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Ive had my streak 7 for about a month now, I know battery life isn't great, was just hoping to get a little comparison to see if mine is average, or poorly low!
On standby, with a little on off use like web browsing and a little gaming I get about a day and a half.
When i tuck in to a game, like Galaxy on Fire 2 I can find myself playing constantly, and I will get around a few hours.
Does this sound kind of average for constant game use.
Also, it gets kinda hot during games that are high graphics, which I suppose is normal. So when I try to play Galaxy on Fire 2 when plugged in I notice it gets super hot, which will effect the touchscreen. Its a little less responsive, multi touch isn't so great. Any one else noticed this?
Basically does my Streak 7 sound kinda normal and average or particularly bad?
What rom are you using?
Just the stock 2.2.2
I'm also running stock 2.2.2 and can confirm your light use battery time.
That all sounds normal to me. You can put it in airplane mode while gaming to try and squeeze a little bit more juice out, but don't expect a drastic change. Dell shorted us on the battery.
Cheers, was kind of suprised. Do try the airplane mode sometimes, but just as often forget and leave wifi on!
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After I installed froyo, every time i use my N1 to surf the net, it get hot and lose battery charge fast. I don't know it is normal or what but with eclair, it was never like that. Maybe it is a bug but i need some suggestion, should i just wait for google officially release froyo or should i call HTC to replace the phone?
if they would even do it.... certainly does not sound normal at all.... can you just go back to 2.1 and see if it is ok?
Dude, I'm so glad you posted that, I have been worried the whole week because I am having the same problem.
I started noticing it a few days ago, but didn't think it was important because it was a specially hot day here is Spain (we reached 38ºC during the afternoon) and imagined electronics would be affected too.
However, it continued during the next days. The antenna cover (where the letters "htc" are written gets mildly warm / extremely hot for no apparent reason, although surprisingly the battery is cool when removed. Last night the phone had a temperature of 40ºC after having been idle all evening and just using the browser for ten minutes.
I also think it can be because of Froyo, since I didn't have this problem before installing it. However, if it turns out it IS a hardware problem, what would happen? Would htc repair my phone, or replace it altogether? I've never had to send a phone back for repair so I wouldn't know.
My nexus that I just bought last night gets a little warm near the bottom. If it hurts to touch it then it's "hot".
I think it's just that you're paying more attention to your phone now that you've modded it. Kinda like when you get a turbo kit installed on your car. You start paying more attention to it. You hear things you've never heard before. Wondering if the turbo kit is causing problems. When in all reality it's been making that noise before the kit you've just noticed it now. Hope that shed's some light on it.
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My nexus that I just bought last night gets a little warm near the bottom.
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The question is, it gets a little warm when you're doing what and after how long?
I've also considered the possibility that I'm just more aware now, but I really don't think that's the case. The phone is not boiling hot (as in, it hurts to touch it) but it's not something you would fail to notice either. If you grab it in an horizontal position, the heat definitely gives you an uncomfortable sensation.
I used to feel my phone getting hot after using the GPS for a long time, especially under the sun: but not it happens after browsing for 10 minutes at night, that's just ridiculous.
well i guess i wait until official froyo release and see what happen.
i too noticed this problem. especially the rapid battery draining during browsing jumps out to me. when idle or doing something else, battery life is normal. when the processor is intensively used, i believe the battery drains at a disproportional rate to other use.
stock 2.1 and mine gets pretty warm at the bottom of the back when using for extended period or when its charging. Been the case with most of the smartphones I have had so I just wrote it off as normal, even more normal as this is the thinest smartphone I've had. Coming from a Touch Pro2.
deenn said:
i too noticed this problem. especially the rapid battery draining during browsing jumps out to me. when idle or doing something else, battery life is normal. when the processor is intensively used, i believe the battery drains at a disproportional rate to other use.
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Yea, you just described my situation but when I turn my screen brightness to minimum, the rapid battery drain isn't so bad. The battery temperature stay around 97 to 98 F. I hope the official froyo release will fix all this.
Guys, I have installed the latest CM and the heat problem seems to have gone away. I have to keep checking but can you try and see if it works for you too?
