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[Windows Phone 8 General] thelostsoul:
Who can report on cell reception vs. battery life?

I just had a plane ride for under 3 hours, turned on airplane mode, didn't use the device at all on the flight, had battery save mode on, and it went from full charge to 69%!

Normally, I'll go a full day with LTE and WiFi and Location Services, As mail Arrives on, and have between 50-70% left by the end of the day! In three hours it dropped 30% with no cell reception.

Additionally, I noticed that being in areas with little or no cell reception results in very poor battery life.

I've also noticed that travelling long distances can result in faster than normal battery loss.

This tells me that the device is having issues with searching for networks and possible with tower handoff.

If I am in an area with Full Signal, be it (ATT) 4G, LTE, whatever, my battery life seems fine. In fact, it may even be best when on an LTE signal (possibly because it is no longer searching for a new/faster network).

I am using the Lumia 920 on ATT.

I would like to hear how everyone else is doing with battery life in relation to their signal strength. I have a contact at Nokia that I am going to call and provide my findings, but I would like to hear some feedback from everyone else to say if this appears to be the issue.

EDIT: I would also like to note that I have tested these scenarios on a stock device where I uninstalled every preloaded application and turned off Location Services and Bluetooth, as well as tried everything that was already discussed in this thread.
[Windows Phone 8 General] tboy2000:
What really gets me is that we have to either turn off live tiles, or location or nfc or anything to get decent battery life. What's the point of having a smartphone that can do all these wondrous things if batteries are not good enough and thus we are scared to turn on all these features.
[Windows Phone 8 General] bartekxyz:
When connected to wifi, my Lumia 920 lasts 2 days on one charge but when I use data transmission it barely lasts one full day.
[Windows Phone 8 General] theguitarman94:
I know your point. I think battery may improve in the next update or so. WP8 is still ridiculously new
[Windows Phone 8 General] Aqua-Niki:
I find battery life to be awesome on WP8 (HTC 8S). I unplug my phone at 7:30AM and when I go to bed around midnight, I always have more than 60-70% left. That's with a moderate use, 2 mail accounts (outlook.com and gmail) and Google Reader auto updating. That's a far cry from what I got with Android (Galaxy S on Jelly Bean, 1900MAh battery).
[Windows Phone 8 General] 3clectic:
So do you have whatsapp running?

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Have hard reset - only see a max of 14 hours (very light usage, as in checking it for 5 mins an hour)

Have upgraded to firmware version 1232.5951.1249.1007 this morning - down to 20% from full charge, time since last charge was 5 hours ago,

funny, in the battery saver screen, estimated charge remaining is 12 hours - LOL!

edit - Sorry, didn't answer the original question, have 3 email accounts, all hotmail/live, no google sync.
[Windows Phone 8 General] DavidinCT:
I found the biggest power user on my phone to be NFC...when you get your phone, disable it, I get almost 3 days out of my 8X dependong on how heavy I use it. NFC would cut it down to less than a full day.

If you need it or use it, turn it on when you use it and shut it off after....
[Windows Phone 8 General] Xpl0ziV9:
HTC 8x battery

I have had amazing battery with my 8x. I get over 24 hours with it and that's with heavy use. Facebook, youtube, twitter, games. I love this phone and I would say I like the WP over my android. Lol. Also make sure that you keep it on dark for the theme, whatever color tiles you want but try to keep the background black that helps quite a bit too.
[Windows Phone 8 General] theguitarman94:
New record for me! 8x by the way
[Windows Phone 8 General] theguitarman94:
I no longer have a windows phone but feel free to use this thread to show battery life for future adopters of the os.
[Windows Phone 8 General] InterFace86:
Usualy about 48hours but once it did 72hours.

Im not teenager so i dont play alot - sometimes solitaire or poker. I never listen music also.

Just messageing , web , talking, emails.

htc 8s
[Windows Phone 8 General] ctinro:
I am considering myself as a daily „moderate” user - gaming a little, few phone calls, 30 mins to 1 hr of web navigation, reading, listening music, e-mailing (all in the same time :D ), weather HD, weave a.s.o. ...

But, using these lovely advices :laugh:, always I have over 48 hrs.

