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Impressive battery life

So my battery has gone through 6 charge cycles, and I am now getting really good battery life with medium- heavy usage. Very impressed with the phones battery life. Approx 24 hours standby, 4 hours screen on and 30% percent battery still left today. Watched some YouTube, listened to lotsof songs,whatsapp,emails, browser fb etc
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Agreed, I am getting similar good battery life as well.

Same here. I'm actually satisfied with the battery!
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EnIXmA said:
So my battery has gone through 6 charge cycles, and I am now getting really good battery life with medium- heavy usage. Very impressed with the phones battery life. Approx 24 hours standby, 4 hours screen on and 30% percent battery still left today. Watched some YouTube, listened to lotsof songs,whatsapp,emails, browser fb etc
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Check wakelocks. If music is not taking up an hour or so of wakelock, you can still make it better.

So about 12 hours would be considered average/good?
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Daygo said:
So about 12 hours would be considered average/good?
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That... means nothing. 12 hours of screen on time is mind-blowing. 8 hours is some extremely optimized usage. 6-7 hours is about what most people should get. 4-5 hours means you have battery life issues. 4 and less means you have severe battery issues.
5 hours and less of screen on time before 1% means you need to diagnose wakelocks and rogue apps.

Ahh, Ok, I was thinking 5 was high.... Thanks for cleaning that up. I'm on the fence about getting this... Doing my homework now... Any complaints?
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EnIXmA said:
So my battery has gone through 6 charge cycles, and I am now getting really good battery life with medium- heavy usage. Very impressed with the phones battery life. Approx 24 hours standby, 4 hours screen on and 30% percent battery still left today. Watched some YouTube, listened to lotsof songs,whatsapp,emails, browser fb etc
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Have you rooted your phone and do some special optimizations?
Why my screen only on with 20 mins, and consumes about 4.5% power?
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Hunt3r.j2 said:
That... means nothing. 12 hours of screen on time is mind-blowing. 8 hours is some extremely optimized usage. 6-7 hours is about what most people should get. 4-5 hours means you have battery life issues. 4 and less means you have severe battery issues.
5 hours and less of screen on time before 1% means you need to diagnose wakelocks and rogue apps.
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Do you mean HTC One? I think my One can last only 5 hours if the screen is on.
How to address the problem? My screen is set at auto brightness, and power save mode is enabled except display option.

bfdream said:
Have you rooted your phone and do some special optimizations?
Why my screen only on with 20 mins, and consumes about 4.5% power?
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Do you mean HTC One? I think my One can last only 5 hours if the screen is on.
How to address the problem? My screen is set at auto brightness, and power save mode is enabled except display option.
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Better Battery Stats. Figure out what is holding partial wakelock. Disable anything involving location settings for Google Search and Google Maps/Latitude. If you have MSM_HSIC_HOST wakelock, you have to root and run a wireshark for a long idle period to determine what is killing battery life.
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Daygo said:
Ahh, Ok, I was thinking 5 was high.... Thanks for cleaning that up. I'm on the fence about getting this... Doing my homework now... Any complaints?
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Not really. I will note that MSM_HSIC_HOST wakelocks are seriously the most annoying things ever to figure out. I'm going nuts trying to reduce it, and fixing the issue requires root because you have to install a root application that can sniff network traffic to determine what's causing modem wakelocks.

Hunt3r.j2 said:
Better Battery Stats. Figure out what is holding partial wakelock. Disable anything involving location settings for Google Search and Google Maps/Latitude. If you have MSM_HSIC_HOST wakelock, you have to root and run a wireshark for a long idle period to determine what is killing battery life.
Yes, the MSM_HSIC_HOST wakelock exists for about 2 hours, and my battery only use 5 hours since last unplugged.
Is it serious problem? I have not unlock and root my phone, is there any other approach to detect that without root?
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OP what is your screen brightness set to?

simba2585 said:
OP what is your screen brightness set to?
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Automatic brightness

Just watched a hour and a half movie over wifi, lost only 15 percent. At 4 hours screen time with over 2 hours music played through the speakers. 15 percent left and been on WiFi most of the day and about 2_3 hours with lte on and Bluetooth
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just saw my gps was on.
maybe thats why my battery was draining a bit rapidly.
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simba2585 said:
just saw my gps was on.
maybe thats why my battery was draining a bit rapidly.
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I was always under the impression that the only time GPS was using the battery was when you could actively see the GPS logo in your notification bar so unless you were always running apps that would use it you didn't need to turn it off?

