Last time I checked mine at around 3%, it had been on for 1 day, 18 hours and 7 minutes, with the screen on for 6 and a half hours.
I was also playing Shadowgun: Deadzone for about half an hour, as well as several other lighter games, and using Archos Player to watch videos off a LAN server on my laptop.
That's on stock rooted and unlocked bootloader.
So, what would you consider good battery life for your N10?
ManUtdRul3 said:
Last time I checked mine at around 3%, it had been on for 1 day, 18 hours and 7 minutes, with the screen on for 6 and a half hours.
I was also playing Shadowgun: Deadzone for about half an hour, as well as several other lighter games, and using Archos Player to watch videos off a LAN server on my laptop.
That's on stock rooted and unlocked bootloader.
So, what would you consider good battery life for your N10?
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Probably 14+ hours of constant use like some of the smart phones (like the droid razr max). Probably unrealistic with a 10 inch 2560x1600 resolution. At least for now.
On the nexus 10 on a good charge cycle I can get 10 hours of consistent use including games, movie, and surfing the web.
ManUtdRul3 said:
Last time I checked mine at around 3%, it had been on for 1 day, 18 hours and 7 minutes, with the screen on for 6 and a half hours.
I was also playing Shadowgun: Deadzone for about half an hour, as well as several other lighter games, and using Archos Player to watch videos off a LAN server on my laptop.
That's on stock rooted and unlocked bootloader.
So, what would you consider good battery life for your N10?
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I'm 100% out of the box stock and usually get 5-6 hours screen on time and the total on time can be anywhere from 1-3days. I usually keep location services off unless needed.
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I never let it drop down to more than around 30%, simply because the battery lasts me very long. I get a week with screen-on times of 5 hours or so. I don't play games, I use it mainly for browsing, email, PDF reading and some note/todo apps. If there are power-hungry apps, the battery drops much faster - but if not, I feel it lasts forever, especially in standby, even with all sorts of stuff syncing in the background.
Unplugged my N10 from charge this morning at around half 7 and went to school and when I got back at around half 4, I had only lost 1% of charge. That was a very pleasant surprise! I was expecting to lose 5% AT LEAST
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Probably 14+ hours of constant use like some of the smart phones (like the droid razr max). Probably unrealistic with a 10 inch 2560x1600 resolution. At least for now.
On the nexus 10 on a good charge cycle I can get 10 hours of consistent use including games, movie, and surfing the web.
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10 hours screen on time!?
tyhe314 said:
Probably 14+ hours of constant use like some of the smart phones (like the droid razr max). Probably unrealistic with a 10 inch 2560x1600 resolution. At least for now.
On the nexus 10 on a good charge cycle I can get 10 hours of consistent use including games, movie, and surfing the web.
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The only phone that comes close to 14 hours of screen on time is that single phone you mentioned. So it is far from the norm and is not considered "good" but is considered "great". Good category would be 7-9 hours.
My tablet can get over 13 hours of screen on time:
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Looks like I could do between 14-15 hours of screen on time before it completely died. I consider this to be really good. Displays take up a ton of power and the fact that we can have a 10" screen and still get more than half a day of constant, straight use if quite impressive to me.
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The only phone that comes close to 14 hours of screen on time is that single phone you mentioned. So it is far from the norm and is not considered "good" but is considered "great". Good category would be 7-9 hours.
My tablet can get over 13 hours of screen on time:
Looks like I could do between 14-15 hours of screen on time before it completely died. I consider this to be really good. Displays take up a ton of power and the fact that we can have a 10" screen and still get more than half a day of constant, straight use if quite impressive to me.
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Just curious of your settings, kernel and ROM...etc? Ive never seen anyone break 10 hours of screen time...even myself when I was undervolted using ktoonz kernel and governors lose 10% an hour which would translate to 10 hours of screen time. No gaming involved because that kill's the battery.
If your using ktoonz kernel would you mind posting your settings so I could take a look? Wouldn't mind more screen time personally . Thanks in advance!
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EniGmA1987 said:
The only phone that comes close to 14 hours of screen on time is that single phone you mentioned. So it is far from the norm and is not considered "good" but is considered "great". Good category would be 7-9 hours.
My tablet can get over 13 hours of screen on time:
Looks like I could do between 14-15 hours of screen on time before it completely died. I consider this to be really good. Displays take up a ton of power and the fact that we can have a 10" screen and still get more than half a day of constant, straight use if quite impressive to me.
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That's impressive right there.
Edit do u keep the WiFi off the whole time? If so I can see where u get the extra screen time from. I will have to try a full charge to zero with the Wi-Fi off.
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itd be enoguh if i came through the day with one charge..
My Tab2 10.1 had impressive battery life. Standby power draw was minimal and simple tasks like surfing the net gave me much better battery life than my N10. I'd be happier if they could match it what I could see on the Tab2. I know there isn't a number associated with that so take it fwiw.
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The only phone that comes close to 14 hours of screen on time is that single phone you mentioned. So it is far from the norm and is not considered "good" but is considered "great". Good category would be 7-9 hours.
My tablet can get over 13 hours of screen on time:
Looks like I could do between 14-15 hours of screen on time before it completely died. I consider this to be really good. Displays take up a ton of power and the fact that we can have a 10" screen and still get more than half a day of constant, straight use if quite impressive to me.
