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Android 4.1.1 Jellybean Battery Life Thread

Seeing how a new firmware came out on the Nexus S, I want to see what kind of battery life everyone is getting on Android 4.1.1 Jellybean. And since everyone cares about battery drain one way or the other, we can use this thread to post tips on getting more battery life and/or try to figure out what's causing battery drain.
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Anyway, PLEASE include these when showing your battery usage:
What ROM/kernel/Governor you're using
A combination of the three can determine why/how you're getting the battery life you're getting. Also, post thread link for the ROM/Kernel if you can.
SCREEN ON TIME
Probably the most important thing to know when determining battery life. Since the screen uses the most juice and generally the amount of time we'd be looking at our screen, the screen on time is very important to show. You can get this by going to Battery > Screen
YOUR GENERAL USAGE
How you used your phone is another important determining factor of how your battery was used. If you took pictures or listened to music, that would explain why you got such low battery life. More information the better.
IMAGES
Images help as it gives information which would be probably be too difficult to describe. The Battery section in the Setting section would help as would Battery monitoring apps
A simple template would be the following:
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[B]KERNEL[/B] -
[B]GOVERNOR[/B] -
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ADDITIONAL TIPS
- Show images of CPUSpy. May help see if your CPU is running out of whack or if, for some reason, is running on 1000MHz too much.
- BetterBatteryStats app screenshots. It gives a much better detail on what's waking up your phone, what apps are using it, and so on. You can buy it HERE. It's a very good app to monitor battery usage.
- More images the better. So we know what's going on with your phone.
PLEASE DONT
- Embed too many images to your post. It'll be too difficult to look at this thread with hundreds of images being embedded at the same time. Plus, people looking on mobile phones would probably struggle opening the page. If you have a lot of images, please just post the link and not an image
Anyway, thanks! Hopefully we can get amazing battery life on Jellybean!

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ROM - Jellbean 4.1.1 OTA from here: http://goo.gl/AXr2d
KERNEL - Default/Stock kernel
GOVERNOR - Default/Stock
GENERAL USAGE
Usage was, in my opinion, light and didn't really do much. Most of the time, I was on 3G only to go on WiFi when in a Starbucks. I turned off my phone when watching The Dark Knight Rises and trying to save the most battery but that didn't really seem to help. I used the camera once in a while but didn't listen to any music.
CONCLUSION
So far, this battery seems kind of... bad. Especially with my usage (which I thought was light), I thought I could get more screen on time than just 2h 14m. I'm a tad disappointed and might go back to ICS just for the better battery life.

ROM: Unofficial CM10 by Lego
Lazy gov. Air kernel test 112.
The 2 hours of screen usage were from playing temple run, xda, and fb.
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That's a good cycle IMO ^. Have you done a factory reset OP? Force of habit has me doing it anytime I do an update to avoid any issues. It also seems like you have a crappy signal at times. I haven't had a chance to actually judge battery life but mine seems to be on track to be about the same as it was as on ICS though.

chronophase1 said:
That's a good cycle IMO ^. Have you done a factory reset OP? Force of habit has me doing it anytime I do an update to avoid any issues. It also seems like you have a crappy signal at times. I haven't had a chance to actually judge battery life but mine seems to be on track to be about the same as it was as on ICS though.
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It's weird because I'm using the same radio as on ICS and I seem to be getting worse signal on Jellybean? I might reflash a new JB ROM and try that instead.

I have a 2300mAh battery on stock JB i might upload some screenies later but i havent seen the battery life decrease it seems to be the same
Kind Regards
AlanS181824

JB battery life better than ICS

jokkir said:
It's weird because I'm using the same radio as on ICS and I seem to be getting worse signal on Jellybean? I might reflash a new JB ROM and try that instead.
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Yeah. I'm gonna probably go back my KF1 radio once I update my ROM tonight.

