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[Ascend Mate 7 General] vince_junior:
This is also the talk from other sites too, that cpu z and other apps are showing mate 7's battery as 3k mah only. I hope [MENTION=6059439]getmobilephone[/MENTION] sheds some light on this.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] psigate:
yup play store is already installed out of the box. i think im only getting a little over a day because my data is always on and my corporate mail is set to automatic push i dunno.

im not sure about radio incompatibility this unit is after all officially launched here and not bought outside plus this is already certified by our telecom commission.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
Thanks for clarification. Please screen shot the about screen page and can you write a summary of usage from time you get up to when you get in and percent of battery left. Only because I am interested in the odd drain your getting and wonder if its related to the 3gb model specifically ?? Thank you.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] smnrock:
3gb model also support dual sim... So we cannot expect the same battery life as singe sim variant.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] shelay:
battery not draining fast

Morning people, i also have the 32gb Gold chinese model which i am using in the UK,. I have 2 SIMs running on it and a 32gb SDcard as well. (there is a mod that allows you put in a Nano SIM and your SD card) . My batter last well over a day. in fact, yesterday, i had 33% left after got back from work. that's a full 24hrs. this phone is amazing on battery life. i constantly have data on as i have 2 Gmail addresses and 2 other ones. i use whatsapp a lot and make a lot of fun calls.

I am staying with stock UI. had nova launcher but took it off as i decided to give the stock launcher a go. plus you get a lot of functionality with stock UI.

I have the fun rooted as i un-installed some stock app to use and make google apps stock for the phone. they work perfectly, ( ie: google gallery, contacts and camera).

I got an update like 2 days ago. i was worried it wouldnt install as the phone was rooted, but i had no problems at all. the battery wasnt even full nor the phone plugged in when the update ran and installed. i use fingerprint lock for important stuff on the phone, like my banking app and inbox and gallery. this doesnt drain the battery at all. i even have location services on as well (low power mode).
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
Super. That clears things up. The other guy with the 32gb model must be having some bad luck with battery drain.

Could you post a photo of the about phone page. What did the update include ??
[Ascend Mate 7 General] pappschlumpf:
[MENTION=3328117]psigate[/MENTION], could you upload your cust partitions content? Is 800Mhz LTE band unlocked on your phone?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] hannanzikrea:
Amazing battery life on this phone

My average SOT is 7 hours.

During this battery cycle I played asphalt 8 for about 1 hour. I also played amazing spiderman2 and frontline commando for 30 mins combined.

My wifi was on for about 7 hours.

I have disabled Google+ (because I'm Facebook user)and Google now because I don't use it much.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] hannanzikrea:
Well guys not need to worry about cpu-z showing wrong battery capacity...

If you look at the reviews of the app "cpu-z" alot of people have complained that this app doesn't show true battery capacity of their devices..
[Ascend Mate 7 General] lrcquest:
Where can the Google contacts app be found?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] henke2:
Never seen anything like this! I've been through allot of big devices since the first Note and I never felt comfortable not charging over night. Now it's not a problem and I just did 4 days. I'm not a super heavy user, but the comparsion still adds up as I never were a heavy user on my old phones either. Going to bed with 25-40% left to suddenly having like 80% left is wonderful. big.LITTLE + 4100mAh and the cool power manage app sum it up :D
[Ascend Mate 7 General] wimmetje:
Nice one :thumbup:
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vince_junior:
Nice one. I am heavy user so mine only lasts 1.5 days.

Btw, my boss is going 1 week with her note 4. She is not a heavy user.:)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] henke2:
In theory it should work, but when installing apps magic happens and various wakelocks appears. Mate 7 have clever hardware and software which outperforms all other phones I have tried. (Not yet the too expensive Note 4)

:good:
[Ascend Mate 7 General] b7cr7:
cpu-z and other app showing 3000mA.ok that this app doesn't show true battery capacity of mt7. my mt7 weight is 179 gr!!! s not this was 185 grams?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
Considering the battery size I can't really say I am impressed by the battery life, however it not bad, but my LG G2 was better battery life. I use use auto brightness all day. I use "normal" in battery saving mode...

