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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sacschumac:
Awake time draining battery

PleaSe help me with this guys, Ive been using the Xperia S for a month now without a problem. I upgraded to ICs and since a couple of days I noticed the phone remains awak at all times, for like 17hrs at a stretch. I don't have auto sync, wifi or Bluetooth on. The display is off and the phone was fully charged and when I turn it on in the morning, the awake time is just so huge! Is there any way I can stop this? I'm sure it's not normal.

Other forum post say disable the contac app, which doesnt make sense at all.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rhogz:
Do you have the latest firmware?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ssdstar:
Battery in standby less 12 hours.

I have the same problem. When I check in the battery stats on Android options, the android system spends more than 50% of battery, which normally should be under 30%.

Last night in 6 hours of stand by, everything off but the GSM signal, battery when down from 85% to 5%.

That's ridiculous!!!!

. I have contact Sony Support in the Chat option, and they have no idea what I am telling them.

I really hope someone gets a fix for this because otherwise this phone is useless without a charger next to it.

I will keep posting my screen shots to show you what I mean.

Laters.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] conalt:
Try keeping Wi-Fi enabled at all times. But leave sync off when you don't need it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alfaunits:
But it also means the screen didn't use the battery one bit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kartikganesh:
Here are a few tips that have really improved my battery life:

Disabled the com.sonyericsson.android.wakelock feature

Not using the stock charger. Used my BB/Samsung charger. Quick charge=Quick Drain :p !!!

Closing all the running apps before I sleep.

Disable "Auto-Sync"

Delete unwaned apps which I downloaded when I first got the phone (Trust me, there were many)

Use my 3G on an hourly basis to check if I received any messages on Watsapp/FB/Twitter. then disable it.

Force stop "google services framework".

Keep the brightness at 20%.

No launcher.

Upgraded to 6.1.A.2.45.

Disable "Bravia Engine" - There's absolutely no diff in resolution. U can switch it back on incase u wanna watch a movie :p

I am an Newbie, no any comments and thanks would be appreciated :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kartikganesh:
Here are a few tips that have really improved my battery life:

Disabled the com.sonyericsson.android.wakelock feature

Not using the stock charger. Used my BB/Samsung charger. Quick charge=Quick Drain !!! ;)

Closing all the running apps before I sleep.

Disable "Auto-Sync"

Delete unwaned apps which I downloaded when I first got the phone (Trust me, there were many)

Use my 3G on an hourly basis to check if I received any messages on Watsapp/FB/Twitter. then disable it.

Force stop "google services framework".

Keep the brightness at 20%.

No launcher.

Upgraded to 6.1.A.2.45.

Disable "Bravia Engine" - There's absolutely no diff in resolution. U can switch it back on incase u wanna watch a movie :p

I am an Newbie, no any comments and thanks would be appreciated :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] omias:
My bro use 3g all day....... battery very poor. :silly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Please people use your phone.. 2 3 days on single charge doesnt make your gangster or something. And at least, please upload used screen screenshot so we can see how much hours, and not just bla bla 50 minutes bla bla half hour.

Thanks

Send from my high-end HD killerphone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Well to have a great batt life on XS

you don't have to close those processes nor have only 20% screen brightness.

Bravia engine can be ON.

The stock fast charger is great and it's bullcrap what you say about it.

Mine XS uses 1 - 2% overnight (Flightmode).

But of course, closing unused apps, no auto sync and closing data transfer when not used

is a very sensible thing to do!

---------- Post added at 12:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 PM ----------

And I disable Powersaver app.....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kathir.:
Google services framework wake up issues

Google services framework seems to be causing lot of wakeups in my mobile.How to fix it?Will disabling/force stopping will make the google apps to cease functioning?