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Jeez. We definitely require details on rom, kernel, etc. That's awesome.
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That's impressive right there.
Edit do u keep the WiFi off the whole time? If so I can see where u get the extra screen time from. I will have to try a full charge to zero with the Wi-Fi off.
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It was on for just very small bits when syncing stuff. I leave it off almost always as it creates too much heat when playing heavy games and brings throttling on a lot harder, and I have no use for the extra power drain when I am reading a book, which is what I do most on the tablet these days. But I realize not everyone has the same habits as I do and does very different things. So leaving wifi off almost all the time isnt an option for some people.
The ROM is CM10 from WAY back when by Craig. I think it was built is mid to late November? I honestly still find it perfectly adequate for my needs and very stable. I keep coming back to it from all the other ROMs I have tried.
Kernel was a build of the KTManta kernel from ktoonsez, build was sometime in December towards Christmas time. It was the build right before he added touchboost to most of the governors. I am not a fan of touchboost as it has greatly lowered my battery life, but it sure does make things smooth I use that kernel because I can undervolt both CPU and GPU. I was using the PegasusQ governor, which the stock settings for it in this kernel as the ones I asked ktoonsez to put in so you dont need to modify the settings for any special tweaking. I did however lower max speed to 1.2GHz as that is plenty when doing most things.
Here is a remade config file with pretty close to the same options I had used, but compatible with the newest 1-29-13 build of the kernel and tweaker app:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?geaveoa5tj43zpo
I say pretty close to the same because I increased CPU and GPU voltages a bit in that config so everyone should be able to run it. Many would most likely have a problem with the config otherwise as the majority of users seem to not be able to undervolt their GPU hardly at all.
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It was on for just very small bits when syncing stuff. I leave it off almost always as it creates too much heat when playing heavy games and brings throttling on a lot harder, and I have no use for the extra power drain when I am reading a book, which is what I do most on the tablet these days. But I realize not everyone has the same habits as I do and does very different things. So leaving wifi off almost all the time isnt an option for some people.
The ROM is CM10 from WAY back when by Craig. I think it was built is mid to late November? I honestly still find it perfectly adequate for my needs and very stable. I keep coming back to it from all the other ROMs I have tried.
Kernel was a build of the KTManta kernel from ktoonsez, build was sometime in December towards Christmas time. It was the build right before he added touchboost to most of the governors. I am not a fan of touchboost as it has greatly lowered my battery life, but it sure does make things smooth I use that kernel because I can undervolt both CPU and GPU. I was using the PegasusQ governor, which the stock settings for it in this kernel as the ones I asked ktoonsez to put in so you dont need to modify the settings for any special tweaking. I did however lower max speed to 1.2GHz as that is plenty when doing most things.
Here is a remade config file with pretty close to the same options I had used, but compatible with the newest 1-29-13 build of the kernel and tweaker app:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?geaveoa5tj43zpo
I say pretty close to the same because I increased CPU and GPU voltages a bit in that config so everyone should be able to run it. Many would most likely have a problem with the config otherwise as the majority of users seem to not be able to undervolt their GPU hardly at all.
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Wow. You increased the voltages? Those are really low! Thanks for posting your settings. Really appreciate it
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My iPad 3 got around 14 hours of constant use before it died so I more than cut my battery life in half going to the Nexus 10. I get around 5.5-6 hours of screen on time on my Nexus 10. I use the lowest brightness setting when I use my tablet. I'd love it if my Nexus 10 had better battery life but it is what it is. Maybe I'll sell it if Samsung comes out with a new Note tablet.
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Kernel was a build of the KTManta kernel from ktoonsez, build was sometime in December towards Christmas time. It was the build right before he added touchboost to most of the governors. I am not a fan of touchboost as it has greatly lowered my battery life, but it sure does make things smooth
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Ohhh is that what happened? I had some great battery life going on for a while when I first tried ktmanta back in December, and have been feeling kind of frustrated after "losing" it and not understanding why. Would you be able to share that version of the kernel so I could do some comparing?
just remembered he recently added the ability to disable touch boost for the gpu and cpu. Going to try that out and see if it improves battery life.
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You can set touchboost to 0 in any governor and it will be turned off.
Ktoonservative is the only governor with a touchboost for both CPU and GPU. Very smooth, but ramping both up drains more battery. So you definitely wont get into that "great" range on battery life when using it. But at least it doesnt tank the battery so you can still get some decent life with it on.
Wish I had 10 hours straight to be on my tablet..... Thought I used mine intensively, but I only plug mine in at night. Use it for streaming video(rental movies.. Not really youtube) and a few hours online. Maybe 6 hours a day.. Never come close to getting near 40 percent or less.
I've been using my Nexus 10 for work and play today. About 13.5 hours on battery so far, about 6 hours screen on time, and my battery is at 57%. Screen brightness has been at 50% all day. This is pretty typical experience for me. Stock ROM and kernel, except for being unlocked and rooted.
... beamed from my Nexus 10 to your planet
I'm at 6 hrs of screen time and 12 hrs of standby time and the battery is at 37%. Running on stock everything with unlocked bootloader and root. I use it at 0% brightness almost all the time and have everything except NFC turned on.
I'm on course for 9 hrs of screen time but I think I should be doing better considering I'm using it at low brightness. Do you guys think using custom kernel will make a difference?
