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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 ZTE Axon 7 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

One of the better SOT phones I've owned since coming from smaller 4.5 inch screens. I easily get 4 hours on a long day (16 -18 hours off the charger). I watched 2.5 hour movie the other day and did some more stuff. In 8 hours, I had over 5 hours of SOT with 47% battery left.

tele_jas said:
One of the better SOT phones I've owned since coming from smaller 4.5 inch screens. I easily get 4 hours on a long day (16 -18 hours off the charger). I watched 2.5 hour movie the other day and did some more stuff. In 8 hours, I had over 5 hours of SOT with 47% battery left.
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How are you measuring SOT? I can't find it in the stock battery stats.

biglilsteve said:
How are you measuring SOT? I can't find it in the stock battery stats.
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you install an app like BetterBatteryStats .

biglilsteve said:
How are you measuring SOT? I can't find it in the stock battery stats.
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GSam battery monitor.
There is a free version and a paid version, not sure which one this is but it'll get you close: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

djona12 said:
you install an app like BetterBatteryStats .
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Does better battery stats require root? Does it read system stats or does it create its own?
tele_jas said:
GSam battery monitor.
There is a free version and a paid version, not sure which one this is but it'll get you close: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
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I don't like gsam because it doesn't read the SOT from the system. It records it's own stats.

GSam battery monitor allows you to see the stock android battery stats and screen on time from there by going to the menu on the bottom right, clicking more and then Battery Use - Built In. If there is an easier way to get to stock android battery stats, I'd love to know.

biglilsteve said:
Does better battery stats require root? Does it read system stats or does it create its own?
I don't like gsam because it doesn't read the SOT from the system. It records it's own stats.
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"BetterBatteryStats is calling the "batteryinfo" service of Android to retrieve data already lying there without generating overhead" and no it doesn't need root

iznak said:
GSam battery monitor allows you to see the stock android battery stats and screen on time from there by going to the menu on the bottom right, clicking more and then Battery Use - Built In. If there is an easier way to get to stock android battery stats, I'd love to know.
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Good to know, thanks!
djona12 said:
"BetterBatteryStats is calling the "batteryinfo" service of Android to retrieve data already lying there without generating overhead" and no it doesn't need root
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This is exactly what I want. Sweet!

My first not-at-home day, I averaged just under 5hrs SOT in a 14 hour day.

tele_jas said:
One of the better SOT phones I've owned since coming from smaller 4.5 inch screens. I easily get 4 hours on a long day (16 -18 hours off the charger). I watched 2.5 hour movie the other day and did some more stuff. In 8 hours, I had over 5 hours of SOT with 47% battery left.
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What settings do you guys have setup? My battery is down to 27% after only 8.5 hours off the charger and not much video watching. How do you have your phone setup concerning gestures and everything? I use the fingerprint unlock and the double tap feature and so far I am not impressed with the battery.

What settings are you using? I'm barely getting10hrs of battery

imp3r10 said:
What settings do you guys have setup? My battery is down to 27% after only 8.5 hours off the charger and not much video watching. How do you have your phone setup concerning gestures and everything? I use the fingerprint unlock and the double tap feature and so far I am not impressed with the battery.
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imp3r10 said:
What settings are you using? I'm barely getting10hrs of battery
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Nothing special, really? It's basically stock, I just disabled some stock apps: Browser, calendar, stock email, Gmail, Hangouts, and stock messaging. Everything else is left alone.... I even installed the actual Facebook app (aka: battery eater) for the first time in a few years, since my battery can keep up now.

imp3r10 said:
What settings are you using? I'm barely getting10hrs of battery
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You either have very bad wakelocks or you've got a LOT of screen on time.

xxBrun0xx said:
You either have very bad wakelocks or you've got a LOT of screen on time.
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No screen on time. I am in an area where I get no service and was using WiFi, so today I turned on Airplane mode and then WiFi and it seems to work a lot better. though I still need to investigate is battery drain is bad when using the phone in normal service area.

imp3r10 said:
No screen on time. I am in an area where I get no service and was using WiFi, so today I turned on Airplane mode and then WiFi and it seems to work a lot better. though I still need to investigate is battery drain is bad when using the phone in normal service area.
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Sounds like wakelocks to me

