Hi all,
I am curious if anyone else has been using wallpapers. I have and I am trying to figure out if I am generally draining the battery a bit faster through my own behavior or if the constant and very sensitive movement on the wallpapers are causing too many CPU/GPU cycles.
I need to try and figure it out. The battery usage will never show "google Wallpapers". It is showing Screen and Android system as high usage but they are always at the top. It's very hard to find and measure. I like live wallpapers but not if its robbing me for 35% of my battery from 6AM - Noon. I remember getting to around 4PM with 60~% remaining.
Anyone?
Just testing Google Wallpapers with Live Wallpapers addon. Will see how much it drains the battery..
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Just testing Google Wallpapers with Live Wallpapers addon. Will see how much it drains the battery..
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Awesome. Let me know if I'm crazy.
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No drain for me using the live wallpaper themes. I get from around 7-9 hours screen on time regardless. Depending what apps I use will depend my battery drain as expected but I never see bellow 7 hours . I think the phone is pretty optimized for live wallpapers or should I say the phone is fully optimized to get good battery life due to its energy efficiant cpu.
The about of times I've heard all phone manufactures say there new flagship is 20% blah blah better than previous generation and Its never ever worked that way in my opinion but with the s8+ I'm shocked coming from a s7 edge with a bigger battery and smaller screen.
I do think a dark wallpaper will help further on battery of your trying to maximise your battery usage
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No drain for me using the live wallpaper themes. I get from around 7-9 hours screen on time regardless. Depending what apps I use will depend my battery drain as expected but I never see bellow 7 hours . I think the phone is pretty optimized for live wallpapers or should I say the phone is fully optimized to get good battery life due to its energy efficiant cpu.
The about of times I've heard all phone manufactures say there new flagship is 20% blah blah better than previous generation and Its never ever worked that way in my opinion but with the s8+ I'm shocked coming from a s7 edge with a bigger battery and smaller screen.
I do think a dark wallpaper will help further on battery of your trying to maximise your battery usage
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You're using the Google app or Samsung live wallpaper themes?
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You're using the Google app or Samsung live wallpaper themes?
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Samsung's build in themes and some modded themes from the s7 edge I've used.
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Samsung's build in themes and some modded themes from the s7 edge I've used.
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Hey everyone, I have now had my Nexus S for 3 days and have loved every minute of it.
One of the things that has surprised me is the battery life. Check it out:
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I still have 39% battery after two days! This is really amazing I think. Granted I only had 2 phone calls in that time but I have been texting a lot and playing around with settings.
How long does your battery last and do you have any tips on improving battery life?
I am running CM7.1 with Go Launcher Ex and have the brightness set on very low plus I don't use screen orientation switch either.
What is your screen on time?
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Even if thats just ideling that beats my evo which would be done in thr early evening with no use
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I use matr1x kernel wich has the best batterylife for me, but i still have to recharge every day...
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I run it completely stock and unrooted, and get about a day with average use. By far the best smart phone I have owned.
Matrix or Trinity seem to give the best battery life.
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What is your screen on time?
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Sorry I don't know how to find screen on time.
I put my phone on charge after 2 days 22 hours and it was still on 19% but I charged it to be safe because I am expecting a very important phone call.
Calculating data regarding battery stats using morfic TEUV-S22-05102011, you could reach around 80 hours with cell connected but having very little activity.
Same place as that pic but click on display that will have shown display on time
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Ok I found it, it says 3hours 24min and 10s.
wow.... 3h 24min display time and still 39% battery? amazing.
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I run it completely stock and unrooted, and get about a day with average use. By far the best smart phone I have owned.
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How did u do the screen shot unrooted?
That's still impressive battery life.
For the people on matrix or trinity kernel, how long is your battery lasting you off charger? And how heavy of a user are you? Just curious been messing around trying to get it over a day :/
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I have a Galaxy S4 SHV-E330S currently running Official 4.4.2 and only gets 3:30 mins of screen time on my phone. I lose around a percent of battery life every two hours. This is really terrible for me as it is very low compared to other S4 models considering I have the Snapdragon 800 processor, so it's supposed to have more efficient battery life, please post screen shots of your battery usage and screen time as well and the firmware you are currently running. Please indicate the specific model of your S4. Thanks!
