Hi,
Got this phone,
extremely beautiful!!
like it very much,
screen is terrific!
when playing music with ClearAudio+ on (i have Shure SE215SE) wow, it is just amazing!
However, i have problem keeping the phone in power.
What i mean is even with the stamina mode on (no applications added),
in 4 hours, the battery can be drained to 17% from full.
During these time, heavily game on "Vector, Zombie Smasher, photo at 5M, whatsapp, facebook"
Setting: LTE, HSPA+ , Bravia engine, brightness 80%, GPS on, no wifi, no bluetooth
Is the above usage normal with these battery life? I can have far better battery with Galaxy S3 with everything on (but no LTE, no power saving) and have at least 65%
How can i achieve better battery life with this phone?
rayraymond said:
Hi,
Got this phone,
extremely beautiful!!
like it very much,
screen is terrific!
when playing music with ClearAudio+ on (i have Shure SE215SE) wow, it is just amazing!
However, i have problem keeping the phone in power.
What i mean is even with the stamina mode on (no applications added),
in 4 hours, the battery can be drained to 17% from full.
During these time, heavily game on "Vector, Zombie Smasher, photo at 5M, whatsapp, facebook"
Setting: LTE, HSPA+ , Bravia engine, brightness 80%, GPS on, no wifi, no bluetooth
Is the above usage normal with these battery life? I can have far better battery with Galaxy S3 with everything on (but no LTE, no power saving) and have at least 65%
How can i achieve better battery life with this phone?
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Stamina mode is most useful when device is in screen off state...
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XZ battery can stand up to 5 hours of screen on
rayraymond said:
Hi,
Got this phone,
extremely beautiful!!
like it very much,
screen is terrific!
when playing music with ClearAudio+ on (i have Shure SE215SE) wow, it is just amazing!
However, i have problem keeping the phone in power.
What i mean is even with the stamina mode on (no applications added),
in 4 hours, the battery can be drained to 17% from full.
During these time, heavily game on "Vector, Zombie Smasher, photo at 5M, whatsapp, facebook"
Setting: LTE, HSPA+ , Bravia engine, brightness 80%, GPS on, no wifi, no bluetooth
Is the above usage normal with these battery life? I can have far better battery with Galaxy S3 with everything on (but no LTE, no power saving) and have at least 65%
How can i achieve better battery life with this phone?
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i think it is because LTE turn on cause it is eating battery life quicker than 3g or hspa. just look at the some other brand. most of the pattern i see was when it is lte feature they are likely putting more mah than the ordinary one.
I do agree the LTE is eating up the battery,
It has been 11 hours since i turn on my phone (100%)
only wifi connection
whatsapp, light browsing and now i have 61% which is similar to the Galaxy S3 i have. (Stamina mode help much, it really not receiving any msg from whatsapp until i turn on the screen)
But LTE is a must for me, i will use LTE for sure, i am paying LTE service but not using it? that is not reasonable
but in this way, LTE will drain battery faster than i can find a power source.
Heavy gaming is going to eat up the battery much quicker than just screen on time browsing.
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Heavy gaming is going to eat up the battery much quicker than just screen on time browsing.
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net surfing thru data also drain the battery very much
Brightness at 80%?? why so high
doki81 said:
net surfing thru data also drain the battery very much
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That's normal for pretty much every smartphone... It's the screen that drains the battery more than the data, really.
the battery can last over 24hours with stamina mode,
light phone calls, light whatsapp, light browsing, moderate game
all from wifi connection, 3g data is blocked.
by the way, do you find that bravia engine 2 makes the saturation too high?
So I'm just trying out Stamina mode and put a few key apps in the whitelist. Just now though I got a message regarding one of my downloaded apps stating "contacts+ is preventing it from going into Stamina mode" in my notification bar. When I click it it takes me to app info page of the said app (contacts+) but not really sure what to do about it from here? Notifications for that app were already off. Should I clear cache/date would that make any difference?
I don't understand this this. At 100% battery it says 18h without STAMINA it says 9h. I know this is normal but how did you manage to get it shows you 1 day and over with STAMINA?
tomo100brt said:
I don't understand this this. At 100% battery it says 18h without STAMINA it says 9h. I know this is normal but how did you manage to get it shows you 1 day and over with STAMINA?