Samsung ATIV S
[Windows Phone 8 General] es_bih:
With my 8X I actually get 16 hr of battery life with decent use. My company email pulling my main inbox and 4 subfolders every 15 min. That's about 700-800 emails. Plus my Gmail gets 20. Texting about 50 a day. Next reader plus WP news apps. Web. Podcasting some Pandora.
[Windows Phone 8 General] fbirraque:
NOKIA Lumia 920 - battery energy consumption

With moderate use NOKIA Lumia 920 (36 hours) at 3G+ network, Bluetooth ON, WiFi ON, GPS ON, Exchange Push ON, Messenger ON, Skype ON, Viber ON, WhatsApp ON and Voice Calls.

Picture - myBattery

Regards,
[Windows Phone 8 General] galtom:
I don't know how many hours I am getting but I can say, that to my big surprise with 3G data ON and WiFi On constantly I get much better battery life out of Lumia 920 than Galaxy S3 that I had before.
[Windows Phone 8 General] skilqki:
How the hell you guys are getting so much battery life out of your Lumia 920 ..... I have it and I`m using it with 3g nonstop, WIFI use for bout 1 hour in a day, talk time bout 1-2 hours and some music while on the bus for about 30 40 min .. and I get not more then 20 to 23 hours .... ?? how the hell you guys get to 36 to 48 hours PLS SHARE !!!!

p.s I`m using the phone at low brightness I have my location turned off ... where Im doing wrong :confused::confused::confused:
[Windows Phone 8 General] galtom:
Location - constantly ON

4G - as above

Wi-Fi - as above

about 30 min phone conversations daily

all apps running in the background for updates

about 30 min of games

about 2 h of FB, browsing, etc (including chats)

about 30 min just playing with device as it is still new

Unplugged at 8 AM, around 5PM I still (on average day) have over 50% of battery left.

Plus, unlike in S3 case when phone is in sleep mode battery is hardly drained.

I charge it overnight anyway (as all my recent devices - starting with SE p900 back in 2003) - so I am completely unused to situation where phone battery last form more than day. Overall I think that L920 with bit smaller screen and smaller battery in real life conditions performs much better than S3.

I have to say that during Easter I was skiing with it all day (temp. below 0C) and although it was not in my inside pocket and phone was cold, battery did not seem to be affected.
[Windows Phone 8 General] TeNsTrKe15:
my battery life stinks

Hey so I have a NOKIA Lumia 920 and I may use it for games and such for about 2 hours a day, rarely make any calls, LTE is on, location services off, WIFI off, etc. off. I unplug my phone at 7am and when it hits about now, 2pm is when I have absolutely no battery left. My battery just drains even when it's not being used. Has anybody else experienced this?
[Windows Phone 8 General] Konner920:
My lumia 920 has Wifi on, location services on, LTE on, I sometimes play games, I text all day, and my battery lasts about 11 hours or longer, depending how much I use it. I unplug it in the morning, and charge it at night, Are you using the AT&T Lumia 920, and did you update to the 1308 firmware? If you
[Windows Phone 8 General] miodrage:
With Portico my phone was starting to get hungry around 9:30PM, now with 1308 I am at peace till midnight. The phone is usually of the charger at 6:30 AM.

Location ON, WIFi (and keep WiFi) ON, 3G ON (no 4G and LTE is Serbia just yet).

Around 60 mins talk time, about 10-20 SMS, 5-10 emails, 60-90 mins gaming, 60 mins light surf. I am pretty pleased with the latest update :D
[Windows Phone 8 General] ROCOAFZ:
920

With my 920

Skype on all day

facebook messenger on all day

Exchange email and hourly on pop + hotmail push

lots of texting but under 10 minutes of calls

on 3G (although att says 4g) and Wifi... Mostly wifi as i have it at home and work.

Heavy browsing the web

Words with friends and an occasionaly game, maybe 1/2 to 1 hour per day.

Amazing weather checking hourly

Sharepoint usage during the day to access work documents (mainly excel for client info)

Weave tech news

Took it off charge at 9:30 Am. it's now 7:20pm Says i have 2 days and 13 hours left. Note today is Sunday so i didn't work.

Usually says 1 day and about 13 hours.