Please post your updates, I'll be adding my screenshots soon.
Here are my screenies:
Battery stats:
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PLEASE ALSO UPLOAD YOURS
My battery is not the original one but it's quite good. 3h on screen with normal use. This battery drains a lot when screen off
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My battery is not the original one but it's quite good. 3h on screen with normal use. This battery drains a lot when screen off
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What model is yours? We have the same battery life and I'm using the original one from Samsung.
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What model is yours? We have the same battery life and I'm using the original one from Samsung.
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GT i9500. My original battery is swollen so I need a new one
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See the thread in my signature about battery life. See if any of those tips help you improve your battery life.
There is nothing wrong with your screen on time. 3h30m is normal. And losing 1% every 2h? Come on that's really good. That's like 8,3 days standby time.....
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There is nothing wrong with your screen on time. 3h30m is normal. And losing 1% every 2h? Come on that's really good. That's like 8,3 days standby time.....
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Thanks for the post, sir. What's your screen time and what model do you have. i'ma. Bit disappointed because in gsmarena's review, it says S4 is supposed to have 10 hrs of battery life while browsing the internet. And i'm only reaching about 30% of it!
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Thanks for the post, sir. What's your screen time and what model do you have. i'ma. Bit disappointed because in gsmarena's review, it says S4 is supposed to have 10 hrs of battery life while browsing the internet. And i'm only reaching about 30% of it!
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I have an i9505. 10 hours browsing is impossible to achieve. Maybe they mean browsing with your screen off
Can you guys tell me how your battery life is on this beast of a phone
First cycle everything on and screen brightness 100% I got 2hr screen on time
2nd cycle brightness at 60% I manage to get 3hr SOT
So total first /second cycle how long did ur phone go before it went dead
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Just tested mine got about 4 and a half
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i'm currently getting 2-3 hours of SOT. not very good. right now i'm at 1h and 55min with 35% battery left. i took it off the charger at 9am and it's 4:15pm now. going to have to charge again before bed tonight. cant wait to get that extra battery. so far this battery life has been bad.
part of me wonders if LG knew this so that's why they are offering an extra battery promotion.
First cycle. I have been having mixed usage. Auto brightness LTE only. I'm at 5 hrs 25 SOT. I'm pretty happy with battery life. Phone is great so far. Way better than my old G4.
Once I get my second battery it will be more than adequate for my needs. I travel a lot for work so I'll report back how the phone does while in the air.
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This is day 4 with my g5. Everything is running fine except for my battery life. Here's some screen shots of what mine is doing. As you see I don't have a lot of time with total battery usage before I have to charge it again. Screen is the top usage but my battery life is poor. I don't know how to fix it. I could disable a ton of services but then what would be the use of me having this phone if I have to cripple it? It's sad.
My first day of use. Everything syncing OK Google always on is off and so is ambient display.
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This is day 4 with my g5. Everything is running fine except for my battery life. Here's some screen shots of what mine is doing. As you see I don't have a lot of time with total battery usage before I have to charge it again. Screen is the top usage but my battery life is poor. I don't know how to fix it. I could disable a ton of services but then what would be the use of me having this phone if I have to cripple it? It's sad.
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Those are really bad stats. Were you doing something battery intensive like GPS navigation or gaming?
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Those are really bad stats. Were you doing something battery intensive like GPS navigation or gaming?
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I wish. Then I would have a reason for the bad battery life. The only intensive thing that I have been doing is Snapchat and Facebook and YouTube videos and ESPN videos.
First weekend, Bluetooth on all day connected to me zenwatch 2.
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So I'm not the only one with really high "phone idle". Haven't been able to track that one down. I even disabled the Always-On screen just in case it was related.
I also get significant (like half the battery in 7hrs) drain from Google Maps. I left my phone unplugged over night and it ate through the battery at some point. Second time it's popped up.
WTF is going on with my battery? I have the S7 Flat snapdragon version (G930v) running the G930u software unrooted which removes all carrier bloat. Screen brightness is set to a little past half way. I have all setting provided by stock software optimized for maximum battery life other than running AOD. I am running a black Wallpaper/Lockscreen/ and an All black theme from the Theme Engine.. Wth hell is going on here. My battery time is looking Rediculous in comparison. Someone help me out here.
