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Man, things are going well now.
DC 3.2.3 - Battery Saver Profile
Ultimate Juice / Juice Defender
AutoStarts
No task killers or other mem managers.
got 16 hours of moderate (normal) usage out of it until i finally got down to ~10% at 4pm.
popped in a new battery at 4pm and have dropped to 94% in the last 2.5 hours.
just fantastic, at least, compared to where I started with this thing a month ago.
hope everyone is having similar results.
I'm having better results running stock..
Try the documented procedures to prolong battery life by doing chargeobics
healthpellets said:
Man, things are going well now.
DC 3.2.3 - Battery Saver Profile
Ultimate Juice / Juice Defender
AutoStarts
No task killers or other mem managers.
got 16 hours of moderate (normal) usage out of it until i finally got down to ~10% at 4pm.
popped in a new battery at 4pm and have dropped to 94% in the last 2.5 hours.
just fantastic, at least, compared to where I started with this thing a month ago.
hope everyone is having similar results.
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i get 20 + a charge with just autostarts and heavy usage and setcpu
I get at least 18 hours running stock. You're delivery missing some tricks to get the most out of your battery life.
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18 hours lol... Yea phone sitting on a desk..not the way I use it...i got good results with baked snack rom V9 .i did a test using my friend iphone 4 both started texting all day..around 2 pm I have left 50% iphone 4 had 65% not bad considering iphone 4 has great battery life...
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akarol said:
I get at least 18 hours running stock. You're delivery missing some tricks to get the most out of your battery life.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G.
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i was getting 7 hours, at most, doing the same thing i'm doing now on stock. glad your's is working out better.
do you only use your phone to make and receive calls?
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somone post a damn link to a video of the process u guys are using to get good battery life
The process is to get rid of whatever is using your cpu cycles while your phone is inactive.
Yeh damage control I now get 22 hours if awake time
B efore id get 18 hours of uptime.
Dc is the best I have tested then all. I get 34 wakeups in powertop. Do that test on any other rom you ll get 2 to 3 times that
I clocked 32 hours with moderate use. And I am using an app killer... but I just watched for apps that were CPU hogs and found replacements for them. There aren't too many that affect it so much to trade them out, but you might be surprised by your findings
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Do any of you guys getting these great %'s use battery indicator free?
Lol...it just plain bs those saying I'll get 4 days battery life..if you use the phone the way I do NO WAY! Period...you letting your phone rest on a desk to get 20 hours battery life..
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ajftl said:
Lol...it just plain bs those saying I'll get 4 days battery life..if you use the phone the way I do NO WAY! Period...you letting your phone rest on a desk to get 20 hours battery life..
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No way I'm beating thee crap out of it. Dc limits higher cpu speeds with dconfig so if you have that option checked its slower but who cares I don't notice it saves batery like crazy. I'm on speaker phone conference calls all day. Bluetooth/gps on. Exchange sync as items arrive. Its crazy good I'm using syspannel monitoring ilk posy screenshoys, tomorrow.
L I ikesais, powertop gives me 30-40 wakeups. Some roms,are in the hundreds or thousands, but the proof will be the screenshoys tomortow, or try it yourself
healthpellets said:
Man, things are going well now.
DC 3.2.3 - Battery Saver Profile
Ultimate Juice / Juice Defender
AutoStarts
No task killers or other mem managers.
got 16 hours of moderate (normal) usage out of it until i finally got down to ~10% at 4pm.
popped in a new battery at 4pm and have dropped to 94% in the last 2.5 hours.
just fantastic, at least, compared to where I started with this thing a month ago.
hope everyone is having similar results.
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all this to get better battery life
DC 3.2.3 - Battery Saver Profile
Ultimate Juice / Juice Defender
AutoStarts
kinda pathetic.. and i own a EVO.. the day that we dont have to use all of that its the end of kinda pathetic....
topdnbass said:
I'm having better results running stock..
Try the documented procedures to prolong battery life by doing chargeobics
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haha, great name for it. i'm having better results too doing the charging circle jerk. 20+ hours with moderate to heavy usage
My battery life has been great since the 1.4x update... As an FYI the facebook syncing from 1.3x caused SERIOUS battery drain if you had it linked to a facebook account and had the HTC people widget on your home screen. I used 2 gigs a week while having the phone on wifi at home most of the time due to this bug!
