Anyone use Better Battery Stats? Need help lowering %/per hour - Moto X Q&A

So I'm burning 1.8% per hour according to BBS. Does anyone here know how to decipher the info and tell me what's the culprit?

1.8% per hour? That's not even bad. Round it up to 2%. That's 50 hours. What's wrong with that?

Jayanthy said:
It may be likely that your Moto X’s battery is fine, but having trouble correctly identifying how much battery life is left.
Simply run the battery down to about five to eight percent and let it die. You can speed this up by streaming a YouTube video. Then, when the Moto X has died, let it charge for a few hours before turning it back on.
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http://gizmodo.com/how-to-take-care-of-your-smartphone-battery-the-right-w-513217256
Never go to zero
Obviously, using your battery is going to make it degrade. But it's going to slowly die even if you just leave that iPad in the closet for a bit. There's a trick to minimizing that inevitable aging though: leave it a little bit of juice.
If you're going to be shelving any lithium-ion battery for a long time, try to leave it with at least 40 percent battery power to tide it over. Lithium-ion batteries don't hemmorage power at 30 percent a month like nickel-metal-hydride batteries do; they'll lose maybe five to ten percent of their charge each month.
And when lithium-ion batteries get too low—like, literally zero percent—they get seriously unstable, and dangerous to charge. To prevent explosion-type disasters if you do try to charge one, lithium-ion batteries have built-in self-destruct circuits that will disable (read: destroy) the battery for good, if it reaches rock bottom. And sure, that'll save you from a face full of battery-acid, but it'll also leave you short one battery.
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Always have heard it is bad to drain the battery in a phone. I know other people swear by it, but its not worth the risk of it not charging again, or worse blowing up.
Charging sooner doesn't hurt since there is no "charge memory" like nickle based batteries. so just plug it in when you can, and if you your away from an outlet for too long, maybe it time to consider an external battery backup.
OP, here's another thread that has been discusing the same issue, its a good read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2418077

I burn around 6% after the last update, with no other changes to the phone. And that's with Battery Saver on too. Used to be around 1.5 to 3%. Everyone said "just wait, this always happens after an update, it will eventually settle out". Total BS. My daily battery life has been cut in half for months.

Well I did a better battery stats 6 hours test ( let it sit no touching etc ) and Im only at 1% an hour. Im pretty happy with that.

I've tweaked the crap out of my phone....and get 24+ hours with 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 hour screen times. Extremely happy......and best I've got on standby is 1ish per hour.
Again....tweaked the crap out....for battery life. LOL. So 1 percent even may take sacrifices some may not wanna make. I'd say a stock sorta phone would get 2 even and you'd be doing alright.
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wow you guys are getting great battery life! According to GSam Battery Monitor, I'm at 9.7%/hour. Currently 6 hours since unplugged and I'm at 35%! With only 2 hours of screen on time.
I think I messed it up when I first got the phone. I immediately upgraded to the 2 OTA's and forgot to do a factory reset. I think I might do one now and see if it fixes the battery life.
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rda990 said:
wow you guys are getting great battery life! According to GSam Battery Monitor, I'm at 9.7%/hour. Currently 6 hours since unplugged and I'm at 35%! With only 2 hours of screen on time.
I think I messed it up when I first got the phone. I immediately upgraded to the 2 OTA's and forgot to do a factory reset. I think I might do one now and see if it fixes the battery life.
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1 percent per hour is with no use. 9.7 per hour with you using it a lot and depending what you are doing could be perfectly normal.
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[Q] How often to change batteries

