ITT: Post your Captivate's battery life

[baddress]

No one else can achieve this kind of battery life. His phone must have super powers. Maybe his can teach ours?

No super powers I use it normally. It got to 129 hours then I had to recharge it I was at 3% left.

 

[born_fisherman]

voice calls - 70%
display 15%
cell standby - 4%
gps status - 4%
maps- 3%
phone idle - 3%
android system - 2%

Question - I think I have pretty good reception at my house (I have 3 bars of signal) yet voice calls take up 70% of the battery use

 

[randy_c]

Mine usually last for 6-8 hrs.. it really suck and trust me kill app using advance

3hr 42 minutes
display 33% time on 19m35s
Voice call 22% time on 2m48s
Stand by 18% time on 3h42m
Phone idle 12% time on 3h42m
Android OS 8% CPU usage 11m22s
android system 5% CPU usage 5m47s CPU foreground 54s
advance task 2% CPU usage 2m45s CPU foreground 6s

Really useful if you guy can add time on too

 

[yahoowizard]

My display is still 80 percent with no live wallpapers and lowest brightness. Any ideas?

 

[Endoran]

No super powers I use it normally. It got to 129 hours then I had to recharge it I was at 3% left.

If you use the screen for 1 to 1.5hours per day while doing data intensive activities and it lasts 6 days then YES your phone DOES have super powers because look at everyone elses stats, are they anywhere close to that? If your display is only 9% of your battery drain over that time period I doubt you were on it for 6-9 hours, I don't care what battery saving app or brightness setting you are on I flat out do not believe that.

Anyway! Thought I'd chime in with my usage today. Probably a typical day for me. (I work a 10hour shift)

10hours25mins since unplugged.

Overall Battery Left - 49%

Display.....54% USAGE 1h37mins

Cell Standby.....15% TIME ON 10h 15mins TIME without SIGNAL 23%

Phone Idle.....9% TIME ON 8h39mins

Android OS.....6% CPU Usage 23mins

Voice Calls.....5% TIME ON 2m19secs

MediaServer.....5% CPU usage 21m16secs

Android System.....3% CPU usage 12m48secs

 

[qwertyaas]

Just got the phone yesterday. Used it before charging to get the phone to give me the recharge message. Charged it to 100% - removed the battery and put it back in - showed around 75-80% so charged it again.

Been 15 hours, battery is on 45% now. Used it for a few calls and texts, some gaming when my brother tried it out and 2-3 hours of surfing and installing stuff. Hopefully it keeps going and gets better!

Stats: [40% battery life]

Unplugged: 15h 47m
Display: 40%
Standby: 17%
Calls: 13%
Idle: 9%
Maps: 7%
GPS Test: 4%
Android System: 3%
Live wallpaper: 2%

Rest are small amounts.

 

[PhoenixRose]

My batt level: 48%
Unplugged for 2d 16h 14m
Usage:
Cell standby: 31%
Voice calls: 25%
Phone idle: 23%
Display: 19%
Android System: 2%

 

[Dimcorner]

Batt Level: 89%
Unplugged: 2hr 59m 25s
Usage:
Voice - 32% 4m 23s
Media - 24% 32m 11s
Display - 14% 11m
Stand By - 14% 2h 59m 25s Time without signal: 1%
Idle - 10% 2h 48m 24s
Sudoku daily - 2% 1m 52s
Android sys - 2% 1m 52s
Wi-Fi - 2% 2h 59m

GPS, Wi-Fi, and auto synch always on.

 

[yahoowizard]

Oh yeah, also, when people return their phones after experiencing bad battery life, and get a longer time period, is it just because the phone's drinking too much battery, or is there a problem with the battery itself? I mean, will buying a new battery fix my issue?

 

[amazingtaters]

Battery Remaining: 48%

13h 55m since unplugged

Usage:

Display 45%
Cell Standby 25%
Phone Idle 17%
Android System 4%
Android OS 2%

I'm thinking about flashing to JH2, as I think I could get a boost in battery life that really makes this phone match up with my old Eternity battery life wise.

 

[mesasone]

14:24:24 since unplugged. For some reason when I unplugged my battery dropped to 98% right away. Currently 40% left.

Usage:

Display 31%
Cell Standby 22%
Mediasever 16%
Phone Idle 16%
Dailer 5% (not sure what this is doing here - didn't make any calls today!
Android System 4%
Music Player 4%
Android OS 2%
Browser 2%

 

[born_fisherman]

Oh yeah, also, when people return their phones after experiencing bad battery life, and get a longer time period, is it just because the phone's drinking too much battery, or is there a problem with the battery itself? I mean, will buying a new battery fix my issue?

Download an app called Brightness level - Its a widget but you can set the brightness of the screen lower than what the menu settings allow (if you are using the stock rom)

I just received a replacement battery from AT&T as I have had overheating issues with the last couple of phones. .The battery I received today has a 6/29 date on it.. so I'm curious to see if the battery date has any adverse affects..(all other batteries I've had have been mid to late July dates)

Just got done charging it, so I will see overnight how much it drops and post the results. The last good captivate I had (my #2 phone) wouldn't drop more than 1% overnight..

 

[Easilyamused]

this is basically with my phone sitting idle all day while i slept:

 

[Chief714]

How are you guys getting these numbers??? I'm lucky if my barry lasts a full 8 hours. I use a few games. Send a few texts. Listen to the music player at the gym but that's it. How do you do it?

 

[Chief714]

Battery

 

[Easilyamused]

yea, but look what happens when i actually USE the thing.. no voice calls, just some texting, browsing this forum, and deleting some old pictures:

 

[chicknlil]

 

[born_fisherman]

New battery charged fully last night - pulled off the charger at 11PM- at 7AM it dropped 2%

So that being said, with the phone being standby/idle, I think that is decent battery life (for one night at least) Previous battery (the one that was also overheating) would drain about 4 or 5% overnight..

So 2% drain at 8 hours / 40 hours for 10%? 400 hours of standby? Although the phone doesn't idle all day long, so far the replacement battery is 100% better. I'm going to run the phone until it's dead today and completely cycle the battery for another charge tonight..and post results.

 

[DaMajorPayne]

New battery charged fully last night - pulled off the charger at 11PM- at 7AM it dropped 2%

So that being said, with the phone being standby/idle, I think that is decent battery life (for one night at least) Previous battery (the one that was also overheating) would drain about 4 or 5% overnight..

So 2% drain at 8 hours / 40 hours for 10%? 400 hours of standby? Although the phone doesn't idle all day long, so far the replacement battery is 100% better. I'm going to run the phone until it's dead today and completely cycle the battery for another charge tonight..and post results.

Yeah i think the first batch of phones came with bad batteries cause i would hardly use the phone at all and it would struggle to last two days. With my new battery replacement i can hit 3 days easily. currenty have 3day 20hrs with 7% left.

 

[Easilyamused]

so what do you do with your phone?

 

[chicknlil]

Eh, I use it when I go out. Haven't been out of late, so...minimal usage.

 

[DaMajorPayne]

Eh, I use it when I go out. Haven't been out of late, so...minimal usage.

how do u get the screens off ur phone?

 

[Easilyamused]

Eh, I use it when I go out. Haven't been out of late, so...minimal usage.

Ah, that explains it

 

[Easilyamused]

how do u get the screens off ur phone?

you need to either

a) download the sdk and use its app

or

b) root your phone and use shootme or another screen capture utility

 

[Chief714]

What the hell? I unplugged at 7 am. Its 3:15 and my battery status says last unplugged 3 hours??????