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Losing 20%/Hour While Constantly Playing With Phone Normal?

I'd like to hear other folks experience on this. My 1 week old sensation, after numerous experiments confirms this, loses 20% charge per hour when I am continuously using it to browse the internet on 4g. Light setting is set at auto and was at its dimmest level throughout this experiment. I did play about 7 minutes worth of video on youtube during this time. All radios other than 4g were off. Gathering from this, the phone would last for 5 hours straight using browsing and/or playing with it. Is that a good battery life or should I exchange my unit?

Mine just went down from 100% to 75% in 45 min (Full Brightness). :/

secano said:
Mine just went down from 100% to 75% in 45 min (Full Brightness). :/
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Not good man. Btw , what kind of activity were you doing on it? I thought mines at 20%/hour was bad.

Killed my battery in 3.5 hrs today (browsing, Fruit Ninja, etc). 20% per hour is good. You can't expect much more at this point until custom kernels start rolling in.

borodin1 said:
Killed my battery in 3.5 hrs today (browsing, Fruit Ninja, etc). 20% per hour is good. You can't expect much more at this point until custom kernels start rolling in.
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Yeah, I was getting annoyed at how fast my battery died but I was forgetting there is no UV, there is no Smartass governor, etc

Flippy125 said:
Yeah, I was getting annoyed at how fast my battery died but I was forgetting there is no UV, there is no Smartass governor, etc
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Good point fellows, I'll keep that in kind when looking at my battery life. Just hope we get unlocked bootloader soon so we can get optimized roms to work with.
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I was browsing while watching a boring movie with someone for over an hour yesterday. The battery dropped by a little less than that amount. maybe around 15%. That isn't that bad.
I am using Opera Mobile as my main web browser.

I get about 10% for 45 minutes of non stop usage with multiple apps, though no multi tasking.
I get about 25% for 40 minutes of internet use.
Out of the box (when i got it) dead in about an hour of use. It was at roughly 40%.
It might have do with something, though my phone died when it said 1%, but i used BattStatt to see my percent, if that has an affect(affect, effect, you know what i mean).

yesterday night my battery was at 10% wen i went to sleep nd today morning i found my phone on 8% .
that means 2% for a night .. preety impressive ..

So this is normal? I read that you should be able to get at least a day of use out of your phone. After 4 days of charging then dischargeing I cannot get past 8 hours even with having data turned off. Should I return my phone and get a new one or should I hope that it gets better?
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I got 20 hours (25% left) with heavy heavy usage and I hadn't fully charged it. Of course my screen isn't on blast and when I first get my HTC phones I let the batteries die all the way then charge it fully without bothering the phone. Seems to work in my favor.
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[Q]Battery life on nexus S i9023(sc-lcd)

my battery life experience ...pathetic! ...i got the phone 3 days back and never charged it above 60% i guess....i used it all the time out of excitement ...finally today charged it to 100% ....and it lasted only 5 hrs .....5hrs is so less....in those 5 hrs 1 hr say standby.....and for d rest 4 hrs i was usig the phone....playing asphalt 6 , doodle jump, angry birds rio , surfing and yes w-fi was on for say2-3hrs ....i know these all things drain a lot of battery but 5hrs is damn too less......and i used battery indiactor to check my battery usage and i was shocked by the result ....dsplay always uses around 40-45%(i dont think this is normal)....i really hope the battery life to improve after 2-3 charge cycles ...

Your battery is fine, everything is normal 4hrs playing games is pretty much what you can expect.... in this case 45% of display is fine too.
If you are not satisfied, what i can say is: dont use any android device, just choose another plataform. Cause the results gonna be the same (or even worst)
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Actually 4h using the phone is normal. 4-4.5h with display on = empty. Also yes, 40-70% display battery use is normal as well, welcome to todays smartphones

rentaric said:
welcome to todays smartphones
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Hehehe, sometimes i miss my old Nokia N95...
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I hav been around many android devices ...and saw this 45% display for the 1st time, so i was startled.Today itself i saw my friends optimus 2x and display with auto brihtness was at 15% ...but battery results are the same more or less .My sisters defy battery consumed by display is always 10-15% ...but that i am not shocked theres a big difference in the displays.