IMO I always do a preliminary test the battery when the phone switch to airplane mode in a night, if the drain only 1% then the ROM is quite good.
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Heh. I wish my phone idled that well. Haha.

chronophase1 said:
Heh. I wish my phone idled that well. Haha.
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Right? I miss the GB battery life, could leave GPS and 3g on all night, not touch it, and lose 2% in 10 hours. With ICS I was grateful if I could get it down to 1.5%-2% in an hour. And Google Now is too awesome to turn stuff off for, so JB is even worse
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My battery life is absolutely horrible. I think my battery is bad though. I've had it since I got the phone. When the nexus came out.
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Its one of those pay to play situations. My job has places for me to safely charge my phone so the battery isn't too big a deal for me. Best bet is to carry a spare charger. It is after all a pocket computer. Sucks, but until battery tech catches up, there isn't much us or many other smartphone users can do.

I think the background sync drains battery when idle. With sync on during idle, the batt drops ~3-6%/hr. If sync is turned off, it becomes ~1%/hr. (using 3G)

Exactly what Google things syncing would cause such a drain? I have this type of usage but all I have is Gmail syncing and I only get a few emails a day. I have obviously noticed increased life disabling Gmail, but how could it be using so much if it is push?

I'm getting, at least, the double than before...stock, unrooted

I don't understand this.....
The only thing using CPU is Android system at 5-15%... why is this happening? The screen was off for at least 8 minutes
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Since it just started up, and I'm guessing it is syncing like crazy. Calendar, instant upload if you have that in G+ or drop box chrome, contacts, drive, Gmail... Etc. Location is happening (maps, and latitude), checking for updates, weather. Check again in an hour and see if it has settled.
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I havent noticed a problem with my battery. It's actually been pretty much the same. I go almost the entire day not charging it on normal use (almost 12 hrs). Heavy use with me is constantly playing games, I get maybe 3-5 hrs depending on screen brightness. It's pretty much the same as ICS for me

Yet another mini Nexus 4 review

I know there have already been a million reviews of this device, but in case anybody wants a million and one, here's my 2 cents. If not, carry on.
This is my first Nexus device, coming from SGS2 and before that the original HTC EVO. I'm on T-Mobile USA.
After one week with the Nexus 4 my verdict so far is: good with potential to become great. Here are a few quick thoughts in pro/con format:
PROS:
- Super fast and fluid, I've noticed no lag whatsoever. Haven't played any 3D games yet though
- The N4 is definitely a sexy device and feels great in the hand
- I do like the smoothness of the glass and the curved screen edges.
- Painless unlocking / rooting
- Best phone for the price, by far
- Love having a notification light again, hallelujah
CONS:
- Have to say I am a little disappointed in the screen. It's not terrible but I guess I've been spoiled by the saturated screen of my SGS2. The N4 was just.....underwhelming. Sharpness is fine but the first thing I noticed is how dull the colors seemed compared to my SGS2. I'm sure I'll get used to it but I'm not able to call it an "upgrade".
- Surprised at the bugginess of Jelly Bean, I'd say I get one random reboot per day, maybe two. There are also other random oddities such as the bluetooth toggle not working properly, force closes, etc.
- I've had trouble with connectivity/connection speeds on both WiFi and cellular data, if I can't get them resolved it may end up being a dealbreaker.
- Battery is....meh so far. I've done all the recommended tips of disabling/removing this & that, and I generally make it through my day of low to moderate usage, barely. I have yet to have screen time of more than 2-2.5 hours. If I upped my usage by even just a bit I'd need a top-off during the day.
- The device seems quick to warm up. Even when I'm doing something like light web browsing it's surprising to feel the device warm up in my hands.
- Gotta admit there are a couple of niceties I miss about Touchwiz such as the quick toggles in the notification drop down.
- Given the numerous reports of glass breakage / scratches makes me super careful about handling my headset. Almost paranoid, really. Luckily I have no visible wear so far but it would be nice to not have to worry so much about this. I do like my phones naked though so I'm probably asking for trouble.
- Some of my apps are buggy with 4.2, guess that's the price you pay for being on the cutting edge.
- Ringer / notifications are really, really, really quiet when the phone is laying flat on my desk.
- I'm not a huge fan of the growing amount of "Google Bloatware". One reason I like having a Nexus device is to not have to deal with all the carrier installed apps / services. But I dislike having to disable Google Magazines, Google Plus, location stuff, Google Talk, etc. etc. Maybe if the battery was at least up to the task of supporting all these things I wouldn't mind as much.
Admittedly most of the above "gripes" are minor, but it's surprising because on my old SGS2 I didn't really have any gripes at all. If I can clean up a few of the above items I'll be very, very happy. Overall I think I'll like the N4 better than my SGS2, but it's far from the landslide I thought it would be.

