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Battery DRAMATICALLY Affected by Brightness

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This is not a general battery life thread. I'm looking for comparisons of brightness levels. Thanks.
ALSO: Has anyone noticed a difference when using black themes/wallpaper, etc. I have NOT noticed any significant difference.
Ok, first off, everybody knows brightness affects battery use. However, I've been trying to run my brightness at 30%, which seems pretty low. I figured that can't use much more power than 0%. Still, I've only been getting to about 2pm after charging my phone all night. I'm a heavy user, I like to tinker with my launcher a lot, check facebook, texting, etc.
Today I decided to try 0% on the brightness setting. I'm not crazy about this since it's not bright enough for most situations. I mean, I bought a SAMOLED+ phone for a reason. Anyway, the battery usage seems to be DRAMATICALLY less than with 30%. What's even more odd is my battery usage shows my display using 40% of the battery instead of 50%, which is what I normally see. This isn't a very significant change.
So what about everybody else? Are you guys having the same experience?
UPDATE: I'm up to 7 hrs now and have 67% battery left. Screen on time 1h 26m. This is a dramatic improvement still from 30% brightness.

Ive had my brightness at 100% for most of the day. Im getting great battery life. Im a heavy user and I can get atleast a 1 1/2 days with a single charge. Luckily I hve the luxury to charge over night.

You sir are not a heavy user if you can get 1.5 days with a single charge on 100% bright.
Or maybe a heavy user on calls not browsing or things that use the screen.
on 100% simply 1h browsing, 1h with video, 1 account sync, texting, some calls, check twitter and fb will kill your battery in less than a day, and that is not heavy using.

intruda119 said:
Ive had my brightness at 100% for most of the day. Im getting great battery life. Im a heavy user and I can get atleast a 1 1/2 days with a single charge. Luckily I hve the luxury to charge over night.
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Can i ask how many hours you have your screen on,
because with 100% brightness i'm lucky to get 3.5 hours (internet/games/twitter) of use out of my phone.
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copy and paste from another thread I posted in. This is a very typical day. Now I dont use my phone as much after 6. My phone is currently at 30% from a full charge from friday night.
I make it during the day with 100% brightness. I consider myself an a heavy user.
Ill show my usual day after the new factor wore off.
Unplug at 630-7am
Start my music through Poweramp around 9am at work.(20 gigs of music)
about 20 text/ 30min total of calls
20 or so emails with some attachments
Usually download about 200mb of music/videos throuhout day
Check about 10-15 websites every couple hours(xda app most frequently)
Use Logmein about 10-15min total
Play LIVE holdem Poker roughly 30min total
Youtube/video watching
Some other random things I cant remember
3g/h+ on all day
wifi stays on
brightness at 100%(bright orange/blue wallpaper)
Browser brightness is at 50%
Everyones experience will be different. My original Samsung galaxy s(vibrant) would be dead around 5-6pm. My Galaxy s2 is around 40-50% around 5-6pm. Im experienceing great battery life. My fiance iphone4 would kill my vibrant in battery life, but the sgs2 is on par.

intruda119 said:
Ive had my brightness at 100% for most of the day. Im getting great battery life. Im a heavy user and I can get atleast a 1 1/2 days with a single charge. Luckily I hve the luxury to charge over night.
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Yes, I too find this very hard to believe. I know if I watch a high quality video on YouTube the battery drain is insane. Of course that is data also but I doubt I could get an hour. My guess is if I just left the screen on for 2-3 hrs my battery would be dead from 100%.

intruda119 said:
copy and paste from another thread I posted in. This is a very typical day. Now I dont use my phone as much after 6. My phone is currently at 30% from a full charge from friday night.
I make it during the day with 100% brightness. I consider myself an a heavy user.
Ill show my usual day after the new factor wore off.
Unplug at 630-7am
Start my music through Poweramp around 9am at work.(20 gigs of music)
about 20 text/ 30min total of calls
20 or so emails with some attachments
Usually download about 200mb of music/videos throuhout day
Check about 10-15 websites every couple hours(xda app most frequently)
Use Logmein about 10-15min total
Play LIVE holdem Poker roughly 30min total
Youtube/video watching
Some other random things I cant remember
3g/h+ on all day
wifi stays on
brightness at 100%(bright orange/blue wallpaper)
Browser brightness is at 50%
Everyones experience will be different. My original Samsung galaxy s(vibrant) would be dead around 5-6pm. My Galaxy s2 is around 40-50% around 5-6pm. Im experienceing great battery life. My fiance iphone4 would kill my vibrant in battery life, but the sgs2 is on par.
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Nope, that's definitely impossible.

