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[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] allajagat:
My SOT is incredible even with 120 hz and 2 hours of gameplay (light games) and network always on(4g). Getting 10+ hrs everytime.[IMG="SOT"]https://imgur.com/MJhkWU8[/IMG]
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] zenaldo:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6gZ1ZpbZ3jBE9Bzp7

WTF???

I'm using this phone for 1 week and never got more than 4 hours of screen time before battery reaches 25%. I have X mode, 120 refresh rate screen and back Led turned on all day long because I this is the way I wanna use a phone with 6000 mah battery.

Guys here getting +8 hours of SOT are using 60 hertz and X mode turned off all the time I think.

I'm using the last firmware version by the way.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] allajagat:
Naah mate, i don't have x mode on. But i have 120 hz all day long, but i don't play games that much. And i disabled 2nd sim because there is no network and phone keeps searching for signal which further drains the battery. And i have dark mode everything. And that's why i get 10 hrs+ SOT
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] bkcobra:
if you have more then 50% screen brithness, battery goes ultra fast, faster then cheaper phones
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Maczuga:
Battery is pretty disappointing. It's 6000 mah, yet I got same sot as with Mi Mix 3 5g which has 3800mah. I am getting max 10h sot with min brightness almost all day, turning on the extreme battery saving whenever possible, 60Hz and no back led on, also every UI I use is pure black.

Weird thing - there is nothing draining it. Nothing in battery graph, nothing special in betterbatterystats.

I have currently 3 phones up for testing with same setup:

- 1yo Xiaomi Mi Max 3 (5500mAh) - getting up to 15h sot

- brand new Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5g (3800mAh) - up to 10h sot

- Asus Rog phone 2 (6000mAh) - barely can get 10h sot.

This software needs a lot of optimization.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] tnbt:
I agree with u on the 10hr sot, can't confirm the sot u are getting with other phones tho but it seems most ppl i talk to about this phones 10sot seems not to be fazed as well because they say there are other phones with low batteries capacity that achieve that and beyond too. Asus really needs to optimize things for us to get the best out of this heavy and big battery.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] apollo3x:
I agree software needs to be optimized. But you're missing a point here, rog2 is powered with an overcloked chipset. And mi max 3 has mid range processor. Also, mi mix 3 does not have 855+. Though yes, battery backup should be much more than we get here.

The similar spec phones like x2pro also suffers from this poor battery backup
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Maczuga:
Mi Mix 3 5g does have SD855, just without plus. This sole reason should not cause our rog phone 2 to have such poor results in comparison to the mix. Overclocking if done by Asus should be done correctly - to only trigger when needed like gaming and heavy tasks and not on every input.

I have a feeling that a good custom kernel would improve the battery life a lot by adding some governors or better tweaked default ones.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Platinum_Pyth0n:
Have removed all Google Applications. Only had WiFi on streamed content on Youtube and other apps, listened to music, etc. Battery without a doubt is a killer.

On 60hz
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Maczuga:
4 days of standby, 10h24m of SoT.

Lots of Yi Home for camera checkups. This usage is somehow unfair tho. I updated my phone to WW.62 so some reboots were done.

I also found a widget for easier toggling of 2G only mode, so I had way better standby time now, however I found it when I was around 50% already.

Also phone is in extreme power saving whenever possible.

I hope that this run will outperform what I posted.

Am I impressed? Not yet, but it's better than first cycle.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] avivv:
Can you please specify which applications were uninstalled?

I am not happy with my battery life, expected more from 6000mah
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Platinum_Pyth0n:
All the google applications which ship with the phone. I use Vanced for Youtube, Lawnchair as my launcher, Simple Keyboard replaces my Stock keyboard. Aurora and Fdroid are the clients I use to install applications, playstore is disabled. All permissions are disabled. My phone rips other phones apart in terms of Battery.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] kanej2006:
I am unimpressed with the battery, worst battery ever, maximum 4 hours SOT.

Google services taking 75% of the battery. Did everything but no change.

What a $hit Chinese phone, My Sony Xperia 1 having 3300 mAh battery is much better than the 6000 mAh battery, numbers mean nothing, poorly optimised device.

Dying to sell this piece of $hit...
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
Then it must be something wrong with your phone.. I get easily 10+ hr of SOT. Try updating and factory reset the phone. :)
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] marian daciu:
How much do you want?

From where you are?
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] djisma86:
Google service in 75? Theres a problem with apps
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] kanej2006:
I am in UK. Aside from the poor battery the phone is good, but unoptimized software and Google Services forever draining the battery no matter what.

