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Hi,
I just got an unlocked HD7 a week back, and am loving it!!
I upgraded from a 3GS and have a Galaxy S alongside, so it was a frivolous by for me, but I don't regret it. i'm a music on phone fanatic, and the HD7's music quality is excellent!!
But the only thing that is really pissing me off is the battery life. It barely lasts me 15 hours even on moderate usage.I've turned everything off, even data connectivity and only use wifi if required.The screen is set to auto brightness as its really difficult to read the screen in sunlight.Otherwise the only thing i use the phone for is sending texts and occasional calls, and some music playback through wired earphones.
Anyone has any tips and tricks up their sleeves to help extend the battery life.I'm sing the stock battery.And, yes I've seen the extended battery..the one which is rated at 3900mAh...bt I'd rather sell the phone than use that fugly thing.
Please help me...
meet_death said:
Hi,
I just got an unlocked HD7 a week back, and am loving it!!
I upgraded from a 3GS and have a Galaxy S alongside, so it was a frivolous by for me, but I don't regret it. i'm a music on phone fanatic, and the HD7's music quality is excellent!!
But the only thing that is really pissing me off is the battery life. It barely lasts me 15 hours even on moderate usage.I've turned everything off, even data connectivity and only use wifi if required.The screen is set to auto brightness as its really difficult to read the screen in sunlight.Otherwise the only thing i use the phone for is sending texts and occasional calls, and some music playback through wired earphones.
Anyone has any tips and tricks up their sleeves to help extend the battery life.I'm sing the stock battery.And, yes I've seen the extended battery..the one which is rated at 3900mAh...bt I'd rather sell the phone than use that fugly thing.
Please help me...
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I know its sometimes considered a load of made up nonsense but I get 18 hours now easily with heavy usage, and a few days with nothing on, and all i've done is simply kill the battery and charge it, the battery is a pain at the start (i know someone who ordered a Desire HD and took it back without speaking to me and there now kicking themselves, and when I got my HD7 in march if i got 6 hours out of the thing it was a miracle) and that has the same battery, but if you just train it and let the phone get used to how you use it, the battery will last a lot longer, plus it also depends on your software version, NoDo version: 7390 is the best at the moment for battery life so having that on board is also a good move
Hope this helps
Thanks for your reply.
I've actually tried it once or twice,inadvertently, because the phone died on me as the battery ran out.
HTC could have packed in a better battery.It wold have been awesome that way.
meet_death said:
Thanks for your reply.
I've actually tried it once or twice,inadvertently, because the phone died on me as the battery ran out.
HTC could have packed in a better battery.It wold have been awesome that way.
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yeah they could, had a few android phones in my time and my motorola milestone suffered with a 1500 mAh battery, and more closer to home the battery life is terrible on the EVO 4G and thats also got a 1500mAh, and the same processor.
HTC just seem to be going downhill, with them locking their bootloaders and such. Shame really
DavieGee said:
yeah they could, had a few android phones in my time and my motorola milestone suffered with a 1500 mAh battery, and more closer to home the battery life is terrible on the EVO 4G and thats also got a 1500mAh, and the same processor.
HTC just seem to be going downhill, with them locking their bootloaders and such. Shame really
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You gotta think as well, its not ALL on HTC. it also depends on the carriers. if they want the bootloader locked them so be it. look at motorola, you cant even install 3rd party apps, as well as some samsucks. Microsoft even had a problem updateding the samsung focus. HTC has been the best so far.. i just cant wait till Nokia or Acer starts making/releasing their WP7.
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You gotta think as well, its not ALL on HTC. it also depends on the carriers. if they want the bootloader locked them so be it. look at motorola, you cant even install 3rd party apps, as well as some samsucks. Microsoft even had a problem updateding the samsung focus. HTC has been the best so far.. i just cant wait till Nokia or Acer starts making/releasing their WP7.
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It says alot if HTC are locking (Sensation/Thunderbolt/Droid Incredible S/2 are all locked sadly), and the original companies that used to like Motorola (August Starting) And Sony Ericsson (Xperia Play/Arc/Neo/Mini/Mini Pro Are All Unlockable) are stopping locking their bootloaders, its all fine if carriers want to lock phones down but the people who buy unlocked phones should get an unlocked bootloader as well. HTC are brilliant, i'm not saying that, but if one of the only reasons (I'm not saying there aren't others by the way) people went to buy HTC was cause they were developer friendly and now they're not, its going to dent their sales.
And take the Motorola Droid/Milestone into account, if it was all carriers then why wasn't the droid locked? cause the milestone is but the droid isn't. And I could always install 3rd party apps on my Motorola, same as all my Androids, the only company that didnt allow you to was AT&T and there stopping to do this, The new mammoth samsung allows 3rd party apps.
