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How's battery life?

How's everyone's battery life with real world usage? I've been looking into this tablet because of the low price and nice hardware specs.

I can usually get 1 full day of normal constant use out of mine.

abanh said:
How's everyone's battery life with real world usage? I've been looking into this tablet because of the low price and nice hardware specs.
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Yeah. Usually you wont need a charge till next day.

Min of 10-12 hours, probably more, on my stock unit

Battery Life Decent
I've been getting a full day plus although at work I turn off the wifi (can't connect to corporate network) but have it on most of the evening. Mainly playing "Angry Birds" and surfing the net while working on other things. Much better than the Maylong M-150 and Sylvania MID7 that I tried out before paying more for a more powerful tablet and battery. I bought the wife a NookColor and I am hoping the battery there will be as good (Christmas gift that hasn't been opened yet; screen view angle is definitely better).

abanh said:
How's everyone's battery life with real world usage? I've been looking into this tablet because of the low price and nice hardware specs.
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the battery is ridiculous... you know how you are when you get a new toy? The first day I was on and off ALL day only to have 45% after it being unplugged 12 hours. I also took a 3 hour flight, watched a movie and still had 87% left.
I truly believe that the 8-10 hours advertises is legitimate which is hard to come by now a days. I am extremely impressed.

my tips to get more battery time out of the phone

Hi i want to share my experience so here it is.
i bought this battery from ebay:
make a search for "2450mAh Gold High Capacity Battery For AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket SGH-i727" att ebay
I was worryed when i read here on xda that some foreign battery sellers just say that there battery is high capacity
and put a sticker on low capacity battery's and sell them as High capacity battery's.
but i had then bought this battery and after testing this battery fore some days now, and it give me around 5 to 6 hour
more than the 1800mAh battery that comes whit the phone. (normal use of the phone)
and it do fit in the phone no extra back cower needed . that is a pluss... if you ask me..
and there is also an app on the Google play store called "Deep sleep battery saver"
that gives me around 1 to 2 hours more .
read more about it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030696
If you are like me and can not get the battery to last the hole day thees 2 things will help you .

That looks sketchy as hell. :-/ I'd be afraid to put that in my phone..
I got the Verizon Galaxy Nexus Extended 2100 mAh battery from Amazon for 9 bucks, and now it's on sale for 5 bucks.. After a little trimming and peeling back the sticker, it fits without a new back and there's only a slight bulge, and the case I had still fits around it nicely too. I'm definitely seeing an improvement, at least getting an extra two or three hours out of it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831528
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My tips to longer battery life are pretty simple.
Without apps: keep your gps off when you're not using an app that requires it, period. Use auto brightness or keep your brightness at dim as possible that doesn't irritate you. Use dark theme for apps that support it. Disable data when in weak signal zones.
Alternatively you could use a data manager app which does all this. 3G manager - battery saver is decent. It has a blue icon and is only 9 9 cents. There are adequate settings for the cost. If you're a do it yourself kind of guy tasker is pretty cool. Personally I use tasker as it offers me more than just battery saving. For me it handles volumes for certain calendar entries, toggles bluetooth on and off when I need it, auto launches and kills screen dimmer during sleep time when I turn on my phone to check the time. However, there are some functions that seem slightly broke that leaves me pondering the price but overall it's good.
Keep in mind if your battery weak the only thing you can really do to save battery is to reduce unnecessary phone activity as much as you can. My skyrockets battery is toast but only drains about 65% in a day of a work+night. Day off, different story, not so good.

Hate to be a buzz kill folks, but discuss battery saving tips or use the accessories thread for actual battery discussion.
Not going to allow arguments about which battery is best, etc....in here.
Thanks for your understanding.

I have learned to live near a charger....I have one in my car, at work and at home.

stignorway said:
Hi i want to share my experience so here it is.
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Next time, just buy an ad.
PS, that battery looks like something that will rupture and detonate my phone. Not a chance that it goes anywhere near my Rocket.

I spent a long time optimizing the crap out of my skyrocket. I disabled half the OS, and turned off wake-locks for much of the rest. I got it to the point where the phone was sleeping like a baby.
Then I would actually use it, and watch the battery meter drop like a stone. I have gotten used to basically being tethered to a charger when using it for anything other than basic stuff. It's what finally convinced me to make the leap to my current phone. Otherwise, I still love my skyrocket. It has been one heck of a device.
I will say that disabling wake locks for Google Play Services made a huge difference, though. They set the timers way to intense on that.

