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Before you all start to yell at me, hear me out. I always see people posting screen shots of their amazing battery life, but there's just one problem -- it's not really "real world." What I mean is that I always see people with sync off, brightness 10%, gps off, data off, and wifi on. I don't think it matters that much when a phone can last 20+ hours sitting idle with 20 minutes of screen on time. I want to see people using 3G/4G with sync, gps, bt and all the good stuff ON.
That being said, yes I have searched the forums and I couldn't really find any thread like this so here it goes. If you feel like it's a double post or anything, just let me know and I'll delete it! Thanks.
I don't have a screen shot, but the "best" battery life I can get is ~14 hours with 2 hr 30 min screen on time.
What are yours? (Post screenshots!)
ROM: Apex 1.0.2 (4.0.3)
Version: LTE GNex
Screen on time: 2hr30min
Overall time: 14hrs
Battery: Extended 2100mAh
Kernel: Morfic's Trinity 384RD
Frequency/Governor: 350/1200 Conservative
UV settings: Stock
3G/HSPA/LTE: LTE on all day
What's off: BT
ChickenGod said:
Before you all start to yell at me, hear me out. I always see people posting screen shots of their amazing battery life, but there's just one problem -- it's not really "real world." What I mean is that I always see people with sync off, brightness 10%, gps off, data off, and wifi on. I don't think it matters that much when a phone can last 20+ hours sitting idle with 20 minutes of screen on time. I want to see people using 3G/4G with sync, gps, bt and all the good stuff ON.
That being said, yes I have searched the forums and I couldn't really find any thread like this so here it goes. If you feel like it's a double post or anything, just let me know and I'll delete it! Thanks.
I don't have a screen shot, but the "best" battery life I can get is ~14 hours with 2 hr 30 min screen on time.
What are yours? (Post screenshots!)
ROM: Apex 1.0.2 (4.0.3)
Version: LTE GNex
Battery: Extended 2100mAh
Kernel: Morfic's Trinity 384RD
Frequency/Governor: 350/1200 Conservative
UV settings: Stock
3G/HSPA/LTE: LTE on all day
What's off: BT
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What you consider 'real world' may not be what others consider 'real world', perhaps there are some people who just don't use Bluetooth, leave WiFi on even when they have no network to connect to or have sync set up for things they don't need syncing for.
At least 4 hours screen time with:
Version: GSM GNex
ROM: AOKP Milestone 3 (power saver mode off)
Kernel: Lean Kernel
Battery: 2000 mAh
Frequency: 350/1200 Conservative
UV: Stock
3G/HSPA/LTE: 3G/HSPA and my network doesn't support 2G
What's off: BT, WiFi unless I'm home, Sync for Calender Contacts Browser and Photos.
Daily, I use: Netflix/Poweramp/Spotify/Reddit on my daily commute. Phone/Poweramp/Spotify/Reddit/Browser+ in between commute.
I know, that's why I put "real world" in quotations. Obviously people will have different uses with their phones, but I just wanted to see what people were getting in terms of battery life with 3G/HSPA/LTE actually on... most of the screen shots I see have wifi on all the time with 20 minutes of screen on time, and that's not really I'm looking for.
hmm
I'm not getting anywhere near those numbers with stock rom enough for me to remove exchange account from the phone
I got about three hours twenty a few days ago, I don't know how, I am usually lucky to get more than two. I have weather sync every four hours, push Gmail, I usually have ~10% brightness but just lately I have been using auto, which eats battery.
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I got about three hours twenty a few days ago, I don't know how, I am usually lucky to get more than two. I have weather sync every four hours, push Gmail, I usually have ~10% brightness but just lately I have been using auto, which eats battery.
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LTE version? Bad signal area?
Don't think I got so little even before extended battery/aokp/lean.
Pretty sure I got around 3 hours with just stock.
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LTE version? Bad signal area?
Don't think I got so little even before extended battery/aokp/lean.
Pretty sure I got around 3 hours with just stock.
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Sorry, total lack of info on my part. Full HSDPA, on AOKP with Franco kernel. 15.2 atm. With the stock battery as well.
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Sorry, total lack of info on my part. Full HSDPA, on AOKP with Franco kernel. 15.2 atm. With the stock battery as well.
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The only thing I could think it would be is maybe we run different background apps or live in different signal strength areas.
EDIT: pretty sure people report battery drain on franco post #13
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The only thing I could think it would be is maybe we run different background apps or live in different signal strength areas.
EDIT: pretty sure people report battery drain on franco post #13
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I hot plug core 1 when the screen is off, use aggressive SetCPU profiles, don't let anything but weather sync. It doesn't really bother me, I'm never far from a power socket!
What is the point of having bt, GPS and sync on if I don't need it? I understand the threads that have 20 minutes of screen on time are stupid, but my real world use doesn't include bt or GPS, and sync only when I need it. I'm at 43% with 2 hours of screen on time.
