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12 Hours Idling and Not a Drop in Percentage!

Better battery life is simply impossible! As the picture below ilustrates, this thing did not sip a single percentage from around 9:00PM to 9:00AM this morning. Sure, the phone was not touched, but even still... I then checked my emails, Twitter, and played some music from my SD card yielding the 9% drop.
I have an Exchange and a Gmail account pushing, Wi-Fi is always on (BT and GPS was off), and Tango, Tikl, SportsTap, SetCPU, Astrid Tasks, and JuicePlotter services running in background in addition to the typical OS services.
SetCPU Profiles:
Temp > 50: 499/245 ondemand
Screen Off: 245/245 ondemand
Charging/Full: 998/245 peformance
Battery < 25%: 499/245 ondemand
Battery < 100%: 998/245 ondemand
Please check my sig for the rest of my setup...
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Yea, it doesn't use much power at all when it's not being used.

Well, it normally does... it is still pushing and polling information too/from servers. 1% per hour is already really good, but 0% in almost 12 hours in insane!

not for nothing, but I get the same results with baked snack 1.9, pushing basically the same stuff, but without setcpu.
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With the newhtc kernel i gota 6% drop in 9 hours with no use

I need help with my batry!
Im going to post screen pics so please someone anyone take a look. im running fresh 3401. which is supposed to come with new OTA. battery life is disgustingly short.

dan.kels.r said:
Im going to post screen pics so please someone anyone take a look. im running fresh 3401. which is supposed to come with new OTA. battery life is disgustingly short.
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Those screen shots don't mean anything. Are you saying you only get about 2 hours out of a full charge? Hell, I can watch a movie for 5.5 hours on a full charge.
Something isn't right. If you ARE only getting 2 hours, wipe your phone and start over, something is wrong with your ROM.
I am using Fresh 3.4.0.1, I have 8:50 uptime, 2:55 awake time, and I have 60% battery left. I don't use stepcpu and have not changed the kernel.

The 0% battery drop in 9 hours is certainly impressive but I have a feeling the quick drop after waking the phone up is a delayed indication of the true battery consumption over the past 9 hours.
A few minutes of syncing/email/browsing usually doesn't hit my battery life quite as much. I don't keep great track of my battery life but I know the other day when I didn't have my charger at night I was at 70% after 24 hours WITH mild usage and syncing. Or to put it another way, during my 8 hour workday I lose one/two bars with 4G on, GPS on and autosync. Not too shabby.

Mine did the same thing the other night. Went to bed with 1% left, woke up 10 hours later with 1% left. I was on wifi, however; everything is syncing and turned on, too.

Bielinsk said:
Those screen shots don't mean anything. Are you saying you only get about 2 hours out of a full charge? Hell, I can watch a movie for 5.5 hours on a full charge.
Something isn't right. If you ARE only getting 2 hours, wipe your phone and start over, something is wrong with your ROM.
I am using Fresh 3.4.0.1, I have 8:50 uptime, 2:55 awake time, and I have 60% battery left. I don't use stepcpu and have not changed the kernel.
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well i just wanted whoever can help to see how low the battery level was and in the screen shots you can see what was running and how long. This isnt the only rom thats had short battery life with me. Something wrong with the phone and or battery maybe? also since your using the same rom/kernel i am do you use or suggest juice plotter and defender?

dan.kels.r said:
well i just wanted whoever can help to see how low the battery level was and in the screen shots you can see what was running and how long. This isnt the only rom thats had short battery life with me. Something wrong with the phone and or battery maybe? also since your using the same rom/kernel i am do you use or suggest juice plotter and defender?
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I stopped using defender or plotter.
Only thing I can think is you are in a poor service area and your phone is constantly searching for signal. That will drain your battery fast.

creyc said:
The 0% battery drop in 9 hours is certainly impressive but I have a feeling the quick drop after waking the phone up is a delayed indication of the true battery consumption over the past 9 hours.
A few minutes of syncing/email/browsing usually doesn't hit my battery life quite as much. I don't keep great track of my battery life but I know the other day when I didn't have my charger at night I was at 70% after 24 hours WITH mild usage and syncing. Or to put it another way, during my 8 hour workday I lose one/two bars with 4G on, GPS on and autosync. Not too shabby.
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It's almost 12 hours actually. Also, the drop is due to streaming Pandora while checking emails. That's a normal drop for streaming Pandora and using my BT headphones.