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I watched the entire avengers movie in 1080p while on a coach a bit back, Took me down to 76% battery. My needs mean that makes the battery more than sufficient for me
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Has anyone played with the profiles for this app to get optimal performance and better battery. Life of so post your results and share your profiles thank you
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Other than that it is always set to 816/216.
I usually get about 5 hours screen time and about 20 hours standby. Email and Calender sync at 1 hr, with a custom power profile that turns data off after 15 minutes between 3a-9a. I'm happy with it
Girgizzlemuf said:
Other than that it is always set to 816/216.
I usually get about 5 hours screen time and about 20 hours standby. Email and Calender sync at 1 hr, with a custom power profile that turns data off after 15 minutes between 3a-9a. I'm happy with it
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Your profiles are similar to what I use, although I don't have one for charging/charging A/C
Also, you run 816/216 rest of the time? Aren't you short-changing your phone's capabilities a bit though ... ? I find the biggest different is having screen-off profile.
crippenx said:
Your profiles are similar to what I use, although I don't have one for charging/charging A/C
Also, you run 816/216 rest of the time? Aren't you short-changing your phone's capabilities a bit though ... ? I find the biggest different is having screen-off profile.
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Not really. I change it to 1000/216 if it's spectral souls, gun bros or a benchmark. Angry birds plays on my fuze (lol) so i don't change it there. I have noticed little to no difference running 1000/216 on launcher screens, pictures, data rates or anything versus 816/216. If i bump it down to the 700 range then things get laggy, but as it sits 816 runs everything almost flawlessly.
Girgizzlemuf said:
Not really. I change it to 1000/216 if it's spectral souls, gun bros or a benchmark. Angry birds plays on my fuze (lol) so i don't change it there. I have noticed little to no difference running 1000/216 on launcher screens, pictures, data rates or anything versus 816/216. If i bump it down to the 700 range then things get laggy, but as it sits 816 runs everything almost flawlessly.
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Good to know, thanks! I'll try that, maybe squeeze out a little more battery life than I am now What are you averaging? I can go about 1.5 days with good usage as it stands
Strange, I can't have more than 15 hours if moderate usage...
I have similar profiles to the screenshot posted above, but I don't have one for when powered. The main profile on mine is 1000 max ~400 min. I've found that keeping the min ~400 makes the device always snappy without sacking much battery life.
I also use JuiceDefender to manage my data syncing. I leave the blur battery profile at high performance.
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Good to know, thanks! I'll try that, maybe squeeze out a little more battery life than I am now What are you averaging? I can go about 1.5 days with good usage as it stands
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Depends on the day. If its a day off, i get ~30 hours with ~6 hours screen time from 100%-10%. Most days though i don't notice much, I drive around a lot listening to pandora in my car dock so its constantly being charged
If I can tear myself away from pandora for a day i'll repost something more meaningful.
On a side note, I notice with circle battery widget I usually get the slowest drain between 80% and 40%, not sure if anyone else has noticed this.
Small update to what I said earlier..
With my profiles, and all the crap running in the background this is what i got now from 100%-31%
1d3h11m since unplug
1d0h25m idle time
3h04m display
0h45m spectral souls (!)
Would go further but I am gonna be away from a charger all day tomorrow
i get the same battery life with setcpu and a display off profile than with no setcpu at all. my guess is that the battery saved gets wasted on setcpu itself.
I have the phone on from 7:30am to 12 midnight with no calls and 1 hour display time and i have just 40% less. No wifi at anytime.
Apps i only have gmail, no other email accounts, twitter at 15 minutes and whatsapp
franciscojavierleon said:
i get the same battery life with setcpu and a display off profile than with no setcpu at all. my guess is that the battery saved gets wasted on setcpu itself.
I have the phone on from 7:30am to 12 midnight with no calls and 1 hour display time and i have just 40% less. No wifi at anytime.
Apps i only have gmail, no other email accounts, twitter at 15 minutes and whatsapp
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You got something else wrong. SetCPU will definitely not drain the life it saves. you must have a beast app running in the back somewhere...
also, what kernel/rom are you running?
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You got something else wrong. SetCPU will definitely not drain the life it saves. you must have a beast app running in the back somewhere...
also, what kernel/rom are you running?
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lol what??
what kernel? since when there its custom kernels :rolleyes
i get like 12 hours in my normal day i guess its to few :s but streaming music over BT like 4 hours and surfing web forums tweetdeck. not impressed battery for my usage :S
perhaps seems better than my N1. and seems when i enable data it drain more faster like 5% per hour screen off, and no data like 1% or 2
zen kun said:
lol what??
what kernel? since when there its custom kernels :rolleyes
i get like 12 hours in my normal day i guess its to few :s but streaming music over BT like 4 hours and surfing web forums tweetdeck. not impressed battery for my usage :S
perhaps seems better than my N1. and seems when i enable data it drain more faster like 5% per hour screen off, and no data like 1% or 2
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Yes, my question was pretty straight forward...what kernel are you running. From your response I see your English may be the issue here.
Anyway, reason I ask is because some kernels such as BFS kernels don't really play nice with my phone nor battery. So maybe the issue is with the kernel being used.
"::rollseyes::"
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Yes, my question was pretty straight forward...what kernel are you running. From your response I see your English may be the issue here.
Anyway, reason I ask is because some kernels such as BFS kernels don't really play nice with my phone nor battery. So maybe the issue is with the kernel being used.
