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How's your battery life?

I'm getting 16 hours (moderate use: mostly texting and data) before i feel like i absolutely need to plug in and around 17 hours before it's completely dead. These times vary depending on use (light, moderate, heavy) but so far even with extremely heavy usage i still somehow managed to get 11 solid hours unplugged. I was getting curious about how your batteries were performing.
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[VS910 4G GB2.3.4]
[GingerVolt 1.2] - downgraded from 1.3 because i wasn't getting the same battery performance
[Ice Cream Kangwich]
[V6 SuperCharger Script]

Almost double after the Gingerbread update. Usually I don't even charge it at night with light use during the day. I would say like 20 hours average

I'm at 7.5 hours down to only 73 percent!!
GINGERVOLTED!

With JuiceDefender, I can go two days without charging.
Even if the only feature you use is turning data / wifi off when you turn the screen off and/or setting background sync to only sync every 5 minutes (instead of perpetually), you'll see a massive increase in battery life. Pretty sure you can do all that with free version, paid versions let you set schedules and other nifty things.
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trampledbyturtles said:
I'm getting 16 hours (moderate use: mostly texting and data) before i feel like i absolutely need to plug in and around 17 hours before it's completely dead. These times vary depending on use (light, moderate, heavy) but so far even with extremely heavy usage i still somehow managed to get 11 solid hours unplugged. I was getting curious about how your batteries were performing.
[VS910 4G GB2.3.4]
[GingerVolt 1.2] - downgraded from 1.3 because i wasn't getting the same battery performance
[Ice Cream Kangwich]
[V6 SuperCharger Script]
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What's your screen density set to?
I'm at 7.5 hours to 51% and I feel like latitude is on, because maps is the majority of my battery use and I haven't used maps today... meh
VS910 4G Kangwich

S.Meezy said:
What's your screen density set to?
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It's set to 200 the only problem is that the dialer looks a bit mashed up, everything else looks good...
Edit: also, all the notification icons fit in landscape.
VS910 4G [ICK GV 1.2]

33 hours with extended battery, best i got was 2.5 days
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I'm at 86% after 2 hours of really not doing anything. A couple of downloads one or two text messages. I'll see what I'm at at the end of the day. I can't say that my battery life has ever been all that great anyway. We'll see.

I'm sitting at 89% after 3 hours and 40 minutes. 4 phone calls and checking xda several times.
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I only get about 12 hours with what I would say is average use.

I am using the extended battery and with fairly heavy use I still still last just about 15 hours. On a slow day, that number goes way way up. I tried Juice Defender, but it took so long so me to use the internet (waiting for the radio to turn back on) that I uninstalled the app, it was just far too annoying.

Today, only using my phone for 4 Instant messages and nothing else, at 5 h46minutes I'm at 29%. That is not very good at all.

I wiped everything, re-installed GV 1.3 hoping the lower battery life was a fluke last time but no luck. Over the past few days I still only average around 12 hours. Not really sure what changed from 1.2 to 1.3, I seem to get slightly better performance but at the cost of 5 hours of use. Probably going back to 1.2 till I figure out whats happening...
VS910 4G [ICK GV 1.3]

ufkal said:
Today, only using my phone for 4 Instant messages and nothing else, at 5 h46minutes I'm at 29%. That is not very good at all.
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Even if you don't use your phone, it's constantly synching in the background to check for new emails/facebook messages/and whatever other apps you have installed that check for updates in the background.
Enter JuiceDefender. You can set it to turn off your wifi/data when you turn the screen off, only turning on when you turn the screen on or ever 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes to allow autosync to fetch updates, instead of letting it run every second of every day. Paid versions will allow you to set Peak, Night, and/or Weekend schedules so if you need more frequent updates while you're at work, you can automate that process.
I swear I don't work for JuiceDefender...I just love their app.

jamRwoo said:
I swear I don't work for JuiceDefender...I just love their app.
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Before I reached the end of your post I thought wtf! do you work for JuiceDefender? lol... They do make a fine app.
VS910 4G [ICK GV 1.3]

jamRwoo said:
Even if you don't use your phone, it's constantly synching in the background to check for new emails/facebook messages/and whatever other apps you have installed that check for updates in the background.
Enter JuiceDefender. You can set it to turn off your wifi/data when you turn the screen off, only turning on when you turn the screen on or ever 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes to allow autosync to fetch updates, instead of letting it run every second of every day. Paid versions will allow you to set Peak, Night, and/or Weekend schedules so if you need more frequent updates while you're at work, you can automate that process.
I swear I don't work for JuiceDefender...I just love their app.
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Over the last year + I have tried JuiceDefender, I've even paid for it, but I can never get it to work, let alone save any battery life.

