Hi folks,
Just to see how the use of the phone is like here, what's the longest you've ever kept the display on continuously and what app/game were you running?
Cheers.
For me it's got to be close to 10 - 12 hours. I may have turned it off a couple of times in that period to use the restroom or eat, but you can assume it's almost constantly on.
I was using the studydroid app, and then intermittently surfing the web.
played a very slow round of golf (behind 3 80-yr olds) which lasted over 6 hours.
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For me it's got to be close to 10 - 12 hours. I may have turned it off a couple of times in that period to use the restroom or eat, but you can assume it's almost constantly on.
I was using the studydroid app, and then intermittently surfing the web.
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Hot damn, was it plugged into a charger or something? Longest I've been able to touch is 4 hours of screen time before the battery is drained. But then again, I'm also doing it whilst playing a game.
deymayor said:
played a very slow round of golf (behind 3 80-yr olds) which lasted over 6 hours.
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Lawl, I'm surprised that the battery lasted that long.
Just watched "The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo" on my flight from LAX > NYC... was planning on watching a second/third movie but was too afraid of killing my bat and not being able to access hopstop when we arrived =/ That sure was not the case! I had over 70% battery left even after using it to surf/listen to music at the airport before our flight...
Love this battery! Using stock LC1
I have average 3 and half hours of display time in regular day. Using note from 12h-16h on full battery to about 10%.
Im happy with it but i see other people getting better results... Hmmm
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DPMAce said:
For me it's got to be close to 10 - 12 hours. I may have turned it off a couple of times in that period to use the restroom or eat, but you can assume it's almost constantly on.
I was using the studydroid app, and then intermittently surfing the web.
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will try it
My maximum was between 3 to4 hours screen on, playing around with phone or surfing web, couldn't get it past that without battery going under 10%.
How others managed to get 6 or 10 hours screen on time ! ? ? Or u guys meant the whole battery uptime?
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About 34 hours (plugged to ac adaptor). For online webcast. It has not touched for about ~34 hours. Standing on a shelf with a running Safari browser (stock browser) at flash online translation of video conference. Wifi on, screen always on with SwitchPro widget.
6-7 hours,while playing/observing chess on ICC App. the setting was to stay the screen on which comes as an option in the application itself,it was on battery but didnt notice how much was left after the session as it was already past five in the morning
Couldnt get to sleep,since wife was in the mood of high toned snoaring,
Have any of you experienced the burnt in yet? Look carefully!
34 hours, that's a record so far for continuous use!
If I'm using the stock battery, I can only get about 7 - 10hours max. But since I use the hyperion extended battery, I can usually get over 14 hours. Hyperion battery last longer than I can lol. Keep in mind studydroid doesn't drain nearly as much battery as watching a movie or playing a game.
I would make sure you guys are using launchers that hide the notification bar or apps that have the option to hide the notification bar. Otherwise you will have terrible burn out on the top of the screen.
Also try to rotate the phone from right to left when viewing in landscape as that will help prevent burn out.
If you don't think your amoled screen can burn out do an LCD test and take a look at the blue screen test....Then you'll see why you should not leave static images on the screen for long periods of time.
Samsung Screen Test:
type this into the phone dialer and press on the blue and green.
*#*#0*#*#*
The burn in is not permanent. Due to the volatile nature of AMOLED in terms of obtaining burn-ins, I'm fairly certain you can download clips to flush and reduce the burn-in's persistence.
After a while, just use the damn phone and enjoy it. Stop worrying.
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I would make sure you guys are using launchers that hide the notification bar or apps that have the option to hide the notification bar. Otherwise you will have terrible burn out on the top of the screen.
Also try to rotate the phone from right to left when viewing in landscape as that will help prevent burn out.
If you don't think your amoled screen can burn out do an LCD test and take a look at the blue screen test....Then you'll see why you should not leave static images on the screen for long periods of time.
Samsung Screen Test:
type this into the phone dialer and press on the blue and green.
*#*#0*#*#*
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i get like 3 hrs max just browsing the net. wtf!
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werks said:
i get like 3 hrs max just browsing the net. wtf!
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Browsing the internet is taxing on the cpu, it changes frequency constantly etc. When you are watching for example a movie, the cpu stays at a constant, lowest possible frequency and consumes less power. Thats why tests on engadget usually show 6-8 hours of screen on time.
PoisonWolf said:
The burn in is not permanent. Due to the volatile nature of AMOLED in terms of obtaining burn-ins, I'm fairly certain you can download clips to flush and reduce the burn-in's persistence.
