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ok so I used my phone for about 3 hours last night tweaking things and playing with stuff and didn't charge it overnight and used it a bunch today and the battery indicator looked like it was at about 70%. probably not accurate, but the fact that it's even still on amazes me because it's probably got 8 hours of playing with it and 6 hours of standby and still going strong.
I think a full drain then a full charge might reset the battery indicator for accuracy, I wish we had like a "current widget" for WP7 to see the ma drain.
how you guys doing on HD2 WP7 battery drain? Mine seems to be even better than WM6.5
I have the exact opposite experience as you. My HD2[7]'s battery life is crap. It was fully charged last night and I had left it in my drawer with the Wi-fi off. After coming from work a half hour ago, I saw that the battery was almost drained.
Also, shouldn't the battery icon show the plug when the phone is being charged? My phone is on and booted into WP7, the red light is showing but the battery icon shows no animation or the plug. EDIT: WTF IT FROZE ON ME, I had to remove the battery!
Finally, what's with the random reboots? I've seen 2 already.
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Finally, what's with the random reboots? I've seen 2 already.
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I think its something related to the SD cards you are using.
If the Sd card you are using is not compatible with WP7 then you will get random reboots.
And the main thing here is that there is no specific way to know which SD card will work and which wont work with WP7
By the way my battery is somewhat draining faster than the Android I was using on my HD2
05081983 said:
I think its something related to the SD cards you are using.
If the Sd card you are using is not compatible with WP7 then you will get random reboots.
And the main thing here is that there is no specific way to know which SD card will work and which wont work with WP7
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we know which sd cards work on official wp7 devices.
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we know which sd cards work on official wp7 devices.
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What I meant to say was, we don't know which SD card will work with WP7 on HD2.
I wasn't talking about the official WP7
Well the stock 16gig TMOUS card works just fine.
my battery seems to be fine, i use my scale based on my school schedual. with android from 7 am to 4 pm around 50 to 40 percent.
today running wp7 i unplugged it around 8is and about 6 is it had very little black on the battery icon. im going ot charge it up fully, then kill it, to see if that helps reset the battery stats
Well when i first flashed WP7 my battery was over lasting.. After i manually rebooted because i just felt like doing so, my battery has started to drain a little bit to fast.
Are there any marketplace apps that can monitor this stuff yet?
Update: Last night, after making sure that my phone was fully charged, I turned off the wifi and removed the SIM card and didn't touch the phone again until a half hour ago (about 12 hours standby time in total). The indicator is showing about 50% battery life remaining. This SUCKS, and any helpful comments about this will be appreciated.
just considering its not supposed to be on the phone...
also what theme are you using
and since microsd polling it may have a lot of impact on standard battery life...
plus, let's be real, it is an htc...they're not battery efficient
domineus said:
just considering its not supposed to be on the phone...
also what theme are you using
and since microsd polling it may have a lot of impact on standard battery life...
plus, let's be real, it is an htc...they're not battery efficient
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Here are my settings: Dark background theme, purple (hate the color normally, but somehow manages to look nice on the HD2), 30 seconds lockscreen timeout, Wifi off, Location off.
I tried removing the MicroSD, but the phone then becomes unusable with frequent freezes and reboots. I'd love to check if the card is affecting battery life if the damn phone would let me to.
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I have the exact opposite experience as you. My HD2[7]'s battery life is crap. It was fully charged last night and I had left it in my drawer with the Wi-fi off. After coming from work a half hour ago, I saw that the battery was almost drained.
Also, shouldn't the battery icon show the plug when the phone is being charged? My phone is on and booted into WP7, the red light is showing but the battery icon shows no animation or the plug. EDIT: WTF IT FROZE ON ME, I had to remove the battery!
Finally, what's with the random reboots? I've seen 2 already.
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HTC puts bad batteries in their 4.3" phones. They've been using 1230 mAh batteries forever (over a year). Blackberry curves come with 1150 mAh batteries so you can see what that size is somewhat optimized for: feature phones and smartphones with small non-touch screens.
