For all you guys who need the edge on battery, and dont need alot of screen brightness, like me, then try out this app on the play store called screen filter. (I am not affiliated with this in any way, I just like the way it works). What it does is apply a "film" over your screen going even lower than android screen brightness. Perfect for office setting (like me), at night when brightness is too much (laying in bed playing a game), or where bright lights might not be wanted (movie theater, work, etc...). I personally love it, I use it usually at 75% with the android brightness off, and everything is still visible, just that extra kick of brightness is gone. Sometimes I go down to 50%, but that gets me seeing my reflection just as well as the screen itself...
It also helps to keep out them creepers that try to look at your screen while sending private texts, pics, etc... Helps keep wandering eyes off of the fancy 4.8 super AMOLED display!
You can add widgets to custom brightness settings to suit yourself, I have 4 right on one of my screens that I use frequently!
I recommend this app to anyone and everyone!
It wont let me post links, but if you search "screen filter" it should be the first app. The logo has a white rectangle outlined in orange with a grey circle in the corner. Not too hard to find at all.
I'm almost positive that screen filter won't increase battery life. I think the phone basically "thinks" its still at a higher brightness than what you see, so it really doesn't improve battery life. I may be wrong though but I remember seeing that when I used it on my droid x.
kench33 said:
I'm almost positive that screen filter won't increase battery life. I think the phone basically "thinks" its still at a higher brightness than what you see, so it really doesn't improve battery life. I may be wrong though but I remember seeing that when I used it on my droid x.
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OLED pixels produce their own light (that is, without a separate backlight). Colors are made darker by dimming pixels. If the app makes what's being displayed on the screen darker, it should be helping battery life. The same reasoning applies to saving juice with dark backgrounds and inverted apps. It just only works on OLED screens and not backlit screen types.
Okay. I wasn't sure if I remembered correctly. Thanks!
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Lux Auto Brightness works a little better, in my opinion. It can go less than the screen's brightness without the filter look.
Hi guys,
A friends uses auto brightness, and only speaks ~ 20 minutes / day. A few browsing, reading e-mails, games, just got him at 2 days of usage. Not bad in my oppinion, but certainly they should have improved the battery.
To me it seems like the battery life is longer. My first week of use around 9 or so it would be in the red, but using it throughout the day, at 9 tonight it sits at 37%. Yes it will vary depending on use, but mine has been on battery 15h 30m and screen is only 18%. Cell standby is 30%, and chrome and facebook are each 11%. Everything else is quite small compared to those main apps used.
It seems to me it is helping, but it may not idk. I will continue to use it unless I run into a major issue with it.
gkrules said:
Lux Auto Brightness works a little better, in my opinion. It can go less than the screen's brightness without the filter look.
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+1 to Lux. Set your own brightness levels for various light levels. It can make the brightness very low, almost not visible.
TheLynxy said:
+1 to Lux. Set your own brightness levels for various light levels. It can make the brightness very low, almost not visible.
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Anyone have some good values for the automatic brightness settings? I just want to go dimmer across the board compared to stock but I'm confused with all the options so far lol
Alex_Hypnose said:
just got him at 2 days of usage. Not bad in my oppinion, but certainly they should have improved the battery.
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Lol two days of usage and you think the battery needs to be "improved"??
How good does it have to be before people don't complain about it??
jmorton10 said:
Lol two days of usage and you think the battery needs to be "improved"??
How good does it have to be before people don't complain about it??
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I would be happy to get 2 days of usage... I probably could get 1 and a quarter, but I charge mine every night to be safe. Really varies on how much I use it during the day. Some nights I plug it in with 10% others with 50%... I know its not the best for the battery, but I just plan on getting a new one when this one takes a crap. I have a feeling this phone will be around long enough that the option will still be available
XXchocolatetouchXX said:
but I charge mine every night to be safe. Really varies on how much I use it during the day. Some nights I plug it in with 10% others with 50%... I know its not the best for the battery
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That won't hurt the battery, I plug mine in every night also.
Thanks!
What I'd like
jmorton10 said:
Lol two days of usage and you think the battery needs to be "improved"??
How good does it have to be before people don't complain about it??
