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Battery issue.

Can someone plz tell me if that's normal
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Completely normal. Looks exactly how mine (and my other 4 Galaxy S2's) battery consumption looked.

There's threads open regarding battery issues already pal

You had your screen on for most of that 7-8 hour period, and the phone was awake, doing something. This is totally normal.

How come some say their battery lasts 15 - 20 hours and mine bearly 8 ?
Does yours always hit on the back like mine does ?
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PelegK said:
How come some say their battery lasts 15 - 20 hours and mine bearly 8 ?
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Becuase your phone was in use for a lot of that time.
Normally I get 7-10 hours battery life with my semi-heavy usage.
But yesterday I tested to see if I could get more, I only used the phone for four 5 minute phone calls, tonnes of texts, a little bit of web browsing and a little bit of youtube on 3G and wifi. No games or anything, and the battery still had 40% left after 20 1/2 hours.
But with my normal usage as i said, I get 7 - 10 hours.

PelegK said:
How come some say their battery lasts 15 - 20 hours and mine bearly 8 ?
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You had your phone on much longer than the others, simply put.
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PelegK said:
How come some say their battery lasts 15 - 20 hours and mine bearly 8 ?
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Because they are not using theirs as much as you are. Probably

I neglected to mention that my phone is always hot !!
Even if in idle .. does yours like that too ?
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PelegK said:
I neglected to mention that my phone is always hot !!
Even if in idle .. does yours like that too ?
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Do a factory reset and see if the problem persists.

drm111 said:
Becuase your phone was in use for a lot of that time.
Normally I get 7-10 hours battery life with my semi-heavy usage.
But yesterday I tested to see if I could get more, I only used the phone for four 5 minute phone calls, tonnes of texts, a little bit of web browsing and a little bit of youtube on 3G and wifi. No games or anything, and the battery still had 40% left after 20 1/2 hours.
But with my normal usage as i said, I get 7 - 10 hours.
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wow that is exactly what I am doing now too
was charging twice a day for a week and finally got tired. limited my heavy-graphics gaming from 2-3 hours a day to half hour, now 16 and a half hours past charge, I have 5% left and I am starting to think "how the heck do I discharge to 1% quicker so I have time to charge before I leave work tonight"
I have gmail and exchange in push autosync, plus 2 screens of widgets that refresh (weather, news, calendar and mail), 15 minutes of calls, some texts, news reading, picture taking and viewing. Screen was on for 3 hours in this 16.5 hour period.

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I neglected to mention that my phone is always hot !!
Even if in idle .. does yours like that too ?
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Unless you are chilling around all day a foot away from a fireplace, this is not normal. It means something is constantly running on the phone and is using the CPU heavily. If you screen is on, it also heats up. Lower screen brightness if you have the screen on for long periods of time.
and if it is rogue apps running in the background, eating CPU cycles - do a factory reset as someone already suggested, and then set up your phone anew, carefully avoiding CRAPWARE and BLOATWARE services and apps.

Started with a fresh load this morning at 5.30 am, working continously with my SGSII, downloaded apps etc., twice clearing with android booster still half batt left when typing this.....
Brilliant, isn't it ?
My HD2 would not make THAT.
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this is very nice.
How long was the display on during this time?
can you post the screengrab of that discharge graph page?

PelegK said:
Can someone plz tell me if that's normal
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looks pretty normal, but you should post your screen-on time to give a better idea to tell your usage for sure. 3-4 hours of screen time and that's normal.

Battery Life with and without Power Saving Mode.

Hey guys,
Just bought a GS3, battery life for me is definitely better than the HTC One X (maybe not all of you, but it's my personal preference) , just wondering what screen on time people get with and without the Power Saving Mode?
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3h 40min.
I like Dead Trigger.
I got a second original battery and since then I never run out of battery. Remember the S3 has a replaceable battery!
30 very good invested Euros
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5-6 hours with power saving. Since I don't really game I leave it on all the time. Even then the phone is still beat mode. God I love it.
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About 10 hours without power saving but wifi on all the time with the mobile signal on too(mobile data off)
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it takes around 10 hrs without power saving and watching videos, data on also and still manage to get 15%

10 hours screen on time? Right... I get 15
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sackynuts said:
10 hours screen on time? Right... I get 15
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10 hrs total.
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I can get 12h screen time, playing simple game over wifi or watching movie at minimum brightness =) about 8.7% per hour..energy saving on. a little UV and UC. What makes me wonder is how to get over 7 hours browsing, seems impossible...

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I can get 12h screen time, playing simple game over wifi or watching movie at minimum brightness =) about 8.7% per hour..energy saving on. a little UV and UC. What makes me wonder is how to get over 7 hours browsing, seems impossible...
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Agree, its the brightness that kills the battery!

Yes, full brightness and at least 35% juice less....dark background helps a lot actually to keep more juice.

Regarding battery life

Hello
Long time Hero user who switched to blackberry and now back to android. I've had note 2 for 3 months now and I'm actually disappointed from its battery level. Not that its not enough. .it just didnt live up to its expectations
Through constant whatsapp messaging only (today) 40% drained in 7-8 hours. . I know its a long time but shouldn't it last longer or is 3g that much of a battery usage?
Also does charging with a 2a non official charger might affect my battery? And with the time frames I have available for charging I can never get a full charge. .does that matter?
And is pile stocking on applications and games affecting my battery? Even if they are not open? (Currently using go power master for that)
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Show some screen shots of the battery graph. I was just wondering what was your screen time to get a better idea.
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Ive already charged it for a bit
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You can click on that little chart to see a more detailed view of your battery consumption. Your battery life is a bit on the short side (compared to mine at least), Im guessing the screen is the culprit. Do you have brightness all the way down? How much screen time does the phone get?

