Hello there,
I have a K1 since a couple of month, update 5.1 installed.
While I can get a pretty decent battery life, there is still one thing eating most on my battery : the screen.
Most of the time, I get 2h and a half of screen on time, no auto brightness, set to the minimum. I end up with the screen being responsible of 85 or 90% of the battery drain !
This is bugging me a lot since I travel a lot and would like to be able to watch 4 hours of videos with a full charge...
Is my screen on time normal ? Is there any tips I can use to increase it ? I'm not rooted right now but I can look into it if necessary.
Thanks for your help guys !
Norbzzz said:
Hello there,
I have a K1 since a couple of month, update 5.1 installed.
While I can get a pretty decent battery life, there is still one thing eating most on my battery : the screen.
Most of the time, I get 2h and a half of screen on time, no auto brightness, set to the minimum. I end up with the screen being responsible of 85 or 90% of the battery drain !
This is bugging me a lot since I travel a lot and would like to be able to watch 4 hours of videos with a full charge...
Is my screen on time normal ? Is there any tips I can use to increase it ? I'm not rooted right now but I can look into it if necessary.
Thanks for your help guys !
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To watch locally stored movies using MXplayer i get 5hours of movies. (10/30% screen brightness).
But yeah battery life isn't great on this device and yes the screen is always the main drainer for me too
Exactly what C4 says.
If you watch movies you don't have the brightness on 0%. What can make the difference is watching offline vs streaming! Streaming of course eats more battery.
And when you are a traveler consider a 10k powerbank to more than double your on screen time.
Well, the powerbank seems indeed to be the ultimate solution.
What bothers me is that you can tweak performance for app and stuff... and they end up taking no power at all anyway (not toking about heavy gaming of course).
Screen is always eating all the battery. I wondered if a custom kernel could make a noticable difference on this...
On any recent mobile device, when using it, the screen will be the biggest battery drainer, by far.
Only thing you can do (when using an LCD based device), is lowering the brightness. That's all.
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Hi everyone,il get straight to the point.
I believe my battery is bad since I have some drain issues. I just got the phone a week ago (already used). The phone looks and works flawlessly,but the battery is so bad. I don't know if this is normal, before I had an Xperia Arc which displayed WAY better battery life. In standby (screen off) it drains like 1%~4 hours (which is ok). Now if I turn wifi on and surf the web for like 10-20 minutes about 10% is gone. With the brightness set to minimum,and best wi-fi perfomance turned off. Also it drains really strange,like from 69% it goes directly to 66% and so on. While watching videos (for example a 720p 20 min video) it drains ~10%,also with minimum brightness.
Tehnical details
-S-off,unlocked bootloader,rooted
-Running ARHD 7.2 with faux kernel - 1Ghz max cpu,-25 undervolt and no gpu oc.
-3.33.401 build
No sync,no 3g,gps,no facebook installed etc. Only mx player and music+videos on sd card.
The main drainer shows up as the screen.
So,is my battery bad,is this battery life normal for the sensation,or is it a rom/kernel/baseband problem?
Thanks in advance,cheers
clau22bv said:
Hi everyone,il get straight to the point.
I believe my battery is bad since I have some drain issues. I just got the phone a week ago (already used). The phone looks and works flawlessly,but the battery is so bad. I don't know if this is normal, before I had an Xperia Arc which displayed WAY better battery life. In standby (screen off) it drains like 1%~4 hours (which is ok). Now if I turn wifi on and surf the web for like 10-20 minutes about 10% is gone. With the brightness set to minimum,and best wi-fi perfomance turned off. Also it drains really strange,like from 69% it goes directly to 66% and so on. While watching videos (for example a 720p 20 min video) it drains ~10%,also with minimum brightness.
Tehnical details
-S-off,unlocked bootloader,rooted
-Running ARHD 7.2 with faux kernel - 1Ghz max cpu,-25 undervolt and no gpu oc.
-3.33.401 build
No sync,no 3g,gps,no facebook installed etc. Only mx player and music+videos on sd card.
