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Hey guys,
Just got my Epic yesterday.. coming from the G1 with lots of experience loading and tweaking ROMs and dealing with same/similar battery issues.
After unpacking the Epic I used it and let it drain down to zero before recharging it; after a full recharge, I loaded up the 7 screens with widgets and ran a live wallpaper (fish). I didn't really use the phone much at all and the phone went from 100% battery down to zero in the span of only four hours!!! Geeze, you've got to be kidding me - four hours battery life?? WTF????!!
Back to the drawing board: I rooted it and ran SetCPU with some power saving profiles. Removed the live wallpaper and went to stock wallpaper. Set display power off at 30 seconds. Note that 4G remains off since there's no 4G in my area..
Couple of questions:
1. Is there any way to toggle 2G/3G like there was on my old G1? I know that was a power saver.
2. I didn't stop to read all the documentation yet (typical male, I know) but is there any way to wake this thing up from sleep mode besides pressing the power button? I can see that power button breaking for as much use as it's getting from me constantly having to wake this thing up!
3. My brightness setting is set to auto - since the display is usually the biggest drain on these things, is there a recommended manual brightness setting (percentage) that seems to work well for you and saves on battery power?
I'm waiting for the Seideo Extended Battery (just like many of you) and am wondering if I should keep the Epic since I'm on the Sprint 30-day Easy Return program.
Appreciate hearing from everyone!
Chris R.
I don't have 4G where I am. But, I have a all black wallpaper(uses less power) and unrooted. I easily get about 12-18hr out of my phone wit normal use(text, talk, and surfing the net with skyfire). Only thing that really kills my battery are games(Robo Defense can take over 30min to play one game).
Thanks for the reply - situation NOT improving
Thanks for the reply.. unfortunately, the situation is not improving...
I tried setting a Sleep Profile using SetCPU that would under-clock the CPU (using the stock kernel) once the screen dimmed and the phone went into Sleep Mode. Unfortunately, as mentioned in another thread here, the result was that the phone froze and required a battery-pull to reset.
I'm really starting to lose my enthusiasm for this device; as beautiful a display and as responsive a CPU/GPU, all of that doesn't mean much if you don't have good power management built into the firmware. At 6PM this evening I pulled it off the charger at 67% charged, it's now 8:35 PM, only 2.5 hours later and I'm down to 22%. I'm in a decent coverage area and get 2-4 bars of 3G strength so I don't think it's an issue of the radio being the culprit; in-fact if you check the battery stats it reports that that lovely Display is accountable for 78% of the battery usage! So I guess we're paying a hefty price for these 4-inch AMOLED displays!
I read somewhere else that the most recent update (DI07) has caused the battery performance to decrease; since my unit is brand-new it immediately went and installed DI07 shortly after the first boot-up so I have nothing to compare it to.. can anyone comment on that?
Thanks!
Chris R.
I'm sure custom ROMs will put performance / battery life on the top of the list but until then, I use JuiceDefender beta and have seen pretty good results with it. It shuts off data whenever the screen is off and since my screen is off a good amount (only use my phone if I need to check email, call, and / or text, which is rare when I'm at work). Other than that, yes, use black wallpaper, lower brightness to the min. in the OS and browser, and don't leave apps that constantly use 3G open (things like ebuddy, pandora, etc.). 3G really destroys battery life so minimal use of 3G data would maximize battery life. Maybe the devs can figure out a way to get at least one full day of battery life on this phone. I'm hoping that is the case.
As to your post, yes, DI07 has resulted in poorer battery life, for whatever reason. I was definitely getting a few hours more with the older firmware. I would not lose hope yet. As disappointed as you are (and all of us are, I can assure you of that), the devs are really starting to push out nice ROMs already, and in a few weeks to a month, I bet we will see some solid battery life. Hell, even 2.2 should yield much better results. Patience
Thanks for the tip!
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I'm sure custom ROMs will put performance / battery life on the top of the list but until then, I use JuiceDefender beta and have seen pretty good results with it. It shuts off data whenever the screen is off and since my screen is off a good amount (only use my phone if I need to check email, call, and / or text, which is rare when I'm at work).
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Thanks for the reply! Also thanks for the tip regarding JuiceDefender! What a great app! will give it some more time and report results back here.
Thanks again!
Chris R.
nimaim said:
I'm sure custom ROMs will put performance / battery life on the top of the list but until then, I use JuiceDefender beta and have seen pretty good results with it. It shuts off data whenever the screen is off and since my screen is off a good amount (only use my phone if I need to check email, call, and / or text, which is rare when I'm at work). Other than that, yes, use black wallpaper, lower brightness to the min. in the OS and browser, and don't leave apps that constantly use 3G open (things like ebuddy, pandora, etc.). 3G really destroys battery life so minimal use of 3G data would maximize battery life. Maybe the devs can figure out a way to get at least one full day of battery life on this phone. I'm hoping that is the case.
As to your post, yes, DI07 has resulted in poorer battery life, for whatever reason. I was definitely getting a few hours more with the older firmware. I would not lose hope yet. As disappointed as you are (and all of us are, I can assure you of that), the devs are really starting to push out nice ROMs already, and in a few weeks to a month, I bet we will see some solid battery life. Hell, even 2.2 should yield much better results. Patience
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DI07 has hurt my battery life substantially. In fact, my battery drains very close to twice as fast now with the update. I don't understand what they did. My phone certainly doesn't seem any faster, my display is dimmer, and battery life sucks. I'm going to have to go back to DG27 so I can use my phone all day. With DI07 it always dies on me by mid afternoon. With DG27 it was still running by 11pm at night without even a battery low warning.
juice defender ftw
also, use advanced task killer with low security settings to kill all the background processes. Set the autokill to when the screen turns off. This keeps everything pretty well managed and helps with battery as well
JUICE DEFENDER BATTERY!!! Saved my phone from flying out of my car window at 10 in the morning........
here is a link to a thread I started.
Sharing my juice defender settings. I also use ultimate juice.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/sprint-epic-4g/133933-sharing-my-juice-defender-settings.html
I can get a day and a half (or slightly longer) out of a single charge.
YMMV.
Hope this helps
Advanced task killer + Juice Defender. You could also get some custom roms and Kernals that would help boost it.
