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What is "good" battery time?

I see people saying rooting added 24 hours to their battery life. With root and CPU tuner i get around 12 hours of battery life no matter what. I woke up and idle/ standby used around 30 percent of my battery. Is that normal?
Usually my display tops the battery list but it drains quicker than I'd expect it to since i run 11% brightness. I run conservative governor and 245-1000mhz with 60 up 33 down. I have a weather widget, 2 battery widgets, and a ram widget.
Can anyone recommend me anything or give me tips top find out why this is happening? I'm running iced glacier 1.1.4 and gr8s 2.3 kernel.
I'm down to 80% in a little over an hour with display at 75% and nothing else over 10%. I do have a screen off profile too which makers me wonder how I lose that much overnight. I have the weather channel widget but its not on the battery screen so I doubt that is the problem or could it be?
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I never get more then 14 hours no matter what I do.
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Ugh just got 8 hours battery time on a day of moderate use. This is horrible. I'm gonna need a new battery in under a year I'm charging it ever damn day. I check the processor speed a lot too it's usually on ~360 mHz which is extreme underclocking. How is the new Cyno Alpha ROM for battery life? I might have to try that / new kernel and see if that helps anything. This is annoying beyond belief.

xFate said:
Ugh just got 8 hours battery time on a day of moderate use. This is horrible. I'm gonna need a new battery in under a year I'm charging it ever damn day. I check the processor speed a lot too it's usually on ~360 mHz which is extreme underclocking. How is the new Cyno Alpha ROM for battery life? I might have to try that / new kernel and see if that helps anything. This is annoying beyond belief.
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Only real things you can do are:
Check widgets and apps for update times and make them update less frequently
Turn brightness down
Use 'conservative' setting on set cpu and setup screen off profile.
Maybe some other people have good ideas. 8 hours seems low.

I dont think thats even close to normal, I have mine set at 1.7ghz and used it here and there through out the day and was trying to run the battery down as I had just bought it that week, it took me into the next day before I recharged it...

Me neither. I have everything that jj had mentioned done and still get between 8-12 hours. I have to charge it like twice a day on some days even running on 350 mhz. I'm about to call tmobile and ask for a new battery.
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I had major battery life issues, I don't think the phone was sleeping properly (it would always randomly turn the screen on, among other weird things).
as soon as I switched to CM7 my problems ceased and I'm getting through an entire day of good use without charging

Battery life for me is very solid.... yesterday took phone fully charge off the charger around 6am, moderate to heavy use throughout the day, mainly emails & web browsing. Came home around 8pm and had about 45% left of battery.
Charged it till full last night before I went to bed, pulled it off the charger around 11 I think. Woke up this morning and it still at 100%, received a few messages & emails. Running CM7

It does sound like either some people have crazy background data they aren't aware of (or wake-lock issues) or there are some bad batteries.
I did a test yesterday to find out how well the battery would hold up as I see a lot of complaints regarding battery life.
I am running a stock rom that I rooted and removed the crap I didn't want / use (including the News and Stocks app). I do have setCPU scaling down the CPU when the screen is off, that's really it though. Scaling is ondemand.
I run 3 push email accounts (1x Exchange and 2x Gmail) and weather updates every 3 hours.
I took it off of the charger when I went to bed the previous night at 11 pm. It was off of the charger for 20 hours. I spent about 13 of the 20 hours on wifi, the rest on 3G. It had moderate use (web browsing, XDA, some photos and videos of the kids, about 25 text messages).
At the end of the 20 hours I had a 35% charge still.
For the people only getting 8 hrs out of the battery I am curious how the use/background data differs.

I don't have any email linked besides gmail. I never use wifi or blue tooth. A normal day consists of mobile network only on low processor speeds with 11% brightness. I do haves screen off profile too.
I'll check facebook/twitter here and there (both have background update turned off). I text more than anything, browse the web a bit, and use the xda app a bit. The only thing i can think of is the battery monitor widget monitoring my but before that the battery life was bad too.
I literally have most things turned off and what I have on is at its minimum. I do have transition animations on but I doubt that would kill a battery that fast. There's never apps or widgets above like 2% on the battery usage screen. It's always display above 70% then idle/standby and android OS. I do think it is a battery problem cause I have low brightness but it still leads my usage by a lot.
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Hmm, that's weird - I do think 8 hours is pretty low. I'm a typically light-moderate user: few phone calls, text messages, google chatting, light browsing, some gaming. And usually what amounts to about an hour a day of just playing with my phone without actually doing anything . My routine is generally to charge it overnight while I sleep. I take it off the charger around 8am, and it easily lasts until bed later that night. On the days when I've used it on the heavy side, it gets down to 10% or less by bedtime, but still - always makes it well past 8 hours! Plus, I keep it on automatic brightness. BTW, I'm running stock (no need to root it IMO).
For you to be getting 8 hours with the settings you describe doesn't seem right. Might want to contact TMO about getting a replacement battery or something.

xFate said:
I don't have any email linked besides gmail. I never use wifi or blue tooth. A normal day consists of mobile network only on low processor speeds with 11% brightness. I do haves screen off profile too.
I'll check facebook/twitter here and there (both have background update turned off). I text more than anything, browse the web a bit, and use the xda app a bit. The only thing i can think of is the battery monitor widget monitoring my but before that the battery life was bad too.
I literally have most things turned off and what I have on is at its minimum. I do have transition animations on but I doubt that would kill a battery that fast. There's never apps or widgets above like 2% on the battery usage screen. It's always display above 70% then idle/standby and android OS. I do think it is a battery problem cause I have low brightness but it still leads my usage by a lot.
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If you look at Spare Parts is there anything with a lot of partial wake usage?

