iBleedBlackNgold
Android Enthusiast
with 36 hrs are u sure your using the device ? lol damn that's good
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Battery Life Thread
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EmoTonyB
Android Enthusiast
right? thats why i listed all the radios i have off and the sync times to apps.
Battery Indicator from the market is much better IMO. It doesnt use any CPU from what the developer says and stays in the upper left corner of your notifications toolbar. Battery widget is a running widget which will pull power as it refreshes.
So you know GPS uses far less than using wireless networks to get your location. You can leave GPS on and that wont use any power until it is needed and therefore used. I also believe you take it a little to far on some of the settings like saying turning off vibrate. In my experience Vibrate doesnt use any extra power as I have mine set to 4500 Msec's in Handcent which is 4+ solid seconds of vibrating and use heptic feedback. I also think turning off word prediction is a little overboard as it doesnt use much cpu at all. I was able to get 49 hours out of my phone using both those settings.
boteman
Member
The GPS radio(s) do indeed consume electrical power to receive the satellites, but far less than the 3G or 4G transmitter does to transpond with the cell site and tell it to send the latest map graphics to plot your updated position. Turning off GPS will cause your phone to consume less battery than leaving GPS turned on.
The vibrator is a tiny motor that spins an eccentric wheel. Motors consume relatively high current to spin up so I would recommend not using vibrate mode and haptic feedback unless it is necessary to do so. Leaving it on just because it is the default would not be my first choice.
I do agree to a point with the others who wonder why have a fancy smart phone if you're going to turn off all the fanciness? Or never make a phone call? You can be prudent in your battery consumption without turning the phone into an expensive battery carrying case.
My biggest battery waster is forgetting to turn off wifi when I leave work. I motor down the road, and sit at traffic lights or jams while that radio goes nuts trying to sort out any known wireless access points. 
Worse is that long commute when 3G is on, updating all of things I don't care about when driving.
Worse is that long commute when 3G is on, updating all of things I don't care about when driving.
noobs
Newbie
You didn't use any apps at all? At least not according to those screenshots. My battery usage always shows my browser and any app I have used. Usually they are the lowest percent of everything.
Granted I didnt use the phone as I normally do because I wanted to see how long she would last on light normal use (still taking phone calls, texts checking email etc.) I did talk on the phone for atleast an hour and a half over those 2 days as well as downloaded (100 mb DL on 4G) and listened to around 1.5 to 2 hours of howard stern. 50 or 60 text messages etc. The apps don't always show up under battery usage as I know that doggcatcher and The Underground apps weren't there as well as Mail. I only had 5.5 hours uptime out of 48 hours so yes my phone was not used all that much.
Do you listen to the entire Stern show? I was wondering if the battery would hold up to 5 hours or more of the Sirius app...
Usually when I am at work, for the whole eight hours, i will listen to the whole Howard Stern show on the Sirius app, maybe listen to a couple of the Adam Carolla Podcast's on stitcher or one on there and then the other on my music player, plus a loveline or two. Something of that combo, the whole Howard Stern and a mix of Adam Carolla and Loveline...
I can do this my whole shift, with some heavy browsing on my break and in my cubicle when no one is around a text or two a maybe a call.
and get home with a little life left to throw it on the charger without it dying on me.
I can do this my whole shift, with some heavy browsing on my break and in my cubicle when no one is around a text or two a maybe a call.
and get home with a little life left to throw it on the charger without it dying on me.
openwide11
Lurker
New Shift owner. Battery miserable. I returned an Epic 4g for the same reason. First day out of the box dead at 2 pm after using phone for 45 miutes. Light texting and checking stocks around 5 times per hour. Not sure how some of you guys get two days out of one charge but would appreciate any advise. If not, I may be going "backberry".
boteman
Member
New Shift owner. Battery miserable. First day out of the box dead at 2 pm after using phone for 45 miutes. Light texting and checking stocks around 5 times per hour. Not sure how some of you guys get two days out of one charge but would appreciate any advise. If not, I may be going "backberry".