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I feel asleep around 3am I guess with 89% and woke up just now close to 11. Heres battery over that 8hr period. 5% during that time. Standby drain is not bad it seems. But only 10hrs on 100% is crazy low compared to what some of you guys are getting.
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What can I do to get this increased.?
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WTF is going on with my battery? I have the S7 Flat snapdragon version (G930v) running the G930u software unrooted which removes all carrier bloat. Screen brightness is set to a little past half way. I have all setting provided by stock software optimized for maximum battery life other than running AOD. I am running a black Wallpaper/Lockscreen/ and an All black theme from the Theme Engine.. Wth hell is going on here. My battery time is looking Rediculous in comparison. Someone help me out here.
I feel asleep around 3am I guess with 89% and woke up just now close to 11. Heres battery over that 8hr period. 5% during that time. Standby drain is not bad it seems. But only 10hrs on 100% is crazy low compared to what some of you guys are getting.
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Is the same problem present with the phones original firmware? What you call bloat may very well be needed adaptions.
Urs is mutch better the what i get, mine drains 40% over night ..
My battery today.
Auto brightness and location on power saving.
Aod off.
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Post up your screen shots and show us how good or bad your battery life is. Tell us whether you have the snap dragon or exynos version, what carrier you're on, what tweaks you may have done, whether you have the S8 or S8+.
I have the Snap Dragon S8+ with T-Mobile.
I have auto brightness on, with optimized performance mode on. I have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS enabled, always on display is also on. I have not shut any apps off except lookout security. I have adguard also. If I can answer anymore questions, let me know.
Best battery life I've ever had on a phone.
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Will be nice if people post their settings too especially those with crazy good bat life
I'll post mine at end of day. Going all in, running Twitter and also normal multitasking and playing music in the background.
Not real impressed with mine yet, I know it'll get better but I've only gotten 1hr screen on time so far.
Display set to 1080p, 50% brightness, smart mode, and very little use other then streaming music.
But my lg v20 lasted that long doing the same everyday. Not sure why android eats ups battery streaming music, my iPhone 7 plus can stream music for 8 hrs and still have between 85-90% battery. Hopefully android will make it better.
Like the phone so far though. It's a lot smoother than my s7 edge was.
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Okay, these are my final results from my first charge. I don't know what it is or how It did it, but this is crazy.
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Okay, these are my final results from my first charge. I don't know what it is or how It did it, but this is crazy.
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How did you disable the security tab?? (Last Screenshot)
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Okay, these are my final results from my first charge. I don't know what it is or how It did it, but this is crazy. View attachment 4119980View attachment 4119981View attachment 4119985View attachment 4119986View attachment 4119987
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Holy cow. Is that the Plus or regular? Though guessing it doesn't matter much since they should be pretty close.
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Holy cow. Is that the Plus or regular? Though guessing it doesn't matter much since they should be pretty close.
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This is the plus
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This is the plus
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Cool. I'm getting the regular. Should be somewhat close to that I'm thinking. Whats exciting is that your battery life is out of the box. The software must be much more optimized and the processor efficient.
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And this is with all kinds of wonkiness going on
Playing music almost constantly since 830, maps, bluetooth, and browsing. 60% brightneess and WQHD+
Here are mine. Still about 24% left. About 30mns call, 2hrs google play music and some facebook,youtube etc
Here's an update on mine after getting home and not steaming music. I'd say if you don't stream music they battery is awesome. I'm happy with battery. Just wish they would optimise music streaming with screen off like apple. But not complaining, I'm happy.
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Here is mine full screen quality and brightness around 80%
AOD, fhd+, Bluetooth to watch, and the blip is to get 5% to get tmobile update. Third day with phone.
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I have an S8. I'm quite impressed. WQHD+, 50% brightness
You guys are happy with your New toy thats why screen sips most of the Juice however whats interesting is testing idling on 4g/3g and see how much Android os is taking
Galaxy S8, 5hrs 36mins, blown away by it considering I was only getting 3.5hrs on the S7, disabled some bloatware through package disabler and on about 30% brightness
4 hours playing super Mario sunshine with a ps4 controller got me about 4 hours 60%
720p 50% brightness.
Figured the iPhone 7 is 720p why not save battery