Post Your Battery Life!

alancorp · Feb 8, 2012

KoukiFC3S said:
My max screen on time is about 4 hours.

Kinda disappointed in that. I expected at least 6 hours.

In what time span did you use that 4 hours? I'm sure if you were just on the phone for a straight 6 hours it could of lasted you that long, but don't forget the times you are not using it the battery is still draining so 4 hours screen time with 12 hours of standby time is still pretty good in my eyes.

scupking · Feb 8, 2012

At 57 hours with 40% battery left. Thats now with 2 hours and 15 minutes of talk time on the phone, texting, wifi is on, data sync on, some light gaming, 4GB off, display at a low setting, light web browsing and checking the weather channel app every now and then. My display up time is now showing a little over 2 hours. I will keep you all posted how far I can get with this one charge I have been working on.

KoukiFC3S · Feb 9, 2012

alancorp said:
In what time span did you use that 4 hours? I'm sure if you were just on the phone for a straight 6 hours it could of lasted you that long, but don't forget the times you are not using it the battery is still draining so 4 hours screen time with 12 hours of standby time is still pretty good in my eyes.

It was less than that, about 8 hours.

scupking · Feb 9, 2012

Well made it 78 hours :eek:

and I'm down to 10%!! Shes going back on the charger.

REACH · Feb 9, 2012

I'm on 12 and a Half hours and i'm already at 30%, am i doing something wrong? I've had the for for about 6 days now and i haven't gotten more than 16 hours. With moderate to heavy use.

Pandora streaming off an on inbetween classes, using 4g when it pops up, gaming when bored for about 2 hours total throughout the day. Light texting, No phone calls. Wifi on sometimes

My first day i charged the phone with my old blackberry charger for about an hour and a half and it did nothing, could that have messed up my battery life?

Please help, i want to make it through 24 hours at least

alancorp · Feb 9, 2012

REACH said:
I'm on 12 and a Half hours and i'm already at 30%, am i doing something wrong? I've had the for for about 6 days now and i haven't gotten more than 16 hours. With moderate to heavy use.

Pandora streaming off an on inbetween classes, using 4g when it pops up, gaming when bored for about 2 hours total throughout the day. Light texting, No phone calls. Wifi on sometimes

My first day i charged the phone with my old blackberry charger for about an hour and a half and it did nothing, could that have messed up my battery life?

Please help, i want to make it through 24 hours at least

I think you are just using it more than everyone else. Gaming for 2 hours and streaming music on 4G will drain the battery fast. Go to your battery information and click on each one to see how much screen time you used and how much cpu time you used. I bet it is more than most of us.

If you can make it through the day with heavy use, than I say it's pretty good.

REACH · Feb 9, 2012

alancorp said:
I think you are just using it more than everyone else. Gaming for 2 hours and streaming music on 4G will drain the battery fast. Go to your battery information and click on each one to see how much screen time you used and how much cpu time you used. I bet it is more than most of us.

If you can make it through the day with heavy use, than I say it's pretty good.

Yea I've never had any problem with it dieing on me throughout the day, I'm at 30% battery right now with 13h 5m and 25 sec on battery

Heres some specs for today:

Display -28%
Android OS - 19%
Android system 10%
WiFi - 9%
Drag Racing (addictive and very cool game) - 7%
Cell Standby - 6%
Phone Idle - 5%
Media Server - 5%
com.motorola.home - 4%
Pandora - 3%
Text Messaging 2%

Maybe I'm expecting too much, but i thought i'd get around 18-24 hrs

REACH · Feb 12, 2012

Ok so fter i got the Android 2.3.6 update my battery life has been crazy good.

I'm on 1d 5h and 27m and still have 50% battery left.

fdnj48 · Feb 12, 2012

On my first full charge and I'm at 1d 1h 35m 54s and I just hit 20%. 4G on the whole time with no wifi and no smart actions. ALL BATTERY!!! Not too shabby!!!!

franlofter · Feb 23, 2012

I have had mine 2 days and today was really light use a few text web browsing and after 8 hours i am at 50%, i read that ists not good to let the battery drain all the way down so i have not done that.

hotstuff5964 · Feb 24, 2012

Are you people finding that the battery life is getting better the longer you have the phone? Today was my first full day with the Maxx. I unplugged at 11am with 100%, at about 8pm I was at like 30% or so. 70% discharge in 9 hours? I just got the phone, so naturally I'm playing with it a lot. Screen on time was like 2 hours, played a few games, some Facebook and Twitter, some texting, downloaded a bunch of apps, 100% screen brightness, 4g and wi-fi all day.

