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[Xperia Z3 General] stanley08:
Hey guys, this my thread will help you maximize the battery life of your Xperia Z3 or any other Xperia or even any android device.

HERE: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2768544

If the Z2 can perform as good as this, I'm pretty sure the Z3 can. CHEERS! :D
[Xperia Z3 General] bluesky2111:
I'm not sure if I got defective unit but mine only gets roughly 5 hours on screen time. I've used Gsam for 3 months since I bought the phone.... so disappointed with Z3.
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
Have you tried a factory reset, by connecting the phone to Sony PC Companion?
[Xperia Z3 General] bluesky2111:
I've reset the phone several times, but why?
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
Factory resetting from the phone itself is different from resetting from Pc companion. Do it if you haven't already done it with pc companion. Reset from phone just wipes data. Reset from pc companion flashes the stock firmware, which gives you a fresh out-of-the-box experience, since it would also reinstate the /system partition, that includes the batterystats file, which in your case might be all messed up. After you reset from pc companion, give it a couple full charge - full discharge cycles and see the difference. If it still doesn't help (which is doubtful), then it's definitely a hardware issue. And since the phone is only 3 months old, you should be able to get the battery replaced within warranty.
[Xperia Z3 General] bluesky2111:
Thank you so muchh for the info. That helped! But I wonder if all my data would be deleted?
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
Yes. Backup first.

Sent from the inner sanctum of my mind.
[Xperia Z3 General] bluesky2111:
Btw what is your average screen-on time?
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
I guess this is the same then flashing a ftf firmware via flashtool. Thanks.

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[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
2.2% per hour is not bad at all.

I'm in the region of 5% with 3 h SOT per day! 3G most of the time.

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[Xperia Z3 General] Jiyeon90:
Your signal is bad, maybe that's why
[Xperia Z3 General] bluesky2111:
Thank you :) but it was just not what I expect from one of the best battery-life smartphones

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Oh yeah, why did I not realize that? My wifi signal sucks.... Thanksssss bro
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
When I first got the phone and tried several factory resets from the phone, my average SOT was 4.5-5.5 hours. After factory reset from PC companion and 2 complete charge-discharge cycle, my first cycle was 7.5 hours SOT with live wallpaper, stamina mode, Wifi calling and 50% brightness, location set to Battery Saving (Always on), wifi always on, and LTE network. Not as impressive as several other users here, but atleast 50% better than before.

One thing I would advise you is to use Battery Saving location setting until you really need GPS. Also switch off Google location reporting and OK Google from any screen. It's a MASSIVE battery hog.

That's correct :)
[Xperia Z3 General] Stixxbixby:
My fav aspect about the Z3's battery is the reliable consistency...
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Tx, I'll try to switch off ok Google from every screen.

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That's great, for you!

I'm very consistent as well around 3,5 hours! I'm on 3G with 10+ apps pushing notifications compared to you though.

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[Xperia Z3 General] daniel2744:
Hey everyone,

I just got my Xperia Z3 after a year(well almost a year at this point) with the M8. I got it late tuesday afternoon and haven't used it yet. I did however do a full-discharge to 1% and is now charging back up to full. I read this entire thread today and one thing I did not see mentioned is anyone using the lifelog app. I started using it cause i want to track my steps. As anyone used it, and if so did it impact battery life alot? I also use a Jawbone UP24, and a moto 360. Needless to say i have alot connected. I have read alot of different things that people are doing to achieve awesome battery life, but I'm confused as to what I should do. Any help would be great. Thanks.

-Daniel
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
1. Don't drain your battery down to 1%, totally unnecessary and bad for you battery.

2. Give it a week and see how you do. Everyone's usage is a bit different with the apps they use, reception they get, etc etc

If after a week you have any concerns then maybe start using some tools to see what is consuming battery life on the phone. You might be really surprised at just how long the Z3 can go on a charge.
[Xperia Z3 General] daniel2744:
alright good to know. like i said i seen alot of people say its no problem and some say not to do it so idk. if i can at least get 6 hrs of sot i will be happy.
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
So how's it been?
[Xperia Z3 General] daniel2744:
Here are my results for the last day as of 8PM. I had a jawbone UP24 on so it was always syncing with my phone. I also had sony lifelog on so its been tracking my steps and usage and gps has been on high accuacy. I'm using greenfiy and i'm on stamina mode. I also listen to about 4 hours of podcasts today at work. One thing i found out this morning at work around 4am was that HSPA+ gives me a much better signal where as LTE would give me a terrible signal(although the speeds were great). However, I'm just use HSPA+ when i'm out and if i need lte i shall switch to it.