Usually get 2 days out of mine with a bit to spare..... i'm not too heavy a user in the week though.
Easily get 24 to 36 hours if i'm using it a lot at week.
Really pleased with it.

from 7am to 6pm my battery is left at about 14%. doesnt seem that great. pretty light usage.
only been cycled twice though, so will wait and see.

simba2585 said:
OP what is your screen brightness set to?
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Auto. I am not rooted and am running lots of 3rd party apps
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I've learnt to cope with the poor battery life on my one x. Can't wait to get my One and not have to be careful all the time.
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My location settings were on during that time, could have gotten more than 5 hours if location was off and I used the 30% juice left.
I am going to test the bsttery with lte enabled all day tomorrow
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LG G2 android system usage?

I've noticed that even when I usey phone a lot of the day with screen on that my G2 is the first phone that the android system always uses more battery than the screen and I do not understand that. Every other phone I have had in the past(and it has been a lot because I'm a Verizon rep) my display takes much more battery. I notice that there is a ton of LG's crap running under android system, is that why I'm not seeing the battery life I would expect out of a 3000mah phone. I'm getting about 17-18hrs out of it. Which is good. But it's not Great! Any insight would be cool.
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Something that falls under the Android System category can trigger and go rogue, causing idle drain to be way higher than it should be. Its happened to me 3 times in two weeks, and a reboot cleared it up each time. I'm not certain as to the culprit as it wasn't obvious in BBS.
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Restarts, root, reflash, nothing has helped so far. I've gone as far as disabling everything I can that is lg and the system still uses more.
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Android system on mine always on top
But, get easily 6hours screen time? how much screen time you got?
Android system always top i think because this device have GRAM
Make screen usage is very little, thats why.
If this device doesn't have GRAM maybe screen always on top but with worst battery life

meld said:
Android system always top i think because this device have GRAM
Make screen usage is very little, thats why.
If this device doesn't have GRAM maybe screen always on top but with worst battery life
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No that is not why, the "GRAM" as you call it is simply a tiny amount of memory that is dedicated to storing a screenshot on what is on the screen and will shut down the GPU if a static image is on screen for more than 10 or 15 seconds. It has nothing to do with the screen drawing power.
Android System covers a ton of things on the phone, you need a better app that looks into individual processes to see which part is actually causing the excessive drain.

Hmm, im not sure but before own G2 i own G Pro.
Screen usage on G Pro always on top, android system is nowhere near. But battery life G2 is much better even android system always on top.
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If you go to the Task Manager app hit menu then settings and go to stop services you can check apps to keep them from running in the background, awesome feature.
Edit:
Ever since I stopped the facebook app, the stock email app, google play music, music,and youtube my battery is a lot better, was really good to begin with, but with these stopped, even better.

Disable wifi
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Restarts, root, reflash, nothing has helped so far. I've gone as far as disabling everything I can that is lg and the system still uses more.
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I've been having real battery problems on my G2 as well - I found threads online attributing battery problems to the latest version of Google Play Services which can also raise the system usage. Turning off Wifi Location at the device level fixed the battery drain for me - it sucks to have to turn it off but it's clear that my battery drops like a truck with it on, is totally fine with it off.

Can anyone confim that this is normal? i have an LG g2 with 3000mah and i loose 1% of battery every MINUTE while playing games, so 10 minutes of modern combat 4 or plats vs zombies is around 10 % (strange because the graphics complexity is very different) , 60-70% brightness, sound half way or headphones. Some people are speaking about "5h of screen time easily" while i get 2-3h ... some site even says " When we had kept the WiFi and 3G network on for a whole day, had surfed for around 3 hours, played games for about 1 hour, watched videos for around 1.5 hours and had talked for 2 hours we were able to get back up for 1.5 days. "

ginold said:
Can anyone confim that this is normal? i have an LG g2 with 3000mah and i loose 1% of battery every MINUTE while playing games, so 10 minutes of modern combat 4 or plats vs zombies is around 10 % (strange because the graphics complexity is very different) , 60-70% brightness, sound half way or headphones. Some people are speaking about "5h of screen time easily" while i get 2-3h ... some site even says " When we had kept the WiFi and 3G network on for a whole day, had surfed for around 3 hours, played games for about 1 hour, watched videos for around 1.5 hours and had talked for 2 hours we were able to get back up for 1.5 days. "
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Normal, depending what game you play.
MC4 and PVZ is heavy games. If you play simple game like cartoon war you will see the result is different.
Never ever heard smartphone can play MC4 straight in 5 hours

