Skyrocket or SII

[mottley2189]

Hey every I am new to android for about 3 weeks now. I currently have a Skyrocket which I love just about everything about it except for the battery life. I know I cant expect multiple days of life as with my old "dumb phone" but I just dont know if I should keep it or not. I have about one week left in my 30 day return period and ever since I got the phone I have been reading everything I can about it and its battery life. I went to take it back at one point to get the SII (i777) but the guy at the store convinced me to keep it for a little longer to see if it would get any better and also told me that the battery on the SII is smaller, so having the smaller screen on the SII wouldnt make a difference and they would be about the same battery life. I am wondering if you think it would be better to take it back and get the SII, possibly try to return and get a different Skyrocket, or keep it and root the phone to look for a ROM that would provide better battery life? I currently get about 14 hours of pretty light use with the display turned all the way down and if I making lots of calls, on the internet, or playing games it is greatly reduced. I just dont know if I would see much of a difference with the SII because it is hard to compare just by reading what others say and I really would like to keep the phone because it is awesome in every other way plus I already have a screen protector and case for it. Any advise or suggestions that anyone has as to what the best thing to do would be greatly appreciated because I have about a week left to figure it out. Thanks

 

[NativeTxn]

If you are in a LTE area, or one that will get LTE in the near future, I'd personally say stick with the SR.

If not, then the "regular" SII would probably be fine.

 

[ad2435]

i'm light use on a skyrocket and get good battery performance. i use the free juice defender app along with casually monitoring what the phone is doing app wise and get about 2 days on a charge. i'm sure the sII is a good phone too.

some things will drain your battery pretty quick and others won't.

 

[mottley2189]

Are you rooted on your skyrocket? The best I have gotten is about 18-20 hours of almost doing nothing, I tried juice defender for a little bit and it seemed as if it made my battery worse. I never have wifi, or bluetooth on, gps only when I need it. I have even removed the facebook and stock weather widgets thinking it might be them but it still doesnt seem to be very good. I am not in an LTE area, nearby Portland and I am not sure when it will be coming. I have no problem with the speeds that I am getting but would only consider switching to the SII if was going to get me better battery life.

 

[sesso]

I get good battery life also. I found that keeping my wifi on and gps off make it last a long time.

 

[Bearcat37]

My advice for any battery problems is to do a cardio routine with your phone. Charge it all the way then use it until it dies charge it again till it is back to 100% and you should have much better battery life from now on.

 

[mottley2189]

well i did a few things and as of today it has actually been pretty good, but do you think with the same amount of use on a SII vs the skyrocket that you would get better battery on the SII even though the battery size is smaller

 

[MikeySmikey]

I have a Skyrocket and my wife has an SII and honestly the battery life is about the same on both devices. Mine is currently at 68% after 10 hours with moderate use, hers is at 72% after 8.5 hours with moderate use. My advice: keep the Skyrocket. Its a more "future proof" phone since it's LTE enabled and AT&T's LTE rollout is fairly aggressive.

 

[mottley2189]

I have a Skyrocket and my wife has an SII and honestly the battery life is about the same on both devices. Mine is currently at 68% after 10 hours with moderate use, hers is at 72% after 8.5 hours with moderate use. My advice: keep the Skyrocket. Its a more "future proof" phone since it's LTE enabled and AT&T's LTE rollout is fairly aggressive.

Thanks. Can you tell me if you are in an LTE area or if you have been to one to experience what the battery is like there? I have decided im going to keep the skyrocket unless I hear that the LTE just kills it really fast which I have been trying to find out but cant find personal experiences with it.

 

[Iamdunne]

You don't seem to be getting bad battery life for an android phone imo. I have used 3 different ones in the last year. Don't run a live wallpaper, don't use many widgets and you will get better battery life. The only android I am aware of with great battery life is the Razor Max on Verizon.

 

[gordonwd]

GPS should only affect your battery life if you are running an app that uses GPS; otherwise, it is not activated. Apps that use it are generally easy to identify, such as Facebook, Google Maps, and any of those "friend tracking" apps.

But even most of those can have their use of GPS disabled in settings.

 

[Palantir]

Use Advanced Task Killer (ATK) app to close background apps. This will definitely improve your battery life. Moderate use should get through the day (18 to 20 hours) even with LTE on as in my case