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Battery Usage - Please post your REAL numbers

Please post your DISPLAY TIME USAGE numbers. I do not give a flying crap about standby time...my phone can last a week easy if i don't use it and leave it on 2g mode. I want to know REAL usage numbers.
Please post using the following format
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Rom: 2.3.4 JVP Gingerbread
Kernel: Stock
Battery: Stock 1500mAh
Display Time On: 2-2.5hrs
Battery Life Left: Typically 25-30%
Usage:
80% 3G Web Browsing using Xscope browser
10% Text Msg
10% Phone Calls
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I want to get an idea of the actual battery life these phones have. The screen usage times seem to be pretty low.

They are indeed low.
Stock battery
Stock jvp
I end the day with about 3 hours screen on +1 hour streaming 3g radio.
5% left
Similar results on cm7
same use on the iphone 4 I had 50-60% left...
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android53 said:
They are indeed low.
Stock battery
Stock jvp
I end the day with about 3 hours screen on +1 hour streaming 3g radio.
5% left
Similar results on cm7
same use on the iphone 4 I had 50-60% left...
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stop comparing galaxy with iphone u sounds like one of those apple fanboy

candoo100 said:
stop comparing galaxy with iphone u sounds like one of those apple fanboy
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Like how you contributed to the thread
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im running nightly cm7 stock kernel,
with costume automatic backlights
battery usage : after 18 h - remain about 15-20%
40% display
20% android system
and 3 h on wifi
1-1.5 h games
and with apps

My light usage... 3G and background data enabled, bluetooth, wifi and GPS off.
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Rom: 2.3.4 JVP Gingerbread
Kernel: Speedmod K15 T6
Battery: Stock 1500mAh
Display Time On: 20 mins @ 2% brightness
Battery Life Left: 64%
Usage:
Cell Standby 37%
Phone Idle 13%
Facebook 11%
Display 10%
Android System 9%
Beautiful Widgets 8%
Google Services 5%
Voice Calls 3%
Android OS 2%
Titanium Backup 2%
Gmail 2%
Sent and recieved 6 txt's.
My Backup Pro scheduled to run @ 11:59 to backup SMS, MMS, System Settings, bookmarks and dictionary.
Beautiful Widgets updates every hour.
Facebook updates every hour.
Sky News updates every hour.
1d 0h 5m 52s on battery
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Will run a video for an hour and update the results for comparison...
UPDATE!
And here they are.....
1d 1h 20m 32s on battery
Display 38%
Cell Standby 23%
Phone Idle 8%
Android System 7%
Facebook 7%
Beautiful Widgets 5%
Media Server 4%
Google Service 3%
Android OS 3%
Voice Calls 2%
Battery now showing 45% !!!

Bump..keep em coming.

candoo100 said:
stop comparing galaxy with iphone u sounds like one of those apple fanboy
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GTFO.....
Come on you chickens...post up your number!

