Hi all. I bought an Xperia S and I'm very satisfied But I have a big problem : battery drain! I disabled autosync, bravia engine, underclocked cpu to 1188 mhz, set the screen brightness to around 25 %. I use an app which is similar to Juice defender, and it sync my push notification every 15 minutes for 2 minutes. I flashed [email protected] Rom, but the battery drains too fast.. even if I set the phone to drain not too fast. What can I do ? Are there mods or some scripts which can help my battery to last longer? I don't want to unlock the bootloader because of the warranty. What can I do more than what I did ?
Follow these steps:
1. Use your battery to 0%
2. Charge it to 100%
3. Go to CWM > Advance
4. Wipe Battery Stats.
5. Fix Permissions (This may take sometimes).
6. Again use your battery to 0%
7. Again charge it to 100%
pharix said:
Follow these steps:
1. Use your battery to 0%
2. Charge it to 100%
3. Go to CWM > Advance
4. Wipe Battery Stats.
5. Fix Permissions (This may take sometimes).
6. Again use your battery to 0%
7. Again charge it to 100%
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I Don t think my phone need a calibration, but I will try
thanks for the tip, my battery seems to drain faster after installing a custom rom, seems that it needs a recalibration again
Google devs said that battery recalibration does absolutely nothing to increase battery life. XDA has some write up about it on a topic about placebo rituals.
What I noticed in the beginning, the battery drains faster, but as you drain all the way and recharge it lasts longer with more use.
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Google devs said that battery recalibration does absolutely nothing to increase battery life. XDA has some write up about it on a topic about placebo rituals.
What I noticed in the beginning, the battery drains faster, but as you drain all the way and recharge it lasts longer with more use.
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I hope.. because if I use it for 15 minutes in wi fi, with brightness at 20 %, i lose 5 % of battery..
I noticed also that if I leave my phone in flight mode, cpu spy reveal 97 % of deep sleep, and that's good, but my phone in 7 hours ( during night ) lost a 5 % of battery
Mikyno said:
I hope.. because if I use it for 15 minutes in wi fi, with brightness at 20 %, i lose 5 % of battery..
I noticed also that if I leave my phone in flight mode, cpu spy reveal 97 % of deep sleep, and that's good, but my phone in 7 hours ( during night ) lost a 5 % of battery
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I'm in my first week of owning the device and it's gotten a lot better. First two days it was like that. If it doesn't get better try contacting Sony and maybe getting it exchanged.
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I'm in my first week of owning the device and it's gotten a lot better. First two days it was like that. If it doesn't get better try contacting Sony and maybe getting it exchanged.
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WT* in 2 hours, 10 of wi fi browsing, 15 of maps navigator, a call of 5 minutes, an sms, a chat of 2 minutes on facebook, and it drained 25 %! I want to throw my xperia s away! I'm very disappointed! Sony lost a fun.. I will return to a samsung phone as soon as possible.. My galaxy wonder last 18 hours with CM10, using it the same as xperia s ! F*ck!
You know Xperia S is dual core and has a 720p screen, right?
Second, there must be an background app killing your battery. Check all of them.
Also, Bravia Engine doesn't kill battery, unless you stay on Album app the whole time.
Felimenta97 said:
You know Xperia S is dual core and has a 720p screen, right?
Second, there must be an background app killing your battery. Check all of them.
Also, Bravia Engine doesn't kill battery, unless you stay on Album app the whole time.
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I know, but the battery is ****ing ridicolous, isn't it ? Second, there isn't any app which drain my battery. I checked it with cpu spy and betterbatterystats. I deactivated BE because sometimes I view some photos.
Mikyno said:
I know, but the battery is ****ing ridicolous, isn't it ? Second, there isn't any app which drain my battery. I checked it with cpu spy and betterbatterystats. I deactivated BE because sometimes I view some photos.
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The time you spent on gallery viewing some photos isn't enough.
Besides, then your phone must have some problem. Of course it will drain, but it can be really good.
Are you sure there isn't any app draining battery?
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Felimenta97 said:
The time you spent on gallery viewing some photos isn't enough.
Besides, then your phone must have some problem. Of course it will drain, but it can be really good.
Are you sure there isn't any app draining battery?
