Battery Life - impressive! - Nexus One General

I know there's another thread SOMEWHERE on battery life but I can't find it!
Anyway, I have just looked at my phone today after it coming off charge last night at midnight (12 hours ago).
I have Facebook, Twitter and a few other apps running in the background (twitter set to refresh every 5 mins)
I have not lost ANY battery as yet! very impressed so far but today will be the real test as we're off out and will be showing friends...etc.

Yup, same here. I've been fondling the phone, tearing it away from my friend's grubby hands, done wifi, lots of youtube, some music, and it's still going strong!

And how are you checking the battery status?
I hope you're not looking at the standard Android battery in the top right corner because it isn't really accurate.
Use a widget to get the battery's %

efeltee said:
And how are you checking the battery status?
I hope you're not looking at the standard Android battery in the top right corner because it isn't really accurate.
Use a widget to get the battery's %
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Well, just the sheer fact it's lasted morning to night and is still going strong despite all my playing, SMS, calls...
Good enough guide for me.

Have you got a live wallpaper running out of interest...?

The Jones said:
Have you got a live wallpaper running out of interest...?
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Yup. Galaxy.

The Jones said:
Have you got a live wallpaper running out of interest...?
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Yep, Starfield.
Looking at the stats it is now 15 hours since charge and it's at 74%.
NICE.

This really surprises me as my battery life has been pretty abysmal. This morning I took it off charge and left it. It lost 5% just sitting there – doing nothing at all. I didn't have WiFi or GPS or anything active either.
Something odd is going on here...Does anyone know if it is going to make a difference charging from the USB cable as opposed to a mains adapter? I can't for the life of me think of a reason why it would.

I am not finding the stellar battery life that others are reporting. It is too early to tell, but I dont think it is quite as good as my Hero.
I assume those with very good battery life generally have good signal strength. What about widgets? I am running a number of things including Digital Clock widget and a weather forecast one etc, but nothing seemingly out of the ordinary.
Share your secrets please

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I assume those with very good battery life generally have good signal strength. What about widgets? I am running a number of things including Digital Clock widget and a weather forecast one etc, but nothing seemingly out of the ordinary.
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Yes, the signal strength makes a huge difference. While I am at home, my phone is constantly trying to find signal (I live just on the other side of a small mountain from the cell tower...) - I vary in and out from 1 bar and none. Doing nothing on my phone for the whole day except replying to the odd text message brings me down to about 20% battery left by days end (6am-6pm.. so, twelve hours).
Now, move me to the other side of town for work. I will use Wifi, play some games(I am at work afterall..), reply to texts and take a few calls. In the twelve hour time period I will be down to about 50% battery life instead. I get 4-5 bars of signal and 3G coverage the whole time.

Okay I'll be completely honest here.
My phone SOMETIMES loses signal at home but not too much, maybe 5 times a day?
I have Flip clock and weather widget on my main screen.
Left hand I have Twitter and Facebook widgets
Right hand I have News and weather stock widget running
Starfield wallpaper
At the time of writing this I have 72% battery.
Rooted with Bacon add on and Theme X.

Signal strength is a huge factor, especially if you are around 1 bar/drifting in and out your radio will be using 2-4 times(dependig on how much searching it is doing) as much juice than full bars.
Nedlinin:
Have you looked into a signal booster for you home? They run about $50 for good ones that support 3G and all, they are powered antenas you put on a house window, and while they won't take no-bars and make it full bars, it will give you a constant signal and probably boost you up to 2-3 bars of 2G, and get you 1-2 of 3G(if there is any 3G signal to be grabbed).

Nedlinin said:
Yes, the signal strength makes a huge difference. While I am at home, my phone is constantly trying to find signal (I live just on the other side of a small mountain from the cell tower...) - I vary in and out from 1 bar and none. Doing nothing on my phone for the whole day except replying to the odd text message brings me down to about 20% battery left by days end (6am-6pm.. so, twelve hours).
Now, move me to the other side of town for work. I will use Wifi, play some games(I am at work afterall..), reply to texts and take a few calls. In the twelve hour time period I will be down to about 50% battery life instead. I get 4-5 bars of signal and 3G coverage the whole time.
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I understand exactly what you are saying. I am in the desert surrounded by mountains and always dropping signal so it is killing my phone within 6 hours. I continue to condition my battery so hopefully when I finally go back to Detroit my battery life will be excellent.

My experience is exactly the opposite. My N1 has only 15% left after 12 hours of very minimal use. I only made 1 call today, no browsing/playing. The phone was in standby mode 90% of the time. I have task manager to kill all the unwanted apps. Screen brightness is set to the lowest.

When I first got the phone I thought the battery life was very good. After a while now, it's ok. Maybe it's because I have all these other things setup right now. Since I'm on Fido, I have it set to only use 2G.
If I barely use the phone and just check emails and send a few messages, it'll run down to about 60% after 12 hours off the charger. If I heavily use it, such as wifi browsing and playing some games or something, I can get it down to 20-30% after 12 or so hours off the charger.
To me it's fine, it lasts the day no matter what I really do, but I don't see it lasting 2 days on a single charge.

catbear said:
My experience is exactly the opposite. My N1 has only 15% left after 12 hours of very minimal use. I only made 1 call today, no browsing/playing. The phone was in standby mode 90% of the time. I have task manager to kill all the unwanted apps. Screen brightness is set to the lowest.
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Been excellent for me! Much better than my iPhone. Im not using using a task manager to kill apps but I did go through a lot of the apps and disable a lot of the auto updating. Like for Facebook, Twitter, News, Weather etc and lasts me all day with a few calls, texts, browsing/playing

I too, have noticed less than stellar battery life with my N1. I wouldn't call it abysmal, but considering I'm only running four Widgets set to update no sooner than every hour, have GPS turned off unless I need it, have good coverage the vast majority of the time, don't force stop apps any more, and have for the most part stopped messing with the phone, and it will still drop around 8-10% battery power/hour. The most my battery lasts is around 12 hours, and that's pretty much leaving the phone alone all-day.
I'm not terribly disapointed, but I'm not terribly impressed either.