Battery improved with latest updates and hard reset afterward

I did have one day about 2 weeks ago with severe battery drain. We use Skype at work to contact each other and i was using it heavy as a messenger and i think it got stuck. Battery drained to 0 in one hour and phone was warm. After recharging (and phone had rebooted) battery is back to normal.

Highest battery drain is from heavy graphic games. Modern Combat 4 or amazing spiderman can take 30% in 1 hour.

I've never had a phone hold this much battery until i got the 920 and the free wireless charger rocks at night.

I hear LTE can drain the battery pretty heavy. We don't have it in this area. Keep your wifi on all the time as it doesn't take extra power and use wifi when you can and see how it does.
[Windows Phone 8 General] malih16:
Gaming, browsing and video seems to really drain battery for my week old Lumia 620.

This phone is used mainly for voice call, messaging with sms+whatsapp, email, calendar and social networking with the people hub.

This way my battery lasts

a little bit over a day

when I last tested it, but I have a habit of charging it overnight so I wouldn't have any issues with battery life during the day.

I delegate all the battery draining tasks to my iPod touch 5g.
[Windows Phone 8 General] xheroxkefx:
Using an Ascend W1 here, i can reach 3 days on a single battery run! c: :victory:
[Windows Phone 8 General] DJBlaster-303:
2 full days (48hr) with normal use, no charging, it lasts double than my omnia7 so I'm happy
[Windows Phone 8 General] timmyk101:
really better than your note 2? mine is absolutely awesome on battery life heavy all day usage satnav included and i can still get home with 25% battery.

how big is battery in the 920?
[Windows Phone 8 General] Slai:
My 920 has a tremendous battery use, presumably due to Spotify.

My s4, with equal use, lasts about 1.5 to 2 times as long as my 920.
[Windows Phone 8 General] neo158:
My Samsung ATIV S gets over a day and a half on a single charge with moderate to heavy usage.
[Windows Phone 8 General] splatoid:
Samsung ATIV

I also have this phone. I can use this phone for two days without a charge. With moderate use. The battery is so much better then my droid Rezound. after Two days I can get up in the morning and still run it for half a day before charge if I need to but I usually just charge it in morning. This is with email checking every 15 minutes. Making a few calls and listing to music for an hour or two.

Not bad at all.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Slai:
That isn't moderate use that's light use in my mind.

In which case it's easy to get a few days worth.

. This is why battery life is so hard to compare.
[Windows Phone 8 General] splatoid:
True with the difference of comparison but all I know with my Droid I would have used half of my battery life the first day and it would be almost dead in the morning.
[Windows Phone 8 General] phewBAR:
I had a Lumia 920 from Desember until April, and It had perhaps the worst battery life I've had on any phone. Wether it had a faulty battery, or if it was just the apps, the OS or whatever. I dont know, but my 920 could be in my pocket with 30% remaining, and when I went to use it an hour later It could be dead.

Then I had to plugin the charger, watch the charging icon on the screen for 30-35 minutes before It would let me start the phone. Then once the WP8 loaded It would show 5% charged.

It rarely survived my 8 hour workday with some spotify, baconit and browsing.

I could play "Where's my water" with the charger connected and It would still lose battery. Im not kidding.

That, and the fact that It rebooted whenever I tried to connect to 4G was the reason I dont have the phone any longer
[Windows Phone 8 General] galtom:
[MENTION=5257166]phewBAR[/MENTION] : 100% your device was faulty. My dive has constantly turned on GPS, 4G and WiFi. Today 8h at work, emails, some Skype calls, some normal calls. Back home - > bike, over an hour with Endomodo on, still got 35% charge left.
[Windows Phone 8 General] phewBAR:
Yeah, most likely I got a faulty model. I sent it in twice for repair because of the reboots, and I also mentioned the bad battery life but Nokia only "Upgraded the software and reset the phone" and shipped It back.

Looking back, I regret not going with Ativ S as I really liked WP8, but after the troubles I had I promised myself "never again"
[Windows Phone 8 General] proneto911:
I don't get how some people are complaining. Maybe they use the phone in areas that have a weak signal or something i can tell you one thing that will drain the battery. I was out in the middle of nowhere with 1 bar if i was lucky and that drained it pretty badly. I personally noticed with my usage texting, internet searches, and a few odds and ends i get about a day to a day and a half like i did on the Focus 7.5 i still have still have the original firmware on that phone since i found out that it wasn't getting the 7.8 upgrade i upgraded to Lumina 820 WP8 loving it way more lol.

