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I've turned everything off (Wifi, GPS, Sync, brightness, and autorotate by mistake) in an attempt to increase my battery life just like everyone else. The only item I leave on is Bluetooth for my car. The last couple of days my phone lasted all day. I can live with that.
This morning I went onto a web page and turned my phone sideways to read the screen a little better and it didn't flip. That’s right I turned the autorotation off so I turned it back on. Use the phone and set it down. I picked it up about an hour ago to check an email and the battery level was at 68%. At this rate I'll need to charge it sometime after lunch.
Could this feature be draining the battery this much?
Just an observation that seemed strange to me.
I would have never guessed that it would use that much battery. I assume it is constantly looking at the sensors which could be leading to the increased battery usage.
Leaving it off seems to be helping me get through the day without charging.
Dave
My battery life seems pretty similar on perception, I'll be running without auto rotate for awhile to check the graph. Will let you know. FYI Screen Filter has made my battery last an extra few hours+.
it could just be that your battery meter is not reporting the percentage properly. an easy remedy for this is recalibrating the battery by allowing it to discharge completely until it shuts off and then proceeding to charge it back to full without unplugging it. autorotate is definately not a battery drain, but the screen definately is.
Hi guys, I'm worried about the battery life of my HTC One.
When the phone is on lock mode, meaning screen is off, within one hour battery can go down from 1-3%. Power saver is on, brightness is auto. And 4G/LTE is on.
Also, I only play around with my settings, checking out GSAM battery monitor, within 15 minutes battery can go down 1-2%.
Now it's been 6 hours 22 minutes since I unplugged from charger, battery level is 74%.
Is it normal?
Thanks.
Gsam should be able to tell you where your battery is being used and what app. Look at what the offending app is (most likely Google maps and Google+ or facebook) and use an app like greenify to hibernate them when not in use.
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Check with betterbatterystats app to see if anything is keeping it awake at
Aetherion90 said:
Hi guys, I'm worried about the battery life of my HTC One.
When the phone is on lock mode, meaning screen is off, within one hour battery can go down from 1-3%. Power saver is on, brightness is auto. And 4G/LTE is on.
Also, I only play around with my settings, checking out GSAM battery monitor, within 15 minutes battery can go down 1-2%.
Now it's been 6 hours 22 minutes since I unplugged from charger, battery level is 74%.
Is it normal?
Thanks.
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You do realize that the phone is still doing stuff when the screen is off, yes? Syncing e-mails/facebook/news stories, communicating the the network, etc. Even if the phone were completely off, lithium-ion batteries will still deplete(albeit very, very slowly) over time. 1-3% loss in an hour is pretty normal in standby. If you're really concerned about it, you can check out an app called BetterBatteryStats and it'll show you what's waking your phone up from sleep and/or preventing it from sleeping to help identify apps whos sync settings are too aggressive.
Your battery has depleted 26% in 6hrs 22minutes... you're losing roughly 4.08% per hour, at that rate it would take you ~24.5hrs to deplete the battery. Battery depletion is, can be, and should be accelerated when you're using the phone, so 1-2% within 15minutes while looking at a battery monitor... yeah. The more stuff you do with your phone, the sooner the battery will run out.
TL;DR: your battery life is fine.
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You do realize that the phone is still doing stuff when the screen is off, yes? Syncing e-mails/facebook/news stories, communicating the the network, etc. Even if the phone were completely off, lithium-ion batteries will still deplete(albeit very, very slowly) over time. 1-3% loss in an hour is pretty normal in standby. If you're really concerned about it, you can check out an app called BetterBatteryStats and it'll show you what's waking your phone up from sleep and/or preventing it from sleeping to help identify apps whos sync settings are too aggressive.
Your battery has depleted 26% in 6hrs 22minutes... you're losing roughly 4.08% per hour, at that rate it would take you ~24.5hrs to deplete the battery. Battery depletion is, can be, and should be accelerated when you're using the phone, so 1-2% within 15minutes while looking at a battery monitor... yeah. The more stuff you do with your phone, the sooner the battery will run out.
TL;DR: your battery life is fine.
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Thanks for the info. However I noticed in some threads that for certain people, their HTC One can last for 1 days 9 hours. For example:
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I'm guessing you're a heavy user!
What apps to you have installed? how many apps to you have?
My phone lasted 1 day and 9hrs on one charge with moderate internet use, txt messaging, phone calls - and that was without power saving mode enabled.
