Hey guys, I'm considering buying a GS7 as the S8 hasn't really wowed me and is also about double the price.
Just wondering if there are any well known and/or easy-DIY physical battery modifications out there? I'm talking about this kind of thing, but for the S7, not S6. 4000 mAh would be even better if possible.
Battery cases are too bulky and heavy for my liking, unless there was some slim one with say 500-1500 mAh that only increased weight by 30-50g and size by a couple mm each way.
I'm galaxy s7 user, 3000mAh battery is enough for s7, it gives me 5 to 6 hours of sot, basically, you can use it whole day on single charge with average use. Battery modification is not recommended coz u ll lose water resistant, and may be wireless charging. it can charge upto 50% in 30 mins, which is way better than modifying hardware.
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I'm galaxy s7 user, 3000mAh battery is enough for s7, it gives me 5 to 6 hours of sot, basically, you can use it whole day on single charge with average use. Battery modification is not recommended coz u ll lose water resistant, and may be wireless charging. it can charge upto 50% in 30 mins, which is way better than modifying hardware.
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Thanks for the reply and suggestion.
I don't know if it's just me as a user, my SIM/carrier, the devices I buy, or something else, but I rarely get the same SoT as other people. I've had the HTC 10 which most people claim 4-5 hours SoT on, and I only got 2.5-3.5. I have the Xiaomi Mi5 which most people claim 5-6 hours on, but I only get 4-5. Similar experiences with tablets and laptops too.
Most days I only use my phones for 1 hour but am down to 50% after 16 hours off the charger. If I go out that night, it's pretty common for my phone to drop another 20-30% depending on signal strength in bars. This simply isn't good enough for me, and sure I can just charge the phone for a bit, but sometimes I won't know that the battery has dropped so much and won't be near a charger.
I'd be happy to risk losing the water resistance for a bigger battery.
I don't think you'll face issue. I had s5 it had horrible battery time, then s6 it gave me 2.5 hour sot, and this s7 is giving 4 to 5 hours with always on display enabled.
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I don't think you'll face issue. I had s5 it had horrible battery time, then s6 it gave me 2.5 hour sot, and this s7 is giving 4 to 5 hours with always on display enabled.
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What about standby time though? Is that 4-5 hours SoT over a 16-24 hour day?
yup 16 to 24 hours on my use.
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Have had this battery for about a week so far. Just thought I'd post a little update before a full review about it. I went ahead with an initial full charge when I first got it before using it. and it lasted me roughly about 2 days of normal use. Went thru 2 cycles of full charge to 2% drain. That also left me in the 2 day battery life mark. This is during the normal work week.
SO I'm on my third cycle, during the weekend which began yesterday 2/22 at 4 PM. It is now 2/23 5:47 PM, over a day later and I'm at 94% battery life remaining. Yes, I've only lost 6% over the past 26 hours, although most of that was standby time with only waking up my phone maybe 7-10 times to check some emails I received. Now I did do a few tweeks prior to starting this current cycle like downloading the (paid version) Android Tuner app and running a few of their power-saving preset tweeks as well as turning off all unnecessary things like NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, using a very low brightness, along with recalibrating the battery/charger stats in their app.
My regular normal usage is during the work week where I fiddle around a bit more with the phone while at the office along with watching a movie on my 2 hour roundtrip commute on the subway. Anyway after applying the above tweaks I think I might be able to hit the 4-5 day mark on one charge during my normal usage period which I think is pretty amazing for the cost of the battery! I'll take some screenshots toward the end of this cycle when my battery hits 2% and post them.
I would definitely recommend this battery, the added weight wasn't much of a problem for me. I also bought the Zerolemon external battery charger and will plan to use my stock battery while I charge the 7500 mAH battery externally.
