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[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
Adaptive brightness is the worse thing for battery life.

Also, tasker is the best tool to crank up your screen on time.
[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
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[Xperia Z3 General] hamie55:
Heres my battery life
[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
Omg HOW??!!
[Xperia Z3 General] fknpwned:
Just let the screen on the whole time with min brightness and do nothing with the phone.
[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
Actually I watched two movies with minimum brightness. While on wi-fi.
[Xperia Z3 General] paperWastage:
with 1 d 22hr uptime, 6 hour SoT is pretty good...

you can probably hit 8-9 hours by giving up some of the uptime (1 day uptime + 8-9 SoT is probably doable)
[Xperia Z3 General] marc539:
I'm usually getting 16 hours with 7 hours screen on time, heavy use
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
That sounds about right, if your getting like 10-12 Hrs SOT you must be using some severe austerity measures or using your phone as a show/photo piece :laugh:.
[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
Nobody uses their phone the same way. Personally, I rarely use gps or bluetooth, my brightness is always between 25-75%. I use tasker to turn-off mobile data when on wi-fi.

I browse the web/Facebook, text, make some call and watch video/movies and i also use it as my remote for xbmc.

I always get 10+ hours SOT with 22+ hours uptime.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
No offense intended, was just joking.:)
[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
My D6653 hardly deep sleeps with mobile data on :crying: I'm totally clueless!
[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
If you have a lot of accounts syncing and push notifications, it will be hard for your phone to enter deep sleep.
[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
it actually deep sleeps on wifi, but as soon as I turn mobile data on, it never deep sleeps anymore. I don't have much syncing tbh.

This keep awake time is crazy ?

I can't figure it out.
[Xperia Z3 General] xxquicksh0txx:
Just got this phone last night, and I must say I'm very impressed.

Charged it overnight, and took off the charger this morning around 7. It's now 5pm and I'm at 45% remaining with over 3.5hours of SOT.

I used it quite a lot today, messing around with different settings... Taking pictures and 4k video. Etc.. Stuff to you do with a new phone.

I'd be lucky to get 4 hours on my M8. This is by far the best batter life I've gotten on a any phone.

And this is only the first charge cycle...
[Xperia Z3 General] hackarchive:
here
[Xperia Z3 General] ssj_jaypee:
woah how did you do it?

I can't even get more than 5 hours SoT with my Z3. What's your settings and brightness and do you have any battery saver apps?
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
You can get 8-10Hrs with this phone, even without WiFi calling.

Set autobrightness max to 1/4 or 1/3

Turn off autosync

Remove facebook app

Disable Sony Social app

Turn off background WiFi scan

Turn off location services

Lower/disable touch vibration
[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
I heard the battery can last a month if you turn off the phone and don't use it!

Haha just kidding :p but I would suggest to turn auto-brightness to squeeze more juice.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
I will keep that advice in mind, I will post my battery life from auto discharge in a few months when it drains.:D

Do you store in fridge or room temp, for better results?:D
[Xperia Z3 General] ssj_jaypee:
thanks I'll give it a try :)
[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
I always keep it in a liquid nitrogen cooled case for better results.
[Xperia Z3 General] Akiainavas:
Got 2 days and 8 hours here. WiFi always on, stamina mode with 9 apps in white-list. Moderate use.

Really impressed with battery life. With a very slight use it is capable of surviving 3 full days. And with really heavy use, it's more than capable of taking you through the day with no power saving whatsoever.
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
Not that happy with batt so far

So ive had the phone for 6 days now - long enough to get a through a few charge cycles.

I am getting quite bad battery life really - granted i have had upto 4.5 hrs screen on time at near 0% after 13 hrs - but im generally watching the battery go down quite fast when im barely using it. so theres about 2.5 hrs of video web browsing, then a bit of messaging and emails during the day.

Theres no apps draining it that i can see, but all the apps manually downloaded when i got the phone so i couldn't monitor what i was putting on there.

Comparing this phone to my LG G2 i was getting barely any discharge on idle - but this phone is burning through.

:p
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Mines hit or miss, sometimes I get 8-8.5Hrs and sometimes 5-6Hrs with the same usage.

