This topic is spun off from this other one from the 1850 mAh battery review in progress
First I'd like to say Thanks to dinan pointing out the extra screens info that should also be captured during the measurement.
Coming from the SGS, it lacked the nice graph that is apparently build into the stock AOS
SNS has a nice graph chart
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SGS doesn't have graph chart
SNS does not show the Time without signal
SGS shows the Time without signal
yet in another interesting twist, the SGS shows the "Time without signal" meanwhile the SNS doesn't seems to track that under the same screen in "cell standby"
dinan said:
Thanks for the pics... but next time could you click on the battery graph so we can actually see how your cell reception was and how often the screen was on?
To be honest I get similar usage every day and I'm on an overclock kernel too.
Would be nice to know how long the screen was on, and at what brightness.
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at least 2 hours on (4 trips of 30 min each)
since each Driving trip was with GPS ON + Screen ON
brightness was on AUTO (and streaming audio as mentioned above)
then i also used the screen for a while when updating the Android Market apps, else it takes forever (100 Mhz) to download/install if the screen is off (probably due setCPU power saving modes)
having the screen ON the market upgrades runs at 1000 Mhz (1 Ghz)
when i type SMS, and emails the screen needs to be on as well, and you'll definitely need the screen when looking up stuff on the web
results for the stock 1500 mAh will come tomorrow for comparison as mentioned on my post above
Yea I know what entails the screen needing to be on lol... you could just tap the display in the battery usage and it'll just give you the exact number... that's all I'm looking for. I usually see it at over 2 hours per day, and with over 2 hours of voice calls at work in a building that has poor reception, the phone still lasts the day. So yea with no voice calls in a good reception area, I could easily squeeze 4-5 hours of display time, which is the biggest battery drainer.
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at least 2 hours on (4 trips of 30 min each)
since each Driving trip was with GPS ON + Screen ON
brightness was on AUTO (and streaming audio as mentioned above)
then i also used the screen for a while when updating the Android Market apps, else it takes forever (100 Mhz) to download/install if the screen is off (probably due setCPU power saving modes)
having the screen ON the market upgrades runs at 1000 Mhz (1 Ghz)
when i type SMS, and emails the screen needs to be on as well, and you'll definitely need the screen when looking up stuff on the web
results for the stock 1500 mAh will come tomorrow for comparison as mentioned on my post above
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dinan said:
just tap the display in the battery usage and it'll just give you the exact number... that's all I'm looking for. I.
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LMAO!!!
i didn't even know such feature existed in the software
i just recently got this software after some one recommended it on the other topic
i was under the impression it was just those blue lines below the color graph behind the numbers
It's not a software feature... clicking the display always told you how long it's been on since as long as I can remember using android. Even android 1.6 had it!
Anyway, the blue lines indicate "usage," whether or not the screen is on. There are times when the phone wakes while the screen is still off and I think that's considered usage so it's reported as a blue line.
For an objective test, you really need to give the exact display on time and at what brightness, and also screenshot of the graph (tapping the graph, not just looking at it at the top) so we can see when wifi was on, how good the signal strength was, etc. All of those are important factors in battery drain.
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LMAO!!!
i didn't even know such feature existed in the software
i just recently got this software after some one recommended it on the other topic
i was under the impression it was just those blue lines below the color graph behind the numbers
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How do you get the SNS to show the Time without signal ?
can't seem to find it any where
i found all the other screens we were talking about
There's no specific time but under battery usage, tapping the "Cell standby" will give you how long the cell radio has been on and also a percentage of time without signal. It can be used as a rough guide, for instance mine says 2h 11m 6s for "Time on" and 2% without signal, so just take ~131 minutes, multiply by 0.02 and I get 2.62 minutes without signal, but that's a very approximate answer since the 2% isn't very accurate since it includes no decimal points.
EDIT: Just re-read your first post, mine reports time without signal there. I assume if yours isn't reported, that means it has 100% signal, or the base ROM doesn't report it, I don't remember since I've been on custom ROMs for a while now.
