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Ive searched around and this seems to be a common issue, I tried the factory reset even the htc battery conditioning where you charge fully turn off then another hour back on for 2min off again and charge for another hour with no positive results, I read online some ppl are getting -1/-2 mah an hour I have never seen single digit in my phone.
I included screenshots of my battery drain even adjusted the app to read 1500mah, anything else i missed in settings? Also went into phone information in the Tests menu set it to auto instead of GSM, also with SetCPU I tried underclocking with little change to mah usage, running out of ideas...
Currently its rooted with GingerBreak, and CM7 with #48 nightly installed, any help would definitely be appreciated.
How many hours is your phone lasting on a single charge?
Lately between 5-7hrs one had about 8 and half hours a handful of times
it's true that if you constantly use the phone nonstop like watching youtube, browsing, playing games, etc. the battery won't last longer than 4 hours without getting an extended battery, heck just using moderateley the battery will be about 50% by the end of an 8 hour workshift, but what I found that will extend the battery life with moderate use are these...
1. Turn of wifi, bluetooth, gps, sync. (contrary to what ppl say on this forum I find that wifi eats way more battery than being on 4G)
2 Disable background data. (The only thing I actually need background data checked is to use the android market or maps when I need to, with it off it's a huge battery saver)
3 In settings choose to use only 2G (This will increase battery life 4x and Tmobile 2G is pretty fast, just like 3G)
4 Download Opera Mini (Since you'll be using 2G to save battery you'll want to surf the web with a browser that is super fast using slow connections, and Opera mini is second to none. You can always turn on 4G when you want to have fast video streaming but then you eat alot of battery again.)
5. Install Auto Airplane Mode (you can turn auto airplane mode on when you're not gonna be expecting calls such as at work or when you don't want to be disturbed, hell, if you just want to save as much battery as possible. Since Auto airplane mode disables the radio and data completey which is the number 1 cause of battery bleed with it on from a full charge unplugged you'll still have a 100% when you wake up your phone after a day.)
6 Install juice defender (free is fine)
7 Don't use Lookout Antivirus (I've found Lookout drains the battery quick, if you want an antivirus that doesn't eat the battery try AVG. I prefer AVG because I notice it does not drain my battery like Lookout.)
This has made my phone last more than a day on stock battery with moderate to light use. If I think of more tweaks I'll add later
This is ridiculous. If you have to turn off all those features, then don't even bother getting a smartphone.
My tips are:
1- Set brightness to auto.
2- Avoid Skype and other apps that usually appear as On going on the status bar.
3- Get rid of any task killer. They actually make the battery life worse. Don't worry about tasks running in the background, the OS takes care of them. If you wanna quit an app, try to look for a quit button by pressing the settings button when the app is on the foreground. Otherwise, just press the back button below the screen until you get back to the home screen (for some reason this seems more efficient than just pressing the home button.)
4- If you don't use IMs, get juice defender and set it to disable data when screen is off. It will turn data automatically on once you turn the screen on by pressing the lock button on the top of your device. Note that this is different compared to auto airplane mode, with Juice Defender you can still receive phone calls and text messages when the screen is off.
Last but not least, consider purchasing an extra battery and/or car charger.
Mine usually lasts for about 12 hours with moderate to high use. Almost all smartphones have short battery life if used heavily.
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Lately between 5-7hrs one had about 8 and half hours a handful of times
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Yea that's awful. Do you by chance have your brightness set extremely high? And how is the cell coverage where you usually use your phone?
I think all of the advice above is valid and will save your battery. The question is to what extreme do you want to go? I tend to agree with donatello88 that there comes a point when you get so paranoid about battery life that you may as well not have a smartphone because you've turned off most of its features.
Get rid of any task killers, battery monitors, etc. They are simply churning thru clock cycles and that uses more battery. Set email, Facebook, etc to check for updates less frequently. Either use auto brightness or manually set your brightness to about 25-30%. That should b bright enough for everyday use unless your in bright sunlight a lot. Use juice defender if you like. And be wary of antivirus apps. I've heard some can suck ur battery dry.
If you do those simple things and are still getting only 5-6 hours then I'd be taking it back to T-Mobile ... unless of course you're on your phone without ceasing. In that case, what can you expect? Lol
Ok with the tips I just mentioned above, I got a chance to put it to real world test. I caught the bus to my son's grad ceremony and reached there at 4pm ceremony didn't start till 6pm so those 2 hours just surfing the web reading articles and forums I was down to 90% battery. Didn't know how long the ceremony was gonna be so called my sister on video chat using tango and spoke to her for about 20 minutes. Did some more browsing using opera mini set to only use 2g for another 2 hours, my don came out, I took some pics and video of him turned on 4g to video chat again with my duster for about 5 minutes, and after 4 non stop hours of consecutive use with screen on, I'm now at 71% battery life. I'm at the bus stop now on my 12 mile commute home and I'm confident the battery will give me more entertainment until I get home. Awesome! You don't have to believe me, just try out my tweaks and you'll be amazed.
