Just got the HTC One X. It is such a great phone except for the battery. Got it on Thursday. After using it for a few days now, with I would consider general use. The battery is going flat very quickly. I am needing to put it on charge a few times throughout the day.
For example today, was fully charged. Took it off charge at 9am. by 12 it was already down to 60%. I used it a few times during that time. Surfed the web on wifi, checked facebook, sent a couple text messages and made a short phone call.
I have syncing on for a couple of items but nothing major like facebook feed.
My previous phone was HTC Incredible S and I would get a good day out of that without fail.
Just wondering if other uses are finding this as well or if this is just my unit.
Just got the HTC One X. It is such a great phone except for the battery. Got it on Thursday. After using it for a few days now, with I would consider general use. The battery is going flat very quickly. I am needing to put it on charge a few times throughout the day.
For example today, was fully charged. Took it off charge at 9am. by 12 it was already down to 60%. I used it a few times during that time. Surfed the web on wifi, checked facebook, sent a couple text messages and made a short phone call.
I have syncing on for a couple of items but nothing major like facebook feed.
My previous phone was HTC Incredible S and I would get a good day out of that without fail.
Just wondering if other uses are finding this as well or if this is just my unit.
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Bought in australia using Optus.
Wow....I also bought mine on thursday from Optus in Australia!
Mine was also running out of battery for the first day or 2 but seems to be better now.
The first night, I turned it off and did a full charge over night and that seemed to help.
Try turning things off when not using them such as Wi-fi and bluetooth. I changed my weather widget to a smaller one and I think that may have helped. I looked at what is using the most battery power and the screen was using heaps of battery so having less things using power should help.
Are you having any Wi-fi problems? I'm finding that mine keeps dropping in and out of connection to my wi-fi. It's driving me nuts.
Thanks for responding. I'll keep an eye on the battery usage.
I've had no problems at all with wifi. At home I'm using an old belkin g router.
Have you been having any other issues?
I've noticed today that I've got a dead pixel.
Also I'm having trouble with contacts using Facebook profile pictures. But this is in non htc apps like go sms pro.
Thanks for responding. I'll keep an eye on the battery usage.
I've had no problems at all with wifi. At home I'm using an old belkin g router.
Have you been having any other issues?
I've noticed today that I've got a dead pixel.
Also I'm having trouble with contacts using Facebook profile pictures. But this is in non htc apps like go sms pro.
No, don't seem to have any other issues. I'm using a fairly new Netgear router and no matter what I do to the settings, it hasn't helped. Going back to the store tomorrow to see if they can help.
No, don't seem to have any other issues. I'm using a fairly new Netgear router and no matter what I do to the settings, it hasn't helped. Going back to the store tomorrow to see if they can help.
Ahh interesting. Well good luck nikki. Keep us posted
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In addition to the suggestions Gibbs has provided, when you check out the Battery Stats screen (Settings -> Power -> Battery Use), then click the graph, does the blue/white bar underneath "Awake" look roughly the same as the Screen on time, or is is there more blue underneath awake than screen on?
Thank you to everyone for their responses.
After going into the battery usage it showed that the screen was 50% but the next item was HTC media server which was 10%. So I have now turned that off.
Going to keep an eye on things tomorrow and see how it goes.
Reckon I will still contact the optus store about the dead pixel and see if they will change it over under ELF.
Will post how I go.
Just spoke to the store, said that if they can replicate the problem then they will swap it over.
Which the dead pixel is right there so will be able to see it. Won't have time till Thursday to go in.
As for the battery, been keeping an eye more on it today and it seems to be a bit better. I'm at 60% now. Took it off charge at 8am. Done a bit of surfing the net and been playing music through headphones for 3 hours
Running from a full charge
Time running so far-3hrs.22mins
Battery life down to 32%
Screen is using the most-62%
auto brightness off,only up 1 notch
auto-sync off
screen timeout-15secs
Only browsing the net.