Can some devs suggest the best custom rom/kernal for good battery life?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alfaunits:
What does GSF do anyway? I thought it is needed for the Play Store?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mad_4u:
Hello All

why do we have Smartphone when we have to disable 3G and Data + Wifi + Auto sync ?

if i have to disable all this i would by nokia cheap phone cost me only $20 and give me 3 days on battery use

i have a XS and my wife she have Samsung S3 and she recharge every 2 days wifi on all time and she is on the phone most of the time

but me i have to recharge every 6hrs and also wifi is off all time i just use data, Auto sync is off

so we all know the issue are from the phone it self not the usage of the phone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kathir.:
Exactly my views.If we've to everything manually then what is smart about the phone.Like most people here I absolutely love my phone except for the battery life.My friends' S2 and S3 gives 2 days of battery life for medium to heavy use on stock rom and kernel.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Because I want the phone to work when I need to and do the job when necessary.

I use 3G (never force it to 2G), and use alot of internet data on my device.

And see no sense of all this auto sync or constant data on.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mad_4u:
how come you saying no sense if i use my phone to receive emails on move do i have to turn auto sync off then when i want to check email turn it back on ? at that time i don't need to use my phone to check emails i can use my laptop or PC :cowboy:

i am using everything stock i even don't use the phone to play games or watch movies

only calls, sms, emails, whatsapp, viber, skype

i only use auto sync for Gmail and even for that i only get 6hrs of battery time.

i wouldn't call it smartphone when i have to switch off every thing even cheap nokia phones can handle all what i want with 2 days batter life.:good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MafiaManV:
If you use your phone as it's supposed to , you can'get more than 3h of screen time . That's a fact . Rooted,unlocked , xxx kernel you do get some improvements, but you can''t escape from 1750mAh :silly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] mad_4u:
in that case the only solution available are replacing the stock battery, at that time we loss the 1 year warranty.

i like the stock ROM, i don't think i will change, i started searching for replacement battery and come a cross with

2680MAH

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLD-2680...426?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f1b638842

any one try it? any review would help before opening our phones and losing warranty for 12GBP
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MafiaManV:
Here's my experience . This is the most i got out of stock rom
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MafiaManV:
And this is with XTXperience 3 and advanced kernel . Progress is visible . Even higher on-screen time with 13h more standby. I recommend it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Vidurs:
If the battery calibartion works the same way as for the 2011 line, you need to charge the device to 100% and keep it in the charger for another 3-4 hours, then let device discharge until it shutdown. A Sony (Ericsson) employe explaned this process on a swedish forum a few month ago.

Read more about it here (in swedish) http://www.swedroid.se/forum/showthread.php?t=54990&highlight=batteri+100
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Same here ;)

Looks like my battery life is gonna be better, now that my network is top notch, so I've got a very good signal.

Will do a recap tonight BTW, with what I froze/uninstalled.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Goofy-Goober:
mine:

Actual Batt (uAh):1662500

Batt Health Status:

Good, no need to replace it.

so i have a crappy low power battery in my Xperia S? :confused::rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] GalaxyS2R:
How do you get to this service menu that tells you how much mah your battery is please?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deanfield:
how to check the "mAh" information?

I use the *#*#4636*#*# to see the battery information, but I can only see the "battery voltage", I can't see the "mAh" information.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] GalaxyS2R:
Use *#*#7378423#*#* then service tests, then scroll down to battery health test

by the way people I have been getting good battery life from my phone

but why does my health test show

Actual Battery(uah): 1540000

Batt Health Status:

Good, no need to replace it.

some people are getting 1750000 and 1662000, what does this actually mean because surely my battery cant be 1540 mah??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] efgee:
To me it seams that it is showing the ACTUAL battery mah(?). When you check later there is maybe a lower value (again ?)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] seanicca:
Just checked mine and it says 175000, my battery is on 65%
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Korumera:
Checked it also it's at 1750000 and battery is 95% (charging on the moment).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deanfield:
mine is:

Actual Batt (uAh):1697500

Batt Health Status:

Good, no need to replace it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dragon546:
Mine is:

Actual Batt (uAh):1750000 (7%) left

Batt Health Status:

Good, no need to replace it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] deanfield:
Dose anyone know why some xperia s "Actual Batt (uAh)" is not 1750000?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Mine is 1695000......