This is an issue with Froyo. it doesn't happen with eclair. anyways i noticed it to. The only time it gets hot is when the phone is in the charger and i'm playing with the phone.
ive had a nexus one since the day it came put and since upgrading to froyo and now 2.2.1 my battery lifes been horrible. my normal settings are no wifi or bluetooth on. no sync. im running uv kernels and my battery life is still horrible. i recently sent my nexus to htc thinking it was a hardware problem. the new nexus dies just as fast. ive almost literally looked at every battery life thread and tried tips and still doesnt help. my phone doesnt last 8 hours let alone 24 hours. ive checked my battery use and the only thing over 10 percent is my display which im using auto brightness. any help would be so greatful because ive tried everything i know how to do
Did you replace your battery?
Time to replace your battery!!!
tsouza said:
Time to replace your battery!!!
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already replaced the battery before i got the new phone.
Dude same here. It's obvious the N1 is lacking in battery technology. What new phones are you considering?
that's definitely a dead battery, I've got my Nexus One since 2nd March and keep using it till now, still there is 92% of usable capacity.
Check the battery cal thread. We just finally hacked the nexus battery EEPROM chip and can tweak voltage etc. The changes got merged this week. So maybe some hope still...
well these things can definitely kill the battery extremely quickly if you use them a lot.
i personally don't have a problem with the battery life on mine on a normal work day because i only use it probably on average 5-10 min an hour for a 9 hour work day and by then i'm usually at 50-65% battery depending on how much i used my phone.
if you suspect that the phone is the problem and not the battery then try downloading currentwidget its a small widget that will tell you exactly how much power your phone is using in miliamps. it takes about 1 min for it to refresh so it does not work in real time but this is kind of nice because it allows you to see how much power its taking (or receiving if its on the charger) when its in idle
mine usually reads 3-5 mA when i unlock it so that is what its taking when its in sleep mode.
the most i've ever seen it take when draining the battery is about 465mA i would say that the average drain when i'm using it for browsing websites and using simple apps with the screen at half brightness is about 350-400ma or so
one thing is for sure though if you use an N1 heavily it can and will kill the battery in a matter of hours, if i play angry birds for example with my screen on half brightness after a few hours i'm at about 20-30% battery easily and the phone itself is very warm from the constant CPU use.
and btw the bad battery life is the combination of the AMOLED that takes massive power compared to an LCD and the 1st gen Snapdragon CPU clocked at 1ghz, battery life without the screen on and with minimal CPU use like streaming music for example or playing music with BT headphones i can go all day easily. it only drains like 5% an hour maybe a tad more but the difference is that the CPU is not working very hard and the screen is off completely.
AMOLED using more than LCD? What did you smoke mate? ^^
AMOLEDs have been made for low power consumption, especially for black colors...no way it uses more battery than my SLCD variant...
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AMOLED using more than LCD? What did you smoke mate? ^^
AMOLEDs have been made for low power consumption, especially for black colors...no way it uses more battery than my SLCD variant...
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they can take less power with the proper screens yes, they are dynamic in their power consumption like plasma's are in that how much power they use is directly related to what they are displaying and what the brightness (or contrast in the case of plasma's) is set at.
LCD's are predictable and constant with their power drain.
AMOLED's are capable of consuming more power than LCD's of the same size if given the right display material (mostly white, mostly brightly lit content)
considering that most of the websites and even some apps i use on my nexus have white backgrounds it explains why my screen pulls so much power when i'm using it
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AMOLED using more than LCD? What did you smoke mate? ^^
AMOLEDs have been made for low power consumption, especially for black colors...no way it uses more battery than my SLCD variant...
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There was a test done somewhere that showed that all the phones with AMOLED variants did the worst in battery life. Best battery? Droid x
true, white on white, amoled does use more battery...but meh...argh it killed my point xD
haha yeah you're right I guess Websites should have black background and green text, just like my terminal, gmail, etc. meh ^^
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well these things can definitely kill the battery extremely quickly if you use them a lot.
i personally don't have a problem with the battery life on mine on a normal work day because i only use it probably on average 5-10 min an hour for a 9 hour work day and by then i'm usually at 50-65% battery depending on how much i used my phone.
if you suspect that the phone is the problem and not the battery then try downloading currentwidget its a small widget that will tell you exactly how much power your phone is using in miliamps. it takes about 1 min for it to refresh so it does not work in real time but this is kind of nice because it allows you to see how much power its taking (or receiving if its on the charger) when its in idle
mine usually reads 3-5 mA when i unlock it so that is what its taking when its in sleep mode.
the most i've ever seen it take when draining the battery is about 465mA i would say that the average drain when i'm using it for browsing websites and using simple apps with the screen at half brightness is about 350-400ma or so
one thing is for sure though if you use an N1 heavily it can and will kill the battery in a matter of hours, if i play angry birds for example with my screen on half brightness after a few hours i'm at about 20-30% battery easily and the phone itself is very warm from the constant CPU use.
