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[One (M8) General] eternal_inertia:
My awake times was definitely due to the appauling signal in the office. I'm now turning off data whilst at work and only turning it on when outside (full 4g signal ) and I'm losing about 20% in 10 hours now.

Much better!
[One (M8) General] kornfed:
comparison

how is the battery compared to m7?
[One (M8) General] :
Screen shots here and from their forum should say it all... No?

From what I've seen, the M8 is far better on average.

But everyone's usage varies.
[One (M8) General] :
An aosp rom...
[One (M8) General] llsantiago:
Good! Which one?
[One (M8) General] :
Its an Alpha, not released yet.
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
Dang sure does look promising with that battery life, will you post the name here when its released?
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
Does anyone have any idea why my gsam stats get reset at random times it's really annoying!!
[One (M8) General] :
It is pretty good, yes. And of course I'll mention the name once the dev releases it.

I did get 7 plus SoT on stock, viper and arhd as well. I don't hold any stock in better battery life from ROMs or kernels. I think they contribute in a minor way. :)

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But yes, its a nice ROM. ;)
[One (M8) General] n1234d:
Do you not listen to much music at all?
[One (M8) General] :
Not lately. Haven't got around to putting music on it. Been too busy playing with it, so haven't got settled in with it yet.

When I do, at most it would be an hour a day while driving to and from work.
[One (M8) General] n1234d:
Hmm, that explains your low held awake times.. I listen to lots of music, so 5-6 hours of screen on time with a few hours of music, location on battery saving mode and Google now enabled in around 16 hours of total usage with about 15% to spare feels good..enough :)
[One (M8) General] :
Yup, it does. ?
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
Wow I barely average 5hrs on sense

How do y'all get 6 and 7?
[One (M8) General] deedok:
Is there such a "Safe battery percentage range" before you plug your phone? Is it okay to charge eventhough it's still at 20-30%?
[One (M8) General] superior888:
Cant really conplain about it. Charge it every night and listen to Spotify 8hrs a day

:)
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
Yes that's fine. Some will argue that you shouldn't let the battery get below 5% before you plug up to charge but that's a myth and only applied to older batteries years ago. Doesn't apply here. Plug up when you want :good:

#AndroidL
[One (M8) General] :
Probably different usage and setup I'd imagine. And more like 7 or 8 usually. Lol ?
[One (M8) General] -juanito-:
Using faux 009 ketnel with his recommended settings give me great battery life and the phone doesn't go hot

Sorry for my english
[One (M8) General] Drowzz:
How do you know? The kernel is barely out for 12 hours
[One (M8) General] -juanito-:
Actually he released 008 2 days ago and 3 hours ago he released 009
[One (M8) General] HtPsycho:
I Play Clash of clans With My Phone And It Lasts About 4 Hours Top.

Is It Good?
[One (M8) General] :
Gaming is very hard on the battery... So that could be perfectly normal.
[One (M8) General] BadAzDB:
Can someone help me figure out what's going on here. My phone is getting no sleep. I'm on Dirty Unicorns & Furnace Kernel.
[One (M8) General] darkintragedy:
I get terrible battery life on ARHD w/ elemental X. I have everything on / default, but I do use greenify and a custom kernel. I have android wear, google now, location, and autobrightness (though through a different app) active at all times.

I usually get 3 or 4 hours of SOT. A good day where I'm on wifi and decent cell coverage I can push that to 5, with powersaving auto kicking in @ 14%.

Not sure if normal for usage, or if other culprate. I'm too invested in what I have set up right now to hard reset the device or try a different rom.
[One (M8) General] exSD:
4 hours of screen on time is average. Not terrible. 5 hours is above average by definition then. 8-9 hours of SOT that you see here are exceptional and exceptions. Definitely the 1%.

If you dropped the auto brightness to 25% you'll probably gain another hour.
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
Wrong thread
[One (M8) General] :
Thread in my signature, post 2. The more of it you do... The better your battery life. Usage style depending of course. ?

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And all that HTC stuff isn't the best either.
[One (M8) General] walle4893:
Oh boy you must be a super heavy user. 8 hours spent on your phone within a day
[One (M8) General] erapmicks:
Yeah I was on fantasy app and thescores app. A lot during the day.
[One (M8) General] exSD:
I don't even understand how you can be on a fantasy and scores app for 8 hours... what are you doing with your life:eek:
[One (M8) General] th3:
It's his life tsk tsk...