I don't believe you, period.
On my s2 I lose 30-40% in 2 hours of not very heavy use on auto brightness. I am shocked that when I surf I can see the battery number (using battery guage) actually ticking down. Device is nice but battery life for me makes it totally useless for a prime device.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
I don't believe you, period.
On my s2 I lose 30-40% in 2 hours of not very heavy use on auto brightness. I am shocked that when I surf I can see the battery number (using battery guage) actually ticking down. Device is nice but battery life for me makes it totally useless for a prime device.
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I've got display at auto-brightness which is usually around 30% for me indoors. Got display on time of 4hours 16minutes..includes about 45minutes of 3d gaming (modern combat 2) and rest browsing/downloading etc..
total up time 12hours 39minutes...and got 22% left...thats incredible to me, coming from a desire hd, I cant believe my phone is actually still running haha..
EDIT: Oh yea forgot to mention, I got a new replacement yesterday which means I havent even gone through the charging cycles yet, my previous one was superb aswell so fingers crossed this one will be too

Im off today so my typical use is different. Ill repost my battery stats when I get home after work tomorrow.
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intruda119 said:
copy and paste from another thread I posted in. This is a very typical day...
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Well this is helpful, thanks. Sounds like you are getting better battery life than me. Although I would say I definitely am a "heavier" user than you. I used to make it to about 3pm with my GS1. I'm getting about the same with my GS2 if I leave the brightness on auto. That's if I don't use YouTube for more than a few min. I too would like to know what your screen on time is at the end of the day.

Sorry, posted this in the wrong place

EleCtrOx666 said:
Nope, that's definitely impossible.
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+1
That use and that battery it is simply a lie.

The screen is definitely a battery drainer. Don't set the screen to 100% brightness and record 1080p videos. Battery level will be at 0% in less than 2 hours.

Why the f would I lie? Samsung is not paying my bills nor cutting me a check. ill post tomorrow after work my battery stats.

That is impossible on THIS phone with THIS battery! Period!

intruda119 said:
Why the **** would I lie? Samsung is not paying my bills nor cutting me a check. ill post tomorrow after work my battery stats.
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I'm waiting for those stats.

A screen shot of his display on time along with the graph is what's needed.

Can we get back on OP's original topic of display brightness vs battery life discussion, this is a topic I'm interested in as well as I leave mine on auto-brightness and display is always #1 on my battery consumption list.
Maybe intruda can start a thread called "How my battery life is superior to everyone else's SGS2" and the dissenters can go there and call him out. Just sayin'.

This is my usage today with auto brightness. Mostly at 30%-40% brightness with 45minute gaming and rest browsing. Music. Youtube.
Im impressed.
http://db.tt/MEOhS1s
http://db.tt/IgCZu3z
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ATT - battery just isn't cutting it

No matter what I do the battery will not last me a full day. A full day for me is about 18 hours. I use my phone almost none at all while at work and I use juice defender to keep data and wifi off while I am not using the phone. I would say 80% of my day is wifi and only a little is LTE. I monitor my task usage and the only thing that ever shows up is screen...there are other apps but very little usage. I use auto brightness. Could that be it? Unless JD doesn't work well with these phones, I just can't figure out what it is. Unless of course its just normal...
Phone has to last me 18 hours with moderate usage. If it doesn't, I need another phone.

Post some screenies?
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The big killer of battery life is when LTE doesn't have a good signal (inside a large building). Connecting and reconnecting to the tower is what always kills my battery. I suggest you look and try those "turn of LTE" hacks around. My battery lasts me about 20 hours with moderate usage (but I am always in a great LTE location), and about 12 hours with heavy usage.

As long as your signal (wi-fi, LTE, HSPA, whatever it may be) remains good, you should have amazing battery life. I often take my phone out for 16-17 hours between charges and have ended the day with anywhere from 60% to 25% of the battery life, ranging from light to moderate usage.
For me, an average day is on wi-fi for at least 90% of the time, but a recent trip I had to Chicago (LTE all day, no wi-fi) showed similar results - and that was with some more moderate use while traveling! Not sure if there is much you can do about your signal, but I know my last phone (Captivate) got worse signal in my pocket vs. on my desk. SIII doesn't seem to be having as much of an issue, but still something to consider if necessary in your case.