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ChickenGod said:
Before you all start to yell at me, hear me out. I always see people posting screen shots of their amazing battery life, but there's just one problem -- it's not really "real world." What I mean is that I always see people with sync off, brightness 10%, gps off, data off, and wifi on. I don't think it matters that much when a phone can last 20+ hours sitting idle with 20 minutes of screen on time. I want to see people using 3G/4G with sync, gps, bt and all the good stuff ON.
That being said, yes I have searched the forums and I couldn't really find any thread like this so here it goes. If you feel like it's a double post or anything, just let me know and I'll delete it! Thanks.
I don't have a screen shot, but the "best" battery life I can get is ~14 hours with 2 hr 30 min screen on time.
What are yours? (Post screenshots!)
ROM: Apex 1.0.2 (4.0.3)
Version: LTE GNex
Screen on time: 2hr30min
Overall time: 14hrs
Battery: Extended 2100mAh
Kernel: Morfic's Trinity 384RD
Frequency/Governor: 350/1200 Conservative
UV settings: Stock
3G/HSPA/LTE: LTE on all day
What's off: BT
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Totally agree with your call. We should not need to kill some service with the goal of prolonging battery life.
Real world should be defined as on a typical day,with services not intentionally shut for saving battery ,what is the battery time. For example,Facebook loading uses GPS all the time. For another example,I don't need to turn off bt with purpose of saving juice if I use them 3 times a day.
But if I never use bt for a week, it make sense to shut it.
Will monitor and put here. I am on gummy 0.7 with Francisco kernel 15.1 . With 4.0.3 LTE radio and 4.0.2 CDMA .
a disturbing note: I found the combination of above radios works the best for me,no I did not dial *288 sth
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50% brightness, location services on, GPS off and I get around 3 hours of browsing. Easily makes it through my work day, which is all I care about
GSM. Everything stock and on except email sync off (annoying for me).
2.5-3.5 hrs screen time.
Standby time is excellent. Could get at least 30 hrs.
Only screenshot I have, but I tend to get at least 20 hours with regular use.
Charging my phone at night, unplugging it before I go to bed around 10, wake up, work, get home around 5pm and plug my phone back in around 10.
Screenshot has some overnight in it, but still looks good, WIFI on always, constantly losing signal because I live in a rural area.
In total standby, I could probably get more than 30.
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GSM Canada, I heard the LTE drains really bad.
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I get 2-3 hours screen on time, that's browsing , taking pictures, YouTube, and apps.
And I get 8-12hours all up before a charge.
This is pretty good but I would say that 2-3 hours of use is light to moderate , heavy use would be 4-6 hours and for that you would need an extended battery
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NIK516 said:
I get 2-3 hours screen on time, that's browsing , taking pictures, YouTube, and apps.
And I get 8-12hours all up before a charge.
This is pretty good but I would say that 2-3 hours of use is light to moderate , heavy use would be 4-6 hours and for that you would need an extended battery
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I agree. If it could get 4-6 it would be perfect.
But as it is now, I have to be careful to moderate my use throughout the day.
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Very similar to my usage. Only had it 2 days though so haven't really fallen into a "groove" with the device yet.
GSM with the Korean 2000mah battery, I am down to around 15-20% left after 6-7 hours. Then the screen have been on for around 3 hours.
I am lucky to get 2 hours of screen on time, but most of that time is playing games. Stock GSM battery, ARHD stock kernel + MID brightness mod; WiFi on at home, BT off (rarely use it), quite crap signal at school.
I'll see what I get today and take a screenshot. I want to buy the extended battery; I won't remove the MID brightness mod, the screen would be way too dark on auto.
Our devices use a 4600 mAh battery and was wondering if anyone ever actually sees that figure? I've been struggling to get more than 4-5 hours use and started investigating why. The highest I've ever seen on a full charge is 4309 and the average is about 4260-4280.
Another strange thing I've noticed is that if I start playing a game with 100% charge and the tab plugged in I still loose about 1% per minute.
I've tried multiple roms and they all seem about the same as far as battery usage goes. Right now I'm back to the stock LG KitKat as it seems to perform about the best for me and very stable. I use the battery calibration app and was wondering is there another that might work better?
In closing looking forward to any suggestions or advise
Yep,same for me.battery life is terrible.have tried multiple roms,lucky to get anywhere near 4hrs.
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I just tried an experiment, 100% charged, unplugged tab w/o turning anything on and I already lost 7% in 15 minutes !! I have Greenify installed and all non system apps hibernated and it still eats the battery.
My Sero Pro can sit all day and only loose 1%. If I could be sure I would receive a perfect unit I would consider RMA. But after reading all the issues with the screen problems I'm not going to take the chance. My tab is perfect aside from battery life.
I found a replacement battery on Ebay and am considering buying it to see if I have a bad battery. Something definitely isn't right.
I went to Mahdi rom as soon as I got my tablet about 2 weeks ago. This past weekend I did two battery tests.