The main drainer shows up as the screen.
So,is my battery bad,is this battery life normal for the sensation,or is it a rom/kernel/baseband problem?
Thanks in advance,cheers
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Hi,
Battery age is important here,because the older it is,the worst it gets.
A new one may well sort out your problem.
malybru said:
Hi,
Battery age is important here,because the older it is,the worst it gets.
A new one may well sort out your problem.
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Thank you for the reply,but that was not the intended answer I needed to get,let me refrase. So in your personal opinion,reading the data I posted,is this generally normal for this specific phone? (regardless of the battery age or whatsoever)
clau22bv said:
Thank you for the reply,but that was not the intended answer I needed to get,let me refrase. So in your personal opinion,reading the data I posted,is this generally normal for this specific phone? (regardless of the battery age or whatsoever)
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Hi,
There is no such thing as "Normal" when it comes to battery on the Sensation.
But it is generally accepted ,that when the battery gets old (1 year + ) it starts to deteriorate and behave in strange ways.
There is nothing wrong with your setup of the phone.
I merely suggest that a new battery will improve the general life of your phone.
Of course ,this greatly depends on how you use your phone, as well.
My older phone showed same symptoms. Battery went weak due to my habit of complete drain. I was bad at charging .
Ans. Is yes if battery is old like 1 or more year, it could posses same symptoms. But i will really advice you to try other ROMs like slimbean / any with less battery hunger. Hope it will help.
Regards n wishes
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hey guys
so i just got a screen privacy screen protector for my phone. i like it, but it makes my screen look too dark. when i max out the brightness, it brings back its original beauty
do any of you guys use your phone on max brightness everyday? i carry a charger with me but ive rarely needed to resort to it. my 8 hour work days are the biggest strain on my battery.
what rom/ kernel do you use to get good battery life? im running wanam lite and faux touchwiz kernel now.
I get up at 5:30 in the morning. From then on, my phone stays on battery until 10 at night. Still left with around 30% bettery life. But then, I only check facebook, 2 emails and xda forums. Not too much of videos nor games. Occasionally web browsing. Im not a heavy phone users.
Oh mostly stays on wifi rather than LTE. Not sure if that helps. Always max brightness.
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Get a tru hd clear screen protector. Will never be able to tell it's even there
I run mine at max brightness(dynamic mode) everyday and have no trouble make it through the day. My most recent 85% discharge(still had 30% plus around 9pm, played 2hr plus of videos to run up the screen time), from 5 am to 11 pm:
18hr+ run time, 3hr+ screen time. On touchwiz..
I can squeeze a full day of out the battery at full brightness.
bengali548 said:
what rom/ kernel do you use to get good battery life? im running wanam lite and faux touchwiz kernel now.
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Please do not ask what ROM/kernel gets you best battery life as every phone/user/setup/signal is different and all affect battery life. So what is best for one will not be best for another.
I use full brightness and I blow through my battery most days.. I don't consider myself a heavy phone user..
surf the net on wifi and on data plan through the day. I use the camera just about every day, some texting not a lot.
screen is 34% and google services is 39% how do shut off google services? or di I have to leave it on.
everything else is 5% or less..
seaham358 said:
I use full brightness and I blow through my battery most days.. I don't consider myself a heavy phone user..
surf the net on wifi and on data plan through the day. I use the camera just about every day, some texting not a lot.
screen is 34% and google services is 39% how do shut off google services? or di I have to leave it on.
everything else is 5% or less..
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I would check this article : 7 Free Google Services That Cost You Battery Life & Privacy [Android]
j510 said:
Get a tru hd clear screen protector. Will never be able to tell it's even there
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I think you missed the point. If he didn't want a privacy screen protector he wouldn't have gotten it.
Always max screen brightness for me. I still get at least 15 hours use. Couldn't do this on the S3.
Hi there,
I bought my one plus a month ago, and am getting around 3.5 screen time.
It is disappointing as I see screenshots of people with one plus who are getting 6 -10 hours screen time.