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Yes.. I'm sure.. I list all of user apps : 100 Doors, Androidiani app, antutu benchmark, asphalt 7, astro file manager, chrome, cpu spy, dead trigger, doodle jump, where's my perry, facebook, fruit ninja, 3g manager (like juice defender), impossible game, jetpack joyride, link2sd, live score addicts, no frills cpu control, quadrant, temple run, whatsapp.. That's it..
Don't know why it drains like that.. I don't want a galaxy W battery life, because they are 2 differents phone, but at least 13-14 hours with a moderate usage.. I can't ever rechearge it after school and during the night..
Timescape is still there? Or sync is on all the time (orv you mentioned a timed sync, didnt you? If yes, how much time to time?)
It's really strange. There are days it lasts the whole day for me.
I usually (not now I'm in vacations, but in normal school days) can use it for the whole day.
Take from the charger at 6:30, WiFi on for 10 minutes to check a few quick things (it auto turns on before, but it is generally on charger still). Then, 15 to 20 minutes of Music on headphones, volume at 6 or so). Some seconds on maybe to change songs.
Then a total of around 20 minutes with the screen on, be it just moving home screens while not having nothing to do, or taking notes, calendar, etc. Maybe 5 minutes of camera. The rest, the phone rests on the table ( I think the cold air conditioned keeps the processor and battery at lower temperatures, so better for speed and draining).
More 15 minutes of songs, same behave as before.
At lunch, I might use it for 2 quick calls (2 min each). More around 20 or 30 min of music, and 15 min of gaming (3D or 2D). Maybe more 5 min of camera. Some days, 15 min of WiFi.
Class again, same behave after leaving home. Notes, camera, calendar, useless scrolling.
I would leave school (5:30 PM) with around 35~40% of battery, enough for more 45 min of WiFi before the battery got to a critical level (5~10%).
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Felimenta97 said:
Timescape is still there? Or sync is on all the time (orv you mentioned a timed sync, didnt you? If yes, how much time to time?)
It's really strange. There are days it lasts the whole day for me.
I usually (not now I'm in vacations, but in normal school days) can use it for the whole day.
Take from the charger at 6:30, WiFi on for 10 minutes to check a few quick things (it auto turns on before, but it is generally on charger still). Then, 15 to 20 minutes of Music on headphones, volume at 6 or so). Some seconds on maybe to change songs.
Then a total of around 20 minutes with the screen on, be it just moving home screens while not having nothing to do, or taking notes, calendar, etc. Maybe 5 minutes of camera. The rest, the phone rests on the table ( I think the cold air conditioned keeps the processor and battery at lower temperatures, so better for speed and draining).
More 15 minutes of songs, same behave as before.
At lunch, I might use it for 2 quick calls (2 min each). More around 20 or 30 min of music, and 15 min of gaming (3D or 2D). Maybe more 5 min of camera. Some days, 15 min of WiFi.
Class again, same behave after leaving home. Notes, camera, calendar, useless scrolling.
I would leave school (5:30 PM) with around 35~40% of battery, enough for more 45 min of WiFi before the battery got to a critical level (5~10%).
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3g is off when my screen is off and 3g manager switch data on every 15 minutes for 2 minutes.. Automatic sync is off, and I removed Timescape and all Sony rubbish..
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I found a very good program for my Motorola MB525 (Defy) for monitoring the battery draining from the market.
It's name is Batery Monitor Widget and it's free.
With 81% of battery it says only 7 hours and 16 minute left without doing anthing!!! The data is on and Wi-Fi connected to my home network.
Is it normal?? In the night in airplane mode after 9 hours it drain 8%-9% of battery. Again: is it normal???
If you can try this application and report your results...I think there is some application that drain my battery!!
Thanks!
Not really a comparison here, just a little story.
Yesterday i screwed up my Defy playing around with some rom. Nothing terrible, but i had no time to re-flash another rom, i had to go to work. So, i pickep up my old SE xperia x1.
After an entire day, 4-5 calls and several sms, that phone drained less than 10%. Then, last night i put the x1 in stand-by, well, that was a real stand-by, no power consumption at all.
Now i'm back to Defy, 2 hours, 15% drained...
All this just to say android is amazing but terribly hungry of power, even when the screen is off, even when airplane mode is on. I don't need a comparison to know about it
EDIT:
you said your wifi was left on, well android is hungry of data too. Even if you do nothing while wifi is on an amount of data still flows, sometimes i can see several mb downloaded by my Defy in a few hours, but no real usage by me. This also contributes, you should try to turn the wifi off or disable background data when you don't need it.
