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Before the battery dies I feel like it drains alot of battery was wondering whats the most it can stay on for.Im starting to think 2 hours.
It's much more than 2 hours...I remember reading in a few threads people have gotten 7-8 hours of display time. If your phone is dying in 2 hours of display time there is something seriously wrong with it. 2 hours probably brings me to 75%
7-8 hours with the screen on the entire time I dunno thats crazy I wish it lasted that long im gonna test it soon as i get a full charge
Yeah, my impression is that 4-5 hours of actual screen use time is average. It's the standby times that really matter, in terms of variation in batt life.
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I agree 4-5 hours on auto brightness is probably the average, depending on what you're doing, obviously. I've hit 10+ hours with the screen on while using the Kindle app with white on black and minimum brightness.
I usually get around 2 hours max at 25% brightness...
You guys must be doing something wrong - like something wrong with your clock. I can play Angry Birds for more than 2hrs. Obviously, that's screen on, plus significant CPU/GPU usage.
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If you're only getting 2 hrs, there's something wrong with your phone.
I needed to drain my battery completely last week so I cranked the brightness all the way, turned on GPS and 3G, set it to never sleep and set Angry Birds running and it took well over 2 hours to drain completely, and that was from 80% charged.
I got 3 hours with farm story open entire time I let the phone sit 10 percent left lowest brightness I did everything else to save battery but when it comes to display I'm at a lose any ideas
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Just for some reference,
I have 50% battery now,
72% Is display and its time on 1h42m
Sounds normal isn't it?
Though I don't really like it
I was looking at system panel farm story was using 100% cpu the time it was on maybe I'll try with angery birds and see what happens 3 hours tho is bad id be happy with 5 at least
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So does anyone have any idea how to prolong the amount of battery used while the display is on? I think someone suggested clearing the battery cache but I'm not sure how to do that...
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rexrbgh said:
So does anyone have any idea how to prolong the amount of battery used while the display is on? I think someone suggested clearing the battery cache but I'm not sure how to do that...
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"Reconditioning" your battery will not make it last longer. At all. It will EVENTUALLY (after several complete charge cycles) make your reading of the battery level more accurate across the whole discharge cycle. Wiping battery stats is, for the most part, a placebo. The only time you should wipe your battery stats is if you flash to a drastically different ROM/kernel or if you get a new battery.
If you want to get less drain from the screen itself your only options are:
1) low brightness
2) avoid the color white. A black pixel on a SAMOLED is literally off, a white pixel consumes the most power possible and it's a sliding scale in between.
I was browsing for about 2 hours and battery dropped to 70%. Brightness is adjusted 25% or less though.
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"Reconditioning" your battery will not make it last longer. At all. It will EVENTUALLY (after several complete charge cycles) make your reading of the battery level more accurate across the whole discharge cycle. Wiping battery stats is, for the most part, a placebo. The only time you should wipe your battery stats is if you flash to a drastically different ROM/kernel or if you get a new battery.
If you want to get less drain from the screen itself your only options are:
1) low brightness
2) avoid the color white. A black pixel on a SAMOLED is literally off, a white pixel consumes the most power possible and it's a sliding scale in between.
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Did it anyways. Oh well...
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How is everyone's battery life doing? Im on almost 11hrs with 27% left with medium/heavy usage.
Over two hours screen time, 11 hours up time. 50% left. Moderate use.
I also run Cerberus and Lookout Mobile plus all this bloatware B.S....it's only going to get better!
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Really heavy use I have 32%
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Been great so far. Lots of surfing but I did use the battery saver option in the settings
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Did it take a cycle to start getting better battery? I'm at work with it in my pocket and it seems to be doing poor
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Not to be crass, but any phone that is used at 10% brightness, which is what Samsung uses, is going to last the day with heavy use. This is not surprising, and any phone is capable of this. The challenge lies in making the phone last the day with the brightness up.
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Not to be crass, but any phone that is used at 10% brightness, which is what Samsung uses, is going to last the day with heavy use. This is not surprising, and any phone is capable of this. The challenge lies in making the phone last the day with the brightness up.
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I'm using mine in auto brightness , it got me thru the day with heavy usage.
It's not letting me post the other picture but any ways its at 5 percent and screen on time was at 3:39 when I took both screen shots, it was on my first charge also
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Same. I keep mine on auto brightness.
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Not to be crass, but any phone that is used at 10% brightness, which is what Samsung uses, is going to last the day with heavy use. This is not surprising, and any phone is capable of this. The challenge lies in making the phone last the day with the brightness up.
