LoL, good catch.
For anyone wondering. My extended battery has been great. I have adjusted to the added bulk quickly and can not seem to drain it within a day.
Battery life thread
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LoL, good catch.
For anyone wondering. My extended battery has been great. I have adjusted to the added bulk quickly and can not seem to drain it within a day.
I've been at work all day so I guess you could call it light use. But I'm at 50% with 10 hours and some change. I'm not too impressed. Maybe I've got a defective bat? My 14 days is up Thursday, maybe I should take it in.
This morning my battery dropped to 89% just sitting there while i got ready for work. Wasnt even off the charger for an hour...
Funny you should mention that. Mine did the same thing today. Now I expect it to drop to maybe 95 sometimes because of the fact that it stops charging when full and it can run down some. This morning was different. After I saw this I checked my favorite app, CPU Spy. It showed that my phone was not going to deep sleep. It would only go down to 245MHz. The only thing I did different last night was I used the dock mode for the clock overnight. While in dock mode, I expect it not to go to deep sleep, but it seems that when I exited dock mode it somehow did not release wake lock and the phone couldn't sleep. A simple reboot fixed the issue.
I had observed similar behavior at various times with the Droid X when in its dock mode. I think sometimes apps just don't release wake lock when exited sometimes and it will cause a higher drain. I highly recommend CPU Spy to be able to monitor the time spent in each cpu state. It will not tell you what is using the cpu but it will give you a great starting point. It is free in the market.
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I installed CPU spy. It seems like its sleeping properly with deep sleep at 84%. I'm going to reset and monitor for the next 24 hours. I just don't see how people can get over a day and a half of battery with this thing. "Light use" must be a pretty loose term....
Have you changed it to CDMA mode? Settings > wireless & networks > mobile networks > preferred mode > change to CDMA. Most users find this a big battery life increase. No need to have the gsm radio active in the US.
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I've barely touched my phone today since one been busy at work. Same situation, phone off charger at 630 am now its 3:00 and I'm at 81%. According to battery use, the dialer has been using 26% of the battery.... That makes no sense since I have not made or recieved any calls what so ever.....
The dialer in battery manager includes more than one package including your contacts sync. It uses data periodically when checking for updates. If you have very low screen usage time the dialer should be the highest as it is using data. Cell standby can also sometimes be higher if you have low signal but realistically the dialer will be up top if your screen has barely been used.
Right now on mine I have 15 hours and am at 82% but today I have been on wifi most of the day. Your battery seems about right for entirely 3g. Maybe a little low but it could be an app using data. Sometimes apps don't accurately report their usage in the battery manager.
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Ok thanks. I've had mobile network off all day also. I'm not sure if that would make a difference for the dialer grabbing data??? And I'm sure the bloat is also eating a lot of battery life. I need to do some more reading on rooting and a temp root and freeze is in the very near future for this
I go 50+ hours with heavy usage and using the 2150mah from Verizon. I must be doing something right. 
I read through as much of this thread as I could stand, and I want to post my experience here. Please note: I can't tell you how many hours it's been since I unplugged, I have better things to do with my life. The DINC2 is a tool, and it's a wonderful tool, by far the best smartphone I've ever had - EXCEPT for the battery life, which is affected by the fact that I live in an area with a crappy Verizon signal.
I've had the phone since May, about 3 months. It was an upgrade from a Samsung Saga running Windows Mobile 6.1. On the Samsung, I used to be able to go 3-4 days between charges, and be confident that when I wanted to use the phone, it would work; my usage was light because WinMobile 6.x is a relatively clumsy interface. I make almost no phone calls and I don't text; I mainly use the phone for internet surfing, and games when I'm waiting for something. My phone usage is up somewhat from the Samsung because the dinc2 is more fun to use. But it's too often the case that when I want to use it, it needs charging.
The most I've been able to get out of the dinc2 battery is a day and a half, which means it's always dying at some really inconvenient time. I did the "full charge" routine to condition the battery for probably a week. As far as I can tell it had no effect. I finally gave up and just plug the damn thing in every night. I've never had to do that with another phone. The only alternative to this is to put the phone in Airplane Mode all the time, and turn Airplane Mode off when I want to use the network; it's the network that eats the battery as far as I can tell. I run brightness at the lowest level (unless I'm outdoors), I turn the display off manually when I'm done using it. I don't run "bloatware" - I run nothing that I don't actually use.
