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Is there anyone who has tested the official new vodafone branded rom update ?
Sorry if there is a thread, i can`t find it.
Kor
Hey,
Yep i have the new dutch version of the vodafone branded rom works great!!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652701
Here you go, not so difficult to find.
I have it now for approximately 1.5 week and I am happy about the bug fixes (sms), but to be honest I don't find the battery life to be an improvement... Well, if you don't use the phone than it's definitely an improvement but for example 30 minuts of youtube let the battery drain for 18/19 percent... I find that a lot, but maybe my demands are too high
I offer to disagree on the battery life. I'm a heavy user considering phone calls and email, approx 2,5-3 hours of conversation a day, my HD2 used to run out of juice around 3pm, now i can make it on one single charge untill approx 5:30 pm, just in time to connect it to my car charger. If that's not reasonably heavy usage and improvement, then i don't know what is.
BTW, if you check the memm and processor usage of the YouTube app, the term bloatware comes to mind.
Filipek88 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652701
Here you go, not so difficult to find.
I have it now for approximately 1.5 week and I am happy about the bug fixes (sms), but to be honest I don't find the battery life to be an improvement... Well, if you don't use the phone than it's definitely an improvement but for example 30 minuts of youtube let the battery drain for 18/19 percent... I find that a lot, but maybe my demands are too high
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Seems fine
Mine was pretty trouble free on Vodafone 1.43 and definitely no complaints about their upgrade apart from the time it took. Everything seems a bit more slick and stable.
I have not seen much improvement in battery life. I guess it depends on what you use it for. Have installed the 2G/3G switching cab which seems to help a bit but it is Skype that kills my battery. I used to run skype (via Fring) on my old Nokia with no noticeable difference.
So I finally got rid of my iPhone 3G (jailbroken on T-Mobile), and got an HD2 instead. I've always liked Windows Mobile phones (and had most iterations), and since now there is finally some capacitative goodness on WM, I jumped on the opportunity.
And I'm regretting it already.
I'm hoping that somebody here has some suggestion that my two days of thread searching, and experimenting didn't cover.
The problem is, yay, .... the damn battery.
I left it on the charger from totally empty to completely full at 2AM. At 8AM, it was down to 85%. Ten minutes of reading e-mails, 74%. The thing is really not usable in this state.
Here are all the things I checked already:
It runs the latest T-Mobile ROM and radio (the one that just came out a few days ago).
Latest version of .NET (3.5.9).
No push e-mail, e-mail checking once per hour, weather checking once per hour.
Strong 3G coverage area, still tried out WMLongLife anyway (with no difference).
Did several cycles of full discharge, recharge.
Always check task manager, not leaving programs running.
Nothing else is set to go online - Live is disabled.
Screen brightness is set at 30%.
All charges done via wall charger.
I read every post I could find, especially fun the ones where people get 4 days of standby, and 6+ hours of heavy use. Short of loading the ARTEMIS ROM, I exhausted all options I could find. And really, it seems like people get decent performance from the stock ROM, so I'd like to stick with that for the moment.
What am I missing?
So frustrating. I can see how this sort of thing would make the average "just user" go run for the Android or Apple hills. No wonder we get stuck with restrictive babysitting technology, when others can't get their **** together. Spend $450 on a phone that can't make it through a half day of reasonable use? Argh!!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
same here
i have all the same problems my batt just sucks i figure i have to just by a new one
hey man, i was like you at first too. all my mates had iphones (i dislike apple in general) i didnt want one. At the time o2 (uk) didnt stock android phones and i had a sony x1 previously. So, i got the hd2 and...like you said was disapointed.
Changed the rom to a custom one here at xda (hdowners btw) which lasts 1.5 days (heavy usage)...never seems to get 2 full days when i use it alot.
installed a few different browsers (opera 9.7 and 10)
installed morphgear (with some amazing landscape skins)
fpsece (i found time crisis to be the only actual playable game)
coreplayer
and found it a awesome phone...changed my views on it. Try some custom roms and see what you think...usually you will go mad installing themes, skins, apps...just go wild and keep the ones you really like/work in a seperate folder. Then reflash and install the best only...thats how i done it and i now love this phone
good luck, im sure the rest of the forum will give you some advice.
wayandrs: The main thing that will help is by upgrading the ROM even if it is to stock 1.66 (the latest UK one available) then you notice a large difference and even more so with some of the cooked ones. Other things to note are the WiFi, make sure it doesn't be left on (and only turn it on if you need it) it proper drains the battery. Without knowing your habbits with your phone it is very hard to come up with decent suggestions that hasn't already been posted elsewhere.