SANTilt said:
I too, have noticed less than stellar battery life with my N1. I wouldn't call it abysmal, but considering I'm only running four Widgets set to update no sooner than every hour, have GPS turned off unless I need it, have good coverage the vast majority of the time, don't force stop apps any more, and have for the most part stopped messing with the phone, and it will still drop around 8-10% battery power/hour. The most my battery lasts is around 12 hours, and that's pretty much leaving the phone alone all-day.
I'm not terribly disapointed, but I'm not terribly impressed either.
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This described my battery life until a few days ago. I called HTC support, and they convinced me that it was worthwhile to let my battery die and charge it up again to 100%. So, I let it die, left the battery out for maybe 10-20 minutes and charged it again overnight. I was really surprised to see that it helped a lot. My battery percentage no longer drops as I watch it - with moderate use in a bad coverage are, I'm down to 40-50% over a 9 hour workday.

It would be interesting to see if people fully charged their battery before first use?
I FORCED myself to with the Nexus and it's the ONLY phone I've ever done that with!!
It seems to have helped I think I could easily go a day and a half without charging.....

gunnner said:
This described my battery life until a few days ago. I called HTC support, and they convinced me that it was worthwhile to let my battery die and charge it up again to 100%. So, I let it die, left the battery out for maybe 10-20 minutes and charged it again overnight. I was really surprised to see that it helped a lot. My battery percentage no longer drops as I watch it - with moderate use in a bad coverage are, I'm down to 40-50% over a 9 hour workday.
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Yes, raise your hand if the first time you charged your N1 you ran the battery all the way down, turned the phone off(battery pull is best) then put it on the charger and let it get a full charge with the power off?
If not, you didn't properly condition the battery meter and the battery itself. It can be saved, not to worry, just run it all the way down(and I mean the phone shuts itself off all the way down) turn it back on, if it boots all the way up let it go until totally dead again. Then, pull the battery, put it back in after 30 seconds or so, put it on the charger without turning on the phone, and let it charge for a couple hours/overnight to get a full 100% charge on it. Take it off the charger, then turn it on, tada!

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X10 Power Usage

Hey.
Got my X10 a few days ago,
And im the only one with a power problem ?
Having to recharge it alest once a day ?
My batteri drops aprox 12 % per hour, so I usefully charge 2 times a day.
Since 1AM to now (12AM) it went from 100% - 24%. And Ive been sleeping alot, so the phone hasent been muched used either.
What kind of usage are you partaking in? In my experience most smartphones have to be charged daily.
Here's a post from Esato Forums where someone did an extensive battery drain usage test:
http://www.esato.com/board/printpost.php?post=2933402
The last day Ive been using it minimally, and Im on my second charge for the day. All my other phone last 1 day (6am-12pm) before needing charging. But my X10 needs an aditional charge at about 2-3pm..... And even then is as good as empty at 12pm....
I hope its just a small software bug, or something that could be fixed with a reset. Im starting to enjoy this phone, but there are several days a week, I will not have the time to charge it a second time..
Think Ill go for that reset, and see if that helps....
Anyone else with X10, and batteries that drain extremmely quick?
Mine dies after about 8 hours, but this is usually normal with new batteries, it should be better after a few FULL recharge cycles.
TakenName said:
The last day Ive been using it minimally, and Im on my second charge for the day. All my other phone last 1 day (6am-12pm) before needing charging. But my X10 needs an aditional charge at about 2-3pm..... And even then is as good as empty at 12pm....
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Were your previous phones smartphones, just out of curiosity.
Also, you could try to reduce how often TimeScape polls in the background for updates. That might help.
My current iPAQ 910c lasts a full day if I do nothing but the occassional phone call and SMS. However, if I do anything power intensive the battery fails, and the phone is done until it can get 2 hours or so of charge. But that's why I'm looking to replace it... definitely not normal.
I have access to every phone I want.. And Ive only been using smartphones.
(Currently as in sign.).
I dont use timescape or mediascape, so they have been disabled.
And yet the battery only last for aprox 10 hours....
I never had a phone with such a bad battery, however, Ive never had a phone with such big screen or cpu either....
You gain some, you loose some.
And to he who talked about recharging cycles to maximize battery,
this kind of batteries dosent work that way... They are allready maxed..
I've had mine for a few days now.
The battery's pretty good, I've only charged it once over about four days, so I'm pretty pleased. However, it does seem to use a lot of power if you have wifi on, even in sleep mode.
I've also had no problems with my "a" in either keyboard (Norwegian/Japanese) so far.
I'm still on 14 btw, if anyone's noticted battery dropping after they updated.
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I've had mine for a few days now.
The battery's pretty good, I've only charged it once over about four days, so I'm pretty pleased. However, it does seem to use a lot of power if you have wifi on, even in sleep mode.
I've also had no problems with my "a" in either keyboard (Norwegian/Japanese) so far.
I'm still on 14 btw, if anyone's noticted battery dropping after they updated.
