yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tel033:
After 2 weeks? Are you sure? Lets hope

Can you please tell me your settings(sync data etc) my best was around 13 hour
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fekish:
I honestly changed what i had in my mind for Sony S. As i can understand, the battery life is horrible!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pezo:
The battery life of the Xperia S is a big change for me, before I had to charge my phone once a week or so.

But come on guys, horrible?

Try to get a phone with these specs (HD 720 screen, 2x 1.5GHz CPU !!) with a much better battery life. You simply can't have both, ultra screen and speed and ultra endurance.

If you need your phone to stay on for a few days without charging then go for some cheap crap phone, for heaven's sakes.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fekish:
I am not very sure about what specs it has, but what about Motorola maxx? If one company was able to do it, then many others should follow...

And please watch your language on how you talk to other members.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] a4rocks:
@Fekish,

Let's be realistic. If battery life is your prime and first priority, go for the Motorola RAZR MAXX or Samsung Galaxy S3. Xperia S will give you better than standard performance from an Android phone which is about a day with heavy usage.

Though ICS is around the corner and the testers who have used the early builds say it's hugely better than Gingerbread which is a great sign. So it is upto you if you want to give the S another chance. Else snag up either of the two mentioned above

Sent from my wonderful Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MRE36:
Still suffering battery drain

Any suggestion to enhance it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Wait for ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] masi0:
My goodness! Go to ANY XDA General forum - I guarantee you will find same stupid topic:o Buy Nokia 3110 you will get 14 days of battery, this is a smarphone and it needs battery for all of its gadgets:D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TyrionWarMage:
I fixed my battery issues by uninstalling the com.sonyericsson.android.wakeup programm.

The APK is called fast-dormacy-wakeup.apk

If you want to know if you are also having battery issues because of this programm, imstall this:

BetterBatteryStats XDA Free version

Set a Custom Refpoint before going to bed and check the deepSleep time under "Other" (should be nearly 100% without any usage) and the wakeup calls under "Alarms" (sonyericsson wakeup should not have more than a several dozend calls)

Uninstalling the programm will not affect the blackScreen2Snap functionality (what does the programm do then anyway?^^)

If you are somewhat tech savy:

DooMKernel SSpeed ROM

I know, all those informations are already available somewhere here (thats where i got them also, tanks guys) but it seems there is a need for them to be here again ...

Edit: For uninstalling it, u will need a Rooted phone and something like Titanium Pro or ES File explorer
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MRE36:
Lol thx but 7hrs a day with very normal use its no good
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MRE36:
Am a beginner user of an android phone, any easier way of explanation how to do it
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TyrionWarMage:
1. Install BetterBatteryStats from here Google Play (2,00€) or download the APK from the given link above.

- When using the downloaded APK, use any file explorer to install it (You will need to enable untrusted sources, but the install will point you to the menu afaik)

2. Set the custom Ref. Points in Settings->More and dont use your phone for several hours.

3. Go into BetterBatteryStats and check the above mentioned statistics.

Removing the app is much more difficult, because you need to root it (install a pre-rooted image) More information here

The short explanation: 1. Unlock it via Sony official page (WILL result in a factory reset-like phone). 2. Flash a Pre-Rooted image via Flashtool.

3. Use any root directory capable File tool (Titanium Backup is the easiest way) , look for sonyericsson.android.wakup or dormacy-wakeup and remove it. 4. Reboot
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] take55:
freezing 'com.sonyericsson.android.wakup' with titanium backup should suffice, right?

thx for the tip! :thumbup:

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TyrionWarMage:
No, tested.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MRE36:
Successfully done 13hrs using 2G all time
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MRE36:
Thaaaanxxxx alot
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Afia2k8:
Sorry if I missed it, but has anyone actually found a solution yet? Similar to others I lose about 23% when the phone is left standby overnight (approx 7 hours)! This battery usage is the same even if I just forced WDCMA.

