Well it seems I may have a problem here as my battery is being destroyed by my display. The usage on the pic is nothing compared to some crazy results I've seen. Heck I've seen 94% of my battery being used by my display. Is there a way to fix this?
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That's actually a good thing....
If you search the threads (hint: use search), you'll see why it's a good thing.
To paraphrase and give you the TL;DR version:
Better the display taking up the battery than the 3G radio...
ShinyBuddha said:
That's actually a good thing....
If you search the threads (hint: use search), you'll see why it's a good thing.
To paraphrase and give you the TL;DR version:
Better the display taking up the battery than the 3G radio...
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I did search as a matter of fact. And in case you didn't read I'm looking for a fix. I'm not looking for why its a "good thing"
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On any phone, the display is going to be the biggest source of power drain no matter what. This is why when a new display technology emerges, the developer always talks about the power saving ability of said technology.
Also, you need to understand that it is not 62% used, it is 62% of what IS USED. So if you used 30% of battery power then .30 * .62 = 18% of overall battery life is used to power the screen. It makes sense because no matter what you do, most likely your screen is going to be on, especially if you are reading xda.
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On any phone, the display is going to be the biggest source of power drain no matter what. This is why when a new display technology emerges, the developer always talks about the power saving ability of said technology.
Also, you need to understand that it is not 62% used, it is 62% of what IS USED. So if you used 30% of battery power then .30 * .62 = 18% of overall battery life is used to power the screen. It makes sense because no matter what you do, most likely your screen is going to be on, especially if you are reading xda.
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OK. Thanks its just freaking me out. Sometimes ill leave the screen off and ill check battery usage and its like in the 90's so I'm like wtf I haven't used my phone. And I just got on xda too see if I can get a fix for this.
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I just tried to find the thread but couldn't (thought I had it "subscribed to").
So essentially, the fact that you've got a 4" screen as the primary drain on the battery shouldn't be that surprising. It actually speaks to the efficiency of the device. In other phones, either the phone idle state or the cell standby state would be the biggest suckers of battery life, which is a bad thing as it's polling the towers too often which drains battery quicker.
There are a few tips in the forums to save battery life like auto-dim, use wifi instead of 3G (not sure if this one), use a black background, etc... But I do think that PaiPiePia did a great job at explaining it =)
As posted above it's not as bad as it looks but you can do something. Run jac's uv/oc w/color fix. It allows you to drop your brightness even lower. This works well for me as most of my use is indoors. Plus the kernel being under volted obviously helps.
Exactly if you have things that are using more power than your screen then you have problems.
as others have said, it's indeed percentage of USED battery. And display should always be using the most - unless you hardly ever use your phone.
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Exactly if you have things that are using more power than your screen then you have problems.
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Most of the time my voice calls is the top of my list. I prob do 2-3 hours of phone calls a day. With that much time on the phone is it still bad that my voice is number one?
geocepe said:
Most of the time my voice calls is the top of my list. I prob do 2-3 hours of phone calls a day. With that much time on the phone is it still bad that my voice is number one?
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Nope, that would do it. 2-3 hours would eat up close to 50% of your battery. I make maybe 20 minutes of calls a day at most, so display takes up anywhere from 50% to 75% of total drain.
Kubernetes said:
Nope, that would do it. 2-3 hours would eat up close to 50% of your battery. I make maybe 20 minutes of calls a day at most, so display takes up anywhere from 50% to 75% of total drain.
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thanks I was getting worried for a minute. The only good news s i get a good 24hrs of use out of my phone. Coming from a G1 its great.
geocepe said:
thanks I was getting worried for a minute. The only good news s i get a good 24hrs of use out of my phone. Coming from a G1 its great.
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seriously? I leave the thing in my pocket for 8 hours and the battery's at 20%
You get 24 hours WITH 2-3 hours of calling?
geocepe said:
thanks I was getting worried for a minute. The only good news s i get a good 24hrs of use out of my phone. Coming from a G1 its great.
