Why would Phone Radio report high power consumption? - X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Only odd performance thing I've noticed is the overnight battery drop, at about 0.8%/hr. I was expecting lower. Now, this all depends on how much syncing's going on in my apps but what's odd is that I had
- Wifi (& Bluetooth) on
- A strong 3G signal (not 4G)
But biggest battery consumer (according to GSam Battery Monitor) was the Phone Radio (~45%), not Wifi (or Bluetooth). Apps were ~28%.
Why would the Phone Radio be consuming so much? No data would be going over it. There were no calls.
I tried 3G only mode on the phone, and also clearing the cache...

... and basically I'm using my old Nexus 4 for comparison. Same OS, same apps, same connectivity/signal strengths. Different processors but they should be asleep most of the time anyway. And screens will, of course, be off.
Nexus 4 has a 2100mAH battery (probably less now as it's 2 yrs old)
Moto X Play has 3630mAH battery
The Nexus % battery drop over night is similar. I would expect power (mA) consumption rate over night to be similar for both phones so that % drop on the MXP should be a lot less. But the MXP is sucking a lot more out of the battery to cause a similar % drop despite the much bigger battery. The 'Phone Radio' taking such a high % of the consumed power is also suspicious, right?

WibblyW said:
... and basically I'm using my old Nexus 4 for comparison. Same OS, same apps, same connectivity/signal strengths. Different processors but they should be asleep most of the time anyway. And screens will, of course, be off.
Nexus 4 has a 2100mAH battery (probably less now as it's 2 yrs old)
Moto X Play has 3630mAH battery
The Nexus % battery drop over night is similar. I would expect power (mA) consumption rate over night to be similar for both phones so that % drop on the MXP should be a lot less. But the MXP is sucking a lot more out of the battery to cause a similar % drop despite the much bigger battery. The 'Phone Radio' taking such a high % of the consumed power is also suspicious, right?
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i think it has to do with the Network mode selected as motorola is giving very less options
type this in your phone
*#*#4636#*#* > Phone Info > Set Preferred Network > 3g only ..
Don't touch any other option ... maybe it will help

3G only is a setting in the standard network settings. I tried that, and it seemed to make no difference :-S

WibblyW said:
3G only is a setting in the standard network settings. I tried that, and it seemed to make no difference :-S
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No in the setting it is Wcdma preferred which consumes more battery .... Anyways hmm that's strange

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Weak Battery Life? Post Your Battery Use Numbers

