Granted, I'm coming from a Thunderbolt, but I've been very happy with my battery life so far...(knocks on wood).
Phone was working great for several weeks with no issues. I was able to go roughly 15 hours without charging it, if not more, and that was with moderate to heavy use.
Last weekend I went out of town and had no service. Phone was searching for a signal all weekend and the battery was draining fast.
Now I am back home, with fill 4G LTE service, and my phone is at 47% with me hardly even using it today. Literally I might have used to the phone for 2 phone calls of less than a min and maybe the internet for less than a min.
Just a tip: every Android device I've ever owned seems to "go rogue" every now and then. It's definitely gotten better with each OS upgrade, but it still happens from time to time. First thing I suggest if you notice a sudden, unexpected drop in battery is to reboot the device. That way you know you've reset any app or service that's gone haywire.
Same here, and I returned the phone and they sent me a new one (battery included). Appears to be a bit better now. But, today I noticed backup-assistant running like mad, 80% battery already with only being up about 1 hour. Advanced Task Killer/Manager appears to have no impact on actually 'killing' an app.
Anyone know how to formally remove backup-assistant? I assume google has my contacts backed up. i don't want to back anything else up but contacts.
I've heard a few arguments otherwise, but the majority of folks around here will tell you that using task killers/managers only do more harm that good (at least since Android 2.2). At one time a necessity, but you really don't need it anymore...and you may actually be using more power if your device is constantly restarting services the ATK is shutting down.
Regarding Backup Assistant, it is a huge waste of space. As long as your Google account is setup to sync contacts (which is by default), you're good to go. You should be able to disable it via device settings, as well as check your contact sync settings.
i am SOO glad you are posting this!
i have the same problem. my phone was AWESOME for like a few weeks, and then lately, i need to charge it all the time! i am on 4g for most of the day, and my phone will be down to like 30-40% from 8am-3pm, basically. 7 hours.
and then, i will charge it when i get home, and it'll give me some more juice, but then it will die again and i will have to charge it before the evening's over!
i took out Lite Flow and Chrome, 2 supposedly offenders.
i will now take out 1weather.
let's see what happens.
I have Chrome installed, but haven't noticed any battery drain from it...to be honest though, don't really use it (prefer stock browser).
I did try out light flow about a week ago, and I can confirm that it destroyed my battery life. Only took 2 days to figure out it was the culprit and uninstall it, battery life immedately improved. One funny thing though, even though I removed light flow and most of the LED settings reverted to normal, the custom colors I set for certain notifications are still changed(?!?) Oh, well, that's fine with me.
Also have never used 1weather.
question,
1. are you guys on wifi?
2. how long does your phone last on ONLY 4g?
3. should my wifi settings be at Never use wifi during sleep, or not?
thanks!
1. I'm on both wifi and 4G throughout the day. Battery life is better on wifi, but 4G isn't too bad, especially compared to my old Thunderbolt
2. I don't think I've run a
full day on 4G only, but I generally lose about 4-6%/hour on 4G, under normal "occasional use" situations.
3. I'd keep it set at "ALWAYS", not "Never". Otherwise your phone is switching back to mobile data during standby, and I'd suspect battery life is actually worse.
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