In standby (3g, sync only calendar and contacts) I have 1-1.5% battery consumption / hour. I think this is normal
With my normal usage i have some 20-40% left at the end of the day... also Ok.
WIFI on & connected will consume a lot of battery so I am not surprised.
BTW I also had an Xperia X1 and the consumption was roughly the same as the Defy... In fact more than 1-2 days on a charge I very rarely had on any of my smartphones with normal usage.
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Is it normal?? In the night in airplane mode after 9 hours it drain 8%-9% of battery. Again: is it normal???
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last week I was working in the forest for a few days with no signal at all, so I turned on airplane mode: I remember it going from 45% in the morning to 42% in the late afternoon!
(with everything turned off, just used it occasionally to have an idea of what time it was)
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In standby (3g, sync only calendar and contacts) I have 1-1.5% battery consumption / hour. I think this is normal
With my normal usage i have some 20-40% left at the end of the day... also Ok.
WIFI on & connected will consume a lot of battery so I am not surprised.
BTW I also had an Xperia X1 and the consumption was roughly the same as the Defy... In fact more than 1-2 days on a charge I very rarely had on any of my smartphones with normal usage.
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It's ok to be an android fan, i like it too, as i said it is amazing. But, battery life is definitely NOT the strong point. I can compare the two phones now, at this moment. Honestly Defy's battery life is a lot shorter.
xdaid said:
It's ok to be an android fan, i like it too, as i said it is amazing. But, battery life is definitely NOT the strong point. I can compare the two phones now, at this moment. Honestly Defy's battery life is a lot shorter.
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what's the other phone you compared?
I really don't have problem with Defy's battery life. As far as my memory serves, all cell phones I ever owned (7~8, all nokia, se, moto) could standby (just standby and don't use at all) for a week or made around 5 hours call. In my case Defy can also standby for a week or allow 5~6 hours usage.
I'm on a 2g network (probably helps alot), as I have wifi at home and at work. I have an exchange email, a gmail, 2 yahoo mails, and a weather app, all allowed to sync at default settings. I don't have facebook or twitter. GPS and bluetooth are enabled only when necessary (occasionally). I overclock Defy to 1000Mhz with SetVsel, and underclock to 300 when screen off. With conscious observation over some time, I find that 1% battery is consumed around every:
- 2 hours standby with wifi off; or
- 1 hour standby with wifi on; or
- 3~5 minutes usage (calls, emails, surfing,...)
thats some amazing battery life u got there abc ...what rom are u using?
hey guys, just a quick question. with which setting do you think i'll have longer battery life: 800MHz/58vsel or 1000MHz/56vsel? btw, i got my phone stable at 800MHz/45vsel
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Peglezn said:
thats some amazing battery life u got there abc ...what rom are u using?
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I was using the orange 2.2, and am using the finland 2.2 now. Both have similar battery usage.
But I have uninstalled some stock applications which I don't use but keep running in background, like BlurHome.apk (with Launcherpro), InPocketService.apk, ToggleWidgets.apk (with ExtendedControls), WeatherWidget.apk (with FancyWidget), VSuiteApp.apk etc.
xdaid said:
It's ok to be an android fan, i like it too, as i said it is amazing. But, battery life is definitely NOT the strong point. I can compare the two phones now, at this moment. Honestly Defy's battery life is a lot shorter.
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You may be right, I had the Xperia X1 something like 1 year ago.
I had until now FSC T830, HTC Hermes, HTC Diamond, Xperia X1, Samsung i7500 Galaxy (my first Android), Acer Liquid and now the Defy. As far as I remember I always had to charge every night (or every 2 nights at best)
Overall I think Android battery life is worse than Windows mobile was BUT I also have more background programs running now than I had in the WM days.
What I definitely don't like in Android battery life is lack of consistency. One week you get30-40 hours at a charge and suddenly 12 hours... Than you have to make detective work: look what new App might be the guilty one, check what's running in background, reboot and see if it happens again, factory reset, etc. I guess this is the price of freedom
Im on uk 2.2 and i get three days at a push i jus have a weather widget on sync every 3 hours.
Iv also undervolted 300/16 600/29 800/39 with setvsel on performance mode and up threshold on 99% and limit to vsel 1 when screen iz off
Im on three uk so im constonly on 3g and use no wifi etc etc with normal sms usage and a few calls through out off 1 charge
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thats the most i get out of mine =/
Peglezn said:
thats the most i get out of mine =/
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There has to be something wrong in your case. I find that there seems no wifi/2g/3g connection. Could that be the problem?