Did you follow the instructions to charge fully before first use? "out of the box" indicates that you didn't.
Batteries are shipped with a light charge on them, plus lithium-ion batteries do not hold charge on the shelf. Who knows how long your phone box was sitting around before you opened it?
openwide11
Lurker
So what do I do now? I"m assuming the battery should last more than 5 hurs with light use.
daft69996
Lurker
So far I'm at 30% charge
Up Time: 43:04:45
Awake Time 6:05:21
what has been using my battery;
voice calls 33%
Display 33%
standby 15%
idle 14%
android system 3%
android os 2%
tank hero, solitaires, Facebook, texting, some internet, few hours on phone calls
Have done 3 bump charges so far (one a week)
haven't rooted yet, don't want to brick it
edit:
@5% charge I got
Up Time: 54:36:45
Awake Time 11:25:21
what has been using my battery;
standby 35%
Display 28%
voice calls 23%
idle 12%
android system 2%
*2d6h36m22s since unplugged
Up Time: 43:04:45
Awake Time 6:05:21
what has been using my battery;
voice calls 33%
Display 33%
standby 15%
idle 14%
android system 3%
android os 2%
tank hero, solitaires, Facebook, texting, some internet, few hours on phone calls
Have done 3 bump charges so far (one a week)
haven't rooted yet, don't want to brick it
edit:
@5% charge I got
Up Time: 54:36:45
Awake Time 11:25:21
what has been using my battery;
standby 35%
Display 28%
voice calls 23%
idle 12%
android system 2%
*2d6h36m22s since unplugged
On my three day old Evo Shift 4G (First android device for me)
Unrooted, 4g off, GPS/3G/Wifi on.
I just hit 30% and it says
1day 6hr 31 minutes 29s since unplugged.
37% display
25% voice calls (1h 55minutes)
19% android system
8% cell standby
7% phone idle
4% Wifi
The only thing I don't see on here is angry birds and my camera/email. I've sent and received at least one hundred emails and 50 text messages + played about an hour of angry birds. I assumed apps would show up on the list but I don't see them. Just what's listed.
Unrooted, 4g off, GPS/3G/Wifi on.
I just hit 30% and it says
1day 6hr 31 minutes 29s since unplugged.
37% display
25% voice calls (1h 55minutes)
19% android system
8% cell standby
7% phone idle
4% Wifi
The only thing I don't see on here is angry birds and my camera/email. I've sent and received at least one hundred emails and 50 text messages + played about an hour of angry birds. I assumed apps would show up on the list but I don't see them. Just what's listed.
toddpedersen
Well-Known Member
I believe there are some free location based wi-fi on/off programs, but I know JuiceDefender is free and works great for saving battery life. If you pay $3? or so for Ultimate Juice, that gives you the Location Based Wi-Fi as part of JuiceDefender.
My biggest battery waster is forgetting to turn off wifi when I leave work. I motor down the road, and sit at traffic lights or jams while that radio goes nuts trying to sort out any known wireless access points.
kiddk1
Android Enthusiast
then there is something serioiusly wrong, most people here are getting more than a days worth. If the phone is less than 30 days old go back and get a new one. Also I used battery doctor from the beginning and I beleive that helped.
shellyevo4g
Lurker
I'm not a heavy user, but I found this process and tried it, it works as my phone battery is now lasting almost twice as long. I think it trains the phone on battery consumption as I bought a second battery and that one is performing as well as the first without having to repeat the same procedure. Give it a try!
1) Turn your device ON and charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF
4) Charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double
1) Turn your device ON and charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF
4) Charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double
toddpedersen
Well-Known Member
I am sure by now you have either read about, or personally experienced the fact that it takes 3 or 4 charges and discharges of a brand new battery to break it in before you can even begin to complain about the battery life being bad.
New Shift owner. Battery miserable. I returned an Epic 4g for the same reason. First day out of the box dead at 2 pm after using phone for 45 miutes. Light texting and checking stocks around 5 times per hour. Not sure how some of you guys get two days out of one charge but would appreciate any advise. If not, I may be going "backberry".