My phone dies so quickly it's not even funny. ~20% in 1 hr even after just barely using it.
- Using Android (CoreDroid Nand)
- Bought it second hand, but I've had it for about 4 months.
Should I get a new OEM battery? or is this just normal?
Moon2 said:
My phone dies so quickly it's not even funny. ~20% in 1 hr even after just barely using it.
- Using Android (CoreDroid Nand)
- Bought it second hand, but I've had it for about 4 months.
Should I get a new OEM battery? or is this just normal?
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That's not normal amigo.
Get CurrentWidget from the market and see how man mAh it's using, even when the screen's off. Can help diagnose the issue more clearly then.
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That's not normal amigo.
Get CurrentWidget from the market and see how man mAh it's using, even when the screen's off. Can help diagnose the issue more clearly then.
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Have done, and it's often hovering between 4-6 ma during screen off, otherwise, when just playing with animations, it stays below 300-350 ma.
yes you need a new battery. on android my battery lasts from 24-36 hours depending on how much I use the phone.
wrap it up so no moisture can get in then put it in deep freeze over night or 24h, take it out and then let it thaw at room temp and then charge to full.
In some cases this will work and has worked for me on a laptop battery and a phone I had a few years back. They used to die after a hour or so and then after freezing they was back to normal for a good while.
If it works or you get a new battery always make sure never to put it on charge unless its nearly dead, ie 1-5% or max of 10%. If you keep on putting batteries on charge when they are not dead this f*cks them up as some battery types have a sort of memory.
TheATHEiST said:
wrap it up so no moisture can get in then put it in deep freeze over night or 24h, take it out and then let it thaw at room temp and then charge to full.
In some cases this will work and has worked for me on a laptop battery and a phone I had a few years back. They used to die after a hour or so and then after freezing they was back to normal for a good while.
If it works or you get a new battery always make sure never to put it on charge unless its nearly dead, ie 1-5% or max of 10%. If you keep on putting batteries on charge when they are not dead this f*cks them up as some battery types have a sort of memory.
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Yeh , i learnt that in my physics class too Make sure that there is no condensation when you put the battery back in the phone.. it could spoil the internals!
Moon2 said:
Have done, and it's often hovering between 4-6 ma during screen off, otherwise, when just playing with animations, it stays below 300-350 ma.
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Those actually sound normal. What you should do is check how much juice the battery is retaining. Let it charge fully - charge until current widget is reporting single digit charge. Use spare parts to check the battery information. If it's significantly less than 4200mv at full charge then try to wipe the batterystats.bin from /data/system, reboot and charge again. If it's still very low voltage then you need a new battery.
ionbasa said:
yes you need a new battery. on android my battery lasts from 24-36 hours depending on how much I use the phone.
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sorry but what battery are you using ive not long had a Andida 1600mah my phone last for 24 hours max on winmo but when i have android running it last for about 5/6 hours straight with berely touching my phone.
TheATHEiST said:
wrap it up so no moisture can get in then put it in deep freeze over night or 24h, take it out and then let it thaw at room temp and then charge to full.
In some cases this will work and has worked for me on a laptop battery and a phone I had a few years back. They used to die after a hour or so and then after freezing they was back to normal for a good while.
If it works or you get a new battery always make sure never to put it on charge unless its nearly dead, ie 1-5% or max of 10%. If you keep on putting batteries on charge when they are not dead this f*cks them up as some battery types have a sort of memory.
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NiCad had memory problems like this, but NiMh and LiIon are not supposed to have this issue.
ionbasa said:
yes you need a new battery. on android my battery lasts from 24-36 hours depending on how much I use the phone.
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TY, am surprised at that usage time cos since I've got it, it's never lasted more than half a day.
TheATHEiST said:
wrap it up so no moisture can get in then put it in deep freeze over night or 24h, take it out and then let it thaw at room temp and then charge to full.
In some cases this will work and has worked for me on a laptop battery and a phone I had a few years back. They used to die after a hour or so and then after freezing they was back to normal for a good while.
If it works or you get a new battery always make sure never to put it on charge unless its nearly dead, ie 1-5% or max of 10%. If you keep on putting batteries on charge when they are not dead this f*cks them up as some battery types have a sort of memory.
