Hey all,
I was just wondering, is this battery life normal? Ot seems to me as if it was just too low, well, actually, sh*t.
Thanks in advanced.
EDIT: got to 7% just writing this post, with Spotify.
EDIT2: I forgot to say I disabled wifi scan even when off, Ok Google hot word, bluetooth is always off, same applies to wifi, brightness nearly at minimum, but location on and sweep2wake aswell.
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No, it sucks. Get rid of spotify it's sucking your battery
The battery sucks
I am at 9 hours and 45 minutes, 18 seconds on my current charge. I have 70% remaining. 19% of my used battery life has been voice calls so far today also. I get more than a day easily but I charge every night just to be sure my alarm goes off in the morning, but on weekends I get two full days at time pretty easy.
I use waze at times to navigate and play music at the same time in the car for about 3 hours at a time, that can use my full battery in eight hours total, but for using everything basically I fine with that! Doing nothing special to save power either.
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The battery sucks
Nexus 5
-Underpowered battery for a 5inch 1080p screen that is non-removable. Ruined by 4.4.2
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Rather than *****ing about the battery on a daily basis how about you get the g2/note3/iphone/startac and mozy on out of here.
dicecuber said:
The battery sucks
Nexus 5
-Underpowered battery for a 5inch 1080p screen that is non-removable. Ruined by 4.4.2
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still trolling i see. also it seems that you didnt learn how to set up your phone properly yet. when you do learn, you will see that the non removeable battery for your 5 inch 1080p phone is not so underpowered, but not managed properly by the user.
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still trolling i see. also it seems that you didnt learn how to set up your phone properly yet. when you do learn, you will see that the non removeable battery for your 5 inch 1080p phone is not so underpowered, but not managed properly by the user.
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may I know your tweaks, kernel and ROM?
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ImSoBored said:
may I know your tweaks, kernel and ROM?
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my rom and kernel are rastakat with trinity kernel. but battery life is mostly determined by how you personally set up your phone, how you personally use the phone, how you manage your phone and apps(plus keeping away from known terribly written apps, like facebook), and, very importantly, the quality of your data/phone connection(this makes a big difference in battery life).
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my rom and kernel are rastakat with trinity kernel. but battery life is mostly determined by how you personally set up your phone, how you personally use the phone, how you manage your phone and apps(plus keeping away from known terribly written apps, like facebook), and, very importantly, the quality of your data/phone connection(this makes a big difference in battery life).
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hmm... then what should I do? Not getting 3 hours of battery seems terrible... Warranty will not cover this, right?
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hmm... then what should I do? Not getting 3 hours of battery seems terrible... Warranty will not cover this, right?
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no. but id say that depending how you use your device(we all use it differently), that 2.5-4.5h screen on time would be considered normal. with some effort in managing your device/apps, 4.5-7h sot is possible, with 7h sot being the extreme end(most wont ever see 7h, but a few will). i normally see between 5-6.5h sot.
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hmm... then what should I do? Not getting 3 hours of battery seems terrible... Warranty will not cover this, right?
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This thread is a great resource:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357417
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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 =/
Oh keep it where u like it. Always keep mine on full. Battery life shmattery life u have chargers for that. Battery low? Charge it was enjoy ur phone.
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bbgt2 said:
Oh keep it where u like it. Always keep mine on full. Battery life shmattery life u have chargers for that. Battery low? Charge it was enjoy ur phone.
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you keep it on full? how much screen on time are you getting? haha and you are probably right I remember I always use to do that to my iphone 4s and not really care about battery life...to be honest the only reason I DONT keep it on full brightness is because of how awful my battery life was on my Gnex and I guess I just got really anal about battery life because of that lol
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you keep it on full? how much screen on time are you getting? haha and you are probably right I remember I always use to do that to my iphone 4s and not really care about battery life...to be honest the only reason I DONT keep it on full brightness is because of how awful my battery life was on my Gnex and I guess I just got really anal about battery life because of that lol
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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 =/
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actually its not that bad on full brightness. with auto I get little under 5 hours. with full I get a little over 4 hours.
and half of my screen time are usually cpu/gpu heavy games
I hate how it doesn't have the screen mode like the international one to turn down the saturation a bit.
