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Hey guys, so I'm running Mango 7712, and my Samsung Focus battery only lasts for like 2 hours of actual use. For every 10 minutes of using the phone my battery loses up to 8%, and this is while not playing games or doing anything stressful to the battery. I can probably max out at 6 hours if I don't use the phone.
I don't have the best memory, but I remember my phone being able to last 4 or 5 hours of actual use. But I could be wrong, if you have a Focus, is it as bad as mine? Should I buy a new OEM battery? (And I've tried to recalibrate it, that didn't work, I think it made it worse actually)
Nope just you, my focus has amazing battery. Best out of any smartphone I've owned actually, it can easily last me two days of moderate use... one full day with heavy use (around 15 hours of heavy browsing with music and stuff.)
Im using stock NoDo though, dark background/theme auto backlight. Don't know if mango could have anything to do with your issues.
I have both omnia 7 and hd7 .
Funny thing is that both battery life last the same when surfing continously on 3g.
unleashed12 said:
Nope just you, my focus has amazing battery. Best out of any smartphone I've owned actually, it can easily last me two days of moderate use... one full day with heavy use (around 15 hours of heavy browsing with music and stuff.)
Im using stock NoDo though, dark background/theme auto backlight. Don't know if mango could have anything to do with your issues.
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Yeah I dunno what's up with mine, it used to get me through the day before, now it just sucks. I've heard people say that Mango increased their battery life though. I'm gonna try buying a new OEM battery and see if that helps.
These phones have been out for less than a year so should be under warranty. I have had a weird anamoly a couple of times with my Focus though. Fully charged and when I rebooted it gave me low battery warning. Took battery out and back in and was back to normal. Has happened 3 times in the last 4 months.
jgibo said:
These phones have been out for less than a year so should be under warranty. I have had a weird anamoly a couple of times with my Focus though. Fully charged and when I rebooted it gave me low battery warning. Took battery out and back in and was back to normal. Has happened 3 times in the last 4 months.
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That happened to me too! Like it was stuck at 1% even though it truly had 30% left, I left it like that until it died, and then it went back to normal.
Mine isn't bad. A far cry better than my 3gs. I can get about 10 to 13 hours of decent usage. It does go down to about 8 hours if I have music playing for most of the day.
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Ryken100 said:
Hey guys, so I'm running Mango 7712, and my Samsung Focus battery only lasts for like 2 hours of actual use. For every 10 minutes of using the phone my battery loses up to 8%, and this is while not playing games or doing anything stressful to the battery. I can probably max out at 6 hours if I don't use the phone.
I don't have the best memory, but I remember my phone being able to last 4 or 5 hours of actual use. But I could be wrong, if you have a Focus, is it as bad as mine? Should I buy a new OEM battery? (And I've tried to recalibrate it, that didn't work, I think it made it worse actually)
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Hi Ryken,
How old is the SIM card that you are using? I have read in other parts of the forum that people have had decreased battery life issues when using an old SIM, once they had it replaced with a new one the battery life increased considerably.
Hope this helps,
Creamy
This usually happens when flashing a new ROM - you need to let your battery recalibrate itself. There are a few examples of this in the forums.
if yr sim card is around 2 years or more, it may have worn out. the gold contacts may have worn out, so change to a newer one
I did this an dmy battery life has been great
yr sim card works 24 hours 7 days a week for 2 years, just imagine how much of a beating it has taken .
Well my sim card is 10 months old, I got it with my phone last November when WP7 launched. Is that old enough to be bad? I've bought a new Samsung battery, it should arrive tomorrow or Thursday, I'll tell you guys how that goes for me?
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Well my sim card is 10 months old, I got it with my phone last November when WP7 launched. Is that old enough to be bad? I've bought a new Samsung battery, it should arrive tomorrow or Thursday, I'll tell you guys how that goes for me?
