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Battery performance on the one s

Is it just me or battery performance on this phone is much better than previous HTC phones??
I had a mytouch 4g slide and even with a mugen battery it had half the life this can give me through the day.
It's incredible.
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I agree. I'm also coming from the slide and this seems to be much better on battery.
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Most indeed it is the best out of all HTC phone. Myself is coming phone the mytouch4g. And I had to carry my charger with me. Right now I been unchanged for almost 10 hours and I'm at 36%. I'm been doing some heavy usage. I'm talking about talking a lot, texting, email, listen to music, watching family, and web surfing. I'm on stock rom that I rooted and removed deboatload myself. with sufbs.
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If I'm not doing heavy usage I'm normally go home after 10 hours with more 50%

Off topic.
What happens at the battery's end of life, how easy or hard will it be to replace and how much will it be likely to cost.
Its my only concern, i am really considering this phone but I think its important to know especially as upgrades don't come to often.
Any thoughts?

intel007 said:
Off topic.
What happens at the battery's end of life, how easy or hard will it be to replace and how much will it be likely to cost.
Its my only concern, i am really considering this phone but I think its important to know especially as upgrades don't come to often.
Any thoughts?
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I imagine if it gives you issues under the first year it'll be covered under warranty. After that who knows. But iPhones hardly have any problems so I imagine this shouldn't either.
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masterkamon842 said:
I imagine if it gives you issues under the first year it'll be covered under warranty. After that who knows. But iPhones hardly have any problems so I imagine this shouldn't either.
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Problem is you can always walk into an apple store and they will just hand you one. What the eff will we do?

I had moderate usage the last 10 hours with gps usage and still at 50%
My N1 would have been shot in 2-3 hours
Have had mobile phones of some type for the last 18 years and never had a battery go bad
I can't see the battery as a deal breaker and in 18-24 months most of us will have another phone

rugmankc said:
Have had mobile phones of some type for the last 18 years and never had a battery go bad
I can't see the battery as a deal breaker and in 18-24 months most of us will have another phone
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+1
We shouldn't worry too much, we should just bask in the glory of our battery life.

agreed, at 12hrs now and still at 50%
would however like a battery % icon in Notification bar without flashing a custom rom

I got 22 hours out of one charge. It's gotten better after I removed the T Mobile bloat.
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rugmankc said:
agreed, at 12hrs now and still at 50%
would however like a battery % icon in Notification bar without flashing a custom rom
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There is an app called battery indicator in the market, its free and no root needed.
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i will check it out--

Same here...I removed bloatware, turned off bluetooth, turned off vibrate feedback for keyboardand regularly close out apps that are not in use..using the multitask by swiping the app up off the screen...battery normally goes all day and this is with playing games and regularly checking this site.

Pretty damn good...

archie53 said:
There is an app called battery indicator in the market, its free and no root needed.
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Got it and works well--will test a few days and buy Pro Version--Always support the Devs--

About % in notification bar, I have installed a free app from market that does exactly that, without root nor flashing anything.
Best regards.
rugmankc said:
agreed, at 12hrs now and still at 50%
would however like a battery % icon in Notification bar without flashing a custom rom
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I have 48% left right now after 22 hours of medium/light usage. It's great! My Galaxy Gio never lasted me this long!

I think Its the best device from HTC with such grenat battery life.
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DrJ76 said:
About % in notification bar, I have installed a free app from market that does exactly that, without root nor flashing anything.
Best regards.
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See post 15

havent read all posts, but am i the only one that dont think the battery life is that great? im first time android user with this phone. had iPhone for 3 years and theyre battery life is great. with this phone i get battery from the morning until i go to bed. thats not good:s i have like 15 percent at night.

[POLL] Battery life

Hi guys, (& others)
I did a poll in order to inform people who doesn't have HTC One S, & also people who want to situate their HTC One S next to the other HTC.
So, have a good vote, & sorry for my bad English (If I have spoken evil )
Thank you. :good:
Best regards,

Less than half a day when I use it at my level of multitasking.
More than two days at ''normal'' people's level.

