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[Xperia Z3 General] hirsty12:
Hi

could someone check out my battery stats, dont seem to be getting much out of it at all compared to some peoples stats,

never get more than 5/ hours SOT , any tips would be good!

thanks all
[Xperia Z3 General] AM Radio:
edit: i'm using the Z3 Compact!

just thought i'd add my own results so far.

i love Stamina Mode! at first i found it buggy: notifications were't working, themes/wallpaper was blacking out. but after a reboot, all seems to have been remedied, so go figure. i have not had to charge my phone for two nights now, and i'm into my third work day with 23% juice. stats currently show: 2d 10h 23s on battery and 7h 19m 30s Time on Screen. that said, i'm not gaming with it, or shooting hours of video or anything -- it's a communication device for the most part. but coming from a barely-make-it-to-8pm Galaxy S3, this is AMAZING.

Mobile Data and LTE on (consumed over 1GB of data in the last four days). Auto-sync on. Queued background data on. i'm quite frugal with whitelisted apps: gmail, hangouts, textra, a clock widget, whatsapp. i have also disabled notifications generally for non-critical apps, like Kobo , Google Play, etc.

and because i have 6GB of data at 80+Mbps d/l i never use wi-fi on the device, so obviously scanning is off. location and bluetooth are on only when needed. and NFC support is pretty crap in Canada right now, so that is off as well.

in terms of screen: X-Reality on and screen brightness at about 30%/Auto Adjust.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
I have autosync, location and WiFi calling enabled and I still get 6-9 hours of screen time out of a 24 hr period with heavy usage with or without WiFi calling. At first I got no more than 5-6 Hrs screen time but as I used it and it settled/calibrated it got better.

Whats your signal strength like? It can have a big impact.

As for battery saving tips:

Try turning off or reducing the nunber of apps syncing. Facebook can also be a killer at times, I disabled, I barely use it and when I do need to I just use the mobile site.

Also turn off background WiFi scanning and set the following option -> WiFi off when screen off or on w/screen off only when connected to power.

Lastly try calibrating the battery:

1. Full drain

2. Full uninteruppted charge

3. Discharge with regular use to 0-1%

4. Full charge and use normally
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
Thats about what i get, apparently its not normal; not too impressed with the battery life at that level - my old LG G2 performed better; would have been half that. :(
[Xperia Z3 General] serv380:
Well I'm just going to try different settings and hit or miss, oh well, hopefully it will mellow itself out
[Xperia Z3 General] hirsty12:
im not a robot

HI

my signal is pretty decent when im at work , which is when i use my phone the most! just dont seem to be getting anywhere near the 6-9 hours SOT , tried the calabaration before, seemed to help a bit but still not great, im now sat on 37 % with only 3.40 mins SOT , i dont have anything syncing, or location enabled?

and always have background wifi scanning off,

thanks
[Xperia Z3 General] rxil:
Use gsam to if any app is draining your phone faster. Greenify + some seevices disabled helps me get 7-8hr sot with auto sync and location on.
[Xperia Z3 General] kasonicastro:
Subpar battery life

I have some questions for you guys,

1 - Those battery ratings of yours, those are in unrooted phone?

2 - Do any of you use the smartband that came with the Z3? If so, using it (bluetooth, NFC, Lifelog and Smartband app on) what's the toll on the battery?

3 - How much does a poor-average signal affects the battery perfomance?

4 - That function "vibrates screen when touched", should I turn it off, or its cost is minimal?

Here are my stats:

Stamina mode On;

Wi-fi most of the time

1:40h of music

1:10h SOT

Sync off

My battery is at 70%. I found that to be a worse than expected, and seeing your ratings, I'm almost certain of it. Any thoughts?

Thanks

EDIT - here are some prints, I think my Android consumes a lot of power

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[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
I'm having a huge audiomix wakelock....on 9h40m of battery, it kept the phone awake for 1h20m :crying:

I don't know what to do, since I was not listening to muic or doing anything audio related during that time.
[Xperia Z3 General] zofferrr:
Hi,

I'm wondering for a few days now if my battery life is normal, it's way better than my previous iPhone 5, but still I'm not able to get the 2 days most of you do. Sync is minimal, all the WiFi settings I saw in this topic are adjusted, and stamina mode always on, only Whatsapp on white list.