I am still not too happy with the battery of the Galaxy, even though it should be conditioned by now. Nowhere near as good as the iPhone 3Gs, even though the 45nm chip in the galaxy, as well as the AMOLED screen, should be benefitial to battery life.
Maybe a good benchmark would be to see what readings people get at the time of the first "Low Battery" warning. You can see what depleted your battery by going to Settings/About/Phone/Battery Use. To get details, touch the corresponding bar in the graph.
Mine are:
20h 32m 4s since unplugged
Display: 38% (1h 54m)
Cell standby: 24%
Phone idle" 16%
Android OS 10% (CPU usage 50m 4s)
Voice calls: 6% (2m 54s --- WTF?!)
Android System: 4%
K-9 Mail: 2%
Advanced Task Killer: 2%
Those numbers look good to me somehow, I wouldn't expect better battery life after using the display for 2 hours and another 19 hours of standby? Especially as the phone can easily stand by another few hours on the last 15%...
i just got my phone recently, i'll post my results after a few weeks of daily usage.
i do a lot of 3G+, WiFi and SMS, not so much voice call, but regularly enough like two or 3 calls a day
that should be a pretty good test to see how long the battery last from full to like 20% that's when i usually recharge my phone if i don't carry a spare battery with me
Robin.B said:
Those numbers look good to me somehow, I wouldn't expect better battery life after using the display for 2 hours and another 19 hours of standby? Especially as the phone can easily stand by another few hours on the last 15%...
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It depends on what you compare it to, I guess.
I am comparing it to my old iPhone 3Gs, which would last about 48 hours, usually with considerably longer talk time than the 2m 54s I have on the Galaxy S. How can less than 3 minutes of talk show 6% battery drain?!
As I noted, the Galaxy S's smaller die (45nm) and AMOLED screen should be an advantage over the iPhone 3Gs's older hardware, yet the iPhone lasts markedly longer.
Anyway, I just wanted to see what others are seeing and how long their phones are lasting. It might be interesting to many others, too.
The galaxy S holds considerably longer than the iPhone 3GS. Probably longer than the iPhone 4 as well.
My current stats:
2D 0H 33M 41S Since unplugged
Voice calls: 34% (38m 37s)
Cell Standby: 28%
Phone idle: 19%
Display: 18%
Funny, it doesn't show the time when i played SandStorm and Asphalt.
Oh, and my current battery level: 66%
If i skimp on the battery, i can hold 5 days between charges.
Pika007 said:
...2D 0H 33M 41S Since unplugged
Voice calls: 34% (38m 37s)
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If i skimp on the battery, i can hold 5 days between charges.
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WOW! This is just amazing!
How long was your screen on for only 18%? (I have mine set at the dimmest, but still....)
Do you use email much and if so, how many accounts and often do you have the phone checking it?
Wait, you use tons of WiFi and you're suprised that the phone won't hold too much?
In contrast to the iphones that require you to manually search for a network, android ACTIVELY searches for local open networks and connects to them.
When you're not using WiFi- TURN IT OFF.
If you're talking about cellular internet, that's another thing.
And the display (set to medium-low brightness, the brightest mode where it doesn't BURN MY EYES. Damn this display is bright) registers 1h 27m.
Pika007 said:
The galaxy S holds considerably longer than the iPhone 3GS. Probably longer than the iPhone 4 as well.
My current stats:
2D 0H 33M 41S Since unplugged
Voice calls: 34% (38m 37s)
Cell Standby: 28%
Phone idle: 19%
Display: 18%
Funny, it doesn't show the time when i played SandStorm and Asphalt.
Oh, and my current battery level: 66%
If i skimp on the battery, i can hold 5 days between charges.
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Are we talking about the same phone? It's impossible!
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Wait, you use tons of WiFi and you're suprised that the phone won't hold too much?
In contrast to the iphones that require you to manually search for a network, android ACTIVELY searches for local open networks and connects to them.
When you're not using WiFi- TURN IT OFF....
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For what it's worth, my WiFi has been off for most of the day.
But, on WiFi discovey, my experience has been the opposite.
On the iPhone 3Gs, I always had WiFi and BT turned on. if I was not connected to WiFi, but WiFi became available, the iPhone would bring up a pop up, asking me if I want to connect to the network.
With te Galaxy S, I can have WiFi Notifications on, but unless I search for a network (usually by turning WiFi off, then back on), it doesn't inform me of available networks.
To boot, even though it remembers both my home and office networks, half the time it does not sign in automatically when I enter the area, but I have to do the off/on thing to get signed on
poolcin said:
Are we talking about the same phone? It's impossible!
