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Battery life with OTA froyo?

Hi folks,
I recently flashed the three files that were needed for the OTA froyo. I am liking the speed so far.
One thing I am noticing though is horrible battery life. I charge my phone fully last night and had it unplugged for 3 hours or so. In that time I fielded one 15min phone call, watched a single YouTube video, and installed a few apps. Phone sat idle for the majorty of that time.
Checked the battery status and saw it was at 60%.
Is this normal? I haven't seen the phone with such poor battery life.
Just curious, thanks.
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Ehh my battery life also sucks. Charging process seems to be longer (strangely). And before I know my battery from 100 is 70 and an hour later 40 something.
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my expefience: when i charged the phone fully. and plug it off and put it in standby then it will last veeerry long cuz after 12 hours it was still at 100% but when i uses it its draining quite a big fast.

My battery life seems to be improved... which is better than I expected.
I have brightness set at 30% and wifi and 3g off when I use play around with it (not on the internet).

Wow crazy battery drain.

So yesterday morning I woke up at 9 am and went to ihop, I disconnected my phone from the charger at around 920 at 100% by the time it was 1040 ish I randomly looked at my phone and noticed my battery was at 33%?!?!?!? And I went crazy:O yet when I got home I charged it to around 83% disconnected at 730..then at 12 am when I got home I was barely at 61%?!?! Whatsoever the reason for this?!?!?!
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Could be a defective battery.
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New App, or syncing?

sync? facebook? widgets? Ongoing Apps? (ie Messengers)
seems like you have an app thats accessing data in the back

Its a new app. defective

I had a problem today as well. My phone was charged overnight so in the morning it was at 100%, i barely talked on the phone all day and then around 7pm i wanted to use my phone and it was off. I found it strange so I booted my phone and my battery life was at 1%!! I have the G2 since it came out and nothing like this ever happened before. I havent installed a new app in a couple months and my GPS and background data is always disabled to save battery life. There was nothing out of the ordinary.. Anybody else had this problem?

konoplya said:
I had a problem today as well. My phone was charged overnight so in the morning it was at 100%, i barely talked on the phone all day and then around 7pm i wanted to use my phone and it was off. I found it strange so I booted my phone and my battery life was at 1%!! I have the G2 since it came out and nothing like this ever happened before. I havent installed a new app in a couple months and my GPS and background data is always disabled to save battery life. There was nothing out of the ordinary.. Anybody else had this problem?
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This has been happening to me since the day I bought it. I unplug at 6 AM, by 4:30 PM when I get home the battery is at 15%. Don't know what the issue is

More info for those that have battery drain issues:
- Stock or custom rom?
- Have you reconditioned the battery (reset battery stats)
I'm on CM6 and I got 2.33% drain per hour average, with 1.2% drain per hour while idle (sleeping). That's with OC to 1.5 Ghz (on demand). I've only had the phone since Friday so this should be getting better.
I did the System Panel check like I do with all new devices to see if there are any background apps running that are running the CPU. I haven't found any buggers.

I've pretty much tried everything on: stock rom, CM 6.1.1 and now Virtuous. Maybe the battery itself is just messed. With Virtuous, I unplugged last night around 10, and just now I am at 12%

Atrix Battery life

How is everyone's battery life... I think I came in overhyped by some reviews like engadget's praising the battery life of this phone but in reality haven't been too impressed.
I have to change how I use my phone in order to make it through the day... I did cone from an iphone 4 though...

Give it a day or so. My initial full charge barely lasted a few hours. My next one, though, lasted 12+ hours with pandora running, and the screen on half the time.

Give it a little time. Battery and phone both need to calibrate their readings. I got ~7 hours with display on today (1.5 hours browsing, 5+ hours movie).