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How do you get the SNS to show the Time without signal ?
can't seem to find it any where
i found all the other screens we were talking about
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Time without signal is also on the nexus one with froyo.
When doing any battery tests, the display on time is by far the most important, followed by total time. After those 2, take note of anything that looks unusually high. Screen on uses so much more than any other task that it makes the others near insignificant when comparing.
the time with signal is included in this graph but this provides more detail. this will also display wifi and other usful stats if they are used. just click on the graph in the battery usage to pull this screen up.
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[Edit:] I've changed the title to reflect 110 hours. The original title and body of post reflected 100 hours, but since then I've added two more screenshots at the end of this post to show 110 hours (4 days 14 hours), and I added a (absolutely horrible) video to show that I'm running a standard battery (not an extended battery). NOTE: When I say the video is horrible, I mean it came out sideways, and is barely readable, and is a ridiculous 29MB in size. But the two added screenshots back up the readings and statements in the video. What follows below is my original post.[/edit]
Hey all, this is probably not any real record around here, but I wanted everyone to know I've just passed the 100 hour mark, running 100% uptime since the last battery charge!
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Notably, for at lease one-third of the total time, the phone was in an area of poor (or no) signal strength.
For this test, I had wi-fi, mobile internet and GPS all disabled...the only active radio enabled was the telephone voice radio, which was always enabled. I could (and did) recieve calls during the entire time (though I kept the conversations very short).
Here's how I've got my phone set up:
nfinitefx45's stock 2.1 ROM and Darch's Infinitefx_vUV_710 kernel, without freemem tweak (it's not the new vUV2 kernel).
SetCPU, set to 614mhz max and 19mhz min (245 max & 19 min sleep mode), with additional fine-tuning.
AutoKiller, with values I set individually for the different fields (didn't use any of the pre-set options...my settings are probably pretty close to "Agressive", except for the Content Provider value).
I use Advanced Task Killer to kill any apps that I'm no longer using, and I always have. But I've got it set to ignore SetCPU (because I've got a screen-off profile defined and enabled), and also set up to ignore AutoKiller (but I'm not sure if that's really necessary).
Notice the amount of time the phone spends at the different cpu speeds:
Because of the way I've got SetCPU set up, even though I have max speed set to 614mhz my phone rarely runs at that speed...the Powersave bias is set to 125, so most of the time that I'm demanding any real-time performance from my phone, it's actually only running at 537mhz. Likewise, even though screen-off max speed is 245mhz, most of the actual activity in that mode is at 122mhz or 160mhz, again due to the the Powersave bias setting of 125.
Also note that a great deal of time is spent at 19mhz, during both screen off and screen on states. Even so, I experience no noticeable lag, because the phone immediately jumps up to a faster speed as soon as any need arises (such as swiping between screens).
In case you're wondering why some cpu time is showing at 710mhz even though I have the max speed set to 614mhz, remember that I'm running the 710mhz kernel, so while the phone is booting it's running at 710mhz.
I must admit to being miserly in the use of my phone during this test, even though I burned a couple of percent battery downloading the ShootMe screenshot app last night (just so I could provide these pics). And I used EStrongs File Explorer to send the screenshots to my computer over the wi-fi so I wouldn't have to plug in the USB cable.
One more thing...I'm not done yet! I'm going to get another screenshot after my Saturday afternoon nap...hopefully I can get 110 hours out of a single charge.
Cheers!
[Edit:] Here are the two added screenshots that show 110 hours (4 days 14 hours), and the horrible video I shot to back up the fact that I'm using a standard battery.[/edit]
Thats crazy!
Sent from my evo
That's a lot of time on one charge. But as you said, not using it much. I think the 2+ hours of awake time is telling.
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mgraham361 said:
That's a lot of time on one charge. But as you said, not using it much. I think the 2+ hours of awake time is telling.