I can safely say I get 2-3 days use out of my device but then I don't use it all that much (anymore), don't forget as it is a new toy for you, you will keep playing with it seeing what it can do, this will soon die down (as it always does) then it will be better.
there must be something wrong with your device or battery.
mine lasts for about 3-4 days while middle use. i think for such a powerful and huge device, this is more than respectable.
heavy use...mh...i would say it lasts minimal 2 days, sometimes more.
did you write a complain to t-mobile?
DN41
The battery will improve after a week or so .
Note : charging your battery the first time for only 6hours isn't much , the first time that i charged my battery i left it charging for 24 hours.
Updating to the latest ROM and Radio helps .
I have two suggestions:
1) Take your phone back to where you bought it and let them deal with it. I get at least a full day with heavy use which is to be expected from a high end device with a 4.3 inch screen. I spent a few dollars on a car charger and an extra wall charger for work, sorted.
2) If you want help on these forums leave out the useless complaining about what a rotten device you have. I think I speak for many contributors of this forum when I say that these kind of posts are getting old and wearisome. You will be more likely to get polite replies with inteligent suggestions if you simply state the problem without moaning about the horrible mistake you made in being seduced into buying an HD2. I have purchased phones that I simply did not care for. I returned them.
First step: Flash a decent ROM with most of the performance/battery tricks in there already. Many of these ROMs are constructed from the best (often most battery efficient) parts of multiple ROMS.
Touch-X, Energy, Artemis, CleanEx, etc. All are excellent (though I favour Touch-X myself for a great utility/preformance/battery balance).
Second step: Flash a good Radio that works well in your area but also works well with the ROM/has decent battery life. You'll need to research this for your chosen ROM.
I use the Korean radio in UK. Good quality/signal/battery life.
Run it for a few days, charging to full and emptying the battery before recharging to full again. Do this for 3/4 days at least.
Those changes alone got me upto 2.5 days standby and 4 hours usage (thats movie playing for 4 hours with 100% backlight in a hotel room). Good for a smartphone and longer than my friends IPhones.
Other small programs like WMLongLife, adjusting down the backlight automatically, added another .5 days to standby (though not much to active use life).
ribcage said:
I have two suggestions:
1) Take your phone back to where you bought it and let them deal with it. I get at least a full day with heavy use which is to be expected from a high end device with a 4.3 inch screen. I spent a few dollars on a car charger and an extra wall charger for work, sorted.
2) If you want help on these forums leave out the useless complaining about what a rotten device you have. I think I speak for many contributors of this forum when I say that these kind of posts are getting old and wearisome. You will be more likely to get polite replies with inteligent suggestions if you simply state the problem without moaning about the horrible mistake you made in being seduced into buying an HD2. I have purchased phones that I simply did not care for. I returned them.
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Yes, sorry I fell back on the usual retoric.
I do wonder though if when someone buys a new 'Toy' that they dont hammer it to start with for the 'joy' and never think of the consequences.
I like you, no matter which phone I own, being a businessman and needing maximum performance have a charger at my bedside (the phone is my alarm) and also connect it to the car charger when driving.
I wonder if many of the people that move up from a basic Nokia phone (or similar that can last a week) realise what is involved in powering all the functions they require?
Please don't quote iPhone as it dunt do half!
try elegencia rom v 8.5 and reply back
I use the stock rom 1.66 from the beginning and check my mail automatically every 30 minutes. Now and then I check some websites and download cabs and use HSDPA/3G and WIFI if available. My battery is 100% in the morning and 70 percent in the evening. Not bad at all. The first 12 times I fully charched the battery during the night.
I use Bandswitch, which automatically disables my connection within 30 seconds. This is the most important and useful tip! You don't need a custom ROM to solve the battery drain issue.