After a while, just use the damn phone and enjoy it. Stop worrying.
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The burn out of the amoled pixels is permanent. They slowly fade until you can clearly see ghosting of the static image on top of an active screen. This has happened with my galaxy s and sII. So to prevent pixel wear avoid static images on amoled screens.
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The burn out of the amoled pixels is permanent. They slowly fade until you can clearly see ghosting of the static image on top of an active screen. This has happened with my galaxy s and sII. So to prevent pixel wear avoid static images on amoled screens.
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What launcher would you recommend besides the default TW to get rid of the notification bar then?
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What launcher would you recommend besides the default TW to get rid of the notification bar then?
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I use launcher pro. I know adw launcher also allows you hide the notification bar on the home screens.
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The two screenshots below say it all. I didn't really tax my phone that much.
Facebook is set to update every hour (while pushing messages to me too)
Twitter is set to update every 15 minutes
Sync was on full blast
Had only two long voice calls throughout the day (1h:30min)
Screen brightness set to lowest all day
Q: Why did my battery go UP when it wasn't on a charger all day until now?
Q: Why did my battery get used LESS when it was awake more later on the day?
Q: Is this chart no longer reliable?
PS: I tried an experiment in which I turned sync and background data off at night and I checked this chart in the morning. My "Awake" state would flux at night. What's going on that's keeping my phone awake besides cell standby?
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The two screenshots below say it all. I didn't really tax my phone that much.
Facebook is set to update every hour (while pushing messages to me too)
Twitter is set to update every 15 minutes
Sync was on full blast
Had only two long voice calls throughout the day (1h:30min)
Screen brightness set to lowest all day
Q: Why did my battery go UP when it wasn't on a charger all day until now?
Q: Why did my battery get used LESS when it was awake more later on the day?
Q: Is this chart no longer reliable?
PS: I tried an experiment in which I turned sync and background data off at night and I checked this chart in the morning. My "Awake" state would flux at night. What's going on that's keeping my phone awake besides cell standby?
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Sorry to intrude on your thread but regarding Facebook and its push notifications, those are independent of the notification settings? I have notifications turned off but i still get push notifications some times, not all the time but some
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Sorry to intrude on your thread but regarding Facebook and its push notifications, those are independent of the notification settings? I have notifications turned off but i still get push notifications some times, not all the time but some
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No problem at all. I'm actually wondering that myself. I seem to get them at a random interval (haven't been tracking) but it's definitely more often than one hour at a time. I don't see any setting to adjust when the app checks for new notifications. It's all very strange.
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No problem at all. I'm actually wondering that myself. I seem to get them at a random interval (haven't been tracking) but it's definitely more often than one hour at a time. I don't see any setting to adjust when the app checks for new notifications. It's all very strange.
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doesnt really bug me, i turn update interveal off itself turning notifications off to try and save some battery cuz im anal like that No big deal i just didnt know if i was the only one
Battery woes ;( ... tracking down faulty Apps
Here are my first two days of use. I had auto-brightness on, and I kept on wifi when I was in range. I got pretty solid life (better than my EVO on CM6.1.1). You can see I used it fairly frequently throughout both days:
I don't have the stats to back it up but I have seen a considerable increase in battery life over my N1.
By the way, is the second battery stats screen new to Gingerbread? I don't remember it in Froyo, and I like it.
TheBiles said:
By the way, is the second battery stats screen new to Gingerbread? I don't remember it in Froyo, and I like it.
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Would you happen to have looked at the actual screen on time? Over the course of owning my Vibrant gathered that I can get about 2 and a half hours of actual use out of the phone on a single charge. I'm curious about the Nexus S.
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Would you happen to have looked at the actual screen on time? Over the course of owning my Vibrant gathered that I can get about 2 and a half hours of actual use out of the phone on a single charge. I'm curious about the Nexus S.
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I would like to know the same thing but from what I have seem so far it looks to be the same as vibrant.
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Would you happen to have looked at the actual screen on time? Over the course of owning my Vibrant gathered that I can get about 2 and a half hours of actual use out of the phone on a single charge. I'm curious about the Nexus S.
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I'll give it a look tonight.
regP said:
Would you happen to have looked at the actual screen on time? Over the course of owning my Vibrant gathered that I can get about 2 and a half hours of actual use out of the phone on a single charge. I'm curious about the Nexus S.