9 hours active is very good with 8 hours SOT moderate gaming.

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[One (M8) General] kingofthebraves:
Hows the battery life of GPE vs Sense?
[One (M8) General] erapmicks:
Yeah man. Why don't you worry about your battery life instead of others lives.
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
I only get 5hrs :'(
[One (M8) General] kingofthebraves:
That's above average for normal use
[One (M8) General] :
Second best time for me....
[One (M8) General] exSD:
:rolleyes:
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
[MENTION=4036181]KJ[/MENTION] I still don't understand your low app usage.

#AndroidL
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
How do you keep your held awake time so low and do you use the factory power saver ,extreme power saving mode? How do you save power when on 3g/lte?
[One (M8) General] :
Everything off that I'm not using my friend...
[One (M8) General] :
As I said above... Everything of I'm not using. Well, no airplane mode.... Never needed to do that.

I basically do everything in post 2 of the thread in my signature.

I don't usually game, I don't usually make our get calls... My wife, my work, everyone texts.

I mostly in a normal day is Tapatalk, browser and a few other apps here and there. No social apps either.

So admittedly, my usage us mostly battery friendly activities. So not everyone will see the same results. ?
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
[MENTION=4036181]KJ[/MENTION] It's just so frustrating because you and I are like the same when it comes to usage. Mostly Tapatalk usage. No calls. No social media. All Syncs are off. Location off. Excellent signal. I use data from 6-8:15. Then on Work WiFi until 4:30 and back on Home WiFi at 7:15.

Why am I not matching your battery life? I also get excellent 3G signal at home and Excellent LTE at work :/

#AndroidL
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
[MENTION=4036181]KJ[/MENTION] are you using any built in power saving modes? Power saver and extreme power saving mode?
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
Pretty sure he doesn't.

#AndroidL
[One (M8) General] :
No. I let it go into power save at 15 percent, if I'm on Sense. But I've disabled extreme power saver.

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I'm not sure. Lol

I'm rarely on anything except lte or WiFi. We surely have different apps installed. That could play a role somehow. Different carriers has always been talked about as causing different drain. I've also froze most HTC stuff. I use Nova. About the only HTC feature I have left is double tap to wake.

Other than those... I'm not sure. I use no Google Apps. Only play store obviously. Google now off. The rest froze.

Blinkfeed is likely a good drain. And I find screen brightness a bigger factor on this phone than any I've owned. I use that manual slider app and usually keep in under 20,except when I'm outside occasionally. When I'm on auto brightness I seriously get about 1 1/2 hours less screen time.
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
Wait are we talking about your M8 or N5? Does autobrightness affect the N5 that much? Maybe I should turn it off? Ionly use Gplay and G+ (But autosync disabled) and Ibarely use G+ at all. I do not use blinkfeed :) Gnow off. I am T-mobile. What is your carrier?
[One (M8) General] :
This is an M8 thread my friend. Lol

My N5 is gone. ?

Telus in Canada, eh. ?

No, I didn't find a huge difference with auto brightness in the N5...Definitely better with it off though. But I see a bug difference on the M8 for whatever reason.
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
That about average not above
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
oh oops forgot this is an M8 thread haha. I am subscribed to multiple threads/forums all over XDA haha
[One (M8) General] -juanito-:
Wrong thread
[One (M8) General] swiftfury:
Is it safe to greenify HTC service pack?
[One (M8) General] Heisenberg420:
I ran into problems freezing HTC service pack (most likely will occur if you greenify but feel free to try). But you can use disable services to disable auto setting service from running.
[One (M8) General] swiftfury:
Froze it with greenify, haven't run into any problems yet, I'll see how it goes for a couple of days and report back if any problems occur.

I'm runing Viper Rom so I don't think I'll be needing the service pack.
[One (M8) General] mznpopman:
Meh, my battery's ok better than my LGG3 for sure and my Oneplus One which have way bigger batteries
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
Can anyone tell me why "android system" would hold my phone awake this long.
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
Me too
[One (M8) General] :
My guess, as always, is location services.