I would say this is good for me. I been thinking that I never will get that 8-10 SOT that same people get and honestly i'm fine with that. As soon as I get at least close to 5hrs of SOT I will be happy. I at least like not having to worry about my battery doing the day. And my battery will keep getting better since its still cycling.
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
You're phone is awake when your screen is off. Do the following if you haven't already:

Change location setting to "battery saving"

Turn off Google Location Reporting

Turn off OK Google from any screen

Disable Google Now

Enable Stamina Mode & Extended Standby
[Xperia Z3 General] daniel2744:
I just changed it to battery saving. Locating reporting was already off. I just turned off ok Google from any page. I had Google now off and I had stamina mode on with extended standby on. I had GPS cause I was tracking with the lifelog app but I'm see if this works better thanks for the help
[Xperia Z3 General] Prasad:
GPS was the primary reason for battery drain, at least in my case
[Xperia Z3 General] daniel2744:
I'm see how it goes tomorrow and report back. I even uninstalled Facebook and messenger and just decided to use the Web version
[Xperia Z3 General] se1000:
Very nice. How did your M8 do under these conditions?

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FYI, Google now from any page doesn't work well with the Z3. It causes a conflict with the camera as well.
[Xperia Z3 General] lol1rfs:
It looks like lately Spotify has been killing my battery in the background. Been using Play Music instead for the last 1-1.5 weeks and battery life improved a lot.
[Xperia Z3 General] xSirAKx:
Not sure how you guys are getting so good battery time from your phones, my Z2 had good battery life but since i've bought my Z3, it discharges very quickly, about 5hours and it'll be down to 30%... Whether i use it or not, in idle it uses a lot of battery too.
[Xperia Z3 General] EUREKAnewb:
I have repaired my Z3 with pc companion today in hope of getting better screen on time. So after the process I have changed all the settings like before the update with apps all downloaded etc. However, when I went to check the screen on time under power options, there wasn't one. Normally there would be a tab showing how much battery the screen has used but nope there's none. Under the graph I would expect a blue bar for screen but now too. How do I get it back on. I need to see if the repair helped.
[Xperia Z3 General] xSirAKx:
I've just repaired my z3 with companion, will see if there is any change.
[Xperia Z3 General] xerxess:
Damn after update to lollipop battery is improve...im notice percentage of battery drop slower than before..

Very nicee..
[Xperia Z3 General] xSirAKx:
my battery life is still the same, maybe i should stick to the z2.
[Xperia Z3 General] bigup7:
Z3, on Lollipop Stock, stamina mode off, Data and wifi on all the time, bluetooth on
[Xperia Z3 General] orella89:
completly agree, a friend have it and it's insane!
[Xperia Z3 General] cheetah2k:
I got 6 hrs 3 minutes SOT @ 4% yesterday. Was gaming a lot on it though which would account for the increased battery draw

Using 5.0.2 Nordic ver
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Mobile data vs 3G

Hi all,

I did quite an extreme test: wifi only, 2G (with good coverage), very low brightness, the most of SOT time was reading a book, "week end type" of push messages (much lower than a regular working day).

Results are impressive!!!! I'm on a rooted 5.0.2 dirty flashed over 4.4.4.

If I compare it with working 3G day (where I get 3.5-4 hrs max SOT - 20% residual battery @ 9pm) I can come to the conclusion that the Z3 (regardless of lollipop) suffers that much using 3G vs Wifi. Comparing it with other battery life champion (LG G2 and OnePlus One, that I owned), the Z3 is way better on Wifi but much worse on 3G.
[Xperia Z3 General] Gobiastard:
I flashed pre-rooted Lollipop on my D6603 with wipe and i decided to share my battery stats.

This usage is below average from my normal day to day usage, but i´m very impressed.

