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Battery life is beyond awful with light use

Any suggestions? The Android System is taking up most of my cycles, but when I go into it, it shows that the phone is barely kept alive.
I don't know what else to do.

Having the exact same issue.

Try one day using nothing but 3G, you may be surprised at your battery life.
I'm still on Froyo, and since that was released (stock or custom rom doesn't matter) my battery life takes a nose dive with Wifi.
Back on Eclair, Wifi was my battery life saver. Now with Froyo, 3G is my life saver. Weird stuff.

Problem is I live in a weak 3G area (signal you see is with the older Airave which doesn't do data), and I may have a problem getting a good data signal.
That said, I will try it tomorrow and report back.

haveing the same problem wether im on 3g or wifi. froyo i had pretty good battery life all around.

Milkman00 said:
Problem is I live in a weak 3G area (signal you see is with the older Airave which doesn't do data), and I may have a problem getting a good data signal.
That said, I will try it tomorrow and report back.
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The old airave does data. Its only 1x but it is data.

I left work at 4:30, it's 5:07. My battery still says 100%. This is insane.

Milkman00 said:
Problem is I live in a weak 3G area (signal you see is with the older Airave which doesn't do data), and I may have a problem getting a good data signal.
That said, I will try it tomorrow and report back.
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If you're in an area with bad signal, that will absolutely kill your battery. There is a place I have to go to for business quite often near an airport, and I don't get good reception there. I don't have much of a choice but to turn off data when I'm in the building or my phone will constantly drain at a rate similar to yours.
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I'm hoping this will give me one more post...don't want to end today on 666 :/

hayzooos said:
If you're in an area with bad signal, that will absolutely kill your battery. There is a place I have to go to for business quite often near an airport, and I don't get good reception there. I don't have much of a choice but to turn off data when I'm in the building or my phone will constantly drain at a rate similar to yours.
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I'm hoping this will give me one more post...don't want to end today on 666 :/
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I have an Airave though, so signal shouldn't be an issue.

what i don't get is why is the android system showing to be so battery hungry, while display is almost nothing, in my experience from froyo the display is the main battery eater not the android system. i have had my display on for 35 min in the last 2 hours and it shows 2% use from display and 77% from android system
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Btw i get better battery life now with GB and legendary rom 3.3

Could it be the "DRM Content" service preventing the phone from propperly sleeping? Also, have you tried the old trick where you put your phone in airplane mode, then back to normal? For some reason it *used* to make the Epic recieve a better signal, and draw less power because of it.

the_details said:
Could it be the "DRM Content" service preventing the phone from propperly sleeping? Also, have you tried the old trick where you put your phone in airplane mode, then back to normal? For some reason it *used* to make the Epic recieve a better signal, and draw less power because of it.
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The TWS (time without service) bug existed because for some reason the radio was searching for a GSM signal too. Even though our phone is CDMA and on a CDMA network, our radio would search for the GSM signal upon boot. This in turn caused the TWS to display ~50-51% and drain the battery incredibly fast.
This happened with each reboot of the phone. Toggling airplane mode manually refreshed the settings for the radio, which turned off that GSM signal search.
It may be worth a shot to check that. Open the cell standby option on the battery statistics page to see what your TWS % is at.

jarcher12 said:
what i don't get is why is the android system showing to be so battery hungry, while display is almost nothing, in my experience from froyo the display is the main battery eater not the android system. i have had my display on for 35 min in the last 2 hours and it shows 2% use from display and 77% from android system
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Btw i get better battery life now with GB and legendary rom 3.3
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My theory is that it is now optimized for gpu and logs the display maintenance processes under Android System. Or something they did makes the display less power hungry.
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i seriously thought it was a mistake at first so used to seeing the display eating something like 90% of my battery use. they must have changed the way they measure things radically, i still feel like i get better battery use now with legendary rom than i ever did with froyo.