Any more suggestions before I call them up?
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I'm terribly disappointed in this phone's battery! If HTC comes out with a phone that has all these features, it should be able to handle the the power needed! I read all these threads ... turn down screen, turn of this and that. So basically to make the phone ... usable you have to turn everything down and off. Just pisses me off. If i can have sync on for 24 hours something is wrong. if i can't have my gps on and listen to the radio for maybe 20 minutes a day, watch tv for half our, check my email send text without carrying an extension cord ... then htc should have just mentioned that. Instead they give you a battery llife that isn't accurate. I'm just so pissed! it's like me telling you that your new bmw sports car is pretty fast but you have to change the tires, don't listen to the radio and keep your lights off or you'll need to recharge battery and gas every hour.
Anyhow ... i get 11 hours on my battery. I have ADW launcher and fancy widget. I have my tmobile and facebook contacts sync'd. I don't check face book more than twice a day so I don't have the refresh on. The weather is every 6 hours i think. 11 Hours 50 minutes is the longest my phone survived with 11% screen brightness wifi / blue tooth / gps / etc off. I do have vibrate and sound off. I haven't made any phone calls on it yet. I send and received about 25 text. 5-10 min web page surfing. I would probably go mad if i had to make a call. I would definitely go mad if i used this phone normally.
I noticed my weather widget in sense and fancy widget was running when checking running tab in applications. Since sense runs in the background, does this mean i'm using battery running it or is it disabled? What else could I turn off in sense when using a different launcher?

Before rooted I got around 12-13 hours of moderate use, so I think your battery is not functioning well. You may call T-Mo for a replacement. Anyway, after rooted and flashed Iced Glacier (Stock launcher, bloatware removed), I always get 18 hours or more. You may wanna try.

I am running 9hrs moderate use on none rooted using wifi calling on all day in my home. Battery is 85%
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I'm about to put my phone on the charger and im at
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with 7% battery left

I got a replacement battery from t mobile.my phone is stock with adw.I'm in the red now. 1d6hours with 30 text, watching 30 min video, surfing web for 2 hours,fb 15 min., 3 6 min calls. Some other stuff.can't remember. Battery is definitely better. If I use gps for 45 min my battery drops like mad.i only hit 15 hours.

good battery life
i'm at 88% battery and it's showing 19 hrs and 46min, granted it was a lot of idle, but i'm pretty happy with this phone. and i'm only rooted, stock rom, no bloat (my account is the devil!) not underclocked (set cpu not even installed)
Cell standby 34%
phone idle 32%
display 25%
android system 3%
internet 2%
android OS 2%
htc launcher 2%
i sync friendstream every hour, weather every hour and yahoo every hour.
at this rate it's gonna last 3 days!

[Q] Real World Battery Life

Fellow MT4GS users,
How is your battery lasting you? I'm coming from a MT4G, even though I eventually modded it, and it I used to get at least a full day and have to charge that night at the worst unless I really heavily used it.
My MT4GS has been lasting me half a day or so before I get into the yellow/red and I'm usually charging before the sun goes down.
My main culprit according to the built in battery indicator is display at 65% (I'm on automatic brightness)
Just over 10 hours today for me before I had to charge.
ps- Anyone know how to remove the annoying low power notifications? I'm getting two pop ups in a row.

Yeah mine generally lasts about 14 hours at moderate usage, but it's only been 2 days, and I remember when I got the MyTouch 4G it died on me while I was still at work and then after a week or so it got much better...

Yeah, I can agree with you there I think my MT4G was a little wonky the first week or so. We'll see how it goes.

breakaway87 said:
Fellow MT4GS users,
How is your battery lasting you? I'm coming from a MT4G, even though I eventually modded it, and it I used to get at least a full day and have to charge that night at the worst unless I really heavily used it.
My MT4GS has been lasting me half a day or so before I get into the yellow/red and I'm usually charging before the sun goes down.
My main culprit according to the built in battery indicator is display at 65% (I'm on automatic brightness)
Just over 10 hours today for me before I had to charge.
ps- Anyone know how to remove the annoying low power notifications? I'm getting two pop ups in a row.
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Only lasting 6 hours yesterday ....

My battery lasted about 33 hours. After the 1st full charge. So way better than my other phones have done. This wasnt heavy usage though. No videos or music just a few calls, lots of emails and some web browsing.
One problem I am having is low call volume. My videos and music are perfectly loud, just the call volume sucks.

AZScrewloose said:
My battery lasted about 33 hours. After the 1st full charge. So way better than my other phones have done. This wasnt heavy usage though. No videos or music just a few calls, lots of emails and some web browsing.
One problem I am having is low call volume. My videos and music are perfectly loud, just the call volume sucks.
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how did you get 33 hours because mine on the 1st day on lasted about 10 hours.

I'm getting 6 hours. Its terrible. This things gonna get flushed down a toilet soon.

NAZology said:
I'm getting 6 hours. Its terrible. This things gonna get flushed down a toilet soon.
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Well make sure, your phones screen brightness is on low. Also make sure wifi,gps,bluetooth are off. Also make sure you kill some of the apps you ran on a task manager. just gotta find ways to keep the battery life up.

Well when I first got the phone, I didnt charge it until it was almost dead. Then fully charged it.
Also I turned off GPS, WiFi ect. I also use task manager to kill background programs that I don't need or want running.
We will see if the battery life goes down after a few weeks. Sometimes they take time to normalize.

