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Question for those who have the Venue Pro: For the past two day that you all had the phone how is the battery holding up?
I'd like to know that too, battery life is the reason why I don't want a HD7.
I took mine off the charger about 7am yesterday, went to work, used the phone to browse the web on the train, make a few calls, send some messages and mail & used the media player. Got home around 7PM with about 20%, which was about what my brother's Venue Pro had as well.
His phone died around 8:30, I had mine on the charger by 9PM, so I would say the battery lasts anywhere from 12-15 hours with moderate usage. This was on the first full charge though, so that may improve.
Arcarsenal said:
I took mine off the charger about 7am yesterday, went to work, used the phone to browse the web on the train, make a few calls, send some messages and mail & used the media player. Got home around 7PM with about 20%, which was about what my brother's Venue Pro had as well.
His phone died around 8:30, I had mine on the charger by 9PM, so I would say the battery lasts anywhere from 12-15 hours with moderate usage. This was on the first full charge though, so that may improve.
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Thanks, that's n ot to bad.
Feels like it's similar to my HD2 in usage. Wish the battery lasted a little longer but then again i'm using the thing more then usual since it's new
Those of you with the relaunched DVP, could you comment on battery life please? More to my query, can you use it as a Zune all day and still be able to have a full day of usage?
would like to know this as well
battery is decent, I had wifi running while I was planted in the phone for a straight 2 hours and it lost about 1/4 of the battery. I have yet to go a full day straight without putting it back on the charger about mid day. So maybe tomorrow I will give a review on the battery
Today it's been going for about 15 hours of really light usage and it's at half power.
Yesterday I used it web browsing for an hour or two and used it about as much as I ever will and it got about 18hours.
First day with over 300MB of downloading, syncing and first charge resulted in about a 6 hour battery life.
I would like to test straight up MP3 playback time but ran into the problem of volume. It rings through the headphones if you have headphones plugged in so I wouldn't be able to hear my phone ring. Not really an option. And I'm not keen on tinny mini speakers playing music for a couple of hours.
Yesterday woke up to its first full charge.. used it to surf and text and made about 30 min call. Texted off and on all day, even played with a few apps and had wifi on for about 3 hours. It died in about 10-12 hours.
So it should last a full work day, and if your at work you could have it on charge.
On standby today (havent played with) and about 30 min of talk time. Its showing almost no charge lost in 4 hours..
Charles
I don't know if its just me but on my first full charge I only got 4 hours of usage. On the second charge it jumped to 7 hours. I'm pretty sure its because I was constantly using it, but it was still a bit of a surprise to see my battery life drop so quick, especially after hearing reports of 10-15 hours of moderate to heavy use.
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I don't know if its just me but on my first full charge I only got 4 hours of usage. On the second charge it jumped to 7 hours. I'm pretty sure its because I was constantly using it, but it was still a bit of a surprise to see my battery life drop so quick, especially after hearing reports of 10-15 hours of moderate to heavy use.
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Same here, I have been so disappointed by battery life.
on idle
2 and a half days
moderate use
1 day and about 5 hours (no playing just sms very few calls)
heavy use
18 hours
my phone just died and this is after 1 and a half of use! this thing is incredible compare to my G1!
I don't even have to lower the brightness and turn off all the features unlike my G1, which really hindered my experience with that phone. It's the same story with my friend's new MyTouch 4G. His die after 7-8hrs of use and he has to turn off features and turn down the brightness.
This phone on the other hand, I used it quite often in those 1day and half. texting, phone calls, internet, playing games, watched an episode of family on Netflix app, took many pictures and played with camera settings and many other things, yet it lasted that long! WOW
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on idle
2 and a half days
moderate use
1 day and about 5 hours (no playing just sms very few calls)
heavy use
18 hours
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this is my experience also
I know a lot of people brag about great battery life, getting 20 hours or so of life, but really, unless you have a godly battery, I doubt with heavy usage you could get more than 6 hours of life.
I'm asking for opinions here, because I get about 2 and a half hours of Display usage before my battery dies.
Is this about normal? I'm sure the signal plays a part, as I average around 92 - 100 dBm signal in my city, which I know isn't very good.
