hi i brought new ray so many friends told bettery is good for one day..but me not getting one day ...with using browsing internet through 2 g one hour 15% is down..i thought it has got small screen and big battery..get lot of juece from battery..i didnt discharge my battery till now..have to do discharge battery to get good bateery life?? any body help..please tell ur ray battery performence....thanks...
shenoy007 said:
hi i brought new ray so many friends told bettery is good for one day..but me not getting one day ...with using browsing internet through 2 g one hour 15% is down..i thought it has got small screen and big battery..get lot of juece from battery..i didnt discharge my battery till now..have to do discharge battery to get good bateery life?? any body help..please tell ur ray battery performence....thanks...
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That depends on your activity actually. There are 3 main power hogs in this (or any other Android) device:
1. Display Brightness
2. Mobile Data
3. GSM Signal Quality
Small Screen does not matter much, because the pixel count is the same with Arc. it is how bright the back light you set the display in. Mobile data should be turned down if unnecessary. And if the quality of 2G/3G is not good, it will drain your battery too.
For my case, when still stock, my Ray can survive about 1.5 day (texting, browsing for 1 hour a day, brightness at the lowest, no data connection when unneeded). If you use it too much, 12 hour is my best bet. Now after doing some overclocking, it is still the same case, but if i do some intense task (game, browsing large page) the battery might be lasting about 10 hours. If i use it like usual, maybe i can get about 1 day only.
My battery lasts about 15-20 hours, with modest phone usage.
Settings: wifi on, BT on, auto-sync. on, GPS on., data on
Activities per day :
-About 45 minutes phonecalls
-about 5 SMS
-internet activity max. 1 hour (browsing)
I really like this phone, but also I'm a little scared to actually use it as I "see" my battery indicator count down percent by percent while using the phone.
Today I dimmed the display some more, hopefully that helps a bit.
vleutmans said:
I really like this phone, but also I'm a little scared to actually use it as I "see" my battery indicator count down percent by percent while using the phone.
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LOL that's true
I get around 24 to 40 hours on my Ray. And here's what I did:
0 to 20 texts a day(if there is anyone to text to)
2hrs music
0 to 5mins using the camera
20mins games
2mins calls(if there is anyone to call to)
my phone is rooted
Hi ,
I am very much satisfied with battery life of this phone... Its the best amongst all the Android phones in world...
I have used several different phones but all gave me less timings...
For me it lasts 22 hrs after
3 hours web browsing
30 min calls
5-6 text messages
Display ON time of about 6 hours
Wifi ON all time
Facebook sync ON
No Data, No GPS
I had HTC Sensation previously and that used to give me half the time i mentioned
I am kinda satisfied with it... If i use it lightly, it sure would do more than 2 days
The first 50% drops quicker than the last 50. .
New battery aka new phone would need a few charge & discharge cycle before it get to optimum performance.
Last weekend I manage to get nearly 2 days of battery life. Of course with minimal usage with WiFi always on, only a few call of the day and about 30 min on internet. Most of the time phone in idle.
FYI, i'm on stock rom
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standby mode in my Ray, no calls, fiev sms, 2g, no data connection, 12 days
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standby mode in my Ray, no calls, fiev sms, 2g, no data connection, 12 days
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from our 4pda.ru guys (8 days of real use) (not my shot):
now I not find it but was a shot with 10 days.
I also believe that it has got thing to do with the new battery. It will be better for sure.
My one: Rooted, overclocked (1,5 Ghz), stock rom
Around 1,5 days with
1-1,5 hour gaming (PES 2012)
few calls
Data on
No autosync
Wifi around 5-8 hour
Music 30 min...
TU
Quite happy hear, almost 23 hours of heavy usage, 3G, WiFi, Calls, Internet, 2 email accounts, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Battery is still on 29%... Good ray!
2 Day's now and still 65% Battery.
Wifi= 20min. max. (router in same room)
auto-sync.= off
GPS= off
Bt= off
SMS= 3 received/ 4 send
Call= 4 (2-3min.)
Display Brightness= Enabled Automatic Light Sensor [Mod]
No mobile data service.
Phone is 4 to 5 months and rooted.
Well, running Cm7 FXP54(? Dont know exactly anymore; the first version with working flash) I get ~24 hours with medium usage (GPS tunerd on but no activity; 20 Minutes Browsing, ~5 Minutes calls, a lot of Whatsapp LED blinking; I would equal the Whatsapp usage with 20 SMS).
