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Anyone having battery problems? My wife and I have pros and can hardley get half a day out of it... does this phone need a task killer? I havent used a task killer since my hero. But maybe this one needs one. any ideas? my fascinate holds a charge more than this and it does 10 times the amount in the backround and the batterys arent that different. Thanks
Pretty disappointed with the battery life too. Barely make it to the afternoon. I just constantly plug the phone in. Considering buying the extended batt if it wasn't 50 bucks.
I also switched from the fascinate.
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who has the extendted battery
My battery life is OK, but I'm constantly fiddling with the phone: checking facebook, answering work emails, browsing the web and the Market, etc.
However, my partner's phone made it through a 16-hour day with 40% still left of battery. Granted, it was on standby for 6 hours at work, but the rest of the time was constant facebook, etc.
There are a number of "Power Management" tweaks that can be performed that will dramatically improve battery life. Things i have done include:
device rooted via z4root (this has no direct impact on battery performance but necessary for things that do...)
Screebl Pro
SetCPU (throttle down to 300 when screen off)
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer
Uninstalled or frozen a bunch of stuff i don't use via Titanium Backup (there is thread in this forum that discusses what can be uninstalled/frozen)
Changed phone radio from global to cdma
I have also added an extended battery. I can easily go 12+ hours with heavy data/email and voice use.
jhalsey205 said:
There are a number of "Power Management" tweaks that can be performed that will dramatically improve battery life. Things i have done include:
device rooted via z4root (this has no direct impact on battery performance but necessary for things that do...)
Screebl Pro
SetCPU (throttle down to 300 when screen off)
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer
Uninstalled or frozen a bunch of stuff i don't use via Titanium Backup (there is thread in this forum that discusses what can be uninstalled/frozen)
Changed phone radio from global to cdma
I have also added an extended battery. I can easily go 12+ hours with heavy data/email and voice use.
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these are all great ideas. however, most of the reviews are bad on the Screebl Pro and all of its other versions.
I just received mine yesterday. Gave it a full charge last night. Now, at not even 11am, it's down to 60%. That's after three hours of light usage. Hopefully this is just a battery calibration issue or something since this is the first time it's been fully charged...
Edit: 10%. That's 90% depletion in just five and a half hours. We'll see if it's lying or not.
Edit: The Droid Pro was pronounced dead at 1:48pm, exactly 6 hours of very light usage after its first full charge. We'll see what happens on its second cycle.
Hi All
I have to say my battery is great. Can make it the entire day even with heavy usage.
However, you need to be really careful with the background apps you are running.
In my case
1) Bluetooth off
2) Wireless Off
3) Set CPU running - scaled to 300 when screen off and scaled to 300-600 when battery hits 50%
4) Running IMO messenger at boot (I tried Ebuddy and it sucked down the battery big time) IMO does not.
5) Cleared most of the default widgets and only added the few that I really use.
6) Running Go Launcher instead of default launcher (not sure if this helps battery or not)
7) Running CDMA mode only when I am in the U.S. (turned off global setting)
8) I get LOTS of emails daily (over 150) so the phone is constantly pulling in.
Hope this emails helps others.
When I first got my Pro a few weeks ago I was ready to send it back due to poor battery life. Decided to give it a little more time, and the stock battery was netting me at least 12 hours of moderate to heavy usage. Ordered the extended battery and had the same issue of it draining the battery insanely fast. Again, I gave it a few more days and now I'm finding myself charging the phone maybe once every two days. All in all, just give it some time -- it'll surely get better, just hang in there!
Day two: Seven hours in, and my phone is down to 20%. Better than yesterday (dead in 6 hours), but then again I used it much less today, and I removed all but 1 widget from my desktop.
Edit: Dead at 4:20. 7.5hrs today. This is garbage.
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Day two: Seven hours in, and my phone is down to 20%. Better than yesterday (dead in 6 hours), but then again I used it much less today, and I removed all but 1 widget from my desktop.
Edit: Dead at 4:20. 7.5hrs today. This is garbage.