I know it doesn't matter for this thread but this section is not for US variants of SIII. There is a separate section for it. Just saying so that you don't end up flashing something from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756332
I get about 4.5 hours screen with full brightness, so you should test it yourself for a couple of days.
I keep mine on full brightness too. No real difference in battery life. I'm running Juice Defender on standard settings and getting 2 days between charges. Battery life is outstanding on this device.
I got around 4:40h with brightness on 80%, I dont think it will change too much on 100%. Go for it
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I like putting all my screens to full brightness because if I don't, I feel like I'm missing out on the phone's full potential.. haha! I know you get used to darker screens if you keep using it but still... I would KNOW that it's not fully bright.
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This.
I just got the phone and on the first charge it lasted 4:25h full brightness, this is on stock Rom with a kernel oc to 1.89ghz and a lot of bloat removed. I was also on xda browsing and reading too trying to kill my battery. It can only get better. I have never gotten this much on screen time with a phone so I'm stoked.
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elracing21 said:
This.
I just got the phone and on the first charge it lasted 4:25h full brightness, this is on stock Rom with a kernel oc to 1.89ghz and a lot of bloat removed. I was also on xda browsing and reading too trying to kill my battery. It can only get better. I have never gotten this much on screen time with a phone so I'm stoked.
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Currently at 10% with auto on. 3,5 hours on-screen time, 8 hours total. Leaves much to be desired for me. At 1,4 GHz as well. Will have to change rom methinks..
treUse said:
Currently at 10% with auto on. 3,5 hours on-screen time, 8 hours total. Leaves much to be desired for me. At 1,4 GHz as well. Will have to change rom methinks..
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It looks terribly bad to me. I got around 18 hours with 4:40 screen on and brightness on 80% with stock rom.
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Currently at 10% with auto on. 3,5 hours on-screen time, 8 hours total. Leaves much to be desired for me. At 1,4 GHz as well. Will have to change rom methinks..
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Yeah that's not good bro. I try a different rom/kernel combo.
My 4h+ was just on screen time but the phone lasted 8h total. 2nd charge is draining now and it seems like it will last longer than the last.
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Haha with all this feed back im actually decided to test out how much of a battery drain it is on full brightness. By any chances for everyone that posted was there anyone that has a Verizon galaxy s 3? Im un rooted and everything and I guess id just like to compare screen time because I know LTE can be a pain =/
watsa said:
I know it doesn't matter for this thread but this section is not for US variants of SIII. There is a separate section for it. Just saying so that you don't end up flashing something from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756332
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Thank you so much for this! Sorry for that im not sure if ti is possible but is there a chance that this thread could be moved to the US varient?
Moved to Verizon SGS3 section
In future if you want something moved, report the OP and a mod will get on it when they can.
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Moved to Verizon SGS3 section
In future if you want something moved, report the OP and a mod will get on it when they can.
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Thanks!
So far, I've owned 3 Android phone, and all of their battery sucked. I owned an Evo 4g, HTC Rezound, and I had 2 Galaxy S3's. Even with Extened battery, the battery won't last as long as an iPhone. And it doesn't stop here. It takes FOREVER to fully charge the battery only to find out that it gets depleted super fast. On the S3, I would be at 20% at the end of the school day, but with an iPhone, I end up around 60% with the same amount of use. The phones go up 1% after 5 minutes when plugged into a computer, and its annoying. I love Android with all my heart, but I can't deal with this problem. Anyone know of phone that has really good battery life (besides the MAXX)?
An iPhone's battery life is roughly the same in each iteration as a device from the Galaxy series. In fact it's been tested and the Galaxy S III lasted 6 hours and 55 minutes compared to the iPhone 5 which lasted 7 hours and 13 minutes. Both OS's implement battery management very well, and at the end of the day battery life is mainly dependent on user use. You can't expect an Android device to have numerous data hogging widgets as well as numerous background processes active, all while surfing the web with multiple windows open, and not drain just a little quicker than an iOS device that doesn't even utilize true multitasking. Please.
Also: It doesn't last as long as an iPhone "even with an extended battery?" GTFOH. Either your iPhone runs on nuclear material or you're full of sh**.
Why don't you use something like BetterBatteryStats and find out why the battery is being used ?