So, at what point do I just throw in the towel and ask for a replacement battery from Sprint?
I've done the "battery circle jerk" twice, now, with no improvement. In fact, this morning, after completing my third jerk (battery jerk - get your minds out of the gutter), my battery percentage fell to 95% after 10 minutes of almost no use. Either this battery is bad, or the EVO has some serious issues with topping-off a charge.
^I have the same problem.
Losing thee first ten percent q quickly is very normal with this phone.once it his 85% it'll start to even out. Personally I've notice charging with the wall charger seems trio make this problem a little better
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Hahahaha battery circle jerk. I like it! I've done the jerk solo, with friends, and with my sister and none of our EVO's seem to be improv..... wait, ewwwww.
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How is it?
sent from my epic 4g with no 4g
Crap
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churro7 said:
How is it?
sent from my epic 4g with no 4g
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The longest anyone has had it on their phones is like 15 hours. Give it a few days.
You won't be able to really tell for a few days when people stop picking up their phones every 10 seconds to play with it.
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styckx said:
You won't be able to really tell for a few days when people stop picking up their phones every 10 seconds to play with it.
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LOL makes perfect sense getting froyo is like getting a new phone
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How is it?
sent from my epic 4g with no 4g
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I fixed my gps early this morning and then set it up with a full charge to do a battery calibration. I turned 4G on to help it drain. I also used it to read xda for about 30 minutes earlier this morning (not sure why the battery stats don't seem to show everything that has been running). Here's where I'm at 8 hours later. I would say the battery life is pretty freaking great! Can't wait for some UV'ing once we get source.
Note: I have Overclock widget set to 1000/200 screen on and 400/200 screen off.
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I fixed my gps early this morning and then set it up with a full charge to do a battery calibration. I turned 4G on to help it drain. I also used it to read xda for about 30 minutes earlier this morning (not sure why the battery stats don't seem to show everything that has been running). Here's where I'm at 8 hours later. I would say the battery life is pretty freaking great! Can't wait for some UV'ing once we get source.
Note: I have Overclock widget set to 1000/200 screen on and 400/200 screen off.
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i somewhat second this i have left it unplugged all last night and i am at like 80-90 percent full with some what use..
I am still using juice defender, but my phone as been off the charger for almost 12 hours and I am probably around 75% battery left. I will be testing out turning off JuiceDefender tomorrow, but for now it looks amazing.
CRAPPPP
it some actually deads faster than 2.1
I've been having pretty fantastic battery life. So far the phone has been unplugged for 6 hours, I've been texting on and off all day, and played angry birds for about an hour. I'm sitting at 75%. Probably not fantastic but not bad.
I've noticed an improvement, but as to how much, I'm not sure. Maybe 20 to 40 percent better.
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it some actually deads faster than 2.1
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Quote of the day!
from a epic Galaxy far, far away.
excellent battery life
61 percent with some youtube , texting surfing the web angry birds and 4g on(sleep mode for 4g works really well) and apperently my gps was on all day. Its been 7 hours and 32 minutes ..I would normally be at like 35 percent
I have definitely noticed an improvement. It seems as good as baked ultimate and that says a lot.
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I am getting battery life like it's a completely different phone.
I was always rooted but with stock roms and kernels and on 2.1 my battery life was frighteningly bad. I have been on for well over 8 hours and using my phone off and on all day checking out froyo features and the battery indicator is showing still nearly full battery life. On 2.1 I would have had to pop it on the charger at around 2 pm today or earlier.
* I am going to be making a thread about LEGIT improvements that froyo gives us with this phone. There are a ton of piss and moan threads, but froyo adds a ton of features (several i'm sure I don't know about) and MUCH BETTER battery life. *
What rom (stock sense look) has the best battery overall. I rooted my moms evo to get her a great battery life but it still seems to be dying really quickly. I am using 4.3.1 kernel. She's only getting around 6-10 hours of battery before she has to charge it. I had the evo before and could get a full day and a half before charging it. I can't remember my setup since I switched to the evo shift. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
im using the cm7 rc 2 whatever kernal is package there is PHENOMINAL im at 60% @ about 12hr..... Moderate use between wifi and 3g
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That's the best you're gonna get with NORMAL usage and a REGULAR battery. All those users that say they get like a day or two are full of it. They get that long because their phones are sleeping most the time. I've used EVERY rom/kernel combo out there and the best I ever got was about 15 hours. I literally use my phone all day while at work from browsing, texting, calls, facebook ,twitter, and games. There should be a definition for moderate. I consider myself a heavy user; unplug at 7am and my phone last until about 6pm with about 20% left. Its not going get any better than that for a moderate to heavy user. From sense to aosp with the stock battery I just never achieved better results but I'm pretty happy since I get to work at 8am and get off at 5, buy 7pm its nearly dead and I just plug it up. You should invest in an extended battery imo.
