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[Q] battery life - Do I have a lemon?

Ok, Ive had my one x for two weeks and its a fantastic phone with absolutely pathetic battery life. So far the battery life is always inferior to my old Atrix (first one).
On a few occasions its been so bad I don't even think its possible that this phone isnt broken. I'm still locked bootloader, no hacked apps, customizations, anything. Stock and a few apps like dropbox and zynga games.
Today was especially pathetic. "Voice calls" was exactly one phone call under 10 minutes long.
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Is it this bad for everyone?

That's pretty bad. Looks like you didn't even have the screen on all that much, either.
I'm assuming you're on 1.85? Have you tried a reset?
For comparison, and others' feedback, here's a recent snap of my stats. I'm not too confident my battery is up to snuff either.
-V
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Vendetta-NY said:
That's pretty bad. Looks like you didn't even have the screen on all that much, either.
I'm assuming you're on 1.85? Have you tried a reset?
For comparison, and others' feedback, here's a recent snap of my stats. I'm not too confident my battery is up to snuff either.
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-V
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Thanks for the reference. Whats your battery life like under very light usage? I think i played scramble with friends twice, and had a 10 minute phone call. Maybe a quick web page or two. On 1.85

I have at&t HTC one x also my battery life is ok I read somewhere that one x phones with the serial number ht24.... And ht23.... May have battery and WiFi issues my phone is a ht24..... Serial number but mine seems to be fine so far I had it for only 3 weeks. But here's some screen shots of my power usages and one is where my brightness setting is at.
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ripnhack said:
I have at&t HTC one x also my battery life is ok I read somewhere that one x phones with the serial number ht24.... And ht23.... May have battery and WiFi issues my phone is a ht24..... Serial number but mine seems to be fine so far I had it for only 3 weeks. But here's some screen shots of my power usages and one is where my brightness setting is at.
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Where did you read that HT24s had issues? Mine is an HT24 and it has rock solid wifi and ridiculously good battery life.
@OP- Do a factory reset and and don't install anything and run it for a day or two and see what kind of battery life you get. The important thing to look at is screen on time. If you get from 3-6 hrs screen on time (depending on cell signal, wifi, other factors) than your phone is fine.

I read it on this forum about a week ago someone posted the email conversation they had with HTC but mine is ht24 and it works fine my girlfriend just bought one yesterday and hers is the 25 so I'll be able to see if there is a difference I have noticed one thing about my WiFi it will attempt to connect to secured WiFi signals that I dont have the password to it'll say obtaining ip the say signal lost and keep repeating it till I turn it off
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Why is my battery dying so fast?

It seems like my battery is draining very quickly. Android is the highest on my battery list. I don't have anything weird installed or syncing and my screen is set to 50% brightness. Any ideas?
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If you have root access you can install Better Battery Stats (Free here: http://goo.gl/EjdB8) and choose partial wakelocks since unplugged. That will tell you what's keeping your phone from deep sleep.

Nothing is standing out in partial wake locks. Every bar is pretty much empty. And that app isn't free anymore according to that post.
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if your battery life is bad, then what's good?

mustbepbs said:
Nothing is standing out in partial wake locks. Every bar is pretty much empty. And that app isn't free anymore according to that post.
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App is still free. OP includes it in the bottom of the second post.

bradys said:
App is still free. OP includes it in the bottom of the second post.
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I'm sorry! I'm blind >.<
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KrisPeezy said:
if your battery life is bad, then what's good?
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Maybe it's not bad. I'm not one to complain about the battery life, but it just seemed like it was tanking fast. Like percentage points per minute.
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mustbepbs said:
Maybe it's not bad. I'm not one to complain about the battery life, but it just seemed like it was tanking fast. Like percentage points per minute.
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What were you doing with your phone while the screen was on?

d1ez3 said:
What were you doing with your phone while the screen was on?
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Just normal stuff like browsing pulse or Tapatalk. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Maybe try disabling wifi during sleep?