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Umm dude that's just not possible. Post a pic for proof or it didn't happen. G2 users get like 15 hours Max and their battery is better than ours.
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ive gotten 24 hours ... i dont know how you cant get over 15 hours on your phone ..
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Umm dude that's just not possible. Post a pic for proof or it didn't happen. G2 users get like 15 hours Max and their battery is better than ours.
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It is possible to get up to 30+ hours with very light use.
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It is possible to get up to 30+ hours with very light use.
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Yup, I have set the phone on my desk over the weekend (48+ hours) and the battery only drop down to 86%.
It is possible, just don't use a bunch of widgets/auto sync options and make sure its in a good reception area and it will last for a while.
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It is possible to get up to 30+ hours with very light use.
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It's possible to get a lot more than that with very light usage.
Note: This is with No 3G as we don't have it in my country.
Bionix ftw!
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Yup, I have set the phone on my desk over the weekend (48+ hours) and the battery only drop down to 86%.
It is possible, just don't use a bunch of widgets/auto sync options and make sure its in a good reception area and it will last for a while.
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do you have any mods or is this stock?
kuhan said:
do you have any mods or is this stock?
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oops, I just saw this today. It was stock using JI5 from Kies at that time.
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I get that stock with fairly heavy usage.
now lets see that screen on time.
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now lets see that screen on time.
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Not needed. From the pic he attached it's obvious the phone was in standby most of the time.
Man, you even use ya phone?
What is with this obsession of battery life goin on 'round here? I say, as long as you can get better battery life than a stock rom, you've won. Keeping the phone on for a day or two without charging seems like a good idea, but everyday isn't the same, and one day you may need to use it way more than any other day..if you start that day off with only 30% just because you wanted to see how long your battery would last, then you really gotta limit how often you use your phone just so that it can make it till the next time your around a charger.
How do u check wake time?
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I agree, but it want a heavy day. When I finally did have 14% left and used tv flash battery seasoned super fast. I forgot, I'm using juice defender too
Globetrahter
The battery needs to be charged? I bought my phone back in June. The battery is now at 70%. I figured I just had to buy a new one when this one runs out.
Barely used phone. Come on.
Display 4%? Is that possible?
I can go a full day and a half, 36 hours, without a charge and I am using the original sense android... and I use my phone normally, I text, read usatoday, tmz, check email a few times, use the xda app... and I have wifi on all the time! What's this beef with battery life on these forums? Mine lasts forever! I just have things update manually, I don't let anything run without my permission.
I do, however, turn my phone off the 6 hours I am sleeping.
wifi is on = low battery usage, atleast in my experience.
Indeed. I got 1 day and 19 hours on stock nonrooted 2.2 back. and i used it for some medium texting. and some gps applications...maybe 2-3 hours max awake time. i dont think you used it much...the excessive 3G usage from FB doesnt mean anything.
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How do u check wake time?
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You should be able to get what you're looking for from the Spare Parts app.
According to my calculation thats is 69min of display usage.
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Menu > Settings > About Phone > Battery
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According to my calculation thats is 69min of display usage.
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According to mine, it's 122 min of screen on usage.
I had this scenario on my phone running myn's rls2 + king cfs #11 yesterday:
since unplugged - 24 hours
display on - 1 hour 25 minutes
charge remaining - 50%.
so i wanted to find out how long the battery would last on standby, and to my surprise.. it turned out to be nearly 58 hrs!!! that was on stock sense rom. non-rooted. and of course with very very minimal use. i basically just left the phone alone on my desk or in my pocket all day.
here is the screenshot i took back in july:
but that kind of battery life is unrealistic with normal usage. I am a moderate user (on the higher side), and i typically put my evo on charge everyday in the morning when i get to work (on weekdays). so, the charge on my phone lasts about 25 hrs with normal usage, that usually means about 4-5hrs of Awake Time. this is after rooting the phone. and i am using a stock rooted sense rom. i have had similar results before rooting the phone as well.
on weekends, i find myself charging the phone about 3 times (over 2 days), as the usage of the phone goes very very high.
i have a charger on my desk at work for the weekday charging, and a charger in my car for the weekends.
i have recently installed setCPU, and havent really seen that making too much of a difference, but that perhaps has to do with my usage pattern.
as pointed out in many a threads, signal strength is one major factor when it comes to battery drain. i live in Atlanta and i have great Sprint coverage where I am located, and that makes a world of difference.