after about a week of lurking and trying to get a grip on owning my first android device. here is my first post
My girl and I got some evo's and me being the nerd that I am with my devices I ended up here within about 10 minutes of having my device.(first eight minutes I was cleaning up the cream in my pants about my new device.) before one trip to reddit.com/r/android (<-beware of the awesomeness that is reddit!)
anyways I digress. I rooted instantly for tethering and started really hating my device because of the battery issues and I continued to read and then i took the plunge.
mine Azreal 2.4 with riptide theme v8 started with Netarchy 4.2 then swithched to kingxclick #11
I am a heavy user and I have been up 12.5 hours with 4.5 screen on time WIFI RADIO only pandora or music or internet vids ALL day. just dropped under 40%
I thought that was good but my girls setup is killing mine
hers Virus Airborne 3.1 with kingxclick#11 and on a full charge and top off method and battery wipe she is running now 27 HOURS with 3.5 screen on time
without a charge and is at 37%
she doesn't use her phone nearly as much as me but her wifi, and 4g on the ENTIRE time.
setcpu setting that worked for me!
kingxclick#11 CFS or BFS: Put the following settings: 1152-256 conservative. Then in advanced settings: Up threshold 95, Down threshold 50, and Freq. step 5. Test these settings out before you click "Set on boot"
(not my own setup just following one if the sages around here's posts)

I get things like that sometimes where it will be constantly decreasing then suddenly stop for several hours. I think it's just an error/inconsistency in reading the battery or something because it isn't a realistic effect.

Seeing similar results with Stock Fresh 3.4 and Setcpu. Look at the time when I went to sleep
Juice Plotter
Using Battery

I'm tempted this weekend to just leave my phone idle until it actually drops a % and see how long our phones actually have standby time with this kernel.

General battery usage

hey pretty new on mt4g so i wanted to gauge battery life and see what other people are seeing. I'll start and lay a rubric for everything I'm seeing
Mytouch4g
Rom cynogenmod 6.1.2RC2
Grankin 2.6.32.27 oc'd to 1.8ghz. Kernel
Have set CPU set for 245mhz on screen off/On demand. And normal is 245 to 1.8ghz on demand ad well. ( Not sure what's good profiling and stuff
Have Facebook and ebuddy and everything is off cept for data. No email only push Gmail
Hitting about 1% every 20 min and when i do browsing for like 20-30 min i lose like 10-15%
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Nice..
Mine can only hold for about 15 hours, lite web browsing, barely phone calls and texts..

I got about 16 hours yesterday. Using CM7. Brightness all the way up. Everything on except wifi. Browsing about 2 hours. About 5 phone calls, 15 mins or more. Used google maps. Did about 20 text msgs. I think that's all I did. Loving the battery life on CM7.

I get like 2 days use out of my phone without charging it. I've always tried to figure out why my battery life is always so much better than my gfs and I think I might have figured it out....I'm always on wifi.
The two places I am the majority of the day (work and home) I am constantly connected to wifi so it keeps my radio from scanning for a bettery data signal so my battery lasts a lot longer.

I have:
Iced Glacier v.1.1.6
Gorilla OC 1.6ghz beta v05 (but runs at 1.7ghz?)
SetCPU set at 1.7ghz ondemand and 245mhz screen off powersave
I get around 16 hours from a full charge, but Im always on the phone and playing with it but I have noticed that my battery does last longer on wifi

after tinkering around with it its working out better.
using
CM7nightlies#9
CM kernel
no setcpu
i get around 20 to almost 24 hours of usage. but most of the time i'm charging or partial charge cause i stream music like a mad man ahha.

stock i can get almost 24 hrs on a full charge im also using screen filter app(awesome app to use) im on pocket empires a lot too

Is it just me or does 100% last longer when fully charged? Has anyone also observed this? ATM I have 93% at 20hour mCPU scaled at 768mhz and around 15-16H moderate use with scale at 1.6GHz on max load.

I bought the Mytouch 4g on black Friday and found problems with the battery life in the first week. 5 Hours maximum without even using it. The camera worked randomly. I exchanged the phone for another one and all my problems were solved. I use the phone for gaming mostly and that drains the battery obviously .
I purchsed the powerskin case from the T-mobile store and I couldn't be more satisfied. I can use my phone for 6-7 hours straight playing games and browsing the web and it still has a full battery with a bar left on the power skin. It may be a little bulky but it brings be back to the good ol days when phones were bricks and adds that extra padding that I feel is necessary for protection. The price tag on the powerskin was $70 at the store but when it was scanned it came up as $40.00.
I highly suggest this product for those with fear of their phone dying unexpectedly.

