Hello dear XDA friends, Although I don't post a lot I still love you all .
Anyway, I am really tempted to get a Mate S ($/€319) after my LG G3's screen basically broke in half, the battery exploded and the touchscreen only working 10%, it's basically useless right now and I need a phone to replace it for a while until I decide what's going to be my ''real'' phone (I hate Apple but the 7+ Camera is amazing but then again maybe note 7 refurbs will be cheap.) So yeah I need to bridge the gap and I want to gift it to a relative when I'm done with it.
So is it worth it for 300 bucks?
Hi,
I have the phone since 3 months now (rooted and latest rom version) and it is in overall very good but the battery. Screen is very great but although there are a good device manager, it doesn't stand a full day without reloading.
Also you can see from the different posts that this phone is not very popular among Android's cooks. So not a lot of answers and not a lot of tricks and tweaks. I regret the time I had a Nexus 4 where community was very active. Anyway, as I am really focused on battery life, this is the real flaw of this phone for me. But I guess there are not many phones that could do better.
dai75 said:
Hi,
I have the phone since 3 months now (rooted and latest rom version) and it is in overall very good but the battery. Screen is very great but although there are a good device manager, it doesn't stand a full day without reloading.
Also you can see from the different posts that this phone is not very popular among Android's cooks. So not a lot of answers and not a lot of tricks and tweaks. I regret the time I had a Nexus 4 where community was very active. Anyway, as I am really focused on battery life, this is the real flaw of this phone for me. But I guess there are not many phones that could do better.
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What's the longest screen on time you got?
It actually depends what you gonna do with this phone.
I own it for last 8 months never really felt need for better battery during normal usage.
My typical usage with all the time brightness at auto and slider at max ( which on huawei even when inside usually means 80-90% brightness ) and outside always even when is dim day is 100% or boosted screen mode ends up with average 4:30-5h SOT with around 18-20hrs on battery. This is with about 60% wifi 40% 3g.
This includes bunch of social apps, youtube , music, calls, sms, light gaming of around 1hr per day.
The great thing about this phone is its soc and screen, the to S-amoled it never gets hot thus for it doesn't drain battery life fast like snapdragon devices.
Biggest fall of this soc is its GPU it isn't as good for heavy games like s810 devices for example.
If you're not a gamer I highly suggest this phone. If you have more money I suggest p9+, its a beast in all regards.
Here my current battery life stats
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What's the longest screen on time you got?
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As you can see, I charged my phone and unplugged at 00.14. Wi-Fi off and no mobile data, no screen on. No apps running apart from home launcher and myProfile. All others are greenified. So in around 8h sleep it decreased by 20%.
I tried many tricks and I consider myself skilful for this (my LG G2 could last 3 days) but cannot do better with this one. The ROM is not good enough yet and update frequency is not good.
Got the LG G4 so this one can be closed
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So I got a 3500mAh Sedio battery a week ago, and so far its been great. With heavy usage it lasts atleast 2 days. But a weird thing happened to me last night...
I set my alarm, and noticed I had 30% battery left. I figured that was more than enough to last through the night, so I didn't plug it in. But in the morning, my phone was dead!
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This graph is showing a 70% drain over 40 hours, which is normal. But what happened between ~2am and ~7am!?!? (Very right of the graph)
The only thing I've done differently was turn the brightness down to very minimum so I could use it in the dark without burning out my eyes. That doesn't seem a likely cause for such a sharp battery drain though. I also made sure that all tasks were closed before sleeping, as I do every night.
Anyone have any thoughts about why this occurred? I certainly hope the battery isn't going bad already!
In my experience of lithium-ion batteries, the voltage drop tends to be non-linear, and can be very difficult to estimate. Because you are using a higher capacity battery than the standard HTC 1300mAh, it doesn't estimate your battery life as accurately. Mainly (I would guess) because the software is profiled to base it on typical voltage curves of the 1300mAh, and not your beastly 3500mAh. Typically with lithium-ion, you'll see a steady linear drop in voltage until some cutoff point, where it then takes an exponential curve down to zero. My guess is that particular voltage is somewhere when your phone thinks it's got about 25% life left. I don't think there is anything wrong with your battery or phone, I would just assume that your phone tends to over estimate slightly.