Everyone thanks for all of the help and tips, today was the first day I saw 10hrs+(included screenshots), I had my screen on auto and after some reading saw that with CM7 it doesnt work well so I have changed it down to 20-40% depending on where I am, turned off background/auto sync only turn it on when I need it and uninstalled the app killer I was using also changed a few of the SetCPU profiles.
Im not really a heavy user just wondering if having 3email accounts set to update every hour would be a battery drain too? I mostly text/email during the day and talk about 1-2hrs depending how busy I am at work.
Again I thank everyone for pointing me in the right direction...unfortunately at home I have 1bar to none for service so I do depend on Wifi calling which im sure drains more juice, also at work since it in a high rise not too much cell signal so wifi on most of the day...
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risho said:
Lately between 5-7hrs one had about 8 and half hours a handful of times
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I heard good reviews about battery life of Moto G but mine's battery life is disappointing, could you please see my stats and tell me if its normal or something is wrong.
There can be many factors why battery life is that worse. Bad programmed apps, Wifi always on, screen time, call duration, running background processes and so on. Most times i switch my data connection off if i don't need it. I run my phone since 2 days and 8 hours and my battery is on 9% at the moment. As i see your wifi was always on. Try switching it off.
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There can be many factors why battery life is that worse. Bad programmed apps, Wifi always on, screen time, call duration, running background processes and so on. Most times i switch my data connection off if i don't need it. I run my phone since 2 days and 8 hours and my battery is on 9% at the moment. As i see your wifi was always on. Try switching it off.
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Screen on time is around 4 hours, I haven't called even for a second or used my data connection yet, but I keep wifi always on because I thought it causes lesser battery drain.
How can always wifi on cause lesser battery drain?
Don't know, sounds unlogical to me.
4 hours screen on? Phuu........did not try it but i guess it is normal if you have your screen 4 hours on.
What are you expecting? Switching everyting on and then have a two days battery life?
See yourself on your graph how battery got better when screen was off. Now switch off wifi and try again.
In my opinion i don't see any problem with your phone.
Maybe someone might correct me if someone feels that i am .....
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How can always wifi on cause lesser battery drain?
Don't know, sounds unlogical to me.
4 hours screen on? Phuu........did not try it but i guess it is normal if you have your screen 4 hours on.
What are you expecting? Switching everyting on and then have a two days battery life?
See yourself on your graph how battery got better when screen was off. Now switch off wifi and try again.
In my opinion i don't see any problem with your phone.
Maybe someone might correct me if someone feels that i am .....
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I thought Wifi uses lesser battery than 3G and I expected 20 hours battery atleast.
I see your Wifi is working all the time. Are you aware of this?
In some JB Android version google implemented automatic Wifi networks scanning (probably for their purposes), even when Wifi switch swhows "disabled".
You can disable it, maybe it can save some battery: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422689,00.asp
Cheers.
Install BetterBatteryStats and see if there's any wakelocks that are eating your battery at the moment.
Also, about your on screen time - what's the settings for brightness that you use? You might want to consider dropping the "auto" and go for a reasonable low level of brightness that fits your indoor or outdoor activities.
Your assumption of WiFi eating less batter than data connection is correct in most of the cases.
Anyway, if you have any doubts about this... an average NOTE3 user can't get to those 3h 30minutes with on screen time
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Install BetterBatteryStats and see if there's any wakelocks that are eating your battery at the moment.
Also, about your on screen time - what's the settings for brightness that you use? You might want to consider dropping the "auto" and go for a reasonable low level of brightness that fits your indoor or outdoor activities.
Your assumption of WiFi eating less batter than data connection is correct in most of the cases.
Anyway, if you have any doubts about this... an average NOTE3 user can't get to those 3h 30minutes with on screen time
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538691
Your battery is normal with so much screen on time.
It does look disappointing,i get a lot more than that but mine is rooted and greenified and set up how i like it.
Im currently on 1d 18h and have 39% left with 4 hour screen time and that's with a mixture of wifi and 3G.
i enable airplane mode overnight though which only uses 1% in 8 hours.
I'd say that's normal battery life for this phone here's mine for today.