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The point of my post was to show how I've set up my phone to conserve battery when the phone isn't actually busy doing something.
Many forum members, in many different threads, have stated that they burn through battery at a rather disappointing rate even when they're trying to conserve juice. Darch went to the trouble of building up a batch of UV kernels to alleviate as much of that problem as he could (thanks Darch!). In large part, my post was basically explaining how I've taken advantage of that kernel, and nfinity's ROM (thanks to you too, nfinityfx45!), and careful tailoring of system and app settings to set my phone up so that battery drain during periods of inactivity is minimized.
Taken as a whole, the results indicate that my average battery drain is less than 1% per hour. In light of the fact that one third of that total time was spent trying to stay connected to a poor signal, I'm quite confident in stating that during times of good signal my bettery drain is significantly less than 1% per hour.
How many people can say they're realizing that kind of battery conservation with their Hero on an everyday basis? I've gone to the trouble of determining what works and what doesn't in terms of conserving battery, and reported on the setup and the results. That's all.
Another point that could probably be taken from the data is that, all other things being equal, I would probably get better battery life doing the same everyday stuff with my phone than the regular Joe who hasn't taken similar measures to minimize unnecessary battery drain on his device.
The bragging was just icing on the cake!
Edit: So sorry, I meant to also thank urushiol for the UV kernel!
This is pretty sick! Are you also using an extended battery?
i thought that auto killer is bad if you use an OC kernel?
thats hella right though
i've been waitin for someone to post somethin like this so i can maybe get 24 hours with moderate usage
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This is pretty sick! Are you also using an extended battery?
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Nope, I'm using the original battery.
The phone just now beeped at me, and the warning screen says I have no more than 9% battery remaining. In two more hours I'll have 110 hours on the battery. At that time I'll use my wife's Hero to take a video of my phone's battery usage screen, and then I'll pull the battery cover off of my phone in the video so you can see I'm running a stock battery...it says "HTC Innovations" on it.
I'll post the video after that.
macvalentine said:
i thought that auto killer is bad if you use an OC kernel?
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AutoKiller is only bad if you're using one of the kernels with the built-in free mem tweaks.
That's why I'm not using a kernel with free mem tweaks...that way I'm free to use AutoKiller and set it up like I want. And I want a custom setup, not one of the preset offerings that comes with the app. I want to use agressive values for most of the settings, but I want to set the kill value for Content Provider to a low number, because if I use the preset value for Content Provider in the Agressive setting, it will kill the GPS antenna input to my tracking app when I'm on my mountain bike, because the phone's in my jersey pocket with the screen turned off...in such a situation AutoKiller presumes the content provider to be a background app and shuts it down if the kill value is set to anything but low...sheesh!
Okay, I've edited my original post to include a HORRIBLE video showing the standard battery being used, and I added two more screenshots showing 110 nonstop hours on a single charge.
So I'm going to finally put this project behind me now, and get back to the truly enjoyable business of actually using my phone again!
And a HUGE thanks to all the devs who've made it possible to get such incredible performance out of our phones!
If anyone cares to know why I decided to use any of the settings that I did, just ask and I'll be glad to talk to you about it.
Cheers, and a good night to all!
wow thanks for the info on autokiller
i can actually use it again! whoo!
Now that I am not constantly on it, heres my typical usage. It's currently at 27 percent.
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Could too enlighten me further what exactly is the 1500 battery?
Pooped from my Samsung Vibrant using XDA app...
Dont mind the skidmarks...
^ the stock battery is 1500...
Indeed I've gone overnight without a charge and heavy usage the next day and still wasn't 1/2 way depleted. I think the Super AMOLED has a lot to do with the awesome battery life.
envaderx said:
Indeed I've gone overnight without a charge and heavy usage the next day and still wasn't 1/2 way depleted. I think the Super AMOLED has a lot to do with the awesome battery life.
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"HEAVY usage" is relevant. I've had my Vibrant for 3 days and the battery is unimpressive to say the least. Hopefully, it will improve.