Off the charger for 1 day 8hours 10minutes, 2% left

Played music for 1h45min with Google Play Music (played music from SD card)

Check facebook app now and then and some whatsapping

SoT: 4h39min

At home on wifi, outdoors on LTE/3G, the signal in my house is poor though, does anyone know if this is the problem? In the chart there's a lot of purple, don't know what this means.

I wanted to post screens but don't have enough posts to do this on the forum.

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Z3 General] yeehc:
I have a dumb question, do you guys run gsam in the background all the time? From what I see in app sucker, gsam drain the most battery.
[Xperia Z3 General] Artood2s:
I typically get 1 hour of screen time per 20% battery. This is with wifi off (at office) and horrible reception (no signal 50%) of the time. For comparisons sake, My Nexus 5 gets 2:30 total SOT at best under those conditions.

Was the music listening local or streaming? Data activity will always consume more battery, even on wifi.
[Xperia Z3 General] rxil:
I'm at 10hrs+ sot and gsam is not the app this draining the most battery for me
[Xperia Z3 General] SweDunda:
Latest run with the new fw 23.0.1.A.5.77

Quite pleased ;)
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
That's more like it!
[Xperia Z3 General] rxil:
Is that with stamina mode?
[Xperia Z3 General] SweDunda:
Yes. it is.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
You can get close to that SOT even without stamina, in a one and a half day period, at least for me stamina didn't really have any effect.

I also have Tap to Wake enabled.
[Xperia Z3 General] rxil:
the best i can get is one and a half day, but i don't use stamina mode .
[Xperia Z3 General] hackarchive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o11NaAizHo
[Xperia Z3 General] parthsony2000:
I love this device

No stamina mode,

WiFi at home and 3G at office
[Xperia Z3 General] thc81:
Love this Phone
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
I know, this is the first phone I don't have to worry about batrery saving features and just leave stuff on and be a little reckless.
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
It looks good after some fully recharges. Only normal Staminamode and with 50% Displaybrightness incl. Automode. i love this Phone :laugh:
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
How u get such battery life? Ich bekomme nur 4-6 Std Display Laufzeit aber you have 8 hrs :/ which apps you use and welche Funktionen sind am laufen bei dir?
[Xperia Z3 General] dashrink:
Do you use stamina mode too?
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
Yes I do,
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
debloated it / blocked many sony apps, also running greenify in nonroot mode. also installed only apps that i really use.
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
Thanks alot I followed what you said and 97% battery now after full charge and screen ontime is 32 mins :D seems töbe great thanks to disable some apps and greenify

After the long day I will post the end results and let's see :)
[Xperia Z3 General] cowisland:
My experience so far has been mixed. With the stamina mode enabled the battery life has been good. However, without it the phone basically never goes to sleep, with the CPU almost constantly running at 10% whith the screen off. Of course that typically means a rogue app. However, I just recently upgraded (from HTC DNA) and had Android restore the apps. With those same apps the stand by battery performance on the DNA was great, but became terrible on the Z3.The "system panel" on the Z3 was showing mostly system apps running, with no obvious offender from the downloaded app list. My plan is to do a factory reset following the Lollipop OTA and then just add apps slowly to find which one is the problem. I am a bit disappointed it did not just work for me from scratch without an additional debugging effort.
[Xperia Z3 General] jbisana89:
Stamina mode on, more than 2hrs wifi and more than an hour of mobile data connection 3G. Firmware: .77
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
Its important to write also the brightness setting. With low brightness its not a miracle to get higher dot.
[Xperia Z3 General] DarioDM7:
Disable apps

Hi guys,

is there any chance that someone write which apps I can disable?

thanks
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
here is my list

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57822826&postcount=3
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
That's great, but for my understanding, you have been connected 3h in 1d?

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What's wrong here? 13h on and only 2.5 SOT!

No LTE, 6h 3G + 7h wifi, Stamina with 7 apps white listed, 77 FW.

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[Xperia Z3 General] Flockrock:
Needs the phone to be rooted?
[Xperia Z3 General] jbisana89:
Yes, you are correct. I usually use my phone browsing the internet, play coc and play music..
[Xperia Z3 General] rxil:
No. Can be done thru adb non-root
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Just get this http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LTQGPLM/ref=sr_ph?ie=UTF8&qid=1419986474&sr=1&keywords=50w+charger

Charges at 1.5A (about 40% an hour) from 0 gradually dropping down as percentage goes higher. Also convenience of having 5 ports, works with every device i've thrown at it.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
I've got the Anker version of that. It's great, especially when travelling, but sadly that's not quite the same thing. For one, it's not going to charge anywhere near as quick as the 'turbo' charger I'm talking about and still want to find.
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
1.5A

If that's not Quick Charge, I don't know what is.

