Major battery draining

[jean15paul]

I haven't notice any battery issues recently, but since I'm usually a pretty heavy user, I leave my phone plugged in most of the day (at home, at work, and in the car). I might only charge at night for the next few days to see if I find any difference.

I was just on a 2 day trip away from home and I was paranoid about battery drain.
I put the phone into power saver mode and what a difference! I had plenty of juice left. I'm not sure what PS does, but it works!

Powersaver mode basically turns off all of your data connections anytime the screen is off, so it saves a lot of power, but it interferes with getting real time notifications. It also lowers your screen brightness, and reduces your screen timeout time. It definitely saves a lot of juice, but a lot of people don't leave it on because they want or need real time notifications.

You can download an app called Juice Defender which basically does the same thing, but you can set it to turn everything back on and sync on a regular schedule so you still get notifications (even if they are delayed a little). So once ever hour (for example) it will turn your data connection back on to allow any notification to come through.

 

[6157]

I'm getting less than 12 hours of battery now and I'm down to less then 15%. I run Power Saver all day but not quite as low as the factory settings and still only about 12-15 hours max.

 

[ryanr509]

I'm getting less than 12 hours of battery now and I'm down to less then 15%. I run Power Saver all day but not quite as low as the factory settings and still only about 12-15 hours max.

How many hours of screen on time do u get out of that 12hrs of the phone being on? Screen on time is what u should really be looking at not total phone on time.

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[footysr]

The last couple weeks my battery seemed to have been draining faster than usual. It is a year old so I just figured it was suffering from old age.

I purchased an extended battery from Amazon that arrived here last Friday and I'm getting 2 full days out of it with ease.

For what it's worth, great price!
Laza Zcell 3460mah Extended Battery

 

[SenseMonkey]

I only about 3hrs of battery life lol.. idc tho,i always carry a charger with me.

 

[VickMackey#AC]

Juice Defender works wonders. Besides the LCD, Data is 99% of what drains the battery in smart phones when not in use.

 

[6157]

How many hours of screen on time do u get out of that 12hrs of the phone being on? Screen on time is what u should really be looking at not total phone on time.

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Well I just gave it a full charge, so I cant say what the total time is but the percentage of battery use by the screen is 55% right now.

I updated the OS and now I'm down to less than 12 hours max of battery life. I only get about 6 to 8 hours of reasonable useage. Anything after that and I risk it dying completely.

 

[samanthanielquel]

To extend the battery lifetime install the app called 'Easy Battery Saver'.

 

[jaylawrence]

Get your phone rooted! I have 8 hours of OFF charge on my Evo 3D!