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Battery: my first full charge :)

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?

Fantastic Battery life with Samsung extended battery!!

Recently got an official extended battery for my Sgs2. Getting over 2 days and down to 10% left
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Running siyah kernel with cricklerom
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....

sheridan2000 said:
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

Satisfied with your battery time?

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with auto brightness control
For those who cannot see the pictures for some reason:
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Try correcting the images
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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%.
stock ROM, I9300BULG2 (vodafone UK carrier ROM)

rossysaurus said:
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%.
stock ROM, I9300BULG2 (vodafone UK carrier ROM)
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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..

Battery stats - weird awake times?

What is the deal with the awake times in 4.2.1? My phone shows that it is barely ever "awake" on the battery stats, despite 4 hours of screen usage today?

It's probably like me for the first couple of hours every morning then

I'm noticing the same thing. I would presume that the phone should be awake when the screen is on, but it show as sleeping. I think the awake stats are messed-up.
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The battery seems to be the main annoyance with this phone. I have odd awake times too. I disabled everything in wireless, sync and Google now etc and still get odd readings. Its drains overnight more than any other Android phone I have used (S2 just flat lines overnight)
Then in use the battery can take a real dive. Youtube and Chrome are very battery hungry yet I get decent results from games like Asphalt?
I think they need to sort this out.

My Galaxy Nexus would easily go 24 hours on a charge. This phone won't make it 9 hours with light use.
I thought it would be as good or better than its twin, the LTE Optimus G. The fact that it only lasts half as long is insane.

I should clarify - I am not having problems with battery LIFE as opposed to screwy battery stats claiming my phone is rarely actually awake. This phone flatlines for me when idle as well as any other has - I rarely lose more then 1% an hour.
I never had this issue on my Galaxy Nexus, but I never bothered to update it beyond 4.1.2 since my Nexus 4 was en route. For example:
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c0LdFire said:
I should clarify - I am not having problems with battery LIFE as opposed to screwy battery stats claiming my phone is rarely actually awake. This phone flatlines for me when idle as well as any other has - I rarely lose more then 1% an hour.
I never had this issue on my Galaxy Nexus, but I never bothered to update it beyond 4.1.2 since my Nexus 4 was en route. For example:
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I've seen this in a ton of other screenshots as well and always thought it was peculiar behavior. Shouldn't the stats show "awake" when the screen is on? That's how all my previous phones have done it, and it's the way things make sense. With these stats, how are you supposed to tell when an app is waking the phone up as opposed to you waking the phone up by turning the screen on?
Unless that's what these new stats are representing? Maybe now instead of sowing ALL awake time, they only show awake time for when it isn't actually YOU waking up the phone, it's when something other than you wakes up the phone, like a rogue app. In which case this would be extremely handy.

Interesting theory, but it's a bit hard to prove. It's amazing no one has really discussed this yet.
Bump.

Mine looks the same... :S

im confused with the "keep awake" times of android OS and google services in battery stats. clearly eating battery while the phone is sleeping but i've tried turning off everything and still they show long keep awake times.

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Battery drain

Can someone explain to me, please, what is going on with my S8. The drain is crazy.
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Is that not normal? lol Mine pretty much looks the same. All my apps are at the bottom of the list but iam getting great battery life

what is your SOT?

i get same system usage as you but i 5-6 sot

4-6 SOT, actually, I thought Android battery life has evolved when I bought galaxy s8. But no, it keeps sucking my battery life even when it's in my pocket.

Unfortunately this issue is present on all samsung galaxy phones i've owned recently (s6 edge, s7).
I can't understand why the battery life is so bad and inconsistent.
No matter if all day wifi or mixed (data 4g/lte & wifi)

The background usage is pretty minimal. I don't understand why people complain that "something" however small is going on with the phone when the screen is off. The system is still alive, after all. Notifications need to get through, sensors need to be active to wake the phone (fingerprint, accelerometer, etc), apps need to be kept in memory, not to mention the always on display. Is it that surprising that if battery went down 10 percent during sleep 20, 30 or even 80 of that drop is due to these things? (that's what that reading indicates after all, 9% is not from total battery capacity, but 9% out of the amount drained).
Sorry for the rude rant, but people "expect" too much of the standby times.
Can the battery be improved? Certainly. Can the power drain be improved? Of course. But never to the point where it consumes absolutely nothing at all during sleep. Except if you turn the phone off.
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20 hours on battery, 30%left. OP must be trolling.

Normal

I noticed finger print loves to break deep sleep.

4-6 hours of SOT? That's pretty good though... Same with what most people are getting including me. If I drained it all the way down I could probably reach 7 hours SOT. Totally beats the 3 hours SOT I got with my Note 5.

aze300 said:
4-6 SOT, actually, I thought Android battery life has evolved when I bought galaxy s8. But no, it keeps sucking my battery life even when it's in my pocket.
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Did your previous phone with a 3000mah battery and a bigass screen get 4-6 hours of sot? I thought so...

aze300 said:
Can someone explain to me, please, what is going on with my S8. The drain is crazy.
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Did you realize that when you total up the battery usage, you won't get 100% of battery charge?