Edit. You are right, forgot about 9v 2000mAh QC 2.0.
[Xperia Z3 General] JJ2525:
I recently got a Z3 (Z3C) and it came with the Sony EP881 1.5A charger. My phone still takes close to 3 hours to charge.
[Xperia Z3 General] Flockrock:
I use this one with 2.4A

http://www.amazon.com/Inateck®-All-...id=1420042887&sr=8-5&keywords=inateck+charger

My phone charges faster than with the original charger
[Xperia Z3 General] kasonicastro:
When I charge my Z3 though my ps4 usb, while it takes forever, my battery last longer for some reason, I get around 6h of sot (5h without). Do you guys know about that?

I think my battery is not as good as yours. Even in airplane mode, with only wifi turned on, it seems to run only as much as 7h of sot.

Doing a factory reset can improve this somehow?

Any more tips?

Thanks :)
[Xperia Z3 General] JJ2525:
As stated above, I have the EP880 charger from Sony which claims an output of 5V 1.5A. It still takes my Z3C 3 hours to charge from empty.

Would this Quick Charge 2.0 device do the job any quicker?

http://www.amazon.com/Tenergy-Unive...0995&sr=1-1&keywords=tenergy+quick+charge+2.0
[Xperia Z3 General] JaboSammy:
Starting Tipps for new User

Hey Guys,

gonna get my Z3 in 3 days - is there like any tutorial or compilation of things i should fo to provide maximum efficiency for my Z3?

Like: I would be very gratefull if any of you would make a list of things a new user could do to make the battery bette.

All I know so far (i didnt want to read 40+ pages) is, that

- Stamina-Mode seems to be good - obviously Apps like WatsApp should be on the Whitelist

- there are serval Apps i should disable

- screen brightness shouldnt be [MENTION=1412615]100%[/MENTION] all the time (obviously)

Greets, Sammy
[Xperia Z3 General] losttcp:
I have the D6603 model and purchased a quick charge charger. It charges my phone from 45% to 89% percent in 45 minutes. It's takes the phone about 1 hour and a half to charge from empty to full.

This is the charger I purchased...

Onite 5V 3.0A Wall Charger for Samsung Galaxy S5 S4 S3 S2 S, Note 3 2, Edge, Mega, HTC One M8, M7, LG G3 G2, G, Pro, Motorola Moto G, Moto X, Moto E, Razr, Droid, Google Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 / Tab 3, Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 & 10.1, Also fits Samsung Galaxy Note 4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KQH4J6S/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_W.wPub0W7NNZW
[Xperia Z3 General] CentaXx:
Something is wrong in the last few days. The battery drains much quicker than before, although i use it exactly the same way as before. 2 weeks ago, i could manage 8hrs SOT, now i'm at 5.5 to 6 hrs. Weird. Location services etc. are still deactivated. Android system / standby mode seem to cause the drain. Guess i will have to reset it.. :/ The difference is clearly noticable.
[Xperia Z3 General] Jiyeon90:
I recently bought a z3 tablet and only charged it to 90% because I couldn't wait to use it.

I was kinda dissapointed with the battery life. But after 3 days I finally let it charge all night and now the battery is waaaay better.

So I learned that the first thing you gotta do with a new device is charge it to 100% before you even turn it on, just like it says in the manual.

I hope I didn't damage mine.

Just a heads up [emoji6]
[Xperia Z3 General] jonmorris:
You don't need to fully charge a lithium ion/polymer battery before using it. But the battery life will take a while to measure properly. 4-5 charge cycles perhaps.
[Xperia Z3 General] Dano79:
Never buy htc again the battery life was a joke on my m7. Im loving the battery life on this phone
[Xperia Z3 General] EUREKAnewb:
I've own the z3 for a week already and I'm not too sure if my battery life is really that awesome. Some have claimed up to 10hrs of SoT but I have gotten only 6-7 hrs with mine.

I have set my brightness to about 15-5 % brightness and with stamina mode on(extended usage + extended standby + stamina clock). My z3 is not preloaded with carrier stuff but still comes with the pre-installed apps which I have uninstalled already. Turned off location service blah blah blah and all unused functions. Moderately high usage with me blasting youtube non stop till my phone goes below 15%battery and clash of clans for about 45mins. I've went through about 10 charge cycles already.