I am on battery saver mode, not using music, whatsApp, wase games or facebook, just a little bit email and browsing.
At night it is not going down a lot, but when I start using the phone, it goes down quite quickly.
(1 percent every 2 minutes, sometimes every minute). It seems to get worse every day.
If I start using GPS or video or music, my battery will be finished by noon.
I replaced the battery, and it is the same.
Attached three screenshots. (Including the night)
Help please?
Thank you!
I share you the same feeling when I see others having impressive battery performance specially screen-on time.
I have exactly the same drain behavior of yours, when my phone in deep sleep its sleep like a baby. but when I wake it its become beast awakening.
I run 3g when I am out and wi-fi at home, also running regular apps, whatsapp,snapchat,2emails,1gmail,instagram,web browsing, auto brightness,greenify. I checked with BBS and WLD but no culprit. I am on stock rom with root for the apps, no system tuning.
So you can see my setup is like most of regular users will do but noticeable difference in term of battery performance. I have no clue
Your battery life is fine, better mine
Who has a lot of SOT usually doesn't turn off/on the screen that much. The secret to achieve a lot of SOT is making long session on the screen (and having few apps, like you). So no worries I'm at 64% now with 1 hour of SOT, but I flash updates (CM 12) everyday and wake up the phone only when I need it, with 1-2 minutes sessions.
hyuratzu said:
Your battery life is fine, better mine
Who has a lot of SOT usually doesn't turn off/on the screen that much. The secret to achieve a lot of SOT is making long session on the screen (and having few apps, like you). So no worries I'm at 64% now with 1 hour of SOT, but I flash updates (CM 12) everyday and wake up the phone only when I need it, with 1-2 minutes sessions.
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That isn't really true, I have over 100 apps installed and I turn my screen off whenever I'm not actually using it. I'm a heavy user. I get roughly six hours of screen on time.
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zevozki said:
I share you the same feeling when I see others having impressive battery performance specially screen-on time.
I have exactly the same drain behavior of yours, when my phone in deep sleep its sleep like a baby. but when I wake it its become beast awakening.
I run 3g when I am out and wi-fi at home, also running regular apps, whatsapp,snapchat,2emails,1gmail,instagram,web browsing, auto brightness,greenify. I checked with BBS and WLD but no culprit. I am on stock rom with root for the apps, no system tuning.
So you can see my setup is like most of regular users will do but noticeable difference in term of battery performance. I have no clue
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Hi,
Well, at least I am not the only one....
The problem is that it is getting worse every day and now I lose one percent in a minute!
Horrible! I have to charge it twice a day, and I barely use it.
I have no root, am not using any of the apps, only a little bit of browsing, and checking mails.
If I try to use waze for a half of an hour or a little bit of music (max 30min, I get only about 2 hours screen time!
It seems really poor from a brand new battery.
I have no clue what to do, or what is causing it. If anyone have suggestions, i will be glad to hear!
Are you using the stock OPO rom? because I always had a poor battery life, I had all kind of protections to keep battery life but when I saw, from 100 I had 70, it was awful, one solution I saw was to flash one custom kernel, somehow improved my battery life, but the final solution was to use a custom rom, I have experienced better battery life with 5+ roms rather than the ones with 4.x.x, maybe you should taste another android flavor and check if the battery life increases
How hard was it to change the battery? Was it soldered? Where did you get a replacement ?
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dandan112988 said:
How hard was it to change the battery? Was it soldered? Where did you get a replacement ?
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Hi
I have warranty and they changed it for me.
It didn't help at all.
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BryanHR27 said:
Are you using the stock OPO rom? because I always had a poor battery life, I had all kind of protections to keep battery life but when I saw, from 100 I had 70, it was awful, one solution I saw was to flash one custom kernel, somehow improved my battery life, but the final solution was to use a custom rom, I have experienced better battery life with 5+ roms rather than the ones with 4.x.x, maybe you should taste another android flavor and check if the battery life increases
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Hi,
Thanks for your comment.
Sorry, I don't understand much in roms ... I bought the chinese version color os, and changed it in fast boot to cm11.