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Go to appfolder/all apps scroll down to eco controller, tap it then force stop it and then clear data and restart phone
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Go to appfolder/all apps scroll down to eco controller, tap it then force stop it and then clear data and restart phone
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Yes I do this before 15 min and it is OK now. Thanks anyway.
I am wondering if this is also happening to you guys.
My notification lights don't work when the phone is on Stamina mode... is there a workaround for this?
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I am wondering if this is also happening to you guys.
My notification lights don't work when the phone is on Stamina mode... is there a workaround for this?
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It's supposed to work that way: Stamina mode=no notification led.
Yes, it is true....
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TheKingOfPain said:
It's supposed to work that way: Stamina mode=no notification led.
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RomanLauko said:
Yes, it is true....
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Thank you! Because some people in a group told me that theirs work. they said to reset my phone.
No it doesn't work when stamina mode is on.
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It's supposed to work that way: Stamina mode=no notification led.
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wneh i just got my xperia z notifications works with stamina on. Since my xperia got root no more notificatoions in stamina mode. thats not right IMO.
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Hey, post your battery drain time, for your original included battery. Vote also!
Please try to do it using this method, to keep results consistent and more accurate.
Fully charge your battery, once fully charged, reboot your phone, this will reset the "Time since boot" to zero. Then use your phone as you normally do, once the battery is about to die, dial in *#*#4636#*#* choose battery information, then please post your "Time Since Boot." This time should be reflective of the time it took for your battery to drain.
From full charge, to basically empty, my battery icon is flashing... the max I've gotten is 25hrs.
I have screen set to lowest level
only gmail is actively synced
bluetooth off, haptic feedback off
black background
I make a few calls, play maybe an hours worth of Angry Birds, and use the internet for probably an hour.
Please post your results, and how you use your phone! Thanks
Oh ya, I've also tested with and without Juice Defender, didn't help increase my battery life at all, so I uninstalled it.
16-20 hours on mine, using Juice Defender.
Juice Defender says it helps my phone x1.97... I believe it. My battery life sucks without it.
Please post how you guys/gals use your phone, and R-U a heavy moderate or light user
sano614 said:
16-20 hours on mine, using Juice Defender.
Juice Defender says it helps my phone x1.97... I believe it. My battery life sucks without it.
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Please post how you guys use your phone, along with your drain time results. What are your phone settings set to, are you a heavy moderate or light user(of course that is subjective).
I get about 4 hours of actual using my phone. Because I am a somewhat heavy user my phone is dead before 12 hors off the charger.
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I get about 4 hours of actual using my phone. Because I am a somewhat heavy user my phone is dead before 12 hors off the charger.
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I wonder what caldjeff is doing to get 36-40hrs, wow!
wonder what/her usage is like
I get about 30hrs on average.
I use about 2.5hrs of voice per day
I have K-9 that updates every 10 mins
I get about 30 or so emails a day
I keep my display settings on the lowest
I prob use 1 hour of music playing a day
Surf the net for 1/2 hour
Average times for me
All those folks getting 30+ hrs, how are you achieving that?
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All those folks getting 30+ hrs, how are you achieving that?
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angry birds sucks alot of juice. All games will. Also are you using wifi and GPS. both of those also use alot
geocepe said:
angry birds sucks alot of juice. All games will. Also are you using wifi and GPS. both of those also use alot
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I use wifi at home, and GPS is always on, but many so called experts say, that leaving GPS on doesn't use battery, it only uses battery if it is actually being actively used.
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...but many so called experts say, that leaving GPS on doesn't use battery, it only uses battery if it is actually being actively used.
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Well, I am not an expert, but its been my experience that even when I never turn off the GPS, my phone has a good battery life. I cant complain.
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I get 12-15 hours on mine.
I have:
Gmail Syncing
Screen to medium brightness
games for about 30 minutes
internet for about 40 minutes
youtube for about an hour
music for a hour
All that, I do everyday. I usually have a little bit left after doing that.
I only got 5-8 hours a day before I let the battery COMPLETELY die, then my battery improved.
Pookito said:
Well, I am not an expert, but its been my experience that even when I never turn off the GPS, my phone has a good battery life. I cant complain.
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Ya, I leave GPS toggled on, it shouldn't use battery unless it is actively being used.