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The pictures are HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE, but the info is all there.
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/8025/dscn0044s.jpg
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/2236/dscn0042r.jpg
Point&shoot camera, single hand, and it's 3:33AM. You'll have to forgive me for the horrible quality of the pics.
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The pictures are HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE, but the info is all there.
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/8025/dscn0044s.jpg
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/2236/dscn0042r.jpg
Point&shoot camera, single hand, and it's 3:33AM. You'll have to forgive me for the horrible quality of the pics.
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Well consider yourself lucky! you got an amazing battery from the future or something, because this is not what we are all seeing... I get a decent 30 hours with mine max...
Can you tell us how long is the display time ?
My guess is that I could stay 2 days with my phone if I was never swithcing on the screen.
The thing is that you seems to use your phone like I was using my old nokia 6310 ...
Try to play some music or video and you won't last 5 days or even 2days ... maybe 1 if you are lucky
Basically you have left your phone switch off 2 days and call 38mn and that's all ?? I can't tell you that my old iphone3GS is going to be pretty close in term of performance of battery
given that 1h54 give 38% of 85% for the OP I would say that you have maybe 20mn of display
The battery life of my SGS was terrible for the first few days of use. I don't have the battery usage numbers but the battery would only last for around 20 hours doing: 30-60 min call, 2hour music, 30mins video, 30mins game, and approx. 40mins web surf using mostly wifi.
But after about 5 charging cycles (discharging until battery ran low and the phone eventually turns off, then charging the phone to full), the phone lasts for two whole days with the same usage described above each day!
So I have noticed a significant improvement in battery.
If you haven't gone through the charging cycle and your phone is relatively new, give it a week before you think the battery life is crap
yeah I am still waiting for the improvment
After almost 2 weeks , a dozain of cycle I still don't see it coming ...
I guess I must be using the screen too much ( miminum light) ...
Afert 12h46 I am at 25% with 65% taken by the display , 10% by cell idle, 8% by android , 6% by network idle, 4% by call ...
I have already used the screen 3h14mn
I don't know what you do but on my side I am reading my mails, reading xda, reading some newspaper on the train, watching some video ...
So my crappy battery doens't seem to come from some app draining it ... but just from the display.
So basically nothing I could do except using it less than what I am used to
Display time was 1h 27m
mine last around 10h (display on 4,5h) and thats as low as u can adjust brightness in settings according to gsmarena blog display can last up to 10h...
im using dimmer app now. hope i get 5-6h (display time) with that.
ok i'll play:
10hr:10min since last unplugged.
Battery at 74%
Display: 50% (I leave it on auto brightness)
Cell Standby:19%
Phone Idle: 12%
Bluetooth: 8%
NDrive: 7%
Android System: 2%
I'm happy with that.
I'm easily getting through a 15 hour day with moderate use (my normal usage pattern). this is on a par with my previous Nexus One and iPhone 3G.
BTW, I keep the WiFi on persistently (even when the screen is off) because I heard it draws less juice than the 3G/phone data. (I typically spend a lot of time around the house on WiFi ...)
Battery killer is normally "time without signal", the N1 would average maybe 70% without a signal, the SGS is averaging around 30% without a signal - so based on that perhaps the battery isn't quite as robust as the N1 (which was on Froyo).
Anyway, I have no concerns about my SGS battery based on similar phones and usage patterns. I will be tempted to get an extended battery for it though (I had a Mugen 3200mAh on the N1 and that would give me 2 days under quite heavy usage).
BTW, I keep the WiFi on persistently (even when the screen is off) because I heard it draws less juice than the 3G/phone data.
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Are you sure about this? I thought I noticed much better battery life when I started to switch wifi off and using 3g instead. I guess it could just be my battery maturing
dakine said:
Are you sure about this? I thought I noticed much better battery life when I started to switch wifi off and using 3g instead. I guess it could just be my battery maturing
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Keeping the WiFi policy to never disconnect apparently uses less battery than the system thrashing between 3G and non-3G data when sync'ing etc. Typically WiFi will show as 2% battery usage at the end of the cycle.
I base it off my old N1 usage, which I got from here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=006a844d7d335a90&hl=en