Oh what task you ended and what task manger you used?
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sonicjam said:
Well make sure, your phones screen brightness is on low. Also make sure wifi,gps,bluetooth are off. Also make sure you kill some of the apps you ran on a task manager. just gotta find ways to keep the battery life up.
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I appreciate the help but the logic is off. This is the latest ..and i stress smartttphone. It is supsupposed to be used as such. Bluetooth ..4g..music...video calling..maps..etc.. if u use of of these features six hours it will last. If you use them all try maybe 4 hours. Plus those boxes are annoying when the batterly is low. This phone has got to be rooted.

fireinthesky2night said:
I appreciate the help but the logic is off. This is the latest ..and i stress smartttphone. It is supsupposed to be used as such. Bluetooth ..4g..music...video calling..maps..etc.. if u use of of these features six hours it will last. If you use them all try maybe 4 hours. Plus those boxes are annoying when the batterly is low. This phone has got to be rooted.
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I'm gonna have to agree with that one, that's pretty much no different than saying buy a car but don't drive it so you can save gas lol

I have gotten to around 12 hours or more now. Still moderate overall but heavier browser usage.
I do not kill tasks or turn off wifi, gps or anything. My brightness is auto.
I uninstalled the recent maps update because I saw where G2 users seem to think the recent update is draining their battery so I wondered if it could maybe be causing issues here too.
Anyways my battery life has gotten into the acceptable range and that was all I really did other than have more days to monitor it.

Some technical specs on the battery:
Model: BG58100
Rating: 3.7V DC
Charge Capacity: 1520mAh
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This appears to be the same battery that is in the Sensation 4G according to Google.
For us this is good because Ebay and Amazon are already flooded with replacement batteries.
We need to find a higher capacity mAh battery but with the same size as to not make us have to get a replacement back. This shouldn't be that hard.
My old phone has a smaller battery with a higher mAh capacity so the battery in the myTouch 4G Slide is an utter disappointment. They could have easily produced a 3000 mAh battery for this beast of a phone.
Edit: Found a 1900 mAh battery for only 9.99.

sonicjam said:
Well make sure, your phones screen brightness is on low. Also make sure wifi,gps,bluetooth are off. Also make sure you kill some of the apps you ran on a task manager. just gotta find ways to keep the battery life up.
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Screen is on the least bright setting. I'm an ex blackberry user and dont even have one app. I could care less about apps. I'm charging every 5 hours and thats sometimes from just it sitting around/ not even using the phone. The thing better get it's act together. I'm starting to like the keyboard too but I'm up at 5am and if im charging at noon that's terrible. Especially with minimal use.

Akujin said:
Some technical specs on the battery:
Model: BG58100
Rating: 3.7V DC
Charge Capacity: 1520mAh
This appears to be the same battery that is in the Sensation 4G according to Google.
For us this is good because Ebay and Amazon are already flooded with replacement batteries.
We need to find a higher capacity mAh battery but with the same size as to not make us have to get a replacement back. This shouldn't be that hard.
My old phone has a smaller battery with a higher mAh capacity so the battery in the myTouch 4G Slide is an utter disappointment. They could have easily produced a 3000 mAh battery for this beast of a phone.
Edit: Found a 1900 mAh battery for only 9.99.
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I've found the slide version there too for $11.99. I've wonder how long it will last with that battery.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Anker-1900mAh-B...Accessories&hash=item4aad15c501#ht_3648wt_942

There must be something wrong. Mine lasts about that long playing videos and games, messing with the camera, web browsing etc..
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As I posted in my other thread, battery sucks on this phone. I had to keep wifi off all the day to keep it from dying by 6pm. Funny how 4g speed is so bad in nyc that wifi is the only other option to do something meaningful.

eismcsquare said:
As I posted in my other thread, battery sucks on this phone. I had to keep wifi off all the day to keep it from dying by 6pm. Funny how 4g speed is so bad in nyc that wifi is the only other option to do something meaningful.
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Weird I live in small city and 4G is crazy fast. When I get to a big city like Baltimore, Maryland the 4G was slow. My thoughts are there too many people on the 4G network. T-Mobile did promised us double the 4G speed and they need more Towers too.

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For the first couple days, my battery life was awful. I'd be getting low-bat notifications when I got home from an 8-hour day at work.
But of course that's always the case with new phones that haven't even had the settings tweaked...
- Placed a Wifi toggle widget on the homepage and turn it off every day after leaving home for work in the morning.
- Ensured certain programs and updates were not running in the background automatically:
~ Turned off Autosync on accounts (manual only)
~ Turned off autoupdates for weather
~ No Bluetooth, GPS, Wifi, unless turned on for a specific reason
~ Enabled power efficiency and power saver modes (30%)
~ Disabled Always-on data connection
~ Disabled auto-updates in various apps (Friendcaster, IM+ Pro, etc.)
- Turned the screen off when not in use
Today I'm at 40% after 14 hours of mixed use. I'd say that's DAMN good.
By the way, for those seeing the whole "Autosync off" thing and thinking that you can't do it, just do it. I don't get my work email or personal email on my phone unless I tell it to and it's utterly awesome. Less stress. Less looking at my phone constantly. It feels free and just plain great. And I used to be superconnected 24/7 syncing every 5 minutes (if push wasn't available).

Display uses most of my battery.