I cannot root the phone, because my Bootloader is Non-Unlockable (Branded o2). I'm already using .73 firmware for awhile.

If you guys can tell me how you managed to get more standby time (some of you mentioned only losing 5% overnight), that would be appreciated for I'll have more battery life when I go about doing my daily activities. Currently, my phone only lasts 12 hours a day. Unfortunately, I do need my 3g background data on all the time. I'm seriously considering selling this phone, which is a shame as I really like it.

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Put your phone on charge overnight till ICS come ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
No WiFi where you sleep?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Afia2k8:
Well...

There is. The reason I leave 3G data on overnight is to simulate realtime usage. (For testing purposes).

It's to test for example, on a daily basis when I go out (after charging overnight to 100%), I would like to have the XS in my pocket on standby with 3G data ON without losing a lot of battery. Because losing 23% just for having the XS on standby for 7 hours is pretty bad.

I'd like to find out any more tips on how to lessen the usage during standby, as I only have 12 hours battery life throughout the day (and even then it's just a few texts, checking emails, and a couple of phone calls). It's a shame Sony Locked the Bootloader for Sim Branded XS :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sssache:
I am very dissapointed with the battery life. With a medium use i can barrely arrive to 10 hours. You have to reduce everything to minimum so you can arrive to have a decent battery life and arrive in the evening. I will wait for ics and if nothing will change i will give it away ... it's unacceptable to put on a market a smartphone that can barrely arrive to 10 hours of medium use.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SonyXperiaS:
what the heck happened to the standby mode, this was not an issue before for me,

At night it was 90% and when i woke in the morning it was 35% nearly 8hrs ?????????? And i found that the phone was damn hot!!

I usually switch off and on the phone before sleep, before it was like i lose 5% for the battery following the same process... and i even use juice defender

Even during day time, my phone eventually heats up in my pocket,losing battery :(

I think i am seeing this issue after updating to .73 firmware, does it got something to do it with this firmware?

Please Help!!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
I've managed almost 16 hours today (2G only) with 2h40 screen on time and 50 minutes of talking.. most of the screen on time is temple run as i was sitting at the doctor's for like 1 hour..(temple run is a battery eater).. pretty good i think although that only worked out with 2G and not 3G..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] a4rocks:
To everyone, guys ICS is around the corner with some pretty stellar battery life (as tested by XDA Devs). Please wait patiently for it. It's coming very soon. I am on .73 firmware and I can last about a day with standard usage (music, some 2G, Wi-fi throughout while am at home, picking up some calls and lots of SMSes). Wonderful and find it better than my S2

Sent from my wonderful Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] sssache:
Well I really hope that 4.0 will bring a much better battery life, because for now it's just terrible. I'm not asking for 20 hours of video playback... Just want to have 20 hours of medium use without being forced to switch everything off and the gorgeous display to minimum.

Sent from my Sony Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pezo:
I've had something like this a few times. I just needed to restart the phone for it to go away, you could try that too...

I'm losing about 7-10 percent over night with data on and WiFi off ( approx. 9 hours).

Sent from the Delta Quadrant using a transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hololodilolo:
Last night my xs drain 25% with data + gps on the over night (standby mode, all sync off, fb update never). With disable data + gps it drained about only 5%.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Quite normal I'd say.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] MRE36:
Guys just force data to GSM only (2G)

This will really help alot to those who use normal usage like ( whatsaap, twitter, FB, sms...etc) it will last for 16hrs

I noticed whatsaap drain battery alot ive deleted it and used my phone a day without whataap it last for 27 hrs with normal use and lots of youtube watch.

Ive installed whatsaap back while using 2G all time and achived 15-16 hrs which is great for me

Just use 2G option for now till ICS released
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] basafre:
Why are you so sure about ics could solve the battery drain?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
It has better memory management,and from my experience using GB and ICS on the same phone the battery last longer With ICS.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] basafre:
well, so we can only wait for THE day.

