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Battery Lifetime

How does the battery behaves when compared with HTC HD and the original Diamond?

I found a good review article of the diamond2
"In terms of battery life the Diamond2 promises nearly double the amount of standby time over its predecessor. From my time using the Diamond2, starting with a full charge and with frequent use (web browsing/ music/ camera/ the excellent bubble burst game!), the next time the phone needed charging was five days later and even then this was more of a top up rather than the battery running on empty."
(http://www.mobiles.co.uk/htc-touch-diamond2-review.html)

i cant quite beleive a 5 day battery life on this phone! if it is true then it will be awesome but it has a smaller battery 1100 mah against 1350 in my phone currently which i get about 1.5 days out of it.
So i will be reserved, and slightly pessimistic

chris10230 said:
i cant quite beleive a 5 day battery life on this phone! if it is true then it will be awesome but it has a smaller battery 1100 mah against 1350 in my phone currently which i get about 1.5 days out of it.
So i will be reserved, and slightly pessimistic
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I would expect it to perform like your current phone (the HD, right?). smaller battery but smaller screen, so it should be about the same, and the htc provided data seems to be in line with that (about the same stand by, talk time and video talk time...)
So I think u are right to be pessimistic, but I also think that a higher capacity battery is possible with the same size as the 1100 mAh one: This TD2 battery is large, compared to the TD1 one: about 2 times as large, and TD1 was 900 mAh. Except if they are not of the same thickness, TD2 battery should have a higher capacity than just 1100 mAh...
I found nice shots comparing internals of TD1 and TD2, where we can see the 2 batteries
http://www.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=7317
I do not know how TD2 battery compare size-wise to the HD, maybe you could post some pics of your battery? side by side shots of TD2, TD1 and HD batteries would be very nice, especial it we also have thickness shots anyone having acces to the 3 care to post those?

gkai, no i dont have an hd, i wish i had one. I only have a polaris which is why i cannot understand the 5 day battery life as if my current phone does not last that long. I think that something that is more powerful, bigger screen and a smaller battery will last as long, i just dont, and also mine is stated to have a 400 hr standby time and the td2 only has 360 hours.
So i will still be pessimistic and say that they had some wonderous phone to get it to last for 5 days! (or didnt touch it for about 3 days!)
also the physical size of the battery does not actually matter the rating of the battery is what matters and that is smaller therefore a smaller battery. The td1 i think was always said to have a really bad battery life so hopefully htc have heard this and made the td2 better with a longer battery life, we can all live in hope

chris10230 said:
gkai, no i dont have an hd, i wish i had one. I only have a polaris which is why i cannot understand the 5 day battery life as if my current phone does not last that long. I think that something that is more powerful, bigger screen and a smaller battery will last as long, i just dont, and also mine is stated to have a 400 hr standby time and the td2 only has 360 hours.
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hum, then it is possible: faster processor does not mean that it will drain battery faster: new generation are etched finer and use less power for same or more processing power. Screen can be (slightly) more efficient, and power saving of the different radio can be better too. But I expect the phone to be good for 1.5/2.5 days of typical usage, no more, given the current behavior of the HD, touch pro and touch diamond (which have almost exactly the same internal components)
So i will still be pessimistic and say that they had some wonderous phone to get it to last for 5 days! (or didnt touch it for about 3 days!)
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The second is more likely, I doubt htc has changed the battery for the review (although it is possible). Good cell coverage is also good for battery life, if u have a cell tower nearby your phone will get better standby and communication time, same for wifi. I guess they both were in ideal condition and used the phone lightly...
also the physical size of the battery does not actually matter the rating of the battery is what matters and that is smaller therefore a smaller battery. The td1 i think was always said to have a really bad battery life so hopefully htc have heard this and made the td2 better with a longer battery life, we can all live in hope
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hum, yes, it is the rating that count...but given that all good batteries use the same technology (lithium-polymer), mAh rating should be in direct relation with physical size: a large battery with small rating just means that your battery is of an older generation (unlikely), or that there is a lot of dead material (plastic packaging) in your battery. So either the TD2 battery is much thinner than TD1, or it is likely that higher capacity batteries with the same physical size will surface quite soon on the accessory market (I hope for the second case, battery life under normal usage is one of the most important factor for me, it is convenient to have more than 1 day of "heavy" use per charge, and less than one day under "normal" use means the phone is poor for me, whatever its other qualities...)