Got my phone a few days ago. Last night I went to bed at 12 and didn't plug in my phone, it had 50% remining. I woke up at 11 am and the phone was dead. I charged it to full, now its reporting 30% at 11 hours later. This is with night mode on and I barely touched the phone today, maybe 20 texts max. The thing using most of the battery is phone idle.
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mchimney said:
Got my phone a few days ago. Last night I went to bed at 12 and didn't plug in my phone, it had 50% remining. I woke up at 11 am and the phone was dead. I charged it to full, now its reporting 30% at 11 hours later. This is with night mode on and I barely touched the phone today, maybe 20 texts max. The thing using most of the battery is phone idle.
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This I too noticed. Uses too much battery when idle. I will charge to 100% and see how it fares while I sleep.

I plan on leaving mine unplugged for the night as well. I wonder why this phone idle is using so much battery though.
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1) this is like the 10th battery thread. Many answers can be found in the others.
2) Yes. Your battery needs to calibrate over time.
3) Android users more battery when on because of all the things it syncs with in the background: weather, mail, maps, etc.
4) again due to it's syncing it uses more in the background. To find out what dial *#*#info#*#* and look at the battery stats of what had been running. Look at Other Usage especially.

What size does your battery say on the actual battery? I thought it is advertised with 1930 but mine says 1850.
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Im 19 hours unplugged and still at 15%, this phone is a beast
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What size does your battery say on the actual battery? I thought it is advertised with 1930 but mine says 1850.
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Mine says 1880/1930 mAh (min/typ).
My battery seemed on the lower side of average when I first got it and then it got a lot better after a couple days.

Download Green Power in the Market. Insane improvement. I've used it on my Nexus One (Atrix is coming tomorooow!! for a month now and I've gone 50-60% plus on duration.

I have been running slacker and just web browsing for approx 1.5 hours and am down from 100% to 70%... This is after about four days of nightly charging. I am running green power too with no wifi managment. I have gps etc off. The battery analysis shows that the display is using 80% of the juice. Is any of this normal or is something wrong here?
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The Atrix's battery is the best battery in an Android phone I've used to date. I just left Sprint and thought the Epic 4G's battery was decent. After using this for a few days, I realize that the battery in this thing is AWESOME!
While we were with Sprint, my wife had the EVO 4g and now has the Inspire 4G. NONE of these phone hold a candle to the battery life of the Atrix.

So i left mine unplugged over night again, just tried to turn it on and i got "Modem did not power up (0). Starting RSD protocol support. Battery is too Low to flash.

battery info and network searching
First post here and I'm not a developer but have some feedback for this. Couldn't share without registering first. Won't be a pest.
Had the battery issue with the atrix and called att. The suggested a microcell booster as i was only getting one bar here (H+) at home. The store in San Diego gave me one for free and I installed it and have been off the charger for well over 24 hours now and at 50%. granted I'm not using it much as I have computer at home too. However, just sitting on the table before the booster and it would be at 50% in 4 hours.
Went to the laguna mountains in the middle of nowhere two days ago and it had edge network only. The battery lasted all day and night. The drive out there had H+ and edge in the middle of the cleavland nat forest.
If the atrix is searching for networks it uses battery like crazy.
Also tech support said there was no way to force edge connectivity on the atrix. There has been a code suggested here (I don't recall it now) that is supposed to do it but it is only for international use.

Vangelis13 said:
Download Green Power in the Market. Insane improvement. I've used it on my Nexus One (Atrix is coming tomorooow!! for a month now and I've gone 50-60% plus on duration.
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Another vote for green power. Worked wonders on my Cappy.

psymont said:
I have been running slacker and just web browsing for approx 1.5 hours and am down from 100% to 70%... This is after about four days of nightly charging. I am running green power too with no wifi managment. I have gps etc off. The battery analysis shows that the display is using 80% of the juice. Is any of this normal or is something wrong here?
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I have Green Power on "Managing wifi & mobile netwotk". Does wonders..
Where you browsing on Wlan or Mobile? If your signal isn't good enough it'll obviously eat the battery much faster.

battery life much better than EVO or Epic and EVEN the Droid X. Better than my cousin's iPhone 4 as well. Really great.