Mine is off, and in 14 hours, mine is at 29 minutes. With near 4 hours screen time and 45 percent left. So for me, it's about normal.

If you aren't using location services... Then so much for my guess. Lol

If you are, try a full discharge with location completely off. ?
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
I have mine on battery saving and didn't have a held awake time this bad until today
[One (M8) General] :
Did you try a reboot? Occasionally things just get stuck on with android.
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
I'm gonna try that before I recharge and see if it's fixed. Does anyone have any complaints about Facebook messenger draining their battery I'm thinking about reinstalling it.
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
If it has Facebook in it's name it drains. Lol

#AndroidL
[One (M8) General] :
You'll just have to see how it affects your times. I don't think Facebook or its messenger are the best.... But my wife still gets near 5 hours sot on her X.... Tho I used to get 7. Lol
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
I have it turned off

Unless I missed one
[One (M8) General] morgy59:
Is this good or bad battery life
[One (M8) General] bayermunich:
In light of how much Facebook-related apps drain the battery, are there any good messenger apps you guys recommend that aggregate your various social media logins? I've heard of apps that allow you to message on your various social networking accounts from a centralized hub. Wondering if this would help with the whole Facebook battery issue.
[One (M8) General] :
You're on pace for over 6 hours screen time. Depending on your usage and setup, that could be just fine. ?
[One (M8) General] Wh1t3Rose:
There is friendcaster which is a little bit easier on The battery.
[One (M8) General] MRKikas:
I think my stats are very good, with a good setup (Rom, kernell, configs...) this phone has a great battery.

See post
[One (M8) General] kingofthebraves:
I got 5 hours of sot with wifi on the whole time and 1 hour of voice calls. Running gpe Rom, this phone is amazing and easily outlasts the s5!
[One (M8) General] vRS Carl:
This is mine so far this weekend. Unplugged yesterday morning and been used for a few text messages answering work emails and playing the odd game of Tetris. This is with mobile data off as I'm at home so using the WiFi. Easy enough to get 10-11hrs SoT at the weekend. During this week I'd probably have around 40% battery left at this point as I'd have made phone calls.

So you can get great battery life as long as you're prepared to do some switching of mobile data and location on and off as needed rather than leaving both on all the time.
[One (M8) General] walle4893:
My M8 would be half your battery at this point (4 hrs SoT). I don't understand why I check the wakelocks everyday and nothing strange was awake, mobile data off 80% of the time since I've my wifi on.
[One (M8) General] mushages:
This is the average! You are fine

Remember :

1- apps

2- screen brightness.

3- bad network reception.

4- location services.

5-wakelocks.

Those are the major factors for battery drainage not to mention Wireless router settings also affect the battery life.
[One (M8) General] vRS Carl:
This is how I've finished up this weekend.

Mostly emails the odd game and a few texts plus over an hour call to work.

All mainly through turning mobile data and location off and only on when absolutely required.

:)
[One (M8) General] ifizik:
That's insane. Are you still stock rom/kernel?
[One (M8) General] vRS Carl:
Stock Kernel and ARHD 11.1.

I could do that on stock ROM too.

It's all in the usage.
[One (M8) General] th3:
Hint: Look at your active times...

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[One (M8) General] th3:
Post more screenshots of the Power section in Android Settings please.

Without that, it's hard to tell of your real times. As in, if you've refreshed that screen manually at all.

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[One (M8) General] vRS Carl:
It's been charged since but i can do it again this weekend. What do you want to see specifically?
[One (M8) General] th3:
Just the Settings>Power>History and Battery Usage section.

Cheers [emoji5]

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[One (M8) General] :
You can't alter the Gsam screens. And if you reboot, it resets. If you plug into a charger for 2 seconds it resets. It's far more trustworthy than the stock android battery screen. ;)
[One (M8) General] G1_enthusiast:
this thread is full of fails...you cant compare your usage to everyone else. too much variables going on. The only way to compare is the same user having two different phones comparing usage, otherwise Battery consumption is a subjective matter...
[One (M8) General] th3:
There's a reason I've been posting them both together [emoji13]

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[One (M8) General] th3:
Ditto that.

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[One (M8) General] :
Of course, you're absolutely right. But people can still compare, discuss setup and usages and see how off they are. Right?