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Ty, will try this
buzz killington said:
Those actually sound normal. What you should do is check how much juice the battery is retaining. Let it charge fully - charge until current widget is reporting single digit charge. Use spare parts to check the battery information. If it's significantly less than 4200mv at full charge then try to wipe the batterystats.bin from /data/system, reboot and charge again. If it's still very low voltage then you need a new battery.
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I always wipe batterystats when flashing a new rom, and it's pretty much at 4.2 - 4.22 at full charge
My sd android builds will last 24-36 hours if I don't hardly use it and keep it on standby... that's with getting 4-6ma drain. If I use it, though, it will only last 4-6 hour of straight use, depending on what you're doing. That's with 150-350ma drain during use. So with normal use I can usually make it through a 12-18hr day before charging. I usually carry a spare battery with me just in case though.
Normally, Li-ion batteries life-span is around 300 charges before they start degrading and not holding a charge as well... so if the battery has been used a year, it's probably time for a new battery.
I think this is a great topic. My battery uses about ~350 mA on just browsing internet, and dies within several hours (about 3). At 100% charge it says 4202 mV in spare parts, but dropped to 99% and 4138 mV within next minute. In another nibute it dropped to 98% and 4108 mV. It means battery not holding charge well? Stats were wiped before flashing
AntonJart said:
I think this is a great topic. My battery uses about ~350 mA on just browsing internet, and dies within several hours (about 3). At 100% charge it says 4202 mV in spare parts, but dropped to 99% and 4138 mV within next minute. In another nibute it dropped to 98% and 4108 mV. It means battery not holding charge well? Stats were wiped before flashing
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Three hours of browsing is not bad - but three hours of continuous screen turned on is a sure battery killer. Have you set your screen to a dim setting, or is it bright?
My battery dies very quickly too, about 4 hours on Android, with heavy usage, and about 2 hours on WP7
I have the official extended battery, though, and also the Cheap Chinese one, so i have backup
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Three hours of browsing is not bad - but three hours of continuous screen turned on a sure battery killer. Have you set your screen to a dim setting, or is it bright?
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Depends. I often keep it on auto. The place I work has very bright lights. I read a lot about HD2 Before I got it. Powerful phone with a tiny battery. On the stand by it actually isnt bad. Eats about less than 1% per hour. With little use, texts and calls, it can last quite a long time. I asume my battery is fine.
What is your mV reading at 100% and less than that?
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Depends. I often keep it on auto. The place I work has very bright lights. I read a lot about HD2 Before I got it. Powerful phone with a tiny battery. On the stand by it actually isnt bad. Eats about less than 1% per hour. With little use, texts and calls, it can last quite a long time. I asume my battery is fine.
What is your mV reading at 100% and less than that?
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Dunno. I don't generally check that kind of data. My phone is at 69% right now, mAh is 8694.
NRG ROM includes tBattery. This particular battery showed 12296 MaH at full power, but this is only the first discharge cycle for the battery.
TheATHEiST said:
If it works or you get a new battery always make sure never to put it on charge unless its nearly dead, ie 1-5% or max of 10%. If you keep on putting batteries on charge when they are not dead this f*cks them up as some battery types have a sort of memory.
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Not true man. On NiMH rechargable batteries (those are really old - I've never actually seen them in phones although I'm sure they were used sometimes... I still see some AA batteries of that kind laying around though) have a memory effect and get screwed if you charge them without depleting the battery life first.
However, we have Li-Io batteries - which, although there's been a lot of controversy, it is basically agreed upon that either it doesn't matter when it's charged or it is actually better NOT to fully discharge (except for around once a month in order to calibrate the battery).
But the freezing the battery thing is pretty cool! I have to try that on a friend's laptop battery that got screwed up!
that is way beyond normal. change your build.
Curious! said:
that is way beyond normal. change your build.
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Have done (flash one every couple of days), and still the same problem, also tried what TheAthiest said, but didn't make a dent.
Would Task29 make a difference for this person? Just throwing that out there