However, there are many others out there having the same issue. We need an update to Android 10 that may or may not fix the problem.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] marian daciu:
I'm from Czech,I already running android10 from about an week, battery is a little worse for me, fluidity is better.

I hope android10 stable, bring us the real battery life from this 6000 mAh beast.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] rowihel2012:
I had one plus 7t pro

P30 pro

Note 10 plus

All battary is **** with android 10
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Maczuga:
After some tweaking I finally got some decent battery backup with that phone.

WW.35 (gives me better standby than WW.64, and with WW.44 I had lock screen freeze issue), extreme power saving whenever not using phone, NFC only on demand, bluetooth always on and connected to my Amazfit BIP. 95% of times I am using 2G only mode via external app.

Some social apps have their background activities restricted (yet I still receive notifications).

Almost 4 days (3d17h) of usage, 10h SoT, 22% left, so that's ~2h30m of SoT to go.

Now when I compare it to my Mi Max 3 first run - https://xdaforums.com/mi-max-3/review/screen-time-t3818529/post77943264#post77943264 - I find ROG Phone 2 pretty neat.

From what I have noticed - the overlay that shows the fingerprint location when screen is off seems to be my next concern with battery - it turns on a lot, even if I only grab phone by sides and by touch the screen by mistake. Next battery checkup at stable A10 or some HavocOS/RR release for our phone + some custom kernel.

Already checked out the GSIs, drain is barely smaller than stock, but it all depends on what base ROM we are flashing - like WW35/44/64 etc., and if you had the drain on the base ROM, you'll have it also on GSI.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
Android 10 beta v2 battery-life :D
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] pewpewze:
Some settings off, doesnt show all applications, played pubg for 35 min or more, + black desert mobile this one 30 min + wile playing screen brith 70%+

Games with full hq settings drains the battery, if i dont play games, battery should last longer
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] aan naa:
I fcking love this phoneee!!!

https://ibb.co/dcWWXbC

https://ibb.co/3F8xHMT

With 120hz, 3 hours of gaming (2 hours heavy,1 hours medium), 3/4 of instagram was watching igtv, xmode permanently on, nfc & bluetooth & location permanently on, hotspot always on and switching between wifi and data frequently with data be 3/4 most of the times.

All of that and still got more than 10 hours of SOT with 12% left!
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] anon1135:
Anyone mind sharing more stats with 60hz? 120hz is nice and all and I know that's the main reason most are probably getting one but there are also no 60hz phones out there that have a 6000mah battery and a fast processor at the same time so I'm interested in that along with other things like the front speakers as a bonus. I'm not saying I'll keep it on 60hz forever though. If that's way too much battery life for me then I think I'd start using 120hz if it still gets me through a day like most people are right now. Thx to whoever will share

Edit - nvm went back and saw some older posts that I missed earlier
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] VarDes:
with around 1-2h of games, like 3-4hours+ of online video playback(mostly youtube, 720p - listenning while working), some 9gag (around 1h), some messaging, web browsing, music etc, i still manage to surpass 10h of SoT at 60hz easily, with still around 8-10% left at the end of the day.Overall im pretty stunned by this phone's performance, its hard to make it stutter or anything, even under heavy load + its first phone where I'm not really worried when I see 15% of battery left ..:)
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] anon1135:
Ty that does look impressive
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] HermesHidayat:
7 hours and 42 mins with 41% of battery left.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] HermesHidayat:
10 hours SOT with 120Hz.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] mahdif62:
There is an option to auto-kill battery draining apps which is disabled by default. Has anyone tried that?
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
After latest A10 update, I did a wipe and got my amazing battery-life back :laugh: Using 90Hz mostly, 60Hz when watching YouTube etc..This is also when using mostly 4G
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
Just an update on last post, 11h SOT and still 10% left :D
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] M73_:
A10 latest

Light usage. 60 hz
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
Damn, what have you been doing in those 16 hours? Watching movies offline etc.? :D
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] M73_:
Mostly reading, WhatsApp and the like.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] littlepuppies:
nothing
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] bouyhy01:
Hello coming from a black shark 3 pro and huawei p40 pro do you advise me to get this device or wait for the rog phone 3 ? My big concern is performance and battery life and root custom roms support
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] M73_:
I don't play games on it, my use is basically WhatsApp, browsing and YouTube, I'm very satisfied with it overall except for the camera which I consider the only drawback compared with my ladt phone xiaomi mi 8,

even though, I think it is the best phone available till now, if you can tolerate the cam quality I think you will love this phone.

