Droid Turbo: Battery Life

[hal1]

Got my 48 hours, but didn't use my phone much to get it. About 20 minutes of Tune-In Radio, A very few calls, very few texts, bluetooth on but with no device connected, no wifi, IR and moto actions turned off though still had the "okay google now" voice whatever on.

Sorry for the overkill on screen shots, but I know people might ask, "what about such and such" and this is all I got - not sure how usefull it is.

Back to normal use today, internet, 30 minutes of googe map navigation,TuneIn radio. Down to 30% after 12 hours use. Oh well.

 

[wolf_walker]

Two day ago battery sticks at 100%. Fixed that, yesterday a comfortable 23 hours till single digit percent with regular use, today, down to 40% after 8 hours of the same or less usage. Yay consistency.. Luckily even bad is good with a battery this big.

 

[beeare]

Active display/Approach is must have for me, especially coming from a BlackBerry with the power on gesture, having to press a button to turn on my phone is antiquated

You don't need to have the approach setting on in order to not press the power button. When you have a notification, the active display will breath on and off and you can use it to turn the phone on. If you move your phone, it will also activate the display without using the sensor that's required to be on for the approach feature to work. I like the approach feature too, don't get me wrong, but it's not a prerequisite for turning your phone on without using the power button.

 

[bizzyqu]

OK so have had 10 hour days first three days, 15 hours today as battery is now coming around.

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[jec11718]

OK so have had 10 hour days first three days, 15 hours today as battery is now coming around.

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Give it a few more days...look for 24 to 36 hrs....lol

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[pdarrah]

I having trouble even believing the battery life I am getting. For the last few months (since kitkat update) my old RAZR M couldn't even make it through a day with tons of stuff turned off and barely using it.

After reading here I figured I should go ahead and let it run down fairly low and then charge all the way up. Although not unanimous, many here seem to feel this helps the battery and "calibrates" the % full readings. The weekend seemed to be a good time for this, so.... on Saturday morning I unplugged my phone and decided I would let it just run down over the weekend. Turned out that didn't work out so well. I don't really use my phone that much on weekends. It's on and with me as I run errands and it is always checking my 4 email accounts (don't ask- there really is a reason!) 3 of those are gmail and 1 is IMAP for my work mail. I do periodically look at it to see what has come in, but I'm not using it that much. By Sunday night, I still had 58% battery. I decided since I'm not really too far from a charger on Mondays that I'd keep letting it go. I finally gave up last night (I knew I wouldn't have access to a charger all day today) with the battery at 28%. It was at 36% and I watched a few videos in an attempt to drive it down further! I finally gave up and just plugged it in. I'm quite certain it would still have had a charge by this morning (probably around 20% if the other 2 nights are anything to go by, so I could have gone 3 full days on a single charge!)

Here are the screen shots from just before I plugged it in. I'm certainly not complaining, but does anyone have any idea why the high wakelock time? Is it just from checking all the email?

 

[mobrules]

Great battery life man. On the wakelock screen if you select each one the next screen gives you an option to google what it is. The first one is communication to your wireless network and the second is your phone communicating to a cell network. I would also be interested in what you have disabled or what settings you have set up. the screen time is low but you explained that and the talk time is 0. Those two things are the biggest battery drains for me.

 

[wolf_walker]

I can believe two days and change with very little screen usage if all is well.
I was at 40% after 8 hours yesterday, 87% after 11 hours today.
Screen time.. Man I wish they'd stuck with a 1080p on this thing.

 

[Snareman]

I can believe two days and change with very little screen usage if all is well.
I was at 40% after 8 hours yesterday, 87% after 11 hours today.
Screen time.. Man I wish they'd stuck with a 1080p on this thing.

I can barely tell the difference between the 720p screen on my Maxx and the QHD on the Turbo. 1080 would have been PLENTY fine. Too bad there are screen resolution wars.

 

[hal1]

I use a G2 at work. gets very little talk usage, no internet usage, and about 20 incoming texts a day. Easily lasts through three 6 hour shifts. It's idle battery drain is insanely low

 

[wolf_walker]

When I got the DT I pulled the SIM on my GS4, granted my screentime is under three hours just casually using it but it's like, a two day battery now all
the sudden. Pretty funny.