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Wow, that sucks. I can get at least 6-7 hours of constant use out of mine(screen on time use), so long as it's not gaming or other real heavy cpu intensive programs. I average 14 hours a day. Not bad for the nexus.
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Right now I'm at 32 minutes of screen-on time with 84% remaining.
Mine is not charging to 100% it gets to like 95% and stays there. U guys?
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I've noticed the battery is quite good as well, but for some reason Google Maps (latest version) is using a lot of wake time... its pegged at 20% of battery, right under display which is only 25%, and the wake time says over an hour! Pretty sure google maps on my other phones didn't act like this...
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Mine is not charging to 100% it gets to like 95% and stays there. U guys?
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Yeah, mine only goes up to 97% usually. You can "top it off" by unplugging when it gets to 100%, re-plugging, and repeating a few times.
This may be very hard to believe, but I got 34 hours on one complete charge. I always have the brightness on full blast too. Of course, that was on very few phone calls, but lots of downloading and text messaging though. The best I ever got on the Nexus One was 26 hours.
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Yeah, mine only goes up to 97% usually. You can "top it off" by unplugging when it gets to 100%, re-plugging, and repeating a few times.
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I noticed that too the first time I charged it. I powered the phone off then rebooted and it started charging again.
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I've noticed the battery is quite good as well, but for some reason Google Maps (latest version) is using a lot of wake time... its pegged at 20% of battery, right under display which is only 25%, and the wake time says over an hour! Pretty sure google maps on my other phones didn't act like this...
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Do you have it set for navigation? That stays on even when you switch to another app.
Help, google voice update sucked my battery dry.
I just installed a google voice update on my NS. After I installed it I notice a big drop in my battery, and soon there after my battery was dead. Any ideas why?? I have since removed the update, and everything seems back to normal.
Does the battery life in this area improve the more you use the battery? At the moment there seems to be a big difference in how it performs in this area compared to the battery life for other functions on it. When browsing the net you can literally see the battery draining away.
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Don't think this action is THAT much of a battery concern, I suggest 3G data connection is the main issue, which in the case, shouldn't be much off difference to the other options at all.
The other issue was screen, yes it is larger, higher resolution, but as a user from N1>LG2X>SGS2>Note, I do not see big difference too, all device mentioned would last me from 12~14 hours with my usage, the 2 hours diff seems related to the different daily usage instead of CPU/Screen etc.
Just a reference:
I had these sync on ALL time:
Contacts/Calender/Twitter/G+/Google Reader/Whatsapp/GMail/GTalk/Latitude
On Wifi only:
DropSync
Normal usage, web browsing mainly, G+/Twitter/GTalk/whatsapp a bit, not much phone calls (45~60 mins), most of the time Wifi (at work/at home), Note would last me 13~14hours.
I have had devices before with suspect battery life, but on them it tended to get hit whatever you were using. Whereas with the Note it seems to have a decent to good battery life on most things, even with various synchs going on in the background. But as soon as you venture online it takes a big hit. It must be related to the screen, which shows in spite of claims at the time that Super AMOLED still eats battery.
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I have had devices before with suspect battery life, but on them it tended to get hit whatever you were using. Whereas with the Note it seems to have a decent to good battery life on most things, even with various synchs going on in the background. But as soon as you venture online it takes a big hit. It must be related to the screen, which shows in spite of claims at the time that Super AMOLED still eats battery.
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are you browsing through wifi? wifi eats my battery.
Also many web pages have white backgrounds and that is a real killer for amoled. I converted opera to default to green text on black and that helps a lot.
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A famous site made some battery tests and the results speak for themselves:
around 9 hours of video playback, but 3h30mn of wifi surfing...
The OLED screen burns the battery because everything is white on the web.
Web surfing is one of the selling points of this phone, but this phone can surf the web only half the time of the best smartphones around:
EPIC FAIL !!!
Latoc said:
around 9 hours of video playback, but 3h30mn of wifi surfing...
The OLED screen burns the battery because everything is white on the web.
Web surfing is one of the selling points of this phone, but this phone can surf the web only half the time of the best smartphones around:
EPIC FAIL !!!
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There's a lot of questions regarding what exactly that test is, since that doesn't match what people are seeing in real life.
I'm guessing they had their screen at 100% brightness.
I find this phone extremely bright, actually, so that's quite overkill.
- Frank
There is a power saving feature in the stock browser, I think it is added in new firmware. I am on KKA firmware.
Is there any conclusive evidence if the battery drain is from the WiFi conenction or of any browsing will eat it?