These tests were done with wifi always on (medium signal strength, most google apps synced, google location reporting off, no twitter/facebook app, no greenify or any power management apps
If I left the display on indoors at auto brightness, it lasted for about 7-8 hours.
If I left the tablet idle (display off), it consumed about 3% per day (most of it consumed by wifi).
I would suggest trying the same thing with yours and see whether its a hardware issue. You can just do it for a few hours and extrapolate.
I've never calibrated my battery (drain until its empty) unless I notice an erratic drain from a constant task.
Mine is the same, not being used it drains almost nothing. Currently mine is at 49%, been unplugged about 12 hours with 2:47 of screen on time according to the battery stats in settings. 100% stock KitKat, bluetooth off. 15 minutes of screen off (with the screen on long enough to look at battery settings) and no % lost.
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Mine is the same, not being used it drains almost nothing. Currently mine is at 49%, been unplugged about 12 hours with 2:47 of screen on time according to the battery stats in settings. 100% stock KitKat, bluetooth off. 15 minutes of screen off (with the screen on long enough to look at battery settings) and no % lost.
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Same. If I leave it in standby overnight, I see zero battery drain (in 8 hours). I also tested a full HD movie (1080p) in full screen at 45% brightness and medium loudspeaker volume, and measured roughly 12-14% drain per hour, which suggests it could run 7-8 hours of movie playback on a single charge.
I'm happy with my battery usage. I think it's at least as good as my 2012 N7.
Here's a screen shot of usage just reading the other day. Keep in mind I mainly stop my tablet charging at between 90-95% as often as possible.
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I'm with the OP as far as battery drain goes. Mine loses almost 10% in 12 hours at idle with wifi on. With wifi off it'll lose about 3-4% in 12 hours. I haven't done a full to zero test, but battery life is not that great on my personal unit. That is the only thing I don't like about it. I'm running idterror's v50018a ROM.
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I'm with the OP as far as battery drain goes. Mine loses almost 10% in 12 hours at idle with wifi on. With wifi off it'll lose about 3-4% in 12 hours. I haven't done a full to zero test, but battery life is not that great on my personal unit. That is the only thing I don't like about it. I'm running idterror's v50018a ROM.
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Then you have an issue with software you installed. It is neither the battery nor the ROM.
Well I went ahead and ordered the battery. I'm fairly confident it'll solve my problem. To Subtleone, with my tablet even with a barebones install I still have real bad battery life. It does not change very much between barebones and all my apps installed.
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Then you have an issue with software you installed. It is neither the battery nor the ROM.
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I don't think so. Even with a barebones install I get similar battery drain. But I knew the G Pad had terrible battery life going in as noted by every industry review I read prior to purchase.
Don't have any battery problems here (stock KitKat, rooted and most non-system apps greenified), get about 6 hours screen-on time at 70-100% brightness when reading books (wifi off) and an hour or so browsing/youtube'ing.
Are people actually going by unplug time until the device physically shuts down, or just what the battery bar claims? Battery stats are rarely 100% accurate, and there's protection measures built in to prevent a battery actually reaching 100% or 0% despite what the device says.
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I don't think so. Even with a barebones install I get similar battery drain. But I knew the G Pad had terrible battery life going in as noted by every industry review I read prior to purchase.
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Except that I don't have terrible battery life. In fact, most don't. With KitKat (the one in my sig), with WiFi on, I get exactly 0% drain after 8 hours with it in standby (not actually off). Zero. Needless to say, I do not have any known battery killers such as the Facebook app.
At 45% brightness or so, I see about 13% battery drain after an hour of watching a 1080p movie in full screen with sound coming through loudspeakers.
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Except that I don't have terrible battery life. In fact, most don't. With KitKat (the one in my sig), with WiFi on, I get exactly 0% drain after 8 hours with it in standby (not actually off). Zero. Needless to say, I do not have any known battery killers such as the Facebook app.
At 45% brightness or so, I see about 13% battery drain after an hour of watching a 1080p movie in full screen with sound coming through loudspeakers.
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That's incredible. What exactly are your settings? And what are these known battery killer apps so I can freeze them when I'm traveling?
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That's incredible. What exactly are your settings? And what are these known battery killer apps so I can freeze them when I'm traveling?
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Biggest battery eaters are apps like Google+ and Facebook.
UCCW and Weather apps too. Also having gps on.
There's some smashing eye candy apps for use and just for info on your lockscreen, they all seem to suck juice like no tomorrow. It's all the updating they do.
Best advice is to use something like wakelock detector to highlight your problem apps, then use greenify to get them to sleep properly. Also have your wifi set to only stay on when your tablet is plugged in.
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To test a lot of theory I loaded up stock LG KitKat this A.M. . After letting it install and rebooting 3 times in 60 minutes I turned off WIFI and GPS and left it idle. In 4 hours and 12 minutes I was at 79%. Keep in mind when I left it idle the last time I was at 100%.