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I would not say that the my battery is good. but it is ok, i haven't had it fully charged yet, since I did get git yesterday. and it did last about 10 hours or so, from 60 or 70%. with playing music, trying out some things etc. but I worked 5,5 of these hours and was in the movie theater 2 of the other hours.
anyways, I haven't really had much problems with the keyboard either, as you said. the only thing that really buggs me is the damn space button. it is too small! :/ I wen't from an X1 to the X10 no, from using HTC magic before that. But I am starting to get really used to the other keys.
I haven't installed the latest build/patch either.
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Just download "spare apps" and see what apps som drain u battery
My X10 take only 6% on 3 hour on normal use
very very bad battery drain! Left mine on flight mode at 2AM with 50% battery left, before going to bed. Woke up at 11AM and the battery was dead with no usage nor cell connection!
massimax said:
very very bad battery drain! Left mine on flight mode at 2AM with 50% battery left, before going to bed. Woke up at 11AM and the battery was dead with no usage nor cell connection!
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A chellphone uses more battery when there is bad reception, because it tries to get a better reception.
Like if there is just edge, the phonei strying to get HSDPA connection instead, this drains more of the battery.
+ With android the phone leaves some of the apps running in the background.
I recommand that you get an app that can shut these down.
Like a task manager kinda..
eg.Advanced Task Manager
I hope this helps ye.
and if you go into "settings - about the phone - Battery usage" then you can see what apps that is draining the most of the battery etc.
ukon said:
A chellphone uses more battery when there is bad reception, because it tries to get a better reception.
Like if there is just edge, the phonei strying to get HSDPA connection instead, this drains more of the battery.
+ With android the phone leaves some of the apps running in the background.
I recommand that you get an app that can shut these down.
Like a task manager kinda..
eg.Advanced Task Manager
I hope this helps ye.
and if you go into "settings - about the phone - Battery usage" then you can see what apps that is draining the most of the battery etc.
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As I wrote before, phone was in standby on flight mode: it means that NOTHING was running nor any 3G data was exchanged. I've had many Android phones (Magic, Hero, Milestone, Nexus, Legend) and in similar conditions they lost only a couple of percentage points of battery, not 50% like X10!! I do love this phone, but heavy battery drains is driving me crazy (and it's definitely not a faulty phone, since I know many many users with the same problem)
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I've had mine for a few days now.
The battery's pretty good, I've only charged it once over about four days, so I'm pretty pleased. However, it does seem to use a lot of power if you have wifi on, even in sleep mode.
I've also had no problems with my "a" in either keyboard (Norwegian/Japanese) so far.
I'm still on 14 btw, if anyone's noticted battery dropping after they updated.
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I actually think the battery is good too. I recharge every other day, which seems to work fine.
I have bluetooth and wifi off, and mostly doing manual updates for timescape. I do surf quite a bit though, and no problems with battery drain. In my experience, my X10 lasts a lot better than a Satio for example.
Strange how half of the people posting here, have very good batteries (1-2 days), and the other half have extremmely bad batteries (8-12 hours).
I doubt the ones with the bad batteries are "worse user" then the ones with the good batteries......
I'm one of those with lousy battery usage. Hardly use the phone, but drains in no time. However I've ordered 4 new batteries, so gonna test all of them and see if there's a pattern.
Grrr.. Was just setting up my contacts to Facebook.. Took around 20 minutes and drained 21% of my battery.. That's just not okay..
I just left it for 2 hours without doing anything and the battery from 90% dropped to 65%. This is not cool at all. SE we need a solution ASAP.
I'm one of those that get bad battery duration on the X10. I usually leave BT and WIFI on as I did in my N97. By observing who drains most of the battery, I get around 30% for the radio in standby and 20% for BT. The processor is only a small percentage (2%) so I don't belive that the snapdragon cpu can be blamed for bad battery duration. How is it possible that Nokias as the N97 having the same communication hw (GPS, WIFI, 3G, BT...) last for days with similar usage and battery capacity? Ok, the procesors are ony half the speed but I don't belive this makes so much difference...
I own a HTC Nexus also and has slightly better battery duration than the X10 but way far form the N97. I've roorted the phone and can change the CPU speed. It makes very little difference on battery duration if you set 400 or 300MHz instead of 1GHz.
So, it seems what makes all android devices so power hungry is the way the OS handles the communication interfaces, I belive most RF chipsets should have similar power drain and CPU's are idling most of the time. Perhaps symbian has a smarter algorithm to hanlde 3G/GSM/WiFi switching and no services polling the network when the phone is in your pocket.
ukon said:
A chellphone uses more battery when there is bad reception, because it tries to get a better reception.
Like if there is just edge, the phonei strying to get HSDPA connection instead, this drains more of the battery.
+ With android the phone leaves some of the apps running in the background.
I recommand that you get an app that can shut these down.
Like a task manager kinda..
eg.Advanced Task Manager
I hope this helps ye.
and if you go into "settings - about the phone - Battery usage" then you can see what apps that is draining the most of the battery etc.
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So seeing i am in an area that does not have 3G I will have a problem with battery drain bcuz it will be constantly be trying to connect to HSDPA?