I get 3-4 hours of screen on time on my S3 with stock battery and kernel, but with some minimal battery-saving settings.
It used to be a lot worse - but I actually investigated and found out what was eating up the battery. I guess I could have just complained about it, but it was a lot faster to just work on finding a solution. I've been really impressed with how long my battery has been lasting lately - and it didn't take all that long to just read the BBS report and make changes.
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In my words, its actually depend on your uses. Now a days we have 4"- 5" screen, where lots of processes are running in background. Using Dual Led Flash light for camera & having lots of Games,applications & files. We were used to have phone like NOKIA & BB. Where we just clicked over a button & thats all. But now when You click on screen, whole screen has to be work.
But yes, Few companies has taken it hard & Provided battery like MOTO MAXX.. also few have kernel bugs. So, it totally depend on you buddy, how you take it. Use data connectivity less & check whether your phone is going to Deep sleep / other name as per phone is going or not.
Be realistic with the brightness, keep it on auto don't run it at 100%. Try different ROMs with tweaks. Adjust settings with kernels for a faster battery recharge. Your options are infinte. Maybe android isn't for you.
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You should to format battery stats.
If i reset my battery stats, battery life will be more?
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Battery gets most eaten by 3G and the screen but most is mobile UMTS HSDPA HSUPA etc...
You should study a bit 'bout battery I never had a single problem
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pelopidass said:
If i reset my battery stats, battery life will be more?
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No.
Ekoplex said:
No.
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So what's the point to reset battery stats?
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ErebusRaze said:
An iPhone's battery life is roughly the same in each iteration as a device from the Galaxy series. In fact it's been tested and the Galaxy S III lasted 6 hours and 55 minutes compared to the iPhone 5 which lasted 7 hours and 13 minutes. Both OS's implement battery management very well, and at the end of the day battery life is mainly dependent on user use. You can't expect an Android device to have numerous data hogging widgets as well as numerous background processes active, all while surfing the web with multiple windows open, and not drain just a little quicker than an iOS device that doesn't even utilize true multitasking. Please.
Also: It doesn't last as long as an iPhone "even with an extended battery?" GTFOH. Either your iPhone runs on nuclear material or you're full of sh**.
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I had 2 extended batteries on both the S3 and the max screen on time I ever got was 3 hours.
And still, there's the problem of charging. It just takes too long!
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So what's the point to reset battery stats?
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There's an official Google statement that wiping batterie stats won't improve your battery life.
Wiping the stats forces android to recalibrate and calculate the battery stats.
QuickInfo said:
I had 2 extended batteries on both the S3 and the max screen on time I ever got was 3 hours.
And still, there's the problem of charging. It just takes too long!
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Do you mean the time for one or both batteries ?
I get 3-4 on stock battery - but I always have my screen on the lowest brightness - and sometimes lower (using the Screen Filter app). I'm inside most of the time, so I don't need a very bright screen.
The only time I really lose battery like crazy is if I'm playing Ingress - because then I need to turn the brightness up and GPS is constantly updating so it's not exactly unexpected.
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I get great battery life on my phone, running Jedi XX Rom
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I never seem to have issues with my galaxy s3. You might want to get a battery management ap to see where all your battery is going towards. Or you might just be a heavy phone user and in that case, it wouldn't be the phone's issue...
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1. Screen brightness
2. KERNEL wakelock (invisable battery killer, due to some app)
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And charge on a wall plug with the power off; if you want miraculously fast charge times.
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I get great battery life on my phone, running Jedi XX Rom
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Lol, that's because our Note 2s have nearly tablet sized batteries...
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I have never had a battery be this good. Rooted with Greenify. Running Skyfall.
Kinda ridiculous. 16 hours and 60% full over here on just regular power save mode....SkyFall also
Yeah this phone gets way better battery life than my s4 did with same size battery. Love it. Does greenify really work that well? I have never used it as I have great battery life without it.
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Lots of reviewers are talking about how the M8's battery lasted longer than the S5 too. Samsung needs to stop slacking on the software and give us a lightweight touchwiz. I absolutely love Sense 6 and I'm usually an AOSP guy. I'll probably try out GPE Roms once they're stable but honestly the new sense is everything I want out of android software. Minimal, clean, customizable, smooth and fast.