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My thoughts exactly.
lamenramen said:
Not to be crass, but any phone that is used at 10% brightness, which is what Samsung uses, is going to last the day with heavy use. This is not surprising, and any phone is capable of this. The challenge lies in making the phone last the day with the brightness up.
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I hate a dim screen. I just set my display to 100%. I expect to need a few spare batteries which does not bother me in the least. As I've said elsewhere, IMO this battery usage is awesome. Best I've had except for that One S.
Use it hard, the battery is going to die. edit-I'm near my charger all day so have not gone below 60% yet.
I'll let you know after a few days at 100% what I think.
battery rocks on this phone!! as long as i can keep getting through the day without having to charge i will be fine, however i just got my t-mobile car charger in a few minutes ago
What's with the cell standby percentage?
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Loving the battery life so far, I used my phone for like 4-5 hours last night with the brightness up pretty high (70 or 80%) and a couple hours today already and its still got plenty of life left ^.^
Ditto. I do not like a dim screen. At least not Samsung dim. It's clearly done as a ploy to artificially inflate battery life runtimes. Someone called them out on this in a review and said that the SIII at 100% brightness is at most 70% of the One X's brightness, which I believe, as there is at least a 200 nit difference in peak brightness between these two phones. This is easily visible. Especially in videos where it matters.
the battery is ok, but i was getting better battery life with my iPhone 3gs before i upgraded to my s3
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I'm using mine in auto brightness , it got me thru the day with heavy usage.
It's not letting me post the other picture but any ways its at 5 percent and screen on time was at 3:39 when I took both screen shots, it was on my first charge also
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When cell standby is 21% that's not heavy use...just saying
With all these reports it's looking like the T-mobile version is getting better battery performance over the ATT LTE version. Excellent news!
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the battery is ok, but i was getting better battery life with my iPhone 3gs before i upgraded to my s3
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I don't mean to be a jerk but if you were using your 3GS on Tmo then it was on edge and well... yeah. If that's the case, that will be the dumbest comparison I've ever read on XDA. Ever.
Not even trolling, just shocked the comparison was even made.
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With all these reports it's looking like the T-mobile version is getting better battery performance over the ATT LTE version. Excellent news!
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Probably MUCH better battery life, and with damn fast download speeds still! Gimme my hspa+42 & I couldn't be happier! More than respectable speed with outstanding battery life for a powerful cpu & screen this large and beautiful! I was running w/ the sensation for a bit while I was waiting for the GS3 & I'm grateful to have that Samsung battery life back. They seem to do well in this department.
I always wondered why some SGS3 users seemed to have great battery life and others didn't then I found out why for myself. I had my S3 for maybe 5 days then managed to crack the screen from a short fall (the screen is really too delicate) so had it replaced through my insurance. I returned the broken device but kept the accessories including the battery of which I now have two...yeah! The battery from the replacement device always drained entirely too much on standby time and gave me roughly 12 hours on moderate use. The original battery routinely gave me 17+ hours on moderate and had exceptional standby time. I subsequently returned to using my original battery and enjoying great battery life on my replacement phone.
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I always wondered why some SGS3 users seemed to have great battery life and others didn't then I found out why for myself. I had my S3 for maybe 5 days then managed to crack the screen from a short fall (the screen is really too delicate) so had it replaced through my insurance. I returned the broken device but kept the accessories including the battery of which I now have two...yeah! The battery from the replacement device always drained entirely too much on standby time and gave me roughly 12 hours on moderate use. The original battery routinely gave me 17+ hours on moderate and had exceptional standby time. I subsequently returned to using my original battery and enjoying great battery life on my replacement phone.
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ya i'm with you there cause a lot of people complain about battery life but mine seems to be great yes i can drop my phone from 80-60% in 2 to 3 hours but thats extremely heavy use where if i don't use my phone at all i find i will go through about 20% of the battery for the full day and that is with light use as well
Mainly due to signal if your in an area where your signal is bad, your phone constantly polling for signal if you use WiFi the whole time then yes you would get long battery life. That's why I don't trust any screen shot in "post your battery life" with WiFi signal. I use my phone as it comes with my plan, I don't constantly seek out WiFi spot to hook up to. It's dangerous for security reason and defeat the whole purpose of owning smart phone with data plan. If you can't afford a data plan than don't get a smart phone.
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I can't figure out the battery on this thing.
Some days I get excellent battery. Some days it will drain on standby. I unplugged it last night at 100%. I woke up this morning and it's completely dead.
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Oh well. Then posting battery life is irrelevant.
