My battery life is horrible....I can barely get 8-10 hours a day with out it dying. I even have my brightness turned down way past half way. Any suggestion
Turn off mobile network. Set gear network to auto. Pair with phone
I already did that..I only have BT on
TopDogg1 said:
I already did that..I only have BT on
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This is just my opinion and not fact for sure. I think it all depends on your signal strength when away from your phone. The past weekend I had a full charge, I went out in the fields to cut fallen trees, replace posts and fencing. I was out there for 5 hours and my watch died as soon as I was done. The signal is weak there so it was working hard to keep one or two bars of service if that much. Maybe you have a similar situation.
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I love to put my Gear in remote connection with call forwarding on but the battery drains way to fast in this mode.
I used it at 8.00 today untill 20.10 and had about 60% left
Screen britn about 75%
Screen always on
Wifi auto
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I've noticed that certain apps can drain the battery on my Gear S. In particular, when I used LinkedIn app and synchronize contacts, it will zap the battery life on my Gear S. When I uninstall LinkedIn (or disable the contacts sync), then my Gear S is fine. So, there may be apps that are constantly working in the background and draining the battery on your Gear S. I learned this by performing some factory resets on my Gear S and playing around with app settings. You can also try adjusting your notifications on your Gear S.
Not sure what you all are doing but I get an easy 2 days out of one charge. I didn't buy another sim for the watch as I think that feature is a scam by at&t I just have it paired via Bluetooth and I have WiFi on.
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On a normal day conected by Bluetooth only I go to sleep with aroung 50% left. Lately ive been using remote conection with my LG infinums hooked up listening to music the battery will drom 30% in an hour. Does anyone know if i use edge instead of hsdpa when on remote conection if this will save battery?
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To extend my battery life I turn off GPS and pause the pedometer. I am a light user and these two settings sent me from 7 house to 18. I have brightness set to auto, gesture to turn on clock face and rarely take my phone with me. Bluetooth connection to car or headset for public places.
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To extend my battery life I turn off GPS and pause the pedometer. I am a light user and these two settings sent me from 7 house to 18. I have brightness set to auto, gesture to turn on clock face and rarely take my phone with me. Bluetooth connection to car or headset for public places.
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Please how did you turn off the pedometer.
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djc-wi said:
To extend my battery life I turn off GPS and pause the pedometer. I am a light user and these two settings sent me from 7 house to 18. I have brightness set to auto, gesture to turn on clock face and rarely take my phone with me. Bluetooth connection to car or headset for public places.
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How did you turn off the pedometer please
hichem jerbi said:
Please how did you turn off the pedometer.
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From the pedometer screen (on watch), click on the 3 dots at the top right. Scroll down and select Pause. This turns off the pedometer but does not set your current count to zero.
My battery life seems to be improving for some unknown reason. At the end of 24 house, I usually have 50 to 58% left.
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After firmware update yesterday : R750XXU1B0C1, it seem have a great battery improvement.
With screen always ON I was at 4.5% / H and since update I have 2.5% / H ???
Okay, THIS is unusual. Mine lasts 2-4 days, WITH SIM inserted.
Wi-fi auto connect. Data off. Bluetooth on. As a sales associate, I use this watch lots during my shift, games on downtime, quick notes, and rarely the browser as I use my phone for this.
djc-wi said:
From the pedometer screen (on watch), click on the 3 dots at the top right. Scroll down and select Pause. This turns off the pedometer but does not set your current count to zero.
My battery life seems to be improving for some unknown reason. At the end of 24 house, I usually have 50 to 58% left.
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I tried it and it really work,, battery life extended
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My battery life is terrible I'm getting 3 hours and its dead
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golfinggino said:
My battery life is terrible I'm getting 3 hours and its dead
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I'm getting about 5% drain per hour. Sim card in with mobile network always on, Bluetooth on and probably connected to my phone directly about 90% of the day, Wifi off, auto brightness with 30sec timeout.
Usage is probably around 3-8 notifications per hour.
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I deleted the gear s notification extender app and now the battery is back to normal
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My battery life is horrible....I can barely get 8-10 hours a day with out it dying. I even have my brightness turned down way past half way. Any suggestion
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Turn on "Do not disturb" and "Power Saving"
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I don't know if anyone has tried this yet, but after I have tested it for almost a full work day I can say it's definitely worth using..
Try this: After you completely charge your phone, turn on Power Saver (make sure all options are checked in settings)
Leave it on, don't turn it off, for the entire day.
I had absolutely no slow down.. no problem receiving timely texts/notifications.. the only thing that is a minor annoyance is that screen brightness stays low no matter what, so if you view your screen in full sunlight a lot this will not be for you.. otherwise, HOLY CRAP this makes your phone literally sip power all day.
9 hrs 21 mins 44 secs since I unplugged my phone this morning and I have 63% battery left!
That's roughly 3.96% battery drain per hour!!