What I want to know is would i be better in swopping it for the galaxy note as it has a bigger battery?
Just spoke to the store, said that if they can replicate the problem then they will swap it over.
Which the dead pixel is right there so will be able to see it. Won't have time till Thursday to go in.
As for the battery, been keeping an eye more on it today and it seems to be a bit better. I'm at 60% now. Took it off charge at 8am. Done a bit of surfing the net and been playing music through headphones for 3 hours
That's pretty good. I think that they get better with time.
Mine's still going ok after 2 days without charging.
I found the problem with my Wifi....it's needs to be upgraded but I'm finding that I cant get it to upgrade so handing the computer and modem over to my computer store to try and do it for me. Finger's crossed after the upgrade it works fine.
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No, don't seem to have any other issues. I'm using a fairly new Netgear router and no matter what I do to the settings, it hasn't helped. Going back to the store tomorrow to see if they can help.
just out of curiosity, have you tried setting your router to only transmit a wireless G signal instead of G and N?
I know that some of the older netgear routers had problems with transmitting N class wireless over anything but a very small distance (had the issue with 3 of the netgears I got from sky whan I was with them).
maybe worth a shot. If that fails try connecting to the wifi round a mates for a while and see if you get the same thing. Should point to where the problem is.
I swear I read somewhere that the on x had great wifi range detectiona nd throughput somewhere.
Running from a full charge
Time running so far-3hrs.22mins
Battery life down to 32%
Screen is using the most-62%
auto brightness off,only up 1 notch
auto-sync off
screen timeout-15secs
Only browsing the net.
What I want to know is would i be better in swopping it for the galaxy note as it has a bigger battery?
Whoa, 15sec screen timeout. I would find that very annoying.
just out of curiosity, have you tried setting your router to only transmit a wireless G signal instead of G and N?
I know that some of the older netgear routers had problems with transmitting N class wireless over anything but a very small distance (had the issue with 3 of the netgears I got from sky whan I was with them).
maybe worth a shot. If that fails try connecting to the wifi round a mates for a while and see if you get the same thing. Should point to where the problem is.
I swear I read somewhere that the on x had great wifi range detectiona nd throughput somewhere.
My router only gives ne the option to select d&g so it is set to that.
But, I realised today that my parents have the exact same router that I do so I checked to see if my phone would connect ok to their's and what'ya know.....perfect connection!
So, I checked their settings and there were 2 things set different, the channel was set to 6 and the WPA-PSK security option was set to mixed. I went home and changed mine to that but still no luck. I called my Dad and asked him to check the firmware version and sure enough, it is newer version than mine. So I'm guessing that is the reason.
I tried to upgrade it myself but the netgear page with the download couldn't be displayed so I'm leaving it in the hands of my local computer tech. He's the one I got the rouet from in the first place so hopefully he'll know how ot upgrade it.
Thanks boss,ive un-installed the task killer app and ive just installed watchdog light,i will run my mob 2moz from full charge and see how long it lasts,its only a week old so if no better it will go back,im thinking of getting the note,good or bad?
I have to say that after having an HTC desire and a galaxy S2 this is the worst mob for battery hogging lol and it makes it worse that the battery is non removalable because i cant standat a socket while it charges because the battery levels drops off so quick,thanks again boss.
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Thanks boss,ive un-installed the task killer app and ive just installed watchdog light,i will run my mob 2moz from full charge and see how long it lasts,its only a week old so if no better it will go back,im thinking of getting the note,good or bad?
I have to say that after having an HTC desire and a galaxy S2 this is the worst mob for battery hogging lol and it makes it worse that the battery is non removalable because i cant standat a socket while it charges because the battery levels drops off so quick,thanks again boss.
My first representative working day for my HTC One X and my battery usage has been excellent and much better than my HTC Desire HD which I didn't even use today but had with me for comparison.
After 15 hours on battery I am on 48%.
I noticed that there was no discernible battery drain during longer sleep periods when receiving approx 112 emails but not necessarily responding as I use my desktop for that. The battery usage graph was flat during these periods.
