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Battery life + great battery monitoring application

I just got my Glide a few days ago. From the specs of the phone and reviews online I was expecting the battery to last very long, but that hasn't been my experience.
My battery was going down about 10% every hour which means I would barely make it through a work day without charging it again.
I found a great app called Battery Mix that tracks battery usage and estimates how long the battery is going to last. It shows a number called P/H (percent per hour) which tells you how many percent per hour the battery is going down (or up if you're charging). You can find the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.smapho.battery_mix
When I first installed the app I was getting about 12.5 P/H which means the phone will only last 8 hours. I then uninstalled a few apps that use battery, but that didn't help much. Somebody said their battery improved when they formatted their SD card, so I just removed the SD card from mine. Now my battery consumption is down to about 8 P/H. The best I've seen is 7 P/H. This is better but still would only get me 12 hours and I'm not running all the apps I would like to be running.
I have JuiceDefender running now on the balanced setting. I'm running the Osimood ROM with Android 2.3.5. I've removed all background network polling apps like Facebook. Android OS is using 56% of the battery followed by display at 15%, so there isn't anything else that's eating up my battery.
How is the battery life on your Glide? Could you please install this app so we can compare numbers?

Woah, 56% battery life for the Android OS?
On daily usage it barely gets above 20%. The screen takes most battery life.
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Alex2221 said:
Woah, 56% battery life for the Android OS?
On daily usage it barely gets above 20%. The screen takes most battery life.
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Thanks for the info.
Mine has been sitting on standby most of the day so that's probably why display is so much lower on mine than yours.
The high percentage of Android OS doesn't really worry me. It doesn't mean it's using a lot of battery; it just means it's using most of whatever is being used which could be a small amount.
Mine is doing much better now. P/H is down to 4.3 which means it could last 23 hours.
I really think the problem was the SD card. I'll pick up a different one after work today and see if it works better. I need a bigger one anyway.
I also found a thread that talks about corrupt image or video files on your phone causing bad battery life. That could definitely be what I'm experiencing. Should be fun figuring out which image is causing the problem.

what about downclocikng your cpu to 800? it will help i belive.

OK just installed it. I will let you know how mine is doing in a few days. I am fully Rogers stock.

I replaced the SD card and it seems to be doing better now. There may have been images on that card contributing to the problem.
I actually had GPS, wi-fi and bluetooth on the whole time. I've turned them all off now.
I've also underclocked it to 800. Thanks, taiber2000.
It looks like for the last hour it only dropped 3 percentage points.

If you are rooted and have ClockworkMod installed, you can sometimes get better battery life by resetting your battery stats. I think there are even some apps for rooted phones that will do it, but I don't have any experience with them. I can say, however, that resetting my battery stats using CWM increased my battery life significantly.
See here for one guide on how to do it: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/bugless/111009-get-better-battery-life-reset-battery-stats.html

sjbotha your welcome.
i belive i will do the same when i'll get my phone as well. altugh i will install the OC rooted kernel for better overall performance i will still downclock via software, not need the extra sterngh for my uses and i better have longer use time then CPU power.

I get 4.9 but the other day I was getting 12. All I did was Reboot my phone and I haven't started many apps. I think when they start they stay in memory.
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Mine depends on usage:
-about whole day wifi-on with 3 hours games and calls; if battery is 100% at 6am, it will be 20-30% at 10pm
-whole day HSPA+ on, 2 hours phone calls + SMS/MMS, emails etc; if battery is 100 at 6am, it will be 50-60% at 11pm or before I sleep...
in terms of P/H:
-i get 3-5 P/H when wi-fi, Auto-Sync is on.
-i get 2-4 P/H on HSPA + Auto-Sync on.
-about 1-2 P/H or sometimes a straight line on Battery Stats when Idle, no data connection and/or auto-sync is on.
in other words, the glide can handle my needs in a whole day without completely draining it's battery.

Worse battery life with KK

Worst fears realised.
The Kit Kat update has delivered drastically worse battery life.
Could often work with 10% per 45 min - 1 hr screen time before on WIFI, that has now gone out of the window.
1 hr 44 min screen time with 68% left now.
That is quite a bit worse I would say.
Anyone else feel the same?
I would rollback, but the camera improvements are just so much better.

Arthur Hucksake said:
Worst fears realised.
The Kit Kat update has delivered drastically worse battery life.
Could often work with 10% per 45 min - 1 hr screen time before on WIFI, that has now gone out of the window.
1 hr 44 min screen time with 68% left now.
That is quite a bit worse I would say.
Anyone else feel the same?
I would rollback, but the camera improvements are just so much better.
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I had about 5 hr screen time and almost 2 days of usage. I am using stamina and greenify though since I don't need emails and notifications pushed, I just manually refresh it.

