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To those who own the phone, I want to know any battery life statistics you can provide.
I am very interested in this phone as it has that amazing keyboard, a nice 4" QHD screen, and it at least seems plausible there will be roms available at some point. But battery life I am not sure about, all the reviews I have read don't hit too hard on the battery life and I want someone to tell me heavy details about the battery life.
On a side note, if anyone can compare their D3 to this that would be great. I currently own a Droid Incredible, it is running MIUI, I have brightness set to 15-35% max, I have 3G turned off with Wifi on (as I live on a college campus with lots of wifi). On Easy to Moderate usage, I wouldn't have to charge for 2-3 days, On Medium to Heavy usage I end the day with at least 15%. With those same settings could I expect that from the Droid 3? (if so I would be extremely happy as I am very pleased with the Dinc battery life but I definitely need a keyboard.)
thank you for any help!
-Brett
I know the people who successfully had used the bloat removal script apparently get great battery, didn't work for me. But, depends what you consider heavy and moderate I guess. I usually charge once before leaving from work (I like to have more than 50% battery) I think I'm down to about 30% usually towards the end of my shifts playing music from my phone, txting a lot, browsing facebook and some forums.
It works decently when I'm off work tho cuz I txt and browse less.
Battery life is much improved if you listen to those running the leaked OS which the rest of us are waiting for "soon". Currently, battery life is disappointing. The battery life with light usage is erratic, some nights, just sitting on my desk, its drained to 20% from a full charge in 10-12 hours. Other nights, its at 80%. I gave up trying to figure it out.
I'm coming from a Droid X and the D3 is getting at least 35% less battery life for the same usage. My numbers aren't scientific, but I know I'm usually at 30% with the DX by 4pm; with the D3 I'm usually at 15% by 2pm. Both are using the Motorola extended battery.
mgerbasio said:
Battery life is much improved if you listen to those running the leaked OS which the rest of us are waiting for "soon". Currently, battery life is disappointing. The battery life with light usage is erratic, some nights, just sitting on my desk, its drained to 20% from a full charge in 10-12 hours. Other nights, its at 80%. I gave up trying to figure it out.
I'm coming from a Droid X and the D3 is getting at least 35% less battery life for the same usage. My numbers aren't scientific, but I know I'm usually at 30% with the DX by 4pm; with the D3 I'm usually at 15% by 2pm. Both are using the Motorola extended battery.
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Comparing apples and oranges will always be disappointing.
This phone has better battery life than any other phone I've owned since 1999 -- AFTER the update! Note that I do not consider simple hours-to-dead measurements, but how much I use the device. I think that for a dual-core, large-screen, keyboard, 3G device, its efficiency is excellent. Anyone who thinks the D3 has poor battery life has not owned an HTC or Samsung device lately
Before the update.. about 8-14hours of battery life. With the update, easily 2+ days and I use it quite a bit.
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I can confirm that the battery life is drastically increased with the new OTA update. After about 9 hours of usage of occational web browsing, listening to music, and making a few calls, the battery only drained by 40% on the extended battery pack.
rynosaur said:
Anyone who thinks the D3 has poor battery life has not owned an HTC or Samsung device lately
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Sorry Dude but my incred2 running Miui and or OMFGB SMOKES this D3 with the new OS leak with battery life..Smokes it.......
I missed a charge over the weekend (charger not plugged into wall) and by the end of the second day on the battery I still had 49% charge left.
Make sure you get the extended battery.
Inc2
Yeah my dad has an inc2.....the battery life is pretty remarkable. My d3 just doesn't last as long haha
Before I purchased my Droid 3, I took the heed of several and also got the extended battery.
Now I use mine for business purposes, so I do not use any social applications. Just Exchange, Gmail, and one POP3 account. All set for Push. Probably on the phone 30-60 minutes a day. I have the Exchange data turned off at night as I use Touchdown for this and it lets me set my schedule.
I charge it when I it gets down to around 20 %, That is normally after three days of use. That's been pretty consistent since the first week I had it which has been at least a month ago.
Still Stock..... Of course YMMV....
eXecuter.bin said:
I can confirm that the battery life is drastically increased with the new OTA update. After about 9 hours of usage of occational web browsing, listening to music, and making a few calls, the battery only drained by 40% on the extended battery pack.