P. S. I have tried to use my phone at 50% brightness once and got 6hrs of SoT.
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
It's not bad.

10h SOT can be obtained with wifi only and push activated for a couple of hours per day!

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[Xperia Z3 General] EUREKAnewb:
Yea, I use prepaid so I don't have mobile data available. It's only WiFi.
[Xperia Z3 General] davidbar93:
Switched my Nexus 5 to Z3.. Wow! This phone is a beast!!!! Amazing battery life & performance ,Sony made such a good job here it's unbelievable. No regrets here ,screen size is perfect ,the hardware is top notch ,everything is so premium. So happy with my decision not to buy the Nexus6 and get a Z3 instead.﻿

This is my first full charge. I got the phone with 25% and used it until I had 5% ,shuted it down and then chraged it to 100%.

Now I'm charging it again ,I hope to have the same result or maybe better :)
[Xperia Z3 General] kasonicastro:
I really dont know how you guys can achieve that. I can only get a max of 7h of sot, and that on airplane mode with only wifi turned on, with adaptive brightness around 15%, no auto sync and stamina on.

Already went through the calibration cycles (I own the phone for more than a month now) and while they helped, it never reached this heights of yours.

How can i prove Sony my phone is defective? They would take my phone away for a month and they will probably say it isnt defective at all.

Does a Factory Reset helps at all? Thanks in advance
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Just FYI.

Charging via USB will take forever as it only supplies 0.5A but it's a lot healthier for the battery on the long run. I also have noticed better battery life when charged over USB before on various phones, I have not done any measurements but it's definitely not a placebo. I guess it's to do with saturation. Battery charges in stages, last one is saturation, this is why charge slows down as you get closer to 100 percent. Lower amperage seems to be better for that.

Anyway, if anyone is planning on keeping a phone with sealed battery for a period longer than a year, I'd recommend forgetting about quick chargers and all that apart from an emergency charge. Use either low amp wall socket or a USB port overnight.
[Xperia Z3 General] mmoon24:
Factory reset didn't help me. I actually had my phone exchanged, and I'm getting virtually the same battery life as I did with my previous phone. Doesn't matter if it's 24 hours or 48 hours off the charger, I usually get around 3-4 hours of SoT before it's close to dying. The main source of battery drain is the screen itself (66%) compared to apps (34%).

Through testing my phone, I've noticed I average about 25 minutes of SoT for every 10% of battery. That pretty much equals 4 hours of SoT. Doesn't really matter what I'm doing. My phone also does suffer from a rapid drain AFTER I finish playing a game. It's almost as if the stats are "catching up".
[Xperia Z3 General] infinitylook:
What's your screen brightness? If auto where is the slider positioned? Or better yet take a photo of your slider bar like mine.

Ooops my photo didn't attach but anyway what's yours?
[Xperia Z3 General] tkd-alex:
This is my usage:

I think is very low. I've bought this phone five days ago. It's normally? You say that? Otherwise port my cell phone in assistance.
[Xperia Z3 General] xerxess:
Who ever have not enought good SoT, lets recheck your signal when its happend..

Sometimes i got 6 SoT n around 8 SoT, its happend depend signal in my phone if it really bad i ever got only 4 SoT
[Xperia Z3 General] infinitylook:
+1 here. I observed similar thing also. My classroom is on a very dead spot (like really no signal on both simcards for my dual) and sometimes I forgot to put it on airplane mode. After 3 hours of class and the phone just sitting on my pocket it already you dropped 10% of the battery.
[Xperia Z3 General] kasonicastro:
So the conclusion here is that buying a Z3 is pretty much a gamble?

So it wasnt just my imagination :) Thanks for the tip, I will continue to charge via usb whenever possible.
[Xperia Z3 General] Flockrock:
Hell no, 7 hours with 3 hours display on?

I get 50 hours with 6 hours display on.
[Xperia Z3 General] barondebxl:
The M8 has excellent battery life
[Xperia Z3 General] mmoon24:
I can upload mine later, but it's always been around 33% position wise with the adaptive checked.
[Xperia Z3 General] kasonicastro:
Here are some pics showig my stats.

Thats the absolute best I can do, cant reach 8h of sot. Low brightness and on airplane mode, no demading tasks whatsoever.