candoo100 said:
stop comparing galaxy with iphone u sounds like one of those apple fanboy
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I agree though.
2 different phones. Different screens. Different OS. My gf has an iPhone 4 and she loves my phone. I don't really even rate hers. Personal opinions.Nice simple device if you are not computer savvy, that drops calls and is a biach to arrange files etc. Better battery life maybe but I use that strange thing that comes with the phone. A charger I think its called. Unless your phone is abnormally draining then it will last as long as usage allows. Since 2.1 all roms have had approximately same usage for me after calibrations. Some days I get back from work with 65%. Some days 20%. Depends on the day.
And if you have any smartphone that lasts 3-5 days, sell it and use the money on a public phone. You obviously don't use it much.
So many battery theads on xda are boring me now.
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xchasa said:
I agree though.
2 different phones. Different screens. Different OS. My gf has an iPhone 4 and she loves my phone. I don't really even rate hers. Personal opinions.Nice simple device if you are not computer savvy, that drops calls and is a biach to arrange files etc. Better battery life maybe but I use that strange thing that comes with the phone. A charger I think its called. Unless your phone is abnormally draining then it will last as long as usage allows. Since 2.1 all roms have had approximately same usage for me after calibrations. Some days I get back from work with 65%. Some days 20%. Depends on the day.
And if you have any smartphone that lasts 3-5 days, sell it and use the money on a public phone. You obviously don't use it much.
So many battery theads on xda are boring me now.
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Like how you felt the need to defend your purchase. If I was an apple fanboy why would I use an sgs? Battery comparisons between two devices that fulfil the same function are valid. Otherwise its like denying diesel cars get better mpg because they run a different fuel.
I have never managed more than 4.5 hours browsing wifi on the sgs, (0% brightness doesn't count) and I have tried every rom since july last year. When you test another device that more than doubles that performance, out of the box, it really opens your eyes.
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android53 said:
Like how you felt the need to defend your purchase.
A.
I'm not defending my purchase. Got it for free ; ) and I'd happily try any phone with an open mind.
If I was an apple fanboy why would I use an sgs?
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I never said you were?? You were the one bringing iPhone battery life into a battery thread for Galaxy S??
Keep the comparison going in your own thread. I was referring to comparing two different os phones.
Battery comparisons between two devices that fulfil the same function are valid. Otherwise its like denying diesel cars get better mpg because they run a different fuel.
If diesel was the iPhone, like a diesel car its a bit boring for me.
Petrol (sgs) does not have the distance but the overall experiance is way better. In my opinion of course.
Btw. I recently sold my iphone 4. It was a nice phone but so many things pissed me off about apple. Want to put some clips or work documents on your work computer?? Apple says NO. Let me wipe your device first.
I have never managed more than 4.5 hours browsing wifi on the sgs, (0% brightness doesn't count) and I have tried every rom since july last year. When you test another device that more than doubles that performance, out of the box, it really opens your eyes.
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I agree with you?
Some days I thrash my phone, 3g always on, wifi always on, push always on, auto brightness always on bla bla bla and it always lasts the day. I go home and charge it. Simple. Like you, I've tried many roms and found them all roughly the same with gradual improvements to speed and user experience. Maybe why battery life is slowly decreasing if it even is. Faster and responsive = more fuel.
All I'm saying is its a personal opinion which phone is better and maybe some people should not worry about battery consumption so much if the device does what they want between charges.
Good day to you sir.
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Erm.........guys, a bit of civility please, don't let this descend into a bicker, it is potentially a quite interesting thread if you all stick with op's request for figures!
GTi9000 insanity cm012/glitch

I saw a 2 hour movie a few days ago (running jvp). When i started the movie the battery was at 99%, when i checked it again at the end of the 2 hours, the battery was at 86%. Is this good or bad?
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Deoxeded JVO CF-root
one day I played inception 720 HD
which is 3 hrs played it continuously did not stop at any time
and lost about 22% wifi 3g were on
and sometime only on taptalk+whatsapp lose about 20% for 1.5 hrs or even less

Dont forget that beside the screen which always takes a lot of juice (at least in my case) also 3g signal strength has a lot of influence on the battery usage - it would be nice to have an app which logs the battery usage depending on the signal strength - anybody aware of something like this?
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Useage:
Mostly wifi, browsing from times to times, when I jog, I use the GPS, bluetooth and media player, I used it around an hour in this uesage:
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frostygenius said:
I saw a 2 hour movie a few days ago (running jvp). When i started the movie the battery was at 99%, when i checked it again at the end of the 2 hours, the battery was at 86%. Is this good or bad?
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Really good!
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mine last 24 hour of heavy use on tubjv6 stock

slaphead20 said:
Erm.........guys, a bit of civility please, don't let this descend into a bicker, it is potentially a quite interesting thread if you all stick with op's request for figures!
GTi9000 insanity cm012/glitch
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I should have figured...this is XDA, all we do its post about our standby time and how much we hate the iphone.
So far 2 people have actually been helpful.......
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t1mman said:
Useage:
Mostly wifi, browsing from times to times, when I jog, I use the GPS, bluetooth and media player, I used it around an hour in this uesage:
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What is your rom please ?
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Galaxy Note 8 Battery Life