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that sounds jsut like my phone. 5 to 10 minutes of use an hour and im at 60 percent. that cant be normal! angry birds for 10 minutes is like 8 percent battery loss. like i said i got a new battery for my old nexus one then noticed that the "issue" still existed so i got a new nexus one and my phone still dies rapidly. why is it that some nexus ones are better. i hear people say they get excellent battery life and to me on a brand new nexus one with a uv kernel my battery life is still horrible?
It's normal there is nothing wrong with your nexus one they suck battery if you use them heavily
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I just got the Vivid on Friday and I'm starting to think I made wrong choice and shouldve gotten skyrocket. I love everything about it, camera, interface, gorgeous screen, etc..BUT, the battery is by far the worst i have ever experienced with a cell phone. By battery was completely dead by 3 this afternoon after fairly light use. Even with task killer, I'm at a loss for this battery's pathetic power. Anyone experiencing same problems? I don't expect a super battery, but when using the iphone 4 prior, the battery was worlds better, seriously. Any ideas? Are u guys experiencing same?
I love the phone you have to tweak the battery settings let the battery power up and then power down a couple of times I now get over two days on the same battery. The skyrocket has its own issues GPS which never sets burn in from the screen etc.
I had the Skyrocket for a few days and went back to get this phone. The Skyrocket does have it's share of issues. 1. No FM Radio which I kinda Like. 2. Not a fan of the UI, as I tend to like Sense more. 3. When watching movies in the dark let's say you get a black screen or dark for a moment, you can see small lines going through the movie until it changes to lighter scenes. If you can deal with those things than I would say go for the Skyrocket as it already has root and an OC/UV kernel plus some Roms are starting to pop up.
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I just got the Vivid on Friday and I'm starting to think I made wrong choice and shouldve gotten skyrocket. I love everything about it, camera, interface, gorgeous screen, etc..BUT, the battery is by far the worst i have ever experienced with a cell phone. By battery was completely dead by 3 this afternoon after fairly light use. Even with task killer, I'm at a loss for this battery's pathetic power. Anyone experiencing same problems? I don't expect a super battery, but when using the iphone 4 prior, the battery was worlds better, seriously. Any ideas? Are u guys experiencing same?
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Were you baking a cake with it? I get at least 14 hours out of mine with moderate use. I switched from an iPhone 4 and have absolutely no issues. What's your brightness level set at, and what are your network/data settings (i.e. Wifi on all day, auto-sync, background data, GPS, etc.)?
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I love the phone you have to tweak the battery settings let the battery power up and then power down a couple of times I now get over two days on the same battery. The skyrocket has its own issues GPS which never sets burn in from the screen etc.
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Would you mind telling us how you're getting "over two days"? I'm happy with a full day and having to charge in the evening, but over two days would be phenomenal..
Also, I'm totally satisfied with this phone.. I think it's exceptional, even coming from the iPhone 4's awesome battery life. Boom.
Wow, 2 days on one charge?! Can't imagine that with what i've seen so far...hopefully after powering up a couple times, it'll improve. Do i need to let it drain completely before powering up? The battery is the only thing i'm disappointed in right now, but obviously its a major issues if the battery is just brutally weak
The first day I got this phone, it was dead in about 6 hours. However, when I use it like a phone, I'm getting ok battery life out of it. It's now at 40 percent and it's 8 pm.
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Most task killers cause slower performance and in turn worse battery life. Android OS is designed to keep the RAM 2/3 full, so that apps you use are kept there, and don't require CPU cycles when you need them later, and it will automatically kill apps when it needs the RAM.
Almost all android phones see marked battery life improvement after a few charge cycles.