My cm version is 11.0-xnph44s , android version-4.4.4
I believe this is app related. Some apps keep phones awake. I encountered this problem with my S3 because I have lots of apps. But since I made sure I only install apps I absolutely need in my oneplus, I get a fantastic battery life.
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apartmentpasig said:
I believe this is app related. Some apps keep phones awake. I encountered this problem with my S3 because I have lots of apps. But since I made sure I only install apps I absolutely need in my oneplus, I get a fantastic battery life.
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I don't have so many apps , and I installed all of them. I keep closing apps that are running on the background through the settings.
The funny thing is that it is getting worse every day.
Now my battery is going down one percent in 30-60 seconds!
I don't know what to do anymore.
I find my Z3's battery life not that impressive as critically acclaimed. A lot of people have posted their battery estimated time to be two days or more but for me, even after cycling the battery from 100% to 1% twice I still only get 1 day and a couple of hours more. For sure I can make it through one day with probably a lot left but I'm sure not a heavy user. Dumb ways to die 2, crossy road and wordament are the only games I play and they aren't even that big of games. I don't play them much either, maximum of 2 hours combined in a day. It says the screen takes up most of the battery consumption a but I usually just leave it on WhatsApp and do nothing. HOW??? AND WHY???
All About That Sony said:
I find my Z3's battery life not that impressive as critically acclaimed. A lot of people have posted their battery estimated time to be two days or more but for me, even after cycling the battery from 100% to 1% twice I still only get 1 day and a couple of hours more. For sure I can make it through one day with probably a lot left but I'm sure not a heavy user. Dumb ways to die 2, crossy road and wordament are the only games I play and they aren't even that big of games. I don't play them much either, maximum of 2 hours combined in a day. It says the screen takes up most of the battery consumption a but I usually just leave it on WhatsApp and do nothing. HOW??? AND WHY???
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Do you really care about some dumb estimations? What is wrong with you all?! My Z3 works for ~2.5 days with like 2 h+ a day of PowerAmp at max volume , dropping to ~30 %... WiFi off (also not available for location, check that in wifi settings), location on precise settings (no wifi obviously), screen time 1-2 h. Projection is just a projection, why would you care? It just takes the average load, so if you turn it on after an hour of playing a game it will show a lower value...
exactly... want it to live a little longer? use the stamina mode.. (helps with screen off and some screen on battery life depending on how u configure stamina mode..)
all in all a very nice phone with a good battery capacity..
im starting to think 3000mAh should be the minimum/standard in every smartphone that comes after the Z3... u can seriously feel the difference compared to older phones with less battery capacity..
u need to learn how to use the phone without keeping an eye on the battery percentage.. im starting to get shocked when i hit 70-60% by the time im off to bed..
yes at days i get down to less than 10% but without keeping an eye on the battery percentage its living longer...
stamina mode on 24/7 , 3g/4g on 24/7 (no wifi) , auto sync on, whatsapp,instagram, twitter and 2 bbms sucking my battery but nothing this beast cant handle
by the end of the day im at whatever percent ... and sot between 2-7 hours ..
(not bragging but i guess i wont need bbs/amplify/greenify/bmw... with how the stock rom is working)
Well gaming will ramp up the CPU clocks/voltage so lower SOT would be expected.
abhinav.tella said:
Well gaming will ramp up the CPU clocks/voltage so lower SOT would be expected.
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Not sure why he doesn't realize this.... Screen on for 2 hours playing a game is going to use your battery.
I'm having the same issue as OP. Been through around 5 charge cycles so far. I don't play any games at all. Main usage is for WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, a bit of camera use and general web browsing. It's usually an even split between being on WiFi and 3G through the day.
I've had the phone for a week and my battery usually lasts around 28 hours (30 max) with around 4 hours of SOT, (with stamina enabled from 50% down) which I'm kinda disappointed by, given how everyone I see on forums posts great stats of 7-8 hours SOT. (Beats the crap out of what my old Nexus 5 was giving me, but still - bought the phone because I didn't want to think about my battery anymore)
Don't know if I just have a defective battery or I'm doing something wrong, but does anyone have any tips, or anything in particular that you do to ensure your battery lasts two days?