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try elegencia rom v 8.5 and reply back
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+1 - Lovely ROM
it looks like you have not a windows phone before
Thanks.
Thanks for the ROM suggestions. I'll try a few more days of deep cycling the battery to see if that helps - if not, I guess I'll try a custom ROM.
And yea, to those 'get a life' and 'don't complain about Windows phones' posts, whatever. I've owned Windows Mobile phones since they first came out, and it's just frustrating that the out-of-the box usability hasn't gotten any better to this day. Looks at the cool people that actually manage some constructive feedback - they are who make XDA forums great. Thanks guys!
A new 1200 battery is 15 pounds (the official from HTC) as a backup. I personaly have bought the extended battery 2400 and it is great. The default battery doesn't last the full day for me because I use it constinuosly as mp3 player , brownsing and video player. I mean, you have options.
ROM
I'll be trying the Elegancia ROM.
That is, once I find a ROM with 2.8 SPL that works on my 1024 version of the H2, to reflash mine so I can get HSPL to work to flash.
I've always really liked Windows Mobile for its flexibility and massive base of developers ... on the flip side, I've been screwing around with this thing for several days now, trying to get a phone that can last through a day. Ahhh, the bittersweet experience that is WM.
I get at most 2 days combined cycle out of my stanard battery and i've had my phone for about 10 days. It came with the stock 1.66 rom but i've run through the tips and tweaks threads so the phone ui is faster and a bit more usable. One of those is a replacement task manager that disables smart minimize in favour of actually closing programs. I've also set the weather software to update every 3 hours because tbh you don't need it to be any more often than that. I do use the wifi alot but i do turn it off when i'm not using the phone. i have also noticed with my phone is if the wifi is connected to an access point for more than 5 minutes it will automatically disable the 3G connection and turn it back on when the wifi is disabled.
for the first couple of days i was completely discharging the battery and then charging it for about 12 hours. this seems to have been the most beneficial. i also will not put it on charge unless it really needs it.
hi, from experience, 3G medium usuage.. 4/5 a day.
If you disconect the 3G connection when not using, it will help.
And of course if you go on GSM instead, one day is not difficult..
battery killer :
1) constant 3G activity
2) Watching video. Worst, video on 3G !
3) games, especially the 3Ds ones or high on processing like the Tower simulation game.
4) bright screen
5) bluetooth
From my experience, from a fresh flash, my battery improves as I get to use it longer and longer.
take a look at your data sync like weather and stock and also check the social networking sync.
I found my battery life is around 8-10 hours for minimal usage using WP7
specification using
hspl 2.08
radio newest one
sdcard 2GB sandisk
gprs always on using 2G
location turn off
using light background
sync email every hours
so I wanna compare with you guys here who using wp7, is there any one who can get battery life more than 12 hours or so?
with Android I can get more than 24 hours for minimal usage ( call, sms, browsing ).
is it better to reflash/hardreset wp7 again?
Well, I have been using it for about a week now and it is bearable, but pretty and extremely fluid
Regarding battery, I only use wifi, so I have 3g off and I surf about 30 min a day with it.
30 min phone calls
15 SMS
Update Gmail and Facebook about 4 times a day.
Play a bit with the phone and it lasts me from 8AM to about midnight that is when I need to charge it again.
So about 16h.
The worst thing about this is that the camera is not really working (all the pictures I've taken do not look as sharp as with the other OS).
Johev said:
Well, I have been using it for about a week now and it is bearable, but pretty and extremely fluid
Regarding battery, I only use wifi, so I have 3g off and I surf about 30 min a day with it.
30 min phone calls
15 SMS
Update Gmail and Facebook about 4 times a day.
Play a bit with the phone and it lasts me from 8AM to about midnight that is when I need to charge it again.
So about 16h.
The worst thing about this is that the camera is not really working (all the pictures I've taken do not look as sharp as with the other OS).
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I am not sure about wifi I barely using wifi, always connect with 2g connection... camera sih ok with me since I am never using camera ( only once or twice a week)
just found battery life is kinda disappointing when using WP7.