This means I will get something like 24-25 hours before I hit zero.. this is with using the phone like normal, where I would normally need to charge after about 16 hours.
Insane. Best battery life I've ever had on a stock phone, and yes I know those monstrosities like the Note 2 can go longer (huge battery..) or if you want to tweak your phone with custom kernels, etc.
But daaaamn I have to say I am impressed.
Leaving Power Saver on from now on!
Btw I should add this is without Wi-Fi, in a LTE area that bounces from LTE to HSPA a lot.. WiFi left on but never connecting to a router
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Also, I do have sleep mode on in settings
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Update. Battery running down a little faster while on my home Wi-Fi watching videos and surfing the net. Don't think I'll make it 24 hours but I am using the phone pretty heavy. I've also noticed that the auto brightness seems to be working overtime whereas it never budged during the day. Tomorrow I'll set my brightness manually to stay at ~30% and turn off the screen option in power saver. See if that yields even better results. So far it appears auto brightness is a power consumer on this phone. We'll see if I'm right tomorrow. I'm at 23% at 14hrs 21mins
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I should add that normally I would have charged the phone by now for about two hours since I do most of my heavy usage at night, and when I get home from work I'm already at 20%. But when I've let it run down almost all the way it's been an average of about 15-16 hours
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OK so today I kept Power Saver on, but unchecked the "screen" option so that I the screen would adjust as normal to the ambient light conditions. I am finding that the power consumption is essentially the same, very minor change. I now believe that it is Wi-Fi that was causing a quicker drain than LTE/HSPA does, simply because Power Saver does not include an option to cut the Wi-Fi connection when the screen is off.
I will change my Wi-Fi settings to sleep when screen is off and see if that keeps the battery draining at the same slow pace when I am at home connected to my router. I'll try that tonight. If that works successfully, I should get an easy 20 hours + from one charge with normal use (including my evening usage which is heavier usage).
Last night I hit 18 hours and 22 minutes before plugging in at 12% remaining battery without changing the Wi-Fi sleep setting. Hopefully this will be the last test necessary to find the best set up for longer battery life.
Feel free to chime in if anyone else is testing this!
I haven't test the difference between Power Saving and normal. I put Power Saving On in the morning right after a full charge.
I have medium usage for about 20 minutes in the morning using wifi. (It would drop to about 94%). I then turn off wifi and mobile and by 1pm, I have about 82%-88%. I would have about 20 minute usage on mobile data during lunch (flux between 3g, H and rarely LTE). By the time I leave work, it's around 74%. This is when I turn off power saving since I'm usually heading home. Another 20 minutes of medium to heavy usage over H/LTE when on the subway. By the time I get home, it's around 70%. After this, it takes at least about an hour of heavy activity to drain it down to 50% off power saving.
I have the 64 GB Developer Edition and running ARHD 12.1 with the latest T-Mobile Radio.
I've always left power saver on at all times and don't notice any slowdown. One exception is that I don't enable power saver on the screen as it's damn near impossible to see the screen outside. I get pretty damn good battery life on stock rom. Over 3 hrs screen on time in 24 hr period of half mobile data and half wifi.
For enabling and disabling wifi automatically, I use the app wifi matic and it's worked well.
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I can easily say the dim screen option is completely unnecessary. Everything is working perfectly, there's no slowdown whatsoever. Even set keep Wi-Fi awake to never. Phone flies, and honestly the data connectivity is ten times better with power saver on. Without it, I would see my phone jump to 2G in a moment of bad coverage and then take FOREVER to reconnect to LTE or HSPA. Now when I unlock my phone it's instantly connected, as if a radio refresh is instant on power saver but laggy as hell without it. I'm very pleased.
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I had absolutely no slow down.. no problem receiving timely texts/notifications..
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Just thinking out loud here...
I don't see how with the data connection off you could have "no problem receiving timely...notifications." What "notifications" are you talking about not missing? Are you saying you actually got cloud-service-based notifications while the phone was sleeping?
Texts/SMS of course would still come in because they don't travel over the data connection, they travel over the voice network.
Email, twitter, etc., they shouldn't get their notifications since that stuff travels over the data connection.
Google Voice users (like me), would miss out on their text messages since those travel over the data connection.
I'll need to test this some. Maybe with the data connection turned off via this setting, the phone actually periodically fires it up to check for notifications, or responds to apps requesting a quick data connection to pull notifications.
UPDATE: Hmmm...turned on power saver, turned on the data disconnect option, put phone to sleep by pressing power button. Waited a minute. Sent myself a google voice # text message and the phone buzzed immediately. Very curious.
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Just thinking out loud here...
I don't see how with the data connection off you could have "no problem receiving timely...notifications." What "notifications" are you talking about not missing? Are you saying you actually got cloud-service-based notifications while the phone was sleeping?
Texts/SMS of course would still come in because they don't travel over the data connection, they travel over the voice network.
Email, twitter, etc., they shouldn't get their notifications since that stuff travels over the data connection.