For the ROG 3, I don't see it as a major upgrade, if you find the ROG 2 at good price it would be better.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] bouyhy01:
Thank you for your reply the rog 2 is about 450€ and the rog 3 550€ and it has all 4g bands for france so i think i’ll go with the 3 strix version
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Tupro:
i had my phone battery capacity at only 4200mAh(100%), used for 8 months already

with 1-2 hours of gaming daily (mostly PUBGM) can get only around 5hour SOT
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Tupro:
Is that normal for Google play services?

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Did you check running services? Whats inside that android system run in?
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Tupro:
This is what i got, 60hz display mostly and brightness around 30% , only using 90hz for pubgm
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the ASUS ROG Phone II's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.

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[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] rickymohk:
Drained 10% in 9 hours

I have my new ROG Phone II drained 10%(93% -> 83%) in the first night (9hours). Without battery saving mode, wifi and GPS turned on. Facebook, twitter, whatsapp and telegram running in the background. Is this normal?
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Einheit-101:
Its a lot lol, it should not discharge more than 1-2% over night but you kept everything enabled which is a stupid move.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Rashad83:
Seems to be within expectations, but you could improve the time with few tweaks.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
Standbydrain over night is very low, does not even drop 1%(!!) WiFi/data turned off ? (I use Naptime to force doze)
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] DailyDust:
Mine drained 10% with WiFi, data and Bluetooth off in Super Saving mode. I wonder if its due to poor mobile signal reception inside my home cos if I turn on Airplane mode overnight, I get only 1 to 2% battery reduction.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] farmer510:
Check what app is use power. I got rog and problem is google play service - in my case use about 23-25% from charge to charge.

This problem is not in this phone but others also. We need to wait till google or Asus go and fix it.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] learnyee:
check whether the google photo is running at the background. this happened to me, when I migrated from my old phone, when I run the google photo, it seems that it will do a lot of thing over the next few hours in background until the OS kill the process off.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] bkcobra:
drains 2-4% per h if you disable everything from stock, so whats the point in have this phone if u berly use it if the phone dies in few hours
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Hmminteresting:
Not much to say. Hardly any really

I have the ambient lock screen on. So there's always a clock showing. Went to sleep last night, leaving wifi, data and bluetooth on, at 88%. Woke up this morning after 5 alarms and notifications throughout the night at 86%. Was asleep for around 8 hours.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Maczuga:
I just had 8%drain over night (6h). The only thing I changed recently was system update from 44 to 64 WW. That's up from previous 2% over 8h from ww.44
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] kanej2006:
Battery is the worst ever. My Sony Xperia 1 with 3300 mAh battery is better.

Google services finishing off 45% of my battery always. Tried everything nothing works...
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Maczuga:
My standby drain is back to 1-2% over 8h once I rolled back to WW.35, so if you are having worse standby battery life on WW.64 you might wanna roll back too.

This was not Google services related, I had like 1% max of Google services, there is something weird with WW.64 for some users about that specific drain.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] GAME ON:
how do you do a roll-back? flash the old WW.35 like normal flash?
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Maczuga:
I just flashed the RAW WW.35 like it was an update, but in my case I was coming back from GSI rom (with WW.64 base), so I had to do a factory reset too, dunno if that's going to be the case here.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Melop:
Like copy and paste the firmware into root like a normal update? What's GSI btw
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] DiBarbosaCod:
Not anymore

I had 1 or 2 % over night with WiFi,gps,4G and notifications ON . I disabled the Optiflex and now I get 0% .Went to sleep at 70% and woke up at 70%. Was asleep for around 10 hours .
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] HermesHidayat:
10% for 9 hours is normal.its around 1.111% per hour.so approx 1%/hour...with 100% your phone can last for 99 hours.

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try doing it again without wifi.im sure the battery is gonna drain more...

and im not judging but providing a screenshot would help.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
10% drain over 9 hours (over night?) is not normal.. Unless you had 4G turned on and a bit bad reception.. ? With WiFi and 4G turned off at night, it should not drain more than 1-2% MAX over night (10h). Mine usually drains 0-2% over night :D
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] HermesHidayat:
erm you read wrong...hahaha.i said its normal.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
Uhm, no? Yes, you said it is normal, but it is not.. :p LOL
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] HermesHidayat:
OP stated "I have my new ROG Phone II drained 10%(93% -> 83%) in the first night (9hours). Without battery saving mode, wifi and GPS turned on. Facebook, twitter, whatsapp and telegram running in the background. Is this normal?"

1st - OP stated NEW thus its still getting used to the users habit.

2nd - battery saving mode OFF.