Need to spank some apps.
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
8-8.5 thats awsome... what are you using to get that?

Do you watch movies or anything? Stamina mode? whats your overall time between charges?
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
No power saving features, I don't even use WiFi calling, but I do disable location and autosync when not used and I disabled Sony's "Social" app and all its little friends.

As for usage most of the screen time is surfing the Web and a little bit of music and maybe a movie.
[Xperia Z3 General] metavdr:
No Stamina Mode, a lot of video watching and some Youtube and Facebook etc. Pretty good!
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
I watch allot of movies with mx player and music on Spotify and some web browsing. And I really struggle to get much more than 5 hrs and 13 hrs phone on. I'm trying some different settings now to see if that heroes but it still sends to be draining quite fast.
[Xperia Z3 General] Jiyeon90:
Do a factory reset
[Xperia Z3 General] artlov:
I have wi-fi turned off almost all of time, but battery usage chart shows that wi-fi is constantly on (see attachment). Is it common bug or something else?
[Xperia Z3 General] erasat:
Go to your Wifi Settings and hot the 3 dots and go to Advanced and be sure that Scanning always available is not on, I think it's on by default.
[Xperia Z3 General] artlov:
Thanks. It seems to decreased battery draining speed as well.View attachment 3016479
[Xperia Z3 General] Ulver:
Sent from my Z3
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
Ive done a reset - doesn't seem much better really. Might need to wait a couple of days for the phone to calibrate after reset though. :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Yup wait a few days or if you want faster then:

1. Fill to 100% uninterrupted

2. Drain to 0-5% Normal usage uninterrupted by charging

3 Fill to 100% again and use how you wish
[Xperia Z3 General] KoningPaulus:
What happens if you turn off that option? Doesnt the phone scan for wifi channels any more? Or just every x minutes/hours?

Oh, and what about the option keep wifi on during sleep? Should that be turned on or off to get the most out of the battery?
[Xperia Z3 General] diggity:
My battery life seemed to drastically improve once I uninstalled MightyText. I didnt have any specific data proving that MT was causing a lot of battery issues, it was more just a hunch. I hate to have to uninstall it since it's a very useful app, but for now I'm going to keep it off my phone to get the improved battery life.
[Xperia Z3 General] erasat:
I think that option is related to Google Location, Network notification is another option you see there, that's the one that tells you when you have wifi networks available, but that one only works when it's on, the Scanning always seems to be that it still forces to scan for network even when wifi is off, doesn't make any sense but it obviously suggests to drain the battery a lot.
[Xperia Z3 General] inferol:
Just want to point out and clarify about this.

Calibarate once per month is fine but not weekly because calibrate was originally for neckel based battery, not for lithium battery but calibarating each month is fine.

Full charge is not good for lithium as you will stress lithium battery life and worsen it in the future. Head over batteryuniveristy website and you will find out full info about "How to prolong lithium battery".
[Xperia Z3 General] eLar19:
By battery seems to be non really good...

Everytime on 2g, WiFi, stamina and cpu downclocked from stamima's menu... What's wrong?
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Good you pointed that out, for best battery efficiency charge to 70-80%. But yea don't calibrate it like every week you will reduce its efficiency that way.

My Samsung laptop has a battery saver/prolonging feature that cuts off charging at 70% as well. Even if you charged to 100% battery, efficiency would still be around 80% of original after full 350-500 charge cycles so don't worry too much but just use it normally.
[Xperia Z3 General] dedei:
I've been having the same problem. My Z3 never deep sleeps when mobile data is on, no matter what I do.
[Xperia Z3 General] caff111:
I am wondering what the following setting do with battery:

Under power management, there is location-based Wi-Fi, should I turn it on or off? If turn on, should I choose standard or advanced power policy? How does this setting works and does it makes any difference to battery? Thanks
[Xperia Z3 General] xxquicksh0txx:
It saves the location of the wifi networks you connect to.

Lets say you have wifi at your house and at your work. It'll automatically turn wifi on when you get home, it'll turn off when you leave and turn back on when you get to work.