As far as I can tell the battery lasts longer if I have a good 3G mobile internet signal as compared to using WiFi which seems to drain the battery faster. I also ensure that WiFi is turn off best WiFi performance although it is on during sleep.
Overall – pleased with battery performance
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I reckon mine would last if i never used it lol but mine gets used heavy 5 times a week,i use at least 7-9gb a month on my mob as I've got unlimited data,so my screen can be constantly on for hours and the internet is,I never need to ever use wi-fi.
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Erm just having a quick look in the mirror?nope lol.
An update.
Used from a full charge this morning.
Browsed deviantart for 1hr,the battery has dropped off 40%
I have watchdog installed and no alerts pop up.
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What's your software version? The initial release by HTC had battery issues according to some reviews but was patched in an OTA update. It could be you have the older version?
Running from a full charge
Time running so far-3hrs.22mins
Battery life down to 32%
Screen is using the most-62%
auto brightness off,only up 1 notch
auto-sync off
screen timeout-15secs
Only browsing the net.
What I want to know is would i be better in swopping it for the galaxy note as it has a bigger battery?
It might have a bigger battery but it also has a bigger screen and seeing as the screens are what uses the most battery, I wouldn't be surprised if you ended up with the same problem.
Have a look at the Galaxy Note section and see if anyone is posting about battery stat's and usage. If it seems to be better, than it may be worth swapping to to the Note.
That enough info.
Is there anything on the market that actually works as i would pay for it if it helped my battery,i love this phone by the battery is pants.
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Based on the experience with my Desire, I just installed a switch widget and make sure that 3G, GPS, and Wifi, are all off unless I need them. This makes a huge difference to battery life. The phone will go for around a week without these on. I also found that 30% brightness for the screen was about right unless it was in bright sunshine outside or in the car for satnav.
Hiya all... Update on the same screen. I went back to the store today. They swapped it over no problems.
Straight away I saw a difference. No flickering and no dead pixels.
I've had the new phone on charge all day and will leave it over night.
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I have had an issue today with the battery life. Seemed to drain very quickly using sat nav and plugged into car charger. Took it off the charger and battery life improved. That will teach me to get a cheapo charger, though HTC branded, from Amazon.
I have had an issue today with the battery life. Seemed to drain very quickly using sat nav and plugged into car charger. Took it off the charger and battery life improved. That will teach me to get a cheapo charger, though HTC branded, from Amazon.
make sure your car charger puts out the same as a wall charger; most are left unbridged to prevent this (and will show up under settings as "usb" for charging mode). With a little dab of solder and a cheap charger this is easily fixed; check out this post: How to Modify 1 Amp Car Chargers to show AC Mode - xda-developers
there is even a customer video on Amazon that shows how to do this...
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I reckon mine would last if i never used it lol but mine gets used heavy 5 times a week,i use at least 7-9gb a month on my mob as I've got unlimited data,so my screen can be constantly on for hours and the internet is,I never need to ever use wi-fi.
The point is that for my usage involving email and web through the working day the HTC One X is as good or better then my HTC Desire HD.
Your mobile usage may be different to mine but what phone allows the screen to be constantly on for hours without charging - none.
The point is that for my usage involving email and web through the working day the HTC One X is as good or better then my HTC Desire HD.
Your mobile usage may be different to mine but what phone allows the screen to be constantly on for hours without charging - none.
Ahhh... but it does. 5 and half hours on screen time today. I set it to never turn off this afternoon, battery hardly went down.
