a bit concerned about my battery-it has loasted longer in the last day but dropped 20 percent overnight without me even using it isnt that a bit excessive?
not sure wots eating it up i dont have data or auto sync on
I turn off data and wifi in work, and when i want to surf the net, do some light playing of games during work the odd text, a call, plus listening to music during lunch of the radio and i can get use 25% from 8.30 to 5.15.
O.T. did you just use the image, or did you manage to root it manually? I had to use the image, couldn't get it to root any other way, then again, I'm not to hot on Linux, have to keep refering to man!
Considering rooting this, does setcpu work ok with it?
Was rooting easy? More importantly, what about returning to stock?
Rooted my Desire, but this is all different.
Did your phone come with a power saving app installed? (I ask as I think it may have been added to my review model). This can disable the background data and auto syncing during set hours, or when the battery level falls.
Better than disabling everything (may as well turn the phone off then)
I wonder if there may be any battery improvements with future firmware (before or when we get ICS) as there could be a system task that is consuming too much power in standby?
tried a little experiment while off from work yesterday and deliberately didnt use my phone except for necessary use about 10 texts , 5 minutes of calls , 2 facebook refreshes and about 5 mins internet.
this morning the battery is at 10% and on power saver, and the standby with nominal use is at 1 day 13 hours 50 minutes and counting
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Morning everyone, from my dabbles in another forum I came across this lot of info:
The problem is related to the phone switching between 2G and 3G too many times in idle mode, that's why a lot of people (myself included) are reporting that selecting either 2G or 3G (rather than automatic dual mode) fixes the problem. As mentioned by another member in this thread, it's possibly related to the com.sonyericsson.android.wakeup process, either way, it's a software bug and nothing to do with physical aspects of the phone.
To those who are having the battery issue, select either GSM or WCDMA instead of putting it in dual mode; this will increase the battery life by a huge amount. This is a temporary fix until Sony fix the 2G/3G switching BUG. To do this go to: Settings --> Wireless & Networks --> Mobile Networks --> Network Mode. And select WCDMA (or GSM if you're happy with 2G)
Before my phone was draining 50% in 24 hours with no use at all; everything disabled, blank screen etc. Now in idle mode, after selecting WCDMA (3G), only 8% drained after 24 hours and the battery was still at 92%. That's a drastic improvement.
I've inadvertently been doing this while at work so have found my battery life to be pretty good, just go test this out for yourself and if there is improvement then you can bet that it will be resolved in some software update either officially or unofficially
There are a whole load of other what-ifs like O2 and something to do with fast dormancy feature, picasa auto updates and there seems to be a working solution for rooted Xperia's too.
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Yes thanks jaseuk. I remember a similar thing. suggested with the Arc when it was first released as that was plagued by poor battery life till a firmware update helped.
it seemed to work switching to one of the modes less battery drain only peroblem now is every now and again loses service and i have to do a search for the network
Yes, because this is what I need to know to compare. Thanks.
Just wondering Tyseyh, on say a 16 Hour day (without draining before then) whats the maximum screen on time you've had so far?
I've been looking around, even though its May 11th for my contract end...
Not really sure, I ain't been looking and I've had it plugged into the pc more often to check picture quality on the telly box.
Atm its only been on 8 hours but I've taken 2 videos and about 50 pictures (went to the park) so it's not lasted long today.
I've been planning on buying my new phone in April, but the battery issue is the only thing potentially putting me off the Xperia. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is now rumoured to be released this Friday so the decision might be a little harder.
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I've been planning on buying my new phone in April, but the battery issue is the only thing potentially putting me off the Xperia. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is now rumoured to be released this Friday so the decision might be a little harder.
I heard the Galaxy S3 is not due for release till April/May time. Either way, it might be worth you waiting that little bit longer.
I'm still very tempted with the Xperia and that fact I've only got only one slight concern when choosing the phone shows how good it is. It won't be until Easter at the earliest when I buy a phone anyway.
Since I've locked the phone to WCDMA instead of 3G/2G, my battery has improved immeasurably! No doubt locking to GSM only would be even better, but I don't want GPRS data speeds!
I was still on 72% by the time I was heading home from a meeting in London, with the phone basically using next to no power in standby.
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I heard about that.
Will try it tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by jaseuk
Morning everyone, from my dabbles in another forum I came across this lot of info:
The problem is related to the phone switching between 2G and 3G too many times in idle mode, that's why a lot of people (myself included) are reporting that selecting either 2G or 3G (rather than automatic dual mode) fixes the problem. As mentioned by another member in this thread, it's possibly related to the com.sonyericsson.android.wakeup process, either way, it's a software bug and nothing to do with physical aspects of the phone.
To those who are having the battery issue, select either GSM or WCDMA instead of putting it in dual mode; this will increase the battery life by a huge amount. This is a temporary fix until Sony fix the 2G/3G switching BUG. To do this go to: Settings --> Wireless & Networks --> Mobile Networks --> Network Mode. And select WCDMA (or GSM if you're happy with 2G)
Before my phone was draining 50% in 24 hours with no use at all; everything disabled, blank screen etc. Now in idle mode, after selecting WCDMA (3G), only 8% drained after 24 hours and the battery was still at 92%. That's a drastic improvement.
I've inadvertently been doing this while at work so have found my battery life to be pretty good, just go test this out for yourself and if there is improvement then you can bet that it will be resolved in some software update either officially or unofficially
There are a whole load of other what-ifs like O2 and something to do with fast dormancy feature, picasa auto updates and there seems to be a working solution for rooted Xperia's too.
Mine is set to switch between gsm and HSPDA automatically when ever it likes.
Currently on 16 hours with 2 hours or so with display on.
Not bad. I have a screen shot if need be.
I have mine on WDCMA only as my carrier doesn't have a 2G network at all. I've found the battery life to be decent for an Android handset (but I still have to charge it every night).
I'm sure that if users have a solid 2G or 3G connection and the phone doesn't need to swap, the battery would be the same as if you locked it to one band.
As I do quite often lose 3G when moving about, even within the house, locking to 3G has helped immensely.
Lithium Ion batteries don't suffer a memory effect, so it doesn't matter how you charge/re-charge. That will make no difference to the overall performance (at least not for a considerable number of charge cycles where the battery begins to deteriorate).
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