"::rollseyes::"
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Bootloader is signed on the phone. No custom kernels.
We currently have 4 options on att and like... one on bell i believe. Mine is stock motorola 4.1.57 with gladiatrix2 pseudo-rom
I did forget to mention that i'd sent like 40 text messages and replied to a half dozen emails.
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Yes, my question was pretty straight forward...what kernel are you running. From your response I see your English may be the issue here.
Anyway, reason I ask is because some kernels such as BFS kernels don't really play nice with my phone nor battery. So maybe the issue is with the kernel being used.
"::rollseyes::"
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/sigh. XDA, a wealth of information, but a lack of patience and reading comprehension.
Anyway, I feel like the Atrix does better than the Evo with battery life. I might try fiddling with SetCPU, so thanks for the info.
HTC Desire with stock Froyo ROM
I've been using SetCPU 2.1.1a recently and have noticed no difference in battery life. Is SetCPU a placebo as far as battery life is concerned?
My settings:
Charging = Max. 998 / Min. 998
Screen Off = Max. 245 / Min. 245
Battery < 101% = Max. 998 / Min. 245
Battery < 25% = Max. 499 / Min. 245
If I "Disable Perflock" SetCPU says "Success: Perflock appears to be disabled".
Some say it increases their battery life, are they imagining it? I'm not interested in over clocking. I'd be very willing to buy it, if it increased my battery life. Thanks
Why are people using Setcpu to try to save battery life?
The whole point of Tegra 2 is ultra low voltage operation when the system is inactive..
Its absolutely counter-productive to use setcpu to try to already do what the chipset itself is made to do and not half as effectively.
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Why are people using Setcpu to try to save battery life?
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Because plenty of people say it helps. Hence my question. I'm guessing you pessimistic?
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The whole point of Tegra 2 is ultra low voltage operation when the system is inactive..
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The Tegra 2 is only in certain Android devices.
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Because plenty of people say it helps. Hence my question. I'm guessing you pessimistic?
The Tegra 2 is only in certain Android devices.
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it may only be in certain ones, but it DEFINITELY in the atrix....which is this section in which you're posting...
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it may only be in certain ones, but it DEFINITELY in the atrix....which is this section in which you're posting...
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This thread is covering more than the Atrix. I didn't want to start yet another thread about this, when there are already plenty. Besides the main SetCPU thread (with the download links) is in the HTC Dream section and that phone's ancient.
If someone can answer my questions please.
I've done a bunch of different things to my phone to achieve this. I owe most of this result to scripts I have developed, I've put a lot of research into these, as well as my build.prop (Google "0vermind build prop" for that), I am not even using the memory values of supercharger, etc. I will probably be posting my scripts soon and how I did this, but just wanted to give a heads up. Long live the best phone ever made! The Droid x2!
Here's some teasers:
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Nice..looking forward to your work..
Now this is with what kind of use?
I can do regular texting, a little web search and marketplace downloads/updates and have around 19 hours and be around 20% with just the normal tweaks. (Probably 40% usage, 60% idle). I set the data saver to trigger at 11 PM (even though I always use it until late into the next morning) but by the time data saver is off (8 AM) the phone probably dropped 10-15% if I rarely used it. I'm wondering if this is at all any good since my idle is around 85% at all times so it looks like you trimmed that down.
This being my first smartphone, I think the actual standbye time is great but usage time is awful.
*edit: Just checked and running 2 Hours on battery and dropped 10% so I have no clue whats going on. I've noticed this phones battery is really random.
Elite49 said:
Now this is with what kind of use?
I can do regular texting, a little web search and marketplace downloads/updates and have around 19 hours and be around 20% with just the normal tweaks. (Probably 40% usage, 60% idle). I set the data saver to trigger at 11 PM (even though I always use it until late into the next morning) but by the time data saver is off (8 AM) the phone probably dropped 10-15% if I rarely used it. I'm wondering if this is at all any good since my idle is around 85% at all times so it looks like you trimmed that down.
This being my first smartphone, I think the actual standbye time is great but usage time is awful.
*edit: Just checked and running 2 Hours on battery and dropped 10% so I have no clue whats going on. I've noticed this phones battery is really random.
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Mines been pretty consistent, and I've had wifi on most of the time, if you look at the screens. I don't text using standard texting app, I use Google Voice, which is said to use more battery cause it has to send a keep alive signal and it constantly redownloads messages.
That being said, I also have Trillian sitting in the background and have it on 24/7. It notifys me of texts, vms, calls from my business number, plus facebook. And I made a few calls, some short, some long. All that, 19 hours, and still 20% to spare. Heavy use still lasts pretty dang long.
And, if you look at my awake times, my phone never really goes into deep sleep when the screen is off, and it's suppose to, I think this is a software bug in Motorola's build of Gingerbread for x2. That's why I think I'm pretty impressed right now with this beast! Oh and Quadrant scores around 2900.
I have excellent battery life with my x2, the key to me was not using any of motoblur's social networking integration.. It consistantly runs and just gums everything up.. I use the facebook app and twitdeck when i want too, but dont let them update automatically (aka no unneeded connections to the web to download crap i can just manually update)..
Ever since then i get 2 full days out of battery usage if i need..