At first I wrote and thought low usage... Well I was wrong
I noticed a big improvement after installing easy battery save. It seems that i will be able to have my ray going for 5 days. Until now i was happy to have it going 48 hours
I'm running FXP103.
rom: stock repack4pda-v6
kernel: bootuv6.img by aire
baseband: .48
rom: blendMIUI modded by chiefy
kernel: bootuvMiui.img by aire
baseband: .64
current rom!
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I only last at max 1.5 days
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my battery wears out very quickly, but display is not 100% i use the automatic brightness
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ko93 said:
my battery wears out very quickly, but display is not 100% i use the automatic brightness
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try to flash another baseband.
My ray is lasting approx 2/3 days average.
much better than my old x10 mini, (1 day)
Poor Ray battery life
I have a new Ray ST18a (american version) with AT&T and running the .62 firmware, and i have very poor battery life. Compared to some of the numbers I've seen in the above thread, I only use my phone moderately:
- 2-3 Hours music,
- maybe 20 text messages a day
- about 10 mins. worth of phone calls
- 30 minutes of web browsing
- bluetooth on (no devices connected) and
- GPS on (though hardly ever use)
and my battery has yet to last 14 hours on a full charge. If I charge to 100% before bedtime, and leave it on overnight, it has decreased about 50% without being 'used' at all - it is only in standby mode. I have noticed that in the battery usage screen - 'Cell Standby' is the dominant user - and it claims to have 'Time Without Signal' up to 50%. I've read in various places that this is a bug, but it is a serious battery drain on my phone. I have an AT&T 3G Microcell in my living room, so I have very good signal strength, and yet it still claims to be without signal upwards of 50% of the time.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? Can anyone suggest any other methods of troubleshooting?
I have tried various frequency switching methods (GSM only / WCDMA preferred / auto, and other permutations) - Nothing seems to help. I am wondering if it is a hardware problem, however the phone seems to work just fine, with the exception of battery drain.
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Let's get some info going on battery life.
I bump charged 3 times this morning so its time to put this bad boy to the test.
I have auto brightness off. WiFi 4g Bluetooth and GPS on.
Update 1
It's been just over 5 hours and I'm sitting at 74%. Moderate usage. Websurfing facebook one 20 min phone call. Not bad at all. Been on 4g most of the time
Update 2
my day is over, im home battery is at 17% and I used the phone quite a bit. Had to navigate for about 15 min in there. Used 4g most of the time, tho there was about 4 hours of Wifi usage in there too.
so that is about 12 hours of usage here. I bumped charged 3 times as i said. I dont think the "small" battery is an issue at all!
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so far, i'm getting the same as my incredible haha..i don't have 4g here so, i'm on wifi all day
2 hours into it, 81%..that's NOT bump charging either.
2 horus into my 1500mah inc, i'd be at like 75%. so i'd say SO FAR she's doing well..
this is also wtih 76% display, using it for 48 minutes outta those 2 hours. not bad!! and she's idling at a cool 24.4 degrees C here...battery left widget is a good widget
I'm seeing the same as the dinc too. Battery was halfway down at 4 hours of running time. That is with 4G enabled, WiFi off, BT off, GPS on. Screen Brightness on medium. It seems to be on pace to last 8-9 hours. I did stream some Pandora and visited some websites. Also, service in my building is spotty so my phone will search for a signal and switches between 3G and 4G all day. The battery shouldn't be a problem on this phone with normal use.
10 hours, 50 minutes on battery so far:
45%.
not bad! this isn't 4g though, this is all 3g and wifi..pretty much mainly wifi. display 68% with it being time on for 1 hour and 48 minutes.
this things pretty much gettign the same battery life as my inc, so i'm happy with that. a 14-15 hour day is what i was expecting and will be easily done i think!
Weeeeeee forty or so straight minutes of use..texts, browsing, music listening...just trying to kill the battery to recalibrate battery left widget...lol gotta love the drop. I just hit ten percent now, at like 13 hours off. Awesome
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I hvae been charging for less than 2 hours, and im already at 90%!!
This thing lasts a long time and charges fast as hell lol.
Good job HTC
What are the "Power" settings for your guys? Performance, Normal, or Economy? The phone comes out of the box in Performance mode, but I toggled it to Normal which in turn turned off my sync (how that is normal I have no clue) and who knows what else.
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What are the "Power" settings for your guys? Performance, Normal, or Economy? The phone comes out of the box in Performance mode, but I toggled it to Normal which in turn turned off my sync (how that is normal I have no clue) and who knows what else.