But that's your best hope. Keep off 4g, wifi, bluetooth, etc.
compujock said:
DI07 has hurt my battery life substantially. In fact, my battery drains very close to twice as fast now with the update. I don't understand what they did. My phone certainly doesn't seem any faster, my display is dimmer, and battery life sucks. I'm going to have to go back to DG27 so I can use my phone all day. With DI07 it always dies on me by mid afternoon. With DG27 it was still running by 11pm at night without even a battery low warning.
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Look here- try stopping the DRM service and see if that helps your battery life with D107
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Look here- try stopping the DRM service and see if that helps your battery life with D107
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Ah, the evils of DRM can strike in unexpected ways...
I wasn't really having a battery problem but I just turned DRM off, so we'll see if battery life improves anyway.
I had a whole long post here that got wiped with the xda disk array failure, so I'll just sum that up here too:
1) Use wi-fi if possible - it REALLY helps
2) 4G does not seem to use the battery any more than 3G, although hunting for 4G does and 4G coverage is not as extensive as 3G even in 4G areas. So it's still best to leave it off if you're moving around.
3) Dim your screen and use a dark, static background. AMOLED screens don't work like LCD's; they use more power the more pixels are lit and the brighter they are.
4) GPS also kills your battery - leave that off unless you need it too.
I think that's it. I get about 18 hours on DI07 (even before trying the DRM thing; maybe I can get to a full day!).
One thing I'm noticing after checking DRM - I've got Google Maps' LocationService popping up about every 10 seconds, and I can't seem to shut it off permanently. (I went into Lattitude and turned that off, not sure what else to do.) That can't be helping... anyone know how to get rid of that?
I'm using juice defender and a constant email junkie, but lite use on other aspects of the phone. It goes off charger at 5:30 am and I'm about 67% at around 3p. It then goes in the car charger on the way home. This has much better battery life than the Pre or the Hero as with both I had to turn off email to get it to last throughout the day.
I don't expect these phones to last days, but I expect any phone that I get to last the business day. I've always been one to charge overnight.
Wifi drains battery more from what I've read.
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I've heard the opposite that wifi (as long as it's connected) uses up less battery than 3g/4g. Any of them will suck the battery dry if they're searching, so make sure you have a connection to one of them.
Hi everyone, new to the forum. Just started checking it out when the Epic was released and this is my first post. Anyways, here's my question. My phone's been off the charger for 7 hours and 17 minutes and it is now down to 15%.
Display 79%
Cell standby 7%
Android System 4%
Phone idle 2%
Swype 2%
I've gone into the display settings and I thought I had set everything up optimally. The brightness is always very low. The screen timeout is 15 seconds and the keyboard matches that. I don't know what else I can do to cripple the phone to get the battery to last longer.
I have had wifi on, 4g off, bluetooth off, gps off. Really all I have done this afternoon while watching NFL games is check my yahoo fantasy score, play 2 games of WordFeud, and check twitter and facebook. I purchased Juice Defender a week ago and it has been running all day.
Any suggestions for how I can reduce the drain from the display? My background is a black and white picture of a friend of mine, which I thought would help.
Don't get me wrong, I love this phone. But the battery life I've seen is just terrible. I'd love to buy the extended battery from Seidio whenever its available, at least that would make it last longer even if the settings aren't tweaked.
Do you have juice defender installed?
Yep. Its installed and running now.
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Hi everyone, new to the forum. Just started checking it out when the Epic was released and this is my first post. Anyways, here's my question. My phone's been off the charger for 7 hours and 17 minutes and it is now down to 15%.
Display 79%
Cell standby 7%
Android System 4%
Phone idle 2%
Swype 2%
I've gone into the display settings and I thought I had set everything up optimally. The brightness is always very low. The screen timeout is 15 seconds and the keyboard matches that. I don't know what else I can do to cripple the phone to get the battery to last longer.
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There are only two reasons for your display to be using that much battery:
a) it's too bright, or
b) you're using it a lot.
If you're using the phone a lot, your battery's going to run out pretty quick and there's no way around that. If you're using it a "normal" amount, which to me means maybe an hour *total* per day of having the display on, then the other culprit is going to be your brightness. (Some would argue that's less than a normal amount, but think about it... you get a new phone, you're going to play with it for a week or two until you've seen all the cool stuff. But at some point you're going to start putting it away most of the time and just using it when someone calls you, you get a message/email or maybe to play a game or two while waiting for the train.)
Set your brightness *all* the way down, just as a test for a couple days. Make sure all the "power saving" features of the display are turned *off* (auto brightness, and whatever that "picture detection" feature's called, I can't remember). You just want the display as dim as possible all the time, just to see what happens. See what the battery usage says after a day or two of this.
My bet is that you'll see a drop, and then as you get into a more normal usage pattern it'll drop further still. You can raise the brightness a couple ticks then as you learn how to stretch your battery out.
Personally, my display is rarely over 15% or so of my usage. Today it's 29%, but it's a Sunday and I don't have anything better to do but play around on my phone.
btw, it's still the first day I've tried this but that DRM thing might be working. It's almost 9PM and I'm still on like 80% battery, and like I said I have been using the phone off and on throughout the day.
That has helped tremendously. I installed it pretty much when I got the phone and I'm able to last the whole work day with 67% left. (10 hour day)
I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.
I'm using it with a Nexus 5.. it has a lot of wakelocks but i haven't seen a huge impact on battery life....
You can find a lot more inforamation about the battery life in this thread
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I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.
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All smart accessories does take up a percent of your phones battery life.
It is also dependent on how frequently you allow notifications to be synced on your phone or "pushed"
e.g. Weather updates. mail updates, social media updates, etc.
While the lowest battery saving settings will not take up to 5% battery, the highest more freq settings can and will leech more battery from your phone.
However with this said, I still find it advisable that smart phone users carry a portable charger, as its always better to have an emergency back up
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All smart accessories does take up a percent of your phones battery life.
It is also dependent on how frequently you allow notifications to be synced on your phone or "pushed"
e.g. Weather updates. mail updates, social media updates, etc.
While the lowest battery saving settings will not take up to 5% battery, the highest more freq settings can and will leech more battery from your phone.