No WIFI, little of GPS use, Bluetooth occasionally on, most of time in 4G/LTE network.

Stamina kicks in @ 25% and Low Battery Mode @ 10%. Brightness 50% with Adaptive brightness.

Edit. Those 2 huge drops are caused by Adobe Lightroom. I decided to try it and it caused

the phone to heat up pretty quick.
[Xperia Z3 General] scribbclubber:
While waiting for official update for D6653

Seems strange that my battery runs out so fast :confused:
[Xperia Z3 General] xxquicksh0txx:
You can't judge battery life by the first few percent...
[Xperia Z3 General] scribbclubber:
Okay, how about now ? :confused:

Edit: sorry, can't upload any screenshots
[Xperia Z3 General] miiichal.er:
Battery life with light usage. Wifi for most of time, mobile data always on.

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[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
If wifi is on, mobile data goes off!

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[Xperia Z3 General] miiichal.er:
oh.. you know what i mean :)
[Xperia Z3 General] CouldntThinkOfAUsername:
Ultra Stamina doesn't work for me on the Z3, I still got notifications through out the night and battery drained from 20 to 1 over night. On Z3C, I get no notifications if in US mode.
[Xperia Z3 General] Mike31285:
help please. bad battery I think.

Guys please help me.

After I updated to 5.0.2 via flashtool my battery when I used my phone as before drained faster.

I used to get back at midnight with 40% and now at the same time and the same use I had 20%.

It s a lollipop battery bug or I had to do anything else to fix it?

I m seariously thinking about going back to 4.4.4 with this bad battery.

*I had my phone 5 months now and using it a lot with games,facebook,instagram and Internet browsing and photos some days.

With also data,WiFi and GPS always turned on.

Do you believe I had to go to service for battery changing?
[Xperia Z3 General] SweDunda:
Third charge with Lollipop. 60-65% brightness. Sync on. Stamina on.

5 Days, and 6h Screen time
[Xperia Z3 General] jks007:
I've installed pre-rooted lollipop, Greenified apps (except social apps), disabled sony bloatware through Titanium backup, Wifi ON, 4G LTE and stamina mode OFF.

First day of lollipop, I started off just reading an e-book and after 3 1/2 hours I realised that I've only lost 11% on the battery. The device was left on all day and night with some usage of messenger, tiny bit of gaming, and other light apps. I've managed to get approximately 27-28 SoT with continual use, brightness varied from (minimum to 15% on the slider).

When I originally got the phone, it managed an insane 6-10 hours but this is on a whole different level.
[Xperia Z3 General] Mike31285:
Here is some screenshots to someone help me what to do..

Is this normal?

Or I need to:

Go to service?

Go to 4.4.4 again?

Or what?
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Give the time to the sw to talk to the battery! 5h SOT is not bad!

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[Xperia Z3 General] Mike31285:
I m going to re install it tomorow rooted..

I hope to.fixed it.

I m wondering about battery because I see in this forum some battery life like 9hours screen time and 3 days battery and mine battery doesnt stand over a day or a day and a half.. ?
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
I think that some results we do see here are obtained in some extreme case scenarios: wifi only, very low brightness, very limited or no push services......

In my opinion the Z3 is a beast with the above settings. With my usage pattern (3G with an average signal strength, 10+ apps that push updates, screen brightness to be visible in the sunshine) I get 4h SOT in a 20h standby.

Having said that, when you'll be rooted you'll be able to root cause is there is something wrong.
[Xperia Z3 General] daniel2744:
wow!! this is insane lol i'm guessing you have an unlocked bootloader ?? i'm itching to root my Z3 so bad. I got in a few weeks ago but didn't know about what would happen if I unlock the bootloader with regards to DRM keys. I'm considering getting another phone but I really like the Z3 plus I don't want to buy a new phone.
[Xperia Z3 General] jks007:
I was in the exact same position as you a week ago. Now my bootloader is locked and my DRM keys are backed up.