I really don't get this random reboot issue. I can honestly say I haven't had it reboot once and if had it for over a week ...
And for me the battery life is great ...
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Also about the heat ... I'm hearing a lot of talk that the voltages are set very high on stock and lowering them has helped the heat and not caused instability.. So may be worth checking it out
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italia0101 said:
I really don't get this random reboot issue. I can honestly say I haven't had it reboot once and if had it for over a week ...
And for me the battery life is great ...
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Haven't decided yet if getting a good battery is just a lottery or if it comes down to usage habits. Probably some of both. As for rebooting I just got another one upon uninstalling HD Widgets. Clicked uninstall and *poof* there it went

Strange ... Could it be a rouge app ? Iv got 30-40 apps installed and not had a reboot ... Its really strange ...
And yea totally. Its probably down to my usage . I do a lot of browsing and xda
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hfuizo said:
Haven't decided yet if getting a good battery is just a lottery or if it comes down do usage habits. Probably some of both. As for rebooting I just got another one upon uninstalling HD Widgets. Clicked uninstall and *poof*
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my battery life was terrible during the first week; I was so disappointed. After two weeks the battery life has improved so much that I easily get 4hrs of screen time. When on idle it only drops 3%/hour

sampy14 said:
my battery life was terrible during the first week; I was so disappointed. After two weeks the battery life has improved so much that I easily get 4hrs of screen time. When on idle it only drops 3%/hour
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Have a hard time believing it will get better but I'll cross my fingers. I have heard multiple reports of this, so maybe there's hope.

I have just now ticked over to 4 hours screen on time .. 15% left
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italia0101 said:
I have just now ticked over to 4 hours screen on time .. 15% left
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So jealous.... :crying:
I'm at 56% battery remaining with a screen time of 54 minutes, won't even break 2 hours on this charge.

hfuizo said:
So jealous.... :crying:
I'm at 56% battery remaining with a screen time of 54 minutes, won't even break 2 hours on this charge.
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Damn that does suck ... You doing alot of gaming and stuff like that
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italia0101 said:
Damn that does suck ... You doing alot of gaming and stuff like that
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No gaming at all, today some light web browsing, 20 minutes of podcasts, a few texts, and a couple minutes of phone calls, that's it.

sampy14 said:
When on idle it only drops 3%/hour
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You say that as if it's good. Many phones will drop 3% in 10 hours on idle.. 3% per hour while sleeping is downright bad dood.
-Sent from my GS3 running CM10.-

Is the N4 battery UN-efficient?

3 hours of screen time? Seriously? My GS2 was able to manage that with a 8 month old battery. I don't want to hear the whole "It's only 350 (16 GB) dollars, stop complaining." I love the phone, but this just sucks.
I have all sync off, no gps, no auto facebook/email/nonsense. I text with google voice.
I got my friend mark a galaxy nexus (GSM) for his birthday, and somehow he hits about 4 to 5 hours of screen time over 12 hour periods. He uses auto sync, and listens to boat loads of music and texts much more than me. Seriously?
Having sync nonsense off, I would expect the N4 to get at least 5 hours. It's a 7.7 watt-hour battery
The Nexus 7 has a 16 watt-hour battery and I've gotten it to 11 hours. Let's do some math here!
MATH TIME. Give me a moment to explain. For this process, we shall say the Nexus 7 only gets 9 hours of screen time since that's the norm.
Nexus 4 = 4.7" screen.
Nexus 7 = 7.0" screen.
67.14% difference.
Assuming the screens are similar, let's be super simple here and say the Nexus 7's screen takes 67.14% MORE power to run.
The Nexus 7 can get 9 hours of screen time. 9 hours to 16 watt-hours.
9/16(WH)=0.5625
Let's apply this new thing to the N4.
0.5625*7.7(WH)=4.33
Now that looks normal, 4.5 ish hours of screen time for the N4? Well...No. Remember the % difference?
Assuming the hardware isn't too far different. The nexus 4 SHOULD be able to pull... ((4.33*67.14)+4.33)=7.23
Let's round down to make up for differences in chip sets and what not.
7 hours of screen time should be possible. But it's not, this means than the Nexus 7 is incredibility power efficient...but the Nexus 4 is not. What gives? This would have to mean that something in the N4 is extremely power UN-efficient. I understand the N4 has a Radio in it and does a bit more work...but even if you drop it to 6 hours, or 5 hours...the N4 doesn't meet that.
Something is off somewhere. That is my point.
How do you feel about this? Post your thoughts.