I turn off my 3G whenever not in use, I have display set 30% brightness, auto-sync is off, gps, bluetooth, and sometimes I put the phone in airplane mode when signal is weak.
My point is, even with all the battery saving tricks, I get about no more than 2 hours and 30 minutes of Display usage, regardless of whether I'm playing a game or using the browser.
Running CM7, with Conservative, min 245, max 998 MHz as well, stock kernel.
What do you guys get?
Hit up the sprint CS chat. Complain about battery life. Ask them if they can comp you an extended battery. Took two tries but a csr refunded my battery purchase in full. In my case I bought first then asked for refund. Worst case you could just return it
i get about 3 hours screen on with stock and double with my chinese extended battery.
they're both more than enough for a full day. i dont see how i would be bored enough to be using my phone screen on for 3 hours in a whole day anyway haha.
i think some people consider playing music for a long time a "heavy" use of the battery which in my opinion isn't true. playing music barely drains anything when it's on for a few hours even with 3g.
but yeah i dont think the stock has enough juice for screen on more than 3 or 4 hours. i get 20 hours usage frequently but that doesnt mean the screen is on the whole time. in a day i probably play half an hour of games read news on the bus for 40 min to and back. read some news browse the web during lunch and listen to music throughout the day.
My opinion. About 100 texts, 15-20mins of angry birds 4G on, lots of web browsing. That's heavy usage.
With stock battery I get about 5-6hrs of heavy usage. On Myn RLS5 with #15 kernel. Moderate use (4G off but wifi on, no angry birds) I can get about 8-9 hrs with stock.
mmm... i dont use 4g so can take that out. I send about 300 texts, web browsing games all that stuff. get about 4.5 hours of screen on.
Heavy use to me is prob checking Facebook and twitter at least 3 times an hour. Receiving 2-5 email an hour from 2 different accounts GMail and Exchange. Playing Angry Birds, The Sims 3 and Bistro cook around an hour combined for all of these.
Reception at my job is not that great so I get around 4-6 hours if I am using it a lot. If I turn off the 3G when im not using it then I can get much more life out of my battery.
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Heavy use to me is prob checking Facebook and twitter at least 3 times an hour. Receiving 2-5 email an hour from 2 different accounts GMail and Exchange. Playing Angry Birds, The Sims 3 and Bistro cook around an hour combined for all of these.
Reception at my job is not that great so I get around 4-6 hours if I am using it a lot. If I turn off the 3G when im not using it then I can get much more life out of my battery.
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bad reception = crap battery
My 'heavy use'
usually everyday I have work which is 4-6 days a week.
Over 350 texts a day (incoming and outgoing)
3 hours total gps/navigation
about 20-30 mins of total talk time
oc'd to 1.228ghz
about 2.5 hours of 4g ON
gps on entire time
live wallpaper always on (nexus revamped pro, fps is at 32, speed at 150)
used multiple apps (psn, xda, mx moto game, setcpu, 7 widgets total)
use flashlight app on high settings for maybe 1 min total time
screen brightness is always at 100%
I get anywhere from 7-9 hrs total time unplugged, I usually have about 10% left when taking these numbers.
I bet I could get a pretty good number if I underclock and turn auto brightness on.
My heavy use:
Get to work at ten
browse almost nonstop
text in between
youtube a few times
...on the charger by 2
Like someone else said, low reception kills batts.
3+ hours a day of Words With Friends.
Guilty as charged!
I get 4.5 hours every day of listening to Mike and Mike in the morning on the new ESPN radio app. I also check facebook several times...and get a few texts. But im sure the 4.5 straightforward hours of streaming is what does the damage.
I stream Radioio.com on my phone for about 5-6 hours a day while I'm at work.....I have the extended battery...and when I get home, I have to toss it on the charger Good thing I have unlimited data....
r916 said:
My 'heavy use'
usually everyday I have work which is 4-6 days a week.
Over 350 texts a day (incoming and outgoing)
3 hours total gps/navigation
about 20-30 mins of total talk time
oc'd to 1.228ghz
about 2.5 hours of 4g ON
gps on entire time
live wallpaper always on (nexus revamped pro, fps is at 32, speed at 150)
used multiple apps (psn, xda, mx moto game, setcpu, 7 widgets total)
use flashlight app on high settings for maybe 1 min total time
screen brightness is always at 100%
I get anywhere from 7-9 hrs total time unplugged, I usually have about 10% left when taking these numbers.
