Seems like having my exchange e-mail account set to push was the battery life killer. Switched it to fetch every 15 minutes instead and I'm still at 90% battery after 6 hours unplugged. I also made sure to uncheck sync for Google+ and Google Books in accounts, and set everything I can to fetch or long sync periods besides Gmail, which is still on push.
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"Official"? Bionic battery life thread
- Thread starter jkaod
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Revelated, I have configured my phone to mimic yours. I am losing 1% battery every 5 mins while the phone is idle. Is that happening to you as well?
Mine only decrements in 10% packs, so I don't know. If I look at rough estimate I would say, no. Under the optimal (video) configuration, I was seeing a rate of decay around...what...1.67% an hour? It's been a long time since I've done that type of math. Basically, it took 36 hours or 2160 minutes to decay 60%. I think I have my math right. So then that would be...what.... .03% a minute? It was a low rate of decay.
I'm happy w the 20+ hours I get w moderate to heavy use but I am astounded with the 40-50 hours some are getting w the standard battery. I am on the extended battery.
Only widget I am running is beautiful widegets small.
With an hour straight use I go from 100 to 85%.
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If you can, post your home screens, your "using the battery" screen, and your graph screen. I'll take a look.
Stock battery is pathetic. With the phone not in use (screen off) but powered up (ready to receive a call) I left it at 11:15 PM with 100% battery. When I checked it at 9:00AM the next morning, the battery was dead. I leave home at 7:00 with a fully charged battery, but with very modest use (no calls, just a few Facebook visits and an dozen e-mails) the battery is at 50% by noon. Turning LTE off doesn't seem to make any difference. Cell standby (32%) and phone idle (28%) tell me who the hog appears to be. Have others seen this?
Those are misnomers. As above, post your home screens, your "using the battery" screen and your graph screen. I'll look at it. It's not the battery. If I had to guess, you've got something on push/auto sync.
Seems like having my exchange e-mail account set to push was the battery life killer. Switched it to fetch every 15 minutes instead and I'm still at 90% battery after 6 hours unplugged. I also made sure to uncheck sync for Google+ and Google Books in accounts, and set everything I can to fetch or long sync periods besides Gmail, which is still on push.
That'll do it for sure. Exchange push especially in Touchdown or the Mail app will destroy batteries. Any push whatsoever will destroy batteries - unless you're on straight Wi-Fi with 4G disabled.
Side note: so today was the first full 4G test with background data off all day. Phone estimates 18 hours which is still tremendous for a standard battery. I was on email all day, 5 minute fetch, Touchdown (not the Mail app). I was also doing a lot of searching for co-workers and I used the camera quite a bit to snap my new workstation setup.
Now here's what's interesting: I turned Data Saver OFF to test whether it truly makes a difference. To my surprise, I found that the Browser is a straight up battery hog IF this setting is off. If it's on (meaning forced to use Wi-Fi) the browser hardly does anything. That's with just one window open. I'm getting even more empirical evidence pointing to the 4G radio being extremely battery inefficient compared to Wi-Fi only.
Also, I did one phone call to help a friend out. I was going to use my work phone, but figured I would use that opportunity to test call impact on batteries. It was a 13 minute call. That skyrocketed "Voice calls" up to 8% in the "using the battery" screen - even higher than Display, and third place behind "Cell standby" and "Phone idle"! So yes, phone calls are battery killers too, which I think is a big issue that Motorola needs to address. It's like it's using more spectrum than really necessary to keep the call connected - I did note that it never dropped, not even when driving through a known military dead zone.
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hondabomdc5
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i wish i knew how people were getting 20 hours and some people getting 40 hours. Today I took it of the charger at 645 and by 1130 it was at 40-50 percent. I have screen all the way down, only running on cdma network only. I have screen timeout set to 15 seconds and i have beautiful widgets set to update every 1 hour. i feel like my battery life should be better. I looked at what was using up all the battery and the cell standby and phone idle were like 38 and 42 . Seems like that right there is what is taking my battery down bc i was barely on it. Sent a few texts and checked facebook a couple times. Anybody have some advice?
i wish i knew how people were getting 20 hours and some people getting 40 hours. Today I took it of the charger at 645 and by 1130 it was at 40-50 percent. I have screen all the way down, only running on cdma network only. I have screen timeout set to 15 seconds and i have beautiful widgets set to update every 1 hour. i feel like my battery life should be better. I looked at what was using up all the battery and the cell standby and phone idle were like 38 and 42 . Seems like that right there is what is taking my battery down bc i was barely on it. Sent a few texts and checked facebook a couple times. Anybody have some advice?
