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[Xperia Z1 General] vipkumar90:
Here M means i am:D

M using Dstrikerzl z1 with advanced kernal..now m getting a gud backup;)
[Xperia Z1 General] jonke11:
Oww... I get it, because It was, wut?

Yeah, Iam using mx with advanced too, Iam happy with battery life
[Xperia Z1 General] tracer123:
stock + root.
[Xperia Z1 General] ct65:
Stock ce1 .236

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Wysłane z mojego C6903 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z1 General] jonke11:
Rock!
[Xperia Z1 General] OmegaRED^:
Like any android device depends on what is turned on and what is running.
[Xperia Z1 General] jonke11:
Today I've just played, watched youtube and sometimes turned on messenger, so I think it's really good
[Xperia Z1 General] Ohhdayumm:
What rom and kernel?
[Xperia Z1 General] jonke11:
Like I said, Rock Z1 and Kernel Rock
[Xperia Z1 General] [Fenix]:
RockZ1 here too ?
[Xperia Z1 General] Ohhdayumm:
The max sot I ever got was 5 and a half hours with z1
[Xperia Z1 General] OmegaRED^:
Its horrific... Seen cheaper devices last longer.
[Xperia Z1 General] Ohhdayumm:
Mine? Yeah ik :( my friend has a motog2nd Gen he gets like 7-8hrs with a smaller battery than mine so sad
[Xperia Z1 General] motorazrv3:
Only HD display, quadcore less powerful offering 1.2 GHz on the moto. No wonder it last longer.

Buy a z1 compact, clock the cpu down and see which sot you will reach.
[Xperia Z1 General] Ohhdayumm:
Im dont think i will get another sony phone in the future unless they fix this issue with battery. I heard the z5 compact was pretty good tho maybe ill consider that one
[Xperia Z1 General] motorazrv3:
What's the issue with your battery?
[Xperia Z1 General] Ohhdayumm:
well my battery seems to drain quite quickly while in idle mode so sleep. I checked that my phone doesnt seem to go into deepsleep and I know there are apps that can prevent that but it requires xposed and xposed makes some apps dont work when install in the phone such as snapchat. I have used many different roms and kernels and the max i ever got was 5 hours and 30 mins around there with stock rom with a custom kernel. Currently I am testing a new rom so i will see if the battery improves or not. I used to be able to use my z1 for about 2 days from one charge and not charging in the middle the 2 days while in kitkat i think. I would have like 60-70 by the end of the day and have enough for the next day but now I can last through a full day but not enough juice for the next.
[Xperia Z1 General] hfaz63:
almost time to change my phone!!

I have had Z1 for almost 3 years and it seems to degrade in every way. I should get a new device but not from sony :(
[Xperia Z1 General] OmegaRED^:
I can't turn on 3G or lte.

It overheats!!! like my x10 did and drains the cell like a drug addict.

I don't know what the purpose of a internet connected device is if I cannot use it online or game on it.

Everything I'm saying is on the stock rom.

I would settle for less speed if it would mean that I can use it.
[Xperia Z1 General] tracer123:
custom kernel, oc to 2.25 ghz, data and wifi always on.

0% drain per night.
[Xperia Z1 General] Gamer4Life:
The more apps i install, the less battery i get.

Also depends, on wifi i get like 6 hours sot, on 4g data i barely get 4.30h sot...

Solution is i use greenify and hibernate all background apps,

I have 32gb sd card with 4gb left. All games and apps, music ect... first time i notice my z1 act sluggish in heavy use.....

Anyway 53% and i have 3:11h sot. I am on wifi.

Hibernation doesnt do much good, using few apps is the best solution.
[Xperia Z1 General] tracer123:
do you have a xposed module and radioactive fix module?
[Xperia Z1 General] Griffonaay:
Sucks

Idk what's wrong with mine. I bought it in November 2015 and now it dies at 60-70% jist random shutdowns and boom phone dead.