I charge twice a day but I am a heavy user and overclocked to 1.8ghz which means more drain on battery heavy use I get 4-5 hours that's intensive use 24/7 love the phone tho
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I think that the battery life is very nice. I can get between 3-4 hours of screen time and 1-2 hours of talking in the cellphone.
I put the brightness of the screen to 30% in the house , and 50% outdoor.
But it's really depends of what you are doing.

There are many different vote, we can't know if we want an HTC One, S if he has got a good or a bad batterie life. It depend

cydiathefreestore said:
There are many different vote, we can't know if we want an HTC One, S if he has got a good or a bad batterie life. It depend
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Give it time.
I vote in the poll tomorrow, however, I usually get 3.5-5 hours of screen time and a full day with regular use.
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cydiathefreestore said:
There are many different vote, we can't know if we want an HTC One, S if he has got a good or a bad batterie life. It depend
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Everyone has different usage patterns. Most people will never use their phone to the extent some of us do.
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villainhalf said:
Everyone has different usage patterns. Most people will never use their phone to the extent some of us do.
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I don't mean to be a troll but these battery posts are freaking stupid as no two people use the phone the exact same way. I hate how people compare stats it's so ridiculous. I know my phone is different but u guys don't know how I use it , u guys don't know my definition of heavy usage etc.
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scuzzbag87 said:
I don't mean to be a troll but these battery posts are freaking stupid as no two people use the phone the exact same way. I hate how people compare stats it's so ridiculous. I know my phone is different but u guys don't know how I use it , u guys don't know my definition of heavy usage etc.
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Wait, I believe I just said that... Why are you quoting me?
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Techrader has a good review on the battery and their test results. They got 6.5 hours of using it at some max settings.
For example, one day, we took it off charge at 9am, browsed the net, sent a few tweets/emails and made about 40 minutes worth of calls. At 1pm, we fired up the FM Radio and Runkeeper Pro and went for a 90 minute run with the GPS on that whole time.
At 3pm, we were in the car with the HTC One S connected to the stereo via Bluetooth streaming music (and live radio thanks to the Car app which we'll mention in the next section) and using Google Maps Navigation for about 90 minutes again until the battery conked out at just after 4:30pm. Bear in mind, the screen was on for that whole 90 min period too!
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I got mine on Monday and I firstly noticed that the battery seemed to be draining fairly quickly. I mean, 14 minutes in and it's at 83%. I decided to turn off all of the 'Location' settings and so far it seems to be going good, however I don't get any weather updates (and I like seeing the weather animations). I've also kept my brightness to just below 50%. I still haven't used it consistently for a whole day, so I don't know how it will go.

villainhalf said:
Wait, I believe I just said that... Why are you quoting me?
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I messed up lol
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After have flashed TrickDroid 5.2.0 I do two days with a lot of phone calls (30 minutes by day), tapatalk, 3G always on (and continuosly switching in 3G-GPRS-WIFI because in office there are bad line), wifi/GPS always on, a lot of sms (40/day).
The phone was unpluged from the wallet power at 7.30 am of yesterday and he died today at 6.30pm. 23 hours.

My akku drain Realy fast by Normal Using,
Almost i Hear Musik and let Latitude Run in the background.
And alsmost normal Syncs (Facebook, Gmail, G+ and Whatsapp)
After 4Hours my akku says Warnings.
But i have luck and almost my Chargers in my Bag.

Battery problems

Hello there,
I noticed that my battery really doesn't last long. It's been 100% full and now, 4 1/2 hours later, there are only 6% left. The weird thing about that is that I did not really used it during that time. WLAN has been turned on over that time, display was really dark, no backlight notifications or anything. Has anyone any idea how to fix this? (LG P940)
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can you give more info
can you give more info? info like- which android, how many mah (ex: 2000,1000). give that and i may be able to help you,...