I consider if my sdcard is not compatible or what. hofully some one here can help me, if mostly can say then can get more than 15 hours so I am pretty sure I need to reflash/hardreset or even change my sdcard to get better result of battery life
From the reviews of some other devices on WP7 etc, it seems as if the battery life is an issue in general as is the case with most of the smart phones using these OS's in general -
I've been using it now for a week or so and it fit's my needs perfectly.
I've found only 2 bugs with it mentioned elsewhere by others and even they're nothing worth noting...
Camera doesnt work correctly (i hardly ever use it)...and there's issues with loudspeaker volume (workaround - set at 3) ... other than that nothing...
I'm finding after a full day of use, (wifi and gps switched on) from 8am, an hour or so of music, 15-20 minutes gaming, 4-5 calls and several texts, emails, facebook etc, i have around a quarter battery left at midnight.
Cheers
Paul
Battery life is surely not amazing, but for me it's acceptable. maybe 1-2 hrs less than WM6.5. I make it from 8 am to 7 pm with 30-40 min calls. 3G always on. 1 hr IE on 3G and some 30 min. 3D gaming.
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Battery life is surely not amazing, but for me it's acceptable. maybe 1-2 hrs less than WM6.5. I make it from 8 am to 7 pm with 30-40 min calls. 3G always on. 1 hr IE on 3G and some 30 min. 3D gaming.
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so its 11 hours for average usage.
I just wondering if sdcard class with affect battery life? since wp7 is kinda like raid0 which cannot be separated between internal memory and sdcard.
hopefully with higher class of sdcard if will affect battery life for wp7
I have been using it since last week Thursday and its been excellent for me, I even think the battery seems better than on android. Its been my main phone since. The still camera is the only issue I have. I think iPhone has a worthy competitor in WP7.
TheOnly1 said:
Battery life is surely not amazing, but for me it's acceptable. maybe 1-2 hrs less than WM6.5. I make it from 8 am to 7 pm with 30-40 min calls. 3G always on. 1 hr IE on 3G and some 30 min. 3D gaming.
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judging by you're avatar 7pm is probably close to your bed time anyway
I'm really enjoying wp7, running for 5days now and mostly smooth.
Some apps like IE stag occasionally and some times the touch screen seems a little unreponsive mainly in settings screens.
Obviously not the easiest of OS's to switch in and out of like android due to the sd card, and not being able to charge the battery when the phone is off is an issue.
Main concerns but tolerable:
Not being able to sync directly with outlook (gmail workaround)
Battery drain is excessive (though i'm not usually far from pc->usb charge
Lack of software (obviously, but also finding the good from the bad)
Do not forget the sms receiving issue people. Been using for three days straight and all working fine but suddenly sms seems to stop coming.....and by that I mean it would take hours to recieve or send an sms and when it finaly does come...no notification and no home tile count. And trust me,,,this is not sometning to do with the settings.
battery life is really bad for me.
on a 10 hour shift on android i can finish with 40-50% battery left with full data sync on
on wp7 i had to charge my phone at work ( i wasnt sure of exact battery % because i couldnt find this function
im going to dual boot wp7 and android cause wp7 is cool for showing off haha
Works great for me, basic things work great and battery life is ok. I can do a full day with and i do play around make some calls and sms. For me it's as good as android from nand. Too bad camera doesn't work correctly and multitouch.
It works awesome, though I have the problem here, that the monthly internet package from Vodafone Romania isn't too big, and I found out that this is a 3G hungry OS. (180MB in 3 days, and that is NO downloading of apps!)
That and only because of that, I have to consider rolling back to Android.
Other than that, WP7 is one hell of a mobile OS, that runs very nice on our HD2 phones and would be good for daily use
I'm very satisfied with this first WP7 release for the Leo. Almost everything is working fine. Except for some bugs which are a little annoying (as mentioned before):
- managing the volume (it's very loud! the alarm in the morning, too...)
- green pictures with camera-flash
- slow app installation (compared to the HTC Mozart it is veeeery slow)
Unfortunately there is no possibility to set up the days and hours for syncing with my exchange (that was possible with ActiveSync in WM6.5). Actually that's not a bug from this DFT-release, but from the WP7 itself. Maybe this will be added with the announced official update.