After 2 weeks of using the 3G version of the Note 8 (GT-N5100), I could say a full battery charge gives me at least 7 hours of actual screen time for a 16-hour stretch for the day, using it for light to medium apps and social network sites. I also do drawing using Adobe Photoshop Touch, Autodesk Sketchbook Ink and Sketchbook Pro.
This is my first tablet as I think its compact size and weight is more ideal than the heavier Note 10.1. I simply love digital drawing with the Note 8. I'm coming from a Note II and the bigger screen just gives me more area for line strokes.
7 hours of actual screen time isn't a wow for me as I do my torrent downloads with my Note II with also the same screen time and be able to change to a fresh battery usually in 12 hours. I just find plugging in the Note 8 in the late afternoon to be confident that it really doesn't die on me for an evening in a cafe.
Some 80% of the charge goes to maintaning the TFT screen! Is this normal for TFT screens to guzzle up that much power? I set my brightness to 30% and even set it to power saving mode. Still the screen is the main battery drainer.
Anyway, I set up this thread in the hopes that people can share how to best optimize the battery with proven sound practices.
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Screens are always the main power drain on these type of devices...even your Note II.
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I have N5100 too. But I just have 5h onscreen and 20h stanby. Wifi and 3G allway on. Set auto brighness. Do you think my battery have problem???

ExploreMN said:
Screens are always the main power drain on these type of devices...even your Note II.
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My Note II only takes roughly 30% of battery charge usage. I'm guessing AMOLED is just more efficient than TFT screen.
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What I noticed... the time shown in battery statistics seems to be wrong.
I was also getting approx. 5 hours on battery according to battery statistics. But this felt wrong for me. So I fully charged my Note 8 -> Usage statistic showed 0 hours. Then I was playing and reading for 2 hours (display always on, no reboots). But statistics where showing something around 1 hour and a few minutes. So don't trust your device.

ranzassel said:
So don't trust your device.
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Also, don't turn your back on them. They are out to kill us.

ExploreMN said:
Also, don't turn your back on them. They are out to kill us.
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That got a big laugh out of me! :laugh:

I got my note 8 about two days ago and the battery life was truly horrible but after a couple of charging cycles it seems to be getting better now I get about five to six hours of screen on time
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janjannsen99 said:
I got my note 8 about two days ago and the battery life was truly horrible but after a couple of charging cycles it seems to be getting better now I get about five to six hours of screen on time
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Screen on time tells only part of the story. Its what you're doing with the screen that matters. Browsing and videos will drain the battery faster than reading a book.

Thanks?
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It also depends on what apps have sync/auto update features turned on. I used my Note 8 on Mothers day to watch movies and I was able to watch 3 full movies and still had 30% left. Beanstown will be posting a rom soon and battery life we only improve.

duyminhphan said:
I have N5100 too. But I just have 5h onscreen and 20h stanby. Wifi and 3G allway on. Set auto brighness. Do you think my battery have problem???
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That's normal. I sometimes get 6 hours+ screen on, other times with 7 hours screen on time. I have yetto serif this baby can make it over 9 hours screenon. I'm trying out Greenify app as it hibernates apps from wake-ups to sync. I'll let everyone how it's working out in a few days.
Still, the majority of the power would still go to the screen. Having a dark theme wouldn't help as the ambient lighting would still take the same amount of power. It's there a way to turn off half the LED lights? I really wished the screen is really Super AMOLED for energy efficiency.
I still find the Note 8 handy as a sketching device.
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janjannsen99 said:
Thanks?
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Point being that if you get 6 hours of screen time and I get 9 hours of screen time, doesn't mean that my battery life is better than yours. I was at 8 hours screen time at 25% battery last night, but I'm not going to say that this is average for me. Depending on my specific usage, I can get anywhere from 6 to 10 hours of screen time. This is why user reported battery life must be taken with a huge grain of salt.