Another thing to consider is what the temperature at the time was. Temperature tends to affect the output voltage and then the % battery life as a result. If it was warm or cold, this would also skew the values of your battery life. Usually within typical room temperatures you would see no changes, but I don't know, maybe you live in an igloo!
Hope that helps. On that note, how do you like the 3500mAh? 40hrs sounds like a ton of extra juice! It's not too bulky or anything?
Thank you for your reply. What you say does make sense, but its really weird because I've been discharging it to 5% every time now (conditioning it 6 times, this is my 5th time). All the other times it was a steady drop from 30% to 5%, nothing fast like this, at least as far as I can remember. I'll certainly keep an eye on it though. It wasn't fun to wake up and realize I was late for work, haha.
The battery is fantastic. I use my phone all the time, mainly for games and surfing, plus tons of modding. Thought the day I'll receive a handful of texts, use maps once in awhile, and have bluetooth music going for 2 hours a day. On my 1300 battery, I had everything optimized for maximum battery life, and it'd typically be 20% at end of work day.
With this 3500 monster though, it only goes down to 70% at the end of the day. Its super nice. The battery makes the phone larger, sure. I thought it looked really ugly while I was researching the battery, but once I received it its no problem! Not an eye sore; the phone looks pretty much like it was made like that. I don't even notice it, both aesthetically and form wise. Fits in my hand just as well as it did before, plus the larger door protects the camera lens. Win win all around imo!
I've used around 5 Android phones (starting from 2.1 now up to 4.3) and for some reason, they all have a pathetic standby time. When I say standby, I mean when you press the power button and it turns the screen off and you don't touch it. Why is android the only OS that has this problem? WP, fine. IOS, probably the best one (only good thing about it).
I've tried different kernels, using no apps from the play store at all, turning off Google's location service, using greenify, and a bunch more. My battery still drops to ~70% at 4:00 starting at 100 at 7:00. When I briefly had an iphone and windows phone, I always was amazed at how my battery was around ~90-95% at 4:00. I know most people actually USE their phone during the day, so its probably not as noticeable.
Does anyone know the real reason for this? By real, I mean the deep down reason for this. Is java just a hog?
I think the main reason is the backround apps that are running. I used my old sensation just as a phone and so I deleted all the apps from it (Facebook, Viber etc.) and the phone lasted 5-6 days on standby with a 1 year old batery. Before I removed those apps I couldnt get 2 days on standby. I think backgrounfd apps in Android are allowed more "freedom" so they use up the CPU while on standby. That is my experience and opinion.
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I think the main reason is the backround apps that are running. I used my old sensation just as a phone and so I deleted all the apps from it (Facebook, Viber etc.) and the phone lasted 5-6 days on standby with a 1 year old batery. Before I removed those apps I couldnt get 2 days on standby. I think backgrounfd apps in Android are allowed more "freedom" so they use up the CPU while on standby. That is my experience and opinion.
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Yeah I thought that, but I said I tried it with no apps installed. Same thing.
Weird, I don't experience that kind of massive stand by drain.
If I turn my screen off or let it time out, my phone can sit for a almost a couple of days before it shuts down - sometimes two full days. This was true with my Nexus 4 and Galaxy S3, and now the One.
So I have no clue what you're talking about, generalizing Android like that.
i disagree
My battery drains 1% every six hours
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Weird, I don't experience that kind of massive stand by drain.
If I turn my screen off or let it time out, my phone can sit for a almost a couple of days before it shuts down - sometimes two full days. This was true with my Nexus 4 and Galaxy S3, and now the One.
So I have no clue what you're talking about, generalizing Android like that.
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I'm generalizing Android because I was talking about "Stock" android. Not what we do here. I really have to find a fix for this. I dont know what I'm doing wrong here.
Mine also has great standby time...
