Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA?

[CutlaSS]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

Mine has improved quite noticeably. It is because Android OS is not keeping it awake nearly as much.

 

[Small_law]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

I think mine is slightly worse, but I've been messing with it a lot lately because the 4.0.4 improved the phone so much I just find myself using it more.

 

[bebbles]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

You guys are right, my Android OS used to be at the top and now its a few down on the list! However, I have my screen brightness at less than 25% and the screen is still eating up 68% of my battery. Sigh. But my battery has gotten better. Didnt notice right away but I still have 60% after almost 4 hours of minimal use, whereas a week ago, Id probably be at 20-30%. It still drains almost 30% during the night when Im sleeping though...

 

[chubb]

Been running the update for two weeks. Haven't noticed any difference. Still get the same 4 hrs screen time on lte, with the 2100 battery. I do think battery life improved with the screen off though. Only thing after the update I'm without signal almost 10% of the day, when before it was 0-1%.

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[TabGuy]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

You guys are right, my Android OS used to be at the top and now its a few down on the list! However, I have my screen brightness at less than 25% and the screen is still eating up 68% of my battery. Sigh. But my battery has gotten better. Didnt notice right away but I still have 60% after almost 4 hours of minimal use, whereas a week ago, Id probably be at 20-30%. It still drains almost 30% during the night when Im sleeping though...

The auto brightness is much improved in 4.0.4 also. Try that and see if it helps battery.

 

[Downwind]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

My sample is very unscientific, but I always used to have to plug the damn thing in before the end of the work day. Now I don't.

 

[dj hidroid]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

Battery life is the same for me. Although I'm having a few other issues. I'm about to do a master reset but all in all the update has refined the os which is quite nice now. The new camera ui and rotation speed are great now.

 

[vivek615]

I assume It can be a good thing when your screen uses 68%. It always adds up to a 100 so if you're not using a ton of brightness then your probably solid. As far as battery life my I've added maximum sync and gps and seem to be doing fine maybe even better.

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[bebbles]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

The auto brightness is much improved in 4.0.4 also. Try that and see if it helps battery.

Will try today!

 

[doomtuba]

Yeah, Android OS is definitely way down since the update! I still wish the battery drain was slower while it's asleep though.


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[Undertoad]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

That may be due to what's syncing on your phone and what kind of signal it's getting while it does that. If you have a lot of apps syncing they will wake up the phone to do it.

You can go to Settings > Battery and click on the graph that shows battery drain, and it'll tell you when it was actually awake and when it used GPS, WiFi, etc. That might give a clue. You can also turn off sync completely, overnight, and see if that helps.

 

[JoeNM84]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

I think mine is a little bit improved, but hard to tell since I just moved into 4G about 2 days before I got the update, and I'm using FoxFi to tether as my only source of internet right now.
Also, I didn't charge it last night and it went from 100% to 85% in the 8 hours I was sleeping. People complaining about their phones dying over night need to look at their apps, I've never had that happen before or after the update.

 

[Bjames7]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

I think mine is much improved nothing super great but better. When on standby it hardly drains. usually at 30% after 16 hours.

 

[4runner]

My area got 4g a week before the update. Turned the battery to mush. Drained right before your eyes. Since the update it seems I've been getting better stand by time then when set to just 3g. With moderate usage it seems comparable. I think the update has helped.

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[xFORTRESSx]

Battery life totally improved for me. I forgot my phone at work over a day and a half. When I got it back I squeezed out 5 hours of use out of it. Granted I wasn't connected to 4G but still.

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[LxiMax]

Re: Who else is getting much better battery life with the new OTA

I can't complain. I say I use my device moderately and at the end of the day, I'm at 12 hours of usage with 2 hours of screen time and still have 40%-50% left ( stock battery, 40% screen brightness ). I could probably stretch it two days if I had to. Keep in mind I'm coming from a Thunderbolt as well.