I noticed today that 3c has updated his Battery Monitor Pro to be compatible with the Transformer.
I am a big user of the Battery Monitor Pro for my Evo and if you are familiar with BMP, then you'll see the benefits.
I placed it on my Transformer and so far I have no problem, it's sure nice to be able to see the mA draw of the dock. Everything else I have tried hasn't given me the detail that my OCD likes to see.
In the Market under Transformer Battery Monitor
https://market.android.com/details?...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNjYzcxLmJtdy5wcm8udGYiXQ..
Some Screenshots from my transformer
One thing I am noticing is a drop in recording of the dock, in two separate programs, it shows up in this program and in Dual Battery Monitor, so it must be happening. It drops to zero creating a spike in the recording occasionally and maybe it has to do with Deep Sleep mode. It always comes right back once the dock goes into use, but it is something I am curious about.
Anyone know how the dock is supposed to respond? Anyone else see drops in voltage?
Maybe it's just mine?
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damn!i have now finish credits in card!tomorrow i'll buy it!i use battery monitor always from 3c and i can say that is a very good app!curious to see the main difference from this agfadoc!can you explain me in 2 words the difference?
ps..i suppose this app is made only for tf and can elaborate separate reading from the 2 batteries of tf,dock and tablet with the same details of the previous app from 3c?i read in the market few things,but it's not much explained..sorry my english
I've been using this app for quite a long time, on several devices. From your screenshots, it doesn't appear to have changed all that much. I still have yet to have updated it since I purchased it. I like using it to track any anomolies in battery performance.
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I can say that the only difference that I can see is Dock monitoring. IMHO if you don't have the dock or need the dock then stay with BMP.
Transformer version- is able to show the total %, total mA or the internal/dock % or mA independently.
Otherwise it's the same as Battery Monitor Pro.
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I purchased it today.thanks for the info agfadoc!i can say that it is not so much different from the original app...but usefull for the double batteries monitoring for who have a dock (i have it)
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Hiya,
Previous posts have already mentioned that the keyboard dock battery discharges if the hinge is left in the open position, despite not having a tablet attached (which I am assuming is why my dock seems to run out of battery rather quickly sometimes).
I was just wondering; has anyone noticed the battery life of their transformer decrease when the keyboard is attached and out of battery, as opposed to when the dock is not attached. If I leave the transformer on its own on standby for several hours, the drain only seems to be say 1% every 1.5-2 hours, whereas with the keyboard dock attached the drain on standby seems more like 2-3% an hour or more.
I assume this is because the dock is always drawing power? Does anyone else notice a similar drain?
James,
Yes, i also noticed this ...
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I hope a firmware upgrade improves this
I have noticed this as well. I hope they fix this cause I want to have my tablet docked more often.
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The dock has to have power to work.
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The dock has to have power to work.
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Yeah but if your not using it it shouldn't drain anywhere near as much battery as it is.
I.e.like if its closed.
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With the Tablet switched off and docked the dock still uses loads of power. Very odd.
It defeats the object of having the dock for extra battery life - with the dock attached i get less standby time than without it, which is crazy! I wish they would sort out these issues, until i can rely on it not to drain quickly its just a toy, not something i can depend on.
I'm pretty sure it's been stated before that they are added a fix in a future update.
Hi,
Did anyone notice the noise when the tablet is connected to the keyboard?
With mine, when i plug the Tablet, i can hear a sound like an ultrasound of some sort...
Ok I think I found an issue with my infinity and need some confirmation. Here is the test. Charge tablet to full. I remove from charger and spend 10-15 minutes browsing the Web. Now check battery usage. Is Wifi your number on power drain? Here is what mine looks like.
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For comparison I used my xoom tablet for 10-15 minutes doing similar activities and my wifi power usage was around 2%.
Also just an FYI I'm not in a strange wifi environment that creates any issues. I'm about 6 feet from my wifi hub and I noticed this usage today after work where wifi was between 50-60% of my total usage and that was on my work wifi.