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Using Myn's ROM with the Battery Tweak, I have FaceBook syncing and I have 2 gmail accounts syncing along with Weather every 3 hours, Facebook every 2 hours.
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it would help if you indicate the battery life that you were getting on stock or any other rom you were using prior to this. because there are so many variables that come into play as far as battery life is concerned. so that will help put your claim into some perspective
GaryJ51 said:
The battery needs to be charged? I bought my phone back in June. The battery is now at 70%. I figured I just had to buy a new one when this one runs out.
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hahah.. funny
Fed up with the moans about battery life. Yes there are issues but not to the extent that some people suggest.
Below are screenshots of my battery usage:-
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This is from a normal usage of my phone. As you can see from the graph the last few hours were me connected to wi-fi constantly, tweeting, fiddling and browsing forums. Yes a quick drain but this is a phone!
My point of this post is compare this to tablets and netbooks. The majority last 6 hours, tops. The SGS II is a dual core, amoled phone. It was always going to be a beast on the battery. However if you use it wisely, ie only have Wi-Fi on when necessary, the phone lasts as this phone should.
It out performs most tablets and for the relative size of both screen and battery I would say that's hugely impressive.
Looking forward to your comments.
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Your post is refreshing because of the following:
1) Clearly shows the display is the biggest drainer of battery. Anything else means you simply didn't setup your phone right or have some rogue app chewing stuff up.
2) You're not going bonkers with "OMFG my phone only lost 0% over 4 hours" and then post a graph that shows the screen was on for 2 seconds. Uh, well... duh! Completely stupid and pointless, glad your graph actually reflects real usage and battery drain.
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Fed up with the moans about battery life. Yes there are issues but not to the extent that some people suggest.
Below are screenshots of my battery usage:-
This is from a normal usage of my phone. As you can see from the graph the last few hours were me connected to wi-fi constantly, tweeting, fiddling and browsing forums. Yes a quick drain but this is a phone!
My point of this post is compare this to tablets and netbooks. The majority last 6 hours, tops. The SGS II is a dual core, amoled phone. It was always going to be a beast on the battery. However if you use it wisely, ie only have Wi-Fi on when necessary, the phone lasts as this phone should.
It out performs most tablets and for the relative size of both screen and battery I would say that's hugely impressive.
Looking forward to your comments.
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You could have posted this in the same battery thread to save some space on the front page in general section, no offence...
I am actually fairly happy with my battery life
My Android OS has never gone past 10%
Getting around 16-17 hours with heavy-ish use, not bad imo
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You could have posted this in the same battery thread to save some space on the front page in general section, no offence...
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You're right. We wouldn't want to take away from the banding on the left side of the display, Wi-Fi issues, and the camera pink spot.
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Andy2.2 said:
I am actually fairly happy with my battery life
My Android OS has never gone past 10%
Getting around 16-17 hours with heavy-ish use, not bad imo
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Which rom are you using?
Op thats light usage...
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Which rom are you using?
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stock, although I'm still at the stage where I can't put the phone down for more than a couple of minutes.
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stock, although I'm still at the stage where I can't put the phone down for more than a couple of minutes.
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stock is fine, but tell us the kernel version
KE7
10char
If you use kf2 you can get rid of the wifi sharing and save 15% battery.
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You could have posted this in the same battery thread to save some space on the front page in general section, no offence...