Since moving to Gingerbread I've been able to push the phone to almost 24hrs between charges, on very light usage days. This is with bg data services running (Sync on, corp email sync, Trillian, weather updates, etc...) If I'm using the phone for any significant portion of the day this drops considerably.
All I've done is frozen most of the Motorola/Verizon bloat.
The next opportunity I have to basically ignore my phone for 24hrs I will post screenshots to prove it.
That's with light usage though? I use my phone pretty heavily at times. Cause as you know from my signature, I run a business, lol.
I'm a heavy use phone user and I use my phone as my home phone. I've rooted and killed the motocrap with fire. I use setcpu to handle better CPU throttling and achieve 24+ hours on a single charge. I don't have any doubts the heavy battery use stems from the motocrap. I just cannot wait until CM7 or another minimalist rom becomes available with overclocking.
spr0k3t said:
I'm a heavy use phone user and I use my phone as my home phone. I've rooted and killed the motocrap with fire. I use setcpu to handle better CPU throttling and achieve 24+ hours on a single charge. I don't have any doubts the heavy battery use stems from the motocrap. I just cannot wait until CM7 or another minimalist rom becomes available with overclocking.
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Do you happen to have any problems with setcpu actually making the processer stay within the range you set? It seems that no matter where I set the min/max it stays there for maybe half hour max then goes to whatever speed it wants to. The sliders don't change spots, the cpu just doesn't stay within the value set after a half hour. Can't future out why.
ashclepdia said:
Do you happen to have any problems with setcpu actually making the processer stay within the range you set? It seems that no matter where I set the min/max it stays there for maybe half hour max then goes to whatever speed it wants to. The sliders don't change spots, the cpu just doesn't stay within the value set after a half hour. Can't future out why.
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Overclocking needs a CUSTOM KERNEL not a stock kernel. Locked BLoader = No Overclock.
SwiftLegend said:
Overclocking needs a CUSTOM KERNEL not a stock kernel. Locked BLoader = No Overclock.
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I am not trying to overclock. I am trying to keep my speeds lower to help save battery which I have been told IS possible. I know I can't go faster than 1ghz but I thought I would be able to keep it from reaching that to save battery life. Am I wrong
Overmind,
Is this with the stock bh5x battery? I can get upwards of 10-14hours on mine with moderate use.
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ashclepdia said:
I am not trying to overclock. I am trying to keep my speeds lower to help save battery which I have been told IS possible. I know I can't go faster than 1ghz but I thought I would be able to keep it from reaching that to save battery life. Am I wrong
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I'm not so sure that the stock kernel will allow for any tweaking of clock speeds. I think you have to have a custom kernel to implement any clock or scheduler changes.
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garywojdan81 said:
I'm not so sure that the stock kernel will allow for any tweaking of clock speeds. I think you have to have a custom kernel to implement any clock or scheduler changes.
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Just seems weird that it initially works but then after a while stops..
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Do you happen to have any problems with setcpu actually making the processer stay within the range you set? It seems that no matter where I set the min/max it stays there for maybe half hour max then goes to whatever speed it wants to. The sliders don't change spots, the cpu just doesn't stay within the value set after a half hour. Can't future out why.
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Not sure about that one... I use profiles to handle the changes rather than forcing the speed ranges through the set sliders. The profiles seem to work better anyway, they react to active content rather than set-in-stone performance. One thing to note, the profiles are only available in the paid version (IIRC). Changing the profiles would be similar to handling the changes manually or through custom scripting routines. Right now, I'm going on 15+ hours with 70% of my battery left. I had the OG Droid running over five days on a single charge. What I do different from those saying 1 day max charge, I have no clue.
So ETA on script release?
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Not sure about that one... I use profiles to handle the changes rather than forcing the speed ranges through the set sliders. The profiles seem to work better anyway, they react to active content rather than set-in-stone performance. One thing to note, the profiles are only available in the paid version (IIRC). Changing the profiles would be similar to handling the changes manually or through custom scripting routines. Right now, I'm going on 15+ hours with 70% of my battery left. I had the OG Droid running over five days on a single charge. What I do different from those saying 1 day max charge, I have no clue.
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I shall try profiles then. I do have paid version. Thanks for the tip.
I consistently get 20+ hours with a stock battery, no scripts of any kind, with moderate use and data always connected. All I've done to achieve this is de bloat the hell out of the system apps, set my screen brightness to minimum (the thing its so dang bright anyways, you can hardly tell once you get used to the minimum setting) my wifi is set to never disconnect (I pretty much have a wifi connection 95% of the time) that's about it. I use adwEX, plume for twitter (polls every 3 minutes) gmail, google voice for visual voicemail, moderate amount of widgets (clockr, fancy widget pro, system panel, power control, uk news), I'm even running a live wallpaper (vortex galaxy, set to 100% speed).
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I am not trying to overclock. I am trying to keep my speeds lower to help save battery which I have been told IS possible. I know I can't go faster than 1ghz but I thought I would be able to keep it from reaching that to save battery life. Am I wrong
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You Can Underclock.
So here I am, finally hitting 50% 1d 5h 10m and a few seconds. I wonder what this would be like on the extended battery?
I've loved my Galaxy SII right from day 1, but the phone's battery life has made it a complicated relationship.... I'm hoping to share my experience as a heavy user and how i'm dealing with the battery.