Thank you so much
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dragunov:
That's my SXS using it only for phonecalls, sms and some browsing...

3 days and 15 hours on battery, 18% left.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tel033:
3g is the one who drain just waiting till ICS
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fekish:
Gia sou elladara!

But 3 days is too good to be true right?.:-)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Its true,only calls with no data and wifi.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pezo:
That seems to be the point with all of people who got more than 1 or maybe 1.5 days out of the battery: no data and wifi.

What's the point of having a smartphone when i disable data and wifi? I could use a dumbphone with MP3 player instead of this and get a week out of it...

(Just my opinion, don't take it personally anyone ;-)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Yes for me too,I'm not happy with the battery.what I was trying to say that it's possible to achieve 2-6 days if you don't use your phone :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PollPixx:
its a shame the battery technology cant keep up with the phone technology... all phones have this problem, complains enough..

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] a4rocks:
Nooooo man, you kidding me. I have Wi-fi on in my home the whole time (except sleeping) and when I am out for college (then I use 2G), I get about 1 day and 6-8 hours on an average. I keep surfing the XDA app a lot and listen to quite a bit of music. Battery has impressed me quite a lot. Even the GPS doesn't use much at all unlike all my other Androids (Arc S, S II, Ray).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SonyXperiaS:
i have tried restarting but it will work just 3 out of 5 times.

my phone just heats up for no reason draining out the battery:(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ckfamily:
your screen was never on (almost<never ):P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dragunov:
Actually, there are times when I do not use my phone that much for anything else rather than phone calls, and I really like the fact that the sxs can last that long in such cases. Coming from n8 and galaxy s ii, none of them could last that long in such occasions!

I use a smartphone not because I need to continuously be online, but because a dumbphone cannot be used for fast browsing when required, for handling e-mail, for opening documents etc.

Anyway, I am not a facebook or tweeter type, so there is absolutely no reason to have data always on.

The average I get is 2 days anyways, the 4+ days are rare, but achievable!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Android>iPhone:
I'm not really impressed with the battery life.

If I'm lucky, I manage to get through the day but then I will have to start charging it again.

I just use calls, but have data (when I'm out) and Wifi (at home) on at all times during the day because of Whatsapp and some browsing. The screen (not even brightest setting) and Android system eat up the most battery when I check the battery status.

I even carry my X10 around as MP3 player just to save battery life on SXS.

I hope the ICS update, whenever it comes, improves the battery life.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SnowOokami:
battery life improved a bit with the .75 update (Generic NL) but yeah I'm not impressed with the battery life.

It uses way too much battery when idling, I think it should be solved in ICS because ICS uses less CPU when idling but we will see :rolleyes:

http://deadly-silence.org/phone/screenshot_2012-06-05_2101.png

http://deadly-silence.org/phone/screenshot_2012-06-05_2102.png

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dragunov:
Let us hope that the 4.0.4 ICS update will bring better battery life!

My friend with an SGS II and the 4.0.3 installed for approximately 1 month now has noticed WORSE battery life for his device (same usage of course)! Hopefully 4.0.4 will have improvements on that part!

@ Android>iPhone: Also, when I used to own an SGS II, I also noticed that with WhatsApp running in the background, I got terrible battery life! Maybe even 6 hours less standby! I considered WhatsApp to be the biggest battery sucker out there!

But it has been a very long time since then, I dunno if there was any improvement with the current WhatsApp version...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] SnowOokami:
4.0.4 contains major Nexus updates and minor other updates... so don't expect a big difference between 4.0.3 and 4.0.4
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Efe64:
You need to do a fresh install..

Thats what all the SGSII say..

Just do a fresh install then compare it with GB.

Even my friends saw the difference..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ray3andrei:
The new update seems to really improve the battery life, I can get around 2-3 days of light usage

Sent from my Samsung GNexus <3
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yudicihuy:
+1
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] realfelix:
I tried to get the Max out of my xps and this is the Result:

Most of it is browsing+templeRun and Asphalt..