This is the best phone I've owned in terms of battery life. With nova launcher and using nova's battery widget I can see my SOT. I average 5:30 which is alot for me. I have gotten as much as 6:40! This is all usually over 12-28 hrs. The phone is just phenomenal, just wish the camera was better.

toyanucci said:
This is the best phone I've owned in terms of battery life. With nova launcher and using nova's battery widget I can see my SOT. I average 5:30 which is alot for me. I have gotten as much as 6:40! This is all usually over 12-28 hrs. The phone is just phenomenal, just wish the camera was better.
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I would believe it. I got about 5 hours in my last run. What I think ate up about 20% was listening to music through the speakers.. The phone drained faster than normal Witt the speakers on at max volume.. Which makes sense and is 5000% tolerable because how amazing they sound.
Furthermore, if I could get some stronger cell phone signal, that would help with screen on time too. I never have no signal, but I never see over two bars of signal either.

Sorry about double post.. Forgot to include second one..

Ok, I thought this was a battery beast but I think I was wrong. I don't expect any phone's battery indicator to be totally accurate but I've noticed that if I top the A7 up a little the battery doesn't drain *at all* for a long time. I've been letting it go down to 30% then topping it up to 40% where it stays without moving even while I'm streaming music and surfing for half an hour. Fishy.
I thought that as I was on about 3:30 sot at 40% I'd let it go down further to see if it would reach 5 hours. Three charging cycles in a row the phone has hit 19% and then reported that it's empty and shut down.
EU model build B03.

Below average battery life or it needs changing?

Im averanging around 2.5-3 hrs of screen on time on oreo n pie pixel xl. My usage varied between scrolling through social media(facebook, instagram, reddit) and 15-20 mins of gaming per charge(all game settings are high 60fps). Does this battery life is still fine within all pixel xl owners? Or is it that it needs battery change since i got it refurbished? Btw screen is always at 50% brightness

Idsay so how long have ya had it
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NickNick977 said:
Im averanging around 2.5-3 hrs of screen on time on oreo n pie pixel xl. My usage varied between scrolling through social media(facebook, instagram, reddit) and 15-20 mins of gaming per charge(all game settings are high 60fps). Does this battery life is still fine within all pixel xl owners? Or is it that it needs battery change since i got it refurbished? Btw screen is always at 50% brightness
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Did you ever get better battery/replace it? I get that currently on my XL on Pie and it's very frustrating.

cobrajet7 said:
Idsay so how long have ya had it
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Ive had for around 4 months already, battery life was pretty much the same when i got it

snappycg1996 said:
Did you ever get better battery/replace it? I get that currently on my XL on Pie and it's very frustrating.
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Nope i didn't have it battery changed yet. What is ur usage and sot?

NickNick977 said:
Nope i didn't have it battery changed yet. What is ur usage and sot?
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Use AccuBattery and see what capacity % it shows after a week (first few charges will be inaccurate). I bought a refurb and it had 90% capacity, and I was able to get 4-5 hours SOT with always on display turned off, data, bluetooth, wifi always on; Oreo 8.1 and no gaming. I never upgraded to Pie, so I don't know if that made it worse.

I had a similar problem with mine, first i was on stock pie, so i tried changing to different custom roms, kernels, nothing worked. i thought my battery was getting bad, so i decided to flash a stock factory image (pie) just beacuse i was frustrated and somehow, that fixed it. I dont know why or how, but i got my battery life back. So maybe try that i guess?

Battery Drains When It Hits 25% - Why and How to Fix?

Hi guys. My battery does great until it hits 25% at which point it drains fast for unknown reasons. Is it possible that one part of the battery is defective, such that the battery does fine until it has 25% left? Is there a fix for that? Or is it possible to remove the battery and replace it with a new one?

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I have same issue
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MSK1 said:
I have same issue
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Wow. How long have you had your phone?

Jojokoo said:
Wow. How long have you had your phone?
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3 months.
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MSK1 said:
3 months.
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Thats crazy. So this isnt an isolated case its a common phenomenon with this phone.
I was thinking about replacing the battery which has its risks but now that I read about you having the same issue I'll decide against inheriting that risk.