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did you guys flash sky fall with twrp or cwm? been looking to flash it
CWM. Always been wary of TWRP. Not sure why.
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Twrp here. I've always been wary of cwm. Lol. No joke. And yes, the battery on this is ridiculous! I used the ONE MAX today to do a test. And we all know, it Has a bigger battery, 3300 mh. The M8 beat the MAX. Did the exact same things throughout the day, and no lie, the M8 won the test.
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TWRP user here as well. Everything went smoothly for me on skyfall lastest.
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I don't think I could ever kill this battery in one day unless I was using navigation alot or constant gaming. So far today.
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20 hours and 55% full over here on just regular power save mode and SkyFall
Don't get me wrong, I'm getting great battery life as well (though coming from a VZW GNex, anything would be an improvement). However...posting screenshots of how long your device has been off the charger with no other information (screen on time, app battery use) doesn't tell us anything.
Hell, I could leave my phone at home on wifi with the screen off and not touch it for the next 3 days, take a screenshot of any remaining battery life, and post it being like "OMG I got 3 days of battery life, this is amazing!" And it would be just about as informative and truthful as your screenshots (not including yours Evocm7, obviously).
sorry im kind of a noob i am aware of greenify i have used it but whats skyfall? I tried searching but nothing is coming up but james bond.
EDIT: Sorry havent looked at roms yet im just rooted atm
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Don't get me wrong, I'm getting great battery life as well (though coming from a VZW GNex, anything would be an improvement). However...posting screenshots of how long your device has been off the charger with no other information (screen on time, app battery use) doesn't tell us anything.
Hell, I could leave my phone at home on wifi with the screen off and not touch it for the next 3 days, take a screenshot of any remaining battery life, and post it being like "OMG I got 3 days of battery life, this is amazing!" And it would be just about as informative and truthful as your screenshots (not including yours Evocm7, obviously).
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I hear what you're saying. Personally, I'm not trying to participate in any scientific study on the matter. All I know, and all I care, is that I've had the phone off charge for 29 hours now... using it the way I normally use it during an average day ( pretty light)... and I'm still at 40% battery.
Coming from a malfunctioning POS Droid Charge this phone is a godsend. I used to have to carry an extra battery just to get through an 8 hour shift at work starting on a full charge.
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I hear what you're saying. Personally, I'm not trying to participate in any scientific study on the matter. All I know, and all I care, is that I've had the phone off charge for 29 hours now... using it the way I normally use it during an average day ( pretty light)... and I'm still at 40% battery.
Coming from a malfunctioning POS Droid Charge this phone is a godsend. I used to have to carry an extra battery just to get through an 8 hour shift at work starting on a full charge.
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lol I came from a GNex, so we're probably in the same boat. Even on wifi with extremely minimal use (10-15m screen time all day, which with how slow and laggy it was I didn't really care)), I would be down into the 60%'s by bedtime. If I went to the gym with full battery, after listening to Pandora while doing weights, and watching Netflix during cardio, it would be into 20-30% by the time I left, total of maybe 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
I flashed Skyfall the other day after charging my phone to full, and by the time I was done flashing, re-installing everything from TiBu, updating a few out-of date apps, and setting everything up, it was down to maybe 95%. And that was with the screen on for probably 20 minutes straight.
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sorry im kind of a noob i am aware of greenify i have used it but whats skyfall? I tried searching but nothing is coming up but james bond.
EDIT: Sorry havent looked at roms yet im just rooted atm
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I think they are talking about this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51745866
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I think taking into consideration the snapdragon 801 chip how it saves battery, sense 6 being light weight, if one needs to you have the choices of battery save mode and if that's not enough extreme battery save mode! This phone came built up from the floor up. Now if we just had the 1.56 software version with all the above included stock and operating correctly, I'm sure we would see even more battery savings!
Im looking for good app for monitoring battery use. Is betterbatterystats the de facto standard?
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Im looking for good app for monitoring battery use. Is betterbatterystats the de facto standard?
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or GSAM battery monitor
JBmfG said:
Im looking for good app for monitoring battery use. Is betterbatterystats the de facto standard?
