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I have had my Galaxy S for a bit over a week now and am pretty disappointed with the battery performance. Most days I take my battery off the charger at 7am and it reaches 15% low battery warning by 1-2pm. I do spend a fair amount of time reading XDA and listening to music. I'm currently running Stock JM1 firmware with no lagfixes.
Here's a list of my apps that I have installed:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/Lokhor/apps-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s
I am running JuiceDefender which I thought would make a big difference and does not. I have also set Tasker to change the Brightness level to 20 (below the safety threshold) when the battery reaches 50% or below, otherwise the brightness is at the minimum (30%).
I have heard that you need to condition the battery so I have been trying to do this but it doesn't seem to have had much effect. Today I used my phone only casually and it's currently at 22% after 12.5 hours. The battery use details show the following:
Display at 56% being on for 2h22m and 13s.
Cell Standby 18% Time on 9h21m, time without signal 13%
Phone Idle 7% Time on 7h33m
Android System 5% CPU usage 23m39s CPU foreground 24s
Android OS 3% CPU Usage 13m 27s
Is this normal? Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
Please help
I don't know what others are telling you about conditioning a LiIon battery but you don't have to. LiIon batteries don't suffer from what NiCad do. Some do suggest wearing the battery down to nil and then charging it up again. However, this is pretty bad for the battery and should not be done more than once every 30 cycles. With every LiIon battery I've ever owned I've either trickle charged it or charged it when it wasn't too low and they've all lasted over 3 years. I've never conditioned one.
Anyway, my advice to you is to see how long your battery lasts in standby. Mine could probably last 3 days or more if I don't bother it too much (with sync, wifi and all that good stuff). I find the worst contender for battery drain is the display. The only problem I see with your stats there is that I've played Asphalt5 for around an hour and a half which is quite heavy on juice and it only drains roughly 10%-15%. Then again you're browsing the web so maybe probably worse.
Oh, and when charging your phone, don't use the USB hooked up to a computer as it doesn't stop charging when it's full. Use the wall charger to charge.
no need to worry more
just get this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733705
lokhor said:
I have had my Galaxy S for a bit over a week now and am pretty disappointed with the battery performance. Most days I take my battery off the charger at 7am and it reaches 15% low battery warning by 1-2pm. I do spend a fair amount of time reading XDA and listening to music. I'm currently running Stock JM1 firmware with no lagfixes.
Here's a list of my apps that I have installed:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/Lokhor/apps-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s
I am running JuiceDefender which I thought would make a big difference and does not. I have also set Tasker to change the Brightness level to 20 (below the safety threshold) when the battery reaches 50% or below, otherwise the brightness is at the minimum (30%).
I have heard that you need to condition the battery so I have been trying to do this but it doesn't seem to have had much effect. Today I used my phone only casually and it's currently at 22% after 12.5 hours. The battery use details show the following:
Display at 56% being on for 2h22m and 13s.
Cell Standby 18% Time on 9h21m, time without signal 13%
Phone Idle 7% Time on 7h33m
Android System 5% CPU usage 23m39s CPU foreground 24s
Android OS 3% CPU Usage 13m 27s
Is this normal? Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
Please help
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I found that charging it whenever it was convenient instead of when it was low would result in a charge that lasted ~24 hours.
I've noticed significant increase in battery life since I started waiting for the 15% charge warning, plugging it in till it was full and then unplugging it. I get 2-3 days of use this way.
I also set my email to only sync between 6 AM and 11 PM. I believe this helps a lot as well.
since we are about this topic, check this out
How to spot fake battery vs. OEM battery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7953322
so if I'm listening to music during the day at work should I have my phone plugged into the wall charger or just let the battery run down?
Last night I took the charger off at midnight when it was full and when I woke up it had only dropped 5%. After reading my emails quickly it was at 93%.
it works fine either way
read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769208
I find leaving the brightness on automatic uses up loads of battery. Setting it to lowest seems to make the phone last 24hrs+
I also found that having beautiful widgets clock/weather installed used up a lot of battery for some reason.
I don't use weather because it has to sync every so often to update it which to me is a waste...I'll just look outside. I also leave brightness on the lowest setting wherever I am as the screen is already very bright (why waste battery?).
My experiences with my SGS have taught me to be conservative with its battery. Anytime you turn the screen on, you eat power like crazy. The best bet is to just top her off whenever the need arises. Personally, I have found that I'm fine just topping her off in the car when I'm driving, so that I start my work day at high 90's, and especially once I've got my morning browsing out of the way, I don't eat a big chunk of battery at any other time.
