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[Xperia Z3 General] Blaalad12:
Thats only if you adjust your settings tho? I get close to 9 hours screen on time and am really happy with battery life but i do have to turn off alot of features in order to get that ! I downloaded 'echo notifications' recently and suddenly only started getting 7 hours screen on time,In fact the more apps i download the bloody less i get ha I deleted echo though and now iam back at around 8 - 8h30mns screen on time but thats with only 2g on, bluetooth off, mobile data off, screen brightness reduced, and one or two other tweaks i cant remember right now! More often then not iam connected to wifi so dont need mobile data/3g on nor auto sync so i can do without all these turned on although i would be very surprised if people were getting 9 - 10 hours with these ON
[Xperia Z3 General] vidge1111:
I am always on LTE and never turn off mobile data.. it's either lte or wifi (4-8hrs when at work).. I have atleast one gmail account sync'd for work. It is true that the more apps you install, the more power hungry your device will be..

To further increase battery life, just make sure all unnecessary apps dont try to connect to the internet.

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gps will help drain your battery quickly..
[Xperia Z3 General] Cipter:
Only if an app is using it though right? Haven't used maps or navigation or anything.
[Xperia Z3 General] Blaalad12:
Ok now i suddenly feel like my battery life is not so great ha I got 9 hours screen on time once, Since then iam only managing 8 - 8.30mins but thats with mobile data off, bluetooth off, location off, 3g off, auto sync off! I have literally sacrificed everything just to see how long the battery could go and iam only managing 8 hours while you guys are getting more whilst having everything turned on?? Iam speechless ha

I do leave wifi on almost constantly however as iam usually in a wifi area unless iam outdoors in which case i still just leave wifi on so it connects immediately when i go back home etc Could leaving it on cause a huge drain even tho iam connected to it mostly?
[Xperia Z3 General] Shudder123:
if you have location reporting/location history and google now all enabled it will drain even in idle.
[Xperia Z3 General] Cipter:
True. Which pros and cons would you say there is when deciding to turn it off/on? What functionality do I lose?

Never mind. Googled it:) Disabled location reporting and history. Thank you for the advices!
[Xperia Z3 General] istrikerx:
How are you guys managing so much?

I get 4 hours screen time at most in a day before its nearly dead. Nothing like location enabled, good signal area for lte etc, always on wifi anyway. That's with stamina mode on as well.

Unless I have a faulty device.
[Xperia Z3 General] vidge1111:
8hrs screen on time is decent enough if you ask me..

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How many accounts do you have sync'd? gmail, yahoo, fb, whatsapp etc..
[Xperia Z3 General] lin013190:
Yea I get about 4-5 hours OST. I have 12 accounts synced and I use auto brightness. Maybe that's why.
[Xperia Z3 General] vidge1111:
battery life will take a dip with 12 accnts syncd
[Xperia Z3 General] lin013190:
Yep. I figure. It gets me through the whole day, so I'm fine with it. Way better than my nexus 4, which i had to charge at least twice a day.
[Xperia Z3 General] istrikerx:
I have 2 accounts synced, Google and SEN.

Notifications enabled on Facebook and Facebook messenger, but that's like 5 notifications at most that come through on Facebook per day. It's rarely active.

I'll post my gsam stats at the end of the day, screen brightness is locked at 20% or so with no auto brightness.

Starting to wonder if Bluetooth streaming is hitting this phone harder than most due to the extremely poor BT chip Sony have used.
[Xperia Z3 General] hussan882:
I use greenify and noticed it shutting down facebook all the time, especially when I had notifications turned on. I have found battery life on the phone really impressive, I havent got the captures but it lasted 2.5 days on the last full charge and even then it was down to 15%. That includes BT streaming to the car and my headphones, high accuracy location, some spotify use and the usual surfing / twitter.

I dont use GSAM so not sure of the granularity it gives you, I assume it gives you a detailed breakdown of battery usage? Do you use Greenify?
[Xperia Z3 General] istrikerx:
I've never used greenify. I've always heard good things about it though. Might give it a go.

So far I'm at 46% with 3 hours screen on time at 20% brightness. 9 hours of music playback, of which 8 was streamed over bluetooth.

Had that been with auto brightness instead, and yielded the same results, that would best my note 3. But 20% brightness is quite pitiful if im honest, especially given how beautiful the display can be with it up towards 50%+.

I'll upload the screenshots of GSAM soon. It's not quite as in depth as betterbatterystats, but gives a good indication. Facebook is nowhere to be seen, but could easily be the one causing kernel wakelocks.
[Xperia Z3 General] Jonathan-H:
I use close on 80% brightness and get around 8 hours screen on time. I don't stream more than an hour over bluetooth though, 8 hours is insane.