I'm getting a solid 12 hours out of mine running Gingervolt with light to moderate usage with 4G on the whole time. I have noticed a huge increase from fryo when I was struggling to get even 7 hours to gingerbread where I was getting about 9-10 hours and an even bigger increase form gingerbread to Gingervolt.
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trampledbyturtles said:
Before I reached the end of your post I thought wtf! do you work for JuiceDefender? lol... They do make a fine app.
VS910 4G [ICK GV 1.3]
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hehe.
I need to state a disclaimer after doing all that repping...It seems JD (including Beta version) does not place nicely with Gingercrumpets...err bread. And it will cause your 3G/4G to start ****ting all over itself. I'm going to start tinkering around and see if I can come up with a settings scheme that provides for some increased battery life without ****ing anything up. If I achieve this, I'll post the settings backup here.

I was getting crap on my battery life.
8 hours on a full charge at most.
I installed Juice Defender, and while I haven't hit the foible that others have been having problems with, I can honestly say that I am glad I did.
I've gone from the 8 hours draining the battery to a 1d 5h, 58% battery usage.
(Battery had 42% left on it when I plugged it back in.)
I'm quite chuffed at this.

antiwesley said:
I was getting crap on my battery life.
8 hours on a full charge at most.
I installed Juice Defender, and while I haven't hit the foible that others have been having problems with, I can honestly say that I am glad I did.
I've gone from the 8 hours draining the battery to a 1d 5h, 58% battery usage.
(Battery had 42% left on it when I plugged it back in.)
I'm quite chuffed at this.
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--chuffed (past participle, past tense of chuff)
--Verb:
--(of a steam engine) Move with a regular sharp puffing sound.
I'm confused. JD turned you into a steam engine?

[Q] General Battery Life Questions - Looking for Other Input

Have new Sprint HTC One and when first using it out of the box, battery life seemed to be real good.
Mods I have made.. Unlocked and am running OMJ's custom ROM.
Here is what I am questioning now.. (my 14 days are almost up):
I leave it charge all night and first thing in the morning, I use it for 15-20 minutes catching up on mail, facebook and news. I am connected to wifi in the home. What I am experiencing is a 6% battery drain from this pretty consistently and display on auto brightness in a dark room in the morning. Last night I set power saver to including cpu, diaplay and data connection. I had the display set dimmer than normal/what the auto brightness would be. I experienced the same 6% drop this morning.
I am not sure what to think, its kind of disconcerting to think you wack 6% of battery before the first cup of coffee.
I have no data, but am wondering if anyone has see lesser batter just from unlocking?
OMJ's ROM is pretty stock, so I would not think that is causing any issues.
I am looking to see what others are experiencing from there initial 15-20 minute usage.
I am open to any input that could help me conclude that there is not an issue with the phone so I can stop worrying about meeting the 14 day return deadline.
Edit: Adding images and info to attempt to create a baseline for others to compare to. Images are from GSam Battery Monitor available in the market.
The images show 30 minutes of use after unplugging from a full charge, Power Saver off, Brightness set to Dim and using WiFi. Screen using 18% and Apps using 75%... you can also see the specific apps being used.
It would be great if others could mimic and provide their results. This would allow us all to have something to compare to.

it could just be the battery technology. i know with some laptops here at work they dont really "fully charge" the battery to increase the battery life span. so this could be a normal thing. For me personally im more concerned about the phone lasting atleast through the whole day before i have to charge it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Charging_procedure

Get battery calibration from the play store.
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Yea I mean I'm not sure how much you use your phone a day but I'm seeing consistently approx 4-4.5 hrs of screen on time a day. Unplug the phone at 7am and plug it in when I got to bed usually around 11pm. Some days if I'm watching a lot of video or playing games I'll have to plug it in around 8pm or so but that isn't too often
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Anyone want to do a small comparison test?
Set brightness to auto, charge to 100% and then use for 15 minutes checking mail, Facebook, web surfing, or whatever (simple activity, not gaming), in normal ambient room lighting, using WiFi, Power Saver off. Then report your battery level after the 15 min.

obperryo said:
Anyone want to do a small comparison test?
Set brightness to auto, charge to 100% and then use for 15 minutes checking mail, Facebook, web surfing, or whatever (simple activity, not gaming), in normal ambient room lighting, using WiFi, Power Saver off. Then report your battery level after the 15 min.
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I would lose around 10% from that. I think.