And it overheats like lava.
[Xperia Z1 General] aidy.lucas:
Sounds like the battery needs replacing
[Xperia Z1 General] billybobjones:
tbh, slightly noticeablke at best. But then again, everyone else you send the pictures too wont have x reality or whatever, so I dont even care.
[Xperia Z1 General] Sean473:
I'm getting much better battery life today.. About 1 hour of screen usage used about 15% of my battery.. Was just reading stuff mostly and 2-3 short 2-3 min videos... The issue with the software is that Sony rushed it out... Even from what I've read, the camera firmware isn't final and won't fully be released till about a month.. 4.3 will take 2-3 months according to the article I read somewehere here on this forum.. Don't mind the lack of 4.3 but at least they should update the camera firmware ASAP!
[Xperia Z1 General] shaz2sxy:
Only second day of ownership,

Took of charge 06:00 it is now 15:16, general use, facebook, wen.forums. msg etc screen on middle for brightness.

battery is at 54%

not bad as my S3 LTE would be at 15% by now lol
[Xperia Z1 General] maverick1103:
I'm getting an average of 5 hours screen every day so far, more than enough for me... Agreed camera firmware needs updating the results aren't the best.
[Xperia Z1 General] Sean473:
I'm currently on 15% battery... I'm usually on 75% brightness and had times where it was 100% with backlight off and yet I still have had about 2hr 45min of screen time.. I'd say about 3.5hrs worth on 75% brightness... Its getting better and its more than enough for daily usage. I've been mostly reading but spent out 30 mins to see videos...
[Xperia Z1 General] Teknohtc:
do you guys recommend cycling the battery? Drain it down to 0 recharge and cycle one more time? Thanks!
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
Yes, it helps the phone calibrate the battery life properly giving you a more accurate reading of the battery status....
[Xperia Z1 General] troed:
First impressions:

Received my Z1 from Amazon yesterday afternoon, charged it to full in my office, went home and started to install it.

After 5hrs 34 minutes of contantly downloading (WLAN) my apps from playstore one by one, registering each app, running it for tests if working, syncing, testing preinstalled apps and camera etc. I went down to 21 % ............

pretty nice for a first use ................... (couldn´t do this last year with SGS III, quitted after 4 hrs and 14 minutes)
[Xperia Z1 General] VonPickle:
Got to say I am seeing the same thing. Each day I am able to squeeze out a little more usage before going for the charger. Overall I am very happy with the phone.
[Xperia Z1 General] shaz2sxy:
day 3, had the phone off charge since 6am, it is now 15:10 and ive got 73% battery, light use of facebook, web, some apps etc.

still good though
[Xperia Z1 General] imkr1:
Screenshots please......
[Xperia Z1 General] maverick1103:
Here's my usage today, day 5 and getting an average of 5hrs screen on every day.

Today I took my phone off charge about 8, used heavily for first couple of hrs then steadily since. Also pls note I also live in a bit of a black spot as you can see from pic.
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
what is your brightness?
[Xperia Z1 General] maverick1103:
I have it set to auto brightness.
[Xperia Z1 General] japjit100:
I used. With 0 brightness
[Xperia Z1 General] ptoner:
Noticed that the battery life has improved majorly since the update on O2 also.
[Xperia Z1 General] Sean473:
Still waiting for updates on the unlocked LTE model! :(.. Don't feel comfortable flashing the other updates.... God how much longer to wait???
[Xperia Z1 General] maverick1103:
Snap not sure what's taking them so long, unlocked versions are normally first.
[Xperia Z1 General] TheDutt:
First charge query

Ummm... I didn't charge the phone properly for the first time... it had 65% out of the box... used it till it dropped to about 40%... connected to my pc, updated to .534 and charged to 85%, disconnected and connected to AC supply and left it for over night charging...

Used it the entire day today... didn't have any issues... anything I need to do to make right? :(

Don't wanna mess up the battery on such an awesome and pretty phone this soon...

Any and all help will be much appreciated...

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Z1 General] Sean473:
Don't it leave to charge overnight! Never do that with Li-ion batteries!!! Otherwise ok... Try going down to 5% and recharging to 100% a few times to calibrate battery though over a few days!
[Xperia Z1 General] krazeyivan:
Not what I have heard mate - Pinched from another post I read

A discharge cycle for Lithium ion battery is defined as discharge the phone the full 100% to 0% so letting the phone charge 1% 100 times uses 1 full discharge cycle just like 0 to 100% one time for a lithium ion battery

Since over-discharging & heat are the two biggest killer of Lithium ion battery, you are much better off leaving your phone plugged in when you can instead of letting it drain all day then recharge a large %.
[Xperia Z1 General] Rekoil:
Yeah this is simply not true mate.
[Xperia Z1 General] DarrenT:
My battery life has been terrible thus far. I'm on a T-Mobile plan (Should have been EE, lots of issues, will be in a few days hopefully). I'm getting maybe 14 hours out of it with literally no use at all. I've even turned off WiFi, 3G, NFC, and not used the damned phone at all, and the cell radio is still sucking a ton of juice.