Would be really awesome! Android version is 4.2.2, battery has about 1500mah (think it's 1540) and I'm using the cyanogenmod kernel. Do you need any more information?
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CookieMonzter said:
Would be really awesome! Android version is 4.2.2, battery has about 1500mah (think it's 1540) and I'm using the cyanogenmod kernel. Do you need any more information?
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Thats not really much of a battery for the hardware,.. how old is it? Is this a recent problem, and when did you flash to CyanogenMod ?
To me it sounds like something is draining the battery pretty hard. Is the Wi-fi signal stable? Any processes under Apps>All, using excessive memory?

To me it sounds like you are having wifi/gps/bluetooth on all time, and if not, you should close ALL apps next time. Some running apps on your background could even drown your battery from 100% to 0% in less than 2 hours. Big apps or games cause the most trouble
Greetings,
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If this phone/battery is more than one and half year old, this could be just battery dying, like mine (LG P920, 2 years old, 1500mAh) is dying right now.
It can't last more than 6 hours lately, so i bought a new one.
A li-ion battery (standard models) just can handle frome 300 to 500 charging cycles, thus if tou charge your phone every day, battery life has about 18 months lifetime.
After, it just dies, more or less slowly.

Thank you all so far.
Bought the phone 1/2 year ago so this can't really be the problem. The battery has never been great but got worse about a month ago. I flashed it about 2 weeks ago and this didn't seem to influence the battery.
I always keep GPS and Bluetooth turned off (only turning GPS on when I go running, but I never noticed that this influences the battery either) and Wi-fi is pretty stable. As I heard that Wi-fi is really bad for the battery I tried turning it off as much as possible and so far it seems a bit better.
I also took a look at how much memory the apps use and saw that Facebook, Kingsoft Office and Whatsapp really need a lot. I think I will uninstall Facebook and KS Office then and see if this helps.
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CookieMonzter said:
Bought the phone 1/2 year ago so this can't really be the problem.
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I presume you bought it new ("and sealed")?

Maps used to be a big problem for me running in the background. See which apps use Maps.

Yep, I got it completely new.
Okay, I'll check that, thanks.
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Also problem with battery
I had a similar problem, my battery got "sick" after I used my phone as a GPS during 2 or 3 days. the phone was quit warm during the navigation. After that The battery life was reduced from around a day to 9-10 hours. In addition when battery is around 20%, the phone just shut down due low-battery and as soon I turn it on, as soon it turns off!
The solution was to buy a new battery, but that is odd that using the phone as GPS navigator damages the battery so badly!
Btw, my phone is a HTC desire w/ Android 4.2

yah now i may be able to help you, download the antutu battery saver app from google (it requires root) it is a really good app and helped he last
my battery from 3 hrs to 7 1/2 hrs. if you don't have root access, then it is a prob. if you don't have, tell me and i will give you another solution which
does not require root

Thanks man, I just installed it, will write tomorrow how useful this App is.
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press thanks if worked and any more problems i'm there to help and am always happy to help

batery prblem
same wit me im havin galaxy grand my batery last 5hr wht 2100mh batery nly net i use...

So... I'm not quite sure where the problem was and what helped and what didn't but the only important thing is that my battery lasts a lot longer now. Thank you to everyone who tried to help so far
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[Q] Nexus 5 or LG G2 Same Price

In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.

Zhoene said:
In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.
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U should opt for Nexus 5 as the developer support for this phone is mind blowing... And, You get to taste almost all the flavours of Android...
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Zhoene said:
In my country they have same price. So which one would be a better choice? I love stock android, but the specs confuse me. I am planning to use the phone about 3-4 years.
Thanks.
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I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:

mistahseller said:
I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:
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Hmmm, so is Nexus 5 fine battery wise, does it take you through all day long?