My usage:
I would fall into the 'power user' category. I'm rooted, on stock 2.3.4 (the update to 2.3.6 was pushed to my phone, but obviously failed). I'm often streaming audio podcasts, using Waze (a social gps program), and checking twitter and online forums and the occasional email or text. Bit of youtube in there as well. Bluetooth is on 10% of the time, wifi always, screen 1 notch below max brightness, no 'fetching' widgets.
My last phone, the iphone 4 had better battery life, but not incredibly so. During heavy use I would get ~6 hours. Standby was closer to 20 hours. I still had to charge at some point during the day, but it's different with the GS2.
Let's take a look at the Battery Usage in Settings....
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With 4 and a half hours of usage, i'm down to 13%. That means I'm up at 8:00AM, and by 1:00PM my phone is dead. It would almost be hilarious if it wasn't so sad... Charging has become a critical part of my daily routine. I'm using an external battery pack (more info below) and charge off a wall socket
Solution so far:
I've been using the Energizer XPAL4001, a 4000mah external battery for $58.00.
The thing is great, and I obviously wouldn't make it a full day without it. However it's a hassle to have to lug it around which is why i'm considering getting the extended battery which I was hoping to avoid by getting the external. But it looks like I do need both solutions.
Solutions I'm considering:
I'm about to pull the trigger on a3500mAh Extended Battery + Cover off of ebay. It's going for $11.00 with free shipping, so the price is certainly right.
What do you guys recommend? Has anyone tried the battery I'm looking at? It doesn't have NFC, but it's $11. I'd love to hear from other power users and how they're dealing with things.
PS. Still love my GS2
I'd recommend using your phone less!!
Try an i9100 rom, much better battery life.
You are expecting too much if you want it to last all day long with that much usage.
Doesn't look like your phone went into deep sleep not once.
Try flashing UnNamed 1.3.2 or 2.2.1 and a custom kernal and use SetCPU to lower clocks/volts.
This should help you in increasing the battery life a little more.
Have you checked this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308030
What about the Korean 2000mah battery? You can see my posts on this page for more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281777&page=11
It would be helpful to know how much screen time you are getting. You can access this by clicking "Display" in the screens you have posted above. Your battery is dying incredibly quickly. If your screen time is less than 2.5 hours you may have a rogue app that is running up your cpu. Use CPU Spy and better battery stats to help diagnose.
Sounds like you are such a power user that you might want to consider one of the 3500mah batteries. If you don't mind the size that is. Search the accessories forum to make sure you order the right brand as some cause boot loops. You will also lose NFC.
Good luck!
thanks for the replies everyone.
I'd recommend using your phone less!!
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Sorry, but no. I would carry a second phone before using this one less. But it's a reasonable recommendation.
You are expecting too much if you want it to last all day long with that much usage.
Doesn't look like your phone went into deep sleep not once.
Try flashing UnNamed 1.3.2 or 2.2.1 and a custom kernal and use SetCPU to lower clocks/volts.
This should help you in increasing the battery life a little more.
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I'm not expecting a full day of battery life, but 4 and a half hours of usage in undeniably on the short side. Thank you for the insight on deep sleep etc. I'm newish to android and appreciate a skilled user's input.
As for flashing a rom, I'm really waiting for an Ice cream sandwich release before going that route. I'm aware of underclocking etc but think that I might get better results by getting the extended battery.
Have you checked this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1308030
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Yes, most of those 'known battery drainers' don't pertain to me.
What about the Korean 2000mah battery? You can see my posts on this page for more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...281777&page=11
Sounds like you are such a power user that you might want to consider one of the 3500mah batteries. If you don't mind the size that is. Search the accessories forum to make sure you order the right brand as some cause boot loops. You will also lose NFC.
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I think i'll need 3500mah too. I'm aware of the boot loop stuff, but I can't find clarification on whether the battery i'm looking at ( ebay link ) will have those problems or not... I would like advice on that.
It would be helpful to know how much screen time you are getting. You can access this by clicking "Display" in the screens you have posted above. Your battery is dying incredibly quickly. If your screen time is less than 2.5 hours you may have a rogue app that is running up your cpu. Use CPU Spy and better battery stats to help diagnose.
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Time on: 2h 57m 20s
I will look into those 2 apps.
This is what I have for today with better battery stats.
/\ were you using the GPS? I was for most of my 4 hours of life.
what were you doing with your 2 hour 26 min of screen on time?
Hmmmm, 3 hours of screen on time sounds about right for the battery life you are experiencing. As far as that particular battery, I'm not sure... I would play it safe and purchase one people are linking to in some of the threads that are confirmed as working. The other thing you have to consider is cover fit- which is another reason to go with one people have posted experience with in one of the "Accessories" threads.
BTW: Not sure but the Waze app may be utlize GPS in a way that it consumes more battery than it posts in your battery usage. Not sure though.
Also, are you leaving the screen on unnecessarily, like while listening to a podcast. That's a pretty intense amount of screen usage for such a short period.
Let me know what you decide
Just for Reference
Here's my usage with the 2000mah Korean Battery.
Screen is off during podcasts, on during GPS. Waze affects my battery about as much as the google Maps/Navigation app.
As for the battery, I've heard others buying batteries that have been $50 and up, I could buy 4 of the ones i'm looking at for that price.
Someone out there must have tried this battery before.... I'd like to hear what they say first.