2 people with similar setups and similar usage should not be say... 3 hours apart on screen time. To me, that would mean the lesser of the two has an issue.

Anyway, if the thread upsets you... Click "unsubscribe".

Every device section has one of these.. Every one. ?
[One (M8) General] G1_enthusiast:
Its to educate users, people come on here "how did you get 6 hours or 10 hours SOT I can only get blah blah hours" you cant compare battery because people dont have the same usage, even the ambient temperature can affect battery drain.

some people owned the phone just to bench the battery ... :/ LAME
[One (M8) General] :
The thread in my signature will tell anyone how to max battery life. And reading through threads like this will too.

For me, and many others, it's not to "show off".... I work construction, usually no where near a plug, and no way I'm leaving my device anywhere out if my sight. So I need the best battery life I can get.

Please, if the thread isn't for you... Then just move on. No need to judge.... Lest thee be judged. ?
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
[MENTION=4036181]KJ[/MENTION] will the reduce screen brightness setting under power saver affect the autobrightness to save battery?
[One (M8) General] vRS Carl:
Screen brightness does affect battery. I use an app called display brightness. I then generally keep the screen at around 25% during the day (unless it's really bright then I'll alter as needed). At night it's on minimum.

But the biggest saving you will get is turning off mobile data and location and only turning them on when required.
[One (M8) General] :
I use that same app. Love it!

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Try it and compare, I've never used it. I use the app mentioned above. ?
[One (M8) General] kartoonz:
im ordering the m8 in a few hours. So after reading some mixed reviews, shud i get this phone???

BTW im upgrading from my 2 1/2 yr old Htc one x. Ihave to charge the hox twice a day with 1hr gaming and 2-3hrs browsing and 5-6hrs music. Im assuming i shud be able to scrape through the day with the m8 on a single charge??
[One (M8) General] :
I get 7 to 8 hours screen time in around 24 hours total. Or 6 to 7 in 2 days total. But I run lean and don't game or do anything really that's that hard on the CPU.

But getting through a 16 hour day should be easy for anyone... Unless you're on it constantly.
[One (M8) General] kartoonz:
thanks :) thats good to hear. i will do some casual gaming and mostly browsing and mots of music. So i recon it should last me a charge atleast
[One (M8) General] deedok:
I think my battery is at it's worst! Screenshots attached.

On viperone.

Data ON 24hours.

Auto-Brightness.
[One (M8) General] mushages:
That's normal I get the same when I'm on 4G but when I switch to 3G I get about 5 hours screen on time. The main boost in battery is using lowest brightness and WiFi.
[One (M8) General] :
Try going a charge with location services off. I bet you see a huge difference.

Auto brightness robs me of about an hour to two of screen on time. Try manually setting it and keep it as low as you can. Try "display brightness" from play store.

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And Facebook and it's messenger app take their fair share of battery life also.

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Actually, you have a whack of social apps. Those all going won't help and with location on, it's even worse.
[One (M8) General] GalaxyNotesTx:
Average 4 or 5 days .calls, at least 500_1000texts ,light internet . Stock, urooted...love this phone...
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
Whatw oils cause the suspend_backoff wakelock?
[One (M8) General] mushages:
Just felt to share this after being an addict of "power saving".

First of all what's happening in this thread is great! I mean sharing knowledge is always good but what's happening here that people start comparing their battery life to others and saying something is wrong or my battery is defective. You can't compare your self being a social person using (whatsapp, Facebook,snapchat,bbm,spotify,instagram,foursquare...etc) to a person who is using his phone mainly for (calls,emails,texts and browsing) these things doesn't only alter screen on time but also affect how the phone sleeps and most probably you will lose more juice on sleep also.

Another thing we bought the phone for its specs if you don't enjoy it then there is no use. Yes I know phone works perfect and smooth on battery saving mode but why using 1.2GHZ when you have 2.3GHZ processor. Let's just enjoy the phone to the max and believe me you will be amazed by the battery life when not using power saver at all (doesn't make so much difference in one day charge cycle of you are a heavy user). And remember the purpose of battery saver is to be used when you are on a trip where you don't want or don't have the access to charge your phone daily so for now in a normal day where you will end up charging your phone while you sleep use it without power saver.