I dozed off and forgot to charge my Note 8 last night. My stats below show a 24-hour unplugged use with phone, wifi and bluetooth on. I had used my Note 8 with 4 hours of screen on time with just Chrome browsing, a few minutes of S Note, and 5 22-minute tv episodes.
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I still had 35% of battery left. I use Greenify to have my wakeups off when screen is off. It also hibernates apps if you don't activate them, like my Facebook doesn't update unless I check.
The screen still is the highest consumer of battery reserves at nearing 80%. I usually have auto brightness or keep it at 30% bright. Is there a way to reduce the power consumption further other than tune the brightness down?
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Also, take a look at Civato's kernel in the dev forum. To install it you need to first install Clockwork (I used Odin for that), then boot into your new custom recovery and flash the zip file.
The kernel supports underclocking (down to 100 mhz at cpu idle) and undervolting as well as a ~20% overclock and some other very nice features.
It's been stable for me using a 75 mvolt underclock, and I use some governor tweaks to avoid spinning the CPUs too hard when they're working on "nice" processes.
My battery life is often in the 9-10 hour range.

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Also, take a look at Civato's kernel in the dev forum. To install it you need to first install Clockwork (I used Odin for that), then boot into your new custom recovery and flash the zip file.
The kernel supports underclocking (down to 100 mhz at cpu idle) and undervolting as well as a ~20% overclock and some other very nice features.
It's been stable for me using a 75 mvolt underclock, and I use some governor tweaks to avoid spinning the CPUs too hard when they're working on "nice" processes.
My battery life is often in the 9-10 hour range.
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I have One Power Guard to lower the CPU with its governor tweaks.
Is it 9-10 hour range of screen on time or just the device use per charge?
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9-10 screen on. And my impression this weekend was that if I leave wifi off, longer than that.
Most of my use is evening, so minimal screen brightness. And probably 70% reading, rather than primarily videos.

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9-10 screen on. And my impression this weekend was that if I leave wifi off, longer than that.
Most of my use is evening, so minimal screen brightness. And probably 70% reading, rather than primarily videos.
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Good. I carry my Note 8 as a secondary device with my Note II as my primary device for communications and downloading torrents on the go. When I do need a bigger screen, I transfer media via wifi-direct. The 8 pretty much is my drawing tablet and productive tool for thinking through sketching architectural ideas. I still switch to paper for permanent recording on my sketchbooks.
8 hours isn't that good for me. I wish the screen consumption shouldn't reach to 80%.
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I've found the battery life to be much better than anticipated. but since i've mostly been using away from home, I've had all the connections turned off and when I am at home I have auto airoplane mode activated that turns off the connections when the screen is turned off.
I also have been using the power saving mode at all times other than when playing graphics intensive games as I have no need for intensive CPU usage when browsing, drawing or taking notes etc...
Im hoping that when I root and add some custom profiles my batterylife will improve further.

I had the time to test out the Note 8's battery life on a continuous usage with mainly browsing, note and sketching with the S Note for 3 hours, about an hour's with of video watching, wifi and bluetooth connected. I've had 7 hours of actual screen on over an 8 hour period, from 8 am to 4 pm with 5% of battery left. I didn't want to fully drain it to avoid ruining the battery charging capability.
I had the screen at only 20% brightness with phone function on. The battery could be easily be drained in about 4 hours if with a brighter screen and heavier processor based tasks like games. The screen still ate away 80% of the battery charge despite being toned down to a 20% screen brightness.
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My G2 is getting Crap battery life!