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That's the best you're gonna get with NORMAL usage and a REGULAR battery. All those users that says they gets like a day or two are full of it. They get that long because their phones are sleeping most the time. I've used EVERY rom/kernel combo out there and the best I ever got was about 15 hours. I literally use my phone all day while at work from browsing, texting, calls, facebook ,twitter, and games. There should be a definition for moderate. I consider myself a heavy user; unplug at 7am and my phone last until about 6pm with about 20% left. Its not going get any better than that for a moderate to heavy user. From sense to aosp with the stock battery I just never achieved better results but I'm pretty happy since I get to work at 8am and get off at 5, buy 7pm its nearly dead and I just plug it up. You should invest in an extended battery imo.
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I agree to a point. I mean, it all depends on usage. I can believe someone with light-moderate use can easily get a full day with the right setup. I do it now with CM/Savage, but I'm definitely not a heavy user.
I do see some people make wild claims of 2-4 days without a charge.. and I think it's possible IF you don't use your phone or you turn everything that makes it a smartphone off. Which is pointless IMO.
Nobody can really give you the perfect setup because every EVO seems to behave differently. We can only make suggestions. Make sure your mom s awareof all the things that can drain battery (push notification, updating widgets, weather updates etc etc). I would then research a good sense rom/kernel because CM7 is a definite WIP with different issues for different users, it may turn her off.
Maybe check out MikFroyo or Myns rom. I hear a lot about how good they are.
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I agree to a point. I mean, it all depends on usage. I can believe someone with light-moderate use can easily get a full day with the right setup. I do it now with CM/Savage, but I'm definitely not a heavy user.
I do see some people make wild claims of 2-4 days without a charge.. and I think it's possible IF you don't use your phone or you turn everything that makes it a smartphone off. Which is pointless IMO.
Nobody can really give you the perfect setup because every EVO seems to behave differently. We can only make suggestions. Make sure your mom s awareof all the things that can drain battery (push notification, updating widgets, weather updates etc etc). I would then research a good sense rom/kernel because CM7 is a definite WIP with different issues for different users, it may turn her off.
Maybe check out MikFroyo or Myns rom. I hear a lot about how good they are.
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+1, its just crazy I see people throwing crazy hours out there lol. I think if your phone is sleeping 75% if the time then you shouldn't even talk about your results since that doesn't fit into the norm for usage. Most people check their phone like every 10 mins(don't quote me) I know I do lol. People throw around like 36 hours and even longer its insane to me.
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+1, its just crazy I see people throwing crazy hours out there lol. I think if your phone is sleeping 75% if the time then you shouldn't even talk about your results since that doesn't fit into the norm for usage. Most people check their phone like every 10 mins(don't quote me) I know I do lol. People throw around like 36 hours and even longer its insane to me.
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+1
I have a 3500mah battery and I get a full day with heavy usage. With the stock battery I could never get a full day.
cdszoke said:
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I have a 3500mah battery and I get a full day with heavy usage. With the stock battery I could never get a full day.
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I've always wanted an extended battery but I keep my phone in my pocket; are they super bulky? I really want 1
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I don't know about not being able to get more than a day of battery life and use your phone. Using MIUI with a Savaged-Zen kernel I was able to go almost 2 days without even plugging it in once (I'm specifying this, because I've seen screenshots where people claim crazy battery life, but the graph clearly shows that the phone was plugged in and charging several times throughout that time period), and my display usage was still 44% of my battery. That was still minimal usage for me. I posted the screenshot in the MIUI thread if you care enough to check.
I do mostly agree, though. Most people posting outrageous battery life have display percentages around 5-10%, clearly never removing the phone from their pockets.
Anyway, as for the OP, the biggest missing variable is that we don't know at what percent your mom considers it necessary to charge her phone. If she plugs it in around 50% to be sure she can make it through the day, that means she could have gotten another 5-8 hours of battery life (assuming she's not draining it down to 0%). This fact could make the difference between bad battery life and a paranoid mother.