I'd agree with the previous post.
I've been on a WiFi network for the past 7 hours.
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Battery life has been disappointing ever since smart phones got on the market... Oh good old Nokia 3310 how I miss your battery performance
Seriously something needs to be invented, this cannot be tolerated any longer.
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svetievboris said:
Battery life has been disappointing ever since smart phones got on the market... Oh good old Nokia 3310 how I miss your battery performance
Seriously something needs to be invented, this cannot be tolerated any longer.
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LOL. I miss my old Nokia too but face it. That old Nokia had a tiny screen and did little more than phone calls and texts.
I've had a few androids and The G is by far the best in terms of battery life.
I miss my indistructable Nokia but I wouldn't go back
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Motorola is advertising this phone as all day battery phone so shouldn't it last more than 12/14 hours.
A car manufacturer also advertises his car with 500 km per full fuel tank. But if you drive all the time with 170 km/h per hour over the highway then this statement can also not be applyed anymore. As i said, i switch on wifi only when i need it and thats the same with data. I had a battery life for nearly 72 hours. Ok i made also less calls in that time. But it is all about your usage. I for my opinion can not find any problem as i said already. Motorola advertised nowhere that you can use your phone under "full load" for a whole day. This is called marketing in todays world. If you be believe everything what advertisement says then you seem for me very naive....... you should think about that
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A car manufacturer also advertises his car with 500 km per full fuel tank. But if you drive all the time with 170 km/h per hour over the highway then this statement can also not be applyed anymore. As i said, i switch on wifi only when i need it and thats the same with data. I had a battery life for nearly 72 hours. Ok i made also less calls in that time. But it is all about your usage. I for my opinion can not find any problem as i said already. Motorola advertised nowhere that you can use your phone under "full load" for a whole day. This is called marketing in todays world. If you be believe everything what advertisement says then you seem for me very naive....... you should think about that
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Atleast the reviews said it last more than a day and I didn't used the phone under full load, just the Wifi was on all the time which uses lesser battery than 3G and I did 0 calls.
It might be true that 3G uses lesser than WI-FI, but what is that for a comparison? You can not compare WIFI and 3G because it is a completly different technology for different purposes. 3G Data uses a lot of Battery that's true. But WIFI also but less than 3G. But this statement doesn't mean that WiFi uses nearly no Battery. It uses only less. If 3G uses 100 parts energy and WiFi uses 85 parts energy out of 100 then it is less. But 85 is still a lot out of hundred. I quoted full load, just as a general statement. I know you had not switched on Bluetooth and so on. But anyway, Dataconnections are a expensive feature in relation to battery life.
Did your review tell you the exact conditions they tested it under? Or did they just say that without any proove? Also Tests and reviews are often copy and paste bull****. If i see an Antivirus test and the Userinterface is tested bad but the userinterface has a 45% weight in the all over test then i would say this is a crap test.
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It might be true that 3G uses lesser than WI-FI, but what is that for a comparison? You can not compare WIFI and 3G because it is a completly different technology for differnet purposes. 3G Data uses a lot of Battery that's true. But WIFI also but less than 3G. But this statement doesn't mean that WiFi uses nearly no Battery. It uses unly less. If 3G uses 100 parts energy and WiFi uses 85 Parts energy out of 100 then it is less. But 85 is still a lot out of hundred. I quoted full load, just as a general statement. I know you had not switched on Bluetooth and so on. But anyway, Dataconnections are a expensive feature in relation Battery life.
Did your review tell you the exact conditions they tested it under? Or did they just say that without any proove? Also Tests and reviews are often copy and paste bull****. If i see an Antivirus test and the Userinterface is tested bad but the userinterface has a 45% weight in the all over test then i would say this is a crap test.
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Yes see the gsmarena battery test I've attached, my phone doesn't even come near to its battery life
Unfortunately I can't take a screenshot but I have a stock (not rooted) Moto G that loses excessive amounts of battery with Aeroplane mode on!
What can possibly be causing such excessive battery drain - 50% -> 7% in 6 hours with no screen on or data or wifi.
Thanks
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Unfortunately I can't take a screenshot but I have a stock (not rooted) Moto G that loses excessive amounts of battery with Aeroplane mode on!
What can possibly be causing such excessive battery drain - 50% -> 7% in 6 hours with no screen on or data or wifi.
Thanks
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Hi that's a lot of drain i'd say theres some rogue process that runs even in airplane mode with no internet killing the battery i'll attach a screenshot of mine from last night this is with network on but WiFi and data off.