@Shei77
For me is battery consumption pretty fine. It depends of course what I am doing with the phone through the day. For example yesterday after whole day "playing" with phone from time to time I had around 70%. I am chargin it when I go to sleep because still if I have in the morning 30-50% it wont make it through day when I dont have option to charge it. Just to add, I have Wifi and GPS always on.

If constant messaging for 7-8 hours means the screen being on for 7ish hours, you have ridiculously good battery life at 40 percent..
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If constant messaging for 7-8 hours means the screen being on for 7ish hours, you have ridiculously good battery life at 40 percent..
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Nah.. its sending a message every 4-5 minutes average..
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I'd say your battery life is fine, im guessing maybe even better than mine. Im doing 6h 37m right now with 69% left, H+/3G always on, with moderate screen time and a bit of gaming.

Huh..what about charging?
Also any tips for extending? Ram keeps filling up after some time..is it cause I have a lot of applications?
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Shei77 said:
Nah.. its sending a message every 4-5 minutes average..
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Could you post your screen on time? Tap on "Screen".

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As shown from your screenshot your phone signals are really bad. That might be contributing to the drain of the battery.

I think your battery life is fine :good: Usually with my note 2 i can do 4 display hours and 1 day or more of battery life. 3g/h+ always on, lumi 50% all sync on, calls, gaming and web.

This is the current on screen which is a few hours after the first screenshots
What can I do about signals? And if I have a lot of apps do they consume battery through background?
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Really, your battery life isn't that bad. The 7 or so screen time hours you'll get if that continues, is pretty good!
And to your other questions, charger type doesn't affect battery performance. Charging time should take around 2,5 hours from 0 to 100, if you're far away from that, the charger might be at fault.
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Charging usually takes 3 hours for a full charge and according to my charging current its using 1698mah
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I updated it just a couple of days ago I need an expert opinion on how good my battery's time is.

^No offence, but without screen on time a battery stats is just meaningless!
So kindly post your 'Screen on' time.
@shei77: You're on H+ and you're having almost three hours screen on time, with 60 odd percent left. That is very good battery life.
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Maybe a bit OT, but what I have noticed is that when the phone reports fully charged, Elixir widget still displays 1600mA being charged into the device? Also, when the battery is full at 100%, the phone is still pretty warm! I don;t remember my HTC did that? It was warm, but when it reached 100% it cooled down and was not hot anymore... I tend to keep phone in charger in the evening because I use wifi hotspot....

My battery life is awesome I'm on cm 10.1 rom with uneak kernel, cm 10.1 is smooth and great performance and great on battery life,
I have attached a screen shot of battery stats...
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Crappy battery life

Im getting a drain of about 10% per hour. Is that normal?
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97prelude said:
Im getting a drain of about 10% per hour. Is that normal?
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It depends what you are doing.
Download better battery stats (from xda) or wake lock detector from the play store to see of you have an app that is draining the battery
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97prelude said:
Im getting a drain of about 10% per hour. Is that normal?
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If the phone is just idle than no, I lose around 4% over 8 hrs when the phone is idle if that's any help. I also try to clear out the active apps via clear memory as this seems to be the only true way to stop a active app.
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Im getting a drain of about 10% per hour. Is that normal?
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that's not normal unless you have your screen on for the majority of that time. I usually get 16 hours of battery life with 3.5 - 4 hours of screen time each day. I have wifi, bluetooth, and all gestures on with screen brightness at max. This suits my needs.

2- 3 % a hour on sleep.about 10% which screen on.

2-3% over 8 hours idle

Any phone with a 5 inch screen using LTE ain't gonna last.. I don't care what you try doing to it. Go on ebay and pick up a few extra batteries and chargers. It's was easier and you don't have to worry about battery drain as much
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very bad standby time ..

Hi i'm loosing about 4% in 5hours in standby .. is that normal ? My signal is very good ! i'm using only whatsapp and some games.. Sync is disabled , location too .. I don't understand why i loose like 1% every hour ... my phone was litteraly on my desk and didn't move !

1% battery drain in 1 hour.. I think it's okay..

It's perfect. What do you expect from a quad processor and a lot of sensors? That's about 100 hours or 4 days of stand by time. It's really ok, you have no reason to worry. Enjoy your Smart-phone!
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calinormy said:
It's perfect. What do you expect from a quad processor and a lot of sensors? That's about 100 hours or 4 days of stand by time. It's really ok, you have no reason to worry. Enjoy your Smart-phone!
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With my nexus 5 everything stock which has a bad reputation with battery life, standby time was something like 0.33% for 1 hours ! (same configuration as my S5, sync off/location off/almost same app) i was loosing 2-3% over night.. that's why i'm worried

tlf55 said:
With my nexus 5 everything stock which has a bad reputation with battery life, standby time was something like 0.33% for 1 hours ! (same configuration as my S5, sync off/location off/almost same app) i was loosing 2-3% over night.. that's why i'm worried
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Screen on time is a huge difference though. I had a Nexus 5 too.
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drakester09 said:
Screen on time is a huge difference though. I had a Nexus 5 too.
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agree with that even if i have bad standby time