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[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
With the MAXX:

I don't have any screenshots at the moment as I haven't thought to take one until coming across this thread, but as a heavy to moderate user (~8-10 hours of screen on time/day) I usually get about 20-24 hours out of it. If i wasn't streaming football/music all day it'd probably be higher ;) I never have wifi on. Location reporting is on for every service that asks for it (including google). I have 2 email accounts that receive about 50-100 messages a day per account and i send/receive about 200-300 texts a day. Touchless controls are enabled as are active notifications. Not too shabby at all.

Honestly, I think the thing that impresses me most is that operation of this device generates next to ZERO heat. It's crazy. I've had it for a couple weeks now with it's first big heat test being today streaming NFL Red Zone all afternoon to track my fantasy teams (about 5 hours chewed through about 20-25% of my battery) and it wasn't even warm. It felt like the face and back of the unit were just the ambient room temperature.
[Droid Ultra General] iamnohs:
I agree that the heat dissipation is better than I had feared after hearing about the Razr Maxx HD having some issues.

Sent from a Droid Maxx.
[Droid Ultra General] 18t:
here's my very first charge. as a former gnex owner i am incredibly happy with this.
[Droid Ultra General] brandonspell08:
My original battery life was a little better than the HTC One. After tweaking I can normally squeeze 30 hours b4 I get low batt messages (15%). And that's running heavy.
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
battery life is equal to my droid razr maxx hd. so no complaints here. get 2 full days of use, with over 6 hours of screen on time. so no complaints here. I think a lot of razr maxx hd owners really wont be wowed by this phone and may regret upgrading. I am going to give this phone 13 days, and if I'm not in love, its getting exchanged for a galaxy note 3 preorder.

I watched the keynote for the note 3 and I was wowed multiple times. Now I am not disappointed at all with my Droid Maxx. Its fast. The screen is great. The build quality...not so much.....
[Droid Ultra General] GHII:
My buddy's new Maxx isn't even getting 24hr, my Moto X is lasting as long as his Maxx. This is after 2 charges, should be take it back? Surely something has to be wrong with it correct?
[Droid Ultra General] Gtech145:
Something is definitely up check battery manager to see what's eating up the battery.
[Droid Ultra General] Barkleyfan:
He's doing it wrong.

Seriously though, it's likely software. My Maxx has died in less than 6 hours from apps (mostly facebook and G+) not functioning properly. I've squeezed over 48 hours out of the same phone back on Gingerbread. I average about 20 hours on a charge these days, but I've had it since February of 2112, and I abuse it with spending 12 hours a day in 1X coverage, streaming music to a bluetooth headset.
[Droid Ultra General] bwheelies:
Try turning off zap.
[Droid Ultra General] osatrevor:
I would most certainly take it back. Like many people have said on here, you should be able to get way more battery life out of this phone even if you're trying to kill it.

I'm curious after he takes it back and then has his new one set-up, what is the life like? If he has the same issue I want to know what the battery manager says is consuming so much power! Keep us posted!
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
Sounds like a need for better battery stats and follow their instructions and post a log.
[Droid Ultra General] bwheelies:
I posted about zap in another thread, try turning it off.

Also, Google Now will constantly pole your location if you have all of the cards on like traffic, time to work or house, etc. Try switching them off. Just doing that my screen off drain is significantly less.
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
I'm having high android os usage. Gonna try bbs to catch the culprit.
[Droid Ultra General] bwheelies:
This is my second full discharge. Getting better as I go. Over 6 hours of screen time and no WiFi.
[Droid Ultra General] dano1282:
5 hours of screen on time...and 26 hours so far on a single charge...with 25% still to go

Edit: just passed the 30hr mark on a single charge...quite impressive I must say... About 13% left

Also WiFi and Bluetooth on constantly
[Droid Ultra General] Ford_Tech:
I am coming from a droid razr maxx and must say I am impressed with the ultra's battery life, I hit the net, email, stream music at various times during the day and always come home with no less than 40% left. Also have blue tooth on always so I can interface with truck for streaming thru using Pandora,Slacker radio, amazon mp3, txt messages, calls etc.