However with this said, I still find it advisable that smart phone users carry a portable charger, as its always better to have an emergency back up
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What are you listening most people have zero issues tethering bluetooth?
For most it is 3% battery life, big deal. Use bluetooth headset, in car, and the watch.
What is 3% of the 16 hours or so my phone goes in between charges?
When I buy a smart phone I make sure if lasts on the battery and I do not mean just 7am to 10pm checking and odd email; I mean bluetooth on, GPS on,, data on, browse for maybe an hour, games an hour, watch a full movie, dozens of emails, stream video and audio.
I will never need to buy a portable charger, I do not own an iPhone..
The screen shot I seen shows specifically "Android Wear" using battery life, this is an app and has nothing to do with bluetooth.
I am not good at troubleshooting such things but when I check my battery life, Android Wear is not even in the list.
I use a Note 3 with 4.4.2 I kind of expect one of 3 things, a wake lock and I do not know why it happen. The phone the OP has is using something like antivirus or a third party battery saver app which most post say to avoid or maybe it is running an old version of Android.
AstroDigital said:
What are you listening most people have zero issues tethering bluetooth?
For most it is 3% battery life, big deal. Use bluetooth headset, in car, and the watch.
What is 3% of the 16 hours or so my phone goes in between charges?
When I buy a smart phone I make sure if lasts on the battery and I do not mean just 7am to 10pm checking and odd email; I mean bluetooth on, GPS on,, data on, browse for maybe an hour, games an hour, watch a full movie, dozens of emails, stream video and audio.
I will never need to buy a portable charger, I do not own an iPhone..
The screen shot I seen shows specifically "Android Wear" using battery life, this is an app and has nothing to do with bluetooth.
I am not good at troubleshooting such things but when I check my battery life, Android Wear is not even in the list.
I use a Note 3 with 4.4.2 I kind of expect one of 3 things, a wake lock and I do not know why it happen. The phone the OP has is using something like antivirus or a third party battery saver app which most post say to avoid or maybe it is running an old version of Android.
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I am sorry, I do not get what you mean "What are you listening most people have zero issues tethering bluetooth?"
Do not see anywhere in this thread or my post saying we have issues tethering bluetooth.
Anyways, I am referring to OP worries of 10-20% battery drain from Bluetooth with Push notifications to Android wear.
I own a few android phones as well as a few iOS phones.
Depending on how often you push notifications from your Android phone to the Android Wear, the battery % varies. You cannot see this on the screen anywhere.
Like I mentioned previously, the lowest settings it will not take up to 5% (which means it is lesser)
However if you set push notifications (depending on individual phones and roms) to every minute, it will definitely kill your battery faster.
For example, some phones or modded roms allows you to increase the updates to every minute or 5 minutes.
The following is a list of updates most people would have, but not limited to these
1. Location
2. Weather
3. Social Media
4. Emails
5. News updates
6. Stock and shares
7. etc
What happens is then your Phone will update every minute or 5 minute (using WiFi or Mobile internet) thus draining battery, and then pushed the alert to your android wear or such device.
Thus Android Wear in itself does not drain your battery life, but to be exact the time intervals you want to be sync/updated actually does decrease battery life.
I am not sure if I answered what OP is asking for.
Since I am very sure if using it normally, there is no way it will take up to 5% battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-live/help/poll-how-gear-live-affected-phones-t2808909
Only 3 people had issues.
The poll they are talking about the phone not the watch so you should be able to extend the data to all current and future Android Wear devices.
Tethering a bluetooth device has a small impact.
Most people have small or no impact
AstroDigital said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-live/help/poll-how-gear-live-affected-phones-t2808909
Only 3 people had issues.
The poll they are talking about the phone not the watch so you should be able to extend the data to all current and future Android Wear devices.
Tethering a bluetooth device has a small impact.
Most people have small or no impact
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Ah that I totally agree, no or not much impact from Android wear, only how you set your update / sync / push notification intervals on your phone
Cheerios!
Thank you guys, now I know this won't be a problem. I'm still not sure if I will buy one because I think Motorola made some wrong choices with the Moto 360.
AstroDigital said:
I use a Note 3 with 4.4.2 I kind of expect one of 3 things, a wake lock and I do not know why it happen. The phone the OP has is using something like antivirus or a third party battery saver app which most post say to avoid or maybe it is running an old version of Android.
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This is not true and I even find it a little offensive. Just because I don't post at XDA's very often, people assume I have little knowledge on Android.
My Smartphone is one of the cleanest Smartphones you'll ever find. I'm running CM11. The only 3rd-Party-App causing Wakelocks is Whatsapp and I don't have Google Search enabled. I'm not even using Xposed. Every evening I take a look at BBS and make sure there isn't a single unnecessary Wakelock. Believe me, Wakelocks aren't the reason for that.
The Find 5 just doesn't last very long when in use. On moderate brightness I only get 4-6 hours of browsing via Wifi.
To answer the original question "again" no the Wear Smartwatch does not effect my phones battery life.
Oppo what ever I never heard of, I buy smartphones that have great battery life, the Note 3 gets my 2 days on OEM firmware.
If you have have phone that before you turn bluetooth on it only lasts from 7am to say 10pm need a bit more juice drained to turn low power bluetooth on maybe more noticable.
Xerionius said:
I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.
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Oppo N1 user here. I have a ~10% improvement in battery life, since I check my LG G Watch more than taking out my phone, so less screen backlight time means more power saved.
Without my smartwatch, I'd usually reach home with ~50% battery life left (from 7am to 6pm). Now, it's ~60%. My notifications are the usual, lots of Twitter, FB, G+, Instagram, instant messages and SMSes. From here, it's up to you to prioritise which notifications you want to glance and swipe away, voice reply or "Open on Phone".
Oh, and if you can, leave your "Vibrate" ticked for each app, but switch off haptic feedback and vibration on the main settings, so the watch will still vibrate but your phone will not. I'm running OmniROM, so I used the "Quiet Hours" to turn off the main vibrations.
saggitas said:
Oppo N1 user here. I have a ~10% improvement in battery life, since I check my LG G Watch more than taking out my phone, so less screen backlight time means more power saved.