I bet I could get a pretty good number if I underclock and turn auto brightness on.
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What rom are you running. Op is on cm I heard it was hard in the battery as is. I finally upgraded to a extended battery. The extra size isn't bad and you wont regret doing it.
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Pull phone of charger at 12pm. At work at 2. Battery at 90 something percent. Forums and browser non stop til almost 3 to which I gotta put it on charger. Oc'd at 1113 on rls 5 with kings #11. I don't talk battey as its non existent. Lol
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I assume the bad reception must be the worse offender to my battery. I wasn't complaining or anything anyway, I was simply curious.
I have the stock battery, and 2 extra batteries for heavy usage. I primarily use my phone at work, as sometimes business is very slow and I rely on my phone entirely too much for entertainment.
I've been told my usage is moderate to heavy:
MikFroYo 4.5
MS79723's SBC #15 v7
Slayer's Cyan Dragon Theme
4g always on
gps only on when using Foursquare or Maps, otherwise off.
200-300 texts
5-10 minutes of phone calls
1/2 to an hour of angry birds
half a dozen feedr news widget articles I'll use the browser to read
30 minutes of general web browsing
Check e-mail several times
check calender once a day
Stream some music on Subsonic (only when I'm in the car but I have a car charger so I don't count this).
Check fantasy hockey leagues three times a night when there's games on
Check facebook/update status many times
Sometimes I'll use wireless tether and there's a chuck norris app I'm fond of, but that's not everyday. The kernel undervolts, I don't keep my screen on unless i'm doing something and with the SBC I get normally around 12-17 hours a day if I don't tether or dilly dally too much. Since I have a car charger and I charge at home when I'm in the shower or sitting at my desk, my phone rarely drops below 50% on my average day.
If I were in an office, I'd connect the phone to charge to my computer and the car charger has been invaluable. I highly recommend charging it whenever it's just sitting there (even if it's streaming something).
That's how I get through my day
I've seen threads of people being able to get 5 hours of screen time easily on 1 charge throughout the day. I can't come closer to that my phone struggles to get to 3 hours. I've tried everything but i think there is something wrong with my phone's physical hardware. I've even tried 3 different batteries. Two of them were original Samsung batteries purchased directly from the Samsung service centre near my house and the other was an anker 5200mah battery. I use 3g since i find LTE drains a little more battery. At work i listen to music and it drains about 30-40% over 6 hours. When I'm on the bus to school i also listen to music so that adds about 3 hours of music playback. I've tried different roms but the most i could get was 3 1/2 hours and that was when i capped the processor at 900mhz and undervolted. I replaced my Razr HD which was running stock and not rooted and i could get easily 4 hours of screen time and 3 hours of music playback time in 10 hours of uptime. I've also tried several different roms/kernel combinations and let them settle in for a few days before taking any battery life into account.
Also the only push app I use is the stock email app which syncs my outlook/gmail every hour.
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I've seen threads of people being able to get 5 hours of screen time easily on 1 charge throughout the day. I can't come closer to that my phone struggles to get to 3 hours. I've tried everything but i think there is something wrong with my phone's physical hardware. I've even tried 3 different batteries. Two of them were original Samsung batteries purchased directly from the Samsung service centre near my house and the other was an anker 5200mah battery. I use 3g since i find LTE drains a little more battery. At work i listen to music and it drains about 30-40% over 6 hours. When I'm on the bus to school i also listen to music so that adds about 3 hours of music playback. I've tried different roms but the most i could get was 3 1/2 hours and that was when i capped the processor at 900mhz and undervolted. I replaced my Razr HD which was running stock and not rooted and i could get easily 4 hours of screen time and 3 hours of music playback time in 10 hours of uptime. I've also tried several different roms/kernel combinations and let them settle in for a few days before taking any battery life into account.
Also the only push app I use is the stock email app which syncs my outlook/gmail every hour.