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Try and hold out for a week. My Dream and Milestone took about a week before they were useful. If its not useful after that then you might have to trade it in or get a different type of phone.
Android is not known for its great battery management but you should be able to make at least a typical 8 hour work day imo.
I've stated in many threads in many forums now, the battery life with the "Out of the box" setup is just horrible. No way around it, it just sucks. The stock battery is the same one that came with the original Droid last year. The Droid 1 is a 600 Mhz stock phone. Our Pro is a 1 GHz beast. The stock battery in our phone is just inadequate.
I wouldn't be surprised to see an update in the near future to resolve some of the issues we are seeing though. It's obviously the biggest complaint with the phone. However if you are willing to root you can get the phone to somewhat reasonable battery life.
I've really only done a few things but am seeing a vast improvement. Stock settings with my usage gives me about 4 hours then I'm dead in the water. Now I get about 7 hours and I'm literally doing something on my phone all the time so I'm completely pleased with that.
My main things:
Root and remove the bloat. Play with the phone a couple of days, find out what apps you'll never use then get rid of them.
Get a different launcher, either Launder Pro or ADW.
Buy SetCPU and set profiles for:
Screen off = 300 MHz
Battery < 70% = 800 MHz
Battery < 50% = 600 MHZ
Change wireless mode from Global
That's it for me. If I used my phone like a normal productive Human I could get a full day easy, but again its literally always in my hands, so 7 hours I am very pleased with. That's about as long as my old Curve got me. After that I just slap my spare battery I always have in my back pocket in and I'm good to go with only 2 minutes downtime, as opposed to the 15 minutes down with any Blackberry battery swap.
That's my 2 cents, take it for what its worth. My biggest battery gains came from SetCPU, and to be honest I really can't tell a difference in performance when it throttles me down.
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jhalsey205 said:
There are a number of "Power Management" tweaks that can be performed that will dramatically improve battery life. Things i have done include:
device rooted via z4root (this has no direct impact on battery performance but necessary for things that do...)
Screebl Pro
SetCPU (throttle down to 300 when screen off)
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer
Uninstalled or frozen a bunch of stuff i don't use via Titanium Backup (there is thread in this forum that discusses what can be uninstalled/frozen)
Changed phone radio from global to cdma
I have also added an extended battery. I can easily go 12+ hours with heavy data/email and voice use.
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Which extended battery? Do you need a new battery cover?
This guy is selling his Droid Pro for $500 with extended battery.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Motorola-DROID-...0741502439?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3a615bb1e7
The battery life on this device is very low. I ordered my extended battery here on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150532539861
I like that is has an original backing and there is no noticeable bulge.
Verizon is selling extended battery for $50+tax with free overnight shipping.
I got lucky. The seller has since revised his listing to NOT ship outside the united states. Its a shame for all those who've purchased their phone for use outside of the usa.
Well I have to contradict my last post. I burned through 2 1/2 standard batteries Sunday during a 16 hour day at work. I decided to break down and purchase the extended battery.
I bought it yesterday and threw it in my phone last night before I put it on the charger for the evening. Today I'm very surprised to see I'm still sitting at 40% with the phone being off the charger since 8am this morning (10:46pm now.) So 12.75 hours on just the extended battery, I'm thrilled. I would almost say this battery would net me more time than 2 fully charged standard batteries.
I bought the Shell/Holster combo at VZW when I bought the phone. I could not get the shell to fit over the extended battery back without modification (as I've read elsewhere). However, I threw the shell in my oven for about 10 minutes at 200, and the plastic was pliable enough to wrap the phone. It then cooled down and now fits great. A little snug, but it functions perfectly (actually fits better in the holster IMO). I would highly recommend the extended battery. I can see why everyone is saying great things about it now..
The salesman at the VZW store got me 25% off for something (Forgot exactly why I got the discount) and they had one in stock. So I would definitely encourage those to go to the store 1st before buying online. (The salesman, who was a manager, said the only reason they had them in stock was because their store has sold so many of the Pro's).
the has gotten better since we got em but i thing i found which seems kind of weird is im getting better battery life with my screen brightness all the up and my battery manager set to performance
I just got my extended battery in the mail yesterday. I am noticing a huge improvement in battery life with the droid pro. The annoying thing is the back for some reason does not "snap" into place properly. Not too sure why, but putting a piece of folded paper underneath the cover seems to have done the trick.