Also if you guys are looking for a screen protector I bought the MIME Ghost Glass Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Galaxy S4 (9H Hardness) - Rounded Edges with Oleophobic Coating. Man this thing is a quality product and feels and looks great! The responsiveness is spot on and it doesn't even feel like you're touching a screen protector on top of the glass.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DUNZW0C/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Have had this battery for about a week so far. Just thought I'd post a little update before a full review about it. I went ahead with an initial full charge when I first got it before using it. and it lasted me roughly about 2 days of normal use. Went thru 2 cycles of full charge to 2% drain. That also left me in the 2 day battery life mark. This is during the normal work week.
SO I'm on my third cycle, during the weekend which began yesterday 2/22 at 4 PM. It is now 2/23 5:47 PM, over a day later and I'm at 94% battery life remaining. Yes, I've only lost 6% over the past 26 hours, although most of that was standby time with only waking up my phone maybe 7-10 times to check some emails I received. Now I did do a few tweeks prior to starting this current cycle like downloading the (paid version) Android Tuner app and running a few of their power-saving preset tweeks as well as turning off all unnecessary things like NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, using a very low brightness, along with recalibrating the battery/charger stats in their app.
My regular normal usage is during the work week where I fiddle around a bit more with the phone while at the office along with watching a movie on my 2 hour roundtrip commute on the subway. Anyway after applying the above tweaks I think I might be able to hit the 4-5 day mark on one charge during my normal usage period which I think is pretty amazing for the cost of the battery! I'll take some screenshots toward the end of this cycle when my battery hits 2% and post them.
I would definitely recommend this battery, the added weight wasn't much of a problem for me. I also bought the Zerolemon external battery charger and will plan to use my stock battery while I charge the 7500 mAH battery externally.
Also if you guys are looking for a screen protector I bought the MIME Ghost Glass Tempered Glass Screen Protector for Galaxy S4 (9H Hardness) - Rounded Edges with Oleophobic Coating. Man this thing is a quality product and feels and looks great! The responsiveness is spot on and it doesn't even feel like you're touching a screen protector on top of the glass.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DUNZW0C/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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2/25/14 - Day 3 on my cycle of normal use... 70% battery life remaining so far...
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2/25/14 - Day 3 on my cycle of normal use... 70% battery life remaining so far...
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Well I went 6 Days and 1 hour of my normal use on the battery and I think I was left at about 10% - Feb 28th...at that point I decided to kill the battery by turning everything back on and watching a movie to drain down to 2%...full recharge and onto my 2nd cycle since Saturday.
this battery is so damn big. i am ok with 2x 3000mah zerolemons and never run out of battery no matter the usage.
Here are screenshots of my current cycle...6 days 17 hours.... 6% remaining still...
does it make the phone look too bulky?
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Here are screenshots of my current cycle...6 days 17 hours.... 6% remaining still...
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omg.. insanely.. :\
luffy30000 said:
does it make the phone look too bulky?
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Well I don't know about "look". The battery is thicker...imagine 2 batteries laying on top of each other and then an outer-skin around it for the case. I was never the type of guy to put my phone in my pants pocket so the bulk doesn't bother me. Also if I want to, I can just switch to my stock battery and go sleek. After my tweaks my stock battery can get over 2 days on one full charge.
I don't know about you guys but my battery lasts 1-1.5 days, used to last 3 days when it was new, but only a few months and now it's less than half. Screen time now is like 7hrs tops. Any similar experiences?
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I don't know about you guys but my battery lasts 1-1.5 days, used to last 3 days when it was new, but only a few months and now it's less than half. Screen time now is like 7hrs tops. Any similar experiences?
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I bought the paid version of Android Tuner from the Play store and use some of the built in tweaks. Worth the cost imo...I can get over 2 days on the stock battery itself.
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I bought the paid version of Android Tuner from the Play store and use some of the built in tweaks. Worth the cost imo...I can get over 2 days on the stock battery itself.
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What tweaks did you use? It seems the battery reports 4338mV, unfortunately I never tested the output when I got the battery initially, wonder what the deal is..
The GN3 is an amazing phone - I love it, even with stock rom it easily lasts 2 days with about 3-5 hours screen time - which makes me ask, do/should you still charge every night?