I would like to know if the extended battery is worth the money. I'm willing to pay for things that will make my life easier; from what I've read in this thread, the battery life I've seen on this phone is ABSOLUTELY NORMAL given I live in a low signal area.
I've had the phone since May, about 3 months. It was an upgrade from a Samsung Saga running Windows Mobile 6.1. On the Samsung, I used to be able to go 3-4 days between charges, and be confident that when I wanted to use the phone, it would work; my usage was light because WinMobile 6.x is a relatively clumsy interface. I make almost no phone calls and I don't text; I mainly use the phone for internet surfing, and games when I'm waiting for something. My phone usage is up somewhat from the Samsung because the dinc2 is more fun to use. But it's too often the case that when I want to use it, it needs charging.
The most I've been able to get out of the dinc2 battery is a day and a half, which means it's always dying at some really inconvenient time. I did the "full charge" routine to condition the battery for probably a week. As far as I can tell it had no effect. I finally gave up and just plug the damn thing in every night. I've never had to do that with another phone. The only alternative to this is to put the phone in Airplane Mode all the time, and turn Airplane Mode off when I want to use the network; it's the network that eats the battery as far as I can tell. I run brightness at the lowest level (unless I'm outdoors), I turn the display off manually when I'm done using it. I don't run "bloatware" - I run nothing that I don't actually use.
I would like to know if the extended battery is worth the money. I'm willing to pay for things that will make my life easier; from what I've read in this thread, the battery life I've seen on this phone is ABSOLUTELY NORMAL given I live in a low signal area.
Two questions about battery life -
1.Do different themes have different effects on battery life?
I've been using the default HTC Sense theme since getting my Inc2 a few weeks ago but switched to the Slate theme this morning. In a few hours time I've seen far less battery drain just with the phone being idle.
2. Does pulling the SIM card do anything for battery life?
As soon as I got the phone I set it to use CDMA for the preferred network. My prior BlackBerry Storm and Tour had a similar setting but I was always told that pulling the card would further improve battery life. I've done it on my Inc2 but I'm just wondering if it really has any effect on this phone or not?
1.Do different themes have different effects on battery life?
I've been using the default HTC Sense theme since getting my Inc2 a few weeks ago but switched to the Slate theme this morning. In a few hours time I've seen far less battery drain just with the phone being idle.
2. Does pulling the SIM card do anything for battery life?
As soon as I got the phone I set it to use CDMA for the preferred network. My prior BlackBerry Storm and Tour had a similar setting but I was always told that pulling the card would further improve battery life. I've done it on my Inc2 but I'm just wondering if it really has any effect on this phone or not?
First time getting a real look at battery life on this thing.
The Inc2 is a total of 3 weeks old. Just rooted it yesterday and it's running SkyRaider Zeus ROM. Left it plugged in USB after the rooting was done, once it got to 100 I erased battery stats, rebooted and pulled the phone off the charger around 8:30pm wednesday. I got home earlier tonight, it had drained all the way until dying. . .
1 day, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 35 seconds
Display 55%
Dialer 18%
Voice Calls 9%
Cell standby 8%
Phone Idle 6%
GO SMS Pro 2%
Market 2%
I would consider this average-high usage. Constantly texting, phone calls here and there, checking Twitter, using a lot of Market, light E-mail, decent amount of Browser use. I messed around with tethering a little bit but GPS/WiFi/Bluetooth all unused. Mostly a dim screen except for a few hours of outdoor use. I slept/didn't use the phone) a total of 8 of the hours i'd say.
Looking forward to seeing if things get even better, I came from a Droid2 that would have died THREE times by now. So impressed. I used the built-in task manager to stop apps a bit too much on this charge, I am going to try and just let the ROM handle them running (like I probably should) and see how battery life is. I imagine it will be the same if not better.
The Inc2 is a total of 3 weeks old. Just rooted it yesterday and it's running SkyRaider Zeus ROM. Left it plugged in USB after the rooting was done, once it got to 100 I erased battery stats, rebooted and pulled the phone off the charger around 8:30pm wednesday. I got home earlier tonight, it had drained all the way until dying. . .