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Ya, I leave GPS toggled on, it shouldn't use battery unless it is actively being used.
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agreed- 12hrs based on my high usage Wifi,bt,gps all on screen brightest all time(i sell em so like bright screen to floss) stream espn radio thru bt 6+hrs a day. lil video watching and lil (30-45min each) web browsing constant texts and calls.-vibrant fact 2.1 update 1
I usually have to recharge after 2 days of normal use.
Internet, few games, web browsing, a lot of texting. Airplane mode when going to sleep. Hardly use it at work.
Id say about 30 hours at max.
15 hours over-using it.
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HG! said:
I usually have to recharge after 2 days of normal use.
Internet, few games, web browsing, a lot of texting. Airplane mode when going to sleep. Hardly use it at work.
Id say about 30 hours at max.
15 hours over-using it.
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second this
Is there a way to track how much juice your active widgets may be draining? The System "Battery use" meter doesn't seem to track this... Thx
pavvy said:
Is there a way to track how much juice your active widgets may be draining? The System "Battery use" meter doesn't seem to track this... Thx
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have you tried *#*#4636#*#* then you can see battery use bay programs I think, not totally sure though, try looking around there.
Turn off orientation in settings. Try it for a day and see how much your battery life increases.
Goog1e Phone said:
Turn off orientation in settings. Try it for a day and see how much your battery life increases.
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how does that increase battery life? Ill trx it but i use landscape keyboard a lot
http://db.tt/KhLtQeqM
I updated "cleanly" as per my previous post,
B.
Looks good!
What is your brightness setting?
More info about your settings please?
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Auto mainly but i adjust sometimes upwards, as ICS auto brightness can be a bit too dark for me sometimes.
I turn wifi, gps off when im not using it, NFC is off if that makes a difference. 3g is on always. Nothing special, I just "use it" as I normally would.
I think 2 days and 8 hours is pretty good going?
Stock battery?
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Stock battery?
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yes absolutely, nothing custom at all. bought from carphone warehouse in uk, i9020T
I don't get it, I get 14 hours if I'm lucky...
RioRyan said:
I don't get it, I get 14 hours if I'm lucky...
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No idea feel free to ask me specific questions!
what apps have you used in this 2+ day period?? games? streaming video? web-browsing? These are the most common uses and they are also the biggest battery killers. I'm sure if I had my phone in airplane mode & barely used it at all I could get better battery life than that. Please give us more details on the specific apps, etc. you ran in this period (to the best of your memory, of course )
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what apps have you used in this 2+ day period?? games? streaming video? web-browsing? These are the most common uses and they are also the biggest battery killers. I'm sure if I had my phone in airplane mode & barely used it at all I could get better battery life than that. Please give us more details on the specific apps, etc. you ran in this period (to the best of your memory, of course )
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Hmm probably only an hours worth of "apparatus" - game, good couple of hours on google reader, facebook etc. no more than an hour on the phone.
my "normal" usage really; not trying to be overly conservative, but also not constantly on. certainly nothing to suggest that I'm getting any worse battery life than I did on 2.3.x
Next time you get this kind of usage from a full charge down to zero let us know your screen on time please.
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Battery life stats don't mean much if you don't really use the phone for those 2 days. I'm at 16hours with 66percent left.
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Here's mine. A day and half. Similar battery performance with GB even though that Android OS is way too high (higher than Screen)
Yes; that Android OS' looks like a statistic and therefore has a 87.8% chance of being made up on the spot (like that one!).
This is a sample of my battery life and quite unusual for me; Mobile Standby is the highest because I spent five or so hours in an area with very poor coverage, when it could get a signal it was 2G.
Wifi is on when I know I have a hotspot I can use. AutoSync off unless I need it. Bluetooth wasn't used. Screen brightness mostly at the minimum with some time at Auto. Latitude constantly running in automatic update.
Screen on time was 2 hours, 30 minutes and that included approximately 20 minutes of Google Maps (not Navigation).
The biggest difference I've made on my device is to log out of Google+. My use is mostly checking two Gmail accounts, browsing the web, using DropBox / Documents-to-Go, texting, some photography.
Disabling Latitude's AutoUpdate stops the device from waking up with the screen off (all those little blue ticks on the use bar) and makes a big difference to battery life when I'm on the move.