Freeze DRM content. How much % of the time are you logged without signal? (According to your battery stats) try a day with 3G off. You'll still be able to make calls, and receive texts with 1x service with 3g deactivated. Increase account refresh intervals to something less frequent, same with any widgets you may be using.
I'm seriously *this close* to writing up a guide so we can all get the best out of our battery, I just need time, can't atm, working what I can to make ends meet.
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I'm right there with you. I was getting horrible battery life with EC05 so I decided to give GB a shot since so may people were reporting good results.
I'm getting about 6 hours max. I can't make it through the day at all.
Sucks.
And not only that, but I still have the issue where the battery displays incorrectly. If I reboot the phone while at 75%, it will say it's down to 15% after reboot. I know this was a bug with EC05 and you just had to reboot while plugged in to remedy this but it's such a pain.

I had terrible battery life with EC05.
I did the update.zip method because I'm impatient. My device bootlooped as a result. Had to do factory wipe/reset...and now, battery life is great, far better than EC05 was.
I believe the trick was the factory reset and start over. I'm still getting emails, and have FB, Twitter and G+ running like before (manual updates) but the battery lasts the day no problem. If you do a reset and then restore from backup, you're potentially putting back the problem, that's why I did it the hard way (aside from it being unplanned!)
GB seems to handle weak signal areas much better now. With EC05, my phone would get hot when I was at my desk, and that usually wiped out the battery in short order. That doesn't seem to happen with GB.
One common thread I've heard amongst Android owners is that if you start running into battery life issues you can't explain, use the nuclear option...wipe/reset to the OOB (out of box) condition and then manually rebuild. I've heard of good results using this method, and I seem to be one of them.

I am actually getting decent battery life.
I normally rely on WIFI, so that is the probably the reason why my phone lasts around 14 hours. Try turning off push notification for facebook. Also it could be a bad flash. One time I had bad flash with SRF1.2, it made my phone hot all the time and battery was draining 10% per hour even when I had it screen turned off.

For those with poor cell signal, make sure your wifi is set to never sleep. I'm on the stock deodexed rom and getting much better battery life than ever before on this phone. Had it 12 hours off charger with 3 hours of screen on and still had 20% battery left.
To the Op, there is definitely something wrong with your results. Are you using ei22 modem? Which rom? Seems like some service is eating away at you battery but I'm not sure how to tell which one. My phone also shows android system as the highest power draw, but I am getting great battery life.
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mtwow789 said:
I am actually getting decent battery life.
I normally rely on WIFI, so that is the probably the reason why my phone lasts around 14 hours. Try turning off push notification for facebook. Also it could be a bad flash. One time I had bad flash with SRF1.2, it made my phone hot all the time and battery was draining 10% per hour even when I had it screen turned off.
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There is a way to actually turn push notification on/off? that's news to me. Push notification worked for me once, then they updated the app and it's never worked since.
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rocket321 said:
For those with poor cell signal, make sure your wifi is set to never sleep. I'm on the stock deodexed rom and getting much better battery life than ever before on this phone. Had it 12 hours off charger with 3 hours of screen on and still had 20% battery left.
To the Op, there is definitely something wrong with your results. Are you using ei22 modem? Which rom? Seems like some service is eating away at you battery but I'm not sure how to tell which one. My phone also shows android system as the highest power draw, but I am getting great battery life.
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On Froyo and GB, I get worse battery life on wifi when I set it to never sleep...

Nexus S Battery Life

Hi, guys.
The below images were taken from my I9023 having Oxygen 2.3.2 (at the moment). Standard, no kernel change, no cpu setting change, just plain Oxygen.
Light use: 30 mins on the phone / day, checking emails, news, updating weather, at least 1 hour on wifi per day.
For me battery life it's important so i was wondering if anyone can come up with something better regarding battery life. Maybe another ROM ....
I know it's highly relative to personal use, but would like to hear some opinion on this.
Thanks.
Have a nice weekend all.
G.

Thats some unreal battery life. You must hardly use your phone,
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btw what kernel are you using?

Jerol7190 said:
Thats some unreal battery life. You must hardly use your phone,
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btw what kernel are you using?
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The usage is as described in first post. Told you, ROM is Oxygen with everything that Oxygen comes with.