For Note 1 and Note 2, going 2 days was pushing it, so I always charged nightly, but with Note 3, I'm wondering whether I shouldn't charge as much since it easily does 2 days?
the reason I ask is, the myths about charging too much, or leaving charged for too long, etc may ruin or reduce the life of your battery.
I still charge every time I'm next to a charger (at the office) even though I know my phone will last me another day or so.... I just like to see the battery over 50% - but is this going to ruin my batter quicker? always charging? and unplug and replug many times a day....
what does everyone else do? to charge or not to charge?
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The GN3 is an amazing phone - I love it, even with stock rom it easily lasts 2 days with about 3-5 hours screen time - which makes me ask, do/should you still charge every night?
For Note 1 and Note 2, going 2 days was pushing it, so I always charged nightly, but with Note 3, I'm wondering whether I shouldn't charge as much since it easily does 2 days?
the reason I ask is, the myths about charging too much, or leaving charged for too long, etc may ruin or reduce the life of your battery.
I still charge every time I'm next to a charger (at the office) even though I know my phone will last me another day or so.... I just like to see the battery over 50% - but is this going to ruin my batter quicker? always charging? and unplug and replug many times a day....
what does everyone else do? to charge or not to charge?
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The number of recharges (the lifetime of the battery) is clearly limited so if possible I am charging in a very conservative way - once every 2 days if it works that way. But that is not always possible (and in some days I charge after a single day), plus as a backup I have a 2nd battery (fully-charged) in my backpack.
Well, I recharge it every night with no worries. If the battery loses its capacity to a point that it cannot handle a full day I'll just buy another one.
Yes there are limited life cycles to a batery so you have to charge smart. Well if you use it... you should at least once a month use up all the battery and leave it uncharged for 4 to 6 hours after it shuts down. If it turns on its not the time to charge ot yet... let it rest another couple of hours. That way you always have the full battery at your disposal, not only a part of it... thats my experience...
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That's the beauty of having a removeable battery. You can charge everynight without worries of shortening the battery's lifespan.
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Yes there are limited life cycles to a batery so you have to charge smart. Well if you use it... you should at least once a month use up all the battery and leave it uncharged for 4 to 6 hours after it shuts down. If it turns on its not the time to charge ot yet... let it rest another couple of hours. That way you always have the full battery at your disposal, not only a part of it... thats my experience...
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Yeah, actually the worst you can do to an modern battery is to discharge it to deep...This will kill lifetime everytime you're doing this.
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sbm888 said:
The GN3 is an amazing phone - I love it, even with stock rom it easily lasts 2 days with about 3-5 hours screen time - which makes me ask, do/should you still charge every night?
For Note 1 and Note 2, going 2 days was pushing it, so I always charged nightly, but with Note 3, I'm wondering whether I shouldn't charge as much since it easily does 2 days?
the reason I ask is, the myths about charging too much, or leaving charged for too long, etc may ruin or reduce the life of your battery.
I still charge every time I'm next to a charger (at the office) even though I know my phone will last me another day or so.... I just like to see the battery over 50% - but is this going to ruin my batter quicker? always charging? and unplug and replug many times a day....
what does everyone else do? to charge or not to charge?
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The number of recharges (the lifetime of the battery) is clearly limited so if possible I am charging in a very conservative way - once every 2 days if it works that way. But that is not always possible (and in some days I charge after a single day), plus as a backup I have a 2nd battery (fully-charged) in my backpack.
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Yes there are limited life cycles to a batery so you have to charge smart. Well if you use it... you should at least once a month use up all the battery and leave it uncharged for 4 to 6 hours after it shuts down. If it turns on its not the time to charge ot yet... let it rest another couple of hours. That way you always have the full battery at your disposal, not only a part of it... thats my experience...
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Yeah, actually the worst you can do to an modern battery is to discharge it to deep...This will kill lifetime everytime you're doing this.
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Read this: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
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TL:DR
Only empty the batterie once! (at first start to calibrate the phone)
Charge before below 30%
Charge as slowly as possible
Use google before posting nonsense
Thanks to the rest who know what they're talking about!
ps. This can be noticed when charging when dead it will be dead within a day after 2weeks of letting the batterie die everytime.