I was a little worried since the maxx has a larger battery but am quite satisfied with the capacity. :good:
[Droid Ultra General] rustid:
I am over 2 days with over 5 hours of screen time. I got this to last for 1 heavy day of use and I imagine it will do that just fine. This is my first discharge so I only hope it will get better.
[Droid Ultra General] bwheelies:
I am coming from droid RAZR maxx as well and I am satisfied with this battery life. Today I am doing screen on testing, no WiFi and I have 24% left with 7 hours 23minutes screen on. This will double my RAZR maxx screen on time.
[Droid Ultra General] jakereeves31:
Could have hit 8 hours there, but gotta charge it up for school tomorrow!:P
[Droid Ultra General] iguanad:
Went camping this past weekend. I had 34% left after 43 hours.
[Droid Ultra General] LeoBloom.:
Everyone posting here and on other forums seems to have better battery life than my Droid Maxx.

I've had the phone for about 3 weeks now. I generally charge for 6 - 8 hours overnight and not at all throughout the day. I generally use a reddit app, facebook, messaging, and I browse the web. Not really big on any games and I don't really watch youtube. I do listen to music about 1.5 hours a day. I'm OK with the battery life as is but I get the feeling everyone else is getting better battery. I'm in the NYC area - perhaps the airwaves congestion could be affecting my battery?

http://i.imgur.com/yPp5U2C.png

http://i.imgur.com/KZ4oYOo.png

I would extrapolate that to 24 hours with 3 hours of screen time - many of you are getting over 24 hours with over 3 hours screen time!
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I'm getting the same battery as you. Android os is at 15% already, and I've only been off the charger for 3 hours. My phone is brand new, just got it two days ago. Granted it was a refurbished one, but still. I'm in Suffolk county ny and even with my previous maxx phones (razor maxx, and razor maxx hd) I'm getting the exact same battery life. No real difference at all between the three :/ by the way I only have the basic stock apps installed, nothing running in the background. Zap is off, location is off, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi all are off. Greenify is running. Stupid phone ,
[Droid Ultra General] redddog:
Why was it refurbished?

My thought was that there are essentially 2 reasons why this phone will be returned - the battery not acting like it should and the known "gap on the lesft side between the kevlar and the screen bezel" issue. I'be had both and returned both.

So...if your're getting a refurb, I feel like you have a MUCH better chance of getting a phone that has that issue and they just reset the damn thing and turned it around.

But I'm a conspiracy theorist so.....
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
They sent me this phone because I went through 4 razor maxx's. It was a courtesy upgrade. Like now I'm at 73% . I believe I should be getting better battery life
[Droid Ultra General] LeoBloom.:
Seems like a high screen use percentage. Personally, I use lux to make sure my brightness is never goes above 60%. It's been pretty effective in keeping my screen use percentage down while keeping the brightness very usable!
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I just downloaded it thanks :) I'll give it a shot. Usually i keep my brightness pretty low. But then again I'm constantly going outside for work. So I'm always changing the brightness. Now I just have to teach it :)
[Droid Ultra General] bwheelies:
I did a screen on battery abuse test, while my data was still working properly and did over 9 hours. Web browsing, gaming, YouTube, and streaming movies with Google play. Very impressed.
[Droid Ultra General] spiral777:
Droid maxx, mixed moderate to heavy usage... Love this phone
[Droid Ultra General] MrZ123:
I certainly am not a heavy user, maybe 2hrs screen on time MAX a day. But not a light user either. Unplug my phone at 7am plug it back in at 10:30pm.

Have yet to get the battery below 50% in a day! Love the battery life on my MAXX!
[Droid Ultra General] LeoBloom.:
MrZ, I would say that I have about the same usage as you do with 2 hours Max screen time a day, and around the same times unplugging and plugging in. I feel like normally I would be at 35% - 40% with this usage. I'm resigning to my theory that using a phone in NYC is subjecting it to too much network congestion and poor signal strength (subway and within buildings) and the battery dies quicker as a result.
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I'd have to agree with you, I'm on long island where I drive through dead zone after dead zone on a daily basis. I believe the constant searching for signal is a battery hog. Usually I get about 3 hours of screen on time a day, mostly texting and web browsing. By the time I put it on the charger I'm at about 30%. So 15 hours of up time, and the hours of screen time. I still think I should be getting more.
[Droid Ultra General] Barkleyfan:
Turn off data when you're traveling. I work in 1x, and turn data off. Battery lasts nicely.
[Droid Ultra General] LeoBloom.:
Unfortunately, I use Google Voice for texting, and that requires data, so I can't turn data off.
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I use that primarily for my voicemail and outgoing calls. I wonder if that could be a battery drainer. It's always a low percentage in the battery statistics. Maybe using Google voice in conjunction with cellular telephony services is drawing more network traffic?
[Droid Ultra General] doogald:
Why would that be a problem while you are driving?