Anyway I'd be really interested to hear if anyone is seeing a similar issue. I also created a ticket with Asus asking about this issue.
I hope you know that the stock battery stats are very unreliable. Under a better battery stats app, I've found that wifi isn't quite as consuming as apps, so I think the system stats are incorrect
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ethion said:
Ok I think I found an issue with my infinity and need some confirmation. Here is the test. Charge tablet to full. I remove from charger and spend 10-15 minutes browsing the Web. Now check battery usage. Is Wifi your number on power drain? Here is what mine looks like.
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My wifi doesn't even show up. My unit is fine..
Mine has it. I doubt its that big of an issue anyway.
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xRevilatioNx said:
My wifi doesn't even show up. My unit is fine..
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Your is what I'd expect. In fact you got 91% after two hours. That is better than my xoom. This explains why some people claim good performance and battery life. Mine will be below 90% in like 30 minutes usage.
I think there is a wifi issue and this might be a way of identifying bad tablets. I'll see what the ASUS support people say and post it here. The bad news is this looks like a hardware issue...
Before I completely get excited can you make sure your wifi is always on. Go to settings, wifi, advanced, make sure keep wifi on during sleep is always.
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My wifi doesn't even show up. My unit is fine..
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I was just noticing that you tablet doesn't have the asus icons for back, home, tasks. Are you using a stock infinity for your screen shot?!!
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I was just noticing that you tablet doesn't have the asus icons for back, home, tasks. Are you using a stock infinity for your screen shot?!!
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The screenshot is also missing the "ASUS Customzied setting" menu option on the left, right under Apps. Looks like either custom ROM or not an ASUS tablet perhaps.
For what it is worth, I have noticed the same issue with my Wifi eating up tons of battery. I haven't done any tests, but it certainly feels like my battery is draining pretty quickly with Wifi on. It is certainly draining much faster than my TF101....I would expect that to be the case to some extent because of the processor and screen upgrade, but not this much. There is another thread going on TranformerForums about the same issue. Someone reported that leaving their device fully charged with Wifi turned on overnight had drained it down to 19% by morning, with no use.
Not sure yet if this is a real issue, but it seems strange that Wifi would use significantly more battery than Screen.
-Chris
Don't rely on the battery usage screen. It's not like it's got an ammeter coupled to every battery drain. It just calculates percentages based on the information it got, it's all guesswork and needs lot of calibration to be correct. The reason WiFi is blamed as the major drain is probably that it's running all the time (and its power usage might not be calibrated for the battery usage screen). The stats won't know at all if e.g. the kernel gets stuck in an infinite loop and drains the battery...
Personally, I only trust the info the battery usage screen gives me about apps. If an app has a high percentage, it's probably not right. The rest of the breakdown is mostly bogus.
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Don't rely on the battery usage screen. It's not like it's got an ammeter coupled to every battery drain. It just calculates percentages based on the information it got, it's all guesswork and needs lot of calibration to be correct. The reason WiFi is blamed as the major drain is probably that it's running all the time (and its power usage might not be calibrated for the battery usage screen). The stats won't know at all if e.g. the kernel gets stuck in an infinite loop and drains the battery...
Personally, I only trust the info the battery usage screen gives me about apps. If an app has a high percentage, it's probably not right. The rest of the breakdown is mostly bogus.
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Well something is eating battery fast.. I have my xoom and my infinity sitting side by side right now and my xoom is at 80% battery after 2:30 hours on while the Infinity is at 62% after 2:41 on. So the infinity is draining battery about twice as fast as my xoom. And the xoom shows the top battery usage as the screen where wifi isn't even making the list.
ethion said:
Ok I think I found an issue with my infinity and need some confirmation. Here is the test. Charge tablet to full. I remove from charger and spend 10-15 minutes browsing the Web. Now check battery usage. Is Wifi your number on power drain? Here is what mine looks like.