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10 months is nothing to worry about
Mine went from lasting 15-18 hours to less than 10. And that's with babying it after the update because I was monitoring battery life
Yep, mine is messed up also. I have to charge it 2 times a day now where before 1 would give me plenty.
Yes, I have experienced this as well.
Its not just a Verizon thing my friend. I have read many people from different carriers complaining about that. I am with tmobile and it is really bad. Soon as I find the thread that has the way to get back to kitkat (and the time) its goodbye lollipop. Smh.
Agreed, my battery life is now atrocious. Even after a factory reset and adding apps one by one. If I get 6 hours I'm lucky.
I did a battery pull and cleared the cache. It seems to have fixed it
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-138539/
Same problem here. I used to get close to 20 hours. Now I get 10-13 if I'm lucky. I have 2 batteries that I use now just to get a full 24 hours from the phone. I did a factory reset and cleared the cache and nothing changed. Maybe it will be fixed in the 5.1 update whenever that comes.
bumpy
N915G here,rooted my phone,tweaked,tried diff ROM but still the worst bat life i had since my S3,Note2,Note3. Now downgraded to kitkat so far so good been using it just for 12hrs but i definitely can feel improvement specially in standby mode. I never thought of downgrading to Kitkat but now im loving it!
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any updated resolution on this? my battery life is strange, not only do i lose power quickly, but once i'm under 40%, the phone randomly will shut itself off as if it reached 0%. i pull the battery and the SIM card, replace after 30 seconds, and then i get back to 19%. i ordered a new battery from Samsung directly (if you have any tips on cheaper batteries that still have NFC, please share) so i am going to see if that is the issue, but if not, then i will just switch back to my Note 4. i hate the lack of development for this phone, it seemed to be skipped over completely and then a straight shot to the S6/Note5.
I bought my Pixel in Nov 2016. Battery lasted on average about 1 day & 10-20 minutes based on my personal usage. In the last few weeks, it barely lasts 24 hours. I haven't added any new apps. My battery usage info doesn't show anything unusual or an app consuming a lot of battery. I downloaded GSam Battery Monitor but that doesn't give details on app usage unless you are rooted which I am not.
Have others also experienced poor battery although the phone is not even a year old?
Any ideas on what it can be? I haven't changed my usage either (I only monitor it on weekdays since that usage is basically the same each day).
Just an example here: took off charger 52 mins ago and it's already at 89%.
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What software are you running? If you don't get the OTA for 8.0, I'd enroll in the Beta. This will prompt you to get the official release at this time. Once that's installed, I'd Factory Reset data and start from scratch.
Alternatively, you can uninstall apps one by one to see if there's an increase in performance/battery life. Also, maybe try wiping cache to see if that helps.
Yes mine went from 5-6 hours SOT to maybe 3 1/2 to 4. Horrible. I've flashed countless factory images. Never abkr to figure it out.
I wouldn't expect it's related to the age of the device necessarily. I only just got my Pixel a few weeks ago and it averages about 4 hours SOT over 24 hours with little left in the tank. It's got a small battery.
Mine is terrible on Oreo
You have to give the software about 2-3 days to learn your usage so that it can set everything for you, if you just installed Android Oreo, then, it's going to be at least a day or two before your battery corrects it self.
I have been on the Oreo dev preview, back to Nougat, now back on Oreo and the battery life just has gotten to be terrible. Factory wipes every time I load a new version on Android.
I get about 1.5 to 2 hrs SoT in a 12 hour period and it just about is dead. I have surrendered to the fact that I will just never had good battery life as long as I own an Android phone and I charge them any chance I get.
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I downloaded GSam Battery Monitor but that doesn't give details on app usage unless you are rooted which I am not.
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Personally I use Wakelock Detector on a rooted phone, but it may be possible to get information without root using ADB.
https://plus.google.com/+GeorgeTanner/posts/gT5f7XntmEu
The Wakelock Detector instructions for not having root are more thorough.
http://goo.gl/Yqdh2F
I am still on Android 7.1.2 running the latest update - NHG47Q (I think this is the latest). I have not tried the Oreo beta but would hope the battery life will improve since that is one of the new features.