But yes, if you find you are running low, you can happily just take a half hour to charge from a USB port to give you an extra boost. Alternatively, spare batteries and so forth do the same thing, although it can be annoying if you don't have a charger that will do the phone and a spare battery at once.
im experimenting with apndroid now to turn of 3g then i dont specifacly need it. It comes with an on/off widget. Looks promising so far. 40% at 2300 hour and then i have used wifi a bit, played angry birds and talked for about 2 hours in total.
Hello,
after using JB since it was released for our Xperia T I noticed that the battery life is way different than on ICS. I can't tell if it's longer or shorter but the percentage drop differently. The most annoying thing is that after complete charge when I start to use my phone the battery drops from 100% to 99% even in 30 seconds. The next few percents drop in very short time (f.e. in 15 or 20 minutes battery drops to 90% or 85%) and then it drops slower. But still 4+ hours with the screen on is normal for me.
Do you have this issue with percentage too?
Yes its same for me...
Yep I'm the same mate. Not sure why though.
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One of the safety features implemented since Froyo (Correct me if I am wrong) is that when you leave the phone on charge after it hits 100% it no longer charges the phone, even though it reports that it is. This is to keep the battery in better health.
So, during this period the battery level can drop to around 95% so if you disconnect the phone during this time it will quickly drop the reported level.
Don't forget that the reported level is not an actual reading like a dipstick or reading the amount of liquid in a measuring jug, it is calculated quite differently and the reported level may not be accurate.
Yeah but on ICS my phone was in 100% of battery even for 10 minutes when I was still using it (9h+ when on deep sleep! I love .195 build...). Then it started to drop. I know it stops charging when it reach 100% but it still suck that after a minute the voltage drops from 4180 to 4010 and the battery drops really quick.
i own Xperia TX, and on JB totally different story happens to me!!!
when i fully charge the phone, it takes usually 2-3 hours in sleep mode, with VERY slight usage of just checking sms, to drop battery from 100% to 90%, but after that, it quickly drains, F.E when i leave the phone, in half an hour, 10% is lost between 60% to 50%!!!!
battery meter is crazy, as you said, it's not measured accurately, so don't pay attention to these numbers, just get use to time that it's USABLE
Battery percentage is just an estimate created by your system, they must have changed how this is handled. I've had some phones that stay on 100% for a long time then drop rapidly, then others have been more like yours. Its nothing to worry about
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It is impossible to measure the battery capacity perfectly. The energy from battery comes with chemical reaction and depends on some variables (temperature, charging and discharging speed, etc.).
And with each reboot, you add some inacurracy, because it's measured on system/kernel level (not running = no measuring).
Hi Guys,
I received my phone yesterday and from my initial review I see the following in the battery usage:
I am on Android 5.0.1, stock no root
1. The battery when charging from the turbo charger makes the phone hot at the bottom
2. There is a fluctuation in the charge being shown in the notification area. I started charging at 70% and suddenly the battery percentage dropped to 65%.
3. The battery is consumed much faster by the phone
[Q]
1. Anyone experiencing such issues?
2. Does disabling encryption facilitate a battery improvement. Some users have reported an increase in SOT in Google Plus forums when they disabled encryption.
I haven't faced any lags, neither any performance issues, the phone is super smooth and lovely.
lifeatabhi said:
Hi Guys,
I received my phone yesterday and from my initial review I see the following in the battery usage:
I am on Android 5.0.1, stock no root
1. The battery when charging from the turbo charger makes the phone hot at the bottom
2. There is a fluctuation in the charge being shown in the notification area. I started charging at 70% and suddenly the battery percentage dropped to 65%.
3. The battery is consumed much faster by the phone
[Q]
1. Anyone experiencing such issues?
2. Does disabling encryption facilitate a battery improvement. Some users have reported an increase in SOT in Google Plus forums when they disabled encryption.
I haven't faced any lags, neither any performance issues, the phone is super smooth and lovely.
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Phone gets warm when charging. That's normal and likely due to the increased amperage with the quick charging. I've never had the random percentage drops. And my phone battery lasts a long time. Currently 75% battery and 2h 15 mins screen on time. Decrypting will help battery life just by the nature of encryption. How much though hasn't yet been shown.
is there any battery drain issue with note 5 on MM or auto shut off at certain % ?
as far as I can tell it doesnt auto-shut itself down at a certain %. I dont really get it to 0%, but I had to see how long it would last and so I drained it till 0% with no issues.
however the battery life on MM isnt too good, I mean I can get to about 4 - 4,5 hours of screen on time, but if I turn on the wifi router it goes down drastically.
one thing you should try is turning off the google location history.