I'm hoping it's an update issue that gets solved soon.
[Xperia Z1 General] Jiyeon90:
Don't do this unless you wanna kill your battery's life.

Back in the days I let a brand new Sony Ericsson phone discharge to 0-5% a couple times, after that the battery became completely useless, it had lost about 2/3 of its power.

Ever since then I try to avoid going below 30% and I can tell you my current phone lasts as much as it did 1 year ago when I bought it, actually it lasts even longer but that's due to some Sony updates ;)

Skickat från min LT26w med Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Z1 General] zippy1990:
4th or 5th charge, not sure. But I'm more than satisfied with the battery at the moment. As you can see I got a total of 5.5 hours of screen time at 0% brightness and the usage included heavy use like gaming, browsing, using reddit app, shooting a few pictures, watching some videos and some other things I can't remember.I left it off the charger overnight at 10 % because Im still not sure what the best charging method is. Always drain from 100 to 0 or charge when it's at 20 % for example? Would appreciate some tips on how to extent the battery life or at least keep the battery life as it is now.
[Xperia Z1 General] zippy1990:
Sorry for another post, for some strange reason it wasn't attaching this screenshot.
[Xperia Z1 General] ckyy:
Wrong Wrong Wrong.

Gesendet von meinem C6603 mit Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Z1 General] ILikeTheWayYouMove2:
About 4/5th charge

Played a few games

Watched a 1 hour 36 minute long film

Downloaded a few apps

Browsed xda and dolphin alot

Brightness about 20-30%

3g always on
[Xperia Z1 General] ILikeTheWayYouMove2:
First post Only attached 1 image

But I'm more than happy with the battery life
[Xperia Z1 General] Hupsaflups:
Just read this :

batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batterie
[Xperia Z1 General] MohJee:
Is it comfortable having the phone at %0 brightness ?

Also to answer your battery question, it has been said and proven again and again that lithium ion batteries don't have the memory effect of older nickel based batteries. You can charge them whenever you want. Though it is recommend not to drop them too low (say below 5%). Try to keep it between 15-85%.

If you want to get more educated about batteries, I suggest you Google "battery university" or go to this site to know more about lithium ion based batteries http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
[Xperia Z1 General] zippy1990:
Regarding the brightness, yes I personally find it to be easier on the eyes and as I'm inside most of the day I don't have to worry about not being able to see the screen outside, even though when I did use it outside I had no trouble seeing my screen.

About the battery thing, yes I found that website and read it through, got it now.
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
This is on the 3rd charge with Auto Brightness and the slider set to the middle. It's only going to get better :)

With my XZ, I've never had more than 4:30h, even after half a year and now I already have close to 5 hours on the 3rd charge.
[Xperia Z1 General] Teknohtc:
Managed to get:

-1 day 8hrs on battery (drained at 1%)

-4hrs and 37mins of screen time

-Maximum brightness w/adapt to lighting conditions on

-Stamina mode on

-Low Battery on

-Did gaming,camera,movies,listened to music etc

-4G on for most of the day (about 8hrs with 4g disabled at night)

This is my first cycle.Will post pics when phone is fully charged! :D
[Xperia Z1 General] gtrab:
Curiously enough, my Z1 won't charge unless I use a Sony USB cable.

It charges with the original cable.

It charges with the Xperia Z cable.

It charges with a Cybershot camera cable.

It charges with my Sony car adapter's USB cable.

But it doesn't charge with my two generic USB cables.

:confused::confused::confused:

Silly.
[Xperia Z1 General] Teknohtc:
Off topic: Out of curiosity, i see you have a white Z1. My question is,do you have a rear protector on there?(other than the anti shatter film) ifso, which one?

Thanks!
[Xperia Z1 General] gm007:
How did you guess that he have the white one?
[Xperia Z1 General] Teknohtc:
look at his signature also, he has a white z1 pic.... :D
[Xperia Z1 General] gm007:
Ah ok,cause xda app don't show signatures.
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
I don't have an extra protector on the back or front. I trust in the two shatter proof sheets and Sony's build quality and choise of material to offer enough protection :)

I did the same with my black Z and didn't have a single scratch or dent in half a year. But then I've also used a bag most of the time.