I have heard that one should factory reset when going to a major update like 8.0. I just hate to reinstall everything (apps & settings) from scratch. (I am not rooted.)
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I have heard that one should factory reset when going to a major update like 8.0. I just hate to reinstall everything (apps & settings) from scratch. (I am not rooted.)
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Shouldn't have to do that... I've never bothered and it's not caused me any issues. I think people who suggest you do that are probably the same ones who suggest you wipe cache and dalvik cache all the time (burn).
The screen takes an awful lot of battery on this device.
My battery life was getting worse, and a factory reset a few days all fixed it.
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My battery life was getting worse, and a factory reset a few days all fixed it.
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The only issue with that is reinstalling all apps and settings.
Standby time is immensely better but lost an hour or so in sot
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The screen takes an awful lot of battery on this device.
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The screen uses the most power of almost any phone, the Pixel being no exception.
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My battery drains really fast after I upgraded to Oreo 8.1. 30 minutes of Youtube used up 20% of my battery. It used to be only 10%.
I am,went from 5.5 on nougat to 4 on Oreo to 5 again on 8.1 dp1 and back to 4 on final.....sot of course. No change in usage
try getting rid of Back up to Google Drive took my SOT from 2hrs to 5 very odd
Hi guys, recently I noticed my battery was going down faster than before just suddenly, it is draining like 40% in 3-4 hours with the phone just playing Spotify screen off and basic email or messages use, with a full charge I barely get 2 hours of SOT. It started a few weeks ago I was on stock rom, rooted, for months, so I flashed another custom rom thinking it will fix it but it happened again. I tested 4 or 5 roms and issue still there. I really don't know how to fix it I already Factory reset multiple times.
Does somebody have an idea of what's causing this ? Thanks for taking time to read this
(Exynos S8+)
So I'm having the same fast battery drain that a lot of people are having where I can lose 30-40% in 1 to 2 hours and be completely dead in 6hrs. But here over the past couple of days my watch will shut down like the battery is dead but when I put it on the charger it will read anywhere between 28 and 32% so I will turn it back on and it will last about a minute and then shut down again and when I place it on the charger it still reads the same thing. Has anyone had this issue? Used to go all the way down to 3% and when I would put it on the charger it would read 3% but not now.
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My wife's did this the other day. She just turned it off and left it on the charger for 24 hours. Seems to be working well today.
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My wife's did this the other day. She just turned it off and left it on the charger for 24 hours. Seems to be working well today.
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Dis the percent reset?
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Bump
Is there a way to reset the battery status and percentage reading. Having the same issue.
Mine has been doing this for a few weeks now. It would power down as if the battery were depleted. When I put it on the charger, it would show 80%. I just bit the bullet and installed a new battery this morning (after trying everything else) and now it is working fine.
@Illusive Man
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Your Model Name... + Firmwareversion?
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SM-R760 DSA1 (Tizen 4)
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Own risk!
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Screenshots from my SM-R760 with Tizen 4 DSA1 Firmware...
adfree said:
@Illusive Man
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Your Model Name... + Firmwareversion?
Example...
SM-R760 DSA1 (Tizen 4)
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Own risk!
Code:
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You could try this "Quick Button"...
I will try to add Screenshot...
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Screenshots from my SM-R760 with Tizen 4 DSA1 Firmware...
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I didn't post any screens because after checking, my battery quick check is exactly like yours except L15 instead of L16
I too am having the same battery rapidly draining. I pulled it off the charger today at 1 after letting it fully drain last night. I had to place the watch twice because initially it was charging at a rate of 25/hr. It's 2:30 and I'm down to 76%.