Mac33 said:
I got about 16 hours yesterday. Using CM7. Brightness all the way up. Everything on except wifi. Browsing about 2 hours. About 5 phone calls, 15 mins or more. Used google maps. Did about 20 text msgs. I think that's all I did. Loving the battery life on CM7.
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Just because of root your battery is that great? My brightness is off all day and my Data is off and my battery MIGHT last me till like 10:00 PM..

This is probably a silly question, and after quite a while searching I haven't found any real answer, but here goes:
Going from original out-of-the-box to rooted RoyalGinger 2.1, the battery use by my Display has gone WAY down. Like from always being #1 to usually being well below Cell Standy, Phone Idle, Wi-Fi, etc. And it's definitely not that I'm using the Display less.
Has anyone else seen this? Does it have something to do with how RoyalGinger, Gingerbread, etc. calculate battery usage? Is it normal?

ericjwaugh said:
This is probably a silly question, and after quite a while searching I haven't found any real answer, but here goes:
Going from original out-of-the-box to rooted RoyalGinger 2.1, the battery use by my Display has gone WAY down. Like from always being #1 to usually being well below Cell Standy, Phone Idle, Wi-Fi, etc. And it's definitely not that I'm using the Display less.
Has anyone else seen this? Does it have something to do with how RoyalGinger, Gingerbread, etc. calculate battery usage? Is it normal?
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yes its normal. you came from stock MySense UI(stock Glacier), and Sense builds are known to be battery whores because they look awesome, have loads of interactive widgets, and lots of bloatware as well. going to an AOSP build(CM7, RG) the ROM is very lightweight and contains little to no bloatware and still as fast, maybe even faster. just look at the size of the files...Sense=300+MB, AOSP=80-110MB. plain and simple, all of the bloat consumes more power on your display

clarknick27 said:
yes its normal. you came from stock MySense UI(stock Glacier), and Sense builds are known to be battery whores because they look awesome, have loads of interactive widgets, and lots of bloatware as well. going to an AOSP build(CM7, RG) the ROM is very lightweight and contains little to no bloatware and still as fast, maybe even faster. just look at the size of the files...Sense=300+MB, AOSP=80-110MB. plain and simple, all of the bloat consumes more power on your display
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Thanks for the prompt reply. I guess I didn't expect the Sense bloat to be reflected in the display usage. Does "Display" include the touch interface as well? If so, I guess I can see why Sense would show up as display.

Display counts more than just the power used by the LED backlighting.
I plugged my phone in yesterday at 14 hours of uptime with 45% battery remaining, after a day of fairly heavy use. Close to three hours of music listening, two hours of screen-on time and 3G/wifi web browsing, forty minutes of voice calls and a few SMS.
Using CM7 nightly #143 and insanity v3 kernel, 122/1017 clocks with smartass governor. I'm sure if I switched from smartass to conservative my battery life would increase a bit, but I like the smoothness that smartass gives me, and even on a day of brutally heavy use, I'll still come home with at least a quarter charge left.

Here's mine. Don't post attention to the time, I rebooted a couple times, it's probably been about five hours on battery. I don't do too many games per se, but I do browse xda and facebook a lot
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here's mine (i'm too new to post links):
15h 12m 37s on battery
Android System 44%
Cell standby 22%
Phone idle 18%
Voice calls 8%
Wi-Fi 6%
Display 5%
as you can see (er, read), the display is really low. not sure what's up with system (maybe scanning the sdcard?), usually it's just standby and idle at the top. this is on RG2.1 with the display on auto brightness with defaults.
so this really is normal?

ericjwaugh said:
here's mine (i'm too new to post links):
15h 12m 37s on battery
Android System 44%
Cell standby 22%
Phone idle 18%
Voice calls 8%
Wi-Fi 6%
Display 5%
as you can see (er, read), the display is really low. not sure what's up with system (maybe scanning the sdcard?), usually it's just standby and idle at the top. this is on RG2.1 with the display on auto brightness with defaults.
so this really is normal?
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yep, that looks about normal for AOSP builds

Well I won't complain. Like I mentioned, I was really surprised at the low battery consumption of the display. Didn't expect that much difference just by changing ROMs. Wish I would've rooted a long time ago.
Thanks again for humoring me and my silly questions.
clarknick27 said:
yep, that looks about normal for AOSP builds
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Battery DRAMATICALLY Affected by Brightness