Testing the 3960 Extended Battery

I ordered this Acesoft 3960 mah battery from here. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390499613512&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:U:US:3160
It may only be 3100 mah (or less) but I thought I would give it a try just in case I could gain some mah's and not change my case. I'm skeptical like most of us tend to be about battery claims.
The charger is cheap, states 800mah. I'm not convinced it's putting that much out. The little plastic parts broke off that hold the battery in place. The battery itself had two small dents. We are not off to a great start.
I charged it up last night on AC and in the phone, and with the phone off, and have it running today.
I'll post some more stats later today and you guys can comment if it looks like 3960mah to you, or just another exaggerated claim.
Here's what it's showing at 4 hours.
Looks pretty decent. Please keep us updated. Especially after a several charge cycles, to let the battery break in.
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Been streaming for 8 hours now.
Can you keep updating this for the next couple days? and does this batt charge completely while in the phone? and does it fit with the oem back door? Thanks.
So far this looks promising.
teshxx said:
Can you keep updating this for the next couple days? and does this batt charge completely while in the phone? and does it fit with the oem back door? Thanks.
So far this looks promising.
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Yes, fits OEM stock battery cover. That's why I was interested in the first place.
It charges fine on AC using the Samsung charger. USB? I don't know, might take a long time.
It ran for 1.5 hours and was still at 90% at 3.5 hours it was at 85%.
looks interesting. thanks for keeping us posted.
Do you find this battery better than the stock battery?
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At 12 hours it's done. It's on the charger now and will charge it up and drain it down again tomorrow.
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Do you find this battery better than the stock battery?
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I don't know yet. That's what these tests will hopefully show and yes or no.
JosephL said:
I ordered this Acesoft 3960 mah battery from here. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390499613512&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:U:US:3160
It may only be 3100 mah (or less) but I thought I would give it a try just in case I could gain some mah's and not change my case. I'm skeptical like most of us tend to be about battery claims.
The charger is cheap, states 800mah. I'm not convinced it's putting that much out. The little plastic parts broke off that hold the battery in place. The battery itself had two small dents. We are not off to a great start.
I charged it up last night on AC and in the phone, and with the phone off, and have it running today.
I'll post some more stats later today and you guys can comment if it looks like 3960mah to you, or just another exaggerated claim.
Here's what it's showing at 4 hours.
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So i'm not sure what to think of your battery life. I have 78% left with 7.5 hours on and 1.75 hours on screen. My screen usage is only 33% of 22% which means roughly 7% total of my battery used there was consumed by my screen. Notice that the main program using the battery was Verbs, not sure why it's called that but it's ePSXe (PSX emulator). Your battery on the other hand was on for 4 hours and used 18% battery with your main usage being your screen at 48% running only for 56 minutes. About 9% of your total battery was consumed by your screen within 56 minutes as your screen was the primary source of draining power. My phone with the Onite battery (stock door) lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes only consuming 7% of the total battery usage.
Hopefully your battery improves with a few more charges.
Please keep us updated sounds very interesting.
Thanks
John
xartic12 said:
So i'm not sure what to think of your battery life..
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I'm not sure what to make of it either other than to say 12 hours of streaming music on a single charge sounds good to me. ( pardon the pun) My S2 wasn't even good for 4 hours doing the exact same thing and that much I am sure about.
If nothing else, I figure I have a spare 3100, maybe more.
JosephL said:
I'm not sure what to make of it either other than to say 12 hours of streaming music on a single charge sounds good to me. ( pardon the pun) My S2 wasn't even good for 4 hours doing the exact same thing and that much I am sure about.
If nothing else, I figure I have a spare 3100, maybe more.
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Yeah no question that the battery is legit, just a matter of capacity. Download Battery stats and let that crunch some battery stats for you.
Duplicate post.
Doesn't look like I gained anything over yesterday. Doing about the same thing this morning as yesterday and my percent of use is about the same at the same time period. At 4 hours, it's down to 80% both days.
Here is battery Stats plus at 4 hours.
Nothing was gained yesterday at all. 12 hours almost to the minute both days so apparently cycling had no effect.
I can wrap this up now after testing stock against this battery.
It's no better than stock but no worse than stock either.
For the extra price you don't gain anything at all and cycling didn't change anything either. The wall charger is cheap and is not a full 2amp.
Now we know.

Battery lasts REALLY long at 1% battery life?