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There are very few "de facto standards" for anything in the Android ecosystem...which is why we like it. I use a combination of GSAM Battery Monitor with the root companion, and Wakelock Detector.
Dont get me wrong, I get decent battery life, but nothing like you guys. For those of you with amazing OST are you guys using Google Now? I just installed wake lock detector to see what is causing my batt to drain more than others.
I've been getting crazy drains from voice calls recently.
It has been taking up more battery than my screen on certain occasions.
Anything I can do to stop this drain?
Phone: Nexus 5
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how much do you talk on the phone? what is your signal like?
Signal is almost always at full bars, so that can't be the issue.
And around 3-4 hours minimum of voice calls a day.
Battery usage almost always show both the screen and voice calls draining the same amount of charge and sometimes the latter uses more. That shouldn't be the case, right? @simms22
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3-4 hours of voice calls daily? theres not really snything you can do about the battery loss during phonecalls, the screen and phonecalls are the largest battery users.
Try turning the screen off during calls so you don't trip the proximity sensor.
Also if you know there's a long call coming up you can disable all other radios such as BT, WiFi, even data. Close out any apps especially games. In this way you should theoretically be able to push 10-14 hours of voice calls.
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Battery drain from voice calls.
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Signal is almost always at full bars, so that can't be the issue.
And around 3-4 hours minimum of voice calls a day.
Battery usage almost always show both the screen and voice calls draining the same amount of charge and sometimes the latter uses more. That shouldn't be the case, right? @simms22
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First of all 3-4 hours voice call each day is very normal.Mine is around 6 hours.
Sometimes if you're finding your battery is running out very quickly, it could be an app that's doing a lot in the background and thus using extra battery. Maybe something changed with the 4.4 update that caused this app to consume a larger percentage of your battery. If you think that might be the case, in addition to the standard battery-saving tips posted here you might also try starting your device in safe mode (instructions and info here) and not running any apps you've installed for the day to test if one of them is using a lot of extra power. If you don't experience unusual battery drain while in safe mode that's a good indication that an app you've installed is the source of your issue.
Hope that helps!
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@simms22, that's a bummer. I always thought that phone calls should drain a lot less power than the screen. @joannn, all other apps have been greenified, it's just the dialer app that's open. I still get very respectable battery life. Around 5 hours of SoT on my Nexus 5 after 4 hours of talktime, but the voice calls are a huge part of the drain. That's what I wanted to address. Cause the battery can last a whole lot longer then!
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@simms22, that's a bummer. I always thought that phone calls should drain a lot less power than the screen. @joannn, all other apps have been greenified, it's just the dialer app that's open. I still get very respectable battery life. Around 5 hours of SoT on my Nexus 5 after 4 hours of talktime, but the voice calls are a huge part of the drain. That's what I wanted to address. Cause the battery can last a whole lot longer then!
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Wait - you get 5 hours of SOT in addition to 4 hours of talktime on a single charge? (And you feel that is insufficient?)
@jj14, why be content with that if you know you can do better?
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@simms22, that's a bummer. I always thought that phone calls should drain a lot less power than the screen. @joannn, all other apps have been greenified, it's just the dialer app that's open. I still get very respectable battery life. Around 5 hours of SoT on my Nexus 5 after 4 hours of talktime, but the voice calls are a huge part of the drain. That's what I wanted to address. Cause the battery can last a whole lot longer then!
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voice calls take a large amount of battery because they maintain a constant connection while sending data(voice/sound) back and forth. id say it probably uses more energy then the screen itself.
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Wait - you get 5 hours of SOT in addition to 4 hours of talktime on a single charge? (And you feel that is insufficient?)
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@jj14, why be content with that if you know you can do better?
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You are lucky to get the times you're getting. I can't possibly see you getting better times with that usage.
Just enjoy your phone....you're doing very good if you ask me!!
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@jj14, why be content with that if you know you can do better?
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While it may not be practical, I do love that response, and that attitude! (No sarcasm intended) That's the attitude the (battery) manufacturers need as well.
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@jj14, why be content with that if you know you can do better?
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bblzd said:
Try turning the screen off during calls so you don't trip the proximity sensor.
Also if you know there's a long call coming up you can disable all other radios such as BT, WiFi, even data. Close out any apps especially games. In this way you should theoretically be able to push 10-14 hours of voice calls.
