Hey, I just want to share my battery experience.
Here in the forums we hear a lot about problems. I ordered my phone almost 1 month ago and it just arrived last Thursday. During this whole month I read a lot about battery issues and I was afraid of having it too.
For my surprise it's been wonderful.
So, I want to post this positive experience to calm anyone that's anxious about this problem, as I was three days ago.
I wrote what happened in the screen shot, but basically I'm always connected via wi-fi or 3G, a little bit of web, games, downloads, apps and messages, and only about 3 or 4 calls (it's the feature I use less)
Thanks
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Thats pretty sweet. I experienced great battery life for the first 2 days i had it but after putting loads of widgets and etc on it, my battery life isnt so great :/. That damn android os taking up the majority of it.
yeah, the only push notification i use is whatsapp.
as I work with my gmail, facebook and twitter open all day, I don't need their push notification in my phone.
I think it helps too
rafael000 said:
Hey, I just want to share my battery experience.
Here in the forums we hear a lot about problems. I ordered my phone almost 1 month ago and it just arrived last Thursday. During this whole month I read a lot about battery issues and I was afraid of having it too.
For my surprise it's been wonderful.
So, I want to post this positive experience to calm anyone that's anxious about this problem, as I was three days ago.
I wrote what happened in the screen shot, but basically I'm always connected via wi-fi or 3G, a little bit of web, games, downloads, apps and messages, and only about 3 or 4 calls (it's the feature I use less)
Thanks
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Can you try using it for streaming video like justin.tv? And check and give us feedback ty?
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You have bearly had the screen on so average results nothing good,use your phone more then show results,
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You have bearly had the screen on so average results nothing good,use your phone more then show results,
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well, I used as I will use in my real life.
I don't spend 6 hours looking to the screen.
as I said, I work in front of a laptop 12h/day...
My conclusion is that the battery responds my real life needs.
This was not a heavy performance test.
Check out my battery usage and I still have 8% left.....the d stand for day, just so you know.
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the airplane mode really helped it. i'd love to see your results with just leaving it regular during the night.
Here is mine with a light usage. Large drops are reboot or GPS. Have I broken the record for the longest battery life?
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What's at the bottom of the phone the cpu or radio? Whatever it is it is being taxed like crazy by something when the phone is idling with nothig running, including widgets.
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Same here. After the recent update Im still getting the stuck at 90% indicator, and after I disconnect the phone's bottom will stay hot for the rest of the day... I'm worried it might blow in my pocket.
It's actually below the battery that gets the hottest, so I doubt the battery is in danger of blowing; can't be good for it's longevity though. At least for me it seems to be associated with charging, so actually doesn't seem bad while in pocket.
Seemed to be push exchange email doing it.
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Seemed to be push exchange email doing it.
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Explain? I have push exchange email and see no problems.
Grims said:
What's at the bottom of the phone the cpu or radio? Whatever it is it is being taxed like crazy by something when the phone is idling with nothig running, including widgets.
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It must be that new 'Kill Switch' that Apple says is in all phones
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It must be that new 'Kill Switch' that Apple says is in all phones
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Can anyone get that to happen? Cuz I can't....
This happened to me last night after rooting my phone. The phone was hot and the battery died on me. I read on another forum someone posted that the exploid executable was still running in the background and you need to kill it manually from the shell or reboot. So that might be the cause of it.
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Can anyone get that to happen? Cuz I can't....
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I can't get it to do that either tried 10.
-McMex
I took mine back on the first day after I bought it when it did that. It was also locking up requiring battery removal 5 times in the first day. The kiosk where I bought it tried to tell me it was the network being overloaded was causing that. I said 'BS', either give me a new phone or a loaner till you get me a replacement, so they gave me a new phone on the 16th.
Have not had any trouble with the new one. Battery lasts three times as long as my evo did.
