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Just got the phone 2 days ago and the battery life does not look very promising. Phone can only last about 15hrs after a full charge with light wifi/3g usage and no auto sync. Quite disappointing.
kiwi45 said:
Just got the phone 2 days ago and the battery life does not look very promising. Phone can only last about 15hrs after a full charge with light wifi/3g usage and no auto sync. Quite disappointing.
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I remember my X10 having the same problems when I got it, give it a a few weeks and it should start giving you better battery life. If that doesn't solve it, I remember a firmware update for the x10 that came out that improved the battery life a lot, so maybe they could do that for the Arc.
kiwi45 said:
Just got the phone 2 days ago and the battery life does not look very promising. Phone can only last about 15hrs after a full charge with light wifi/3g usage and no auto sync. Quite disappointing.
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The battery should improove, I got mine on Monday.
I charged mine on Wensday morning and it lasted until Friday morning, with backround
sync on, 2G the first day, 3G on all second day, some sms, listning to music and a call
both through skype over WiFi and normal, both calls lasted over an hour.
I read somewhere this phone doesn't have "Auto brightness"? maybe this is why battery is poor.
syl0n said:
I read somewhere this phone doesn't have "Auto brightness"? maybe this is why battery is poor.
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It does, it's just subtle. You have to actually be looking for it, and there's no way to disable it.
Does anyone know if there gonna be released a battery for arc with higher mAh?
Which battery does the model includes?
Also I saw BA750 with 1500 mAh.
I'm having a similar problems with Battery life, gets to 7% within 14 hours - not what I expected since the battery seems fairly large.
I have wifi on, GPS off, bluetooth off, Push email on, a number of calls through the day. Very disappointing at the moment.
I remember somewhere reading about how to charge the battery properly, I did it on my HTC Desire, it probably gave me like another 20% after doing it - if anyone knows please let me know... I think it went something like:
1. Charge the phone whilst the phone is off
2. When fully charged pull the power and turn on
3. connect the power again until fully charged
4... can't remember the rest or even if the above was correct?
If you want longer battery life for the times when going near a electric socket is not an option, just do what I did whenever I went travelling somewhere - buy an additional battery, charge it and keep it in your bag or whatever, and then just pull it out when your battery dies.
As for battery life of smartphones in general, I had pleasure of toying around with x10 and my x8, the battery life fluctuated at times. In the start it barely lasted a day or two without usage, now my x8 can usually go for like 5 days without charging.
It's deffo very weird, but whatever.
refract said:
If you want longer battery life for the times when going near a electric socket is not an option, just do what I did whenever I went travelling somewhere - buy an additional battery, charge it and keep it in your bag or whatever, and then just pull it out when your battery dies.
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That's a good suggestion - however it isn't really what I am after, I need my phone to last until bed time before I charge it.
Now I know this is a new phone and we all go a bit nuts when we get them, using them heavy, seeing what they can do etc - buy yesterday I made a point of using my phone exactly how I normally use my phone (once the novelty has worn off) and the battery life is POOR!
Yeah well, in my experience, battery tends to start being a lot better after a week of owning a device, at least when it comes to mobile phones.
I'm not the type of guy who acts like a little child when he gets his new toy ( in this case, a mobile phone ), so I'd like to believe my experiences can be used as sort of a benchmark in these cases.
As I said, both x8 and x10 batteries lasted very little for me in the beginning, gradually expanding later on - x10 could last 2-3 days without charging with just moderate usage ( SMS, maybe a bit of web browsing + few phonecalls ), while x8 would last 3-5.
Just report back a bit later if the battery life improved a bit.
When I get my Arc after it gets released here in Croatia, I'll do my own review of it.
Im usually really positiv about anything I buy (since I inform myself about possible disadvantages) but the battery life sure is not good at all.
Its ok, but cant call it good.
Still the device itself is quite astonishing.
Edit: switching to GSM only has given me quite a boost in stamina !
and that my dear friends is another reason why i want a neo 23% smaller screen ... more pocket friendly lol.
xilw3r said:
and that my dear friends is another reason why i want a neo 23% smaller screen ... more pocket friendly lol.
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and thats the reason why I got myself an Arc, larger screen and not chubby ;-)
Sent from my Xperia Arc.
I'm finding the battery life better than my X10 so I'm more than happy with it!
kiyu727 said:
and thats the reason why I got myself an Arc, larger screen and not chubby ;-)
Sent from my Xperia Arc.