Reason for Battery drain Problem

Now we know the reason why the battery is draining so fast on Galasy S Phones.
The simple reason the AMOLED screen.
If we compare the Droid X with the Galaxy S both with 1500mAh batterys. While the Droid X can reach up to 7:42 hours of battery life the Galaxy s can only 4:44 hours. Its sad because the marketing made us believe that AMOLED is power saving.
Here the full Test from laptopmag.com.
Did you not read this part?
"So should you steer clear of AMOLED phones if you care about endurance? Not necessarily. OLED technology uses the most power when displaying white, which is why Samsung chose a black background for the app menus on its Galaxy S phones. Since our battery test surfs web pages
, most of which have a white background, both the Galaxy devices and the Incredible were at a disadvantage. It really comes down to what you view most often on your phone."
I tested a mkv 720p video playing for 1 hour and it only used 15% battery. From that, the battery should last about 6.5 hrs.
I was reading a test on another site a week or two ago, and it claimed the Galaxy S ran a 720p vid of Avatar on loop for 7.5 hours before refusing to run the video any further as the battery had reached 20, so 4.5 hours seams a little low?
psp888 said:
I tested a mkv 720p video playing for 1 hour and it only used 15% battery. From that, the battery should last about 6.5 hrs.
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The brightness must have been set to VERY low, non ?
Not quite true that it's just the screen.
I installed a widget to turn off data connections entirely (running on 1G phone and text only) and I get about 4-5 days off a single charge now, and that's with moderate gaming/music/ebook use.
If I want to use the internet/email/whatever I just click the widget, it reconnects in 10 seconds and I am away.
I am also running the LG Optimus launcher as well, which I notice gives me much better battery life than TouchWiz/Launcher Pro/etc (although don't hit the volume button on the homescreen as it force closes)
Prasad007 said:
The brightness must have been set to VERY low, non ?
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it was indoor, with auto brightness, so don't know what brightness it was on.
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it was indoor, with auto brightness, so don't know what brightness it was on.
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Well, that's pretty darn good then! I doubt I've seen battery life that good on my phone....
when the phone is set on auto brightness 90% of the time is less than 50% brightness
when is above 50% brightness it is super cool! that's when you see the full effect of the SAMOLED
if you set it to say 60% or 75% brighness you will see the full bloom of the colours.
I'm pretty *****y about my phone's battery life but i have to admit that watching mkv and avi videos on my phone does not drain the battery as i would have expected. 1h30min movie drained around 20% of the battery, brightness in the perfect middle, 3G on and all that. So i think 7h++ playback is definitly doable.
Oddly enough i have the impression that leaving your phone screen on for 1h30min would probably drain close to 20% of the battery (just an impression though, might be totally wrong).
Also, 3G drains a lot of battery. I messed up with my phone and didn't have the APN configured, so no 3G, battery performance exploded, especially if u'r in an area with not so strong signal
i only notice heavy drain on battery when i'm on WiFi or 3G
like browsing the web, downloading stuff
just having WiFi on and 3G on does not consume that much battery, it is only when they are fully active.
all other tasks like watching movie, or doing offline stuff, even playing games does not consume much battery
i can drain the battery with just 4 hours of constant browsing/download stuff
but i can go on the full 24 with 1 battery pack if i do not use 3G/Wifi
on JM1 (or maybe JM2) when i had no 3G and WiFi turnerd off, bascically it would be 2% off every 8h-10h iddle time which sounds really good. However, according to the reported capable iddle time of the phone, it's not that good. People also reported less consumption in iddle.
I don't think i had too many tasks runing in the background (definitly no task killers)
Will.1 said:
I'm pretty *****y about my phone's battery life but i have to admit that watching mkv and avi videos on my phone does not drain the battery as i would have expected. 1h30min movie drained around 20% of the battery, brightness in the perfect middle, 3G on and all that. So i think 7h++ playback is definitly doable.
Oddly enough i have the impression that leaving your phone screen on for 1h30min would probably drain close to 20% of the battery (just an impression though, might be totally wrong).
Also, 3G drains a lot of battery. I messed up with my phone and didn't have the APN configured, so no 3G, battery performance exploded, especially if u'r in an area with not so strong signal
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I fully agree with you. I'm surpised my phone uses so little power when watching a movie, coming from winmo I'm shocked I can use this thing for a day (12-18hours) before it dies. Overall I'm quite happy with my set up as everywhere I go I have power cables. Car (check) , Office (check.USB sync) , walking (check, 2000mha solar battery charger) and Home (power adapter). I'm power paranoid due to being with Winmo since the Aero 2130 to X1i.
And yeh, 3g kills things 4hours max when on 3g.
the main thing that seems to drain the battery for me is web surfing and widgets which use the data connection. I now run a minimalist set of home screens with few widgets and have already noticed an increase in performance and battery life. 3g is pretty power hungry, but since vodafones 3g connectivity is so poor, I am often forced to use gprs through the day anyway as I'm plagued with time outs and dropping connections (if anyone from vodafone is reading, I've only been with you 3 months, and already I know I won't be staying with you come the end of my contract!)
Something's gotta be wrong with the test? I mean, look at the Captivate and Vibrant, both do about 4h 45m, but the Epic 4G does 5h 34m? Same screen, same battery, no? Yet ~50 minutes difference? Must be something other than the screen doing something...
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Tachikoma_kun said:
Not quite true that it's just the screen.
I installed a widget to turn off data connections entirely (running on 1G phone and text only) and I get about 4-5 days off a single charge now, and that's with moderate gaming/music/ebook use.
If I want to use the internet/email/whatever I just click the widget, it reconnects in 10 seconds and I am away.
I am also running the LG Optimus launcher as well, which I notice gives me much better battery life than TouchWiz/Launcher Pro/etc (although don't hit the volume button on the homescreen as it force closes)
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Tachikoma_kun, what widget are you using to shut off 3G?
I came to the Galaxy from a HTC legend and I miss the HTC widget that lets you shut down mobile date completely. When I first had my galaxy on JF3 firmware, I noticed there was an option in the settings to use '2G' only. But since flashing JM8 I can't see this any longer.
Most of the widgets I've seen do some jiggery pokery with the APN configuration to achieve the data/3G shutdown, does the widget you use do the same thing?
Thanks
What's the point of having an android phone if you can't use as mobile internet as you want? I'm on unlimited data plan and my SGS lasts less than half a day on full charge with data on. Its the same thing with my old experia x10i. So I'd assume its the 3g/hsdpa connection. I had a blackberry 9700 as well. Battery life shortens significantly with 3g on.
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Battery life issues.