Google Voice users (like me), would miss out on their text messages since those travel over the data connection.
I'll need to test this some. Maybe with the data connection turned off via this setting, the phone actually periodically fires it up to check for notifications, or responds to apps requesting a quick data connection to pull notifications.
UPDATE: Hmmm...turned on power saver, turned on the data disconnect option, put phone to sleep by pressing power button. Waited a minute. Sent myself a google voice # text message and the phone buzzed immediately. Very curious.
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I was confused about that same thing. I think it only turns off your data if you havent touched your phone in a while.
If I turn it off, put it down, and pick it up 5 mins later, the data is still connected.
If I turn it off and its in my pocket for an hour, I take it out, the data service is usually trying to reconnect.
I have to admit the way HTC implemented their power saver is impressive. It literally does not delay a single notification. Facebook, Gmail, Hangouts, Scramble with Friends, anything that is set up to notify me works without a hitch. Everything is instant.. compare this to "power saver" mode on the Galaxy line which pretty much cripples the phone.
There is NO reason whatsoever to not have Power Saver turned on with the HTC One. Best implementation ever.
I've had no delays even after not touching the phone for a solid hour. Still get them.
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I was confused about that same thing. I think it only turns off your data if you havent touched your phone in a while.
If I turn it off, put it down, and pick it up 5 mins later, the data is still connected.
If I turn it off and its in my pocket for an hour, I take it out, the data service is usually trying to reconnect.
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Okay, a little google search reveals the secret behind the data connection magic:
If you want to choose which phone features to conserve power for, tap the Power saver notification first before you turn power saver mode on.
Note: If Data connection is selected, HTC One X automatically disconnects from the mobile network after 15 minutes when it's in sleep mode and the data connection is idle (no download activity, streaming, or data usage). It reconnects and then disconnects periodically when the data connection is idle to save battery power.
This is from the HTC One X support site, but the same quote is on many of the devices, but oddly not our HTC One. I think it's safe to assume it's the same for our device, whether published or not.
ingenious247 said:
I have to admit the way HTC implemented their power saver is impressive. It literally does not delay a single notification. Facebook, Gmail, Hangouts, Scramble with Friends, anything that is set up to notify me works without a hitch. Everything is instant.. compare this to "power saver" mode on the Galaxy line which pretty much cripples the phone.
There is NO reason whatsoever to not have Power Saver turned on with the HTC One. Best implementation ever.
I've had no delays even after not touching the phone for a solid hour. Still get them.
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My phone's been untouched for an hour or so, and I just sent it a Google Voice text message. Buzzed instantly, and in light of my above research, it looks like you're correct. I'm certainly going to run with this setting on for a day or two at least for further testing. I only have CPU and data enabled in the settings. My testing the next few days may not be the best, as I'll likely be on wi-fi most of the time, although I could turn wi-fi setting to disconnect wi-fi when sleeping.
I've been using that Qualcomm Snapdragon battery guru app, and Greenify on my phone, so it gets damned good battery all things considered anyways, and I also am not afraid to go on charger during the day, but every little bit helps.
Just a few comments on the power saver:
I've noticed that power saver doesn't disconnect the background data immediately... it does it after a longer interval of non-usage.
Otherwise, it's great. I'm not sure if it's the screen dimming or the underclocking, but it really makes a definite difference in the battery life. I also turn it on for a lot of games (cough, dead space) and it helps keep the phone cooler while gaming.
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Just a few comments on the power saver:
I've noticed that power saver doesn't disconnect the background data immediately... it does it after a longer interval of non-usage.
Otherwise, it's great. I'm not sure if it's the screen dimming or the underclocking, but it really makes a definite difference in the battery life. I also turn it on for a lot of games (cough, dead space) and it helps keep the phone cooler while gaming.
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Not the screen dimming, because I don't use that option.
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FYI, it underclocks the CPU so the max is about 1.2ghz; When using Faux Control App, I toggled the Power Saver from the notification and can see it go down to about 1.2 ghz when "On" and when switched off my CPU clock maxes out back to 2ghz.
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FYI, it underclocks the CPU so the max is about 1.2ghz; When using Faux Control App, I toggled the Power Saver from the notification and can see it go down to about 1.2 ghz when "On" and when switched off my CPU clock maxes out back to 2ghz.
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Yeah I figure that would be the clock speed, but I haven't suffered any loss of performance which is amazing to me.
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I have to admit the way HTC implemented their power saver is impressive. It literally does not delay a single notification. Facebook, Gmail, Hangouts, Scramble with Friends, anything that is set up to notify me works without a hitch. Everything is instant.. compare this to "power saver" mode on the Galaxy line which pretty much cripples the phone.
There is NO reason whatsoever to not have Power Saver turned on with the HTC One. Best implementation ever.
I've had no delays even after not touching the phone for a solid hour. Still get them.
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I can also concur to this fact; since day one of owning this phone I've had power saver on permanently set and I've never experienced performance issues like in other phones, its been smooth, and helpful. The amount of usage I submit my phone to in one day its enough to make any other phone live permanently connected to the charger, and I get at least 1.5 days of juice.
