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Battery life
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How long does it take your phone to charge?
My OG droid could go from no battery to full charge in about an hour. That was awesome. This thing takes a full 4-5 hours to get 100% charged.
Is this normal? I guess they were worried about a hot phone with rapid charging capabilities being used on such a thin design.
My OG droid could go from no battery to full charge in about an hour. That was awesome. This thing takes a full 4-5 hours to get 100% charged.
Is this normal? I guess they were worried about a hot phone with rapid charging capabilities being used on such a thin design.
My OG droid could go from no battery to full charge in about an hour. That was awesome. This thing takes a full 4-5 hours to get 100% charged.
Is this normal? I guess they were worried about a hot phone with rapid charging capabilities being used on such a thin design.
Are you using the charger AND cable that came with the phone?
Are you using the charger AND cable that came with the phone?
Yes. Plugged it in at 10 pm last night and was only 40% charged when I went to bed at 12.
The D1 has a much smaller battery, so naturally the charge will be less.
I had short battery with my Razr too. Heres a tip that worked for me: completely drain the battery 2-3 times, then give it a full charge. By the 3rd time you will see a significant improvement on your battery life. Mine last all day with heavy to moderate use.......
I had short battery with my Razr too. Heres a tip that worked for me: completely drain the battery 2-3 times, then give it a full charge. By the 3rd time you will see a significant improvement on your battery life. Mine last all day with heavy to moderate use.......
Unplugged from full charge 16 hours ago. Have made three texts, two calls (one for 20 minutes), one email. We had a tornado warning with severe weather (Montgomery) with everyone told to get into central hallways. I had the active weather radar on for 45 minutes. It now has 70% battery life left. More than enough for how I use the phone. Have depleted and recharged twice and will do so a few more times.
Unplugged from full charge 16 hours ago. Have made three texts, two calls (one for 20 minutes), one email. We had a tornado warning with severe weather (Montgomery) with everyone told to get into central hallways. I had the active weather radar on for 45 minutes. It now has 70% battery life left. More than enough for how I use the phone. Have depleted and recharged twice and will do so a few more times.
That's incredible, I'm assuming with smart actions, right? (I read the entire thread, but don't pay much attention to the usernames)
MonkeyMouth
Member
My display is at 2%
The OS system isn't even listed since it's so small.
But my Media is at 88%!!! What gives. Battery can't last 6hrs due to this. I haven't added any Facebook to my accounts. Just the separate app. Any suggestions.
Sent from my DROID RAZR
The OS system isn't even listed since it's so small.
But my Media is at 88%!!! What gives. Battery can't last 6hrs due to this. I haven't added any Facebook to my accounts. Just the separate app. Any suggestions.
Sent from my DROID RAZR
montanaram
New Member
Battery is still a big question. Have played Anderson smart actions calibrated the battery and still battery has short life. Maybe 4 -5 he's with moderate use. Any other suggestions.
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rockdocaxnjxn
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[FONT=georgia,serif]I've been concerned about the battery life on the Razr, and have been reading these posts fairly consistently. My battery life seemed initially poor - blitzed out in about 6 hours after a full charge, but on the first day of use = screen on virtually all the time as I downloaded apps and configured the phone, and sampled all of the features, including the energy-hogging heavy 4G use items. I subsequently went through the battery meter conditioning routine two cycles in a row - run to zero, then uninterrupted continuous full charge to 100 %. All of this occurred over the weekend of 11/10-13.[/FONT][FONT=georgia,serif]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]Following this, I set up several of the smart actions, basically using one of them for virtually any circumstance in which I would find myself throughout the day, and used the phone as I regularly would during my usual work day. I also deleted any widgets which access the web all the time, and cut back on the frequency that my phone updated the weather settings, etc. During the work day, once removed from the charger in the morning, I didn't charge the phone up, and just let it run down as I used it. I have WiFi both at home and at work, via which I accessed the web and g-mail (cellular data disabled in smart actions, except when I am out and about in the car). When out and about, I leave the cellular access at 3G unless I need to download quickly, at which time I turn on the 4G. So far there have been very few instances when I actually needed 4G speeds. (Additionally, this device seems to interact at 3G much quicker than did my Droid 2 - could it be the faster processors can handle the in-streaming data more readily ??)[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]This morning, I unplugged at 8:00 with battery at 100% and drove to work. I used the phone intermittently during the day to place and receive calls, review my pushed g-mail messages (including reviewing attachments and looking at embedded links on the web), and accessed the web several times to do searches and look up items. I also have several databases on my phone that I access regularly. By lunch time, I was at 70% - not bad for 1/2 a work day. By 5 PM, I was at 50%, at which time I headed off to a meeting. The meeting was fairly boring, and I spent about 20-30 minutes surreptitiously surfing the web via WiFi. By the end of the 1.5 hour meeting, I was at 40%.