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Do you have a Bell branded XT860 or are you running with Verizon Droid3? I am wondering because my XT860's extended battery is a little rough (barely gets through an entire day) and was wondering if Bell released an update for that phone. Note I'm on Rogers, so I'm not sure if that would make a difference on me getting OTA updates.
Comparing a single-core phone with a 3.7" screen to a dual-core phone with a 4" display is not apples to apples to begin with. Throw in a FULLY debloated and optimized ROM(miui) with a custom kernal on a single core 3.7" phone is more like grapes to watermelons.
With the standard battery I can take the phone off the charger when I wake up and get through the day no problem. I am simply rooted with all the bloat frozen with TiBu.
Something I've heard is bothering. Are lgs produced fast and crappily? Because I've heard everybody stating that these phones are dropping in price and will be outdated soon because LG throws their phone/s out into the market so fast. Is any of this true?
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Anybody know?
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I wouldn't say that they were going to become obsolete any quicker than any other device. Now a days, the day the phone launches, there is a bigger and better on the horizon. I think all devices after 6 months really could be said to be obsolete.
If we can get CM7 on this thing, I wouldn't be too concerned with LG and their support. As for the hardware, it is a solid device and should still compete for a while.
If I were to have the option to take it back for an Atrox, Infuse, or an Inspire, should I? Would you?
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If I were to have the option to take it back for an Atrox, Infuse, or an Inspire, should I? Would you?
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I had an Atrix (gave it to my wife), I would not trade back. The Atrix was a nice phone, and was quite fast, but overall, I like the Thrill better. As for an Inspire, battery life has been reported to be as bad or worse than the Thrill. Pretty common for HTC phones. Infuse, maybe, but it only has a single core and IMO, the SGS2 would be more tempting.
I'm sticking with the Thrill because I have another upgrade available this month, but will keep this and hope that the Prime will find it's way to AT&T soon for me to pick up in addition.
I'm pretty happy with the Thrill overall, and hope that Gingerbread sneaks out soon to make it even better. Get some CM7 lovin' and I'm all good.
Does the thrill have enough ram?
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I was a little worried about that too when I was getting ready to buy it, but here is an interesting (and informative) read about RAM and Android OS
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/andr...hat-it-how-its-used-and-why-you-shouldnt-care
Being that we have dual channel RAM in it, I really don't see us not having enough.
Great news to me, so besides the new GS2, this phone is one of the top five fastest out at the moment. Sounds great xD.
Now... where's mah CM7 or MIUI? Hehehe,
Some people claim this omap CPU out performs the GSII. Coming from the inspire this phone is amazing.
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Woohoo good Drummer, glad you came from the Inspire just like I did. I love this phone, we just need the GB update and cm7 or MIUI. I am personally hoping for MIUI. And this phone is only mileseconds slower than other phones such as the S2. YouTube it xD. And the only let down so far is this ****ty loaded 2.2.2 Froyo rom. And I hear that ram doesn't even matter that much. Just Google that as well. Go Optimus/Thrill!
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Battery life on the Thrill is undoubtedly a lot worse than the Inspire. I lose 10% or more per hour with the phone just sitting with no interaction. My Inspire only lost about 2% per hour. And the Thrill takes 8+ hours to charge from 20% to 100%. I am only a light user - maybe 200 texts a day if that, no internet, no games, maybe a few short calls and I have to charge it twice a day.
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Battery life on the Thrill is undoubtedly a lot worse than the Inspire. I lose 10% or more per hour with the phone just sitting with no interaction. My Inspire only lost about 2% per hour. And the Thrill takes 8+ hours to charge from 20% to 100%. I am only a light user - maybe 200 texts a day if that, no internet, no games, maybe a few short calls and I have to charge it twice a day.
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I think something is wrong with your Thrill. I don't get great battery life either, but my Thrill charges quicker than any phone I've owned. I can probably charge from 20% to 100% in 1 hour. Are you using the charger that came with the phone?
