The Z3 is a nice device, I enjoy the screen, thinness and weight, but the latter two definitely come at the expense of battery life.
Of course the faster CPU also plays a part. I'm just getting 3 hours of on screen time with my usage out of it. On the Z2 I got 4 hours.
I don't even know what these people do who get an insane 10 hours of screen on time out of theirs. Probably different kind of use, but still...
Once again I need to look having an external battery with me.
Disappointed.
naujoks said:
The Z3 is a nice device, I enjoy the screen, thinness and weight, but the latter two definitely come at the expense of battery life.
Of course the faster CPU also plays a part. I'm just getting 3 hours of on screen time with my usage out of it. On the Z2 I got 4 hours.
I don't even know what these people do who get an insane 10 hours of screen on time out of theirs. Probably different kind of use, but still...
Once again I need to look having an external battery with me.
Disappointed.
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Post your battery stats page. Seems odd to me. I have 2.5 hours of on screen time with 10 hours on battery at 78% at the moment.
I noticed that too since I switch from Z2. Its difficult to see from the power management tool indicating how many screen time ect.. the battery life just don't seems to be better then z2, and results and very random.. sometimes better then z2, sometimes worst then z2. Perheps firmware upgrade will help..
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I have rolled through 3 Z3s due to defects on my 4th, all had great battery life up to 8.5 hours SOT, lowest is about 5 hrs SOT, before calibration. Give it a few charging cycles, or do a full charge and full discharge then recharge and use. You should then be fine. If that does not work maybe you got some errant apps or lots of them continously syncing. Also go to backup and reset menu and disable data logging.
been averaging a day and a half with over 8 hrs SOT with mine. mix of wifi/lte
I don't know how you guys do it. I always get around 3 hours SOT, no matter what. I wish there was a way to check wakelocks without root.
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I think it has something to do with the apps you use.
Facebook, facebook messenger, snapchat, swiftkey and Nova Launcher gave me from 4+ estimated days (in stamina mode) to 1 day and 1 hours.
If I don't play games, I get between 6 and 8 hours SOT at the moment.
Check that google play services aren't burning through battery.
Should never get 2 or 3 or even 4 hours SOT unless you're playing games.
I use screen brightness on about 80% as well.
I'll be posting my power usage screenshots soon.
Off to the top off my head, screen was about 50% of power (with automatic brightness, and the slider set on the 1st third), the most power hungry app took about 25%, with the rest taken up by various other processes and apps.
WiFi off.
Facebook used to be a battery killer, I don't use it, but check on that.
Z3 has an incredible battery life
there's something wrong in the op
For my baterry stay perfectly (often 20% for system 20% standby and 50% screen)
Even if it's Facebook that eats 25% of power that still wouldn't account for the overall bad battery life.
Nope mate, sorry - my battery life is out of this world. It's not the Z3, it's your device - get it tested, re-flashed or inspected if the problem persists.
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Facebook used to be a battery killer, I don't use it, but check on that.
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Remove facebook or use an app killer
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Remove facebook or use an app killer
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Oh no I already removed, I do not have any battery issues, I was just giving a tip to OP.
Right, so here are my power usage screen shots.
I don't think these can be called ok in any kind of scenario.
I would like to add that with my Z2 I didn't ever get up to the 6 or 7 hours other people were getting out of it, but with my kind of use I got 4 to 4.5 hours, which is considerably more than I'm getting right now.
I supposed it's kinda obvious, with a faster CPU and a smaller battery. What else could have happened. It just annoys me that Sony tries to tell us that battery life is BETTER than on the Z2. It is not.
Well, reviews uphold/confirm Sony's claims so its probably not the phone itself per say. I get 7-8.5 Hrs SOT easily. Disable autosync when un-needed and location services as well. Then see.
Just as everyone suspected, it's malwarebook causing abysmal battery life. Remove it and watch your phone get tons more battery.
Considering that you're one of the very few, if not only, getting poor battery.....I have no idea what else it could be. The phone get's better battery because of using the 801 SOC instead of the 800, which sips battery like fine wine, leading to the increase in life over the z2.
Malware.... Yeah, whatevs.
Fact remains that with the same usage as before my Z3 performs worse than my Z2, so there.
I have only had my S8 for about four months now. Anytime I install Nova launcher on my phone I notice a RAPID battery drain. I let it drain almost all the way down tonight and found the Android system using close to 20% of the batter and the UI using close to 10%. Is this normal for an S8? And is this normal for Nova launcher?
In the app information of nova, mine says 0% of battery used. Plus I get 8 and a half hours screen on time with nova. So nova does not drain any battery from my s8 plus. I've heard that it might even increase battery life compared to TouchWiz.
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In the app information of nova, mine says 0% of battery used. Plus I get 8 and a half hours screen on time with nova. So nova does not drain any battery from my s8 plus. I've heard that it might even increase battery life compared to TouchWiz.
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I have no idea what it could be. Whenever I apply Nova my battery drains much faster. I'm still getting the screen, Android system, and OS being my biggest battery drainers! It sucks because I love Nova but feel like I have to sacrifice battery for the launcher. ?
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I have no idea what it could be. Whenever I apply Nova my battery drains much faster. I'm still getting the screen, Android system, and OS being my biggest battery drainers! It sucks because I love Nova but feel like I have to sacrifice battery for the launcher.
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If you can post a screenshot of your bat statistics
I use nove since day 1 of owning my s8 (6 months) and never experienced battery drain from it. maybe it has to do with something else. it's not normal.
Since the XDA app won't upload a screen shot I'll just write the results. Drained my battery all the way down to 10%.