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]It is now 9:40 PM, over 13 hours since I unplugged from the charger, and since coming home I've checked my g-mail, and looked at Facebook for the last 30 minutes (WiFi) - I'm at 30% (battery voltage 3728 mV). This is WAY better than I got with my Droid 2, which was much slower accessing the web at 3G, and would have been out of juice by 5 PM with a typical day's use. The device also handles high bandwidth streaming efficiently. The other night, I watched TV on slingbox for about 20 minutes, then watched an hour of a movie streaming on Netflix, after which the battery had dropped only 10%[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]At first, I was disappointed with the battery life on this device, but now, after learning how to maximized the smart actions, it's great - more than enough juice to last a full work day, and I'm not giving anything up in terms of speed or functionality. This phone is fast and has a beautiful screen. It is true that things seem to improve after the first few days, with normalization of usage patterns, and with settling in of the battery meter accuracy. I definitely believe it is of value to condition the meter as described above.. Lastly, the smart actions really seem to result in having readily available the features you need, while eliminating the energy-wasting features you don't need. My advise; spend some time carefully setting up smart actions for your work and home situations, and then tweak them as you use them to maximize your battery life.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]I'll report back when I have more information.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]Following this, I set up several of the smart actions, basically using one of them for virtually any circumstance in which I would find myself throughout the day, and used the phone as I regularly would during my usual work day. I also deleted any widgets which access the web all the time, and cut back on the frequency that my phone updated the weather settings, etc. During the work day, once removed from the charger in the morning, I didn't charge the phone up, and just let it run down as I used it. I have WiFi both at home and at work, via which I accessed the web and g-mail (cellular data disabled in smart actions, except when I am out and about in the car). When out and about, I leave the cellular access at 3G unless I need to download quickly, at which time I turn on the 4G. So far there have been very few instances when I actually needed 4G speeds. (Additionally, this device seems to interact at 3G much quicker than did my Droid 2 - could it be the faster processors can handle the in-streaming data more readily ??)[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]This morning, I unplugged at 8:00 with battery at 100% and drove to work. I used the phone intermittently during the day to place and receive calls, review my pushed g-mail messages (including reviewing attachments and looking at embedded links on the web), and accessed the web several times to do searches and look up items. I also have several databases on my phone that I access regularly. By lunch time, I was at 70% - not bad for 1/2 a work day. By 5 PM, I was at 50%, at which time I headed off to a meeting. The meeting was fairly boring, and I spent about 20-30 minutes surreptitiously surfing the web via WiFi. By the end of the 1.5 hour meeting, I was at 40%.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]It is now 9:40 PM, over 13 hours since I unplugged from the charger, and since coming home I've checked my g-mail, and looked at Facebook for the last 30 minutes (WiFi) - I'm at 30% (battery voltage 3728 mV). This is WAY better than I got with my Droid 2, which was much slower accessing the web at 3G, and would have been out of juice by 5 PM with a typical day's use. The device also handles high bandwidth streaming efficiently. The other night, I watched TV on slingbox for about 20 minutes, then watched an hour of a movie streaming on Netflix, after which the battery had dropped only 10%[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]At first, I was disappointed with the battery life on this device, but now, after learning how to maximized the smart actions, it's great - more than enough juice to last a full work day, and I'm not giving anything up in terms of speed or functionality. This phone is fast and has a beautiful screen. It is true that things seem to improve after the first few days, with normalization of usage patterns, and with settling in of the battery meter accuracy. I definitely believe it is of value to condition the meter as described above.. Lastly, the smart actions really seem to result in having readily available the features you need, while eliminating the energy-wasting features you don't need. My advise; spend some time carefully setting up smart actions for your work and home situations, and then tweak them as you use them to maximize your battery life.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]I'll report back when I have more information.[/FONT]
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Great write-up rock, thanks for sharing your experience in such detail. If you are up for it when you report back, a list of the smart actions that you use would be great. I imagine you use the same ones posted by others in this thread, but I'm curious how smart actions knows when you are are in the car, wifi cut out? I don't want to use gps if possible.
