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How much battery do you guys usually get? Recently I've noticed a large drainage of battery and I know phone isn't too good with battery but even this doesn't seem normal. Some of my apps use 1-2% of battery per minute! Is this normal or not?
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Oh and my battery never gets to 100%, the phone will tell me it has reached 100% but as soon as I unplug it, the battery is usually at 92-95%, also I use Juice Defender and it seems to help but not much..
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Azaxirus said:
How much battery do you guys usually get? Recently I've noticed a large drainage of battery and I know phone isn't too good with battery but even this doesn't seem normal. Some of my apps use 1-2% of battery per minute! Is this normal or not?
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generally my phone will last all day, but that is only when i rarely use it. when im using it a lot, for example if im playing games and listening to music, it lasts about half a day. but it all depends on how you use it. if you are using a lot of 3D apps, your battery will drain quickly
Mine lasts all day. I listen to local music and have push email hitting me most of the day. I might have to charge it at night if I use it a lot and I am up past midnight.
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I think the Blaze battery is one of the best I've seen. I use my phone lots from 8am till 23:00 and it gets down to about 5%.
That's on Dark Knight ROM.
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Odd ive got over a day on my battery with over 4 hours display time on my blaze with erikkm's darkknight rom with moderate use Lithium ion batteries have a memory and when you fully kill the battery it reduces its memory slightly, always always try to charge your phone before 30-20% and dont unplug your phone while its charging that can effect the battery memory as well.
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Ive been contemplating the fact that my terrible battery life is my battery... Ive been playing with kernels and roms and i found a setup i like..... Battery life is still crap... I know this device doesnt have excellent battery but i can hardly squeeze 4 hours on moderate use....
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Yeah - unless you are streaming video, audio, in a no-service zone and have your brightness set to max... that's a horrible battery life. Get a new one.
Change your battery. I also playied on my ex phone with roms and kernels, but after charging battery after 20 mins of charging always went 20% lower and handeled 3h of moderate use.
Yea i wasnt sure because i got the battery less than a year ago. Thank
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The first graph shows nearly 100% awake and 100% screen on. Were you playing a game? 2 hours of intense gaming will bring nearly any battery to its knees...
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The first graph shows nearly 100% awake and 100% screen on. Were you playing a game? 2 hours of intense gaming will bring nearly any battery to its knees...
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No i watched like 4 5 min youtube videos and was texting and picture messaging the rest of the time.... But besides that nothing heavy like gaming....
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No i watched like 4 5 min youtube videos and was texting and picture messaging the rest of the time.... But besides that nothing heavy like gaming....
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Have you tried just basic stock kernal and ROM? Also set the brightness to auto so it saves you battery life if you're going to be using it for texting a lot and YouTube. Another thing would be let the phone die it all the way to 0% and then fully charge it til it's 100% or until it says Charged. If you keep charging it form 25% for example and then take it out at 78% and start using it again, the battery life will slowly decrease. It ruins the battery that way.
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My battery is close to 2 years old as well, it will only last 2 hours if I on the screen and data.
Get yourself an Anker battery.
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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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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.
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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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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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Thought the s4 needed an official thread for this. That way, we get a variety of types of users and people can see what type of battery life they can expect and plan accordingly.
Please include a screenshot & also list what battery you are using, and if applicable any custom rom or hacks implemented that effect battery life at all.
I believe you can take a screenshot by using the power & home buttons at the same time, correct me if im wrong.
I.e. stock battery, cyanogenmod 11, 9505 verizon
<screenshot here> (will post mine when I get it of course)
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Thought the s4 needed an official thread for this. That way, we get a variety of types of users and people can see what type of battery life they can expect and plan accordingly.
Please include a screenshot & also list what battery you are using, and if applicable any custom rom or hacks implemented that effect battery life at all.
I believe you can take a screenshot by using the power & home buttons at the same time, correct me if im wrong.
I.e. stock battery, cyanogenmod 11, 9505 verizon
<screenshot here> (will post mine when I get it of course)
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I'll have to post a screen later as I didn't take one when I woke up this morning. But I actually forgot to put my phone on the charger lastnight as I fell asleep. Woke up with 13% left on the battery after 17 hours of it being on. Over 4 hours of screen on time this is Stock no root with the stock battery after 1 full charge Sprint SGS4. Texting all day after the full charge installing apps was on WiFi for awhile and just in general playing with the Camera and settings just getting a feel for the phone.
This is after the first full drain and charge cycle. I'm content with this. It'll likely get better as well.
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This is after the first full drain and charge cycle. I'm content with this. It'll likely get better as well.
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looks pretty good to me!
I getting mixed messages. Some people are reporting under 3hrs screen time while others get 5+...wtf???
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I getting mixed messages. Some people are reporting under 3hrs screen time while others get 5+...wtf???
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The former have bad apps or settings. This phone should be pulling around 6 hours of screen time.
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I getting mixed messages. Some people are reporting under 3hrs screen time while others get 5+...wtf???
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Probably with wifi on all day. The latter with lte
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Here is mine : 4h20 with 20% remaining, 2nd charge.
I reckon you guys should be getting 6hrs easily. I am getting 5 and a half on my One, although I must admit a number of posters on the One forum are saying they are getting poor results. A number of 2 - 4 hours screen time. Do you think the extra real estate is making a difference. Do you think the extra battery size will nullify the extra real estate? Will be very interested to see how much of a difference there is between the octa and the snapdragon.