Is it really big difference in battery life with smart mode ? since I think there is problems with slow animations and micro lag I do not exactely think putting the processor/gpu into "smart mode" will make it better.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] JJ2525:
Smart mode doesn't make a ton of difference. It seems the better numbers in this thread are by those who've rooted, debloated, etc. The Android System and Android OS battery drain are much worse out of the box on the Mate 7 than they were on the Mate 2.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
well.. I have not rooted... The screen on time is not that satisfying.. I could see how in the summer it could be a bigger problem at summer time I will maybe not to have full screen brightness all day.. well ..good news is that Lollipop for the Mate 7 is supposed to be released in February, I Think it will make a dramatic difference.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] sayedali.aj:
Running stock. 16gb 2gb ram model
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
No issues from my phone. Battery is amazing. Usually android or third party apps that drain the battery
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
looking forward to the next firmware update... as it now despite very big battery the battery performance is not good.. always before bed there is very little battery left.. But since the android system take so much of the % I think there is a big room for improvement..
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
two days and having 40% .. it is just great...
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
2gb ram version excellent. Battery life
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
Happy Christmas
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ta4au:
4100 mAh is a big one but no more 1 days :mad:

its possible soft usage (Facebook,whatsapp some video and call) 2 days ?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] riccardoPolaris:
Stock, normal performance (no battery saver), obviously no heavy gaming, only G+ and Web, all time in 4G.

Another day
[Ascend Mate 7 General] mathieuj:
Here is mine.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
Love this phone. Funny how you get used to the huge screen so quickly. Watching walking dead on this bad boy with the amazing audio from the headphone jack is so awesome.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Mr.Nice.ba:
MT7-L09 firmware B130

Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09
[Ascend Mate 7 General] ipmanwck:
That's crazy!! There is no new update for my phone in Europe yet. Hope they update to LP but won't be worried too much if not as like the skin on this handset.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] tuddu:
This is mine, B127
[Ascend Mate 7 General] tuddu:
Ni. Ba. How did you reached 2 days phone working? Did you experienced same battery performance with B127 too, or is B130 particularly "battery saving"?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] forever_free:
TL-09 B122P06 HRT_KangVIP
[Ascend Mate 7 General] adigawi:
are you on LTE or just 3G?

Maybe we should specify this detail? All my phones works at least 30% longer when using only 2g/3g mode comparing to 2g/3g/4g... So maybe this is the reason why some of you guys have excellent batt life while others are complaining?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] mirchichamu:
No. I am using 2/3/4G always but my screen on time exceed 7 hours. MashaAllah.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
The truth is that if you're using 2g/3g/4g mode and your network isn't stable it will keep switching between modes thus consuming more battery. However if your network is strong then it won't be switching constantly thus better battery life. I set mine in WCDMA only since mobile operators in Nigeria don't offer 4G services.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
That's my screenshot
[Ascend Mate 7 General] BloodyR0AR:
any of you here play on this device?

i'm looking for a review here about the playing time..

most specially on Clash of Clans.. please post it here.. thanks
[Ascend Mate 7 General] fenrir39:
Light usage with greenpower enabled.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
What's green power? DOES 3J mean 3days? And reply your Facebook chats :p
[Ascend Mate 7 General] fenrir39:
Green power is a battery saver/manager, yes 3j = 3d, j stand for "jours" in french it means days. Facebook messenger is so annoying :D
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blitzkriegger:
Hi there I play quite a lot of clash of clans. I could reach 3-4 hours max play time with this phone :) Also with COC, using amplify to block the audiomix wakelock helps extend game play battery life. I'm charging up my phone now so by tomorrow I could post a screenshot including coc time
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
that is going down pretty fast ! ..
[Ascend Mate 7 General] BloodyR0AR:
thank you.. i will be waiting for your reply..

because i am comparing it on my note 3.. more game time means time to transfer =p

on my note 3 playing CoC gets me 5hrs of play(train troops, search for opponent, attack, train, log out.. when notif say my troops are ready.. then back to log in and same loop again)

thats my gameplay on CoC.. i wonder how much gameplay will this phone give me.. :D i'm so excited hehehe
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
Slightly better battery performance after the latest firmware update.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
What firmware update. Am still on SP04 Intl. No update found
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
Mine Mate7 stay last 2.5 days ...