The odd thing is, I got the watch for Christmas, purchased Monday of black Friday week. It was perfect until the first week of January. Then it slugged up. The the following day I started getting the battery drain issue, 10 - 15% an hr. After countless times of rebooting, factory restoring, letting the watch drain entirely and recharging, and messing with notifications and permissions, it started to act normally again. Then I got the Tizen 4 update and I decided to go through the update. I'm back to square one again...
I have no idea what really set it back to normal the first time. Figured I'd reach out again while I mess with it.
Also, I tried flashing the watch, but every time I went too, the software on my laptop would just crash when I hit start.
SM-R798T running Tizen 4. The upgrade to Tizen 4 wasn't done until after the new battery was installed. Now I can easily get 2 days life out of it. The battery was $24 and took about 25 minutes to install (I was being VERY careful since I had never done this before). The watch ran like a champ with good battery life (this was Saturday), Sunday afternoon, I got the notification to update to Tizen 4.
Watch shuts down quickly
I have had similar issues to all here. My watch is fully charged to 100% and removed from the dock and lasts probably an hour and a half, then shuts down without warning, no low battery signal or anything of the sort.
When it is placed back on the dock it reads anywhere between 80 - 90%.
This must be a software problem. I just upgraded to one UI and the issue has recurred.
Has anyone solved this??
vaughnq said:
I have had similar issues to all here. My watch is fully charged to 100% and removed from the dock and lasts probably an hour and a half, then shuts down without warning, no low battery signal or anything of the sort.
When it is placed back on the dock it reads anywhere between 80 - 90%.
This must be a software problem. I just upgraded to one UI and the issue has recurred.
Has anyone solved this??
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same exact thing happening to my watch since updated One UI, did not have any problem before this update.
so far I could not able to solve the issue, not matter what I tried.
@Illusive Man
can you provide more detail how to get that?
Solved: Watch shuts down quickly
vaughnq said:
I have had similar issues to all here. My watch is fully charged to 100% and removed from the dock and lasts probably an hour and a half, then shuts down without warning, no low battery signal or anything of the sort.
When it is placed back on the dock it reads anywhere between 80 - 90%.
This must be a software problem. I just upgraded to one UI and the issue has recurred.
Has anyone solved this??
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I have bit the bullet and changed the battery. Samsung repair shop did the install. On pick up at 15:50, the watch reconnected with my phone, did the update and synchronised at which point the battery went to 84%, from startup at 86%.
It then lasted overnight and for the next day, until the morning of the third day on which it died.
Since then it has lasted 2.5 to three days on one single charge.
I will only be charging it once it dies, not preemptively.
I will continue to monitor and update if any negative changes occur.
See people are still trying to insist it's a battery problem. Not true, most of the issues are software problems.
Still have the original battery in mine and two days is not a problem now. Meanwhile a year ago it didn't last 8 hours.
Charging the watch is a pain because the percentage is way out of whack and doesn't work right but once it's charged it works...
Still absolutely unacceptable for a $350 product that has only worked properly for about a year of the 2.5 years I've owned it due to glitchy software.
nascar48 said:
See people are still trying to insist it's a battery problem. Not true, most of the issues are software problems.
Still have the original battery in mine and two days is not a problem now. Meanwhile a year ago it didn't last 8 hours.
Charging the watch is a pain because the percentage is way out of whack and doesn't work right but once it's charged it works...
Still absolutely unacceptable for a $350 product that has only worked properly for about a year of the 2.5 years I've owned it due to glitchy software.
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My watch now depletes its battery in less than 4 hours. Sometimes if I put it on a charger, the watch would instantly say 64%. I agree with you that it's a software problem. Does it help if I reset the watch? Do I have to replace the battery to solve this problem? Thanks.
I wonder if its a bit of both, battery degrading and the watch failing to reclibrate around it. I actually had a new battery in mine recently (GW42 but some of the same problems) as it was under warranty but if it wasn't I would be tempted to just disconnect the battery for a period of time and then reconnect and see if that is enough to reset the battery usage. Intrigued if anyone has tried this.