 

[kansasandroid1]

Just got done with my first full day with the Turbo and this battery is a beast. No matter what phone I have had it has always died before the end of the day before me, but with the Turbo I don't see that being a problem. Even the Droid Razr Maxx I had a couple years ago would struggle making it through a day like I had today. Overall very impressed and one thing I know about Motorola after a couple days of use the battery will improve.

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[Brian Singleton]

Coming up on two weeks of having the phone, and my battery keeps getting better every day. I think I am going to try to go Friday AM unplug, Sunday night replug this weekend.

Imagine how great things will be with Lollipop!

 

[mobrules]

I can barely tell the difference between the 720p screen on my Maxx and the QHD on the Turbo. 1080 would have been PLENTY fine. Too bad there are screen resolution wars.

I have to agree. Most of the time my screen is on auto and I cant see any difference.

 

[pdarrah]

Someone had asked for more info on my setup on my phone (although I can't find it now so maybe I'm hallucinating!)

My WiFi advanced settings are shown below. I've pretty much left most of the setup "as is" - I haven't disabled any of the Moto features (ie, it turns on when I aproach it, it's always listening for my phrase, etc.). I did disable some of the bloatware: Amazon app suite, Kindle, Audible, Black hole, Bubbles, Caller Name ID, EMail (I use K9 for my non-gmail account), FamilyBase, Google Hindi, Korean & Pinyin, Google+, HP Print services, IMDb, Magic Smoke, Message+, Music Visualization Wallpapers, Phase Beam, & VZ Navigator.

If there are any other settings you are wondering about, just ask.

 

[beeare]

I have to agree. Most of the time my screen is on auto and I cant see any difference.

I disagree. Next to the 1080p Galaxy S5 I notice no difference. I just sold my Maxx on Ebay and was playing around with both phones right next to one another, and there is a significant difference. The brightness on auto too is hugely different, with the screen being much brighter on the Turbo. Holding them independently and using them normally, you wouldn't notice much of a difference, but right next to one another, there's a big difference. Also, at this point I think the battery is better on this phone anyway, so I'm not stressing Motorola's decision to throw in the extra pixels.

 

[PowrDroid]

I just sold my Maxx on Ebay and was playing around with both phones right next to one another, and there is a significant difference. The brightness on auto too is hugely different, with the screen being much brighter on the Turbo. Holding them independently and using them normally, you wouldn't notice much of a difference, but right next to one another, there's a big difference. Also, at this point I think the battery is better on this phone anyway, so I'm not stressing Motorola's decision to throw in the extra pixels.

I just did this at the Verizon store last night. Set my RMHD on auto brightness, turned the store's Turbo from max brightness to auto brightness, waited about 30 seconds and compared them in the same lighting conditions. Not even close--Turbo was much brighter.

 

[mobrules]

I just did this at the Verizon store last night. Set my RMHD on auto brightness, turned the store's Turbo from max brightness to auto brightness, waited about 30 seconds and compared them in the same lighting conditions. Not even close--Turbo was much brighter.

I still have my RMHD. Comparing them side by side I don't see a whole lot of difference with auto brightness. Yes the Turbo screen is much sharper. Its like comparing the screens on different televisions. I have a Vizio that does not get as nice of a picture as my Samsung. They both have smart/auto brightness. The Samsung is much sharper despite having similar specs. Its also a matter of taste. I notice looking at any screen that is too bright and sharp eventually is an issue for me. The auto brightness setting for both phones look very similar to me.

 

[Mike Koppler]

So I'm not sure if this good or not. I've been off the charger since 8am today...

 

[PowrDroid]

I still have my RMHD. Comparing them side by side I don't see a whole lot of difference with auto brightness. Yes the Turbo screen is much sharper. Its like comparing the screens on different televisions. I have a Vizio that does not get as nice of a picture as my Samsung. They both have smart/auto brightness. The Samsung is much sharper despite having similar specs. Its also a matter of taste. I notice looking at any screen that is too bright and sharp eventually is an issue for me. The auto brightness setting for both phones look very similar to me.

Hmmm... what lighting conditions were you in? I was in the Verizon store with overhead fluorescent lights.