For those wondering about battery life

I have this phone and the Nexus one. I can't tell you for sure what real world use gets you, but here's what I found today.
I had a class to go to. I took my MT3GS with me to the class. I have the HTC Flip Clock, as well as twitter, my texts, GPS on and minimal use during the breaks, and Silent Time Pro keeping it silent. I got home and my phone was at 96%.
My Nexus was left at the house. It has Beautiful Widgets updating the weather every hour. It has no facebook, no twitter, nothing that will sync other than my email. GPS and WiFi were off, as was the display. The only thing running on the phone besides beautiful widgets was Silent Time Pro. When I got home, I checked my N1, and it had fallen to 69% with absolutely no usage while I was gone.
Like I said, I dunno what real world use would get you on the MT3GS, but it seems far superior to the N1 at this point. All things considered, I think the N1 even with the faster processor should have fared better, as it wasn't used and basically nothing was on, as opposed to the MT3GS having GPS, a few things syncing, a few texts, and more programs running in the background.
This (to me) either means that A) The MT3GS manages power better OR B) Beautiful Widgets takes up far to much processor and battery power. Maybe I'll test it on my MT3GS later this week when I have some time off and see.
Anyway, there's my opinion. Take it for what you will.
I'm running the HTC flip clock, a few toggle widgets, the FeedR widget, Taskiller widget, and a calendar widget, and from fully charged to the end of my work day (few songs, few youtube vids, some texting, browsing facebook, etc etc) by battery is at about 25 percent.
I hate to say it, but my old Motorola Cliq would play Pandora through my entire work shift and still leave me with as much or more battery life than the slide does.
Honestly, not impressed with battery life so far.
My battery life has been ok, not great, some facebook, some twitter, a few hundred texts. some interwebbing. I can get around 10-12 hours from a charge it seems. which in my opinion is crap lol. i had a rooted cliq before this that was running only the basics in the background(killed all the bloatware and extra crap), i could get almost 2 days outta that thing.
I thinks once we get root and kill all the bloat and stuff running in the background, battery life will go through the roof. A vanilla 2.1 or 2.2 will prolly do wonders for battery life.
just my 2 cents
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My battery life has been ok, not great, some facebook, some twitter, a few hundred texts. some interwebbing. I can get around 10-12 hours from a charge it seems. which in my opinion is crap lol. i had a rooted cliq before this that was running only the basics in the background(killed all the bloatware and extra crap), i could get almost 2 days outta that thing.
I thinks once we get root and kill all the bloat and stuff running in the background, battery life will go through the roof. A vanilla 2.1 or 2.2 will prolly do wonders for battery life.
just my 2 cents
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I almost feel like raising my hand and calling bs on 2 days with the cliq'r but i dont know you.
the cliq i used would get about 10 hours with use and 19 or so without use.
my g1 would get about 9 - 18
the mytouch 10 - 18
the old garbage samsung flip and sony flip phones 2 - 3 days.
this slide im averaging 10 - 12 with heavy use and 17 - 19 without much use.
keep in mind only had it for 2 - 3 days since release date but i did drain the battery and recharge it a few times the first day to break it in.
so far id say its about average on battery life.
i charge overnight
then either while driving, or working
then i connect to pc at home
with a full battery in the morning
and a slight top off mid day i never run out of battery life.
Hehe with my cliq I only had only the essentials running(there's a few custom roms out). So it went for almost 2 days. You can get the roms off modmymoto forums if you wanna check em out. The key to the cliq is killing motoblur =). Pm me if you want info shadow
I'm happy with battery life. First day I played with a lot, browsed a bunch and installed many apps and got around 12 hours(most I'd ever get from G1). Today I'm going on almost 24, took it off the charger at 4am after letting it fully charge, didnt start using it till around 10am and at 10am the battery still read 100% which I thought was wrong. Right now its at 17% (still havent gotten the 15% warning) at 1:30am, I'm sure it'll make it till 4. Sent around 50 text today, installed around two apps, and didnt do much voice talking or browsing but I did at least a good 30 mins worth from both. I periodically kill all with advanced task manager (except sense).
i charge overnight
then either while driving, or working
then i connect to pc at home
with a full battery in the morning
and a slight top off mid day i never run out of battery life.
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Amen. I carry a 3 in. USB to Micro USB cord that charges me at home, in my car and at work.
Those that are disapponted by the battery life are being unrealistic with their expectations. Power is too easy to come by to waste time *****ing about it. Makes you look too lazy or good to plug it in.
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I purchased mine yesterday,and it sat on the charger overnight, and read a full charge in the morning.
6 hours 42 minutes later, it gave me a "battery life is at 26%" warning. WiFi, bluetooth and GPS were all off (all day)
I have it setup to check my email and facebook, but I had my Kaiser doing that and more for 2 days at a time with a smaller battery...
Usage-
55% Display (was set to auto)
32% Voice calls (20m 21s)
9% cell standby (6h 44m 59s)
4% Phone Idle (5h 10m 4s)
This seems absurd! If tomorrow doesn't do better, I'm taking it back.
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Amen. I carry a 3 in. USB to Micro USB cord that charges me at home, in my car and at work.
Those that are disapponted by the battery life are being unrealistic with their expectations. Power is too easy to come by to waste time *****ing about it. Makes you look too lazy or good to plug it in.
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.Realistic ... I never expect an electrical device that CONSTINTLY draws power to have a great battery, I dont race my car all day or let it idle in my driveway and wonder why theres no gas in the tank. a battery holds a resorce that regardless if yo like it or not .. will deplete over time. Advanced task killer is a great tool to get rid of th7e programs rnning in th7e back grond. to save batt life.