Op, are you rooted? I noticed my battery goes a little quicker since I rooted and flashed cm10. I also noticed you are on 3g, did you disable 4g, is 4G available in your area? Maybe the phone constantly searching for 4G is draining. Not sure how that would show up in battery usage stats though.
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Obrien8403 said:
Op, are you rooted? I noticed my battery goes a little quicker since I rooted and flashed cm10. I also noticed you are on 3g, did you disable 4g, is 4G available in your area? Maybe the phone constantly searching for 4G is draining. Not sure how that would show up in battery usage stats though.
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Yes I am rooted. I noticed the battery draining faster after I flashed Google Wallet. I am stock rooted though. I turn off NFC when I don't need it, and the app doesn't sync often.
I'm not in a 4G area, but that has never drained my battery before. I can't imagine Wallet would be draining my battery..
I should also note that my brightness is set to full at all times. What's of interest to me is the fact that it isn't draining so much when the screen is on, it's when the screen is off is when it drains the most it seems. I'll leave the phone off for at least 20 minutes and when I turn it back on it'll have lost a few points.
Can't seem to figure it out. Like I said, it seems like I started noticing the battery draining quicker after I installed Google Wallet.
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Here's an update from better battery stats
For some reason I can't figure out how to stop the top app. I've disabled all I could think of with maps. The only other change I've made is installing Google Now, but this started before that.
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sir, all samsung android phone is like that.. the battery is draining so past

What's the hottest your phone has ever been?

My SC-05D just hit 51C and I think I burned the tip of my finger a little. I can still feel it.
51C is 123.8F by the way.
I wonder if there's any danger in breaking these things at such temperatures?
So, what's the hottest your phone has ever been?

I did a search before I posted this and over 80 different threads came up with "How hot does your phone get" but none of them seemed to have a poll... So I started this one.
Also, sorry for the type-o! 53°C should obviously be (127.5°F) instead of (27.5°F).

Bifurcator said:
My SC-05D just hit 51C and I think I burned the tip of my finger a little. I can still feel it.
51C is 123.8F by the way.
I wonder if there's any danger in breaking these things at such temperatures?
So, what's the hottest your phone has ever been?
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The highest recommended temperature is 108 F I think
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44 °C
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peter
According to ROM Toolbox, I've reached 111°f.

Unsure of Temp...App wouldn't work....
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My s3 has only been up to about 115 degrees Fahrenheit, but my tablet has been up to a freakish 135. Scared the crap out of me
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:highfive: LOL @ Big Joe... :silly:
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Justus, wow.. 135... That's very near the melting point of many plastics - isn't it?
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But how come there's numerous reads, 5 replies and only 1 other (besides me) clicked on a poll entry? [EDIT: Now two others. Yay! ]
The poll doesn't show up on phones?
I'll have to remember that.

my galaxy s3 doesn't get hot, even trying to force it with games or other apps

what the ****, you never played a game with the OneX did you?
my OneX gets over 70° hot, i even reached 80° once.
srsly, why is 55° the highest value? xD
EDIT: Even now when it just lies around, it's on 40°+.
Tegra3 ftw.. (definitely the last nvidia phone for me)

ginzo said:
my galaxy s3 doesn't get hot, even trying to force it with games or other apps
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I also have a Galaxy S3 and mine gets pretty hot. Google3D maps plus GPS keeps it at an almost constant 46°C
46°C is about when I start getting concerned and the feeling is eye-wideningly uncomfortable.
Turn on GPS, WiFi, and play this to level 3 and then take a look at the Battery Mix temperature log.

racecondition in a rom plowed through battery...
Yep, that's hottening indeed.
Full battery to empty in 20 minutes. It happened more or less 30% when moving out of coverage of wifi.
Logs where filling in crazy speed with something in the lines of "couldn't set country...".
So 55C yeah... Easy.

Wow...
What battery spec?

Using BatteryLife widget I saw a 116°F once while playing a game. GPS also gets the metal kickstand on my Evo pretty toasty.
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Pre-dawn raid said:
Using BatteryLife widget I saw a 116°F once while playing a game. GPS also gets the metal kickstand on my Evo pretty toasty.
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same here
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My phone got REALLY SMOKIN HOT once.
So I took it on a date
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My phone got REALLY SMOKIN HOT once.
So I took it on a date
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Lol that's funny
I got my phone up to 118 degrees, my old wildfire s
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The speech-to-text in mine runs fairly cool.
Always under 45°C anyway...

If I leave my phone in the car it gets much warmer but other than that it seems to run pretty cool.