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Is there any conclusive evidence if the battery drain is from the WiFi conenction or of any browsing will eat it?
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I don't use WiFi so I do all my browsing on 3G only. I can have it where my Note only shows a fairly small drain through calls, texts, emails etc. But after say only 30 minutes web browsing the battery is showing a big dent in it.
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Super Chimp said:
I don't use WiFi so I do all my browsing on 3G only. I can have it where my Note only shows a fairly small drain through calls, texts, emails etc. But after say only 30 minutes web browsing the battery is showing a big dent in it.
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Well, ****
Thx for the reply tough xD
ChodTheWacko said:
There's a lot of questions regarding what exactly that test is, since that doesn't match what people are seeing in real life.
I'm guessing they had their screen at 100% brightness.
I find this phone extremely bright, actually, so that's quite overkill.
- Frank
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I think they had it at 50%. Also a real life scenario imo, would be having the brightness at 25-30% and reloading a page every 20 seconds on a good optimized battery. Then only we can talk browsing numbers.
But since they tested the battery and compared it with the same/similar settings setup's on the phones, I guess an alternative browser to work on those "white" backgrounds, is a must..
ChodTheWacko said:
are you browsing through wifi? wifi eats my battery.
Also many web pages have white backgrounds and that is a real killer for amoled. I converted opera to default to green text on black and that helps a lot.
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How did you do that? I'm using opera mobile and I'd really like to reverse the colors or something for night browsing so it's not so bright. I haven't been able too find any such settings. It bothers my girlfriend sometimes if I'm up late at night browsing the web and it lights up the whole bedroom. Red text on a black background would be optimal. Before the Note I used Cyanogen Mod which has a render effect you can activate in the settings to disable green and blue sub-pixels for a red night vision effect (or other combinations for other colors.)
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How did you do that? I'm using opera mobile and I'd really like to reverse the colors or something for night browsing so it's not so bright.
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326434
- Frank
So I just bought the Nexus 10 a day ago and I'm worried about a few things. The device gets hot/warm under minimal usage like browsing Chrome near the rear camera. It also seems that the battery life is terrible, like four hours to go from 80% to 0% with light usage. Also I've noticed that the screen randomly flashed brightly once or twice when it was turned down pretty low. Does anyone think this is cause for worrying or is it normal? Thank you for any answers.
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So I just bought the Nexus 10 a day ago and I'm worried about a few things. The device gets hot/warm under minimal usage like browsing Chrome near the rear camera. It also seems that the battery life is terrible, like four hours to go from 80% to 0% with light usage. Also I've noticed that the screen randomly flashed brightly once or twice when it was turned down pretty low. Does anyone think this is cause for worrying or is it normal? Thank you for any answers.
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Sure doesn't sound normal to me.
Mine never gets warm with light usage. Sounds like you should call Google and RMA it. Look up Google play contact, and call their number
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Sure doesn't sound normal to me.
Mine never gets warm with light usage. Sounds like you should call Google and RMA it. Look up Google play contact, and call their number
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Not even around the camera? Any word on your battery life?
Sounds to me like your frequency is stuck at max, or you set it there without realizing it.
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Sounds to me like your frequency is stuck at max, or you set it there without realizing it.
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Well, although I appreciate your input, I don't believe that's so. (See attached)
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Not even around the camera? Any word on your battery life?
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I don't think so.. but I have a case on it now and the camera is the only exposed area. I don't think it gets warm from normal usage, but probably if I play a video or game. Then again, climate varies (also temp of hands affects heat perception). But next time I use it for an hour or more I'll take the case off and feel it.
Unfortunately I haven't done much testing on battery. I did run it down once to 20 percent once, I forget how long it took. But I'm sure it's longer than 4 hours.
What is your display?
And what does it say under battery? Usually screen should be main eater of battery unless intense apps are being used.
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I don't think so.. but I have a case on it now and the camera is the only exposed area. I don't think it gets warm from normal usage, but probably if I play a video or game. Then again, climate varies (also temp of hands affects heat perception). But next time I use it for an hour or more I'll take the case off and feel it.
Unfortunately I haven't done much testing on battery. I did run it down once to 20 percent once, I forget how long it took. But I'm sure it's longer than 4 hours.
What is your display?
And what does it say under battery? Usually screen should be main eater of battery unless intense apps are being used.
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Ok, well mine seems to be doing better now with a few charges. Here's my battery info, I've only had it on a little today.
I had the same thing happen to me. After a few charges the battery lasts longer... Up to 2 days with consistent daily use, for example.