So at least in "my" case its most certainly not the software. My battery is scheduled for delivery 5/9/14. I'm hoping that will solve the battery issues.
Once I receive the new battery I'll update the thread. And thanks for the replies
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Biggest battery eaters are apps like Google+ and Facebook.
UCCW and Weather apps too. Also having gps on.
There's some smashing eye candy apps for use and just for info on your lockscreen, they all seem to suck juice like no tomorrow. It's all the updating they do.
Best advice is to use something like wakelock detector to highlight your problem apps, then use greenify to get them to sleep properly. Also have your wifi set to only stay on when your tablet is plugged in.
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My GPS is always on so I do not think it drains battery in any unusual way. I'll also add that it works darn well. I used the tablet for navigation in a car and it was impressive.
So to continue the theories I put my screen @ 50% watched 60 minutes of 1080p video via MX Player and lost 31%! That's totally bare aside from MX Player. So after seeing Subtelone's results I'm very convinced I indeed have a bad battery.
I know it's not a fair comparison but I've been using my mum's Acer W4 tablet as my 8.3 is being repaired for bad LCD (mura/spots). The W8.1 tablet actually gives me about 8-9 hours of web browsing time. Yes, it's got fewer pixels to push but bear in mind it is running the full fat Windows 8! I just think it's quite disappointing that the LG pad for me barely lasts 4 hours SOT when I mainly use it for web browsing.
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So to continue the theories I put my screen @ 50% watched 60 minutes of 1080p video via MX Player and lost 31%! That's totally bare aside from MX Player. So after seeing Subtelone's results I'm very convinced I indeed have a bad battery.
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Yes, something is seriously wrong with your battery if everything else is identical. My results are exactly as posted.
What battery figures are you guys getting? Sot, type of usage, installed apps etc. Thanks.
Used the phone almost 12 hours exactly (11h 59m 26s) and at 75% battery.
SOT - 1h 24m 19s
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Used the phone almost 12 hours exactly (11h 59m 26s) and at 75% battery.
SOT - 1h 24m 19s
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Thanks for your reply. So that would translate to approximately 6 hours sot I guess?
Anyone else have some numbers please?
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Thanks for your reply. So that would translate to approximately 6 hours sot I guess?
Anyone else have some numbers please?
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It seems like I'll get 4-6 hours of SOT with two sim cards and a bluetooth smartwatch constantly connected. I've been more concerned with measuring standby time than SOT though. Doing a pure standby test, the phone drains just under 1% per hour as far as I can tell... about 6% in 7 hours.
Having left the phone alone, charged to 100%, I'm at 91% after 12 hours, with 5 minutes of SOT. This is on latest EU rom, which is based off of the MIUI 9 developer version released on Sept 22.
Hopefully standby improves with future updates, but generally I've found with two SIMs, standby times just can't be very good on any phone.
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It seems like I'll get 4-6 hours of SOT with two sim cards and a bluetooth smartwatch constantly connected. I've been more concerned with measuring standby time than SOT though. Doing a pure standby test, the phone drains just under 1% per hour as far as I can tell... about 6% in 7 hours.
Having left the phone alone, charged to 100%, I'm at 91% after 12 hours, with 5 minutes of SOT. This is on latest EU rom, which is based off of the MIUI 9 developer version released on Sept 22.
Hopefully standby improves with future updates, but generally I've found with two SIMs, standby times just can't be very good on any phone.
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That seems reasonable to me. Thanks for the information.
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Thanks for your reply. So that would translate to approximately 6 hours sot I guess?
Anyone else have some numbers please?
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I should also note that I have a Huawei watch connected all the time, Wifi and Bluetooth always on, with about 15 minutes of Pandora streaming during my commute.
Killer Battery Life
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What battery figures are you guys getting? Sot, type of usage, installed apps etc. Thanks.
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After doing my best to drain this beast, I ran the phone 6 hours as a hotspot, along with constant fiddling with the phone because the device is so sweet. Once I got home, I fired up my Slingbox app, and set the brightness to max, and let the phone stream 1080p via 4G until the device died, ~4 hours later.
I push my devices to the limit daily, and have held onto a s6 edge + for so long because the battery recharges so fast, and lasts quite long. However, I still use a Zerolemon case with a 8500mAh battery, because i tether so much. I've also gone through the Pixel XL 128, Xperia Z5 Premium, s8+, and was unimpressed by the battery life when tethering, and playing slingbox.
The Mi Mix 2 is hands down my new favorite phone. I installed playstore, and used the Package disabler app that was only samsung exclusive, to take admin control, and remove the chinese apps. The only thing I am left trying to figure out, is getting sam pay to work from my Gear s3.
Cheers.
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I should also note that I have a Huawei watch connected all the time, Wifi and Bluetooth always on, with about 15 minutes of Pandora streaming during my commute.
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It's sounding even better as I never use Bluetooth.