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touche.
that chubbyness of neo aint no chubbyness its 13 mm thick in the fattest place which is still not much. my mom uses P1, now THATS chubby xD
xilw3r said:
touche.
that chubbyness of neo aint no chubbyness its 13 mm thick in the fattest place which is still not much. my mom uses P1, now THATS chubby xD
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Well compared to the Arc, it feels chubby in my opinion. Im very sensitive about that
I've got 35% battery after 13 hours use. Thats texting, few phone calls, fb, twitter and a few games and wifi. I'm more than happy about that.
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I can't complain about battery life. I've had wifi on since I turned it on, data on, skype on, bin on fb and twitter, internet etc, played a few games and still battery is on 51%. Considering the phone is brand spanking new, I am very happy with it.
Btw, has anyone else noticed the stream of iphone apps now appearing on android. Back in the day when I had an Ipod touch, I had a game called Tap Tap Revenge. N you'll never guess what I just found
Like the x10 it would take some time for the battery to work well, as the phone is quite busy in the background when you start using it for the first time. Give it a couple of days and report if your lifetime starts improving.
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I agree with everyone here.. even with P1i being chubby ( I miss those days )
as everyone said give it some time and it will improve a lot...
at first my battery lasted like 14 hours ( constant usage everything on, 3G, auto-syncing... you name it )
However, I tested my phone yesterday and found out that for the first two hours it lost 2 percent with just 10 minutes whatsapp chatting, everything on, GPS wifi... etc.... So its stand by is very good.... 9 hours chatting using whatsapp, browsing and checking XDA app and I still got 60% to go
Hi everyone,
I've read in the update threads that battery life has improved for most since the update.
However, I feel that my battery is draining much quicker now. I re-did all the changes I made after the update (like removing Timescape widget + disconnecting from FB, switching off auto-sync etc). Didn't make much difference, though.
So, has anyone else experienced this? Also, has someone really checked if the camera bug is gone?
Regards,
cherryfish
Yes, the camera bug is gone. Personally tested that.
As for overall battery life, there's not much difference for me. Maybe just slight improvement in idling current. (idling battery drain is still about 1% or less per hour though... almost same as before update)
But I already have really good battery life before update... so maybe that's why I don't see much difference.
Non-rooted. Unbranded. No task killers.
that's weird, my arc's battery life is way better now, lt lasts 1 day 2 hours minimum.
my gf's been complaining about the battery becoming pretty hopeless....I have repaired, factory reset and uninstalled most apps and no respite...used to give 1 n a half days easily on mod-light usuage...now barely lasts a day...
need to figure it out..ill look more into it when I have time..
I have the same problem, looked good the first day now its ****, i can loose the last 20% in an hour while its just idling, today i was down to 9% after 12 hours, but i did use the speaker to listen to music for like 5 hours. Is there Anyone else that use the speaker alot that can tell me if it uses alot of juice?
Hi, I have got similar situation with u.
I have used titanium to backup and restore the system data and apps.
Is it the problem between old ver 2.3.2 system data and new ver 2.3.3 that caused the battery drain problem?
Battery life has doubled for me. I noticed that a lot of Sonys apps are no longer running in the background after flashiing the o2 2.3.3 over my Rogers rom.
Yep, battery life is way better over here too. I did a reset on it and set the phone up again pretty manually. Did sync my contacts etc. Works very well now.
Have 4 email accounts syncing, facebook and twitter syncing every hour and every 30 mins, do quite a bit web browsing on both 3g and wlan and have had w lan constantly on for quite a few hours now. Screen brightness set on 75%.
And now, after 15 hours and 33 min I have 66% battery left.
Battery life is really great & i am loving it. Those who have problems, i doubt there must be an app (if not more) causing problem. My brother got the battery problem on his Arc (battery drain 100 to 10% in 10 hours with moderate usage).. He uninstalled Handcent & started using Go SMS Pro & battery life is again good
For me, I was on work today... Wifi always on, Facbook auto update every hour, weather every hour, 1 hour 30 minutes music listening with bluetooth headset, 50-60 sms, 5 min phone call, half hour browser, played a game in 15 min.. and after 15 hours battery is till 60%... I am very happy
Waiting for the upgrade since camera makes battery die very soon.
Without camera usage battery performance is really good.
i did not transfer any userdata when i updated so taht cant be the problem, and i have the same apps as on 2.3.2 but i do suspect widgetlocker is eating up battery. I have also read that the wather app snowstorm that i have installed is a big batterydrainer but none of those shows up in my battery usage.
I see that the music player dubletwist is the biggest sinner except the screen but im assuming thats because i used the arc speaker for music at work.
But as you can see from the pictures i have drained the battery twice today, though the second charge was only up to something like 80%. And ive hardly used it after that(3-4 minute long calls and maybe 20 minutes of music using in-ear headphones and 30 min browsing). Something is wrong somewhere
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My battery life has definitely improved it now must be about the best I have had on any Android device I have owned.