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Are those three large chunks of awake time from listening to music? If you're streaming music over 3G that would definitely be heavy on the battery, but even without streaming, I would say that's normal for a GS4 if you're listening to that much music. The GS4 is pretty inefficient when it comes to being awake, even if it's not doing anything (or playing music). Perhaps you could look into lowering the idle clock which is 384 MHz by default. I don't know much about underclocking and kernels since I'm on MF3, so I can't help you with that.
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Are those three large chunks of awake time from listening to music? If you're streaming music over 3G that would definitely be heavy on the battery, but even without streaming, I would say that's normal for a GS4 if you're listening to that much music. The GS4 is pretty inefficient when it comes to being awake, even if it's not doing anything (or playing music). Perhaps you could look into lowering the idle clock which is 384 MHz by default. I don't know much about underclocking and kernels since I'm on MF3, so I can't help you with that.
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Yeah over 90% of my wakelocks are from music the rest is from random small things that have negligible impact or from data turned on. All my wakelocks are accounted for so i didn't posted better battery stats. All my music is stored on the external SD card with media scan set to scan on manual. My minimum clock speed is set to 189mhz at 775mv and im on ktoonservative. I always thought the S4 was more efficient at playing music. I guess i will try the phone out without any music playback.
Hi i have a lg d801 running kit kat. Im getting 4.5 hours of screen on time. I dont play any games or listen to music. Im just watching youtube videos and on social networking. I was wondering if this is the average screen on time.
I use mine in between classes for about 20 minutes at a time. Then for an hour at lunch and until about 7:00pm. At that point, I have MAYBE 3h screen on time and I'm down to 20% when I go to plug it in.
I think it's normal.
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I usually get about 5 hours of Screen-on time using stock ROM w/ root.
hamzahnakhuda07 said:
Hi i have a lg d801 running kit kat. Im getting 4.5 hours of screen on time. I dont play any games or listen to music. Im just watching youtube videos and on social networking. I was wondering if this is the average screen on time.
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i think it's ok...
since you mostly use internet connection (wifi or mobile) - that in combination with screen on drains the most out of the battery... (i.e. facebook itself is one of the biggest drainers on my device after screen)
also - video playing drains the battery too... so it's ok i guess...
i also don't play games and get around 5, 5 1/2 hrs SOT (i read articles mostly + social networking + youtube here and there)
hamzahnakhuda07 said:
Hi i have a lg d801 running kit kat. Im getting 4.5 hours of screen on time. I dont play any games or listen to music. Im just watching youtube videos and on social networking. I was wondering if this is the average screen on time.
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Sounds about right to me. No need to worry. :angel:
7 am 100% charged. Used 1.5 hours at school. Then used the whole day. 9 hours screen on time
I think these LI-PO batterys wear out a bit faster than LI-ion, after 6 months my screen on time with my usual usage started to decrease, in the past I had about 5,5 h of screen on time within a period of 48 h, now I barely get 4,5. I've tried a few rom+kernel combinations but I always get the same result, i think I will try my old stock non rooted rom for a week just for the fun of it to see what happens.
Did anyone else noticed this, or is it just me?
On stock roms i get 4,5 on average too. On aosp/cm ~7.
4-5 hours sot here as well. However I do sometimes manage to get maximum 6 hrs sot when i have light-moderate use.
any changes or still the same?
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Note5 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I usually get around 3.5-4 hours of screen on time before the phone needs a power-up.
So today is one of my heavy usage days. This is how it goes pretty much. Wake up around 6 am get, get on my phone, check notifications, hop on a few social games, get on social media, watch videos from social media, check my favorite website, get on some games, check some more websites, battery gets a little low so I charge up, and while it's charging I get my day started.
That's heavy usage for me and thats what I did all day today so far. Here's some screenshots just prior to me writing this post, tell me what you think.
Now some might think it's bad, but I've been on my phone pretty much non stop.
i'm getting 30-40 min more than the S6 edge ussually 4 hours screen on time, auto brightness, mobile data, wifi, 3 gmail sync, Facebook and messenger...I probably wouldn't get this phone if it wasn't for the quick charge ability.
I am very happy with battery life. I don't game and I don't watch tons of YouTube and I'm connected to a WiFi network most of the day. But this is the best in terms of battery life of any phone i have ever had, including the one plus one. Typically get 8 to 10 hours screen on time but I've gotten as high as 12 before. Auto brightness, location disabled most of the time. Stock, 200+ apps disabled with package disabler pro.