I would say you get pretty good battery life considering all the music streaming.
[Xperia Z3 General] istrikerx:
I'm just judging it based on other phones I've used. But I've found that the wireless chips in my original Z3 were infact faulty. I have no idea if this contributed to battery drain, but there were various instances of random unexplained battery drain anyway, likely affecting it when streaming music too. No battery stats monitors showed any strange activity from apps etc.

Greenify seemed to steady the ship as far as standby drain was concerned, but only temporarily it seems.

I'm gonna do more extensive testing on my replacement.
[Xperia Z3 General] robogo1982:
Compared to something like the LG G3 which maxed out at 4 hrs SOT, getting double that on the Z3 can be considered pretty much insane. (coming from personal experience)
[Xperia Z3 General] draligus:
i agree with you
[Xperia Z3 General] ceftriaxone:
I am speechless:

Almost two full days! 8h SOT!

Yesterday most of the day WiFi, today 3g till 7pm.

WhatsApp, viber, three email accounts, auto brightness!

Running greenify and amplify. Stamina off.

ROM RXSW 12.4

The phone is brand new. This was the third charge overal, the first with this ROM.
[Xperia Z3 General] draligus:
i have z3 dual.

i tried almost most of the custom roms.,

but i felt that stock rom has a better battery life.

i am not expert.

just an experience..
[Xperia Z3 General] doresreturns:
Hi, since this is a battery life thread. I need a way to save battery while I watch Youtube videos. I got about 3-4 hours SOT.

I'm using official Youtube app with 720p setting on wifi . Unlocked bootloader with AndroPlus kernel. Xposed and stamina Extended Usage on.

It can be any kernel settings since I'm using a custom kernel. Per app settings is very appreciated (this one I don't know how).

Thanks in advance!
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Is that lollipop
[Xperia Z3 General] ceftriaxone:
Yup, 5.1.1!

ROM RXSW 12.4
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Sorry to sound noob what rom is rxsw,thanks
[Xperia Z3 General] ceftriaxone:
This one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3102271

RXSW Z5 Experience [v12.41] [24/11/15] [OTA] [5.1.1] [D6603] [D6633] [D6653]
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Edit found it
[Xperia Z3 General] agent.47:
could anyone tell me how much screen uses battery in percent in stock lollipop rom? or give me a screen shot from battery section

edit: i found screenshots in previous posts. i got almost 6 hrs SOT with 3G and screen uses about 40 to 60 percent of battery. is that normal? because i see people just have 20% of screen battery usage.

thanks.
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Mine says 11% all on mobile data
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
Stock .264 debloated: https://imgur.com/a/mG8Ob

4d 15h w/ 5h SOT / 50% brightness / Wi-Fi or mobile on all the time

It is ok like this?
[Xperia Z3 General] draligus:
perfect battery life
[Xperia Z3 General] vidge1111:
Can you show us what's the battery usage for apps?
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Getting great battery life on mobile data

Using stock
[Xperia Z3 General] draligus:
General Question?

- Which one do you think have a better battery life ?

a. Stock ROM

b. Custom ROM
[Xperia Z3 General] psxpetey:
Battery is the exact reason i buy Xperia I love battery and gaming hence the phone is perfect!

https://youtu.be/T7uJ_ylow3k my awesome youtube channel so many vids! 237 to be exact
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
I get great battery out of stock
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
it was time for me leaving kk for lolipop, after a week of setting it up on RXSW rom, iam very satisfied :good:

brightness is on ~66%
[Xperia Z3 General] dryspuri:
thats is epic battery life, but scared of unlocking and rooting and loosing DRM keys (whatever that is) Do u get 9hrs SOT in real life test with 4g or 3g

Also can any body explain whats DRM keys and do we really need them
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
No need of unlocking, just root. This 9h was most with wifi. Outdoor i get over 6h.

Gesendet von meinem D6603 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z3 General] dryspuri:
Many thanks, can you please direct me to current rooting guide,as all I am searching are very old, I am on 5.1.1. or do u suggest to just follow the one method which says to downgrade and use .bat file to root

http://xdaforums.com/z3/general/guide-rootrecovery-how-to-root-install-t3017056
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
That's the current version, TL;DR on how to root: downgrade to KK, giefroot, XZDR, and then you can update to a pre-rooted LL .264
[Xperia Z3 General] dryspuri:
Converted to stock .98 4.4.4 its working brilliantly.