I agree, HTC did a good job with their power saver mode.
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9 hrs 21 mins 44 secs since I unplugged my phone this morning and I have 63% battery left!
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6 hrs 23 mins 3 secs since i unplugged it and still have 82% without using PowerSafer. switching between very low LTE and very good hspa all the time and i'm using it quiet often checking facebook, twitter, mails, whatsapp and news.
The only Powersaving App I installed is "Wifi-Matic" wich turns on Wifi only if i'm connected to a specific radio station. Check in to your wlan one time and it will safe the radio stations around. if you aren't connect to this stations it will disable Wifi by itself. Works great for me! (Checking radiostations every 15 mins).
This means for me loosing 2,889% every hour without dimming the screen or something else
Give it a try and compare
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6 hrs 23 mins 3 secs since i unplugged it and still have 82% without using PowerSafer. switching between very low LTE and very good hspa all the time and i'm using it quiet often checking facebook, twitter, mails, whatsapp and news.
The only Powersaving App I installed is "Wifi-Matic" wich turns on Wifi only if i'm connected to a specific radio station. Check in to your wlan one time and it will safe the radio stations around. if you aren't connect to this stations it will disable Wifi by itself. Works great for me! (Checking radiostations every 15 mins).
This means for me loosing 2,889% every hour without dimming the screen or something else
Give it a try and compare
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How about you try that, with power saver on as well, and report back?
Besides, if you're barely using your phone at all, then yes it will be saving power with sleep mode alone. All I know is I have several friends who move in and out of bad reception/data areas, and now their battery is lasting a whole heck of a lot longer using power saver. It sounds like what you're using is somewhat of a power saver as well.. but you are in a good coverage area too so it's hard to say.
Btw, my figures were with Wifi always on - never switched off, ever.. and I still had greatly extended battery life.
I have some weird behavior with my XZU, the other day after a full charge I left it idle overnight at 100% and the next morning was still at 100%, amazing.
But there are other opportunities when the battery will go down pretty fast, today with no active apps is going down at 1% to 2% per hour, currently is at 52%. I have attached print screens from BBS, what's your opinion?
NOTE: I have Stamina Mode ON
brosenz said:
I have some weird behavior with my XZU, the other day after a full charge I left it idle overnight at 100% and the next morning was still at 100%, amazing.
But there are other opportunities when the battery will go down pretty fast, today with no active apps is going down at 1% to 2% per hour, currently is at 52%. I have attached print screens from BBS, what's your opinion?
NOTE: I have Stamina Mode ON
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"qcom_rx_wakelock": 12:44 minutes. That's the only thing that sticks out. Could you take a screenshot of partial wakelocks and kernel wakelocks?
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"qcom_rx_wakelock": 12:44 minutes. That's the only thing that sticks out. Could you take a screenshot of partial wakelocks and kernel wakelocks?
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I just took these new screen shoots of Partial and Kernel Wakelocks and now there is a process called "AudioOut_3" and the phone has been sitting idle
AudioOut is running when you're listening to music, or use apps that emits audio. Have you listened to music after plugging the phone off the charger?
*Backup* is backup, I guess? Still, 15 minutes wakelock is a lot.
Fullsync is Whatsapp that's syncing in the background.
PowerManagerService is the charging service which runs while it's charging. It should not still run after it's no longer charging. Reboot if it does.
Overall, not the worst I've seen, but those wakelocks could've been much much shorter. What does a wakelock mean? Whenever a process is waking up the phone to do a task while in deep sleep/standby. If an app uses 20 minutes to complete a task, then it'll suck the battery, and when you unlock the phone again, you'll soon notice that it's been using a lot of battery while it's been "sleeping". Most apps with background sync will do this, and if you have a bad connection at the time, it'll use even longer to update the app.
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AudioOut is running when you're listening to music, or use apps that emits audio. Have you listened to music after plugging the phone off the charger?
*Backup* is backup, I guess? Still, 15 minutes wakelock is a lot.
Fullsync is Whatsapp that's syncing in the background.
PowerManagerService is the charging service which runs while it's charging. It should not still run after it's no longer charging. Reboot if it does.
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I haven't listened to any music. I only made some test calls using Talkatone VOIP app, but each call was 15 secs and no more than 4 of them.
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I haven't listened to any music. I only made some test calls using Talkatone VOIP app, but each call was 15 secs and no more than 4 of them.
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Any gaming? That will also trigger AudioOut. Either way, I'm working in 6 hours, so i need to get some sleep. I'll check in here again later today/tomorrow.
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Any gaming? That will also trigger AudioOut. Either way, I'm working in 6 hours, so i need to get some sleep. I'll check in here again later today/tomorrow.
