Stock atrix battery life sucks! - Atrix 4G General

I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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which ROM are u using ? i used to have very good battery life in stock 2.2 2 . about 2 days with 5 hrs display usage.

supermerkin said:
I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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Dude, there are like three complete threads here with solutions to battery problems. Why did you create another one?
Two of them are in the very same section where you created this thread.

Solution to your battery life woes can be had by putting your sim back inyour iphone. The atrix and instructions to use this forum seem to be above your level of using technology. Btw, my battery life has been awesome.
I voided my warranty.

Dude seriously if you battery sucks its because you dont know how to use the phone properly i get 15-24 hours with heavy texting facebook and browsing you dont need to complain about somthing its your own issue creating another thread is useless post up on the others not here

Holy snot I in no way was bashing the phone but was venting my frustration in how complicated it seems to be to get the battery to last...
I also posted in the general section not QA where I knew I would get bashed.
Im on stock 2.3.4 and it seems like (due to not being able to install the 5.3 lite program) I'm stuck running stock rom and can't make changes needed you guys can.
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supermerkin said:
Holy snot I in no way was bashing the phone but was venting my frustration in how complicated it seems to be to get the battery to last...
I also posted in the general section not QA where I knew I would get bashed.
Im on stock 2.3.4 and it seems like (due to not being able to install the 5.3 lite program) I'm stuck running stock rom and can't make changes needed you guys can.
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If you aren't comfortable flashing a new rom and/or freezing system apps, give the "2x battery" app a try. It certainly is an improvement to the stock battery life.

I really want to flash one but the program I need to install on my cpu won't install... I keep getting error msgs and no one has been able to give me a solution why yet.
I used to have an htc fuze and flashed roms almost daily so I have the knowledge but my machine isn't cooperating with the needed download to unlock.
Ill try the 2x battery, thank you for the help.
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supermerkin said:
I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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User error....
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supermerkin said:
Holy snot I in no way was bashing the phone but was venting my frustration in how complicated it seems to be to get the battery to last...
I also posted in the general section not QA where I knew I would get bashed.
Im on stock 2.3.4 and it seems like (due to not being able to install the 5.3 lite program) I'm stuck running stock rom and can't make changes needed you guys can.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198333

Installed 2x battery then fully charged the phone and disconnected it around 4 our so.
wifi on the whole time, I have texted and taken some HD video plus been on FB since and have only dropped to 80%. Thank you for the tip on the program, seems to be helping. Ill leave it unplugged over night and see where I am in morning.
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Stock atrix battery life sucks!
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Could not disagree more. On my stock Atrix, I was getting just over 2 days usage (not just leaving the phone on the table) pretty consistently. Rooted and GB rom now, am getting a day and a half but am probably just getting the battery and rom used to each other lol

I don't get it, I had 80% 2 hours ago then went to 70% powered off and on and now I have 80% again?
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Omg. You have a self charging battery!
I voided my warranty and your mum.

Bender B. Rodgriguez said:
If you aren't comfortable flashing a new rom and/or freezing system apps, give the "2x battery" app a try. It certainly is an improvement to the stock battery life.
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Freezing apps would definitely help. Especially is you use "System Panel" to find the culprits.
Although from what I've heard isn't stock supposed to have better battery life than the custom ROMS?...
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Ill take a look at that one to. Went to sleep with 70% and left wifi on all night to end up with 50% this morning. I'd say that isn't too bad.
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supermerkin said:
I can't see how this is one of the biggest batteries out yet after a full nights charge and barely using the phone it needs to be charged again by the middle of the day! I'm tempted to put my sim card back in my iphone... If any one has suggestions I'm all ears.
Oh and I've tried to follow steps to root/unlock etc. but I get errors from the rsnlite 5.3.? installer that it can't install.
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You, Sir, are a five-star noob.
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supermerkin said:
Ill take a look at that one to. Went to sleep with 70% and left wifi on all night to end up with 50% this morning. I'd say that isn't too bad.
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Which battery saving mode are you using?...
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My battery lasts about 3h max, im living the dream!