It's probably not as good as turning it on and off yourself, but it beats leaving it on.
[Xperia Z3 General] Asnanon:
I have been using DS Battery Safer, which forces the phone into deep sleep. Pretty useful in prolonging battery life.
[Xperia Z3 General] liltitiz:
I use. DS battery saver with Tasker anf it gives the best battery optimization!
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Z3 and Z3C are very good compared to the competition, here is a normalized (to 2933 mAh) battery life comparison of current generation phones:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Here...ch-other-with-normalized-battery-life_id63001

They did the math for the Nexus 6 wrong though :o.
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
I think they also didn't consider two or three other factors, like screen size and pixel density. Maybe even mention device thickness. Additionally, this kind of test appears to lean in favour of the iPhone, which got a poor 5.x hour rating in the real world. If you look at the z3c, it has roughly the same resolution, the same PPI, but much better battery life than the iPhone 6, that's because of the thicker device housing a bigger battery. PA did a roundabout way of saying what we all been saying already, Apple favours slim over endurance.

What I don't understand is that the Z3 has a 1080p display like the 6+, granted, the z3 has the smaller display but the gap seems really big when it comes to endurance between the two.

Sent from Z3 using Tapatalk.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
This proves that Apple is not better at battery management than its competitors (at least the big ones), those days are long gone. Some say Apple uses small batteries because competitors are not as good at battery management and this proves them wrong.

My mom's IPhone 6 does not get anywhere near the stated battery life.
[Xperia Z3 General] Cryssie:
This battery is sweet!
[Xperia Z3 General] Sithux:
My z3 only get screen on time 4.5hr maximum on normal usage ...battery already calibrated. No gps, camera. Please somebody explain me how to fix.
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
How many hours overall do you get in total?

Sent from Z3 using Tapatalk.
[Xperia Z3 General] Sithux:
Seems like battery is pretty bad.. My 2 years old note 2 is better than this.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
What brightness are you using? This thing can cross 800 nits, making it the brightest phone on the market, so you may want to reduce it to like 1/4 and leave it on auto.
[Xperia Z3 General] Sithux:
Constantly at 50%no autoBro. I think it's painful to set at low brightness.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
I leave mine at 25% with auto.
[Xperia Z3 General] jayr04:
I can never get it below 20% in one day
[Xperia Z3 General] hetacharya:
Just turned off google now, google location reporting and gps to battery saver. The battery life is insane

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[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
Just want to add that using 40 Mhz Channel bonding on 2.4Ghz WiFi band can lead to more interference and reduced range and may lower battery life as a result. If you live in a congested neighborhood, like I do use 5Ghz "ac"/"n" to avoid interference or if you only have 2.4Ghz band use only 20Mhz setting. 5Ghz "ac" is is best, even though "ac" uses more power it gets the job done faster and can go back to standby faster compared to 5 n/2.4 n, giving better battery life.

I have a Netgear R8000 with 2x 5Ghz "ac" radios and 1x 2.4 Ghz "n" radio. I put all my 5Ghz "n" devices on one radio, the 5Ghz "ac" capable devices on another and the 2.4Ghz devices on their own band.

Reason for this is "n" devices will slow down "ac" devices if on same radio, maybe not enough to affect your internet but LAN wise will be noticeable.
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
Am am getting shot of over heating with my phone. It regularly gets to the mid 30s d without doing to much. Is that normal my lg g2 rarely got above 30d.
[Xperia Z3 General] sphinxy:
Someone in another forum mentioned to turn off smart back light control in display settings. Give that a go?
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
OK I'll try that. Bit silly that would cause problems is a common android feature. And a useful one.

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What temperature are others sitting at?

Mine usually spikes the worst using the camera and viewing photos etc.
[Xperia Z3 General] sphinxy:
I don't use it =) just regular auto backlight is sufficient for me.

I haven't checked temp. The time it spikes for me is usually gaming, charging and maps.

Camera only when using for long periods of time.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
You have any errant apps? Check the battery usage.
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
It is to be expected in the camera and even the gallery. It shouldn't really happen on its own. How are you measuring the temp?

Sent using a Z3 via Tapatalk. Hit THANKS if I helped, cheers!
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
New Z3

It was getting hot with everything i did involving the screen being on - it would get upto 37d before i stopped working it as i didnt want cracked glass.