But yeah I agree with you, really can't wait to see what nokia unveils, its got to be good, as this could kill them
there is no idea to deal with the phone ,because the phone has a lot fuction more than the others.
I am due a phone upgrade back in the UK when i get back from the states next month and similar to almost everyone in recent months after a pretty substantial amount of research i am torn between the One and the S4.
I am upgrading from a very well used S2 that has been very good to me, in fact it is the first phone that i have had on a 2 year contract that has not seemed woefully inadequate towards the end of its life
I am learning more towards the One due to the glass screen cracking issues on the S4, i believe that no phone should break the internal screen with any damage to the external glass, that to me screams poor manufacture/design. Also i have this odd feeling that Samsung have not tried as well as they could this year!
So a few things that concern me about the One before i sign on the dotted line...
1. Battery life, my S2 rarely made it through the day so i carried a spare with me, has battery technology moved on enough that this is no longer a problem? I have looked at plenty of battery tests but i prefer to hear real world usage, i am no power user!
2. Slow charging, it is my understanding that HTC did not use Qualcomms quick charging wizardry to speed up charging, while this is irrelevant for the standard overnight charge does it mean that if i use my phone as a GPS sat nav with a car charger, will the battery drain faster than it charges?
3. 4mp camera, I get what HTC are doing with this, it makes sense as looking through my gallery many of my photos are in low light/portraits. However, it seems to rely on some clever software and as a guy who will probably put stock android on to his phone with 6 months, will this ever work properly with AOSP, or will you have to stick to a HTC rom to keep an acceptable camera?
4. This is a bit of an odd one... having had an Android phone since the HTC Hero, I must have had to pull the battery out a million times to get out of a freeze, how the hell do you do that with this? Also how is everyone finding the lack of removable storage? In the past it has been a life saver being able to load a new ROM to a card, pop it in and rescue a phone that refuses to boot.
5. Has anyone used this with HTC Connect? I have recently bought a Pioneer A4 speaker which is compatible with the standard, so if it is a better system than DLNA it might swing it for me!
Thank you in advance, all opinions welcome!
1. For me it has been really good. It usually lasts me the whole day and I'm a heavy user (4-5H screen on, facebook messenger + whatsapp + Skype + tapatalk 4 + few games and lots of YouTube). When I pushed my battery to the limit to test it I got 10H screen on time.
2. Yes, the fast charging is indeed disabled as it can also harm the battery, and this battery can't be swapped. It won't drain faster than charge though
3. I don't use aosp, but it'll work just fine afaik
4. Holding the powerbutton for 10 sec will simulate battery pull. It has this bug though that it'll work only when it's in bright light (very weird).
Lack of storage expansion is not as bad as I thought it'd be. Just remember to ALWAYS have a Rom copy on it just in case
5. Sorry can't answer this one...
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How would the Atrix HD be as a backup phone? It doesn't have to be the latest and greatest and the price looks about right. How's the battery life and performance? I know it won't be as good as my Nexus 4 but does it still hold up well?
Also. How hard is the maxx battery Mod?
Any input would be appreciated.
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How would the Atrix HD be as a backup phone? It doesn't have to be the latest and greatest and the price looks about right. How's the battery life and performance? I know it won't be as good as my Nexus 4 but does it still hold up well?
Also. How hard is the maxx battery Mod?
Any input would be appreciated.
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If you scroll across threads many people told they left Their nexus for atrix.. And maxx battery is an awesome mod... You will get 10+ hrs of continuous screen time!!
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TacticalDesire said:
How would the Atrix HD be as a backup phone? It doesn't have to be the latest and greatest and the price looks about right. How's the battery life and performance? I know it won't be as good as my Nexus 4 but does it still hold up well?
Also. How hard is the maxx battery Mod?
Any input would be appreciated.
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Heard anyone of having a MERC and then getting a BMW as a backup car ? :laugh:
Guys out there have left nexus for atrix as both of them fare well in normal usage (add to it atrix can be converted to maxx) and thanks to awesome devs ROMS are being cooked here faster than a busiest restaurants in Delhi.
as for the eb40/maxx mod, if you can read the instructions, understand it and have a pretty much stable hand then you can perform it.
Happy modding. :highfive:
TacticalDesire said:
How would the Atrix HD be as a backup phone? It doesn't have to be the latest and greatest and the price looks about right. How's the battery life and performance? I know it won't be as good as my Nexus 4 but does it still hold up well?
Also. How hard is the maxx battery Mod?