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What I would like is for my battery to last just *ONE* day. It doesn't do that. I don't mind charging it every night, but I'd prefer it last the day without me having to either charge it or switch batteries.
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nice find on this. i use inverted apps, and i like the way this works
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So after 2 hours and 3 minutes...my battery is at 25% ...since starting to write this message it has dropped 3%. The display is taking up 80% of use. Screen brightness is about a centimeter from the far left side. Screen has been on about 90% of the time...however...after only 2 hours and now at 23%...I'm a little concerned. Any suggestions?
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Change your screen timeout to 30 seconds...
ITGuy11 said:
Change your screen timeout to 30 seconds...
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I like to have my screen on while at work. It would be easy to just turn it off ...I'm hoping for another workaround. I thought these screens were supposed to pull less power.
Grillrd said:
I like to have my screen on while at work. It would be easy to just turn it off ...I'm hoping for another workaround. I thought these screens were supposed to pull less power.
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I does pull less power but having it on all the time while at work will still drain your battery pretty quickly and why want you have this on all the time?
Poloasis said:
I does pull less power but having it on all the time while at work will still drain your battery pretty quickly and why want you have this on all the time?
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It was more of a test to see how long it lasts with the screen on. I am a little concerned though because lets say I'm sitting in an airport or on a plane watching a movie(I travel for business). My old Droid X could get me through that. But I'm thinking that it wouldn't be an option if my battery is dieing after 2 1/2 hours with the screen on.
Coming from the droid x, kernels weren't an option so I don't know much about them. Would an enhanced kernel be able to help with this drain or am I SOL?
I'm having battery issues as well and hoping someone can help. I heard people are getting great battery life with this device, but so far mine is about the same as the thunderbolt was. My charge says its mostly the display taking up the battery life, but I've done all I can to help this. My screen time out is at 15 seconds and my brightness is at about 20%. I am running ADW EX but I wouldn't think that would cause this. Anyone have any other ideas?
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I'm having battery issues as well and hoping someone can help. I heard people are getting great battery life with this device, but so far mine is about the same as the thunderbolt was. My charge says its mostly the display taking up the battery life, but I've done all I can to help this. My screen time out is at 15 seconds and my brightness is at about 20%. I am running ADW EX but I wouldn't think that would cause this. Anyone have any other ideas?
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I am on the same boat as you. I thought rooting my phone and freezing apps would help with my battery but it seems to be about the same.
Never worry about battery drain anymore with this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096167
BOOM.
yyhd said:
Never worry about battery drain anymore with this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096167
BOOM.
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lol...yeah. I had an extended battery for my Droid X...but it didn't triple the size of my phone haha
The screen does use less power, but a significant amount of the power savings comes from displaying black, as black uses no power on the display, where it does for LCD displays. For me, the Display is usually responsible for 65-80% of the power drain, so your usage seems somewhat normal. Custom kernels can help with drain some, but what can be tweaked with a kernel won't help with the display draining the battery.
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The screen does use less power, but a significant amount of the power savings comes from displaying black, as black uses no power on the display, where it does for LCD displays. For me, the Display is usually responsible for 65-80% of the power drain, so your usage seems somewhat normal. Custom kernels can help with drain some, but what can be tweaked with a kernel won't help with the display draining the battery.
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Thank you for the explanation. Looks like I'll be using dark wallpapers.
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Potential Solutions?
So besides reducing screen timeout to minimum, turning off background data, and cutting off literally every single connection (wifi, BT, 3g/4g, gps, everything) except 1x for calls and texts, removing bloat, are there ANY other measures one could take to enhance the stock battery life? I find myself talking on the phone for roughly 1hr per day but I do send nearly 500 text messages daily thus my screen is on a good portion of the time. I have to charge this phone twice per day at 2.5hrs per charge, it sits near an outlet for 5 hours a day heh... In fact even though I live in a 4g area I can't really use that feature because it beast's the battery down like a ravenous monster even with ALL other services disabled, not making calls, just texting and syncing email.
Task killers:
To me the task killing programs (ATK, ATM, etc) do actually kill background tasks and sometimes even services depending on your particular settings but since they just restart automatically does it not use MORE cpu time to re-run the damn things than just leaving them in the first place?
