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Help Anyone else having short battery life on your Razr? - POST HERE
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Chi-TownTx
Well-Known Member
Well it's only been a day so hard to tell but it's already better than my rooted droid charge.
Been messing with it most the day trying to test it out. Screen 100%, been on 4G all day, sent a few texts, did some emails, browsed the web a lot, watched a couple news videos but haven't had to make a phone call yet today so not sure on talk time drain. The smart actions is very cool for auto kicking in to shut things down and squeeze out that extra bit of battery juice. Works very well. Overall so far it was excellent. Just got home from a 10 hour shift and was at 20%.
The one really cool thing about the phone that i have noticed is the charge time. It takes around 45 minutes to charge the RAZR from 20% to full power (via wall plug). So i am guessing an hour from 1% to full. I am amazed at how fast this phone charges.
Been messing with it most the day trying to test it out. Screen 100%, been on 4G all day, sent a few texts, did some emails, browsed the web a lot, watched a couple news videos but haven't had to make a phone call yet today so not sure on talk time drain. The smart actions is very cool for auto kicking in to shut things down and squeeze out that extra bit of battery juice. Works very well. Overall so far it was excellent. Just got home from a 10 hour shift and was at 20%.
The one really cool thing about the phone that i have noticed is the charge time. It takes around 45 minutes to charge the RAZR from 20% to full power (via wall plug). So i am guessing an hour from 1% to full. I am amazed at how fast this phone charges.
trophynuts
Extreme Android User
yeah the first five days of a new phone shouldn't be considered for battery skepticism lol
CasKirensys
Newbie
Will there be a big change to battery life after five days?
Chi-TownTx
Well-Known Member
Normally it gets a little better (in my experience) but i suppose it could go either way. The first 5 days are always considered the break in period for the battery.
Szadzik
Extreme Android User
1. If you have a new phone you play with it more than normal as youtry to set it up.
2. The battery still needs a few more charge/ discharge cycles to come to its full capacity (I do not mean full charge/ discharge, jus a few hours on the charger a few times).
3. It greatly depends on the coverage you get. If you only get 2 out of 4 bars for example, battery is going to get drained more, nothing new here.
2. The battery still needs a few more charge/ discharge cycles to come to its full capacity (I do not mean full charge/ discharge, jus a few hours on the charger a few times).
3. It greatly depends on the coverage you get. If you only get 2 out of 4 bars for example, battery is going to get drained more, nothing new here.
CasKirensys
Newbie
Well it needs to improve, I'm on 20% with 7hr and 30 mins use. No 4G either, only 3G.
This right here. I'm already charging and hoping it doesn't take long because I want to show it off to the family when I go over later. But as for the battery life, I was using it pretty heavily in school today downloading apps, browsing the web, and texting. And a lot of my web browsing and downloads were on wi-fi which I heard drains the battery faster than normal. So I guess it might get better if it really doesn't get full capacity until after a couple charges.
DanDroide
Android Enthusiast
Thanks I appreciate all your inputs!
Martimus
One bite at a time...
Typically I would think that WiFi should reduce battery drain... not increase it!
Powersurge
Member
What amperage does the stock charger deliver ?
infamousjax
Well-Known Member
Let me clarify a couple things:
1. Li-Ion batteries cannot be conditioned. Their maximum performance occurs on day 1 that the battery is used. After that, the battery begins to deteriorate, slowly. There is no "break-in" period.
2. Keeping WiFi on does actually increase battery life as it picks up the device's data usage instead of using the 3G/4G radio -- which drains the battery faster than WiFi.
I suggest going into the Wireless advanced settings (settings->WiFi->menu button->advanced settings) and changing the WiFi sleep state to "always on". If you are around a WiFi network, definitely use it.
I would also suggest downloading the system panel app to help map your battery life as it has excellent battery usage charts and will narrow down which, if any, rogue application is draining your battery.
Good luck!