I don't see it possible to reach 24h ATM without charging

Even on little usage.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ssj_jaypee:
how are you guys checking your battery capacity specs?

is there a service menu?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Goofy-Goober:
i've also used Battery Monitor Widget (the free version) and it says 1750mAh for my battery.

tonight from 0.00 with 94% to 8.00 with 85% with only GSM active
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pett0:
Ok my battery says 1750 too and battery is bad anyway. I have had the phone already 6 days and gave it about 12 charges over the period..So far the phone can survive about 8 hours with light use!! Tomorrow im going to swap it for new one.hope that i'll be more lucky with the battery.let u know later hows battery on new phone;-)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Teddy ruxpin:
I was really looking forward to getting this phone, however the Battery life seems to be a real Achilles heal. Everywhere I have looked it seems to be a problem, how Sony didn't realise this and try to rectify it before mass production is beyond me.

Now I'm stuck on what to get, my Desire is dying a slow death and nothing else is really grabbing me.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Naah there is no tragedy here with battery life.

It's just not as good as Arc which was really good - yet.

But they will optimize it for sure. I wouldn't stop myself from getting one.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Teddy ruxpin:
I suppose I can't really judge on hearsay to be fair, but still concerning nonetheless, maybe in a couple of weeks once settled down then we will get a true reflection, and maybe once ICS is brought to the table things move improve even more..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] shmoejoe:
Out of the box the battery can last about a day with decent use...for the build and quality of the phone it's not a biggie to be honest...

Having the phone a week, I am not put off by the battery life at all. The battery "problem" people are having is being worked on anyways. It can only get better with time.

To not buy a phone because you -may- need to charge it once a day is hardly a big issue. To each his own, but to me it's not an issue :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Galaxen:
Dude please... you are not even using your phone for the first 8-9hours.. so your images are misleading. I can get 2-3 days out of my phone if I dont use it or have the screen on.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Well exactly, I don't need my phone to work in the background when I don't need it to do so.

Silly things you say, can you place your PC in your pocket?

I sync stuff when I want. There are moments when I don't want to read any freaking email nor do any office work.

Plus the phone uses much more battery when in bad/problematic coverage OR places like underground etc.

And as you say, you use the phone for some basics. I do much more.

Comparing this phone with some basic devices is a complete nonsense.

It's a difference of huge powerful screen, double core 1,5gHz processor etc.

You can't compare these.

I would advice - just go and buy yourself a cheap nokia, your problems will be gone.

Or fight with manufacturers to create really long lasting powerful batteries, we are all waiting for that.

Just stop claiming that auto-sync is the thing which makes a device a smartphone, because it's plain stupid.

That is why you can turn it ON or OFF in menu. OPTIONS.

Got it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MafiaManV:
Yeah, cause i was sleeping.. How are they misleading? I was comparing it to stock rom. I got more screen time even with phone being 13h more power on.

Send using Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mr.Krypton:
I play video songs rarely, Always Data is on when I outside and WiFi within the home, and most of the time gaming !!

It's 3.5G

Brightness is at 20%, Auto Sync Off, Bravia Engine ON (I know this crap doesn't work on ICS but I think it works on Videos ;)... none of my friends can't compete with my video quality )

Running Apps

1. WhatsApp

2. Facebook Messenger and so on !!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Most of time gaming?

What the hell means "most of time gaming" ???

1 hour? 2 hours? 10 hours??

Any screen shot?

So on?

Sorry but I think no one knows which "so on" app is.

Send from my high-end HD killerphone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MafiaManV:
so to quote my original post. I tried to repeat similar conditions(as with 9h of standby results ) today as i was traveling and then watching 720p series . I was really amazed with resaults . 47min of playbacking 720p.mkv took only 13% of battery . So ~3.30h of playback +whatsapp,facebook,flipboard, and little browsing .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
My battery for today:

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Screen time

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I'm not worrying much about if it lasts 7 days without usage. If it survives my day to day usage (some gaming, music, some photos, some Bluetooth transfer and notes, lots of them), which is surviving, I don't care for the rest.