It's not the screen causing the drain regardless of what the stats say , there is something connected to the screen causing it. Perhaps the GPU element of the Tegra.
well i am having either a massive battery "settling in" problem or have a faulty battery on my One X
had it since last night. charged it till green light came on and it would not then turn on at all when button depressed. left it on charge for rest of night and then had it on from 7.50am till about 12:30, by 1.30 at the supermarket it had shut itself down. i then put it back on charge. that is not even the worry though!
the worrying problem is this. my phone went from reporting being fully charged at 4.30pm to shutting itself off due to no battery left in about 2 hours!!!
do you want to know what my usage was in that 2 hours. i received a text message and replied to it, aside from that it was on standby! no wi fi no no GPS, auto brightness off and have mine lowered from being a previous desire owner. phone is currently on overnight charge to see what joy tomorrow brings
well i am having either a massive battery "settling in" problem or have a faulty battery on my One X
had it since last night. charged it till green light came on and it would not then turn on at all when button depressed. left it on charge for rest of night and then had it on from 7.50am till about 12:30, by 1.30 at the supermarket it had shut itself down. i then put it back on charge. that is not even the worry though!
the worrying problem is this. my phone went from reporting being fully charged at 4.30pm to shutting itself off due to no battery left in about 2 hours!!!
do you want to know what my usage was in that 2 hours. i received a text message and replied to it, aside from that it was on standby! no wi fi no no GPS, auto brightness off and have mine lowered from being a previous desire owner. phone is currently on overnight charge to see what joy tomorrow brings
Something is definitely going on with your phone, does it get hot (like the processor is running incessantly? Could you post a screenshot (hold both power and volume down at the same time) of your battery usage page (Settings -> Battery)?
I hate to say it but it sounds like an exchange is your best option (unless there is a quick fix or known bug we can glean for your battery info- but even this isn't too likely as none of the bugs and issues I know of talk about depletion this quickly)...
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in response basically the screen usage is about 80% even though i have it on very little backlight whatsoever.
today phone has been on an hour with light use, changing ringtones, no wifi, no internet use, battery is saying 82% after that hours use.
slightly concerned that when trying to sort out a screenshot when i went into the power setting to get battery use the phone shut down entirely.
now down to 76% whilst typing this message
screen 73%
com ht launcher 5%
mail 5%
android OS 5%
android system 4%
cell standby 4%
phone idle 2%
android core apps 2%
Thanks for posting values! Okay, the problem is the screen as the other numbers are relatively in line (as the screen % rises the other value %'s must drop, so that is why some things seem low)...
There aren't really many things (that I know of) that feed into this number, so it sounds like it may be a hardware fault. If it were simply a bad battery I would think that your usage would display the same ratios as other phones, just your battery life would be much reduced. BEcause your screen statistic is so high, I think there is a fault or short somewhere in the screen that is causing it to draw power even when it shouldn't (or use a lot more power when it does need to). If you are able to swap it out, I would do so... it is a pain starting over with a new device, but it does happen that some things just miss the eyes in the Quality Assurance lines at the factories...
Hello everyone. I am thinking of getting Sprint's version of ONE X. Based on the battery life that you all are getting, would you, could recommend this phone?
I have noticed that the battery does drain in strange amounts.
I have my wifi & gps on constantly, my phone went for 2 days 5 hours & i received a text at which point the phone was at 34% battery.
The phone was put back in stand by & the phone went totally flat in the next 4 hours, this i find strange as over night in stand by it only uses 1 - 2%.
There is obviously a bug in the way the phone reports its battery state, by my reasoning this must be some 10 - 15% lower than what it is reporting.
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Some of the older HTC phones did not charge all the way when the battery showed 100%. You needed to bump charge it. To bump charge a device, turn it off completely, and plug it into a charger. Wait until the indicator light shows a full charge (on the Droid Incredible, for example, the charging LED changes from amber to green) but do not yet turn the device back on. Instead, disconnect and immediately reconnect the power cord.
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Some of the issues stated on here simply seem like a faulty battery or device.
I got the phone this past Friday and have been averaging 22 to 24 hours on a single charge. I've been trying to "train" the battery or w/e the method is called in waiting until the device is below 10% then giving a full charge to 100% and leaving it plugged in for a bit after its fully charged.