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I didnt mess with mine , so its still on performance
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same, i'm still on performance...thats hwy i dont like those built in settings..i want to change stuff to how I use it, ya know? i keep sync on for google, facebook and weather, and that's how i want it haha
but i think it's a good idea like if you're out and you wanna quickly change power modes.
It is good if you have like 25% left and need a quick way to prolong the battery life. I think it is a good idea because not everyone is an expert on this stuff.
agreed; i'm also interested in checking out that low power sleep mode..seems like a good idea for people who leave it unplugged overnight...just have it turn on a few minutes before your alarm clokc and bam!
id like to see a thread in regards to how long it lasted using constant 4G data with the screen on the whole time.
Constant 4G data would hit a data cap before the battery died I bet.
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id like to see a thread in regards to how long it lasted using constant 4G data with the screen on the whole time.
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do you mean set the screen to never turn off, and then setup a download and let it sit until it dies
i can do that, i have the oldschool unlimited plan and im at 7gb right now. I cant do it today because im at school, but I will do that tomorrow and let you know
The screen kills the battery life
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The screen kills the battery life
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not anymore than any other phone. I came from the dorid charge, and we talked about the same thing. and before that I was using the Dinc, and again, we talked about the same thing.
Pretty sure we need to start expecting that screens use more power than the rest of the phone.
The same is true on a laptop.
The poster above me is suggesting a 'stress test' of the battery by turning on all its high power usage abilities and then seeing how long it will last. 1 hour, 2 hours.. I did this on the droid charge and it only last 1 hr 45 min
I thought I posted in this thread. I set my settings to Normal instead of Performance. I haven't noticed any lag or any issues. I did notice it turned off LTE, set the WiFi settings back to 15 minute sleep, etc. So I changed those settings to my normal always on, keep the screen brightness low, and have seen ~1/3 better battery life with the same 'play and experiment' usage. Not exactly scientific, but I feel as though I have used it equally on both settings.
First full day of use and I got about 8 hours of battery life. (Heavy Usage) I work in a warehouse alone so I'm always playing music and use my Rezound as an mp3 player.
About 6 total hours of music playback, some faceboook every break or lunch, some twitter and lots of text messaging about 100 txts and about a 15min convo within the 8 hours. (What really killed my battery was the music playback)
Everything was on gps, 4g, auto brightness, auto sync etc.
8hr Shift started with full battery, shift ended with dead phone. Gets the day by, but for those that do not use over 6 hours of music playback, I'm sure you will see about 15hours+ on your device.
~angio
Just got the standard Rezound battery for my Thunderbolt 21.80 after discount. I will report usage in a few days after some battery calibration and full charges and discharges. So you can compare this battery on Rezound with a rooted thunderbolt with custom kernel.
On battery 4 hours 50 minutes with the settings I posted above. Normal usage, on 3G/4G 74% remaining.
After 8 hours, 5 of those on 4G while the rest on Wi-Fi. 3 Push email accounts, some Facebook, and web browsing. I'm still at 80% battery life.
Hell I don't know what they did to this phone but I might just return my extended battery as I don't think I'll ever need it based on my light/moderate use throughout the day. Can't wait to see what a debloat/kernel would do to this phone. My Bionic which I had before with a higher capacity battery would be sitting around 40% by now.
I've found it harder than I thought to try and compile battery statistics...however, that being said, what kind of times are you guys able to get, say with average levels of use?
I think the most relevant stat is the one for screen on time, the screen seems to be the biggest killer of battery.
In my most recent use, Better Battery Stats tells me that I've been on the battery for approximately 1 day and 12 hours, and that only 5 of those hours have been for the screen on. I'm now down to 15% battery, so in general, I think that 5-7 hours of screen-on time (with the lowest brightness) is what I usually manage.
How.about the rest of you guys?
how do you work out how many hours the screen has been on?
i mostly use my flyer as an ereader during the week...i get about 4 days usage from 100% to 20%, and have airplane mode on mostly
n7of9 said:
how do you work out how many hours the screen has been on?
i mostly use my flyer as an ereader during the week...i get about 4 days usage from 100% to 20%, and have airplane mode on mostly
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I use a very useful app called Battery Monitor Widget. I highly reccomend it. Its able to split my usage between awake time, screen on time, wifi on time, and Bluetooth on time.
That sounds about right for me as well, 5-7 hours of active usage. Obviously depends on what you're doing, but I use it extensively and struggle to get more than 7 or less than 5.
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That sounds about right for me as well, 5-7 hours of active usage. Obviously depends on what you're doing, but I use it extensively and struggle to get more than 7 or less than 5.
