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Here are the settings I'm running on CM7 to get amazingly bananas battery life (with the display being on for about 5 hours!)..
1. Conservative governor: 245mhz - 1017mhz in CM7 settings
2. Install the 'BatteryCalibration' app from the market. This app caused the single biggest improvement for me after having flashed so many roms and never calibrating the battery. If you've calibrated it before though, I don't think it'll be very useful for you.
3. Install 'NoBars' from the market to automatically turn on airplane mode when you have no service. (This might be useless to some of you if you always have a signal; Very useful in NYC subway though)
4. Use a 2G toggle widget to have the phone only use the Edge connection when you only need it to receive calls/ texts and don't need the high speeds. I use the toggle widget in the CM7 notification bar. HUGE battery saver.
Give these a shot and let us know how they work for you
I've reached the end of my day and here are my final stats..
Mmy display has been on on over 5 hours now and I have 5% of the battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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As you can see by my display being on over 3 hours, I used my phone a heck of a lot today and still have over a third of my battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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Question: It's cool that your display was on for 3 hours, but what did you do as far as app usage??
If you did use your phone "a heck of a lot" wouldn't some apps like "internet" "maps" or something show up on the battery use %'s???
For example, currently, other than phone idle, cell standby, voice calls and android, there's also internet, mail, maps, and other apps that I used today alot.
Good observation. I have no idea how android chooses which apps to show on there, but I think it depends on the ROM? I remember on Iced Glacier cell standby would barely use 5% of the battery and on CM7 it uses >40% consistently. Idk.
Maybe what those apps used up here was nothing compared to the display, wifi and phone idle time.. Just a guess.. But I did use the browser and xda app and listened to music via the Rdio app running in the background several times throughout the day, and sent multiple texts and have had my wifi on for about 5 hours now. I can't really find a menu that would show these statistics except in the Spare Parts app, and here you go..
I got 17 hours just yesterday with 9% left with moderate to heavy use (texting, web browsing and ps1 emulation).
I didn't do anything besides use faux's kernel with the smartass govenor. I have the max speed overclocked to 1.8 as well...
Nice. I just got over flashing new kernels for a while since the stock CM7 one has everything functioning perfectly and new kernels would improve on something but mess up something else in my experience.
I can't seem to find a 2g toggle widget that works with Royal Glacier. (one touch, I've found a few that take you to settings) When I was running Royal Ginger I would always use the one that came in the notification bar.
Wifi status is also a good app to remind the forgetful to turn off wifi when they leave the Area.
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I've reached the end of my day and here are my final stats..
Mmy display has been on on over 5 hours now and I have 5% of the battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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This is GREAT battery life... i wonder what word i'd use to describe mine.
i Pulled my Phone off the Charger this morning @ 7:20pm EST. Now it is 3:13 EST. and i've got ~50% left. So thats what like. 7 hours
neidlinger tap that 'screen on' tab and lets see how long your screen was actually on for?
Either way congrats, and it's good to see ppl are over the battery issues.
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neidlinger tap that 'screen on' tab and lets see how long your screen was actually on for?
Either way congrats, and it's good to see ppl are over the battery issues.
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since my last boot. 8:10AM when i loaded the new CM7. 1h 1m 59s.
Unless I'm missing something, the 'BatteryCalibration' app won't increase your battery life. It will just help to get a more accurate reading of your battery level.
I've played around with different roms and kernels. And yes, they do have a small effect on battery life, but not all that much.
Here's my tip for battery life. Get on ebay and buy one the of the cheap packages from Hong Kong with 3 batteries and a standalone charger. Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3x-New-1500mAh-Battery-Charger-HTC-Mytouch-4G-Merge-/290556738794?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43a687fcea
I bought a similar package a few months ago and now I never have battery problems. Nor do I have to take a chance on wearing out my micro-usb jack like I've seen happen on a lot of other phones.
Maybe. All I know is my battery increased dramatically after running that app once.
I measure battery life by how many hours I am able to keep my display on before it dies rather than how long after it comes off the charger (like nedilinger does). My battery used to die after about 3 hours of the display being on. Now it consistently lasts 5 hours.
Anyway, I was just trying to let others know what I did to get a really good battery life on my phone thinking it might be helpful. Apparently that's not appreciated. Thanks tho.
sundayhustler said:
Unless I'm missing something, the 'BatteryCalibration' app won't increase your battery life. It will just help to get a more accurate reading of your battery level.