Zhoene said:
Hmmm, so is Nexus 5 fine battery wise, does it take you through all day long?
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Hi mate,
If you stick to Wifi and mobile data the whole day, 6-7 hours backup you will get :-|
Else with minimum usage of everything, it gives you a day backup
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I would definitely take the N5! I come from a LG G2 myself, but it just wasn't doing it for me.
The Nexus 5 just seems so much more professionally made - both hardware and software wise (mostly due to the lag of LG UI). It feels so much better in the hand.
I too was scared that I would be disappointed by the smaller battery in the N5, but I took the step because everything else would be so much better.
AND I LOVE MY NEXUS 5! I don't regret it one bit!
Luckily the battery didn't disappoint me at all. As you can see in another post of mine, it actually performs almost as well as the G2! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49901859&postcount=1822

Mr hOaX said:
Hi mate,
If you stick to Wifi and mobile data the whole day, 6-7 hours backup you will get :-|
Else with minimum usage of everything, it gives you a day backup
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6-7 hours backup? I just went over 3 days on a charge. Granted it wasn't heavy usage, but I'd say 3.5+ hours screen time over 3 days is pretty great. 100% stock unrooted mobile data on the whole time.

95Z28 said:
6-7 hours backup? I just went over 3 days on a charge. Granted it wasn't heavy usage, but I'd say 3.5+ hours screen time over 3 days is pretty great. 100% stock unrooted mobile data on the whole time.
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@95Z28,
Are you getting that much amount of battery back up on your Wifi??
Because I'm using stock too and getting one day battery backup on usage of Wifi + mobile data :-|
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I actually don't use WiFi as I have unlimited data. In the past I found WiFi to cause more of a battery drain in standby, but most people will say WiFi uses less battery. I usually charge every 2 days with about 4 hours screen time.
Everyones use varies though, if you look in the battery life threads you'll find all kinds of different results. Some considerably better than mine, others much worse.
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mistahseller said:
I would take the nexus 5 over the g2. This seems like the longest ongoing argument in the Nexus 5 forums. There is a thread "g2 v nexus 5 I have both" but I stopped looking at it after like the second page because it was a useless thread that just makes you go what the hell. Nexus 5 will have the most support unless you are just going to buy it and slap CM on it. I think the g2 has a better speaker for listening to music but the Nexus 5 is easily fixed with a flash of a zip here and there. Camera wise I do not know. Remember nexus 5 is unlocked and is easystreet to root and unlock the bootloader. Make sure the g2 isn't carrier subsidized because it's a little more difficult to get through those phones, still can be done just not as easy as n5. :good:
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How do you fix the speakers? Thanks.

Anderson2 said:
How do you fix the speakers? Thanks.
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its just a low volume thing. This would be the zip to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532788
or you can load viper4android
theres also a few other audio mods in the themes and apps section