If i want a non OEM battery i always buy anker batteries!
for my skyrocket i have one with 2200mAh and two year warranty
batteries is something that you never settle for!

Considering a pixel

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.

Battery drain and battery life

Hmm I got an iPhone 8 at work and the battery brain and loss of battery on that is amazing, it barely leaks. On my pixel it just leaks battery life so easily and quickly.
I know it depends on how you use the device and 100 other factor but anyone else get this general feeling? I read Pixel 1 has heat issues with that version of CPU.

I recently purchased a used pixel.. I did expect the battery life to be better than it appears to be... i'm not sure if its because the battery is fairly degraded from the previous owners.. or if I have a slow drain.. or maybe just an unrealistic expectation of the smaller variant... but I am curious to know if other people see really good battery life on their phone.. Thanks!

I bought a used pixel as well. I have questioned the battery life as well. Then again I purchased this phone for 150.00 and the quick charge is a blessing. I did crack my screen so I was going to perform a battery change while I did the screen to see if that would fix my issue. Here is a screenshot of my battery.

Keep in mind that Apple uses some funny algorithms to report the battery percentage and usage in a way that makes the user perceive the battery life to be better than it actually is. Like, why do you think it stays at 100% for so long? When down to 3, 2, or 1%, the battery lasts forever until it the device finally shuts down. Don't trust Apple (iOS), and take everything they report with a grain of salt.

Jaws4God said:
I recently purchased a used pixel.. I did expect the battery life to be better than it appears to be... i'm not sure if its because the battery is fairly degraded from the previous owners.. or if I have a slow drain.. or maybe just an unrealistic expectation of the smaller variant... but I am curious to know if other people see really good battery life on their phone.. Thanks!
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I also bought a used Pixel and found the battery life not to match my expectations, as it is quite average like mid range phones. I ran a Geekbench 3 battery test, and got the score of 1798, which is slightly below other Pixels, but not that much. So while the Pixel XL has a top level battery life, the smaller phone lacks of battery to run the powerful hardware. Still I am quite happy with battery life while soft usage watching videos.
Here are screenshots of my battery life all made without charging the phone in between. The first screenshot is with gaming and heavier apps (around 3h15 SOT), while the second and third are almost only soft usage with mainly YouTube and Netflix at 50% brightness, where I can get around 4hrs30 SOT, which I am happy with. Hope this helps somebody.

BenjyTec said:
at 50% brightness, where I can get around 4hrs30 SOT, which I am happy with. Hope this helps somebody.
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so do you use the adaptive screen brightness or manually change it throughout the day?

Jaws4God said:
so do you use the adaptive screen brightness or manually change it throughout the day?
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I set it manually.

Galaxy Note 10 Plus Battery Life ?

So I am a long time Iphone user who has recently switched to Android and recently bought a Note 10+ - cant justify the new iphones being prices so high with no new innovation or software upgrades
I have noticed that the battery life is decent, not as great as the reviews on youtube have mentioned. I cant seem to get more than 3.5 to 4 hours of SOT with my phone, and when I use the phone the battery percentage seems to drop down percent by percent fairly quickly? Maybe it's just me but my 3 year old iPhone seemed to stand the percent when being used than the Note 10.
Not to mention, the battery life overall is impressive i can easily get a whole day and maybe a bit more depending on the usage. On standby the battery seems to do well and not drain quickly. I also use AOD and that seems to take about 4-5% extra per day? Which is not a big deal.
I have the Exynos version of the phone. I have heard the Qualcomm version fares better in terms of battery life? Just need some thoughts about this on the usage from all fellow Note 10+ users

I'm coming from an iPhone 8 plus and have the Note 10 (my first Android phone) and am also disappointed in the battery life.
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just_jeepin said:
I'm coming from an iPhone 8 plus and have the Note 10 (my first Android phone) and am also disappointed in the battery life.
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Exactly! I woudn't say im disappointed, but i hoped for much better considering it has a whopping 4300mah battery and apparently the battery is good at optimizing itself based on how the device is being used. My friend has a Oneplus 7 pro and his battery life seems much better even witht he quad HD and 90hz refresh rate on, and the battery is a tad bit smaller than Note 10+