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Have you checked this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350247
Or this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392396
Install BBS (link) and cpuspy (link) today and then tomorrow make sure to reboot your phone before unplugging and doing your daily routine.
Once your battery reaches 20% post the BBS dump and screenshots so we can analyze it better and see what is draining your battery so much and how to improve it while you wait for your new battery.
I highly recommend flashing a UnNamed or ShoStock since it removes bloat and also SetCPU to lower the volts and set some profiles.
You said your new to android, so listen to others that have used it longer.
PS. Ice Cream Sandwich will be a while so don't hold your breath...
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Have you checked this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350247
Or this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392396
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both of those look like great options. I'll read up on both and hope to make a decision tomorrow.
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/\ were you using the GPS? I was for most of my 4 hours of life.
what were you doing with your 2 hour 26 min of screen on time?
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I use gps for about a minute today. Most of my screen on time is messaging web surfing facebook and twitter
Was your screen at max brightness or autobrightness? Autobrightness tends to set the screen way too bright.
After all, your battery history indicates 74% of the usage was display - so I think you may just have the brightness way up.
Full brightness + GPS + CPU usage is brutal on the battery, that brings total current consumption to somewhere around 650 mA. (On the Infuse, the battery would slowly discharge with a 600 mA charger at fullbright + GPS. The GSII just barely keeps ahead with 650 mA charge current.)
I'm getting between 26-32 hrs with the config in my sig.
Deenybird said:
My usage:
I would fall into the 'power user' category. I'm rooted, on stock 2.3.4 (the update to 2.3.6 was pushed to my phone, but obviously failed). I'm often streaming audio podcasts, using Waze (a social gps program), and checking twitter and online forums and the occasional email or text. Bit of youtube in there as well. Bluetooth is on 10% of the time, wifi always, screen 1 notch below max brightness, no 'fetching' widgets.
My last phone, the iphone 4 had better battery life, but not incredibly so. During heavy use I would get ~6 hours. Standby was closer to 20 hours. I still had to charge at some point during the day, but it's different with the GS2.
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Alot of good advice in this thread! I highlighted above what I think is killing your battery. Go with a debloated stock like ROM, research a bit on cpu schedulers and go with a conservative one, turn the brightness down and you will be on your way to duplicating your battery life. ;
Use Siyah kernel and the Thunderbolt (TB) script. They'll do wonders for your battery. As for brightness use auto or half way. We're lucky to have such boss screen with crazy brightness. anything above 70% hurts my eyes in doors lol. Auto should be 90% effective for your day to day use. Also try to avoid apps that sync or fetch data constantly and set things to push or to auto-update every 3-6hrs instead of 15min-1hr. Those murder ur battery.
Install BBS (link) and cpuspy (link) today and then tomorrow make sure to reboot your phone before unplugging and doing your daily routine.
Once your battery reaches 20% post the BBS dump and screenshots so we can analyze it better and see what is draining your battery so much and how to improve it while you wait for your new battery.
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Was your screen at max brightness or autobrightness? Autobrightness tends to set the screen way too bright.
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I was one notch down from max brightness. I'm going to scale it back to around 50% as many people are recommending that.
Go with a debloated stock like ROM, research a bit on cpu schedulers and go with a conservative one, turn the brightness down and you will be on your way to duplicating your battery life. ;
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Use Siyah kernel and the Thunderbolt (TB) script. They'll do wonders for your battery.
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I'm considering this, but I'm going to see what kind of increase I get off an extended battery alone first.
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
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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?
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 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?
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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 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.
I just got my Note 7 yesterday and so far I'm pretty happy with the battery life. It's a great improvement compared to my previous phone (iPhone 6+), though I'm still figuring out on things to do to make the battery last longer.
if you want the maximum battery life, then disable animations in the dev settings (look around to learn how to get there if you don't know. only saying it cause you said you came from iPhone and thus idk what knowledge you have on android lol).
Um, also use minimalist wallpapers with a dominate black aspect.. (as in, use a wallpaper that is mostly pure black, since with AMOLED screens, true black means the 'pixels' are turned off completely, thus saving you a tiny tiny bit in battery). Also just don't use live wallpapers in general.
Ummmmmmmmmm..... oh, don't keep the phone at 100% alot. I'm kind of a hypocrite with that one though. I keep mine around 100% all the time because I never know when I'll randomly be out of the house for the majority of the day. thus having a 'full' battery means possibly an extra 30 minutes to an hour of 'usage'. But this also means that the battery will not last as long later on during its life. It also produces its most stable power delivery around the 83-85% area, so that's where you get the best 'bang for your percentage' so to speak. You'll notice it stays in the 83-85% range alot longer than it does at any other percentage.
But all in all, just keep the brightness down to a reasonable level, don't install apps that constantly run in then background (for example, I recently started using a podcast app called Pocket Cast, and ever since installing it, my battery % at the end of the day is generally 60% less than usual. As in, i normally can end my work day with about 78% battery remaining during an 8 hour shift, but after using this app, i'll be lucky to make it out with 10-20% battery. It seems to hog the battery when you're using it as well as when you're not. So at this point, I'd highly NOT recommend using it, even though its such a pleasure to use. Wow this was a long side note haha.), don't use the phone if its hot or cold, and idk I mean, everything I've listed is pretty much everyday basic things. So I doubt you are someone who doesn't already know these things XD
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if you want the maximum battery life, then disable animations in the dev settings (look around to learn how to get there if you don't know. only saying it cause you said you came from iPhone and thus idk what knowledge you have on android lol).