Unless you switch to a flip phone you're never going to get better battery than that.

I have managed to get to 6 days, but pretty much I just use the phone for calls, text, email and occasional browsing and music. No gaming at all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17334705&postcount=64

robrob777 said:
I have managed to get to 6 days, but pretty much I just use the phone for calls, text, email and occasional browsing and music. No gaming at all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17334705&postcount=64
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Yo're on CM7? No kernel, no other modifications?

robrob777 said:
I have managed to get to 6 days, but pretty much I just use the phone for calls, text, email and occasional browsing and music. No gaming at all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17334705&postcount=64
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Unbelieveble!
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blacklion33 said:
Yo're on CM7? No kernel, no other modifications?
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I have used CM7, CM7 mv, and Oxygen(the most stable), all of them with the same battery life.
Kernel I use Lucid 2.1y, BLN, no setcpu, stock 100-1000Mhz
I must say that I use my data "on demand" it is always off unless I want to check emails, look for directions, surf something, etc. I have a toggle in the status bar for data (autosync is ON always).
I use most of the time 2G unless I need to surf the web.
I use auto brightness also.
Using my HTC HD2 in the same way I can't pass the 2.5 days mark. so the truth is that NS has a pretty good battery life.

which one is better for battery life time?
i9023 or i9020? thanks!!

Official 7.0 battery life worse or better

Would like to know if everyone's experiencing better or worse battery life on mm vs nougat official release

I was only on mm for a few days but I'd say better...
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Can't complain at all.

For me, worse!
Hoping for an fix update....
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Much better for me
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Way way way better for me than with 6.0.1 (stock and N7 port)

Pichulec said:
Can't complain at all.
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sorry what beautiful theme are u using ? xD

im using 7.0 [UK firmware] and battery life is great, i have almost 30h on 100%
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Pichulec said:
Can't complain at all.
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rooted?

Talentooman said:
im using 7.0 [UK firmware] and battery life is great, i have almost 30h on 100%
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rooted?
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Nope

Pichulec said:
Nope
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i had 29h on 100% battery, how u have 23,30h on 50%haha :/

Talentooman said:
i had 29h on 100% battery, how u have 23,30h on 50%haha :/
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Because i have 0% drain in the night, and I'm hardly use the phone recently. Working night shifts
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ilirpirani said:
sorry what beautiful theme are u using ? xD
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DarkEmerald

Still waiting for the update

Yesterdays results:
Could be worse, but definitely can be improved if Android OS can be controlled...
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This is my battery usage from two different instances, battery life has been very good to me on Nougat, however a week ago or so I had to factory reset my phone because "media server" drained my battery very quickly. These screenshots are made after that factory reset.

Can't complain.. it's absolutely better than MM
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Wesley0104 said:
This is my battery usage from two different instances, battery life has been very good to me on Nougat, however a week ago or so I had to factory reset my phone because "media server" drained my battery very quickly. These screenshots are made after that factory reset.
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thats insane!!, did you figure out what was causing the media issue, have you disabled anything with package disabler? if so what , i would love to get what your getting

Shuthefrontdoor said:
thats insane!!, did you figure out what was causing the media issue, have you disabled anything with package disabler? if so what , i would love to get what your getting
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No unfortunately not. But after a factory reset it never came back in such a huge way, before the factory reset it suddenly appeared on top in the usage list with 45% usage, dropping my phone's battery from 90% to 40% in less than 1 hour.
My settings aren't really special, I only use sync when my phone is charging (regular charging, I don't ever use fast charging), I don't use AOD, Location or NFC, and I have disabled pretty much everything that can be disabled through the phone itself, without using a package disabler. Also, my screen resolution is on 720P.

I love the batterylife on my s7 edge with 7.0 btu. It's way better then mm

I am getting good battery life with Nogat

Archmag3 said:
I am getting good battery life with Nogat
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hi all, has anyone seen this: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_edge_battery_life_on_android_70-blog-23204.php
I don't know what to do now, I am thinking to disable the autoupdate....