Without my smartwatch, I'd usually reach home with ~50% battery life left (from 7am to 6pm). Now, it's ~60%. My notifications are the usual, lots of Twitter, FB, G+, Instagram, instant messages and SMSes. From here, it's up to you to prioritise which notifications you want to glance and swipe away, voice reply or "Open on Phone".
Oh, and if you can, leave your "Vibrate" ticked for each app, but switch off haptic feedback and vibration on the main settings, so the watch will still vibrate but your phone will not. I'm running OmniROM, so I used the "Quiet Hours" to turn off the main vibrations.
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That was something I was thinking about. But almost all my notifications come from WhatsApp and I can't imagine answering from the watch itself is practical, so I don't think this will happen to me.
I'm getting a ton of qcom_rx_wakelock and it has to be from the the watch.
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That was something I was thinking about. But almost all my notifications come from WhatsApp and I can't imagine answering from the watch itself is practical, so I don't think this will happen to me.
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then you'd better save your money, stick with your phone. Anyway, reviews are coming in about the sub-par battery life of the Moto360, because of it's "mislabelled" 300mAh battery, and power hungry CPU that was used on the Motorola Droid 2 (yes, it's a 4 year old CPU).
there are some known issues of smartwatches draining battery on your phone due to their FW updates
for example this thread in XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573283
There are some others if you search more (here or google), but basically its a FW or update issue with the watch improperly syncing non stop with the phone, hence causing the bluetooth to constantly and actively transfer 1s and 0s between SW and Phone, thus draining battery life.
Besides this scenario, there should not be any other issues that I have encountered.
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I'm getting a ton of qcom_rx_wakelock and it has to be from the the watch.
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I haven't specifically noticed that wakelock, but I do get BluetoothRemoteDevices wakelock since I got my Gear Live. My idle drain on the phone does seem a bit worse when paired to my watch compared to how it was before, but I haven't done extensive testing.
I would never believe that it has no effects on your phone
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then you'd better save your money, stick with your phone. Anyway, reviews are coming in about the sub-par battery life of the Moto360, because of it's "mislabelled" 300mAh battery, and power hungry CPU that was used on the Motorola Droid 2 (yes, it's a 4 year old CPU).
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That's what I ment when I said Motorola made some wrong choices. Instead of including a Heartrate-Monitor they should have chosen a bigger battery. Plus, using a Snapdragon 400 and an OLED-Screen (for the always-on-option) would have increased battery life drastical, too.
I decided not to get a Smartwatch. Instead, I purchased a LG G3 I got for a low price a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, I didn't know the bootloader isn't unlockable yet and propably will never be, so I don't really know what to do now. :/
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Oppo N1 user here. I have a ~10% improvement in battery life, since I check my LG G Watch more than taking out my phone, so less screen backlight time means more power saved.
Without my smartwatch, I'd usually reach home with ~50% battery life left (from 7am to 6pm). Now, it's ~60%. My notifications are the usual, lots of Twitter, FB, G+, Instagram, instant messages and SMSes. From here, it's up to you to prioritise which notifications you want to glance and swipe away, voice reply or "Open on Phone".
Oh, and if you can, leave your "Vibrate" ticked for each app, but switch off haptic feedback and vibration on the main settings, so the watch will still vibrate but your phone will not. I'm running OmniROM, so I used the "Quiet Hours" to turn off the main vibrations.
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its ok !!
Battery doctor
Xerionius said:
I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.
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Battery drainage is one of the biggest problem with the increasing number of functions in the app. You can use battery doctor in your smartphone which help to increase your battery life while you are using Android wear on your smartphones.
No
My phone is not adversely affected by my wear smartwatch.
Many people are getting the Turbo for the battery life it should be getting, and are disappointed with real world results. Personally, I have been super happy. Coming from an iPhone 5S, I am getting much better battery life while in use, but have noticed my idle usage a bit worse. I knew that would happen, Android is notorious for poor idle battery life, especially with out-of-the-box configuration, and initial release firmware for a new phone, let alone initial release firmware for a new chipset / radio / screen combo.
So, like I had done with every Android phone I have owned (I started with Android on a TyTN II, then HTC G1, then Nexus 1, then HTC G2, and so forth)... I setup my Turbo to match my actual usage needs, privacy desires, and so forth. A few items of note that we could all benefit from are the following:
1) Disable unused / unwanted apps. I could probably be more aggressive than I was, but I feel fine enough. (see attached screen captures)
2) Use WiFi over cellular data when possible.
3) Auto screen brightness.
4) Turn off GPS, and even better, turn off location all together.
5) Turn off bluetooth when not in use.
6) The battery needs to go through ~1 week of charge cycles to fully calibrate and settle in.
7) Keep in mind, the more features you use (ie Moto Voice, location aware services, etc) the more battery used.
I use Moto Display, but do not use Moto Voice or Google Now. I have 2 emails syncing, and get ~100 emails a day that I am notified about. Plenty of texts, very few phone calls. Facebook, Facebook messenger, Google+, and I think that is it for apps that update / stay active when not in use.
I have had no problem getting 2 days of use out of my Turbo. Take it off the charger morning of day 1, use it, go to sleep, use it for another, and toss it on the charger when I go to bed. I average about 3-4 hours screen on time each day, mostly spent responding to texts, surfing the web, facebook, google +, and taking pictures of neat stuff I see and think I can use in a web design.
I didn't screen capture it, but last night when I put my Turbo on the charger I still had 24% left, with just over 6 hours of SOT, and nearly 38 hours on battery. Now, I sold cellphones for 6 years, and would consider myself a little above average in my usage based on my personal experience and observations. I would classify most of the folk on here as heavy users.
For me, this phone is about giving us a power house of a device, with a battery to match. I didn't buy into the marketing claims. My expectation was enough battery to get me through a full day. So far, the phone has exceeded my expectations by two fold.
I fully expect future updates to improve battery life even more, especially as Motorola improves their firmware for the 805 chipset, QHD displays, and the new radio chip. As well, KitKat has never been very good at handling idle background apps, so Lollipop should bring a pretty big boost in those regards as well (although, I am only seeing .5% idle drain an hour over night, which is not great, but is better than many others I have seen).