Bettery Life!
Hi Guys.. Wel 4 days in, and still on my first full charge!
According to the power screen, I have used
58 hours 25 minutes standby
Talktime 2 hours 22 minutes
device usage 3 hours 24 minutes
And stil have 4 bars left!

how to say i think that htc have finally sorted out battery problems and have made a phone with a good battery life. Seems like ive been told!

Juggles said:
Hi Guys.. Wel 4 days in, and still on my first full charge!
According to the power screen, I have used
58 hours 25 minutes standby
Talktime 2 hours 22 minutes
device usage 3 hours 24 minutes
And stil have 4 bars left!
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Hay there what settings are you using, ie HSDPA on? screen brightness settings auto or minimal? how are you using your device?
Yay a HTC phone with good battery surely it cant be so lol

Juggles said:
58 hours 25 minutes standby
Talktime 2 hours 22 minutes
device usage 3 hours 24 minutes
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My standby time always more or less equals the device usage time, so 50/50. I keep playing with it all day At the end of the day it's at app. 50% charge.

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MartyH32 said:
Hay there what settings are you using, ie HSDPA on? screen brightness settings auto or minimal? how are you using your device?
Yay a HTC phone with good battery surely it cant be so lol
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O have 3g on all day, as well as Exchange push mail, however i only get about 15 mails a day.
Screen is set to auto brightness. I have to admit i hate this rom, so am using it as a secondary device at the mo..

had it's first charge last night. Unplugged it at 7:30....now almost 11am.
it says
standby
2 hours 38 mins
talk time
0
Usage
1hour 28 minutes.
3 bars from the main power meter have already gone.
Brightness is set to auto and only recieve gprs from where i am at the moment.
I new it was too good to be true, look like there'll be a full charge tonight again.

gkai said:
hum, yes, it is the rating that count...but given that all good batteries use the same technology (lithium-polymer), mAh rating should be in direct relation with physical size: a large battery with small rating just means that your battery is of an older generation (unlikely), or that there is a lot of dead material (plastic packaging) in your battery. So either the TD2 battery is much thinner than TD1, or it is likely that higher capacity batteries with the same physical size will surface quite soon on the accessory market (I hope for the second case, battery life under normal usage is one of the most important factor for me, it is convenient to have more than 1 day of "heavy" use per charge, and less than one day under "normal" use means the phone is poor for me, whatever its other qualities...)
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I've never seen them use Li-Poly Batteries... The D2 Uses:-
Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1100 mAh

trinode said:
I've never seen them use Li-Poly Batteries... The D2 Uses:-
Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1100 mAh
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yes, my mistake However, my point stand: battery capacity should be directly linked to its physical size and weight, given that the technology and materials used are the same (especially if you compare the batteries of a single manufacturer, like HTC). If not, it mean that the battery is not optimal and that a higher capacity battery battery of the same size is likely to come afterwards (from htc or other suppliers). That's why I was interested in the physical size of the TD2 battery compared to other devices...Well, with some luck I will know today, maybe a batch will arrive this afternoon in my favorite mobile shop and I will pick one ;-)

After the first full charge and unplugging in the morning, mine lasted until the evening.
about the same as my D1.
I don't have bluetooth or wifi on ever.
So to be honest, with average use....it's still ****
Good job i bought myself a AA battery emergency charger for it as well

Extend batterylife
Maybe not what we're looking for , but it's a way to extend batterylife:
Just underclock your TD2 or other HTC-device:
Look here and here...
FYI: Overclocking is not possible (yet )!

@Juggles
Didn't expect to see you here, how's life? How's WmGurus?
So you have move to TD2.
How's it?
Good buy?
It's selling here from today in shops between SGD538 to SGD668. Maybe its a promo price.

Hey dude
CWKJ said:
@Juggles
Didn't expect to see you here, how's life? How's WmGurus?
So you have move to TD2.
How's it?
Good buy?
It's selling here from today in shops between SGD538 to SGD668. Maybe its a promo price.
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I love it to bits! You can check out my review on Tracy & Matts Blog, http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/2009/04/24/htc-touch-diamond2-review
as for wmgurus.. it sort of died a death i think! LOL

Juggles said:
Hi Guys.. Wel 4 days in, and still on my first full charge!
According to the power screen, I have used
58 hours 25 minutes standby
Talktime 2 hours 22 minutes
device usage 3 hours 24 minutes
And stil have 4 bars left!
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How you've managed to achieve this I'd like to know. As currently I have 2 bars remaining and I have the following listed:
19 hours 1 minute standby
Talk time 0 hours 2 minutes
Device Usage: 3 hours 25 minutes
since my last charge at 23:25pm Yesterday. It's now 21:53. I have had WiFi and 3G on most of the day mind you!