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Aetherion90 said:
Thanks for the info. However I noticed in some threads that for certain people, their HTC One can last for 1 days 9 hours. For example:
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It's going to be very difficult for you to replicate the results of someone else(and we are lacking a ton of information from that post--is he running a custom rom, custom kernel, are screen off/on profiles being used, what apps are syncing, how often, how many, etc).
Beyond usage, phones can vary greatly from within the same model based on the manufacturing process/location/materials. For instance, there's a thread in the General Section exploring the differences in various HTC One's screen maximum screen brightness. Even down the chemistry of the batteries themselves. I know from personal experience that one of the biggest impacts on battery life can be how strong of a signal you're receiving from your carrier. If you life/work in a low signal area, the phone will increase power to the antennae to maintain the connection whereas if you're in a good signal area, it doesn't have to work as hard.
Anyone use GSAM Battery Monitor app? Why does the battery usage % doesn't add up to 100% when you add it with the remaining battery % sometime?
Yesterday it's still fine. But today my battery usage % + remaining battery % only add up to 93%.
Aetherion90 said:
Anyone use GSAM Battery Monitor app? Why does the battery usage % doesn't add up to 100% when you add it with the remaining battery % sometime?
Yesterday it's still fine. But today my battery usage % + remaining battery % only add up to 93%.
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Most people use that app. I'm not sure why it isn't working 100%. Did you plug your phone in for a very short amount of time? That might make errors. After you charge it overnight everything should be fine. Try using it for another day.
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In GSAM Battery Monitor, my App Usage is always the highest contributor to battery usage, usually around 85%-90%. Screen is only 10.8%.
When I dig deeper into the App Usage, Kernel (Android OS) 23.8%, and Android System 15.7% are the top 2.
Is it normal?
Do you have Auto Sync turned on?
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Do you have Auto Sync turned on?
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If you are referring to Facebook, email, and such, then yes Auto Sync is on. So Auto Sync is included in Kernel or Android System?
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If you are referring to Facebook, email, and such, then yes Auto Sync is on. So Auto Sync is included in Kernel or Android System?
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It's a standard Android feature. Auto Sync drains a ton of battery
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It's a standard Android feature. Auto Sync drains a ton of battery
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So for those who can get 5 hours+ screen on time, meaning auto sync is turned off?
Btw, do you know what is AsyncCollectorListener wakelocks that come from Maps? It also contributes to high partial wakelocks percentage most of the time.
I'll start this thread by saying that I've read up on all the battery related threads and visited all the ones suggested.
When I first got my Z3c (~January), I was getting 4+ hours of onscreen time and a good 12-15 hours of life from charge to charge..
Now I'm on Lollipop, and everything seems to have tanked dramatically. Granted I spend hours on my phone everyday, so maybe the battery isn't as stellar as it was (I charge it halfway through the day and it's still poor), but it seems to be giving me miserable performance.
When I go into the settings and check the power consumption menu, when the battery is about 90+% full, the basic screen tells me I have 14h of standby remaining, but if I go into battery use it only says 6 hours total (which is totally accurate) In fact, I'll drop from about 60% to 8% overnight while I am asleep, if I am not charging it.
When I check the App Usage submenu, nothing is listed. No apps at all, in the "Consuming Apps" or otherwise... I'm heavily considering downgrading to Kitkat to see if this helps, but is there anything else I can try first? I can't seem to locate if there's a sleep or wakelock issue.. (one thing I have discovered is that even when the screen is asleep, it still seems to emit a bit of light, like it's actively showing a black square)
I'm not rooted, but I do have the paid version of Greenify.. Suggestions?
You can get the Deep Sleep Info widget which will tell ypu whether your phone is reaching deep sleep when the screen is off. Here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...p+info&pcampaignid=APPU_1_0E-aVYj-Iob9Uqa3uyg
I get 87% deep sleep and usually have around 2 days pf battery life.
Overnight i lose 1% with stamina and wifi turned off
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Hi all, bit of background, I had my Z3c for just over 2 years and 6 months, heard the news about the XZ1c and soon as it was out I jumped at the chance of buying it.
Sadly, I haven't bonded too well with it.
Compared to my Z3c the battery life hasn't been all that good even using stamina. That's with minimal screen on time too. My Z3c used to do almost 2 days, this I can get a day and that's barely! Greenify is in use to kill apps etc.
After a full charge with battery care enabled I'm losing a load of charge and God knows where...!
SwiftKey absolutely sucks on this phone unless I have stamina turned off.