(Just being snarky...)

If you are driving, plug the phone in to a charger. Then you won't have to worry about reduced battery life.
[Droid Ultra General] greatnesstx:
How are y'all getting that battery life , here is mine
[Droid Ultra General] redddog:
Dude, is that a Maxx?

How much screen time did you have?
[Droid Ultra General] greatnesstx:
Yup that's my Maxx , I avg 8 hours before I have to charge, heavy user

---------- Post added at 02:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 PM ----------

I'll do another screen shot towards the end of the day with all the info, I am charge up right now
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
8 hours of screen time?? Man I only get two hours of screen time and 2 hours of voice calls before I'm almost done. I'm definitely not getting 4-5 hours of screen time like other people. Unless nobody talks on their phone anymore lol. Seems like android os is running like crazy on my phone. I don't want to call Verizon for another replacement. In the past year they have sent me 12 phones. All my past ones has problems. Plus they keep upgrading me to a better phone. I feel like they are going to cut me off soon lol. But then again the phones I'm receiving have all been replacements. So somebody had a problem with them. The maxx I just got back even had semi root on it. They aren't even fxz'ing these phones before they send them out
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
Here is my screenshot.
[Droid Ultra General] tantran:
I get around 6 hours of screen time. It does get worse when searching for a signal. I get three hours at best then.
[Droid Ultra General] redddog:
Actually, that's a lot of Android OS time. You really are a heavy user. Care to give an accounting of an average day's useage?
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I talk for about thirty min every morning at around 8am. 50 Texts throughout the day. Maybe a half hour total on feedly, and cheezburger. Another thirty min convo at 5pm. I'll browse xda for a few min,feedly again. Total time probably a half hour again. then an hour long conversation at night. I don't really do too much on it to be honest. Work makes sure of that ha ha. At 11pm I put it on the charger with spy 35-40% left.
[Droid Ultra General] redddog:
Yeah, then that's not too bad. Something's not right there.
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I'm draining my phone until it shuts off, going to do a full charge and a factory reset and see if that works. I should be getting more than 2 to 3 hours of screen on time.
[Droid Ultra General] greatnesstx:
Here is update on my phone, better battery life since yesterday. I stopped zap and switch to only using 3g data
[Droid Ultra General] adrialk:
What's your screen brightness set to?
[Droid Ultra General] Franzie3:
Download an app like gsam battery monitor or better battery stats....this will tell you if there is a rogue app causing some significant drain. I myself had my last full charge go from 4pm wednesday to about 7% at 2:30am this morning. I was on wifi while i was home which was about roughly half of that and i managed to sqeak out 6+ hours of screen on time. My android OS usage was still pretty high, i would expect it around 10-15% but it was around 23%. I did have a small 5% bump charge in there but nothing that significant.

give those apps a try from a full charge and see what it says
[Droid Ultra General] greatnesstx:
I have it set on auto brightness, is this good battery life?
[Droid Ultra General] Franzie3:
Its not bad by any means. A lot goes into battery usage, not just screen on time. your mobile network signal, wifi vs no wifi, apps, etc. If you were in a 3G area and you phone is constantly search for 4G it will drain a little more then normal. if you have 1 bar of 4g vs 4-5 bars it will drain quicker. Little things like that.

For me while im on wifi and i leave the phone overnight off the charger i may loose roughly 7-8% on my battery, thats with data on and alarms and all that. I dont disable anything while i sleep except sound.

i think your pretty good
[Droid Ultra General] LeoBloom.:
Yeeaaaa.... I use public transportation - subways, underground tunnels, and no where to plug-in.
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
Does anyone know how to read the mobile network signal in settings/battery? It's confusing me. I'm assuming the green means a strong signal, yellow is mediocre. What is the tan color? No signal? I'm trying to figure out if my signal is chewing up my battery. Meaning constantly searching. It needs a legend to read it ha ha
[Droid Ultra General] spiral777:
With my Droid Maxx... Thinking that underclocking it to 1026mhz would improve battery life... I've noticed that it actually lasts longer at full range 384mhz to 1728mhz

This thing knows what it's doing...
[Droid Ultra General] doogald:
I found this. It looks right: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26891039&postcount=14
[Droid Ultra General] Khanusma:
Another great day with the battery.