How often you charge you HTC ONE S?

How often you charge your phone? I have to do it every single day! And if I play for an hour or so some 3d hard game... maybe even twice a day!

I charge it two times per day.
Heavy usage.
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1x a day if I'm only listening to music, surfing, whatsappnig and xdaing.
2x if I'm on candy crush rush lol

How much display on time do you reach with normal useage a day ?

Hai96 said:
How much display on time do you reach with normal useage a day ?
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Sorry, friend, cant understand the question?

Hai96 said:
How much display on time do you reach with normal useage a day ?
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Depends on Rom and kernel. With LS and bubba about 5h screen on, with Carbon and 3.4 about 1,5h....
HTC One S (S4) | Carbon~HALO | 3.4.49_kernel | S-OFF

I charge about once a day, no more than 6 hours charging, and I dont usually let my phone die.I use my phone casually, web browsing, facebooking, instagram, flipbook. 3D gaming will drastically drain your battery.

I have not been charged yet, I have it always tied to an electrical outlet.
Kernel 3.4.49, PacMan 23.0.0 made my day. Nice rom, but hungry on battery.

i have it hooked up to my body so that it's always charging.
i got the idea from watching the Matrix.

ippon said:
i have it hooked up to my body so that it's always charging.
i got the idea from watching the Matrix.
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Haha, very funny indeed.
I just ordered this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310674792440
Yeah, its cheap, but my friend bought smth like this for 50$ and still have problems with it. I wll try and post.
My Htc is villec2 (C2) and when I am playing 3d game, with perfomance governor for both CPUs and slight overclock for the GPU ... well, I lose 10 percent battey for 20 minutes.

Every second day, 3G is on all day and I always wait until the battery is at about 1-3%.

I keep 4g off unless I'm using it most of the time, and I try to recharge before getting below 20% to extend the long term life of the battery, but if I'm using it normally I can go 2 days easily. Screen on time is probably about an hour and probably about 40hours since unplugged. Sense roms don't see exact screen on time apparently.
When I'm using it in place of my laptop for a few hours of browsing I get one work day out of it. Unplug it in the middle of the night when its charged, maybe midnight and I use it very little at work. By lunch its at 95% then an hour screen on brings it down to 80% then end of day its like 75% and I web browse for a few hours until its down to 20% and I plug it in.
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350Rocket said:
I keep 4g off unless I'm using it most of the time, and I try to recharge before getting below 20% to extend the long term life of the battery, but if I'm using it normally I can go 2 days easily. Screen on time is probably about an hour and probably about 40hours since unplugged. Sense roms don't see exact screen on time apparently.
When I'm using it in place of my laptop for a few hours of browsing I get one work day out of it. Unplug it in the middle of the night when its charged, maybe midnight and I use it very little at work. By lunch its at 95% then an hour screen on brings it down to 80% then end of day its like 75% and I web browse for a few hours until its down to 20% and I plug it in.
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Thats I thing very good battery life.. What about the screen brightness ?
With my phone I think is not so bad but when 3d game is lounched... WOW I think battery will drop from 100 to 10 for less then 1 and a half hours!

Here are screenshots from today. Wish I could see screen on time.
I only use real intense games on occasion but I do play words with friends every day. Not sure how much time total though.
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I just browsed and played words and ran facebook for exactly 1 hour screen on the whole time and lost 15%,.went 95 down to 80. Pretty happy with that.
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350Rocket said:
I just browsed and played words and ran facebook for exactly 1 hour screen on the whole time and lost 15%,.went 95 down to 80. Pretty happy with that.
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I will post my screens tonight. I think your battery is acting nice! Last night I lost 30% for 2h 30min pllaying Angry Birds with screen brightness to low! I am happy with that too!

1x a day or 1x in 2 days. Depends on if i have to use mobile data if i am away on weekends or i can stay at home with WLAN only. I am looking forward to CyanogenMod when the 3.4 issues are fixed because even Sense 5 is somehow battery hungry.