I know there have been many threads like this but I'm just looking for clarification as this is my first Android phone. At my house I usually get the Rogers H speed with 3/4 bars. When I browse the Internet for just an hour, 15% of the battery has been drained. Is this normal on these speeds?
I plan on leaving an IM client on 24/7 and using GPS/maps daily, so I am a bit worried because this may not last the entire day. I could switch to EDGE when I don't need it but apparently I heard that will disconnect once I start a voice call (and want to keep my IM on always). I checked my battery stats and apparently the cell standby (H) is taking most of the battery.
I am using CyanogenMod 6.1.1 with stock radio from Bell. I'm going to try to see if SetCPU makes a difference. And is there any program that can limit the HSPDA bandwidth so less battery is used? Thanks.
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If you are at home or in a Wi-Fi accessible, Turn ON wifi - it uses wayyyyy less battery than the phone radio when it comes to Data....
you could get a extended battery.... Mugen Power has one for 1800 mAH and its the same size as the stock battery so no need of a bigger door.
What is your screen brightness set at? The screen is one of the top battery drain culprits. Try turning off auto-brightness, and turning the brightness down to as low as you find tolerable (depending on personal taste, and the lighting conditions in the places you use the phone the most). I recently just lowered my brightness to 35% (still plenty bright under many conditions) from 45%, and already noticing a significant improvement in batter life. Battery usage of the display dropped from over 70% to 45-50%. I haven't had the brightness set this low long enough to see how it translates to hours/days between charges, but we'll see how it goes . . ..
my battery life is retarded. probably less than yours. i swear i think i lose 1% of battery per minute of web surfing. battery is fine if you do not go on the web and have 2g on all day.
Yeah, it's pretty bad.
But that's the same for most smartphones nowadays I think...
Back to the days of game gear, the battery muncher.
6AA = 5 hours of gameplay.
I just bought some Chinese 1500maH batteries on eBay and I don't know if they're actually 1500maH. If I play with my phone a bit, I get 50% after 8 hours at work. Yikes!
Frostie123 said:
I know there have been many threads like this but I'm just looking for clarification as this is my first Android phone. At my house I usually get the Rogers H speed with 3/4 bars. When I browse the Internet for just an hour, 15% of the battery has been drained. Is this normal on these speeds?
I plan on leaving an IM client on 24/7 and using GPS/maps daily, so I am a bit worried because this may not last the entire day. I could switch to EDGE when I don't need it but apparently I heard that will disconnect once I start a voice call (and want to keep my IM on always). I checked my battery stats and apparently the cell standby (H) is taking most of the battery.
I am using CyanogenMod 6.1.1 with stock radio from Bell. I'm going to try to see if SetCPU makes a difference. And is there any program that can limit the HSPDA bandwidth so less battery is used? Thanks.
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Assuming the screen was on the entire time, 15% drain for an hour of web surfing sounds pretty good to me. The main battery eater while using the phone is the screen, so I doubt messing with your connectivity is going to drastically change your battery consumption in this usage scenario. Changing connectivity to Wifi or EDGE would probably help more during those times when your phone is off but your phone is still connected to the internet.
On a side note, I had terrible idle battery life when I was using CyanogenMod 6.1.1 on my Desire Z. When I was using my phone, battery life seemed normal. But when the phone was on standby, it seemed like my phone was running even when it was supposed to be on standby. I suspect it might have been SetCPU constantly polling in the background. I switched to Virtuous and didn't install SetCPU/didn't do any overclocking and my life improved literally threefold.

