the newest Galaxy S.
Zurginator said:
I can't comment on battery life, but I can tell you you won't be seeing a battery case. Only 2 products sell enough to make it a reasonable expense to develop: The newest iPhone, and the newest Galaxy S.
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I disagree, my DHD had quite a few and it didn't have that many sales (probably less than nexus 5 in a month or so)
I'm getting much better battery life than any previous phones I've had. I can squeeze about two full days out of it with about 3-4 hours of screen on time. If I use it a lot (6+ hours screen on) or do battery heavy tasks (play a lot of games, talk on the phone a lot), then it still lasts a full day (from wake up to sleep). Unless you absolutely abhor charging your phone every night, I don't think it's worth the unnecessary bulk of a battery case.
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I'm getting much better battery life than any previous phones I've had. I can squeeze about two full days out of it with about 3-4 hours of screen on time. If I use it a lot (6+ hours screen on) or do battery heavy tasks (play a lot of games, talk on the phone a lot), then it still lasts a full day (from wake up to sleep). Unless you absolutely abhor charging your phone every night, I don't think it's worth the unnecessary bulk of a battery case.
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Is this on stock? I understand that diff configs will have diff results. When I go to bed, I usually have about 40% left with 15 hours run time about and 1 hour of screen time. This is with two gmail accounts syncing, facebook and everything on. It's not bad but nowhere near 6 hours of screen time. Especially if I play a game like Asphalt 8. The battery drops like crazy. Not complaining, but I would love to have 6 hours of screen time.
I contacted Mophie to see if they had plans to make a case for the N5. I just got a pretty generic email back but looked like they would be working on something for the N5.
PsychDrummer said:
Is this on stock? I understand that diff configs will have diff results. When I go to bed, I usually have about 40% left with 15 hours run time about and 1 hour of screen time. This is with two gmail accounts syncing, facebook and everything on. It's not bad but nowhere near 6 hours of screen time. Especially if I play a game like Asphalt 8. The battery drops like crazy. Not complaining, but I would love to have 6 hours of screen time.
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I didn't make it clear enough in my post, but when I said 6 hours of screen on time or battery heavy tasks, I meant one or the other but not both. If I play games or do a lot of battery heavy tasks,t hen it doesn't last anywhere near two days. I might get 6 hours screen on time if I don't play any games, make no phone calls for the day (which is odd, I do admit), and mostly browse the internet, text, view pictures, check facebook, things of that nature. On average, I get anywhere between 2-4 hours screen on time with usually an hour of gaming, mostly texting, browsing, and other small stuff like that. It usually lasts me 2 days. It's not fantastic battery life, but definitely better than my S3 and my Atrix before that.
EDIT: I didn't use my phone much at all today. I've got about 10 minutes of phone calls and an hour of screen on time, 13 hours total, and I'm sitting at 72%. You might want to check what is using the most battery in your battery settings or download an alternate app. Screen is typically using 2 to 3 times more than the next thing under it (which for me is WiFi).
Hi, so basically I wanted to know how fact peoples' battery drains depending on the app. My brightness is on 50% with adjustment off. When I am using twitter it goes down by 1% in about 10-12minutes. But when I use Facebook or LectureNotes (main worry) its about 4 or 5 % per minute. Could someone do a test using these app and compare? All the things like GPS, blutetooth are off, wifi always on.
@kamilsss: You can see battery usage in the `battery´ section of your device's system settings.
I know you can, my concern is that my battery seems to be draining a little bit quicker than it should be when I compare it to others' notes
Same Issue Over Here..
Just Bought SM-P600 In "Open Box - No Signs Of Use" Condition From Amazon Warehouse.
I Play Clash Of clans Or a Video Over Wifi And Battery Dead After 1-2 hours Top.....
itaybl said:
Just Bought SM-P600 In "Open Box - No Signs Of Use" Condition From Amazon Warehouse.
I Play Clash Of clans Or a Video Over Wifi And Battery Dead After 1-2 hours Top.....
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Clash of Clans is a battery destroyer, no matter what device.
I bought my tablet 1 month after release. It's now 1.5 years old. I wonder if we are starting to near that magical point where Li-ion batteries start to lose capacity due to age?
jak341 said:
Clash of Clans is a battery destroyer, no matter what device.
I bought my tablet 1 month after release. It's now 1.5 years old. I wonder if we are starting to near that magical point where Li-ion batteries start to lose capacity due to age?