I live in Dallas and have great LTE.

I just copped the sgs3 today and have not put it down my batt isn't that bad. 8 hours st8 on it lol
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OP, one suggestion I have...
What makes this phone a winner over my One X is the removable battery. I believe you can get a second stock battery for about $30, and I saw a charger and battery for around $40 earlier. Maybe you should pick up a spare? I realize it's not ideal, but it's an option.
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I'm in Vegas, lte rocks and I use my phone constantly. I can't get 4 hours so I just ordered an Anker 2200mAh.
I'm not on wifi but the Lte network in Vegas flies too which is just an additional $$. I've just got juice defender ultimate. I know a lot of people swear by it but I can do it better and faster myself. I'm a heavy user and if we could just turn off the Lte u and then maybe slow down the processor., I would be fine. It's ridiculous we still need additional batteries.
Whenever I leave my house I do the following in settings.
Power Savings I now just leave on.
I either completely Restrict background data or you can do by application in Data usage and go into Accounts and Sync and turn most off. Anything not Google is off and under Google I just sync my calendar, address and Gmail.
Now if we can turn off Lte, I will be fine I think.
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tuffluck said:
No matter what I do the battery will not last me a full day. A full day for me is about 18 hours. I use my phone almost none at all while at work and I use juice defender to keep data and wifi off while I am not using the phone. I would say 80% of my day is wifi and only a little is LTE. I monitor my task usage and the only thing that ever shows up is screen...there are other apps but very little usage. I use auto brightness. Could that be it? Unless JD doesn't work well with these phones, I just can't figure out what it is. Unless of course its just normal...
Phone has to last me 18 hours with moderate usage. If it doesn't, I need another phone.
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I'm pretty happy with my battery...
Stock AT&T SGS3 rocking KT747

Once I stopped useing the XDA dev app that was hitting my CPU at a constant 30% I have been getting great battery.
Screen brightness on 100% as well.

Yup
Just put it on the charger as I took the screenshot.
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I was running rom that was supposed to be stock but debloated and I installed the cpu1 sleep apk and I got horrible battery life. 5 hours and I was completely dead. I could not see any partial wakelocks. I was about ready to box up the phone and ship it back to Amazon. I flashed back the complete stock rom and I got great battery life. 12 hours, 3 phone calls, 3 push mail accounts, yahoo checks every 15 minutes, 1 hour streaming and the Windows Weekly podcast and I still had 65% left. I was moving so I didn't get a chance to browse or do work crap on it.
Hell with it, I'm staying stock till CM9/10 gets most of the bugs worked out.

Artimus009 said:
I'm pretty happy with my battery...
Stock AT&T SGS3 rocking KT747
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Mine is about the same, but that isn't good for me. I am 7am-3am daily. There is no way your battery is making it 20 hours, just like mine.

How do you take a screenshot?

Swype with your whole hand from right to left
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I live/work just outside of an LTE area, and lately have been using my phone pretty light due to not being able to use it at work other than when I'm on lunch. I get almost no signal in my entire building, so 75% of the day I turn airplane on so my battery doesn't get raped.
So for me and my use recently, the battery has been doing good enough for me.
the standby thing raping my battery is weird,same thing with maps even though i never use it... but i guess both are common. Chrome use was at 3% and i forgot to check screen on time.
On the current charge I'm siting at 47% at almost 24 hours, about 1hr 15 mins of screen on time. 30 mins of voice, 10 of chrome...but i accidently unplugged the phone right before i went to sleep last night instead of starting this morning, and i just took a nap so again there is a lot of sleep time
Take all that for what it's worth, which I have no idea lol

tuffluck said:
How do you take a screenshot?
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Actually its more of a judo chop on the left side and then slide to the right while maintaining constant contact with the screen.... Of course the easy easy way is to just hold home+power for 2 seconds
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Bowsa2511 said:
Swype with your whole hand from right to left
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Thanks but holy **** that sucks! Being 6'6" with big hands prolly doesn't help. Here goes..