Battery went from 100% to 70% in 7 hours of total time with 4 hours of phone calls and 1 hour of screen time.

Sweet!
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
Been using lteonoff to toggle 4g off and 3g on. Not seeing a significant improvement in battery life.
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I still think the signal is chewing my battery. 37 min of screen time, 29 min of voice calls. And nothing else. Unless I'm expecting way too much from the battery :/ don't get me wrong, this still lasts way longer than my razor maxx he.
[Droid Ultra General] mattbeau:
So I've had mine for a week and I'm very happy with the battery.

I have used mine pretty extensively over the last two days and forgot to charge it last night and it still made it the whole second day

Here's a screen shot
[Droid Ultra General] Khanusma:
Have you also tried putting it in airplane mode overnight to see your battery drain? That may indicate something. may be a worth while troubleshooting step.
[Droid Ultra General] Franzie3:
All those random notification apps on the status bar probably don't help. An extra battery app just to know the batt %. You can use xposed and moto xposed to get a legit battery percent icon. But that's just my 2 cents.

U would say your signal is hurting it somewhat. I can usually squeeze 1hr of screen time per 20% drained. With moderate to heavy use all on lte. I also leave my wifi on during the day and I shouldn't. My work wifi is locked down so I don't use it.

Here is my battery from today. I'll admit I used it heavy. I was pdown in NYC and there are ingress portals galore so I was stocking up. But then I streamed an hour + of Breaking Bad over lte using qloud and then normal use once home and on wifi. In comparison to my RAZR HD I was only able to max just about 4 1/2 on full charge with majority wifi
[Droid Ultra General] Shahal:
My battery life usually ranges from 17 hours of intensive all day usage to 2 days of light usage. Best battery life I've seen in a phone.
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
I appreciate your help :) using xposed, can I get like a power toggles module? That is the only thing (besides lux to change the brightness) that is the only thing on my notification bar :/ oh and gsam to monitor running apps and kernel wake locks etc.

I must say though the other day I had 5 hours screen time, and 3 hours of talk time. And still had 30% ish left. I'm baffled. I used the same apps I always have. And I've never seen that kind of battery life. I'm going to do a factory reset. And just run the stock apps, ill add my apps back one every two days. That way I can monitor my usage.

When I'm in the city like you I get phenomenal signal strength. But I can't get a good judge because I'm in and out of the subways. So my battery tends to dwindle. Which is completely understandable. Thanks again for everyone's help :) I'm not giving up on the beast of a phone yet bwaaahaaaaa
[Droid Ultra General] Franzie3:
That subway thing should be clearing up soon. Many networks are putting in network repeaters in underground subways making it a better way to use your phone underground. Some are running them to stations only. Instead of going nuts and doing a factory reset, i would try using gsam battery or better battery stats. Either one of these apps can tell you if you have a rogue app that is sucking out battery life. GSAM is a bit easier to use and understand. but BBS is better with specific functions. You can use both though
[Droid Ultra General] adrialk:
5 hours screen on and 3 hours of calls with 30% remaining... Don't bother with a factory reset. That is good usage. Those off days you probably had poor service which will drain a battery... Nothing more to it.

I just went thru the factory reset process and it was a waste of time. If you have no excessive wakelocks then just use the damn phone.
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vLjTato-ww&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Hahaha... 15 hours of screen on time for the Maxx. And 9 for the ultra. What is she smoking?
[Droid Ultra General] ramborami:
As of 10/15/2013, Xposed and MotoXposed do not work on the Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx. They install fine, you can see and install modules, however when you reboot the changes don't take effect. This has been confirmed by several people with rooted phones, including myself.
[Droid Ultra General] Gundabolu SC:
Well u have to first go to the bootloader and boot into recovery which puts the system in R/W then install Xposed which will keep ur changes even after reboot!! It works perfectly for me!! :sly:
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
This is due to an issue I discovered.