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I'm generalizing Android because I was talking about "Stock" android. Not what we do here. I really have to find a fix for this. I dont know what I'm doing wrong here.
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I am talking about stock Android as well. I have had great battery life with my last three phones.
I've had no such problems with "android" in general. Some roms / apps yes. But after fixing those issues it was pretty much what would have been expected / what reviewers/other people get.
I would recommend getting something like gsam battery monitor and let it run at least a day and then post some screenshots. Maybe we can give some concrete advice then.
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Hey everyone,
I wanted to ask how everyone's battery life is. I'm currently using PAC 4.3 by @skeevydude (stock battery) and the rom has solid performance but I only get like 12 hrs on battery. This is with LTE off, WiFi off, Bluetooth off etc.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advanced!
Carbon, hands down best battery. Battery drain while sleeping is extremely minimal, and slightly below average drain during actual use. Im on stock battery and have a day+ of use. I do use pure performance mod and snapdragon battery guru. Only an hour and a half of screen time though
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Thanks dude, I'll give it a try.
Do the maxx battery mod. Then you won't worry about what rom uses what.
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I actually had battery failure about 2 weeks ago, I took my phone to pro-wireless, got my screen fixed while I was there, and ended up paying $138.76 and they charged me 40.00 for the battery, so I asked if they would swap it out for the MAXX battery and they said it didn't fit, didn't really think much of it. Should I go back? Thanks.
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I actually had battery failure about 2 weeks ago, I took my phone to pro-wireless, got my screen fixed while I was there, and ended up paying $138.76 and they charged me 40.00 for the battery, so I asked if they would swap it out for the MAXX battery and they said it didn't fit, didn't really think much of it. Should I go back? Thanks.
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Technically it doesn't fit. Everyone here who has done it had to do a bit of plastic trimming to get it in properly.
And $138.76???? Did that include the battery? It only costs 25 for the touchscreen, 26 for the lcd screen, and 45ish for a Moto Maxx battery and 25ish for the standard eb20 battery..
//If people are willing pay that much maybe I should get into cell phone repair.....
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I actually had battery failure about 2 weeks ago, I took my phone to pro-wireless, got my screen fixed while I was there, and ended up paying $138.76 and they charged me 40.00 for the battery, so I asked if they would swap it out for the MAXX battery and they said it didn't fit, didn't really think much of it. Should I go back? Thanks.
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Almost 180 dollars! Sweet hell man they saw you coming. You can pick this phone up online for that in like new condition. Hell the maxx battery is only 40 and a new screen is around 50. And as far as it fitting I didn't do any plastic cutting. Others have. I haven't had an issue and it's been in since last October now.
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Pretty sure (but not 100% confident) that poster meant the total cost of everything was ~$140 which was $40 for the battery + the difference for the screen/labor. If it was $180-ish then yeah, that's a bit high but then again cell phone shops nowadays are nothing but rip-offs taking advantage of the fact that your average Joe cell phone owner would never dream of doing a repair like that themselves, especially on a "sealed" device like iPhones and these Atrix HD devices and many others.
This is in someway asking for a best ROM, Never the less this thread has become OT.
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Anyone felt like returning this phones after a week cause of battery life?
Im not cause its not that bad and maybe a custom ROM may be able to work on that just looking for other people's experience and what they think thanks!
It's useable with a few temp.. tweaks .
The bottom line is this all occurs with lollipop in general S5 was great on kitkat ...until 5.0
It's not the phone it's features and O.S
People are disabling Volte and WiFi calling it helps a lot
I wouldn't return it over battery life yet the camera is way to good
Give it time We get roms soon and mods it's I take back everything +I said
Samsung needs to take back every s6 and Rethink there whole O.S
For a 750$ flag ship release its so buggy it's hopeless .
Camera is only worthwhile feature
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Do one factory reset and set up phone again and disable VOLTE FOR NOW under Phone /More .
Cycle the battery meaning charge filly and let it fully drain as far as you can before recharging again .Another words don't fully charge it when it hits 40%
This is true the battery's learn a drain span
I'f you recharge anything above 10% it isn't gonna learn it's max capacity Takes like a week.