You should calibrate your battery any time you flash a new Rom, so why not try the app I suggested?
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Konfuzion said:
You should calibrate your battery any time you flash a new Rom, so why not try the app I suggested?
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Oh, I am all over that. Did the calibration yesterday. I have not noticed a significant difference, but I do agree this is a needed step. Especially when changing between significantly different ROMs. Thanks for pointing it out.
What I am really looking for from others are some comparison results. I have created some pictures this morning and will be adding them to my post, in an attempt to create a baseline that others can use to do the exact same and provide a result. This should allow others and myself to see if there is any significant difference between our devices.

I edited my post with baseline settings and images.
Would be great if others could mimic and post results.

obperryo said:
Oh, I am all over that. Did the calibration yesterday. I have not noticed a significant difference, but I do agree this is a needed step. Especially when changing between significantly different ROMs. Thanks for pointing it out.
What I am really looking for from others are some comparison results. I have created some pictures this morning and will be adding them to my post, in an attempt to create a baseline that others can use to do the exact same and provide a result. This should allow others and myself to see if there is any significant difference between our devices.
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Hehe Sorry when I read my post it seems kind of snappy and nothing about your reply led me to this conclusion. I understand your looking for a comparison and I think its safe to say I easily use 5-10% of my battery life first thing when I get up and check all of my stuff.

Konfuzion said:
Hehe Sorry when I read my post it seems kind of snappy and nothing about your reply led me to this conclusion. I understand your looking for a comparison and I think its safe to say I easily use 5-10% of my battery life first thing when I get up and check all of my stuff.
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No problem. I appreciate your input.

Here's my usage. 10 min of xda and around 30 min of listening to the music. Tranquil rom. Thicklizard's kernel.
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volk9029 said:
Here's my usage. 10 min of xda and around 30 min of listening to the music. Tranquil rom. Thicklizard's kernel. View attachment 2208801View attachment 2208803
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How do you have a extremely low awake time,and your kernel usage is only 0.9%? My unrooted stock kernel runs from 20%-35% at any given time.

racingmatt1 said:
How do you have a extremely low awake time,and your kernel usage is only 0.9%? My unrooted stock kernel runs from 20%-35% at any given time.
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I use autostarts from playstore to prevent certain apps from starting and running in the background, unless I need them to. Here's another screen shot of around 19 min reading xda and around 40 min listening to the music.
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volk9029 said:
I use autostarts from playstore to prevent certain apps from starting and running in the background, unless I need them to. Here's another screen shot of around 19 min reading xda and around 40 min listening to the music.
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Your link is not working.. Your previous post of performance is awesome! I tried that ROM and loved it but don't like the all black and blue. Maybe I should of spent more time with hit.. Is there a way to make it look like normal colors?

obperryo said:
Your link is not working.. Your previous post of performance is awesome! I tried that ROM and loved it but don't like the all black and blue. Maybe I should of spent more time with hit.. Is there a way to make it look like normal colors?
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Let's try one more time.
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Does anybody know if limiting background processes to zero will help battery life? My phone had 1hr 20min awake times with 12 mins screentime/usage after 8-9 hours.
This was with absolutely no power saving at all, whatsoever. Phone was around 75% after those 9 hrs I believe, with kernel taking 33%, and radio taking ~15. Fresh after factory reset. Only apps were Email, Doodlejump, GSAM, ES, Keep and Swiftkey.
Tomorrow I will turn off auto sync, limit background processes, and turn on power saver/sleep mode. Let's see how much that helps.