gedster314 said:
I was running rom that was supposed to be stock but debloated and I installed the cpu1 sleep apk and I got horrible battery life. 5 hours and I was completely dead. I could not see any partial wakelocks. I was about ready to box up the phone and ship it back to Amazon. I flashed back the complete stock rom and I got great battery life. 12 hours, 3 phone calls, 3 push mail accounts, yahoo checks every 15 minutes, 1 hour streaming and the Windows Weekly podcast and I still had 65% left. I was moving so I didn't get a chance to browse or do work crap on it.
Hell with it, I'm staying stock till CM9/10 gets most of the bugs worked out.
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I had the same issue, then discovered that going through a charge cycle fixes the issue. I got only 5.5 hours of use off my first charge (80% of the time on standby), but things improved enormously after recharging it to some extent, then unplugging it. See my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28742643&postcount=297
I've had my phone unplugged for an hour now after the last partial charge, and it's actually gone from 48% then to 51% now, as the battery is still recalibrating.

jdhommert said:
the standby thing raping my battery is weird,same thing with maps even though i never use it... but i guess both are common.
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The cell standby reading is a bug in the software, it is reading something like 10 times higher than it is supposed to.

[Q] 2 hours screen on time normal?

Recently bought a Nexus 4 and I knew the battery life wasn't great, but I didn't think it was this bad.
I'm running the latest version of paranoid android and is getting about 2 hours of on screen time (With 3g on, sync off, auto-brightness) normal? Or would it be worth contacting Google or buying a new battery or something.
The thing which confuses me is that some people report having good battery life while some report having bad battery life, is there a fundamental difference in their hardware? Or are they just different usage level users?

georgeos said:
Recently bought a Nexus 4 and I knew the battery life wasn't great, but I didn't think it was this bad.
I'm running the latest version of paranoid android and is getting about 2 hours of on screen time (With 3g on, sync off, auto-brightness) normal? Or would it be worth contacting Google or buying a new battery or something.
The thing which confuses me is that some people report having good battery life while some report having bad battery life, is there a fundamental difference in their hardware? Or are they just different usage level users?
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1. battery life mostly depends on your own setup and usage. we all set up our phones differenyly and use it differently.
2. try a different rom and/or kernel.
i get anywhere from 3.5-5.5 hours screen on time, depending how im using my device.

simms22 said:
1. battery life mostly depends on your own setup and usage. we all set up our phones differenyly and use it differently.
2. try a different rom and/or kernel.
i get anywhere from 3.5-5.5 hours screen on time, depending how im using my device.
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Used to be on stock rom with Franco Kernel, couldn't push past 2.5 hours.

georgeos said:
Used to be on stock rom with Franco Kernel, couldn't push past 2.5 hours.
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maybe its your setup? the more apps syncing in the background, the less battery. the brighter your screen, the less battery, live wallpapers equal less battery, low quality of your phone/data connection equals less battery, more rom "features" that are active equal less battery life, the worse your phone deep sleeps equal less battery, etc..

I get about 3.5 hours on a rooted nexus 4 with stock JB and no custom kernel.

I get between 3 and 4 hours screen on time with AOKP and Faux123 kernel. That's a mix of WiFi and mobile data, usually with an hour or so of audio streaming.
Your signal strength has a huge effect on battery life, too.
Sent from an N4 blessed with AOKP and sanctified by Faux123!

Try matrix kernel 9.5 change the governor to Wheatley and bam amazing battery life 3+ of sot
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Totally stock I get 4 hours OST.
2 hours? That sux man!

Brightness is probably the biggest issue I would think. I managed to get an easy 3.5 hours screen on time on the lowest brightness but struggled to get more than 2.5 on full brightness yesterday (although I was also listening to music a fair amount it must be said).
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I use to have around 3 hours of SOT, if not more. I usually use my phone on Wi-fi, have a good GSM signal by my house.
Like 2-3 hours of wi-fi, lots of texting, few games, and auto-brightness always on.
SaberMod, with Franco Kernel .156 (nightly). Also, I have Touch Control installed which takes about 1-2% of the total battery over two days, not that bad

One thing that makes a major difference is turning Location Access off whenever you don't need it
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But.. These guys that say they do 5 -7 hours of sot are not using their device.. I'm willing to bet android system idle in I. Their battery consumption list.. Or they have almost everything turned off.. Which then why own a smartphone?
Depending on how your using your device anything between 2-3 hours of sot is perfectly normal. I average just under 3 in a 12 hour battery span.. But over 24+ hours I see less than 2 hours of sot.. But I'm not a lite user..
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Try greenify!