Friends,
I'm currently using H990DS from Taiwan, normally the phone lasts until 5pm (about 2h30 - 3h screen on). This happened with all my previous devices with promised good battery life like Note 4 or G2. I only installed standard apps like facebook (i know it drained battery), instagram, flipboard...
So yesterday, I did something that today, the battery improved greatly. It's currently at 49% battery with 3h15min screen on, of which over 2h45min of Clash Royale (over wifi)!
So you can try this and maybe it will improve your battery life. I know it work for me, not sure about everyone else.
Step 1: Go to https://myaccount.google.com/dashboard
Step 2: On Audio, may be you see the Audio history is Enable. Please disable it. What it does I believe is to turn off Ok Google detection.
Let's report if you have better battery after.
I will try it. Thanks
Will try as well.
I'll give it a go as well.
I'll try too, it's here to disable btw https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols
trongnghia2411 said:
Friends,
I'm currently using H990DS from Taiwan, normally the phone lasts until 5pm (about 2h30 - 3h screen on). This happened with all my previous devices with promised good battery life like Note 4 or G2. I only installed standard apps like facebook (i know it drained battery), instagram, flipboard...
So yesterday, I did something that today, the battery improved greatly. It's currently at 49% battery with 3h15min screen on, of which over 2h45min of Clash Royale (over wifi)!
So you can try this and maybe it will improve your battery life. I know it work for me, not sure about everyone else.
Step 1: Go to https://myaccount.google.com/dashboard
Step 2: On Audio, may be you see the Audio history is Enable. Please disable it. What it does I believe is to turn off Ok Google detection.
Let's report if you have better battery after.
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I just did this and now the google assistant will not work without audio turned on and I am sure the Android Auto in my Truck will no longer work either.
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I just did this and now the google assistant will not work without audio turned on and I am sure the Android Auto in my Truck will no longer work either.
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That's correct, I believe this disabled audio features like Google assistant and the like.
thank you, always good to know
Day 1: No obvious change, at 50% with about 2 hrs of screen on time, just like before. Although my use case may be odd, since no matter what I've done by the end of the day my phone idle takes anywhere between 10-20% in the battery usage menu. Anyone else seeing this?
I don't use google assistant so I disabled this, the battery gets better. So don't do this if you rely on Google Now or Google Assistant...
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Day 1: No obvious change, at 50% with about 2 hrs of screen on time, just like before. Although my use case may be odd, since no matter what I've done by the end of the day my phone idle takes anywhere between 10-20% in the battery usage menu. Anyone else seeing this?
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Maybe some app is constantly refresh in the background?
My phone drop 1% per hour in idle.
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Maybe some app is constantly refresh in the background?
My phone drop 1% per hour in idle.
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I use gsam battery monitor but it just says that the Android system takes up the most battery, and it also shows less than 20 alarms and less than maybe 30 wakelocks per day so it's weird.
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I use gsam battery monitor but it just says that the Android system takes up the most battery, and it also shows less than 20 alarms and less than maybe 30 wakelocks per day so it's weird.
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I suggest you update all the apps, clear the cache in Smart Cleaning. Then restart the phone.
If you it doesn't get better, I think you should remove the battery for 2 mins. plug it back, charge to 100%, use the phone till 0% then charge to 100% again to see if it gets better
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I suggest you update all the apps, clear the cache in Smart Cleaning. Then restart the phone.
If you it doesn't get better, I think you should remove the battery for 2 mins. plug it back, charge to 100%, use the phone till 0% then charge to 100% again to see if it gets better
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Already done all of this previously. I guess I will try once more.
disabled it now, i'll test it tomorrow and will give my feedback in the next few days
So it's been over a week I think since the last post, I find that under my usage (medium to heavy) I get around 4 hours screen on time consistently. In the picture shown, I had around 55% battery with about 2 hours screen on time. However, what I don't get is the phone idle time battery usage. Just look in the picture and you will see what I mean. Furthermore, for half of the day, my phone is in airplane mode, which makes it even stranger. If anyone else is getting something like this or has any suggestions/requires further info, please let me/us know.
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So it's been over a week I think since the last post, I find that under my usage (medium to heavy) I get around 4 hours screen on time consistently. In the picture shown, I had around 55% battery with about 2 hours screen on time. However, what I don't get is the phone idle time battery usage. Just look in the picture and you will see what I mean. Furthermore, for half of the day, my phone is in airplane mode, which makes it even stranger. If anyone else is getting something like this or has any suggestions/requires further info, please let me/us know.