Did you take into account the different battery sizes?

ceejay83 said:
Did you take into account the different battery sizes?
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Sizes? You mean the 7.7 watt-hour vs 16? Then yes, I based all my logic off of that. Or am I misunderstanding you?

The mah capacity

ceejay83 said:
The mah capacity
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Mah doesn't work like that truely. Watt-Hours is more specific.
I presume both devices run on 3.7 volts, correct? That is normal for lithium.
I'm saying the Nexus 4 is no where near as efficient as the Nexus 7. 50% efficiency would give around 3.5ish hours. Tonight it looks like I am barely going to get 2 hours.
This is terrible. Something somewhere is zapping up mah battery.

Simple quad core
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Did u just get the phone the first few days were terrible now am getting around 3.5-4 hr screen on
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Lt.Tealc said:
Simple quad core
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Did u just get the phone the first few days were terrible now am getting around 3.5-4 hr screen on
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Such is the Nexus 7. The newer core in the N4 should be AT LEAST 90% as efficient, honestly it should be better...but it's not looking at these numbers.
If the processor is the main reason, then that means it sucks, big time. It barely makes it to roughly 40-50% as effecient as the nexus 7.
Does Snapdragon just suck? XD
See my point? This phone can do more... it CAN do 5 hours. Hell, I bet it can do 6.
Sorry I didn't see your edit haha. I just got it on the 12th, but I've pushed it through about 5 cycles. Is this not enough? Ironically the first day I got about 5 hours and it wasn't fully charged. Loads of app installing, unlocking, playing, and...it got to about 4.8 hours I think to be precise.
So why am I now getting 2? Last night was 3.

Given that there are a few devices out there that have a quad core and still get a better battery life than the N4 with a lower battery capacity all leads to OS optimizations.
You give it the opportunity to use its power it will use it

UZ7 said:
Given that there are a few devices out there that have a quad core and still get a better battery life than the N4 with a lower battery capacity all leads to OS optimizations.
You give it the opportunity to use its power it will use it
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There must be something somewhere sappin it all up. There has got to be, that's what I am trying to say. Something somewhere is wack.
Because this is just silly poor. lol. Ahhhhhh Mighty XDA lords of code!....Work some magic?

Locklear308 said:
Such is the Nexus 7. The newer core in the N4 should be AT LEAST 90% as efficient, honestly it should be better...but it's not looking at these numbers.
If the processor is the main reason, then that means it sucks, big time. It barely makes it to roughly 40-50% as effecient as the nexus 7.
Does Snapdragon just suck? XD
See my point? This phone can do more... it CAN do 5 hours. Hell, I bet it can do 6.
Sorry I didn't see your edit haha. I just got it on the 12th, but I've pushed it through about 5 cycles. Is this not enough? Ironically the first day I got about 5 hours and it wasn't fully charged. Loads of app installing, unlocking, playing, and...it got to about 4.8 hours I think to be precise.
So why am I now getting 2? Last night was 3.
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Your nexus has a mind of its own lol
My gs2 used to get 8hr easy with stock touch wiz cause it was optimized but prefer once is sacrificed with nexus its the other way. It might even be a bugg some one started thread saying a rep told him there will be battery bug fix
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Google gonna pull a stunt and be like... Oh with our new update you get 50% more battery life (that you were suppose to get out of the box), take that apple! your software updates gets people lost and stranded in the middle of now where! :silly:

This is pure speculation, but my first device wouldn't charge to 100% and the battery immediately dropped to 97% after taking off the charger. This RMA device I have on my hand is still at 91% with a screen on time of 20mins with chrome usage, xda and multiple other apps also open in the background.
I think some of the batteries are **** as well.
Now I don't know which device to keep as this screen is a bit warmer and has some very little screen bleeding with a black background. However I have 20days to play with this device before I have to send a device back. I'm expecting to get about 4 hours with the way things are going right now.
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Lt.Tealc said:
Your nexus has a mind of its own lol
My gs2 used to get 8hr easy with stock touch wiz cause it was optimized but prefer once is sacrificed with nexus its the other way. It might even be a bugg some one started thread saying a rep told him there will be battery bug fix
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I am just talking about screen time.