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I am getting well over a day of usage. usually get a day and a half with a modest amount of wifi/mobile data usage and well over an hour 'on screen' time. almost posted a screen shot when i was at 1 day 19 hours and ~20% left, with a majority of time with wifi on and well over an hour of screen time.
auto screen brightness, no auto rotate, manual control of data and syncing.
I like to get 4 hours screen time out of a full charge. But I had an above average day of phone calls. Not bad... Definitely not bad for HTC and no modified kernel.
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I'm coming from the HTC Desire and man o' man does this thing smoke. And the RAM. The Desire was so RAM starved it wasn't funny. While I did take advantage of some of the locally developed ROMs, I was just getting tired of playing games to get around the lack of memory on the Desire. This phone feels good too. To some it may be a bit heavy, but I like the weight and the larger (over the Desire 3.7") screen is very nice too.
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Even with task killer, I'm at a loss for this battery's pathetic power.
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That might be part of the problem. Google greatly improved memory management starting with FroYo (Android 2.2) so you really don't need to use a task killer. In fact, using 3rd party task killers interferes with the OS's internal system, which leads to slower performance and poorer battery life.
See this and this for more info regarding task killers.
I'd start with uninstalling the task killer, and then managing some of the peripheral features like GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc. Nothing is free battery-wise. If you don't use them, turn them off.
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I was just wondering what battery life I can expect when playing android games and using emulators like fpse and n64oid? Wifi off and screen brightness at like 70%. I found battery tests on video playback and browsing, but not gaming. Thanks!
I reckon around 2 to 2.5hours deffinatley no more than 3!, high brightness and high processor usage is a sure way to drain your battery FAST!
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I reckon around 2 to 2.5hours deffinatley no more than 3!, high brightness and high processor usage is a sure way to drain your battery FAST!
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Oh, that was not super good lol. I guess I should reconsider picking up a 5000mah external usb charger for 20 dollars on ebay. This phone looks like a really good combination of tablet and phone though, so I think I might get it. Thanks for the answer!
To be fair though when you get the phone youll realise that 70% is quite bright(too bright imo for indoors) I have mine set at 20% most of the time, that'll probably up it to a deffinate 3 hours constant play.
I dont often play games too be honest, I mostly just browse the web and draw a few pictures, i average around 4 to 4.5 hours constant use, I rarely get past 5!
Hows the battery life for everyone so far ? My first full charge is 1h36m of Talk, 4h 7m of screen on time. About 14% left, so it can go to atleast 4h30m. Pretty good if you ask me. Pleased with the battery.
Nice. I'm about to start my own tomorrow. What's your screen brightness set to?
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Adaptive On, mid-high. Im at 4% atm , screen on time reached 5 hours. Im impressed.
Battery life is good on this device. I'm not too heavy of a gamer but I do stream sports and listen to a lot of music. The other plus is it charges quite rapidly.
I'm having about the opposite. The auto brightness barely works so I have it around 50%. I'm getting max 3 hours of SOT, and for some reason, the phone keeps waking itself up, screen goes black but not off so it's more of a backlit black screen. To top it off, if I am playing a game, namely Final Fantasy Record Keeper, I go from 100% to 90% in about 10 minutes with the device getting hotter and hotter by the minute.
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I'm having about the opposite. The auto brightness barely works so I have it around 50%. I'm getting max 3 hours of SOT, and for some reason, the phone keeps waking itself up, screen goes black but not off so it's more of a backlit black screen. To top it off, if I am playing a game, namely Final Fantasy Record Keeper, I go from 100% to 90% in about 10 minutes with the device getting hotter and hotter by the minute.
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Dammm there must be def something wrong there, I havnt tried that game but i play a lot of Heartstone and its about the same as my Nexus 6. It gets hot ,but nothing out of the ordinary so far.
Yeah, it's a pretty internet intensive game, but it does keep your save state across devices, which is extremely nice. I'm hoping root + a custom rom will help alleviate the battery issues, but I'm also a very heavy user so I expect this more or less. It's tough to beat the customization/optimization of the OPO though.
What does Screen On Time mean?
Seeing some reviews of the phone and a couple of them give the Axon a bad battery life performance.
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What does Screen On Time mean?
Seeing some reviews of the phone and a couple of them give the Axon a bad battery life performance.
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Exactly what you would think, how long the screen is illuminated.
There are longer lasting phones out there, but but by anymeans its bad. Im getting 5hours average on screen time plus an hour of talk.