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After doing my best to drain this beast, I ran the phone 6 hours as a hotspot, along with constant fiddling with the phone because the device is so sweet. Once I got home, I fired up my Slingbox app, and set the brightness to max, and let the phone stream 1080p via 4G until the device died, ~4 hours later.
I push my devices to the limit daily, and have held onto a s6 edge + for so long because the battery recharges so fast, and lasts quite long. However, I still use a Zerolemon case with a 8500mAh battery, because i tether so much. I've also gone through the Pixel XL 128, Xperia Z5 Premium, s8+, and was unimpressed by the battery life when tethering, and playing slingbox.
The Mi Mix 2 is hands down my new favorite phone. I installed playstore, and used the Package disabler app that was only samsung exclusive, to take admin control, and remove the chinese apps. The only thing I am left trying to figure out, is getting sam pay to work from my Gear s3.
Cheers.
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Excellent. Thanks for the information. I was considering the Mate 9 until I saw the prices and the leaked pics. But it's the Mix2 I've always wanted with the smaller battery being the only question mark. Looks like battery life won't be a problem at all.
Battery life gets closer to the original mix than I expected, Snapdragon 835 and reduced screen size do help compensate more for the battery reduction than I thought it would. I'm on wifi at home but I'm always tinkering with the phone, browsing, reading books, etc etc. I plug it in every day but since I initially charged it to full, I haven't gotten the battery down to 50%. Even if I forget to plug it in after I come home, the phone "rewards" you for leaving it alone. I'm sure as I use more features and apps (shopping for a smartwatch) I'll drain it quicker. Not allowed to use phone at work, I can only do quick tasks for a few seconds at a time. Snapdragon 835's strength seems to be power usage while idling. Again, as I add more apps and features and on days when I'm bombarded by notifications, it will drain faster. I was out of touch with smartphone progress for the past 3 years, I appreciate quick charging more than I expected. I just got up during typing this post to check on the phone. I haven't even moved the charger to the bedroom and that's a good sign. I woke up, phone was at 55%, plugged it in, made coffee, browsed the internet, started posting here and battery is back to 97%.
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EU rom, 4G and wifi mixed usage, 20mins of calls, lot of games/youtube/browsing/telegram/whatsapp/push email etc.
And we are at the 3rd ROM release only from Xiaomi.eu...
Just one word: STUNNING!!!!
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EU rom, 4G and wifi mixed usage, 20mins of calls, lot of games/youtube/browsing/telegram/whatsapp/push email etc.
And we are at the 3rd ROM release only from Xiaomi.eu...
Just one word: STUNNING!!!!
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That's impressive. I'm going to be ordering in the next few weeks. I'm leaning towards the 64gb model as I never use above 25gb on my phones thanks to Google Photos.
I'm really impressed with the Mix 2. MIUI 9 Beta. Battery optimization as well as MIUI Optimization turned off as well no battery saver mode used.
Take a look at the remaining percentage compared to screen on time.
Lots of reading news, YouTube, playing music by streaming, taking photos. This charge primarily on wifi, 90 minutes 4G.
Standby is also very very good indeed. Went to bed last night with 43 procent left. After 7 hours down to 39.
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I'm really impressed with the Mix 2. MIUI 9 Beta. Battery optimization as well as MIUI Optimization turned off as well no battery saver mode used.
Take a look at the remaining percentage compared to screen on time.
Lots of reading news, YouTube, playing music by streaming, taking photos. This charge primarily on wifi, 90 minutes 4G.
Standby is also very very good indeed. Went to bed last night with 43 procent left. After 7 hours down to 39.
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I don't see your screen on time, only screen hardware use percentage.
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I don't see your screen on time, only screen hardware use percentage.
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Tell me where to find the right indicator then. I don't know where else to see what you request in MIUI.
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Tell me where to find the right indicator then. I don't know where else to see what you request in MIUI.
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Click on the screen percentage in the hardware use page you posted.
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Click on the screen percentage in the hardware use page you posted.
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Doesn't work. Try for yourself.
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Doesn't work. Try for yourself.
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Just tried comparing better battery stats and stock numbers. The difference is within seconds.
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Doesn't work. Try for yourself.
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Just tried comparing better battery stats and stock numbers. The difference is within seconds.
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It works for me but I don't know what miui version you are using. Does better battery stats give screen on time like gsam? If so what's the number?
Twotems said:
It works for me but I don't know what miui version you are using. Does better battery stats give screen on time like gsam? If so what's the number?
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As written in the my first post it's the MIUI 9 Beta.
And it looks like you are right. There is around 10% difference after all.
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Around 50 minutes/10%is pretty solid though.
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 Sony Xperia XA2 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
~8-10 of SOT in 2 days with auto brightness
Hello all,
auto brightness working good and very fast,
Most of time I reading in room, so no need high brightness of screen.
deviousway said:
Hello all,
auto brightness working good and very fast,
Most of time I reading in room, so no need high brightness of screen.