"What really matters in this world, anyway?"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
How do you get 5 hours screen time???

Send from my high-end HD killerphone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] red.leader87:
Used my phone for extended periods of time. Brightness at 50%. 3.5hrs screen on time.. Using 3.5g at all times, chrome and about an hour of hd video. This is on the KA 17 Rom with SSpeed kernel v.5.1

Just flashed kernel 7will report on it's battery life.

Edit : KA 18 rom used not 17.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PLovrin:
There is no need to lower your brightness to 20%. I did some test for 2 hours wi-fi on, mobile data on (3g - 3.5g), NFC on and Gmail (2 profiles) syncing. I just left phone untoched with screen on. On first picture with 50% and on second with 15% brightness. Difference is not that big.. Only 3% in 2 hours. So I really prefer a bit brighter display than those extra few % of battery. I always have around 40-50%, looks way better than 15% :D

Oh, and stock ICS 6.1.A.2.45

My XS should get 8 with only screen on. But bigger drainer is browser, it smacked battery to 48% in 2 hours...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MafiaManV:
I have wlan or data on , never together . Then, i have 71 frozen(disabled) stuff such as FB extensions , google+, timescape, voice dialer,voice search.. the list goes on ( i can type down the whole list if you really want to.. ).. While watching .mkv's , i clocked down my cpu to 600mhz . Brighness was 30%. . That's it . Now i'm following regular usage durability, but android system is killing me. I'm on 1d 1h 40min, with 2:15h of screen time with Android system @ 40% . Still left with 20% of battery . I hope sony fixes this bug soon
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Battery for today:

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Notice how much the phone was active. 3h27min of screen on.

"What really matters in this world, anyway?"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Oh i see..

All those things are nice except 600 mhz. Lol

I think it will transform to my old x8 which i throwed away thousand times :p

Send from my high-end HD killerphone.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] naaney:
Mine perfectly goes on a day but i put it in the charger so whats the prob :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
I dont understand why people moan about the battery... What do you get from a phone that holds up 2 days in comparison to one that holds 1 day at heavy use??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] s-X-s:
My current battery status.. After a recent complete drain out (while using airdroid) n dead phone which showed no charging for over 12-14 hrs n then turned on... Which gives me now a better lasting on single 100% charging....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
My usage is quite different from many. I used my phone for some small calls, lot of music, some notes during the day, and some times showing a gimmick to a friend, and some days, gaming, ooh, and internet browsing while with WiFi.

I am at the end of my day (going to sleep soon) and still have 48%, (46% actually because I did some things before writing this). Sal screen usage: 1:24min. This is my usage today: View attachment 1428654

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"What really matters in this world, anyway?"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] elljay86:
I recently noticed a significant increase in battery life since I started using Opera mini instead of the default browser, so I thought I'd see how far it would go.

My phone is just on stock .45, screen brightness is 40% or so, I don't use a whole lot of apps and have autosync turned off, otherwise it's all pretty standard. Most of the screen time is browsing the net over 3g but I got bored using and put a video on for about the last hour.. anyway I was reasonably happy with the results.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MafiaManV:
Great resaults . I can not unnotice almost perfect awake/screen on graph. Have you done some tweaks , disabling stuff ??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kathir.:
Can someone help me understand the battery stats of my mobile. Not sure which app is keeping my phone awake. Is it the chat application(green one)?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] conalt:
I would be tempted to say that is almost normal for us XS users. Since the main thing seems to be the system alarms. You dont really have any other apps that are misbehaving.