To anyone seeking to further extend their battery life I recommend getting the extended battery from verizon. If that is still not enough you can buy the Energizer USB rechargeable battery and go from there...
Hi,
I recently flashed my G2 to the leaked T-Mobile gingerbread release: so it's not rooted or anything like that. I'm not using it any differently to how I was before.
The upgrade went very smoothly. However, the battery seems to be draining a lot more quickly than prior to the upgrade, and Android's battery usage app points a very damning finger at the display: currently it's showing 67% usage, and pretty consistently shows a high usage most of the day.
Before, I could consistently run the phone for the whole day and charge overnight, but now I'm finding that I have to charge it a bit during the day too in order for it to make it to the night.
I'm pretty sure that I'm not using it any more than usual, and I pretty much always have brightness set to 20%.
So my question is, what could be causing this? Could something be using the screen when it's not supposed to be even though it's not showing anything? Could it be a battery calibration issue? Maybe the power usage app in gingerbread calculates what it attributes power consumption to differently to froyo (though that wouldn't explain the overall reduction in life). What, if anything, could I do to try and track this down further?
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Some things I should add.
I really haven't changed my behaviour regarding how I use things like wifi, bluetooth and gps. In fact, so far I actually have one fewer gmail account set up on it that before the upgrade, so sync should be doing less work. The apps I'm using are all about the same.
When I said I could use it for the day, I mean it would often end the day with more than 50% battery left. On some days I'd get it down really low, but that would be due to obvious extra usage, which isn't the case here. Occasionally I'd let it die completely. I always charge it fully overnight.
Finally, here are the other top items in my power consumption list at the moment:
Display: 67%
Maps: 8%
Cell standby: 7%
Phone idle: 5%
I seem to remember that before the upgrade, Cell standby and Phone idle were usually the top users of power.
no problem
Sorry, but I don't see any problem. Maybe its just placebo. This is the same on every android based phone. I Had HD2 and had 2 NAND androids till now and the battery stats were showing also display use 60% and then after new NAND version - gingerbread they were up to 80%+ but the battery was better than ever before.
Let me explain it to you. The display should consume most of the battery if you have 3.7 inch display and more. Maybe some navigation and 3G is the biggest sucker like the display but with normal use the Display. And if your display consumes lets say 75% of battery over when you are at 1% battery then it means it sucked 3/4 of your battery and just 25% other things did like phone idle and cell.
If it was before and your display consumed like 40% or less that meant that the other things like cell standby, phone idle consumed more power so it wasnt battery efficient. So its more battery efficient. Maybe you just have much more awake time than you did before. The awake time - sucks the hell of your phone(some apps warn you taht your phone wont turn to the sleep, which means your processor is still working hard which means your battery will deplete completely in a short time)
I experienced this also that my phone lasted only 6 hours or so and before it could wen to all day . Then I deleted some apps which were causing it and my battery was perfect.
and last advice. try to charge your phone via USB, I dont really know why it is caused but it will last longer , but on the other hand you will have to charge it longer. But if you go somewhere where the extra juice is needed then its nice.
With these steps my HD2 with old battery (about 1000mah left on 100%) went through 2 days of medium USE and about 5 days of just receiving calls and messages) so I dont know anyone else who could say that !
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hope I helped you. GL a HF
If you can stand it, turn the brightness as low as you can handle . EDIT, you're already doing that....hmm
Not sure why gingerbread is giving you problems, personally I find it slightly better with battery than froyo.
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Hmmm... placebo. By that, I presume you mean that since Display is ranking higher in the list now, that's making me think more battery is being used before. I suppose it's possible, but really it's more to do with how often I've been reaching that "I should charge" point, which for me is a function of battery level and time. If I get to 50% before lunch time, I think "I should charge". But getting to 15% just before bed I don't. What I've noticed is that since the upgrade I've reached the "I should charge" point every day.