How can you guys take screenshot on stock?
Hold down power and vol. down simultaneously for a second or two for a screenshot.
Also, nice battery life. I've been running about a day with ~50% left, 2 hours of screen time and somewhere around 30 - 45mins gaming. WiFi on all day and calls/texting was minimal.
Have a look https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT More insight regarding Android OS from google engineer.
I am running stock 4.0.3 ICS and battery lasts only 10-11 hours.(Data Disabled, Occasional Wifi Use, Brightness reduced to minimum.).
Android-Junky said:
I am running stock 4.0.3 ICS and battery lasts only 10-11 hours.(Data Disabled, Occasional Wifi Use, Brightness reduced to minimum.).
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What's your screen on time during the ten hours?
Hi all, I recently purchased a galaxy s4 1.9 Ghz quad core snap dragon and last night I turned off the phone with 26% battery when I lit morning I found a 23% battery! Other thing when i navigate on facebook, with half brightness I consume a lot of battery, for example if i have 5 minutes on facebook consume 4, 5 % battery go! Is it normal?
A different battery level between turning off and back on is nothing unusual, especially only 3%. It's the first release and things will improve as the firmware is updated.
I have no issues with general battery life myself - it is much better than my I9100 ever was. With normal use I go from fully charged to between 30 and 40 percent in around 16-18 hours and considering we're talking about a phone with a 5" 1080p display I don't think there can be any complaints about that. I have never had to recharge during the day.
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Pagnell said:
A different battery level between turning off and back on is nothing unusual, especially only 3%. It's the first release and things will improve as the firmware is updated.
I have no issues with general battery life myself - it is much better than my I9100 ever was. With normal use I go from fully charged to between 30 and 40 percent in around 16-18 hours and considering we're talking about a phone with a 5" 1080p display I don't think there can be any complaints about that. I have never had to recharge during the day.
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What settings do you leave on? I usually don't pass the 10 hour mark without having to recharge. I leave mobile data, sync, screen rotation and multi Window and turn the rest off. The battery life is horrible especially for someone coming from a Note II
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Facebook on S4 is a battery hog for sure. On the 10-11 hours my phone was on, Facebook accounted for 50% of the battery usage, and the screen 26%. Turn of Facebook sync and such, that will improve your battery life.
I don't use Facebook on my I9505, but I have to concur the battery life on this phone is utter garbage.
With mobile data, power saving and sync on, this thing still drains like crazy, there is definitely something wrong somewhere with the S4's battery in general. I've only heard very few people saying it's actually decent, other than that, mine and pretty much everyone else I hear commenting about the S4's battery life agree it's horrible.
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I don't use Facebook on my I9505, but I have to concur the battery life on this phone is utter garbage.
With mobile data, power saving and sync on, this thing still drains like crazy, there is definitely something wrong somewhere with the S4's battery in general. I've only heard very few people saying it's actually decent, other than that, mine and pretty much everyone else I hear commenting about the S4's battery life agree it's horrible.
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I'm at 64% after almost 15 hours... You must have some ****ty apps, try greenify from the play store.
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fstorm said:
I'm at 64% after almost 15 hours... You must have some ****ty apps, try greenify from the play store.
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It's not the apps, it's the phone or the battery.
My Note 3 seems to be able to get only 4-5 hours of screen time while on 4G. Using Wi-Fi doesn't improve the battery life much either.
My brightness is set to auto and mostly used indoors. I've also used set cpu to limit cup usage to 960 mhz, installed greenify but nothing seems to help. Mostly surfing the web, fb, Twitter etc
I felt that I got better battery life out of it during the first week of my purchase 3 weeks ago. But ever since last week it's been getting bad.
Any ideas why?
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batt life
Although the Note 3 is a beast of a phone..all the functions that it has are also battery hogs.. what you dont need to use frequently, can be turned off with the factory toggles..
things like air gesture, command, motions, (turning power sav mode on) wifi off, live wallpapers, lookout antivirus, and if you press the 3 line icon at top right, there are 20 functions that can potentially drain battery..nfc, air view, smart stay..etc.. also, try battery doctor app to help control additional consumption. Turn the fucntions on only as needed..
OR- Get an extended battery or just a battery like mugen or zero lemon battery..with extra power within same parameters, similar dimensions. etc. hope this helps. REMEMBER - like a cop car, that has all those lights, radios, laptop- they run a bigger battery AND a huge alternator.