Nope, I just managed 7.5 hours OST on my last charge on WiFi without Stamina Mode, so quite a bit better for me than JB where 5/6 was more usual. Standby power is also noticeably better, averaging ~0.4%/h.
Sadly the KitKat changes make most battery stat apps useless without root now, or I'd suggest you run one to see what's up on your end.

ghtop said:
Nope, I just managed 7.5 hours OST on my last charge on WiFi without Stamina Mode, so quite a bit better for me than JB where 5/6 was more usual. Standby power is also noticeably better, averaging ~0.4%/h.
Sadly the KitKat changes make most battery stat apps useless without root now, or I'd suggest you run one to see what's up on your end.
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Cant find anything that stands out. Going to drain and do a charge from fresh.

Did anyone try to calibrate the battery after flashing?
Calibrating battery gives exact battery reading.

There is no real calibration in android and for everybody pls alow 3-4 full charges before reporting your battery life on kitkat(same when flashing new kernel)

same here.
Done full drain but no change. moreover the phone gets heated quickly..

getvaisakh said:
same here.
Done full drain but no change. moreover the phone gets heated quickly..
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This is obviously a sign of some rogue process running intensively (compare performance after booting in safe mode to confirm). You should be able to figure out pretty easily which it is from the basic battery stats page, sadly no partial wakeleock listings anymore on non-rooted phones though.

ghtop said:
This is obviously a sign of some rogue process running intensively
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I didn't installed any apps as I bought phone day before yesterday Then the possibility is bug in Sony's new firmware.
compare performance after booting in safe mode to confirm
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How to boot into safe mode?? sorry I am new here and this is my first android ph )
I have done factory reset>>installed 4.4.2 via PC companion>>full factory reset incl internal storage.. heating problem is somewhat solved.
But it gets heated up when connected to charger..which on JB doesn't happened!! strange..
Draining seems to be normal but takes too much time to charge..

I got a great battery life on kitkat.
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Glad to report that after a reboot and couple of charges I am back to where I was. The slow opening camera issue I had has also gone away.
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Heavy use endurance

Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the OnePlus X's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
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With new flashed Ressurection Remix, I got 3h of SOT and 10h battery life..dont know what will happen in few days
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3 - 4 hours with GTA SA. Good enough for me!

I average about 2 to 2.5 hrs of SOT with full day use. Start at 100% at 7am and when I am home around 7pm I am down to about 20% left.

syl0n said:
I average about 2 to 2.5 hrs of SOT with full day use. Start at 100% at 7am and when I am home around 7pm I am down to about 20% left.
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It's really low... Do you use 2 sims?
Bad signal zone?
Lot of synchr?
Facebook app?

About 20h of use and 3h50 screen time with 23% battery left. On stock 2.2.1 with boeffla kernel. Very good!

Kéno40 said:
It's really low... Do you use 2 sims?
Bad signal zone?
Lot of synchr?
Facebook app?
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I am currently on fully stock 2.2.0.x ROM. Went back to stock because CM13 battery was bad but stock isn't much better. Maybe 10 minute more SOT but it sucks in that some apps push notifications don't come through on time. e.g. WhatsApp.
1 SIM
No facebook or any other social network APP
Only 1 exchange account for email and 1 google account for app download only no Gmail Sync
Signal is a bit weak where I am, it seems the signal does impact the Oneplux X a lot? Other phones didn't drain this bad.

About 15-20 hours use with 5hrs SOT. This is on WiFi, 4G would be a little less but still good.
CM13 nightlies with Blu Spark kernel, -50 undervolt and slight kernel auditor tweaks.

RashidD said:
About 15-20 hours use with 5hrs SOT. This is on WiFi, 4G would be a little less but still good.
CM13 nightlies with Blu Spark kernel, -50 undervolt and slight kernel auditor tweaks.
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im using cm13 by ashwin007 and the blu spark beta version kernel for cm .
the battery drops are huge while im on wifi and the phone heats a lot.
i used snapchat for like 30 mins or so and the battery dropped from 80 to 40 percent and heats.
and even while using clash of clans it dropped like nearly 10 percent for around 10 mins!
can u suggest somthing to fix this ?
and the battery stats dont really show much on what consumes so much of battery!!
really sorry if thats a noob question.
Thank you!

syl0n said:
I am currently on fully stock 2.2.0.x ROM. Went back to stock because CM13 battery was bad but stock isn't much better. Maybe 10 minute more SOT but it sucks in that some apps push notifications don't come through on time. e.g. WhatsApp.
1 SIM
No facebook or any other social network APP
Only 1 exchange account for email and 1 google account for app download only no Gmail Sync
Signal is a bit weak where I am, it seems the signal does impact the Oneplux X a lot? Other phones didn't drain this bad.
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Same here. The signal is not that weak, but it goes and comes sometimes. Anyway I've never got more than 3,5 screen hours.

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check out my SOT

Batterylife with FreedomOS?

Does someone want to share their battery Life when using FreedomOS?
Have just seen one sharing their results and he said it was 6h with extreme Heavy usage, can anyone confirm?