The other day I was trying to kill my battery, so I let a movie stream from Google Play until it died. It lasted TWO HOURS after the battery hit 1%. Yes, two hours of moving streaming on 1% of battery. See attached screenshot for proof (see the flat line at 1%).
Then, two days ago, I tested again. This time I just let it sit at 1% to see how long it would take to die. It took over 10 hours!! See other screenshot for proof.
Anybody else seeing anything similar? Clearly, when my battery says it is at 1%, it really has about 10-15% battery left.
phositadc said:
The other day I was trying to kill my battery, so I let a movie stream from Google Play until it died. It lasted TWO HOURS after the battery hit 1%. Yes, two hours of moving streaming on 1% of battery. See attached screenshot for proof (see the flat line at 1%).
Then, two days ago, I tested again. This time I just let it sit at 1% to see how long it would take to die. It took over 10 hours!! See other screenshot for proof.
Anybody else seeing anything similar? Clearly, when my battery says it is at 1%, it really has about 10-15% battery left.
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I was doing the same, I watched 3 episodes of Bob's Burgers and it still didn't die.
its an old motorola issue.
i dont know how its for the moto x but for the defy(+) it was pretty bad.
dagoban said:
its an old motorola issue.
i dont know how its for the moto x but for the defy(+) it was pretty bad.
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Haha (not 'Haha I'm laughing at you, but, 'Haha it's funny how different people see things differently).
It seems pretty good to me. I never let my phone get down to 1%. I am going to have to resist the innate urge to charge (owning the GNex meant living next to an outlet).
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thepolishguy said:
Haha (not 'Haha I'm laughing at you, but, 'Haha it's funny how different people see things differently).
It seems pretty good to me. I never let my phone get down to 1%. I am going to have to resist the innate urge to charge (owning the GNex meant living next to an outlet).
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Better than my HTC Vivid that went 3 percent 2 percent 1 percent DEAD in 5 minutes.
thepolishguy said:
Haha (not 'Haha I'm laughing at you, but, 'Haha it's funny how different people see things differently).
It seems pretty good to me. I never let my phone get down to 1%. I am going to have to resist the innate urge to charge (owning the GNex meant living next to an outlet).
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Hah - Yes -
Coming from the GNex its really difficult to not just plug in the X all the time. I have to keep stopping myself.
I'm on my first charge on the Moto X after switching from the GNex and I still have 80% after 12hrs use. This is insane! My Gnex would have died by now.
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taappel said:
I'm on my first charge on the Moto X after switching from the GNex and I still have 80% after 12hrs use. This is insane! My Gnex would have died by now.
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I'm not doubting you but have you, like, used your phone at all?
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taappel said:
I'm on my first charge on the Moto X after switching from the GNex and I still have 80% after 12hrs use. This is insane! My Gnex would have died by now.
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Yeah it's a pretty strong battery.
Also with the 1 percent lasting forever: It's not a bug, it's a reflection of the socio-economic set up of the united states, the 99% die fast, the 1% can pay to live!
I'll shut up now.
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I'm not doubting you but have you, like, used your phone at all?
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Right now I'm at 65% with almost 2hrs of screen time 14hrs total. Not sure how good that is compared to a lot of other phones, but compared to the Gnex it is amazing. I forgot what it was like to not have my phone plugged in all day.
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taappel said:
Right now I'm at 65% with almost 2hrs of screen time 14hrs total. Not sure how good that is compared to a lot of other phones, but compared to the Gnex it is amazing. I forgot what it was like to not have my phone plugged in all day.
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Just saw my Moto X had 65% battery and almost plugged it in thinking it would die soon. The gnex messed my head up.