Edit: oh and 70% brightness.. Kinda like the result.. what Do u think?

Sent from my LT26i
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fchaudhri01:
Just got my Xperia S three days ago. Love the phone itself. It is the most amazing thing I ever purchased.

My battery life isn't the as good.

Battery drained down to 76% in 4 hours. Had wifi on. Took two pictures. Data off all the time. screen brightness to almost full low. Sent a few text messages and used kik messenger for a little bit.

I don't know if this is normal with other people. The last time I had such issue was with my X10. When I replaced the battery on that, it started lasting more than a day with semi-heavy use.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] oache:
Battery life on mine SXS is great & discovered a method to charge very fast in like 30-40 minutes 100% baterry,just keep the phone in coold place it will go from 5% to 100% batery as i told you up in the post
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] niaboc79:
Wait a few more days, the battery life will improve ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] TheFirstFishy:
It´s cause the cold recuces the capacity of the battery, making it faster to charge since i dont hold the same amount as a normal temp. battery.

Just look at your car in the cold, and how fast you can drain the battery in the winter cause of the low capacity
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zodiac100:
People I think it's high time we all accepted that a full day of moderate use is all one can expect from these high powered devices. You wouldn't expect to get more than a few hours of use on your laptop so why are you expecting to get days out of your multi cored smartphones.

The draining issue on standby was due to some Sony apps which when updated stopped eating the battery like crazy.

These things are pocket sized computers so stop comparing what you get from them with what you get from feature phones. If you don't like charging everyday then I suggest the combination of a feature phone and a tablet might be better for you.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] avindal:
Disablinf latitude made a huge difference for me.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] andoridkiller:
My phone lost 23% while it wa idling for 4hours. My HTC One X lost 1% in 12 hours (but i hate the one x)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
ICS.....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] niaboc79:
My galaxy ace lost 1% in 2 days...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
My X S loses 1 - 2% overnight. Flightmode.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] a4rocks:
We are talking about people who actually use their phones and this is an Xperia S forum, not the Galaxy Ace forum.

Sent from my wonderful Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hornet331:
Pretty much what most people don't get, we get more and more processing power, but at the cost of increased power consumption.

While you can get pretty good idle consumption, thanks to techs like power gating, smaller process nodes etc. but once you pwer it up it starts to drain power... people don't realize that a dualcore A9 cortex has already the same processing power as a desktop cpu from the early 2000s for the fraction of what they consumed back then. :p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Fekish:
This was a valid point in the past, but there shouldnt be anymore excuses today.

Motorola Maxx is out there with a huge battery, and so competition should match it...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hornet331:
And if you look at the maxx it comes with its own drawbacks, huge bezel and quite heavy despite using kevlar to reduce material thickness. Also comes with a worse camera module (also due to limited space).

As long as we stay at current battery technology there always will be trade offs.

edit:

And if you you look around the forum, pretty much every 2012 has the same complains (whole HTC line up, Samsung line up etc)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tian105:
My old old nokia lost 70% in the past..say 4 years? LOL
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tsukeyomi:
True. I noticed it last night, 2% over 10 or more hours, and i also turned the screen on to look at the hour a couple of time.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pezo:
2% with flight mode on is not that little, in fact I would consider this rather normal.

I would like to have 2% with data on ;-)

Sent from the Delta Quadrant using a transwarp conduit.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] wernerzero:
Don't know what happened to my XS last night..? It's had really good battery-life so far, could easily squeeze out at least 40 hrs of it with normal to heavy use. And I've wondered what so many here cry about.

Last night when goingto bed it suddenly started beeping that under 15% was left, and I had charged it in the afternoon. :(

This morning I disconnected the phone from the charger and after only 2 hrs, almost 20 % is already gone...WTF? :eek:

Checked with Badass Battery Monitor and it shows that Kernel has consumed 23.3%..? Normally Androidsystem consumes most and I haven't even noticed how much the Kernel's used before.