Jojokoo said:
Hi guys. My battery does great until it hits 25% at which point it drains fast for unknown reasons. Is it possible that one part of the battery is defective, such that the battery does fine until it has 25% left? Is there a fix for that? Or is it possible to remove the battery and replace it with a new one?
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What do you mean by 'fast'. I've had my ALOO for 2 years and have noticed a slight reduction in overal battery life (as to be expected) which does appear to drain slightly quicker after 25% but it could not be described as "fast".

BB55 said:
What do you mean by 'fast'. I've had my ALOO for 2 years and have noticed a slight reduction in overal battery life (as to be expected) which does appear to drain slightly quicker after 25% but it could not be described as "fast".
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Fast is fast. I don't know what you mean by what I said by fast. Everyone here gets it

Jojokoo said:
Fast is fast. I don't know what you mean by what I said by fast. Everyone here gets it
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So it goes from 25% to zero within 2 hours with similar usage prior to it eaching 25%. I'd call that fast
Mine takes about 18 hours to reach 25% from full charge with normal usage then about 4 hours to reach zero. I dont consider that fast but power lose is quicker.
Hence my question. Fast is meaningless without sone form of a definition.

BB55 said:
So it goes from 25% to zero within 2 hours with similar usage prior to it eaching 25%. I'd call that fast
Mine takes about 18 hours to reach 25% from full charge with normal usage then about 4 hours to reach zero. I dont consider that fast but power lose is quicker.
Hence my question. Fast is meaningless without sone form of a definition.
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My phone takes 3 - 4 days from full charge to 25%. Thereafter it drains to 0% in less than 6 hours.
Mostly everyone who owns a 20x have similar battery life with exception to those with abnormal drain myself and another user on this thread included.
Fast is a relative term yet everyone understands 'fast' when compared to the rest of their battery life.

So we have very similar usage and drain times. I've just put that down to one of those things to be expected as the battery gets older. i.e. not abnormal. Guess it's down to a matter of differing expectaions/perceptions.

BB55 said:
So we have very similar usage and drain times. I've just put that down to one of those things to be expected as the battery gets older. i.e. not abnormal. Guess it's down to a matter of differing expectaions/perceptions.
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No we dont have similar drain times. You said this:
"Mine takes about 18 hours to reach 25%. So it goes from 25% to zero within 2 hours with similar usage prior to it reaching 25%."
Contrast to my battery of 3 - 4 days normal usage followed by a steep decline from 25% - 0% in less than 6 hours.
I dont see the similarity between our phones.
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18 hours normal usage for me = 3 to 4 days for me. That's about 6 to 4.5 hours usage per day.

BB55 said:
18 hours normal usage for me = 3 to 4 days for me. That's about 6 to 4.5 hours usage per day.
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How is 18 hours used up til you hit 25% the same as 3 - 4 days of battery use?? You make 0 sense

If you read my post you should understand. Can't help you if you can't do the math.

BB55 said:
If you read my post you should understand. Can't help you if you can't do the math.
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Cant help with your poor grammar and reading comprehension. If school didnt help I dont know what will.

Question Z Fold 3 battery life discussion

Hi to all F3 owners hope your enjoying your new toy?
Only query / disappointment for me so far is that battery life is nowhere near as good on Fold 3 as it was with Fold 2.
1.5 hours light usage today and I am down to 58% - mostly indoors and on WiFi
I expected the latest Snapdragon 888 to have as good of not better power management than last year's CPU.
What is other F3 owner's experience?

WhatsApp has been running for 25 mins and eaten ~30%? You have something deeper going on there it looks like.

Digital wellbeing is a battery eating feature itself. Turn it off and you will get more battery time.

I have similiar problems with battery. But in my case, it's Calls that take a lot battery, windows link too..

Jake.S said:
Digital wellbeing is a battery eating feature itself. Turn it off and you will get more battery time.
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Believe it or not to today has been very light usage compared with a typical day
I have same Apps and settings as i had with my Fold2 so don't know what's up
Hopefully after a few more days of battery usage learning things will settle down

dezborders said:
Believe it or not to today has been very light usage compared with a typical day
I have same Apps and settings as i had with my Fold2 so don't know what's up
Hopefully after a few more days of battery usage learning things will settle down
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Can you take screenshot of battery info like I did?