Hi Guys,
My LG G2 D802 is getting totally unacceptable battery life. I've tried everything but I just don't know what's killing the battery. I've actually got 4 hours screen time max (which is average for the G2) but I was expecting much more. Today, I've barely got 2 hours 45 mins screen time and 22% left... This is just mostly from reading facebook, xda, news apps etc. I've even turned sync to a minimum and am using easy battery saver so when my screen if of, data is off and syncs once every 30 mins for 15s. I have no idea why Android OS and especially Android System( in screenshots below, its used almost 50% of the battery).
What to do? I've attached screenshots of my battery usage and better battery stats.
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Sean
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honestly thats about what I get.....stop comparing your stats to other. most of the time the people that have huge screen on time is because they stay in wifi areas all day, turn down brightness to 0 and turn off syncing completely.

G1_enthusiast said:
honestly thats about what I get.....stop comparing your stats to other. most of the time the people that have huge screen on time is because they stay in wifi areas all day, turn down brightness to 0 and turn off syncing completely.
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I have sync on absolute min... I've disabled it almost... I was expecting much more from the G2... Even my old Xperia Z1 got 3 hours screen time.. I was at least expecting 5... Anyways, I've always got a strong signal (mostly 3G+4G) and use wifi for 1-2 hours a day so I really cannot understand that.
Also, I'm quite sure that the Android System and OS shouldn't be using so much battery... Something is definetly wrong there...

G1_enthusiast said:
honestly thats about what I get.....stop comparing your stats to other. most of the time the people that have huge screen on time is because they stay in wifi areas all day, turn down brightness to 0 and turn off syncing completely.
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Not so. I get 5-6hrs screen on and usually go about 16-18hrs between charges. On the heavily modded stock rom. I have Facebook/Twitter & 2 email accounts and only control syncing with battery guru. I'm never on WiFi because my ISP stinks. I live in a great 4g area and have unlimited data so that's what I use.
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garywojdan81 said:
Not so. I get 5-6hrs screen on and usually go about 16-18hrs between charges. On the heavily modded stock rom. I have Facebook/Twitter & 2 email accounts and only control syncing with battery guru. I'm never on WiFi because my ISP stinks. I live in a great 4g area and have unlimited data so that's what I use.
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that helps too, I live in Hawaii, tmobile signal here sucks.

Have you tried uninstalling/disabling any bloatware or apps you don't use?
Did you make sure your location services are turned off?

yyz123 said:
Have you tried uninstalling/disabling any bloatware or apps you don't use?
Did you make sure your location services are turned off?
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I haven't disabled or uninstalled bloatware but I don't use it... Still I shouldn't be getting this much battery usage from android system... Can someone put up a picture of their daily usage especially the % ?
Thanks

Sean473 said:
I haven't disabled or uninstalled bloatware but I don't use it... Still I shouldn't be getting this much battery usage from android system... Can someone put up a picture of their daily usage especially the % ?
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If you haven't already, I recommend you download the Gsam Battery Monitor app (available in playstore).
Take screen shots of every menu in that app after you've used your phone from 100% down to 10% and post in this comparative analysis thread.
For your reference, I get anywhere between 4hrs to a maximum of 6hrs of screen-on time depending on usage.

get cpu spy and check what frequency your cpu is at most of the time when not sleeping.
try a couple of battery depletion then charge till full cycles. If no improvement factory reset and try from there.
turn off gps/bleutooth/carrier iq if its enabled btw.
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bachera said:
get cpu spy and check what frequency your cpu is at most of the time when not sleeping.
try a couple of battery depletion then charge till full cycles. If no improvement factory reset and try from there.
turn off gps/bleutooth/carrier iq if its enabled btw.
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I have disabled GPS Bluetooth etc... I do however need Bluetooth sooner or later as I have a Sony SW2...I'm gonna root and greenify stuff.. Lets see if that helps!
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Having 1 bar of signal is probably killing your battery
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I remove almost every bloated lg app from stock rom. But with 1 hour screen time with max 30% brightness screen is not the bigger drainer. It is android system with 37% usage. Processor worked 5 minutes, waking was 4 minutes. Yet how this could be bigger drainer than one hour screen time.