Most smartphones with a 4"+ screen running Android or WP7 have 1400+ mAh batteries (the i4 and Droid X also have 1400, Galaxy S and Incredible have 1500). That's why the battery life is bad.
And it's also the reason why I've never really given the phone much consideration - the battery and the TFT LCD screen they used on it.
That being said, the battery life depends on you usage. When I used my HD2 as myprimary device the battery life was terrible. Once I got my Vibrant and used it only as a PMP, the battery life was terrific because it didn't have a SIM Card and I only used it on WiFi and to play Music and Videos.
But people who use Curve 3Gs as their primary devices and are constantly BBMing and/or SMSing people in addition to calls report days-worth of uptime (emphasis on the plural).
My battery life is on par with what it was on android (about 12-16 hours with moderate usage of web, email, facebook, and heavy twitter) and its configured the same was as my android:
1) wifi is on when I need it (maybe 20-45 minutes a day for some marketplace downloads or something)
2) location is always on
3) screen is set to manual, low and 3 minute time-out
4) I have 3 IMAP email accounts that check between every 15 minutes and every 30 minutes.
5) I have a VERY active twitter account that updates every few minutes (not sure exactly as it doesn't appear to be live tile integrated)
6) facebook and google sync
7) HTC HUB is usually running updating the weather and stocks as often as it likes
8) dark brown theme
9) ringer off and no haptic feedback
Hope that helps anyone.
I do agree that the HTC supplied battery is sub-standard. Does anyone know where I can see what the battery percentage is acutally at? I only have the icon in the top right.
Just as a bit of information, my HD7 gets significantly better battery life than my sister's Galaxy phone. Also, those of you removing the SIM, make sure you also enable airplane mode, incase the phone continues to still search for signal... Battery size isn't as important as power management, though I do agree I wish we had a bigger battery on our HD7s... we might have sacrificed a little space for it though...
I think the battery meter is off. After about an hour of playing with Netflix, Zune and watching videos with the ign app my battery meter indicated that I had a lil juice left. I went to sleep without charging the phone. I was sure it would be dead when I woke but it wasn't. I was able to get about 2 more hrs out of it while using the Zune player streaming a playlist I saw.
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There is no third party multi-tasking in WP7 and Android Users usually have more apps/services updating stuff in the background. Yes, WP7 will get better battery life than lots of Android Phones and even theHD2 with the same battery in it due to that simple fact along, nevermind all the other exceptions and the obvious disclaimer: different use patterns are different.
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There is no third party multi-tasking in WP7 and Android Users usually have more apps/services updating stuff in the background. Yes, WP7 will get better battery life than lots of Android Phones and even theHD2 with the same battery in it due to that simple fact along, nevermind all the other exceptions and the obvious disclaimer: different use patterns are different.
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I have ATK or whatever it is installed on her phone, not sure if the AMOLED screen uses more juice though
Don't get me started on task killers and android. ATK may be causing the poor battery life. Those process and apps you think your killing are just gonna restart and cause more battery drain. Android does not need task killers. I suggest trying auto killer wich tweaks androids internal memory management to be more or less aggrsive. Phone must be rooted though.
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Don't get me started on task killers and android. ATK may be causing the poor battery life. Those process and apps you think your killing are just gonna restart and cause more battery drain. Android does not need task killers. I suggest trying auto killer wich tweaks androids internal memory management to be more or less aggrsive. Phone must be rooted though.
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I won't have much luck with that lol, her phone, her rules... I might convince her some day though
So I never use my phone for my music, I just use my two year old, fifth generation 16gb ipod nano, and of course, due to Apple's poor build quality, it's life is coming to an end, buttons not working, battery getting worse, etc. I was wondering how much battery life is affected by playing music on the Incredible, does it really drain it, does it barely make a dent? Once the Rezound comes out, I'll probably be using that as my music player, since I also have an app that'll let me put my itunes music into my phone, but I don't want to have a worse battery life because of it.
When I use my phone for Pandora, my battery gets tanked within a few hours of constant use. When I use Music Beta, the battery lasts a bit longer than on Pandora. When I use the Music app and listen to music that is on my SD card or my internal memory, the battery drop is much, much less.