I dont use 3g ..cuz its expensive in my country ..and I only turn wifi on when I need it
And that shouldnt be the case ...I think id loose a lot more battery if wi-fi would be on all the time
how are yall getting 22 hours of batter life lol
i bearly get 15 on a good day!
If yall could please post the settings you are using.
much appricaited and i will hit thanks to everyone!
the biggest part of battery life is your personal usage and what type of area you live in. If your phone is constant switching between edge/3g/H, your batery will drain fast. I can get over 12 hours battery life at home but when I'm at work I can't make it an 8 hour shift without charging
shortened .... there is a lot more than set up
I get almost 2 days of battery life ( 1day 20 hours). You must be rooted. This are steps you need to take:
1) Recondition your battery, 2) Flash a good kernel (I use Faux's) 3) use a CPU manipulator app like SetCpu, System Tuner, Fauxclock, etc and set it to Conservative and default Voltage settings 4) Be smart about your usage--use wifi as much as possible, and reduce screen brightness. If you stream Netflix over 4G or play Asphalt all day then your battery life will suck.
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I get almost 2 days of battery life ( 1day 20 hours). You must be rooted. This are steps you need to take:
1) Recondition your battery, 2) Flash a good kernel (I use Faux's) 3) use a CPU manipulator app like SetCpu, System Tuner, Fauxclock, etc and set it to Conservative and default Voltage settings 4) Be smart about your usage--use wifi as much as possible, and reduce screen brightness. If you stream Netflix over 4G or play Asphalt all day then your battery life will suck.
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did you underclock at all?
and what kernel are you using?
If you'll see peoples screenshots, they barely touch the phones at all...
On jugg 4.1, faux 007r2, get about 1% drain/hr when idle with 4g on.
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did you underclock at all?
and what kernel are you using?
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I use his latest kernel 0.0.6u found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372690
I dont underclock. I use the default settings that come with the app. I dont have time to play with overclocking and underclocking to find the sweet spot. Default works good enough for me.
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If you'll see peoples screenshots, they barely touch the phones at all...
On jugg 4.1, faux 007r2, get about 1% drain/hr when idle with 4g on.
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i use that rom/kernel combo and if I just use my phone as a time piece I drain about that 1-2% an hour..... under light use I drain about 8% an hour.... under heavy use I drain like 13%. That is using my definitions of light and heavy use
As stated above and additional the way you use your phone. What you have installed..what kernel you are using. Stock/hacked kernel(which helps battery life)..believe it or not you can get 16 to 18 hrs on stock kernel. I've tried it. Tip.. Uninstall / Freeze what you don't need. Decrease brightness. Clear ram/cache.. Calibrate your battery. Turn it off let it charge till 100% remove the battery from the phone wait like a minute. Put the battery back turn phone on. Plug charger wait till 100%. You should be good.
Ooh also check if its leaking or bulky which signify bad battery.
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try to install juice defender (free one), it works for me and i am rooted stock using the current faux kernel. juice defender really helps my battery to last 20hrs+
hamdroid94 said:
how are yall getting 22 hours of batter life lol
i bearly get 15 on a good day!
If yall could please post the settings you are using.
much appricaited and i will hit thanks to everyone!
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if i turn off GPS and bluetooth, and WiFi, i get a whole day of use
if i keep those on, i get around 18 hrs of use on a single charge
more details in the original topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301609
Also im sure some said this but you can download "no wallpaper" from the market and it sets your wallpaper to a true black. helps a whole bunch
blchff04 said:
Also im sure some said this but you can download "no wallpaper" from the market and it sets your wallpaper to a true black. helps a whole bunch
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Good tip about Black wallpaper. It does help with battery. I take a closeup picture of a black object ( I use my black leather couch) and save it as a wallpaper.
Screen at lowest brightness and barely using it . I have had 38 hours of battery time but in reality if I use it so that the screen is on much then you get about 6-8 hours. Some people say yhey use heavily but they describe playing music which doesnt require the screen being on.
Also if you are in the area where it switches edge to 3g then the constant change will drain your battery. Stay in a strong 3g area no blue tooth no wifi it will bring your battery usage up. I hit 19 hours on full wifi no bluetooth and maybe 30 minutes of talking , 50 sms or so. The main issue is can you go between outlets, if you can then the phone is doing its job. I have a phone charger at work at at home and during the time its not plugged in (road trips) i can get 12+ hours and thats enough time to go between chargers.