PJcastaldo said:
But.. These guys that say they do 5 -7 hours of sot are not using their device.. I'm willing to bet android system idle in I. Their battery consumption list.. Or they have almost everything turned off.. Which then why own a smartphone?
Depending on how your using your device anything between 2-3 hours of sot is perfectly normal. I average just under 3 in a 12 hour battery span.. But over 24+ hours I see less than 2 hours of sot.. But I'm not a lite user..
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You can not increase sot and not use the device. Get it? Any time the screen is on, the device is in use and the screen just being on is one of the biggest battery users. Try setting your screen to where it won't turn off in the settings menu and then just set it down somewhere. You will find out how quickly the battery drains vs with the screen off. I get 4-5 hrs sot on cellular and 5-6 on wifi. I have background data, syncing, wifi, and gps on all the time. The things I do keep off are Google Now and Google Currents. I also have screen brightness set to roughly 30-35%. I also typically have a good cell signal, in a major metro area. When in a bad location, my sot does drop to around 3hrs.
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fernandezhjr said:
You can not increase sot and not use the device. Get it? Any time the screen is on, the device is in use and the screen just being on is one of the biggest battery users. Try setting your screen to where it won't turn off in the settings menu and then just set it down somewhere. You will find out how quickly the battery drains vs with the screen off. I get 4-5 hrs sot on cellular and 5-6 on wifi. I have background data, syncing, wifi, and gps on all the time. The things I do keep off are Google Now and Google Currents. I also have screen brightness set to roughly 30-35%. I also typically have a good cell signal, in a major metro area. When in a bad location, my sot does drop to around 3hrs.
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I understand.. That's what I'm saying.. If I didn't use my phone very heavily I'll go a good 20+ hours apposed to a 12 hour period where I was using it much more... That's why its this way for me.. Get it?
And I keep everything turned on.. Except for notifications in certain apps like Facebook cause its annoying.
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PJcastaldo said:
I understand.. That's what I'm saying.. If I didn't use my phone very heavily I'll go a good 20+ hours apposed to a 12 hour period where I was using it much more... That's why its this way for me.. Get it?
And I keep everything turned on.. Except for notifications in certain apps like Facebook cause its annoying.
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I thought you said this, " These guys that say they do 5 -7 hours of sot are not using their device.." When I get 5-7 hours of screen time, it is because I used my device for 5-7 hours and this is typically in a 8-12 total battery period. If I don't use my device much, I can also go 20 hrs.
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PJcastaldo said:
But.. These guys that say they do 5 -7 hours of sot are not using their device.. I'm willing to bet android system idle in I. Their battery consumption list.. Or they have almost everything turned off.. Which then why own a smartphone?
Depending on how your using your device anything between 2-3 hours of sot is perfectly normal. I average just under 3 in a 12 hour battery span.. But over 24+ hours I see less than 2 hours of sot.. But I'm not a lite user..
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the harder that you use your device, the more screen on time that you will see. if you use up your battery within 7-10 hours, chances are that you will see more screen on time than someone who uses up their battery in 20+ hours. heres one of my random days usages, i dont disable crap just to disable it. instead, ive learned to take care of my apps so they dont misbehave, and have my system highly optimized. this is my average battery life. i have gotten 5.5+ hours many times, but will post this one because its my average.
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simms22 said:
the harder that you use your device, the more screen on time that you will see. if you use up your battery within 7-10 hours, chances are that you will see more screen on time than someone who uses up their battery in 20+ hours. heres one of my random days usages, i dont disable crap just to disable it. instead, ive learned to take care of my apps so they dont misbehave, and have my system highly optimized. this is my average battery life. i have gotten 5.5+ hours many times, but will post this one because its my average.
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To me it looks like you just set your phone to not turn the screen off and sat it there.
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PJcastaldo said:
To me it looks like you just set your phone to not turn the screen off and sat it there.
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funny, i was willing ro bet that youd say that no matter what. unfortunately you are wrong. try mx player, see how much itll drain if you just open it and not watch a movie. it wont drain, onl y if you watch a movie. plus, im a photographer, and spent lots of time editing photos. of course there are all those apps that are below 4% that arent shown in the screenshot, like the browser. and of course, running antutu doesnt count either, right? or do i have to use my phone exactly like you do for it to count? sorry, i dont have the facebook app installed

simms22 said:
funny, i was willing ro bet that youd say that no matter what. unfortunately you are wrong. try mx player, see how much itll drain if you just open it and not watch a movie. it wont drain, onl y if you watch a movie. plus, im a photographer, and spent lots of time editing photos. of course there are all those apps that are below 4% that arent shown in the screenshot, like the browser. and of course, running antutu doesnt count either, right? or do i have to use my phone exactly like you do for it to count? sorry, i dont have the facebook app installed
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I was only messing with you..
That was my pont . I have noticed a trend as of late where the majority of people seem to be in some kind of pissing match over SOT.. And depending on what your doing will affect your personal experience..
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Another Battery Question Thread...