I've played around with different roms and kernels. And yes, they do have a small effect on battery life, but not all that much.
Here's my tip for battery life. Get on ebay and buy one the of the cheap packages from Hong Kong with 3 batteries and a standalone charger. Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3x-New-1500mAh-...738794?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43a687fcea
I bought a similar package a few months ago and now I never have battery problems. Nor do I have to take a chance on wearing out my micro-usb jack like I've seen happen on a lot of other phones.
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How long does 1 of those batteries last?
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simple way to get awesome battery life without any extra steps is to install RoyalGlacier 1.6, that's all. A couple days ago I ran my phone for one and a half days before charging it again, and it still had 14% battery left. RG is pretty much a polished version of CM7, runs blazing fast and smooth.
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simple way to get awesome battery life without any extra steps is to install RoyalGlacier 1.6, that's all. A couple days ago I ran my phone for one and a half days before charging it again, and it still had 14% battery left. RG is pretty much a polished version of CM7, runs blazing fast and smooth.
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does the royal ginger gets the same battery result?
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does the royal ginger gets the same battery result?
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Better than what's reported under CM7. The battery life I posted above was on RG.
you say you don't sacrifice 4g but you admit you have a 2g/edge widget?
To me "not sacrificing 4g" means not ever turning it off, maybe i'm mistaken
I had battery issues, I'd have to charge it mid day else it would die. Juicedefender helped a bit (claimed to do 1.7x battery life) but I uninstalled it, rooted the phone, and uninstalled a bunch of stock apps
For some reason now my battery lasts a very very long time, don't know how or why that is. I also admit I don't use it as heavily as some people, but my habits have not changed and I did have to charge it mid day (like i said) even with little usage
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Obviously, it's hard to say without describing how I use my phone, but I get probably 10-15 hours of medium-high usage. I probably get about 4-5 hours of talk time. I'd say the Chinese ebay batteries probably last 80-90% as long as the OEM battery. Quite decent considering the price.
My earlier thoughts about the BatteryCalibration app could be wrong. I don't really know all the details about how Android battery calibration works. I just assumed that it simply learns about all the bad spots in your battery so that your phone doesn't instantly jump from 80% to 30%. I also assumed that the phone would die when the battery had no power left, as opposed to when it says 0%, but maybe that's not the case. Regardless, if it helps you, more power to you and I appreciate you sharing the app. I didn't mean to come off as an unappreciative ****. If I did, sorry bout that.
Just wondering how is the battery life on this phone, had the chance to play with it @ a tmo store for a good 1 hour and its an awesome device ran benchmark on it and it scored really good, I was suprise it beat the G2 even when I overclock it to 1.42 ghz lol. I really want to know about the Battery life in these dual core smartphones, as I'm tempted to get me a G2x.
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Its great.
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It really depends who you ask about it. There are a ton of battery complaints whereas I and many others find the battery life to be exceptional.
I think most of the people complaining about battery life either
A) Haven't performed a factory reset which fixes the phones constant power usage even when idle. OR went into the hidden menu and changed the radio to GSM and WCDMA Auto.
B) Have a defective battery (ie those who say their battery drains even when the phone is powered down)
C) Have unrealistic expectations for battery life all together.
Well on point C, I can say with absolute confidence that this battery is the best I've ever had out of all my smartphones (PPC-6700, Mogul, Touch, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2, Curve 8330, Bold 9700, Palm Pre CDMA, HTC Hero, Evo, Inspire, and the Samsung Captivate) with me being able to talk for four hours and still have 30% of the battery left and then I can game for another 2 or 3 hours. Most of those phones would have been dead after the phone calls (the Captivate would be close to death, the Curve would be about an hour behind it) let alone having to power such a nice display and high-powered graphics chip.
I tend to think the actual answer is (d) the battery driver is so vastly broken that any reading it gives is essentially fictional. In this case, some people will be happy with their battery life (because their readings are fictionally high) and others will be freaked out (because theirs are fictionally low) but the actual answer is "nobody knows".
This battery outlasting my Vibrant by hours with the same usage pattern isn't at all fictional. Not saying the drivers arent messed up.. But if battery life is as good as it has been for many users already it can only get better. Either way in its existing state its still better than many android phones.