I actually came from the inspire and traded for this phone. I have to say I cant complain about either. Was running LeeDroid's sense 3.0 rom and experienced great battery life on my inspire, don't really know why everyone was complaining about it. Lol. I've had the Thrill since the first week of it's release, and I definitely notice the speed difference. At first I was very disappointed with it's battery life but after having it this long the battery has gotten better, but maybe it's from running Thriller idk. Only thing disappointing now is the lack of development, but I am sure that will come in due time.
I too have noticed pronounced battery life after a week or two. But, I am also on the Thriller ROM. I don't know the battery needs to be calibrated like people said the captivate needed. At first I saw 30% drop on the drive to work, using the phone to listen to audiobook over Bluetooth, now I see about 6-10% for the same. I also see almost no drop when the phone is locked, when I used to.
Again, I don't know if this is due to the Thriller ROM, or just because I have been through enough charge cycles.
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Racing666 said:
Battery life on the Thrill is undoubtedly a lot worse than the Inspire. I lose 10% or more per hour with the phone just sitting with no interaction. My Inspire only lost about 2% per hour. And the Thrill takes 8+ hours to charge from 20% to 100%. I am only a light user - maybe 200 texts a day if that, no internet, no games, maybe a few short calls and I have to charge it twice a day.
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From the amount of use you have, I think the inspire would be a better choice for you. But i was experiencing the same battery problems as you are, just make sure you stop your apps running in the background, maybe download some battery saving apps(i.e. Juice defender/setcpu), they have helped my battery life. The battery life gets better the more cycles you get through it. My phone sat still at work for 6 hours and only lost 7% of battery. But we should see better battery once GB comes for this phone, especially because that will open up some GB roms.
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I think something is wrong with your Thrill. I don't get great battery life either, but my Thrill charges quicker than any phone I've owned. I can probably charge from 20% to 100% in 1 hour. Are you using the charger that came with the phone?
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Yeah I am using the cable and the wall plug adapter that came with the phone. Makes no difference in charging speed whether I'm connected to a PC with the cable or to that adapter. I am using Advanced Task Killer, and I kill off everything except for email (set to sync every 1/2 hr) and circle battery meter widget. I would jump all over the extended battery that requires the back to be swapped, but there are no cases that fit it like that yet.
The fact that it is draining so quickly, and taking so long to charge, suggests to me that a rogue app is killing your battery. This is one of the annoying "features" of Android.
This is far from typical battery consumption for this device. You should try to determine what app is causing the problem and/or do a factory reset on your device.
I definitely wouldn't live with this situation.
That was one of the things I did already on day 3 of having the phone. I did a factory reset, installed absolutely nothing. Plugged it in to charge and it was no better. Still losing 10-15% per hour idling. I did notice that using app manager, even on a fresh factory reset, it says RAM 283 used, 158 free and the cpu bounces from 90% to 10% almost constantly.
Anyone has any opinion about this? A friend asked me to trade phones (One X for the Optimus 4X) cause he likes more the LG. I also like more he LG but the 1800mAh battery of the One X scares me, although I've read that it performs better than the battery on the LG.
Which phone has a better all around battery usage?
I ve used root freezer and froze many system apps, possibly that helps. With wi-fi constantly on for example today (although no browsing) just notifications from Facebook, I have 60% battery left ~14h on battery.
What makes me say WOW, is that I see 2% battery used on the display (41minutes on) and when I see similar screenshots of the One X the screen is 60% while the standby is at is 20%. Does the screen of the One X consume that much battery??
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Anyone has any opinion about this? A friend asked me to trade phones (One X for the Optimus 4X) cause he likes more the LG. I also like more he LG but the 1800mAh battery of the One X scares me, although I've read that it performs better than the battery on the LG.
Which phone has a better all around battery usage?
I ve used root freezer and froze many system apps, possibly that helps. With wi-fi constantly on for example today (although no browsing) just notifications from Facebook, I have 60% battery left ~14h on battery.
What makes me say WOW, is that I see 2% battery used on the display (41minutes on) and when I see similar screenshots of the One X the screen is 60% while the standby is at is 20%. Does the screen of the One X consume that much battery??
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trust me. get the one x asap.sooo much more development and sooooo much more battery life. trust
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Well, I know about the development! Just didnt know there is so much difference in battery life!
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Well, I know about the development! Just didnt know there is so much difference in battery life!