My battery life has gone from an average of 15 hours to an average of 31 hours with more usage. Im very pleased with the update best smart phone battery life ive ever had now:-D
jjbbb said:
Hi, I have got similar situation with u.
I have used titanium to backup and restore the system data and apps.
Is it the problem between old ver 2.3.2 system data and new ver 2.3.3 that caused the battery drain problem?
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I really don't know, but after a couple of reboots it seems better now... might be the reason.
Edit: I just installed Battery Monitor Widget and it says I it drains ~200-350mA atm. Wifi and 3G all off.
For me I defintely think the battery life is worse. I only ever use my phone on non-3g, all other connections off and got a nice 2 days easy out of it.
Since the update I would say I get just over a day (not sure if that is still good in other people's eyes) One of the killers seems to be the gallery which I presume is because of the new facebook update which pulls in your facebook pictures onto the phone....
Anyone find as well when you play games the phone gets really really hot i.e shadow guardians HD makes my phone just burn.
Easily upgraded today.
So far with using camera alot batt live is fine
and droping very slow on idle. Great!
Upgraded mine on Saturday and it's defo better on the battery. Wasn't using it at work and it was hardly using any power. Then started messing about with wifi and gps, etc, and it's still got plenty.
Haven't noticed many other differences though!!
Dazza
I have to charge my phone 2 days and battery is now at 54%.
I never had such battery life before even with bloatware apps removed with that usage.
Imagine if i remove them now! (Though i wont since i cant root with gingerbreak anymore, hopefully someone will implement it on the next gingerbreak's update)
Agree with everyone else here.
Battery life has improved with upgrade.
Battery life much better for me 50%
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I have turned off Google Now as the drain seems to be a silly amount. I never saw drain like this on my S3 so I am just wondering if it is a software issue? Really hope this isn't normal as I would like to have Google Now on.
I just disabled Google Now as I was watching the battery meter go down while I was using the device for a few minutes at time. This is with the official JB OTA for Canada on the S3.
I will monitor it over the next few hours to see if it made much of a difference.
This is quite unfortunate to hear. I sold my One X to buy a Nexus 4 and have been using a loaner iPhone 4S from a friend and have been lamenting the loss of Google Now and was excited to get it back.
I suppose I should invest in some qi approved charging mats and restock the micro USB cables at home, in my car, messenger bag, and gym bags.
I think Google now battery drain all has to do with signal strength. I enabled it over the weekend while I was home and battery life was great (WiFi and good hspa signal). Im at work today and my signal sucks as usual and battery was 50% light usage before noon!
No thanks google, turned it off.
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This phones battery issues seem to stem from these kinds of services using too much power. Google now and fetch services are constantly checking in on everything from location to messages to calendar etc etc. .. Fine, but the juice it seems to take up is excessive.
Wifi seems to be using more juice than normal. It's the worst phone overnight or in standby too, it drains away.
Disable all this stuff and turn of wifi and its great... But you phone is as useless as a 1998 Nokia by today's standards.
I hope it is software and OS related.
I still have my galaxy s2 and I have been using both phones side by side as both are set up with my google account. The nexus is still needing my number to transfer so I don't use it for calls... Needless to say I get a whole day extra with the s2... Even with wifi and location services ON !
I had this issue with the Galaxy nexus. Google Now drained the hell out of the battery. Disabling it helped battery life greatly. I gave Google Now a try on the N4 and I had the same results. After getting a full charge all night the battery was around 50% by noon with barely any usage at all (maybe 5 texts and no calls). After disabling Google Now my phone is still around 90%+ by noon with the same light usage.
Same experience with google now on Gn, N4 and N7. I disable it and never use it.
Hi guys. It seems to me that my nexus 4 has been consuming too much battery for voice calls. Ive attached pictures showing what I'm experiencing. Is this normal or is there something wrong? Im on a 2g network btw. Thanks in advance!!
usama990 said:
Hi guys. It seems to me that my nexus 4 has been consuming too much battery for voice calls. Ive attached pictures showing what I'm experiencing. Is this normal or is there something wrong? Im on a 2g network btw. Thanks in advance!!
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How much screen time? Voice calls are a HUGE battery drain, especially if you carrier supports 3g calls. An hr of voice calls will use a lot of battery.
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eep2378 said:
How much screen time? Voice calls are a HUGE battery drain, especially if you carrier supports 3g calls. An hr of voice calls will use a lot of battery.