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This is not a general battery life thread. I'm looking for comparisons of brightness levels. Thanks.
ALSO: Has anyone noticed a difference when using black themes/wallpaper, etc. I have NOT noticed any significant difference.
Ok, first off, everybody knows brightness affects battery use. However, I've been trying to run my brightness at 30%, which seems pretty low. I figured that can't use much more power than 0%. Still, I've only been getting to about 2pm after charging my phone all night. I'm a heavy user, I like to tinker with my launcher a lot, check facebook, texting, etc.
Today I decided to try 0% on the brightness setting. I'm not crazy about this since it's not bright enough for most situations. I mean, I bought a SAMOLED+ phone for a reason. Anyway, the battery usage seems to be DRAMATICALLY less than with 30%. What's even more odd is my battery usage shows my display using 40% of the battery instead of 50%, which is what I normally see. This isn't a very significant change.
So what about everybody else? Are you guys having the same experience?
UPDATE: I'm up to 7 hrs now and have 67% battery left. Screen on time 1h 26m. This is a dramatic improvement still from 30% brightness.

Ive had my brightness at 100% for most of the day. Im getting great battery life. Im a heavy user and I can get atleast a 1 1/2 days with a single charge. Luckily I hve the luxury to charge over night.

You sir are not a heavy user if you can get 1.5 days with a single charge on 100% bright.
Or maybe a heavy user on calls not browsing or things that use the screen.
on 100% simply 1h browsing, 1h with video, 1 account sync, texting, some calls, check twitter and fb will kill your battery in less than a day, and that is not heavy using.

intruda119 said:
Ive had my brightness at 100% for most of the day. Im getting great battery life. Im a heavy user and I can get atleast a 1 1/2 days with a single charge. Luckily I hve the luxury to charge over night.
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Can i ask how many hours you have your screen on,
because with 100% brightness i'm lucky to get 3.5 hours (internet/games/twitter) of use out of my phone.
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copy and paste from another thread I posted in. This is a very typical day. Now I dont use my phone as much after 6. My phone is currently at 30% from a full charge from friday night.
I make it during the day with 100% brightness. I consider myself an a heavy user.
Ill show my usual day after the new factor wore off.
Unplug at 630-7am
Start my music through Poweramp around 9am at work.(20 gigs of music)
about 20 text/ 30min total of calls
20 or so emails with some attachments
Usually download about 200mb of music/videos throuhout day
Check about 10-15 websites every couple hours(xda app most frequently)
Use Logmein about 10-15min total
Play LIVE holdem Poker roughly 30min total
Youtube/video watching
Some other random things I cant remember
3g/h+ on all day
wifi stays on
brightness at 100%(bright orange/blue wallpaper)
Browser brightness is at 50%
Everyones experience will be different. My original Samsung galaxy s(vibrant) would be dead around 5-6pm. My Galaxy s2 is around 40-50% around 5-6pm. Im experienceing great battery life. My fiance iphone4 would kill my vibrant in battery life, but the sgs2 is on par.

intruda119 said:
Ive had my brightness at 100% for most of the day. Im getting great battery life. Im a heavy user and I can get atleast a 1 1/2 days with a single charge. Luckily I hve the luxury to charge over night.
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Yes, I too find this very hard to believe. I know if I watch a high quality video on YouTube the battery drain is insane. Of course that is data also but I doubt I could get an hour. My guess is if I just left the screen on for 2-3 hrs my battery would be dead from 100%.

intruda119 said:
copy and paste from another thread I posted in. This is a very typical day. Now I dont use my phone as much after 6. My phone is currently at 30% from a full charge from friday night.
I make it during the day with 100% brightness. I consider myself an a heavy user.
Ill show my usual day after the new factor wore off.
Unplug at 630-7am
Start my music through Poweramp around 9am at work.(20 gigs of music)
about 20 text/ 30min total of calls
20 or so emails with some attachments
Usually download about 200mb of music/videos throuhout day
Check about 10-15 websites every couple hours(xda app most frequently)
Use Logmein about 10-15min total
Play LIVE holdem Poker roughly 30min total
Youtube/video watching
Some other random things I cant remember
3g/h+ on all day
wifi stays on
brightness at 100%(bright orange/blue wallpaper)
Browser brightness is at 50%
Everyones experience will be different. My original Samsung galaxy s(vibrant) would be dead around 5-6pm. My Galaxy s2 is around 40-50% around 5-6pm. Im experienceing great battery life. My fiance iphone4 would kill my vibrant in battery life, but the sgs2 is on par.
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Nope, that's definitely impossible.