I may get a new bag for the Z1 later. I also keep only the phone without anything else in the same pocket to avoid damage.
[Xperia Z1 General] snip3r77:
Hi, is there a need to have screen protector for Z1. I'm using my note 2 currently and I'm not a fan of SP.

My pockets are empty without coins and keys with the phones.
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
Same here, in my left pocket there's nothing but the Z1 and I don't like screen protectors and also don't want to put another protector on the preapplied factory anti shatter sheet as this would surely affect touch responsiveness.

I know the anti shatter film is not a screen protector in its own sense, but with my Z it gave enough protection and I didn't have scratches on it, at least none that I could see.

If the anti shatter should get scratched badly somehow, I can just replace it.

Even with my Xperia Arc, I've never used a screen protector nor a bag and only had the factory applied sheet on it and didn't have a single scratch in over a year!
[Xperia Z1 General] sveintore:
Wrong thread for discussing screen protectors..
[Xperia Z1 General] Teknohtc:
no s*** genius that's why i said "off topic" quick question is all it was lol
[Xperia Z1 General] sveintore:
Well, it started a discussion that still should not be here.
[Xperia Z1 General] Ame123:
I get grt battery life..the little chrging line showing is when i connected my z1 to laptop for transfering some files..still i have some 14% charge left so i can even.get 6hrs of on screen tym which is just amazing:eek:
[Xperia Z1 General] Arn007:
Batterie is good enough for me...of course longest is better.

I can use phone for a day 7 to 00 with 4+ hour of call, using jabber witch keep alive the wifi.

Reading a few mail and 40 min of BT in cars...

100% to 6% in 15 hours

ok it's new, i hope it will stay like this in some month cause, it should be hard to replace batterie
[Xperia Z1 General] RCJ89:
Battery life for me is great except when I hit the internet, drains a bit too quick for my liking for such a big battery
[Xperia Z1 General] rshook1986:
This phones battery is sick imo.

Bougt it yesterday and came of charger at 9 in the morning.

Still got 50 percent at 0:00 with 4hour screen time.

Will post some pics when battery is almost empty.
[Xperia Z1 General] ravsss:
Hi,

My phone have very good battery. It's a 3-th day since is in my hands and now my result is 15h 17 min on battery and still 40% left. It is realy good result. I'm using my phone like testing device, do some shot from time to time. and alwayes sync and wi-fi on.

rgds,

ras
[Xperia Z1 General] rshook1986:
Had still 20 percent left didnt manage do get it empty before go to bed:d
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
I'm a bit disappointed with the battery life on my Z1. It's like I expected but compared to what some of you guys are getting, I would really like to improve the battery life on my device. 6 hours of screen time would be great!

I always have the screen brightness set to the lowest possible. I do not run any apps in the background and stamina mode is always on.

My phone is just 3 days old, should I expect the battery to improve some after 1-2 weeks of usage?

(Sorry for my bad English)
[Xperia Z1 General] Geoffxx:
it really depends on what you are doing, an extreme example would be playing games = screen on plus cpu/gpu high usage - you'd be lucky to get 3hrs

don't believe all you hear about other devices - some online sources claim an S4 can go for 10hrs watching video - I can tell you that is complete rubbish - it is more like 6-7 hours if you're lucky - the Z1 is a high end powerful mobile device it won't last forever but does well compared to others considering the hardware packed in there - 80hrs+ music playing tells the story

I charge my phone daily, it sits in the dock when I'm not using it and very rarely goes below 70% charge
[Xperia Z1 General] anmolbedi:
You have gps enabled. Switch that off.
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
I really understand that :P I was playing no games what so ever. I was just surfing the web (mostly in Chrome). Nothing else actually. So therefore I think my results could have been better. What do you think? Thanks for your answer!

No, I did not have GPS enabled, what makes you think that? Some icon in the top bar?

I also had NFC and Location services disabled. No background programs was running (regularly use of task killers and so on).

In my screenshots, the red warning icon in the top bar is because I had "limited background data" active (if that's right in English).

Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 General] Michealtbh:
Stop using task killers, they do more harm than good.
[Xperia Z1 General] amey2606:
Awesome. :cool:

No stamina mode. 40-45% brightness.

Not chrome, but dolphin browser.
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
I didn't know that, thanks for the warning, really. The app I was using was "Super aTool Box-cache battery" but I will stop using it if it does more harm than good like you say.
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
How :( I would really love to get those results!