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I got mine about then also and just replaced the battery, it lasts alot longer now. I charged mine over 900 times. The only reason I know cause of a app that keeps count of how many times the battery is charged, the spen is taken out and headphones plugged in plus some other things. I went for a little bit expensive battery but totally worth it. I don't even have to charge the battery everyday like I had to before replacing it.
mikep2323 said:
I got mine about then also and just replaced the battery, it lasts alot longer now. I charged mine over 900 times. The only reason I know cause of a app that keeps count of how many times the battery is charged, the spen is taken out and headphones plugged in plus some other things. I went for a little bit expensive battery but totally worth it. I don't even have to charge the battery everyday like I had to before replacing it.
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I may have to try it. I watched some videos on YouTube and it looked pretty simple.
jak341 said:
I may have to try it. I watched some videos on YouTube and it looked pretty simple.
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it was pretty easy. I did have to open it 2 more times to get it right but it was my fault. The first time a cable was loose and second time I didn't pop the power button in right so I couldn't turn off. Its all good now and definitely worth buying. It was a bit expensive but I didn't want a chance of getting a bootleg cheap one. I got it from new power 99. It came with all the tools and instructions on a DVD but I used you tube.
How much was it? I am thinking about changing my battery as well
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How much was it? I am thinking about changing my battery as well
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Around 65 dollars. I got from new power 99 and they have a guarantee for 1 year. I saw other samsung ones for alot cheaper but they come from china and I didn't want to get a bootleg one. I went with one a little more money and it was worth it.
I have the SM-T700 and am running latest CM nightly for it. I have noticed in last month or so that the battery absolutely plummets if i play a game. Doesnt seem to matter what game it is but it will drop quick. For example, just went from 70% to about 10% in less than 30 minutes of playing. I can watch videos, browse internet, etc for hours and hours and battery slowly creeps down like normal with no big drops. In the battery stats when it makes the drops it will show the huge drop in the graph but based on the percentages for the different apps it wont show any that are huge battery users (for example: when it just dropped 60% in less than 30 minutes the game i was playing on showed 6% in the battery stats page). Ive seen a few other threads where folks seem to think this is a battery issue but since its only one type of app doing this it has to be a software issue in my opinion. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Does your tablet turn off before the battery level reaches 0%, or big jumps in battery power left, like showing 10% left while gaming, but after gaming it jumps up to say 40%, if so you need to calibrate the battery.
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-calibrate-the-battery-on-your-android-device
If you have done a lot of heavy gaming on your tablet, it can cause the battery to fail a lot sooner than it normally would, but you say your battery seems fine when you watch video or browse the internet.
The T700 is reported to have an problem with the battery connector becoming loose, which give flickering screen and unexpected shutdowns
John.
Thanks. I will try the calibration on it and see if that helps. I dont game on it much and i dont think its battery failure since it will last nice long time when doing anything else. I havent tried to see if it actually shuts off when it gets to zero so maybe i will try that tonight before the calibration just to see if it does that.
The faster you drain power from a battery the less battery power you get out, example an 1000mah battery if you drain 200ma out of the battery you will get approx 1000mah out of it, but if you drain 500ma from the same battery you might only get 800ma out of it, as the battery chokes with high current drain, but you should not get as massive drains that you get, it`s complicated.
John
DaveWW00 said:
Thanks. I will try the calibration on it and see if that helps. I dont game on it much and i dont think its battery failure since it will last nice long time when doing anything else. I havent tried to see if it actually shuts off when it gets to zero so maybe i will try that tonight before the calibration just to see if it does that.
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i've tried all kinds of things and still have this issue. very very annoying. can watch videos practically all day on it but the second i run a game the battery drops insanely quick (i watched it once go from 75% to 14% in less than 5 minutes). whats annoying is the battery isnt actually that low. if i let it shutdown when it gets to 0% or restart it myself it will boot back up and say 30,40,50,60+%. The battery is lasting as long as it should doing this stuff but the stupid OS doesnt realize it. Tried recalibrating the battery- didnt help at all. Have updated to latest CM nightlies- didnt help at all. Scoured through the settings to see if there is something that could be doing this- nothing. I was hoping i could download an old CM nightly since i think its a problem in there but cant get one from their website older that a few days ago. I think late June or so it wasnt doing this so it would be nice if i could get one from back then to try. anybody know where i can find those still? (CM website has download links but they all give 404 errors) or does anybody have other suggestions to try and fix this (I am open to other ROMs at this point). Thanks!