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dezborders said:
Believe it or not to today has been very light usage compared with a typical day
I have same Apps and settings as i had with my Fold2 so don't know what's up
Hopefully after a few more days of battery usage learning things will settle dow
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Can you take screenshot of battery info like I did?
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A completely different list of apps with top battery usage is shown with the 2 screen shots...hmmm

This happens with every release of every new phone. It always takes a few days for it to settle as it's downloading apps, settings, updates, etc. It's WAY too early to compare battery life. Give it a week.

Give it time to take a calibration and you to stop using your device not in the muscle memory you and the phone will develop.
Then they'll push a firmware upgrade that destroys all that hard work you and your new fold put in getting to know one another.

See Buds+ battery stat.
Only paired them with phone 2 hours ago to so recording 10 hours of background battery usage is quite an achievement
I reckon the battery usage stats are unreliable on my Fold3 ...

Estimated 15 hours on a full charge..... Spectacularly BAD if accurate long term
Battery drain (mostly standby) in first hour is 6%

dezborders said:
Estimated 15 hours on a full charge..... Spectacularly BAD if accurate long term
Battery drain (mostly standby) in first hour is 6%
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Total app usage in 90 mins since coming off charge is 1.9%
Therefore standby drain is 4.1% per 90 mins. Not ideal.

I didn't notice a particular issue whith battery life on mine l nearly 10H of uptime with 35% remaining is alright in my book)

yah i definitly see what you mean
dezborders said:
Hi to all F3 owners hope your enjoying your new toy?
Only query / disappointment for me so far is that battery life is nowhere near as good on Fold 3 as it was with Fold 2.
1.5 hours light usage today and I am down to 58% - mostly indoors and on WiFi
I expected the latest Snapdragon 888 to have as good of not better power management than last year's CPU.
What is other
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dezborders said:
Estimated 15 hours on a full charge..... Spectacularly BAD if accurate long term
Battery drain (mostly standby) in first hour is 6%
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yah but alot of time its not always accurate

I'm having a 6h30 SOT with lot of web browsing and gaming with mainly usage of the big screen so not bad at all for me

Update: today I put !y SIM card in another phone and used Fold3 on WiFi only
Normal battery drain and good SOT
Can only hope September OTA improves network radio power consumption

dezborders said:
Update: today I put !y SIM card in another phone and used Fold3 on WiFi only
Normal battery drain and good SOT
Can only hope September OTA improves network radio power consumption
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Thanks for the feedback ! I'll try disabling my sim (esim) for a day to see if it makes a difference

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Thanks for the feedback ! I'll try disabling my sim (esim) for a day to see if it makes a difference
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Accubattery estimates 6hrs SOT time is, which I think is a out what I got from Fold2. My previous high battery drain does appear to have been network / radio related

Question How is your Pixel Experience/Plus battery usage?

I'm trying to flash Pixel Experience, but saw some peers said the insane battery usage
Anybody compared with Pixel Extended Rom, which is said better battery usage?

Had PE plus for about 10 days, yeah battery usage is more than normal
Currently on CRDroid, much better battery usage

ozblogger said:
Had PE plus for about 10 days, yeah battery usage is more than normal
Currently on CRDroid, much better battery usage
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You mean battery can last longer time?

awsdawsd said:
You mean battery can last longer time?
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Yeah lasts longer on CRDroid for sure
About 20% more

Terrible! Trying to install optimus drunk kernel to see if it makes it better!

mlcattini said:
Terrible! Trying to install optimus drunk kernel to see if it makes it better!
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That's why I confused, I saw two kinds of conflicted opinion on line

I have no issues in PE Plus regarding battery. A full charge lasts for one and half day, who is great for a workday.

Just wondering what do y'all think in terms of daily usage between aosp roms and miui/miui.eu?

Have the same issue. Battery goes down fast on my MI Note 2 (scorpio), lasts less then a day even when idle. Totally unusable as it is.