Another hint from my experience being a battery saver addict to really save battery and get those amazing 7+ hours of battery life everyday :

1- disable Google now.

2- use power saver

3- remove all social apps.

4- disable mail sync (set it to manual).

5- always use the lowest brightness.

6- avoid streaming music a lot and use headset.

(Youtube counts screen on time but spotify,iheartradio etc.. eats your battery without reaching your screen on time goal)

7- disable auto sync.

8- try to be always on wifi.

9- if your 4G signal is low keep using 3G. ( you may not able to get high screen on time on data if your reception sucks) so WiFi is your only solution.

10- disable location reporting and location services.

11- avoid using camera a lot.

12- avoid using widgets.

13- sadly : don't enjoy your brand new phone..

If you had problems and you are willing to use these steps I recommend you to do a factory reset before attempting to follow these.

For now I'm really happy getting over this addiction. Consider having an iPhone without power saver option [emoji16][emoji106]
[One (M8) General] :
Toggles are my friend.... One second from dumb phone to smart. ?

And 8 hours screen time. ?
[One (M8) General] th3:
I enjoy the opposite of all the above that you listed and still attain +8hr SOT each time. I think you really are exaggerating on some aspects.

You can enjoy as you wish and get a decent battery life. Its just about optimizing, not comparing. Only some extreme or heavy usage scenarios cut down the SOT below the 7 hour mark.

For instance, my Google Now and sync on 24 accounts over 9 apps is always on, hourly syncing, not including my 4 mail accounts, weather and 13 stocks. And I stream from SoundCloud a lot, using v4a and xB mods. Location is always on and reported and brightness is auto although set to mid or lowest, depending on where I am, with Themer themes, many widgets. No such user experience limitation exists. I play Fifa 14, Call of Dead and Gt Racing 2 a lot too.

I do what I want with it, then optimize the battery around my usage. That's what all seek.

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[One (M8) General] kartoonz:
+1
[One (M8) General] mushages:
Cool I do the same and get around ~ 6:30 hours in 1 day. I can reach 7+ hours using 3G and wifi. Everything else is on. Just want to confirm anyone having reduced wakelocks with power saver off? Let me explain this scenario and correct me if I'm wrong.

- power saver disables data when phone is sleeping and starts smart sync.

- apps which needs sync will always trigger wakelock as it doesn't get synced because data is off and keep doing that until it does sync.
[One (M8) General] th3:
I haven't experienced such wakelocks to date, even though I run so many syncs but I don't always run powersaver. I switch it off if playing any audio.

In my experience, it looks like data is syncing (8 Newspapers, 34 RSS Feeds and 8 Tapatalk forums are the worst) but temporarily waking and then sleeping. I can't understand it any other way as mine is not keeping a wakelock.

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[One (M8) General] 09eric09:
Definitely agree.
[One (M8) General] G1_enthusiast:
jesus I hope you are enjoying the phone.....
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
@ kj should I compare my held awake time from the time it's been unplugged or the time the screen has been on ?
[One (M8) General] :
Total, since unplugged.

Screen on is definitely part of awake time, and playing music. Other than that... On average, for me anyway... Gsam would show less than an hour per 24 hours or so. That number doesn't include screen time. It's wakelock time.... Plus music adds to it.
[One (M8) General] racingmatt1:
When I go to the screen stat on the main menu of gsam it no longer tells me what % my screen has been at a certain brightness why is this?
[One (M8) General] Karish1989:
Why is WiFi killing my battery life :@

Scanning always available (or something like that) is off

No root etc ..
[One (M8) General] Bobbi lim:
In general, does AOSP rom provide better battery life or GPE roms? I do not wish to compare these roms with one another... I just want to know some feedback before flashing them as much as I love sense 6, I love vanilla android as well :)
[One (M8) General] Mr Hofs:
There is no "in general" on phones. You have endlessly asked these exact same questions in the HTC One X forum....thought you would have learned by now that this is all down to the phone and your usage of the phone !

Try them and set them up for yourself and decide if you wish.

Please stop the never ending same old questions !

:)
[One (M8) General] walle4893:
Mine is getting better I think (running viper with elemental X). I listened to A LOT of music with V4A and H/k mod that explains the huge amount time of active.