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Yes. So from our two experiences, 5-7 with screen-on time is somewhat standard. This is why I'm somewhat bemused when people say they've been using the battery for a week! I'm left wondering...were they using less than an hour of screen-on time each day?
If 5-7 hours of screen-on is the average, then my definition of light-to-moderate usage is when I can stretch that out to two days before recharging. Keep in mind that my 5-7 stat is with screen brightness on the lowest setting, and with Juice Defender.
battery depends on use. I have had it last 48 hours with 6 hours screen time and I have had it go in 16 hours with 3 hours screen time. With all the diferent variations of this device, as well as custom roms/kernels and GB vs HC I am not certain there can be an expected battery life span
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Yes. So from our two experiences, 5-7 with screen-on time is somewhat standard. This is why I'm somewhat bemused when people say they've been using the battery for a week! I'm left wondering...were they using less than an hour of screen-on time each day?
If 5-7 hours of screen-on is the average, then my definition of light-to-moderate usage is when I can stretch that out to two days before recharging. Keep in mind that my 5-7 stat is with screen brightness on the lowest setting, and with Juice Defender.
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Yes, I think 5-7 of screen-on time is about standard.
I ran my test and used my Flyer (wifi only) mostly for light work. It lasted 11 days. I mostly used it for notes, quickly checked website couple of times a day and read emails. I have played a game once for 20 minutes and another 20-30min were spent on Plex and Google Music. Screen was on for 4h13m. Wifi on for 16H.
Here is what I figured from that test:
Runtime: 10D 20H = 260H
Idle: 43%. I didn't check how many hours it said it was on idle. But let's say 250H. 43%/250H= 0.172% per hour (standby). That's 4.128% per day. That's very consistent with my observation. So, if you run Flyer for 10 days, you will spend 41% just to have it on standby. It will die in about 24 days, even if you didn't use it at all.
Screen-on (Auto brightness): 4h 13m = 4.22H. In 260H it ate 40% battery. 40%/4.22H = 9.479% per hour. So in theory (haven't tested this), you can get around 9-10 hours reading books(?).
Watching movie also puts load on the cpu and power goes to deliver sound, so I would say you will be using around 12-15% per hour. Probably around 20% per hour while streaming. A lot depends on sound level and video material. Also choice on the player and codecs used might make a bit of a difference.
I get about 4 hours of video or 7-8 hours of internet browsing / kindle reading.
a little bit comparism
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With all the diferent variations of this device, as well as custom roms/kernels and GB vs HC I am not certain there can be an expected battery life span
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agree with mcord,
it would be better instead of comparing randomly to mention :
Device Type : Flyer WiFi, Flyer 3G or Evo View
ROM : custom/ stock ROM + Kernel Info + CPUSet
Customization : or tweak or additional widget (Juice Defender, Better Battery Safer)
then the usage of application and hours spent, something like this.
Droff said:
Yes, I think 5-7 of screen-on time is about standard.
Here is what I figured from that test:
Runtime: 10D 20H = 260H
Idle: 43%. I didn't check how many hours it said it was on idle. But let's say 250H. 43%/250H= 0.172% per hour (standby). That's 4.128% per day. That's very consistent with my observation. So, if you run Flyer for 10 days, you will spend 41% just to have it on standby. It will die in about 24 days, even if you didn't use it at all.
Screen-on (Auto brightness): 4h 13m = 4.22H. In 260H it ate 40% battery. 40%/4.22H = 9.479% per hour. So in theory (haven't tested this), you can get around 9-10 hours reading books(?).
Watching movie also puts load on the cpu and power goes to deliver sound, so I would say you will be using around 12-15% per hour. Probably around 20% per hour while streaming. A lot depends on sound level and video material. Also choice on the player and codecs used might make a bit of a difference.
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Device : Flyer 3G + Wifi (wasn't brand new, so i cannot figure out the previous owner flyer usage)
ROM : LeeDroid 4.1.0 HC + Kernel 2.2.0 + SetCPU scaling on smartassV2
Costum : using HC Launcher with out any additional Widgets and no additional Android apps for preserving battery
Runtime:
Screen On - Lowest Brightness + WIFI and 3G always on : 3 hours with 55 % left, mainly using on e-reader, taking notes, market access.(no multimedia usage)
I had around over 7 hours after i switch to the airplane mode in the last 7% battery left, with similar usage.
Hope this helps for utilize the battery lifespan.