That's not necessarily true I use Wi-Fi a lot and I have 10gbs of data I only do this at home mind you cause my internet speed is a lot faster but still
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So since my battery life sucks, i should ask samsung for a replacement untill i am satisfied with battery life?
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Here are my screen shots. This is with wap.cingular apn, cpu sleeper, rooted stock rom, juice defender ultimate, battery fully charged and discharged more than 10 times, 4g on the entire screen on time, settings optimized, gestures off, battery saving mode off, gps on, web browsing most of the time, 2 push mail accounts, 1 mail syncs every hour, brightness at 35-40%, and all bloatware disabled, anything else, just ask me. Anyone with knowledge on this please let me know if this is acceptable, or ill go get a replacement unit tomorrow. This is an ATT unit.
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That's not necessarily true I use Wi-Fi a lot and I have 10gbs of data I only do this at home mind you cause my internet speed is a lot faster but still
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thats understandable but some people go out constantly looking for a place with wifi so they can get online.
Ya I see your point and I agree if you can't afford a data plan then don't get a smart phone is not worth it even 512mb plan is okay if you know how much use you are getting out of the
you don't need to buy a new phone just try and get a different battery as much as a pain in the ass as that may seem but usually that's the cause of the problem not the phone itself
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Juice defender kills batteries more than it helps I strongly recommend you stop using it. Battery saving maps don't typically work because it uses a lot of energy to re enable 3g/4g/lte and to turn them off. I disable everything I don't use. Have Bluetooth in everyday all day, GPS, and sync. I have about 60 apps.
Today I'm at 62% with 1 hour 10 mins of screen time. 8tracks for 30 minutes. And about a half hiur of calls. Not bad battery life IMO. I browse tapatalk a lot on various forums.
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agreed, ever since ics i've stopped using battery apps
I'm ordering a new battery and hoping it's going to be the fix...
Ya if I'm not using my data I turn it off but I'm at 54% and I've been on the net a lot and Wi-Fi tethered for 2 hours.... I love this phone
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My phone is stock. GPS, gesters and location are enabled. 4g LTE blazing... I can push this thing 24 hours. My 2 exchange accounts are push from [email protected] to 8P .. I have 5 google accounts on push as well
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So would the solution be going back to att and asking for a new battery? I've had the phone for about 3-4 days so im still under that 30 day warranty thing.
I have 2 batteries and 1 does seem to last longer than the other. Ima test this a few more days.
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So would the solution be going back to att and asking for a new battery? I've had the phone for about 3-4 days so im still under that 30 day warranty thing.
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Shouldn't matter about 30 day warranty, manufacturer warranty SHOULD get u a new battery beyond those 30 days. Anyone else had any luck exchange battery this way?? Also once exchanged was the battery better??
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Proof of battery life
Approximately 30 mins of call time and 2 hours of talk time... 44 hours later my phone was about ready to die! Clearly this was light to moderate use but this gives me great hope that I should be able to last more than the 12 hours I was getting on my other battery with moderate usage. I credit the longevity to the use of CPU tuner, Juice Defender, the build in power saving mode (everything checked except CPU), and applying the cell standby tweak (though its utility is debatable).
I have had my S4 for 5 days, battery lasts me only 5-6 hours at best. Moderate useage. Disabled all bloatware and apps I am not using. Not having the Maps issue, also turned off all the air gesture stuff and etc. Should I get it replaced?
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Is your screen at max brightness? When you click on your screen in that screen what kind of on time are you getting before it's dead? I get 3-4 hours usually
Its all the way down and on auto. And it says 1 hour and 45 mins
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What does betterbatterystats say?
I have the same problem, but I get around 2:30 screen on. About 6-8 hours usage, I've been trying different ways of charging to see if it will extend life, I might try to use power saver mode next if I can't find a way to get better life.
I have same problem too. This is day 7 for me since I acquired the device. The first day I thought the drain was from the amount of usage during my setting up the device. But now even after a full charge. It will be down to 92% just sitting in my holster in about an hours time. The battery would drain in about 8 to 10 hours.
The only massive usage in the battery status page I see is the screen and I have set that at lowest brightness and then auto. Im using battery saver as well. Im thinking about taking this to AT&T store tomorrow to see about battery or device replacement.
We shall see.
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...But now even after a full charge. It will be down to 92% just sitting in my holster in about an hours time...
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That is definitely abnormally high battery drain. I get less than 1.5% drain / hour when the phone is idle. So your drain seems to be more than 5 times higher!
It may be a misbehaving app.
BetterBatteryStats, is good because it gives you detailed info on what is consuming your battery.