So I've acquired an HTC Sensation and have unlocked, rooted, and installed a few ROMs so far. Stock, CM7.1, and Android Revolution HD. That last one is the one I'm on.
My battery life sucks. Whereas my Blackberry Bold 9700 would go one to two days with constant, heavy usage, this phone gets about 4 to 6 hours. My battery graph says that Display is using 80% to 90% of my battery. I've turned off auto-adjust and set the brightness to minimum, it hasn't helped. Am I ****ed?
I've tried other things, underclocked to 1Ghz, different ROMs, battery calibration, no HTC Sense account, no friendstream, disabled background data and autosync. I've tried everything, and yet the display is totally destroying my battery. Keep in mind too, I mentioned the Blackberry, but I've had Android experience before. I'm not a total noob, and I'm not a pro.
EDIT: If you've got semi-****ty battery, check my last post on page 2. It might help ya out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19062683&postcount=20

That's an LCD screen for you. It will always be the biggest power consumer of this phone. I believe that in general, the screen will always be the biggest power consumer of a phone, but LCD is especially bad. It doesn't help that the Sensation has an average-sized battery either.
That said, I can't believe your battery life is that bad, considering you've underclocked, tried different ROMs, calibrated the battery (although I've heard that this can actually decrease batt life), and disabled background data. Make sure you have matching radio + ril in case you haven't yet. I just can't believe that if you're doing all those battery saving tricks at the same time that your batt life would still be bad. Or did you try those things by themselves? You should try several things at once, but I'm assuming you already have.
LCD screen tech really needs to hit the grave. I like qHD resolution, but otherwise I hate the Sensation's screen. I don't get why so many Sensation owners think it's a good screen. LCD is absolutely worthless outside - I turn brightness all the way up and I can still hardly see it. I don't care if SAMOLED has oversaturated colors - as long as it's usable in any conditions I think it's better. Not only is SAMOLED much brighter and usable, it is much more power efficient than LCD. Honestly the screen alone of the Galaxy Nexus is making me consider it just because I hate the Sensation's screen that much (as well as other things about this phone).

I'm doing them all at once. I flashed the radio that mike (author of the ROM I'm using) suggested because he said the RIL file(s) are built in.
I'll post a battery stats screen cap when I can, but I don't have the means to do so right now.
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Edit: There it is. Normally, I don't partial charge, but I had to take it off briefly a few minutes ago. As you can see, it was hitting critical levels around 5 hours in before I threw it back on the charger. The line drops steadily usually when the display is being used.
Here's the shot that claims Display is the culprit.

I feel like android never goes into detail as to how much being on 4G drains your batteries. If you switch to EDGE (2G) only, you could see an improvement in battery life. You can get to it from Settings>Wireless Networks>Mobile Data.
If that doesn't work out for you, consider trying out Juice Defender on the market, it's helped me extend my battery life a considerable amount. It does nothing while you're using your phone, but when your screen is off, it'll disable mobile data, and every 15 min (or 30, you could change this in settings), the phone will enable mobile data for a minute so Facebook/Twitter/Messenging Apps can sync.
Aside from that, you can try turning down the brightness levels.
If you're willing to shell out a little cash, your next option would be to cop an Anker battery from eBay or Amazon. This would help the most, imo.

I have tried many things but so far the biggest thing to affect my battery life is disabling bluetooth. That alone takes about 2% per hour of battery life even if I never use it. My usage is light with some games, mail, and texting. Included is a snapshot of today's random usage. I don't know why but my display isn't listed in the snapshot.
One thing I would check is the spare parts app that hopefully is included in android. Look at the battery history->other usage->since last unplugged. Specifically the percentage of running. Mines says running is 12%, screen on is 4%, wifi on is 83%. If your phone is 100% running, then it is never going to sleep.

Is the Sensation a 4G device? if so, which carrier?

Not real 4G, max speed 14.4 mbps where available for TMOUS.
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mattbutsko said:
So I've acquired an HTC Sensation and have unlocked, rooted, and installed a few ROMs so far. Stock, CM7.1, and Android Revolution HD. That last one is the one I'm on.
My battery life sucks. Whereas my Blackberry Bold 9700 would go one to two days with constant, heavy usage, this phone gets about 4 to 6 hours. My battery graph says that Display is using 80% to 90% of my battery. I've turned off auto-adjust and set the brightness to minimum, it hasn't helped. Am I ****ed?
I've tried other things, underclocked to 1Ghz, different ROMs, battery calibration, no HTC Sense account, no friendstream, disabled background data and autosync. I've tried everything, and yet the display is totally destroying my battery. Keep in mind too, I mentioned the Blackberry, but I've had Android experience before. I'm not a total noob, and I'm not a pro.
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Ur comparing the sensation to a bb 9700? 9700 is not dual core or a 4.3 inch screen. Androids typically have the worst battery life when compared to iPhones and blackberrys. Also HTC phones usually have the worst battery life out of all the android phones.
How long have u had ur phone? Have u gone through at least 5 charging cycles? Did u calibrate ur battery after flashing new roms?

The other day I got this...maybe it makes you feel better...(1900mAh Anker Battery)
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@secano,
What game where you playing? I have played some that will kill my anker battery in 3.5 hours but never in just over 2!

newter55 said:
@secano,
What game where you playing? I have played some that will kill my anker battery in 3.5 hours but never in just over 2!
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I was using Skype with full brightness.
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I have the same problem, more or less.
I had a great improvement installing "juice defender", this app cutting off the 3g as soon as the screen is off, putting it on once every hour to chek mail etc.
try it.
it's an improvement, but my battery drain remain awful. I had a HTC HD2, and was used to 4-6 ma, now, if it's under 80, i'm happy...

Turn the brightness down. I only use auto brightness in the daylight. I used a app called dimmer to turn the brightness down to 10. The minimum setting the phone will allow is 30 so dimmer turns it down more. The dimmer app is nice it switches brightness down to 10 and the next click sets it back, so I have it switch between auto and 10. Full brightness will kill your battery fast.

ak29 said:
Ur comparing the sensation to a bb 9700? 9700 is not dual core or a 4.3 inch screen. Androids typically have the worst battery life when compared to iPhones and blackberrys. Also HTC phones usually have the worst battery life out of all the android phones.
How long have u had ur phone? Have u gone through at least 5 charging cycles? Did u calibrate ur battery after flashing new roms?
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I never directly compared them, I'm just sharing my past experiences. I never expected the sensation to come even close in battery life.
anyhow, ill try juice defender and my Bluetooth and brightness are off and set to low. it just sucks cause I seem to only lose a lot when the screen is on, but I don't want to blame S-LCD because this seems to only affect a small percentage of users.
worst case scenario, ill buy a new battery. thanks everyone for taking a look, please excuse the grammar, on my sensation right now

@OP... don't worry about battery life. I am in the same scene as you are...
Running an HD game would drain by battery in 2 to 3 hrs with lowest brightness and everything off.. My only problem is low network signal...
if you start using your mobile as laptop like playing games etc then you get as much time as a laptop gives u... But if you use it as a phone, out will do all say..
So either change device or line with it..