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You have been using the phone for 15 hrs or more. Yes you used it for 2 hours SOT but for 13 hrs it was idle, that is why phone idle is the biggest battery drain imho. Anyway try using the mart cleaner, it may help reduce idle time battery usages.
Sot is a horrible reference point. You could be using maps in with the screen off, streaming music with the screen off. There's all kinds of things while the screen is off that can consume battery. If your phone can get you through most of the day without a charge you're good. Stop putting so much emphasis on sot..
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You have been using the phone for 15 hrs or more. Yes you used it for 2 hours SOT but for 13 hrs it was idle, that is why phone idle is the biggest battery drain imho. Anyway try using the mart cleaner, it may help reduce idle time battery usages.
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My point was that Android 7.0 nougat and updated doze have been giving people great standby times, like 1 or two percent gone overnight, without airplane mode too. Compared to my experience, that seems massively different. I was simply wondering if what I had was normal for my LG V20.
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Sot is a horrible reference point. You could be using maps in with the screen off, streaming music with the screen off. There's all kinds of things while the screen is off that can consume battery. If your phone can get you through most of the day without a charge you're good. Stop putting so much emphasis on sot..
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My point was that Android 7.0 nougat and updated doze have been giving people great standby times, like 1 or two percent gone overnight, without airplane mode too. Compared to my experience, that seems massively different. I was simply wondering if what I had was normal for my LG V20.
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Sot is a horrible reference point. You could be using maps in with the screen off, streaming music with the screen off. There's all kinds of things while the screen is off that can consume battery. If your phone can get you through most of the day without a charge you're good. Stop putting so much emphasis on sot..
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Also, for most of the day, my phone is in airplane mode, just sitting in my pocket(I would say about 8 hours of the day or maybe a bit more or less), and the pictures show are similar to what I do every day, and I also use airplane mode the same way every day.
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My point was that Android 7.0 nougat and updated doze have been giving people great standby times, like 1 or two percent gone overnight, without airplane mode too. Compared to my experience, that seems massively different. I was simply wondering if what I had was normal for my LG V20.
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My point was that Android 7.0 nougat and updated doze have been giving people great standby times, like 1 or two percent gone overnight, without airplane mode too. Compared to my experience, that seems massively different. I was simply wondering if what I had was normal for my LG V20.
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Also, for most of the day, my phone is in airplane mode, just sitting in my pocket(I would say about 8 hours of the day or maybe a bit more or less), and the pictures show are similar to what I do every day, and I also use airplane mode the same way every day.
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Do you have volte enabled? Lg ims is volte. If you have greenify and see lg ims waking your phone 400 times then that is your issue.
Hi Guys, I'm considering buying the htc u11 plus, I'm in doubt with the pixel 2 xl and lg v30 (but only by battery) that is to say that the best battery will be my next phone, I am very excited about the battery of the u11 plus for its quantity of milliamperes. But you who use it every day could you tell me how good it is? How many hours of average screen do they have?
One of the best battery life a phone could have. I can go easily 2 days without charging with minimal use.. 1 day + normal use.
It depends on your usage. I get around 3 days and 5-6 hours of SOT with *my* usage patterns. I am a light gamer, but heavy chat on whatsapp, do lot of emails, corporate messaging, videos and monitoring apps etc.
My overall take on the battery life on U11+ for my use case is "Awesome!". Your mileage may vary...
I also think battery life is great, my usage is similar to devsk and can easily get 3 days with WiFi on all day. I could even stretch to 4 on very light usage.
I was expecting more, but still the best battery I have had. 5-6 hours of SOT and I think I'm pretty good at saving battery (no gps, mostly wifi not 4g, low brightness etc...)
I suspect the google xl 2 is similar or slightly better at battery purely down to software optimization. Hopefully HTC can improve over time with software updates
Mine started out horrible and I was very angry about it. I was barely hitting 5 hours SOT over 24 hours with medium brightness. Factory reset, let the phone settle for a week and now I can do 7 hours SOT over 1 day + 100% auto brightness. Can't complain now.
I'm very happy. Over the past week my average is 7h SoT over 48h - this is 50% auto brightness on WiFi and 4g roughly 50/50. This is my normal usage, few calls, lots of WhatsApp, reading emails, viewing IP cams, watching videos etc. No active display, don't think it's useful on LCD.
With a day at home on WiFi I maxed around 8h SoT over a day watching YouTube/Plex which I was disappointed by (thought it could reach 9h), but don't think I could use a phone more than this.. It's not realistic usage.
With light usage I got 3 days standby and around 5h SoT. I'm sure with some optimisation the battery life could be extended further. Should also mention I have the full Google location shebang going.