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No games :crying:
Here's what i understand from your screenshots Screenshot_2013-08-11-12-57-31.jpg (2 of 6) and Screenshot_2013-08-11-12-57-41.jpg (3 of 6)...
qcom_rx_wakelock - 12m 44s
No Data connection & No or Unknown Signal - 1hr 58m 7s.
Your phone lost its network signal and is trying its best to get it back thereby pushing more power to its tx/rx circuits and using more battery in the process..
Just a not so intelligent guess.. lol
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Here's what i understand from your screenshots Screenshot_2013-08-11-12-57-31.jpg (2 of 6) and Screenshot_2013-08-11-12-57-41.jpg (3 of 6)...
qcom_rx_wakelock - 12m 44s
No Data connection & No or Unknown Signal - 1hr 58m 7s.
Your phone lost its network signal and is trying its best to get it back thereby pushing more power to its tx/rx circuits and using more battery in the process..
Just a not so intelligent guess.. lol
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Maybe this is related to the Stamina Mode, because I have it ON. The phone has been on my house all the time, with T-Mobile signal and Wifi always. I know Stamina mode will turn OFF Wifi and Data, maybe that's the reason??
Well,, I understand stamina mode turning off Data and WiFi..
But checking on the screenshot, it also said "no or unknown signal" so it means your mobile signal is lost also?
How to root your zu?
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How to root your zu?
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OMFG. Getting really tired of this question. First of all wrong thread, and second, do some ****ing research before you ask about these things. It takes me 3 seconds to find an existing thread about this topic. Third, it's currently not possible to root the ZU.
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Please post your battery life discussion here:
Phone battery impact with Android wear.
Anyone any idea of the impact to the phones battery when connected to a watch all day?
My Nexus 5 battery life is pretty poor anyway, just wondering how it will cope when connected to the wearable!?
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Your phone and the watch will use Bluetooth 4.0 which is really battery friendly. Not sure on the actual percentage though
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Your phone and the watch will use Bluetooth 4.0 which is really battery friendly. Not sure on the actual percentage though
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Thanks... Can I hold you to that
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Thanks... Can I hold you to that
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I have an Xperia Z2 and the battery will usually last 36-48 hours on a charge, with my pebble connected all the time, but without the pebble connected i only get about 50 ish hours, so it doesnt make too much of an impact, im guessing the LG G Watch will do a similar amount of drain as its only pulling info over Bluetooth again so shouldnt drain too much.
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I have an Xperia Z2 and the battery will usually last 36-48 hours on a charge, with my pebble connected all the time, but without the pebble connected i only get about 50 ish hours, so it doesnt make too much of an impact, im guessing the LG G Watch will do a similar amount of drain as its only pulling info over Bluetooth again so shouldnt drain too much.
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Thanks for the info.
Just to throw in some info on the battery life of the watch. Mine has never gone below 40% by end of day with normal use so don't worry about the watch dieing, if that was even a concern. Its hard for me to weigh in on phone battery life, I have the Flex and I'm getting about 2 days one charge, unless I game for hours with it. I Think its adding a few hours.
Took my watch off charge at 7:50am today its now 15:10PM and I have 65% battery still.
Using following settings :
1. Screen always on
2. Show cards even when screen dimmed
3. Alert on phone and watch
4. Brightness level - 1
Usage has been quite High because its the first day I have used it, sent about 20 Texts and done some maths with it, also it seems there are problems with the software and after awhile it seems to disconnect from my nexus 5 even if the software on my phone thinks its still paired.
As for phone battery its reporting in battery stats nothing regarding android wear, and im at 60% battery from the morning and i have hardly used my phone apart from trying to figure out why stuff is refusing to pair or even work.
I also use CM11 nightlys and the snapdragon battery app on my N5 this might have something to do with all the disconnects
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Took my watch off charge at 7:50am today its now 15:10PM and I have 65% battery still.
Using following settings :
1. Screen always on
2. Show cards even when screen dimmed
3. Alert on phone and watch
4. Brightness level - 1
Usage has been quite High because its the first day I have used it, sent about 20 Texts and done some maths with it, also it seems there are problems with the software and after awhile it seems to disconnect from my nexus 5 even if the software on my phone thinks its still paired.
As for phone battery its reporting in battery stats nothing regarding android wear, and im at 60% battery from the morning and i have hardly used my phone apart from trying to figure out why stuff is refusing to pair or even work.
I also use CM11 nightlys and the snapdragon battery app on my N5 this might have something to do with all the disconnects
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Yea, I would say if you aren't using a stock configuration there might be something else going on with your phone. All the reviews and impression videos I've seen haven't mentioned anything about frequent disconnects.
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Screen on, brightness 2, been replying to texts all day, the G Watch has been off the charger since 06:00 and it's now 01:32 (19.5 hours on) and I've still got 40% left.
Can't really fault it. I just drop my G Watch on the charger every night when I go to bed. Easy.
Sent from Nexus 5 or 7.