What is happening? :confused:

There was a big bunch of app updates yesterday, but how can I find out What's to blame?

W.Z.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
^^^In badass check this
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dbappa:
My battery has been nothing short of awful, similar to my X10. On some mornings I can take up to 30% on the way to work (watching 720p video, <1hour). The drain whilst idle/locked improved with one of the firmware releases but when used it drains so fast. I have just installed Badass Battery - does this seem normal?

Screen is around 20-30% brightness and screen time out is set to 2 minutes.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hornet331:
the localisation of your position via wifi sucks quite some energy... forgot to turn it off over the night and battery went from 98% (finished charging) to 65% 5h later consuming a constat 100mA or so when normal is something like 20-40mA
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] wernerzero:
Thanks, I'll check that out if it happens again... Right now it's back to normal. Rebooted and charged to full...

Just remembered that yesterday evening when outside with my son, I tried MyTracks, for the first time, and it couldn't find any satellites. All other apps ie Endomondo, Navigon, Maps found them instantly, and long after I closed the app, the gps icon still blinked like it was searching satellites. Maybe MyTracks somehow stayed on in the background and drained the battery..? Have to try it out again later.

Weird. This is what I hate with computers, phones etc. One minute they work like a charm, next they act like spiders on drugs...

W.Z.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zlotvor:
As somebody already wrote, the cold environment reduces the capacity of the battery. Although with modern li-something chemistries it's not that noticeable.

But one should be very careful when charging/discharging lithium chemistry in cold environment. It will damage the battery - the amount of damage depends on temperature of cells and the current flow trough them. On high power electric vehicles there is heating system inside battery pack to protect it in cold and allow better performance in racing setup.

If you are interested in battery technologies check the endless sphere EV forum.

Btw, my tree day old XS has average 12h on battery with medium browsing and couple sms/email/calls. Data always on 3G, maybe 30 min. GPS use.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frazzle121180:
I noticed a huge improvement in my XPS battery life by never using Mobile data

In home and office I use wireless and instead of the battery lasting 12 hours or so, I am getting nearer double that now.

Not ideal tho as really we should be able to keep the data on, but it would seem it really is a batter hog
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frazzle121180:
Alright Mr sarcasm, just putting in my tuppence worthB-)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frazzle121180:
None taken fella :-)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lordoftheriffs:
my device only drains 0.5% per hour in standby mode, maybe even less. I use KA07 rom though. during heavy usage it drains about 1 percent every 2 minutes or so
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] WasherUK:
85% 9h 45m on battery,

Cell Standby 39%

Display 24%

Phone Idle 22%

System 13%

OS 2%

No problems here.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] #LOUDmouth#:
Mobile Data/WiFi On or Off?

/#LOUDmouth#
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] WasherUK:
Mobile data on, wifi off
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] niaboc79:
4 hours screen on today :-)

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] FenrirMX:
I am thoroughly impressed by ICS with regards to battery life.

Best I managed on GB was 36-38 hours.

Now, it's at over 50 and still has juice.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] doministry:
Reboot....

I found that one - at least - Maps update made my phone suck battery like 30% overnight with signal off.

It happened after Maps usage with GPS.

Rebooted and reinstalled the update - problem gone so far.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rkanwar:
Hi guys ive had my phone for a week today :) but what I wanted to ask is im still on gb. Ics isnt out for my carrier just yet. And I am willing to wait just to see how people are finding it. What I wanted to ask is my battery sucks. Its only the past two days my battery has lasted 11-12 hours because of work and not using my phone as much. Otherwise in the first week my battery lasted 4-6 before a recharge. Does the battery improve. I mean my arc s started to last me a very good while like 8 hours minimum with medium to heavy usage
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ower:
Works beautiful
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gm007:
Yes with ics battery has improved a lot.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Static-Noise:
Have you modified the CPU or the like? That is genuinely an unbelievable battery time.

V