kapybarus said:
I remove almost every bloated lg app from stock rom. But with 1 hour screen time with max 30% brightness screen is not the bigger drainer. It is android system with 37% usage. Processor worked 5 minutes, waking was 4 minutes. Yet how this could be bigger drainer than one hour screen time.
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This is the thing which I can't understand..
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How often have you ran it down to 10%?
Are you using the OEM charger?
If you have like a 1000mah or 550mah charger, I'd try doing a slow charge overnight (it'll take 4hrs on a 550mah charger) to see if your battery life is improved.

yyz123 said:
How often have you ran it down to 10%?
Are you using the OEM charger?
If you have like a 1000mah or 550mah charger, I'd try doing a slow charge overnight (it'll take 4hrs on a 550mah charger) to see if your battery life is improved.
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I've been draining down to below 10% each time I've used it (5-6 times)... When I root later, shall I use one of those battery calibration apps? Trickle charge is out of the question for me as I don't have time at night to charge it and I use the OEM charger always... Let me root, try greenify some stuff and see if it helps...

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I've been draining down to below 10% each time I've used it (5-6 times)... When I root later, shall I use one of those battery calibration apps? Trickle charge is out of the question for me as I don't have time at night to charge it and I use the OEM charger always... Let me root, try greenify some stuff and see if it helps...
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You don't have time at night when you sleep?

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You don't have time at night when you sleep?
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I don't like leaving stuff on the charger and going to bed... I usually forget to turn it off

it should help recondition. just keep it on charger half hour after it says its charged.
At this point I would recommend doing a factory reset on a full stock rom. On earlier phones debloating could have caused a lot of errors and thus weird stuff happening we want to eliminate that. So going back to full stock might be last way of eliminating all else. After that I think hardware issue.
on full stock seek ways to disable that iq cartier, disable locations and switch off gps etc. Perhaps via recents, go to task manager then menu bitton and services. Disable all you dont use and check battery life.
this is all I know.
btw, this is first phone I didnt need to debloat to get amazing life
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But isn´t debloating something to improve battery life little bit? Because all LG system stock apps drain quite a lot from battery.

amazing battery life for me
Iv been having amazing battery life. Yesterday from 7am-11pm the phone only got down to 47%. Of course with everything shut off untill im on wifi at home and when im not using data i shut it off. The one thing i know that uses wayyyy to much battery is google now. I turn it off and clear the data and cache. I even have my brightness at 50%. Right now the phones has been on for 5 1/2hrs unplugged and its at 90%. used pandora, watched a video on adult swim app and some light browsing.

Terrible battery life. Compare battery stats!!

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I am only getting around 5-6 hrs of screen on time with moderate usage. Android system and android os are probably the main problem that is causing this battery drain. Can you guys show me how ur battery life is and if u are having the same problems.

Also does ur battery stats show mobile data turned on even when it is off??

That's not bad, it is average for a phone with such power. The Note 3 was the same way. That is why they made and sold the Zero lemon battery and case for it. Which was three batteries combined.
Mines been up 13 hours and is down to 57% with the screen being 37% of the load becuase I keep brightness on max at a times. I also have bluetooth on all the time for my car as well as SPARK looking for a connection all the time.

Yeah 5 to 6 hours of screen on time is pretty good. I would say if you want anything more you need to get an extended battery.

Let your WiFi sleep when screen is off.

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Let your WiFi sleep when screen is off.
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If your wifi sleeps when the screen is off, it will use 3/4G to collect data. I wonder if that is better or worse?

I believe the wifi scanning will drain the battery more. If you are truely concerned, you can download deep sleep battery saver and it will turn everything off.

I consider that Pretty good battery life coming from the n5.
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That's pretty good battery life. I've never had a phone that could make it more than 4-5 hours screen on, not without disabling half the **** I use.

Im at 39 percent after 16+ hours
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I get the same 4 to 5 hrs screen time, which is amazing. what are u smoking, OP?
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I got 24 hr screen on time today.....plugged in. I'm sure I can get longer screen time too!