Mr hOaX said:
@95Z28,
Are you getting that much amount of battery back up on your Wifi??
Because I'm using stock too and getting one day battery backup on usage of Wifi + mobile data :-|
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I get great battery even on WiFi. 3% battery loss all night.
Bare in mind I still had 1/3 of battery left at these screenshots. So based on them numbers I can get 2 full days at least with at least 6 hours of screen time.
This was at home pretty much all the time constantly connected to WiFi.
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Alex240188 said:
I get great battery even on WiFi. 3% battery loss all night.
Bare in mind I still had 1/3 of battery left at these screenshots. So based on them numbers I can get 2 full days at least with at least 6 hours of screen time.
This was at home pretty much all the time constantly connected to WiFi.
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@Alex240188
It's an ideal time mate!
When you use it on normal usage, I don't think it will give you!
It's a cool battery back that you are getting
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I'd pick the Nexus 5 if you either like to flash new stuff or want a phone that is updated for longer. If pure speed is your thing, I saw a comparison and the G2 was clearly faster.
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Mr hOaX said:
@Alex240188
It's an ideal time mate!
When you use it on normal usage, I don't think it will give you!
It's a cool battery back that you are getting
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It's given almost as good today under normal usage.
WiFi left switched on but under DC-HSPA for most of the day.
16hrs on battery
Over 2 hours screen time
2/3 of battery left
Lots of xda
Some Browsing
Some YouTube
A little music and a few calls and texts
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Alex240188 said:
It's given almost as good today under normal usage.
WiFi left switched on but under DC-HSPA for most of the day.
16hrs on battery
Over 2 hours screen time
2/3 of battery left
Lots of xda
Some Browsing
Some YouTube
A little music and a few calls and texts
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Hi mate,
It's pretty cool battery backup you are getting
I do lot of heavy usage all the time
Synching, remote control, streaming videos etc
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By remote control are you meaning like vnc/remote desktop. If so that is a major killer on battery life.
Don't know why but every android device I have used with remote desktop seems to make it run at full throttle, get really warm then kill the battery.
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If you're going to have it for 3-4 years, it should definitely be a nexus 5.
The ease of development on this device will allow smooth upgrades even after google drops support after its 18 month cycle.
Look at this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...s-android-4-4-and-joins-its-younger-brothers/
This is a 4 year old device now. It runs kitkat, and personally as I've modified a friends nexus one to run this, it runs pretty decently enough.
Nexus man.

edit: already answered

I don't understand why the Nexus 5 speakers are always called into question in threads like these. Am I the only one who thinks the stock speaker settings are just fine and are capable of reaching volumes high enough for me to never use?

[Q] Should I use Greenify?

I am on stock 4.4.2, rooted. Just want to know should I use Greenify to extend my battery life?
Is KitKat 4.4.2 app-cached mechanism not better than that?

I don't and never have and never had any need to
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Depends on your usage.
Might work for some, not for others.
Install and try for yourself, do some objective testing before and after to see if it makes any difference for you

Handy to control apps you don't use regularly from running on the background. Actual effect on battery life. Well don't expect miracles.
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Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull

BehelitOutlaw said:
Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull
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N5 has brilliant battery, far better than any other smart phone out there
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Ben36 said:
N5 has brilliant battery
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Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
Ben36 said:
far better than any other smart phone out there
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That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.

BehelitOutlaw said:
Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.
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Bait
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A few days I install it in my phone.But it seems like no use to me.
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Greenify is the only one from that endless battery safer tools This really has a positive effect. Clear recommendation, even if I do not understand why you needed for a new thread. Such things do you test yourself
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Well, don't discuss the battery It's good enough for many but not for everyone. I'll plan to use a recharge pack if I need more battery power. Most of the times I have a bag or something else with me so that I can put a recharger pack into it for the case I run out of battery.
Sure, a better internal battery is better, but I can live with that.

Greenify is a great tool to have so that you can have a broad selection of apps on your device without worrying about it weighing down the OS in bloat. Lots of apps unnecessarily start in the background or ask to be notified on state changes or when the device is unlocked, which can lead to sluggishness and/or battery life degradation. For example my banking app does this, and I never need my banking app to run unless I explicitly press on that damn icon. But I don't want to get rid of my banking app due to it's bad behavior, because it's truly a useful app. That is where greenify shines.
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I have a few apps that definitely will hurt the battery if left running...so greenify let's me still have those apps and not worry about them impacting my battery. To me greenify is on my must have list. ?
And to backup another's post, yes...the N5 CAN have battery life that rivals other great battery life phones. I get over 24 hours with 6 plus hours screen time easily. But...its all about how you set up your phone...and how you use it. "Average" battery times are hard to compare, since we all are setup different and do different things with our phones.
But yes, battery life CAN be brilliant.... Or it can be average.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

Check your wakelocks to see if any apps are keeping your phone awake.
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Haven't had a need for battery savers ever. I just monitor what my system is doing and figure out how to mitigate it without another app to run.
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