I'm just very surprised by how the proportions in the battery usage list have changed, while a the same time the phone's battery usage seems to have increased, despite the fact that Gingerbread's battery usage is supposed to be improved.
One other thing that came to mind: perhaps Gingerbread's battery usage is just more accurate than Froyo's? It always seemed to me that the battery level used to work a lot like a car's fuel gauge: it would stick at 100% for a long time and then would drain. It was as though "full" as a concept understood by Android was a range rather than a limit, and so as a result the phone appears to drain more quickly, but it's actually just showing a more accurate battery level over time. Just a theory.
So last night I allowed the phone to completely die. This morning I switched on and immediately checked battery usage: display showing 99%, which is exactly what I'd expect. So I'll see how it goes now that Gingerbread has experienced battery exhaustion.
Personally, if I was upgrading from Froyo to Gingerbread, I'd prefer to start from scratch rather than doing an "in-place upgrade". I'd worry that maybe there are some leftover settings or files from Froyo that could cause unintended consequences. Consider backing up as much data/apps as you can (it's more difficult if you don't have root), charging the battery up to 100%, doing a factory reset, and then restoring and reinstalling everything back. Doing this will also reset Android's battery stats file, so you may find your battery levels maybe inaccurate while it's relearning the right levels for a few days.
Alternatively, if you don't fancy a factory reset just yet, you could try monitoring your power use with a widget like CurrentWidget which looks that the current draw rather than percentages. Also consider installing Watchdog Lite which might be able to help you identify if there are any processes using excessive CPU cycles.
EDIT: Just realised that if you flashed a leaked version, the install would probably have wiped everything anyway, so you can probably disregard the first paragraph.
Like the others have said, I think the screen usage being higher in 2.3 has more to do with the reduced usage of other apps and not the screen using more battery than in 2.2.
Think about it, most of the high battery usage items (web browsing, etc) also keep the screen on at the same time.
Yes, that's probably mostly because other things are using less power. I also suspect that maybe Gingerbread's battery usage app is calculating display usage differently: I just checked it on someone else's G2 (still running Froyo) and Display was way down the list. It dominates mine, even though I haven't used it that much today.
Today's power consumption has been a lot better. It's down to 39% now after 12.5 hours on battery, with 59% of that being attributed to Display. So that's not bad at all really.
Thanks for the tips on the monitoring apps. I'm already using System Panel (which only seems to care about apps and not hardware so much), but it's always worth checking out alternatives.
Couldn't it be due to you being in areas with bad connection?
I noticed that my G2 is down tot 30% after a few hours at school in bad reception+bad wifi areas. When I'm home the whole day my G2 is still at 60% at 10pm.
I have 2 exchange mail accounts set up to push and one gmail account...
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I read so many threads and comments complaining about "battery life"
Turning this off and that off, not using this app or that app. Dreaded enemy "wake locks". Turning brightness down and generally Not using all these great devices have to offer to squeeze out more battery life. Even to the extent of over 24 hours.
We have a phenomenal and powerful device that does a whole lot with a huge screen and a ton of great BG apps updating all kinds of information we enjoy these devices for.
MOST of all we all have the (getting rare) opportunity to swap out an inexpensive battery in less than 30 seconds be up and running for another 5-10 hours depending on our enjoyment and use.
Do people not have electricity? They cannot charge every night? They can afford a $600 phone (or $300 subsidized) and $600 plus a year for service but cannot buy a $20 battery in order to actually USE the device as designed and go through all kinds of contortions, apps, settings, and worse, anguish at running out of juice after (gasp) 8 hours?
People getting hung up on "benchmarking" and posting screen shots of phones on battery for 3 days...(of course rarely used) to squeeze and extra 30 minutes.
TURN IT OFF!! bet the battery lasts well over a month. You win!
I guess I just don't understand the "issue" with a device where batteries can be swapped out so easily.
