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Just recently got an Incredible. Using the HTC extended battery (2150 mAh) and I'm still only seeing ~14 hours of battery life. Also currently using CM7.
What is everyone else seeing?
I'm using the Redemtion Rom 2.2 with Incredikernel 12/21, and with the stock battery I can easily get over 20+ hours out of it. I'm also always on my phone. What kernel are you running? That might be your problem.
I'm using an 1800 battery and regularly kill my battery in half that time. I'm actually happy if I get 7 hours out of it. Since you have the 2150 battery pick up a wall charger for the stock battery and carry that on you too.
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I'm running SkyRaider Athena 1.2 with Lou's #9, and I get around 20 hours. Pretty standard usage, nothing crazy.
Miui with invisiblek #28 or whatever cyan nightly on stock kernel. 30 hours +/- isn't a problem. Stock battery.
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I am seeing about 18hrs.
Running seidio 3500. Moderate to very heavy use i see around 16 hours. With little use to moderate a full day and a half to two days. Running incredibly re-engineered with ziggy's 012111 bfs kernel ocing to 1.036. How you people are getting 20+ hours on the stock battery is beyond me.
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I'm with you on this. Although I send around 1000 texts a day use the phone probably an hour tops and use the internet a good bit. I call this average usage some call it insane so maybe some peoples average usage is barely talking it.
Hellzya said:
Running seidio 3500. Moderate to very heavy use i see around 16 hours. With little use to moderate a full day and a half to two days. Running incredibly re-engineered with ziggy's 012111 bfs kernel ocing to 1.036. How you people are getting 20+ hours on the stock battery is beyond me.
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Well,
I was on the stock 2.2 OTA and I was doing ok. it was better than 1.1.
However I've recently been running 2.3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865331) and my battery life has improved a little bit.
I'm running virtuous 3.2 and usually after a the day I usually get home with about 60% with pretty light usage.
someone's addicted to/spends too much time texting
Gahh Its Lee said:
I'm with you on this. Although I send around 1000 texts a day use the phone probably an hour tops and use the internet a good bit. I call this average usage some call it insane so maybe some peoples average usage is barely talking it.
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With very light usage (listening to audible books via audible.com app for about 6-8hrs, 5-10mins of phone calls, limited internet) with the 2150 battery and Lou's #4 kernel I got 52hrs from charger to 14%. That is definitely not the norm, but I thought it was pretty cool =p.
Normal moderate to heavy usage I get 24ish hours from charger to 10-15%.
Na up where I live everyone gets the $5 or $10 Verizon o ly prepaid texting plan. So that's the only way we talk.
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someone's addicted to/spends too much time texting
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Gahh Its Lee said:
I'm with you on this. Although I send around 1000 texts a day use the phone probably an hour tops and use the internet a good bit. I call this average usage some call it insane so maybe some peoples average usage is barely talking it.
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Uh 1000 texts a day. Lets say you get 5 hours of sleep. That's 19 waking hours. Thats like one text message sent every minute for 19 hours. Not to mention received. i hope you're exaggerating hahah
I use mine kind of heavily with texting maybe a couple hundred total per day. 2-3 hours screen on total, maybe 15 minutes of talk time. I get 19 hours according to Battery Left. Running CM7
I'm averaging. Quite honestly there are many times where I don't get a break to actually put my phone down for like an hour or so at a time. But I judge the thousand a day based on me resetting my handcent set counter and two weeks later iI was at just over 15000 sent.
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Uh 1000 texts a day. Lets say you get 5 hours of sleep. That's 19 waking hours. Thats like one text message sent every minute for 19 hours. Not to mention received. i hope you're exaggerating hahah
I use mine kind of heavily with texting maybe a couple hundred total per day. 2-3 hours screen on total, maybe 15 minutes of talk time. I get 19 hours according to Battery Left. Running CM7
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52 hours really? I guess its possible but next time you think you could take a screen shot of Whats been using the battery folder? Im really curious about this.
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Sure, I am playing around with CM 7 nightlies at the moment, but I'll switch back to my old set up and see if I cant get a ss of a number close to that for you.
As I said though, it was very light usage for a few days.
I was running CM6 with invisiblek #18 and getting over 18 hours on the stock battery with pretty consistent use
Using SR 3.5 rom and chad's latest incredikernel.
With mostly having the screen off (no more than 45 min on) it lasted 48+ hours with 22% to spare - note that is not my normal usage, just a test.