I could manage third day but I plug it in when is 10%
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
This
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Oh! You're using the 16gb version. You're still on SP03. I have the gold 32/3gb version
[Ascend Mate 7 General] paullu:
Here is mine
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
What screen brightness did you use? Lowest?

I use auto high.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] paullu:
Auto
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
I use auto high and auto low in bed :)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Which one is auto high and auto low? I only know of auto brightness.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
I think even when you have selected auto you can put a threshold?

Auto high looks obviously more bright

Also battery and screen on time will be deeply affected if you have been using your device in darker or more bright environments
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
Well select auto and move with slider simple as that

Low is to the left high is to the right ..

Capito? ;)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] stanlawren:
Silly me. Didn't even notice I could still move slider while on auto. Thanks
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
It is very good for bed time that you don't disturb GF :)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Ernzt17:
Hi all I just bought the mate 7 international version. 32gb/3gb RAM. I just want to know how long before the battery reaches to 100 percent. I charge for 2hrs now and it's on 80pct. Oh and I'm using it while charging. Thank you
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
3 hours total should be
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Ernzt17:
Thanks! It seems that it is 3hrs. Can we use a different charger with high output for our monster battery. 3hrs is way too long for me. Unless we are going to sleep then that is reasonable. My previous note 4(wife has it now) only charge for 1 hr and 30 mins.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blitzkriegger:
Hey Buddy Sorry for the late reply. I wanted to restart again from scratch so I factory reset my phone then gradually added battery optimizations after every battery cycle. After which I observed improvements on game play time Note 3 is really a battery monster and 5 hours COC on a charge is really awesome.

As I said before I'd normally peak around 3-4 hours max playtime. But often that eats up my battery within 15-20 hours. While Mate 7 has some good battery saving features i do think it has a lot of potential for further optimization. So fiddling around, adding wakelock blocker and doing some governor and i/o scheduler tweaking, etc. I eventually got the figures on my screenshots. I'm getting 4 hrs 39 mins now on game play with 6 hours total phone screen on time with almost 30 hrs/charge . Still below note 3 but hopefully getting close :) I haven't re-installed greenify yet or freeze apps or use boot manager so i'll check on if there will be further improvement after adding those. On normal usage Mate 7's software does a beastly job at battery life but there's a lot more to improve software wise for gaming purposes
[Ascend Mate 7 General] tixoo:
Damn, guys you are getting some nice battery use, are you using some power saving options?

With WiFi, 3g always on, brightness on max all the time, Viber, skype on, browsing and some vines I get a full day of use no problem, with depending how much I use all of it I get around 10-30% left but not more. I see you guys get more than a day use even in some screenies more than two days, is that with lowe r brightness, less WiFi, some power saving stuff etc.?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vonotny:
It's very interesting to see how vastly differente the battery performance seems to be for different users. When looking at the screenshots, I notice that for some, as soon as the screen is turned off, the device goes to sleep as there are no blue bars showing activity whatsoever. For others (me included), the device is active every other minute even when the screen is off. In my case, the reason might be that I did a lot of fiddling with various apps and settings in order to get push notifications working even when the screen is off, but now I can't get the device to enter a proper (prolonged) sleep state at all.

Under heavy usage, my M7 maxes out at roughly over a day. Over the weekend, with only very moderate use, I got down to 30%, so a third day of very moderate use might've been possible.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Simona Simmy:
Mine batt.