Bullet 2.9b + juice defender. 20 hours EASY
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like people has been saying, a lot of the screenshots posted don't show how long their display time on is (when you tap display in the battery usage). I think this averages around 3 1/2 to 4 hours display time on (varies on settings). 4 hours display on is extremely good.
Question: i don't know why but my battery usage graph likes to reset itself and only show my usage AFTER it drops from 100%. For example, right now under the graph it says 2hrs 50mins... but on top it says 3hrs 43mins. and yes im pretty sure i've had the phone unplugged after a full charge at 3hrs 43 mins ago... Does this happen to anyone else?
I got 1d 19hrs running beast mod 4.2 setcpu oc'd to 1.8/ondemand. 50% screen brightness with moderate usage.
Teo032 said:
like people has been saying, a lot of the screenshots posted don't show how long their display time on is (when you tap display in the battery usage). I think this averages around 3 1/2 to 4 hours display time on (varies on settings). 4 hours display on is extremely good.
Question: i don't know why but my battery usage graph likes to reset itself and only show my usage AFTER it drops from 100%. For example, right now under the graph it says 2hrs 50mins... but on top it says 3hrs 43mins. and yes im pretty sure i've had the phone unplugged after a full charge at 3hrs 43 mins ago... Does this happen to anyone else?
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I believe the graph only gets updated whenever your battery percentage drops. In your example above, the phone had been staying at the current percentage for almost an hour, which is a good thing.
Had my beautiful white S for 24 hours now. Overall very positive, except battery life so far. Drained 23 % overnight from a 100% charge. In only 7 hours I had NO activity. BT and WiFi on.
I hope this will improve very soon. That is a no go. Would like to hear from you about your experience regarding your new Xperia S.
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For me, I removed junk I don't use, like foursquare. That alone made a huge difference. I also turn off data at night, and only went down about 4% while I slept.
Another option is to install something like JuiceDefender, which automatically shuts down data except switching it on every hour or so to allow for some syncs, then shuts it down again.
same as my arc, drained about 30% in the first day, with time it'll be better.
i was about to ask the same question. 7 hours seems about right, but i have been doing a lot of app installs, so I will give it time to settle down.
I use the XS in Hong Kong. If I use the phone online to play with internet browser, battery will be drained from 100% to 69% in approx. 1 hour. Is it too fast? Or it just a normal way when compare with SII or GN?
jcsmart said:
I use the XS in Hong Kong. If I use the phone online to play with internet browser, battery will be drained from 100% to 69% in approx. 1 hour. Is it too fast? Or it just a normal way when compare with SII or GN?
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The display sucks battery life like a vampire in a young virgin woman buffet. Try reducing the brightness.
Hopefully firmware updates will help there.
Rashkae said:
The display sucks battery life like a vampire in a young virgin woman buffet. Try reducing the brightness.
Hopefully firmware updates will help there.
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Ohh yes. U are soo right. Had my phone now for 4 days. The display uses an average of 70% of the overall battery consumption. It is not WiFi, calls, BT or any other functions. It is the display that drains. Will give it the weekend to see if it improves. If not I will return it on Monday :-( And my brightness is down on less than 25% so not much to do there.
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If I use the phone online to play with internet browser, battery will be drained from 100% to 69% in approx. 1 hour. Is it too fast?
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I get about the same on my Arc. I dont know if it's too fast or not, but if your pretty much constant on the net for an hour say then 69% isn't all that bad.
dibdin said:
I get about the same on my Arc. I dont know if it's too fast or not, but if your pretty much constant on the net for an hour say then 69% isn't all that bad.
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Had an Arc for around one year. On a daily average the screen took about 55% and I had no problems to get a full day out of it. (approx 16 to 18 hours) and still 10-15% juice left. Now I get max 10-12 hours out of my S and NO juice left. Really disappointing. Even my old X10 did better than my new S.
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Lasse3040 said:
Had an Arc for around one year. On a daily average the screen took about 55% and I had no problems to get a full day out of it. (approx 16 to 18 hours) and still 10-15% juice left. Now I get max 10-12 hours out of my S and NO juice left. Really disappointing. Even my old X10 did better than my new S.
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Surely the HD display amongst other things, ie how you have your phone set up, may go someway to why your experiencing poor battery life compared to your Arc.