.Sorry for any mispellings, my laptops keyboard is taking a crap on me after it got rained on last night.
shadowmike said:
.Realistic ... I never expect an electrical device that CONSTINTLY draws power to have a great battery, I dont race my car all day or let it idle in my driveway and wonder why theres no gas in the tank. a battery holds a resorce that regardless if yo like it or not .. will deplete over time. Advanced task killer is a great tool to get rid of th7e programs rnning in th7e back grond. to save batt life.
.Sorry for any mispellings, my laptops keyboard is taking a crap on me after it got rained on last night.
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I don't think my expectations were high. Most people outside our community think "only a day" is bad battery life. I expected to be able to make it through 1 day without going dead. Being 3/4 drained after only ~20 minutes of talk time is absurd, especially since I didn't use the web or IM, etc. Just POP3 email every 30 minutes, and I uploaded 4 or 5 photos to facebook.
No Wifi, bluetooth, or GPS...
I just wanted to come back and reply now that I've had a couple days to play with the phone. I've been using it for about 16 hours straight now, quite a few texts, 5-6 short phone calls, and maybe 20 minutes of 3G usage, I'm at 66%. I haven't had this phone on the charger at all.
On the other hand, my Nexus, which has been on the charger all except maybe 2 hours in that same amount of time is already at 88%.
I think we have a clear winner in the battery life category. At least from my tests.
I am certain now that I have a defective phone.
I killed all running tasks, manually logged out of all IM clinents, etc, and then took it off the charger. I've made 12 minutes of calls today, it's only been unplugged for 4 1/2 hours and it's at ~%60 battery life.
12 minutes? Thats got to be a defect.
But, they are apparently out of stock... I might end up with a Touch Pro 2 or a HD2 after all...
Definitely not right .. I'm at 85 percent since 9am (7pm now), light use again though but its stand-by time is impeccable.. try and get another one, I can tell you the HD2 battery life is much, much worse, my father got it at the same time I got the slide and he's charging 2x a day. Mind you this guy would go the entire day with bluetooth,wifi, and gps on his G1. Oh and the usability of windows, well its just blah.. not trying to be biased at all. I have my brightness at 30 percent, syncng gmail only, and for widgets I have the curvefish battery widget, pure calander widget, power widget, and audiomanger. No bluetooth, gps or wifi on.
Have you tried going into the about phone in settings, and seeing whats draining the battery (click battery use)? See what cell standby is. Are you using 3g? May I suggest downloading anycut > new shortcut, activity, phone info. From there, open the short cut and you can adjust if you want 3g only (wcdma) or edge (gsm) only. Try setting it at one of the only settings, your phone might be dropping and picking up signal.
First post here, Hello World!
I have had mind for almost a week now. At first I was averaging about 1/2 day on a full charge. This was with Gmail syncing, no WIFI/GPS/BT on. Mild surfing, about a dozen SMS and 15 minutes of talk time.
I installed Advanced Task Killer and set it to shut off my apps on screen close. I am now able to go 17 hours ( a full day for me ) and I still have 15% left. This was with BT on for about 30 minutes of talk time, WIFI on for about 1 hour at the office, GPS on for clock/weather updates every 3 hours.
Overall, I am happy with the battery life on this device now. I am wondering if it took a while for the battery to calibrate and ATK helping with running apps.
I love this phone!
RoastGecko said:
I am certain now that I have a defective phone.
I killed all running tasks, manually logged out of all IM clinents, etc, and then took it off the charger. I've made 12 minutes of calls today, it's only been unplugged for 4 1/2 hours and it's at ~%60 battery life.
12 minutes? Thats got to be a defect.
But, they are apparently out of stock... I might end up with a Touch Pro 2 or a HD2 after all...
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Sounds about like me. I don't use my phone to call much (go figure) but I listened to 15 min. of music, logged onto facebook for 10 minutes (3g) and sent probably 15 texts, and I was at about 65% in the 5 hours I had it unplugged.
chrisinaz said:
Sounds about like me. I don't use my phone to call much (go figure) but I listened to 15 min. of music, logged onto facebook for 10 minutes (3g) and sent probably 15 texts, and I was at about 65% in the 5 hours I had it unplugged.
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Here's a question, Did you all plug it in and let it charge to full when you got it BEFORE using it?
Sure did. Ive made that mistake before, but I do that with all phones now, even though with a lithium battery, it shouldn't make that much difference.
chrisinaz said:
Sure did. Ive made that mistake before, but I do that with all phones now, even though with a lithium battery, it shouldn't make that much difference.
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Yea, I guess im just superstitious but I always do that with a new device. Have you tried recalibrating the battery? Charge to full, leave plugged in for like an hour after it says it's fully charged, wipe battery status, reboot, use normally? (if you can wipe battery status int he menu's without root) I'm picking my MYT3G slide up this weekend so I don't know if it can be done or not yet.
i think the battery life is great, i take the phone off of the charger around 9am. while im at work from 11aM-7pM i check my updates every hr or so. from 2-330 i listen to music also on my way home(7-8) and when i finally get back home round 8ish my battery is at about 58% then around midnight i get the 30% message. around 130-2am its at about 12% so i get 17hrs with medium usage
My battery life isn't too bad. 17+ hours since unplugged of moderate use (but only like 1% left): Display 41% (on Auto), Wi-Fi 25% (worked at home, kept on wifi for data instead of 3G), Voice Calls 22% (35 minutes; 14 calls), Standby 8% and Idle 4%. I think if you're more active in process management, it will help with life. I also just switched Brightness from Auto to a manual setting of about 20%. I un-synced Tweet and Weather and am running very few widgets, but keep GPS on. My K9 Mail syncs on an hourly basis and Gmail with Calendar and Contacts auto-syncs. Overall, MUCH better than G1.