Here's what in doing most of the drain comes from having only 1 bar in my new dorm
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Possible battery issue

I still need to download GSAM, but I've noticed this over the last couple days. I also have the Gear 2 Neo but I don't think it's causing the battery drain...
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A lot of different variables to consider here...same old battery life complaint. Answer, it depends on the operator.
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Same
I have the same issue here. The phone had about 30% battery before I went to sleep... Woke up with 1%.
40% is used by Android OS
20% by the Android system
7% by the Screen

The last 2 days mine has been decent, today has been terrible with really high Android System usage.

nizbot said:
A lot of different variables to consider here...same old battery life complaint. Answer, it depends on the operator.
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I should have been more specific, but this is with what I would call "general use". No video watching, gaming, streaming, which, IMO are the real battery killers. It doesn't seem right that you would lose 33% of the battery in that amount of time from a full overnight charge.

diehardbattery said:
I should have been more specific, but this is with what I would call "general use". No video watching, gaming, streaming, which, IMO are the real battery killers. It doesn't seem right that you would lose 33% of the battery in that amount of time from a full overnight charge.
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All true, but was your bluetooth connected? Wifi signal, cell signal, all the regular shizzle... How does it look for 4 hours of general use with the Gear disconnected?
I'm not asking to be a ****, I'm actually very curious cause I'm looking at getting one
-n

Android System is definitely higher than on my S4, but I don't think it's actually drain, something has to use that 24 of the 100%. I'm getting very good life with about 6 hours screen-on.
That said, it would be good to know exactly what's behind it being so high.
I've also noticed more wakeclocks than normal. I thought it was Google Now but I disabled background data for it and it didn't seem to change anything.
We've gotta get root so we can really fine tune things.
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diehardbattery said:
I still need to download GSAM, but I've noticed this over the last couple days. I also have the Gear 2 Neo but I don't think it's causing the battery drain...
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Strange i think its something youre doing. I power use all day from 530 am to 10 pm and i still have 25% before bed

I'm getting incredible battery life out of my S5 so far. Yesterday I checked last night and was at 33%, that's with being off the charger almost 14 hours (like 14hr 51min something like that), on screen time of 4 hours browsing with multiple tabs etc (no games), email, about 30 minutes of phone calls, couple text, and streaming music at the gym for an hour. Today I'm at 72% @ 8hr 31min off charger with streaming music about 2 hours (truck and gym), 45min on screen time, only a couple quick calls. I have GPS etc on, only thing I changed and I always do with Android, is set wifi to stay on in sleep only when plugged in, not sure if they fixed wifi bug Android has always had causing tons of wakelocks in sleep mode.

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Strange i think its something youre doing. I power use all day from 530 am to 10 pm and i still have 25% before bed
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I'm not sure what I could be doing that drains the battery that much, but I'm not ruling out the watch either... Besides if it was something I'm doing, wouldn't that reflect in the battery usage?

diehardbattery said:
I'm not sure what I could be doing that drains the battery that much, but I'm not ruling out the watch either... Besides if it was something I'm doing, wouldn't that reflect in the battery usage?
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Download better battery stats to see where itrs coming from

nbrent1007 said:
Download better battery stats to see where itrs coming from
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I've got gsam... or would better battery stats be... better?

nizbot said:
All true, but was your bluetooth connected? Wifi signal, cell signal, all the regular shizzle... How does it look for 4 hours of general use with the Gear disconnected?
I'm not asking to be a ****, I'm actually very curious cause I'm looking at getting one
-n
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Well, the gear 2 is connected all the time... But I had the first gear and that wasn't an issue. I'll have to see in the morning if it makes a difference. I'm on wifi 99% of the time. I have a Tab Pro 12.2 that's on wifi all the time and that thing is only down to like.. 70% after 2 days of light usage with a bluetooth keyboard connected. The battery seemed great a couple days ago and I haven't changed anything... I've actually done more.. used Google Navigation mostly...

I've had gsam on for the last 2 hours or so... am I going crazy or is this normal?

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I've had gsam on for the last 2 hours or so... am I going crazy or is this normal?
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Give it a charge cycle at least.
However, I just noticed something that is really REAALLY messing with my head. I was just looking at my battery stats again and my phone is telling me it's been on battery for 4 hours 51m. It's 4pm here and i've been unplugged since 6am this morning. My earlier post show's 5 hours even! What gives??? The phone has rebooted once today manually. I just restarted again and can confirm that GSAM resets to zero (whatever), but the issue that's really messing with me is that the system battery and uptime shows 4 hours. WTF?! I'm seriously confused.
Something is fishy here...

I'm gonna let the battery drain completely this time...