Vibration is bad, I've had to turn it off on the keyboard.
I also want to find a way to mod the stamina mode 3 so it's device performance but kills data too just as per the Z3C.
I'll attach some screen shots too so you can see what I mean... Just a bit disappointed.
Your experience is similar to mine. I have about 30% left when the day is over and that is with having about 2-3 hours of screen time. I turned off the majority of location and updates and keep screen brightness to a minimum. Despite not being as good as what I was expecting, it's better than the Pixel I had before this phone which couldn't make it through my usual 16 hour day without being plugged in.
that an estimated time only, depending on your history use.
but yeah z3c was kinda king with battery... i dont think this one will be. Sna835 is powerefficientier but remember that apps will be alway hungrier too.
It's better than majority of phones on the market... I think the Z3C spoilt us though, it was definitely king, even at its age it still gives well over 36 hours use.
Im having a great time with my xz1c.
My first charge
My first full charge is pretty good 51 hours alive with 5,5 hours screen on time.
I have disabled vibrations when typing, manual screen brightness (most of the time set at about 1/3), sync on all the time, Wi-Fi and LTE enabled all the time
Use gmaps, chrome, played 1:40h heavy game... Im satisfied with it..
The only strange thing I see is high battery drop over night.
It goes more than 10%, I was hoping for 3%. Phone idle battery consumption is on top then. I hope it will change in the future ROMs.
Do you guys see it also?
Davka said:
The only strange thing I see is high battery drop over night.
It goes more than 10%, I was hoping for 3%. Phone idle battery consumption is on top then. I hope it will change in the future ROMs.
Do you guys see it also?
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you can limit an app on background and also limit its data use. make a test: close all aps overnight and see if it changes.
profyler said:
you can limit an app on background and also limit its data use. make a test: close all aps overnight and see if it changes.
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I'm gonna try this, as I'm also seeing a big battery drop overnight. My Z3c used to drop 2% overnight, this drops massively.
I think the stamina mode isn't the same as previous z compact phones. Really really struggling to bond with this phone man lol.
silestanix said:
I'm gonna try this, as I'm also seeing a big battery drop overnight. My Z3c used to drop 2% overnight, this drops massively.
I think the stamina mode isn't the same as previous z compact phones. Really really struggling to bond with this phone man lol.
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well see if there is app eating your battery in the battery stats. if yes than choose the option on the app to limit it on background. Dont forget to limit its data plan on background too in the data plan menu.
reboot the phone. close all aps and go to sleep.
tell us if something changed.
Lost 2% in my 8 hour sleep.
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I think the stamina mode isn't the same as previous z compact phones.
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I've noticed that Google Play Services seems to get the hump if you have any extended stamina mode. When I check app battery usage with stamina mode on, GPS is one of the top users. But not there with stamina mode off. If fact stamina mode seems to use more battery than if its turned off. I need to do a few more charges to confirm.
Battery life is excellent btw, better than any phone I have had before. Regularly getting to three days of use.
I have power mode activated with zx1 compact I disable the vibration jacket and some useless application kindeXXX is still improved battery life
profyler said:
well see if there is app eating your battery in the battery stats. if yes than choose the option on the app to limit it on background. Dont forget to limit its data plan on background too in the data plan menu.
reboot the phone. close all aps and go to sleep.
tell us if something changed.
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So it's been a few days! So far I've:
- Changed my SwiftKey setting to vibration off,
- stamina mode changes to performance orientated instead of battery life biased like before,
- auto brightness off
- Limited MANY app's background data and background running as above (cheers for that mate)
- priority mode on to alert me of important calls only, everything else just uses the notification light with no sounds.
I'm now finally, because of the above, beginning to see 2 days battery life almost 3 days last week!
Still more to do for good battery like instead of just stamina mode On like on the Z3C but hey I guess I can live with it!
So as happy as I am... Still can't get to the bottom of why it loses the first 10% so fast?! Check this out, taken off charge like just over an hour ago and I've lost 4% already!
From 80% onwards it lasts a good while but damn man why's it losing the initial 10% or so that fast?!
This is my battery life for the last few days, it's been good... But this is doing my head in, losing first 10%so fast...
... And I've lost another 2% since that last post! Ffs man.
silestanix said:
... And I've lost another 2% since that last post! Ffs man.
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Can you tell me what is the Firmware of your device ?
Lost 15% of the battery while my 10hr sleep today. Very strange. My Z3c used to eat no more than 3% without any limitations, closing apps or stamina mode.