I read that the Facebook app is a bit of a hog, but I don't see any flags under the battery usage page, or any warnings in the section that monitors which apps are power hungry. Going to uninstall it and see if it makes a difference. That apart, my screen brightness is usually set at around 35% (with adaptive brightness on) Any other suggestions would be very welcome
Thanks!
Hello,
I have a problem with my Nvidia Shield K1 tablet
Running system: Lollipop 5.1.1 (downgraded from 6.0.1)
ROM: Carbon 5.1.1-UNOFFICIAL-20160809-1925
Kernel: from the above rom
I've brought this tablet as used and it works very well and smooth,
but when i just want to browse the web, watch some youtube videos or play some emulator games
i can see the battery draining very quickly, with simple web browsing and youtube my battery is draining with continuous use in like 4-6 hours (100% to 0%),
my question is is this normal?
1 time when i used some battery info apps from the playstore it once stated that my battery condition was "bad" when i had like 5% charge left, but never saw this again.
I've also tried to disable 1 core so it will run on 3 cores, down clock both cpu and gpu by a couple hundred Mhz with Kernel adiuator but somehow the settings jump up and down.
This battery drain is on marshmallow, and lollipop both on stock and custom roms, even after restoring stock rom.
Can someone say what is a normal battery duration with continuous use of the tablet? a rough estimate will do, i'm just wondering if my battery is defect or something,
also overnight it will drain like 7-8% if not used, i dont know if that's normal too.
Or can someone help me with this issue or a way to pinpoint the issue?
P.S. i've also applied multiple doze applications like Greenify and disabled most of my start up applications at boot, battery stats don't see any unusual wake locks either.
Thanks in advance for the replies and help.
First of all, it depends on the brightness of the screen. The higher the brighteness level the higher the battery usage. Second, if you play games or stream HD videos 4 to 6 hours is normal. Just browsing the web, word processing and office work should give you easily +9 hours.
Did you deactivate **Adaptive brightness** under **Display**?
Because no matter the ambient lighting, it's always too bright! Manually is the way to go.
Last but not least, is **app optimization** off? If not, do so. It only slows down the performance and drains battery.
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First of all, it depends on the brightness of the screen. The higher the brighteness level the higher the battery usage. Second, if you play games or stream HD videos 4 to 6 hours is normal. Just browsing the web, word processing and office work should give you easily +9 hours.
Did you deactivate **Adaptive brightness** under **Display**?
Because no matter the ambient lighting, it's always too bright! Manually is the way to go.
Last but not least, is **app optimization** off? If not, do so. It only slows down the performance and drains battery.
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Thank you for your response, and yes i have my brightness on manual as overday i like it at around 60-70% brightness and at evening/night i use 5% with a screen filter app to darken it even more which i like for my eyes.
I play emulator games sometimes but if i do i wont get 4 to 6 hours i can get around 2 to 4 hours max, as with browsing the web and office related stuff i have never seen it getting 9+ hours, the max i would get and i tested it several times was around 6-7 hours max, do you have any idea why this is?
I haven't tried disabling "app optimization" but i will sure try to disable that option and hope for more battery life
Could it also be that my battery is worn out/kinda dead as i've bought this tablet second-hand and not new?
+60% brightness that's something. My brightness level usually won't pass the WiFi symbol at daytime and when I game. So it's something like maxi 20% to 30%. And at nighttime and dim indoor lighting it's on 0%. I've to assume that's why I get more on screen time.
Haha, I'm used to darkness.
Either way, I highly recommend a 10k powerbank to double the time.
Moreover, WiFi takes a lot more battery than the Nvidia battery stats show! Just tally up the percentages, and it'll never add up.
The other day, I was streaming HD vids, playing some games, browsing the web and after +5 hours my battery was at 5%.
Most days, I work offline and I get way more on screen time.