Finally, I don't think that I'll turn over to WM6.5 or Android again. The design, useability and flawless UI of WP7 on the HD2 is really nice.
thats kinda weird some people said they have battery life some doesn't...
I thin its related with sdcard.. bad flash probably.
Look at other thread some peeps suggested change radio rom, try 2.12 and 2.14 still got huge battery drain, even with data connection turn off
hendr1k said:
thats kinda weird some people said they have battery life some doesn't...
I thin its related with sdcard.. bad flash probably.
Look at other thread some peeps suggested change radio rom, try 2.12 and 2.14 still got huge battery drain, even with data connection turn off
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I have 2.14 radio and after all day I had yesterday 30% left. Then I charged it to maximum and left it to see how battery will drain over night, and it didn't even move. So for me battery life is better than in android.
ok that kinda weird hopefully reflash WP7 with good sdcard will give better battery life.
hendr1k said:
I found my battery life is around 8-10 hours for minimal usage using WP7
specification using
hspl 2.08
radio newest one
sdcard 2GB sandisk
gprs always on using 2G
location turn off
using light background
sync email every hours
so I wanna compare with you guys here who using wp7, is there any one who can get battery life more than 12 hours or so?
with Android I can get more than 24 hours for minimal usage ( call, sms, browsing ).
is it better to reflash/hardreset wp7 again?
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I've had it running, without a reboot for the last four days. I haven't really noticed horrible battery life but then again i am not of it half as much as the Android OS...mostly b/c the apps are GARBAGE and the games are SAD.
I have wifi active at all times, 3g data is really slow for some reason.
It is usable but i would not say fully functional even with reg hack and Microsoft activation hack.
Volume sucks! Way too loud even with min volume and gps sync is all out of whack...map application looks awesome with the real street view but good luck getting to a destination!
Camera is also GARBAGE but other than the sound the 720p video looks great
I really like the simplicity of the OS layout and the fluidity of everything but there needs to be more usability and functionality before i fully adopt although this have been a good learning experience and test for whether or not i want to get the HD7 or just another HD2 for my next phone
Going back to android for now...perhaps there will be a NAND ROM soon that has at least 95% functionality without having to call and lie to MS to get codes.
I love WP7!!!
Had some battery issues to begin with, but changed radio to 2.14 and then hard reset. For the last 3 days I've had nearly 30 hours on battery. On par with Android. Android is superb as a customizeable OS. So many things you can change.
WP7 is a phone OS, pure and simple. I love the simple interface. Not much you can customize, but the speed more than makes up for it. Messaging is particularly fantastic.
Don't use a light background!!! Use a dark one (black basically). As the screen has to fully light the pixels for a white background (value of 255), using black (dark, value of 0) it doesn't have to light them as much, so the screen uses less power.
Still a few bugs in WP7, also some missing features, but nothing that is a 'show stopper'.
I'm sticking with WP7 and looking forward to the 'official' update....
I have been bouncing around from rom to rom trying to figure out which has the best battery life, its too hard to tell. I know that htc sense roms killed my battery off faster, but no matter what it tends to die off much quicker than it did before I put android on it in the first place. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
Iamgpc gingerbread is great as long as Bt is turned off when not in use.
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I agree with audioslim. Stable, clean, everything works.
Here's the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909096
I did the same as you, rom hopping...
But everytime i came back to where i am now:
AF403 Desire HD
This is a great rom for your battery.
But as in any rom you should think about what you wanna sync and when.
I use LauncherPro instead of Sense, and I think it better then Sense.
Thanks, so basically 2.2 rom's without sense? And does apps2sd or ext4 have any effect on battery life?
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One suggestion for people that are concerned with battery life...
I recently did an experiment of sorts and turned off 3G on my phone. I found that I went from 1 day per full charge to 3 days per charge. I obviously didn't have updates from the email app, twitter, facebook etc., but I just turned 3G on every now and then and updated everything manually. I've since started leaving 3G off whenever I don't need it and generally get 2 days use out of a full charge.