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Did you try any of this?
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Well yeah, my data is almost always off along with Bluetooth and turning off WiFi alone won't help me get more than a few minutes of extra charge.
I was curious as to why the voice calls were draining so much charge and how to stop that.
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I was curious as to why the voice calls were draining so much charge and how to stop that.
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That's all been answered.
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I have the same issues!
Getting pretty good SOT, but the dialer draining battery showing 'proximity sensor' as wakelock. But I usually don't make too many calls.
kaushikd said:
I have the same issues!
Getting pretty good SOT, but the dialer draining battery showing 'proximity sensor' as wakelock. But I usually don't make too many calls.
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That's not the same issue.
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That's not the same issue.
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I am getting Proximity Sensor partial wakelocks. Not sure what causing it, but it appears to be the 1st in list of Partial Wakelocks. I will try using bluetooth for a whole day to see if there is an issue with the proximity sensor itself.
Or you suggest something else as well to check?
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voice calls take a large amount of battery because they maintain a constant connection while sending data(voice/sound) back and forth. id say it probably uses more energy then the screen itself.
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hmm, this thing really sounds stupid to me now... (no pun intended. :silly
i mean though it's a smartPHONE, it's still a PHONE, voice calls are the reason why there's a PHONE in that name, that's the soul of having a PHONE, and now we say that voice calls use more battery than a 1080p screen.. This make me realize that my Nokia 1100 had a beast battery, about 800mah and still used to last me during all those lengthy calls...
madarchod said:
hmm, this thing really sounds stupid to me now... (no pun intended. :silly
i mean though it's a smartPHONE, it's still a PHONE, voice calls are the reason why there's a PHONE in that name, that's the soul of having a PHONE, and now we say that voice calls use more battery than a 1080p screen.. This make me realize that my Nokia 1100 had a beast battery, about 800mah and still used to last me during all those lengthy calls...
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If you're fine with not doing anything else with the phone, then why not? Smartphones are used to do much more than just phone calls, all that power doesn't just go away when you decide to make a phone call.
Any of the things I mentioned earlier in this thread could help to achieve the 14+ hours of Voice Calls. Of course most people need more than just Voice Calls and will be unhappy disabling everything else in the mean time.
Anyone else having terrible battery life? I'm running stock with francos kernel and it's very lackluster to say the least. Even with the stock kernel it was not impressive at all. On my G2, that has a smaller battery and an older processor I got almost 24-26 hours with anywhere from 5-7 SOT hours consistently. Granted the G2 has a slightly smaller screen, I don't see that making much of a difference. This phone has a 3100 mah as opposed to the G2 3000 and has a newer 801 which is supposed to be a power sipper, as opposed to the G2's 800. I'm currently at 7 hours of battery time with 37 minutes of SOT and sitting at 81%, which is god awful. I mean the phone so far idols terribly and battery drains fairly quick while not being used, I checked battery stats and there's nothing out of the ordinary. I just don't understand how a 3100 mah battery with an 801 can be so lackluster.
Also I took these two pics, something's wrong here. Stand by is definitely something my phone was a lot but it should not be the reason for that much percent of the battery. I've never had a phone with stand by taking that much battery, screen is usually always by far the highest % even with not much sot, and I was in a area where I've always had reception so not sure why it had to search for 15% of the time.
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Also I took these two pics, something's wrong here. Stand by is definitely something my phone was a lot but it should not be the reason for that much percent of the battery. I've never had a phone with stand by taking that much battery, screen is usually always by far the highest % even with not much sot, and I was in a area where I've always had reception so not sure why it had to search for 15% of the time.
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i think you may refer to this post as well :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/deep-sleep-t2826528
Thanks but my drain doesn't seem to be from Google Play services
It seems I have drain from waiting on the cell v radio.
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Does anyone have an idea? Could it be kernel related? I'm on the Franco r7. I've never had a phone ever that used so much battery so quickly on being idle and on stand by.
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Does anyone have an idea? Could it be kernel related? I'm on the Franco r7. I've never had a phone ever that used so much battery so quickly on being idle and on stand by.
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Click on Cell Standby. Whats the % in Time without signal?