In Android Revolution the kernel spends the battery. You can flash the bricked kernel and you will see the battery life in normal use under 20 hours. You can find it under android development for sensation here in xda. I flashed yesterday and with wifi on and all sync on I have 45%. 12 hours from the last charge.

Tasos19s said:
In Android Revolution the kernel spends the battery. You can flash the bricked kernel and you will see the battery life in normal use under 20 hours. You can find it under android development for sensation here in xda. I flashed yesterday and with wifi on and all sync on I have 45%. 12 hours from the last charge.
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I will most definitely try this when I return from work. I may have to flash cyanogenmod, which seems to give me slightly better life. is the stock AR HD kernel really that bad?
edit: okay I went ahead and flashed the bricked kernel while at work. hope it helps, but I lost 10% battery to do it and I'm down to 20% left. we'll see how it does.

From what I read we have a new faux kernel. You can check it after bricked.

Hey guys. Small update.
I am recalibrating the battery, again, yet something special is happening this time. I ran the phone down and it played a 1080p video on max brightness with wifi, bluetooth, gps, background data all on. It played the video for 15 to 20 minutes while sitting at 0%! Now, I'm currently recharging it and best part, it's been at 100% and still charging, orange LED and all, for about 40 minutes now. Considering my charger charges at .75A an hour, thats something like .50ish A, or 500mAH that I didn't have before. That could explain my pathetic battery life. Imagine if it charges at 100% for an hour! That's 750 mAH that I lost due to bad calibration, half my battery!
Hopefully with a few more cycles, and some good luck, my battery meter will correct itself and I'll see regular battery life!
edit: Two hours In, I'm overclocked to 1.5ghz, have max brightness, wifi, GPS, Bluetooth all on. background data and auto sync enabled. the screen has been on almost the entire time. current battery? 40%! that's with constant interaction, at times, I was playing games and listening to music at the same time. I mean Im using this phone to the max and its performing incredibly.
in real life, I will underclock to 1 or 1.2ghz (still an underclock since the system is clocked at 1.5ghz default) and wont have the screen on the entire time, so I shouldn't have a hard time making it through a day with moderate to heavy use I also never really use BT and wifi is a rarity. background data will likely stay enabled, but we'll see.
please excuse grammar, on the sensation right now and I just gave up the BB 9700 keyboard just two days ago, one of the only good things about that phone!
edit2: okay so I ran down the phone. it shut down just minutes before the 3 hour mark. this is very exciting because my battery barely decreases while the screen is off. on Max brightness and wifi/GPS/Bluetooth/4G on, and the screen on for all but about 10 minutes, I got about 3 hours. this is exceptional. ill do a real world test tomorrow and report back, but things are looking up. currently, brightness is set to auto, wifi is off, GPS and Bluetooth are off, processor is clocked at 1.2ghz. very excited that this one calibration actually did something!
also, I consider HSPA+ to be 4G cause its about 10 times faster than any 3G out there and it's actually been official for a while.
www.phonearena.com/news/ITU-says-LTE-WiMax-and-HSPA--are-now-officially-4G_id15435
Edit3: It helped, but I'll be buying a Chichitech battery, ordering it tomorrow. 1900mAh better make a difference.

So its been a few days, but here's what I did to get acceptable battery - all at once:
Flash a Cyanogenmod rom, HyperSensation, the other one, Selfkang or whatever is a MAJOR battery destroyer for me. Any kernel, any clock speed, I'd lose 5 to 10% an hour just idling. I lost 15% alone playing 4 mp3s through my AUX cable. Not saying it's like this for everyone, but it was for me.
Flashed Faux's kernel, Joe's RCU from his thread.
Underclocked to 1.08Ghz while the screen is on, 540Mhz while the screen is off.
Undervolted the processor using FauxClock to -37.5mV, might go even lower if it's stable.
Ordered a 1900mAh ChiChiTech battery from Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/CHICHITEC-T-mobile-Sensation-Cellphone-Battery/dp/B0057US9YW - whether or not it's 1900mAh doesn't really apply, but what does is that I instantly got 20% more and I'm not even done conditioning. It's only 23 bucks, two for thirty. I was so anxious to try to get a battery that I next-dayed it for 17 bucks.
I'm a moderate to heavy user, I used some wifi hotspot today, automatic brightness for the display, background data and auto-sync, listening to standup comedy mp3s for 1.5 to 5 hours a day, web for probably 30 minutes to an hour a day, and today specifically, 45 minutes of Legends of Yore (fun rogue-like!) and 15 minutes of Age of Zombies.
Only two thirds of my battery used and I've been off the charger for 13 hours. My old battery would have given out about 6 hours ago, and that's if I cut my activity in half.
Anyhow, problem's solved, but I figured it'd be a good read for anyone in a similar boat.

Battery life is killin' me...