Well I've had awesome life since I got the phone last Thursday, like I posted on the 1st page, except for last night. Did nothing different from before, no new apps or anything, I disabled sammy and at&t stuff earlier but the phone was fine after that. I went to bed and it was at 34% and woke up 7-8 hours later to a dead phone. No clue what could have caused that as the past week drain even in standby mode was phenomenal, have to install BBS.
Other night I went to bed and it only drained like 5% in the same time

I fully discharged the battery and it seems better now. But when I plugged back in, I noticed that the app called IM+ was running in the background in push mode... I'm not sure if that was causing the problem but it is much better now over the last couple of days

I had a horrible wakelock today, Directv geniego was running for 6.5 hours. Battery life has been great up till today.
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Help re battery drainage and synapse optimisation

So I'm fairly new to the Android's scene, I've come from a jailbroken iPhone straight to the nexus 6 after doing a load of research on which phone I should get.
The iPhone is so much easier to work with, in it's jailbroken and default state. I've had my nexus for about 3 months now and only now feel alright using the words ROMs, kernals and flashing.
I want to optimise my nexus for maximum battery life, I know I'll have to comprise with animations and processing power etc.
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I flashed my current ROM and kernal last night and did not charge over night so I could just see how much drainage there is when its on standby. This morning I charged it up to about 81% and used the phone normally and I've noticed my battery is actually depleting really quickly. Especially when you take into account I had my setting to power saver, and I was using pixel off battery saver and a kernal made for huge battery life.
I know the issue is with wakelock? But I can't find any help and what I can find is far too complicated to follow.
Also, synapse. That thing is a nightmare for a noob like me. If anyone could link me to a thread or website that explains each feature or somewhere where someone has shared their setting for getting the most battery life, I will be very grateful.
Thank you in advance
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@icameforthehax Thank you for posting the perfect example of how to ask a question! You've provided all of the proper information, in order for someone who can help, to do so. I'm sorry I can't answer your specific questions but I had to comment on the quality of your post. Well done and welcome to Android! :victory:
I'm sure someone with more expert advice than I can provide you on this topic, will help you shortly. :good:
I will suggest this though, look into a third party battery stats/wakelock detector app to more specifically isolate any wakelocks or battery drain. Also, greenify is an excellent option for root access.

well, your play store and android os is way to high on battery percent used! screen should be the #1 battery drainer(or close). other things shouldnt be that far above the percent for screen use.

Evolution_Freak said:
@icameforthehax Thank you for posting the perfect example of how to ask a question! You've provided all of the proper information, in order for someone who can help, to do so. I'm sorry I can't answer your specific questions but I had to comment on the quality of your post. Well done and welcome to Android! :victory:
I'm sure someone with more expert advice than I can provide you on this topic, will help you shortly. :good:
I will suggest this though, look into a third party battery stats/wakelock detector app to more specifically isolate any wakelocks or battery drain. Also, greenify is an excellent option for root access.
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Thank you for your kind words *tips fedora*
simms22 said:
well, your play store and android os is way to high on battery percent used! screen should be the #1 battery drainer(or close). other things shouldnt be that far above the percent for screen use.
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Yes, the fact that my screen wasn't the no.1 drainer is why I was concerned enough to start thus thread. Any recommendations as to which app(s) I should use?
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icameforthehax said:
Thank you for your kind words *tips fedora*
Yes, the fact that my screen wasn't the no.1 drainer is why I was concerned enough to start thus thread. Any recommendations as to which app(s) I should use?
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android os i wont be too concerned about, since that changes depending on how you use the phone, but the play store.. were you restpring a bunch of apps or something? anyways, recharge your phone fully, then use it like you normally would, then past the battery results here, after a full use of the battery, and ill look at it again. next time past not only the main battery page, but if you press on the chart itll give you more info, paste that as well so we can see your signal, wifi, and if the phone is sleeping.

icameforthehax said:
Thank you for your kind words *tips fedora*
Yes, the fact that my screen wasn't the no.1 drainer is why I was concerned enough to start thus thread. Any recommendations as to which app(s) I should use?
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Greenify:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
As for battery monitor, it will be more based on your personal preference but I have used this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

simms22 said:
android os i wont be too concerned about, since that changes depending on how you use the phone, but the play store.. were you restpring a bunch of apps or something? anyways, recharge your phone fully, then use it like you normally would, then past the battery results here, after a full use of the battery, and ill look at it again. next time past not only the main battery page, but if you press on the chart itll give you more info, paste that as well so we can see your signal, wifi, and if the phone is sleeping.
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I downloaded a load of apps because I did a clean flash of benzo. I'm currently charging my phone and will return with more screen captures as requested
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icameforthehax said:
I downloaded a load of apps because I did a clean flash of benzo. I'm currently charging my phone and will return with more screen captures as requested
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if you downloaded a bunch of apps, thay would explain why. anyways, the first 2 battery cycles after flashing a rom will be a little lower than normal. after, battery should be better.