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Averaging 5-7 hours on a busy day, everything is turned on except for a few bloat apps which are disabled.
I dont understand how you use you phone for 12 hours in a day..Do you have a job? I will get up at 7am and talk maybe for an hour on my phone and have 3 hrs max screen on time before I end my day at 10 pm with 45% battery left..more or less.
I'm seeing about 7 hours SOT. Auto brightness, nothing disabled, syncs on.
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Its impossible for 12h SOT.. can you share some screenshoot for sot 12h without charging from 100% until 1%.. i dont belive if no screen shoot..
My device is on battery for 4 hours 37 minutes 51 seconds since last charge.
SOT is 58 minutes 36 seconds.
My battery percentage is 74%.
Is this normal or bad ??
I purchased my phone for yesterday and charged it till full. I never charge for continuous 8 hours.
Is this normal or bad ? Shall i charge it for 8 hours ?
Typical days my battery only lasts about 12-13hours before its sub 10%. Some days it's better but typical office days are rather poor battery life from past android and iOS devices with similar use. Attached are my thumbnails. As you can see I am only getting 2 hours of screen on time. It def appears I have an issue with my Moto 360 using excessive battery and I am not sure why as most things are disabled on the watch and the watch battery is usually north of 75% when I goto bed.
Ever since I reset my phone back to factory resettings (rooting caused my phone to slow down), i've been experiencing some great battery life and smoothness(obviously)
6 hours SOT with 7% left. 1 day and 6+ hours of regular usage, nothing too heavy.
YRAJ23- Thats perfectly normal. It should come out to around 4 hours of SoT. You can charge the phone for 8 or more hours because it knows when to stop charging. You cannot overcharge any modern smartphone.
U should get at least 5hrs sot unless playing games and watching YouTube! Disable Samsung and Google bloats like Google+ and use Greenify app from Oasis Feng on play store to hibernate most of your downloaded apps which cause battery drain. Put your brightness in the 40-60% and if possible ideally in the 25% range indoors!
Ive been debating picking up a note 5 now that is avail in Canada in 64gb and silver but reading through this has me reconsidering.
I get better battery life from both my current devices and without being able to swap batteries 4 to 5hrs SOT is not ideal given my lifestyle/ work schedule
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force70 said:
Ive been debating picking up a note 5 now that is avail in Canada in 64gb and silver but reading through this has me reconsidering.
I get better battery life from both my current devices and without being able to swap batteries 4 to 5hrs SOT is not ideal given my lifestyle/ work schedule
sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
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Same I was considering the Note 5 but 4 hours SOT (Maybe 5) I am getting 6-7 hours SOT one my OnePlus One. that is a drop down by 2-3 hours...........................
YRAJ23 said:
My device is on battery for 4 hours 37 minutes 51 seconds since last charge.
SOT is 58 minutes 36 seconds.
My battery percentage is 74%.
Is this normal or bad ??
I purchased my phone for yesterday and charged it till full. I never charge for continuous 8 hours.
Is this normal or bad ? Shall i charge it for 8 hours ?
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if im just reading some news apps, or doing some social media
i usually can get an hour of SOT any only use about 11%
download this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
and than go to this thread and disable what is posted in post #3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563
Fairly normal 2.5-3.5 hours on weekdays, bc school WiFi drains battery like ****. On weekends typically average 3.5 on 3G/LTE because reception where I live isn't exactly top notch. At home however, 5-6 hours is pretty much the norm, bc my home WiFi rocks.
I normally get 15-16 hours on battery with 4-5 hours of screen on time. i did a video playing a game and timing it. if you want to check it out here from the video you'll see depending on your settings i could get between 4-6 hours of onscreen time with goat sim running.
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I usually get around 3.5-4 hours of screen on time before the phone needs a power-up.
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Exact same here, yet I see these people with 6, 7 even 8 hours of screen time on one charge. How? Are they sitting there with WiFi and the cell radio turned off, just watching clips and doing offline stuff? I just don't understand how they can manage to pull that many hours out of the battery. I struggle to break past 4 hours. But 8? Freaking double? I'm not buying it.