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I had the same thing happen to me. After a few charges the battery lasts longer... Up to 2 days with consistent daily use, for example.
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Ok, I was just worried something was wrong.
Hey guys. I'm wondering how much better the battery has gotten since the first week y'all got it, to now.
For me I'm satisfied with the battery and I've had it for 4 days. I get about 2-2.5 hours screen on time with fairly heavy internet usage, texting, etc.
Beerad875 said:
Hey guys. I'm wondering how much better the battery has gotten since the first week y'all got it, to now.
For me I'm satisfied with the battery and I've had it for 4 days. I get about 2-2.5 hours screen on time with fairly heavy internet usage, texting, etc.
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Are you taking any measures to save battery life, like certain screen brightness, disabling of certain features or radios, undervolting or CPU/Governor changes, etc?
First thing I installed on mine ( haven't had mine a week yet ) was Battery Monitor Widger Pro, since I've used that on my past devices when I was testing out generic batteries (speaking of which the 8$ ebay 3800mAh on my Desire-Z is still kicking strong after a year).
Problem with estimates, is that they are basically just that, and the difference between browsing on mobile vs browsing on wifi or mix, and your reception quality can also have an impact on your battery. (in the end, your screen is the biggest impact).
Mine lately, say if I had it charged at 100% , it'll take about 2 hours on mobile to get to 91%, with the screen being on about 25%-35% of that time (auto-brightness), receive/send text, take out of pocket to check email or facebook notifications, and so forth. Which would normally show as screen 30%, Google services 13%, Wifi 9% (when I had it on between house and destination). Phone idle 8%, Android OS 7% etc.
The widget I mentioned earlier can basically monitor your draw from time to time and if the screen was off or on and such during those times (default interval on it if using a widget is around 10 minutes on the logging, shorter may actually impact the battery it's monitoring oddly enough)
PS: The other day when I actually drained it down to 0% it took about 5-6 hours
Beerad875 said:
Hey guys. I'm wondering how much better the battery has gotten since the first week y'all got it, to now.
For me I'm satisfied with the battery and I've had it for 4 days. I get about 2-2.5 hours screen on time with fairly heavy internet usage, texting, etc.
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I had about 3-4.5 hours of screen time other moderate to heavy usage on my first week as I was testing it's battery life. As that I just used my phone under light to moderate usage. My brightness level is always at it's lowest but when I'm outside I turn it up to about 50%. I rarely play games on my device. I read a lot on my phone. I use my phone to record lectures in class and do a bit of homework on it. 7 months later and I'm pretty much doing the same. I have a custom kernel installed and I'm really confidence about it. I carry a external battery pack with me all the time but I hardly use. After having a custom kernel for the past 7 months I can say battery life has been relativity the same screen time wise. I learned how to manage my apps so they won't prevent my phone from sleeping to save power. Your mileage will vary depending on what you're doing on your phone and how you manage your device. Cell service is crucial to the phone. If you're in area with little to no service your device will use up more power to stay connected. This is when "Airplane mode" comes in handy.
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Are you taking any measures to save battery life, like certain screen brightness, disabling of certain features or radios, undervolting or CPU/Governor changes, etc?
First thing I installed on mine ( haven't had mine a week yet ) was Battery Monitor Widger Pro, since I've used that on my past devices when I was testing out generic batteries (speaking of which the 8$ ebay 3800mAh on my Desire-Z is still kicking strong after a year).
Problem with estimates, is that they are basically just that, and the difference between browsing on mobile vs browsing on wifi or mix, and your reception quality can also have an impact on your battery. (in the end, your screen is the biggest impact).
Mine lately, say if I had it charged at 100% , it'll take about 2 hours on mobile to get to 91%, with the screen being on about 25%-35% of that time (auto-brightness), receive/send text, take out of pocket to check email or facebook notifications, and so forth. Which would normally show as screen 30%, Google services 13%, Wifi 9% (when I had it on between house and destination). Phone idle 8%, Android OS 7% etc.