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I couldn't find it again, my intention was to post in the same thread. Tried searching but came up with bumf.
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now im gonna say this,
you people really shouldnt compare battery time like tht. Its the screen on time you should compare!! its far more accurate than this. i can get around 3h of constat use and connected to wifi. this is screen on time.
what's average screen time in hours for most users? i've been reading about 4 hours plus or minus 1. 8 hours is unreasonable on one charge? i like to read books so i am wondering about this. i highly anticipate this phone but the n9 kind of looks hot too if the rumor is true alien dalvik allows android apps on meego.
So what? You kinda never used your phone. Surf the internet connected via 3g and come back to tell me
So you use your phone less than my grandma and hardly get two days out of the battery?
Great, that's nothing to be proud of.
With this usage my Omnia7 lasted for a week but the SGSII drains harder than my kitchen sink.
I noticed light consumes unusually lot of power too .. I recommend not using it as torch. White screen works just as fine for me (in total darkness). It seems they put in even stronger LED then in previous models .. and it better be used just for the moment as photographic flash. Battery voltage drops significantly .. and it slowly returns after the LED is turned off .. which means it's really strained a lot.
I bet i can get 2 days of battery in the way you used your phone. Screen was rarely on, so you just showed us that you can get a day and a half of stand-by.
At the risk of being accused of grandma phone usage im actually fairly happy.. The wifi sharing thing is a ***** so axed that.
This is with stock but rooted ke7
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I'm getting pretty good battery life aswell with stock kf2. The only thing I did is deleting some of he crappy samsung apps and froze wifi sharing. I get about 2 days of battery with normal use. And yes i do use the phone in these 2 days.
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Because your battery life is fine. That's why. Stop whining.
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Because your battery life is fine. That's why. Stop whining.
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How can his battery be fine? He lost 69% due to a bug and he's supposed to get excited?
Let me guess: this means his device is entering DEEP SLEEP, right?
...I begun suspecting that Samsung infiltrated XDA with undercover agents...those who post Aos and wake up lag is normal....
Samsung, Y U NO WORK @ YOUR ISSUES INSTEAD OF SPENDING TIME HERE?
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How can his battery be fine? He lost 69% due to a bug and he's supposed to get excited?
Let me guess: this means his device is entering DEEP SLEEP, right?
...I begun suspecting that Samsung infiltrated XDA with undercover agents...those who post Aos and wake up lag is normal....
Samsung, Y U NO WORK @ YOUR ISSUES INSTEAD OF SPENDING TIME HERE?
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He lost it over 15 hours.... That's over a day of use
15 hrs of doing nothing that could beat AOS, right?
...so...no matter what I do, I should be happy if battery lasts over 15 hrs....hmmmm
htc9420 said:
15 hrs of doing nothing that could beat AOS, right?
...so...no matter what I do, I should be happy if battery lasts over 15 hrs....hmmmm
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Sell your SGSII and get the sensation. no more complaints.
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Sell your SGSII and get the sensation. no more complaints.
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You could try to help him out instead of taking a dump on him because of an issue he's having instead of basically telling him to eff off.
Community, anyone?
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You could try to help him out instead of taking a dump on him because of an issue he's having instead of basically telling him to eff off.
Community, anyone?
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This user said it best:
nobnut said:
100% is the maximum
therefore if we assume a basic scenario with three things using this 100%, lets say:
Android OS - 50%
Display - 30%
Something else - 20%
Total = 100%
Now, if we do not turn on the device's screen, the next result will be something like:
Android OS - 75%
Something else - 25%
Total = 100%
Does this mean that Android OS is now using more power? NO!
What this means is that Android OS has used a larger percentage of the power used BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER PROCESSES GOING ON!!
In the above example, the total amount of power used has actually fallen.
But the genius folk who complain about Android OS (AKA idiots) all of a sudden believe that Android OS is now using more power and start moaning like a bunch of little girls. As you can see from some elementary mathematics... this is a load of b*ll*cks.