I don't believe you, period.
On my s2 I lose 30-40% in 2 hours of not very heavy use on auto brightness. I am shocked that when I surf I can see the battery number (using battery guage) actually ticking down. Device is nice but battery life for me makes it totally useless for a prime device.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
I don't believe you, period.
On my s2 I lose 30-40% in 2 hours of not very heavy use on auto brightness. I am shocked that when I surf I can see the battery number (using battery guage) actually ticking down. Device is nice but battery life for me makes it totally useless for a prime device.
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I've got display at auto-brightness which is usually around 30% for me indoors. Got display on time of 4hours 16minutes..includes about 45minutes of 3d gaming (modern combat 2) and rest browsing/downloading etc..
total up time 12hours 39minutes...and got 22% left...thats incredible to me, coming from a desire hd, I cant believe my phone is actually still running haha..
EDIT: Oh yea forgot to mention, I got a new replacement yesterday which means I havent even gone through the charging cycles yet, my previous one was superb aswell so fingers crossed this one will be too

Im off today so my typical use is different. Ill repost my battery stats when I get home after work tomorrow.
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intruda119 said:
copy and paste from another thread I posted in. This is a very typical day...
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Well this is helpful, thanks. Sounds like you are getting better battery life than me. Although I would say I definitely am a "heavier" user than you. I used to make it to about 3pm with my GS1. I'm getting about the same with my GS2 if I leave the brightness on auto. That's if I don't use YouTube for more than a few min. I too would like to know what your screen on time is at the end of the day.

Sorry, posted this in the wrong place

EleCtrOx666 said:
Nope, that's definitely impossible.
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That use and that battery it is simply a lie.

The screen is definitely a battery drainer. Don't set the screen to 100% brightness and record 1080p videos. Battery level will be at 0% in less than 2 hours.

Why the f would I lie? Samsung is not paying my bills nor cutting me a check. ill post tomorrow after work my battery stats.

That is impossible on THIS phone with THIS battery! Period!

intruda119 said:
Why the **** would I lie? Samsung is not paying my bills nor cutting me a check. ill post tomorrow after work my battery stats.
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I'm waiting for those stats.

A screen shot of his display on time along with the graph is what's needed.

Can we get back on OP's original topic of display brightness vs battery life discussion, this is a topic I'm interested in as well as I leave mine on auto-brightness and display is always #1 on my battery consumption list.
Maybe intruda can start a thread called "How my battery life is superior to everyone else's SGS2" and the dissenters can go there and call him out. Just sayin'.

This is my usage today with auto brightness. Mostly at 30%-40% brightness with 45minute gaming and rest browsing. Music. Youtube.
Im impressed.
http://db.tt/MEOhS1s
http://db.tt/IgCZu3z
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The Plays Battery can actually rock!

I know a few people have been moaning about the plays battery but I thought I would post a couple of pictures showing how well mine has been lasting over the weekend, I'm highly impressed as I have been using it quite a lot too.
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That is 36 hours since a last charge and counting with 39% battery left! during this time I have been using the internet, a few apps, the camera and XDA forum app!
The lowest the Play has latest me is about 7 hours but that is playing 3D games non stop, so anything pushing the gpu will drain the battery a LOT faster than shown above.
So yup, the Play has got a FANTASTIC battery
UPDATE: So far it has lasted 40 hours 8 minutes with 18% remaining

Update, 43 hours with 13% left

Damn i'm jealous. My play doesn't last that long. Did you disable some app's? Ans all sync on manual probably
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I've got about 150 apps on my phone, Trillian constantly running to keep me online with IM protocols, syncing set to automatic, streaming podcasts with bluetooth and playing games from time to time, often with the screen on for long periods of time. I've been averaging 24-35 hours per charge, FAR better than my old Captivate which wouldn't last a day at any point.

Aerox912 said:
Damn i'm jealous. My play doesn't last that long. Did you disable some app's? Ans all sync on manual probably
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Mine is rooted and I removed a few system apps, nothing major though, I have facebook and twitter syncing every 3 hours, email every hour.
My Play finally turned off at 2%, total time - 45 hours, 7 minutes
I have been using a lot this afternoon so did go down faster during the last few hours, highly impressed as my old samsung galaxy s would never last a day without a charge.