The main fix is Volte disable and WiFi calling
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i turned off volte i dont really see the need for it i mean its a phone call why do you need such high speeds lol my phone is at 2 percent waiting for it to die lol thanks
If it wasn't for the rapid quick charge I probably would have
returned it but the fact that I can top off in a half an hour it's really not a problem getting through the day.
I think it has something to do that the phone is not going to deep sleep, i rooted mine and flashed a custom kernel, now it does deep sleep and battery is ok now
While battery life isn't as good as some phones I've used recently I still got 5hrs SOT yesterday. Not bad at all.
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While battery life isn't as good as some phones I've used recently I still got 5hrs SOT yesterday. Not bad at all.
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That is pretty good for this phone ....
Has anyone tried going into Developer Options }Limit Back
Ground Processes to 4 ?
I wonder if this barely slows the Phone for most things but might give an additional ( wild guess 10% to 25%) Battery Life.
I don't have one but if this works....be easier for me to decide.
I may put this idea in a separate Thread.
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That is pretty good for this phone ....
Has anyone tried going into Developer Options }Limit Back
Ground Processes to 4 ?
I wonder if this barely slows the Phone for most things but might give an additional ( wild guess 10% to 25%) Battery Life.
I don't have one but if this works....be easier for me to decide.
I may put this idea in a separate Thread.
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Yea I can't complain about battery life. The screen is so ridiculous I end up using the phone for no reason, so my usage at least for now since it's new, isn't my normal usage.
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Hello everybody! I own a Huawei P9 running Eva-L19 version. And using whatever root app inside my phone, they all shows that my phone has a 2900maH battery. What seems weird is that on every site, GSMArena etc. they all say that Huawei P9 has got a 3000maH battery. Few months ago I've dropped my phone and crack the screen and went into factory, I'm thinking would it be that my battery has been changed...? I don't remember what is the battery capacity showed before it went into factory, thats the problem! It would be kind for anyone to confirm with me what's their battery capacity. Thanksss
my eva-l19 right now on resurection remix android 7.1.2
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Normally wiping battery stats dont do anything in newer devices/android versions(in terms of making battery last longer), but you can try turning off phone, charge it to full and wipe battery stats. Maybe battery was disconnected and phone dont see it properly(but I doubt it... )
As for my phone Its 3000maH on all apps that check it.
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my eva-l19 right now on resurection remix android 7.1.2
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thanks a lot! it's kind of you to even attach a screenshot, altho it's kind of sad knowing I'm the only one with 2900mah battery
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thanks a lot! it's kind of you to even attach a screenshot, altho it's kind of sad knowing I'm the only one with 2900mah battery
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Its just a number on some apps. It would be sad if your battery life would be worst than normal. Its imposible to say how long battery will last because everyone use phones differently, they have different apps working in background and features enabled/disabled but no matter of OS version average should be two days before battery on P9 reach 5%
And taht is with LTE turned off(that is one of most power hungry feature in every phone. Tip: just dont use it, HSPA is enough to stream even 1080 videos)
I normally have 40% at the end of the day because I have Gear Fit synced and I use NFC and GPS all the time, but even if phone would have 2900mah battery difference should be not bigger than 5% So dont worry about it that much.
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Its just a number on some apps. It would be sad if your battery life would be worst than normal. Its imposible to say how long battery will last because everyone use phones differently, they have different apps working in background and features enabled/disabled but no matter of OS version average should be two days before battery on P9 reach 5%
And taht is with LTE turned off(that is one of most power hungry feature in every phone. Tip: just dont use it, HSPA is enough to stream even 1080 videos)
I normally have 40% at the end of the day because I have Gear Fit synced and I use NFC and GPS all the time, but even if phone would have 2900mah battery difference should be not bigger than 5% So dont worry about it that much.
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Thanks a lot! Will try and monitor how my phone behaves this few weeks. But yeah, since its just 100mah, guess I'll just sleep with it