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thanks for the posts. phone has been out for a while but nobody has talked about it much. I've been curious how well it does with the battery efficient snapdragon 630
anon1135 said:
thanks for the posts. phone has been out for a while but nobody has talked about it much. I've been curious how well it does with the battery efficient snapdragon 630
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I think it's not the processor, it's the screen. It is very good, due to a good safety of brightness.
If needed i can make some tests, like screen time of youtube via wi-fi on max brightness, i think it will be ~6h of SOT.
I'm getting those numbers. Pretty good to me, finally I'm charging each other day.
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i am too very happy with my XA2 battery life it can easily last 2 days with my mediocre to some times heavy use and if it really pushes itself i can get up to 12h SoT on wifi and around 10h with mobile network which beats my old p9l SoT 3 times.
lol, are you people not using your phones at all and just leave it with screen on?
I'm barely getting 4 h...
How? Explain to me please. Also, battery overheats up to 45-50 degrees when charging on sofa.
giosal said:
lol, are you people not using your phones at all and just leave it with screen on?
I'm barely getting 4 h...
How? Explain to me please. Also, battery overheats up to 45-50 degrees when charging on sofa.
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It differs very heavily on use most of the time i use my phone for chatting calling camera music listening and YouTube with these i get around 10hr SoT all day i do game on it some times and when i do the battery shortens this matters on how long etc if i hold a gaming session with my friends it tends to make me go for a charger in about 4hr SoT it also differs on what is enabled like BT wifi mobile network GPS etc and the screen brightness which for me is around 35% always except when I'm using the phone on the street and for heat issues i don't have them or just didn't notice it yet is it happen to you while charging? Try to use less the phone while charging or charge without case i usually don't use my phone while charging as i charge over night or it charges fairly quick to a good 60-70% battery.
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It differs very heavily on use most of the time i use my phone for chatting calling camera music listening and YouTube with these i get around 10hr SoT all day i do game on it some times and when i do the battery shortens this matters on how long etc if i hold a gaming session with my friends it tends to make me go for a charger in about 4hr SoT it also differs on what is enabled like BT wifi mobile network GPS etc and the screen brightness which for me is around 35% always except when I'm using the phone on the street and for heat issues i don't have them or just didn't notice it yet is it happen to you while charging? Try to use less the phone while charging or charge without case i usually don't use my phone while charging as i charge over night or it charges fairly quick to a good 60-70% battery.
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Thanks for the response. So, 5-10 min in the sun, even not charging, battery just went up to 47 degrees (also one reboot).
As for the SoT, on average, I'm using the phone for voice calls, texting in Telegram, reading news from Google Now feed using Chrome and a bit of Instagram. BT is always on as I use it in my car, as for WiFi, I have it set to switch off when sleeping. I even installed Greenify, so phone goes to sleep faster. I always charge without a case. And in the car, near the windshield I have to use an A/C if it's sunny, even when not using the phone, because it overheats a lot.
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Thanks for the response. So, 5-10 min in the sun, even not charging, battery just went up to 47 degrees (also one reboot).
As for the SoT, on average, I'm using the phone for voice calls, texting in Telegram, reading news from Google Now feed using Chrome and a bit of Instagram. BT is always on as I use it in my car, as for WiFi, I have it set to switch off when sleeping. I even installed Greenify, so phone goes to sleep faster. I always charge without a case. And in the car, near the windshield I have to use an A/C if it's sunny, even when not using the phone, because it overheats a lot.
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Hmm update to the latest software plus ask Sony support because i never had reandom reboot nor overheat issue it's cool to the touch even when playing wot blitz on max settings
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Hmm update to the latest software plus ask Sony support because i never had reandom reboot nor overheat issue it's cool to the touch even when playing wot blitz on max settings
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No, not random reboot, thankfully, I rebooted it myself, just said it to underline the fact that it overheats a lot when starting.
I'm running the latest software, of course. Alright, will try to ask Sony Support, but I'm pretty sure, all they will say - do a factory reset.
My phone barely lasts a day, how did you get to 2 days? Do you use it very little?
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My phone barely lasts a day, how did you get to 2 days? Do you use it very little?
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Just don't use the stock ROM. It comes with a lot of bloat that always runs in the background and drains the battery.
On LineageOS you can adjust which apps are allowed to run at boot or stay active in the background. These settings are somewhat hidden in the privacy options of Trust.
Roughly translated from German:
Settings -> Security & Data Protection -> Trust -> (Privacy) Data Protection -> (tap the three dots) extended/additional options
In there, I've disabled background usage for a ton of apps. I don't need Facebook or Instagram starting at boot or always running in the background, for example. The only thing that always runs is Whatsapp.
With these tweaked settings, my phone lasts about 2 1/2 days with moderate usage (some browsing on the way to work, listening to music etc.)