I have a brand new Flyer 3G and I get about 4 hours of mixed use out of it (Airplanemode with wifi enabled, lowest brightness, 70% browsing, 30% video). I'm running stock HC 3.55.405.1 with root. No OC or custom kernel. Do I have a faulty battery? Seem like most of you get better battery life. 70% of the battery is used by the display according to battery stats. Is this normal?
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I have a brand new Flyer 3G and I get about 4 hours of mixed use out of it (Airplanemode with wifi enabled, lowest brightness, 70% browsing, 30% video). I'm running stock HC 3.55.405.1 with root. No OC or custom kernel. Do I have a faulty battery? Seem like most of you get better battery life. 70% of the battery is used by the display according to battery stats. Is this normal?
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If you are using it for 4-5 hours straight, then yeah that is probably normal. You might also need your battery calibrated if that is your first time. It learns and configures itself a few times after you charge it.
Stock honeycomb no root. Juice defender.
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If you are using it for 4-5 hours straight, then yeah that is probably normal. You might also need your battery calibrated if that is your first time. It learns and configures itself a few times after you charge it.
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I charged it overnight and wiped the batterystats. I'm gonna use it for some days and see what happens.
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Stock honeycomb no root. Juice defender.
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How much screen-on time?
metabeta said:
I have a brand new Flyer 3G and I get about 4 hours of mixed use out of it (Airplanemode with wifi enabled, lowest brightness, 70% browsing, 30% video). I'm running stock HC 3.55.405.1 with root. No OC or custom kernel. Do I have a faulty battery? Seem like most of you get better battery life. 70% of the battery is used by the display according to battery stats. Is this normal?
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If people are reporting 5-7 hours display on time, and you're getting 4 hours with 30% video, then no, I wouldn't say that that's unusual.
This is tragic. Such a great tab with such a big flaw. The iPad 2 has a 7000mAh battery and the screen area is twice as big, not to mention a much more powerful soc, and you get about ten hours use no matter what you're using it for.
Gotta be a bit more fair in your comparison. That was like comparing a house cat to a bobcat.
In all 7" tablets (including non-androids), I feel that right now the contender is the the express/flyer is the only one that reigns on top for the past year, and can't be beat for only ~$250 in today's market. The only thing the A100's have going for it are the AOSP experience, the Xoom is a direct competitor.
But if you want to compare battery life, the tf101 and prime as well as A5/A6's got this beat by a mile. Not to mention higher resolutions. Point is, these are arguments extraneous of a 7"incher tab.
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Gotta be a bit more fair in your comparison. That was like comparing a house cat to a bobcat.
In all 7" tablets (including non-androids), I feel that right now the contender is the the express/flyer is the only one that reigns on top for the past year, and can't be beat for only ~$250 in today's market. The only thing the A100's have going for it are the AOSP experience, the Xoom is a direct competitor.
But if you want to compare battery life, the tf101 and prime as well as A5/A6's got this beat by a mile. Not to mention higher resolutions. Point is, these are arguments extraneous of a 7"incher tab.
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Yeah, I guess I was a bit unfair. I'm just a bit disappointed.. Expected a little more juice from the battery. Anyway, for 2500NOK(about 450$) it's not a bad deal. Btw the pen is included in Norway(and other European countries, I think). And the pen is the reason I got the flyer. It's almost as good as using a Wacom board for drawing. I just hope HTC doesn't abandon the flyer or have done so already. It would be nice with ICS.
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I knew I forgot something!
Rooted View, Gingerbread, GoLauncherEX. I disable the cell radio on each boot.
-About 33% screen brightness
-WiFi on
-Sync on
-Cell radio off
-Bluetooth off
-Location off
My View gets unplugged from the charger each morning, rides ~12 miles to work through non-WiFi country, sits on my desk at work and gets used maybe 60 min total at work, then goes home with me and gets occasional to moderate use browsing and reading mostly. By the time I go to bed and plug it in around midnight I am usually at about 20% battery. Less if I've been gaming a lot or watching video.
So all together my View is on battery for about 16 hours a day but only used 3 or 4.
I went on an overnight trip a few weeks ago and by turning WiFi off when I was on the road the View maintained battery life well.
Today is Wednesday, I last charged Monday and I'm only at 50%. This phone is crazy good with the battery.
What's your best battery live on this phone?
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Post screen shots. If the phones just sitting there that doesn't really count
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There probably won't be too much difference between everyone's best times besides the people who don't use their phones. We all have the same phone with the same battery and most ROMs don't really affect battery life.