@ccrows- It only lets me select the daytime mode due to not having the PRO version. And I dont see in it where I can freeze apps?
It actually seems to be charging faster as well. How long does it take you guys to get a full charge from dead on average?

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Is there anyway to make evo battery last longer
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Theres toms of threads on this, just use search
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The usual popular ways involve custom kernals, specific charging routines.
As started above, the most effective way to find out is search the forums because there are literally thousands of post about that already existing
Swyped from a galaxy far far away......
I can get my battery to stay at 100% for 4 hours is I have data turned off. That's 3g or 4g and WiFi. I turn it on when I go to check when I have the time then turn it off again. That's why the power notifications is a must have mod.
DirtyShadyWon said:
Is there anyway to make evo battery last longer
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From a Super Baked Evo #0002
Root your phone and install a custom rom, that helps tremendously. Then I recommend you flash a custom kernel from here.
DirtyShadyWon said:
Is there anyway to make evo battery last longer
I always find that if you take the battery out, it will last longer...
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Use Wifi instead of 3g whenever possible. It makes a difference. Turn off 3g when you are at work this way you will still receive texts and calls. It really lasts. I'm on 19 hours with 37%.
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I surf a lot on my phone...I mean a lot. I don't even use my PC anymore, and I probably surf the net for at least three to four hours a day (maybe more). Unfortunately, hours of surfing, even on WiFi, kills my battery. However, I have found that by turning brightness all the way down I can almost double my browsing time. It is a significant difference. You just have to learn to tolerate the dim screen, but for me it is very worth the trouble. And by the way, I have tried every trick I could find on this forum...moat made only marginal, if any, improvements. I use warm 2.2 with HTC 17 kernel.
Not much of a hack or trick...I know. But it is honestly worth it, at least for me.

Max charge 97%

Well my Max charge is 97 what could that be I am running cm7 any help is my battery damaged?
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This belongs in question and answers section.
You might be able to fix this by reconditioning your battery,otherwise your battery is just getting old
It could not be getting old I just got it last month
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Thats how it is.
cm7 and miui have same problems, and its to save you from over charging, and thats some phones start heating up too much.
Don't worry about it, its for your own phones life.
Ok that's good to know and my phone charge extremely slow and sometime not at all but then I reboot and my battery life goes way up wat is that about
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Thats because your phone is mis-reading your battery's charges.
a Re-condition would help phone re-read it more accurately, but idk how you'd do that since to re condition you have to charge till' 100% lol.
Will they change rom to make it 100 cuz I don't want to go back to 2.2 rom cm7 is to good
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Jasonhunterx said:
Will they change rom to make it 100 cuz I don't want to go back to 2.2 rom cm7 is to good
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the CM7 your using is not OFFICIAL, so the problems your facing is up to the developer to solve, not the CM team because as far as i know, they haven't even supported CM7 for us fully yet.
it's just how cm7 is reading the battery. on one revision i would get a max of 95% then 97% on another. just recondition the battery after its been plugged in for while after hitting the 97%. worst case is you have to recondition your batter again after you flash another rom or it gets fixed.
Do you know what cm7 version they've used as a base for the vibrant version? The Nexus S does this by default, to protect the battery as others have mentioned.
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i am having the same problem and im running bionix 1.3.1
DHarr20 said:
i am having the same problem and im running bionix 1.3.1
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YOU need to re-condition, YOU can fix it.
the people on MIUI or CM7 can't.
As stated its a known thing.
I used my Samsung Focus to charge a battery to 100 percent put it in my phone and it discharged to 95% then back up 97%. So the phone isnt charging the phone up all the way as it is. This is also good for the life of the battery and the battery will last longer. Also it gives and accurate reading. Sometimes with phones if it says 100 percent it is discharging thus you actually only have <95%.
I fixed the problem I just switched to best rom(trigger) then reconditioned and it charges perfect thanks for the help
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Jasonhunterx said:
Well my Max charge is 97 what could that be I am running cm7 any help is my battery damaged?
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This is by design and should occur on all Roms. Below is a link to a good Phandroid article tiled "Your Smartphone's Battery Gauge is Lying to You and its not Such a Bad Thing". It really does an excellent job with a fair amount of data explaining why your battery will only charge to 95 - 97%.
It boils down to three options:
The phone manufacturers essentially have three choices:
1. Use older charging styles which actually maintain a full battery, thereby decreasing its eventual life
2. Use new charging methods and have an accurate battery gauge
3. Use new charging methods and have the inaccurate battery gauge
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Thanks
Smh nvm not fixed my battery said 88% then I plugged in charger then it dropped to 85% wats up wit dat
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Jasonhunterx said:
Smh nvm not fixed my battery said 88% then I plugged in charger then it dropped to 85% wats up wit dat
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RECONDITION.
I told you before everytime you flash a different rom, the battery is going to be different, so reconditioning is going to help you make it more accurate reading. brah.
I did I fully charge then wiped then drained recharge then wipe
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Jasonhunterx said:
I did I fully charge then wiped then drained recharge then wipe
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You may need to do it a few times.
But since you are on a 2.2.1 rom... no need to worry, when it tells you its at 97% it's actually at 100, soon when you don't notice going from 1% to 2% will take more than regular time, it'll make up for the 3% somewhere along the lines
Ok ill let u know the results of this second try and do I have to recharge when phone off
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2 batteries for the life of your phone?