I have been using the mobile connection. Havent used gps or wifi. I do only have 2 bars in my house. Can low signal really account for this massive drain. Display still says over 80% use. Now I have been unplugged for 3 hours and I am down to 40%. This cant be right...
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psymont said:
I have been using the mobile connection. Havent used gps or wifi. I do only have 2 bars in my house. Can low signal really account for this massive drain. Display still says over 80% use. Now I have been unplugged for 3 hours and I am down to 40%. This cant be right...
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Of course!! Your phone is constantly looking for stronger signal & you're browsing at the same time, that certainly accounts for big portion of your battery usage

Battery Rubbish?

hey there
basically, last night i:
1)wiped battery stats
2)discharged till phone shuts off
3)turned phone on again so it turns off again
4)went to sleep with it charging
5)woke up 9 hours later, on 100%
so if its fully charged, battery ETA is only giving it 7 hours and 44 minutes estimated time, WITHOUT WIFI, GPS OR MOBILE DATA, AND 25% BRIGHTNESS USING 'BRIGHTNESS PROFILES' APP. isnt this like.... rubbish? this is my setup
stock battery
cyanogenmod 7.0.3 w/ Eugene's Smartass overclock kernel V9
*******Setcpu profiles: default 245/1228 smartass
Screen Off 192/368 conservative (100 priority)
Temp >38.5C 245/806 ondemand (priority 80)
Charging 368/1459 ondemand (priority 78)
battery <10% 245/368 ondemand (priority 71)
battery 15% 245/768 ondemand (priority 60)*********
ADW launcher w/honeycomb theme
-no widgets!-
i dont want to buy one of those bulky batteries, as it wont fit in my school blazer. the question is, how do i extend my battery?
Thanks

Sounds like a duff battery. I get about 20 hours with everything on on stock rom.
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oh okay thanks, where could i buy a decent battery, adding no bulk but not too expensive?

I'm wondering the same thing... the Desire Z only comes with a 1300mAh battery... My previous phone had a more powerfull battery (2100mAh) and that was an older model WM6 smartphone (which was rubbish on power savings) and it would outlast the desire Z... Even after two years of extensive use, the old phone's battery is better then this phones brand new battery
I've been unable to find any official HTC batteries for the Desire Z which pack more juice...

At the OP. What is your signal strength like? Mine is rubbish at work as I work in a converted barn and that makes a big difference to the battery life.
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at home i ALWAYS have 3/4 bars out of 4
btw i am also using JuiceDefender, if that would make a difference :L...

since the OP, ive been on facebook for about 30-40 mins, already 82% battery.....

Have a look through the accessories section. Lots of threads about replacement batteries.
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I am in the process of 'breaking in' a new 1800 MuganPower battery. Fits perfectly with no mods needed.
It should take a few more charges etc to settle down, so things should theoretically improve.
I pulled the plug off charge 6.5 hours ago.
I have it set to use wifi when at home, and 3g for the phone connection (I have a 3G femtocell at home).
When I leave my home area, it switches off 3g and wifi and drops to 2g.
I have made a couple of 2 minute calls, checked my emails and twitter, and was out of the house for say 1.5 hours earlier.
I have had a couple of texts to which i replied.
I am on 95% charge now, and pretty pleased with that.

I've got the same mugen battery, and get through a full day easily no matter what I do. Screen full bright, wifi always on, some internet, games, gps.... etc. Only 7 hours of battery to me sounds terrible.

since my last post, i havent touched the phone at all, and its got 66% charge -__- i seriously need a better battery, may buy the mugen, would you say they are worth it?

xT4Z1N4TRx said:
since my last post, i havent touched the phone at all, and its got 66% charge -__- i seriously need a better battery, may buy the mugen, would you say they are worth it?
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Have you made sure there are no apps or services that are using to much?
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Are you using the Google News and Weather widget? I still don't know why, but it was murdering my battery. Soon as I removed the widget, battery life shot back up.
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nope, no widgets except the built in analogue clock.
the battery usage is used by mobile standby, wifi, display etc. no apps....

xT4Z1N4TRx said:
nope, no widgets except the built in analogue clock.
the battery usage is used by mobile standby, wifi, display etc. no apps....
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What percentage per section(standby, display) is being used?
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mobile standby 33%
wifi 28%
phone idle 28%
display 5%
im surprised its been 10h 15m and im still on 58%
the battery seems okay when not touching the phone, as i have only checked facebook for 2 minutes, and sent around 10 texts (been playing football)
looks like imma turn off wifi when not using it from now!