7 DAYS on Standby within 1 full charge! (however without Sim Card in)

Battery life after initial charges- your opinions

As we all know, the Galaxy S uses a Li-Po battery.
Having previous expirience with those batteries (R/C Helicopters), i know that they require 5-10 cycles of full drain-full charge to reach full capacity and start their normal life cycle.
Not too long ago, there was a thread complaining about battery life here, but i think it was due to people checking usage time on the first or second charge only.
In this thread, i'd like to hear your opinions about battery life, but please-
Only those who passed 5 FULL drain-charge cycles, reply. We need some objective information about it.
Personally-
I'm after my 4th charge, and already seeing HUGE improvement. When i recieved it i barely managed to go through a single day, and now i'm almost 2 days since i last charged it, played some games, browsed a little, made a few calls, and i'm still over 65%.
Waiting to do 2-3 more charges and reach optimal state to see what it's worth.

Mine is a Li-Ion and lasts about a day with almost constant use.
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Li-ion? what the hell?
What battery did you get?
If it's a G7, it's Li-Po

My G7 is li-ion
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my battery only lasted for aroudn 5 hours on second charge! is this normal?
any of you guys experiencing the temperature going high when inside your pocket? is this the battery or the phone heating up?

Pika007 said:
As we all know, the Galaxy S uses a Li-Po battery.
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You are correct in that initially we were told the battery type would have been a Li-Pol.
However, since the phone's release it has now come to light that the battery is in fact a Li-Ion.
I made a post that mentions this here if you wish to have a read.

I’ve had my phone approx 2 weeks, so I’m on my 5 or 6th battery recharge. My phone has been on for 1 day 20hrs now. I’ve talked on the phone for about two hours and surfed for about ¾ of an hour. Wifi has been on all the time – Bluetooth about 3hrs. Current battery level is 70% - I must say after all the gloom and doom re the latest smartphones I’m more than happy with the battery life so far and does seem to be getting better all the time.

Wow this is too nice to read, I was starting to worry about my battery being wonky
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BlackSeries said:
I’ve had my phone approx 2 weeks, so I’m on my 5 or 6th battery recharge. My phone has been on for 1 day 20hrs now. I’ve talked on the phone for about two hours and surfed for about ¾ of an hour. Wifi has been on all the time – Bluetooth about 3hrs. Current battery level is 70% - I must say after all the gloom and doom re the latest smartphones I’m more than happy with the battery life so far and does seem to be getting better all the time.
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In contrast I have had my phone since Thursday... I've charged it 4 times in 48 hours so far. I am using it a lot and am hoping I get thee performance rise soon.
Crabby

I'm pretty sure it will.
When i got my phone i charged it to full, and before the day ended i needed to chrage it again.
And now:
Last charge was thursday morning (GMT+2), and now, after 2 and a half days, i still have 40%.
I could probably go on for another full day.

My first few charges barely made it through the working day, but now the phone still has plenty of charge after 24hours. Although right now is an exception, as the lady is playing Abduction on it and will probably keep at it until the battery dies
She really should get her own Galaxy S. Although we're waiting on some GPS improvements before replacing her phone, she cant afford to get lost.

TravUK said:
She really should get her own Galaxy S. Although we're waiting on some GPS improvements before replacing her phone, she cant afford to get lost.
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I know how you feel..... my wife is that bad at navigation we needed SatNav just to get her out of the garage.

Beards said:
I know how you feel..... my wife is that bad at navigation we needed SatNav just to get her out of the garage.
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I'm guessing she doesnt read these forums.

TravUK said:
I'm guessing she doesnt read these forums.
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Correct.... She's far too busy keeping me in check, looking after our Granddaughter and the Farm.

I got my replacement SGS today (had to send the original one back as Carphone Warehouse messed up the order so had to send everything back just to get a new SIM) and been hammering it for 14 hours, literally 80% of that running games, using WiFi, bluetooth and GPS and I only got it down to 25% and hadn't even charged it to 100% before I couldn't wait any longer. If the battery does get better after the initial charge, I will have no problem with this phone.