Does anyone feel like their Note 2 gave them significantly better battery life??? I have the Sprint variant Note 3 and 2, and my note 3 after just 2.75 hours on time, and only being awake 4 hrs 20 minutes, is down to 62% already!! I have disabled so many things, what is sipping my battery?? The on time wasnt even gaming time, just web browsing or texting...
I used to get 10% out of every hour on for my Note 2, and would only lose about 3-5% overnight. Now Im dropping like 2-3% an hour, and couldnt even approach the 75 hour stress test that I read this phone could achieve.
Anyway, any help would be appreciated...

BillJr106 said:
Does anyone feel like their Note 2 gave them significantly better battery life??? I have the Sprint variant Note 3 and 2, and my note 3 after just 2.75 hours on time, and only being awake 4 hrs 20 minutes, is down to 62% already!! I have disabled so many things, what is sipping my battery?? The on time wasnt even gaming time, just web browsing or texting...
I used to get 10% out of every hour on for my Note 2, and would only lose about 3-5% overnight. Now Im dropping like 2-3% an hour, and couldnt even approach the 75 hour stress test that I read this phone could achieve.
Anyway, any help would be appreciated...
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Check your apps, something is keeping it awake. Better battery stats, battery mix and battery in settings. One of those will give you your answer. It's not N3 vs N2, it's just apps. I get 5-6 hours on screen time at 33% brightness while always on LTE or wifi. Also disabling GPS, rooting, using greenify, will all help. You should give more info on what settings/apps you use.

Lol. I am getting at least 2 hours more battery life from note 2.
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I have gotten by far the best battery time from Note 3.
It has totally outmatched all other phones I have had.
Personally I am very pleased.
I have gotten 2 days with heavy use calling, surfing, sms and all other usual things.
And the best screen time I have gotten is 6.45 hours i was totally blown away.
I love this phone!
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sohebq said:
Lol. I am getting at least 2 hours more battery life from note 2.
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Settings and apps are everything. Depends how you use the phone.

BillJr106 said:
Does anyone feel like their Note 2 gave them significantly better battery life??? I have the Sprint variant Note 3 and 2, and my note 3 after just 2.75 hours on time, and only being awake 4 hrs 20 minutes, is down to 62% already!! I have disabled so many things, what is sipping my battery?? The on time wasnt even gaming time, just web browsing or texting...
I used to get 10% out of every hour on for my Note 2, and would only lose about 3-5% overnight. Now Im dropping like 2-3% an hour, and couldnt even approach the 75 hour stress test that I read this phone could achieve.
Anyway, any help would be appreciated...
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It seems that you would have to get it replaced or Sprint did something.
I got my Note 3 from TELUS Canada SM-N900W8 I have absolutely no issues with the battery life.
It is the best I have ever gotten, 2 Days EASY with light use, (I have many apps downloaded and most of my settings are ON except the old S4 stuff like wave your hand and other rubbish)
With Heavy gaming and use it still lasts me a day without a sweat, When I go to bed at around 11 AM I am still yet to see my batt life remaining under 25%.
Juan123 said:
I have gotten by far the best battery time from Note 3.
It has totally outmatched all other phones I have had.
Personally I am very pleased.
I have gotten 2 days with heavy use calling, surfing, sms and all other usual things.
And the best screen time I have gotten is 6.45 hours i was totally blown away.
I love this phone!
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This is true, no lie. I can Game heavy 3D games, 2D games, Kakao, surf the web a lot, take a few calls, send lots of text messages, do facebook and various others. and still last a full day.
If its light use its very similar with the guy above. Just strictly kakao/fb/whatsapp, web browsing. play with settings.
Plus the phone never heats up UNLESS I play intensive 3D games.