Is it just me, or is the nexus 5's battery way too sub-par? I came from an HTC one, which in terms of battery life, isn't the best, but the nexus 5 makes the One look like the razer ultra, I mean I could get through a full day of moderate/heavy usage (5:30AM to 6:10PM), but with the nexus 5, it goes to around 30% by 4:00, and dies around 5:00. And yes, I put on airplane mode/wifi-off anytime I can. Is there any kernel/mod I can flash to make the battery life a little more bearable, or will I have to return it and get myself the new Droid Maxx? (No rom, as I like to keep it stock)

Turn off the "ok Google" crap and location when you don't need it

Already done those, unfortunately...
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Already done those, unfortunately...
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Get betterbatterystats and figure out what wake locks are keeping your phone awake

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Get betterbatterystats and figure out what wake locks are keeping your phone awake
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The odd thing is that "Google keyboard" takes up the battery percentage. Note that this is standby time
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The odd thing is that "Google keyboard" takes up the battery percentage. Note that this is standby time
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Do you have a custom recovery? If so, clear cache in it.

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Do you have a custom recovery? If so, clear cache in it.
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Alright, I'll do that and see how it turns out.
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OK coming from a Galaxy S (1) 4G. I'm not too disappointed with this phone's battery. Yes, it is not the best. But I have noticed that it must be KitKat, not the phone, since the phone's battery should be about 75% of the LG G2's battery, and the G2 has a bit bigger screen and more crap features such as Double Tap 2 Wake and a bunch of other battery hogging features built into the phone. And that thing's battery lasts about twice as long as this phone's battery, which is a bit odd. So i'm definitely saying KitKat is still a bit(very) buggy, and it should be fine in a few months time since the two phones (G2 and N5) should equalize with battery life since there isn't too much battery hogging crap on the N5. I'm using Franco's kernel on stock, and I must say, with pretty decent use, my phone is somewhere between 70 and 85 percent battery in 8 hours. (that is if I may check XDA and facebook a few times), go through a bunch of dead/low signal zones, maybe play 10 minutes of asphalt 8, and maybe use Chrome Beta for a few minutes to browse something. I may also make a few calls/texts in that time. I must say, that I haven't really tested android 4.4.2's life too much compared to 4.4, but I'm getting better life on 4.4.2. On the low end of the spectrum, if I play asphalt 8 for 30-40 minutes. I'll be down to 40-50% by the end of the 8 hour period. I agree that it may look a bit intimidating to see 5% percent battery at the end of 15 hour period, but by then, the day will be pretty much over and you'll have time to charge your phone. If you're a 'round the clock person such as a doctor and need your phone at odd intervals, you can always keep a qi/battery pack charger. Also I find the charge time on this phone quite impressive. I can charge my phone from 30-100 percent in very little time. I'm not exactly sure, but maybe an hour or 2 or less. Also this phone is very graphically extensive and with the extremely dense display, it will probably use more battery than an older phone with less resolution.

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Is it just me, or is the nexus 5's battery way too sub-par? I came from an HTC one, which in terms of battery life, isn't the best, but the nexus 5 makes the One look like the razer ultra, I mean I could get through a full day of moderate/heavy usage (5:30AM to 6:10PM), but with the nexus 5, it goes to around 30% by 4:00, and dies around 5:00. And yes, I put on airplane mode/wifi-off anytime I can. Is there any kernel/mod I can flash to make the battery life a little more bearable, or will I have to return it and get myself the new Droid Maxx? (No rom, as I like to keep it stock)
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How much SOT do you have at 30% battery life? Do you have widgets galore, push e-mail (Gmail, Yahoo etc...), screen brightness set to Auto or full brightness (auto screen brightness is very aggressive on the N5 in terms of keeping it very bright even in should be toned down). You should take a screen shot of your SOT and battery life summary so all of us can see what is eating your battery.

Fluidification said:
OK coming from a Galaxy S (1) 4G. I'm not too disappointed with this phone's battery. Yes, it is not the best. But I have noticed that it must be KitKat, not the phone, since the phone's battery should be about 75% of the LG G2's battery, and the G2 has a bit bigger screen and more crap features such as Double Tap 2 Wake and a bunch of other battery hogging features built into the phone. And that thing's battery lasts about twice as long as this phone's battery, which is a bit odd. So i'm definitely saying KitKat is still a bit(very) buggy, and it should be fine in a few months time since the two phones (G2 and N5) should equalize with battery life since there isn't too much battery hogging crap on the N5. I'm using Franco's kernel on stock, and I must say, with pretty decent use, my phone is somewhere between 70 and 85 percent battery in 8 hours. (that is if I may check XDA and facebook a few times), go through a bunch of dead/low signal zones, maybe play 10 minutes of asphalt 8, and maybe use Chrome Beta for a few minutes to browse something. I may also make a few calls/texts in that time. I must say, that I haven't really tested android 4.4.2's life too much compared to 4.4, but I'm getting better life on 4.4.2. On the low end of the spectrum, if I play asphalt 8 for 30-40 minutes. I'll be down to 40-50% by the end of the 8 hour period. I agree that it may look a bit intimidating to see 5% percent battery at the end of 15 hour period, but by then, the day will be pretty much over and you'll have time to charge your phone. If you're a 'round the clock person such as a doctor and need your phone at odd intervals, you can always keep a qi/battery pack charger. Also I find the charge time on this phone quite impressive. I can charge my phone from 30-100 percent in very little time. I'm not exactly sure, but maybe an hour or 2 or less. Also this phone is very graphically extensive and with the extremely dense display, it will probably use more battery than an older phone with less resolution.
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:/ hopefully it'll get better. Just got 4.4.2 today for the camera. Hopefully KitKat will be all good within December.
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How much SOT do you have at 30% battery life? Do you have widgets galore, push e-mail (Gmail, Yahoo etc...), screen brightness set to Auto or full brightness (auto screen brightness is very aggressive on the N5 in terms of keeping it very bright even in should be toned down). You should take a screen shot of your SOT and battery life summary so all of us can see what is eating your battery.
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Alright. I'll use a full days worth tomorrow and show you guys.
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Wow, very strange. I'm getting the BEST battery life out of all my phones from the N5. It will go at least 24 hours with average use and my SOT is about 5 hours. With light use it'll go 36 - 48 hours no problem.
HOWEVER, this was only on Android 4.4. When I upgraded to 4.4.2, the battery life went to ****. And I'm pretty sure I know why: when I run System Tuner Pro and watch the CPU throttling screen, it is showing that the "min" CPU frequency doesn't go below 1036 Mhz, EVEN IF I set the CPU min to 300 Mhz in SetCPU or System Tuner itself - the OS sets it back to 1036 Mhz (and sometimes 1.2Ghz) after a couple seconds. WTF?! It's like the kernel or Android is overriding my CPU clock settings. No wonder the battery life went to hell - a phone isn't supposed to be running at almost 1Ghz when sleeping!
I downgraded back to 4.4 from one of my backups and watched the CPU screen in that version. And sure enough, the CPU is allowed to drop to 300 Mhz like it should.So idk WTF Google did with the 4.4.2 version, but it's definitely a bug. And I think it's in the kernel, or at least somewhere in the original AOSP source, since CyanogenMod 11 (with the 4.4.1 version) has the same issue.