I normally charge daily, but now with the newer unstable roms I find the battery to drain faster (so less usage each day)

Here are my screenshots. The big battery drops are while playing Angry Birds and Beach Buggy Blitz.

Expected SOT

Hi,
recently I bought N5 and I am very pleased with it. I could say that I love it. But I am worried about my battery. When I was buying it, the dealer at my carrier store, was hiding the box when opening it from me. I think that the box was not sealed any more ( i dont know if it is only in my country but here it's usuall that when buying a new phone they cut the sticker on the box infront of you). When I called at my store they said that they had only one more. And I am worried that the phone was used befor me for showcasing in the store. My battery usually lasts for two days ( I also have N7 so when on university i use N7 for heavy work) but barely get 3 hours of SOT. Wifi and 4G mostly off and brightness at minimum or max at 30% if on sun. Assistant of, gps of, ART on, using snapdragon BatteryGuru. I would really like to know what SOT should I get with this settings. And if you guys think I should go for warranty and hope that they replace my battery. Is there any way of seeing if the phone was already factory reset? Also I saw guys getting 5-6 hours SOT with wifi on here on XDA. Don't get me wrong I love the standby time but when using it (FB, twitter, messaging, browsing Chrome, 2 mail syncing) the battery drains like F1 car drains gas. If this is somewhere answered close the thread and point me there . Thank you
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screen on time is totally dependent on personal usage.
the best thing to do would be to root it and install 'better battery stats'. then you can analyze your battery properly. feel free to let this run for a full discharge and then post your screenshots

Yeah the problem with SOT is purely personal and that is why I posted here to see what you guys think. But still it is interesting to see how different the time can be from user to user. Will post screenshots in the evening.
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BombasMirko said:
using snapdragon BatteryGuru
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remove this. It doesn't help and if anything, it makes it worse

The battery drains whether the screen is on or off. If you're getting two days of use with 3 hours sot I would say that's ok. You might get 5 hours if you drained the battery in a day. Does that make sense? It does in my head!
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Ok so I removed Battery guru. And here are my stats from today (this was not my normal day of using it). Through the day the screen was almost constantly at the same level of brightness. And a lot of wifi and even 4g usage. But my battery could be draining a bit faster too because of not that good cellular coverage.
As pepdavies said with my normal use probably I would get closer to 4 hours if I would draind a battery in a day. .
Can I aske one more question? If I charge my phone over night and phone is off, will it overcharge my battery the same way as it would if it was on?

BombasMirko said:
Ok so I removed Battery guru. And here are my stats from today (this was not my normal day of using it). Through the day the screen was almost constantly at the same level of brightness. And a lot of wifi and even 4g usage. But my battery could be draining a bit faster too because of not that good cellular coverage.
As pepdavies said with my normal use probably I would get closer to 4 hours if I would draind a battery in a day. .
Can I aske one more question? If I charge my phone over night and phone is off, will it overcharge my battery the same way as it would if it was on?
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ive always charged my android devices overnight while they are on, nothing bad comes from it. you will be fine. i do it on my nexus 5 every night, yet still see at least 5 hours sot every battery cycle(5+ hours sot because i use lte exclusively, it gives better battery life than 3g/2g).

BombasMirko said:
... If I charge my phone over night and phone is off, will it overcharge my battery the same way as it would if it was on?
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You can leave the phone plugged in 24/7/365, on or off, and it will never overcharge, whatever that may mean. Nor will it overheat, slow down, melt, or explode.