My battery life sucks; I only got 3 1/2 days :(

So this afternoon I decided to charge my phone for the first time in 3 1/2 days as the battery level dropped to 9%. I last charged it fully on Thursday night, and unplugged in on Friday morning. I unfortunately don't have screenshots to prove it because I plugged it in briefly (for no more than 10 minutes) to update to FRF72, and also rebooted.
If you are wondering, here are my settings:
- Wifi on (Sleep disabled)
- 3G on (Set to WCDMA Only in the secret menu)
- GPS on
- Sync on
I'm using stock Froyo (FRF72), and have had quite a lot of stuff running:
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Meebo
- FotMob (World Cup alerts)
- A fair bit of browsing
The only thing I haven't really done which I think kills the battery is listening to music. I listened to it for about 30 minutes on the train this morning the battery dropped from 32% to 16%.
So to the people complaining about the battery life being terrible: You're Doing It Wrong!
That's impressive if true. I've been getting really great battery life lately with CM and IR's kernel as well. I can go two days on a single charge, but I plug it in every night anyway.
I find that the biggest battery waster is phone calls. Maybe switching to EDGE would help with that, but I don't feel like it's worth the effort.
Lucky bastard. I get like 1day 4hours for typical use with Cyanogenmod 5.0.8 with 3G off, wifi off unless I need it, sync off, gps off, and maybe 200 texts sent a day and a phone call or two for like 5mins. The battery life is really bad for me...and has been ever since using CM but i can't go without it, I'm just too use to it now.
thelucster said:
So this afternoon I decided to charge my phone for the first time in 3 1/2 days as the battery level dropped to 9%. I last charged it fully on Thursday night, and unplugged in on Friday morning. I unfortunately don't have screenshots to prove it because I plugged it in briefly (for no more than 10 minutes) to update to FRF72, and also rebooted.
If you are wondering, here are my settings:
- Wifi on (Sleep disabled)
- 3G on (Set to WCDMA Only in the secret menu)
- GPS on
- Sync on
I'm using stock Froyo (FRF72), and have had quite a lot of stuff running:
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Meebo
- FotMob (World Cup alerts)
- A fair bit of browsing
The only thing I haven't really done which I think kills the battery is listening to music. I listened to it for about 30 minutes on the train this morning the battery dropped from 32% to 16%.
So to the people complaining about the battery life being terrible: You're Doing It Wrong!
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That is good.
I only got 3 days but to be fair I did have to jump start my car with it, that may have upped the consumption.
i unplugged my phone 7.5 hours ago, and i am still at 95% . using stock froyo on 3g with wifi on.
i even took a screenshot but will post it later.
You're either a liar or didn't use your phone at all
I have serious doubts you can get that kind of battery life. I tried not using the phone at all with lots of services stopped and it could barely go through 2 days.
3 days is a bit too much.
3 and a 1/2 days on a single charge is great... I doubt u'd get much better battery life on any phone with the same features as the N1...
I get 6 to 8 hours on stock 2.1 - no fair!
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I call shenanigans.
Either the OP is trolling or using a non-stock battery.
dude thats great battery life! i get like 1 day lol
lorin.bute said:
You're either a liar or didn't use your phone at all
I have serious doubts you can get that kind of battery life. I tried not using the phone at all with lots of services stopped and it could barely go through 2 days.
3 days is a bit too much.
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if i don't do anything i also can get 3 days. but i play so much that i have to charge every 7 hours my tipical day is something like this:
Listening music 3 hours straight (i travel 3 hours)
Reading the news
Browsing the net
sometime a little talking
playing with the phone
and when i arive i got 60% left after 3 hours. i think it's impressing but i got better battery on my Hero. i also carry a power pack with me as emergency. i can almost charge my phone twice
My wife gets that on her Hero running 2.1 (was also getting that running 1.5).
I have a hard time getting a full day to be honest. One thing I've always wondered is what kind of reception these people get and how they store their phones.
At home and at work, my 3G reception goes from 1-2 bars while I'm connected to Wifi. I find this drains the battery.
I also carry my phone in my pocket without any case whatsoever.
commodoor said:
if i don't do anything i also can get 3 days. but i play so much that i have to charge every 7 hours my tipical day is something like this:
Listening music 3 hours straight (i travel 3 hours)
Reading the news
Browsing the net
sometime a little talking
playing with the phone
and when i arive i got 60% left after 3 hours. i think it's impressing but i got better battery on my Hero. i also carry a power pack with me as emergency. i can almost charge my phone twice
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Which power pack do you have?
lorin.bute said:
You're either a liar or didn't use your phone at all
I have serious doubts you can get that kind of battery life. I tried not using the phone at all with lots of services stopped and it could barely go through 2 days.
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Admittedly this weekend I haven't used it as much as I usually do, however even so I still get pretty good battery life. I've had quite a few occasions when I've easily had 2 days of battery life. I don't understand how people get less than a day.
Here are a few things that I have noticed definitely help:
- If using 2.1, install a custom kernel. On stock 2.1 I barely got a day and a half.
- Connect to wifi where you have it, and set the wifi sleep state to none. Although wifi uses more power than 3G, when it is idle it is a lot more efficient, and due to the increased bandwidth it can be idle longer. You also save on your data plan. You may also want to disable the feature to notify you of open wifi networks, however I don't know if this has an effect on battery life (I suspect it does).
- If you are in an area that has 3G coverage most of the time, in the secret menu set it to WCDMA Only. This will prevent it falling back to the slower and less efficient GPRS or EDGE.
- Keep an eye on what apps are using up the battery life. It is rather easy to accidentally create a service that prevents the CPU from sleeping which will quickly kill the battery. If you find one let the developer know and / or find an alternative.
- Turn off things you don't use (i.e. Bluetooth).
When I left the office this afternoon my battery was at 76%, and it has no dropped to 65%. On my 30 minute subway journey home I listened to music, however I also had no coverage. I'm not sure whether this drop is mainly due to music or having no coverage, so I'm going to investigate more. The battery usage panel says that 'Cell Standby' has used the majority of my battery since it was last unplugged, and it also recommends to enable airplane mode when in an area of no coverage. I should probably also note, that other than this I'm always in an area of strong coverage (yaye microwaves!).
I got about 3 days without using the phone AT ALL.
On a fresh brand new N1 with Cyan ROM.
3 days with moderate usage is false, I'll put money on it.
There is no way that is possible yet with a stock battery no matter what ROM you're using.
If you want to confirm your claim I'll be happy to see the screen shots.
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Which power pack do you have?
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I'm using the Phillips Power2Go http://www.philips.co.uk/c/power-so...=85F14C383C63DDF5599FE5DA0A89CD07.app102-drp1
A followup from my music tests: Playing music for 25 minutes on low volume dropped the battery percentage from 64% to 61%, so I'm guessing that isn't the major killer I thought. I'll try switching on airplane mode before I go on the train tomorrow and see if that improves things
I would gladly trade you my 8 - 10 hours on a stock n1 with moderate use for your 3 1/2 days. That is with everything off. If I start playing a game or listening to the radio I better have a charger close by. My phone is only about 2 months old if that.
liar
I'd be happy with ONE full day of a battery. I'm positive your not getting 3. N a half. Stock kernel. Stock froyo. Basic battery nd decent usage?? Ill donate...no give yield $50 if that's so..
thelucster said:
So this afternoon I decided to charge my phone for the first time in 3 1/2 days as the battery level dropped to 9%. I last charged it fully on Thursday night, and unplugged in on Friday morning. I unfortunately don't have screenshots to prove it because I plugged it in briefly (for no more than 10 minutes) to update to FRF72, and also rebooted.
If you are wondering, here are my settings:
- Wifi on (Sleep disabled)
- 3G on (Set to WCDMA Only in the secret menu)
- GPS on
- Sync on
I'm using stock Froyo (FRF72), and have had quite a lot of stuff running:
- Facebook
- Twitter
- Meebo
- FotMob (World Cup alerts)
- A fair bit of browsing
The only thing I haven't really done which I think kills the battery is listening to music. I listened to it for about 30 minutes on the train this morning the battery dropped from 32% to 16%.
So to the people complaining about the battery life being terrible: You're Doing It Wrong!
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I have no choice but to charge every day with my use. I've found that the battery is usually empty after the screen has been on for about 3 and a half hours. Where my display accounts for about 70% of the battery drain. I always have the brightness at maximum though so I guess it's to be expected.

How is the battery life?