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Good battery life. Have not got ota yet. I wonder why.
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
with root? that's why
[Xperia Z3 General] dryspuri:
no i used ROm from here http://xdaforums.com/z3/general/ftf-stock-firmwares-xperia-z3-models-t2886061

I thought these were stock ftf
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
Oh ok, no idea then.
[Xperia Z3 General] AlvinZahran98:
.232 just ruined my battery
[Xperia Z3 General] maple_mak:
Can give screenshot with battery usage and SOT?

Also, try turn off mobile data while connecting Wi-Fi.

If still draining, repair via PC Companion but don't forget backup first.

And I can get 6hr SOT with medium-high usage.
[Xperia Z3 General] stanley08:
Yes I was going to post this just now. Battery life has been bad with recent firmware. Hopefully Marshmallow will save us. :)
[Xperia Z3 General] psxpetey:
Mine was fine'

https://youtu.be/T7uJ_ylow3k my awesome youtube channel so many vids! 237 to be exact
[Xperia Z3 General] redking91:
Just got a Z3, battery life is way better than my S5, but still not as good as I was hoping for. Seeing about 4 hours SOT, was hoping for 5-6. Nothing crazy about my usage. Nova launcher, adaptive brightness at 50%, NFC and Bluetooth off most of the time. Mixed Wi-Fi and LTE usage. Overall I'm very happy with the phone, especially coming from Samsung everything feels so smooth and quick. Anyone have any tips on how I could improve battery? Or do I just have to hope for marshmallow?
[Xperia Z3 General] maple_mak:
You using Lollipop 5.1 right? Maybe you should know MobileRatioActive bug. The bug which using mobile data quietly while connected Wi-Fi and it cause battery life worse.
[Xperia Z3 General] jordanvachon:
6.0.1 D6603 [IMG="not bad at all ."]http://i.imgur.com/ZgNQZrw.jpg[/IMG]
[Xperia Z3 General] redking91:
I'm on T-Mobile which has the z3 on 5.0.2
[Xperia Z3 General] Pandemic:
Then you should know that the radio active bug is already fixed in latest FW .264 !
[Xperia Z3 General] kameleon20:
Yeah try .264

I'm using it too now for a while and the battery time has improved quite a bit. Still not the kitkat times, but it's getting closer.
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Anyone know when 2.64 update will be released in uk
[Xperia Z3 General] kameleon20:
It already is. Also for your provider :)
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
I'm on giffgaff so how come I haven't had ota update
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
You do mean ota not pre rooted right?
[Xperia Z3 General] kameleon20:
This is a screenshot from navifirm. It shows only original unrooted releases wich you shoud get OTA. Otherwise try and see if Sony PC Companion offers you the update.
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
What is navifirm,and mine would be customised then but still no ota update :confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] dryspuri:
I think he means xperiafirm
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Ok,I don't have pc access
[Xperia Z3 General] ds8132:
HI all, I bought Z3 with Marshmallow 6.1.1, but it was very bad: battery life was very poor and overheating problem (it would took 1 app to download from Google apps and it would get noticeable warm). I downgraded my phone to Kitkat 4.4.4 and both problems were less noticeable. My battery decreases about 1% per hour without using it with wifi and bluetooth off and stamina mode on. It took 2 days to decrease my battery level to 50%, but it was used not on 'hard mode', I was using wifi max 30 min. in total, no games, playing music for max 30 min. taking a few photos, a few messages and calls (I am using 2G for battery saving), it says screen was on for 3h4m20s and phone idle was for 1d21h51m (out of 2 days when phone was on). But what concern me most that when using Chrome on wifi, it uses 1% of battery every 4-5 mins. and while watching videos on album app (all connections are off) it uses 1% every 3-4 mins. I always use stamina mode and did deep search on google how to improve battery life and did everything. Please tell me if this is normal for Z3 and what other users experience. Or am I being too paranoid. All in all I expected better battery life after reading all the reviews. Thanks for all replies.

P.S. I am comparing it to my Huawei tablet which performs more than twice better in battery life.
[Xperia Z3 General] lucianofontao:
Same here!