Do not update xposed framework to 2.3 or 2.31. Uninstall framework and the installer, install 2.2 and you'll be just fine.

GravityBox is way better than MotoXposed btw.
[Droid Ultra General] jrgilbert79:
Battery Killer

I found the killer on my wifes unrooted maxx. After a full days normal usage: Firstly install GSAM Battery...Charge to 100% open the application and hit +....DO NOT REBOOT. We want the service killing your battery, while its sleeping, to rear its ugly head.

Now my findings were Chrome... Was Eating 36% and Screen was at 50ish. So what gives? First I cleared the cache/data for chrome. It helped but it came back. Looking through the menu I found the motomanager check box in Active Notifications that is a chrome plugin for the service that lets whoever know where you are etc. Unchecked and turned off GPS...Problem solved.

I am not saying this is the only issue /app but it helped alot.
[Droid Ultra General] needshelp101:
You have to boot into recovery then install them. It's hour the system gets write privileges. Then boot normally. That's how I got mine to stick
[Droid Ultra General] rrupp:
Here's my battery life... that's with 6 hours of on screen time. I love this phone!!
[Droid Ultra General] prodigalOne:
ugh, wish I got that. and wish I wasn't so busy as to call Motorola to request repair...this is my 3rd Maxx, and I would expect to be at 52% at the 24hr mark...
[Droid Ultra General] Metfanant:
Just looking at the time on battery is always deceiving...what's your screen on time?
[Droid Ultra General] prodigalOne:
Dude....like not even an hour! And 15 min of music. Its not normal, again I have had the Razr Maxx and Maxx HD. I'm at 10% now...maybe 2.5 hours of screen time max, and I am being generous here.
[Droid Ultra General] gamikzone:
That's defiantly not right

This is how it should be
[Droid Ultra General] Metfanant:
Dang...if I'm on WiFi the whole time I get 10+ hrs of screen time on on a charge...
[Droid Ultra General] arcanexvi:
He has misbehaving apps. Just look at that status bar and Android os usage. Weather apps in particular have always been bad news. Forcing wakelocks and Gps usage through the roof.
[Droid Ultra General] prodigalOne:
The guy who posted the last screenshot isn't the one with issues. 50% at 13 hours, I'd take that ANY DAY!
[Droid Ultra General] 1454:
Have you tuned off location reporting? I see you are using 7%(and I don't think that's accurate when I was having battery issues on my S4) from "play services."

Try that and see if it helps. What apps do you have installed? If you have gone through 3 something isn't right.
[Droid Ultra General] an21281:
Here are some screen shots of my battery life on kit kat, not too bad....
[Droid Ultra General] ArdW:
What about the Mini battery life? Can I make two days with light usage or one full day on heavy one?
[Droid Ultra General] jkhouw1:
I have no idea what your light or heavy use is defined as...

my mother has the mini - she is 70 years old and by no means a heavy power user. She said it has better battery life than her old Iphone 4s, but she still wants more. She gets one day out it. I don't think you'd get a full day of heavy use - I know I wouldn't.
[Droid Ultra General] ArdW:
Thank you for the reply. Yeah I know it is a gray question. But if it is better than iPhone 4s, then I think it is OK.

My usage is about 10 sms, 10 min of calls, 10 min of internet, email only on demand. BT on and paired, Wifi off until necessary. No games, satnav in car but thats on charge.
[Droid Ultra General] fire159:
battery life is very good in my droid ultra .

around 2 days with normal usage .

((:
[Droid Ultra General] jfriend33:
I would pay money to transition my mom away from a feature phone and laptop to a android phone and tablet.

My mom is 70 too that's cute that she has the droid mini!
[Droid Ultra General] dano1282:
Not charged at all since 830am yesterday morning... 4.4 KK.. Pretty sick if you ask me..took a week or so for the OS to settle in.
[Droid Ultra General] ss12108:
No charge here since yesterday afternoon...Coming from an Evo 4G and an S4 before this, I'm loving the battery life! I'm on 4.4.
[Droid Ultra General] jkhouw1:
On a heavy day I'm down to about 4% . I get about 6 to 6 1/2 hours screen-on time (web/games/maps) with about 2 hrs music. I don't do any battery saving techniques other than freezing all the bloat - but I leave wifi/Bluetooth etc on all the time.