Launchers:
I have found no significant difference whatsoever between battery life under TouchWiz and LauncherPro. If anything its worse with LP because of the nifty graphical effects.
Kernels:
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere people were experiencing better life with the v4 voodoo kernel however I've noticed no difference at all there either with regard to battery life.
Running the phone with no services and charging it twice daily seems fairly extreme, eh? The extended battery is tempting, but one thing that attracted me to this device was its slim design. I don't care if its a little thicker and all but that ext battery is a freaking monster! Forget having a case with it too, at least for now.
Thoughts, suggestions?
hok
hokulus said:
I find myself talking on the phone for roughly 1hr per day but I do send nearly 500 text messages daily thus my screen is on a good portion of the time. I have to charge this phone twice per day at 2.5hrs per charge, it sits near an outlet for 5 hours a day heh...
Thoughts, suggestions?
hok
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500 text/day? Wow, you must be under 20 with thumbs/pointing fingers of steel! If your average text message takes 30 seconds, your screen is on and the screen/keyscan interrupts are running full bore about 4.5 hours a day just texting...when do you have time for Angry Birds?
Maybe a thin white text on black background for your screen theme? Just kidding (sort of), but I'm amazed at the talk/text times; gettin old, I guess!
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The screen does use less power, but a significant amount of the power savings comes from displaying black, as black uses no power on the display, where it does for LCD displays. For me, the Display is usually responsible for 65-80% of the power drain, so your usage seems somewhat normal. Custom kernels can help with drain some, but what can be tweaked with a kernel won't help with the display draining the battery.
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Seems like this explains while some report great battery and others terrible times...depends on what somebody considers "normal" to "light" usage and while some consider "texting" light usage if the screen is on black text on white background the whole day, there goes the battery stats. Same with screen on sitting doing nothing (maybe displaying time)...
Should "Battery Life" be normalized or adjusted something similar to "Time Between Charges" divided by ("Time Screen Display is On" times "percent White pixel counts")? Are there any battery stats / device stats / display stats that can help figuring out a "Battery Life Index"?
Sorry for the random thoughts....
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500 text/day? Wow, you must be under 20 with thumbs/pointing fingers of steel! If your average text message takes 30 seconds, your screen is on and the screen/keyscan interrupts are running full bore about 4.5 hours a day just texting...when do you have time for Angry Birds?
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Actually I've been keeping track and the screen is on 3-4 hours per day, plus the haptic feedback, interrupts, etc. Doesn't take me anywhere near 30s to send a text message, few seconds TOPS for most of them and I never said it was light usage haha. Just asked if anyone knows of other measures I did not list which I may employ to extend it more.
hok
The vooodoo kernel will help a bit as it uses a much more optimized file system so your phone will spend less time cache thrashing and reading/writing large downloads.
Essentially though it is down to how long your screen is on and how many accounts you have syncing in the background, also if you don't need full 1ghz for texting/calling smoothly then use setcpu with an ondemand or interactive type scheduler and set the max to like 700-800mhz...
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Seems like this explains while some report great battery and others terrible times...depends on what somebody considers "normal" to "light" usage and while some consider "texting" light usage if the screen is on black text on white background the whole day, there goes the battery stats. Same with screen on sitting doing nothing (maybe displaying time)...
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This....
BUT i will say that the battery life on this phone takes a great big dump on the TB`s battery, now thats a bad battery life, i would consider myslef a heavy user i make around and receive around 100 calls a day, around 100 emails and around 75-125 texts per 8 hour working day
i can get through my day putting my charge on charge ONCE for around 30 mins, my thunderbolt had to be plugged in most times, 2-3 hours max for total battery death ( 3 hours is extreme generous, was more like 2 hours ), i carried 3 batteries with my thunderbolt.
The charge for me is great, on a par with my old galaxy S for battery life, if only they coukd give me iPhone battery life, for as much as people dont like the iPhone, it sure does sip the juice
Myphone ie ed2 stock, no rooted.....YET im waiting for a stable CWM
hi all, I want to find out whether having the screen brightness on 10% really saves battery or is it better to have it on auto.
desiresiscool said:
hi all, I want to find out whether having the screen brightness on 10% really saves battery or is it better to have it on auto.