I am not sure what you have to do to prolong the battery life besides not doing anyhting, i.e. I was in the woods this weekend with no service at all, kept the phone in flight mode, used it to snap 3 pictures and 3 vids no more than 1 min each - the result is impressive - unplugged the phone at 7:30AM and by 4PM I had 70% left. Woohoo, I guess, the phone did nothing for 8.5 hours and only drained 30%.
I unplug my phone everyday around 6am and as of now, which is 7hours later I'm sitting at 92%.
What have I done on it as of today? 4 phone calls, 3 emails, took some photos.
Things I don't do all day.
Watch avatar over and over, let it idle on 3G for no reason, let it idle on wifi for no reason, turn off auto brightness.
I do have a regular schedule of charging.
I plug it in around 11pm turned off
I turn on my phone around 540am and leave it on the charger. I'm always greeted with the Its full unplug message around 6am.
how come your display use is only 8 percent mine is like 74 percent even tho i have it set on the lowest possible......
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how come your display use is only 8 percent mine is like 74 percent even tho i have it set on the lowest possible......
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Thats saying out of all that time his phone has been on, his screen has been on 8% of the time.
If you use your screen a lot the number will be higher and I'm sure the more battery that would be used.
Great results so long as you don't need any network access for email accounts to work. That's not really an option for a lot of people. I have to have either 3G or WiFi on at all times to receive emails. SMS messages will come in over GSM so if that is what you do rather than email than you can turn off WiFi and 3G and still do texting.
Email works just fine over 2G (EDGE). I've found that setting it to 2G-only while keeping WiFi enabled (setting to stay on during standby) if in one location for a long time works better than keeping 3G enabled.
YMark said:
"HEAVY usage" is relevant. I've had my Vibrant for 3 days and the battery is unimpressive to say the least. Hopefully, it will improve.
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What is your build date? Find manufacturer date on box or inside phone.
I get good battery life... only gone down 1% since I unplugged it from being fully charged in 30 minutes with the display usage at 84% with GPS on.
KerryG said:
Great results so long as you don't need any network access for email accounts to work. That's not really an option for a lot of people. I have to have either 3G or WiFi on at all times to receive emails. SMS messages will come in over GSM so if that is what you do rather than email than you can turn off WiFi and 3G and still do texting.
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yeah, tomorrow, i'll try to leave wifi and 3g on all day and come back with the result.
Checked my standby draining today. Lost 10% in 7 hours and 10 min. Look good, no ?
This is with: Google account sync calendar and contacts, push exchange email, 3g, auto sync
Must add that Tasker is also running and set to check everything to 30 min intervals
I have owned this phone since day one and am convinced that wifi is the biggest battery killer for me. I unplug it at 730am in the morning listen to live stream podcasts on the way to work and back (35 min commute). Make a few calls and texts, check all my normal websites on my breaks and when I get home at 630, I still have about 60%. In the settings I leave gps off and wifi on so when I get home its automatically on. By 930 the phone is at 15% so I am convinced its the wifi.
Having a screen this nice is worth the mediocre battery life, its actually better than my g1's battery life, so I am happy.
2800 Mah batteries on the way...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Vibrant...00-mah-5-off-/130424331592?pt=PDA_Accessories
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Thats saying out of all that time his phone has been on, his screen has been on 8% of the time.
If you use your screen a lot the number will be higher and I'm sure the more battery that would be used.
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I'm not sure, I think it means of all the battery that has been used, 8% of it went to the screen. I would also like to know how you got that fantastic number! I usually have my brightness on minimum since I mostly use it indoors, and the screen is by far the largest consumer of battery power, even on days where I mostly listened to music (local, not net streaming) with the screen off...
I'm definitely getting better battery life out of this than my previous smart phones. Currently at 55% 1d20h unplugged. Light use, but still.