In conclusion, for those still reading, the battery life is solid in my experience. With a few setup tweaks, it is the best I have ever experienced on a smartphone since the old school Blackberry days.
I get near 2 days with having the brightness in the negatives with lux. I almost never use GPS or Bluetooth. I also turn off any data usage when I don't need it (4g/WiFi). I know people may say something like "I shouldn't have to turn brightness down into the negatives ". Well, ya don't have to if you don't want excellent battery life and try not to believe these near ridiculous claims.
I get less than one day and I'm actually using the phone and features rather than gimp my phone so I can show off my epenis on XDA. I just charge at night, while driving or drop on a charging pad if needed. Doesn't bother me and I can use every feature I want. Love it.
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I get less than one day and I'm actually using the phone and features rather than gimp my phone so I can show off my epenis on XDA. I just charge at night, while driving or drop on a charging pad if needed. Doesn't bother me and I can use every feature I want. Love it.
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I use my phone and the features that I actually want to and care to use. Just because a phone can do something, doesn't mean you have to do that. My laptop can edit videos super crazy awesome, but I don't. So if I don't care to use Moto Voice, Google Now, and other features, that is my choice, and is not gimping the phone.
I don't see why you felt the need to try and show off your epenis by being a prick, but congratulations on lacking basic reading comprehension, and having a lot of pointless anger.
Guess next time I decide to share my personal experience, and tid-bits of advice, I will run it by you first to make sure it doesn't offend you.
That's fine but the point is with everything you've turned off I don't understand the reason to get it at all. Also just curious you really have no ability to charge it in less than 48 hours? I don't get the fascination with battery life its like a game.
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That's fine but the point is with everything you've turned off I don't understand the reason to get it at all. Also just curious you really have no ability to charge it in less than 48 hours? I don't get the fascination with battery life its like a game.
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I removed the apps I don't / won't ever use... do you plan on using the Verizon Navigator? If not, why wouldn't you disable it? I turned off services I rarely use, such as GPS and location services (which if I do use maps to navigate to a new place, I can turn it back on with one tap on the power control widget).
I don't get a phone because it gives me a bunch of new random features to use, even though they do nothing for me. I get a phone that is powerful enough to do the same stuff as my laptop when it comes to managing 5 servers, running a business that involves a ton of email communication, and marketing that business with social media. I use plenty of features of the phone, probably more than you do, I just don't waste my time using stuff that doesn't make me more efficient.
To answer your question, I have access to a charger pretty much 24/7, most people do to. I don't get why you can't understand that some people choose not to charge their phone, just for the sake of charging it. I toss it on the charger when it needs it.
Here's something that has helped a lot with Moto Display: unchecking the quiet mode on the Sleep settings, checking the "turn off display" and setting the time for sleep mode to be 12:01am-12:00am, essentially setting it to be all day. This means the screen won't pulse every few seconds, but you can still use the wave motion and proximity sensor to show the Moto Display!
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I removed the apps I don't / won't ever use... do you plan on using the Verizon Navigator? If not, why wouldn't you disable it? I turned off services I rarely use, such as GPS and location services (which if I do use maps to navigate to a new place, I can turn it back on with one tap on the power control widget).
I don't get a phone because it gives me a bunch of new random features to use, even though they do nothing for me. I get a phone that is powerful enough to do the same stuff as my laptop when it comes to managing 5 servers, running a business that involves a ton of email communication, and marketing that business with social media. I use plenty of features of the phone, probably more than you do, I just don't waste my time using stuff that doesn't make me more efficient.
To answer your question, I have access to a charger pretty much 24/7, most people do to. I don't get why you can't understand that some people choose not to charge their phone, just for the sake of charging it. I toss it on the charger when it needs it.
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That's all I'm saying. You could charge the phone if you wanted but you choose not to. I'm guessing you wait until your car is running on fumes before filling it up or do you keep a gas tank in your trunk. [emoji3]
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That's all I'm saying. You could charge the phone if you wanted but you choose not to. I'm guessing you wait until your car is running on fumes before filling it up or do you keep a gas tank in your trunk. [emoji3]
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Actually, I try to make sure I always have at least half a tank of gas. Most vehicles have an in-tank fuel pump, which run best and last the longest when fully immersed in fuel, which typically is ~35-45% full tank.
I used to be obsessed with SOT and battery life. The **** I had to turn off to get my battery life to match those on XDA was insane. Now I don't care. I use my phone to the max and at most I have to charge it nightly. Otherwise it lasts me through part of the next day. LG G2 btw.
Either way, do as you please. It is your phone. And if battery life is key for you all the more power!
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Many people are getting the Turbo for the battery life it should be getting, and are disappointed with real world results. Personally, I have been super happy. Coming from an iPhone 5S, I am getting much better battery life while in use, but have noticed my idle usage a bit worse. I knew that would happen, Android is notorious for poor idle battery life, especially with out-of-the-box configuration, and initial release firmware for a new phone, let alone initial release firmware for a new chipset / radio / screen combo.
So, like I had done with every Android phone I have owned (I started with Android on a TyTN II, then HTC G1, then Nexus 1, then HTC G2, and so forth)... I setup my Turbo to match my actual usage needs, privacy desires, and so forth. A few items of note that we could all benefit from are the following:
1) Disable unused / unwanted apps. I could probably be more aggressive than I was, but I feel fine enough. (see attached screen captures)
2) Use WiFi over cellular data when possible.
3) Auto screen brightness.
4) Turn off GPS, and even better, turn off location all together.
5) Turn off bluetooth when not in use.
6) The battery needs to go through ~1 week of charge cycles to fully calibrate and settle in.
7) Keep in mind, the more features you use (ie Moto Voice, location aware services, etc) the more battery used.
I use Moto Display, but do not use Moto Voice or Google Now. I have 2 emails syncing, and get ~100 emails a day that I am notified about. Plenty of texts, very few phone calls. Facebook, Facebook messenger, Google+, and I think that is it for apps that update / stay active when not in use.
I have had no problem getting 2 days of use out of my Turbo. Take it off the charger morning of day 1, use it, go to sleep, use it for another, and toss it on the charger when I go to bed. I average about 3-4 hours screen on time each day, mostly spent responding to texts, surfing the web, facebook, google +, and taking pictures of neat stuff I see and think I can use in a web design.