I simply followed this guide (there are plenty around):

xperiablog.net/2015/01/24/root-arrives-for-xperia-z3-owners-with-locked-bootloaders

After that, I just installed XZDualRecovery (I assume it doesn't mess around with my bootloader) and installed a prerooted lollipop image.
[Xperia Z3 General] erapmicks:
U must have no life
[Xperia Z3 General] MustafaSarhan:
When I first got this phone a few months ago, my battery life matched the links in OP's video. Around 7-8 hours of screen on time. Now, I get 4 hours per charge with appropriate but not too bright screen (mostly indoor use), WiFi on, BT off. The battery itself will last 1 day and 5 hours. When I first got it I made it to 48h.

I don't know what to do..could my battery health have reduced so drastically already? It's still a pretty new phone. I don't really have any services running in the background, I've checked for those. The only thing I've done to the phone is root it, my bootloader is still locked (it is still running the stock 4.4.4 rom, and I'm not using a custom kernel)

Edit: I flashed stock 4.4.4 and did the 0.96 OTA update. I'm at 2 hours SoT (3 hours since charge) with constant WhatsApp messaging and re-installing all my apps, and at 85% battery. Much better. The OTA update probably didn't change anything but after rooting the phone the battery life definitely decreased drastically. Battery estimate is at 2 days 10 hours, I wouldn't get that estimate when the phone was rooted (and again nothing really running in the BG. I didn't install anything after rooting it, just did it for the sake of it)
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
With Xposed + Greenify + Amplify. Charging every 4-6 Days with ~8h SOT (50%). i love it :good:
[Xperia Z3 General] Culbert:
Indeed, availability is a huge concern. Don't they plan ahead of the unveiling? I am really disappointed with this. They got me all excited during the unveiling at IFA and then, I kept drooling... and drooling... and waiting... and waiting... and .... still nothing. WTF? They could have at least released it the same time at T-Mobile. I would have been the first in line! But nothing.
[Xperia Z3 General] esandovalsg:
How you do that?
[Xperia Z3 General] Nabfy:
What did you greenify?
[Xperia Z3 General] AdiSimpson:
everything, that has no need to run in the background. also whatsapp works greenifyed.
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
I have only 2 hrs of screen on time without using anything :( I live in Germany and flashed Nordic, now I'm going to flash ce1 (entral Europe) let's see if it helps cuz Nordic Germany is not included but ce1 it is
[Xperia Z3 General] Solpadein:
Lollipop 5.0.2 Stamina On, 3G internet Off, Display brightness 50%, Wi-Fi On.
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
Which ftf and where do u live which country?
[Xperia Z3 General] Solpadein:
I live in Israel, I made this Xperia Z3 D6603_23.1.A.0.690_R5C_D6603_Customized IL_1288-5030_23.1.A.0.690_R5C.ftf by myself from "xperifirm" and flashed it with flashtool with full wipe
[Xperia Z3 General] scribbclubber:
Lollipop, 3G on almost for 6hrs. Heavy Facebook and whatsapp.

Sent from my D6653
[Xperia Z3 General] lewonsky:
i think rooting decreases batteyr life on all phones , not sure why.
[Xperia Z3 General] vittogn:
Get root access does not influence battery life.

If you then install bad apps and grant them root access, this is another (long) story.

Root is extremely helpful to root cause battery drain, with dedicated apps.

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[Xperia Z3 General] Zero-21XX:
Sorry wrong post/theme
[Xperia Z3 General] esandovalsg:
Lollipop Stock

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[Xperia Z3 General] Moze666:
Look, how I get this with 100% and just Stamina mode on, isn't that would be more hours???
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
Root is good for the battery, not bad.

Also combined with Greenify.
[Xperia Z3 General] mmoon24:
Estimated battery time is based on how often you charge your phone. So if you average one day, then the estimated time will slowly start showing similar numbers.
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
Not really. The manufacturers recommend charging the phone as often as you can.
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Care to expand on this? Estimated battery life is based on how much life the phone believes the battery has. If you charged your phone every 4 hours you think the phone would say you have 4 hours remaining when it's fully charged? You've experienced this or you're just guessing?

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Well, as often as you need to...