I get maybe 10 hours normally with everything on and at minimum updating. I have infinite screen on and turn it off when I am done using it. (hate those timeouts while reading something). FB and news updates at minimum. Maps always running latitude. If its there its on BT, Screen rotation, GPS, I just don't worry about battery life as I would rather carry an extra battery in my desk at home auto or work and in my wallet than not USE the device as designed.
Personally I would never buy another phone without the ability to swap out a battery lest I would gain have to "ration" my use of such a great device which would be akin to a witnessing a gay man win a date with a single and seductive Angela Jolie . Why bother?
Am I alone here? Anyone else consider battery life as much a non issue as I do on these Samsung phones?
I'm with you on this one. Why do all of that stupid things if you can solve it with $20 battery.
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A lot of the battery life threads are related to abnormally high battery drain.
As an example, on GB I would about 1% battery per hour if the phone was idle.
When I upgraded to LPY, I was losing 2-3% per hour, and sometimes higher, because the phone was not going into deep sleep.
This might not seem much of a difference for just 1 hour, but over the course of a day, it is a huge difference.
Now I'm on LPF, my battery drain is about the same, or lower than GB when idle.
richlum said:
A lot of the battery life threads are related to abnormally high battery drain.
As an example, on GB I would about 1% battery per hour if the phone was idle.
When I upgraded to LPY, I was losing 2-3% per hour, and sometimes higher, because the phone was not going into deep sleep.
This might not seem much of a difference for just 1 hour, but over the course of a day, it is a huge difference.
Now I'm on LPF, my battery drain is about the same, or lower than GB when idle.
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I guess "abnormally high" is debatable. For me it would be a 80% battery crapping out before then end of a 2 hour movie.
A day is only 24 hours long and I assume people will sleep for 6-8 hours so Even a 5% drain per hour would mean more than 16 hours of standby with 20% remaining!! How can that be an issue? I doubt my phone "deep sleeps" I have BG apps running all the time with notifications. One extra battery solves all issues. No need for special apps, tweaking this and that, flashing this and that simply for battery life.
If people sleep 6-8 hours during a 24 hour period they can easily and consistently charge their batteries. A 3% drain per hour would not be an issue. If we watch movies and play games we already know the battery will drain within a few hours. Pop in another battery and brand new again.
You are assuming that people are always near a power source.
I am normally near a power source. I am either at work and charge via USB or in my car or at home.
The issue is the past 3 days I was out and about (malls, hotels, restaurants and so on) and was not near a power source for more than 10 minutes. My battery died in about 4 hours of usage. Mostly checking email, instagram and facebook.
I keep my brightness at full strength by the way (unless if the lights are off in bed).
Yes, so battery is an issue.
Not everyone is constantly near a power source.
So you think if I put my fully charged Note into Airplane mode when I go to sleep and wake up in the morning just to find out to my surprise that I lost 32 % of battery life in six hours is normal? In airplane mode? On official update via Kies, never rooted, never anything custom? That is normal to you? Wow, you are either stupid or work for Samsung. If you work for Samsung can you help me to get my GB battery life back? I have already spend good money for the phone, I am not willing to spend a dime extra for another battery on 6 months old phone.
If your phone is working as intended, battery life issues are not really an issue.
It basically means your phone sleeps when its supposed to.
However, some devices never go into deep sleep due to some issue with kernel or a rogue app. Thats where the battery problem comes in.
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So you think if I put my fully charged Note into Airplane mode when I go to sleep and wake up in the morning just to find out to my surprise that I lost 32 % of battery life in six hours is normal? In airplane mode? On official update via Kies, never rooted, never anything custom? That is normal to you? Wow, you are either stupid or work for Samsung. If you work for Samsung can you help me to get my GB battery life back? I have already spend good money for the phone, I am not willing to spend a dime extra for another battery on 6 months old phone.
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Thats not normal.
I turn off data and wifi on my Note when I go to sleep (6 hours also) and I loose about 5 to 10 %.
This is with telephone signal only. No data or wifi.
to the post #7. So how come it didn't happened in stock GB previously? In GB I lost about 1 % overnight when in airplane mode. Reliability of batteries on this phone is a big deal, unfortunatelly.