Um, also use minimalist wallpapers with a dominate black aspect.. (as in, use a wallpaper that is mostly pure black, since with AMOLED screens, true black means the 'pixels' are turned off completely, thus saving you a tiny tiny bit in battery). Also just don't use live wallpapers in general.
Ummmmmmmmmm..... oh, don't keep the phone at 100% alot. I'm kind of a hypocrite with that one though. I keep mine around 100% all the time because I never know when I'll randomly be out of the house for the majority of the day. thus having a 'full' battery means possibly an extra 30 minutes to an hour of 'usage'. But this also means that the battery will not last as long later on during its life. It also produces its most stable power delivery around the 83-85% area, so that's where you get the best 'bang for your percentage' so to speak. You'll notice it stays in the 83-85% range alot longer than it does at any other percentage.
But all in all, just keep the brightness down to a reasonable level, don't install apps that constantly run in then background (for example, I recently started using a podcast app called Pocket Cast, and ever since installing it, my battery % at the end of the day is generally 60% less than usual. As in, i normally can end my work day with about 78% battery remaining during an 8 hour shift, but after using this app, i'll be lucky to make it out with 10-20% battery. It seems to hog the battery when you're using it as well as when you're not. So at this point, I'd highly NOT recommend using it, even though its such a pleasure to use. Wow this was a long side note haha.), don't use the phone if its hot or cold, and idk I mean, everything I've listed is pretty much everyday basic things. So I doubt you are someone who doesn't already know these things XD
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Thank you for the very informative reply, i have been switching back and forth from iOS to Android (eversince the first iPhone the first Xperia X10)
It is indeed an awesome switch for me this year, i hated my iPhone 6+ and the more i use the note 7 the more i like it. Given that it isn't "perfect", it's keeping me satisfied so far.
Let them tips coming
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Thank you for the very informative reply, i have been switching back and forth from iOS to Android (eversince the first iPhone the first Xperia X10)
It is indeed an awesome switch for me this year, i hated my iPhone 6+ and the more i use the note 7 the more i like it. Given that it isn't "perfect", it's keeping me satisfied so far.
Let them tips coming
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Well the biggest tip I can give is this: GET A GLASS SCREEN PROTECTOR.... if you don't, you will regret it within weeks. The "Gorilla Glass 5" screen is complete crap. It scratches easier than plastic screens.... most Gorilla Glass phones have a hardness of around 5, but the Note 7 is only a 2-3. Some people have their phones scratching at level 2, others level 3... level 3 is just slightly better than plastic, and level 2 is worse than plastic... So get proper screen protector for the front, probably one that is good to be used with a case if you plan on getting a case as well. I'll personally be getting a DBrand skin for the phone and a screen protector from a company called Myrax? I think that's what it is. lemme go check.
Myriann is who makes it =3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JFHA16G/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=KYMJDORDQX1V&coliid=I2ELMRA3UAHQMC&psc=1 and here's the link to its page. lol.
I thought the TGSP for the "edge" type phone is a hit and miss. I mostly read bad reviews about them and i think i only saw around 5 good reviews (or posts here) out of like 50 reviews
Have had mine for around 24 hours now and after a good charge after buying it, I got around 6.5hrs of SoT. Pretty happy with that. Only gonna get better haha.
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The battery saving option really does work!
Move from 6s Plus to Note7, I'm not really happy with Note7 battery life. But I think it will improve in next two week. I aslo need UVable kernel to make phone cooler as I did on Note5
Zanr Zij said:
Move from 6s Plus to Note7, I'm not really happy with Note7 battery life. But I think it will improve in next two week. I aslo need UVable kernel to make phone cooler as I did on Note5
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How long tmdoes your Note 7 batt last from full charge?
My experience with note 7 930FD using latest firmware.
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My experience with note 7 930FD using latest firmware.
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Will updating affect the "rootability" of the phone?
First run (52-0) I got 4hrs SOT during initial set up.
2nd most present run I got 6hrs 26mins (8% left) within 15hrs of usage, although I played Pokemon Go for 3hrs on max brightness which did some pretty hefty damage.
For those who want max battery life, this is what I've learned in my limited time:
- Download (buy) Package Disabler Pro (PDP) and disable the bloatware
- Disable the unnecessary sensor stuff throughout the settings app
- If you dont use Always On Display, disable it
- Disable Auto Brightness, and use the minimum brightness manually
- If you play Pokemon Go, download "Battery Saver for Go", it turns the display off when idle
- Enable MID Battery Saver mode with unchanged resolution, enabled Limit Performance, and disabled Prevent background network (if you stream or need it, otherwise enable it). Set max brightness to 80%
---- Be sure to re-enable Device Maintenence in PDP to get customisable power savings back.
- If you want, use the BLACKEST theme you can. I personally dont like any of them, so i kept to Samsungs stock theme
- DONT USE FB OR FB MESSENGER, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM etc. Use the web versions
- DONT USE CHROME. Samsungs Stock browser takes time to get used to, but its much more battery friendly
Without me playing Pokemon Go, I could have easily pushed for 7hrs SOT++ which is damn impressive for having the brightness at 80%.
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This thread should be closed. Theatre is already a battery thread.
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