It wud be slightly over 2 days but. i just plugged it in .. :p
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
There is a lot of things which do not show in the battery statisticts... such as modem battery usage.. and speaker usage... Screen brightness is also different depending on environment... How many apps do you use etc..

I multi task apps constantly since they wthe world hsa not decided to stick with one IM I have to switch between many.

The battery life however.. is for me mediocre.. .. Some countries have very expensive Data traffic, for that reason they will use minimal modem usuage, and maybe not call much either. I live in Sweden ,I can surf as much as I want on 3.75G, I get about 22 mbit.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Deni_N:
I am very happy with battery on my Mate 7, thats my full day :)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] lude219:
6hr of SOT here with 40% remaining.

Will post a screenshot once it reaches around 10hr of screen on time.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] lude219:
Didn't quite make it to 10 because of an hour phone call..
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
with such extreme differences in screen on time, it must be very big difference in usage patterns... For instance lude219... I am very intersted to know how did you use your phone seriously ?

What was your brightness threshold (auto high or auto media or auto low? ), did you use a lot of Data traffic ? did you use wifi or gps ? did you listen to a lot of music ? what apps did you use ?

if it turns out you have not used much data traffic then might the modem be the battery drainer to blame.. if turns out it is not the modem it must be something else the drain a lot more battery then it should.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] lude219:
You're 100% correct - depends on the individual usage.

Most of my traffic is from internet browsing with 5 protected apps allowed to run in the background.

No auto syncing whatsoever

Auto low brightness

Automated GPS on with Tasker

Wifi on 90% of the time

Smart battery mode

For this test, I was a very basic user. For a power user (syncing, games, videos,etc), I'd say the SOT would be around 6-7hrs.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
I use normal smart saver mode. According calculations in the program smart vs normal battery saver mode is just 1 hour more.. but since I experience unsatisfaction in performance I use normal mode. but it still does not explain how you can get 4 hours more battery time.. since you seem to be a power user.. using both wifi and gps.. I always have wifi and gps disabled because of battery and security reasons.

For me it is the android OS that use most battery... but I think still it is the modem that is to blame... must be..cause reagarding the modem it is many more variables that is important..for instance if you use 3G or 4G ? I have always a 5 star signal with my 3.75G network. I have never used 4G.

It could be that the modem is a lot more optimized for 4G traffic for instance.

DO you use use 4G or 3G ? and how much of your datatraffic you use when you browse is comming from your WIFI ?

If you use 90% wifi traffic then it must be the modem for sure that drains a lot of battery (more then it should)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] lude219:
Cellular data draws a lot more battery than wifi. Maybe that's your problem. If you use wifi more that would improve battery life.

I have 4G/LTE on mine and consume about 500mb a month...very little as you can see.

If you can eliminate background processes that you don't use, that alone would give you another hour or so. Our phones are off the majority of the time so it's good to know which application SHOULD run in the background and which shouldn't.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
Alright lady's and gentlemen the mystery of the different battery stats have been solved....

The people with high screen on time are those who use WiFi majority of the time... I never use WiFi since I do not have a WiFi access point at home and my 3g surf Is fast with 22 Mbit unlimited data per month. I can consume may want 400 my per day sometimes more if I stream longer movies or whatch a lot of YouTube videos in HD.

I read a review before buying the device. And he did mention that he was not impressed by the modem at all since it seemed to drain a lot of battery. It turns out to be true.