Horrible battery life even with extended battery...

The only thing I ha te about this phone is the embarrasing battery life. So I bought an extended battery online with 3000 mAh (double the normal battery) but Im not really noticing a difference, even with a static wallpaper and few widgets and gps turned off, the battery life is still horrible. I get about 8-10 hours worth. Is the a type of power cycle I can do to increase it at all?
hyperbyteX said:
The only thing I ha te about this phone is the embarrasing battery life.
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Lie! Man this phone rocks on battery life. With heavy usage or with medium. With heavy usage it holds on for more then a day. medium gives you atleast 2.
hyperbyteX said:
So I bought an extended battery online with 3000 mAh (double the normal battery) but Im not really noticing a difference, even with a static wallpaper and few widgets and gps turned off, the battery life is still horrible. I get about 8-10 hours worth. Is the a type of power cycle I can do to increase it at all?
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What battery you bought? Are you sure it has the declared 3000mAh ?
And what rom and kernel you are running?
I wouldn't be surprised if your '3000 mah' has minimally more capacity than the stock 1500 mah.
Given that many people post good battery with a wide variety of ROMs/kernels, unless your specific ROM/kernel has a problem I think many of these cases come down to one of two things:
1) usage, the phone will only get 5-7 hours of 'screen-on' usage, period. I was burning through this every day when I first got my shiny new toy, now I use it for about 1-2 hours a day and the battery lasts for 2 days on average. Some 'background' apps can be killer too, for example streaming apps that hit the data and hogs like Tunein radio (which is awesome but actually heats the phone up). In these cases you need to look at your specific usage and adjust usage or expectations.
2) Background crap. Who knows what it is, Facebook, Tango, etc. Last resort is factory reset to get rid of it (although many probably just install the same stuff they had sucking juice before...).
A third reason could be bad reception, especially with always-on data. My phone can idle for many days at my apartment where cell signal is strong and wifi is on. In an area with weak reception and the phone is trying to maintain data connection as well the radio will be sucking up tons of juice. There is no easy solution for this, I don't have much experience with it, perhaps mucking around with modems will help. Juice Defender (data connection manager) may also help it helped my battery life even with good reception but ultimately I don't even need it to go 2 days so I stopped fiddling with it (it has downsides like things are delayed up to 15 min between data connections and also a pause when you unlock phone for data to establish).