If you then charge every night again it will recover some and last longer after a while.
Let's bust a few myths here, first.
Drain cycle: Not needed. On the old batteries, you needed to do a full drain every month or some because it build up a memory. That's ancient history. It is infact very bad for your battery to do so on these new ones. Refrain from fully draining it unless you're having issues with the calibration. (Ex. if it shuts down at 20%.) Drain it once the very first time you get it. Not ever again after that without serious cause.
Best to keep at 100%: Hell no. Fully charged, particularly keeping it at fully charged, is actually quite bad for a Lithium-Ion battery.
Lithium-Ion batteries in consumer products last about 300-500 full charges before they start showing serious degradation in strength. The fuller you charge it and the longer you keep it on the charger, the lower that number becomes. Charging from 50% to 90% might make you 800 charges, where 10% to 100% will only last 300 charges.
It is best to keep the device between 30% and 90%. It is also better to charge small increments than long charges. So it's preferable to charge from 70 to 90% each time as opposed to waiting 3 days and charging from 5% to 100%.
There's been quite a number of threads all over XDA for various devices with this same question
Technology is always evolving.
But when you post a link to a specialist website you must have seen the first link who talks exacly of what I was talking about.
batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/battery_calibration
None the less it's possible, and I agree with the last post (it makes perfect sense) that things are now diferent.
That's why we use foruns in the first place. There are not smart users, and the others...
We all want to learn something...
Thank you for bringing some new knowledge to me.
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jvarzim said:
Technology is always evolving.
But when you post a link to a specialist website you must have seen the first link who talks exacly of what I was talking about.
batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/battery_calibration
None the less it's possible, and I agree with the last post (it makes perfect sense) that things are now diferent.
That's why we use foruns in the first place. There are not smart users, and the others...
We all want to learn something...
Thank you for bringing some new knowledge to me.
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If my battery level below %50 I do.
Hi guys,
I've a short time my note 3 but Im a little bit dissapointed because of battery life, I have note 3 for 3 days and battery life is terrible, I did factory reset and now it seems look good. Just tell me if this is normal that Android system drains battery almost like display. Is this stats good ?
Thank you
Biker1121 said:
Hi guys,
I've a short time my note 3 but Im a little bit dissapointed because of battery life, I have note 3 for 3 days and battery life is terrible, I did factory reset and now it seems look good. Just tell me if this is normal that Android system drains battery almost like display. Is this stats good ?
Thank you
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Yes, that's normal. It's a KitKat thing. Most people have it sitting somewhere around 25%, so 15% is nice.
A highly inaccuate KitKat thing, at that. Yesterday I played Oh Edu! Towns (a town building game that's quite heavy) for 8 hours straight, and it(stock, BBS and GSAM) said the game used 2% and Android OS 22%. Somehow I doubt that.
ShadowLea said:
Yes, that's normal. It's a KitKat thing. Most people have it sitting somewhere around 25%, so 15% is nice.
A highly inaccuate KitKat thing, at that. Yesterday I played Oh Edu! Towns (a town building game that's quite heavy) for 8 hours straight, and it(stock, BBS and GSAM) said the game used 2% and Android OS 22%. Somehow I doubt that.
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Do u think that custom rom like Omega will solve problem with battery life? I've got root I will just flash rcovery and rom.
I'm charging whenever I have the chance, always need to be on a high-level charge, preferably 90% and more.
There are some myths regarding charging habits that might extend the life span of the battery, one of which is to unplug the phone when the charge level hits 100%.
That works for me so far, I have been charging this way since July 2013
I charge it several times a day after the KitKat update. My HTC one was great with the update, yet my Note 3 battery life took a dive. I used to get well over a day (24 hours and some minutes) with about 4-5 hours screen time with jelly bean. Now I get 14 or so with 3 hours screen time. I've factory reset, tried greenify (no root, sucks) disabled everything and still don't get much more.