Battery is always an issue. Nobody likes running to the charger every 3 hours. They want to charge and preferably when we are not using it, when we sleep.
So yes, it does not comply with expectatoin with continuous use. So yes its an issue. At least for me
Next to this having the enduser juggle with what wakelocks are or other battery eaters are dont help much. That counts for all smart phones.
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There is also the issue about well behaved v badly behaved apps. I've installed apps and my battery life has plummeted, normally due to the app writing tons to the system log as it doesn't run well on my device.
In that situation it's nice to know the phone generally isn't sucking masses of juice itself so you aren't caught out and about with no battery left.
As the OP says, I guess I could carry a spare battery, but I could also carry a spare phone (my old Nokia 6310 used to last weeks on a charge) - and I don't want to do either. I want the battery on my phone to survive general use and still be able to be used for calls if needed. For me, it's not about €20\$20 for a battery, it's about the hassle of having to carry another thing around with me all the time and make sure I'd remembered to charge the damned thing when I actually needed it.
Personally, I use my phone like a tablet and as a phone and generally get 1-2 days out of it no problem. That said there are definitely some battery drain issues with the official German ICS build and it's worth protecting yourself against unnecessary drain if possible.
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, I am not willing to spend a dime extra for another battery on 6 months old phone.
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And there is your only problem.........it's not "airplane" mode while you sleep. You could charge while you sleep. Again problem solved.
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You are assuming that people are always near a power source.
I am normally near a power source. I am either at work and charge via USB or in my car or at home.
The issue is the past 3 days I was out and about (malls, hotels, restaurants and so on) and was not near a power source for more than 10 minutes. My battery died in about 4 hours of usage. Mostly checking email, instagram and facebook.
I keep my brightness at full strength by the way (unless if the lights are off in bed).
Yes, so battery is an issue.
Not everyone is constantly near a power source.
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I happen to believe it's asking far to much of a device once used only as a phone and now as a notebook computer, music player, movie player,gaming platform, big screen, GPS, on and on to be able to operate without expecting batteries to wither within hours. I bought extra batteries so I can use all the functions without worry. There are performance issues people strive to enhance. I get that. But battery life is counter productive to enhancing performance.
I cannot understand all the teeth gnashing about battery life with all the options available Especially those of us who are power users. . not the least being charging while asleep. So many post battery loss while sleeping...... That's what chargers are for.
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I am assuming people sleep near a power source. Is that a reach?
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Sometimes. I go to music festivals where we camp for up to 5 days at a time. I may have access to a powerpoint for 30 mins a day, but not always. I carry spare batteries, but that doesn't mean I want my phone sucking my battery like crazy.
When travelling around, I use my phone more often than normal (gmaps etc)... If I'm away from the hotel for 12 hours +, again, having decent battery life is not an unreasonable thing to want.
My Desire HD (yes I know, smaller screen, slower cpu), could pull over 30 hours out of a battery with conservative use (without turning the radios off).
I still wouldn't give up my Note, but having to recharge each time I get home is pretty annoying.
Ha, ha!
I find it funny that a post complaining about people complaining about battery life ends up with people's comments complaining about battery life!
Seriously, though, when those rogue apps steal my precious battery, I get annoyed. I paid for the damned thing, and I want to use it when I want to use it, not find it is half-drained.
I use it pretty normally, and charge it every day (new batteries are cheap). I carry a spare in my wallet too.
I sometimes spend four hours a working day on the phone, BT all day, plus an hour or two screen and WiFi on. If I have managed it OK (by killing battery stealing apps) I get about 50 to 60% left. If not, I can be down to 30% after that. That may not be enough for the rest of the day.
Why should it be a problem that people like to get a full day from one battery? It is not difficult, although you do need Root. Shame on Samsung that it is necessary, when it is clearly possible.
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I find it funny that a post complaining about people complaining about battery life ends up with people's comments complaining about battery life!
Seriously, though, when those rogue apps steal my precious battery, I get annoyed. I paid for the damned thing, and I want to use it when I want to use it, not find it is half-drained.
