Official Samsung Battery Performance Talk - Page 9

**gTen** · #1 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by revaaron

so, once I installed Juice Defender @ 66% battery life, it took 15hrs for it to go to 6%

Is that acceptable by your standards?

revaaron · #2 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 08:44 AM

very. I pulled it off the charger this morning at ... wait a second! something isn't right here. It did it again, 7:35am it jumps from 44% full to 100% full with the "full battery" warning/message. Then I unplugged it at 8:15am @ 100% and 8:20am, it went back to 45%... wtf!

**gTen** · #3 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by revaaron

very. I pulled it off the charger this morning at ... wait a second! something isn't right here. It did it again, 7:35am it jumps from 44% full to 100% full with the "full battery" warning/message. Then I unplugged it at 8:15am @ 100% and 8:20am, it went back to 45%... wtf!

Which app are you using to get the % battery? some people were saying that using the camera app actually gives a more accurate reading (some bug that happens that samsung promised to fix)

revaaron · #4 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 11:39 AM

I use Battery Graph to see the battery level and history, but the 100% is from Android saying "your battery is full, unplug it"

daddymikey1975 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 07:53 PM

I have yet to find an acceptable % battery indicator. They all seem too far off. Especially with a couple 2 or 3 running side by side.

I have uninstalled all of my battery indicators for now. I know that when I get down to 15% (according to the OS) I'll get a warning.. When it's down to 5% my indicator will begin to flash. beyond that, when it's 100% I get the 'unplug charger' warning..

For now, I don't care. With Juice defender though, my battery performance is phenomenal FWIW... I unplugged it at 6:30 this morning and I'll wait until I get down to the 15% message and let you guys know. Normally, I charge it overnight for good measure but I'm gonna use it down to 15% just to see..

FWIW it took forever to get juice defender setup well enough for me to use my phone as I want to without noticing any performance difference..

ALSO.. make sure you guys are using ultimate juice w/ juice defender. It gives defender more options and versatility. I am using both. Ultimate juice is a paid app in the market.

If you want, I'd be more than happy to share the settings that I'm using w/ juice defender.

Hope this helps

EDIT: IMO.. I think the battery % indicator/monitors poll the battery too much and prevent the phone from sleeping, thus contributing to the adverse drainage. This is speculation and based on nothing more than a hunch. Could be wrong, but that's my opinion so I choose not to use one for now...

Wunder · #6 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daddymikey1975

I have yet to find an acceptable % battery indicator. They all seem too far off. Especially with a couple 2 or 3 running side by side.

I have uninstalled all of my battery indicators for now. I know that when I get down to 15% (according to the OS) I'll get a warning.. When it's down to 5% my indicator will begin to flash. beyond that, when it's 100% I get the 'unplug charger' warning..

For now, I don't care. With Juice defender though, my battery performance is phenomenal FWIW... I unplugged it at 6:30 this morning and I'll wait until I get down to the 15% message and let you guys know. Normally, I charge it overnight for good measure but I'm gonna use it down to 15% just to see..

FWIW it took forever to get juice defender setup well enough for me to use my phone as I want to without noticing any performance difference..

ALSO.. make sure you guys are using ultimate juice w/ juice defender. It gives defender more options and versatility. I am using both. Ultimate juice is a paid app in the market.

If you want, I'd be more than happy to share the settings that I'm using w/ juice defender.

Hope this helps

EDIT: IMO.. I think the battery % indicator/monitors poll the battery too much and prevent the phone from sleeping, thus contributing to the adverse drainage. This is speculation and based on nothing more than a hunch. Could be wrong, but that's my opinion so I choose not to use one for now...

I'd like to see your settings!

revaaron · #7 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 10:04 PM

2hrs playing MP3s in the gym took the battery from 100% to 65%

**youngpro83** · #8 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 11:55 PM

Okay Im new to the Epic Trend, I came over from the TP2. So I am very familiar with a bad battery experience and what tips Ive done in order to prolong my battery life throughout the day using my TP2 which would get me about 9-10 hours of heavy use, 12-14 with moderate, and sometimes as long as over 24 hours with little to no use. So with my Epic what I did to get about 11-12 hours with little to no use. 9 hours with moderate use. And 6 to about 7 hours strong with heavy use. I mean bashing it with browsing the web, not too many calls, moderate text, And raping the market place!

I did install Juice defender and purchased the add on because so many ppl have talked about it. And might I say that my battery now lasts me an extra 1 to 2 hours depending on how I use the phone. I also have all my settings tweaked so that NOTHING auto updates EXCEPT the things I use the most. I have Facebook, email, twitter, and myspace set to only update when I log in. No auto updates. I also have GPS cut off until I am ready to use it. I have my wifi settings turned to off unless its plugged into the charger. My backlight is dimmed all the way down using the light widget from Weather widget that I did purchase for 1.99. Pretty good app. Makes me feel like Im at home with my TP2. Looks like sense!! LOL...Anyways. I have an all black background that I got from the Zedge app. Pretty nice app too. Backgrounds and ringtones. I chose the one that looks like black ice. Looks very slick and sexy. I also have my vibration turned off. All except the bottom home keys. I havent figured out how to do that yet. Also I am constantly turning off my programs before I am about to put my phone to sleep as well. I use the program killer app that comes with the phone. Its in the android widgets folder I believe. Called program killer? Not sure. I also looked and tried some app killers, but they only made my phone either sluggish, or drained more battery than before, Im guessing because it is constantly killing apps it uses more battery. I only use Juice defender for battery saving and it also tells you how much battery life it has saved you under the help option. Along with all the tweaks I mentioned my battery last a very long time!! Keeping in mind that I dont just use my phone......I PLAY with it....constantly. So without charging I get about 9-12 hours of good use. 9 if Im playing on it all the time. Close to about 12 if Im just using it as a phone and not a toy. I have just came to the realization that if I want to just use my phone as a phone and not a toy then I can last all day. BUT if I want to use it as a fun little toy then I am just either going to have to purchase some extra batteries, OR charge it every chance I get. Not even a portable game system like the PSP could last all day if you constantly play it....Trust me I know!

revaaron · #9 (**permalink**) 09-15-2010, 11:37 AM

7:25am to 11:25am = 100% to 70% with only about 10 txt sent and nothing else.

gxnext · #10 (**permalink**) 09-14-2010, 12:37 AM

I'v had this phone since the 31st, The spare battery tends to last longer because its very first charge wasn't interrupted. in the morning i used pandora on my hour+ long nj transit ride to and from school. I used the map and gps to find directions to this store I stopped at on my way home as well, and made a few calls.... and logged into and chatted with trillian im a few times through out the day. oh and yes email, +2 push gmails, facebook, twitter, myspace, and samsungs social networking app is set to sync just to give you a idea of what else is running. the battery life varies... but I didn't bring my spare with me so I was very impressed with it today in particular because of everything i managed to get done on one charge.