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I tend to think the actual answer is (d) the battery driver is so vastly broken that any reading it gives is essentially fictional. In this case, some people will be happy with their battery life (because their readings are fictionally high) and others will be freaked out (because theirs are fictionally low) but the actual answer is "nobody knows".
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This is not the case if you are running Faux123's .8 kernel.
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This is not the case if you are running Faux123's .8 kernel.
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Am doing so.
Not at all convinced that it's accurate - still saw something like a 60% drop in a few minutes, on a brand new battery.
It does seem to help the "stall" problem.
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I tend to think the actual answer is (d) the battery driver is so vastly broken that any reading it gives is essentially fictional. In this case, some people will be happy with their battery life (because their readings are fictionally high) and others will be freaked out (because theirs are fictionally low) but the actual answer is "nobody knows".
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Exactly. If the battery driver reads "0" then it will shut off. That doesn't mean the battery is depleted. This explains why you'll get awesome battery if you clear battery stats on a full charge initially. It aligns the counter with the actual battery.
Mine runs from 8-midnight with some to spare with heavier then normal (thanks xda!) usage.
LG G2x - CM7 2.3.4
The G2X has with out a doubt the best battery I have ever had on a smart phone and has been since day one. I never had any battery problems but that might be because since day one I have used SetCPU, rooted my device and froze all of the bloatware including WiFi calling. I constantly get about 15 hours with moderate use and 8 hours with heavy use which includes 1 hour worth of playing games, 1 hour browsing the internet, 1 hour reading all of my RSS, 30 minutes reading Fox news and CNN, 50 text messages, 1 hour of phone calls, 2 hours streaming music or playing my MP3's and about 30 minutes browsing facebook and twitter.
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Am doing so.
Not at all convinced that it's accurate - still saw something like a 60% drop in a few minutes, on a brand new battery.
It does seem to help the "stall" problem.
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Yu sure was 60% in a few minutes?
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The G2X has with out a doubt the best battery I have ever had on a smart phone and has been since day one. I never had any battery problems but that might be because since day one I have used SetCPU, rooted my device and froze all of the bloatware including WiFi calling. I constantly get about 15 hours with moderate use and 8 hours with heavy use which includes 1 hour worth of playing games, 1 hour browsing the internet, 1 hour reading all of my RSS, 30 minutes reading Fox news and CNN, 50 text messages, 1 hour of phone calls, 2 hours streaming music or playing my MP3's and about 30 minutes browsing facebook and twitter.
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Well I just asked because of the bad review on battery life on tmobile website but I will probably get the phone in august, by than it'll probably have gingerbread. Only thing I don't like about the phone is the lack of hardware keyboard especially because tmo considers it part of the G series which it doesn't fit in, and only god knows I what I would do if this phone had a keyboard to get it LOL I would rob a bank.
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androidfeen809 said:
Yu sure was 60% in a few minutes?
T-Mobile G2 1.42 GHZ
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that kind of stuff happens when the battery isn't calibrated.
regP said:
that kind of stuff happens when the battery isn't calibrated.
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How do yu calibrate a battery?
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player911 said:
Exactly. If the battery driver reads "0" then it will shut off. That doesn't mean the battery is depleted. This explains why you'll get awesome battery if you clear battery stats on a full charge initially. It aligns the counter with the actual battery.
Mine runs from 8-midnight with some to spare with heavier then normal (thanks xda!) usage.
LG G2x - CM7 2.3.4
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Could you please explain what you mean by "Clearing your battery stats" for us newbies out here. And thanks to you all because we are learning a lot just by lurking and reading.
Dennis/Idaho
G1, G2x
DLeeHarley said:
Could you please explain what you mean by "Clearing your battery stats" for us newbies out here. And thanks to you all because we are learning a lot just by lurking and reading.
Dennis/Idaho
G1, G2x
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Charge to 100%, reboot into recovery, go to advanced->clear battery.
or
Download this app and follow similar directions in-app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&feature=search_result
I picked up my g2x yesterday.afternoon. Charged it to full at about 7pm, played a little dungeon defenders, web browsing, and I've been on xda for half an hour. 12 hours after unplugged and I'm at 72%. Not too bad, but 6 of those were idle. We'll see how well it does today.