:(
[Xperia Z3 General] ds8132:
As I also read here, that battery should last longer, so itwould be nice to hear more opinions. :) also I can update that after watching 8 minute long video on youtube with almost full brightness and sound, my device lost 2% where on youtube test z5 lost 5 or 6% after the same video watch. Next I did fullHD rocording test on lowest brightness and after 15 minutes of recording it lost 12%. Finally left my phone on airplane mode on full brightness with screen on for 30 minutes and lost 6%. Can someone comment about my test and maybe try it themselves and post the resuults. Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z3 General] AlvinZahran98:
I'm on 6.0.1 right now, does factory resetting my phone actually "repairs" or improves battery life? Because these past few days, I'm starting to notice that my phone's battery performance is decreasing without any problems that I know of. I've checked what's draining my battery, but came up with nothing but just minor apps that used 0.x% of the battery (and of course, Chrome, with 7.7% usage), any idea how to fix this and make the battery performance as good or near Lollipop/MM .570?
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
Nothing can give you LL battery life.

If you have root get Xposed with ForceDoze and PowerNap, it will help a bit.

(note that ForceDoze mostly works without root/Xposed too; try Greenify too, but not at the same time with ForceDoze)
[Xperia Z3 General] Fluffbutt:
I think mine has some sort of fault/error...

At 29% battery charge it says "185 hours (... mins and secs) left.

When fully charges 1t says 1945 hours (mins and secs) left.

Yeah, right, Sony, riiight!! 81 days?
[Xperia Z3 General] -Happy Feet-:
i think my battery is damaged. The Battery drops from ~50% to 0% and after turn on, without charging i have ~30% and the charge goes in few seconds to 0% again.
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
Get BetterBatteryStats (give it rights if you don't have root)

Buuut, things don't look nice, it might be time to make a decision... another battery, or phone...
[Xperia Z3 General] -Happy Feet-:
BBS ist installed. I think i buy an new Phone. Honor 6X ...
[Xperia Z3 General] -Happy Feet-:
I think more an more ist ist Software related.
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
You hope it is... :)

What ROM versions did you try already? LL .264? MM .291? NDP4?
[Xperia Z3 General] -Happy Feet-:
the latest ROM was MM Concept Software. Now i´m back on MM .291 and try it again.
[Xperia Z3 General] -Happy Feet-:
okay, i think my device is bricked. :( yesterday evening my device is shut down because battery was empty. But i had no time to charge it. After 1 Hour i´m back home, i charge it, but no red LED turning on.

i leave the phone plugged in at the wall charger for 6 Hours, but nothing happens. I connect it to my PC, fastboot and flashmode is possible. i flashed an Stock Boot.img but nothing happens, i can´t start it, i can´t charge it.

**** happens!
[Xperia Z3 General] bodomfan:
Have you tried software repair via pc companion
[Xperia Z3 General] Licaon_Kter:
It's not like the were no signs... :confused::rolleyes::crying:
[Xperia Z3 General] -Happy Feet-:
no only with Flashtool, but it must charge when the LED is Red but nothing.
[Xperia Z3 General] jonallwright:
I had the same, so sent it back to my insurer, who resolved the matter - the battery had died. They replaced it and now I am back using it - instead of the old galaxy nexus from the bottom drawer...
[Xperia Z3 General] Arma Ando:
Sorry i havent any idea.. But u must check ur HH suply power conector first.. Maybe u Know a reason there..
[Xperia Z3 General] -Happy Feet-:
after hours of charging wih an other Wall Charger at the next day, the Phone turns on again. :) But i replace it next week with an Nexus 5X. :D
[Xperia Z3 General] amakuramio:
bought new batt from aliexpress costed only 10 usd free shipping

very easy use hair dryer or heat gun to remove back case then plug in new battery, very very easy

dont buy new phone. I have s7 edge but standby life of z3 is godly.
[Xperia Z3 General] lanalee222:
never had a phone past 1.5 years life for the battery. sony Z3 going 3 years !
[Xperia Z3 General] RoyFAR:
Yup now I still use a used Z3 even with old battery and still can do an average SOT like almost 4 hours. Looks like it's time to replace it with new battery :) I love Z3 and all SONY Z series :good:
[Xperia Z3 General] SkyS1gn:
It is indeed awesome... coming from a Z2, the Z3 exceeds it despite having a smaller battery.

Usage: NO stamina, 4G, youtube, music via powerAMP, twitter, facebook...exc

http://kephost.com/images/2014/10/11/Screenshot_2014-10-11-20-43-06.png

http://kephost.com/images/2014/10/11/Screenshot_2014-10-11-20-43-11.png
[Xperia Z3 General] KoningPaulus:
I've seen screenshots of the batterylife (with screen on time) of the z3 compact as well, but can I conclude that the z3 is the winner?
[Xperia Z3 General] sephstyler:
Hi all,

Tell me if you think this is sub par for Z3 battery.