I am getting crazy CPU usage from Android OS, which is currently sitting at 52% battery usage. The CPU time of Android OS is between 20 and 30 minutes per hour! I have tried freezing many apps, I have tried task killers, rebooting etc. I have WKE7 firmware.
android os does use more than the rest, unsure why, but somehow the battery ife is still pretty good
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KE7 (stock kernel) , full sync on google stuff + 1 email on push + auto brightness + about 1H of display on time on this, 1d20min and 68% left.
sent 3-4 sms and did a bit of various stuff since yesterday.
Seen worse lol
I would be very happy with that kind of batterylife. Sadly, my phone loses about 35% battery while I'm sleeping. With medium usage, I would usually reach 12 hours of battery.
i rate my battery life to smth like "amazing" xD
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i rate my battery life to smth like "amazing" xD
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Yes for me battery life on sgs2 is also very nice - I'm comparing to sgs and it is about 20% better. My heavy usage today was 5 hours of screen on with wifi, some gps, 2h of gaming, skype running for about 3h, and battery run for total 9h. Also I use 2 push email accounts and sync is on. I think thats really good. And typically when I sleep in 8h battery is drained for about 8% with all email and google syncs active. So this is also quite good. All that on KE7. Most of samsung bloatware frozen.
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Been trying to keep away from these battery threads, but noticed today that I've gone from android system 12% to 30% and I've no idea why.
Still on KE2, and am probably a "light user" - black wallpaper, brightness 20%, screen timeout 2 minutes, some phonecalls, lots of SMS, music - lots of Poweramp - shown a few photos, occasional wifi, GPS ca. 30 minutes per day, don't sync, don't use my carrier's dataplan, no e-mail as yet, and no Facebook/Twitter/games/Social hub/accuweather etc ever - in fact they were uninstalled on day 1.
Got 36 hours from my last charge, am now on 79% after 16 hours. Still happy with it, but no idea what has caused this spike.... Will keep an eye on it.
My $0.02 worth.
I am really starting to wonder why some people have amazing batterylife, while others are having terrible battery life. I would be very happy with 18 hours with 4 hours of screen usage, but instead I am barely scratching 12, today has been even worse. 10 hours with 3 hours screen usage...
So far mine is 2hr 15 mins screen on time, mostly browsing on 3G, 13 hours on battery, and have 29% remaining. Its OK, but I wouldn't describe it as amazing. Roll on 2.3.4
the thing is on android battery life largely depend on apps and setup anyway
Yeh, I know. But I feel like I have optimized my setup as much as I can. No autosynching, email check every 2 hours, facebook, twitter and RSS updates ever 4 hours. No GPS, automatic screen brightness, wifi sleep on. No widgets pulling real time info.
mine has the stock weather widget and animated background - also wifi always on (that prolly actually helps ..)
also i used some gps,played short videos, youtube, recorded some vids and took a few pics (you can see i used it more heavily today in the graph)
im supposing a lot of this goes as android system (bug?) cuz its certainly intensive and isnt in the list (not even lower)
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Get rid of the auto screen brightness. I find brightness of 10% makes a huge difference. This samsung screen might look great but in fact it's practically useless as it drinks power
with ke7 as u can see auto brightness doesn't seem an issue for me anymore
i like it because i don't need to set the brightness in sunlight when it's auto hehe
What is your CPU time on Android OS vs. total battery time? Right now my phone has been on for 2 hours and 14 minutes, and CPU time in Android OS is 43 minutes!
If you've read through the majority of these threads, what's weird is that some of you that have uninstalled and/or frozen specific apps are getting worse battery times than those of us that are bone stock and have everything whirring in the background. As an example I use Wi-Fi a lot and also Kies Air and connect to a Blu-ray player using Wi-Fi Direct. The Wi-Fi Sharing app never appears in my running apps after I turn Wi-Fi off. Yet some of you with tweaks that don't use Wi-Fi have it randomly appearing and eating up CPU time.