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Post screen shots. If the phones just sitting there that doesn't really count
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There are already quite a few screen shots, as the other poster indicated they are all conclusive at the most point. I believe the integrated LTE functionally helped alot. With WiMAX we had a seperate chip which made battery life poor. I get an average of day and a half before recharging and that's using majority of WiFi, BT on all the time but no LTE, many calls etc and screen on 3/4 brightness. That may change once LTE is rolled out and on for most in my opinion but that's when the real tests will be important but for now, all good with heavy usage and that seems to be consistent with everyone else. I am running Fresh 1.0 but that was to address links and multitasking in general.
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Yesterday, I had many, many emails and texts, watched Thor (Netflix, 3G), took a 2 minute video of my Wife in her garden, a few pictures, listed to Google Music (3G) for about 30 minutes, a half dozen short phonecalls, and went to bed just under 18 hours @ 35%.
That was pretty acceptable to me, especially with the Netfix vid, which ate up a chunk of the battery.
I'm rooted stock.
Barley using the phone, 15 hours. It had actually slept while off.
Using it, 9 & 1/2 hours & this was also light usage. Didn't have any services syncing aside from mail & I did do a lot of browing & some WiFi.
P.S.
Normally it's all over the place. From 5-8 hours avg. A roll of the dice every time I unplug.
Moderate usage I get a 6%battery drop per hour. Heavy usage 10%. Using Easy Battery Saver, screen is usually 25% brightness, wifi, smartsync.
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About 2 and a half days (almost all weekend) with light usage. I don't even check anymore - I have moderate use, and even have an app that randomly changes my wallpaper every 30 minutes, and I still make it to the end of the day with over 30% before I charge it for the night.
fachadick said:
have an app that randomly changes my wallpaper every 30 minutes,.
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What's the name of that app?
Technics0891 said:
What's the name of that app?
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Wallpaper Changer from the play store. I have it set to my wallpaper folder, so it randomly cycles through some 700 wallpapers. It's pretty neat.
The longest I've gotten is 58 hours with 20% battery left. I think only had around 2.5 hours of screen time though. mainly texts and fb messages. Nothing too straining on the battery
The only thing(other than physical screen-on usage) that effects battery life are the radios.
Turn them off when not using the phone makes it burn the battery at about 1% every 2-3 hours.
Turn on the radio when you need to use it.
This goes for turning off LTE if you don't have LTE, turning off bluetooth, NFC, and toggling 3g and wifi as needed.
Huge difference.
A lot of people talk about live wallpapers. They make NO difference in battery usage.
Turn them on.
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I get like, 8 hours max of heavy usage (CS Portable/Emulators) because Maps is on for some reason after I Force Kill it.
I don't know why it does that, but sparse usage usually gets me a day at max.
I know this doesn't count cause it was sitting and in airplane mode. I was on a trip in the Bahamas for a week so no service.
I could have lasted for at least 10 days. If only we had batteries that lasted that long with the radio on!
It just shows how well this phone sleeps!
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On a full charge.. 28 - 32 hours with moderate use. Active sync exchange and Gmail sync on too. So much better than my OG EVO and its 12 hours if im lucky, and that one was rooted with turning the processor down.
With normal use(a few emails, a few dozen texts, maybe a short phone call, 30 minutes web browsing) I get about 10-12 hours on a charge.
With light use(few texts, read an email or two) I'll get 14-16 hours.
With heavier use (web browse an hour, play Temple Run for 30 minutes, 40-50 texts, 30-40 minutes of phone calls, I'll get 5-6 hours.
This phone's battery life is quite terrible. I disabled everything that I can without turning it into a 2007 Motorola flip phone.
I bought this on Ebay for $25 to help: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA07Y08C1271
I've only had the phone for a week but my best time has been about 10 hours on Tuesday with what is moderate useage for me... not much better than my GNEX
Check this out. I had my phone plugged in at work, and I unplugged it when I left. I just grabbed it to do some surfing, and my battery is still showing 100% after 4 hours. I know it's been at idle, but I would have expected some drop of the battery.
Is this normal? Don't get me wrong; I'm definitely not complaining, just curious that's all. My last 4 Android phones never held the battery this good at idle.
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I think this is pretty good and I use my phone very often..
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I was able to get 5.5 hours of on screen time with the phone being on for 17 hours.
That is with a mix of youtube, phone calls, small amount of Netflix for testing, watching a movie from SD Card.
I left the Wifi on the whole time as you can see with one of the screen shots. I did have on Stamina mode.