So here are my 2 cents with a few tests I did on battery life. Smart Actions vs. Turning off 4G.
Test 1 - At the beginning of my day as soon as I unplugged my phone, I switched off 4G. By end of day I still had 75-80% battery life left...very impressed!
Test 2 - Next day I did the same thing except I left 4G on and enabled the Battery Extender under Smart Actions. I added a few more actions like Turning off WiFi/Bluetooth. By end of day I had 50% battery left.
So overall, at least for me, I was better off simply turning off 4G. I like the idea of Smart Actions, but the only drawback is waiting for data to get established when you wake up the phone and 4G is just simply an energy hog.
Test 1 - At the beginning of my day as soon as I unplugged my phone, I switched off 4G. By end of day I still had 75-80% battery life left...very impressed!
Test 2 - Next day I did the same thing except I left 4G on and enabled the Battery Extender under Smart Actions. I added a few more actions like Turning off WiFi/Bluetooth. By end of day I had 50% battery left.
So overall, at least for me, I was better off simply turning off 4G. I like the idea of Smart Actions, but the only drawback is waiting for data to get established when you wake up the phone and 4G is just simply an energy hog.
rockdocaxnjxn
New Member
Great write-up rock, thanks for sharing your experience in such detail. If you are up for it when you report back, a list of the smart actions that you use would be great. I imagine you use the same ones posted by others in this thread, but I'm curious how smart actions knows when you are are in the car, wifi cut out? I don't want to use gps if possible.
[FONT=georgia,serif]I have basically 5 arenas: Home, Car, Work, WebTop, and "Out & About". [/FONT][FONT=georgia,serif]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]For Home and Work I have smart actions for each of on charger or off charger (2 separate smart actions for each). These are triggered by the WiFi logons in these two arenas, and secondarily whether or not the phone is on a charger.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]For the Car and WebTop, I have the unique Bluetooth connection be the trigger. The Car also has 2 separate smart actions for each of charging or not charging status.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]For Out & About, I use the time of day, basically 8AM - 12MN, as the default which comes into play when all other smart actions don't apply (i.e. not logged on to home or work WiFi, car or WebTop Bluetooth).[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]For Actions, basically they're all quite similar, but with individual tweaks. Basically, I turn everything off I don't need. When on WiFi, I don't need cellular data , GPS, or Bluetooth. In the Car, I activate Cellular data, but deactivate WiFi, and if on car charger, I activate GPS. When on charger, I activate Background Sync regardless of the arena, but deactivate it when I'm off charger. Under all circumstances, I keep Display Brightness at 0%, Display Timeout at 30 seconds. I set the ringer volume to suit the situation (I'm hands-free speaker phone via bluetooth in the car, so I turn the ringer off - at the office, I keep it low at about 40%, while at home and out & about, it's at 80%) .[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]Having unique WiFi logons in different arenas allows unique triggered smart actions to be created. Similarly, having a unique Bluetooth connection in my car and on WebTop allows for separate triggers for these situations as well.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]You'll find ways to trigger smart actions for your circumstances if you think about it.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia,serif]Hope this helps.[/FONT]
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Thanks Rock, that clarified quite a bit for me! I had no idea unique Bluetooth connection was an option. Also the wifi trigger, I'm guessing wifi has to be enabled all the time to be a trigger, but can you tell if the wifi connection drops (say, walking outside of a wifi range), do the cell networks then become enabled and grab a data signal? If so, your bluetooth car task might be redundant, if not, that might be a problem for me when at work where wifi doesn't reach.
Thanks again for your clarifications!
Thanks again for your clarifications!
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