Any input would be appreciated.
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@Aingaran summed it up well.
The Atrix HD development is really starting to take off. We have many roms now, with many more on the way. Our development might not be as far along as the Nexus 4, SGS3, or similar phones, but our bootloader has only been unlocked for 3 months now. Our Dev Team has been doing a great job and its really starting to show. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to see us surpass the Nexus 4 within the year -- Our devs are some very talented dudes.
Battery Life -- Battery life isn't that bad anymore, especially now that we're starting to have roms (kernels actually) that support undervolting. I get 24+ hours a charge, but I'm not addicted to my phone either.
Performance -- The only thing I've had issues with in regards to performance is playing some PSX games with an emulator. You won't have a problem running apps/games/crap from the market or HD movies.
The Maxx Mod -- "Easy" -- Difficulty really depends on your confidence in your abilities, but open phone, a bit of plastic shaving, place in the new battery, close it up.
//I wish our camera was placed the same as the Maxx so we could use the Maxx back cover and maybe add in a wireless charge mod.
Thanks for the all the replies everyone. What's the 1gb of RAM like? I'm a little skeptical as I've been used to 2gb for the last 7 months. Is the GPS good? I plan on using this stock mostly. The thought of being able to use the GPS all day and still have plenty of juice for a night out intrigues me. Not being screwed if I forget to charge my phone overnight would also be nice. 10+ hours of on screen time would be stellar. The best I've gotten with my Nexus 4 is a little over 4 hours.
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Thanks for the all the replies everyone. What's the 1gb of RAM like? I'm a little skeptical as I've been used to 2gb for the last 7 months. Is the GPS good? I plan on using this stock mostly. The thought of being able to use the GPS all day and still have plenty of juice for a night out intrigues me. Not being screwed if I forget to charge my phone overnight would also be nice. 10+ hours of on screen time would be stellar. The best I've gotten with my Nexus 4 is a little over 4 hours.
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I doubt you'll notice the 1gb/2gb of ram difference. Some like to complain that there's only 80mb free or whatever...failing to realize that the ram is freed up as needed and that the used ram is being used so they can quickly get back to whatever it is they were doing an hour ago. Because of that, less ram might even save some juice since the system doesn't have to keep track of twice as many background apps.
For me, gps is just fine. Usually accurate within 10ft (1m) and locks almost instantly.
If you plan on using it as just stock, run the HoloBlur rom. Stock based with a custom kernel so you get the best of both worlds. Highly recommended over stock.
On stock, I was getting 4-8 hours of screen on time...4 with games, 8 with music/web browsing. I'm starting to get the same with the 4.2.2 custom roms. In another month I expect we'll have better battery with custom roms than we do with stock. This is all with the regular battery, double or triple those times for the Maxx battery.
We have really good standby battery drain. I'm to the point of maybe 1-3% an hour on standby. Maybe 6-8% overnight drain. I'll add that I don't turn gps off, have wifi set to start/stop with the screen (unless plugged into a charging source), and I run Greenify on the few apps I have that like to run heavily in the background (Chrome, just so you know, I'm talking about you).
If you do get an AHD, I'll let ya know that lots of us here are fanboys with Apple-level derpy-love for our phone --> and that was BEFORE the unlocked bootloader. The way we see it, we'd rather have a well build locked down phone than a crappy, plastic unlocked phone. A lot of us are also American and had a limited choice on what we could get when upgrading; And all the phones offered to us were the locked versions, its a no-brainer to pick the best built one when all are locked --> I'd be on a Sony Xperia T if AT&T would have offered me the unlocked version. Motorola phones have a bigger hacker community behind them so when both are locked, Motorola > Sony (glad I picked right).
Hello!
Go to red arrow in case you don't want to read my story
My phone broke a week ago(Xperia Z1) and Sony's customer service won't repair it because it was rooted and they will destroy it so I'm through with their bs lol
I looked up what phones I could get that had specs but there weren't many phones available, they seem to be able to sell anything with sh*tty specs here in Belgium xD
The moto X was one of the phones, the other phone was the oneplus one but even though it's a great device, my devices usually have hardware defects and need to be sent back and I've heard about the terrible customer service and I am not in the mood for bad customer service(Looking at you Sony!)
----> Now here is my question:
Love the specs, love how the device looks, storage is only 16gb but that shouldn't be an issue (XZ1 is also 16gb) but the ONLY thing steering me away from buying it is it's battery... because it is only 2300mAh I am really worried if it will last me a day! The AMOLED display should certainly help if you check the time often but I'm not sure about it!