The widget I mentioned earlier can basically monitor your draw from time to time and if the screen was off or on and such during those times (default interval on it if using a widget is around 10 minutes on the logging, shorter may actually impact the battery it's monitoring oddly enough)
PS: The other day when I actually drained it down to 0% it took about 5-6 hours
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Nah. All stock, not rooted yet, auto-brightness, No auto sync. I don't get very good service at my work and I was about 28% without service during the time I was there. I would get on facebook and message people on facebook and text, surf the internet etc because it was slow. I had maybe 2 hours screen time and 8% battery life when I left work. It was probably 9 hours off the charger. Here. I'll post a screen shot after this post (On my computer right now)
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Nah. All stock, not rooted yet, auto-brightness, No auto sync. I don't get very good service at my work and I was about 28% without service during the time I was there. I would get on facebook and message people on facebook and text, surf the internet etc because it was slow. I had maybe 2 hours screen time and 8% battery life when I left work. It was probably 9 hours off the charger. Here. I'll post a screen shot after this post (On my computer right now)
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One of the benefits to custom roms (though 'stock' on a nexus is well AOSP so...) is the ability to tweak that stuff to finer details, top it off with a custom kernel and can optimize even further. Just a matter of how far you want to take it.
I have a history of immediately rooting anything I get my hands on, so I tend to have very little experience with stock. But the Nexus devices are probably the only ones I could survive having stock (but rooted) as opposed to say touchWhiz on samsung.
I can say that this phone charges FAAAAAAST.
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One of the benefits to custom roms (though 'stock' on a nexus is well AOSP so...) is the ability to tweak that stuff to finer details, top it off with a custom kernel and can optimize even further. Just a matter of how far you want to take it.
I have a history of immediately rooting anything I get my hands on, so I tend to have very little experience with stock. But the Nexus devices are probably the only ones I could survive having stock (but rooted) as opposed to say touchWhiz on samsung.
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Coming from the the backflip's motoblur to the Captivate's touchwiz then onto One X's sense to AOSP.. I'm going to stay android purist from now on. I'm in love with AOSP
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Coming from the the backflip's motoblur to the Captivate's touchwiz then onto One X's sense to AOSP.. I'm going to stay android purist from now on. I'm in love with AOSP
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At least all the available kernels work just fine with AOSP. (Francos seems to be pretty popular for battery, I prefer bricked though on both my N4 and N7).
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At least all the available kernels work just fine with AOSP. (Francos seems to be pretty popular for battery, I prefer bricked though on both my N4 and N7).
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Why do you prefer them?
So with battery monitor widget pro do I just let it run and collect data?
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At least all the available kernels work just fine with AOSP. (Francos seems to be pretty popular for battery, I prefer bricked though on both my N4 and N7).
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Guess tonight I'm going to work on getting it drained down to 0% just remembered it was my N7 that I did a full cycle on with monitoring, I haven't done so yet to the N4.
PS: I usually do a dual-graph (mV and mA), but in this screenshot you can see generally speaking with my current configuration, I tend to drain around 200-300 mA screen on, and around -20-50 with it off.
PS#2 : It only went up to the -400 or so mA on the top right because I had changed my screen brightness to about half instead of autobrightness.
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Why do you prefer them?
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Additional options. Take for example the Bricked kernel for the N4 in my signature. This is it's feature list, it's not aimed for hardcore overclockers or such but gives you some options (The one for the Nexus 7 is a bit more configurable during the installation).
* Based upon Googles msm 3.4 source
* Various other fixes (look @ github)
* Compiled with gcc4.7.2 toolchain (linaro 09.12)
* -O3 optimized
* Snapdragon S4 & CortexA15 optimizations
* Sweep2wake
* 192Mhz min clock
* replaced qcoms hotplug binary with msm_mpdecision (IN-KERNEL, better battery life + performance)
* Extensive sysfs interface for mpdecision with all the tuneables you want (/sys/kernel/msm_mpdecision/)
* replaced the thermald binary with my IN-KERNEL solution. (/sys/kernel/msm_thermal/)
* export krait version to: /sys/kernel/debug/krait_variant
* modified ondemand governor
* Allow OC up to 1,83Ghz, faux123 (from a thermal point of view that is now SAFE)
* Fixed min cpufreq resets
* Undervolting (faux123)
* Default clocks: 384min & 1512max
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Sweep2Wake is kind of nice too, you just slide accross the screen to turn it on without having to touch the power button (And yes your phone is still asleep doing this, it just works off interupts.)
other kernels can be a bit more involved, such as being aimed towards overclocking the CPU or GPU, or adding in extra features not normally found in stock, and so forth. I've had the best luck with Bricked and Francos'
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So with battery monitor widget pro do I just let it run and collect data?
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Yep, if you have a widget on the home screen (I usually do 2x1 size) it'll collect every 10 mins by default. If you don't use a widget you'd have to check a box in preference to monitor without widget or it won't log times (note for example the missing 'blocks' from my history log).