Further to my earlier post...
Charged the phone to full before bed last night... All of the power widget functions of two exchange email accounts and hotmail updating every hour.
So with no other use for 8 hours the battery was at 91% when I woke up. Battery status confirmed that 57% had gone on standby and 29 % on idle
So... Presuming this bsttery use is constant when idle... My phone will be down to 70 % by 24 hours with no use?
Crabby

It varies greatly according to reception.
Good network coverage= less work for the transceiver inside the device=less power drain.
It's not really constant.

Turning off 3G other than when you need it helps as well.

Tachikoma_kun said:
Turning off 3G other than when you need it helps as well.
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Is this something you do as routine? I don't know if I have the patience to do that.
And my signal was 5 bar edge signal for my 'test'.
Since this morning, I watched 90 mins of video, surfed for 10 mins and made a 5 minutes voice call on the train... By the time I got to work, the battery was at 53%.
I don't feel my phone will last my journey home at 6 tonight, so I have had to put it on charge again.
But still... on 3 days old...
crabby

Battery Life Discussion

Please post all your battery life discussions, tips, tricks, habits, on screen times, etc here.

I hereby designate this the "Official" battery life discussion thread!

well when i picked it up it had 59 or 56% charge and went down to 8% in about oh 2 hours tops and this honestly had me a bit scared. When I put it on the charger I noticed plugged into my laptop or my truck usb port it took forever to charge and honestly would not charge fast enough if it was being used. When I put it on the charger it came with plugged into the wall it charged from 8%ish to 100% in easily 45 mins I let it charge over night and took it off the charger and its now been off for roughly 12 1/2 hours and down to about 56% battery life. So I am definitely satisfied with the battery life so far.
I do run ultimate juice defender and power saver mode. I tried out the ultimate power saver mode for a mere 15 seconds and quickly reverted back. Also I have weather set to auto update every 3 hours, email every 3 hours, facebook never, and anything else is at 6 hours.

To early to tell. Gotta give it a few days. But I can say that the phone seems to drop to the 50% mark easy, but then drops slower after that.
I'll post battery screen in a few days.

Here's a screenshot of my phone's battery life taken a couple of days ago. Highly impressive! Bear in mind mine is the Exynos Octa Core model.

Here's a screenshot of my phone's battery life taken a couple of days ago. Yes, I had the battery saving mode on but I was using the phone for large amount of time. Highly impressive! Bear in mind mine is the Exynos Octa Core model.

Charging mine to full right now and I will then let it run until it turns off then charge back up to full and see how it does.

Remember your number 1power consumer is your screen. Some tips I have
1 set the screen as low as you can and still see it
2 the more stuff you have on your homescreen the more the processor has to work to display it
3 if you can use art runtime do so, the davlic system is a just in time system witch means it only processes information as it gets it. The art runtime processes information ahead of time so in general terms it can process the same amount of information in a dynamic sense. The art runtime also will improve overall performance espically in games and intensive applications
4 keep as few processes and services running as possible
5 when able to use wifi do so. When using mobile data your phone constantly pings the towers near it. This constant process eats at the battery. By using wifi this cuts off your mobile data modules and dosent worry about data connections (except for your voice network, even using voip your voice system stays active, I guess its a tap left open for the phone companies)
Any other tips? I caint think of any
For rooted users
Undervolting always help. With the combined use of undervolting, using the art runtime, running an odexed rom, and using an interactive type scheduler and you can maintain decent performance (with decent hardware or better) and have great battery performance

Any update on battery life? GSM arena review updated battery endurance. Just want to get review from current users.

Going to run my battery to zero today and see how the results are. The software won't get an understanding of the battery capacity until it runs to zero to know exactly how much juice it has. Otherwise it is just guessing.

Hghaly said:
Any update on battery life? GSM arena review updated battery endurance. Just want to get review from current users.
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Trying to upload pic and it is not working for some reason.
Anyway, I'm coming from the Note 4 and battery life has essentially been identical for my first day.
I'm getting about 5 hours of screen on time and I have my Bluetooth on ALL DAY with my Gear S
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67srbell said:
Trying to upload pic and it is not working for some reason.
Anyway, I'm coming from the Note 4 and battery life has essentially been identical for my first day.
I'm getting about 5 hours of screen on time and I have my Bluetooth on ALL DAY with my Gear S
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Is the Battery in the Note 4 and the Edge the same except for thickness?