Anyway - I have returned the phone in the 30days. & actually changed providers as well - as i was paying a premium fee for abismal reception (which was probably heavily conributing to my battery woes).

Got a new Z3 to start over with.

I think ill start by charging it for 5 hours before i turn it on for the first time... :fingers-crossed:

Compared to using it straight away - then going through the discharge cycles.

Can anyone attribute to the best ways to initially charge the phone???
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
[MENTION=2875023]fonetalk[/MENTION]

Lot's of different theories, some conflicting ones. I wouldn't worry too much.

General thoughts from me is:

Try not to overcharge (even though some will cite that charging stops after fully charged)

Don't be afraid to go down to the last ten % of your battery without charging in between. The battery is real good so resist the urge and OCD to top up the charge frequently. Some say this of good for the battery but I think it's an unhealthy habits that can lead to OCD. Just let the battery go down. If you are afraid it is not gonna last you long through the night, then just turn it off or reboot and leave it on the bedside in stamina mode. Wake up and see how the battery nearly didn't drain at all.

Avoid draining it to the point where the device shuts down by itself. So insert charger anywhere in the last 10%. Others will argue it is better to let it COMPLETELY die, citing better battery calibration. They may know better.

Try charging with the phone off for quicker charge times. I haven't seen a huge difference TBH.

Do not use the high amp chargers, they do charge faster but may degrade overall battery life quality. Resort to this when stock charger not available or in emergencies like on a car journey. I have a genuine blackberry 2a charger.

Do not charge and shoot the camera at the same time. It will easily overheat.

Again, there's no real consensus.

Hit THANKS if I helped, cheers! Sent using a Z3 via Tapatalk.
[Xperia Z3 General] fonetalk:
Well im already onto my second charge - charged it at 6 till 11 last night then took it off charge - the phone was immediately getting hot while i was setting it up - upto 37d. battery was down to 20% by 3pm today 3h5m; 68% screen on (so no apps draining the battery) - so i am charging it at work (samsung fast charger cause thats all thats available :()

Otherwise it wont make the night.

I cant be this unlucky to get 2 dud batteries, as most people don't even need the battery wear in - they are getting great battery life from the first charge. :crying:
[Xperia Z3 General] rwesten:
I had this yesterday.
[Xperia Z3 General] hlavsar:
I've bought my Z3 two weeks ago and I see this thing. I charge phone to 100%, but after 20 minutes battery drops to 95% . Then it works normaly and dropping of battery is not so fast! I must say, that I've fully charged phone only 2 times till now. Can you help me, what can I do?
[Xperia Z3 General] Sparksltd:
Well that was a load of rubbish. Not intending to be rude just a fact. [emoji6]
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
TROLOLOL

Hit THANKS if I helped, cheers! Sent using a Z3 via Tapatalk.
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Yup. Battery University or whatever it's called say that to prolong battery the most it is healthiest to keep it between 40-80%. Top up doesn't count as a full cycle only as a relevant percentage of it, so don't worry and top up when it drops below 50% or so if you can.

Keeping it at a 100% is not great too, but don't worry too much about it, it's not as damaging as letting it go all the way down.

Do take care if you intend to keep it for longer than a year as it's not user replaceable. Don't worry much if you don't.
[Xperia Z3 General] Sparksltd:
I'm not trolling. I just read what you wrote and just about all you wrote is not true. People who believe what you wrote will be waisting their time applying your methods. I didn't mean to offend. [emoji4]
[Xperia Z3 General] dgattenb:
Put the phone in ultra stamina mode to see how long it would last .... I put it back to normal mode after 2 days ,as in wanted games etc
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
In any case, please point out what is wrong and post the corrections, since I'm not deliberately trying to mislead anyone.

For example, I've read many times that using higher power chargers can degrade the overall battery life, due to exposing the cell to higher temperatures. Please correct me.

I have also read that discharging the battery to 0% is not advised. Topping up sooner is better. Please correct this.

I know for a fact that the phone overheats during camera and while on charge. Many people reporting this. Please correct me.

See why you came across as a troll? You didn't add any value or anything constructive, instead you just said "rubbish" and said nothing more.