However a lot of software optimizations can be made.... The Android is still consume a lot more battery then it does for those people with rooted devices for instanc... hope lollipop will improve this...
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Easy Computer:
Just got my new ham7. Gold 32gb/3gb ram. MT7-LT10. On my 2nd day and after my 1st charge it took me from 3%-100% battery in about 3hours. I don't know what to expect from a new phone.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
How did you get your background black?
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Easy Computer:
DL a back theme. Paste it in the themes folder. To get all of the info. Go to the themes section. I had to DL 4gb file but was worth it. New themes and fonts.:D
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
Sounds like too much a pain in the ass..to do..well glad for you.. I really dislike the white..background in the menus.. it hurts the eyes... Also black most likely consume less screen battery.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Easy Computer:
I'll try to figure out how to send just the back theme for you when I got the time.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Easy Computer:
I'm done for today. Ended up to 24hrs and 7hrs sot. Hope this gets better after a few more cycles of charging.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] saadpal:
My screen im eats up lot of battery , i am using gsm network rather then cdma.i use more wifi then cellular data.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Easy Computer:
Battery is getting better [emoji1].
[Ascend Mate 7 General] lude219:
to be fair, you did charge your battery a few times..:p
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
Common man why post battery statys when you have charged your phone!! ! :mad:
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Easy Computer:
I was moving files from PC to phone. Sorry...
[Ascend Mate 7 General] netvlada:
For the first time now i am using this Smart app and have turned on smart wi-fi and smart mobile data,but predicted time is only 1 day and 9 hours left.Is thet time accurate or???
[Ascend Mate 7 General] adybaesu:
Battery

I could use it more but it was necessary to recharge . :D
[Ascend Mate 7 General] netvlada:
Same like me.My record is 1 day and 20 hours.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] vimto25:
I don't get nothing close to u guys. I get a day at a push with approx 6 hours display.

I've turned down the brightness today and also turned LTE off as i t maybe my 4g draining battery looking for connection all the time as some areas I have poor 4g
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
It is silly of you to brag when you have used wifi most of the time :)

If you are out more in the "real world" you are not able to use your wifi.

Even at work we have wifi, but as always with wifi I do not feel comfortable to surf thru some others wifi, it will save your data traffic, and maybe even passwords... especially at work I would not want them to see I visit porn sites at work regularly :)

So I use 3G always now.. but I want to fix a wifi hotspot at home...

I wonder if it is a way to control the strength of the signal so not my neighbours can access it ? I guess you can put something that will reflect the signal on the walls or something ? Any ideas ? wifi password is easy to crack.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] alexre123:
Great results. You have a private mes from me with some questions :D
[Ascend Mate 7 General] deadlineone:
Well i'm always using wifi, at home and at work.

Why would your employer save your data traffic and password, it's stored anyways at the NSA(or GCHQ) headquarter so you should probably using no more internet when your so worried about it?

Well if your using a wifi hotspot at home why not using a stronger password.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] irkan:
You Can easily use mac address filtering, register only the devices that are allowed

Mac filtering + strong password is enough. Mac address can spoofed also but how tech savvy is your neighbor?

Btw, the battery in my mate 7 is the best battery I have used in an android phone. Beastly!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] deadlineone:
Just disgusting honestly, even got better battery with my z2..
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blitzkriegger:
An app/wakelock/service is eating your mate's battery. The awake and screen on indicators at the bottom of you screenshots do not match, meaning that your phone is awake a lot of times even when your screen's off. I suggest you download GSam/Wakelock Detector to identify what's keeping it awake.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
Since I have no rooted phone can some one please tell me the results of these app ?

I see above that obviously the phone does not sleep well

EDIT: looks my device do not have the same problem it sleep better.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] lude219:
You dont need any app (at least i dont).

1) Go into "settings > manage apps" and disable any programs that you DONT use (or if you're like me, root your device and go into \system\app and delete the corresponding .apk and .odex files that you dont use).

2) Go into "settings > protected apps" and only let the messaging/phone apps to run in the background (ie, i dont need browser, music, yelp, etc to be running in the background when the phone is off...why?!)

3) Google play services and facebook messenger. These two running services cause the most wakelock from what I've noticed. If you do manual email syncing like i am or dont need messenger to alert you when you can just open up the fb app for that notification, turn off these 2 services.

My Screen-On-Time average about 8-9hr with 50% auto screen brightness with this method and the phone sleeps like a baby.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] blackinfinity:
With this method.... And it's not due that but they you use WiFi instead of 3g and 4g