Stoodo said:
Is the Battery in the Note 4 and the Edge the same except for thickness?
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Pretty much. Note edge's battery isn't as wide because it is a tad smaller
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67srbell said:
Trying to upload pic and it is not working for some reason.
Anyway, I'm coming from the Note 4 and battery life has essentially been identical for my first day.
I'm getting about 5 hours of screen on time and I have my Bluetooth on ALL DAY with my Gear S
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Any capacity left after that or pretty much empty?

Almost 6 hours on screen time with blue tooth on whole time and wifi.
Great for first full charge. I ran it until battery went to zero. Quick charge in 15 minutes with unit off was 25%.
Screen was set to Auto all day. And I did not have power saving mode on.
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Hardcore73 said:
Almost 6 hours on screen time with blue tooth on whole time and wifi.
Great for first full charge. I ran it until battery went to zero. Quick charge in 15 minutes with unit off was 25%.
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This is great very impressive battery life. I guess it will get better after few cycles.

not impressed…. so far.
I have had the phone since the 14th. I have had sporadic useage the first few days but yesterday I just decided to use the phone like I normally would. I got 14 hours BUT I had less than 3 hours screen time. That is horrid. I am reserving judgment until at least this sund. I will have had it at least a week and some days. I know the note 4 had an update immediately to addresses battery issues. I wonder will this happen for the edge. Will report back.
Note: I tried to attach battery screen shots but I get "invaid files". Dont know what thats about.

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well when i picked it up it had 59 or 56% charge and went down to 8% in about oh 2 hours tops and this honestly had me a bit scared. When I put it on the charger I noticed plugged into my laptop or my truck usb port it took forever to charge and honestly would not charge fast enough if it was being used. When I put it on the charger it came with plugged into the wall it charged from 8%ish to 100% in easily 45 mins I let it charge over night and took it off the charger and its now been off for roughly 12 1/2 hours and down to about 56% battery life. So I am definitely satisfied with the battery life so far.
I do run ultimate juice defender and power saver mode. I tried out the ultimate power saver mode for a mere 15 seconds and quickly reverted back. Also I have weather set to auto update every 3 hours, email every 3 hours, facebook never, and anything else is at 6 hours.
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this has been my experience... i'll stick it on the charger it came with later. i was freaking out like.... "what's the deal here?"

So battery life is worse by a noticeable amount then the note 4? I have a note 4, thinking of getting the edge

So far mine seems to be about the same as my Note 2, with updates being done every hour (except weather updates to my gear watch, which is updated every half hour). So I am pretty happy with.
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Post your battery life/usage!

Day 1 lolol just wanted to be the first to make this!!
Gemme a few days and I'll post some pics. Also include your usage, signal, and any disabled apps/services! Let's get it!!

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Day 1 lolol just wanted to be the first to make this!!
Gemme a few days and I'll post some pics. Also include your usage, signal, and any disabled apps/services! Let's get it!!
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Mines been quite poor, but it's been downloading and installing apps over LTE for hours. Not exactly a fair benchmark.

7 hours of screen on time with 10 percent battery lef. I'm satisfied

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Mines been quite poor, but it's been downloading and installing apps over LTE for hours. Not exactly a fair benchmark.
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Same here. But when i finished installing it, I fully charged it around 9pm last night and it just went to 10% today at 1pm

I'm at 4h 40m screen on time, with 36% left in the tank. I put the mid batt saver on at 65%. At this point I'm pretty impressed.

The battery is downright impressive!

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7 hours of screen on time with 10 percent battery lef. I'm satisfied
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Wow that is impressive! I have the Snapdragon US model and have only gotten about 4.5 average so far.

jamezr said:
Wow that is impressive! I have the Snapdragon US model and have only gotten about 4.5 average so far.
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Yea I don't know what happen but my last 2 charges after that has been around 5 hrs max. I didn't do anything different. But I'm still satisfied with 5 hrs SOT