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Good on wifi, horrible on 4g.
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I picked up my g2x yesterday.afternoon. Charged it to full at about 7pm, played a little dungeon defenders, web browsing, and I've been on xda for half an hour. 12 hours after unplugged and I'm at 72%. Not too bad, but 6 of those were idle. We'll see how well it does today.
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Unless suffering from some issue idle drain is awesome. Afraid not much can be done about the drain during use though besides turning screen brightness down and using wifi instead of 4g.
I pretty much never use wifi anymore because its so damn slow.. but hopefully that will get fixed because with wifi on battery life is just unreal even when in use.
Sorry for my bad english first.
I really wanna get one, but I still doubt about the capacity of the battery. How long it can carry? If you can tell me the way you use it, it would be much better.
If your a heavy user you'll have to charge it nightly.
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If your a heavy user you'll have to charge it nightly.
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I have a DHD now, and in fact I have to recharge it everyday. Considered about this, how would sensation perform?
I have been getting about 12 hours out of it for moderate to heavy use - 5+ hours streaming music etc. Today I haven't used it much at all, 8 hours off the charger and I have 65% battery left.
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I have been getting about 12 hours out of it for moderate to heavy use - 5+ hours streaming music etc. Today I haven't used it much at all, 8 hours off the charger and I have 65% battery left.
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If it's like that I have to say it's too bad for me to use. May be I have to carry to charge it twice a day....
Heavy use = charge every night (the same goes for nearly all smartphones though, unfortunately)
Light-moderate use = charge every two nights
This is a very rough guess but you'll get at least 20% more battery performance out of a Sensation than a DHD, more so when they sort out custom roms and everything.
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Heavy use = charge every night (the same goes for nearly all smartphones though, unfortunately)
Light-moderate use = charge every two nights
This is a very rough guess but you'll get at least 20% more battery performance out of a Sensation than a DHD, more so when they sort out custom roms and everything.
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Are you sure? My DHD will lose power very quickly when I use WIFI to watch videos or movies. It can cost about 60%-70% power in about 3 hours.
I'd have to test it to be 'sure', sorry. It's certainly better than the DHD though, no question about it.
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I'd have to test it to be 'sure', sorry. It's certainly better than the DHD though, no question about it.
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Sorry for the stupid question, but I still not clear about it. On the official site(I mean HongKong Site), the time DHD can be used is much longer than Sensation did. Have you actually compared them? or you just take a guess?
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Sorry for the stupid question, but I still not clear about it. On the official site(I mean HongKong Site), the time DHD can be used is much longer than Sensation did. Have you actually compared them? or you just take a guess?
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Sensation has higher capacity battery. PLus, if you use 3G it will consume more - if you talk alot on the phone it will finsih sooner - if you browse on wifi all day it will end sooner - it all depends on you - if you just sens 20-25 texts a day + an hour of wifi - it will easily last you 36-40 hours.
If you call a lot - lets say 5 hours a day - browse at least 5-7 hours on wifi/3G + videos/songs then it will unlikely last you more than 12-15 hours.
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Sensation has higher capacity battery. PLus, if you use 3G it will consume more - if you talk alot on the phone it will finsih sooner - if you browse on wifi all day it will end sooner - it all depends on you - if you just sens 20-25 texts a day + an hour of wifi - it will easily last you 36-40 hours.
If you call a lot - lets say 5 hours a day - browse at least 5-7 hours on wifi/3G + videos/songs then it will unlikely last you more than 12-15 hours.
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Thank you very much for your detailed answer, I guess the official site may have made a mistake. Again Thank you.
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Thank you very much for your detailed answer, I guess the official site may have made a mistake. Again Thank you.
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No problem, or maybe they just hyped the battery life - as they usually tend to do
Sxr, you'll get better battery than the DHD.
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I was wondering what kind of battery life everyone is getting. I am down to 35 percent and I have only been off the charger for 6 hours. I sent maybe 10 texts checked facebook twice and played cut the rope for 10 minutes.
I unlocked the phone using ACE hack kit and I am not running the CM nightly that I found here: http://iloveabath.co.uk/CM7-Unofficial/ plus the inspiremod 5.0 patch. Also I cant figure out how to get to fastboot to figure out what radio I am running. Im running on T-Mobile in the DC area. I just got the Inspire so any tips and tricks I might not know about would be great.