I have tried many browsers such as Firefox, Dolphin, Opera and Chrome with the same battery life results.

I have even tried to only use 2G network, that helped of course, but I am still disappointed.

EDIT: Sorry for double posting!!
[Xperia Z1 General] amey2606:
Only have apps that u need.

No task killers and stuff.

3g off.

Thats all,not much.
[Xperia Z1 General] drsoran2:
From my experience, Chrome is a real battery hog and also laggy and jittery.

I'm using boat browser for months now and it's so much better. The battery also lasts longer.
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
I have not yet tried Boat browser, but I will and thanks for the tip. I agree with you, Chrome is my least favorite browser for Android, it's just slow and awkward to use. My personal favorite is Firefox Beta but too bad that it, at least for me, drains at least as much battery as Chrome does.

I do not have many apps installed on my device, and nothing that constantly runs in the background or something like that. According to "CPU Spy" the phone have no problems with going down to deep sleep because it is showing that my phone have been in deep sleep 72% of it's awaken time.
[Xperia Z1 General] xy12344321:
Battery life of my Z1

Hi friends!

Its my 5th day with the Xperia Z1 and I am just loving it. I was really scared with all the low battery life the ppl here are experiencing, but surprisingly mine was good! Though forgot to take a screenshot. Here are the rough figures for 100% to 4%

Screen on time - about 4hr 20mins

Gaming - about 45 mins (Asphalt 7 and some not so graphic intensive games)

Music - about 1 hour

Browser - about 20 mins

Downloading apps from playstore - about 30 mins

Calls - 30 mins

Also a LOT of WhatsApp all day long

I unplugged it at 7:30 in the morning and at 2am the next day I am left with 4%

I think that is pretty decent.

What i found using CPU spy is that the phone stays in the 2150 MHz state for a long time. Maybe a better governor might extend the battery life further.
[Xperia Z1 General] gibbo82:
Does having the pulse notification light enabled drain battery? And in what way is chrome a battery hugger?
[Xperia Z1 General] Shrugz:
Chrome is my preferred browser, on both iOS and Android (and PC/Mac also) due to the great syncing stuff going on. I rather not believe it is a battery hugger :P
[Xperia Z1 General] Morlock O:
you can also try UC browser! best browser I have ever tried (used, Chrome, Opera, firefox, dolphin... doesnt even come close to UC browser)
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
Thanks for the tip, I will try it. :good:

In my opinion: It's hard to find a worse android web browser than Chrome.
[Xperia Z1 General] julianjc23:
I find the battery brilliant on Z1. I am getting more than a day from it. I am using the stamina mode with casual browsing, Facebook and other social media along streaming music for 2hrs while commuting to work.
[Xperia Z1 General] Shrugz:
I have to try the UC browser then :)

EDIT: The UC browser seems really good, fast and snappy with great features. Though it wont let me quote people on one of the forums I`m active on, its strange really. Well, quoting people isnt the problem, it wont let you write beneath the quoted text.... Never had any trouble with this, on any other browser. To bad really.
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
What was your screen time that charge?

You should try Firefox Beta and Boat Browser Mini :good:

I tried UC browser, not completely sure about what I think of it yet. It felt a bit unresponsive when scrolling around on pages. Not as fluid as Firefox or Boat Mini.

When I want to save some data, I use Opera Mini and it's working more than good on less complicated websites. Saves a lot of data! Around 80% for me.

OnT: My battery life is getting better and better. I will post an update here soon. Happy with my battery life now =)
[Xperia Z1 General] gibbo82:
What's the difference between the standard boat browser & the mini version?
[Xperia Z1 General] julianjc23:
I got around 3.5 hrs and more. I m trying not discharge the battery completely. So when it hits 10% I plug the phone to charge. Only once I let the battery discharge completely. Try to do it only once a month.
[Xperia Z1 General] Exidouce:
The first day or two that I had the phone the battery life was horrendous. 6-7% an hour with very little use. After messing around with the stamina settings I average ~1.3% an hour when the screen is off. Because I cannot use my phone where I work I find that I could probably make it 3-4 days without charging. Again a very light user.
[Xperia Z1 General] simonwela:
The full version has more features but the Mini version is more lightweight. I haven't tried the full version but maybe it's even better :P

From 92% down to 35% during night. With stamina mode on. This is not that great, right? :confused:
[Xperia Z1 General] matheus_sc:
Maybe something is open, a recomend turn off device after full charge and turn on again.