How is the battery life guys, is it good on lollipop and to Custom ROM users: How is the battery life compared to stock, better, worse or about the same
My usage:
Basic apps like facebook, instagram, ...
Basic games like flappy bird, (I do not play games as GTA on my phone, I have a nexus 7 for that)
Lots and lots of music!
barely any calling
EDIT: If I buy a 4g device in Europe, what model will I get? (XT10..)
Thank you in advance for replying to my question!
Greetings,
noahvt
This is the wrong device for you, don't buy it. The battery life of this one isn't bad, but its only 2300mah, which is only enough to get from morning till evening on medium use. Expect about 3 to 3.5hrs screen on time.
People do not purchase Motorola devices for custom roms, because its already stock Android with some light, but useful customization. Most people who use Moto X do not install custom roms because it would lose those Motorola features. There are not many custom roms for it. Also there is more chance of permanently brick a Motorola if you don't know what you're doing. If you want custom roms, I suggest you get the upcoming Nexus phone this year.
I suggest looking at the two latest Moto X which will have better battery life. The flagship Moto X Style (3000mah), and the midrange Moto X Play (3630mah). They both have microSD card so you can store lots of media. This Moto X 2014 do not have microSD card.
You might be interested in the Moto G 3rd gen as well if you are not playing any heavy games. It's a budget phone, but with decent specs if you get the version with 2GB ram, have microSD and the battery life is supposed to last very long.
noahvt said:
How is the battery life guys, is it good on lollipop and to Custom ROM users: How is the battery life compared to stock, better, worse or about the same
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I normally go on the engadget battery tests to give a ball-park idea. The Moto X 2014 did about 10.5 hours of video usage, the Z1 gave "over 12" though they don't say how much over 12 it was.
Looking at that, it seems to depend how you rate the Z1 battery. If it's only just adequate then perhaps it might be best to look elsewhere. I find the battery OK to go from morning to bed time but I generally have quite low screen on time.
My normal usage is Spotify over bluetooth (perhaps 1.5 hours a day), text messages, web browsing, Viber messaging and a little Words with Friends. It generally results in 2 hours on screen time, and I'll make it to 11pm with 30% left. Also of note, that would be 80% on WiFi (I have good WiFi at home and work) and 20% 4G. Performance would vary a fair bit if it was the other way around.
Edit: this is stock lollipop.
Hi there, I have a little bugdet ( just $100) and I was considering to buy the R1 HD. Specifically the amazon ads version with 2gb Ram. However, I've heard from many people that blu devices are good on the first days of use, but after some months they tend to fail on software stuff. Causing things like unexpected reboots, data problems,etc... So what about the R1 HD? I really have a tight budget so there aren't many phones that I can't buy at this price range and by specs so far the R1 HD is the best one but... how reliable is it? how much time will it last? Plz can you help me? ( sorry if you can't understand my English )
David Márquez said:
Hi there, I have a little bugdet ( just $100) and I was considering to buy the R1 HD. Specifically the amazon ads version with 2gb Ram. However, I've heard from many people that blu devices are good on the first days of use, but after some months they tend to fail on software stuff. Causing things like unexpected reboots, data problems,etc... So what about the R1 HD? I really have a tight budget so there aren't many phones that I can't buy at this price range and by specs so far the R1 HD is the best one but... how reliable is it? how much time will it last? Plz can you help me? ( sorry if you can't understand my English )
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I have three first two since July (when they came out) And last one since December. And have been quite heavy on the use. No problems yet. I did brick one , but that was totally not any fault of the device, (I loaded unsigned rom, then locked bootloader, so was stuck in "un-trusted" state unable to boot)
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I have three first two since July (when they came out) And last one since December. And have been quite heavy on the use. No problems yet. I did brick one , but that was totally not any fault of the device, (I loaded unsigned rom, then locked bootloader, so was stuck in "un-trusted" state unable to boot)
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Thanks for answering Hmm, seems ok to me. I was thinking about rooting it and then getting rid of the amazon stuff, but I think I that I could brick it so I won't try it. Anyways, thanks now i'm sure that i'm going to buy it
Yeap it's good. Rooting and flashing isn't hard either if you follow rootjunkies youtube tutorials. If you're from Mexico it works well (I'm using Virgin Mobile).
I've had mine since they first came out in the summer and is still working great. Battery is doing fine, etc. Best $60 I have spent on technology.
Wow, guess I got a lemon.
I have been using the R1 HD Stock OEM for about 2 months now and to be honest, I was initially impressed, but the infatuation is over.
Problems I have had: battery drains when idle, all permissions on apps get reset every once in a while and battery optimization will cause system clock to stop and freeze. I should have stuck with Motorola brand for budget phone.