Thanks!
For starters HTC ace phones don't have the best battery life to begin with because of the sync functions. Cm7 is a great rom but it only adds to the battery issue.
There are serveral apps,flashes and mods to the boot.prop file thar will help extend battery life. Do some leg work and Use the search to find these. I suggest googleing calibrate battery and battery drain on htc inspire/dhd. This issue has been covered repeatedly. And the mods and users don't care for the clutter of repeat posts
Last suggestion. Use the notification bar to turn off functions when you don't use them. Ie.... wifi, Bluetooth, GPS and turn your screen brightness down.
Also unsync Facebook, Google + and drop your email retreave function down from every 15min to several hours or not at all. (You can still get email this way by opening app)
This is about all the advise I can give you the rest is up to you and doing some reading.
I did all of these and I get about 14 hours of heavy ussage.
As far as finding your radio. Download and open this app. http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=608910&d=1306506748
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The battery life sucks, but I use it a lot and have facebook and email running most of the time its pretty decent depending on the Rom you are running I am running coredroid and its pretty decent with my usage.
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For starters HTC ace phones don't have the best battery life to begin with because of the sync functions. Cm7 is a great rom but it only adds to the battery issue.
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??? They have an Inspire, not an Ace.
Your battery definitely shouldn't be draining like that with that amount of use. Maybe try one of the current tracking apps to see what's using all your power.
Battery life depends largely on how you use it. Screen on uses about 80% of your battery. The more time it sits idle, the longer it goes on battery. I can get a whole day out of mine on a typical day with about 2 hours talking and a little fiddling with the phone. I also use wi-fi whenever possible because the wi-fi radio uses less power than the cellular data connection. If you're running dead after 6 hours I am willing to bet you are spending a lot of time using the phone. Try setting the brightness on the screen dimmer.
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??? They have an Inspire, not an Ace.
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HTC Inspire 4G and HTC Desire HD are HTC Ace.
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Unless im mistaken, htc inspire is stallion while dhd is ace. However, we can use ace.
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HTC Inspire 4G and HTC Desire HD are HTC Ace.
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Huh? They are both Ace. Stallion? Where did you dream that one up?
Edit: I'll be damned. Well get the harness on this Stallion and ride. Credit goes to you Teichopsia.
Wow. According to the internetz, Stallion is indeed the code name for the Ace variant carried by At&T. So yes it is a Stallion, but it is also an Ace.
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My biggest problem is that I want to use my phone without worrying about the
battery going dead, when I mean use my phone, I am talking about games, Internet,
and watching videos, stuff that requires the screen, the problem is that I cant use
the phone like that, at best with the screen on 100% of the time you might get 3 to 4
hours of battery life before the phone is dead, just using it as a phone the battery life
is enough, but if I just wanted a phone, I would have got something cheaper, there are a
few ways to deal with this, the same ways that I used when dealing with PDAs
in the past, -BTW PDAs had about the same battery life as this phone,- I had to
keep mutable chargers handy, one in my my car, one in the house, one in my travel
bag, and keep external battery packs to charge the PDA, I hate to do that, it seems
silly, even more so when the battery life is no better then way back in the early
2000s.
People have to start looking at today's smartphones as "pocket laptops". I've been saying this for a while. Battery size and capacity go hand in hand. You can't have a thin, light mini-computer and expect it to last for days on one charge like the old phones. There are many options to be sure you don't run out of power. Powerskin, seperate power pack, extra chargers for wherever you spend your time, extra batteries. There's not really any other way around it if you really use it a lot.
Battery life threads have been done to death. We all know the battery life is what it is. It will work for a real days worth of use for the average business user but for the kids playing games and watching movies well then it will only last a few hours.
Best advice is keep a charger handy
so as it may be known, i came from an iPhone 4S and traded that for an HTC One X, i've had it for a little over a week and i really like it a lot BUT (you knew that was coming i think..) the battery is below par, i get about 3, on a real good day 4 hours of usage from a full charge. i only auto sync mail, screen is on 25% (also tried auto for a few days), when at home it's connected to WiFi, data off and when i go out the other way around, GPS and Bluetooth are off at all times. the main thing i do on my device is Twitter, Google+, Facebook and Instagram, + some light browsing the Internet. i understand the screen and processor take quite some battery but it's not cool to only be able to use the device about 3-4 hours before running empty. emailed the guy i traded with and he said he got about 7hrs, which would be awesome after dealing with 3-4 ;}
i am using Nova Launcher Prime, but prior to that when i ran Sense the battery was about the same. may just revert to stock to see how that will affect the battery, even though i will miss my widgets and setup. i also emailed HTC and was considering going to AT&T but since i traded the device i doubt they'll be much help.
what do you guys get... and what if anything did you do to improve it ?
thanks.