Yeah, I think it just depends on how you use it. For me I don't use 3G at all so that already saves, and then on top of that I selectively turn on/off bluetooth and wifi. I can game for like 3 hours straight and still have 75% left. I think the longest I've gone is 24+ hours with heavy periods of gaming throughout. If you constantly use 3g, wifi, bluetooth, and have a gazillion programs running then ur battery life might be way less.

liaoip said:
Yeah, I think it just depends on how you use it. For me I don't use 3G at all so that already saves, and then on top of that I selectively turn on/off bluetooth and wifi. I can game for like 3 hours straight and still have 75% left. I think the longest I've gone is 24+ hours with heavy periods of gaming throughout. If you constantly use 3g, wifi, bluetooth, and have a gazillion programs running then ur battery life might be way less.
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This is the thing, On the other end of the scale I have only got 7 hours out of it when I was playing games non stop all day but that isn't bad as my old psp would go flat in 3 hours playing non stop.
It definitely depends how you use it but its good to know it can last for almost 48 hours between charges if you want it too!

Hello FK1983, thanks to your post I found the Battery Monitor Widget, which provide more information than the one I had before. I was reading all the post about the xperia play battery because mine was lasting just for half day.
I install this widget and noticed that where it provide the estimate charge use by the phone was showing more than 150mA, this even in standby, while yours was only showing 4mA, base on this I know somethign was running and eating my battery so I restart the phone and now it has been in 2mA while in standby and around 40mA and 60mA while writing msg or checking something else.
Is there any way to know what is eating my battery if I notice the last behavior again? so i can just kill it and not just restart the phone again
Another thing I noticed is that in your picture where you can see the battery information it says "Techno: Li-poly 585/1500mAh" while in my play says "Techno: Li-poly XXX/1200mAh" where XXX is the actual battery charge. Is this indicating that there is something wrong with my battery? I check it just to be sure that it wont be a 1200mAh battery model because of different region market but the battery has written on it 1500mAh. Any help will be appreciate.
Thanks.

Always check to make sure Gtalk isn't running in the background if you're on 3G (make sure your signed out), as it literally destroys my battery in about 6 hours.
And if anyone knows of a precise application that indicates battery usage (outside of the built-in one), I'd love to hear about it!

There's no question that the play has great battery life compared to most smart phones out there. I lost my charger and it lasted 4 days and still wasn't dead when I bought a new one.

any tip?
is a good time in u battery....

eoga said:
Hello FK1983, thanks to your post I found the Battery Monitor Widget, which provide more information than the one I had before. I was reading all the post about the xperia play battery because mine was lasting just for half day.
I install this widget and noticed that where it provide the estimate charge use by the phone was showing more than 150mA, this even in standby, while yours was only showing 4mA, base on this I know somethign was running and eating my battery so I restart the phone and now it has been in 2mA while in standby and around 40mA and 60mA while writing msg or checking something else.
Is there any way to know what is eating my battery if I notice the last behavior again? so i can just kill it and not just restart the phone again
Another thing I noticed is that in your picture where you can see the battery information it says "Techno: Li-poly 585/1500mAh" while in my play says "Techno: Li-poly XXX/1200mAh" where XXX is the actual battery charge. Is this indicating that there is something wrong with my battery? I check it just to be sure that it wont be a 1200mAh battery model because of different region market but the battery has written on it 1500mAh. Any help will be appreciate.
Thanks.
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The battery mAH settings you can change from 1200 to 1500 in the options, that maybe why some of your stats look different to mine? give it a try.
Regarding running apps, you could keep a close eye on the running processes and see what is running there, or use a task killer or even an "app monitor" that records apps usage.

Folks that report awesome battery life:
Have you applied the 2.3.3 update? I'm still on 2.3.2, and I'm lucky if I get 5 hours of moderate internet browsing before needing to plug in (with about 20% battery left).
Also, in contrast to the OP's picture, my battery widget is consistently reporting between 200 and 300 mA shortly after a reboot. Can't kill any tasks to speak of either. Nothing is running to speak of except homescreen widgets.
Using launcher pro with its built in facebook widget, power control, fancy widget, pandora widget (not playing), winamp widget (not playing), battery monitor widget, google plus widget, and a volume control widget. Running a live wallpaper as well. With all this running, is 300mA a reasonable usage?

I'm on 2.3.3. 5 hours seems awfully short for just web browsing...

I get around 24 hours with 15 hours of Facebook & ebudddy....around 2hours of web browsing and abit of gaming
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Im on 2.3.3 and i get around 24 to 30 hours facebook and surfing the web for around 2 hours and sending msgs and making some calls. if you are getting 200 or 300 mA i think something is killing your battery. On idle Im getting around 4 and 5 mA sometimes 12-15 mA(I guess something running in the background) and when using the web browser, WIFI on and GPS on im getting around 100-150 mA the most being really bad.