I primarily use my 64gb 4th gen iPod touch, but I also have a 32gb SD card in my Incredible which works quite well. It'll go for a long time, but not near as long as my iPod. Simply because it doesn't have to use a cell radio. It'll go for weeks in airplane mode though
Sorry about your iPod though, I have a 4gb second generation iPod nano from '07, and that thing is practically indestructible. Can't say the same about my 3g touch though, lasted a few days over the one year warranty :/
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When I use my phone for Pandora, my battery gets tanked within a few hours of constant use. When I use Music Beta, the battery lasts a bit longer than on Pandora. When I use the Music app and listen to music that is on my SD card or my internal memory, the battery drop is much, much less.
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BrettApple said:
I primarily use my 64gb 4th gen iPod touch, but I also have a 32gb SD card in my Incredible which works quite well. It'll go for a long time, but not near as long as my iPod. Simply because it doesn't have to use a cell radio. It'll go for weeks in airplane mode though
Sorry about your iPod though, I have a 4gb second generation iPod nano from '07, and that thing is practically indestructible. Can't say the same about my 3g touch though, lasted a few days over the one year warranty :/
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Thanks guys, but yeah, I wanted to know about music from the phone on the music player, so thanks. I have a huge extended battery on it anyways, so my Incredible should be fine from what you guys said. I'm just waiting on the Rezound, so I can get a pair of in ear Beats to go with my over-ear Beats. Gonna be awesome. But it seems like Apple's product quality has degenerated over the years. That sucks. Oh well, last Apple product I'll ever buy anyways.
look up bbattery saving tips to max out usage regardless of what you're doing so the drain is minimum as possible
I use music 3-4 hours a day. Usually only lose 25% battery total cause of it. But that's with poweramps extra CPU usage.
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I also listen to a lot of music in my Incredible, I'm using incredikernel and not too bad on battery life or anything. I can easily get a whole day out of use of my phone while listening to two out three hours of music throughout the day.
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I also listen to a lot of music in my Incredible, I'm using incredikernel and not too bad on battery life or anything. I can easily get a whole day out of use of my phone while listening to two out three hours of music throughout the day.
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try saving more juice,6-7 hours of playback and I'm still around 80%
I use Poweramp, and it doesn't use much battery. I'm running CM7.1 with Incredikernal but so far, I'm not impressed with the raw battery saving(maybe there are some setting I haven't got it set up right), but I recently started using Juice defender Ultimate. This really works for me! On moderate use I would get about 5-6 hours normally, but with JDU, I'm getting 8-9 hours sometimes more!
Hey guys am I the only one who is getting extreme battery drain when listining to music and using the phone for anything else at the same time. I use battery monitor widget and i see the drain going into the 600's which is crazy high.
Just to make it clear, data is on bluetooth and wifi off screen on auto brightness and signal is 3-4 bars ie ok .
The phone bottom gets very hot and the battery percentage drops like a falling rock. Is something wrong with my phone or does anyone else see that kind of thing?
I am new to the SG3 and also wondering if its something specific to samsung phones as i never had issues like that with my HTC yes the battery would drain faster with music on but nothing like it is now.
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Hey guys am I the only one who is getting extreme battery drain when listining to music and using the phone for anything else at the same time. I use battery monitor widget and i see the drain going into the 600's which is crazy high.
Just to make it clear, data is on bluetooth and wifi off screen on auto brightness and signal is 3-4 bars ie ok .
The phone bottom gets very hot and the battery percentage drops like a falling rock. Is something wrong with my phone or does anyone else see that kind of thing?
I am new to the SG3 and also wondering if its something specific to samsung phones as i never had issues like that with my HTC yes the battery would drain faster with music on but nothing like it is now.
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Where is your music coming from? Is your data connection 3G or 4G?
If you are streaming music (Pandora, Spotify, etc.) on 3G/4G, especially if you are driving, your phone will become warm and it will drain your battery. 3G is especially prone to this since it isn't very efficient for data transfer (meaning the phone has to work harder to send/receive data). Additionally, if your screen is on for most of the time you are streaming music, it will cause even more drain.
