Hey guys! Hope you are all doing well. OOS has always been top-notch in terms of performance delivery. However, in terms of battery life, I feel like OOS has come a long way. I've started getting better battery life on default OOS. Basically, locked bootloader.
I've attached a few screenshots here, from 10.3.3, India firmware.
Not sure if it's the same experience for you guys, but feel free to send in your screenshots.
Thanks,
Sohail
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I went back to my GS3, can't seem to find a current phone that suits me right now. I had planned on preordering the S6, but I want to wait it out.
I depend on my GS3 as my daily phone and need a ROM suggestion on 4.4.2 (NE1) that's as smooth and lag-free as possible, good on battery life is also a plus.
And speaking of battery, I was either going to get a battery case like the Mophie or go with an extended battery, nothing huge like 7200 mAh.
Any suggestions on these?
triton302 said:
I went back to my GS3, can't seem to find a current phone that suits me right now. I had planned on preordering the S6, but I want to wait it out.
I depend on my GS3 as my daily phone and need a ROM suggestion on 4.4.2 (NE1) that's as smooth and lag-free as possible, good on battery life is also a plus.
And speaking of battery, I was either going to get a battery case like the Mophie or go with an extended battery, nothing huge like 7200 mAh.
Any suggestions on these?
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There are only a few roms on the locked bootloader of 4.4.2 NE1. I couldn't tell you if they are battery friendly or not
I was going to suggest slimkat but seeing how your on the locked bootloader you don't have the option of flashing custom roms
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So i bought a moto g3 2gb version a month back, it has lollipop preinstalled. Now i would like to update to marshmallow but after reading reviews that marshmallow battery is not as good as lollipop I'm a bit scared to update. As currently I'm getting 6 hours of SOT with 24 hours of battery life on lollipop and that's amazing and i don't want to lose this. So my question is basically should i update or not?
My major concern is battery life....... are you guys suffering from bad battery life on marshmallow.
Thanks for your answers.
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So i bought a moto g3 2gb version a month back, it has lollipop preinstalled. Now i would like to update to marshmallow but after reading reviews that marshmallow battery is not as good as lollipop I'm a bit scared to update. As currently I'm getting 6 hours of SOT with 24 hours of battery life on lollipop and that's amazing and i don't want to lose this. So my question is basically should i update or not?
My major concern is battery life....... are you guys suffering from bad battery life on marshmallow.
Thanks for your answers.
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Everyone's experience is different... Some people say battery life is the same (I'm in that group), some say better or worse. With this device there is no right answer from a battery life standpoint.
Now, on the issue of features, big difference... If you have apps on the SD card and want to keep portable storage, stay on lollipop, it's not possible to have both in Marshmallow, but in Marshmallow you can adopt the SD card as internal storage but that makes it unreadable in any other device and requires a pretty solid, fast (UHS1 rated or better) card.
It's a toss up, but unless there is a huge sticking point, I recommend doing it.
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I'm really struggling choosing a new phone. Have a dying G2 which was an excellent phone especially when it came to battery life. I've been searching for a more up to date alternative and this phone comes up when it comes to battery life. I was going through the forum though and I've been seeing lots of people with huge battery drains and 2 to 3 hours of SOT. That's what I get with my G2 that has a battery that has seen too many charging cycles. Now, I know that someone without a problem won't be posting how great the battery is so I'm not sure how prevalent this issue might be.
So, how is battery life on this phone without having to mess around with it? Prices have gone down but it is still a bit of money, I would rather get something that just worked for the next 3 years (like the LG did). I've looked into more recent and expensive options with the SD820 or the Kirin 955, suposedly a lot more power efficient SoCs but I don't see the numbers reflecting this. The Z5 comes pretty close if not even better than an S7, P9, OP3, etc.
I've also had this idea that, regardless of the generation, the SD810 was pretty bad on battery life and heating issues leading to a quicker dying phone so now I'm confused.
Opinions and suggestions would be most helpful! :highfive:
I have a Z2 and a Z5 now my Z2 easily runs 6hrs SOT every single day and also seems faster than my z5 (except in Games or poorly optmised apps)
Now my z5 on the other hand only manages 4hrs SOT but with some minor tweaking the ui can become very fluid yet to find a solution to bad battery
My suggestions:
Nexus 6P
Xperia Z3
Lg G4
Xperia z5 (if you are fine with 4hrs SOT)
Also note that z5s not so impressive battery life can be to blame of the million or two wakelocks in the current firmware so a update may fix this
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Thanks! I actually think I made a mistake in my research and was looking at Z3 numbers. Doesn't do me much good as I can't find a new 32GB version of the thing for sale here in Europe. Used, sure, but I would be risking having the same issues pretty soon.
You recommended the G4? I've asked about that phone here on G4 forum also and a lot of people report some pretty bad battery times. It's a shame as it would be the perfect choice for me if it wasn't for that. If I wasn't so suspicious of its battery performance I wouldn't even consider any other phone. A lot of people reported times I never had on the G2 though, that's why this is so confusing.
6P is just huuuuge for me!