One thing that isn't mentioned enough is battery maintenance and care. A carefully maintained battery will last longer, and store more energy, therefore providing more time between charges. I have a lot of knowledge about lithium based batteries in the hobby grade Radio control models. I have been maintaining lithium polymer and lithium ion cells for about a decade. So I would like to compile some tips for everyone.
1) Heat. Heat causes the most damage to lithium based batteries. Leaving your phone in direct sunlight, as most of us know can cause your device to catch fire, or even explode. Water is useless in extinguishing a lithium fire. Lithium cells will burn under water. This isn't new info to most of us, but I mention heat mainly for these reasons;
A) rapid charging causes increased heat in the cell. This increased heat degrades the cell, causing reduced cycle life. This is significantly more concerning on modern phones without removable or replaceable cells. Therefore you should avoid rapid charging unless it's absolutely necessary. Especially overnight. If your sleeping then there's no reason to rapid charge.
2) Voltages. Voltages are also very important, but since these are managed automatically you don't need to be overly concerned about them.
A) 3.0v this is the minimum voltage at which your charger will still recharge the cell. Most phones will shut off at 3.3v or 3.2v. This is your 0% charge level. The reason this is significant is that once your phone shuts down from a dead battery it is important to recharge it within a reasonable timeframe. It may take a week or 2 for the cell to drop those last few tenths of a volt, but once it does it's over.
That said, it is good to completely drain your battery occasionally because this helps the OS calibrate a more accurate battery charge percentage.
B) 4.2v is fully charged. This is your 100% charge level.
C) 3.7v is the best voltage for cell storage. This is approximately 50% charge. That is why your phone is usually about half charged when it is unboxed. (But who stores their phone lol)
So the important takeaway from all of this is, avoid rapid charging when you can, and once your phone dies, recharge it soon after. -Chris

Not bad. Got me through the day. ~4 hrs sot

Too early to tell. I had like 3.30 SOT. After a couple of charge cycles it's getting interesting.
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So far averaging 19 hours battery with around 2 1/2 hours screen on
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I went through 16 hrs of my average use and had 39% battery left before calling it a day. That's at least 30% more than what I was squeezing out my Note 4 on 6.0.1. Idling overnight for 7 hrs the battery went down only 4%.
I'm really impressed so far!

People getting 6+ hours SOT, can you let us know what your setup is like? Are you disabling stuff? Running dark theme?
Thanks!
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bajasur said:
People getting 6+ hours SOT, can you let us know what your setup is like? Are you disabling stuff? Running dark theme?
Thanks!
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If the question is for me....yeah, Material Dark Theme. Nova Launcher, no stuff disabled (Wi-FI/Loc/BT etc.). No app power saving. Hi resolution. I run "Optimize" once in the Device Maintenance menu.
I'll post a stats screenshot at the end of the day

I don't really trust any battery benchmarks right now..... the phones are all brand new...... lets all wait about 12 months and re-check them; While compared to the Note 3 my Note 7 replaced I am generally happy with the upgrade to the Note 7, the sealed battery is really pissing me off. I was using the Zero Lemon 10,000 mah batteries on the Note 3. I can almost gamble that the battery in the Note 7 will be useless in 12-24 months depending on usage and then we are stuck with $800 bricks unless someone figures out how to safely open the phone so we can replace the battery on our own.

Yesterday I had 7.2 hours of SOT. First few days were a little less, due to initial geek out, setup, testing. Seems on par with the my Note 5 and S7e.
What this shows me, is that I need to spend much less time in front of a phone's display....
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People getting 6+ hours SOT, can you let us know what your setup is like? Are you disabling stuff? Running dark theme?
Thanks!
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For how I use the phone, I can easily get over 7 hours SOT....with 10% or more left. Yeah... I disable all the Sammy/Tmo bloatware I can....as well as Lookout, Android Pay, Facebook stuff...and a few others. I always use Nova 3.3 (the last before they switched to the horrible white themes of LP & MM) and I've been using a minimal black theme from the Sammy store, that has the color rings around some icons. Love it. I don't use auto brightness...and normally have it about 30-40%. I also don't ever use NFC, so it's disabled. I rarely use bluetooth....and i don't do any gaming really. I imagine if you're doing those things...battery life will suffer a bit.
Though I definitely think it helps to have an all black theme going. Settings, dialer, app drawer....solid black. And don't have the screen too bright of course.

I don't know how good or bad it will be but in my opinnion it's going to be average and its a note so i'll be using the phone a lot. I just bought the wireless charging case from the T-Mobile store i work at My coral blue comes tomorrow !!!