1 day, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 35 seconds
Display 55%
Dialer 18%
Voice Calls 9%
Cell standby 8%
Phone Idle 6%
GO SMS Pro 2%
Market 2%
I would consider this average-high usage. Constantly texting, phone calls here and there, checking Twitter, using a lot of Market, light E-mail, decent amount of Browser use. I messed around with tethering a little bit but GPS/WiFi/Bluetooth all unused. Mostly a dim screen except for a few hours of outdoor use. I slept/didn't use the phone) a total of 8 of the hours i'd say.
Looking forward to seeing if things get even better, I came from a Droid2 that would have died THREE times by now. So impressed. I used the built-in task manager to stop apps a bit too much on this charge, I am going to try and just let the ROM handle them running (like I probably should) and see how battery life is. I imagine it will be the same if not better.
I can use my phone moderately with GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, All Animations, Brightness 100%, & Screen timeout 45 secs-1min all on and get 8-10 hrs use easily.
But since I've been using Juice Defender I am pleased to say I have been getting 12-14 hrs everyday with moderate to high use!!
But since I've been using Juice Defender I am pleased to say I have been getting 12-14 hrs everyday with moderate to high use!!
Just got My Dinc 2 yesterday. Decided to see how long the battery would last on my device unrooted, unmodified, no extended battery. With my own average daily use with some usage that was not so average for me. (phone calls)
Ended the day with 14%
1d 1h 8m 43s on battey
Voice Calls - 36% - 1h 52m in phone calls
Display - 35% (brightness below 25%)
Android System - 10%
Cell Standby - 6%
Phone Idle 5%
Wi-Fi - 4%
Dialer - 3%
Bluetooth - 1% (turned on by accident)
Although it isn't showing it, there was about 1 hours worth of music streaming with the Tune In Radio app.There was my usual email and web page use (10-15 web pages, sub 100 emails) as well. Overall for an android device (my second) I'm very impressed with the battery life, especially when I haven't even calibrated it yet.
Definitely happy with this phone since I had to deal with a thunderbolt for 2 days prior.
Ended the day with 14%
1d 1h 8m 43s on battey
Voice Calls - 36% - 1h 52m in phone calls
Display - 35% (brightness below 25%)
Android System - 10%
Cell Standby - 6%
Phone Idle 5%
Wi-Fi - 4%
Dialer - 3%
Bluetooth - 1% (turned on by accident)
Although it isn't showing it, there was about 1 hours worth of music streaming with the Tune In Radio app.There was my usual email and web page use (10-15 web pages, sub 100 emails) as well. Overall for an android device (my second) I'm very impressed with the battery life, especially when I haven't even calibrated it yet.
Definitely happy with this phone since I had to deal with a thunderbolt for 2 days prior.
I have been getting great battery life with my phone but I am wondering why the Dialer is using so much power and also what is/uses the dialer? I would think that it is the screen where you enter numbers to make a phone call but why would that use more battery than the actual phone calls? Here is what my phone is at right now and I have 45% battery left:
1d 3h 28m on battery
Display 35%
Dialer 23%
Wi-Fi 11%
Cell Standby 11%
Phone Idle 9%
Voice calls 9%
Maps 2%
Thanks
1d 3h 28m on battery
Display 35%
Dialer 23%
Wi-Fi 11%
Cell Standby 11%
Phone Idle 9%
Voice calls 9%
Maps 2%
Thanks
The dialer is actually tricky. It is used when you are making calls so the battery life is shared with the voice calls and it also contains the contacts sync. All data used by the contacts sync and iirc the calendar sync as well are a part of dialer. It is a sense thing. That is perfectly normal battery life and balance.
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Okay, i keep wifi, gps on and have a weatherclock that checks hourly for updates.
I had the usual use, phone calls 25 minutes using google navigator. Phone was unplugged at 5:46 the morning and its 7:52pm.
Display 20%
Voice Calls 11%
Wi-Fi 10%
Android System 9%
Cell Standby 8%
Maps 8%
phone idle 7%
Battery up for 14h 7m 38s
5125547 uah used.
i'm at 23% batter life. I find that not to bad for using gps navigator for 25 minutes.
I had the usual use, phone calls 25 minutes using google navigator. Phone was unplugged at 5:46 the morning and its 7:52pm.
Display 20%
Voice Calls 11%
Wi-Fi 10%
Android System 9%
Cell Standby 8%
Maps 8%
phone idle 7%
Battery up for 14h 7m 38s
5125547 uah used.
i'm at 23% batter life. I find that not to bad for using gps navigator for 25 minutes.
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