55°C and rising, had to turn it off.
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[Q] Battery went from 93% to 21% in just over an hour

I was getting for work this morning and my battery started at like 93%, and when I got to work, I noticed it was at 21%. What could have happened? I'm using my OEM battery and charger. I didn't do anything differently with it today than normal.
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3V0_MR said:
I was getting for work this morning and my battery started at like 93%, and when I got to work, I noticed it was at 21%. What could have happened? I'm using my OEM battery and charger. I didn't do anything differently with it today than normal.
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Seems like one of the app is trying to use wifi with GPS or possible it failed to switch to 4g. I would manually disable wifi and GPS, then recharge the phone and see if the issue went away. If it is then the next step is to identify the root cause.

I noticed that your battery levels off. Does it actually die within say 4 hours, or can you go the whole day? I had an issue where mine would level off round 20% and I could go on for a few hours longer.... ended up reflashing my ROM, clearing caches to fix it.
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3V0_MR said:
I was getting for work this morning and my battery started at like 93%, and when I got to work, I noticed it was at 21%. What could have happened? I'm using my OEM battery and charger. I didn't do anything differently with it today than normal.
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Sounds like mine on another kernel I had. Thing would literally die within hours. Do you have wifi and gps on at all times?
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ShapesBlue said:
Sounds like mine on another kernel I had. Thing would literally die within hours. Do you have wifi and gps on at all times?
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It had Wifi on always, and GPS some of the time.
Doesn't matter much now though; I got a new phone. That was the only time it happened though. Very odd.

3V0_MR said:
It had Wifi on always, and GPS some of the time.
Doesn't matter much now though; I got a new phone. That was the only time it happened though. Very odd.
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Still have an s3?
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ShapesBlue said:
Still have an s3?
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Well I still have the phone, but I got a Moto X.

3V0_MR said:
Well I still have the phone, but I got a Moto X.
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Any ideas on if your interested in possibly selling it?
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If YOU are noticing degraded battery life after kitkat update, post here!

Are you noticing worse battery life after doing the kitkat update? I am, and I want to know if you are too.
Post in here, take the poll, and lets figure out how to track down what is going on.
Requirements: Try to post a screenshot of your battery stats, wakelocks (if possible) and how many hours you were getting before on a charge.
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I will get some screens soon and try to track it down but I have been noticing that on days I use my Bluetooth after I turn it off. See a drastic.decrease in battery and my phone gets hot. I was have seen others say there was a Bluetooth wakelock as well and it's very random when it happens
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I'm down from 1.5 day to hardly 10 hours on a single charge

That's basically what I'm seeing, maybe 12 hours if I'm lucky. Granted I am using my phone a lot lately since I just got it but still... My s2 t989 with same usage was lasting far longer.
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Here's just today's bat life after sleeping 8 hours.
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My two main reasons for me rooting are ad blocking and greenify. I just learned that greenify added support for non-root users. I have greenified every app I don't use on a regular basis and am noticing significant difference in battery. The only thing is that after you use a greenified app you have to re-greenify manually.

Greenify and tasker work great, I had tasker auto hibernate all greenified apps upon screen on. Its basically the closest you can get to automation without rooting.
Greenify has saved my battery issues.
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Usually when going from previous to a newer android I factory reset twice
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Same here
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Usually I do a factory reset after such an upgrade
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Usually I do a factory reset after such an upgrade
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More often than not, a factory reset will take care of battery issues after a major OS upgrade. I'm not sure if it's left-over system files or something about the "upgrading" of existing apps during the process, but I've had to do it with both my Galaxy S3 and Nexus 7 2012. Not every upgrade, mind you, but with one or two.

I do notice my system battery monitor jumping around all crazy, this is after a factory reset.
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My wife's battery life has become so bad since the update, that I'm on this site trying to figure out how to downgrade her phone right now. (My N5/CM11 sometimes lasts longer than her G2 now)

Curious how everyone is now doing on the 20e update?
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Bout the same for me. Only thing I notice is that before my wifi was always running in background according to bbs, no matter what I did to change settings. Not anymore after update.

First cycle on the update I lost 35% or so in a couple hours with little use. I checked battery use and Instagram was the primary hog. Uninstalled and reinstalled the app and getting awesome battery life comparable or better than before the update. Not sure why instagram went crazy but works fine now
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The update fixed a serious wakelock issue caused by wifi calling for me. A lot of wakelocks seem to have disappeared with the update for me.
Nothing leaps and bounds, but notice a bit of an improvement for sure.