Normal usage for me is:
Solid 5-6+ hours of screen on, and it'll last a good 23 hours (as of last night, long day lol) -- Most of the time after a full day I'll plug it in with 40%+ left.
Daily usage also includes
- 45mins of GPS usage
- 2-4 hours of Pandora streaming
- ~50 txts
- ~20 minutes of phone calls
- Youtube for ~45 mins
- E-mail / web ~ an hour
- 20 minute of games
I practically live on my phone but usually make it to the end of the day with 40+% left, depending on the day may be less- but I've never gotten the notification since the Kernel and ROM change.
Overclocking above the standard 998 will drain your battery pretty quickly, more than most other things you're doing. I noticed this and also noticed that overclocking didn't do much for me because 998 was smooth for every game I was playing.
Using HTC extended battery also and I do not bump charge, see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871051
I just find that hard to believe. If i stream pandora for an hour with a full charge it will drain my battery down about 20% thats using lou's #8 kernel and his redemption 2.3 rom. Thats with a 3500 seidio battery after a wall charge not a plugged in charge.
Not doubting you one bit but damn thats alot of tasking on a stock extended battery too end the day with 40% left.
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I flashed bionix nexgen recently and it is smooth and very stable. I added bali kernel and right now im at 29% battery left with my battery status reading 2days 14hr 34m 22s . Of course I have a 3000 battery but in telling you with other Rome I never got long life like this.
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I always ask how long the screen on time is when every one get "a good battery life"
No matter which rom I tried the screen on time is only around 2 hours when it died
Juicedefender Ultimate. It really works.
I'm on trigger been unplugged for 17h and 24m and screen on time of 1h 51m and have 32% left, but that's with brightness cranked up to 100%
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Im at 3h 15m with moderate use w screen on. Total up time 63 hours 39 minutes.
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Yeah I was pretty impressed with the battery life on bionix though I haven't tried the Bali kernel yet. Currently running CM7, 5-11-11 nightly. Unplugged 14 hours 10 minutes, screen on 2 hours 30 minutes, 20% left. Not exceptional but probably the best time I've gotten on a CM7 Vibrant build.
its pretty easy to distinguish how you got it
1. 3000 mah battery (double stock)
2. probably 20 +/- hours worth of it is when its in sleep mode (you're asleep and your phone hardly drains any battery)
3. your screen on time is probably less than 4 hours (assuming its double the 2 hours screen on time you get achieve on a stock battery)
Absolutely, those facts are all true. I am not trying to proclaim heavy duty use here. Im just encouraged to see the ability to go so long unplugged. I have done quite a bit of surfing, texting, youtube and calls. Im at 20% right now at 3days 10 minutes.
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I have found out that my battery lasts about 8 hours if I have gps and wifi on. If i turn those off I get about 28 hours.
Also when I first got my vibrant I had signal booster stickers on it and those killed the battery like in 2 hours and made the device real hot for some reason.
stock battery, trigger 3.2
with a stock battery, and stock trigger, no modifications, I get 15-23 hours usage, more than enough for a whole 11 hour work day. Battery calibrated with the battery calibrate app
Emama said:
I always ask how long the screen on time is when every one get "a good battery life"
No matter which rom I tried the screen on time is only around 2 hours when it died
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I once got 5 hours screen on time.
9% left total up time: 85hrs 31m bali kernel wins for me! Of course with the amazing bionix nexgen sweetness.
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I wanted to start a new thread comparing which GB roms have the best battery life....
I'm running CM7 and battery life isn't that great.
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^THANKS^^ battery life on Simply honey 3.8 was pretty good....
This thread is a great idea, but let's put some numbers down rather then, "I get really good battery life!"
CM7: I get about 13 - 15 hours with minimal use on edge network.
Minimal use for me is about 2 or 3 phone calls about 30 seconds to a minute each. Less then ten text messages, very little to no web surfing. Check weather, look at news headlines.
Well, i have only tried CM7 and MIUI, wich is CM7 based, and to be honest, battery life is the reason that i came back to Froyo...just terrible batery life...i can't be charging my phone every 5-6 hours. On Froyo im using Super DragonModz on Project V, and i havent charged my phone in two days, and still its @ 25%...average/min use. Until GB gets good battery life, i might not be using another GB rom as a daily driver...
My battery just went down 2% on a 40 second phone call with my lady. Simply honey. It drains bad. This is my 4th cycle.