When I first got my Desire Z when it first came out I was pretty disappointed in the battery life. I tried programs like juice defender and minimized every possible battery sucking option I could find. I could maybe get 12 hours of use out of it so I bought a 1800mAh MuganPower battery which gave me maybe 15 hours instead. Pretty poor I thought but what more could I do?
A couple of months ago I finally did a factory reset after encountering a lot of frustrating little bugs, some of which had been around since the phone was new. Since then not only has my phone worked a lot better and faster, but battery life is MUCH improved. My phone now consistently lasts 24 - 30 hours with the same usage or more than I was using it before. So obviously buggy software can make a huge impact on battery life and it's not something you are going to be able to easily discern as to what program(s) are causing the problem.

Hmmm im not sure then..
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Okay, played a bit of speedx 3D, heavy texting and facebook/gochat, still on 31%. Battery seems ok, still going to invest in a better one though, as using the phone for games or internet heavily drains the battery, whereas standby seems to be quite good, but need to turn off wifi. I will see how it fairs tomorrow, and post a picture.
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28% for wifi seems really high. I always have wifi on and it only takes up 6%.

[Q] Weird battery usage

Hi, I've had my Play for about a week now and absolutely love it. The only thing I don't get about it is it's weird battery usage.. it seems to charge slower than it uses for one thing, and the usage seems kind of random.
Last night I went to bed with about 70% battery usage. This morning I woke up and my phone was off. I tried turning it on while charging but it didnt work (not even a charging indicator), I took out the battery and put it back in which got it working. Once it booted I checked the battery usage and it showed it basically went from 70% to 0% at once..
Also when checking what processes used the battery it seems off.. Camera 15% while I hardly used it, Keypad 5% seems weird as well.
Anyone know what's going on? Is this a common thing with the Play or is my device possibly malfunctioning?
Thanks

Your usage seems nothing like mine. Mine says standby, display and wifi take the most and doesn't even show keypad. And my battery draining is always consistent, it doesn't fluctuate like yours did.
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@Naatan I've sent my device to service for the second time now. First time it was something different than this, but since i got it back last monday it has acted like you posted, not exactly the same as you describe but close. My phone also turns of during the night at some point, first i thought it was drained. Had to pull the battery first and then leave it in the charger untill the charging symbol showed before i could boot again and when booted up the lockscreen showed 35% one morning and 62% another morning. So my phone is not draining but acting weird. Even when i turn it off i have to pull the battery to turn it on again. My phone is updated to the newest firmware 4.0.A.2.368 - 2.3.3.
As i said it's at a service place right now (they broke my volume button last time they fixed it, so i had to go back) and when i get it back from repair i will downgrade to 2.3.2 and run it for a week and see if the same thing happens and then i will update to newest for a week and see what happens. I think it's a bug in the new update, randomly hitting devices as they are not all alike as in the hardware behaves a little different from device to device, hence when oc'ing you have to do it a little at a time cuz one clock works perfectly on one device but messes with another.
Will report my findings.
Regards Dousan...

My cell standby is 56% battery usage and its on 11% battery and only off charge 12 hours ago. Horrible atm
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I haven't charged mine in 3 days, and have 35% left, with around 3 hours use on wifi for browsing and Facebook
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My battery has certainly suffered with the update. The battery life used to be pretty awesome, now id compare it to an iPhone struggling to last through the day. And thats with pretty minimal use.
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What's the mystery with this 4.0.a.2.368 update.. I got kinda same problem too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17545087&postcount=13