Well after fully charging and draining my phone about 5 times, I'm seeing that it still didnt last more then 4-5 hours with minimal use. I just went to my closest Verizon store and got a new battery for free. It's only been 4 hours, but my phone isnt as hot on the bottom( by speaker) and its still at 78%, which is much better.
I thought the phone reported in 10% increments :/
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I thought the phone reported in 10% increments :/
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Funny I thought I read 78%... now its says 70%. Maybe it was always 70.
Sry
Look that.....
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Look that.....
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And PLS explain whats so good about this???
I can get same battery live on stock, nonrooted, nonfrezee phone ...
Look that
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@ steve_gorden88
If you take a look at his screen, you will see that it seems his screen was on a lot more than your (around 2 times more ?) but consumes a lot less.
So it seems his battery life is realy great... but we don't know how he uses his phone.
Instead of bigging up your ego's, explain how you got that battery life, you guys are nearly as bad as the dicks that brag about quadrant scores, streamline your uselessness.
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@ steve_gorden88
If you take a look at his screen, you will see that it seems his screen was on a lot more than your (around 2 times more ?) but consumes a lot less.
So it seems his battery life is realy great... but we don't know how he uses his phone.
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it looks more like the opposite xD
but anyway, i get average 3h screen on and 1d+ 5-10H average on stock myself too. i think many of us do
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Instead of bigging up your ego's, explain how you got that battery life, you guys are nearly as bad as the dicks that brag about quadrant scores, streamline your uselessness.
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Great attitude.
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Without any usage data, the OP is useless. With light use and sporadic data, my battery level is down to 65% after 48h which I consider great. Stock KE2.
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Without any usage data, the OP is useless. With light use and sporadic data, my battery level is down to 65% after 48h which I consider great. Stock KE2.
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Agree useless ... need more information to give any sense.
On my not rooted, non freeze, no Juice Defender, stock KE2 (upgraded to KE7 yesterday) phone:
+1 day heavy use
+2 days medium use
+5 days light use (mainly standby)
man I am tired of this battery screenshot showing off threads..
if someone uses 3 hrs of screen awake time out of 53 hrs..its the same thing as my battery lasting one day with 6+hrs of wake time..
everyone just bull***ts 1+day battery screenshots and fills ups the forum like junk..
some1 shud moderate this..
Recently got an official extended battery for my Sgs2. Getting over 2 days and down to 10% left
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Fantastic
show me your screen on time pls. i can do that with stock battery too with low use. 37% doesnt look like you touched your phone much..
that's pretty bad. I can go as long as 3 days with stock battery
That is indeed easily done with a stock battery and stock Samsung or CM7 rom and with moderate use.
Would help if you actually used your phone, anyone can get double that on standby on a normal battery
Besides, shouldn't this topic been placed in the Accessories sub-forums?
blimey and i thought that was good. Onoly get aboout 24hrs with the stock battery....ok i'll crawl back into my hole....
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blimey and i thought that was good. Onoly get aboout 24hrs with the stock battery....ok i'll crawl back into my hole....
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You don't have to do that but people here are much more interested in how much life you get with heavy (screen on) usage, me included. How much was it, if you dont mind me asking?
im not a heavey user, but with medium useage, 15+ downloads, surfing the net on and off through out the day, emails through out the day, f/b updating and numerous texting and a few calls.....i suppose for my normal use on stock battery i got just over 24hrs use so the extra 300Mah is more than welcome. Plus i can slip the original stock battery in my pocket when i go out just incase i need extra umph. Oh well im happy with it...please move to accessories if i have posted in wrong forum..infact MODS if you want to delete this thread then please be my guest....
OK... realistically though, screen on time is the real indicator, along with usage patterns (were you web browsing, gaming? what games? how bright was the screen etc). Screen on time can be found out by Settings > About Phone > Battery Usage > Display = Time on (just in case you weren't aware).
How much did the battery cost?
Oh... and what theme are you using (I'm liking those icons at the top).
besides the screen on time you should also consider the data volume transfered via radio, that kills my battery even faster than the screen although i'm living in a big city with solid coverage...