Just curious, if having Motion Sense on hurts battery life much? I only have the minimal of Motion Sense enabled, just Reach to check phone only. Skip songs off. Silence interruptions off. Always on display off.
And my Display settings I have Reach to check phone On. Tap to check phone On. Lift to check phone On.
Do these settings effect battery much, or not at all? What do you recommend for best battery life for Motion Sense and Display settings?
I have my settings exactly like you do actually. I can only assume they are helping battery life vs having all the motion sense settings on. I have no need for the others for my usage currently though that may change.
It's a 10% drain overnight sleeping with literally nothing swinging above it. For me that's a huge drain that I will not put up with. I disabled everything just like you and it was the same, doesn't matterwhat's feature your enable or disable, if you have it enabled it rains cuz it's constantly trying to send motion above it. At least that's what my testing showed.
I have it disabled altogether because that function is literally useless. When you can enable "turn screen on pick up" or "turn screen on with a tap"
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I turned off Motion Sense couple days ago, but in my battery use, showing which things used the most, #2 on the list was Ambient Display. But with Motion Sense off, what's using Ambient Display?
I did turn AoD back on, so is it the always on display draining?
I was having great battery life yesterday, at end of day, bedtime I had like 5h 30m SoT with like 33% battery life left. I didn't charge overnight, and this morning checked the phone and it was at 19%. I was like, how the heck did the phone lose like 10% overnight, when not in use, but unplugged. It's on WiFi. Does Always on Display kill it?
I initially used it but eventually just turned it off. I have a couple of trusted devices set up (my watch and my car) so my phone is never locked when I'm near it. Also, since the screen touch to activate works so well, I can tap the screen to check notifications so having Soli turn on the screen before I can touch it, but still needing to reach for it, it just didn't seem to be worth feeding it electrons just for that. Perhaps when they work out some more useful functions, like volume or muting, I'll turn it back on.
My battery life is like Zorachus (though I keep it on a charging stand overnight so I don't care about idle drain). I did this in the first couple of days of owning the phone before battery usage stabilized so I don't really know if it drains it significantly or not. Maybe I'll turn it on one day just to see.
With motion sense off but always on display on throughout the day yesterday and evening I was getting really good battery life I think I was just concerned cuz I left the phone at like 35% last night before bed I purposely didn't plug it in just to see and when I wake up and it had like 20% battery life so it went down over 10% while I was sleeping and I have everything pretty much turned off no location finder no push notifications I've got it stripped down pretty good on Wi-Fi so not sure what happened?
Mine dropped that much overnight Saturday but that was also the weekend I went 46 hours between charges and got 5-something hours of screen time (the only thing shut off was Soli and NFC (WiFi, BT, data, Location services, AOD, etc. were all on). Idle drain of ~1-1.5% per hour doesn't sound that bad to me.
hmmmm after reading this i turned motion sense totally off and AOD back on and will see the battery life over the next two days and compare.
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hmmmm after reading this i turned motion sense totally off and AOD back on and will see the battery life over the next two days and compare.
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Seems Motion Sense is a drainer, but AoD not so much. So for me, using my Pixel 4 XL with no Motion Sense, my battery life lately;
My battery life on my 4 XL seems to be all over the board, but it's never less than 5.5h SoT, and that's at the 10% mark when battery saver kicks in. Some days it seems I can get close to 7.5h SoT if run down to 1%. So I'd say I get on average 6.5h+ SoT.
I get better battery life at work, where my mobile signal is perfect connection, never searching. So that helps keep battery drain down.
- 90hz forced on always ( too nice and smooth not to keep on )
- Motion Sense off
- AoD on ( always on display )
- Location off always. Anything GPS related off
- Lift to reach on
- Tap display to turn on
- Display set to auto brightness always
I've always had it on, so, not sure what the difference is. But, my phone lasts from 6am and still has 30+ percent of battery left at 10pm. Definitely getting a full 20-24+ hours.
I have Soli on full, AOD, smooth display forced on, location on full, lift to wake off, tap to wake on, auto brightness on.
Does anybody use their Pixels with AOD off and Motion Sense on..? How's that affecting the battery..?
And, with that setup, when you reach for you phone, does it turn on the screen when the radar is triggered?
Yes that's the setup I have with only reach to wake turned on. Yes, it does wake up the screen and start looking for your face. Need to check the idle drain overnight.
Cant really say destroyed. It is a little less for me but definitely useable if one really likes the features. And thats coming from a small pixel 4.