I'm on the R800X. I guess verizon really screwed this phone up.

I rooted my play last night and my battery seems to drain quicker.
I don't know why I havent done anything to phone yet as iv been at work all day. And since I havent replaced all my games yet iv used it alot less today than I normally would but the battery seems to have drained more than usual.
Would a task killer help prolong battery life? I read somewhere that a task manager is not needed with android but im skeptical
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-josh- said:
I rooted my play last night and my battery seems to drain quicker.
I don't know why I havent done anything to phone yet as iv been at work all day. And since I havent replaced all my games yet iv used it slot less today than I normally would but the battery seems to have drained more than usual.
Would a task killer help prolong battery life? I read somewhere that a task manager is not needed with android but im skeptical
Sent from my R800i using XDA App
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Android has a build in task killer, having two will only drain battery. try setcpu and remove as much bloatware as you can(need root).

I just updated my play to 2.3.3 and battery life seems worse for me than 2.3.2. I can barely get through a day of light usage (no gaming, and ard 1 hr's worth of web surfing, switched off most of the updating from apps like facebook, email, pulse etc to manual).
I tried battery monitor widget and my Battery health shows up to be 'null' (my friend's htc desire hd shows 'good'). Would any kind soul be able to tell me if there's something wrong with the battery or the software (mine is stock Singapore xperia play firmware 2.3.3).

Battery life discussion

Let's get the ball rolling on this one! Post your battery usage and screen on time

1 day, with 3.12 minutes of screen on time with 4% remaining. Sorry I don't have any screenshot to show.

I got close to 5 hrs. SOT on the first charge. Used the phone a lot that day all on 4G. 1 hour of phone calls over Bluetooth, 45 minutes navigation, updating and downloading apps and a lot of web surfing.
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Dismal Battery life
So, I'm averaging between 2 to 2.5 hours of SOT.
This is with WiFi on, BT off, location used periodically (like while booking an Uber), NFC off.
I have been using this phone for 3-4 days now and thought the battery life would improve but this is dismal.
Can anyone share some tips?
My brightness levels are at 50% and not on auto.
I'm new here so I can't post pictures/links

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So, I'm averaging between 2 to 2.5 hours of SOT.
This is with WiFi on, BT off, location used periodically (like while booking an Uber), NFC off.
I have been using this phone for 3-4 days now and thought the battery life would improve but this is dismal.
Can anyone share some tips?
My brightness levels are at 50% and not on auto.
I'm new here so I can't post pictures/links
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I get more than that from my xa with a 2300mah battery and no stamina mode, I'm getting anywhere between 3.5-5hrs screen time depending on where I am and what I'm doing at the time brightness at 40%.
Have you turned off the WiFi and Bluetooth always scanning in the background even if they are both turned off go to settings, location and tap the three dots top right, then turn both sliders to the off position. Made a world of difference my xa battery life.
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Was on wifi the whole day

I've been using the phone about a week now. I am very satisfied with my battery life so far. Last night I flashed the UK firmware to access the Battery Care feature as well as the fingerprint sensor. We will see if my battery life changes post firmware flash, but it seemed to do fine today. I unplugged it at 7am this morning and its now 10pm and I am still at 50% battery. Every day I have been able to comfortably reach the end of the day with 1/3 or more battery life, typically over 40%. When I am not using my phone heavily I turn stamina mode on, then if I want to sit down and use it I'll just switch it off. The battery life is much nicer than my Galaxy S5, Xperia Z5, and I find it to be somewhat better than my Galaxy S7 as well.
Well apparently I won't be able to post my screen shots until I post 8 more times. So I'll just write out the stats I have.
Using GSAM battery monitor pro
Averages per complete charge:
Battery Life: 22 Hours 20m (7 hours 49min active)
Screen on: 4 Hours 31 minutes (max 4 hours 48 min )
and upon the time of posting this I was at 50% battery. The phone has been powered on for 14 hours and 18 minutes.
Phone active for 20 minutes
screen active for 3 hours
cell and wifi on all 14 hours
held awake for 1 hour and a half
Edit: I should also mention I run the Nova Prime launcher

I average between 3.5 hours and 5.5 hours SoT while there's 50% battery remaining.
It's mostly calls, calls forwarded feom my business phone, MyBoy, a lot of chrome usage and a bit of other stuff.
The best battery life in a Sony flagship phone.
Beats my previous Z1C, Z3C and Z5C, and it utterly destroys the LG G4.

wow! Everyone seems to be getting at least 3.5+ hours of SOT. wonder if I should give those guys at Sony a call and check with them!