Can any of you dudes that have the phone comment on your experiences with battery life? I'd imagine it would be pretty decent because of the smaller display size and lower cpu frequency, but I've read some reviews that it's mediocre.
Anyone have it last longer than a day on a full charge?
the battery life is better than the backflip I can say that much, but I dont think it will make it 12 hours without being recharged. I actually dont use the voice services that much either.
I would like it even more if the battery at least lasted thru the day.
MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT... the speaker on this phone SUCKS!!!!!!!!! it's a shame, I really REALLY love this phone.
ko0ky said:
the battery life is better than the backflip I can say that much, but I dont think it will make it 12 hours without being recharged. I actually dont use the voice services that much either.
I would like it even more if the battery at least lasted thru the day.
MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT... the speaker on this phone SUCKS!!!!!!!!! it's a shame, I really REALLY love this phone.
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Man, not even 12 hours? I'd hate to see what the battery life on an Evo 4g is like. Is it just because of the 1200mAh battery or is this something inherent to Android?
6 hrs 57 mins talk time. frm real world testing.
i read a review on pcmag web page and the reviewer test the battery life and said it got 7 hours talk time. in real world testing. so its as good as smart phones get. better than a iphone or any other android phone thats out.
Batter Life is GOOD!
Ok....I am new to the android universe as the Aria is my first android phone. However in response to batter life it is really good. I have a friend who has the EVO can can only go about 5 - 6 hours before charging.
I turned the screen brightness on my Aria down to about 30% and I yesterday I went through an entire day of work (messing with the phone a lil) then went home and messed with it for a good amount of time (1 1/2 hrs). When i went to charge it that night it had 35% battery life left.
Today I left at 7:30 am and it is now 3:30 pm and the batter says it is full. Now this isn't a percentage app or anything but the batter on the phone says full. Granted i only have 2G where I live (Edge) and I am not using wifi or anything, plus i haven't messed around with the phone too much today, but that is pretty darn good if you ask me.
Here's what I used mine for yesterday:
Off charger at 7a.m.
During day I estimate that I used:
20 min voice, 25 or so sms, several trips and comments on Engadget, a dozen or more FB app uses, downloaded 2 entire songs via 3G, 15 min of browsing. Multiple email accts, fb and twitter accts syncing throughout the day.
When I left work at 6p.m. I was at 47% according to battery app. After some app downloads and a little surfing, 25 min of voice calls later it was at 25% when I went to bed at Midnight.
It's better than my Pre Plus and better than the Backflip for sure. I'd say that if you're a heavy user you may want a car charger and/or an extra wall charger to be on the safe side. I'd say that for any modern Smartphone though. I'm very happy with it, myself.
waltah! said:
Here's what I used mine for yesterday:
Off charger at 7a.m.
During day I estimate that I used:
20 min voice, 25 or so sms, several trips and comments on Engadget, a dozen or more FB app uses, downloaded 2 entire songs via 3G, 15 min of browsing. Multiple email accts, fb and twitter accts syncing throughout the day.
When I left work at 6p.m. I was at 47% according to battery app. After some app downloads and a little surfing, 25 min of voice calls later it was at 25% when I went to bed at Midnight.
It's better than my Pre Plus and better than the Backflip for sure. I'd say that if you're a heavy user you may want a car charger and/or an extra wall charger to be on the safe side. I'd say that for any modern Smartphone though. I'm very happy with it, myself.
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My experience is near identical to this.
As for today it left the charger at 9AM, only 10 or so texts today, on standby the rest of the time and it still says 100%
Hmm.. I guess it's highly dependent on how you use your device and how often you have it sync with online services.
yeah, i find it hard to believe some of these numbers. I don't use my phone much for voice. I dont use wifi or bluetooth, i will trigger the gps, and maybe my screen is too bright, I do about 20-30 text messages and yes, some downloading. I get a pretty good signal where I live so I dont think my battery is being eaten up by the radio searching and trying to connect to towers. I'm serious, if I get 7 hours out of this thing I would be super pleased.
I used to this though, I have had many smartphones over the year.. i just need to purchase all new accessories to keep the device charged as much as possible. ( additional charger, car charger..)
The battery life is not as good as my tilt2..but blows the backflip (i owned for about 3 weeks) in the water.
I think the battery life is just as good or moderately better than most smart phones. Vs the 3Gs I think it's slightly better, Vs the backflip I had for a week, it's way better IMO.
Just placed an order. Hey as long as it's better than my G1. I'm happier than a pig in mud! G1 is the worst when it comes to battery life.
Battery seems to be good. I charge my phone at work while it is on. I'm running pandora constantly at work as well. Yesturday i left work and was playing with the phone from around 6-11, using wifi, 3g, bluetooth, some gps, screen on the whole time, multiple apps open, downloaded a lot of stuff, syncing on for weather, gmail, contacts, news, facebook, and a whole bunch of other stuff. That brought the battery from 100% to 24%. I then killed all tasks that weren't needed, turned off all radios except phone and 3g, and let it sit overnight. It only dropped to 23% by 6:30am.
It seems to do really well with normal use. With heavy use the battry falls, just like any smartphone.
my battery lasted all day yesterday with what i would consider pretty heavy usage. i'm very pleased with the battery so far.
I've has mine since SUnday- now wednesday and the battery is HORRID for me.
I pull it off the charger @ 6am, and now its 12 noon and i have 40% left. I don't get on Facebook much til after 4pm, Use iMobsters sporadically for short amts of time, MAY browse the web if a page is blocked @ work, but that's it. Dont talk on it here @ work.
I dont get it!! I changed my screen brightness???
Erinc2005 said:
I've has mine since SUnday- now wednesday and the battery is HORRID for me.
I pull it off the charger @ 6am, and now its 12 noon and i have 40% left. I don't get on Facebook much til after 4pm, Use iMobsters sporadically for short amts of time, MAY browse the web if a page is blocked @ work, but that's it. Dont talk on it here @ work.
I dont get it!! I changed my screen brightness???
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are you using a bunch of widgets on your home screens?
Mine came off of charger at about 7am and it's now at 72% at 9pm. I didn't use it much today as I was busy at work, but it's still checks my email, fb and twitter throughout the day. I do have the Friendstream widget up as well. Overall I'm good with the battery on mine.
My brightness is set right in the middle with auto brightness turned off.
battery life is pretty descent coming from an HTC Tilt 2. especially with 3g constantly on. i pretty much got similar battery life as the Tilt 2 (without 3g on..3g ate through the battery like a cop with a doughnut). i'd estimate you could probably last 18-20hrs if there was some way to turn 3g off...that includes wifi off, gps off, and auto backlight dimming off.
Advanced Task Killer also helps extend the battery life.
gotta say for how snappy it is, the clarity of the screen, and no lagging..this compact smartphone with it's smaller than typical smartphone battery packs some punch. VERY happy with the upgrade to Android
I wonder if there'll be an extended battery for this thing that doesn't require an enlarged back. I remember my Tilt had something upwards of like 1800mAh that was the same size as the stock battery.
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is it better to put a app link on the homescreen instead of a widget?
i only have a few that run on the homescreen other than the ones that were pre-installed there.
If you plan on using the phone for anything other than an occasional phone call, you will need to charge it at least once before the end of the day. I just got mine a few days ago, so I've been spending a lot of time toying with it, listening to pandora, downloading apps etc... It's almost 3pm and I'm at 30%. I had the gps on while I played 18 on Sunday, used it with freecaddie for a half decent rangefinder. It made it through the round, about 5 hours. I had to charge it when I got home, battery was at 15%. I think it's fairly typical for a smartphone, a spare micro-usb cable at the office and in the car are certainly going to be a necessity if you are a heavy user.

Battery life of Samsung Focus is short.