well, mc 4 and pvz are both very different and i would dare saying mc4 is much more demanding in gpu and cpu, but whatever game i play its always the same. And i will surprise you - i found someone on this forum saying he actually played pvs for 5h ...that would be impossibru on my phone.
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in addition i find it strange, that even though the battery is draining at rate of 10% per 10 minutes in average, after all in battery use menu it says the game has consumed only 2-4% of all with android system and media server on top as usual. Maybe the game isnt that battery draining but something else turns on while playing and eats the battery...
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1 30h of screen on time, 30 % left. And i swear i havent been playing for more than 40-50 min...

ginold said:
well, mc 4 and pvz are both very different and i would dare saying mc4 is much more demanding in gpu and cpu, but whatever game i play its always the same. And i will surprise you - i found someone on this forum saying he actually played pvs for 5h ...that would be impossibru on my phone.
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in addition i find it strange, that even though the battery is draining at rate of 10% per 10 minutes in average, after all in battery use menu it says the game has consumed only 2-4% of all with android system and media server on top as usual. Maybe the game isnt that battery draining but something else turns on while playing and eats the battery...
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1 30h of screen on time, 30 % left. And i swear i havent been playing for more than 40-50 min...
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wrong wrong wrong wrong. it does not matter what output the user has on the screen. what matters is the optimization in the code. MC4 can be super optimized while PVZ can be made in paint and you will have the same battery usage. And 1% while playing games, no matter what game it is, it is OK in terms of usage.

Standby drain

When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Huawei Mate 10's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

the best that I got with the mate 10 pro EU was 1% lost in 9h15m. this was a couple of days ago. I will try to recreate the scenario and I will post a screenshot.

4-5% for me here 8hours standby.

pletpetplet said:
4-5% for me here 8hours standby.
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Same here

Flightmode? Wifi on? GPS on? Charge-Level of the Battery?
Mine loses 5-7% in 8h in Flightmode, without Wifi and GPS on when in the 70% Level. Maybe it would lose only 1% when fully charged because the battery gauge stays at 100% for the first few % of drain (~ 100mv on mine).

Xda909 said:
Flightmode? Wifi on? GPS on? Charge-Level of the Battery?
Mine loses 5-7% in 8h in Flightmode, without Wifi and GPS on when in the 70% Level. Maybe it would lose only 1% when fully charged because the battery gauge stays at 100% for the first few % of drain (~ 100mv on mine).
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2% in airplane mode without Wifi and gps
4-5 % in ultra battery saving

8 hrs ~2-3%
On: GPS, WIFI (+connected), BT, Sync, Eye comfort, DND
Constantly running: Plus Messenger, WhatsApp, Nine (email), Aquamail (email), 3G watchdog, Discord, n26 (banking), sleep as android [no sleep tracking]

0% Loss this Night... Charged to 50%.

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0% Loss this Night... Charged to 50%.
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Tonight 1% loss in airplane mode. This phone is insane ?

10% drain last night for my mate 10. Definitely not right.

avatar_ro said:
the best that I got with the mate 10 pro EU was 1% lost in 9h15m. this was a couple of days ago. I will try to recreate the scenario and I will post a screenshot.
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can you explain how
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paullu said:
10% drain last night for my mate 10. Definitely not right.
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BLA-29 or 09?

virtyx said:
can you explain how
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BLA-29 or 09?
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I was using it with a single sim card, mobile data ON, WIFI ON. I am not sure if location history was ON or OFF, I will try again when I have time.