I use it pretty normally, and charge it every day (new batteries are cheap). I carry a spare in my wallet too.
I sometimes spend four hours a working day on the phone, BT all day, plus an hour or two screen and WiFi on. If I have managed it OK (by killing battery stealing apps) I get about 50 to 60% left. If not, I can be down to 30% after that. That may not be enough for the rest of the day.
Why should it be a problem that people like to get a full day from one battery? It is not difficult, although you do need Root. Shame on Samsung that it is necessary, when it is clearly possible.
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Lol I was seeking those who don't have issues. And was hoping for a discussion on how they deal with battery life without rationing or tweaking....not more complainers
It's a problem of unrealistic expectations.IMO When you look at the device it self and what it's capable of.
Yeah Samsung could have put a larger battery and fatter back on the phone but people would complain about that. Those solutions are available for power users as well. I think we are lucky to have a device where we have options to solve a basic issue other than not using functions. Apple and HTC do not have the same luxury.
Got to go........ battery is di
I'm a light user with the occasional call and sms and my battery last ~6 days. Phone is 3 moths old. However, I find that my battery usage is very dependent on signal strength. I usually get 4 bars and when that happens battery drains like 10% a day and when it is down to 1-2 bars then it can be 3 times that. I guess I'm fortunate that I get 4 bars most of the time in the office and at home.
I have a battery monitor widget installed and I must say that it makes me paranoid of using the phone and causing high drain. May uninstall it soon and use the phone as it should be used.
My expectations are pretty much met when it comes to battery life of the Galaxy Note. It lasts a whole working day. That's all I need. And for exceptional situations when I don't have access to a socket I have got a spare battery.
It's clear that the Note drains the battery really fast if it's in use. Just look at the screen . I also agree that it's annoying if the battery is empty after only 1/2 working day. But some people really have to blame themselves. If you don't turn off Wifi, Bluetooth and GPS when they are not needed it's no miracle that the battery is empty in no time. If you constantly check Facebook, Twitter and the like you have to accept that battery life will be significantly shorter.
For me the worst things are Bluetooth headsets. Not only is it annoying to have one more device that has to be charged but it also constantly drains the battery of the phone. Ok those wireless headsets are comfortable but you pay for it by faster battery drain.
hi guys, cool down.
the different opinions about the battery issue are resulting from the different way of using the phone along with the life style.
Some may need a bckp bat. Some can make sure they are always close to a power source ( if people spend a substantial part of the day in cars f.e.) Some even need an additional external power pack, as they are not close to power outlets all day.
That all makes sense to me but doesn't make me switching off all the nice features of that great phone. It is not an a piece for exhibition in a shopping window, it is for my personal use for business and/or leisure activities. It even connects me via video when I am far away from home, it connects me to the social networks and it let me professionally do my work and up or download all info I need from my corporation. I can log in via VPN to my workplace and edit documents by collaborating with colleagues through the cloud. It shows me the way through the GPS, if I need.
It entertains me in many different way if I want, It helps me to find a good restaurant.
I do not longer use a notebook computer or a tablet.
My Notebook computer could work hardly 2 hours with the same usage like my SGN.
So, I accept that this racing machine does need after some laps a pit stop for filling up the power.
Just love that tool, just love it
altae said:
My expectations are pretty much met when it comes to battery life of the Galaxy Note. It lasts a whole working day. That's all I need. And for exceptional situations when I don't have access to a socket I have got a spare battery.
It's clear that the Note drains the battery really fast if it's in use. Just look at the screen . I also agree that it's annoying if the battery is empty after only 1/2 working day. But some people really have to blame themselves. If you don't turn off Wifi, Bluetooth and GPS when they are not needed it's no miracle that the battery is empty in no time. If you constantly check Facebook, Twitter and the like you have to accept that battery life will be significantly shorter.
For me the worst things are Bluetooth headsets. Not only is it annoying to have one more device that has to be charged but it also constantly drains the battery of the phone. Ok those wireless headsets are comfortable but you pay for it by faster battery drain.