I used the 50% off coupon code Samsung sent me for buying the phone to order the spare battery and charger from their store... After code it was only $20! Now I'm not worried about battery life lol. Just arrived yesterday

And THIS thread is the reason I'm looking forward to my upgrade date Nov 1st. My Nexus 5 tapped out after 6 hours with only 2 hours of screen on time.
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I've had 8 hrs of screen on time with moderate use on my note 3. Even the s5 that I've used gotten better screen on time than the note 4

Tried installing better battery stats, required install as system app and wasn't working.
Now it won't uninstall, reboots phone!
Can someone help?
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Tried installing better battery stats, required install as system app and wasn't working.
Now it won't uninstall, reboots phone!
Can someone help?
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Remove it from your system apps

I'm actually very happy with my battery life. I had a rooted GS3 before the Note 4 and I bought the ZeroLemon extended battery for the S3. I had decent battery life on that but I use my phone so much, with the screen on, that I wanted to stay off the charger for more than 4-5 hours at a time.
I was concerned about the battery life with the Note 4 before I got it because I've never had a Galaxy Note before. I have to say that I absolutely love the phone and the battery life I've been getting! I'm not rooted, at least not yet. I'm getting 6.5 to just over 8 hours of screen on with moderate to heavy usage. I am on WiFi almost all the time. I hardly make or receive phone calls but I do text and use WhatsApp a lot. No Bluetooth, no NFC, haptic feedback turned off for everything, brightness turned down very low. Mobile data turned off when I'm home since I'm on WiFi. I use the s-pen quite a bit. I use Tasker to change some settings when I go out, come home, etc. I play games (Restaurant Story, Stand O' Food, and some others daily), watch YouTube, Facebook, XDA app, lots of reading articles using Chrome Beta, lots of apps that I'm sure don't tax the phone too much. I use the black background for every app that has it as an option. Now if I've been playing GTA: San Andreas then the battery crashes fast. LOL But that's expected.
Anyway, I'm just trying to give an idea of what I do on my phone. I consider my usage to be pretty heavy but everyone has their own opinion of what heavy or moderate usage means.
Edit: amazingly I just hit 9 hours of screen on. I'm down to 2%. Now that I hit 9 hours I can plug my charger in. LOL Saw it getting close so I waited.
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Dont know about you sir but the battery is amazing on my end.....moderate use at work all day and the phone is still on 92%.....

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I'm actually very happy with my battery life. I had a rooted GS3 before the Note 4 and I bought the ZeroLemon extended battery for the S3. I had decent battery life on that but I use my phone so much, with the screen on, that I wanted to stay off the charger for more than 4-5 hours at a time.
I was concerned about the battery life with the Note 4 before I got it because I've never had a Galaxy Note before. I have to say that I absolutely love the phone and the battery life I've been getting! I'm not rooted, at least not yet. I'm getting 6.5 to just over 8 hours of screen on with moderate to heavy usage. I am on WiFi almost all the time. I hardly make or receive phone calls but I do text and use WhatsApp a lot. No Bluetooth, no NFC, haptic feedback turned off for everything, brightness turned down very low. Mobile data turned off when I'm home since I'm on WiFi. I use the s-pen quite a bit. I use Tasker to change some settings when I go out, come home, etc. I play games (Restaurant Story, Stand O' Food, and some others daily), watch YouTube, Facebook, XDA app, lots of reading articles using Chrome Beta, lots of apps that I'm sure don't tax the phone too much. I use the black background for every app that has it as an option. Now if I've been playing GTA: San Andreas then the battery crashes fast. LOL But that's expected.
Anyway, I'm just trying to give an idea of what I do on my phone. I consider my usage to be pretty heavy but everyone has their own opinion of what heavy or moderate usage means.
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Edit: amazingly I just hit 9 hours of screen on. I'm down to 2%. Now that I hit 9 hours I can plug my charger in. LOL Saw it getting close so I waited.
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Wow that is awesome. I have never seen a device get that much screen on time without being rooted. Is it a software problem for me then that is causing a battery drain ?

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.

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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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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?

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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.

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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.
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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.