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can you explain how
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BLA-29 or 09?
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L29

Can everyone here note whether or not they've rooted their phones or not. I'm trying to determine whether the AI is assisting people with their amazing standby times/battery life because when you root, supposedly the AI doesn't work properly any longer
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I'm rootless. Phone is sleeping better than me.

pretty impressive
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I have lost ~0.4%/h with dual sim cards from the same carrier.
Official rom, no root
WIFI ON, MOBILE DATA ON, LOCATION ON (high accuracy), LOCATION HISTORY ON. all apps in the background were closed/cleared.
It was 95% after 11 hours, the screenshot shows 94% because I have forgot to take the screenshot and I have used a bit the phone.

avatar_ro said:
Mate 10 PRO
I have lost ~0.4%/h with dual sim cards from the same carrier.
Official rom, no root
WIFI ON, MOBILE DATA ON, LOCATION ON (high accuracy), LOCATION HISTORY ON. all apps in the background were closed/cleared.
It was 95% after 11 hours, the screenshot shows 94% because I have forgot to take the screenshot and I have used a bit the phone.
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Yes that's really impressive and similar to what I'm getting. What other users have reported (and also in my experience) is that the battery meter takes a much longer time to drop from 100% to 95% compared to maybe 80% to 75%. You can try repeating your experiment above but start when the phone is 80% or 70% and see if you still get the same rate of discharge. I'm curious to know your experience. Cheers!

Ol' Blue Eyes said:
Yes that's really impressive and similar to what I'm getting. What other users have reported (and also in my experience) is that the battery meter takes a much longer time to drop from 100% to 95% compared to maybe 80% to 75%. You can try repeating your experiment above but start when the phone is 80% or 70% and see if you still get the same rate of discharge. I'm curious to know your experience. Cheers!
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I will try that also but next experiment is to activate the data saver from: settings --> Wireless & Networks --> Mobile data --> Data Saver change from OFF to ON.. I want to see if this helps a bit...
edit: to see if it helps even if the WIFI is always ON

Guys, give the phone some time to improve performance and reduce battery drain.
The NPU runs when the phone is in standby so, on the first days it's normal if the battery drains faster. If you are changing phone settings all the time, the NPU unit will try to optimize it again.
Also, the latest firmware from HUAWEI improved a lot the battery.

Mine lost 1% last night. All on as usual. I guess if you remember to closely all apps that help...
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tips for improving battery life?

So, overall I've been really impressed with the battery life on this phone. Probably the best out of any device I've ever had. When I first got it I was getting close to 7 hours of screen time. However after rooting my phone and getting the November update, now I'm only getting 4 hours of screen time. Has anyone else encountered something similar? I am not sure exactly what the cause of that is, if anyone has any tips for improving battery life would really appreciate it

I also have a battery drain on my pixel 2 xl, I have flashed factory mutiple times, charged up to 100% and I still only get about 10-11 hours full use streaming YouTube in background on WiFi. While on airplane mode
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Also rooted on NOV update

Standby battery drain issue in HTC U Ultra!

Hi,
I have recently got a new HTC U Ultra from Dubai and found quick battery drain issue in it and I have to charge it twice a day. It only gives max 2 hours screen on time and even battery get drained when the phone is in standby mode. Can anyone help here, please?
Thanks in advance!

Show us battery history and battery usage per app then we could help.

Definitely not normal behavior. See battery history for potential problematic application causing the drain. If nothing can be seen you can try reset of the phone.

Join the club mate, same here brand new ultra here from Dubai.. I don't think it's good to check drain now.. is just the first week. That said try the wake lock detector app
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I have reset the device and till now it seems little better as after 44 mins of screen on time I still have 81% battery left. Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

Keep in mind that in the first 5 to 10 days android does many things in background till it sets up everything. I personally start looking at battery life after the first week of usage.

rehmanbaig83 said:
I have reset the device and till now it seems little better as after 44 mins of screen on time I still have 81% battery left. Thanks for all the suggestions guys!
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just like you, i also notice standby drain, but didn't feel it as so bad as 2 hours SOT.... didn't feel the need to check the SOT, so honestly i don't know the numbers. i myself installed wakelock detector to see if there are anyything triggering the wakelocks.. will report back!
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Keep in mind that in the first 5 to 10 days android does many things in background till it sets up everything. I personally start looking at battery life after the first week of usage.
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yeah, thats why i am not worried at this point.

I have turned off the permanent secondary display and is on for the notifications only. Now it is giving me around 3.2 hours of SOT and I hope its fine.

rehmanbaig83 said:
I have turned off the permanent secondary display and is on for the notifications only. Now it is giving me around 3.2 hours of SOT and I hope its fine.
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I checked my device and have considerably low standby drain. Didn't measure yet, but when there is enough signal and when in WiFi, the battery holds up properly. I think 3.2 is still a little low, At least of 4 hours I expect.
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