You agree that it was rubbish yet you actually say the same thing as me ??? e.g do not over charge or do not keep at 100%. Also, you say that it is not advised to fully discharge, the same as I said.

Lastly, trying to keep the battery 'floating' between 40-80% is likely to produce the OCD effect I described. Constantly monitoring the battery between that small 40% window bracket will drive most people mad.

My main point was, DON'T WORRY. The battery is great on this phone. Simple things like don't overcharge, completely discharge, use camera while on charge are widely reported findings.

Hit THANKS if I helped, cheers! Sent using a Z3 via Tapatalk.
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Well, if I misunderstood, I apologise :)
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
Coolio my friend. Keep your photos coming in the other thread ?

Hit THANKS if I helped, cheers! Sent using a Z3 via Tapatalk.
[Xperia Z3 General] undercover:
Will do.

One advice to everyone though. When charging overnight, plug it in USB port or use a crappy cable that gives little mAh. Healthier, and you have the whole night anyway.
[Xperia Z3 General] Sparksltd:
OK

"Try not to overcharge (even though some will cite that charging stops after fully charged"

You can't over charge your lithium battery in your phone. Safety circuits are present to prevent this. If you could over charge it, the battery would become unstable and dangerous.

"Avoid draining it to the point where the device shuts down by itself. So insert charger anywhere in the last 10%."

Makes no difference to the battery by running it until the device turns off. The phone will automatically shut down when the battery is below a certain voltage to protect it.

"Do not use the high amp chargers, they do charge faster but may degrade overall battery life quality. Resort to this when stock charger not available or in emergencies like on a car journey."

Not true. Higher current chargers do not degrade the battery. Lithium batteries go through several stages of charging. Stage 1 being constant current charge, stage 2 being saturation charge. If the battery is charged at a higher current stage one will complete faster so as to reach its peak voltage faster, however stage 2 will take longer (time it takes for charge current to drop). If the charger was removed before stage 2 is complete then the battery could appear to drain faster. However this would be better for the battery as higher voltages are more stressful for lithium batteries.
[Xperia Z3 General] subhani:
Complete load of garbage that was
[Xperia Z3 General] Ulver:
How so?

Sent from my Z3
[Xperia Z3 General] mmoon24:
Not sure about my battery...

Hi guys, totally new here as this is my first post and all. I just came over from WP, and the Z3 was my choice due to hearing about its awesome battery. From some of these pictures I'm seeing of you guys posting 5-7 hours of SOT, and I'm just blown away. Over the weekend, I managed to go two days with I would say about 4 hours of SoT, while downloading, updating, picture taking, etc. However, when I went to work today and coming back from the gym, I'm at 63% with 1 hour and 40 minutes of SOT, and 13 hours off charging. Most of my SOT was used towards just customizing my phone and about 30 minutes of Reddit. This doesn't seem right to me at all, and I was wondering if you guys could help me out?

Location services turned off btw. Everything else is "default" to what the phone came on with.
[Xperia Z3 General] eLar19:
You have too much time of no signal, this drain your battery... In any case, when You see 7-8 hours of sot.... this is not realistic... My z3 deal me between 4 to 6 hours of sot whit right use!
[Xperia Z3 General] Canson88:
That is absolutely not true. I have used my Z3 Dual with two sim card on 4G with ok reception and got 7H SOT , And that was with bluetooth,nfc,autosync,location on. And only connected to 4G. No wlan. Was on tapatalk alot, surfed the web, watched some YouTube videos,Facebook and changed settings. Did not play any games.

With Wlan i could probably get more then 7H SOT.
[Xperia Z3 General] abhinav.tella:
You definately can get 7hrs SOT in a 24Hr period on the Z3, even my LG G2 gave 5.5-6Hrs SOT.

I have location, autosysnc turned on and roam around out of WiFi calling range a lot and I still get between 6 Hrs and 7Hrs SOT most of the time in a 24 Hr period. Its not impossible, some people even get upwards of 10Hrs SOT depending on what battery conserving measures you take, espescially max auto brightness as an example. Signal strength also has a big impact.
[Xperia Z3 General] :
Battery life is better than expected. I can go through a full day with maximum brightness, LTE and with auto sync on for 1 day without any problem. 2 days can be also managed if you use fairly.