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Well in all honesty I'm not a very heavy user but I do listen ti alot of music and use to call or chat with my friends family etc and the phone is mostly in use so like to that close to 2 days there's around 8h SoT involved with minimal gaming but I mostly do that at home with charger being close either way make use of the stamina mode if needed there's performance preferred option too make sure to not exclude just the must apps from power save if you excluded any before it is a good idea to do a full charge to 100% and then wait like 10 minutes once per week (this only if you charge similar to me to put up in the morning with fast charge to 95~%) and ofc screen brightness NFC GPS etc make sure to disable all that's not needed for me GPS is on battery saving mode and NFC is by default on for some reason so don't forget to turn that off as well either way P is already confirmed early in 2019 which will bring adaptive battery that should improve the battery quite nicely
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Just don't use the stock ROM. It comes with a lot of bloat that always runs in the background and drains the battery.
On LineageOS you can adjust which apps are allowed to run at boot or stay active in the background. These settings are somewhat hidden in the privacy options of Trust.
Roughly translated from German:
Settings -> Security & Data Protection -> Trust -> (Privacy) Data Protection -> (tap the three dots) extended/additional options
In there, I've disabled background usage for a ton of apps. I don't need Facebook or Instagram starting at boot or always running in the background, for example. The only thing that always runs is Whatsapp.
With these tweaked settings, my phone lasts about 2 1/2 days with moderate usage (some browsing on the way to work, listening to music etc.)
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What your mentioning are really good methods to save battery specially Los is a very light firmware ? but I need to disagree abit as not everyone has the nerve to screw with custom roms etc and for that part they most likely will stay stock either way in your post I only disagree with the part where you say it's bloated yes it is that's sure but it's not even close to some like miui or emui otherwise good tips for long battery
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Just don't use the stock ROM. It comes with a lot of bloat that always runs in the background and drains the battery.
On LineageOS you can adjust which apps are allowed to run at boot or stay active in the background. These settings are somewhat hidden in the privacy options of Trust.
Roughly translated from German:
Settings -> Security & Data Protection -> Trust -> (Privacy) Data Protection -> (tap the three dots) extended/additional options
In there, I've disabled background usage for a ton of apps. I don't need Facebook or Instagram starting at boot or always running in the background, for example. The only thing that always runs is Whatsapp.
With these tweaked settings, my phone lasts about 2 1/2 days with moderate usage (some browsing on the way to work, listening to music etc.)
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If you can port the camera app that comes with the stock rom i'll sure be using lineageos
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If you can port the camera app that comes with the stock rom i'll sure be using lineageos
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On LineageOS, I use HedgeCam 2 and I don't miss any features. It's got MORE features than the stock camera app.
I only disagree with the part where you say it's bloated yes it is that's sure but it's not even close to some like miui or emui
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Depends. The European ROM seems to be extremely bloated compared to other versions. But there's a dedicated thread for that.
Maybe it's better in the USA.
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On LineageOS, I use HedgeCam 2 and I don't miss any features. It's got MORE features than the stock camera app.
Depends. The European ROM seems today be extremely bloated compared to other versions. But there's a dedicated thread for that.
Maybe it's better in the USA.
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Is the quality the same?
Yes. Full 23MP for photos and 4k 60fps video recording.
Ok so i don't know if this is from the latwst update, but my usage got significantly improved.
I still do a bit of gaming at school and watch YouTube videos(with yt using the most battery).
I can now easily get day or more of battery life, good job on that update sony?
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1.5 days in active usage
2-3 days if just listen music 2h per day +1h wifi/4g email/chats
4days 6h my maximum
I'am on stock ROM
try Use low brightest , 20% ok for me
Battery seems to be getting much much better as I'm using the phone, phone was on 100% at half 6 this morning and now it's 8 at night with 37% that's with mobile data on all day no WiFi until I took the screenshot I had it turned on
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I no not much heavy tasks or gaming but allot of video watching and going through Google feed, just daily usage while at work
That's awesome! Do you have 5G enabled or is it available in your area?
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That's awesome! Do you have 5G enabled or is it available in your area?
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There is 5g in the area but I'm not on a contract deal, I'm "pay as you go" so I can only get 4g, I don't really need 5g I get over 200mbs , apparently lol, when I run speed test.
I have had the phone for a week now and I must say battery life has been great for me, I have an average usage with 50% WiFI and 50% 4G LTE, i have been getting 5-7 hours of SoT on a daily basis. The variance between 5-7 is normal as it adjusts on total battery time. On days where i dont use the screen much, the battery extends to the next day as the screen has been off majority of the time. But on days where i reach 7h of SoT, the battery dies out by the time i sleep.
something is wrong with your phone. your mobile network % is really high and you are not even on 5G.
hello00 said:
something is wrong with your phone. your mobile network % is really high and you are not even on 5G.
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It's normal for the pixel 6.
Every pixel 6 has it, assuming it's the Samsung modern
Not on my 6pro. Many people also reported that they don't have a high battery consumption on the network standby. Mine ranges from 2-10%. With 5G disabled.