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It would be easy to test this yourself.
Set it to auto for a couple of days, make records.
Set it to 10% for a couple of days, make records.
You could also try a battery monitoring widget which shows mA consumed. These are great for this kinda thing.
To your question, I'd say it depends on ambient light. If you're somewhere where auto would set the brightness higher than 10% (read bright light situations), it will consume more battery. If you're somewhere dark, it could be that it will use the same. I keep mine set to 10%, and adjust as needed. I've found that auto often sets the brightness higher than I'd like to have it (I've got an SGS2, but I'm also very battery conscious).
I've found that the auto-brightness keeps the display much brighter than it really needs to be during operation in low ambient light (e.g. indoors), so I generally leave mine switched to manual and turned down.
Subjectively, keeping the display dimmer like this seems to make the battery last much longer, although naturally you'd need to do tests to have proof! Certainly well worth trying.
- Steve
can change in roms eg cm7.1 for auto brightness
I use Lux. Works very well on my stock TM-UK ROM.
Possibly the more effective software I used to increase battery life
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vito.lux
fasty said:
I've found that the auto-brightness keeps the display much brighter than it really needs to be during operation in low ambient light (e.g. indoors), so I generally leave mine switched to manual and turned down.
Subjectively, keeping the display dimmer like this seems to make the battery last much longer, although naturally you'd need to do tests to have proof! Certainly well worth trying.
- Steve
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i made the same experience with the auto-brightness. I also use a widget which lets me change the brightness on my homescreen, it's quick and very useful.
...curious, I set my brightness to at about 30% or so. Some people use auto brightness.
But, do you think auto brightness uses more power (since it is forced to monitor the device) to use this feature?
yes I believe it does, on gb it was constantly flickering bright and dim. If u want custom auto brightness levels, I recommend the "lux auto brightness" app. I use it, and its amazing
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into it...
I do hate that when I'm outside, if my brightness is set to 30% or so, I can't see anything on the screen. It is those little things that I miss from iOS from time to time. And of course you can't set the device to 100% or so brightness, because then the battery most certainly would not last all day.
Unless I'm in total darkness I use 100% brightness all day every day. But in the dark it hurts my eyes so I gotta turn her down a little. Battery is still pretty kick ass too:thumbup:
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It is funny how in BestBuy they have all the devices on 100% brightness. They do look nice; then again they are connected to power all day
Even yesterday I was playing with the Note. Yes it is impressive. But the size; imagine holding it to your ear while on a call. Exactly...
I have not had any Android phone that I liked the auto-brightness setting on. My wife's Inspire works the best out of all the Android phones we have had.
On the SkyRocket the auto setting always seems to bright for me.
I like Brightness Profiles. You can set what ever levels you want (or quickly turn on auto-brightness). I have mine set up at 4%, 8%, 12 %, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 90%. I have a shortcut on my home screen for quick access.
How much the screen brightness hurts your battery life depends on how much your screen is on, in addition to the brightness level.
Just turn off auto brightness. When you need to adjust it just slide your finger across the notification bar at the top of the screen ..side left dimmer, right brighter that's what I do.
Ya its seems like a lot of people don't know about that trick
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Ya its seems like a lot of people don't know about that trick
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I find it cumbersome honestly, I find lux waaaay better
I keep mine @ 100% unless it's way dark. Still get a full day of battery life under normal use too. It's really user preference.
I use juice defenders auto brightness feature. Its better then the one in the settings because it can go way under the min. brightness so at night it saves a LOT of battery since the display wastes the most battery..
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It is funny how in BestBuy they have all the devices on 100% brightness ...
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I have mine set to 100% all day. I paid for this thing and I want to see it in its glory EVERY time I look at it. Why should I punish myself? That way I'll never have to post a thread such as this one.
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Just turn off auto brightness. When you need to adjust it just slide your finger across the notification bar at the top of the screen ..side left dimmer, right brighter that's what I do.
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That doesn't work for me with the second ICS leak. It did in the first leak.