How much screen on time? 4 hours is nuts. I easily got 24 hours on stock, with light usage, maybe even a day and a half. The 2.2X versions firmwares seem to get better battery life. Just this morning I had just under 50% battery left after 24 hours, with 1 hour screen on time.
If screen brightness in on "Auto" turn that off, and set it to something like 40-50%. That should save you some, but doesn't account the type of battery drain you are talking about.
Might be some runaway processes. Or any possibility you are in a fringe LTE area?
on screen time is what i was reporting, round about 4 hours -which yea is pretty horrible i'd say. i even have the screen brightness lower; 25%. checked the processes and for what i know nothing out of the ordinary, but i'm a novice Android user so.. prior to yesterday i only used 4G when out, so at home i stayed on WiFi.
battery stats now:
- 76%
- 5h 8m 54s on battery
- screen on 59m 28s
Screen on time of 4 hours very normal, and its good for a smartphone. Everyone uses their phone differently, of course. But 4 hours of screen time gets most people through a day, and charge overnight. What type of screen on time did you get with the iPhone?
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on screen time is what i was reporting, round about 4 hours -which yea is pretty horrible i'd say. i even have the screen brightness lower; 25%. checked the processes and for what i know nothing out of the ordinary, but i'm a novice Android user so.. prior to yesterday i only used 4G when out, so at home i stayed on WiFi.
battery stats now:
- 76%
- 5h 8m 54s on battery
- screen on 59m 28s
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Your stats are very normal for this phone model. The One XL screen is gigantic, but isn't AMOLED and as such uses much more battery life to power than some other Android devices. I get ~3 hours of screen on time in a days use of battery, and that is about 10-15 hours away from a charger. From what I can gather of your usage, if you are looking to extend your battery life, the only thing to do is leave the screen off more.
Do you flash custom ROMs? If so, try a custom kernel that allows you to change the CPU governor and clock speeds. The processor in the One XL maxes out at 1.5GHz by default, but you can underclock it to 1.2GHz with no noticeable detriment to performance. Also you can set the minimum frequency to an even lower clock speed, which allows the phone to use even less power when idling. Finally, make sure that the CPU governor is set to Ondemand. Powersave actually doesn't save as much power as you would think!
my favorite part was when he compared a tiny 3.5" screen to a 4.7" screen and expected the same battery life, even though it is roughly the same
Firstly, 4 hours screen on time isn't bad at all. I'm sorry your only reference is an iPhone.
To get 6+ hours of onscreen time with this phone like I and many others get you will need to do two things. Firstly, flash a custom ROM. CleanROM 4.5 is a good one that's as close to stock as you're gonna get. The second thing you need to do is turn off auto brightness. Leave the brightness set at 35% - 40%. This will improve battery life immensely. And no, 40% brightness is not dim.
Happy flashing!
10-12 hours up
5hrs 15mins screen on
Everything synced
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Screen on time of 4 hours very normal, and its good for a smartphone. Everyone uses their phone differently, of course. But 4 hours of screen time gets most people through a day, and charge overnight. What type of screen on time did you get with the iPhone?
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with my iPhone (GPS on always, WiFi always, screen on about 70-80%) i got an average of 6 hours with peaks of 7. 4 hours with the HTC One X is on a good day.
i did not flash a ROM since i can not unlock the phone (yet). where i compared, referred to the iPhone is based upon the previous owner who said he usually got 6-7 hours on screen per day. it's uncool that people not live by the rule if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say nothing... i'm only trying to get some help here (luckily most members are helpful... i'll try and ignore the others) and my other reference would be a BB Storm, which lasted very long, but the device wasn't very exciting
i'm following the thread where rooting is discussed but i believe there's little progress. AT&T is also not pushing Sense 4.1 (yet, mine has 4.0) and ICS 4.0.4.
just spoke with HTC and they agree it's too short and are willing to exchange battery... downside i would be w/o a phone for 7-10 business days. might swing by AT&T and discuss, "issue" is i was not the original buyer.. he (HTC rep) stated they might give you a loaner (i doubt it..) we shall see.
thanks to those with positive feedback.
so far..
click here for today's results --16% left.. slightly over 3hr on screen time.
roeiboot said:
just spoke with HTC and they agree it's too short and are willing to exchange battery...