Also if you have an extra $75 to drop i'd invest in the wireless charging loving that as well no cords to hook up to the phone all you have to do is put the phone on the charger and it charges awesome idea.love it as well

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i mean if you really need something that has long life and mobile get a laptop with a mobile card built into it so you can do everything. Its a smart phone people it CANT DO EVERYTHING we all need. and people complaining about VPN crap get a laptop its better at it Microsoft didn't put it in the 7 platform they aren't going to in 8. It has security holes and they are cutting the platform within the next 2 years
[Windows Phone 8 General] b33j7030:
I currently own a Lumia 810 for about almost 3 months now and what I can say about the battery life of this bad boy is stellar. With heavy to moderate use i've gone almost 2 days before charging and still has about 20% battery life. It is by far the best battery conserving mobile device i've ever owned compare to any of the android and iphones i've used in the past. Nokia and MS - got 2 thumbs up from me!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mackentosh:
My phone has been charging for 6 hrs and it only made to 75% I also experienced this with my GS3. This only happens from time to time, had anyone else experience this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] reinaldistic:
yes I have, but only when I use the 1 amp chargers from the s2...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mackentosh:
I figured it had something to do with the charger cause when I switched charging cables it would charge properly. Thanks for the response.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] morrocanghost22:
i have a problem with android recovery whn i press apply from sd card into recovery and choosing upd_1.zip the problem the recovery said installation error or abored i dont know why my phone running with gingerbread and android version:2.3.6

Soory for this bad english
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Jeffrianz:
sorry galaxy mini GT-S5570 or GT-S5570i

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This For GT-S5570

http://db.tt/BGZj4LBU

Install via recovery..

press home button + power button.

And This for GT-S5570I

http://db.tt/iVSZwsPo

install via recovery

press volume up + home + power button.

and select install update zip from sd card.

make sure the zip file you have download on sd card/(here)

not in folder
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] rupesh1718:
install clockworkmod and directly install any custom rom it may help you to get direct root without backing up apps
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] kalrocking:
Hi this happens when you try to apply update or custom rom which is actually not supported for your phone.. Same error shown when you try to flash your cell with custom rom which is actually not for your cell.

You can find compatible roms for your cell and then then update one of them via your recovery manager that will help you for sure ...:cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] MrSpud:
Assuming you have installed a custom recovery via odin ... instructions can be found in this thread by Android-United

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1635108

I believe you need to click on install from sd card and not apply update :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] semihbalcioglu:
last month i bought gnex. i used stock rom for 10 days. then instantly phone slowed down after i add my musics..i thought that is is about rom then installed pa rom. first it was great but now after two weeks it started to slow down very much. for example a message thread that have just 2 message is being deleted in 5-6seconds..phone shuts down or boots to slow. i dont get it why this happens :/ any solutions or ideas??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] illinoissparks18:
You have lots of apps running in the background. Check what is starting at boot and constantly running. You also can overclock your device for faster game loading and scrolling.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krugdenis:
Looks similar to http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39154
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
I have been using rasbean pretty religiously since porting it for the sprint nexus. I haven't had any slow downs in fact its stayed as fast as it was when I first flashed the ROM clean. Which for me is weird because on other ROMs I always had a slow down after a couple weeks. But not the case on rasbean. I suggest you try it with trinity kernel. Its a stock ROM with hand coded options.

In some cases I've seen my phone run smoother under clocked to 1036 instead of 1190.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] semihbalcioglu:
thanks for the replies. seems that there is nothing to do except factory resetting or flashing new rom
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DynamicRam:
Wipe Cache partition & Dalvik cache in recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
+1, try that first.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] semihbalcioglu:
does that removes my personal files, apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Godra:
No, it doesnt
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
do you reboot the gnex during this 1-2 weeks?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daniel_loft:
I can almost confirm that:

Bought a new, 4.1.1 Nexus - everything fine

Flashed AOKP, restored some apps with Titanium and filled it with stuff - slow

Flashed CM10 & MIUI - slow

Deleted everything, flashe CM10 and left 3.1GB free - everything fine

In between I also flashed franco and trinity kernels, tried deactivating 5GHz Wifi, tried not restoring with Titanium, deleted many files and maybe other things that I don't remember about.