I have to agree...my note 2 was better for battery. Same apps...bascially same settings and usage is pretty predictable in my case. I never worried about battery on my N2...I just ordered the samsung battery and charge kit for my N3 if that tells you anything.
And i do have better battery and gsam installed..nothing really stands out as a batt killer.
Last night I charged both notes to 100 and then unplugged and left them
Note 2 dropped from 100 to 92
Note 3 dropped from 100 to 73
Again nothing stands out in the battery apps?
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This is very similar to my experience. And this is my second N3. First was the same. I'm only getting about 4.5 to 5 hours of screen on time with less than 24 hours battery. N2 would get closer to 8 hrs on with at least a day...
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I have to agree...my note 2 was better for battery. Same apps...bascially same settings and usage is pretty predictable in my case. I never worried about battery on my N2...I just ordered the samsung battery and charge kit for my N3 if that tells you anything.
And i do have better battery and gsam installed..nothing really stands out as a batt killer.
Last night I charged both notes to 100 and then unplugged and left them
Note 2 dropped from 100 to 92
Note 3 dropped from 100 to 73
Again nothing stands out in the battery apps?
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With all sensors running, no bloat removed, I am getting above 7gr screen time with 24hr usage. On note 2, I could barely get 5hr mark.
Note 2 was great in battery until 4.1.1. 4.1.2 has dropped battery life a lot and this was the case with most people.
Now only problem with note 3 is that battery drains a bit overnight. You leave it at 100% and when u wake up, you could be at 95%. Is that a note 3 fault? Nooo, its the fault of 4.3. When I updated the 4.3 on n2 battery started getting worse on overnight. Actually in 4
3 Google services has started eating more battery.
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It's be happy if I lost only 5% at night.... I get this usually:
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With all sensors running, no bloat removed, I am getting above 7gr screen time with 24hr usage. On note 2, I could barely get 5hr mark.
Note 2 was great in battery until 4.1.1. 4.1.2 has dropped battery life a lot and this was the case with most people.
Now only problem with note 3 is that battery drains a bit overnight. You leave it at 100% and when u wake up, you could be at 95%. Is that a note 3 fault? Nooo, its the fault of 4.3. When I updated the 4.3 on n2 battery started getting worse on overnight. Actually in 4
3 Google services has started eating more battery.
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Why chrome n maps r killing your battery?
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Post your battery life info *stock rom only*

Hey guys, I'm using the iPhone 6 plus now and I'm seriously thinking about switching back to android. Just can't stand iOS. My only concern is the battery life since I got excellent battery life on the 6 plus. From the reviews every reviewer says it's very good battery life but I need to hear real experience from actual users here. How is the standby time? Screen on time? Please stock rom only and please post screen on time and overal battery screenshot. Thanks!!

Standby time? Lol I've been on it too much for that. Battery is excellent don't sweat the move from iphone.
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Standby time? Lol I've been on it too much for that. Battery is excellent don't sweat the move from iphone.
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My iPhone 6 plus has exceptional standby time so it gives me a feeling that the battery is endless. For example, how much juice does the note 4 lose overnight? (7-8 hours)

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Bluetooth and wifi always on, pebble connected, poor coverage area. I keep it set to pick up lte when available, but I only have edge where I live. I travel a lot though and still get good life when I actually get lte. I haven't tweaked anything (yet). Be warned that my first charge gave abysmal life. It wasn't until the second or third charge that I started getting decent life, so don't worry when your first charge runs to nothing after 8 hours.

Amen. I use powersaving, and you could always use the ultra power saving in a bind.
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My iPhone 6 plus has exceptional standby time so it gives me a feeling that the battery is endless. For example, how much juice does the note 4 lose overnight? (7-8 hours)
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Around 0 to 1 percent. Maybe 2 if I get a bunch of notifications. My fiance has the iPhone 6 plus, trust me my note 4 destroys her iPhone in battery. With light to moderate use I'm easily getting 2 full days ( I send roughly 500-600 texts, maybe 20 emails, at least 20 phone calls, navigate to appointments and I'm always on pandora....also I have a moto 360 connected all day). When I'm doing heavy usage I get about 24 hours or so. But my heavy usage is actually HEAVY. I can almost guarantee you don't use your phone more than me. You will be fine with battery life.

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Around 0 to 1 percent. Maybe 2 if I get a bunch of notifications. My fiance has the iPhone 6 plus, trust me my note 4 destroys her iPhone in battery. With light to moderate use I'm easily getting 2 full days ( I send roughly 500-600 texts, maybe 20 emails, at least 20 phone calls, navigate to appointments and I'm always on pandora....also I have a moto 360 connected all day). When I'm doing heavy usage I get about 24 hours or so. But my heavy usage is actually HEAVY. I can almost guarantee you don't use your phone more than me. You will be fine with battery life.
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Thanks for the info!! I glad it does well with Bluetooth since I might buy a smart watch later. I intend to let Bluetooth and gps on,plus streaming a lot of spotify. Time to ditch the 6 plus.