Try to disable Bravia engine and see if you notice any difference especially during the night.
My phone has the same apps as my Arc, actually minus few of them.
No autosync etc.
Basically it drains the battery quick, it's unacceptable. It behaves exactly like one of the older Arc firmwares, which was also draining battery like crazy.
Than they fixed it and it's still brilliant. My Arc on Flight Mode beeing just a backup in case of any problems, runs 3rd day on one charge, still 75% left.
I think S is just not optimized and it makes me mad.
Just got My XS yesterday I did one fully charge this morning . Turned off data at home, will not know until battery is fully charged by a few cycles. I love the phone irrespective of the flaws. I think may be see in a week or 2 where my battery settles.
Again. 25% battery drain in only 6 hours over night. No physical activity at all. This baby goes back on Monday :-(
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3g turn on with weather widget in background only, 4% drain overnight, but with heavy usage (game, internet suffering...) it lasts about 7 hours, that's good.
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Lasse3040 said:
Again. 25% battery drain in only 6 hours over night. No physical activity at all. This baby goes back on Monday :-(
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You can use Profile Scheduler (free from market) and set a schedule.
I've set the schedule in which the airplane mode will be activated at 12.00 am and turned back to normal at 6.00 am.
By this way, my phone battery drains overnight just only 2-4%.
Let's try man
FiDra said:
You can use Profile Scheduler (free from market) and set a schedule.
I've set the schedule in which the airplane mode will be activated at 12.00 am and turned back to normal at 6.00 am.
By this way, my phone battery drains overnight just only 2-4%.
Let's try man
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Or use the supplied power widget B-)
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Do you know what? It irritates me reading you people moaning about battery life, it's a high definition phone with an awesome screen, if you want your battery to last a few days, go get a cheap phone that does nothing but txt and calls
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I actually agree with that tbh, and another thing is battery life all depends on how the individual uses their phone.
I had the sgs2 and alot of people said oh the battery life is rubbish but yet they had:
screen brightness on 100%
3g, wi-fi, bluetooth always on
live wallpapers running.
Plus they were using the internet for like 2hours
sending numerous emails
playing games
listening to music
I mean come on its a phone at the end of the day, its not a super computer or something or some nuclear powered device.
I nearly 2 days out of my sgs2 under moderate - quite heavy usage
because I turned my screen brightness all the way down
didnt leave 3g, wi-fi, bluetooth on all the time only when i needed to use those features, i never used live wallpapers and i dont send numerous emails.
when i had the play again people said the battery life was rubbish but again i got about 1day 10hours or a bit more sometimes based on the above mentioned info.
so as long as my SXS last 1day even I dont mind that because at the end of the day it has a HD screen so its going to use alot of power.
Okay so on my third day with the phone...
my battery is fine, actually...more than fine. I turn off my wi-fi/bluetooth/gps when not needed, and I don't run my battery heavy apps for a long time.
I also installed a task killer...I know it's in theory not needed, but I will see how it goes.
woke up around 7 today, used my wifi, used a battery intensive app (dream zoo , it's an addiction) for like 15min or so. Went for a walk, used the camera...a LOT, made a lot of panorama pictures. It's now almost 11:15 and i'm only down less than 15% I believe.
It's got much better battery usage than my X10 to be honest...but this is a high-end full HD phone, I wasn't expecting my battery to last so well D:
I will update again at the end of the day about how low it got, but I am pleased with it.
Hey, I bought the HTC One V about a month ago from Amazon (unlocked) and I looked up recently that the battery is supposed to hold up a maximum of two days, unfortunately, mine holds for barely a day (about 10 hours) most of the time the phone is just sitting on my table with his screen locked, but for two-three hours I play games such as Dead Space, Anomaly Warzone HD (Or whatever it's called) and so on, not your typical "angry birds gamer", a little web browsing here and a quick overview of the Play Store.So I would like to know if my battery is in fact a defect,maybe these games are just super power consuming due to the fact that the One V has to struggle to make them work properly because of his slow hardware, Or maybe I'm just missing something,
My Wifi is almost always off by the way, I'm using my data plan for 90% of internet related stuff, brightness is always on auto, and gps, bluetooth and all that are 99% of the day are off as well.
Thanks in advance!
Nope, theres wrong with it.