Do you understand now?
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The battery is fine. Everyone's just getting worked up over the percentages that are reported.
L o L, whats going on here
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You should RTFM before saying stuff like this.
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Oh oh, effin' manual right?
so tell me, wise guy, have you heard of DVM ( sorry, aka Dalvik Virtual Machine) and native/core libraries?
I bet you already know everything that is to know about them an you're ok that those, along the kernel drivers< let me enumerate for you, so you don't have to wake your brain from deep sleep and wait for the 1 sec lag: display, camera, wifi, keypad/keyboard(if present),audio, flash mem, BinderIPC DRIVERS and power management> are grinding so much battery that it depletes in , let's say, 20 hrs.
Well, my hat's off to you, sir. You hold the power and the knowledge to be perfectly satisfied with what others don't understand.
As for the one that suggested to buy the Sensation and quotes the display off analogy, what could I say more? He explained how battery works so I'll buy the Sensation or whatever he wants after he explains how magnets work.
Sorry, my mistake. You were perfectly right
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I agree.
Everyone's just getting worked up over the percentages that are reported
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Couldn't agree more. Because, either the percentages are not accurately reported or something is draining power when it shouldn't.
My mistake.
How long is the display up and running?
Heres an attached screenshot of my usage for the past few days.
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Heres an attached screenshot of my usage for the past few days.
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Like a boss. I'm speechless.
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How long is the display up and running?
Heres an attached screenshot of my usage for the past few days.
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You have no apps installed.
I have, only 96 apps though. We all have different usages.
Alright, if the percentage doesn't say anything, why don't they use another measures? Like mAh or other units.
Also these 15 hours WiFi was turned on most of the time. I used to turn the screen on and check Facebook/Google+/browse for 2-5 minutes, every 30-60 minutes. So let's just say the display was on for about two til three hours over this 15 hour period. Compared to 19% for the display I would say 50% is A LOT for AOS/CPU usage.
On a 2-3hr usage, at the AOS is THAT high its pretty much a LOT! Look at how low my AOS is compared to Andriod system, heck even cellstandby is taking up more power.
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On a 2-3hr usage, at the AOS is THAT high its pretty much a LOT! Look at how low my AOS is compared to Andriod system, heck even cellstandby is taking up more power.
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Yep that is awesome!
What are you running? Kernel, ROM?
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How long is the display up and running?
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Nice uptime, but I guess you don't use packet data OR talk to friends/ppl because after all it is a PHONE you have at your possession.
So it seems imo that you AREN'T a normal user like the most of us, making phone calls and receiving them in avg per day, which is about 1 hour (call and receive) and letting packed data being online.
Correct me if I am wrong about this analysis.
Without seeing your wake bar and wakelock stats its hard to have any idea what your phone is doing.
Try using better battery stats(link in my sig) to see if you have any out of place wakelocks.
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Just wondering if anyone has tried running their One M8 in High Performance Mode 24/7. I noticed that cores are still disabled and clocked down when not in use while High Performance Mode is enabled, so I don't think it will use as much battery as everyone thinks. The governor just seems to be more aggressive at clocking up under load. I'm guessing 30 minutes to an hour less screen on time. I enjoy the smoother scrolling in some apps that it provides, so I'm going to try keeping it on and see how my battery life is.
Thoughts? Anyone attempted this before?
Unless you don't play any games or benchmark the phone you shouldn't really get some benefits of that...also questions should be placed in Q&A !
This mode is just meant to be used for games and benchmarks
But I do see the benefits of it without playing games or running benchmarks... Scrolling in some apps is noticeably smoother.
And I was hoping for more of a discussion, not just an answer, as I will post my findings and would like to hear the thoughts and findings of others.
I'm running it today just to check... Normally, I'm getting ->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54548041
So I'll be disabling the power saver too.
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I'm running it today just to check... Normally, I'm getting ->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54548041
So I'll be disabling the power saver too.