Brightness at 50%. GPS on, Sync on, MultiWindow on.
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Excellent battery life. I use my phone almost all day and night. FB, messaging, music, texting, phone calls, camera, reading, photo editing, youtube. I use it extensively on a daily basis during the week. On weekends I don't use it as much so I have more than half charge by Monday.
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I turn on power saving mode at 100% when i go to bed, and when I wake up 5 hrs later I'm usually at 99% or 98%. Without power saving mode, I wake up to 96%.
I can easily get through a full day at Disney World (about 8 hrs) with light usage - mixed use of wifi and 4g, checking the disney app and checking my farmville farm, and checking feedly. I usually leave Disney with about 50% juice left. Brightness on auto, wifi on, bluetooth off, gps on.
I've tested streaming as well. On 4g, starting at 100% charge, I can stream about 4 hour long episodes on Netflix, on Plex it's usually a little longer than that before it hits 50%. At home on wifi, I can stream about double that amount before hitting 50%.
I'm pretty happy about the battery life, and the best part is I can always remove the battery if this one goes bad, or bring spares on trips. I can live with Touchwiz if it means I can have removable batteries, sd card, and the pen.

rookiegenius said:
My iPhone 6 plus has exceptional standby time so it gives me a feeling that the battery is endless. For example, how much juice does the note 4 lose overnight? (7-8 hours)
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I've done multiple tests on this. I will charge it up at night 100% then leave it off charger for the night, look in the morning. I'm averaging 3-4% discharge per night which is not too bad. My Nexus 5 was a ridiculous 10-15%. Still nothing close to iPhone that just doesn't go down if you don't use it.
I leave all things on. Don't really want a phone that acts like a 2002 device.

Hey all,
Ok So My battery is at 23% with 4 hours 45 min of screen time and it's been of the charger for 1 day 20 hrs 15 min and 20 sec

The phone charge so fast and it is amazing. I dont know if I want to do that in the long run bc fast ch arging is bad on battery!
I have a nice battery charger and it says charging the battery slow will last longer per charge and longer life cycle itself too.
So what do you do?

chong67 said:
The phone charge so fast and it is amazing. I dont know if I want to do that in the long run bc fast ch arging is bad on battery!
I have a nice battery charger and it says charging the battery slow will last longer per charge and longer life cycle itself too.
So what do you do?
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I returned the iPhone and have used the Note for 2 days now. Battery is... Well, not as good as I expected. At least not comparable to the iPhone 6 plus. But I don't sweat on this since it does take quote some time for Android battery to kick in. I kinda wish Samsung didn't push the pixels since it's truly a battery drain. Also the GPS drains battery too. These 2 functions on the iPhone are very efficient.
And yes fast charge is wonderful. I say don't worry about the battery since it's fairly cheap.

rookiegenius said:
I returned the iPhone and have used the Note for 2 days now. Battery is... Well, not as good as I expected. At least not comparable to the iPhone 6 plus. But I don't sweat on this since it does take quote some time for Android battery to kick in. I kinda wish Samsung didn't push the pixels since it's truly a battery drain. Also the GPS drains battery too. These 2 functions on the iPhone are very efficient.
And yes fast charge is wonderful. I say don't worry about the battery since it's fairly cheap.
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Simple fixes.
1.) Make sure you screen brightness is on auto
2.) Put on a background that is dark, or mostly black
3.) Set your location to device only (GPS only)
4.) Turn the run time to ART
You will easily see an increase in battery life.
Below is my normal battery life. And an example of a good background to use.
Had about 5.5 hours of screen on time.
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I actually switched from GPS only to power saving. I have quite a few email syncing tho. One interesting thing... Are you sure we should be on art? I heard its not fully compatible.

rookiegenius said:
I actually switched from GPS only to power saving. I have quite a few email syncing tho. One interesting thing... Are you sure we should be on art? I heard its not fully compatible.
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ART bogs down my phone so I don't use it. Also during boot up, it take forever to finish as it tries to optimize some apps every time. About 39 on mine. This makes my phone super hot and there's no way to bypass this process. I say ART is a bad idea.