Anuekr said:
Hey, I bought the HTC One V about a month ago from Amazon (unlocked) and I looked up recently that the battery is supposed to hold up a maximum of two days, unfortunately, mine holds for barely a day (about 10 hours) most of the time the phone is just sitting on my table with his screen locked, but for two-three hours I play games such as Dead Space, Anomaly Warzone HD (Or whatever it's called) and so on, not your typical "angry birds gamer", a little web browsing here and a quick overview of the Play Store.So I would like to know if my battery is in fact a defect,maybe these games are just super power consuming due to the fact that the One V has to struggle to make them work properly because of his slow hardware, Or maybe I'm just missing something,
My Wifi is almost always off by the way, I'm using my data plan for 90% of internet related stuff, brightness is always on auto, and gps, bluetooth and all that are 99% of the day are off as well.
Thanks in advance!
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Your battery's completely fine, theres nothing wrong with it. The 2 days thingy must be the complete stand by battery backup.:good:
soham_sss said:
Your battery's completely fine, theres nothing wrong with it. The 2 days thingy must be the complete stand by battery backup.:good:
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Ah, ok then,good to know.
thank you very much!
Dont use auto brightness,it consumes more power that way cause of sensor usage,just keep the widget on home screen and adjust it as per needs,lees brightness means less power.
Wifi actualy consumes less power(if you have decent steady signal) then mobile data.
And yea,games eats battery.
When you get root,flash the custom kernel and do not overclock,just use it for setting governor smartass v2...
Remember..battery life is always depending on user,and few settings.
There are few more things,but you will find out you self.
Most likely your battery drains while you're playing games. I always turn on my wifi and autosync in my house and work place. playing drag racing online for about 2 hours, phone calling etc. My phone lasts for 19 hours
Fikus011 said:
Dont use auto brightness,it consumes more power that way cause of sensor usage,just keep the widget on home screen and adjust it as per needs,lees brightness means less power.
Wifi actualy consumes less power(if you have decent steady signal) then mobile data.
And yea,games eats battery.
When you get root,flash the custom kernel and do not overclock,just use it for setting governor smartass v2...
Remember..battery life is always depending on user,and few settings.
There are few more things,but you will find out you self.
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and you will be back to nokia 3310.
seriously, you have a smartphone, use it like one!
don't turn off all the things and make it dumb phone. i use autobrightness because it is better when you are outdoor and autobrightness is dimming your screen when it is night or you are in your house with no light, the phone will become less brightness and that's a good thing for battery. widgets are indeed consuming power but if you set the governor to lionheart / smartass v2, that should be ok.
1ceb0x said:
and you will be back to nokia 3310.
seriously, you have a smartphone, use it like one!
don't turn off all the things and make it dumb phone. i use autobrightness because it is better when you are outdoor and autobrightness is dimming your screen when it is night or you are in your house with no light, the phone will become less brightness and that's a good thing for battery. widgets are indeed consuming power but if you set the governor to lionheart / smartass v2, that should be ok.
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uhmmm...think you miss understod me mate,all i said is that for brightness levels you can manualy set them just by taping the power widget...if not too lazy though,and that saves battery more then auto...thats all...where in my post did you find me advicing to turn off all the features idk...you know im right dont you?
JalmiNyondong1933 said:
Most likely your battery drains while you're playing games. I always turn on my wifi and autosync in my house and work place. playing drag racing online for about 2 hours, phone calling etc. My phone lasts for 19 hours
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man can u exchange ur phone with mine ?????
after startup if i dont do anything battery goes from 100 to95 in 15 mins.....................
if start and close some apps it doesnt happen though.........................
plus i listen music 1 hr, 1hr browsing and 1 hr of FL COMMANDO and my phone hits 100--->30
saket_oo said:
man can u exchange ur phone with mine ?????
after startup if i dont do anything battery goes from 100 to95 in 15 mins.....................
if start and close some apps it doesnt happen though.........................
plus i listen music 1 hr, 1hr browsing and 1 hr of FL COMMANDO and my phone hits 100--->30
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How's your wifi and 3g signal? Do you always get at least 4 bars? You can try tips from Iceb0x to find governor that match your habbit. Browsing with poor wifi/3g signal will drain your battery even faster. I only have few apps running on the background though. twitter, whatsapp, gmail, yahoo, weather, xda, and play sore I guess.
maybe you are not even conscious that you have same issue as I do: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834894
1ceb0x said:
and you will be back to nokia 3310.
seriously, you have a smartphone, use it like one!
don't turn off all the things and make it dumb phone. i use autobrightness because it is better when you are outdoor and autobrightness is dimming your screen when it is night or you are in your house with no light, the phone will become less brightness and that's a good thing for battery. widgets are indeed consuming power but if you set the governor to lionheart / smartass v2, that should be ok.