You are running on cm try slimlp or blisspop if you're on blisspop under clock CPU to 1.5ghz and done heat problem and little battery problem fix I was on cm played games every games drops 1% every half minute or 1 min
Switched to blisspop and lowered CPU Max to 1.5...... Like blisspop but still same issue. Any other ideas?
I suggest you need an new battery, you can get them on ebay quite cheap like £9 and the spluger tool is £1 and do the replacement yourself, or buy an quality battery and toolkit for $60, see link below, or take you tablet to an phone/tablet repair shop and let them do the replacement for you.
http://www.newpower99.com/Samsung_G...tery_Kit_p/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-8.4smt700.htm
John.
DaveWW00 said:
Switched to blisspop and lowered CPU Max to 1.5...... Like blisspop but still same issue. Any other ideas?
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Exactly what issues you have
rookie12 said:
Exactly what issues you have
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Can browse web, watch movies, use most apps but as soon as i play a game the battery level plummets.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
I suggest you need an new battery, you can get them on ebay quite cheap like £9 and the spluger tool is £1 and do the replacement yourself, or buy an quality battery and toolkit for $60, see link below, or take you tablet to an phone/tablet repair shop and let them do the replacement for you.
http://www.newpower99.com/Samsung_G...tery_Kit_p/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-8.4smt700.htm
John.
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ill give that a try maybe. annoying since this isnt too old of a tablet and i really dont use it that much. the battery life is there for everything else, just not games for some reason.
Gaming and other high drain applications can really damage a battery quite quick, Tablets and Phones are not really mean for gaming as the battery`s cannot handle the fast drain.
If it`s still in warranty get it fixed or replaced.
John.
DaveWW00 said:
ill give that a try maybe. annoying since this isnt too old of a tablet and i really dont use it that much. the battery life is there for everything else, just not games for some reason.
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Try touchwiz or go back to stock Sammy ROM then play the same game still same issue then your battery is busted I had the same issue on CM with gaming go back touch wiz everything is fine no back on slim lp everything fine till now and which game do you play?
Hi, I bought my wife a used 2014 edition some months ago and it seemed to work great but the battery didn't last very long. Recently I started playing a few games on it and realized that the problem was worse than I thought. It would say it was at say 60% but after 5 minutes playing a game it would go into power saving mode and be at around 14%. So I bought a new battery and it does the exact same thing! When I go into the battery setting it doesn't show anything using much power but something drains the battery as soon as you use it for almost anything.
Has anyone seen this before. If it doesn't tell me what app is draining the battery, how can I fix this? thanks
you are preaching to the choir. this is a big problem with these. the batteries are honestly easy enough to change but it is pretty much impossible to find an actual samsung replacement. they are all cheap knock offs that cant handle the voltages of the tablet which causes its own set of problems. I got one and it does help get more out of it but when you do anything too intense especially with less than 60% the thing will just shut off. total bummer. there are a lot of batteries out there just be careful of what you buy. and if you find a good replacement let us know!
I found a thread that seems to attribute this to faulty battery connection to the motherboard and someone who can weld can fix the problem. Has anyone else had success with this? thanks
nate39 said:
Hi, I bought my wife a used 2014 edition some months ago and it seemed to work great but the battery didn't last very long. Recently I started playing a few games on it and realized that the problem was worse than I thought. It would say it was at say 60% but after 5 minutes playing a game it would go into power saving mode and be at around 14%. So I bought a new battery and it does the exact same thing! When I go into the battery setting it doesn't show anything using much power but something drains the battery as soon as you use it for almost anything.
Has anyone seen this before. If it doesn't tell me what app is draining the battery, how can I fix this? thanks
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As graffix31 said, this is a common issue. If you contact Samsung, they should be able to tell you where you can get a direct factory replacement battery (if they are even available still). Other than that, all you can really get is aftermarket ones that, like graffix31 said, can't handle heavy loads. I can vouch for that myself. Replacing my battery was definately an improvement over the old battery. I still have some issues though, but I've found ways to avoid them. If you are rooted, with any cpu management app, you can shut down 1 of the cores and reduce the maximum output of the others. This prevents mine from overloading the battery. It isn't ideal, but it works.