This was after letting my phone charge the first time to full and not plugging in again. The down time with the phone not being used was because I left it on while I slept. In 8 hours the phone only dropped 8% while I slept (very good).
So to answer a lot of questions about the battery, it is AWESOME!
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I was able to get 5.5 hours of on screen time with the phone being on for 17 hours.
That is with a mix of youtube, phone calls, small amount of Netflix for testing, watching a movie from SD Card.
I left the Wifi on the whole time as you can see with one of the screen shots. I did have on Stamina mode.
This was after letting my phone charge the first time to full and not plugging in again. The down time with the phone not being used was because I left it on while I slept. In 8 hours the phone only dropped 8% while I slept (very good).
So to answer a lot of questions about the battery, it is AWESOME!
If I helped in any way or answered any of your questions please hit that Thank you button
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Could you give us a bit better test , like more usage , I mean screen time is great but you barely did anything in t he phone , 41% of app usage is nothing , 1 min of phone call is also nothing.
Don't get me wrong I'm interested into xzu but I'd like to see regular / intensive usage , also could you tell us which brightness you were using ?
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This was Web surfing, watching Netflix, you tubing, etc. It never just sat with screen on. I actually used it the whole time.
Screen brightness was about 30% the whole time.
With the screen at 30% brightness, was the perceived brightness level pretty good? Maybe a little low? I'm curious to know, because I suspect lower brightness settings than usual will be satisfactory with this display.
Screen brightness is good. Although I have not tested it outside in the sunlight. I am going on a canoe trip tomorrow so I will be able to test the waterproof and brightness out
**** dude, be careful, lol. I'm sure the phone will be fine in the water, but I'd hate for it to slip out of your pocket and be gone down the river! You'd never find it. Makes me sick just to think of, lol.
Anyway, I am definitely getting the LTE version of this when it becomes available. Thanks for the battery and display insights.
That's why I bought the insurance haha.
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I was able to get 5.5 hours of on screen time with the phone being on for 17 hours.
That is with a mix of youtube, phone calls, small amount of Netflix for testing, watching a movie from SD Card.
I left the Wifi on the whole time as you can see with one of the screen shots. I did have on Stamina mode.
This was after letting my phone charge the first time to full and not plugging in again. The down time with the phone not being used was because I left it on while I slept. In 8 hours the phone only dropped 8% while I slept (very good).
So to answer a lot of questions about the battery, it is AWESOME!
If I helped in any way or answered any of your questions please hit that Thank you button
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In the first attached print screen with the list (phone, screen, phone radio, etc.) how did you disable the graph at the bottom to show up or how to make it disappear?, thanks
I had 18hrs 40mins of up time and 5hr 15mins of screen time. 3G/WiFi mode, Stamina mode OFF
Usage includes web surfing, facebook, messaging and video playback (1hr).
Don't worry about the brightness. ZU at 0% is brighter than S4 at -1 (lowest is -5) lol. ZU really had a bright screen.
Mine after second cycle. Not so good isn't it?
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The battery capacity won't be at max after just one or two cycles. Use it for a full week and then see how it performs.
So far for me, I am down to 24% after 10 hours. I won't make it through the day since I"m still up for 5 more hours. This was on moderate usage. With Stamina Mode Enabled.
- one phone call
- three emails
- checked facebook twice, and instagram twice
- watched 20 minutes of youtube tho
- listened to music while working out for one hour
- 57 texts sent/received
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Mine after second cycle. Not so good isn't it?
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I don't know, over 3.5 hours screen on time with 17% remaining seems pretty good to me. I haven't really done any formal tests, but I don't seem to get much more than about 3 hours screen on time with my Nexus 4 period, let alone with almost 20% remaining, and I can always make it through a day. This is would be an upgrade for me. The most telling thing, however, is the screen brightness. About where did you have it set?
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I don't know, over 3.5 hours screen on time with 17% remaining seems pretty good to me. I haven't really done any formal tests, but I don't seem to get much more than about 3 hours screen on time with my Nexus 4 period, let alone with almost 20% remaining, and I can always make it through a day. This is would be an upgrade for me. The most telling thing, however, is the screen brightness. About where did you have it set?
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I set it to minimum with auto brightness. So no specific number. That's acceptable to me but not so good. And we have to wait until 9 September to get the true Rom.right now only what we use is Xperia Z Rom. Not for ultra. Let's see how it goes then. Looking for better camera, screen and batt
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Battery life seems to be totally acceptable, I never saw a powerful smartphone able to survive an heavy use for a full day or maybe at its time only the Nokia 6310i able to last 4/5 days of heavy use, but it was a tiny monochrome screen for a big phone and huge battery. And yet there i still no ROM/Kernel available so the battery life can be optimized.