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My battery just went down 2% on a 40 second phone call with my lady. Simply honey. It drains bad. This is my 4th cycle.
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thats odd...have you tried doing a battery calibration....
anyways i get 10 hours on Revolution rom 2.0 with moderate use
moderate use -check xda couple times ,on h network always with background data ,some texting,3-4 30 second calls and ocing to 1.2ghz
Yea. I calibrated. I thought it was just a bad flash but after multiple flashes I had the same result.
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Blitzkrieg 18 to 20hrs moderate use 3-4 hrs screen time one.
Pretty good if u ask me.
Screenie attached 30% batt left. Calibrated two days ago.
With every type of battery caliberation it takes a few cycles of charges for it to actually work. I use sgs tools and apply script and that deletes battery bin files. But doing that is not gonna take effect right away i hope u guys know that.
Im on cm7 and my battery usage is better then i expected. With me using either google music or Audio galaxy streaming for a 8 hour workshift and texting and websurfing during a lunchbreak and when that shift is done i still have about 20-to 30 % left sometimes as high as 40% But if im not streaming music and just doing normal things like playing cut the rope and web surfing and emailing, texing etc i can go on all day with out a charge. So maybe u guys have a bad battery???
Simply honey 3.8 was eating up 3-4% per hour just idling and much more when actually bring used. Back to Trigger.
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simply honey 3.8 has really good battery life i get 19 hours moderate use with kb5 modem and OC'ed to 1.2 ghz
On Revolution Rom, I can get 16-17 hours of heavy use, which is flashing a new build almost every hour, going crazy on the battery life testing. But people have reported about 24 hours of battery with moderate use.
Asgard 3.0 and 3.1 Both are giving me 13-15 hours with moderate use gaming (my kid 45min-1 hour) internet use, tweeting, email and moderate to heavy phone use (20-40 calls per day) and 1 hour of tunein radio.
I got an average of 15 hours on Blitzkreig with 15-20 short (under 3 minute ) calls, 35-40 texts and an hour or so surfing.... plus a little gaming. I am at 5 hours on Asgard 3.1 and 78% battery.
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On Revolution Rom, I can get 16-17 hours of heavy use, which is flashing a new build almost every hour, going crazy on the battery life testing. But people have reported about 24 hours of battery with moderate use.
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I am running the Revolution Rom RC1 also and I'm getting about the same battery life. It's about the best that I have gotten on my phone, Bionix Final 2.1 aside. Great job, keep up the good work Ali.
Revolution ROM's battery life is pretty good.
Can't compare with others since I've just started flashing GB roms now (I had tried MIUI before but back then the battery sucked so much it doesnt even count)
thanks for starting this thread, it was just what i was looking for.
i used CM7 awhile ago and the battery life was pretty terrible so i switched back to froyo. so now i was looking around again for reports of battery life now after a couple months of waiting, and looks like its still pretty bad. i guess im still sticking with froyo.
but hey i still appreciate all the work the devs do to bring GB to the vibrant
with all the MINIMUM use or HEAVY use
can you guys post the screen on time with it to shows how heavy/ minimum you use....
I've been using Blitzkrieg for a week or so and at first it seemed really good but the last few days it has been draining fast for some reason. I also have had it reboot a couple of times while on the phone the last 2 days. I'm not sure if it's related....
So...the title says it......i hope OP will make this thread sticky....
I made this thread to avoid the multiple threads discussing this matter and its solutions.
OK...everybody tell us how is his battery life......
personally mine last 1 day with heavy usage.....2 days with light usage.....
and please everybody tell us wich rom in the use...and how much using it...and all the statistics that you can get...
You are welcome to post any of your problems with batteries and solutions....
I get about the same, 1 full day with quite heavy use in terms of messaging and surfing.. It does drain alot faster playing games or watching videos.
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Dnt nw how u guys get 1 day or more mine gets down in 12-13hrs heavy usage connectd to 2g completely
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2 days with medium usage 3G, 4 days 2G heavy usage.
I have always said this phone has really good battery life, and for me it does.
right now my battery is on 32% and from the last charge past 1d 8h 12m with medium use
I had 3-4 days with stock 2.1 with my typical light usage. Now with stock 2.3.3 this increased to 5-6 days.
(few calls per day, no games, no music, 3G almost always disabled)
Compared with latest 2.1 with bb 67 on stock 2.3.3 battery life is worse. 1 day with heavy usage, and 2 days with light usage - 2g connected constantly.