rman18 said:
Just saw my Moto X had 65% battery and almost plugged it in thinking it would die soon. The gnex messed my head up.
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Same here. I have a plug sitting here and the Moto X next to it and it's so routine to just plug in the GNEX, I want to do the same with the X but I don't have to.
I dont think this is necessarily a bug, I think it takes time for the OS to learn the full scope of the battery - it is always just estimating the charge. I bet after 6 months of use that 1% glitch would go away and you would see more accurate battery reporting. My phone appears to gain %'s when i leave it be after heavy use.
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I dont think this is necessarily a bug, I think it takes time for the OS to learn the full scope of the battery - it is always just estimating the charge. I bet after 6 months of use that 1% glitch would go away and you would see more accurate battery reporting. My phone appears to gain %'s when i leave it be after heavy use.
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Yep same here, phone went from 4% to 7% yesterday when I was trying to make it last. I had turned off Mobile data at 1% battery life yesterday and my phone was dead within 25-30 minutes of being on 1%. I think everyones phone/battery is calibrated differently. With moderate use I'm down to 25-30% left after about 8-9 hours of use. Coming from my S4 I'm so used to being able to Greenify things, I can only imagine what this phone would be like with Greenify.
Same problem
phositadc said:
The other day I was trying to kill my battery, so I let a movie stream from Google Play until it died. It lasted TWO HOURS after the battery hit 1%. Yes, two hours of moving streaming on 1% of battery. See attached screenshot for proof (see the flat line at 1%).
Then, two days ago, I tested again. This time I just let it sit at 1% to see how long it would take to die. It took over 10 hours!! See other screenshot for proof.
Anybody else seeing anything similar? Clearly, when my battery says it is at 1%, it really has about 10-15% battery left.
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My phone is having this exact problem. I get about 10-12 hours battery life down to 1% battery, then it stays on 1% for at least 10-12 more hours. Does anyone know if there is going to be a fix released for this? It messes with my head not knowing when my phone is going to die, and I don't want to charge it if it's not dead. For instance, I'm on 2d 5h 14m on battery and it's been on 1% all day. It's pretty insane. Hope they roll out a fix. Glad to know i'm not the only one with this problem.
Next time this happens log your current and voltage readings using current widget so we can see what voltage the battery reads during this flat period at 1%. Then someone could plot the discharge curve in excel. May lead to clues. Perhaps problem with the fuel gauge or battery driver in the kernel. It all depends.
I seem to remember reading that the battery meter tunes itself over the first few charges, and that for the best accuracy you need to run it all the way down then charge it to 100%. 2-3 cycles of this is what was recommended. Can't speak to the validity of it but I know after running it down the first time and seeing the 1% last nearly 2 hours with heavy game use, on the second charge 1% meant 1%.
kyle1745 said:
I seem to remember reading that the battery meter tunes itself over the first few charges, and that for the best accuracy you need to run it all the way down then charge it to 100%. 2-3 cycles of this is what was recommended. Can't speak to the validity of it but I know after running it down the first time and seeing the 1% last nearly 2 hours with heavy game use, on the second charge 1% meant 1%.
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I'm on my second cycle of running it all the way down now, so we will see after the first 2-3 times if it calibrates itself. If not, i may be bringing my phone back, or ask verizon if they are going to be releasing a fix for it.
Really take it back for that?
jman391 said:
I'm on my second cycle of running it all the way down now, so we will see after the first 2-3 times if it calibrates itself. If not, i may be bringing my phone back, or ask verizon if they are going to be releasing a fix for it.
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kyle1745 said:
Really take it back for that?
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admittedly, probably not. lol. it's just a bit annoying.