Looks like you don't have to ever go below 3GB free.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] semihbalcioglu:
yes, rebooted every 3-4 days. i really don't understand. stock rom was slowed down after I copied my musics about 10 gigs. and now on pa rom slowed down after i downloaded 5-6 mp3 from internet. all I have was 10-15 songs on the phone. and 2 movies about 8-9gb. i always watch movies and delete. after slowed down i removed movies, songs and also google music app but nothing changed.i also flashed a lag fix from somewhere i dont remember but again slow slowslowww now i tried to wipe cache, dalvic cache but nothing changed... when i tap facebook it hangs for 10 seconds and says not responding close app? i say wait and then it opens...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WILLI120:
I have the same problem... Slooow as hell, apps FCs and not responding... Problem even stays after flashing other ROMs and stuff... I hope a factory reset will just do it...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] greb22:
So do you all recommend what is discussed in the link you posted or overclocking which one works better? If overclocking what speeds so you recommend?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] keotic:
One time after transfering files I do not hit "usb storage turn off" button and disconnected usb cable, now micro sd card not showing up, and even then i connect usb cabble "usb storage mode" not showing up.. Any ideas how to fix it?

Sorry for my english;D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wotandsdwys:
OK, so TW does an awesome job of merging my Facebook friends with my contacts and automatically sets their contact picture from Facebook.

Is there any way to do this with an aosp rom like cm10?

Without downloading individual profile pictures and loading it that way.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BluesRulez:
Facebook sync from play store.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wotandsdwys:
Awesome thank you!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aman1127:
I like using haxsync, the picture quality is only limited by the picture on fb. Well worth 2 bucks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
+1 haxsync
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] An1mus:
Any one knows how to hack the device Id in oder to get what's app working on the Galaxy Player 5.0
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] omaroe666:
i think this belongs in general section not dev section buddy ;) but there's a rom that has the id hack with whatsapp. it's somewhere in the dev section ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Scymynd:
and u spelled "hack" wrong...its supposed to be h4ck..duh
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] james59802:
This rom has ID hack built into install.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1623529

Quite a good one as well
[Galaxy S I9000 General] misiek1791:
Hey guys!

I need yoyr help. My phone was dead since march 11. I don't remember what I'm done with it, but the following symptoms are:

- when I turn on the phone nothing exept Galaxy S GT-I9000 Samsung screen is showed.

- when I turn phone to download mode and connect it with my computer, nothing happens,no notifications, device manager nothing shows, I once showed: one of your devices has malfunction.

What should I do? USB plug is broken? My other phone have no problem with this MicroUSB cable from samsung and it's connecting to computer without any problems.

Edit:

I plug cable with turning on download mode. Now computer shows: one of your device has malfunction. DM error loop?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mathsiel:
UP Please! Same problem!

Just can access download mode, but my PC doesn't recognise it.

It got stuck in the first logo and I can't access Recovery.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RobertSand:
You use odin right?

And correct drivers installed?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xsenman:
use solution in

2) Problem:- Cannot connect to PC or Unknown Device, getting Code 43 or any other code or NO response when using USB cable in My Android Solutions

use solution in

1) Problem:- Cannot enter Download or Recovery Mode and

2) Problem:- Cannot connect to PC or Unknown Device, getting Code 43 or any other code or NO response when using USB cable in My Android Solutions
[Galaxy S I9000 General] misiek1791:
yep, I was checked this thing. And this is not helpful. Yes, have few good ideas but for my case... nothing I can use... Main reason: My computer don't show me any alerts or messages after plug in mUSB to phone...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mathsiel:
I solved my problem. What I did was to use another PC, then just installed the Samsung drivers, plugged the phone in download mode and the the driver installed OK.

Odin recognised the phone too so I could flash a kernel.

I can't realize why my PC didn't recognize the phone. I tried reinstalling drivers, the android SDK but nothing worked.

Thanks for the answers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xsenman:
And IF nothing worked and USB connection still fails no matter what, than it would be best to look into this