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How is your battery backup(when you use it your way)?
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How is your battery backup(when you use it your way)?
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I use 'his way' and it lasts a day.
Sent from my One V using xda app-developers app
Let's see... I flash like 10 or maybe 15 CM10 test builds per day, my battery lasts 1 and a half day.
On normal usage, wifi, mostly calls, sms, little gaming - it lasts 2 days and a half... +- 1-2 hours.
hey guys
ive read on multiple battery threads that if not getting max voltage 4.2 on 0 mA you will not get full battery life
i get 4192 on 0 mA so 4192 is my max voltage..is it low?
and also my battery is kinda lower than avg HOX (i get 3 hour screen on with 18hour standby on smartmax + row with 1.3 ghz) is it because of low max voltage?
thanks
Your battery seems to be fine... 18 hours standby with 3 hours screen on time, what more do you want??
vin4yak said:
Your battery seems to be fine... 18 hours standby with 3 hours screen on time, what more do you want??
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lol well...ive seen people with ARHD reach 5 hour screen on time and they consider it to be average i mean even AOKP Roms like ICJ have 4 hour screen on time..
and my screen on isnt always 3 hour sometimes its as low as 1:30 if im reading a PDF or surfing so thats why i asked..
though if 2:30 hour screen on is average then i guess i cant do much about it...
and my battery rapid drains when my device wakes up from DS...heard its normal? (that awake takes most of my battery)
aseferfan said:
lol well...ive seen people with ARHD reach 5 hour screen on time and they consider it to be average i mean even AOKP Roms like ICJ have 4 hour screen on time..
and my screen on isnt always 3 hour sometimes its as low as 1:30 if im reading a PDF or surfing so thats why i asked..
though if 2:30 hour screen on is average then i guess i cant do much about it...
and my battery rapid drains when my device wakes up from DS...heard its normal? (that awake takes most of my battery)
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Battery stats entirely depends on how you use your phone... the apps you install, how you use your apps, GPS is on? FB is connected all the time? push messages are activated? 3g all the time? does the phone goes to deep sleep?
People who get 5hr screen time obviously don't do too many things with their phone while screen is on. Suppose I use my phone for 2 hours for gaming, I will use at least 50-60% of the battery. Whereas you might use the phone just to read emails, whatsapp sms and stuff for 2 hours but you will only loose about 10-20%... So you can't compare one's usages with another! It entirely depends on what you do with your phone!
If you think phone isn't going to deepsleep, then install wakelock detector and check which app / process is causing it...
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Battery stats entirely depends on how you use your phone... the apps you install, how you use your apps, GPS is on? FB is connected all the time? push messages are activated? 3g all the time? does the phone goes to deep sleep?
People who get 5hr screen time obviously don't do too many things with their phone while screen is on. Suppose I use my phone for 2 hours for gaming, I will use at least 50-60% of the battery. Whereas you might use the phone just to read emails, whatsapp sms and stuff for 2 hours but you will only loose about 10-20%... So you can't compare one's usages with another! It entirely depends on what you do with your phone!
If you think phone isn't going to deepsleep, then install wakelock detector and check which app / process is causing it...
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i dont think my phone ever lasted 2 hours while gaming XD
and whats app for 2 hour entirly drains my battery from 100% to 40
have every auto sync map chat and even wifi disabled
and yes i make sure my phone goes DS( -9 mA) but as usual 2:30 screen on and if watching movie 3 hour screen on...
so just wanted to know if my max volt is correct as i am thinking my battery might be faulty
aseferfan said:
i dont think my phone ever lasted 2 hours while gaming XD
and whats app for 2 hour entirly drains my battery from 100% to 40
have every auto sync map chat and even wifi disabled
and yes i make sure my phone goes DS( -9 mA) but as usual 2:30 screen on and if watching movie 3 hour screen on...
so just wanted to know if my max volt is correct as i am thinking my battery might be faulty
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What can I say... If you have taken the right precautions and used the correct settings, it should produce good battery life...
Your max voltage is surely not up to the mark but it shouldn't cause that much problem! :cyclops:
well guess its the fault with my battery then
anyways thanks
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