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It really depends on how you use your phone, and not all screen-on time is the same. 4 Hours is screen time is pretty good, and pretty on par with what other users on here have observed. The phone is new to you, so I bet you are using it like crazy. If that use includes a lot of internet, playing video, or games, its going to use more battery than some other activities. I don't know if a replacment is going to make you any happier.
You also have to consider, aside from a much larger screen, its also much higher resolution than the iPhone. Pushing all those pixels by the GPU takes power. The CPU is also much faster than the iPhone (and just about any other smartphone except the Galaxy S3), again using more power. Screen time may be less, but its doing so much more in that time.
4 hours, if I made would be somewhat acceptable, yesterday I had a little more then 3. I do not play game, I manly do social media & a little surfing..
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my battery would last over 24hrs until the OTA 2.20 update now im lucky to get 12hrs out of it. Did they change something in the update?
leighton1245 said:
my battery would last over 24hrs until the OTA 2.20 update now im lucky to get 12hrs out of it. Did they change something in the update?
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The 2.20 OTA has an new radio. So its possible that the new radio happens to result in worse reception (and therefore battery life) than the previous one. Newer radios do not always get better results for all people, as its very geographically dependent.
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The 2.20 OTA has an new radio. So its possible that the new radio happens to result in worse reception (and therefore battery life) than the previous one. Newer radios do not always get better results for all people, as its very geographically dependent.
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Thank you for the reply and yes the radio looked like it was a new one and in PA i dont get that great of service everywhere.
Yeah, 4 hours of screen on time is normal so I definitely don't think you have any sort of defect. Signal strength also has a lot of impact on battery life. Keep brightness as low as possible while still being comfortable to your eyes (battery life isn't worth putting extra strain on your eyes). I use an app called display brightness that allows you to change brightness by swiping across the statusbar. I keep mine at the lowest level and just swipe a bit to increase it when I need it and then swipe it back down when I'm done. A custom rom could help some. If nothing else, root so that you can use something like better battery stats to give you more info on what's happening behind the scenes so you can make some adjustments. Although I'm not one to push using this, you might want to install something like juice defender to see if it helps. Verify you don't have some app running in the background unnecessarily chewing up cpu use. Note though that just because an app is running in the background doesn't mean you should kill it. As long as it's not doing anything, it's better for it to be running than to have to load it up (especially if it's an app you use frequently). A couple of other things to verify, don't use push notifications / syncing (I keep background syncing off a manually sync (well, I use Tasker to sync things at different times of the day)). If you can, use wifi. If wifi isn't available, turn it off. Also make sure wifi notifications are off and that you aren't using 'best wifi performance' (both under wifi advanced settings).
I'm sure there are some others I missed but hopefully these help and at least give you a starting place. No matter what though, enjoy your device and don't obsess too much with the battery. Once you've gotten over the 'new toy' syndrome, you should get a days use out of it. I pretty much take mine off charge in the morning and put it on charge before going to bed with around 30‰ left. Sometimes more, sometimes less. 3-4 hours average of screen on time, 30-60 minutes of calling.
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^^^^Thanks for the tip on that brightness app. Very impressed.
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Vendetta-NY said:
^^^^Thanks for the tip on that brightness app. Very impressed.
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Np. Been using it since early on and it continues to improve. One of those handy must have apps.
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update.
went to the AT&T Device Center (did not know it existed until the regular AT&T store told me about it...) they played with my phone and concluded that the battery was draining too fast while using it, so w/o discussion they exchanged it.
got a follow up question since AT&T did not know, with the iPhones i would let them drain all the way down at least and then fully recharge and leave it on the charger for an extra 2 hours after it being 100%, i *think* that helped condition the battery.. anything you guys can suggest anything for me to to now that i have a new device to maybe improve/condition the battery ?
thanks.