I didn't screen capture it, but last night when I put my Turbo on the charger I still had 24% left, with just over 6 hours of SOT, and nearly 38 hours on battery. Now, I sold cellphones for 6 years, and would consider myself a little above average in my usage based on my personal experience and observations. I would classify most of the folk on here as heavy users.
For me, this phone is about giving us a power house of a device, with a battery to match. I didn't buy into the marketing claims. My expectation was enough battery to get me through a full day. So far, the phone has exceeded my expectations by two fold.
I fully expect future updates to improve battery life even more, especially as Motorola improves their firmware for the 805 chipset, QHD displays, and the new radio chip. As well, KitKat has never been very good at handling idle background apps, so Lollipop should bring a pretty big boost in those regards as well (although, I am only seeing .5% idle drain an hour over night, which is not great, but is better than many others I have seen).
In conclusion, for those still reading, the battery life is solid in my experience. With a few setup tweaks, it is the best I have ever experienced on a smartphone since the old school Blackberry days.
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I have to say that I'm really pleased with your writing, I'm planning to buy this phone (Moto Maxx) next week and I have spend many hours reading through the forums about the good and bad things, among all the threads and complains.
I think that most of the things that are annoying people would be fixed easily by software, and moreover, Lollipop is ready for release for most of Moto devices and soak tests were made, but Motorola is just waiting to the global release.
I'm just a normal user, if I receive 2-3 mails by day is a lot, some chats, almost no calls and no social networks most of the time, but I'm behind the Moto suite goodies and the battery life, and I think this phone would give me that.
Thanks for sharing.
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Hi,
I recently bought the Moto X Pure Edition. Overall I am very pleased with it however there is one thing that constantly bugs me. The battery life is absolutely terrible. I'd seen no mention of this before I bought the device but having bought it, I'm realizing how terrible it is. I only get around 2-2.5 hours of screen on time. This is even worse than the moto g 2014 I owned before which i could easily get 3 hours with. Are other people having similar experiences and are there any potential solutions?
Also, can you guys suggest some custom ROMs for me with great battery life and very stable? Thanks!
Try TruPureXMM, it has the best battery life among other roms, AFAIK. Well, that's because it is based on stock. Try it out for yourself.
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Am on stock and battery life is terrible. Can hardly end with 3h max with a full charge. And am one of those that stops most of the moto actions, low brightness, no wi-fi all time etc but still its worst battery life I've seen on a mobile. I think it has to do with the big screen it has!
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Try TruPureXMM, it has the best battery life among other roms, AFAIK. Well, that's because it is based on stock. Try it out for yourself.
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What changes does it have from stock?
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What changes does it have from stock?
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It is debloated (forgot the others lol). Check the thread to see all the information you need.
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check out frankenkernel. I get 5Hrs of SoT
I have a brand-new XT 1572 (on stock) and would not call its battery life terrible. I'm getting 5 hours continuous SoT on WiFi (not sure people are using the term "SoT" consistently - if the phone is on for 24 hours, I'd expect to get less than 5 hours SoT; same when I'm on a 4G connection, particularly a bad one). Not great, but acceptable (and not unexpected in light of XT 157x reviews).
I have a shortcut to Settings - battery on my home screen which I check frequently (while I'm in the process of getting familiar with the phone), I have OS Monitor on my home screen, and I occasionally check "running services" under "Developer Options". I use Nova Launcher which makes it very easy to force-stop an app just by long-tapping it, hitting "App info" and then stopping it.
All of this has caused me to uninstall a few power-hogging apps which I probably did not need in the first place; I also find I need to occasionally force-stop apps such as Neutron.
In an average day, from 6am-10pm of mixed WiFi/LTE usage I get about 3 hours total screen on time, and the majority of the time I have good-excellect signal strength... If I have average to poor signal strength, 2-2.5 hours SOT is normal. On WiFi with continuous usage I get 4+ hours. This is normal.
Sorry, but the battery life of this phone, especially if used in bright light or outdoors, is just not good. The display is gorgeous, but it is an unbelievable battery hog.
I have tried many ROMs and all have worse batter then stock... TruPureXMM is debloated stock but the battery life isn't much different because it's the screen that takes 80-90% of the power, no rom can change that.
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In an average day, from 6am-10pm of mixed WiFi/LTE usage I get about 3 hours total screen on time, and the majority of the time I have good-excellect signal strength... If I have average to poor signal strength, 2-2.5 hours SOT is normal. On WiFi with continuous usage I get 4+ hours. This is normal.
Sorry, but the battery life of this phone, especially if used in bright light or outdoors, is just not good. The display is gorgeous, but it is an unbelievable battery hog.
I have tried many ROMs and all have worse batter then stock... TruPureXMM is debloated stock but the battery life isn't much different because it's the screen that takes 80-90% of the power, no rom can change that.
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I don't disagree with you - I call it "acceptable", you call it "just not good". I'd stop (far) short of calling it "terrible, terrible" though - and let's face it, this is why the device sells at the price point it does - which, to me, right now, is (a) close to the limit of what I'm prepared to pay for a smartphone and (b) great value for money. I'd rather be close to a charger or battery pack (in fact, I ordered a slim battery pack when I ordered the phone) with this phone at all times than owning a different phone (in this price range) with better battery life but other challenges/compromises I need to take. This devices's predecessor (for me) was the LG G3 - same thing, except that this device actually works.
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I have tried many ROMs and all have worse batter then stock... TruPureXMM is debloated stock but the battery life isn't much different because it's the screen that takes 80-90% of the power, no rom can change that.
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I completely agree with the above. Thats main reason I havent used a custom Rom yet and still waiting for Stock 7 realease (hopefully we see it within the next 2 months) before trying a custom rom yet.
But i wanted to ask a question about the screen taking all that ℅ in the battery drain:
I remember i read somewhere in another thread an option that changes the screen resolution to FHD 1080 instead of QHD. You think that really makes the screen battery drain lighter or it doesnt matter !?