So I remember reading somewhere that if your battery starts to lose charge fast do to having it for a long time, that you can take it to a Verizon store and get a free battery and this can only be done twice for the life of your phone. Is this true.? I'm concerned because I find myself charging my phone everyday so I'm gunna need the extra. And please don't respond with battery saving techniques lol. Thank you
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Please tell me you have the extended battery. Otherwise if it is bad that you have to charge it everyday(omg!!!), you never use your phone.
Lol seems bad to me
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Haha...most people are lucky to only have to charge it once a day. Its a smartphone and being that android phones are always syncing something somewhere on the phone, you're not going to have superb battery life. Ive got an LG Dare ill sell you though. Gets great battery life XD
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juanzr1 said:
Lol seems bad to me
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I normally charge 1-2 times during the day and always overnight. I can make it through the day if I use no data at all
Jmoney47 said:
I normally charge 1-2 times during the day and always overnight. I can make it through the day if I use no data at all
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Youtube drains the battery like crazy watching phone reviews. Stuff I need to save that for my pc
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Happy man

Manage to get my sg2 up to 5 days(battery wize) now with allot of tinkering and rom switching =)
Tell me more, tell me more....
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Kanzari said:
Manage to get my sg2 up to 5 days(battery wize) now with allot of tinkering and rom switching =)
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5 days yeah, im assuming you mean 5 days on standby meaning you barely if ever used it in that time because it is practically impossible otherwise to get that amount of battery for 5 days.
One man post on some forum. 7 days
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Kanzari said:
Manage to get my sg2 up to 5 days(battery wize) now with allot of tinkering and rom switching =)
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You need to start using ur phone instead of leaving it on stand by.
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Jeeez you lot are obsessed!
Plug sockets arnt hard to find!
with an intelligent use of the power-off button your battery may last some weeks...
I had 4.5 day on normal use but disabled data.
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Greatz for buying this kind of phone and keeping it unused.
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jangomango said:
Jeeez you lot are obsessed!
Plug sockets arnt hard to find!
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Bang on man! think my worst case I have burned through a whole battery in a 4-5hours (chroot vnc gps etc) you know what though, it's not an iphone carry a spare!!! have a charger, have a battery pack charger, have a car charger!
the slightly more worrying factor for me is the power draw of some apps being greater than the draw on car charge.
I-on road for example probably the only truely useful AR app but V. battery intensive (gps and camera on full time go figure)
Lol - it doesnt matter how many days you got, i bet it was still only 3-4hrs screen on time like everyone else.
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I saw someone post a 8 days screenshot in the extended battery thread.
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i don't see the point...5 days, 7 days, 98 days...whatever...i'd acheive the same by not using my phone at all...
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Dude I can accept 5 and 7 but 98 you are on. ;-)
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"Hey guys I got my phone 2 weeks ago and haven't even had to charge it yet.
It's still in the box."
My granny claims she have't charged her phone for years Must be one of those wired devices...
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Yeah carry a spare battery and don't worry about it, no point on spend $600 on a phone only to use it like a $50 one.
I've burned through a fully charged battery in an hour and half...
curioct said:
I-on road for example probably the only truely useful AR app but V. battery intensive (gps and camera on full time go figure)
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I had to look it up, and jesus god help us if people had to rely on that to drive safely...