I suggest everybody post screenshots and what rom you are using.
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Sometimes, it doesn't even hold for on day. Heavy usage. Web, Facebook, gmail sync, twitter sync (and a couple of others) perhaps I should change the sync.
3G only. Wi-fi sometimes
Android: Froyo 2.2
ROM: FreeX10 Beta4 HF 1
Kernel: DoomKernel/zKernel
On: WiFi, Data
Off: GPS
Usage: Medium
Battery: 2-3 days
Android: Gingerbread 2.3.3
ROM: Stock SE GB
Kernel: Stock SE GB
On:WiFi, Data
Off: GPS
Usage: Medium
Battery: 2-3 days
Android: Gingerbread 2.3.5
ROM: CM7-ZMOD
Kernel: DoomKernel/zKernel
On: WiFi, Data
Off: GPS
Usage: Medium
Battery: 1 day
Might just go back to stock until battery life comes back.
Mine dies after 6-7 hours of medium usage such as like 1 hour youtube 1 hour of xda and like 15 minute of music whit everything off except wifi and no data connection
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Does the mobile networks play a role when it comes to battery life in terms of network coverage etc... Mine fully charged with average usage lasts less than 24 hours. Well i do a bit of surfing and FB and mail sync in on. Is it due to that ? I did a calibration as well after flashing wolfs rom from stock.
Pls advice !
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Mine dies after 6-7 hours of medium usage such as like 1 hour youtube 1 hour of xda and like 15 minute of music whit everything off except wifi and no data connection
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One hour of you tube? playing videos obviously... thats just fine, i do pretty much the same but with gaming instead of youtube and a couple of hours talking, wifi and 3g always on, sync every 30 mins constantly checkin facebook, twiter and xda till ot get to arond 15% in like 7 hours
running wolfbreak´s gb 4.0.3 ROM with stock kernel and oc and uv (they work fine together for me)
There's a theory.....and i personally tested it and it works....
if you wanna get a great battery you must charge it at the percent of 20 or 15.....and it lasts a 2 days...
and i charged it at 0%..it keep about 4 hours charging...and it doesnt last a day....
im not very sure.....test it guys and see it if it works and tell me the results.....
dont forget about the THANKS botton.....
these threads are pointless imo...
everyone's usage is different, and you always get people saying "oh my phone lasts 3 weeks on a single change".... Pfft sure it does
There is no point in really comparing, yes you can get great battery life if you don't use your phone but what does that prove?
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these threads are pointless imo...
everyone's usage is different, and you always get people saying "oh my phone lasts 3 weeks on a single change".... Pfft sure it does
There is no point in really comparing, yes you can get great battery life if you don't use your phone but what does that prove?
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Hey man... this is negativity .... i made this thread to avoid multiple threads of the same matter....READ first man......
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Hey man... this is negativity .... i made this thread to avoid multiple threads of the same matter....READ first man......
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So what?
I'm giving my opinion on the topic of battery life comparisons in general, it was not any way offensive to you.
I'm simply stating that unless there is a way to objectively measure that the usage was the same, what does "this many hours" actually really mean?
Plus everyone's ideas of "moderate","heavy", etc... are completely different.
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There's a theory.....and i personally tested it and it works....
if you wanna get a great battery you must charge it at the percent of 20 or 15.....and it lasts a 2 days...
and i charged it at 0%..it keep about 4 hours charging...and it doesnt last a day....
im not very sure.....test it guys and see it if it works and tell me the results.....
dont forget about the THANKS botton.....
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I tried at 15% didn't see much of a difference lol
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Hey guys,
I charge at 15% and my battery lasts for 7 hours. I use 2G data on always, no wifi, no gps, no music, no videos, but heavy surfing and apps download and update.
I think this battery life depends on the climate conditions where u stay.
I stay in India where temperature is above 40 deg.
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Guys..
I just missed out 1 more thing..
I also use JUICE DEFENDER ULTIMATE. This has definitely increased my battery life to double.
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Hi guys,
Since I don't have much notion about the battery life I would like your opinion please. I think now with 4.0.4 the battery is great.
Today I used a little wifi, a little 3G, around 50 texts, 3 calls (short ones) and played a game for about 5/10m.
Let me know what you think!
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With rooted 4.0.4 with cwm I get 36.5 hrs of battery life compared to gb witch was 20-21 hrs.