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i don't remember the screen time for that particular day .. but usually i get 4hrs+ and from what i've gathered from the forum, that seems normal .. this concern over voice calls is because according to gsmarena voice-calls are one of the N4's strong points when it comes to battery life... according to their tests voice-calls would last around 14 hours before the battery died.. but in the screenshots i've posted, only about 1 hour of talk-time consumed around 14% of total battery life, which would amount to only about 7 hours of talk-time.. maybe the guys at gsmarena got it wrong or something but thats exactly what i'm trying to find out ..
I haven't done any measured tests but from casual observation I've noticed I rarely lose any battery during a voice call though I also rarely talk for more than 10-20min.
usama990 said:
i don't remember the screen time for that particular day .. but usually i get 4hrs+ and from what i've gathered from the forum, that seems normal .. this concern over voice calls is because according to gsmarena voice-calls are one of the N4's strong points when it comes to battery life... according to their tests voice-calls would last around 14 hours before the battery died.. but in the screenshots i've posted, only about 1 hour of talk-time consumed around 14% of total battery life, which would amount to only about 7 hours of talk-time.. maybe the guys at gsmarena got it wrong or something but thats exactly what i'm trying to find out ..
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I'm sure those call times are based on the screen off and nothing else being used during that call.
Talk time in labs never equal real world usage.
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I'd say definitely normal. Did 5+ hours of calling the other day (new years/Christmas stuff) before the phone died and 2hrs of screen on time too. The voice calls were the most used in that case, something like 70%. That's expected though in my book. Seems most people that post here don't actually talk on the phone as I never see voice calls in their screenshots. Getting 6hrs of screen on time and 0 calls doesn't work for me So I get about 2hrs of voice and 4hs of screen time.
Well i guess the answer is that this is normal .. so i shouldn't be worried about it .. thanks guys for the help
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I'd say definitely normal. Did 5+ hours of calling the other day (new years/Christmas stuff) before the phone died and 2hrs of screen on time too. The voice calls were the most used in that case, something like 70%. That's expected though in my book. Seems most people that post here don't actually talk on the phone as I never see voice calls in their screenshots. Getting 6hrs of screen on time and 0 calls doesn't work for me So I get about 2hrs of voice and 4hs of screen time.
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LMAO
Slightly off/on topic for this but I use my phone to listen to music through bluetooth for approx 2 hours a day, get about 1hr30mins screen on time and probably about 2 hours talk time a day (on bluetooth). By the end of the day I'm usually sat on about 10% battery, does this sound about right? I think in my estimation it seems right...any comments?
Also Lol at the voice calls comment You mind if I quote that in my Signature?
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Seems most people that post here don't actually talk on the phone as I never see voice calls in their screenshots.
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its not a phone, its a mobile data/media device that happens to make phone calls :angel::angel::angel:
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Slightly off/on topic for this but I use my phone to listen to music through bluetooth for approx 2 hours a day, get about 1hr30mins screen on time and probably about 2 hours talk time a day (on bluetooth). By the end of the day I'm usually sat on about 10% battery, does this sound about right? I think in my estimation it seems right...any comments?
Also Lol at the voice calls comment You mind if I quote that in my Signature?
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Haha, quote away.
For me voice calls are unavoidable as significant other is in Europe right now. We use Hangouts but sometimes it's just easier to call which we do and there goes the hours of usage per day.
So generally at the end of a normal day (I work during the week so that's "normal") - i'll have between 1.5-2hrs of voice calls then 3-4hrs of screen time.
This week I had the following battery use on my N4:
12h battery life, 30% Voice calls of 47minutes.
Used on 3G Network.
Hello everyone.
I haven't found a solution to this problem so I'm making a new thread.
I got my N4 a week ago, I'm on CM10.1 stable and Franco kernel. I know there are complaints about poor battery life with the N4 but I find mine is actually pretty good with exception of the Voice Calls. My voice calls are always the 1st culprit for battery drain (along with the screen - but that's normal). After monitoring my battery usage for a few days and doing some math, it's as if my battery drains from 100% - 0% after 3.5-4 hours of phone calls. This is a quarter of what's reported by GSM arena for 3G usage (don't worry, taken with a grain of salt) and what bugs me is that it's even far worse then my previous Galaxy S Captivate. Iv'e also noticed that playing 3D games drains less battery per minute then voice calls!
So, anyone knows what's the deal here?
- measurments taken with the phone battery app and BBS.
From my experiences, phone calls always hold the top spot for battery usage. Not much can be done about it as far as I know..
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quality of the phone signal will play a huge role in this too
My cell coverage is pretty good, and the main reason I think there is an actual problem is because voice calls didn't take up as much percentage with my Galaxy S while overall battery life improved with everything else.
For now I'm trying a new rom and kernel to see if that was the cause.