But a question, what about the charging time?
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Battery life seems to be totally acceptable, I never saw a powerful smartphone able to survive an heavy use for a full day or maybe at its time only the Nokia 6310i able to last 4/5 days of heavy use, but it was a tiny monochrome screen for a big phone and huge battery. And yet there i still no ROM/Kernel available so the battery life can be optimized.
But a question, what about the charging time?
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And what is the DC current output of the Sony standard charger?
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Getting about 10:30 sot will update later
I use the chinese version since it came out ~ 2 Months.
I mostly have been using the stable chinese MIUI rom with no tweaks whatsoever. With that I usually (I dont play any games) get a consistent 10h screen on, even with longer GPS usage (Didi, Ofo). With only wifi it goes up to 12-15 hours depending on usage.
I also tried MIUI9, but was let down. Like with my previous Max 1, for some reason the "call standby" uses quite some energy. This is usually not the case for stable ROMs.
Global Stable rom V8.5.6.0.(NDDMIED)
(I dont play any games )
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No heavy usage..on 4G all the time.. stock MIUI..
No gaming, 10-11h for 3 full days of usage (Wi-fi, Gps, 4g)
With gaming 6-7h for 3 full days of usage (Wi-fi, Gps, 4g)
Only WiFi, 13h of SOT, on 5% battery (approximately)
Mixed 4G and WiFi, 10-11h SOT on 5% battery (approximately)
Only 4G, 8h30m SOT on 5% battery (approximately)
No gaming with the above stats. Depending on the usage. Usually browsing, music, some videos and some app usage. Oh, and phone and messaging (plus some facebook/messenger/viber )
At work I mostly have 4G on, not touching the phone all day (just some times), usually. This means that the idle time is actually draining some of the battery. The above times are with minimal idle times, to have a better opinion about the screen on time.
With me not touching the phone much, the battery lasts 4 to 5 days and even 6 days, before I put it to the charger (means no heavy usage at all but I always have 4G on at work, so keep that in mind).
I charge it with 1.2A charger, from 15-20% to 100% or sometimes (when it is not over night) , to 90% (I do not complete a charging cycle EVERY time charging this way). I have heard it is better to do it that way, than with fast charger. I use fast charger only if necessary.
WiFi and gaming, almost 8h SOT.
4G and gaming 7h SOT. Same with the above applies here. Only tried those things to see what the SOT will be.
Keep in mind that my signal at home is not so good, so I keep it 2G Only when at home, to avoid searching for better signal all the time. When outside it is on "prefered LTE". Some people might not want to do that all the time and it is completely understandable, but having poor signal at home, it is the only "smart" thing to do
me 16h with airplane mode on night, and 3 or 3,5 days of usage, wifi on all day, data mobile to 2g, social whatsapp, talking people forums selling things, mailing and much youtube videos, its insane
and with more than 150 apps installed and root
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Only WiFi, 13h of SOT, on 5% battery (approximately)
Mixed 4G and WiFi, 10-11h SOT on 5% battery (approximately)
Only 4G, 8h30m SOT on 5% battery (approximately)
No gaming with the above stats. Depending on the usage. Usually browsing, music, some videos and some app usage. Oh, and phone and messaging (plus some facebook/messenger/viber )
At work I mostly have 4G on, not touching the phone all day (just some times), usually. This means that the idle time is actually draining some of the battery. The above times are with minimal idle times, to have a better opinion about the screen on time.
With me not touching the phone much, the battery lasts 4 to 5 days and even 6 days, before I put it to the charger (means no heavy usage at all but I always have 4G on at work, so keep that in mind).
I charge it with 1.2A charger, from 15-20% to 100% or sometimes (when it is not over night) , to 90% (I do not complete a charging cycle EVERY time charging this way). I have heard it is better to do it that way, than with fast charger. I use fast charger only if necessary.
WiFi and gaming, almost 8h SOT.
4G and gaming 7h SOT. Same with the above applies here. Only tried those things to see what the SOT will be.
Keep in mind that my signal at home is not so good, so I keep it 2G Only when at home, to avoid searching for better signal all the time. When outside it is on "prefered LTE". Some people might not want to do that all the time and it is completely understandable, but having poor signal at home, it is the only "smart" thing to do
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Battery of Max 2 is Best battery I have till now.
I get 10-11 hours with mixed 4g data + wifi usage.