Try the ava froyo z3 I love it best rom I've used so far so guess I'm sticking with it o and get her juice defender with ultimate juice and lock it down so it kills anything she's not using
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calibrate the battery.
read up on some of this.
http://androidforums.com/1383478-post1.html
this is my oem 1500mAH
with moderate use.
that was 1.5 hrs of justin tv, 3 hrs of tune in radio, fb, text phone and maps.
edit: 0003hw running rooted odex with net 4.3.2 cfs-sbc-lesshavs
double post...sorry.
dirkyd3rk said:
I've always wanted an extended battery but I keep my phone in my pocket; are they super bulky? I really want 1
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I have the Sprint 2600 extended battery and it isn't as bulky as you would think. I actually think it is less bulky than my 1500 with a case on it. I don't notice it at all and I carry it in my front jeans pocket.
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EndlessDissent said:
I don't know about not being able to get more than a day of battery life and use your phone. Using MIUI with a Savaged-Zen kernel I was able to go almost 2 days without even plugging it in once (I'm specifying this, because I've seen screenshots where people claim crazy battery life, but the graph clearly shows that the phone was plugged in and charging several times throughout that time period), and my display usage was still 44% of my battery. That was still minimal usage for me. I posted the screenshot in the MIUI thread if you care enough to check.
I do mostly agree, though. Most people posting outrageous battery life have display percentages around 5-10%, clearly never removing the phone from their pockets.
Anyway, as for the OP, the biggest missing variable is that we don't know at what percent your mom considers it necessary to charge her phone. If she plugs it in around 50% to be sure she can make it through the day, that means she could have gotten another 5-8 hours of battery life (assuming she's not draining it down to 0%). This fact could make the difference between bad battery life and a paranoid mother.
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This is exactly the kind of post he was ranting about, dude. Unless you post your screen on time, usage time, up time, etc, then your 24 hours or whatever is a completely meaningless number. Completely. Meaningless.
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This is exactly the kind of post he was ranting about, dude. Unless you post your screen on time, usage time, up time, etc, then your 24 hours or whatever is a completely meaningless number. Completely. Meaningless.
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Also display did not use 44 pct of your battery. It was responsible for 44 pct of your battery drain. Big diff.
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PS sorry if that seemed a little harsh, I was trying to be emphatic, not mean!
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My display uses all of my batt lol
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I agree with most of you people. Initially went to FreshEvo by Flipz when I rooted and battery life did not change much from when I was running stock. I have since switched to CM7 and battery life is significantly improved. Now getting 12 hours on a single charge with moderate use. I always turn 4G and wifi antenna off when not performing any data-intensive use. But I refuse to kill my 3G data connection when my phone is in my bag or desk while at work. Reality is that it IS a smart phone and killing the data to save battery life defeats the smart phone bit, no email no Facebook syncing no MMS etc. The only time I kill 3G is when I am in the mountains skiing.
My problem is that I work a 12 hour shift so 12 hours of bat life is not ideal. I have invested in an extra charger but would obviously be happy to not use this. I have heard lots of testimony that the savaged Zen kernals show some promise in improving bat life. When CM7 final drops I plan on flashing one of these kernals with the new ROM on wipe. I will stay away from the SBC version though for fear of improving battery charging but having my phone melt down or pop on the night stand next to me while I sleep... or worse in my pocket!
I will report back if I get any significant results.
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I just bought it yesterday and the battery like last around 4 he's. Now I bought this phone cause I heard it has great battery life like the Atrix. What do I do? I have juice defender running. Please help
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If you just bought it yesterday..... then give some time to calibrate thr battery! Just keep using it and let the battery reach normal. Most new batteries require 3-4 charges to start running fine. Give it a few days
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+ 1 the battery needs a few cycles to break in. Also, are you rooted are you running a custom room or kernel these things can have an affect on your battery also.
No I'm not rooted or have a custom kernel. I'm running stock.
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Strange, I get a day and a half of heavy use with the brightness maxed and running a live wall paper. I thought my Xperia Arc had great battery life but the Nexus S is insane!
OP are you using task killers? Don't. It takes up more battery for your Nexus S to re-start those apps than it does to manage them on its own.