Well I am glad to hear I won't have to worry about it during the day. My S4 however... Dead in 6 - 8 hours under moderate use. Hope this keeps phone screen off more to help
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Yea, I would say if you aren't using a stock configuration there might be something else going on with your phone. All the reviews and impression videos I've seen haven't mentioned anything about frequent disconnects.
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Ditching the Snapdragon app has solved some disconnects, however it still disconnects at least 2 to 3 times a day.
Still on the same CM build, untill its been running for a week will i swap to another CM build to see if there is issues with the CM bluetooth
Zero disconnects on stock. ?
Sent from Nexus 5 or 7.
How's the battery life on Nexus 5 when it's paired with the Watch?
I assume that, aside from bluetooth, the Watch will use up some portion of the phone's battery for location services and other partial wakelocks?
mcnob said:
Can't really fault it. I just drop my G Watch on the charger every night when I go to bed. Easy.
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Do you leave it on charge all night? Is it OK to do this? I've been taking it off charge when it's done and then powering it off at night. There should be a way to power off the screen while charging.
9am to 8pm and still 65% remaining
7am to 8.30pm 83% with 'screen always on unticked'
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Wear 100% / Nexus 5 100% Battery at 7AM
Its now 9:15pm and G watch is at 62% and Nexus 5 is at 68%
I reckon you could go 30 Hours before needing to charge both devices.
Wear from 8am to 9pm 55% remaining. Less than average day for notifications. It killed my G2 though. Had battery saving on for location. But it really chewed it. Just one day. I disabled location reporting again. Will see if that has any effect on phone battery vs any loss of functionality on the wear. But I'm very happy so far.
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Watch on since 7am to 9:30pm. Watch at 13% and phone at 64% with 1.5 hours on screen time.
I am now using my phone about 50% less.
Love it!
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Having battery issues with my Gear S smartwatch. Severe battery drain in about 4-6 hrs. Same thing happened with my Gear 2 Neo. I'm pairing it Note 3 running 4.2.2. Anyone else having issues?
only1sycil said:
Having battery issues with my Gear S smartwatch. Severe battery drain in about 4-6 hrs. Same thing happened with my Gear 2 Neo. I'm pairing it Note 3 running 4.2.2. Anyone else having issues?
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Only had my GS since Friday, but I have found that just like my Note 3, turning off GPS is best. I only turn my GPS on when I need it. It litterally doubled my battery life on the GS.
pdqgp said:
Only had my GS since Friday, but I have found that just like my Note 3, turning off GPS is best. I only turn my GPS on when I need it. It litterally doubled my battery life on the GS.
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I am going to try your method and see if it helps. Thanks!
pdqgp said:
Only had my GS since Friday, but I have found that just like my Note 3, turning off GPS is best. I only turn my GPS on when I need it. It litterally doubled my battery life on the GS.
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Unfortunately, that method did not work for me. Can't figure out what it is. This same issue was frustrating with my Gear 2 Neo, that is why I returned. At my wits end, don't know what to do
only1sycil said:
Unfortunately, that method did not work for me. Can't figure out what it is. This same issue was frustrating with my Gear 2 Neo, that is why I returned. At my wits end, don't know what to do
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Do you have the motion wake up gestures unchecked that's a battery kill. Theres power saving mode if you really need it
Uniquebarbee said:
Do you have the motion wake up gestures unchecked that's a battery kill. Theres power saving mode if you really need it
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^^ I have that turned off too. Nice feature, but I really don't need my watch lit up all the time when I move around and that's what it was doing.
I'm having issues with my phone battery when connected to the gear s. My phone went from 75% to 40% in less than 3hrs with no usage of the phone or watch. It was just paired with the watch. I dont know if its because i turned on call forwarding. Before i turned on call forwarding, the phone's battery was draining at around 3% per hr. Anyone having the same problem. If not, any tips that could help?
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Uniquebarbee said:
Do you have the motion wake up gestures unchecked that's a battery kill. Theres power saving mode if you really need it
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I have the motion gesture turned off. Still having issues. I even tried deleting my google account and re-installing. No luck. Someone help!!!!
only1sycil said:
I have the motion gesture turned off. Still having issues. I even tried deleting my google account and re-installing. No luck. Someone help!!!!
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How long do you expect the battery watch to last?
Battery*
Battery, Standby
Up to 4 days
Battery, Talk Time
3G: Up to 2 Hrs; BT: Up to 5 Hrs
Battery, Usage
1 - 2 days
Battery Type and Size
300 mAh
Low Usage
Up to 4 days
it would help if people with battery issues gave some additional information. do you have a service plan with the gear s or are you using it simply paired with you smartphone or both. that being said, first start by turning off everything except bluetooth. wifi, gps, mobile data and motion etc are battery killers and should be turned off initially. at this point bring each feature you absolutely need back on line one by one. as you activate each option wait and see how it effects battery drain. i use mine without a service plan and since its paired with my note 2 i have mobile data off, gps off, motion off but wifi on. i have wifi on because the watch will connect automatically to my home network if it loses it's bluetooth connection with the note. after 15 hours i am at 55%. that is with lots of notifications and a few calls on a sunday.