Official 8.1 is smooth and great battery life

Just got the official 8.1 system update yesterday from the Android beta program on my pixel xl 128gb. It seems to be running smooth no errors so far.

It sure is, except it broke the most useful feature I have, the ability to edit APN. This in turn kills unlimited hotspot with mobile.

Zmydust said:
It sure is, except it broke the most useful feature I have, the ability to edit APN. This in turn kills unlimited hotspot with mobile.
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APN edits are possible in 8.1, just as they were before.

kboya said:
APN edits are possible in 8.1, just as they were before.
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Not if your pixel is connected to tmobile

How are all of you getting good battery life, mine is horrible after the 8.1 update, surviving with 4 hrs SOT with a ton of battery saving apps

kingbri said:
How are all of you getting good battery life, mine is horrible after the 8.1 update, surviving with 4 hrs SOT with a ton of battery saving apps
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Get rid of the battery saving apps

What about my custom kernel
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kingbri said:
What about my custom kernel
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I myself am rooted

Screen on time

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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Waiting for this. Someone pls share! Very curious how power efficient sd 675 is compared to 660

Great screen on time.
I got around 8hrs of screen on time :victory: . Don't have the screenshot at the moment though. After the recent update all the bugs are solved except the most annoying one... :crying: The earpiece cracking sound on call. Xiaomi confirmed me that they will surely going to solve the issue within a week but don't really know when they really will.

arnabdraco said:
I got around 8hrs of screen on time :victory: . Don't have the screenshot at the moment though. After the recent update all the bugs are solved except the most annoying one... :crying: The earpiece cracking sound on call. Xiaomi confirmed me that they will surely going to solve the issue within a week but don't really know when they really will.
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Ty!

Here is the screenshot. :good: :laugh:

Here's mine.
Its a battery beast as well.
http://imgur.com/a/0atXZNh

Here's mine..

Ty all! Looks like it can average 8-10hrs on moderate/heavy usage and 10+ on light like most of its predecessors except with a noticeably way better gpu. Probably the perfect mid range soc that most users can be satisfied with

Screen on time is only 7 hour in normal use and also high ideal drain (restricted all app in background also).

There are some screenshots in telegram channel if anyone is interested in seeing some sot. But I know xda doesn't allow linking it here. Don't even know if I'm allowed to talk about it at all

viking_kong16 said:
Here's mine..
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Which theme and font are you using?
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arnabdraco said:
Here is the screenshot. :good: :laugh:
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Which update were you running during this sot?
Have you updated after that?

[email protected] said:
Which theme and font are you using?
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Which update were you running during this sot?
Have you updated after that?
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I was running 10.2.7.0 at that time.

anon1135 said:
There are some screenshots in telegram channel if anyone is interested in seeing some sot. But I know xda doesn't allow linking it here. Don't even know if I'm allowed to talk about it at all
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Hello Which channel is it ?
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I was running 10.2.7.0 at that time.
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Oh okay.so have you updated now and how's it now?
Apart from sot, do you face any bugs?
In my case I have low wifi strength issue. I've confirmed by comparing the range with my old redmi note 3.

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Hello Which channel is it ?
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Oh okay.so have you updated now and how's it now?
Apart from sot, do you face any bugs?
In my case I have low wifi strength issue. I've confirmed by comparing the range with my old redmi note 3.
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no bugs as for me till I got the latest update.

arnabdraco said:
no bugs as for me till I got the latest update.
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Okay, I request you to please test your wifi range by comparing with a different phone, preferably a Xiaomi device.

Wrong device

I get 4 hours. My battery is being drained by littarly everything.

Amazing SOT with mild usage. MIUI 10.3.10.

AbhiAbhiBisht said:
Amazing SOT with mild usage. MIUI 10.3.10.
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I am getting 12 hours SOT consistently on xiaomi.eu beta rom

sidS6 said:
I am getting 12 hours SOT consistently on xiaomi.eu beta rom
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Nice! On mobile data or Wi-Fi?