I've kept up with this thread and other battery threads and for every "ah-ha!" moment there's a post following it showing worsening or no improvement. Somewhere in one of the three battery threads there were some tweets from Google acknowledging the problem in running 2.3.3. with dual-core processors. I think other than for the mad scientist fun factor we're just beating a dead horse and 2.3.4. is going to have to be our salvation. There's not even any assurance that a cooked ROM sans all the Samsung tweaks would work any better if the issue really is a core-OS problem.
Back to our ongoing debate...
I'm trying to figure out why according to BetterBatteryStats my awake time is much longer than my screen on time.
I'm not sure what causes it, there are no visible wakelocks. Are you guys able to spot it out based on the screenshots below?
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edit: attaching battery window and cpuspy screen shots
Here's the current battery situation..
light to moderate use. some GPS, youtube videos, and camera (including photosphere) for a bit.
screen time of 1 hour 30 minutes at 55%
I find that my battery doesnt drain at all when the phone is sleeping, however when the phone is being used it drains faster than it should.
cpu spy shows nothing out of the ordinary.. my phone is able to deep sleep (and that's what it's been doing for most of the time)
It could be that you rebooted, and if you did the battery stats are continued from that session.
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It could be that you rebooted, and if you did the battery stats are continued from that session.
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Awake time and screen on time are two different things. The phone can be awake without the screen being on.
post your Android Battery window the one under Battery in the settings menu.
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post your Android Battery window the one under Battery in the settings menu.
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Here it is (also added to the main post)
light to moderate use. some GPS, youtube videos, and camera (including photosphere) for a bit.
screen time of 1 hour 30 minutes at 55%
I find that my battery doesnt drain at all when the phone is sleeping, however when the phone is being used it drains faster than it should.
cpu spy shows nothing out of the ordinary.. my phone is able to deep sleep (and that's what it's been doing for most of the time)
17 hours on battery with 55% remaining is pretty damn good battery life if you ask me
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17 hours on battery with 55% remaining is pretty damn good battery life if you ask me
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It's not bad I'll admit that. But I feel like it can do better. My main question is the meaning behind the awake time vs screen on time. My phone was awake for about an extra hour longer than the screen, wondering if it's 'normal' behavior.
I would say it had to do with the GPS/MAPS. The info on CPU Spy doesn't add up to the time the phone has been unplugged. There is only abut 40mins of use on cpu spy. your best bet would be to do a power cycle and see how it goes.
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I would say it had to do with the GPS/MAPS. The info on CPU Spy doesn't add up to the time the phone has been unplugged. There is only abut 40mins of use on cpu spy. your best bet would be to do a power cycle and see how it goes.
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you mean turn the phone off and on? tried that several times.. also tried running the battery down to zero. my wake time is always higher than screen time. I am on Wind mobile (Canada) and the reception is horrible, I get 1-2 bars most of the time in my house.. is that the reason?
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It's not bad I'll admit that. But I feel like it can do better. My main question is the meaning behind the awake time vs screen on time. My phone was awake for about an extra hour longer than the screen, wondering if it's 'normal' behavior.
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Could be a lot of things waking the phone. I have my 1weather set to update every 15 minutes as well as Facebook notifications checking every 30 minutes, these can all wake the phone from sleep (and not turn on the screen). As well as any email app you have that pushes email to the phone and location services that update on a regular basis. A lot of these apps you can change the frequency of updates from their settings. 1Weather can be set to update itself from like every 15 minutes to once a day or longer. GMail I don't think you have an option, it checks for email every 15 minutes or so and pushes them to the phone and not sure if you can turn off notifications for it or not.
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Awake time and screen on time are two different things. The phone can be awake without the screen being on.
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I know that, not sure how you extracted that from my post though. Yes it's possible that the device fails to enter deepsleep so something could keep it awake. However I was saying that since his awake and phone on times are very different, it seems like a reboot occurred.
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I know that, not sure how you extracted that from my post though. Yes it's possible that the device fails to enter deepsleep so something could keep it awake. However I was saying that since his awake and phone on times are very different, it seems like a reboot occurred.