Obviously this won't suit everyone, but if turning off 3G when you don't need it is an option for you then you will definitely experience a much better battery life!
rrodxbox360repair said:
Thanks, so basically 2.2 rom's without sense? And does apps2sd or ext4 have any effect on battery life?
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For best battery, don't use Sense.
For best internal memory use ext4, this is better then apps2sd.
This does not realy effect your battey
johncmolyneux said:
One suggestion for people that are concerned with battery life...
I recently did an experiment of sorts and turned off 3G on my phone. I found that I went from 1 day per full charge to 3 days per charge. I obviously didn't have updates from the email app, twitter, facebook etc., but I just turned 3G on every now and then and updated everything manually. I've since started leaving 3G off whenever I don't need it and generally get 2 days use out of a full charge.
Obviously this won't suit everyone, but if turning off 3G when you don't need it is an option for you then you will definitely experience a much better battery life!
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That's what i mentiont in my first post here.
Forgot about GPS, I never have this on, only when nessesary.
My facebook, email and Google sync every hour, the rest once a day.
When i go to bed, I have about 25% left
rrodxbox360repair said:
I have been bouncing around from rom to rom trying to figure out which has the best battery life, its too hard to tell. I know that htc sense roms killed my battery off faster, but no matter what it tends to die off much quicker than it did before I put android on it in the first place. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
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I really love this build "DL DesireZ v3.3 final][DL Data2SD/Ext4 v2.3][Nand/SD/MAGLAR]"
can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913597
It's a NAND version but there is SD version as well.. (nand v. download link can be found on page 192 because the author didn't update the post yet)
For me it's perfect. The battery life lasts for a complete day. I listen to music about 2-2.5 hours, use internet for about 20-30 min a day and make a few calls. But I always turn internet off when I don't use it it really saves battery (i think it works for any build). Also 1 day I listened to music for 6 hours, used internet for +-30 mins and there was still 37%. I was really impressed!
Decent battery life
Currently I'm using- MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 v. 2.6 and my way is to switch off data. I'm switching on whenever I need. With regular use of data( switch on/off) my battery last for almost three days.
controlpete said:
Currently I'm using- MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 v. 2.6 and my way is to switch off data. I'm switching on whenever I need. With regular use of data( switch on/off) my battery last for almost three days.
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Are you serious? I mean I haven't tried CyanogenMod 7 ROM but what I remember back to stock WM6.5 it was easily last for 1 day for me with normal use.. And now I have the same results on Android (desirez v3.3 rom), I'm very satisfied with that. However 3 days it's kind of hard to believe or I'm wrong? Anyway, how much do you use your phone during the day?
timoshina said:
I really love this build "DL DesireZ v3.3 final][DL Data2SD/Ext4 v2.3][Nand/SD/MAGLAR]"
can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913597
It's a NAND version but there is SD version as well.. (nand v. download link can be found on page 192 because the author didn't update the post yet)
For me it's perfect. The battery life lasts for a complete day. I listen to music about 2-2.5 hours, use internet for about 20-30 min a day and make a few calls. But I always turn internet off when I don't use it it really saves battery (i think it works for any build). Also 1 day I listened to music for 6 hours, used internet for +-30 mins and there was still 37%. I was really impressed!
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Yes, DL DESIREZ 3.3 is the best. 2 days for me
Hey guys,
I'm planning to get a Galaxy S2 and I would like to enquire on the battery life of it.
My daily usage will be lots of whatsapp, google talk, sms and some surfing. I wonder if I can get through a day with this usage using stock rom.
Thanks and looking forward for your response.
Not to be rude, but there are multiple threads on the first page with several pages of posts discussing battery life. You might want to start there.
BarryH_GEG said:
Not to be rude, but there are multiple threads on the first page with several pages of posts discussing battery life. You might want to start there.
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Not rude at all. That's why they have a search function built into the forums... If a mod comes across this thread, mind closing it? Thanks!
15 hours with lots of use sat-nav, Qik video calls, lots of seeing how things work, internet, email, wifi, bluetooth.
slyydrr said:
Not rude at all. That's why they have a search function built into the forums... If a mod comes across this thread, mind closing it? Thanks!