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I don't disagree with you - I call it "acceptable", you call it "just not good". I'd stop (far) short of calling it "terrible, terrible" though - and let's face it, this is why the device sells at the price point it does - which, to me, right now, is (a) close to the limit of what I'm prepared to pay for a smartphone and (b) great value for money. I'd rather be close to a charger or battery pack (in fact, I ordered a slim battery pack when I ordered the phone) with this phone at all times than owning a different phone (in this price range) with better battery life but other challenges/compromises I need to take. This devices's predecessor (for me) was the LG G3 - same thing, except that this device actually works.
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My prior phones were an LG G2 and an LG G4 and I was thinking that my 6 month old 2015 MXPE had good battery life. I'm not sure I have ever had a phone that lasted all day. I need to stop buying sub par phones I guess. My Pixel XL (once it gets here) will hopefully fix that.
This is from stock 6.0 - May 2016 Patches - using it on Verizon network
From GSam Battery Monitor, since August 15, 2016:
Averages Per Complete Charge -
Battery Life: 1d 5.3h (8h 29m Active)
Screen On: 3h 56m (5h 11m Max)
I pretty much just charge my phone for 45 - 50 minutes a day at work and do not leave it on the charger any longer than it has to be.
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I completely agree with the above. Thats main reason I havent used a custom Rom yet and still waiting for Stock 7 realease (hopefully we see it within the next 2 months) before trying a custom rom yet.
But i wanted to ask a question about the screen taking all that ℅ in the battery drain:
I remember i read somewhere in another thread an option that changes the screen resolution to FHD 1080 instead of QHD. You think that really makes the screen battery drain lighter or it doesnt matter !?
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If you read thread I believe that only worked on Lollipop... People who did it on Marshmallow claimed it made no difference.
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If you read thread I believe that only worked on Lollipop... People who did it on Marshmallow claimed it made no difference.
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Yea, I was trying that method on Marshmallow. No positive changes on battery life, but got negative impact on Moto Display, it was to ugly for me to use.
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I don't disagree with you - I call it "acceptable", you call it "just not good". I'd stop (far) short of calling it "terrible, terrible" though - and let's face it, this is why the device sells at the price point it does - which, to me, right now, is (a) close to the limit of what I'm prepared to pay for a smartphone and (b) great value for money. I'd rather be close to a charger or battery pack (in fact, I ordered a slim battery pack when I ordered the phone) with this phone at all times than owning a different phone (in this price range) with better battery life but other challenges/compromises I need to take. This devices's predecessor (for me) was the LG G3 - same thing, except that this device actually works.
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Eh, to each there own... My previous phone was a Moto G 2015, it easily got 5 hours SOT in a day with battery to spare, so to me the battery life on the X is poor, but not terrible... I also carry mini power stick for charging on the go, and a QC adapter.
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In an average day, from 6am-10pm of mixed WiFi/LTE usage I get about 3 hours total screen on time, and the majority of the time I have good-excellect signal strength... If I have average to poor signal strength, 2-2.5 hours SOT is normal. On WiFi with continuous usage I get 4+ hours. This is normal.
Sorry, but the battery life of this phone, especially if used in bright light or outdoors, is just not good. The display is gorgeous, but it is an unbelievable battery hog.
I have tried many ROMs and all have worse batter then stock... TruPureXMM is debloated stock but the battery life isn't much different because it's the screen that takes 80-90% of the power, no rom can change that.
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How about frankenclark with ghostpepper?
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How about frankenclark with ghostpepper?
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What about it? Kernels, roms, etc, can't do anything about how much power the display uses, it's like trying to make a 100w light bulb use 40 watts... they can only effect other things like SOC, syncing, etc.
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What about it? Kernels, roms, etc, can't do anything about how much power the display uses, it's like trying to make a 100w light bulb use 40 watts... they can only effect other things like SOC, syncing, etc.
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I agree here. A 5.7" screen will require more power just to light up. As far as changing resolution, you are still powering a 5.7" display. You might notice some slight difference in battery (and maybe fps) when playing games, but it is really related to going a little easier on the chips.
I'm still on true pure, not even the most recent build, and I could always get a day and a half of battery use, or at least a full day with moderate use.
Hey folks, just wanted to chime in on this. I had the phone since it's release and got around 5 to 6 hours of SoT with WiFi, GPS enabled (but not while using maps lol) and brightness set to about 50%. Battery life has gotten worse with each update and now I am waiting for Android 7 and I will reset my phone after it's installed.
Btw I disable any build in app that I don't use and uninstall apps that use to much battery in the background.
Am on Telsa 03/02 Build. And the battery life is as good as Stock. 3hrs SOT on LTE with Data ON the whole time and 4hrs SOT on WiFi. All the while keeping GPS ON High Accuracy and Ambient display.
No Greenify or any other battery booster.
The performance is better than Stock and all the features working near perfectly. It's a good choice, you get to use Nougat without really compromising the battery much.
Here is the post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...ms-validus-t3561477/post71196401#post71196401
Also I have recently changed the resolution to 1080p. It doesn't increase battery life much but definitely boosts the performance.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...ing-screen-t3190234/post71194289#post71194289
All I can say is, despite the battery life being poor, you have TurboPower charger which definitely saves the day. The phone charges from 10% to 100% within half n hour.
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Battery life on this phone is amazing.
Since it has the same 2700mAh battery as its bigger brother, it can easily last 2 days of average usage.
I'm currently typing this at 7pm, and my phone is at 71% battery, while I've been up since 8:30am
Checked the battery monitor on hidden menu and it states 2800mah (my currently battery % is 80)
how much you guys have?
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Checked the battery monitor on hidden menu and it states 2800mah (my currently battery % is 80)
how much you guys have?
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2820mAh according to the service menu battery test, not bad.
Are you guys using Stamina mode? I am new to the Xperia phones and the XZ1 Compact is a first for me. I came to it from a Google Pixel because I wanted a smaller phone for better one-handed use and better battery life. So far, I'm not seeing much increase over the Pixel with my usual usage. I have only had it for a few days and have been ending the day around 30-35%. Phone idle and Google Play Services seem to utilize the most battery and my typical screen time in a day is around 1:45-2:00 hours.
I set stamina to kick in at 15%
I haven't reached that point yet, right now I have 25% remaining and already have 6.5 h of sot. I didn't do anything too demanding, but half the day the signal was rather bad, so in the end I gotta say this thing is a beast.