draining the battery

Is it a myth or truth, that it will help my battery life if I completely drain my battery down and fully charge it up? I've yet to do this in the 2 weeks I've had this phone. I know it was the case many years ago and not sure with todays batteries. Something about building up the battery memory. I'm down to 23% as I type this.
google is your friend sir. that is only for the old NiCad batteries. from what ive read you actually dont really want to completely drain any battery because it becomes unstable at that point. the main tips are to keep it cool. top it off when you can, most say to plug it up around 50 %, dont leave it on charge forever. and dont extra load the battery. ( some people take it out at 100% and plug it back in to get the most juice out of it)
Some recommend it once a month, and some do it every other months. One time doesn't hurt
I for the last 5 years or so have never done any of that and can tell you I never have had issues with my battery
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Haha Anyone that tells you that it is good or makes a difference to totally discharge a battery and then charge it to fill will help the battery doesn't know what they are talking about. Only the old Ni-Cad (Nickel Cadium) batteries developed memory and needed full cycle discharges. The new batteries that are in phones Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion) do not develop a memory. In fact these batteries have a number of cycles before they go bad. Batteryuniversity.com explains that routinely charging a battery when it's under 25% will yield roughly 300 or so cycles (charging to full). At 50% remaining Battery you will get 1000-1200 charge cycles and charging the battery when 75% remaining you can get as many as 2000 charge cycles.
So the point is never let it drain all the way, and charge frequently. My Note 4 gets about 8-10 hours of screen on time and my average days I have about 2-3 hours of sot and charge my phone 70-80% battery left. My note 3 was the same and had it for a year and when I sold it a month ago. I was still getting the same battery life. Maybe 3-5% more drain from when I got it.
BACARDILIMON said:
I for the last 5 years or so have never done any of that and can tell you I never have had issues with my battery
BAD ASS NOTE 4
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Yup. Same here. I charge the battery whenever I want... And let die if it has to. Plus, it's the enclosed battery users that should worry about that.

Charging Habits

What are your charging habits? I usually let the battery down between 20-30% and charge it from there to 100% without any interruption.. Is it good for battery?looking for suggestions..
Thank you..
How long are you planning to keep the phone?? Because I'm only betting on mine lasting 3 year's. I for only let it go to 15% to 10% get as much juice as I can! When you charge it at 20% don't you think you can use that extra 10%? It gives you at least another 30 minutes of SOT. People like yourself aren't enjoying themselves!
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nano303 said:
How long are you planning to keep the phone?? Because I'm only betting on mine lasting 3 year's. I for only let it go to 15% to 10% get as much juice as I can! When you charge it at 20% don't you think you can use that extra 10%? It gives you at least another 30 minutes of SOT. People like yourself aren't enjoying themselves!
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I m also planning to keep it for at least 3yrs..I usually charge in morning and at night when i return from work its between 50-60%..then i use my phone at night for sometime.. So when i wake up its always 20-30% then i put it on charge again.. I don't care much about sot.. As long as it lasts for a day that's enough.. But i was worrying about my charging habits.. Will it affect battery life in a long run?
nano303 said:
How long are you planning to keep the phone?? Because I'm only betting on mine lasting 3 year's. I for only let it go to 15% to 10% get as much juice as I can! When you charge it at 20% don't you think you can use that extra 10%? It gives you at least another 30 minutes of SOT. People like yourself aren't enjoying themselves!
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Every Battery discharge/charge cycles Drops The power of battery but the life of a battery depends on the quality of battery
by the time it will looses its all power i am sure you were not using this phone anymore
nitinvaid said:
Every Battery discharge/charge cycles Drops The power of battery but the life of a battery depends on the quality of battery
by the time it will looses its all power i am sure you were not using this phone anymore
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Yup that's right.. So is it safe to always charge it to full? I have read yesterday somewhere charging till 80% keeps the battery healthy.. In my previous phones battery went really bad after a year.. So i was guessing my charging habit was the problem..i am hoping this phone ll last 2yr without a battery replacement..
vickystarboy said:
Yup that's right.. So is it safe to always charge it to full? I have read yesterday somewhere charging till 80% keeps the battery healthy.. In my previous phones battery went really bad after a year.. So i was guessing my charging habit was the problem..i am hoping this phone ll last 2yr without a battery replacement..
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after a year dont expect your battery to run on full power no matter till how much you charge
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after a year dont expect your battery to run on full power no matter till how much you charge
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That's true.. So I guess can safely continue my charging habits.. Thank you..
It wasn't that expensive so I don't think i'll try to preserve it too much. I will probably buy the next OnePlus when it comes out anyways
I let my phone get down to 5% or less and then put it to charge... Never have I left the phone on charge longer than 3 hours...
The battery is fantastic and I really consider a full charge to last me the full day and can probably push 2 days if trying to conserve

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