I see what you mean, asus tablets quality control is good,s2 was good with a 2000mAh battery, I would like to disable 2 cores.since display chews battery

Inefficient.

Its not the core !
I found the main culprit sucking all the juice was Location settings, WiFi and Google now. I experimented around and found that if all these services were off, the phone lasted much much longer on standby.
The next issue is the screen - it seems to take a hell of a lot of power with very little to show for it.
The last issue is some apps - Youtube and Chrome seem to be juice eaters.

with 12.14 hours I managed to get 4.40hours screen on, web browsing, I think that's ok, disable Google now, currens etc, chrome does seem to chew more than standard browsers
stock not rooted yet.

Locklear308 said:
There must be something somewhere sappin it all up. There has got to be, that's what I am trying to say. Something somewhere is wack.
Because this is just silly poor. lol. Ahhhhhh Mighty XDA lords of code!....Work some magic?
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People already have been working magic. Go flash Faux123's beta kernel and undervolt the processor by atleast -100mv, as well as enjoy other battery saving optimisations included with it.
Here's what I got on 25% brightness, sync off and a few google apps disabled (i.e. google plus).
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xdviper said:
This is pure speculation, but my first device wouldn't charge to 100% and the battery immediately dropped to 97% after taking off the charger. This RMA device I have on my hand is still at 91% with a screen on time of 20mins with chrome usage, xda and multiple other apps also open in the background.
I think some of the batteries are **** as well.
Now I don't know which device to keep as this screen is a bit warmer and has some very little screen bleeding with a black background. However I have 20days to play with this device before I have to send a device back. I'm expecting to get about 4 hours with the way things are going right now.
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The immediate drop to 97% isn't a defect. The battery charges to 100%, takes itself off the charger until about 95%, then goes back on the charger until 100% over and over. The problem is the software will report "fully charged" after initially reaching 100% charge, even if it isn't.
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Battery Life Discussion

Discuss your battery life here.

Anyone have any early reports on battery life

A user on Reddit has one and did a first rundown.
7.5 hrs sot on overall 8.5 hrs on a first charge.
Still to be seen how the standby is, but all reports look for it to be better than expected which is good news. Also he doesn't notice any ram issues. First impressions are good.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3h02kx/my_att_note_5_was_delivered_today_ama/

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Damn fine if you ask me. Better than my note 4. I'm surprised as hell. I never believe the improved efficiency and optimization stuff but somethings working.
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I personally am not that worried about run time on the battery. My Note 4 has great battery life for me and I would expect the Note5 to be good. Quick charge really makes a big difference and the recent introduction of quick charge external battery packs means that I will not have to really worry that much about battery life. Others may have a different point of view.
One thing that really worries me is the internal battery. I have owned the Note2, 3, and 4. I have had to replace the battery on both the Note2 and Note3 when the original battery failed. I give my old phones to other family members and sooner or later the batteries always start to fail. On the Note3 it took a little over a year and a half. Probably about the same time period on the Note2. If you go to youtube you can watch some videos that show you how to replace the battery on the S6. It looks like a miserable project. Nothing I want to worry about. Finally, I am personally offended by the throw away connotations of a smartphone with an internal battery. With a glass screen protector and a case, these phones can still be like new after a year or so of use. It just seems wrong to build a product that you know is going to fail for as trivial a reason as the battery.

robertopod1968 said:
Damn fine if you ask me. Better than my note 4. I'm surprised as hell. I never believe the improved efficiency and optimization stuff but somethings working.
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Wow. Great news.
What apps do you have installed/downloaded and which ones did you disable? Do you have all the Spen stuff enabled?
Can you show a screenshot of your apps battery usage?

That's actually amazing, with just a 3000mah battery. See, don't judge by the specs people

DrexelDragon said:
Wow. Great news.
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That's probably just somebody who watched a movie for 2 hours.
I can watch 10+ hours of movies on my Note 4 with a charge.