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I gotta be honest.. not smashing XDA in anyway... but the search function doesn't really work.
computermilk said:
I gotta be honest.. not smashing XDA in anyway... but the search function doesn't really work.
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Yes it does
computermilk said:
I gotta be honest.. not smashing XDA in anyway... but the search function doesn't really work.
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Sure it does. Go to the Galaxy S II General thread listing page, and search "Battery Life". I'm not sure what about that doesn't work as the top 5 topics (including this one) are about battery life, one of them being the thread BarryH referred to that has 400 replies.
I can confirm the search algorithm of XDA sucks.
Whenever I need to search xda, I go to google, and search "xda whatever"
talk.maemo.org had power-search using google at the backend...
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I can confirm the search algorithm of XDA sucks.
Whenever I need to search xda, I go to google, and search "xda whatever"
talk.maemo.org had power-search using google at the backend...
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agreed, I often do a quick search on a subject... see nothing, then create a new topic... where it shows me there is no similar threads... only to have people say it is old news/repost etc....
If you know the answer, just reply... if not, move along.
Overall the battery life is very decent for the hardware it is pushing.... but it is nothing special. I get about 16 hours out of it a charge... it might be the best battery performance I have had yet out of an android device, but not by much! As always, it depends on what you do and how often!
It is an amazing phone IMO, and you will not regret the purchase
my battery life is great, phone can easily last a day with heavy use. Just hope you dont get the android os bug.
I dont understand how quite a few official reviews claim they got 2 full days use.
I get 12 hours with very light use, if I'm lucky....
Mine was very satisfying as it was at 45%after more than 7hours of heavy usage. No movies. But wifi surfing. And plenty of calls.
BoogWeed said:
I dont understand how quite a few official reviews claim they got 2 full days use.
I get 12 hours with very light use, if I'm lucky....
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I have the Android OS issue yet can still get 2 days of use. Granted, I'm a light user like you claim but perhaps explaining my light usage would help. Phone is currently at 66% battery with 15min of calls, 1hr 30min of screen on, and currently 17hrs 30min off the charger. When the screen has been on, it's only been for texting, installing some apps, some WordFeud and taking some photos.
If I extrapolate my current usage, I should be able to get around 50 hours out of this charge.
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15 hours with lots of use sat-nav, Qik video calls, lots of seeing how things work, internet, email, wifi, bluetooth.
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In Qik, do you see yourself upside down? That's what I'm getting. The other person will see me just fine. I can see them fine as well, just myself, upside down.
i got 18-24hrs on mine!!
I see. But with if 3G is always on instead of wifi?
Because I would be very happy if this phone is able to last me 12 hours, 3G on all the time, background sync on, whatsapp, google talk, sms and some light surfing of browser here and there..
Can I check the bug of the Android OS that drains the battery life a common problem among all the galaxy s2 users here?
The battery life of the S2 is awful. I honestly hate it.
I am not sure if I have the Android OS bug or know what really triggers it.
Anyway when I first got my device, I charged it for about 8 hours and started using it. Installed some applications - whatsapp, waze, news readers from major news sites, twitter, facebook (from what I can remember) - and turned on push emails for gmail, hotmail and yahoo. 3G and Wifi settings were turned on. With all these running, the battery life was really bad. I could hardly get more than 8 hours in a day. Tried this for a couple of days and gave up.
Hard reset the device to stock to test what was causing the battery drain.
1st full charge (battery lasted 26 hours)
with 3G turned on, only push gmail running and made a few calls. no wifi turned on and no wifi access points set up on phone
2nd full charge (still in process)
still running push gmail with 3G data turned on and installed whatsapp and running it with an active chat group that has a constant flow of messages (averaging about 60 -100 whatsapp messages per hour). currently battery is at 67% after 14 hours uptime.
If ever I will sell this phone, sure it will be for its ridiculous battery life and for how slowly it charges up. The combination of these two issues is a real psychological break down!!!
Anyway... anybody with a rooted phone has ever tried clocking the processor down to, say, 800 MHz? Does it improves batterry life somewhat? Because I am not having noticeable battery issues in idle, but I really do as soon as I use the processor, even if I deliberately avoid 3D games and in general any sort of power eating tasks.