Hoggles said:
Yesterday I had 7.2 hours of SOT. First few days were a little less, due to initial geek out, setup, testing. Seems on par with the my Note 5 and S7e.
What this shows me, is that I need to spend much less time in front of a phone's display....
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For how I use the phone, I can easily get over 7 hours SOT....with 10% or more left. Yeah... I disable all the Sammy/Tmo bloatware I can....as well as Lookout, Android Pay, Facebook stuff...and a few others. I always use Nova 3.3 (the last before they switched to the horrible white themes of LP & MM) and I've been using a minimal black theme from the Sammy store, that has the color rings around some icons. Love it. I don't use auto brightness...and normally have it about 30-40%. I also don't ever use NFC, so it's disabled. I rarely use bluetooth....and i don't do any gaming really. I imagine if you're doing those things...battery life will suffer a bit.
Though I definitely think it helps to have an all black theme going. Settings, dialer, app drawer....solid black. And don't have the screen too bright of course.
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Umm so basically you just use it to browse and send emails etc?

shahrozh said:
Umm so basically you just use it to browse and send emails etc?
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That and a lot of pics and video...and this may sound crazy, but I actually use it as a phone too During hikes and bike rides, I use it as a fitness/gps tracker....and I stream a bunch to Chromecast/TV. Battery drain is amazingly low while streaming to Chromecast.

H870DS battery problems.

So I finally went through it and bought a G6. It arrived 3 days ago and since I booted up, I immediately got an update to 1st January security patch; V10u-IND. So it's been 2 whole days since I've properly started using my phone (how I used to, on previous device) and the battery life sucks balls. I can barely get through a day with maximum 2.5 hours of SOT. Even the charging is so slow. Takes about 2.5 hours to charge from 10% to 100%; Ampere shows 820mA.
I ordered a QC 3.0 Aukey adapter+Cable to see if my charging improves using that. Can someone help me with this disappointing battery life? I see so many other users getting such good battery life. I don't know what it is with mine.
I've attached some screenshots below.
Anyway, thanks a lot.
Edit: Even with a single SIM, battery life was same.

ishanbhatnagr96 said:
So I finally went through it and bought a G6. It arrived 3 days ago and since I booted up, I immediately got an update to 1st January security patch; V10u-IND. So it's been 2 whole days since I've properly started using my phone (how I used to, on previous device) and the battery life sucks balls. I can barely get through a day with maximum 2.5 hours of SOT. Even the charging is so slow. Takes about 2.5 hours to charge from 10% to 100%; Ampere shows 820mA.
I ordered a QC 3.0 Aukey adapter+Cable to see if my charging improves using that. Can someone help me with this disappointing battery life? I see so many other users getting such good battery life. I don't know what it is with mine.
I've attached some screenshots below.
Anyway, thanks a lot.
Edit: Even with a single SIM, battery life was same.
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exit the game completly, maybe solves your problem

ishanbhatnagr96 said:
So I finally went through it and bought a G6. It arrived 3 days ago and since I booted up, I immediately got an update to 1st January security patch; V10u-IND. So it's been 2 whole days since I've properly started using my phone (how I used to, on previous device) and the battery life sucks balls. I can barely get through a day with maximum 2.5 hours of SOT. Even the charging is so slow. Takes about 2.5 hours to charge from 10% to 100%; Ampere shows 820mA.
I ordered a QC 3.0 Aukey adapter+Cable to see if my charging improves using that. Can someone help me with this disappointing battery life? I see so many other users getting such good battery life. I don't know what it is with mine.
I've attached some screenshots below.
Anyway, thanks a lot.
Edit: Even with a single SIM, battery life was same.
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Use BBS for some days and post results.
Looking to the graph it seems that you used the phone under mobile network, is it true? G6 and V30 suffer of huge battery drain on mobile network when the signal gets weaker.
That's why you see G6 with good battery life, under WiFi is always easy to reach 4+ hours of SOT even with gaming, but under mobile network it drops to 2-3 hours.

Killua96 said:
Use BBS for some days and post results.
Looking to the graph it seems that you used the phone under mobile network, is it true? G6 and V30 suffer of huge battery drain on mobile network when the signal gets weaker.
That's why you see G6 with good battery life, under WiFi is always easy to reach 4+ hours of SOT even with gaming, but under mobile network it drops to 2-3 hours.
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I am a college student so for around 6 hours my 4G is on. I still don't get it why LG hasn't worked on improving the battery under weak signals. This same problem was on LG G3.
Anyway, I'll post some BBS results after a few days. Thanks a lot.