FenwayPhil · Feb 24, 2012

When I first got this phone I made sure things weren't running when I didnt need them to and used the phone quite a bit. I wasn't that impressed with the battery though it did last the whole day. Now since I had the phone for a few weeks, I have dont the same and my battery life is AWESOME!!! It could last me like 2 full days with me using it to do alot of things (Facebook, Twitter, games, tons of texts and so on) This is the best phone I have ever owned and am very very happy now!! You'll see how this battery improves over time!

gagglone · Jun 20, 2012

Had it for a couple days now. This morning, pulled it off the charger at 6:45am, started downloading a 1700 song playlist from Spotify immediately, didn't do a whole lot, outside of that, but consider that streaming, did that for ~6 hours in the morning, played Angry Birds on my lunch break, Searched the internet, etc. Hit 40% at 3:00-3:30pm with almost 9 hours of (what I'd consider)moderate-heavy usage.

Coming from a Thunderbolt that would go from 100% to 50% between work and home(15 minute drive) with streaming on spotify, I'd say this is really quite a damn good battery life.

Slaskwroclaw18 · Jul 15, 2012

Hey guys I just got the Maxx and love it so far but I have been kind of disappointed with the battery.

First day I got the phone around 4 pm and it had a 60% charge, had a class that day so I didn't really had too much time to play with it so I only played with it for a couple hours before I put it up to charge for the night.
The next day I took the phone off the charger around 6 am and had work that day so

I lightly used it to five. By the time 5 o clock hit I was already was at 80%. Then after work I used it pretty moderately on the car with varying 4g/3g service until it ran to 20 % around ten o clock.

Then today I charged the phone to 9 am today and with moderate use it went down to 15% around 8 o'clock? This was after I shut off background syncing and did some smartactions to save battery? Can somebody tell me what I am missing?!

al911er · Jul 16, 2012

The one thing I've found living in an area with no 4G within 50 miles, I installed an app to lock in 3G. (at least till 4G shows up). It has helped dramatically on the battery by not constantly searching for it in the background.

Deleted User · Jul 16, 2012

al911er said:
The one thing I've found living in an area with no 4G within 50 miles, I installed an app to lock in 3G. (at least till 4G shows up). It has helped dramatically on the battery by not constantly searching for it in the background.

I live in a 4G area but still do this. I get at least triple if not more battery life. I work for EMS so I am all over the place. My battery will drain to 20% with limited use in a 12 hour shift. If I keep it on 3G I can go 2 days even with moderate to slightly heavy use and be at 70-80% when I get home. My phone also runs hotter in 4G even when I have a reported decent signal. I used to notice a significant difference in speed between 3G and 4G, I hardly notice a difference now so I just keep on 3G. It is pretty fast here so it satisfies me. I'm guessing everyone is moving to the 4G network and putting less strain on the 3G network.

Optid · Jul 16, 2012

smurfe said:
I live in a 4G area but still do this. I get at least triple if not more battery life. I work for EMS so I am all over the place. My battery will drain to 20% with limited use in a 12 hour shift. If I keep it on 3G I can go 2 days even with moderate to slightly heavy use and be at 70-80% when I get home. My phone also runs hotter in 4G even when I have a reported decent signal. I used to notice a significant difference in speed between 3G and 4G, I hardly notice a difference now so I just keep on 3G. It is pretty fast here so it satisfies me. I'm guessing everyone is moving to the 4G network and putting less strain on the 3G network.

When I'm home I turn 3g on, my house is in a fringe spot.

bigmikey · Jul 16, 2012

My battery life sucks since ICS. I've done multiple factory resets, haven't added any apps back. Before ICS, i would be at 90% at lunch. Today at lunch I'm at 40% after 5 hours of light use. I can only make out through a full day now if i don't use it. Before ICS, i would NEVER be less than 30% after 17 hours.

Optid · Jul 16, 2012

If you want to get good battery life you have to tweak the settings on your phone.

Taskellusaf · Jul 16, 2012

Thoughts? On gb about the same... this is average for me.

rnlcomp · Jul 16, 2012

Heavy usage, streaming from Pandora as well as my own motocast library, a few texts, gps, 4g always on, email, web browsing, couple games.

I would say I'm very satisfied with battery 10 hrs and 60% left

prerunnerseth · Jul 16, 2012

I'm at 32 hours right now with %50 showing. 1hour 20 minutes of display time. I would say I'm a light-med user.

bigmikey · Jul 16, 2012

Optid said:
If you want to get good battery life you have to tweak the settings on your phone.

Please tell me how to tweak it, on GB I went full brightness all the time and now im on auto. I never killed my battery in a day on GB, now it do it daily. I did a factory reset at least 4 times trying to figure this out and wiped cache and my coworker hasnt touched his. My screen on time was 2 hours 37 minutes, his screen on time was 2 hours 14 minutes

Here is my screenshot from today

Here is my coworkers from today

georgek99 · Jul 18, 2012

Typically at 60-70% after 12 hours of moderate use. Running personal and coporate email. Blend of Wi-Fi and 4g throughout the day.

Dodge DeBoulet · Jul 18, 2012

86% after 14 hours; some email, some browsing, but mostly just sitting on my desk. Background data has been on in a 3G area, along with wi-fi and Bluetooth.

Upgraded to .215 yesterday. A noticeable difference.

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