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I'm not sure why you think that either. Do you have any experience of this? Did you read it somewhere? Is this the guesswork forum?
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
Anyways, charging the phone whenever you like won' t hurt, it won' t hurt the battery life, battery life depends of the charging cycles, from time to time they must be done.
[Xperia Z3 General] cowisland:
Battery life also depends on time. When the battery is charged somewhere between 30 and 80% the deterioration over time is probably negligible. However, it is not negligible, as far as I understand, when the charge is close to zero or at 100%. For this reason I don't leave the phone on the charger overnight. Just change it in the morning before I leave for work. Also, given the huge battery and my fairly light usage, I try not to charge it above 80%. But that's just me. I am sure charging it to 100% and then using it is totally fine and expected behavior.
[Xperia Z3 General] mmoon24:
It is definitely multiple factors including how much juice is left when you charge and how often you charge. For example, when I first got my phone, it would state I'd have 2 days of battery life and 3 days with stamina mode. However, I use about 4-5 hours of sot everyday with about 25% left. Every time I've charged it back up, the estimated time has adapted to what I'm expected to get out in a day. So not only does it factor the 75% I use everyday, but at that rate, how long my 25% remaining would last.

If I were to all of a sudden average 1 hour of sot and not charge my phone for 2 days, then the estimated time would go up.

I've reset my z3 in the past via PC companion and the Estimated time shot back up before slowly adjusting.
[Xperia Z3 General] tel033:
How go you people get this awesome battery life? I'm on stock lollipop UK generic, no root, and I get around 6 hours on screen time that la about 3 hours per day, so I don't charge every night but u would like to take more advantage of this so call awesome battery
[Xperia Z3 General] Rizera:
Same here, tel033. I get around 6 hours screen on time with 50% brightness, adaptive.

I am astonished at the 9, 10 and even more screen on time that some people show in here.
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
I reflashed my z3 now with UK ftf generic and I'm sickos of this battery life o ly 2 hrs screen on time I got til now seriously, this update ruin my phone -.- I'm so sad how to fix this batter drain

I highly guess it's the mobile radio active it's drains the battery alot :(

-For info I did factory reset thousands of times

-Flashed a lot of ftf with full wipe and even lost my whole intern SD cuz I forgot to backup

-I installed bbs etc to find out issue

-I have greenify no root active

- My bootloader is locked never unlocked

My phone ist completely stock UK Fw and I live in Germany, even German ftf was same, worst update ever, with kitkat I got 6-7 SOT now only 2-3 hrs,

I really need help, so hopeless :(((

Here some screenies
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
Without root I found bbs and wakelock detector were utterly useless. Have you tried a factory reset and installing next to nothing and leaving the phone for a few hours and checking that you only lose a few % to confirm you have a sane starting point. And then install a few more apps and go with that for a day or so, and see if there's an app which causes problems? Your screenshots are all encrypted so i can't help there but is your phone awake when it's not in use, ie overnight? have you tried stamina mode, whitelisting any apps you want notifications from?
[Xperia Z3 General] dontbelive:
As u can see I'm using stamina I mentioned I all these things u said now
[Xperia Z3 General] Webern:
I didn't look at all the screenshots and you didn't mention half the things I did but whatever dude.
[Xperia Z3 General] Apokaliptor:
is STAMINA mode recommended?
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
Yes, why not.
[Xperia Z3 General] herzzreh:
The only thing that pisses me off with Stamina is that a lot of times data doesn't reconnect when I turn on the screen.
[Xperia Z3 General] TheTeslaCoil:
That' s a downside of using Stamina. I don' t use it, but Stamina is surely a nice implement.
[Xperia Z3 General] miiichal.er:
very light usage,

also think that battery lasts longer than on KK :)
[Xperia Z3 General] Emrah Ayar:
i get 5-6 hours of SOT. it was slightly better in Kit-Kat. i did a factory reset after the phone is updated to Lollipop but still 5-6 hours of SOT. So strange that Lollipop is optimized to use less battery.
[Xperia Z3 General] infinitylook:
I get 5 hours of SOT for heavy use and 6-7 for moderate. I guess Lollipop improve on standby time rather than screen time
[Xperia Z3 General] bigup7:
then got to:
[Xperia Z3 General] trincisor:
Is that a theme that makes the navigation bar same color as status bar
[Xperia Z3 General] Ulver:
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Not bad for just about 2 days use. Not sure why Android OS is on the top of the list but I still got good battery life.