It took my battery like a week to act right. Give it time
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gunstar3035 said:
Strange, I get a day and a half of heavy use with the brightness maxed and running a live wall paper. I thought my Xperia Arc had great battery life but the Nexus S is insane!
OP are you using task killers? Don't. It takes up more battery for your Nexus S to re-start those apps than it does to manage them on its own.
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a day and a half?? howd you pull that off? im usually charging about 10-14 hours thorough heavy use.
agree with everyone else, give it a few days.
I used some advice i found the said kill battery, charge full, kill battery, charge full, kill, charge, then use it. Charge it while it is off during that time.
First couple of charges, the battery would die after about 5-6 hours of constant "messing around" with the phone. Now it seems like it'll last a good time.
Im completely stock as well.
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a day and a half?? howd you pull that off? im usually charging about 10-14 hours thorough heavy use.
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I dont know. I don't really game on it so maybe thats it, but I am surfing the web constantly. When I go out I turn wifi off...thats about it. Oh and the only widget I am running is a clock and the weather for the clock is set to refresh every 3 hours "simi clock" is what its called.
Thats about it, I dont know what else to say. I came from an Xperia x10, Samsung Captivate, Xperia Arc, and now the Nexus S and its MILES better...so much so that I have decided that I will only ever own a "Nexus" line of Android.
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I dont know. I don't really game on it so maybe thats it, but I am surfing the web constantly. When I go out I turn wifi off...thats about it. Oh and the only widget I am running is a clock and the weather for the clock is set to refresh every 3 hours "simi clock" is what its called.
Thats about it, I dont know what else to say. I came from an Xperia x10, Samsung Captivate, Xperia Arc, and now the Nexus S and its MILES better...so much so that I have decided that I will only ever own a "Nexus" line of Android.
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Haha agreed on the nexus part! My battery might get day n half tmrw! Welll see....i guess im constantly on it doing one thing or another
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No task killers here. Just juice defender.
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Strange, I get a day and a half of heavy use with the brightness maxed and running a live wall paper. I thought my Xperia Arc had great battery life but the Nexus S is insane!
OP are you using task killers? Don't. It takes up more battery for your Nexus S to re-start those apps than it does to manage them on its own.
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Like everyone else said you really need to give it some time to break in.
My first day with the Nexus the battery was dying as I left work (roughly 9 hours off the charger).
After owning the phone for about a month now it's changed dramatically.
It lasts well through the entire day, every day. Before I go to bed it's usually sitting around...
70-80% LIGHT use.
50% Moderate use
35-40% Heavy use. (Note: I don't play games, Heavy use to me is multiple short calls, many emails, many texts, IM)
I've never actually had the phone die on me.
I'm using CM7 (Latest Nightly) and the Netarchy CFS Kernel (default settings with the exception of VooDoo Color tweaks)
I don't use Juice Defender. Phone sits on 3G most of the day at the office, at home it sits on WiFi with the WiFi sleep policy set to never. (Wifi uses much less power then 3G, if you have WiFi, USE IT! and set sleep policy to never so WiFi stays on constantly instead of switching back to 3G when the phone is idle)
Do use a task manager but it didn't seem to make a huge difference.
Aside from letting your battery calibrate, you should try out juice defender. I know alot of people might scoff at a such an application but I've experienced over a two fold increase in battery life using said application. However I am running an undervolted netarchy 1.3.4 kernel with Oxygen, but said increase in battery life is with the same configuration.
Yeah it takes around a week to break in the battery. My battery life is pretty awesome. I usually charge it every other day now. It lasts a long time.
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Guys... battery break in isn't gonna change his usage from 4 hrs to 12 hrs. No battery break-in does that.
In all these cases I suggest looking at battery info in the OS itself to see if something kept the phone awake or whatever.
Sure heavy use in your first few days will always take a huge toll on battery. Calibration shouldn't totally throw off your battery life down to 4 hours either.
You guys who say heavy use, can you quantify that?
talk time per day?
texts per day?
roaming?
4g?
how many emails sent/received per day?
time on internet?
/shameless plug
try battery tweak in dev forums... i posted it in both of them
DroidBabe said:
I just bought it yesterday and the battery like last around 4 he's. Now I bought this phone cause I heard it has great battery life like the Atrix. What do I do? I have juice defender running. Please help
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I'm in the same boat as you. Just got my Nexus S 4G on three days ago and the battery dies QUICKLY. The first day it died in 5 hours (with normal use and 4G off). By the time I unplug it and get to work, which is only a 20 minute drive, it's already down to 93%. I'm hoping everyone else is right in saying that the battery just has to be worked in a little.