I agree, it doesn't appear to work with the second ICS leak.
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So I made this thread in the international forum by mistake so I figured id just make a separate one in the US forum
"So I have this phone on VZW and I love it. Recently I just got bored one day and decided to just crank up the phone to full brightness just to see what it was like....for the love of God my eyes had a mini orgasim!. It looks amazing! Now the reason I hate this is because I know full brightness is a huge battery killer and plus will drastically increase my chances on having a burn in =/ im so use to having my 4 hour screen time yet i know if i keep my phone like this my battery wil tank big time =/"
So I guess my main question is, is there currently anyone that runs their phone on full brightness? If so what kind of battery time are you getting on average along with screen on time?
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So I made this thread in the international forum by mistake so I figured id just make a separate one in the US forum
"So I have this phone on VZW and I love it. Recently I just got bored one day and decided to just crank up the phone to full brightness just to see what it was like....for the love of God my eyes had a mini orgasim!. It looks amazing! Now the reason I hate this is because I know full brightness is a huge battery killer and plus will drastically increase my chances on having a burn in =/ im so use to having my 4 hour screen time yet i know if i keep my phone like this my battery wil tank big time =/"
So I guess my main question is, is there currently anyone that runs their phone on full brightness? If so what kind of battery time are you getting on average along with screen on time?
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why dont you just test it
blackguy101 said:
So I made this thread in the international forum by mistake so I figured id just make a separate one in the US forum
"So I have this phone on VZW and I love it. Recently I just got bored one day and decided to just crank up the phone to full brightness just to see what it was like....for the love of God my eyes had a mini orgasim!. It looks amazing! Now the reason I hate this is because I know full brightness is a huge battery killer and plus will drastically increase my chances on having a burn in =/ im so use to having my 4 hour screen time yet i know if i keep my phone like this my battery wil tank big time =/"
So I guess my main question is, is there currently anyone that runs their phone on full brightness? If so what kind of battery time are you getting on average along with screen on time?
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I had 32% on 11hrs 38min off battery and 2hrs 56min of screen time before i put it back on the charger (work from home) but thats the best I've gotten. I hate auto brightness and always run at full.
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I use a brightness widget and keep it at 25% most of the time. Lasts almost all day if I am not playing games.
Outside and when showing it off 100%.
At night (when the wife is sleeping) 0% is too bright. That's my only complaint.
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I use a brightness widget and keep it at 25% most of the time. Lasts almost all day if I am not playing games.
Outside and when showing it off 100%.
At night (when the wife is sleeping) 0% is too bright. That's my only complaint.
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Download screen filter from the market. Complaint gone
Played with the SGS3 in the Verizon store...I used the settings app to turn the brightness up to Max and compared to my nexus..I noticed the nexus was brighter? Can anyone else confirm this?
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I don't know how you can stand looking at the screen on full brightness. For me, even back to my Fascinate, the SAMOLED(+)(HD) screens have been painfully bright (I get haloing on the white areas in particular) at 100%.
Also: SAMOLED(+)(HD) screens are artificially limited to 200nits to preserve the tiny little LEDs that make up the screen. They're actually capable of MUCH brighter, but that drastically reduces their lifetime/consistency.
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So I made this thread in the international forum by mistake so I figured id just make a separate one in the US forum
"So I have this phone on VZW and I love it. Recently I just got bored one day and decided to just crank up the phone to full brightness just to see what it was like....for the love of God my eyes had a mini orgasim!. It looks amazing! Now the reason I hate this is because I know full brightness is a huge battery killer and plus will drastically increase my chances on having a burn in =/ im so use to having my 4 hour screen time yet i know if i keep my phone like this my battery wil tank big time =/"
So I guess my main question is, is there currently anyone that runs their phone on full brightness? If so what kind of battery time are you getting on average along with screen on time?
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i made a tasker task, that chages brightness to my needs.
typically if im plugged in (AC or USB) its full bright & never turns off....great stuff
You must have a setting or something else going on, since it is plenty bright even at 50% and silly bright at 100%.
The first demo at a local VZW had a brightness issue as well, but they corrected it, or replaced it. Can't remember. Even at 100%, it was too dim.