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Today I dropped mine down to 12%, with just under 3 hours of screen time. I had data, NFC, wifi, and sync on the entire time. I thought it would do a bit better than this, luckily I am going to pick up a new Anker replacement battery on Tuesday.
The difference likely wont be effected a huge amount between exynos and snapdragon , maybe 30 minutes (probably less lol) if I had to guess. Chances are a snapdragon with battery saving mode will outperform (battery wise of course)an exynos without battery saving mode enabled.
Im using a droid 3 with the screen set to 8.6% brightness.... running steeldroid gingerbread rom which is fairly minimalistic and it gets worse battery life than any of these other people.
Im just glad I wont be wasting a ton of battery waiting for it because its so slow and it dumps memory all the time because it only has 512mb ram lol
I didnt take screen shots but my first full charge got me about 14 hours with 10% left. I intentionally left power savings off and turned off all air and smart functions because I don't use them.
Today is my 2nd charge and im at about 6 hours with 52% left (screenshot). A few phone calls, text, pictures, & 2 hours of spotify in the car. Again, power savings is off. So are all the air and smart features. Brightness around 35%.
S4 on Sprint.
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galaxy s4 battery
awesome battery life :good:
Anyone with Octa version?
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Please post screen on Times
Thanks
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Post screen on times with 4G enabled and 12+ hours discharged.
On my Note 2 and S4, battery saving is turned on all the time except the heavy games (even on Note 2 I can play real racing fluidly with battery saving)
Smart features I turn on hovering feature only
This is my S4 battery screen on time after the first charge. 5h45m with still 19% left.
- Battery saving: Off
- Version CPU: Octa
- Screen on time used: Surf web with 3G on.
- No root and don't remove any apps.
- Temperature via battery widget monitor: only 31,5-32,7 °C
Can I get an opinion? This is while driving around los angeles all day. About 3h30m screentime, but probably another hour or so of google music and podcasts playing with the screen off. I turned battery saving and green power on at about 40%.
Had about a 15 minute jump charge when I was at 18% before I drove home. I have major audio_out2 and directtrack partial locks, but I figured that was the podcasts.
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Not really a full day of use, and only light-moderate use. But I'm about to head to bed and charge again, so here is my current info:
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Edit: also, Wi-Fi and GPS on the entire time.
hav seen so many posts on this but didnt get to the right one!! any mods through which we can get good battery life??
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Logically, the battery can be saved by less brightness; switching of the unwanted apps / wifi / bluetooth, etc. And lastly power saving mode.
I had problem when changing roms i would get really good battery life initially then would gradually drain fast over time. I usually leave my battery to drain down untill phone switchs off, but now i started charging at %20-%30 percent and saw a significant difference in battery decrease. And river just pretty much covered every other way of saving battery.
There are a few mods for better battery life but what I did was buy an extended battery.
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hav seen so many posts on this but didnt get to the right one!! any mods through which we can get good battery life??
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My tip? Underclock/undervolt and lower brightness.
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Power saving mode. Lower brightness. Last but not least Greenify. I do not undervolt my devices since this affects responsiveness.
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hav seen so many posts on this but didnt get to the right one!! any mods through which we can get good battery life??
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Always fully charge your phone up to 100% and wait a couple hours then disconnect.
Don't disconnect cable while charging.
Always drain the battery till the phone off or 1% left.
I know this by testing it to my LG L3 e400.
At the beginning the phone only had about 2 days standby time. Now it's 7 days 19 hours standby time.
Don't forget to use a good Rom.
Do this at your own risk.
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Always fully charge your phone up to 100% and wait a couple hours then disconnect.
Don't disconnect cable while charging.
Always drain the battery till the phone off or 1% left.
I know this by testing it to my LG L3 e400.
At the beginning the phone only had about 2 days standby time. Now it's 7 days 19 hours standby time.
Don't forget to use a good Rom.
Do this at your own risk.
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Idk but totally draining your battery can do more harm than good for it. Charging it at around 20% percent is fair enough. Discharging it once a month can be helpful as it resets your charge cycle.
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Idk but totally draining your battery can do more harm than good for it. Charging it at around 20% percent is fair enough. Discharging it once a month can be helpful as it resets your charge cycle.
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It's only for my LG L3. For my LG L7 I always charge it between 30% to 40%.
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george brown said:
Always fully charge your phone up to 100% and wait a couple hours then disconnect.
Don't disconnect cable while charging.
Always drain the battery till the phone off or 1% left.
I know this by testing it to my LG L3 e400.
At the beginning the phone only had about 2 days standby time. Now it's 7 days 19 hours standby time.
Don't forget to use a good Rom.
Do this at your own risk.
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george brown said:
It's only for my LG L3. For my LG L7 I always charge it between 30% to 40%.
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Lithium ion/polymer is not the same as NiCad. You don't need to peak charge, nor fully discharge lithium batteries. In fact, they're healthiest with a moderate charge. NiCads could develop "memory" if not properly maintained and conditioned, where they'd prematurely dump and/or not reach their max charge. Lithium batteries don't.
Greenify helps a lot.
If you have xposed installed, then you might want to take a look at DS battery saver.