Just factory reset clean phone barely any apps now. Will report my findings tomorrow
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I was having bad battery on a previous rom which i did a dirty flash on, i cleaned wiped and installed a new rom and this are my shots from second day running it.
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I was having bad battery on a previous rom which i did a dirty flash on, i cleaned wiped and installed a new rom and this are my shots from second day running it.
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This phone naturally has bad battery life google has paired up a Beast processor and a GPU and a 1080P Full HD screen all with a LITTLE battery
try underclock the cpu

Anyone ever try Greenify?
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Sesamechicken said:
Is it just me, or is the nexus 5's battery way too sub-par? I came from an HTC one, which in terms of battery life, isn't the best, but the nexus 5 makes the One look like the razer ultra, I mean I could get through a full day of moderate/heavy usage (5:30AM to 6:10PM), but with the nexus 5, it goes to around 30% by 4:00, and dies around 5:00. And yes, I put on airplane mode/wifi-off anytime I can. Is there any kernel/mod I can flash to make the battery life a little more bearable, or will I have to return it and get myself the new Droid Maxx? (No rom, as I like to keep it stock)
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Franco Kernel = Cure

The battery is fine. There is a nasty bug in the OS or modem that causes very bad drain. It's been present since release (4.4). Still working to find the cause and a proper fix.

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Franco Kernel = Cure
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Im on Franco r20 and CM11. battery is at 64% with 58 minute screen on time and 7 hour 23 minutes total. No gaming no nothing because I'm scared the battery will die.

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Im on Franco r20 and CM11. battery is at 64% with 58 minute screen on time and 7 hour 23 minutes total. No gaming no nothing because I'm scared the battery will die.
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Just go Franco alone. Its probably cm11 rom

I've been running franco + purity and battery life is much better compared to stock.
I mean, I'm getting >24 hours of battery life with moderate usage.

Battery life

Hi. I've pre ordered the moto one vision yesterday, basicly out of curiosity about a moto running on Samsung Exynos 9609 soc.
I have a motorola one already which is built on Qualcomm msm8953 and battery is great on that device.
How's the battery holding up on Moto One Vision, concidering it only has a 3500 mAh battery and a 6"+ screen, 48MP cam etc?
I kind of feel like the battery is a bit undersized for this device, but I may be wrong.
Please comment about your battery experience below, or fill in with questions about battery.

Fully charged yesterday, today still i have 81%

After the first charging: 5,5h SOT and still about 22% was avalible. Not bad.

i bought it last Friday, charged twice since then, i have an impression of battery drain, but i think it's because i just use it more often, just like every phone while it's new

Thanks everyone for your replies. Maybe it's not as bad as I thought after all.
Please continue with replies and / or questions about battery.

I read somewhere that Motorola One has great battery back-up!
today, here confirmed !

For me, 1,5 days

As it's said... a picture worth a thousand words...
Here's what AccuBattery says about my One Vision.
I use it mainly to Instagram and some youtube (light usage on that one). Whatsapp and Google Maps.
(#1 - @81% it would last: 19h and half combined use, 7h with screen on, 24h on standby)
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(#3 - Screen on - 11,2% battery usage/hour - Standby - 3,3%/hour - Combined - 4,2%/hour)
(#4 - Battery Health - 102% - Estimated capacity - 3567 mAh)

Battery Life Opinion
I just bought Motorola One Vision, but I´m concerned about battery life (while waiting for the cell phone to be delivered for me). I saw some reviews tellign that battery life is poor , and some telling that battery life is OK (1 day - 20 hours - normal use). Can anyone tell me if for a normal user like me that don´t play games in the cell phone, just use social networks, and a little of youtube the battery lasts at least from 6 AM to 11 PM? (my normal daily use)? I´m in doubt since there are people telling the battery life is good (one day and a half) and some people are telling that battery lasts only 6 to 10 hours. Which one is true? If someone have a trusted review, please share.
Thanks!

I've had the One Vision for 3 weeks now and have no problems with battery life.
I get around 6-7 hours of SOT.
I 'm what you would call a normal user like yourself.