DrexelDragon said:
Wow. Great news.
What apps do you have installed/downloaded and which ones did you disable? Do you have all the Spen stuff enabled?
Can you show a screenshot of your apps battery usage?
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I charged overnight so it's reset. I can post that this evening
All the spen stuff is on. I did disable all the AT&T apps like I always do. I haven't had location on. No Power saver. Basically Web browsing, tapatalk, a couple of you tube videos..etc.
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tr1cky1 said:
That's probably just somebody who watched a movie for 2 hours.
I can watch 10+ hours of movies on my Note 4 with a charge.
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No movies here dude. And you don't have to come in here and defend your note 4. Still have one myself. Just trying to show some battery life stats for people that are considering the 5. If that's not you then please move on.
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So overall is your impression that the Note 5 has better battery life than your Note 4 ? That would be impressive.

Strategist said:
So overall is your impression that the Note 5 has better battery life than your Note 4 ? That would be impressive.
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I'm feeling like it'll at least be as good. Which I was not expecting at all. Right now it's been better but I haven't really left wifi much.
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hotshotz said:
A user on Reddit has one and did a first rundown.
7.5 hrs sot on overall 8.5 hrs on a first charge.
Still to be seen how the standby is, but all reports look for it to be better than expected which is good news. Also he doesn't notice any ram issues. First impressions are good.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3h02kx/my_att_note_5_was_delivered_today_ama/
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According to the images they posted - They had 8hr 42mins of total battery life
The screen accounted for 24% total battery - Android System 21% etc.. Not sure how screen can be 24% and still be 7hrs of a total 8hr 42 on battery ??
Fantastic if proves to be accurate though.

nookcoloruser said:
According to the images they posted - They had 8hr 42mins of total battery life
The screen accounted for 24% total battery - Android System 21% etc.. Not sure how screen can be 24% and still be 7hrs of a total 8hr 42 on battery ??
Fantastic if proves to be accurate though.
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This kind of results is what you got when you basically just display a black image and do almost nothing.
That's what I get using aldiko (dark theme) to read ebook.
Envoyé de mon SM-N910F

Top picture is the final stats with my note 4 ( which I still have). Bottom is my stats so far with the note 5. I'm averaging significantly better screen time on the 5.
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What did you do differently to go from 6h 41m to 8h 20m SoT?

mi7chy said:
What did you do differently to go from 6h 41m to 8h 20m SoT?
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Just used the phone more. You'll see that the standby time went down as the SOT went up. I'm thinking it'll settle in around 22 standby and 6-7 screen on. Which is better then anything I've had for awhile. I have the note 4 and s6 active right now. And had a s6e. This phone will get me a little more then even the active I think.
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thank you all
can you tell us how is the Device temperature ?

robertopod1968 said:
Top picture is the final stats with my note 4 ( which I still have). Bottom is my stats so far with the note 5. I'm averaging significantly better screen time on the 5.
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Question though, could it be your note 4's battery is old?
If they were both brand new then it would be a fair test.
What do you think?
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sol_671 said:
Question though, could it be your note 4's battery is old?
If they were both brand new then it would be a fair test.
What do you think?
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Well I just got my note 4 less than a month ago. I have 24 lines with my business so I've always got upgrades. I by me the latest and pass down my old phones.
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Second day by BeginnersTech on twitter with the s6 edge+ (which has an identical battery size to the note 5), not too bad if you ask me.

Note 5 Battery Life

So far Day 3 of using the device on a normal workday. (It is officially released in Singapore on 15 August 2015)
Seems pretty well optimised!
No powersaving mode, normal use at the end of a typical workday, some calls, WhatsApp, text messages, games, etc.
Using the Scroll Capture btw.

Thanks for all the screen shots - it's sad that it's only gonna be 3-4hrs of sot. My note 2on stock battery and Cm12.1 gets 6-7 sot.....
Hopefully the note 5 gets better than your initial findings.....

Adidasfreak's numbers translate to about 4 hours SOT before dead... For me that is bare minimum acceptable, as I really like to keep my phone >25% in case I need the reserve.
I'll have to wait and see others results. 4 hours SOT isn't anything to brag about though.