1. Li-Ion batteries cannot be conditioned. Their maximum performance occurs on day 1 that the battery is used. After that, the battery begins to deteriorate, slowly. There is no "break-in" period.
2. Keeping WiFi on does actually increase battery life as it picks up the device's data usage instead of using the 3G/4G radio -- which drains the battery faster than WiFi.
I suggest going into the Wireless advanced settings (settings->WiFi->menu button->advanced settings) and changing the WiFi sleep state to "always on". If you are around a WiFi network, definitely use it.
I would also suggest downloading the system panel app to help map your battery life as it has excellent battery usage charts and will narrow down which, if any, rogue application is draining your battery.
Good luck!
Personally I am coming off a dinc2 - the phone in my hand is a little to big for a 4.3 phone and the battery life is terrible - I just went on a business trip with it and I am going to get the rezound or nexus - greet design but too big and battery life is not good - if I left my home at 12pm for a football game and got back at 5 I think I would go dead at 4pm - i am going to test it sunday - i live in a 4lte area
Good concept great design but rather have 2-4 hrs more battery life
Good concept great design but rather have 2-4 hrs more battery life
infamousjax
Well-Known Member
The Razr has a bigger battery life than both the Nexus and the Rezound. I suggest you follow the tips I posted above your post.
DanDroide
Android Enthusiast
Thanks... I look forward to reading your report!
CasKirensys
Newbie
What screen brightness are you guys using? Since that is using the vast majority of the battery, I suppose we should share that. I'm at about 40-50%
KOBasinger
Member
auto-brightness....but anything under 30 should be good..
havent got a chance to use a full battery ..got the phone today and it had a half charged battery when i got it and it lasted a few hours with some use
I got my phone at 12:30 at 30%. charged it for about an hour up to 70%. Worked 2-10, sending a bunch of text/pic messages (to 14 people) and by 10:05 when I was in my car, I was around 37%.
I'm in the cooler cutting meat/out front helping people, in the freezer grabbing things, on and on and on. That has to hurt the battery because the signal comes in and out so much.
I'm happy, so far. Its at 100% right now (circle battery widget), I'm going to start changing the phone to how I like.
BTW, why does the phone say charged, while on the charger but the widget will say something different?
I'm in the cooler cutting meat/out front helping people, in the freezer grabbing things, on and on and on. That has to hurt the battery because the signal comes in and out so much.
I'm happy, so far. Its at 100% right now (circle battery widget), I'm going to start changing the phone to how I like.
BTW, why does the phone say charged, while on the charger but the widget will say something different?
sean76
Android Expert
shadrap
Android Enthusiast
Learned my lesson with the Bionic. 4G I use on demand. So, I leave it off unless I use for downloading or browsing.
I just wished I could get Smart Cast to control that.
I too came from the bionic, and I am loving the razr battery so far! I unplugged yesterday at 7 am and I sync 3 email accounts, text, call, and my battery was at 20%... But not until 8pm! I live in Cleveland which I have constant 4g....maybe weak 4g signals are causing issues because this or my bionic never used 3g ever.and this battery is stronger than bionics for sure.
I'm actually at around 20% and I can see it outside and colors aren't messed up like some people were saying. The screen doesn't turn green like I'd been hearing about unless it pulls an option thing up and then the stuff behind it goes green but that's not that bad.
rushmore
Extreme Android User
How would anyone know? Two of the devices are not even out and about yet and the Razr was just released. My guess is all three devices will have similar battery life and some owners will simply believe what they want.
rushmore
Extreme Android User
Considering the devices have the same guts (per a tear down) and the main difference is a 20% higher clock on the Razr that is mainly offset due to a dimmer output display. Seems the Bionic and Razr would be close to the same or the Razr a little more power hungry.
Usage is so subjective, but at least you are comparing your own usage habits, which is the most relative use of all
Added: Want a good test how good the battery is? Go to Dailymotion and stream a one hour long video in 4G and THEN see how good the battery is doing. That would be an equalizer for all current LTE devices, since tests radio and battery drain from cpu/gpu load.