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These are the kinds of responses I was hoping people people would post rather than more whining about battery life. there are plenty of those threads already.
I was hoping for a POSITIVE thread people could read to calm their perceived issues with battery life. BTW I don't use BT head sets for Music. Yes another thing to deal with charging where you cannot simpy replace a battery. I prefer the far better quality wired earbuds.
Long story short i was running late and my phone was on top of my tv dinner from the freezer in my lunch bag. It was on it for at least an hour, it wasn't too cold but the phone was a little cold like 3 to 4 times more thn normally. Do you think it has possible damage or am i being too worried?
What excuse can i say to exchange it? Is been having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs. I got it from radioshack
You have nothing to worry about.
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What excuse can i say to exchange it? Is been having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs. I got it from radioshack
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If it's "having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs" then say it gets hot and the battery dies too fast... but I'd bet some app is running the cpu at max all the time. Ever looked at the battery usage in settings?
Maybe try a factory reset and don't install non-google apps to see if it clears up.
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If it's "having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs" then say it gets hot and the battery dies too fast... but I'd bet some app is running the cpu at max all the time. Ever looked at the battery usage in settings?
Maybe try a factory reset and don't install non-google apps to see if it clears up.
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Alright I'll try that but I always make sure to close all my background apps, maybe 7 hrs is exaggerating but more like 9-12 hours
For comparison I've been seeing 50-65% battery left after 12 hrs off charger.
Even after 24 hrs off charger with average usage I had 30% this AM. It actually streamed Play Music all evening through bluetooth while I worked. I'd be upset if it needed charging after 12 hours.
I've turned off as many bloatware apps as I can in App Manager. I don't know really if that helps much with CPU load as I've always heard that Android handles memory and running services differently than Windows. It can certainly help with data usage, and by extension battery life if some AT&T or Samsung service is reaching out constantly.
I do not regularly kill any apps as some devs seem to think that killing apps has a worse effect than leaving them for the OS to manage since many apps restart anyway. I tend to think that the people who wrote the OS software probably know more about memory management than I do. That doesn't preclude a crappy 3rd party app from causing issues.
If after removing unnecessary apps and/or resetting you still have poor battery life and high temps you may indeed have a dud battery or device.
From my experience in repair, most returns/service for faulty brand new products are user problems; I see it every day. But there are occasional real problems.
First time posting. Bought two new S7 Edge phones in late November. My wife can go a day or two or three without charging, similar use with hers. I am lucky to get maybe 6 hours ever since I bought it. I don't use it for gaming, I use social media, email, news, some music, take a lot of pics of the kids, Photoshop, reading, research, etc. My phone is my laptop replacement.
I installed CPU-Z a while back because my phone is often hot. Sensor readings often exceed 150° F with battery temps exceeding 105° (with very little activity).
I've tried charging with rapid charge disabled, decreased screen brightness & resolution, shut down background processes, did malware and virus scans, factory reset, etc. No change.
I do have many apps installed on my phone and I have moved as many as possible to the 64Gb micro sd. No difference. Looking for suggestions. Is this a defective phone? Should I be looking at a replacement? My Note 4, Note II, and Thunderbolt all had much better battery performance.
Your help is appreciated.
I can get like 10-11 hours, did you check "Battery" section to see what is draining her ?
Well I can get even 12h of sot so I don't know how can you get such low battery life. Also, if it heated up to 100° Celsius the battery is not healthy anymore,you should change it
There is absolutely no way that U can get 12 hours of SOT on official rom and with average usage. Don't confuse the OP.
About the problem,
Did U try factory resetting the phone? That should be the first thing to do when the battery is draining abnormally. Also. send us pics of battery usage.
Sorry for the late reply. Apparently I turned my notifications off.
Yes, I have done a factory reset twice in the past few months. I think I'm going to backup in the next week or so and do another one and this time try installing only a minimal set of apps for a few weeks and see how it goes.
Here is a screenshot of my current battery usage. I charged the phone twice today. It's actually doing ok at the moment, usually android system uses the most juice.
Also a shot of the current temps.
Thank you all again!