There is already a big thread on the OEM 2000mah battery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239719
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Android OS>Display? lol dang.. now theres a phone that sleeps more than i do!
Jesus.. Not this again
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Jesus.. Not this again
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Hahaha, your signature made me laugh, thx
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with auto brightness control
For those who cannot see the pictures for some reason:
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what do you mean? the size?
I just used image link XD
there is no image in your post.
Wow.. what rom runs the beast?
seems about right, what's your point?
I get 8+ hrs of just music, some surfing, emails, notifications xD
7+ hrs of video including all the above
Running omega, today I got 15 hours total including fifty minutes of video, a twenty five minute phone call, and four hours total screen time. Tons of texting too. Currently at seven percent.
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This is what you can really achieve..
very pleased. coming from a desire HD which was always dead at the end of the day with economical use, the GS3 is a dream come true. with above normal usage and screen brightness on max it barely eats 30%.
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very pleased. coming from a desire HD which was always dead at the end of the day with economical use, the GS3 is a dream come true. with above normal usage and screen brightness on max it barely eats 30%.
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i am very satisfied. my daily use for this phone is like this.
Wake up unplug the charger. put on my bluetooth so it connects to my car 40 min ride to work while listening to music from my phone to car. while at work make a tonne of calls, whatsapp, text, sometimes game, use a app called filmon to watch tv, reconnect phone to car and come back let my little sisters play dodgeball for an hour or so and then when i get it back it says connect your charger 10 percent or less left..
Best battery wise phone i ever owned in awhile.. I know this cuz i came from a LG Optimus 3D and oh my god 4 hours battery max even on standby is shyt..
Edit: oops didn't mean to quote you hit the wrong button lol..
I'm Loving my Nexus 4 , but wanted to know if this is good battery life
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Looks good.
But these battery stats in various threads makes me wonder why no voice calls? Everyone not using phone to make phone calls? Voice call is always up there below screen.
ksavai said:
Looks good.
But these battery stats in various threads makes me wonder why no voice calls? Everyone not using phone to make phone calls? Voice call is always up there below screen.
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Hmm this was a normal work day how long I'm out for work till I get back home , hmm im going to try seeing the battery life on my off day making calls etc
Whats a "phone call"?
ksavai said:
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But these battery stats in various threads makes me wonder why no voice calls? Everyone not using phone to make phone calls? Voice call is always up there below screen.
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What is this strange term you are using? "Phone call" Is it something to do with S-Voice or Voice search?
I think its ok. I've seen better with more usage.
ksavai said:
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But these battery stats in various threads makes me wonder why no voice calls? Everyone not using phone to make phone calls? Voice call is always up there below screen.
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moneyslap03 said:
I'm Loving my Nexus 4 , but wanted to know if this is good battery life
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It looks OK even "good" compared with what some are getting. However it adds up to not more than maybe maximum 10-12 hours constant use if you are forum skipping, reading news feeds or a book. Hopefully the only time you have that amount of time on your hands is on your day off, and then you able to plug in.
I had a 2-hour voice call today.
My current battery life: 37% (1 day, 9 hours, 16 minutes off charger)
Voice calls: 36% (1 hour, 58 minutes)
Screen: 11% (1 hour, 39 minutes)
I had a mediocre/bad cell connection the whole time as well as wifi running, no GPS, mostly just idle.
I don't know if it's worth it trying to extrapolate any data from this, since the stats Android provides are only rough estimates. I mean, 11% screen usage after 1h39m? If we take that to its logical conclusion, then I should be able to manage about 16 hours of screen-on time... not bloody likely.
The battery life is pretty pathethic compared to some of the other phones. I came from the sensation with the battery that's been over 1 1/2 year old and its still last longer than this. The only thing i see going for the nexus 4 that might redeem the battery issue is wireless charging, but that's still not even available yet.
Yikes. I go through at least 2 batteries a day with my Sensation...