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Sorry about that its because I hit the quote button for your post instead of the OP's. My awake time is twice that of screen time also but I have a lot of things that will wake it out of sleep. Specifically I get a lot of notifications throughout the night from texts, and emails to games.
As the title said, I'm gathering some information about screen on time (SOT) of Zenfone 5 1.2Ghz (from 100 to 1-5 percent)
I want to see how my battery is after years by how much time it can handle now. Hope you guys help me.
In comment section, please including your SOT plus:
- What rom are you using? (Kernel version if can)
- Most used network: Wifi or Cellular
- Network setting: Always on or Never (Manually)
- App ram usage (Running Service in Setting/Battery or Develop Options)
Thats all I want to know for now.
Thanks!
Using stock rom Kitkat newest version, cause it uses much less battery!
I mostly use more of the Wi-Fi on always on
what is mostly using my ram is the screen ( brightness) and android
I will send more information about RAM usage later, my phone is recharging
Using 1.6ghz variant.
rom- resurrection remix nougat. but channging of roms didnt had any great impact
only wifi always on.
ram- 40-50% or below free.
sot i get varies from 2hr- 3hrs. only texting and light stuff gives around 2hr 40mins.
im using latest kitkat on my 3 years old zenfone 5 single sim variant.
this one with 100% cpu usage all time + [ full screen brightness+ bluetooth + wifi+ gps on ] from 100% to 5%;
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This one has only wifi on with full screen brightness 100% to 5%
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zeetsu said:
im using latest kitkat on my 3 years old zenpone 5 single sim.
this one with full cpu usage + [ full screen brightness+ bluetooth + wifi+ gps on ] from 100% to 5%;
This one has only wifi on and full screen brightness 100% to 5%
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How long screen on time did you get? That's quite impressive battery graph with wifi and gps always on.
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How long screen on time did you get? That's quite impressive battery graph with wifi and gps always on.
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Screen was always on in both tests. i used battery drain app to make screen always on with full brightness and wifi in second test and i get 3h45m screen time.
in first test i pushed cpu 100% and activated all gps/bluetooth/wifi etc and i get 1h53m screen time. but phone was really overheated and i scare to do it again (it was burning my hand)
actually i was shocked myself when i saw 4 h screen time when i used my phone to only read ebook all day in home with half brightness and i decided to test my phone. Results were amazing i agree, i hope it keeps that way for one more year.
i tested overnight battery usage and it dropped to 85% from 100% within 7 hours with wireless open while android sleep. i guess it might be better to close all network overnights
zeetsu said:
i tested overnight battery usage and it dropped to 85% from 100% within 7 hours with wireless open while android sleep. i guess it might be better to close all network overnights
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I wish I still kept the screenshot on Mashmallow to show you.
wireless is not the reason but the google play service. After disable a list of unneeded services, I let wireless enable all the time, gmail and other notification still can be recieved and battery drained 1% per hour (screen off). For specifically, after 6 hours over night, it will drain 6%.
screen on time is normally 3 hours but of course I have to tweak a lot to get this result. If not, battery just drains like hell.
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I wish I still kept the screenshot on Mashmallow to show you.
wireless is not the reason but the google play service. After disable a list of unneeded services, I let wireless enable all the time, gmail and other notification still can be recieved and battery drained 1% per hour (screen off). For specifically, after 6 hours over night, it will drain 6%.
screen on time is normally 3 hours but of course I have to tweak a lot to get this result. If not, battery just drains like hell.
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i tried to close wifi yesterday , as you mentioned it does not effect the drain.
3 hours sot on marshmallow is great but unfortunately i cant use custom roms cuz i need Gps occasionaly and my simcard often keep loosing signal on thoose . i am considering to get a xiaomi mi or redmi phone by next year but until that i had to use asus zf5 with kitkat 4.4.2 and 3-3.5 sot is best i can wish for.