S20+ problems

Hi, I just got my S20+ 5G (exynos processor) 3 days ago, and I'm very disappointed. The phone get warm and drops frames during normal scrolling through the UI so easily and the battery drop percentage is huge (I installed Accubattery to get exact status) and as you can see 21% of battery is gone while the screen is off?!!
The phone settings as below :
WIFI + NFC + GPS : Off
Screen : 120 Hz and brightness is Auto
SIM: 2 first locked on LTE and the second on 3G and the coverage at my place is excellent
What do you think? Am I an isolated case or do you have a similar issues, especially the power consumption during screen of time.
I feel its very new. Give sammy sometime to mature the software for 120 hz. I feel 120 hz is the cause for the drain i think.
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paras said:
I feel its very new. Give sammy sometime to mature the software for 120 hz. I feel 120 hz is the cause for the drain i think.
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My main concern is the consumption when screen is off which is not related to 120 Hz
Have you restored a backup from an older phone?
Isn't wifi more efficient than LTE and 5G? Maybe keep that on and see if you notice a difference. Switch to 60 hz as well.
iamnotkurtcobain said:
Have you restored a backup from an older phone?
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pvc_ said:
Isn't wifi more efficient than LTE and 5G? Maybe keep that on and see if you notice a difference. Switch to 60 hz as well.
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I don't have WiFi, I have unlimited data sim which i been using it for the last year, haven't faced any issues with power consumption in my older phones
This seems like the normal exynos problems. In some cases (back on my s9/s10/n10+) experiences, these phones have had catastrophic battery lifetimes. Maybe it'll settle after 2-3 days, but I think it'll stay that way.
With adaptive battery, the phone must first learn your usage etc...I saw some videos where the people complain regarding the 120hz using a lot of power...25% more then with 60hz
I just received an update today, I'll see if it improves the heat/battery issues I have
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i have s20+ as well and i do agree during heavy usage ''exynos'' the phone gets very warm too warm one time i cant even use it to my face to talk to the person im on a call.
for battery life, give it a few days to gain the full potential of the battery. then try again.
Hey s20 plus users, anyone of you have issues with the auto focussing with the 64mp camera? Cuz I do, my plus just wont focus on the subject automatically, I have to click on the subject for it to focus. Is that normal? or is it supposed to focus automatically??
Oh and I once had a 30%-35% battery drain over night, insane!
Exynos variant that is. lol
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Hey s20 plus users, anyone of you have issues with the auto focussing with the 64mp camera? Cuz I do, my plus just wont focus on the subject automatically, I have to click on the subject for it to focus. Is that normal? or is it supposed to focus automatically??
Oh and I once had a 30%-35% battery drain over night, insane!
Exynos variant that is. lol
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I always click on the subject I want to shoot so I didn't notice this problem..
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I have an S20+. And the firmware reports 4,370 capacity which is the guaranteed minimum capacity. Not the reported capacity comes from the phone firmware NOT the app. The estimated actual capacity comes from the app. The capacity the manufacturers advertise is the "average" capacity. Also I've used Accubattery for a couple months now and it reports 94% health, this doesn't mean my battery actually has the advertised 4,500 mah capacity. The health is based on the phone accurately measuring the exact charging current of the charger which isn't a perfect measurement.
Generally these battery apps are good for measuring the RELATIVE change in the health of your battery over a long period of time, or, checking the battery health when you purchase a refurb/used phone. For new phones, anything 92% on up in my opinion is an indication the battery is good and essentially in like-new condition. On renewed/used phones, that are 1-3 years old, I think anything at about 85% up shows the battery is still pretty good. It's when you start to dip below 75% is it probably a reliable sign you probably could benefit from switching to a newer phone/battery.
Also, it is not uncommon when a phone is brand new or after installing some new apps, your battery usage can temporarily jump for a day or two. The most important stat to look at in Accubattery is the current (not average) Screen Off Dishcharge rate in % per hour. If it's around 1% or lower, then you don't have a lot of apps doing stuff in the background to eat battery. If it's like 2% or more, then go into Settings > Device care > Battery > Battery Usage and look at what apps are using a lot of battery that have more background time than foreground. Those are what's eating your battery and you need to see if there are settings in the app to minimize background usage, or make sure they are not excluded from the Optimize Battery Apps list (some apps have to operate all the time in the background though.)
I received the stable 11 update and my battery wasn't great, after a few days it's actually been pretty good, had 100 charge at 9 in the morning and have been using phone throughout the day in work and its now 5:19 with 72 %, exynos

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