Kutusov said:
I'm really struggling choosing a new phone. Have a dying G2 which was an excellent phone especially when it came to battery life. I've been searching for a more up to date alternative and this phone comes up when it comes to battery life. I was going through the forum though and I've been seeing lots of people with huge battery drains and 2 to 3 hours of SOT. That's what I get with my G2 that has a battery that has seen too many charging cycles. Now, I know that someone without a problem won't be posting how great the battery is so I'm not sure how prevalent this issue might be.
So, how is battery life on this phone without having to mess around with it? Prices have gone down but it is still a bit of money, I would rather get something that just worked for the next 3 years (like the LG did). I've looked into more recent and expensive options with the SD820 or the Kirin 955, suposedly a lot more power efficient SoCs but I don't see the numbers reflecting this. The Z5 comes pretty close if not even better than an S7, P9, OP3, etc.
I've also had this idea that, regardless of the generation, the SD810 was pretty bad on battery life and heating issues leading to a quicker dying phone so now I'm confused.
Opinions and suggestions would be most helpful! :highfive:
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I have Z2 and Z5 both of them.Z2 has a stronger battery,but one in Z5 is also great especially after this 253 update.
With Z2 I get almosut 8 hours and with Z5 now i will get easily 6 hours SoT.
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Allek84 said:
I have Z2 and Z5 both of them.Z2 has a stronger battery,but one in Z5 is also great especially after this 253 update.
With Z2 I get almosut 8 hours and with Z5 now i will get easily 6 hours SoT.
Sent from Xperia Z5
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Thanks!! :good:
Preferably on the lower side of that sum - I'd prefer to spend 40-50 euros, 60 is only if the deal is really good. I also don't mind buying a used phone with virtually invisible crack or a couple of cracks on the screen that wouldn't interfere with functionality in any way.
Currently I had ASUS Zenfone 5, which I find okay in terms of performance (I need something at least as powerful), although the battery life was horrible (I bought it used so that might have been the problem). Having said that, I want my battery life to be as long as possible - those are the only two criteria. I will be installing a custom rom from this site of Android 6 (or is there Android 7 already?).
Please ask any questions if needed.
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I'm not sure but if you want to use a custom 6.0 rom (and you know that off the bat), I'd look through the forums. I'm not sure if all phones have had custom roms made, so the phone you do decide to get would be dependent on if a rom you'd like to use is available. Battery life is also dependent on the rom/features within that version of a rom and how you use your phone. So, somebody could recommend a phone because of how their battery life is but yours may be completely different. I had a MotoG 2013 for quite a few years (just "upgraded" to a Samsung S4 a couple months ago). I know I was getting about 1.5-2 days from the MotoG 2013 as far as battery life goes, running a custom 6.0.1 rom. I miss that phone because I'm only getting (at best) 12 hours battery life with my Samsung S4 - usage is exactly the same on both phones.
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I'm not sure but if you want to use a custom 6.0 rom (and you know that off the bat), I'd look through the forums. I'm not sure if all phones have had custom roms made, so the phone you do decide to get would be dependent on if a rom you'd like to use is available. Battery life is also dependent on the rom/features within that version of a rom and how you use your phone. So, somebody could recommend a phone because of how their battery life is but yours may be completely different. I had a MotoG 2013 for quite a few years (just "upgraded" to a Samsung S4 a couple months ago). I know I was getting about 1.5-2 days from the MotoG 2013 as far as battery life goes, running a custom 6.0.1 rom. I miss that phone because I'm only getting (at best) 12 hours battery life with my Samsung S4 - usage is exactly the same on both phones.
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Well, the phones that don't have such ports are probably too old in terms of performance anyway. But there is of course a general idea of battery life, and the conditions would be web browsing (mostly).
phonebuyguy said:
Preferably on the lower side of that sum - I'd prefer to spend 40-50 euros, 60 is only if the deal is really good. I also don't mind buying a used phone with virtually invisible crack or a couple of cracks on the screen that wouldn't interfere with functionality in any way.
Currently I had ASUS Zenfone 5, which I find okay in terms of performance (I need something at least as powerful), although the battery life was horrible (I bought it used so that might have been the problem). Having said that, I want my battery life to be as long as possible - those are the only two criteria. I will be installing a custom rom from this site of Android 6 (or is there Android 7 already?).
Please ask any questions if needed.
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Take a look here:
https://android-repo.com/2016/08/20/best-budget-android-smartphones-under-200/
Thread closed, we already have a thread for this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
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Just received the new update with July security patch, front camera upgrade and a few other tweaks.
Me too on my global version.
Same here in Global... Hope Battery life stay decent like it was....
Feedback after 2/3 days...
Assuming battery life is less compared to earlier
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Assuming battery life is less compared to earlier
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Battery life is still excellent.
Totally agree, battery life is less decent... Still interesting but decrease faster than previous build.
Normal usage comparaison based onmyown experience.
Cheers
lesscro said:
Totally agree, battery life is less decent... Still interesting but decrease faster than previous build.
Normal usage comparaison based onmyown experience.
Cheers
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Mine has improved without changing my setup.