Anyone experiencing huge battery drain from Android OS?

So I had this phone for 3 days now. 1st day was setting it all up which of course drained the battery faster than usual. 2nd day I wasn't getting any signal and realized I needed to set up the APN settings for T-Mobile so I couldn't really test the out the battery life under my normal usage. Today, I went from full to 75% in a matter of an hour and a half. This is not normal. My normal routine is starting up streaming music services such as Stitcher, Spotify, and a couple others and maybe 10 mins of browsing during my 35 min commute on the subway train. At times I get spotty coverage during the commute so I understand the phone is working harder than normal to get signal. But that 25% drain should not be normal. I was getting at most a 11% drain with my z3 and 15% drain with my note 7 under similar circumstances. I will give it a full week or two and hopefully things will settle down a bit. If not, this is a huge concern and I may have to return it.

djinn415 said:
So I had this phone for 3 days now. 1st day was setting it all up which of course drained the battery faster than usual. 2nd day I wasn't getting any signal and realized I needed to set up the APN settings for T-Mobile so I couldn't really test the out the battery life under my normal usage. Today, I went from full to 75% in a matter of an hour and a half. This is not normal. My normal routine is starting up streaming music services such as Stitcher, Spotify, and a couple others and maybe 10 mins of browsing during my 35 min commute on the subway train. At times I get spotty coverage during the commute so I understand the phone is working harder than normal to get signal. But that 25% drain should not be normal. I was getting at most a 11% drain with my z3 and 15% drain with my note 7 under similar circumstances. I will give it a full week or two and hopefully things will settle down a bit. If not, this is a huge concern and I may have to return it.
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Give it a couple cycles and play around with the stamina mode settings. Lithium batteries generally won't output their full capacity until 5-10 charge and discharge cycles. That being said your battery life does sound somewhat short depending on what you have running in the background. I Use the memory booster application to monitor my RAM and clean it every so often which saves some battery life as well. But I would give it a couple cycles and see if you still experience a shorter than expected life

Screenshots taken at 15% remaining because that's when I have stamina mode set to kick in.

Today's usage was a fair bit of Google maps (screen on for about 3hours.) Using around ~75% of battery.
Plenty of YouTube via chromecast (screen on for 1hour)
For whatever reason battery stats are not showing me YouTube usage. When going into app Info you see 0% which is a lie. Because beyond he 1hour chromecast session I then used it for another 15minutes via the phone itself. So that stat is wrong because it certainly consumed battery.
100% unplugged at 5am. Screen off until I officially woke up at 8am. Still 100%. Proving the phone sleeps brilliantly.
Then the video attached taken at 1% illustrates the usage detailed above - giving a total ~12.5hours with quite intense usage.

My record SOT STAMINA automatically 25%
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxH0ZHP3DPmlSFBzR2dkbTZZbjQ

Syberyon said:
I average between 3.5 hours and 5.5 hours SoT while there's 50% battery remaining.
It's mostly calls, calls forwarded feom my business phone, MyBoy, a lot of chrome usage and a bit of other stuff.
The best battery life in a Sony flagship phone.
Beats my previous Z1C, Z3C and Z5C, and it utterly destroys the LG G4.
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Well to be fair MyBoy is one of the most efficient apps you can run on a phone. My GS7 could hit 7h of screen on time on that, double what it can usually achieve doing just about anything else.

Not really happy with the xz battery... Being a 1080p display and sd820...i expected it to do lot better

This battery is weird. Most days I get around 5 Hours of SoT around 20% battery life left but yesterday I was at 50% battery life at 5h30m of SoT. Unfortunately I didnt screenshot it but it was draining super slowly I have no idea why, my usage didnt change, still used the same apps. It happens every once in a while.
Also does anyone else have severe drain with Android System? It shouldnt be surpassing my Display drain at 50% brightness. I would show screenshot but Im a new user.

Battery so far is great for me. This was with 15proc left, so could easily reach 7hours.
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bziwem4cI2oKMmhaUENnUERabWs/view

Wow most of you have really good battery life and SoT! I'm getting around 3-3.5 hr max sot over a 12-14 hr period... Anything I should be doing besides uninstalling some social apps (which I use but could exchange with web apps)