What is your power consumption at idle?

[dpham00]

Well, the lowest idle I see is 34ma with data/bt/wifi/gps off. In theory, according to HTC, this phone gets 330hours on standby, so that would be 4.2ma on idle. But I get nowhere near that. I know someone with a Droid Charge, and he told me his idle is well into the single digits with the 4g radio on, so I know it's not because of the 4g radio. And this is when the phone is working well. When it's not, it would idle much, much higher.

So, what idle are you guys seeing, and what is the status data/bt/wifi/gps at idle?

 

[Forgetful]

Same here.

What program is your friend using for the charge? Charge tried a few at the store and none of them Worked.

 

[fatboy97]

I've never looked at any of these stats... what app do you use?

 

[dpham00]

"battery monitor widget" from the android market

 

[tcapote]

At 4g idle, average about 10mA/hr, if I use LTE OnOff and switch to 3g, it drops to about 4mA/hr.

I use Battery Monitor Widget Pro and have verified over and over, 4G kills my battery. 3g and WiFi work great for battery life.

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[jmayniac]

I'm a minimalist, so I rooted my phone, removed all the bloatware. I then bought "Autoruns" and disabled all startup services that I didn't need. My phone was bare minimum, 3G/4G off, Wi-Fi off, bare bones. I installed "Battery Monitor" and it said 38mAh, that is the lowest I've seen it. Even with all the apps I wanted installed and running I generally hover around 40mAh. I'm not in a 4G area, so I keep 4G off all the time, but it doesn't seem to make any difference in battery usage at all.

 

[dpham00]

At 4g idle, average about 10mA/hr, if I use LTE OnOff and switch to 3g, it drops to about 4mA/hr.

I use Battery Monitor Widget Pro and have verified over and over, 4G kills my battery. 3g and WiFi work great for battery life.

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if i got something like this, then i'd be very happy. are you rooted?

 

[howarmat]

im lucky to drop to 50, most times over 100

 

[PJnc284]

I'm idling at 40-45 on the GingerRemix. Not sure how anyone could get single digits unless they closed all background tasks and have nothing running.

 

[Mikey D_PhD]

Non-rooted, purely stock (with extended battery) with 4G radio on all the time. (Caveat - I only get 3G at work, so mainly use wifi there, but 4G always at home.)

Having said that, I'm getting anywhere between 25 and 38 mAh at idle at all times.

 

[OC Nut]

Battery Monitor shows 38mA to 44mA generally, on 4G or WiFi (but the actual drain between the two is not the same, so I'm not sure how accurate this monitor is).

 

[worwig]

If I have 4G turned off (I am in a 3G only area) then I often see 40ma at idle, jumping up to a few hundred as various processes kick in. (man, I need to root this thing and kill some of that junk). Occasionally, I see in the high 30ma. This numbers are in line with my now antique WiMo phone of the past.

If I turn on 4G (in my 3G only area), I very occasionally see it drop to the 40ma range.

At 4g idle, average about 10mA/hr, if I use LTE OnOff and switch to 3g, it drops to about 4mA/hr.

Sorry, but I think your numbers are way off here. Maybe by a factor of x10.

 

[d1ez3]

usually 30-34. I just had to reboot my phone because it would not drop below 320. I get so angry when that happens, the battery just starts to plummet no matter what I do and need to restart it where I lose another 20% anyway. This needs to be fixed

 

[OC Nut]

If I have 4G turned off (I am in a 3G only area) then I often see 40ma at idle, jumping up to a few hundred as various processes kick in. (man, I need to root this thing and kill some of that junk). Occasionally, I see in the high 30ma. This numbers are in line with my now antique WiMo phone of the past.

If I turn on 4G (in my 3G only area), I very occasionally see it drop to the 40ma range.



Sorry, but I think your numbers are way off here. Maybe by a factor of x10.

I think he means that the battery drops by 5%/hr in 3G and 10%/hr in 4G (I believe he's said that before), so if true, that means 3G @ 70mA and 4G @ 140mA.

 

[OC Nut]

usually 30-34. I just had to reboot my phone because it would not drop below 320. I get so angry when that happens, the battery just starts to plummet no matter what I do and need to restart it where I lose another 20% anyway. This needs to be fixed

Yes, I agree rebooting is a must in this situation. I don't think that the reboot actually causes you to lose another 20% -- it only looks that way to the battery meter. (This happened to me yesterday, I rebooted from 20% down to 6%, but the phone was basically no longer accepting charge when it was up to 89%, and a reboot from 89% caused the battery meter to go to 99%, which I think was right. I have also rebooted when off the charger from 96% to 95%, so probably all that happens is that the phone runs at 500mA or so for 2 minutes, which should just be about 1%. The phone better not be chewing up 280mAhr in 2 minutes (running 8.4A) -- that would be ridiculous).

 

[bjboucher]

I sit around 34-38mah in idle. I leave 4g turned off because signal is weak in my house but everything else is turned on (3g, gps, full auto sync on my accounts).

 

[tcapote]

if i got something like this, then i'd be very happy. are you rooted?

I mis-stated my numbers. I am losing 10% battery per hour on 4G and 4% per hour on 3G

My average idle mA usage on 4G is 150-300mA and on 3G (and wifi) is only about 40mA or so.

4G is a battery hog. I live in a well covered 4G area her in Southern California.

 

[dpham00]

im lucky to drop to 50, most times over 100

it's weird, sometimes it will stay at 40ma, then, for no reason, go to around 140ma average. i play music and it drops down to 60ma. if it gets stuck at 300ma and my mobile data is off, which rarely happens, then i have to restart, no way to reduce that.

 

[dpham00]

I mis-stated my numbers. I am losing 10% battery per hour on 4G and 4% per hour on 3G

My average idle mA usage on 4G is 150-300mA and on 3G (and wifi) is only about 40mA or so.

4G is a battery hog. I live in a well covered 4G area her in Southern California.

the 4G *should* idle close to 3G (slightly higher, possibly, but not that much higher). by idle, i mean when the 4G radio is on, but not in use of course. I've had my 4G radio on idle and it would sit at ~40ma when working correctly. When not working, i have seen it go to those #'s as well.