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Sweet lord. Am I reading that right? Your baseline is 10 hours screen on over more than two days... on a single charge???
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Sweet lord. Am I reading that right? Your baseline is 10 hours screen on over more than two days... on a single charge???
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Yes.
9-10 hours SOT (without gaming) with my normal usage.
Total time varies; 1d10hrs to 2d10hrs roughly.
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Yes.
9-10 hours SOT (without gaming) with my normal usage.
Total time varies; 1d10hrs to 2d10hrs roughly.
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Do you use any apps to save battery ?
Nope, I'm running just stock.
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Do you use any apps to save battery ?
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Power saver and screen brightness probably very very low i'd say. Can't really get over 6 hours screen on with realistic average useage with powersaver off in my humble opinion.
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Power saver and screen brightness probably very very low i'd say. Can't really get over 6 hours screen on with realistic average useage with powersaver off in my humble opinion.
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Not at all.
The same thread linked has all the details.
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Not at all.
The same thread linked has all the details.
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You didn't even posted a screenshot of your app usage...even if it says 40% it can be other things especially if you have such on screen time...I very doubt that it was high usage or whatever...maybe just had always screen on but never really did something
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You didn't even posted a screenshot of your app usage...even if it says 40% it can be other things especially if you have such on screen time...I very doubt that it was high usage or whatever...maybe just had always screen on but never really did something
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What you said is not just preposterous, it's stupid.
Only an idiot could believe some adult, working, family man would leave his phone screen on all day
I was at work all day. Used it as I described there. Nobody asked for what you now ask, so nobody got it.
As for doubting... So you get a bad battery life, I get it. You wanna see my 3 week average screen on time?
Note: AVERAGE
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Welp, my day of high performance mode is off. Will update tonight with my results.
Early results are looking promising.
7 hours on battery with 3 hours screen on time so far with high performance mode enabled, and only down to 63%.
gtg465x said:
Early results are looking promising.
7 hours on battery with 3 hours screen on time so far with high performance mode enabled, and only down to 63%.
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I can't even get that on normal mode!
gtg465x said:
Early results are looking promising.
7 hours on battery with 3 hours screen on time so far with high performance mode enabled, and only down to 63%.
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Thats great!
If your usage is not heavy, neither mode should matter much.
I checked my processor states, and nearly all the main time, 3 cores were parked, 1 running 300-645MHz.
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All around the web I have seen people advising not to use High Performance Mode for anything but benchmarks because it uses a lot of battery, but it looks like those statements are all completely false. It uses a little more battery, but not a lot more, and it's certainly feasable to leave High Performance Mode enabled all the time. I still got great battery life.
On to the results. Nearly 17 hours on battery, with 7 hours of screen on time. More setup details below.
-Completely stock Sense 6, 4.4.3 (2.22.1540.3). No root, no custom kernel.
-Google Now enabled
-"Ok Google" from any screen enabled
-Blinkfeed enabled (with FB, Twitter, G+, and Insta as sources)
-GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi always on
-Pebble smartwatch connected
-Auto brightness set to 50%
-Spent most of the day on Wi-Fi, except for when I went out for about an hour
I used my phone a lot more than I would in a typical day to deplete the battery and get some results, so it will definitely last me more than a full day in High Performance Mode with my normal usage.
Interesting. Going to try this myself. I'm not a HEAVY user, so I'll leave it always on for now and see how it affects battery.
I'm running it right now... Battery is dropping fassst!
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th3 said:
I'm running it right now... Battery is dropping fassst!
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I'm pretty sure fast for you is slow for everyone else considering you're like the battery whisperer or something with your 10 hour screen on times.
What do you think???
With not so good cell reception (as he said) and so many wake-locks, I think it's pretty good!
Here is the link:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlexanderMaxham/posts/Q1KxyNrj8Wc
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Now lets see how the battery handles while playing Ingress!