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Speaking of battery, anyone ever gotten more than say 800mA charge on their N4? Cuz even on my old Desire-Z if I plugged it into a 2.1A charger it would actually charge up around 1300-1500mA, but with the Nexus 4 seems that even on a 2.1A port it rarely charges more than 500-600mA.
It'll probably become more accurate once I actually drain it down to 0% and have the widget record it's history from 0% to 100% since it bases a lot of it's mA estimates off that (ie: off the rate of decrease of the battery's mv since batteries typically have a certain voltage once they hit near 0% and when they're at 100%, comebine that with what it knows the battery's mA to be it can determine the charge/discharge based off that).
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[/COLOR]Speaking of battery, anyone ever gotten more than say 800mA charge on their N4? Cuz even on my old Desire-Z if I plugged it into a 2.1A charger it would actually charge up around 1300-1500mA, but with the Nexus 4 seems that even on a 2.1A port it rarely charges more than 500-600mA.
It'll probably become more accurate once I actually drain it down to 0% and have the widget record it's history from 0% to 100% since it bases a lot of it's mA estimates off that (ie: off the rate of decrease of the battery's mv since batteries typically have a certain voltage once they hit near 0% and when they're at 100%, comebine that with what it knows the battery's mA to be it can determine the charge/discharge based off that).
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I can get back to you when I figure this app out more and start using it.
What'd you say your screen on time usually was?
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I can get back to you when I figure this app out more and start using it.
What'd you say your screen on time usually was?
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Just in the last 2 hours or so, probably 30-45 minutes. I was in the car so it wasn't coming on all that often. Since I actually have the widget on my home screen now, I'll just post an update again probably in the morning as I play with the phone some more, maybe play a game or two (I'll set a Market in the battery history before I start and after I end it).
Far as figuring it out, it's pretty easy since most of it is already set up by default once you open it. You can basically just pop a 2x1 widget on the home screen and just leave it.
My battery life has improved drastically by just sticking with one setup and letting the phone get used to it. That means keep the same rom and kernel so the phone settles in and gets used to it. After a few cycles your usage should increase.
I recommend straight CM 10.1 with Franco kernel.
Also use 2g instead of HSPA+ when you're not using data to save power.
If you're using touch control, don't, it drains more power for sure.
Undervolting helps too.
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If you're using touch control, don't, it drains more power for sure.
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Can you clarify on this, other than the power/volume there's not much else to actually control the phone with.
kbeezie said:
Can you clarify on this, other than the power/volume there's not much else to actually control the phone with.
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The app 'touch control' , many nexus 4 owners use it to wake and lock the phone using touch gestures in place of the traditional power button. In my usage it definitely drains the battery quicker.
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nyyankees1237 said:
The app 'touch control' , many nexus 4 owners use it to wake and lock the phone using touch gestures in place of the traditional power button. In my usage it definitely drains the battery quicker.
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Oh you mean like Sweep2Wake in the Bricked Kernel I'm using, except that doesn't use any battery cuz that's in the kernel using interrupts rather than an app that would keep the phone awake. (course that's all it does too, wake, nothing more sophisticated than that).
But yea I didn't know about that app.
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Just in the last 2 hours or so, probably 30-45 minutes. I was in the car so it wasn't coming on all that often. Since I actually have the widget on my home screen now, I'll just post an update again probably in the morning as I play with the phone some more, maybe play a game or two (I'll set a Market in the battery history before I start and after I end it).
Far as figuring it out, it's pretty easy since most of it is already set up by default once you open it. You can basically just pop a 2x1 widget on the home screen and just leave it.
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So yeah. You should drain it then report with some screenshots.
It's at 44% right now
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My last phone until my Sprint G2 was the original EVO with the original battery so I couldn't wait until I got the G2 the other day. However I dont seem to be getting the battery life that I hear others talk about. With mod/heavy use while getting everything set up and learning about phone the back gets hot around the volume/power switch area. I havent really even been watching videos, mainly getting on Dolphin browser. what do you guys think?
Give it a few full charges and a few days.......
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Give it a few full charges and a few days.......
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I see my display is using 60% of battery.. The brightness display setting is set at auto 80%. I checked auto but it seems to keep what ever % that I have even when auto is checked? What brightness setting do you have set?
Thanks again
That is a base brightness when auto is checked. Set it lower. I tend to keep mine 35%.