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There are already some threads that discuss this topic. The battery meter has a bit of a bug where it shows the WiFi % based on how long the wifi has been connected rather than how much actual power it has used. Mine does the same thing with 85% battery atm but it has been running off of the charger for 1d 13h and still has 37% left.
It is a battery meter issue and not an energy drain issue.
Xoom is now 68% after 3:30
Infinity is now 50% after 3:40
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Xoom is now 68% after 3:30
Infinity is now 50% after 3:40
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Well, the Infinity has more hardware to give power to.
However, my Infinity is at 62% after 10 hours... Most (about 80%) of that time, it's been sleeping (but on), though. Did you actively use both your Xoom and Infinity during the reported time?
How does the detailed battery usage screen (touch the graph in the normal battery usage screen) look? Here's mine (the gap is a reboot):
Google services... Back in my day, these botnets ran silently.
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firetech said:
Well, the Infinity has more hardware to give power to.
However, my Infinity is at 62% after 10 hours... Most (about 80%) of that time, it's been sleeping (but on), though. Did you actively use both your Xoom and Infinity during the reported time?
How does the detailed battery usage screen (touch the graph in the normal battery usage screen) look? Here's mine (the gap is a reboot):
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Yes I've been kinda using them. I've had them in google plus and swipe around every once in awhile.
I left for lunch and turned them both off.
infinity is now at 40% and xoom is at 55%. a bit over 6 hours since both were pulled off the charger. Screen has been on over 4 hours.
Here is the current status of infinity 37 percent
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Here is the picture of my xoom at 53%
From just eyeballing the two graphs it looks like the infinity sleeps better where my xoom is staying active constantly. None the less when the screen is on the infinity consumes power quite a bit faster.
It is clear that the xoom does quite a bit better on battery life than the infinity.
Mine does this too, but battery life is solid
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Battery Drain
I just got mine yesterday and the battery drain is unexceptionable. I fully charged it last night and then was off and on it this morning before going to work. After getting into the office it was more than 50% drained and before lunch it was well below 30%. I have the TF101 and it hasn't been charged in two days and it is still at 79% with everything turned on.
I have not had a chance to look into this but I find that amount of drainage excessive.
On a side note I pretty much just have the stock apps running on this. I did just do a cold boot so I will see if that helps at all.
Rex
My new TF700 battery drain seems huge when suspended. I fully charged the battery for a test. It showed 100%. I then hit the power button to suspend. 6 hours later I check and it is already down 13% At this rate it will loose 50% in 24 hours just sitting suspended. Is this normal? I'm new to tablets and Android. But a friend of mine has a Samsung and his battery hardly drops at all when suspended. Thanks for your input.
Noticed this also. It started after the update with the .26 firmware...
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We obviously need more info to say something sensible about this, since your install is not the same as mine (apps and services running in the background, etc.). Install BetterBatteryStats and analyze what's going on, then report back in.
Furthermore, 2% battery drain per hour doesn't seem that extraordinary to me, but then I might be wrong. My SGS2 drains 2% per hour on stock ROM/kernel, and my wife's LG Optimus 2x in the same conditions pulls 4%/hour. Granted, I do 0.25%/hour currently (on a custom ROM), and hers is running CM7 ('nuff said, since that just goes on and on and on and on... ), so it definitely could be better, but running stock, I'm not that surprised. Have you got syncing disabled? WiFi running? Exchange in the background?
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I just checked mine after 15 hours asleep on the couch, and it was down to 93%. That's similar to the TF201 and TF101 I had before, though it may be a little better. As otherwise mentioned, the drain also depends on what you have installed and running.
If you're using a live wallpaper, turn it off. Those are a huge battery drain (for no significant gain, in my opinion).
Then check all of your widgets to see how often they are updating, I suspect some of them are pulling more often than they should.