My only suggestion would be to disable any other system apps that you dont need or use. Some people suggest getting rid of the sony.wakelock system app.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kathir.:
Agree that 20 hours looks like a good life for our device. But if you look at the stats,you would realize that screen was on for just 2hrs29min (I've kept 30% brightness). And I didn't have any apps synch-ing in the background, so was wondering if that chat app is eating up my battery.I lose about 6-10% charge overnight. Another strange thing is after I unplug my mobile from 100% charge, it immediately becomes 99 in few seconds.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] metcard:
only Sony can fix these wakelock issues, too bad they are too busy releasing new phones every week to bother fixing issues with phones they launched only six months ago.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] elljay86:
It probably looks a bit better than it actually is, but no I don't have any tweaks other than generally trying to keep on top of closing anything I'm not using.

Surely the moment even the smallest amount of battery is used it can no longer be at 100%, i.e. 99.something.. In any case I believe phones are rarely ever at 100% while plugged in due to it constantly letting it drain a little, before charging back up in order to protect the battery..even if the phone may tell you otherwise.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] red.leader87:
Pretty average battery life. Enough to get through the day but not with heavy use. This was about 30-50% brightness with 10min of youtube HD video, no games. Two and a half hours of browsing / pdf reading / light app use, messaging, couple phone calls. KA 18 Rom, SSpeed v7 kernel. generic on demand governor, stock speed, screen off freq @ 486mhz.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Scr@tchy:
Im on Ka19, and battery life is good. battery loose 8% in 5 hours.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kathir.:
Is it when the phone is idle? Do you have WIFI/3G on?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PLovrin:
Pretty happy with my battery life. 40% brightness. I turn on mobile internet only when I need it. Because when I'm at work I don't use my phone that much.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alfaunits:
Still can't get as good battery life on ICS as I could on GB :(

Android System wakeups take most of the battery.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
Mine is awesome on AOKP :

http://db.tt/rUknNtoQ

http://db.tt/aMXnPISR
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] corum3:
XTXperiance_4 lots of crap uninstalled, rooted, locked bootloader.

for general use the battery is ok,
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kathir.:
Mate, did you use your phone just for calls? 20 hrs and 86% remaining seems too much for sxs if you do browsing/gaming etc.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Holy crappity crap.

How the ef did you do this? Every single thing off and screen at 1?

Verstuurd van mijn Xperia S met Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pawelek110:
relax ... he didnt use his phone by that 20 hours xd
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Valtieri:
dude you have energy saver on lol

btw, does anybody knows if you get root in your phone battery life is affected?

I flashed Official ICS, then flashed an pre-rooted system image, after that preserved my root, then updated my phone via SUS, my phone does in 16 hours aprox with a standard routine use (all sync disabled, using 2G and 20% brightness)

Also, does JuiceDefender really works?..

Ty :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Still 86 percent...

Very deep sleep or something??

Verstuurd van mijn Xperia S met Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pawelek110:
I think clean .. fresh installed rom .. fully charged and leaves for 20 hours xd long time ago i had the same result ... completly no usage xD

sry for my noob english xD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
Hahah lol

500 euro phone and just leaving it in a corner xD

Verstuurd van mijn Xperia S met Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
EXACTLY. What's the point, then? Buy one of those old Nokia phones with a nuclear reactor inside it (that must be why they be indestructible, or it would destroy the city).

"What really matters in this world, anyway?"
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
This.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Razorless:
Which kernel do you use for good battery life? I tried xspeed v7 normal with stock frequency and ondemand governor and I am only getting about 2 hours screen on time
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pankaj_png:
This is what i have after disabling startup programs

Guyz,

I have disabled many startup services using ES task manager and here is what i get after doing so. Check the android system usage.

Please noe the services are disable at startup so that they don't run in the backup ground. unless you invoke the programs.

I am rooted on .250 stock rom.

Forgot to mention, I have removed lots of blotware available in phone including Facebook, timescape,twitter and all those which i don't require.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] jazzfrequency:
No, battery life is not affected when you phone is rooted, the only thing for rooted phones is that the superuser is pushed in order for you to have root access, but if you flashed a firmware that have battery problem then probably battery life will be affected.