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Lets be honest, most of the people here tend to upgrade to the newer phone when it comes out, depending on how much better it is of course, so we tend to have a phone for 2 years or less...
Most batteries will live that long with no problem and by the time you're ready to offload you "old" phone for an upgrade, batteries cost a few $on ebay so even if it requires a new battery it isn't too expensive...
A battery should easily last you for the amount of time you're going to be using it barring of course power surges, misuse or just a faulty battery....
Charge away and be happy. If it dies it's replaceable...
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That works for me so far, I have been charging this way since July 2013
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Impressive, considering this phone was announced 4 September 2013..
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Impressive, considering this phone was announced 4 September 2013..
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Oh Man, sorry for that...
I own a Note 3 and a S4, and I just wanted to share my experience with the battery charging habits of the S4, since in this category I'm quite sure it applies to the Note 3 also.
BTW, I've been doing the same (Battery charging) for the Note 3 also.
I do but usually at 500mah when I sleep.
I've had a note 1 and currently use the note 3. I NEVER get more than 12 hours out of my phone. in fact, I carry 2 batteries with my note 3, the note 1 was even worse, I had to carry at least 3 batteries with me to keep me going for the day, and when I say the day, i mean like 18 hours. I'll freely admit that I use my phone more like a netbook than a telephone. I very rarely actually talk on the phone, instead using my phone mostly as a tablet for use with facebook, feedly, web browsing, a couple games, taking notes (evernote ftw), twitter, foursquare, pandora and maps, the occasional email, taking photos. with the battery drain level of the note 3, I'd really have liked to see a battery with roughly twice the capacity to keep me happy for a day, possibly a day and a half with slightly more casual use.
that having been said, yes, i charge every night, because one battery is dead and the other is at 5% or so when it's time for bed. - thankfully I invested in a charge dock which charges the battery in my phone while it charges a spare.
How are you guys feeling about this battery? I decided to try it out, back when I had the GS3 I bought one of those 9000mah batteries and it was an extremely rare day that I went below 50% battery, so I went for the 6000mah anker battery here since it is cheaper.
I definitely feel like it has extended life, but it feels like it's only about 50% better as opposed to 100% longer life. I can usually make it to the end of the day now, whereas before I was putting it on the charger when I'd get home from work every day.
It all depends on the use of the phone. I know people that make 3 days use with Zerolemon and some make 18 hrs.
BAD ASS NOTE 4
Anker 6400mah?
[email protected] BOC5 stock, for now.
Im thinking the same!
I want to buy the replacement battery for note 4 3220mah , they say they have stronger cells!
Anyone can confirm this? Any comparisons with stock samsung battery
After LP update BOC5 my battery life is decreased , atm i am at 42% with 3hours and 6 minutes of SOT with a total of 8hours
Also if i root it and greenify some sh!t will i see big difference?
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patriotaki said:
Im thinking the same!
I want to buy the replacement battery for note 4 3220mah , they say they have stronger cells!
Anyone can confirm this? Any comparisons with stock samsung battery
After LP update BOC5 my battery life is decreased , atm i am at 42% with 3hours and 6 minutes of SOT with a total of 8hours
Also if i root it and greenify some sh!t will i see big difference?
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I haven't seen any change with greenify anymore. Have done test with it and without. It drains more battery running in the background on the note 4
BAD ASS NOTE 4
BACARDILIMON said:
I haven't seen any change with greenify anymore. Have done test with it and without. It drains more battery running in the background on the note 4
BAD ASS NOTE 4
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Damn..
If i root it what other options do i have to have more battery life?
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I bought the 2 ankar batteries that a rotate with the OEM. they are very good and worth the money.
only complaint would be there is a plastic piece on the bottem of the battery that locks it into place. I left it in my car a couple time and it melted and fell off. so now on one of the batterys it fits loose and sometime makes my phone reboot from being knocked around. but i added some tape to the bottem and it fixed the lock and i dont have the problem anymore. it only happened with one of the batteries.
is the battery life better on the anker one? than the original samsung battery
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I bought the 2 ankar batteries that a rotate with the OEM. they are very good and worth the money.
only complaint would be there is a plastic piece on the bottem of the battery that locks it into place. I left it in my car a couple time and it melted and fell off. so now on one of the batterys it fits loose and sometime makes my phone reboot from being knocked around. but i added some tape to the bottem and it fixed the lock and i dont have the problem anymore. it only happened with one of the batteries.