I've been getting consistently 7h+ sot in a day and a half.
Medium usage, mainly YouTube, Twitch, browsing and texting. Some light gaming, light camera usage, on wifi 90% of the time. 50% auto brightness.
So yeah, in the battery department this is the best phone I've had.
7h 15 min SOT, 23h since last charge, 24%, lte and location services always on, auto brightness; ffox 1h40, camera 16m, yt36m and Messenger which drained battery of my previous phone af (about 15-20% in background) 2% on u11+
There is a battery life thread on one of the forums, might be worth checking that out
I've had 9hrs+ SOT, over two days
It's about as good a battery life as you can expect IMO
I'm really happy, and it was one of the main factors I considered when getting this phone
I must be an extra heavy user because I can't seem to get an entire day from my U11+.
I do have everything synced though plus wifi, bluetooth and nfc on all the time. I use it for internet, youtube, netflix , some gaming and messaging so I suppose it gets pretty well-hammered throughout the day Apart from that it's a fantastic phone.
Yeah, that's pretty heavy usage
On the best days, no NFC or Bluetooth for me, WiFi on
No gaming, butt loads of messaging and calls
Also, I have it on battery saver if I know I'm not going to use it for over an hour, and always battery saver overnight
I'll try switching off NFC because I hardly use it, see if that makes a difference.
Also, it seems obvious but I haven't tried using the battery saver overnight. Makes sense!
Thank you
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Yeah, that's pretty heavy usage
On the best days, no NFC or Bluetooth for me, WiFi on
No gaming, butt loads of messaging and calls
Also, I have it on battery saver if I know I'm not going to use it for over an hour, and always battery saver overnight
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I'll try switching off NFC because I hardly use it, see if that makes a difference.
Also, it seems obvious but I haven't tried using the battery saver overnight. Makes sense!
Thank you
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Depends more so of what you're doing. How long have you had the phone for? I didn't get great battery life until things settled down during the first week. Leaving bluetooth and NFC on shouldn't be the main cause of battery draining but I would say make sure background bluetooth and wifi location scanning is off because that WILL drain a lot more. It is in the location settings menu
This is just my first week with it. I've changed the Bluetooth and WiFi location settings now so thanks for pointing me in the right direction
Changing those location settings has made a big difference - I've gone the whole day and I'm only at 50%. That's excellent. Many thanks for the heads up ?
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Depends more so of what you're doing. How long have you had the phone for? I didn't get great battery life until things settled down during the first week. Leaving bluetooth and NFC on shouldn't be the main cause of battery draining but I would say make sure background bluetooth and wifi location scanning is off because that WILL drain a lot more. It is in the location settings menu
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Changing those location settings has made a big difference - I've gone the whole day and I'm only at 50%. That's excellent. Many thanks for the heads up ?
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glad it worked for you dude
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glad it worked for you dude
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Hey just wondering where exactly those settings are? I can't seem to find them
Meowzen said:
Hey just wondering where exactly those settings are? I can't seem to find them
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security and location settings >>>> location settings >>>> scanning
Galactus said:
glad it worked for you dude
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Galactus said:
location settings then scanning
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Ahh thanks, didn't know you could click the location button!
Let's hope this makes a differences.
So I want to know if you all have similar experiences..
I have Galaxy S9+ 128 GB Exynos Version - ALL STOCK
The screen on continuous use battery consumption is very good... it drains 13.5-14.5% per hour at max with location, 4G on.... Which means it can get to around 7 Hrs of Screen-on time easily.... even more if we use low powered media apps like youtube, netflix etc....
However, the screen off battery drain is relatively high...
A standard day has around 10-12 hours of standby time when you are out and moving with 4G on all the time and 1-2 hours of music... and in that time the might drain up to 35%+.... Limiting the screen-on time to around 4:30 hours... The deep sleep percentage of the total screen off time is around 65% which is no so great....
This is without using Power saving modes...
So the battery life gets around 7/10 for me.... It is good enough and for 90% of the days it will last the full day.... just not as comfortably as I might have hoped..
On my Galaxy S6 I used apps like Forcedoze, turned off sync, location, 4G, haptic feedback, unused apps, and I could squeeze livable battery life out of it... I am sure that if I did the same with the S9 the phone would have 2 day battery life.... but the out of the box battery life of the phone is average...
So I recommend turning off 4G when not in use and use Power saving mode once you hit 35%.... this way you can easily get through the longest days on a single charge....
The phone needs improvement to its stand by time....
Ahmedalwakeel said:
So I want to know if you all have similar experiences..