I would be very happy with this if it is typical usage!
If I can actually get anywhere near this I will be very Happy.
Not as good as I was hoping, but still reasonable. That's right around what I've been averaging with my Moto X.
Not good at all.
The wake locks are horrible!
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I think that is looking decent, with 13% of the battery used being on 'Cell standby' it is clear that reception was not good during the day. On my nexus 5 when cell reception is good Cell standby barely registers on the list. Max of 5% usually. So would we be looking at 6.5 hours screen time if reception is good? Also no indication that battery saving has been used or not (doesn't look like it is, on the screenshots as the notification/nav bar are not orange). Or what screen brightness set.
Who knows. It is all guessing until more reviews are out.
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Now lets see how the battery handles while playing Ingress!
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Just what I was thinking
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Yes, same with me. On my Nexus 5 with quite good reception the "mobile standby" is less than 5%.
With that in mind, we will have more than this.
And see those wake-locks, horrible.
Probably some apps, services, or accounts need to be properly setup and configured.
More battery life from that.
And for more extreme, we can use darker theme
So, I am OK with this early report, it's a GOOD BASE!
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I think that is looking decent, with 13% of the battery used being on 'Cell standby' it is clear that reception was not good during the day. On my nexus 5 when cell reception is good Cell standby barely registers on the list. Max of 5% usually. So would we be looking at 6.5 hours screen time if reception is good? Also no indication that battery saving has been used or not (doesn't look like it is, on the screenshots as the notification/nav bar are not orange). Or what screen brightness set.
Who knows. It is all guessing until more reviews are out.
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It's a great start. I'm sure we'll have them up to 10 hours SOT with tweaks in no time.
That is mush better then my Note 3... hope I can get this divce sone..
Battery thread = subjective . just leave that there
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The wake locks are horrible!
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I'm seeing similar wakelocks on my nexus 5 with the last preview. The one before it had much better battery life, at least for me. I think kitkit has better battery life than lpx19D. so much for improved battery savings in 5.0.
Luxferro said:
I'm seeing similar wakelocks on my nexus 5 with the last preview. The one before it had much better battery life, at least for me. I think kitkit has better battery life than lpx19D. so much for improved battery savings in 5.0.
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Yeah me too. My N5 was charged fully yesterday morning and it just sat at my house untouched all day, and by the time I went to bed it was at 75%, which is pathetic. That's the last dev preview. On KK, it still would have been at 100%, or at worst 99%. I didn't investigate what was causing it, but that was bone stock without a single app installed. It shouldn't be like that. Hopefully the final version won't have that issue.
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im not impressed. my G3 can easily handle 6 hours of screen time. But its tweaked to hell. Im curious to see the N6 with tweaks. also, does anyone know what screen brightness was set to?
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Battery thread = subjective . just leave that there
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This.. Battery usage is going to vary greatly by different users that's why I personally could not care less about anyone's battery usage findings other than my own.
journeyman73 said:
This.. Battery usage is going to vary greatly by different users that's why I personally could not care less about anyone's battery usage findings other than my own.
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Yes it will but it is also very nice to know about what to expect ... this should get just about the same battery life as the note 4 ...give or take 30 minutes
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Yeah me too. My N5 was charged fully yesterday morning and it just sat at my house untouched all day, and by the time I went to bed it was at 75%, which is pathetic. That's the last dev preview. On KK, it still would have been at 100%, or at worst 99%. I didn't investigate what was causing it, but that was bone stock without a single app installed. It shouldn't be like that. Hopefully the final version won't have that issue.
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I left mine (N5) at home yesterday and only lost 5% in approximately 10hrs on the same preview. Battery for me has either been great or horrible hinging on the signal
nexus6R3plicant said:
Yes it will but it is also very nice to know about what to expect ... this should get just about the same battery life as the note 4 ...give or take 30 minutes
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I agree but some people take these findings to heart and if the battery doesn't live up to their expectations they have an aneurysm.