simms22 said:
if you downloaded a bunch of apps, thay would explain why. anyways, the first 2 battery cycles after flashing a rom will be a little lower than normal. after, battery should be better.
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Here's screenshots from today, (I changed to Franco kernal)
I'm sure I had 4-5 sot on stock everything. Slightly disappointed
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icameforthehax said:
Here's screenshots from today, (I changed to Franco kernal)
I'm sure I had 4-5 sot on stock everything. Slightly disappointed
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again, you just flashed franco kernel, so youll have to give it a battery cycle or two to regulate, then you can start judging battery life. but your device is goung into deep sleep, so that's good. also, do you always keep wifi on? if you keep it on, but dont use it it'll drain battery. also, what do you have your brightness set to?

simms22 said:
again, you just flashed franco kernel, so youll have to give it a battery cycle or two to regulate, then you can start judging battery life. but your device is goung into deep sleep, so that's good. also, do you always keep wifi on? if you keep it on, but dont use it it'll drain battery. also, what do you have your brightness set to?
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OK, thank you. The issue is me changing kernals and ROMs etc. I'll cycle my battery 2 time as you've said before I start to judge battery life ty.
Yes I keep WiFi on and use wifi. My brightness is dragged right down with adaptive off, I then change it to 50-70 if I'm outside.
Thank you very much for your help though
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Synapse is confusing to anyone who doesn't know what they are messing with...try FauxClock or Trickster Mod...much simpler and you won't have to worry about changing things by accident by swiping to the next page as you would with Synapse.

simms22 said:
if you downloaded a bunch of apps, thay would explain why. anyways, the first 2 battery cycles after flashing a rom will be a little lower than normal. after, battery should be better.
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Simms is absolutely correct - after a rom or kernel flash you need to give the phone a few days to build up its cache etc...only after that can you properly judge battery life and performance.

icameforthehax said:
OK, thank you. The issue is me changing kernals and ROMs etc. I'll cycle my battery 2 time as you've said before I start to judge battery life ty.
Yes I keep WiFi on and use wifi. My brightness is dragged right down with adaptive off, I then change it to 50-70 if I'm outside.
Thank you very much for your help though
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screen brightness is a MAJOR influence in battery life. i generally keep my brightness down below 15%. if i raise my brightness to 30-40%, then ill see 1 hour less screen on time. normally, ill see anywhere from 5-6.5h sot. another major influence is the quality of your phone/data signal. some people, no matter what they do, will never have good/great battery life, just because their signal quality is lousy.

Somewhat off topic, but Better Battery Stats is a great app for getting a much more in depth idea of battery life. It'll also give you all the wakelocks, which can be handy if you looking to do more in depth troubleshooting.

battery life

Hi guys. I just bought my phone today installed all the apps and then fully charged it. However I am getting poor battery life. What is causing my battery to be crap? I don't see what the issue can be as it is a brand new phone. Coming from the sony xz premium i feel as if its a downgrade on the battery end of things. Does anyone have a suggestion

I thought my battery was terrible at first when I got it. I noticed lately I have not noticed so much anymore. Right now phone been on for 2 hours straight and lost 25% with brightness half way. Just give it time

cgrimm9 said:
I thought my battery was terrible at first when I got it. I noticed lately I have not noticed so much anymore. Right now phone been on for 2 hours straight and lost 25% with brightness half way. Just give it time
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It scares me that battery life is not going to be any good and I have to hunt for the charger through out the day. With my xz premium with about 4 hours usage i normally had 40 to 50% remaining. I don't want to think about charging my phone just to get through a day. Lets just wait and see if it gets any better

dieselhazza said:
Hi guys. I just bought my phone today installed all the apps and then fully charged it. However I am getting poor battery life. What is causing my battery to be crap? I don't see what the issue can be as it is a brand new phone. Coming from the sony xz premium i feel as if its a downgrade on the battery end of things. Does anyone have a suggestion
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Android needs some time to adapt to your apps.
I bought my Note8 three days ago and don´t used it permanently respectively don´t have so many apps installed.
I charged it 2 days ago (at 18 o´clock it was fully charged!), now I have 48%
Before I bought my Note 8 I had a Mate 10 Pro with 4000 mAh and 60-70 apps. Android needed 3-4 days to adapt. In the first days I had to charge every day. After a week the Mate 10 Pro had to be charged only once in 2 days.
So do not worry!