I have Galaxy S9+ 128 GB Exynos Version - ALL STOCK
The screen on continuous use battery consumption is very good... it drains 13.5-14.5% per hour at max with location, 4G on.... Which means it can get to around 7 Hrs of Screen-on time easily.... even more if we use low powered media apps like youtube, netflix etc....
However, the screen off battery drain is relatively high...
A standard day has around 10-12 hours of standby time when you are out and moving with 4G on all the time and 1-2 hours of music... and in that time the might drain up to 35%+.... Limiting the screen-on time to around 4:30 hours... The deep sleep percentage of the total screen off time is around 65% which is no so great....
This is without using Power saving modes...
So the battery life gets around 7/10 for me.... It is good enough and for 90% of the days it will last the full day.... just not as comfortably as I might have hoped..
On my Galaxy S6 I used apps like Forcedoze, turned off sync, location, 4G, haptic feedback, unused apps, and I could squeeze livable battery life out of it... I am sure that if I did the same with the S9 the phone would have 2 day battery life.... but the out of the box battery life of the phone is average...
So I recommend turning off 4G when not in use and use Power saving mode once you hit 35%.... this way you can easily get through the longest days on a single charge....
The phone needs improvement to its stand by time....
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I think that a lot has been said about this topic, and in the end, the user is the only one to blame for the battery life, because there are a lot of things that can impact battery: location, apps, usage, signal, etc.
Is hard to do an objective and good analysis of battery life, because each user will put their own subjective thoughts. For me battery can be great, and for others can be awful.
Is true that 4G will consume more battery, but only if you are in an area when signal is weak, otherwise, in most cases it will have the same drain or even less, because with faster speed, the modem works less and the impact is less as well in battery.
Power saving mode is going to save you some juice in case you cap all the options to the minimum, but honestly, who wants to run an S9+ with an HD resolution?, and the brightness and CPU cap don't give you much more battery either, and I found it stops the sync of some apps, but not others.
I think that the only real way to improve your battery is to properly configure your device, set the proper permissions for every setting and app, and then use the "Energy Monitor" built in app to let which apps can be running in background and which don't. Doing this will improve battery by miles.
Galaxo60 said:
I think that a lot has been said about this topic, and in the end, the user is the only one to blame for the battery life, because there are a lot of things that can impact battery: location, apps, usage, signal, etc.
Is hard to do an objective and good analysis of battery life, because each user will put their own subjective thoughts. For me battery can be great, and for others can be awful.
Is true that 4G will consume more battery, but only if you are in an area when signal is weak, otherwise, in most cases it will have the same drain or even less, because with faster speed, the modem works less and the impact is less as well in battery.
Power saving mode is going to save you some juice in case you cap all the options to the minimum, but honestly, who wants to run an S9+ with an HD resolution?, and the brightness and CPU cap don't give you much more battery either, and I found it stops the sync of some apps, but not others.
I think that the only real way to improve your battery is to properly configure your device, set the proper permissions for every setting and app, and then use the "Energy Monitor" built in app to let which apps can be running in background and which don't. Doing this will improve battery by miles.
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The whole thing has to be intuitive though... having to tweak 200 settings in the phone to get better experience is not part of the experience... experience is the stock default usage with some minimal tweaking... This is the reliable battery life I can get without breaking any service in the phone because I might have to analyze the effects of every option I change or turn off..
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The whole thing has to be intuitive though... having to tweak 200 settings in the phone to get better experience is not part of the experience... experience is the stock default usage with some minimal tweaking... This is the reliable battery life I can get without breaking any service in the phone because I might have to analyze the effects of every option I change or turn off..
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Is partially true what you say: if you get a Samsung, is because you know you will have all those options and most probably you will have to make the proper changes. We all know that Samsung phones usually offer ton of features and options, but if you don't configure them, probably they will mess a little the battery because most of them will come enabled and will have an impact in battery life.
On the other hand, if you want just the basics and a simple experience, you should stick with Android stock or closer.
Is like buying a Ferrari, but then complain about fuel consumption.
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Is partially true what you say: if you get a Samsung, is because you know you will have all those options and most probably you will have to make the proper changes. We all know that Samsung phones usually offer ton of features and options, but if you don't configure them, probably they will mess a little the battery because most of them will come enabled and will have an impact in battery life.
On the other hand, if you want just the basics and a simple experience, you should stick with Android stock or closer.
Is like buying a Ferrari, but then complain about fuel consumption.
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So what should I disable?
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Is partially true what you say: if you get a Samsung, is because you know you will have all those options and most probably you will have to make the proper changes. We all know that Samsung phones usually offer ton of features and options, but if you don't configure them, probably they will mess a little the battery because most of them will come enabled and will have an impact in battery life.