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email [email protected] I had that set and had a problem with one of the batteries and they sent a replacement in 4 days from my email
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is the battery life better on the anker one? than the original samsung battery
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seems comparable, I don't use the stock battery that much since I can quick charge or swap for a full charged (using the external charger included with the 2 pack)
aclays said:
How are you guys feeling about this battery? I decided to try it out, back when I had the GS3 I bought one of those 9000mah batteries and it was an extremely rare day that I went below 50% battery, so I went for the 6000mah anker battery here since it is cheaper.
I definitely feel like it has extended life, but it feels like it's only about 50% better as opposed to 100% longer life. I can usually make it to the end of the day now, whereas before I was putting it on the charger when I'd get home from work every day.
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I've had pretty good results. I went 2 days 6 hrs with 7:15 screen on, 20 hrs wifi, 34 hrs 4g screen on 50-60% brightness
i'll be posting a thread in a bit on it.
I posted (at length) on my experience with the 3220mah battery here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60356709&postcount=7
Hope that helps
I just got the Anker 3220 last week & so far it does seem to do a little bit better than the stock battery. Not by much, but I've definitely noticed that I don't need to put on on the charger as much.
Hi all,
I am thinking about getting a pixel soon as an upgrade/downgrade from the nexus 6p. My battery life on this thing is dreadful, like 2 hours sot at a best case scenario usually resulting in me charging twice a day and that's with light to medium usage or if I don't use it much at all.
Anyway I'm interested to see if the battery life might be better on a pixel but I am a little worried as it's a much smaller battery than I have now. I've had nothing but bad luck really when it comes to android and battery life.
The reason for not waiting for the pixel 2 is pretty much that after recycling this I could get the current pixel for about £250 and that way it won't hurt my bank balance as I'm saving for other stuff.
Anyway would you recommend this phone?
Thanks
Not a downgrade but battery life is great for me anyway. You will miss the front facing speakers tho
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I don't think you're going to see huge gains from the 6P to the Pixel in the battery life department (if both phones are working well). If you are only getting 2 hours SOT on the 6P and charging twice a day then something is wrong - either something is keeping the phone awake or the battery's capacity is shot.
I never had the 6P, but reviews seem to suggest you'd see a similar battery life 6P vs Pixel...
Thanks. I hear alot of 6p owners having battery issues, It was fantastic when it was new! I think it's had it combined with a crap chip means it's just not lasting half a day. I ususally have to put it on charge after 6 hours as its about flat and all I do is check some social media and websites from time to time, the odd phone or text. Anyway I'm looking for something that can handle 3-4 hrs SoT as a average when mostly going around using 4g
Bought mine when carphone warehouse dropped the price to £399 which is a great price for this phone.
Been great, battery is really solid and camera is amazing.
I took my oneplus 5 back and got this.
I cannot recommend the phone enough to be honest. The battery life is amazing. As you've said, you've had bad luck with battery in the past; You may want to keep an eye on what apps you install as that could also be a major contributing factor.
Hello,
How is the battery life on Pixel 3 (non XL)? Does it last a whole day with normal usage? What is the average Screen On Time?
Getting a P3 for 500$ from Google Store but have serious reservations about battery life after reading reviews? Is it worth getting?
I just got mine 2 months ago. I have about 300 apps installed. Most have been opened and therefore running stuff in background. I can Easily go all day without a charge. Some evenings I'm only at 50% before bed. I consider myself a medium user (not streaming a lot of video, etc). It was a much better experience than my early Pixel XL. Hope this helps.
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I don't know if you're going to get the answer you're looking for because "normal usage", screen on time, apps installed, types of apps, network coverage, etc all vary widely from person to person. What works great for me might not at all for you.
