Battery Life Discussion

[rc28a]

I have the 4g and wifi off but it my phone drops 10% per hour... anyone know why?
I checked the battery use and it says display 60% - 69% even though the screen is off the whole time

Whats going on with this phone?

 

[BlackHawkA4]

3 hours 40 minutes. 1 hour 20 minutes of screen time. 53% left. Played some PlayStation made a few phone calls. Web and text.

 

[rc28a]

Er what the heck so my phone charges from 76 percent to 100% in 20 minutes... I think the battery use sensor is jacked!

 

[BlackHawkA4]

Hmm. Mine seems good. Actually works on here. My epic wouldnt show me anything.

 

[BlackHawkA4]

Hows your service? Mine drops 10% or more when I have one bar.

 

[fixxxer1022]

i believe the high battery drain is caused from the phone pulling for a signal too much. if you download the app called network it will show you the phone is not set at cdma auto prl. instead it says unknown or wcdma. no way to currently fix it either. i believe this has plagued aosp roms for awhile now. it's being discussed at xda too.

 

[dcshobby]

When I had the EVO, the battery dropped VERY quickly when 4g was turned on. Best bet is to turn it off unless you need it.

 

[RamboDroid]

Ya Mine is droping fast too. The gingerbread battery monitor blames the display a 47%time on 2h 53mns brightness is pulled back to just a fourth of the way across.

 

[rc28a]

Ya Mine is droping fast too. The gingerbread battery monitor blames the display a 47%time on 2h 53mns brightness is pulled back to just a fourth of the way across.

Yup same thing happening to me, the 4G is off too

 

[FocusFreak]

I am getting 15 hours of moderate use per day. The phone is still around 25-30% when I go to charge it at night. I just got the 1750MAH battery today but dot even feel the need to use it. I ordered it thinking battery life would be as bad as my Evo but its worlds better.

 

[Mpaige]

No Problems Here. I've been playing with it all day at work 8:30am to 4:30 had 65% left. My Evo would never last that long.

 

[BlackHawkA4]

What's your screen time on with that.

 

[Mpaige]

What's your screen time on with that.

I didn't check, I will do it again tomorrow and post

 

[orange-man]

I used the Juice Defender app on my Evo for many months and it always did a really good job to help me to easily get through the day on a single charge. It's free so I suggest giving it a try if your battery is draining quickly. I just put it on my NS today.

 

[googs]

Battery Life

So I got my Nexus S 4g last night and I was using it pretty heavily after it charged but the battery lasted 3 or 4 hours and it completely drained. No 4G, screen on minimum brightness, autosync on, words with friends running, aim running, gtalk running and facebook running. Today I unplugged it from the charger at around 6 am. At 8 am and it wasat 79%. I have not sent any texting and have browsed a few web pages. I didn't want to, but I turned autosync off for everything except gmail, closed gtalk, closed aim, closed facebook, and closed words with friends. Again I have the screen set to minimum brightness and have not made any calls or texts yet. Now it is 8:50 and it is at 68% after doing 5 moves on words with friends. Is this normal for battery life? What are you guys running all day and how does your battery life stand up?

 

[jimmycinla]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/sprint-nexus-s-4g/83394-battery-drops-fast.html

 

[googs]

SO why is there such variability in the drainage of the battery. We're talking some people are barely using it with all the battery saving settings on and it drains in 4 hours and others use it all day and have all the settings on that should potentially drain the battery and they get 15 hours or more. What could be the culprit?

 

[googs]

Thanks for that. I didn't realize others were having problems like me too. I kept reading everyone was getting awesome battery life. That thread seemed inconclusive, though. Any idea on what might be causing us to get such a drain?

 

[adrianfern92]

How is your signal?

 

[googs]

It's pretty decent where I am but I am on wifi here at work and its still dropping fast. Even if it wasn't thatgood should it really drain in 3 or 4 hours? How long does yours last?