Battery seems drain fast took of charger 100% 6:45am took couple photos in garden checked FB/ Twitter emails 7:10am 93% , this could boil down to fact it's had one full charge over night since getting and may settle etc in few days this is with latest update with June security , hope future updates can improve battery and camera
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Just got a Vision One, after sporting a G5s + for the past 3years.
Wheras i could still get 2days of use out of my G5s+ , i have the impression the Vision just drains really fast. Maybe i'm just using it more because it's new ? I don't really have that impression though.

paulogr66 said:
I just bought Motorola One Vision, but I´m concerned about battery life (while waiting for the cell phone to be delivered for me). I saw some reviews tellign that battery life is poor , and some telling that battery life is OK (1 day - 20 hours - normal use). Can anyone tell me if for a normal user like me that don´t play games in the cell phone, just use social networks, and a little of youtube the battery lasts at least from 6 AM to 11 PM? (my normal daily use)? I´m in doubt since there are people telling the battery life is good (one day and a half) and some people are telling that battery lasts only 6 to 10 hours. Which one is true? If someone have a trusted review, please share.
Thanks!
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Just like you - sort've...
I'm considering getting either the 'Moto G7 plus' or 'Moto One vision' .
At first I thought I was going down the 'Vision' route due to 'better specs' - until I started reading about 'poor battery drain' despite having a 3500mAh battery
My current phone 'only' has a 3000Mah with 5.2" screen that with my [very] light usage it'll last the day with still ~35-50% battery left over (depending if I get bored @ work & play a game or 2)
I mainly only have phone for emergency, some occasional game playing (subway surfer etc - no 3d intensive gaming) & music listening (not into watching videos on a phone or social media usually) - so 'screen on' time is usually pretty low - & would also like to hear 'real life' reviews of how long the battery does last

Cannon_Foddr said:
Just like you - sort've...
I'm considering getting either the 'Moto G7 plus' or 'Moto One vision' .
At first I thought I was going down the 'Vision' route due to 'better specs' - until I started reading about 'poor battery drain' despite having a 3500mAh battery
My current phone 'only' has a 3000Mah with 5.2" screen that with my [very] light usage it'll last the day with still ~35-50% battery left over (depending if I get bored @ work & play a game or 2)
I mainly only have phone for emergency, some occasional game playing (subway surfer etc - no 3d intensive gaming) & music listening (not into watching videos on a phone or social media usually) - so 'screen on' time is usually pretty low - & would also like to hear 'real life' reviews of how long the battery does last
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I've it for one month and for me the battery usage is ok. I go to work at 7 am, and I put it on charge at 10 pm with 40~30% of battery which for my use is ok. I noticed that if I play a game for 40 min or play a video for around 30~40 minutes the battery is at 10% at 10 pm. So my verdict is that for a user that don't play games/watch videos a lot, the battery can stand a day and ends up with 40%, but if you like to play then maybe you should consider another option.. My guess is that the battery drain is due to the screen... The good points are the screen is very good and Android is very fast and good (I had a Samsung A50 before).

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I've it for one month and for me the battery usage is ok. I go to work at 7 am, and I put it on charge at 10 pm with 40~30% of battery which for my use is ok. I noticed that if I play a game for 40 min or play a video for around 30~40 minutes the battery is at 10% at 10 pm. So my verdict is that for a user that don't play games/watch videos a lot, the battery can stand a day and ends up with 40%, but if you like to play then maybe you should consider another option.. My guess is that the battery drain is due to the screen... The good points are the screen is very good and Android is very fast and good (I had a Samsung A50 before).
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Yeah sort of guessed the screen may play a big part in battery drain... Larger Screen needs more power to display,
Those that check their Twitbook accounts ever few minutes may be the ones that complain about fast battery drain the most, although I have seen some personnal reviews about battery loss overnight when left alone
Some have said that it's 99% when they go to bed but when they wake up it's down to ~80% (I assume it's like 10pm to 7am), which surely can't be because of the screen .. I assume this is because of overnight syncing issues from social apps running in background etc.
Since (I'm led to believe) the vision is 'pure android' - no bloat (apart from a couple of additional moto apps - I think) I guess as long as I disable all auto sync apps & not have too many app installed running in background (I mainly only have Sophos Security [Antivirus etc] & Tasker [For 'While in zone change volumes etc]) I should get less drain overnight.... In theory

It's a mostly pure android experience. I'm not a heavy social media user. Here are some screen shots. I unhook at 545am and I'm on 20% at 10pmView attachment 4803617
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Cannon_Foddr said:
Yeah sort of guessed the screen may play a big part in battery drain... Larger Screen needs more power to display,
Those that check their Twitbook accounts ever few minutes may be the ones that complain about fast battery drain the most, although I have seen some personnal reviews about battery loss overnight when left alone
Some have said that it's 99% when they go to bed but when they wake up it's down to ~80% (I assume it's like 10pm to 7am), which surely can't be because of the screen .. I assume this is because of overnight syncing issues from social apps running in background etc.
Since (I'm led to believe) the vision is 'pure android' - no bloat (apart from a couple of additional moto apps - I think) I guess as long as I disable all auto sync apps & not have too many app installed running in background (I mainly only have Sophos Security [Antivirus etc] & Tasker [For 'While in zone change volumes etc]) I should get less drain overnight.... In theory
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For me it's ok drive regardless of the battery % at night I always charge it overnight, so it's fine for my use.

Hi, my moto on vision after two weeks...
https://imgur.com/gallery/vPlsqyI
50hs total and 4hs 37min sot

My phone has SOT (at 63% birghtness) around 5-6 hours and with normal usage it lasts about two days.
But I'd recommend having a charger nearby. After 40-ish hours I still had 25-30% battery.

ttomovcik said:
My phone has SOT (at 63% birghtness) around 5-6 hours and with normal usage it lasts about two days.
But I'd recommend having a charger nearby. After 40-ish hours I still had 25-30% battery.
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Yeah Im having a same experience as you ,5 to 6 hours of SOT is typically what I get when using wifi,lop off an hour when using LTE though.