Uniquebarbee said:
How long do you expect the battery watch to last?
Battery*
Battery, Standby
Up to 4 days
Battery, Talk Time
3G: Up to 2 Hrs; BT: Up to 5 Hrs
Battery, Usage
1 - 2 days
Battery Type and Size
300 mAh
Low Usage
Up to 4 days
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At least 1-1.5 days. Not 4-6 hrs.
dpeagle said:
i have wifi on because the watch will connect automatically to my home network if it loses it's bluetooth connection with the note. after 15 hours i am at 55%. that is with lots of notifications and a few calls on a sunday.
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But what's the purpose of mobile networks auto on/off mode vs always on and always off? I have mine connected via BT and my Home WiFi and assume that the mobile network is off as it's in auto mode.
pdqgp said:
But what's the purpose of mobile networks auto on/off mode vs always on and always off? I have mine connected via BT and my Home WiFi and assume that the mobile network is off as it's in auto mode.
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mainly it's to establish where the excessive battery drain is coming from. as you start bringing features back you may wind up with mobile data in auto mode. we don't know enough yet about the battery drain for each feature . the real question is why do they give you the option to turn it on or off. why not just have it done automatically. my guess is the auto function might in itself be a power hog.
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mainly it's to establish where the excessive battery drain is coming from. as you start bringing features back you may wind up with mobile data in auto mode. we don't know enough yet about the battery drain for each feature . the real question is why do they give you the option to turn it on or off. why not just have it done automatically. my guess is the auto function might in itself be a power hog.
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I only have mine connected via BT. All other connections are turned off. There has to be some type of synchronisation that is going on constantly for it to be draining my batter in 4hrs. Just not sure what it is.
only1sycil said:
I only have mine connected via BT. All other connections are turned off. There has to be some type of synchronisation that is going on constantly for it to be draining my batter in 4hrs. Just not sure what it is.
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Update on Battery Life for me
HUGE day of use primarily with notifications and texting. Up and fully charged at 7am and now at 5:30pm I'm still at 48% battery.
On Wifi
BT Tethered
Clock off
Brightness at 60%
Vibrate/no sound
GPS Off - which I think is a HUGE key to success. No need to have it on unless needed anyway.
Very happy.
pdqgp said:
Update on Battery Life for me
HUGE day of use primarily with notifications and texting. Up and fully charged at 7am and now at 5:30pm I'm still at 48% battery.
On Wifi
BT Tethered
Clock off
Brightness at 60%
Vibrate/no sound
GPS Off - which I think is a HUGE key to success. No need to have it on unless needed anyway.
Very happy.
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Silly Rabbit yes keep GPS off unless you need it, it drains the battery to consistently try to locate where you are so it can tell you where you want to go . Maybe turn the brightness down a tad bit more
What about auto brightness? Would that be a battery drain?
NinjaMom said:
What about auto brightness? Would that be a battery drain?
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Have mines on auto. Battery holding up fairly well. Dont think its a killer, but could certainly contribute.
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I made it for about 11 hours today. An hour run using constant gps, hrm and call forwarding. Call forwarding again for about 2 hours with a 30 min call. Then the standard messages and notifications.
On the first full charge I got about 32 hours. But I didn't run or forward any calls.
NinjaMom said:
I made it for about 11 hours today. An hour run using constant gps, hrm and call forwarding. Call forwarding again for about 2 hours with a 30 min call. Then the standard messages and notifications.
On the first full charge I got about 32 hours. But I didn't run or forward any calls.
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THIS is awesome
2 days? I had a full charge in this at 6 am, now i just got a 14% low battery alert at 2:28pm...
Is this normal? I am not doing anything unusual at all, did not use it to make a single phone call, and am at work so ive only checked it a handful of times today...
what have yall experienced here??? this seems ridiculous!
Well took my gear s off charge at 7:30am and have checked it at regular points through the day including showing it off to work people and it's not 22:37pm and I still have 67% left of the battery so mines about right...
I have thus set to do Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, sms, twitter and a few other notifications so gets used fully through the day.
jongilluley said:
Well took my gear s off charge at 7:30am and have checked it at regular points through the day including showing it off to work people and it's not 22:37pm and I still have 67% left of the battery so mines about right...
I have thus set to do Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, sms, twitter and a few other notifications so gets used fully through the day.
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hmm....
i just brought up the list of running apps and found that the music app was still open (though on pause) from this morning.
i have a hunch, playing or not, that if you leave the music app open in the background it may be the source of the battery drain.
no, i do not have the clock face set to always on as well. just music app running in the background on pause.
i'm hoping this is it, though since i killed tasks i went from 14% to 1% in as many minutes. I'm guessing not...
Took it off the charger this morning at 6:30am at 60% and as of right now at 5:30pm it has 33%.