That looks terrible. Im at 48% with 3+ hrs screen on time. And 7+ hrs expected left. I have my brightness at 33 most of the day. Also second day with the phone.
I would be a bit worried unless you have your brightness cranked and all setting checked on...
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Auto bright doesn't really work on this phone. LG can't get it right. How long was your screen on, and what do you have on in the background? GPS? Bluetooth? WiFi? If your screen was on most of the time, that's pretty spot on.
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When i first got my g2 the battery would only last around 10-12 hours with wifi and max brightness but after a week im now getting 24hours+ with normal use including playing games. I think it takes a while to learn what you use the most or something. Am using rayglobes rom too
Ohh and auto bright does nothing at all lol, at least it wasnt like the Galaxy S3 that would be either extremly bright or dull
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That is a base brightness when auto is checked. Set it lower. I tend to keep mine 35%.
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35% man? I didnt get a badass phone to have to set it at 35% brightness because of battery..cant hardly see it then.
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My last phone until my Sprint G2 was the original EVO with the original battery so I couldn't wait until I got the G2 the other day. However I dont seem to be getting the battery life that I hear others talk about. With mod/heavy use while getting everything set up and learning about phone the back gets hot around the volume/power switch area. I havent really even been watching videos, mainly getting on Dolphin browser. what do you guys think?
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It's not supposed to run hot at all. Do a factory reset and see if that corrects your problem. If not, exchange the phone for another one. It may be defective
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35% man? I didnt get a badass phone to have to set it at 35% brightness because of battery..cant hardly see it then.
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I use mine at 60% most of the day & get excellent battery life
Mine is set at 70% medium use 20+ hours.
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mlaaw said:
35% man? I didnt get a badass phone to have to set it at 35% brightness because of battery..cant hardly see it then.
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What are you expecting out of your phone? Screen burns most of the battery. Even the g2 doesn't have that much battery strength. Hell, most phablets don't. I get 5 hours of life on 40% brightness, heavy usage, screen on most of the time.
I'm not saying it isn't possible to have it brighter and get great life, it depends on other parameters too.
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What are you expecting out of your phone? Screen burns most of the battery. Even the g2 doesn't have that much battery strength. Hell, most phablets don't. I get 5 hours of life on 40% brightness, heavy usage, screen on most of the time.
I'm not saying it isn't possible to have it brighter and get great life, it depends on other parameters too.
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What are you doing on your phone? Must suck to buy a top of the line phone and can only use it 5 hrs with a dim lit screen. and dont tell me 40% looks good cause it doesent! One of the main points was this phone has great battery life so either something wrong with our phones or all the reviews didnt use it much. Im getting no difference with this one than my 4 yr org EVO with org battery. Enjoy charing a plug and looking for an outlet all day Im not.
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With mod/heavy use while getting everything set up and learning about phone /QUOTE]
You basically got 5 hours of screen on time with 40% left?
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mlaaw said:
With mod/heavy use while getting everything set up and learning about phone /QUOTE]
You basically got 5 hours of screen on time with 40% left?
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No.. It was off the charger for the 5hrs not all screen on time. A little more than mod use. Setting up checking out stuff. I was not on it the entire time plus it would get hot while charging. I've have now a replacement on the way. It was getting hot around the top of phone, buttons and ear piece. I don't know just doesn't seem right. And about people putting brightness at 35-40 % is crazy.. At least on my phone its way to dark to enjoy.
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An easy way to get that little extra batterylife is to unbox Googles right to get your position using WiFi. I discovered that during nights i lost about 8% even though my screen was off and i didn't use the phone, all due to that service. Now i Only loose 1% in 7-8 hours.
Typical use for me.
My Nexus 4 with the same usage patterns wouldn't last 10 hours, and I'm syncing 3 emails and all Google services. Color me satisfied.
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What are you doing on your phone? Must suck to buy a top of the line phone and can only use it 5 hrs with a dim lit screen. and dont tell me 40% looks good cause it doesent! One of the main points was this phone has great battery life so either something wrong with our phones or all the reviews didnt use it much. Im getting no difference with this one than my 4 yr org EVO with org battery. Enjoy charing a plug and looking for an outlet all day Im not.
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Sounds like there's only 1 common denominator between the 2 phones....hm...
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I'm having the same problem as you. However my battery life out the box started out great. I could use the phone for almost two days without needing a charge. I "bent" the phone two weeks ago when I was trying to get it out of the quickwindow case and since then the battery life has been total crap. I barely get half a day off my phone with the same usage. I really don't understand whats going on with the battery.