Does anyone agree that the battery life for Samsung Focus is really short?
I use my phone to check emails, browse websites and listen to music during lunch, dinner and on the road. The total hands on time per day is roughly 2hrs. But if I only charge it overnight, not anytime else, it only last until right after dinner.
It unacceptably short comparing to my ex-phone, HTC Touch Pro2.
Anyone experiencing the same thing?
Who should take care of this issue? Samsung or Microsoft?
My phone on moderate use will last me 1.5-2 days but I usually charge it at the end of the night regardless. In the first couple of days I did notice that the battery would drain pretty fast but seemed to get better after that.
Mine will typically go from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or so while still having the battery indicator having something inside. That's with it being used all day as an mp3 player, triaging email, web surfing, and Twitter.
When you get a new phone the battery has to go through a couple of cycles charging for the phone to calibrate. Also, keep in mind things that drain battery: light theme, streaming, basically downloading massive amounts of data. Make you sure you discharge your battery to about 10% and fully charge your battery a couple of times. Try not to go below 10% not good for battery. Make sure you are using wall adapter ac to charge. Charging from a pc is very slow and generally doesn't fully charge unless you leave it plugged for a LONG time.
Light use I'd say 1.5 days
Moderate 1 full day
Heavy use 7-8 hours
With light use i get about 4 to 5 days, heavy use i get about a day or two. Check to see if you have location services (GPS) running, wifi, etc as the more parasitic things you can turn off the better the battery life of course.
Mine lasts all day for me. A long 16+ hour day with moderate usage leaves me at about 30-35% battery. I keep Wi-Fi turned off and bluetooth always on. Not bad for a smart phone. I've seen phones far worse than this (Sprint Epic anyone?).
My battery last abour 8 - 9 hours, and I'm running for a outlet by then. But I'm a heavy user. Bt headphones with the music playing, twitter constantly, facebook, text, email, IE..., pretty much all of those 8 - 9 hours.
I have just about everything that I can find turned on, and have been using my new toy as much as possible. With that, I'm having to charge about twice a day, which is roughly where I was at with my Tilt2. Your battery drainage really sounds like it's normal, and likely related entirely to how much crap you have turned on and running in the background. The biggest drainer of the battery in any phone is gonna be the radio, so if you want to improve battery life, turn off stuff that connects to the network and set your email/weather/tweets/facebook to refresh much less often. Select "as items arrive" for your hotmail and Gmail so that they push instead of pull. Check your basics first before trying to find a customer service rep to chew out.
I'm happy with my battery life. I just charge it every night like I have every phone Ive owned. I use my phones as my morning alarm clock. I have all location services active, and i activate WiFi when usable. At work I leave it plugged in to stream music and podcast.
Coming from Android and Droid Incredible, the Focus is awesome on battery. I have no problem lasting the full day. I charge my phone each night overnight.
It's a mixed bag for me. the first few days when I was just getting to know it, making calls and just goofing around with basic functionality the battery was lasting very long and things were looking great.
Once I started using the data and other apps, the battery drains very fast IMO. I mean play a 2D game for half an hour and I won’t make it through the day.
Right now I’m not digging it that if I’m out and about I feel like I need to avoid using the phone like I would like to.
I’m really looking forward to being able to do things like being able to easily disable 3g.
I'm most certainly happy with my battery life. After using a nexus one, xperia x10 and the galaxy s I have nothing to complain about with the focus....just lovin wp7 at the moment.
willp2 said:
It's a mixed bag for me. the first few days when I was just getting to know it, making calls and just goofing around with basic functionality the battery was lasting very long and things were looking great.
Once I started using the data and other apps, the battery drains very fast IMO. I mean play a 2D game for half an hour and I won’t make it through the day.
Right now I’m not digging it that if I’m out and about I feel like I need to avoid using the phone like I would like to.
I’m really looking forward to being able to do things like being able to easily disable 3g.
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Games are always battery killers, especially on AMOLED screens that tend to get the best battery life with black interfaces, since they actually don't light the pixels up if they're supposed to be black.
Coming from an iPhone 4 i can't complain. Battery on that was amazing. The focus doesn't Last at long but I can't say im disappointed. It's actually better than expected.
It is normal for the battery to die after browsing the internet for about 3-4 hours?? Not happy about that.
Battery life
It depends on how the phone has been used. Screen is the biggest power drain, than the radio (3G data, WiFI, location services).
With all on and moderate usage (gaming for 30 mins, a few calls, and playing with the phone for an hour) I get about 12 -13 hours.
With all off and a few TXT and calls (about 10 -12) I get about 76 hours.
Not bad I guess.
This phone is better than iPhone 3GS.
jimenez16 said:
My phone on moderate use will last me 1.5-2 days but I usually charge it at the end of the night regardless. In the first couple of days I did notice that the battery would drain pretty fast but seemed to get better after that.
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I agree, I was loosing full battery within half a day with my normal usage for the first 4-6 days... Then after a while, now I can go for 2 days without charging under normal usage...
The battery life on this thing rocks!
Zhariak said:
I agree, I was loosing full battery within half a day with my normal usage for the first 4-6 days... Then after a while, now I can go for 2 days without charging under normal usage...
The battery life on this thing rocks!
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I use my Focus heavily for reading texts off of PDFs and browse the internet using WiFi most of the day, and in my free times I listen to music so I use it quite heavily. Yesterday I ran it through my routine day and got about 14-15 hours of full operational time from 100% charge as I took off from my dormitory to university to 0% half-way back to my dorm. My only problem is the length of time it has to be plugged in to charge. Its pretty slow, but that may be because of the large battery capacity to begin with.
the battery life is just OK, hopefully like with other cellphone updates maybe battery life will be improved at least somewhat, we can hope....
I have two of these things. Mine I use a lot and while the battery lasts less than my old 3GS, I am getting used to it and end up keeping hooked up to a charger pretty often.
My wife's on the other hand is baffling. She hardly uses the thing, maybe a call every day or two. For a while there we were getting about 3 days from a charge and then it would still have around 30%-50% left.
Now in the last few days, it drains the battery completely overnight. And I mean completely its totally shut down and dead. That’s with wifi and Bluetooth off and virtually no usage. Not sure what is happening, but this really sucks as now she can’t count on the thing to just be a phone without needing to be babied.

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