27% in 12 hours
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p64imp said:
hmm....
i just brought up the list of running apps and found that the music app was still open (though on pause) from this morning.
i have a hunch, playing or not, that if you leave the music app open in the background it may be the source of the battery drain.
no, i do not have the clock face set to always on as well. just music app running in the background on pause.
i'm hoping this is it, though since i killed tasks i went from 14% to 1% in as many minutes. I'm guessing not...
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I cleared off my recent opened apps about 3 times during the day. that might have helped my battery
you may want to check out this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/help/gear-s-battery-issues-t2935271)
100% @ 8:00am - 71% Now @ 7pm.
11 hrs = 29%. Used quite a bit.
I used it a fair amount today.
Took it off the charger at 7:10am (100%)
at 7:15pm it is 62%.
It seems to be getting better.
I turned off the Wifi. Maybe that has something to do with it?
dpeagle said:
you may want to check out this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/help/gear-s-battery-issues-t2935271)
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Thanks for the link...
After i re-charge i'm going to try this:
Update on Battery Life for me
HUGE day of use primarily with notifications and texting. Up and fully charged at 7am and now at 5:30pm I'm still at 48% battery.
On Wifi
BT Tethered
Clock off
Brightness at 60%
Vibrate/no sound
GPS Off - which I think is a HUGE key to success. No need to have it on unless needed anyway.
p64imp said:
Thanks for the link...
After i re-charge i'm going to try this:
Update on Battery Life for me
HUGE day of use primarily with notifications and texting. Up and fully charged at 7am and now at 5:30pm I'm still at 48% battery.
On Wifi
BT Tethered
Clock off
Brightness at 60%
Vibrate/no sound
GPS Off - which I think is a HUGE key to success. No need to have it on unless needed anyway.
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how do you turn off gps? I do not see a specific option other then disabling the mobile network alltogether...?
p64imp said:
how do you turn off gps? I do not see a specific option other then disabling the mobile network alltogether...?
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on the GS go to settings, go to connections, scroll to the bottom turn off location
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on the GS go to settings, go to connections, scroll to the bottom turn off location
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TY! looks like it was already off though...
what does it mean:
Location - "gps only" ?
If it means to say location = gps, its a bit confusing...
additionally, the feature i disabled that so far has helped is the mute/pause motion option. This one option seems to be the culprit for my 100% - 0% in 8 hours issue. I'm never enabling that feature again! holy cow!
Just did my first full run down on the battery without charging, been running since yesterday morning and am down to 8%, so less than 48 hours so far, but still two full work days. I can at least forget to charge once in a while.
Not as good as my Neo's 4 dayss, but better than the 12 hours I was getting on the Moto.
gottahavit said:
Just did my first full run down on the battery without charging, been running since yesterday morning and am down to 8%, so less than 48 hours so far, but still two full work days. I can at least forget to charge once in a while.
Not as good as my Neo's 4 dayss, but better than the 12 hours I was getting on the Moto.
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I heard it was brutal with the Moto
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Battery life for me is about a day and a half. I set the face to watch just to display black and white numbers I put a black background and that really helps. You don't need the full color watch background that drains a lot of battery when you decide to lift it up and down.
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on the GS go to settings, go to connections, scroll to the bottom turn off location
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Update:
i disabled motion for mute/pause and the mobile network (i use bluetooth) and my watch now finishes at about 70% after a full day's use. VAST improvement!
p64imp said:
Update:
i disabled motion for mute/pause and the mobile network (i use bluetooth) and my watch now finishes at about 70% after a full day's use. VAST improvement!
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Disabling Mobile network will improve battery life, i think. Check my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56722962&postcount=32
I get only 6 hrs from 100 to 0%.
p64imp said:
Update:
i disabled motion for mute/pause and the mobile network (i use bluetooth) and my watch now finishes at about 70% after a full day's use. VAST improvement!
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gonna give that a try. this thing is getting crazy good battery life after its 6th full charge. after 13hrs yesterday with notifications, email reply's, multiple phone calls (two calls of 20 plus minutes) the damn thing had over 60% left. that's with GS to N2 via BT.
Battery life is getting better, been on for 14 hours and still at 75%
At work 13.5 hours and I'm at 51%. Turning off the wake up motion helped me today, and running tethered to my phone helped (although I will not keep doing that), biggest help was not running with gps (but this will not be a normal occurrence). I'm going to run with phone remotely connected and gps running tomorrow and see what just having the wake motion off will do for me.
6-7 hours on GSM
Most of the posts specify battery time while using it on BT thethering.
However I like to use it as a basic phone, no worrying about carrying everywhere regular phone.
Of course I have a phone in a bag (just for case, battery!, for emails, and browsing).
- So, when using it for regular talk it lasts from 9.am to 3p.m. Specifications:
a) about 1 hour talk
b) 2 sms
c) GPS Off, WIFI off, Move ON, not installing extra apps
d) BT and SONY SBH52 ON
This is not enough.
Charging is fast - (with no connecting to plug) i can get 50% batt in 30 minutes.