1. Received last Wednesday, yesterday was the 4th full charge day.

2. Auto brightness on, set to about 3/4 up the scale, WiFi on for half the day, LTE (reasonable signal) rest of the day, 2 push email accounts (Minimal activity being a sunday), whatsapp. Couple of photos, couple of short youtube clips, Location On, stamina OFF,

during the first half of the day, i was home, and was on wifi the whole time, with minimal screen on use. Second half of the day, was out with friends, LTE on in reasonably good signal area, moderate screen on time.

total screen time for day was 3h 15min

battery exhausted at 11hrs.

I was expecting it to be a bit higher, my M8 was about the same, maybe with a little less screen on time.
[Xperia Z3 General] tskeng:
Hi,

how do you guys monitor how long it takes to charge using your charging setup?

Any app to help you time the charging?
[Xperia Z3 General] XxSilent22xX:
I use the clock app, it seems to pretty accurate,
[Xperia Z3 General] viking2.0:
That looks bad to me. I regularly get 7-8 hrs sot with similar usage
[Xperia Z3 General] sephstyler:
Thanks for your feedback.

Its halfway though my work day today.

Screen on time is 1h 34 min, time since unplugged from charger is 6h 24min. - currently on 52% stamina is ON today, but it looks like i'll only get about 13-14hrs total today.

Should I take it back, or see if it improves?
[Xperia Z3 General] pham077:
That's strange, do you have social apps that constantly have notifications which keeps device awake?

My M8 is always on LTE, 2/3 brightness and generally gets at least 4.5 HR on screen time.. Lose about an hour or so only if car bluetooth is on for several hours but if you didn't get even 3HR for the M8 then it's more likely related to your apps (assuming both phones have the same set of apps).

Would be interesting to know if it improves though as I am also considering the Z3!
[Xperia Z3 General] sephstyler:
I could get over 3 hours on M8.

At the moment, since stamina is ON, the only apps Ive allowed to receive data in standby is Gmail, Mailwise (exchange), whatsapp. Everything is not allowed to sync, even so, i would only get 13 h or so with 3h screen on.

I'm being very gentle on the battery.
[Xperia Z3 General] AKK03:
Don't you find auto brightness at 3/4 level too bright?
[Xperia Z3 General] sephstyler:
I have it on 3/4 adapt and i find it a bit too dark for indoors, perfect outdoors. Perhaps thats got a little to do with it

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Thanks, it does appear i'm under par. I will take it back to the store today. Your stats look similar to mine, but i dont game at ALL.

Cheers all
[Xperia Z3 General] sephstyler:
I agree its bright, but I have adaptive turned on, so most of the time its a lot darker than what 3/4 is actually set at.
[Xperia Z3 General] AKK03:
I think for the auto brightness, the bar is to set the minimum brightness.

So the phone will not go below the minimum amount set.
[Xperia Z3 General] sephstyler:
I've had my Z3 replaced. We'll see if the replacement fares better.
[Xperia Z3 General] henihazbay:
Really? Only for battery issues?
[Xperia Z3 General] sephstyler:
Yeah, absolutely. When a phone is advertised to have 2 days batt life, and I'm struggling to get 13 hours with zero gaming, and moderate usage with intensive battery management, of course!
[Xperia Z3 General] DarkRyoushii:
My device is probably under par too, but I charge it nightly and to get home after 30 minutes of gaming, 2 hours of WiFi tethering each day and still have 30 - 40% left I'm not going to bother replacing it.

I have the Facebook Messenger app signed in and receive about 1000 messages per day while the phone is sleeping, so that may have something to do with it. Still significantly better battery life than my M8 in the same conditions.

Today: 38% remaining. 2 hours SOT. 15 hours standby. 1 hour WiFi Tethering. 30 minutes Asphalt 8 gaming. Auto 50% brightness. Stamina Mode OFF. 3x Google Accounts Sync ON.
[Xperia Z3 General] vidge1111:
That definitely has something to do with the high battery usage.. try turning stamina mode on to limit random notifications from popping up while the phone is on sleep mode. When you unlock the phone, all notifications will come in for you to see any way.

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turn location and gps off
[Xperia Z3 General] DarkRyoushii:
Oh, and I have a Pebble, so that's connected via Bluetooth all day and that alone makes suppressing notifications not worth it to me. I never expect much from my device batteries. Every device I've had has been sub-par because of my usage habits with this one being absolutely outstanding to be able to last a whole day and a half with me! :) Thoroughly impressed regardless.
[Xperia Z3 General] vidge1111:
Hit the 8hr mark of SOT.. still 20% left
[Xperia Z3 General] vidge1111:
9hr 15mins @6% remaining