12 hours Standby Drain at 0.7% per hour
My 1 year old Note5 Duos has no major issues with battery so far.
12 hours Standby Drain at 0.7% per hour
Ive read that the autoshutdown is builtin to avoid further issue. though on the batt drain, i have the same issue. can you check if you encounter the same with 3g or wifi. supposedly the known issue with the MM upgrade is on the 4g/LTE connection. it would overheat and batterydrains quickly. 100% to 15% in less than 30mins
Hi All
I bought Nokia 7 Plus yesterday and set it up, but the battery drain so fast. I left my phone to sleep with wifi on throughout my sleep it drains 10% with just pushing notifications from FB, like everytime I will get FB Notifications and not open it it will drain 1% of the battery.
Remove fb and see magic
U just answered to your question. It's not the phone, it's just crappy facebook app.
Facebook Lite is the way to go if you need FB, I think - normal version eats battery a lot, and I'm not sure if that will be fixed at all - seems like they don't care.
If you have to use Facebook, use Facebook lite or alternative apps like Friendly.
Hi, I got Nokia 7 Plus yesterday and started using it today. Initially with the battery percentage came with package, battery draining was slow. After doing first charging from 21% to 100%, battery is draining too fast. It is common for some batteries and takes some charging cycles to get battery optimized. If battery draining is happening too fast even after 3 to 5 charging cycles then there would be some fault with battery.
glimaru said:
Hi All
I bought Nokia 7 Plus yesterday and set it up, but the battery drain so fast. I left my phone to sleep with wifi on throughout my sleep it drains 10% with just pushing notifications from FB, like everytime I will get FB Notifications and not open it it will drain 1% of the battery.
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I got my phone day before yesterday & its now running Android 8.1 with the May security patch. Since the time of use, I've charged my phone only twice & both times charged it up to 100%. I feel the batter is draining. Please have a look at the screenshots and let me know if the battery consumption is fine or its draining fast. The battery dropped by 1% in 4 mins of the phone being idle with the display closed. Also the stock camera app is consuming a lot of battery.
I can confirm a very hard drain, too. No way to reach 7-10 hours of usage.
i'm getting about 5-5.5 hours of sot with moderate usage... Checked the app usage..where it shows PUBG used 12% battery in 38 min, 45 min of youtube drain 8% 26min Instagram drain 5%...I don't use fb much on phone when needed i mainly use fb lite... .i don't use auto brightness. so my brightness level is always 45%.. in overnight( well it's like 5-6 hours) battery percentage dropped 4%.. Wifi is always on and GPS is always on high accuracy.. in power saver 19 apps are allowed for background activity...
Battery drain
I just purchased my phone yesterday and used it for some time. I put it on charging at around 20% and didn't use it until full charge. After it got completely charged and then I just used it for few mins it went down 100% to 95% very fast; later after few mins I started suffering net and did misc stuff for about an hour it went down to 85%. Next morning I saw the battery % was 81%. Is this normal? I mean how can it last for 2 day as the company claimed. Aslo I am android 8.1.0
Sanjay996 said:
I just purchased my phone yesterday and used it for some time. I put it on charging at around 20% and didn't use it until full charge. After it got completely charged and then I just used it for few mins it went down 100% to 95% very fast; later after few mins I started suffering net and did misc stuff for about an hour it went down to 85%. Next morning I saw the battery % was 81%. Is this normal? I mean how can it last for 2 day as the company claimed. Aslo I am android 8.1.0
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This has been a comman issue with Nokia 7 plus, including me. My battery had high discharge rates in both Oreo and Pie. However, post March security update, I am seeing some good battery life. I would also suggest to update to Pie and update Device Health from Play Store. Hope it works out for you.
try letting the battery drain to 0% then charging it to 100
TA1062 with build 00WW_3_51F here.
Before the march update, the phone could last for almost 2 days with moderate usage.
After the march update, I barely have 5 hours of standby time, and like 2 hour of usage time. This is crazy ! Not heating, but also randomly shuts down while it says like 65% remaining battery. I haven't changed anything else !!!
Does anyone have any idea how to improve this ?
dragardien said:
TA1062 with build 00WW_3_51F here.
Before the march update, the phone could last for almost 2 days with moderate usage.
After the march update, I barely have 5 hours of standby time, and like 2 hour of usage time. This is crazy ! Not heating, but also randomly shuts down while it says like 65% remaining battery. I haven't changed anything else !!!
Does anyone have any idea how to improve this ?
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Do a factory reset