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I don't know how you can stand looking at the screen on full brightness. For me, even back to my Fascinate, the SAMOLED(+)(HD) screens have been painfully bright (I get haloing on the white areas in particular) at 100%.
Also: SAMOLED(+)(HD) screens are artificially limited to 200nits to preserve the tiny little LEDs that make up the screen. They're actually capable of MUCH brighter, but that drastically reduces their lifetime/consistency.
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I don't ever remember reading anything about "tiny little LEDs" in my research of AMOLED technology. It is exactly what the name states, an "Active Matrix" of "Organic" compounds that respond to electrical impulses by emitting light. Sorry if I'm coming off like a **ck, not trying to, just sayin...
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I don't ever remember reading anything about "tiny little LEDs" in my research of AMOLED technology. It is exactly what the name states, an "Active Matrix" of "Organic" compounds that respond to electrical impulses by emitting light. Sorry if I'm coming off like a **ck, not trying to, just sayin...
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I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. At what point is one element of an AMOLED screen NOT a "tiny little LED"? If you want to argue that we're not looking at discrete LEDs like you would find blinking away on the front of your computer, or even the indicator LED on the S3 and GNex, then yes, but you're pushing semantics much farther than the original point of my post, which was to note that the screen is kept at a maximum brightness that is much lower than the capabilities of the elements that make up the screen.
What is everyone thinking about the always on display? Will you be using it knowing that it costs 15% battery per day? Tbh, that sounds really high to me to light up such a small amount of the screen but I guess I don't know really
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I'll be shutting that feature off
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I'll keep it myself... awesome to be able to see that time and notification without turning the scren on
km8j said:
What is everyone thinking about the always on display? Will you be using it knowing that it costs 15% battery per day? Tbh, that sounds really high to me to light up such a small amount of the screen but I guess I don't know really
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Where did you read that it's going to use as much as 15% battery per day? That sounds quite ridiculous given the fact that LG stated that their Always on Display implementation drains 0.8% per hour. Which is around 19% per day (24h - day and night), but the G5 uses IPS panel. There's no way if an LCD is using 19% per day an OLED screens showing primarily black to be draining 15% a day...
What you need to factor in before you start saying how high battery usage is...... How many times per day do you check your phone for notifications etc??? If you are constantly checking for texts / Facebook updates or whatever then AOS is for you. Whilst it may use X amount extra per day of battery if uses LESS power than powering on the whole screen and taking the device out of idle to check if you have any missed calls etc. If you are one of these people you are better off using AOS.
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Where did you read that it's going to use as much as 15% battery per day? That sounds quite ridiculous given the fact that LG stated that their Always on Display implementation drains 0.8% per hour. Which is around 19% per day (24h - day and night), but the G5 uses IPS panel. There's no way if an LCD is using 19% per day an OLED screens showing primarily black to be draining 15% a day...
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Samsung said 1%/hour. Also, LG made some adjustments to be amoled-like: “To minimise power consumption,” said LG, “we redesigned the display driver IC memory and power management function so that the display’s backlight only illuminates one small part of the overall display. Thanks to this technology, the Always-on Display requires only 0.8 percent of the battery’s full capacity per hour to operate. With consumers turning on their smartphones up to 150 times a day mostly to just check the time, the G5’s Always-on Display will make a notable difference in the life of the battery over the course of the day.”
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What you need to factor in before you start saying how high battery usage is...... How many times per day do you check your phone for notifications etc??? If you are constantly checking for texts / Facebook updates or whatever then AOS is for you. Whilst it may use X amount extra per day of battery if uses LESS power than powering on the whole screen and taking the device out of idle to check if you have any missed calls etc. If you are one of these people you are better off using AOS.
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You also have to keep in mind that when it is face down or the screen is covered the screen is off until you turn it over or take it out of your pocket or purse.
Samsung said the feature will use 1% PER DAY, not per hour. http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-have-always-display
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Samsung said the feature will use 1% PER DAY, not per hour. http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-have-always-display
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Everywhere else I saw said 1% per hour which makes a lot more sense.
What's weird is it seems we cannot set it to turn off at night for example
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km8j said:
Everywhere else I saw said 1% per hour which makes a lot more sense.