I got 7 hours of screen on time by having the screen on a low brightness but that is only practical in a dark environment. I've also disabled a lot of google stuff and uninstalled google+ which was destroying 20% of the battery regularly. Generally 5 hours of screen on time using lux to lower brightness levels but to a point where the screen still looks nice

4 hours sot is typical for stock
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i dont really see how anyone can enjoy using there phone at minimum brightness unless its in a dark room i keep mine at 25% and it looks damn good using a tweaked gamma profile. Regarding battery i average 4.30 hours screen on time and 23 hours total with wifi only mostly web browsing and as said already there will be no harm in charging your phone overnight when i wake up its at 100% and battery temp is at around 24c

PhilipTD said:
You can leave the phone plugged in 24/7/365, on or off, and it will never overcharge, whatever that may mean. Nor will it overheat, slow down, melt, or explode.
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you are right that it will never overcharge, it is not optimal to keep your device with a full charge of battery for an extended period of time. by extended period of time i mean 5+ days
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fedor12 said:
i dont really see how anyone can enjoy using there phone at minimum brightness unless its in a dark room i keep mine at 25% and it looks damn good using a tweaked gamma profile. Regarding battery i average 4.30 hours screen on time and 23 hours total with wifi only mostly web browsing and as said already there will be no harm in charging your phone overnight when i wake up its at 100% and battery temp is at around 24c
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there are many people in this world and we all have our own likes and dislikes.
when im outside I enjoy being outside and do not use my device except to check a notification or two. so when im inside and in an average lit room, I can drop the brightness to about 15% and that is enough for me. remember, lighting the screen is the phone's biggest battery hog. any decrease to this will increase your SoT. I enjoy getting an extra 2 hours out of my device before i have to be tied to a power cord
that said, im waiting for my zerolemon battery case to ship and can't wait

Why am I getting such a poor battery life?

Hello xda community
Just bought this phone few days ago(brand new) and I'm experiencing bad battery life(at least for me).
So, I installed those apps: Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, Sofascore, Deezer, Uber and of course GSam Battery. These are apps that i've always used and never had problems with them in a term of battery life.
First major problem is idle. So, what the hell, first night went to sleep with 100%, woke up 7 hours later with 80%, so I went into settings and disabled wifi always on and the other night it was better but still bad, went to sleep with 100 and woke up with 87%...
Second problem is SOT, I've been using phone for messaging mostly, some browsing and taking pictures and that's it, only on WIFI and NO GAMING at all and right now I have freaking 3 hours SOT and only 26% of juice left which is awful for me. I used to have that SOT with Galaxy S6 and that phone is known to have very very VERY bad battery life..Forget to mention: loacation off, data off, bluetooth off
Do you have some advice? What can be so power-thirsty on my device?
I will post screenshots with all my instaled apps and all the battery stats
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In other terms this phone is a beast even in 2017. Performance is even better that on my dad's S7, camera is really good, I kinda like EMUI but battery is really starting to be a porblem for me so please help me if you can. Thank you very much.

Here are pics

Day #3
7 AM 100%
Data on, wifi off, blutooth off, location off
3 PM 30% with 1,5 SOT,
Can someone please help I'm really getting bad battery life..

ivanlaki said:
Day #3
7 AM 100%
Data on, wifi off, blutooth off, location off
3 PM 30% with 1,5 SOT,
Can someone please help I'm really getting bad battery life..
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I am also facing the same problem although not to your extend.. I am losing close to 10% by night and SOT is close to 4 hours when gaming.. Currenly running b340 build on frd 02

ivanlaki said:
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Did you try factory reset.it helps a lot when you facing drain.

ivanlaki said:
Here are pics
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Install BetterBatteryStats to know more what's eating your battery.

Update after 20 days of usage:
Most awsome thing is idle.. i turn on airplane mode when i go to sleep, wifi is on(but set to never stay active), and after 8 hours of sleepong, literally 0% of juice is used. Amazing. And through the day, when I have data turned on, i check my phone 2 hours later and maybe 1-2% is used :good:
SOT is always different, depends a lot(A LOT) on usage, from 2,5 (data on, bluetooth for headphones, camera,maybe location turned on sometimes etc) to 5 hours (wifi only, bluetooth location and data turned off). I think battery life is okay, what makes it great is that 20-30 minutes is enough to charge a lot of juice with quick charging

ivanlaki said:
Update after 20 days of usage:
Most awsome thing is idle.. i turn on airplane mode when i go to sleep, wifi is on(but set to never stay active), and after 8 hours of sleepong, literally 0% of juice is used. Amazing. And through the day, when I have data turned on, i check my phone 2 hours later and maybe 1-2% is used :good:
SOT is always different, depends a lot(A LOT) on usage, from 2,5 (data on, bluetooth for headphones, camera,maybe location turned on sometimes etc) to 5 hours (wifi only, bluetooth location and data turned off). I think battery life is okay, what makes it great is that 20-30 minutes is enough to charge a lot of juice with quick charging
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How much total SOT you get??