I have all the fancy system apps and features already disabled with root app delete. What's weird is it happens when I'm doing basic web brwosing.
The battery also seems to be draining at 1% per hour while the screen is turned off, is this supposed to happen?
Or could it be a faulty battery?
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have you tried turning off animations?
aeronium said:
I have all the fancy system apps and features already disabled with root app delete. What's weird is it happens when I'm doing basic web brwosing.
The battery also seems to be draining at 1% per hour while the screen is turned off, is this supposed to happen?
Or could it be a faulty battery?
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Use juice defender to turn off data when your phone is not being used (deep sleep), use this as a temporary measure I would say while u use the various battery stats monitoring tools to find the actual culprit.
Sounds like an app issue. Have you installed any new apps recently that may coincide with the sudden poor battery performance? I don't use any power saving apps and leave all my Samsung features enabled and still get over a full day's worth of use.
Are you in a poor reception area? Perhaps you should consider a factory reset. If that doesn't change anything, exchange your device for a new one.
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you have the s800 witch it's not an low consuption cpu even if the governor sysfs settages are good
aeronium said:
My Note 3 seems to be able to get only 4-5 hours of screen time while on 4G. Using Wi-Fi doesn't improve the battery life much either.
My brightness is set to auto and mostly used indoors. I've also used set cpu to limit cup usage to 960 mhz, installed greenify but nothing seems to help. Mostly surfing the web, fb, Twitter etc
I felt that I got better battery life out of it during the first week of my purchase 3 weeks ago. But ever since last week it's been getting bad.
Any ideas why?
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Do you have Google Now enabled? I noticed as soon as I enabled Google now and location services my battery life has suffered.
aeronium said:
The battery also seems to be draining at 1% per hour while the screen is turned off, is this supposed to happen?
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How is that a problem
Are you saying that if you left your phone fully charged and didnt touch it. It would last over 4 days
and you think this is bad battery life
Many many factors can cause battery drain apps you use sync of apps,signal strength,brightness,sensors,google now,s-voice etc.
themes you use
Using black themes will use less battery because an led display will turn off the black areas of the screen etc which is how it achieves the best black contrasts.
I myself have the same use 4-5 hrs of on screen battery which i find great as i can take my phone and use it all day without a problem
people who have 7-8 hrs of on screen time per day on there phone should really seek counselling or go to AA meetings as you have a problem
As to disabling features of the phone Buying a smartphone and disabling all the features that make it a smart phone is pretty pointless if you ask me
It's been the same for me. The first couple of weeks I had the phone the battery was amazing. I could last 2 days easily with heavy usage. I'd say since the most recent update I had on this phone the battery life has been draining significantly faster. I now have to charge my phone each night as it is always hovering around 30%
Do you guys think the update has anything to do with this issue?
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The biggest battery hog I've ever seen is facebook. Particularly, its auto sync. Kill that and try again.
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I am just absolutely STUNNED at the battery life on this thing. 46hrs total and 6hrs SOT on one charge, and I still had 5% left (probably could've got another hour of total time on and another 1/2 hour SOT). Pretty damn great if you ask me. It lasted me 2 full work days!
Battery Life pics= http://imgur.com/a/FhyGW
I do have some tricks though, maybe this can help yall. At around 10-11pm (an hour or 2 before bed) I put on power saving mode, bc at that time I am not using my phone much. I also activate and keep on power saving mode at 20% until I need to charge. My PSM settings are: -10% decrease brightness, screen resolution= HD, CPU Speed Limiter= on, Background network usage= on (turn off for even more superb idle battery life), Always on Display= off. Lastly, I have a Tasker profile that will turn auto brightness off, and my brightness way down whenever I am connected to WiFi, and I believe that helps as well.
I've had the GS3, GS4, GS5, GS6 & now GS8. The GS8 is by far my favorite and in a league of it's own IMO. How's your battery life on your Sprint GS8+?!
Especially if you don't install facebook. What a battery turd.
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Especially if you don't install facebook. What a battery turd.
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I wish I can remove fb
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Son Rise said:
I wish I can remove fb
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AdHell 2
You can use METAL or METAL PRO, much better, full functionality, none of the battery drain.