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Not on my 6pro. Many people also reported that they don't have a high battery consumption on the network standby. Mine ranges from 2-10%. With 5G disabled.
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Mines similar with 5G enabled (and a contract sim which uses it), so not sure why you brought 5G into the equation. 9% for the last 24 hours, was 7% yesterday.
5g drains my battery quicker. hence why I disabled it.
Anyone know what's idle drain with AOD on ?
My batt life seems to be getting better with use as well.
Still on November .36, rooted, Despair Kernel, 5G active, WiFi scanning off, AOD on, not much tweaked yet.
Got this SOT the end of November. I'm happy and love my P6P!
Big test for mine yesterday coming back from Scotland. Off charge at 7am and then an 8 hour coach ride with mixed no signal, 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G coverage, i watched a 2 hour film, read flipboard, used Facebook, used twitter, sent messages via Signal, sent messages via Google Messages, listened to some music using Poweramp, got home posted loads of photos on social media (finally back on Wi-Fi) and at 9pm last night i had 40% left and had to put it on charge for the December update.
Mine is fully stock, Wi-Fi left on, Bluetooth is on for Fitbit connectivity and Covid tracing, NFC is on, AOD off.
The longest SoT I've had was just yesterday, with close to 13hrs. I was mainly on wifi doing a bunch of web surfing and chat.
I know there's been some questions of, who uses their phone to browse websites all day, and I can be one of those people lol.
Other times my battery usage varies greatly depending on how much I charge and use it. I was able to get around 8.5hrs just from an 85% charge with mixed usage of wifi and cellular.
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The longest SoT I've had was just yesterday, with close to 13hrs. I was mainly on wifi doing a bunch of web surfing and chat.
I know there's been some questions of, who uses their phone to browse websites all day, and I can be one of those people lol.
Other times my battery usage varies greatly depending on how much I charge and use it. I was able to get around 8.5hrs just from an 85% charge with mixed usage of wifi and cellular.
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How on earth do you get 337mah drain with screen on. are you using it on 0 brightness. mine drains 700mah easily with screen on. i also get abysmal deep sleep percentage around the 50% deep sleep. Worst battery on a phone ive ever owned
ed0214 said:
How on earth do you get 337mah drain with screen on. are you using it on 0 brightness. mine drains 700mah easily with screen on. i also get abysmal deep sleep percentage around the 50% deep sleep. Worst battery on a phone ive ever owned
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That's about what I get too, 300 - 400 mAh. Also overnight I get at least 93% deep sleep if not more. Something is keeping your phone awake while you are doing nothing so I don't believe it's a bad phone or battery. It's a bad app or misconfiguration. You need to find what that is and correct it.
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That's about what I get too, 300 - 400 mAh. Also overnight I get at least 93% deep sleep if not more. Something is keeping your phone awake while you are doing nothing so I don't believe it's a bad phone or battery. It's a bad app or misconfiguration. You need to find what that is and correct it.
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Yes i believe it is something to do with an app but cant seem to narrow it down to which one. On airplane mode it instantly goes to deep sleep. Deep sleep is good overnight. At around 91 percent but during the day when im checking my phone every 10-15mins i get 40-50percent deep sleep. Brightness is at 70 percent usually and screen on around 600-700mah. No 5g enabled on wifi.
ed0214 said:
How on earth do you get 337mah drain with screen on. are you using it on 0 brightness. mine drains 700mah easily with screen on. i also get abysmal deep sleep percentage around the 50% deep sleep. Worst battery on a phone ive ever owned
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Same how are people's drain with the phone so low. I phone has similar deep sleep too. I don't get how people are getting 6-8 SOT. Even updating to the December didn't seem to help munch.
AKN_92 said:
Same how are people's drain with the phone so low. I phone has similar deep sleep too. I don't get how people are getting 6-8 SOT. Even updating to the December didn't seem to help munch.
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These look like my stats. I use similar apps to you like fb, messenger, insta and snap
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Yes i believe it is something to do with an app but cant seem to narrow it down to which one. On airplane mode it instantly goes to deep sleep. Deep sleep is good overnight. At around 91 percent but during the day when im checking my phone every 10-15mins i get 40-50percent deep sleep. Brightness is at 70 percent usually and screen on around 600-700mah. No 5g enabled on wifi.
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I use GSam Battery monitor to see which apps are high drainage, and then if necessary I kill those specific apps since they're probably stuck running in the background somehow.
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AKN_92 said:
Same how are people's drain with the phone so low. I phone has similar deep sleep too. I don't get how people are getting 6-8 SOT. Even updating to the December didn't seem to help munch.
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6hrs SoT isn't much depending on how much battery you have. You have a pretty high drainage with the screen off of about 2% idle drain an hour. Ideally it should be about 0.5 - 0.7% hr. Anything higher will cause your battery to drop pretty fast, which is likely the result of some app or unoptimized battery usage in the background. I would do some digging to see what's causing this and it should improve your overall usage.