Different functions of the phone will drain the battery differently. The screen can drain the battery pretty fast, so if you are looking for good battery life, it should be off as much as possible. From my testing, 3G data transfer is pretty harsh on the battery, even more so if the signal is weak (1X can be even harder on the battery than 3G).
Hope this helps!
First of all thanks for the quick reply.
That being said sorry i didnt clarify data is 3g (LTE is turned off as its not available in my area) but my music is stored on my sdcard. and im sitting in a chair in a doctors office so no movement and data is just on as i have my email being pushed to my phone .
As for the reason why im saying its the music playing thats causing the drain is that sitting in the same place doing the same things with my phone (ie reading a book) it doenst even drain a quarter as bad as when doing the same exact thing but just plugging in headphones and listining to music saved on the SDcard. so with the only diefference being that I feel i can justifiably point a finger at it as the culprit.
Hmm...that is strange. I haven't listened to much music from my SD card, honestly. I agree that reading a book should train more battery than listening to music from the SD card (using headphones with the screen off). Maybe the decoding of the files themselves is causing a high amount of CPU use, hence the battery drain?
I would recommend downloading GSam Battery monitor as it will give better battery stats. This might help shed some light on the issue. Meanwhile, I will have to play around on my phone.
thanks for the recommendation i was looking for a program like thatg but didnt know any names. Please see what happens when you play music and tell me what your experience is so i can know if its just me or is it a common occurence.
I keep my music on my card as well. I don't find terrible drain unless I'm boosting the sound for any reason. It will drain slightly faster than just doing normal activities but not super severe.
what do you mean by " boosting your sound" ? do you mean the equalizer?
Idk I haven't had this probable with my GSIII.
same problem in my HD desire
Hi docnas,
I'm searching for this problem time ago in HTC HD desire forums but I'm not finding anything. I know this post is a little bit old but, did you find out how to fix this problem? Today, listening to music from my SD card + whatsapp the battery drains 30% in 10 minutes.
thanks guys!
My Acro S is running android 5.1.1. by Paul. The problem is that the phone heats up and the battery drain comes with it. Not when using whatsapp or any other ''light'' app like notes or something, although the battery would need to hold longer using those too but all the problems start when playing a game/youtube/twitch, apps like that. Playing pokemon go my battery drain rate is 1% in 1 minute, pretty much the same with youtube. The back of the phone gets really hot, the screen gets really hot and once it heats up really bad it gets slow and shuts down apps. Should i try to change the battery or what is the problem here?
I know you will blame me, but XPERIA S is ****ing 5 YRS OLD!!! When was your last battery replacement? Shortly after braking Xperia s i got i9300 and i'm happy with my Nexus 5 Replace battery, like i had on mine, and the problem should be resolved. Just use original batteries, dont use extra large batteies, as they lie in actual capacity.
Has anyone experienced drastic loss of battery charge? I had mine on the charger and after unplugging for 13 min it went from 100% to 87%
There might be a app that drains a lot, i had a fast drain too, not as bad but once i deleted a few apps it was better. I have over 100 apps on this phone :X
Odd thing is , I just did a factory reset and if I don't use the phone the stats show 14 hrs + but.as soon as I start using it . It starts dropping super fast
Are you rooted? Have you Xposed installed?
Do you have a microSD inserted?
Never rooted this phone and I do have an SD card in it, would that affect?
Yes/no , sometimes the SD files can be somewhat corrupted which in turn makes your media scanner run non stop,.if you pull your SD and put into a Windows cpu, and run a program to scan for corrupted files,. I've not had high battery drain but I do check my stats and Android O.S. is by far the largest consumer (damn I miss root) verizon
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Never rooted this phone and I do have an SD card in it, would that affect?
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Try to use it without microSD card for a while and look at what happens...
On my old Moto Z many reported overheating and battery drain with uncompatible cards...
Anyway post a screenshot of your setup - battery stats after some hours since boot up...