Battery question

This has probably been asked a million times but I have searched for an hour and cant seem to find exactly what I am looking for. I reset my battery stats because my battery life has been horrible the last week. My phone now says fully charged but the meter only shows 92. Should I let it die completely and recharge completely and then it will be fixed or will it just do the same thing? I am on ICS passion 10.6 if that makes a differnece. Ill be getting a slim 220o mah battery next week but this is still annoying me. I work 10+ hours a day and text my wife a lot and im only getting 13 hrs on the battery. About 100 texts, 30 min of web and I get auto updates via craigslist notification. GPS and wi-fi are off and my sync settings are for 1 time per day. Thanks all!
13 hours is pretty good. also, read this: https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
I like to use an app called android booster u can go in and see exactly what app is draining the most battery that might help
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Did you check out the stickied guide called "[How to] You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This" in the Vibrant Q&A section? There's some really good stuff in there. It won't help in solving your battery only charging to 92% issue, but it should help you get the most out of your battery.
Thanks all, my biggest issue I'd with the meter reading wrong, but I'll check out the better battery life thread, I can always use an improvement!
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I've tried everything but my battery life still won't pass 8 hours of use.
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Trigger 3.2. Overstock v.2.4.1
Try downloading "Battery Calibration" from the Market. When your battery reaches the max charge that you see possible, calibrate it, and reset your phone. Always works for me.
Decepticaons said:
Thanks all, my biggest issue I'd with the meter reading wrong, but I'll check out the better battery life thread, I can always use an improvement!
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just wondering..where are you getting your 2200mah slim battery from?
kohakuslayer said:
just wondering..where are you getting your 2200mah slim battery from?
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Ebay, I'll get you a link after work
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rayray430 said:
I've tried everything but my battery life still won't pass 8 hours of use.
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Trigger 3.2. Overstock v.2.4.1
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can you send me a screenie of your battery stats?
kohakuslayer said:
just wondering..where are you getting your 2200mah slim battery from?
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Here ya go...and before you ask yes it does fit lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-S2-EPIC-4G-D710-Andida-2300mAh-Slim-Extended-Battery-/270891934306?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f126ae262#ht_4741wt_1270
Battery works fine?
So no problems with this battery? I saw an 1800 but this might be better if it works and fits ok.
I should have it tomorrow or wed ill let you know about the fit
In the picture on the link you provided, that battery looks like it has four contacts, not like the Vibrant's three.
Some other pics I found on google images show that might be the case, too.
I am not holding out much hope that this battery will work for you. But if it does, please follow up and let us know.
There's a thread out there that says the epic 4g battery works with vibrant
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i use an app called ZDbox. it will tell you the temp and status of your battery along with other goodies. its free and worth a look.
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Decepticaons said:
There's a thread out there that says the epic 4g battery works with vibrant
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^^ This will solve your battery problem.. The 1800 mAh adds an extra 25% battery life span.. 25% make a HUGE difference
Did it work?? I need to get the 1800 milli-Amp battery. Right now I'm doing the 2 battery swap deal, which isn't too bad
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Damn thing still hasn't showed up, it's making me mad. It's from Canada and I live in mi. Praying it comes today.
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Decepticaons said:
Here ya go...and before you ask yes it does fit lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-S2-EPIC-4G-D710-Andida-2300mAh-Slim-Extended-Battery-/270891934306?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f126ae262#ht_4741wt_1270
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thanks, i'll wait for your updates to see how this battery holds up

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