topic Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY in Other/General

xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

brucebautista — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:44:51 GMT

I don't know but for some reason, my Xperia S is just thirsty for power. It needs to charge every end of the day, or sometimes even middle of the day, it asks for power...Is this normal for xperia s to be so power hungry for just text messages and a few phone calls and and on wifi? My wifi reception is really good, and I'm on a 3g network. Am I doing something wrong? I have Email and FB app running all day though?

Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

Uliwooly — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:49:37 GMT

you just pointed out the issue FB, but to be certain do the following

charge your phone 100% -> restart your phone -> make sure it's still at 100%

use your phone as any other day -> once it reaches 10% do the following

settings -> about phone -> battery use

take screenshots -> tap on the graph -> take a screenshot (on landscape)

also on the item list tap and copy the amount of time (hours/minutes/seconds) each app was on or take screenshots and post everything here

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Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

Uliwooly — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:52:14 GMT

in simple words, the more you sync and the often you sync the faster your battery will drain

if you sync fb contacts, calendar, albums, etc it will drain faster

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Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

brucebautista — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:53:44 GMT

ok will...thanks much

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brucebautista — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:55:30 GMT

I will try to do the screen shots, and then post it here, i'll wait for 10% and post it here...thanks...

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Uliwooly — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:57:08 GMT

anytime, we'll be expecting the results

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varunshenoy — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:19:16 GMT

Uliwooly,

I have one question for you regarding the battery, suppose the battery is low and i connect it to a charger can i use my phone simultaneously when it is charging or should i wait till it charges to a certain amount and then use it? Since its a non user replacable battery so i wanna make sure of it

and not take any chances hoping for your reply soon

And i am very happy with the battery back up my Xperia S gives me after doin all the regular stuffs and

being connected to wifi and home and work, playing games listening to music at the end of the the i wil still be left with 20% minimum thats very impressive!!! :smileyhappy:(with brightness level 50% i dont want my phone screen to look dull which is the best part of the phone, only when battery goes below 30% i hav configured it to bring down brightness to 10%)

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Uliwooly — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:22:09 GMT

you can use your phone while you charge it, that's fine

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brucebautista — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:23:34 GMT

Sorry was not able to vet fhe screenshots i have been travelling so need to charge up...but i will try to put ig here asap...thanks much

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Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:37:06 GMT

did you solved your issue?

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Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

brucebautista — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:31:01 GMT

just got home from travel, somehow during the 1 week time I was travelling around, my phone lasted the whole day, I even enough power to play with some games...I think, and therefore conclude, that it's facebook and the constant sync with my email plus the wifi that drains the batteries not to mention the constant tinkering.

for the past week my phone is at 50 sometimes 75 % screen brightness, regular sms and medium heavy calls, wifi connectivity at around average 3 hours a day, the my xperia s's batteries are holding on....and may i say holding on really good...

Thank you uliwooly !!

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brucebautista — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:45:02 GMT

uliwooly, here' s a screenshot. from my xperia s...running at 49% with 15 hours if usage...i know you instructed at 10% but I would just like to show this this is normal usage on ics... so I do think that the batteries are good?i'm not pretty sure though what do you think?thank you!

Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:41:39 GMT

Have you upgraded to build number. 75. Mine will easy last 2 days with wifi and browsing and gaming

Just a though cause I had the same problem. My display was allways over 80 %

Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

Uliwooly — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:45:25 GMT

it seems normal to me, 15hrs and you still have about 50% of battery that's good

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Softway — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:26:37 GMT

almost same kinda uses of mine but now its 25% remaining. and one thing more my screen gets too warm even i havent install a single game... what do u think abut my battery backup

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Uliwooly — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:29:24 GMT

it seems normal, do you have the bravia engine on?

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Softway — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:32:47 GMT

yes. and my brightness level is 50%. tell me one thing bro, from last few days im checking my phone temparature reaches up to 46degree sometime. even if i see some pics from galary phone upper part gets hot. and i was talking on skype few mins ago while my screen was off. i checked my phones temparature with circle battery widget and it was 42 degree on screen of mode.

is it really normal?

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Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:14:35 GMT

Well I don't think that's really normal to reach 42 degrees when screen off... Try disabling WiFi when you don't use it. My phone reaches 42 degrees only when I'm using it a lot(like playing Modern Combat 3 Online trough WiFi and also listening to music via Winamp and brightness level at about 50%)

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Dunciboy — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:18:01 GMT

Dial *#*#4636#*#* > Select Battery information > Ready temperature under 'Battery Temperature'

and then tell us how much that is at the time the screen is hot

Re: xperia S is POWER HUNGRY

brucebautista — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:39:51 GMT

...update to the battery problems I had...so far my Xperia S battery is holding on...I can now survive 2 days of excessive use including WIFI and FB, email sync and web browsing...the longest I had was around 2 and a half days of usage with around 10% still available left...I don't know what i did, but well, I normally do a weekly complete drain and complete charge (phone turned off), and I have noticed quite an improvement on the battery performannce, or could it be the ICS update..