Battery Life for you Heavy Users

[jebise101]

I know another battery life thread, but I want to know what battery life people get that are heavy users. What i mean by heavy is people that play games for an hour, watch videos, surf the web, music, download, calls, text. Things that would drain the battery quick and because the screen is on.

On a regular day I mostly text get about 1.5 hours of music and 2 hours of video/game. I don't play games all that much just watch videos during my breaks, surf the web allot and download small files. I have always kept WiFi and GPS enabled on all my android devices.

I had the SGS for 2 days and noticed it only lasts about 12 hours, my previous phone (hTC Raider) with the same usage would last about 14 - 16 hours.

What do you guys get? somewhat disappointed with the battery.

 

[Eddie Bombay]

4 to 6 hrs screen time.


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[I_FLY_Z3R0]

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[dirrtyswan]

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Hey I Fly, what setup are you using? rom/kernel/CPU governors

That's way better battery life than me.

 

[I_FLY_Z3R0]

Hey I Fly, what setup are you using? rom/kernel/CPU governors

That's way better battery life than me.

Blazer rom. Nothing else. No CPU governors, nothing else flashed.

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[TrinitYPL]

I'm getting anywhere from 10-15hrs. Everything stock. Heavy use with phone calls. Bluetooth streaming. SiriusXM playing and about 50-100 texts a day.

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[swindillon]

i got 15-20, maybe 20-30 minutes of talk, 100-200 texts, 2-4 hours of browsing the web, 2-4 hours of facebook, 1 hour of mail. i was getting 10-15 before i installed cpu sleeper. the phone last much longer with it installed.

 

[trueking7]

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[vdub804]

I'm averaging 4hrs30mins of screen time brightness on 100

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[OnceAMatrixMan]

I am suddenly getting a lot of wake locks. Can someone please suggest an app to track them down? I had one on my previous phone that was impossible to read. Thanks!!

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[chrisbass]

Try "better battery stats" in the play store. gives a lot of helpful info

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[bubba222]

*deleted - found the answer*

 

[jebise101]

@ I_FLY_Z3R0

That's impressive I may have to check out that ROM. It funny how you guys get around 16 hours and i only get 12 I wonder what it is?

I'm starting to remove bloat and hopefully that will improve my battery, will post back at the end of the day.

 

[elosogrande7076]

Out of curiousity is everyone on a custom rom, is anyone on a stock rom and getting these numbers (I apologize if i missed this but i dont think i saw it). Im rooted but still stock on sprint and I am getting about 8 hours. I have about 4 gmail accounts sync, 4 groupme accounts sync, gps and wifi enabled. I typically lower my brightness unless im outside or in a hard to read area....any ideas? I was really ok with not trying custom roms but if i can double my battery life by doing so i might reconsider....I was on the OG Evo before and flashed like crazy to get better battery life but no matter what others said they got, I only got 5-6 hours on similar setup that i just mentioned.

 

[devilchrist]

I'm testing my phone to make sure it lasts me my heavy day. Coming from GNEX i have to make sure that it's worth $600 i just paid.

now i'm getting 5 hours of talk time + 3 hours screen time (auto) + 20-50 text/emails. this is with power saver setting without CPU max limit.

and at the end of day (8PM) i have around 18 hours on batt, and 20% left.

Hope that helps.

 

[jdbeitz]

This was extreme usage. Audio constantly playing and tethering on most of the time.

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[dirrtyswan]

@ I_FLY_Z3R0

That's impressive I may have to check out that ROM. It funny how you guys get around 16 hours and i only get 12 I wonder what it is?

I'm starting to remove bloat and hopefully that will improve my battery, will post back at the end of the day.

Judging from the fact that he's on Blazer rom (I used to have a GSII), I'm assuming he's on sprint. Assuming he's on Sprint, I'm assuming he does not have LTE in his area yet. This could account for the huge difference in how long the phone lasts overall.

Being on AT&Ts LTE, I can get around 4 hours of on screen time and 15 hrs overall of medium use.

 

[knightblaze]

Here are mine. Mostly idle, lots of reading(Game of Thrones books, awweesome!), emails (all work related) and light gaming. 5% left after 20 hours, almost 4 1/2 hours screen time. I am running stock rom, rooted and I debloated a bit(few pre-installed apps, gmail, email, etc as I use other apps for those needs).

Uptime 5% left on battery.

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Screen Time

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[Babydollll]

And, this is with my secondary (stock) battery....
The original one that came with the phone is even better....I need to get more recent screenies for that one though...
Throwing bricks since 2008.....and proud of it.

 

[Boss Daddy]

Battery life is awesome on this phone!

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