If I have a normal use day I have about 5 to 6 hours of SoT. I've gotten 7+, it's about what my S10e got,.
However I am a heavy user, constantly rebooting and testing new modules and on Q beta so I can get anywhere from 2 to 4 but that is because I am HARDCORE draining the phone.
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I just got mine 2 months ago. I have about 300 apps installed. Most have been opened and therefore running stuff in background. I can Easily go all day without a charge. Some evenings I'm only at 50% before bed. I consider myself a medium user (not streaming a lot of video, etc). It was a much better experience than my early Pixel XL. Hope this helps.
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Thank you. Any idea on the screen on time that you are getting from the phone?
vonDubenshire said:
If I have a normal use day I have about 5 to 6 hours of SoT. I've gotten 7+, it's about what my S10e got,.
However I am a heavy user, constantly rebooting and testing new modules and on Q beta so I can get anywhere from 2 to 4 but that is because I am HARDCORE draining the phone.
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That is pretty good. Is that on the regular 3 or the XL Version?
Thanks.
vonDubenshire said:
If I have a normal use day I have about 5 to 6 hours of SoT. I've gotten 7+, it's about what my S10e got,.
However I am a heavy user, constantly rebooting and testing new modules and on Q beta so I can get anywhere from 2 to 4 but that is because I am HARDCORE draining the phone.
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Shouldn't screen on time be a parameter to gauge that with ?
fury683 said:
I don't know if you're going to get the answer you're looking for because "normal usage", screen on time, apps installed, types of apps, network coverage, etc all vary widely from person to person. What works great for me might not at all for you.
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Shouldn't screen on time be a parameter to gauge that with ?
masterinmischief said:
Thank you. Any idea on the screen on time that you are getting from the phone?
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I'm averaging about 2-4 hours per day of screen time per Digital Wellbeing.
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SirSparkles said:
I'm averaging about 2-4 hours per day of screen time per Digital Wellbeing.
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That is not too great and does not give me much confidence. I have heard battery life on 3A is stellar. I had the Pixel 1XL and Nexus 6Pand after a few months, Battery life went bad on both those phones. Hence, someone apprehensive, considering all the negative I have heard about Pixel 3 battery right off the bat.
masterinmischief said:
That is not too great and does not give me much confidence. I have heard battery life on 3A is stellar. I had the Pixel 1XL and Nexus 6Pand after a few months, Battery life went bad on both those phones. Hence, someone apprehensive, considering all the negative I have heard about Pixel 3 battery right off the bat.
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If the several months down the line degredation theory is accurate for pixels, then the 3a having stellar battery life may also be smoke and mirrors.
I had a 3a and sold it for a 3. Got $100 bb gift card when I bought it, sold it for $350. So I made $50 in that and bought my pixel 3 for $400. I think it's worth it for the extra $50 to have the better processor, water rating and wireless charging.
My battery life has been...ok with my 3. Absolutely nothing to write home about but certainly not the worst I've ever seen. Drain is a bit higher than I like to see, idle and active (1.5 and 13 respective, according to exkm). My screen in time per cycle is between 5-6 hours generally but that is a misleading number for to different setups and signal strength.
I say if you dig the device, get it. If you hate it, hell that's what swappa is for. I have bought and sold so many devices on there because they didn't meet my standards it because something else caught my eye.
I will be keeping this device for awhile. I really like the size and features. I'm sure I could boost battery by nurfing features but I am not interested in doing that. This has been excessively long so... Let us know what you decide. Hope my diatribe helped a little. If not... It was free, so don't complain
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My Pixel 3 barely makes a day on a charge. Meanwhile, I use my old Moto X4 to stream music to my work headset, and it can do that for a whole day and still be at 60-70% battery by the end. I tried that with my Pixel, and I ended up having to use extreme battery saver mode by the end of the day.
My battery has been much better since I turned off mobile network always active in developer settings. Keeps idle drain will below 1% now. I couldn't figure it for the life of me why it was so high. Try it!
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