So, with Lollipop coming soon, is there any realistic expectation that the battery life of the Moto X 2014 will see better battery life?
I do think it will, but dont expect magic by 5.0
Yes. ART also will help out in battery. Also, I read that Lollipop bundles background processes in groups. I think Project Volta is a combination of all of that, and is going to improve it up to 30%, like those using the n5 L preview
battery saver mode seems promising. up to 90min of extra battery when on
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One of the key features of Lollipop is Project Volta, which is supposed to improve battery life, specifically standby time. I know the update has only been out a few days, but for those that have it, how much has your battery life improved?
It seems drastically better for me. Enough so that I'm going to keep the phone after thinking about getting rid of it after early battery life underwhelmed me. Where I used to finish the day at 10% or so, I'm now closer to 30-40%.
What I've found is that L without Greenify has battery life like Kitkat did with Greenify. Now that we have root we'll see if greenify makes it even better.
It's been a solid improvement for me, at least when I'm connected to wifi and the phone isn't being actively used. Probably only losing about 1% an hour now, as opposed to more like 3% before.
Project Volta optimizes battery consumption but app developers have to support the APIs, see here:
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html#Power
So, basically, Google and Motorola apps probably already use this, but battery life will not be so much better until app developers introduce support for these APIs
cbaronne said:
It seems drastically better for me. Enough so that I'm going to keep the phone after thinking about getting rid of it after early battery life underwhelmed me. Where I used to finish the day at 10% or so, I'm now closer to 30-40%.
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Likewise for me. It is like a different phone!
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Battery Issues
I may be in the minority here, but my battery life has significantly decreased since the update. I don't have specific figures but I do know that on normal usage, whereas my battery used to be at about 70% after approximately 4 hours, it's now down to about 50%. I suspect it is due to some apps that are not optimized for 5.0 that are restarting again and again in the background. Either way, I hope this issue is corrected because I am having a hard time walking away from the charger for very long.
Mine is much better then before on KK.
This is starting to get me depressed. I am close to pulling the trigger on one, in spite of the general consensus that Battery Life is Mediocre+. I had great hopes on Google's assertion that battery life on Lollipop would be improved. Now, most of the posts/reports I see are that Battery Live on MotoX2 is LESS on Lollipop. Clouding my decision again! Is battery life on this phone & Lollipop going to be that terrible?
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This is starting to get me depressed. I am close to pulling the trigger on one, in spite of the general consensus that Battery Life is Mediocre+. I had great hopes on Google's assertion that battery life on Lollipop would be improved. Now, most of the posts/reports I see are that Battery Live on MotoX2 is LESS on Lollipop. Clouding my decision again! Is battery life on this phone & Lollipop going to be that terrible?
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The bad battery on lollipop is from a buggy build. It will improve.
Go and check the battery life thread in the general Moto X 2014 subforum. There are plenty of Moto X owners getting 5-6 hours of SOT.
Lollipop is producing battery life bugs on Nexus devices as well. Lollipop is a huge change for Android and Google will need a few months more to resolve the issues. It will be worth the wait.
Maybe they are encrypted. I am not and have great battery.
as the title says my 2 yr is up soon and im stuck between moto x and turbo... im wondering how the battery is doing post Android L
Search - there are plenty of posts and short answer ymmv
It is better, but it's not hours better like some think project Volta does.
I have a moto x 2014 and because I joined the soak test I did not spend much time on kitkat, since lollipop battery is awful I get roughly 1:30 to 1:40 of SOT, I have been considering downgrading to kitkat if it would greatly improve battery life because I have heard 5.1 doesn't help, please I would like to hear the opinion from the community thank you
You should look at your usage and tips to maximize the battery. Lollipop is pretty much overall an improvement to battery life AFAIK.
Check location reporting. Location type. (I use device only, less radio use, faster lock). Service quality... The usual suspects.
hi everyone, my droid turbo drains battery on stand by stated as "cell standby". this problem was on lollipop and after the update it is still almost same. it drains like 10-13% overnight. any solutions pleas?
Having the exact problem on lollipop, haven't upgraded yet cause I plan to unlock bootloader sometime. Even my Moto X 2014 used to give me more battery life, though it had a tiny 2300mAh battery. I was thinking maybe I had a bad battery but now I don't seem to be the only one having this trouble. Maybe you should try Greenify & Amplify. There are also some pretty good Battery Saving mods available on XDA, go give them a shot.
Unlock bootloader, root, install stock-based, debloated, tweaked ROM:
Computerfreek274_MM_1.0.4 Marshmallow 6.0.1 Stock rooted VOLte Debloated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/dro...ota-official-marshmallow-build-mcg24-t3512813
DECloyd said:
@Computerfreak, thanks for such an excellently crafted ROM!
The battery performance is truly fantastic as is the audio quality.
FYI, I installed the stock ROM and thought that I had done something wrong when the battery drain was so high. @ChazzMatt suggested/recommended giving your version a go and I went with his suggestion. I am beyond glad that I did!
The battery drain went from me being able to watch it drop each minute to it not moving a single degree in over an hour. Six hours later and it's only dropped 7%-8%. (Wi-Fi was on for 5 hours and the music player was in use for 1 hour.) Nice!
The audio quality improvement was more than simply noticable in the car this afternoon (Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas"); it was smooth and clear enough that I thought that it sounded like I had higher-end speakers/amp. Extra nice!
Your tweaks are much appreciated - much appreciated!
BTW, all of your apparently long-time fans kept mentioning Pon-3 and Xposed, so I'm off to explore.
Thanks, again for a wonderful job!
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