This is what mine looks like
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If you are in a building with pretty thick walls that could drain your battery also due to the phone using more power to acquire a signal. I work in a building that house a lot of servers and notice it uses more battery than when I'm not at work.
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I have had my S4 for 5 days, battery lasts me only 5-6 hours at best. Moderate useage. Disabled all bloatware and apps I am not using. Not having the Maps issue, also turned off all the air gesture stuff and etc. Should I get it replaced?
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I see you're using slacker radio, most streaming services will eat battery up. If you click that what's the run time on it?
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If you are in a building with pretty thick walls that could drain your battery also due to the phone using more power to acquire a signal. I work in a building that house a lot of servers and notice it uses more battery than when I'm not at work.
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This i can agree with, when i visit my parents in the middle of nowhere my battery on any phone every has always died in 3 hours looking for a signal so this might be relevant if you're in a porr signal area.
If you're curious about where you sit for coverage try this app RF Signal Tracker - Play Store Link
Typical battery life. Auto brightness. Poor signal also and on wifi.
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I'm having this problem too, I don't understand BBS but here's a screenshot of the screen.
I'm tired of this, how can a new and expensive cellphone's battery lasts like 8 hours without even really using it.
My drain was resolved. Android battery stats indicated the screen was draining the battery. BBS indicated my WIFI use was. But neither usage seemed too much.
A visit to the local AT&T store got me a new battery. Albeit some arm twisting occured trying to convince them of the hardware issue.
Yesterday, after overnight charge the previous night, I ended the day with a 72 % battery.
Did a quick charge to 100 percent this morning and my charge dropped 1% in 1 hour. With heavy usage, I sit currently at 72%.
Much better results and happier.
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I'm moderately using the nexus and only getting 5ish hours of screen time with brightness halfway. And people been saying that they get 7+ hours.
If you happen to be one of those people, did you calibrated yours? And how do you do it? I heard you have to drain the battery and then charge it back up. Does it work? Or is it just a myth?
They are many variables involved here beyond screen brightness. You are not going to hard core game for 7 hours out do anything that has CPU/GPU running high.
I keep my brightness set to auto.. Half way seems way to bright to get any decent battery life.
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I'm moderately using the nexus and only getting 5ish hours of screen time with brightness halfway. And people been saying that they get 7+ hours.
If you happen to be one of those people, did you calibrated yours? And how do you do it? I heard you have to drain the battery and then charge it back up. Does it work? Or is it just a myth?
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I get about the same battery life on 50% brightness
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About 6 hours of use. If I let it sit I get a day of standby.
Games, Internet, and netflix kill the life for me.
Last week I took it to work and forgot my plug. I watched Netflix on the battery for about 4 and a half hours. It was at 8% when I left.
Avg of 6 seems the norm. /shrug
That seems about right actually at 50% brightness. I keep mine on auto but it is usually at about 10-15% brightness and I can get 6 hours all day long over a bay or two of the charger
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They are many variables involved here beyond screen brightness. You are not going to hard core game for 7 hours out do anything that has CPU/GPU running high.
I keep my brightness set to auto.. Half way seems way to bright to get any decent battery life.
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I barely game on mine.
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I'm moderately using the nexus and only getting 5ish hours of screen time with brightness halfway. And people been saying that they get 7+ hours.
If you happen to be one of those people, did you calibrated yours? And how do you do it? I heard you have to drain the battery and then charge it back up. Does it work? Or is it just a myth?
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From initial setup (battery came at 62%) I let it completely die and then proceeded to do an initial battery charge cycle (charged it for 6 hours). After which I put it on the charger at about 14% which is normally right as I go to bed for regular charge cycles.
As for my battery life, I get an average 8 hours screen time while doing heavy gaming, watching Netflix/Youtube, listening to music, reading, and lastly browsing the web. As for standby time 3 days on battery on average (with Wi-Fi off during Sleep and always scan for Wi-Fi off).
This is with auto-brightness as I've found zero need to adjust it save for a few occasions I had to raise it for a few minutes while outdoors. If you want great battery life, leave the Nexus to it's own devices It knows how to handle it's brightness; very well I might add.
Granted your mileage my vary drastically as my Nexus 7 was flawless when purchased with zero of the known issues. (It also brought me to this lovely forum. )
Realistically you only need like 10-25 percent brightness on this thing at most times. This thing goes really bright.
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auto brightness
About 10Hours of battery life.
Get about ten hours of battery life. I have brightness set to half. The real part that was saving me battery is the advanced wifi settings. I set it so that it never searches or keeps wifi on when sleeping. Also manually turn off wifi when I don't have coverage. I use alot of YouTube, internet and Netflix.