Battery life:10 hours 11 mins
Usage;
Screen (25%)
Android system (19%)
Android OS (12%)
Google Play services (8%)
Device idle (5%)
Cell standby (5%)
Snapchat (4%)
Twitter (3%)
Everything else was 2% or less.
THIS IS WHILE RUNNING NOVA
what can anyone make of this?
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Since the XDA app won't upload a screen shot I'll just write the results. Drained my battery all the way down to 10%.
Battery life:10 hours 11 mins
Usage;
Screen (25%)
Android system (19%)
Android OS (12%)
Google Play services (8%)
Device idle (5%)
Cell standby (5%)
Snapchat (4%)
Twitter (3%)
Everything else was 2% or less.
THIS IS WHILE RUNNING NOVA
what can anyone make of this?
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yip something not right, my android system is 6% and Android OS is 2% but I've been using Nova since day 1 and never had any battery (or other) issue with it, been brilliant. go into settings, reset and reset settings, then go to settings, apps, nova and clear data. delete cache to from recovery, then reboot and see if there is any improvement.
Do a reboot. It that doesn't fix it, do a factory reset, perhaps that'll help.
Nova doesn't appear to be the problem from your stats.
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I have only had my S8 for about four months now. Anytime I install Nova launcher on my phone I notice a RAPID battery drain. I let it drain almost all the way down tonight and found the Android system using close to 20% of the batter and the UI using close to 10%. Is this normal for an S8? And is this normal for Nova launcher?
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you can have full confidence that the problem is not nova launcher. I use since 3 years in several phones and i did not have any battery drain
Hello.
So i have had this issue for that past 6 months or so.
I bought my galaxy s8 upon release and the battery was great at the time. After some time of course i can expect the life to degrade. But it is horrible now.
I experimented with custom roms and stuff and it just got worse and worse and i tried a lot of different roms. My expected screen on time was 5 hours which is pretty normal.
After some time i only get like 3 hours a day and the standby drain was awful. Once a time i tried to go with stock rom and i got like 2 hours sot and a standby drain that was crazy. I use greenify to close apps in background.
My usage is normally messenger, facebook some times. Its mostly closed by greenify. I watch youtube browse the web and play simple games that doesnt need a lot of processing power to run.
Is it my battery thats very bad? I also experienced in the cold like 0 degrees celcious that my phone just died when it had like 25 percent.
Should i get battery replacement or whats the best option here? Currently running teamexykings lightrom for my galaxy s8 exynos
Same issue, I replaced the battery when fixing the cracked screen, didnt see any improvement even with the new battery
You can try if you want replacing the battery, but I believe its the software issue.
Hey guys.
So I noticed everyone here and anywhere else basically, complaining about the battery life on this phone after the MIUI 11 update so I used the debloater directly after getting the phone to have the best battery life possible.
Turned off all the suggested apps and services and I gotta say battery improved, but it wasn't what was promised by the phone's specs. I'm barely getting 4h SoT, without any heavy usage whatsoever, only social stuff.
The culprit for me as well has been the Android System, with over 40% drain every day. So I installed Accubatery to try and see what's happening with my battery, along with better battery stats.
What I found useful from the accubattery app is the permanent notification where it tells you, after a few seconds, how much mA will be drained in an hour of using the phone like the way you are using it at that moment. So I did a test. Had my phone on the home screen, doing nothing. After a few seconds the reading showed -180mA, which is awesome right? Then I locked my phone and left it at the always-on display for a minute or so. Unlocked it and the notification showed -980mA.
This is very VERY weird and I cannot find anything anywhere suggesting what anyone can do to combat this. I have more average battery drain when the screen is off than when the screen is on.
I have never reset my phone (and would like that to stay that way if possible) and the phone itself is a month old. It's really saddening to see other people are getting twice as much SoT.
Do you guys have any suggestions?
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Hey guys.
So I noticed everyone here and anywhere else basically, complaining about the battery life on this phone after the MIUI 11 update so I used the debloater directly after getting the phone to have the best battery life possible.
Turned off all the suggested apps and services and I gotta say battery improved, but it wasn't what was promised by the phone's specs. I'm barely getting 4h SoT, without any heavy usage whatsoever, only social stuff.
The culprit for me as well has been the Android System, with over 40% drain every day. So I installed Accubatery to try and see what's happening with my battery, along with better battery stats.
What I found useful from the accubattery app is the permanent notification where it tells you, after a few seconds, how much mA will be drained in an hour of using the phone like the way you are using it at that moment. So I did a test. Had my phone on the home screen, doing nothing. After a few seconds the reading showed -180mA, which is awesome right? Then I locked my phone and left it at the always-on display for a minute or so. Unlocked it and the notification showed -980mA.
This is very VERY weird and I cannot find anything anywhere suggesting what anyone can do to combat this. I have more average battery drain when the screen is off than when the screen is on.
I have never reset my phone (and would like that to stay that way if possible) and the phone itself is a month old. It's really saddening to see other people are getting twice as much SoT.
Do you guys have any suggestions?
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I was on Miui 11 for a few weeks and had ~8h SOT with AOD enabled all the time. Now I am on Pixel Experience and I have ~7.5h SOT without AOD so I am very satisfied with the battery life.
I advise you to wait for Miui 12, which will come very soon to the Mi 9T. Then everything will probably change again with the battery life...
Hello,
I've switched to Pixel Experience some days ago and while the ROM works very smoothly I mus say that battery lasts MUCH less than before.
I see that only using the Nova Launcher to scroll pages and apps means -15% battery in a day, and so browsing the web with Firefox for Android (these two apps, while I was with the stock ROM, practically didn't show in the battery usage statistics).
Is anyone aware of issues with the battery? Is there anything I can do (apart from trying to wait for the september update or trying to wipe all and restart?
Thanks
already fixed xd