Not using stamina. Didnt like the lag on screen when stamina was on. on android is pretty good now with disabling apps on background...
i usually have 5 hours screen...
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Are you guys using Stamina mode? I am new to the Xperia phones and the XZ1 Compact is a first for me. I came to it from a Google Pixel because I wanted a smaller phone for better one-handed use and better battery life. So far, I'm not seeing much increase over the Pixel with my usual usage. I have only had it for a few days and have been ending the day around 30-35%. Phone idle and Google Play Services seem to utilize the most battery and my typical screen time in a day is around 1:45-2:00 hours.
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Modern Stamina is completely different from the original Stamina, which was awesome. Back in the golden days, it was actually able to effectively extended battery life without sacrificing overall performance.
With the introduction of Marshmallow however, Stamina essentially "broke" - there were overlapping conflicts with MM's new Doze feature, which in theory aimed to conserve battery in ways similar to Stamina but in reality didn't quite live up to its promise.
Since Doze is baked in to the OS and pretty much here to stay, Sony decided to kill off Stamina with the first few MM firmware releases.
It was eventually resurrected, but it has never been the same again. You can say that only the name lived on, under the hood it's two entirely different things.
Now that history lesson is over, back to your question. Stamina on the XZ1 Compact is just a combination of trivial battery saving tricks that may or may not actually save a significant amount of battery life.
The description in Stamina mode details the biggest battery eating features that Stamina disables, if you don't actively use any of them during normal use, it's likely that Stamina won't be of much help in conserving battery for you.
You'll probably save more battery by dimming your screen or disabling ambient light sensor.
Ultra Stamina basically turns your smartphone into a dumbphone to squeeze as much life as possible out of the remaining battery. Unless you're away from a charger for a long time and you absolutely need to make a phone call or text or whatever before you can plug it in, don't use this mode, it's horrid.
Thanks for the brief history lesson! I did notice Stamina mode left some to be desired with scrolling, primarily. After messing around with some settings and putting the screen to a dimmer level, I seem to be getting better battery life. Perhaps it has to do with a new phone and the software and battery need to "learn" each other? As it is, the XZ1C is already longer lived than my Pixel, which typically needed to be plugged in at least once to make it through the day. Honestly, I'd take a thicker phone with larger battery. A wafer-thin phone with the latest tech is useless if the battery is dead.
I use stamina the whole time. I've found the bottom stamina preset is the best for scrolling. It's barely noticeable over non-stamina. Also, I've disabled background data and set location to GPS only. I get about 8-9hrs of SOT.
This phone is a bit unpredictable. I was pleasantly surprised by the improved battery life earlier in the week, and now it barely lasts through my usual 16 hour day before getting into the red. This past Saturday and Sunday, I had about 4 hours screen time and the phone made it through my day with 43% left in the battery. Monday I got about 3 hours screen time and finished with just over 20%, and yesterday I wrapped up with 7% and only used it for 1:45 screen time. I haven't done anything differently or installed any new apps. The reception is a little worse at my office is than at the school where I teach part-time, but I don't think that should make a 30% difference in battery life. I still get full bars WiFi and 2-3 bars LTE, where at the school LTE is usually 4-5 bars. Funny thing is, I about double my screen time at the teaching job since students don't always need me so I'm browsing on my phone. At my office, I'm usually busy and don't touch the phone much at all, but these past two days I'm practically watching the percentage drop. Today, I'm off the plug for about 2.5 hours and already down to 86% with 5 minutes screen-on time.
I'm thinking there must be some background app or process running that is killing the battery, but the app usage shows "phone idle" as the highest power drain, followed by Google Play Services. I often like to keep the more "core" apps running in the background so they can pull updates, notifications, etc. so I don't have to constantly be pushing the phone to do them manually.
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I use stamina the whole time. I've found the bottom stamina preset is the best for scrolling. It's barely noticeable over non-stamina. Also, I've disabled background data and set location to GPS only. I get about 8-9hrs of SOT.
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I agree but still dont use this... scrolling with stamina is not that smooth like with stamin off.
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I agree but still dont use this... scrolling with stamina is not that smooth like with stamin off.
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Maybe I should try stamina off with background sync disabled. The scrolling is smooth, but it feels like the display refresh is only 30fps, which still bothers my eyes.
Just surfing reddit and listen to Spotify. Wifi and bt 100% on.
Wow. 2 days of standby and 10 hours of screen usage?? How did you manage that? I'm happy with just one full day when I don't have to plug in. I've already turned off most location services and updates, leaving just essentials like e-mail and weather still on. I also used to have a live wallpaper, which has now been changed to a static photo.
I have uninstalled all Google apps besides: Gmail, Calendar and Keep.
I have uninstalled all the bloat experia apps including swift key. (see thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz1-compact/help/managed-to-hide-whats-app-root-t3681393)
I use a black wallpaper and also night-mode in chromium swe browser.
I have turned off 4G/LTE since it sux in Sweden. Use only 2G/3G+Wifi.
I use dns66 for Adblock.
I have no audio/video enhancements on.
I have set auto brightness to off (low light auto brightness sux on xz1c)
I use Pebble 2SE which uses BTLE (LowEnergy)
Perhaps a bit off topic, however I would like to know how is the auto brightness feature on this phone.
I have a soon-to-be-dead Z3 compact and I used Lux auto brightness on it since the stock one basically didn't do anything.
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Perhaps a bit off topic, however I would like to know how is the auto brightness feature on this phone.
I have a soon-to-be-dead Z3 compact and I used Lux auto brightness on it since the stock one basically didn't do anything.
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The auto brightness on this phone works well, even too well. Sometimes in certain environment, a little tilt on the phone will cause the brightness to adjust immediately. I would say it is the most sensitive auto brightness in all phones I've used this far.
Almost 3 days with 7+ hours of screen on time
Guys this phone battery is amazing! I use my smartphone for public relations so i always use whatsapp, instagram etc... I wake up around 8-9 and don't have any problems the whole day.. gps on everywhere, google apps on, data on all time, use some spotify too and don't remember what else. I wouldn't change it for anything and would suggest you to buy it. Gj SONY.