On the other hand, if you want just the basics and a simple experience, you should stick with Android stock or closer.
Is like buying a Ferrari, but then complain about fuel consumption.
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I completely disagree... These are the specs from the Samsung Website, not my own:
Galaxy S9+
Battery Capacity
3500mAh
Battery Life 14 MP3 playback (AOD on): up to 58 hrs
MP3 playback (AOD off): up to 102 hrs
Video playback: up to 20 hrs
Talk time: up to 35 hrs
Internet use (Wi-Fi): up to 15 hrs
Internet use (3G): up to 13 hrs
Internet use (4G): up to 15 hrs
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Here is the link: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s9/specs/
Now with that said, I think Samsung puts an unrealistic expectation on the battery and continues to misinform users with fake data. They should be a bit more realistic, really, 20 hours of Video Playback? They forget to tell you that is more than likely at the lowest resolution, with the screen brightness turned all the way down, with the device in airplane mode.
I don't think this phone will get anywhere near those battery hours. I also think we should expect at least 1 full day of HEAVY use. This is a flagship phone.
Now... All said and done... I get decent battery life, I cant complain. However, I do think it should get better battery life. This cost as much as my Dell Gaming Laptop.
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Just disable everything what you don't use and set up the battery monitor for your apps and you will be good.
Scott said:
I completely disagree... These are the specs from the Samsung Website, not my own:
Here is the link: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s9/specs/
Now with that said, I think Samsung puts an unrealistic expectation on the battery and continues to misinform users with fake data. They should be a bit more realistic, really, 20 hours of Video Playback? They forget to tell you that is more than likely at the lowest resolution, with the screen brightness turned all the way down, with the device in airplane mode.
I don't think this phone will get anywhere near those battery hours. I also think we should expect at least 1 full day of HEAVY use. This is a flagship phone.
Now... All said and done... I get decent battery life, I cant complain. However, I do think it should get better battery life. This cost as much as my Dell Gaming Laptop.
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Well, car manufacturers do the same when they advertised they cars to give 5L/100Km, but we all know that in order to achieve those, you should drive in very specific conditions. The same applies here as well.
And yes, I also have great battery life in my S9+ and I can't complain at all.
Scott said:
I completely disagree... These are the specs from the Samsung Website, not my own:
Here is the link: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s9/specs/
Now with that said, I think Samsung puts an unrealistic expectation on the battery and continues to misinform users with fake data. They should be a bit more realistic, really, 20 hours of Video Playback? They forget to tell you that is more than likely at the lowest resolution, with the screen brightness turned all the way down, with the device in airplane mode.
I don't think this phone will get anywhere near those battery hours. I also think we should expect at least 1 full day of HEAVY use. This is a flagship phone.
Now... All said and done... I get decent battery life, I cant complain. However, I do think it should get better battery life. This cost as much as my Dell Gaming Laptop.
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These numbers are lab tests under controlled conditions... by no way they represent real life usage...
My S9+ has had an appalling battery life and i have no clue what to do about it.
Apologies for the second post. It was done by mistake and now i can't remove it ...
What is really bad is the network reception.
Most time of the day I have bad or almost no coverage.
No matter what phone I had had they all had average battery life.
So for anyone who has bad battery life take a look at this.
But this is just one cause.
I've got my S9+ for about a week now. Snapdragon version with dual SIM.
So far I finding the battery life a little disappointing. Using betterbatterylife with the ADB commands I getting around 4,5 ~ 5 % / h of very light use (essentially stand by).
I've turned everything off, from Google Assistant to bixby to others Samsung services and still I think it's drainibg too fast.
Scott said:
I completely disagree... These are the specs from the Samsung Website, not my own:
Here is the link: https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s9/specs/
Now with that said, I think Samsung puts an unrealistic expectation on the battery and continues to misinform users with fake data. They should be a bit more realistic, really, 20 hours of Video Playback? They forget to tell you that is more than likely at the lowest resolution, with the screen brightness turned all the way down, with the device in airplane mode.
I don't think this phone will get anywhere near those battery hours. I also think we should expect at least 1 full day of HEAVY use. This is a flagship phone.
Now... All said and done... I get decent battery life, I cant complain. However, I do think it should get better battery life. This cost as much as my Dell Gaming Laptop.
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Can't agree more. Samsung has been consistently misinformative about battery endurance data since the first gen Galaxy S I9000 . "S" series never had good batterylife anyways.(keeping sweet Exynos S7 Edge aside when new).