3rd - wifi and gps ON.

4th - FB,Twitter,Whatsapp and Telegram allowed to run in background.

its normal. :p

and like you said with wifi and cellular OFF your phone drains 1-2% MAX. thus in the OPs case its normal :p

and yours isnt as crazy as the user above saying his phone drains 1%-2% with everything on except optiflex...unbelievable.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] stiffis:
ahh, ok, but still, 10% is a lot, even with WiFi turned on.. :p
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] DiBarbosaCod:
''Without WiFi the battery is gonna drain more "???!!!I didn't understand.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] HermesHidayat:
Yes. Because the phone will depend on Cellular for Data. Give it a try.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the ASUS ROG Phone II's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.

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[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] bkcobra:
3 hours bye bye 6000 mah phone.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Hmminteresting:
Great for all day

Played PUBG yesterday for 2:30 mins. Went from 60% to 29%.

Was using airtriggers, didn't have headphones in. Mobile data, wifi and bluetooth were all on. Was also receiving notifications and calls during the session.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] louis_ashton:
Playing pubg for 2 match and battery drop around 8%
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] androFRUST:
Battery down to 15% after 6hr 44m of Darkness rises set on Auto battle, total SOT 7h28m with 90hz / no wifi and bluetooth off
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] dvijetrecine:
i'm on custom kernel and get around 9 hours SOT with wifi on, bluetooth off, 120 hz display setting, over 50% brightness and playing games for a few hours then watching youtube for a few hours.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] eddyabasiaada50:
Wow The phone is battery capacity is large

Damn 6,000mah is large, what is the price range of the phone
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] rkumbhar:
3 hrs of pubg maxed out in graphics is this normal or not because when it was fresh out of box I can play pubg 5 hrs without charging maxed out in graphics but after Android 10 update battery life ruined up

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Thats impossible from 100 to 5% you can play atleast 6 matches Graphics full maxed out with 120hz refresh ratee
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] airjoe:
Updated to Android 10 latest firmware. I charge 3 times a day from around 30% to 80% every cycle. 2 hours games with X mode on. I don't feel battery life is good on this phone.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the ASUS ROG Phone II's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.

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[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] lrcquest:
After 2 to 3 charging cycles, it doesn't really feel like a 6k mah battery. More or less same battery life as the 4k mah k20pro. No gaming, no streaming. Both sims on 4g with dual volte.

All apps except whatsapp on battery restricted mode. No gps. No sync. On 90Hz.

On this aggressive saving settings, k20pro would have 40% left by end of day.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] bkcobra:
6.000 mah battery with screen on 25%, 60hz refresh rate, deactivated google apps and sevices, no android services opened and disabled, example: Lift phone to ear to answer calls, everything stock twinkered and like i said disabled or opened, battery lasts 2 days with minimum usage, youtube / facebook / some calls / 2-3 hours total usage per day, this is a fake battery marketing, i had years ago lenovo p2 that has 5000 mah battery and lasted longer.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the ASUS ROG Phone II as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the ASUS ROG Phone II is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the ASUS ROG Phone II is a beautiful phone.

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[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] AlanTham:
Gaming phone look...nice rgb
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the ASUS ROG Phone II feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).

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[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] bkcobra:
always in danger of cracking it.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Hmminteresting:
Built like a brick. Made of metal

Seriously JerryriEverythings video said it all.

The phone feels solid, doesn't give way when bent and won't be scratching easily.

Seriously feels solid.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the ASUS ROG Phone II feels in-hand. A higher rating indicates that it's comfortable to hold for long periods of time, even in one hand. Resist the urge to say "TWSS" just now. Seriously.

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[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Cellendril:
Perfect feel in the hands - curved edges and back means no digging into your palm. Balance for such a large phone is perfect. They really nailed the ergos on this.
[ASUS ROG Phone II Real Life Review] Swooshpragler:
In terms of weight, coming from a 143 grams weighing iPhone 6s.. this phone feels absolutely normal, and I can't help but feel that "everyone's" complaints about the weight of the ROG 2 is completely unjustified and narrow-minded. The balance is also great on it, and surely makes things even better.

The thing I can, for now, agree with the haters, is the inability to use this phone one handed. But guess what? Now I don't "multitask" (use my phone one handed while doing something else half-bakedly) anymore and I think that's really a good thing. I still try to, it just doesn't work and forces me to put my phone away.

In terms of tactile feel, it's great, Holding it is smooth, and the screen, buttons, sides, back/case back all feel smooth, firm, but never uncomfortable.

Overall, 9/10. Without considering the battery inside. What a phone.