My normal day consists of light text messaging, checking facebook, web browsing and watching video clips here and there. I'm usually on wifi for 8 hours at work and on 4G when I'm at home.
I think the battery life is great considering the processor and radio this phone works off. I'm very pleased to say the least. I love the lack off battery drain during stand bye times, when I'm sleeping. The Skyrocket I came from drained like crazy overnight.
I am using my phone for the first battery cycle and I expect it to get better but its kind of bad right now. I let the original battery juice that the phone came with yesterday run out completely to the point where the phone shut off. Then I plugged it into my wall charger and let it charge completely overnight(which I do with every phone when I go to sleep).
Pulled it off the charger at 8:20am and as of right now, Im down to 37%. I am on the company Wifi all day, bluetooth is off, GPS is on. I get both work and Gmail emails to the device all day. Lots of text/KIK messages. Twitter updates every 10 mins.
Normally my Skyrocket would give me about 50% after 12 hours which was fine because I would get home at that point. I would be down to 20% typically by the time I went to sleep just to start the cycle over again.
My issue is that its saying the screen is using 67% and the next thing using the most is Wifi at 7% which to me is nothing.
I keep the phone in my pocket, have the screen set to "auto" brightness and 30 second timeout(unless I click the power button sooner).
Im hoping this screen gets tamed down a bit over time. I cant have my phone die before I even leave work at night.
UPDATE: When I finally got home from work around 8:30 I was only down to 30%. So from the time I wrote this post originally to 2.5 hours later I only lost 7%. Ended up taking a phone call at 9 and was on it for about 26 minutes. Then on another call from 10-11. It wasnt until around 10:45 I got the blinky on the screen telling me to plug in the charger because I was at 13%.
Id have to say even though that was my first full day, Im very happy with the outcome. If the battery life stays like that Ill be just fine.
Last edited by HyperM3; May 8th, 2012 at 08:27 AM.
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I pulled mine off the charger at 6:30am, and after a day of heavy use at work (showing it off to coworkers, playing with it far more than I should have on a workday, etc.) It was down to about 37% at 4:30pm.
It was on wifi for about 80% of that time, and on LTE for the rest of the time. My usage was mostly web browsing, e-mail, and social networking apps, with about 10 minutes of watching video and a couple dozen camera shots to show off burst mode, and a little bit of taking videos. My screen (also on Auto) accounts for 57% of the battery usage.
I also have not yet done a full discharge/recharge.
My last couple phones before this (a Rezound and a Thunderbolt) would have been pretty much dead with the same level of activity, so I'm quite pleased with my battery life since it gets me through a work day of heavy usage without needing to charge, and still has a comfortable margin at the end.
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Does the phone/software read the battery level correctly? Went to bed last night, about 11pm, with the battery at 92%. Got up at 8am and it was showing 89%. 10 mins checking my emails, reading a few articles on Currents and it was on 87%. Fair enough I suppose.
Literally 2 mins on a website, not graphic intensive or anything, and it dropped to 80%
Wondering if the phone is incorrectly reporting the actual level of charge?
Standby times seem brilliant in terms of little drainage, my Desire, if left on standby, would drop 7-10% if left overnight yet the One X seems to hold charge well.
Only other thing I can this is that the browser is using too much battery. Might need to try another one...
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Battery level is pretty much a best guess and a lot of the time, they base the battery level on current usage. I've noticed similar things to you, although not as extreme. I'll hammer it for 10-15 minutes and lose 2-3%, then leave it for a minute and in that minute of doing nothing, I'll have lost the same again.
Standby time is excellent though, agreed.
gwlaw99, HTC kernels are coded to report 100% battery at circa 90% I believe, it's supposed to prevent overcharging and lengthen the lifespan of the battery. On my DHD, I'd an SBC kernel which overcame this.
If you want to charge it fully, you can leave it on charge for an hour or so after it says charging is completed and it will charge to full capacity. Alternatively, install Current Widget and leave your phone on charge till the widget reads 0mAh.
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