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well, if u are familier with custom kernels, ull understand that they provide more performance ans battery. and also custom roms make a huge difference. for hox users, overnight drain is within 2 percent, amd most of the time 0 percent drain. and usually battery life is arouns 20 hours standby with 3 hours screenon. and that includes over half an hour gaming, calls, texts, and tapatalk. heck, i even tango for half an hour
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..it's very easy to set up the lg 4x to draw around 7-8% a day on standby/sms couple of e-mail checks/some wifi-streaming use (turn off 3g, etc.). I had nowhere near that on the onex I tried when using the same settings. Basically you need to wipe the rom clean of extraware before you're going to see acceptable level of idle-activity.
Not sure where the entire thing about battery life comes from. Had the 4x last 4 hours of Max Payne. That's.. more than any other phone with the same hardware. By a good margin. As in 1-2 hours longer.. So ..
Honestly would have sold the 4x and gone back to my symbian phone if I had to charge the thing every day.
i dont have One X.. but maybe that one is better in battery life..
because LGO4X's battery drains quickly here
Curious if anyone here previously owned the Nexus 4, and moved up the the HTC One, how's the battery life in comparison, with similar everyday use ?
I am looking at possibly getting the One. My Nexus 4 I get around 4h to 5h at best On Screen time, and overall daily battery life of around 10h to 12h on workdays being on the Network and no WiFi, and weekends I get 16h to 18h totally battery life with WiFi. How does the HTC one compare ?
And overall how do you like the One over the N4 in other areas ?
Yes, this is a screen, of 4 day ago!
I really love this battery
I came from N4 to HTC One.
HTC One battery is better.
I have some concerns at the performance of the codecs when playing video though - they don't seem very optimized and means a lot of battery is used when playing video (flash on youtube is fine though).
HTC One battery is slightly better
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seem to be having a tough time of an 8hr day with about an hour of SoT at 45%.
From my experience with the stock rom, yeah that's pretty normal, as for any rom? Dunno, but I've been having a similar experience, sometimes overnight my phone will drop as little as 2% other times it can be upwards of 10% quite annoying especially when I know with minimal tweaks Android can get great battery life, as low as 2% per day, but I haven't rooted or installed roms yet so I can't do that.
Are you using a stock LG battery, perhaps the one that came with the G4 itself? Have you pulled the battery and checked the date code on it? There could be two dozen reasons for that kind of battery life you're experiencing, the first thing I'd suspect would be the battery's actual age since the G4 is now at least 2 years old (released in May 2015) so depending your particular phone's manufacturing date and the date code on the battery itself that's something to check into.
That potential, plus screen brightness, how much stuff is going on in the background, your cellular signal quality (weaker signals make the radio pull more power to maintain a connection), whether or not you use Wi-Fi whenever possible (saves on battery compared to weak signal cellular, HSPA+ or LTE doesn't matter - and having "full bars" is not enough of an indicator either), having the NFC enabled as your pic shows you do all the time when it's not needed probably the vast majority of it (and should only be enabled on an as-needed basis), the particular stock ROM you're using (even down to particular builds) or custom ROMs using some stock components (like debloated ones), absolutely everything goes into it to be honest.
There's just no one answer to this, unfortunately, and tweaking things for the best or the longest battery life on any modern device like the G4 is a dark art and black science all unto itself.
Check the date code on the battery you have, if it's older than one calendar year then I'd say look for something better, perhaps something like the TQTHL 5000 mAh battery which has a lot more capacity obviously but it's still the same size as the stock battery so it won't require a custom back cover or extended case to use it. Also, if you do get such a battery that has more than the stock battery's 3000 mAh rating you're going to need to get an external charger - the G4 itself (based on stock ROMs of any and all kinds) will stop charging an extended capacity battery at 3000 mAh and that's that. You have to get an external cradle or charger to get the full capacity charge (there's more info about this in the thread in the Accessories subforum about the extended batteries testing.
Suffice to say it can take some tweaking to eek out the best battery life you can muster with a G4, especially if it's pure stock (but there are some custom kernels for stock ROMs also which can be tweaked nicely for longer battery life too if you're able to unlock the bootloader on your given device (not everybody can obviously).