I have 8 hours on battery right now with about 40% remaining in day 2 of my Nexus' usage. I made about 6 phone calls, sent out about 20 text messages, browsed the internet while waiting for a job interview and played Plants V Zombies when I was taking a dump.
I really only expect it to improve from here.
Out of curiousity, does anyone here have their "Use Wireless Networks" checked under the "Location and Security" settings (where it uses your 3G)? I have this enabled and I know this will drain my battery, but I wonder how much? The only app I have that updates my location while the screen is off is the stock News and Weather app (which only updates every 6 hours, a bug that automatically turns itself back on if you reset your phone). How much collection would Google do other than that?
Also, the other thing I have enabled is my Exchange set to push through the default Email app. However, this never really shows up on the battery usage app, so is push STILL killing the battery a lot through the stock app?
I'm just trying to see how people can get two days with 50% left after work (if just on 3G). On WIFI, MAYBE, but def not on 3G......
I have had my S4 for 5 days, battery lasts me only 5-6 hours at best. Moderate useage. Disabled all bloatware and apps I am not using. Not having the Maps issue, also turned off all the air gesture stuff and etc. Should I get it replaced?
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Is your screen at max brightness? When you click on your screen in that screen what kind of on time are you getting before it's dead? I get 3-4 hours usually
Its all the way down and on auto. And it says 1 hour and 45 mins
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What does betterbatterystats say?
I have the same problem, but I get around 2:30 screen on. About 6-8 hours usage, I've been trying different ways of charging to see if it will extend life, I might try to use power saver mode next if I can't find a way to get better life.
I have same problem too. This is day 7 for me since I acquired the device. The first day I thought the drain was from the amount of usage during my setting up the device. But now even after a full charge. It will be down to 92% just sitting in my holster in about an hours time. The battery would drain in about 8 to 10 hours.
The only massive usage in the battery status page I see is the screen and I have set that at lowest brightness and then auto. Im using battery saver as well. Im thinking about taking this to AT&T store tomorrow to see about battery or device replacement.
We shall see.
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CAG-man said:
...But now even after a full charge. It will be down to 92% just sitting in my holster in about an hours time...
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That is definitely abnormally high battery drain. I get less than 1.5% drain / hour when the phone is idle. So your drain seems to be more than 5 times higher!
It may be a misbehaving app.
BetterBatteryStats, is good because it gives you detailed info on what is consuming your battery.
This is what mine looks like
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If you are in a building with pretty thick walls that could drain your battery also due to the phone using more power to acquire a signal. I work in a building that house a lot of servers and notice it uses more battery than when I'm not at work.
electrogiz said:
I have had my S4 for 5 days, battery lasts me only 5-6 hours at best. Moderate useage. Disabled all bloatware and apps I am not using. Not having the Maps issue, also turned off all the air gesture stuff and etc. Should I get it replaced?
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I see you're using slacker radio, most streaming services will eat battery up. If you click that what's the run time on it?
crystalstylez said:
If you are in a building with pretty thick walls that could drain your battery also due to the phone using more power to acquire a signal. I work in a building that house a lot of servers and notice it uses more battery than when I'm not at work.
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This i can agree with, when i visit my parents in the middle of nowhere my battery on any phone every has always died in 3 hours looking for a signal so this might be relevant if you're in a porr signal area.
If you're curious about where you sit for coverage try this app RF Signal Tracker - Play Store Link
Typical battery life. Auto brightness. Poor signal also and on wifi.
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I'm having this problem too, I don't understand BBS but here's a screenshot of the screen.
I'm tired of this, how can a new and expensive cellphone's battery lasts like 8 hours without even really using it.
My drain was resolved. Android battery stats indicated the screen was draining the battery. BBS indicated my WIFI use was. But neither usage seemed too much.
A visit to the local AT&T store got me a new battery. Albeit some arm twisting occured trying to convince them of the hardware issue.
Yesterday, after overnight charge the previous night, I ended the day with a 72 % battery.
Did a quick charge to 100 percent this morning and my charge dropped 1% in 1 hour. With heavy usage, I sit currently at 72%.
Much better results and happier.
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