I'm guessing widgets. But post your home screens, "Using the battery" screen and the graph screen, so we can see.
hondabomdc5
Member
ok, well how do i do that? i dont have a screenshot app. I just went through and changed some settings. I deleted my task manager app, i unchecked auto sync. So im hoping maybe that will help out some.
ok, well how do i do that? i dont have a screenshot app. I just went through and changed some settings. I deleted my task manager app, i unchecked auto sync. So im hoping maybe that will help out some.
If you had auto sync on that would definitely harm the battery.
You don't have any other camera you can snap those screens with? Webcam or otherwise?
OriginOfHysteria
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So, i added up the usage on battery stats and 103% of my battery is being used? Cell standby and idle is using 84% on its own. Is that normal?
pastor_rob
New Member
I have just purchased the extended battery and for the first couple of days I was able to use it under moderate use for two days before needing to charge it.
Today under heavy use all day I am at about 20% and it is 9:30 pm my time and I started using it at 7:30 am this morning!
This is way better than the Thunderbolt and the Charge. Hope that helps!!!
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Today under heavy use all day I am at about 20% and it is 9:30 pm my time and I started using it at 7:30 am this morning!
This is way better than the Thunderbolt and the Charge. Hope that helps!!!
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Cell standby and phone idle will more often than not be higher than other items on that list, yes.So, i added up the usage on battery stats and 103% of my battery is being used? Cell standby and idle is using 84% on its own. Is that normal?
Jungle King 76
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So, i added up the usage on battery stats and 103% of my battery is being used? Cell standby and idle is using 84% on its own. Is that normal?
Yeah, don't let the 103% total mess with you. The system just round everything up so if something was using 22.5%, it will say 23%. Enough of those rounding up will go over 100%.
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Ok - I did not track yesterday due to some issues. However I started today.
I have my usage all at normal - I did not make many phone calls at all though and didn't really send many texts.
Not limiting anything I still got over 12 hours on my battery today.
I am going to run at these settings for a few more days and see if I consistently get the same type of battery life.
Then I will make one change at a time and see how that affects my battery life.
Overall I am very happy with the Bionic's Standard battery and in love with the extended battery.
Especially with Verizon getting rid of the $100 new every 2 I plan on having this phone last me longer than the standard 2 years.
So, I went out and grabbed a 2nd extended battery today. My batteries will last longer than my phone most likely.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...iEdGRJQi1iX3dmUzRaX1RON05haUVUU1E&output=html
I have my usage all at normal - I did not make many phone calls at all though and didn't really send many texts.
Not limiting anything I still got over 12 hours on my battery today.
I am going to run at these settings for a few more days and see if I consistently get the same type of battery life.
Then I will make one change at a time and see how that affects my battery life.
Overall I am very happy with the Bionic's Standard battery and in love with the extended battery.
Especially with Verizon getting rid of the $100 new every 2 I plan on having this phone last me longer than the standard 2 years.
So, I went out and grabbed a 2nd extended battery today. My batteries will last longer than my phone most likely.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...iEdGRJQi1iX3dmUzRaX1RON05haUVUU1E&output=html
countryboy88
New Member
15h 12m on battery with extended battery @51% now
Cell stand by 32%
phone idle 24
wifi 23
display 10
voice calls 6
Android os 3
thats with sync and data running,pandora streaming for a few hours earlier, 10% display brightness, and maximum battery saver on. I havent been on my phone today nearly as much as I normally do but I do know the battery life has been great after getting the extended.
Cell stand by 32%
phone idle 24
wifi 23
display 10
voice calls 6
Android os 3
thats with sync and data running,pandora streaming for a few hours earlier, 10% display brightness, and maximum battery saver on. I havent been on my phone today nearly as much as I normally do but I do know the battery life has been great after getting the extended.
BLAZE86DUBZ
Member
i really didnt see improveent useing the maximum battery saver actually made the phone laggy at times i went back to performance mode much more snappier still getting 16-20 hours with moderate use
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