hassanjavaid8181 said:
How much total SOT you get??
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Sorry my post is confusing..
So, average 4 hours, but if I tend to use a phone heavily than not more than 2.5-3 hours. When I say heavily than I mean data on all the time, brightness above 60%, some bluetooth connection, lots of social media and browsing the internet.
When I'm at home, wifi on and data off, brightness 30% cca, I can get around 5 hours max.
Is that okay considering your sot?

The first sets of SoTs you posted are unusual. The last seems more on point, but a little low.
I average around 4-6 hours SoT which is average for the device except if you really crack down on all battery consuming apps and services.
4-5 hours for me consists of maybe 2 hours on mob.data and the rest on wifi, location on and a few minutes of gaming/maps/camera.(Brightness on auto, so pretty high most of the time)
If factory reset didn't help, you might want to try to manually update your system either via OTA or through some of the methods found in guides.
Generally I'd say something isn't quite right.
Though you might want to add your model number emui version
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This one is a little older but i remember trying to simulate heavy use with this one, mob. data is on when wifi is off, it just doesn't show because of the skin.
I also have one with 6h and 17% left with mostly wifi so that's that
Edit:
Oh hang on, actually this one was the two days and barely used one.
Well you get the picture i guess
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There you go
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SharxX8 said:
There you go
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So here is my classic day. Awful battery life today..
At least in my opinion.
Unplugged at 10 AM, data on and wifi off, used basic apps like Whatsapp Instagram Chrome.. listening music with blietooth headphones for one hour apx. (Deezer-but offline!). Didn't really use my phone a lot today.
7 PM only 2 hours SOT with 35% juice left.. like I said, barely 2,5 hours of SOT I can get with data on..
I uploaded screenshots of my battery life, my EMUI version and all my apps installed.
Can someone figure out why my battery lofe is so awful..
Can't install betterbatterystats cause I don't wanna root my phone yet.
Thanks for advices.

ivanlaki said:
So here is my classic day. Awful battery life today..
At least in my opinion.
Unplugged at 10 AM, data on and wifi off, used basic apps like Whatsapp Instagram Chrome.. listening music with blietooth headphones for one hour apx. (Deezer-but offline!). Didn't really use my phone a lot today.
7 PM only 2 hours SOT with 35% juice left.. like I said, barely 2,5 hours of SOT I can get with data on..
I uploaded screenshots of my battery life, my EMUI version and all my apps installed.
Can someone figure out why my battery lofe is so awful..
Can't install betterbatterystats cause I don't wanna root my phone yet.
Thanks for advices.
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That's a bad battery backup...
I think you should flash another firmware number...
Which firmware number you are on right now..??

hassanjavaid8181 said:
That's a bad battery backup...
I think you should flash another firmware number...
Which firmware number you are on right now..??
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Don't really know ehat firmware number is, where to find it and how to flash it :/

ivanlaki said:
Don't really know ehat firmware number is, where to find it and how to flash it :/
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Share about phone SS..hide imei..

hassanjavaid8181 said:
Share about phone SS..hide imei..
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I hope that's it.

ivanlaki said:
I hope that's it.
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LOL...required info is above which SS you did nt took...
Purpose for asking screen shot is to find your
Model number
Build number
Cust version..
So I can give you firmware link according to your model number

hassanjavaid8181 said:
LOL...required info is above which SS you did nt took...
Purpose for asking screen shot is to find your
Model number
Build number
Cust version..
So I can give you firmware link according to your model number
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I posted screenshot of that few post ago..

ivanlaki said:
I posted screenshot of that few post ago..
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There is none bro...