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If i have a intensive use, the phone only remains for 20h but with gaming, net and bluetooth... With normal usage, can last for almost 2 days. good battery usage
Mine is the same; crappy. Lucky if I can make it through the day without a charge.
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But do you think this is good stats?
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My Arc S is rooted, with stock 4.0.4 and the battery lasts for about 36 hours. With GB it could reach ~50 hours.
after ICS Update my battery life dropped barely get thru a full day... Few short calls, about 7 SMS', facebook for 10 mins total and google and battery is dead
I think that better battery was on gb.
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As u can see my Signature..
I get Perfect 26 hrs of battery life with Moderate Usage & Sometimes May be Heavy.
With Doomkernel .
i have no Battery Drain.
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Crappy, especially if you use 3G + Browser.
Browser eats too much power.
chandoliasnikos said:
My Arc S is rooted, with stock 4.0.4 and the battery lasts for about 36 hours. With GB it could reach ~50 hours.
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As u can see my Signature..
I get Perfect 26 hrs of battery life with Moderate Usage & Sometimes May be Heavy.
With Doomkernel .
i have no Battery Drain.
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Really ??
How much screen time you guys get?
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Crappy, especially if you use 3G + Browser.
Browser eats too much power.
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true! I only can get 3 hours+ on 3G browsing.
If I leave my phone alone without fiddling it with, the drain is minimal. But I tend to message a lot on WhatsApp, use both Dolphin Browser (on wifi) and Opera Mini (on 3G) and then the battery comes crashing down.
I'm a heavy user so never been able to comment on battery life BUT I do feel the overall battery life on ICS is better than it was on GB.
After my arc upgrade to ICS 4.0.4
I think battery life is slightly tougher too..
Wifi always on (80% on)
Juice defender on (disable data via 3G)
Running on 3G (wcdma/gsm)
Screen used 4h
Battery life reach 1 d 1 h
Its awesome for me
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On ICS the battery is poorer than inGB
Typed down from the sky with sexy LT15i
People with battery lasting less than 22hr you must be excess using some how. I have and lt15i- rogers, an lt15i - telus and a arc s - no carrier and all of these are rooted 4.0.4 and they all reach 20 hr or more. The lt15i- rogers battery for yesterday went like this:
8am turn on.
WiFi,3g turned on and phone boot.
10am 92%
Phone flashed 4.0.4 root ready
Rooted
Flashes kernel 4.0.4
11:15am 90%
Installed cwm
Cleaned bloatware
Installed games
12:30pm 82%
Flashed ui mod
Configured phone
Restored all data via cwm
1:10pm 80%
Games
Games
Games
Games
Browser 14websites
YouTube 10 vid
Hdmi jacked into tv
Watched a 2hr movies
10:00pm 72%
Fone left off charger all night
12hr
10:15 am 67%
So I dunno guys you should be getting great power. I will do this same process with the lt15i - telus today and I'll let u know.
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ICS should give more battery life than GB theoretically coz many changes were made to optimize battery life..so if you are getting less battery then some bloatware or some app is causing battery drain..screen eats battery like hell..but still my screen brightness is around 80% coz screen is sooo beautiful but still i get around 2.5 days of battery easily
You keep your screen at 80%? I keep it at 30% and it's still bright. I actually find that to be optimal.
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You keep your screen at 80%? I keep it at 30% and it's still bright. I actually find that to be optimal.
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before my screen brightness was also 30-40%..but later thought wat will i do by saving battery when i m always nearer to plug point..so recent started keeping 80%
I think 30% brightness is enough for me, and my battery still always reach for one full day use. (from unplug charger 9am - 11pm plugin charge)
Screen always 3h ++
Signal wcdma/gsm
Wifi always on
Maybe my next post will included pic, coz now i cant insert pic (my post only 5)
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ICS should give more battery life than GB theoretically coz many changes were made to optimize battery life..so if you are getting less battery then some bloatware or some app is causing battery drain..screen eats battery like hell..but still my screen brightness is around 80% coz screen is sooo beautiful but still i get around 2.5 days of battery easily
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But not on my usage scenario. 3G and browser.
My usage pattern did not change, reading news, weather, browsing tech sites etc. But ICS browser really eats much power compared to gingerbread. The phone noticeably heats up faster, too.
I already removed the bloatwares, test it with stock kernel first, minimal app installs.