I'm just going to start a list of feature/improvement requests:
1) WiFi- the signal is much improved from the 201, but is killing the battery. I routinely see the WiFi using >50% of my battery. I noticed that even when it is on, but not connected, it still is chugging along, slurping battery. I suspect that scanning every 5 seconds is doing this, even when connected to a network. Its just Constantly scanning. On a cell phone w/ a mobile network where people are in motion, i can see this as more necessary, but not on a WiFi only tablet. Is there a way we can kill the scanning when connected and only scan if requested manually? It's nice that things pick up automatically on start up, but then it largely becomes redundant after you are connected. Some adjustable settings on that would be nice. Battery life would improve a bit i suspect.
Edit: i tried a little experiment, WiFi doesn't scan every five seconds, i counted about 30 seconds. I tested by reading the observed networks on one side of my house where i can weakly pick it up, then walked to the other side where i couldn't and counted how long it took to go away automatically. That is 2 scans a minute, 120 an hour. Tell me that doesn't affect battery life for no good reason, especially when I'm connected to my WiFi already.
More to come as i run across them.
Sorry your test is rubbish ^^
Connect your router via LAN to a computer. Goto your router log and see how often the infinity tries to talk to the router.
That would be a more realistic time
>implying Asus will listen to a lowly consumer like you or me
From where do you draw the 50% WiFi consumption, the standard Android battery app? It is flawed. Check your battery consumption in BetterBatteryStats, that works far better. Then report back in.
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MartyHulskemper said:
From where do you draw the 50% WiFi consumption, the standard Android battery app? It is flawed. Check your battery consumption in BetterBatteryStats, that works far better. Then report back in.
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Looks like Google currents was a big hog... other than that not sure what I'm looking at on that app
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Looks like Google currents was a big hog... other than that not sure what I'm looking at on that app
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I agree, I've never been able to really understand what BetterBatteryStats is trying to tell me. I've used it to find apps that were stopping deep-sleep from working, but beyond that, I haven't really found it very useful. Very hard to interpret.
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Ok I'll bite.
2 Stereo Speakers
Think they heard me? Why why why can't ASUS put decent speakers on this thing. Or at least if they put one, why can't it be a speaker that someone other than my dog can hear?
Larger battery capacity.
Prime and Infinity both have the same battery size, yet Infinity runs at a higher clock speed, thus using more voltage and has a higher res screen.
I've had this device since September and I've almost always been unsatisfied with the batter but now it's even worse! I charge it every day just for some slight use and I think it's unacceptable compared to what's promised. Anyone else noticing the same? I've lost 10%/hour and most of the time being idle.
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Also my device is locked and not rooted.
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Yeah my battery is starting to drain at a faster rate as well.
The performance have degraded on this tablet significantly as well.
...5.5hrs over 36+ ... not bad...
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Yeah my battery is starting to drain at a faster rate as well.
The performance have degraded on this tablet significantly as well.
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i gotta say i'm still impressed with mine compared to the 4hrs and 2kg of my xps1330 with 9cell !!!
kotidoti said:
I've had this device since September and I've almost always been unsatisfied with the batter but now it's even worse! I charge it every day just for some slight use and I think it's unacceptable compared to what's promised. Anyone else noticing the same? I've lost 10%/hour and most of the time being idle.
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Also my device is locked and not rooted.
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You could download better battery stat and see what app/process is using up your battery. Also download "wifi" toggle wiget, and turn off wifi, only turn it on when you need it, see you your battery improved. Some reported wifi drain battery heavyly..
kotidoti said:
I've had this device since September and I've almost always been unsatisfied with the batter but now it's even worse! I charge it every day just for some slight use and I think it's unacceptable compared to what's promised. Anyone else noticing the same? I've lost 10%/hour and most of the time being idle.
Added a pic as a reference.
Also my device is locked and not rooted.
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A couple of things to think about:
At home, on my Wireless N connection, my tablet lasts even longer than 1 day and a half with light use. I am currently on vacation in Hawaii, and have noticed a faster drain - and here I am on Wireless G. Could be a factor. So could your router itself.
Also, if you create drafts in GMail and save them, the Gmail app checks every 5 min for changes. Don't know why, but it does. I think it is by design.
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