Watching this with interest. Mine is a week old and I feel like I need to keep topping it up. On the road all day today and worried she won't make it!
I've a charger in the bag. But going to see how far I get!

sjrixon said:
Watching this with interest. Mine is a week old and I feel like I need to keep topping it up. On the road all day today and worried she won't make it!
I've a charger in the bag. But going to see how far I get!
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Thats what i was saying while i have the chance i might return it and get the Pixel XL 2 or the mate 10 pro. I believe both have better battery life. The pixel loses out on screen quality but makes up with software and battery life. The mate 10 pro loses on software but kills it on battery life. So tough choice to make. However i can't stand poor battery life especially never having to worry about battery life on the sony xz premium

Had mine since day one and the battery gets better the longer you use it. I have several things disabled that are big battery suckers - Bixby for one, don't want or need it. I can go 1-2 to days of moderate use, using an ereader app but no game playing.

ggrant3876 said:
Had mine since day one and the battery gets better the longer you use it. I have several things disabled that are big battery suckers - Bixby for one, don't want or need it. I can go 1-2 to days of moderate use, using an ereader app but no game playing.
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What did you disable?
Also what do you get for SOT

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What did you disable?
Also what do you get for SOT
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The better question is, what apps did you install? You need to just use your phone for a few days. It will begin to background/sleep apps you aren't using which will extend your battery life.

Jammol said:
The better question is, what apps did you install?
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Ahhaaa very simple.
WhatsApp, Snapchat, telegram

dieselhazza said:
Ahhaaa very simple.
WhatsApp, Snapchat, telegram
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Man those are battery hogs galore!!! Use the device for a few days and let it adjust. Did you enable the sleep function during setup?

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Man those are battery hogs galore!!! Use the device for a few days and let it adjust. Did you enable the sleep function during setup?
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I had these apps and more running on my xz premium but i had great battery life. So I don't see how they are battery hogs galore.
What is sleep function and how do you enable it

dieselhazza said:
I had these apps and more running on my xz premium but i had great battery life. So I don't see how they are battery hogs galore.
What is sleep function and how do you enable it
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Like myself and others have said, just use the device. You're comparing a device you used for a period of time to a device you just got just over 24 hours ago.
Those apps are considered battery hogs because they don't sleep. Also, Xperia devices have a sleep function implemented. They were the first ones to ever have such a robust background sleep function of Android devices.
The sleep function should be on automatically during setup but it could be turned off. Look under battery settings and it'll be there with the option to turn it off. I recommend keeping it on.

Jammol said:
Like myself and others have said, just use the device. You're comparing a device you used for a period of time to a device you just got just over 24 hours ago.
Those apps are considered battery hogs because they don't sleep. Also, Xperia devices have a sleep function implemented. They were the first ones to ever have such a robust background sleep function of Android devices.
The sleep function should be on automatically during setup but it could be turned off. Look under battery settings and it'll be there with the option to turn it off. I recommend keeping it on.
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Yes i will give it a week and see if it settles. If not by hy note 8 and hello next phone. Lets see what time will show

Not sure where the setting do turn sleep on and off is, but the phone has sleeped (is that a word?) a bunch of apps. Battery is looking good so far today.

There was a video showing ba they life from a s8 a s8÷ note 8 and the late. And the note 8 lasted 2nd best.

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What did you disable?
Also what do you get for SOT
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I've disabled knox, security folder, bixby, ant radio all the t-mobile apps, several of the edge screens and a few others.

As others have pointed out, the device needs some days and several charging cycles to achieve a good performance, besides, and very important, in settings>device maintaince>battery, there are 2 groups of apps that you can choose, always sleeping apps and unmonitored apps, there you can control their behaviour

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I've disabled knox, security folder, bixby, ant radio all the t-mobile apps, several of the edge screens and a few others.
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I got better battery stats with Bixby not disabled. I may introduce and disable further packages one by one.
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I got better battery stats with Bixby not disabled. I may introduce and disable further packages one by one.
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Yeah some of the Samsung apps and services being disabled will actually cause more drainage to occur.