Here you go....First dat in freedom rom
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I find that it depends on whether I'm using WiFi or mobile data...fully charged the phone before bed last night and 6.5 hours later it had dropped 3% mainly due to Google.gms wakelocks.
SOT is very subjective...when you say the other person got 6 hours with heavy use...doing what...playing a couple intensive 3d game or web browsing...with what level of screen brightness etc...far too many variables... however i could quite comfortably expect between 4 and 5 hours SOT based on my own personal usage

brumgav said:
I find that it depends on whether I'm using WiFi or mobile data...fully charged the phone before bed last night and 6.5 hours later it had dropped 3% mainly due to Google.gms wakelocks.
SOT is very subjective...when you say the other person got 6 hours with heavy use...doing what...playing a couple intensive 3d game or web browsing...with what level of screen brightness etc...far too many variables... however i could quite comfortably expect between 4 and 5 hours SOT based on my own personal usage
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Okay, thanks.
My real question is, how is battery life compared to stock? Some people have had 9 hours of SOT and that was sure as hell not possible on the stock rom. I was mainly browsing all day on wifi and always got 4-5 hours of sot. 50% brightness. How about you, do you feel any difference batterywise? Is any other rom better for battery life?
(Currently on sultan on my opo and the difference in battery life is from 2-3hours of sot to 4-5 hours of sot)
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Is there a fix for these wakelocks? I have this issue all the time....
brumgav said:
I find that it depends on whether I'm using WiFi or mobile data...fully charged the phone before bed last night and 6.5 hours later it had dropped 3% mainly due to Google.gms wakelocks.
SOT is very subjective...when you say the other person got 6 hours with heavy use...doing what...playing a couple intensive 3d game or web browsing...with what level of screen brightness etc...far too many variables... however i could quite comfortably expect between 4 and 5 hours SOT based on my own personal usage
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battery life is going to be about the same as stock b/c there are not modifications, it just depends what apps u remove that wont run in the backgorund, u can download a custom kernel and lower the cpu to reduce heat and get better battery life, mine is doing pretty good right now
on pace for about 6+ hour OST and just normal usage and browsing some with location on too.

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 3T before depleting the battery.
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I've only had it for a week, and I could probably push for 6 hours of SoT. Right now I'm sitting at 37% battery, 3 hours 39 min SoT with fairly average use at work--mostly texting, browsing, etc.

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Normal use during weekend.

impressive!

Incredibly bad battery life for me. I have almost 3 hours with 32% left. That is atrocious. I get 8 hours on my 7 plus

I'm very happy with the battery life of my OnePlus 3T! I get an average of 5h30 SoT with a night battery drain around 3-4%. Stock OxygenOS, stock kernel.
For my use: Social apps, web, little game, texting...
Need more time to master the battery, I have 13% of battery drain when screen off during almost 24 hours. I think I can reduce this!

Amazing screen on time.
Really impressive screen on time I think.
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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 3T before depleting the battery.
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I usually got 6hrs on SoT. Just flashed to RR Nougat.. Curious of the performance there.

LukyPicture said:
Normal use during weekend.
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Počkej, jak jsi to udělal ?

I was at home the whole time, browsing instagram all day, never leaving the phone alone for more than 15mins???.. I'm so impressed with the battery life.
Jio 4g whole day ON, no wifi, Auto brightness 30%, Stock 3.5.3 .
I'll not be surprised if custom kernels can push op3T to 9 to 10hours SOT

How you all getting SOT more than 6hrs....mine just 3 to 4 hrs.... I m moderate user

I've been getting around 6 hours of SoT consistently with my usage being watching YouTube videos, browsing, few minutes of gaming(not more than 20-30min), few photos here and there all this with dual Sims, 4G data, no Wi-Fi.
I am seriously impressed with the battery life, its waaaayyy better than what I got from my previous phone the Xperia Z2.
The charging is soooooo quick as well. I'd usually sit for 10-20min near a charging port giving me more than 50% of battery, that is AWESOME!:good:

This is one of the better ones, even after using the phone constantly as I've does with a new phone!

bought 3t yesterday, here is my first cycle
it can easily pushed till 7hr 30min

Don't know why have so poor battery life. Any idea? Newest build - 3.5.4. 161213. Whole time without wi-fi. Mostly 4G. This shouldn't be normal... Just installed GSam. Maybe it will help.

Nomack1988 said:
Don't know why have so poor battery life. Any idea? Newest build - 3.5.4. 161213. Whole time without wi-fi. Mostly 4G. This shouldn't be normal... Just installed GSam. Maybe it will help.
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3.5.4 has battery life issues. I recommend you downgrade to 3.5.3

No need. Problem disappeared by itself. Right now I have 6,5h sot with 12h out of charger and still 16% battery. But still hope next build will increase battery performance.

Hankmg5 said:
3.5.4 has battery life issues. I recommend you downgrade to 3.5.3
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Its mostly on Mobile data, while on wifi im getting 6+ hours SOT on 3.5.4
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Has anyone tried the unofficial OOS 4 Nougat on 3T. How is the battery life in that compared to OOS 3.5.x
Thanks

Received the phone yesterday morning, haven't charged since. Battery is absolutely incredible.

Hi there,
I m getting only 5 to 5.30 hrs on normal usage.. how most of users able to get 7 to 8 hrs. Is something wrong with my phone should I return my phone. I am on 3.5.3 version. I got my phone on 19th December