How am I ever going to reach those 10h of use through 48h Sony claims without airplane mode on?
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
This is the second z3 I've had both would absolutely struggle to get over 5 hours screen on, its usually getting Max a day and a half before it's under 10%and needs a charge.

I have tried all different screen settings, stamina modes, LTE, 3g settings etc.

My usage is usually over 65% screen
[Xperia Z3 General] Flockrock:
I only use Stamina-Mode when my phone has less than 30%
[Xperia Z3 General] Artood2s:
To those with low SOT issues and having tried multiple Z3s, I have to believe it is app related or signal issues. I typically get 5+ hours of SOT with the brightness slider pegged to max on adaptive, 9 hours at work with zero signal most of the time, and all location services on.
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
i connected the charger after almost 9 days :good: , with over 5h SOT (brightness little bit over 50%)
[Xperia Z3 General] mmoon24:
Signal is definitely important. Spent the weekend mostly on wifi and went to the office today where I get modest reception.

58 hours off the charger. 3.5 hours of SoT. Brightness at 33% with adaptive checked. No autosync or location.
[Xperia Z3 General] -Zork-:
The battery is really good life with all Stock

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[Xperia Z3 General] Jiyeon90:
If you guys are looking for a tablet with good battery life you know what to get [emoji6]

Sent from my SGP611
[Xperia Z3 General] barondebxl:
My battery life isn't impressive, although I use a lot of LTE. I cant have more than 5hours of on screen time
[Xperia Z3 General] Jan0sch:
I also love my new Xperia Z3! I owned a Galaxy S5 before and for me everything is better with the Z3.

Battery life is, the title says it, insane. The battery of my S5 was empty after about 15-16 hours and I only got a SOT of 3 1/2 hours.

I don't regret anything I just love this Device :)
[Xperia Z3 General] barondebxl:
This is weird, it's suppose to give me a longer estimate right?View attachment 3102991
[Xperia Z3 General] dkreviews:
The battery life is not insane on Z3 as the title implies. It's about the same as Z1 . It's decent, but not insane. You can get 2 days out of it with light use, but it's a solid a day use phone with medium-heavy usage.
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
when you set z3 to the same speed as z1 with 2,2ghz in stamina mode you get even longer. i get up to 10h SOT when i use it a day with 50% brigtness and full speed.

but sure also z1 is still a decent phone :good:
[Xperia Z3 General] Stixxbixby:
I too am using airplane mode & wifi calling, especially at work (very poor signal). I keep my screen brightness as low as possible for the given scenario - no adaptive control & I control my syncing manually.

I have now tried using the app DC Battery Saver Pro (with stamina mode off) & I'm consistently achieving 7 1/2 to 9 hours SOT through 2 days of use. Maybe your Z3 is not going into 'deep sleep' enough? Confounding?
[Xperia Z3 General] mmoon24:
Currently at Disney world. WiFi at theme parks, but a lot of uploading and picture taking. Took 140 pictures today plus some videos. 15 hours off the charger and 3 hours of sot. 5% left.
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
10h? That's great.

I guess it is with no data sync, no LTE, no position...

After the latest update I can't get more than 4h (3g)!

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[Xperia Z3 General] CandyAndy:
Its quite interesting but this is my second Z3 and exactly the same setup as with the older one but now battery is not as good as it was. It is still very good, but my old copper was just magnificent. Not its just so that I can comfortably survive one day.

Too bad that I didn't write down serial number of the older one.
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Could it be the latest sw version (.77) compared to the previous one?

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[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
Same with me not above 5 hrs before I got 8-9 sot
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Did you update via OTA (from.93/.98 to .77) like my self or you are on a fresh install .77?

I'm tempted to do a factory reset and go back to .98. I'd be furious if this is not helping (restoring a non rooted device is a nightmare!!).
[Xperia Z3 General] barondebxl:
I think I'm going to move to the Z3 compact, I'm not impressed with this battery life at all
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
I got the update via OTA .77 fw and I did not a factory reset
[Xperia Z3 General] Flockrock:
I sometimes think some people have battery problems because for me it's very hard to drain the battery in under 24 hours. I always have WLAN and/or mobile data on and my screen brightness ist almost 50%.
[Xperia Z3 General] xxquicksh0txx:
This. It's basically impossible for me to drain my phone from 100-0 in a day

Wake-up at 7 and go to bed anywhere from 9-12
[Xperia Z3 General] Stixxbixby:
+1^ I have yet to run my battery dead in under 24 hours & that's includes some very heavy use.