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Well here's mine. Much better

Even when you post battery data people still just ignore it. 50% remaining after 10 hours (3:45 SOT), averages of 17.5 hrs with 8.5 hours of SOT) is damn good by any measure.
I don't get all this negativity. OK. Maybe the SD card is real but you can't really dispute that it seems that battery life isn't something to complain about. For a group of technically adept users, I find this amazing. I swear reading all these posts is like reading transcribed rants of spoiled teenagers...

Phone Arena just did a comprehensive benchmark test on the Note 5s battery. Apparently, it really does outperform the Note 4. But by how much in real world usage, that's still debatable. At any rate I am a lot less worried about battery life on the Note 5. And, I got to play with the gold S6 Edge + and the beautiful titanium gray Note 5, today. Not as wowed as I thought I would be regarding feel, but they do look beautiful.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-Note5-battery-life-benchmark-Outperforms-the-Note-4-despite-smaller-battery_id72735

JasonJoel said:
Adidasfreak's numbers translate to about 4 hours SOT before dead... For me that is bare minimum acceptable, as I really like to keep my phone >25% in case I need the reserve.
I'll have to wait and see others results. 4 hours SOT isn't anything to brag about though.
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Yeah, I saw his results and was a bit underwhelmed

I think the only way I'll be able to decide is to just pick one up and eat the $35 return fee if it isn't good enough.

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Where's the screen on time?
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JasonJoel said:
I think the only way I'll be able to decide is to just pick one up and eat the $35 return fee if it isn't good enough.
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This is always my approach. I look at it like a "Try It Before You Buy It" fee that's refunded if you keep it.
Last year I actually added a third line to see if I really wanted to go back to Apple (had an S4) then cancelled the third line within the 14-day window once I convinced myself I wanted it...
...of course that was a failed notion since this POS has been slowly driving me mad ever since. Yes Mr. Jobs, I ONLY want to snooze for 9 minutes. Yes Mr. Jobs, of course I would NEVER want a keyboard that changes case to match what I'm typing. Mr. Jobs! Of course I wouldn't want to have free access to all that memory you graciously allowed me to buy at rediuculous prices as if it was a USB stick... :cyclops:
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Where's the screen on time?
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7hrs 2min 19sec

I really wish battery life was so obvious to compare, but it isnt. We are too smart here to fall for this. Battery life is extremely personal and nearly impossible to compare. "Normal day" usage... that's just funny. The best you can do is to compare consistent benchmark data.

Why don't you use a power bank in case the battery is getting low? The Note 5 battery life is not the best among others, but based on the benchmarks and users' reports, it is acceptable and not terrible.

I've never had a better battery. I hope it stays like this

Getting about the same since Monday evening. It charges freaking fast tho
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The Note 5 battery is *brand new* vs almost a year old on the Note 4. Until that is considered, these comparisons are bullsh*t.

sbrownla said:
The Note 5 battery is *brand new* vs almost a year old on the Note 4. Until that is considered, these comparisons are bullsh*t.
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I already saw a comparison of a 1 month old Note4 vs a brand new Note5 and it was pretty much the same story.
Unless a 1 month old battery is going to be VASTLY worse than a brand new battery.
Also the Note5 SHOULD use less power than the Note4, they moved from 20nm SoC to 14nm, moved from LPDDR3 to LPDDR4 which runs at lower voltage (and faster), and the new display which is 18-23% brighter while using 20% less power.
So it really is no surprise the Note5 is getting better battery life with a smaller battery.

What about the fact that the Note 4 is running an older version of TouchWiz and an older version if Android as well? Was that considered?

sbrownla said:
What about the fact that the Note 4 is running an older version of TouchWiz and an older version if Android as well? Was that considered?
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Of course, but since they dont have identical builds we can't really compare it at the moment. But even on the newer OS I really doubt there is anything they can do about the inferior hardware of the Note4. The newer tech in the note5 just uses less power, hence the smaller battery with similar or better battery life than the Note4.

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What about the fact that the Note 4 is running an older version of TouchWiz and an older version if Android as well? Was that considered?
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lol why bother trolling with ridiculous hypotheticals? Maybe we should pull out a Note 1 and demand a current version of TouchWiz and Android to make it a device lifespan comparison? Newer devices are built to accommodate advances in hardware as well as software so it's idiotic to demand comparisons like you're proposing. The reality is that once a new device is released the older ones lose priority for software updates and optimizations and you're rarely, if ever, going to get a true apples to apples comparison.