What's weird is it seems we cannot set it to turn off at night for example
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LG said their always on display uses 0.8% per hour and it's an LCD, so how does it make sense that an AMOLED display would use more power? LG only lights up a third of the display for it to save power compared to a regular LCD, but that should still use a lot more power than lighting up just the pixels necessary. Frankly, I trust Android Central on this more than any other site. They got behind the scenes time with Samsung at MWC and they are typically very reliable. The sites I see reporting 1% per hour (phonearena, Android Authority, etc.) are sites that I find very unreliable as I spot mistakes in their articles and videos all the time. Just one site probably got it wrong and then every other site copied them on the wrong info.
Here's another source that says 1% per day, so it's not just Android Central. And I know I heard it from a third source too before Android Central even wrote about it, but I can't find that now.
https://youtu.be/JtPBBil56a8
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Here's another source: http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/features/samsung-galaxy-s7-always-on-display-faq/
Anyways, I guess we will know for sure when a lot of people start getting the phone. I will test it and will definitely turn it off if I find that it is using 16-20% of the battery in a day, but I really doubt it will use that much.
i think its going to be closer to the 1% per day because if you look at the s5's untra batter saver mode they have proven by reducing what the display has to show and reducing the processor power they can make the phone last a hell of a lot longer on the same charge
LG has an IPS display, Samsung has SAMOLED.
Samsung said that it should save battery because you only check the notofocations on the screen and didn't need to turn it on.
I'm not scarried from battery but from burning the display.
libb said:
LG has an IPS display, Samsung has SAMOLED.
Samsung said that it should save battery because you only check the notofocations on the screen and didn't need to turn it on.
I'm not scarried from battery but from burning the display.
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Worried about screen burn-in? Samsung has thought of this, too. Though the information displayed looks to often be a static image, the software is actually regularly shifting the pixels ever-so-slightly so that the same ones aren't used over and over again. This eliminates worry about those pixels "burning in" the lock screen image, and it's one you won't even notice happening. The phone also won't display the information when it detects it's in a pocket or a bag, and if you just don't like the feature you can always turn it off completely
That is a quote from the android central
km8j said:
Everywhere else I saw said 1% per hour which makes a lot more sense.
What's weird is it seems we cannot set it to turn off at night for example
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1% per hour seems to be quite a lot, don't think that it's accurate.
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does anyone know what triggers the always on display to be dim some times and bright the next? i've been trying to find a cause and i dont see any. it will be dim one minute and just become bright for no reason it seems. this is with a black background and unplugged from the charger. i would like for it to stay dim to use even less battery.
Turned it off 2nd day. Uses too much battery. I only turn it on for when connecting to charger. It's definitely near 1% per hour. I Just have the lock screen wallpaper completely black so it doesn't drain batt just to see time.
Plus always on display is pointless when it doest tell me anything more than time.
freebee269 said:
does anyone know what triggers the always on display to be dim some times and bright the next? i've been trying to find a cause and i dont see any. it will be dim one minute and just become bright for no reason it seems. this is with a black background and unplugged from the charger. i would like for it to stay dim to use even less battery.
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Mine does the same, i'm guessing it's designed that way to keep any sort of "burn in" or similar from happening after long term.
insang-droid said:
Turned it off 2nd day. Uses too much battery. I only turn it on for when connecting to charger. It's definitely near 1% per hour. I Just have the lock screen wallpaper completely black so it doesn't drain batt just to see time.
Plus always on display is pointless when it doest tell me anything more than time.
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Maybe it's pointless to you, but I use it a lot just for the time. If your's is using close to 1% per hour, I suggest you get your phone replaced.
the always on display is definitely eating up around 1% battery an hour on my phone. this is with most of the bloatware disabled. i can look at my battery every hour and it will be down 1% some times 2%. i tested this with turning always display off for a couple hours and not turning my screen on and after 3 hours i lost 1% battery. i'm thinking it has something to do with the always on display becoming too bright at times and i dont know how to get it to stay dim.
Always on seems to turn off in pocket but not in the night. Is possible turt it in the dark and in the night automatically?