Final photo album, phone lasted 52.5 hours. http://imgur.com/a/5ALMv
I posted this on reddit, /r/windowsphone, but I figure it would do more good over here.
I have not downloaded the update to developer preview yet. I am still using the "faulty" one. I am using a black lumia 1520 with the 3,400 mah battery.
This is not your usual "I'm gonna complain about horrible battery life in my 920" post. In this post, I fix the battery life issue using rather... unorthodox ways.
I tried out battery saver mode and my phone died in 5 hours with the screen off while I was asleep. I charged the phone to 100% and tried out battery saver again, thinking this was a fluke. Nope, I got an alarm that my phone was dying faster than 15% per hour (Thank you battery performance app) and sure enough it was dying FAST. Once again, this was while using the battery saver application.
Here was my settings during these tests: **Warning. These settings may cause your battery to drain extremely quickly.** I'm just posting these settings for science. If someone wants to risk their phone and try it, go ahead.
* I had reset the phone once BEFORE charging it to 100% to make sure the readings were accurate. I reset the phone AGAIN after it reached 100% to make sure it was accurate.
* Airplane mode.
* Brightness set to automatic low.
* Theme dark violet.
* No sounds for anything except system alerts.
* Internet sharing off.
* Lock screen 30 seconds.
* Battery saver turned on ALL the time, not just when low. Phone at 100% battery charge.
* Screen rotation unlocked.
* Project my screen off.
* Find my phone off.
* Backup off.
* Sync my settings off.
* Driving mode off.
* Quiet hours off.
* Advertising ID off.
* Feedback disabled.
* Sunlight readability off.
* Battery saver brightness off.
* Glance disabled.
* Ringer off when phone is turned over.
* Touch sensitivity normal.
* Double tap off.
* Navigation bar vibrations off.
NONE of my applications were not allowed to function in the background. NONE of them. Email and weather were set to check for updates once per day.
My start screen has: Amazing weather HD. Nokia Camera. Phone. Messaging. Calendar. Hotmail. Cortana. IE. Nokia Car App. Settings. Battery saver. Data sense. Storage sense.
Both times I tried it, my phone died very very quickly. Like I said, about 20% per hour.
This confused me because before my phone regularly lasted over 24 hours with medium use. The other day, I was losing 11% per hour while charging the phone with the charger that came with the phone. Battery saver was on while I was charging.
I am posting this information here because I have no idea where to contact a member of microsoft so they can test this out for themselves and maybe fix this bug because I think the bug has to do with the battery saver app.
Now if you're having battery issues, you're going to turn on battery saver. If battery saver is killing your battery, you're going to get a surge of people complaining that there's nothing they can do to save battery because battery saver is killing their battery, not saving it.
**End of Part where I complain about battery life.**
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**Beginning of part where I fixed battery life.**
I have NOT downloaded the latest update, so if that fixed your battery life, cool. Yesterday at 5am was when my phone died the first time. I charged the phone to 100% and within an hour it was trying to kill itself again. So now it was about 1pm. I charged the phone to 100%, did the whole reset twice thing. Here are my current settings.
* My theme is dark.
* Ringer is on full volume with vibrate on (I'm sure this doesn't matter, but for the sake of science and w/e.). *I have my email account set to sync once an hour, same with my weather app.
* Internet sharing is off.
* Lock time is 30 seconds.
* Wi-fi is on.
* Wi-fi sense is on, all boxes checked.
* Airplane mode is off.
* Bluetooth is off.
* Cellular data is on. Roaming is off.
* NFC is off.
* VPN is off.
* No workplace account or kid's corner.
* Battery saver is ALWAYS off.
* Data sense restrict when near limit. Restrict background data when roaming. Set to automatic.
* Brightness, turn automatic off, set level to low, then turn automatic on.
* Screen rotation is unlocked.
* Project my screen is not connected.
* Find my phone is on.
* Everything is set to back up except videos.
* Sync my settings only syncs app settings and internet explorer.
* Driving mode is off.
* Quiet hours doesn't matter, I have it turned off but it automatically turns on from 9pm to 7am.
* Location is on.
* Advertising ID is on.
* Feedback is enabled.
* Ease of access, text is as small as possible, everything else is off.
* Display, both are on. Color temp and saturation is maxed out.
* Glance is set to peek. Always on while charging. Lock screen notifications. Night mode red from 9pm-7am.
* Audio enhancements flip to silence is on.
* Touch is set to high and everything else is on.
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Now for application settings.
* Cortana, everything is on, facebook is signed out. Speech settings is off for incoming text messages. Search settings safe search off, allow microsoft to store images.
* Internet explorer, mobile version, tabs, automatic data sense savings.
* Maps use my location.
* Messaging everything on.
* People location on.
* Photos everything is checked on all the boxes.
* Store everything is on.
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Now for applications allowed to run in the background.
* **Battery performance always allowed.**
* Battery saver always allowed.
* **Internet explorer always allowed.**
* **Amazing weather HD always allowed.**
* **Cortana Always allowed.**
* OneDrive always allowed.
* Store always allowed.
* **Calendar always allowed.**
* Here Drive+ Always allowed.
* Everything else is not allowed to run in the background. Bold applications are live tiles.
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The ONLY time I change anything, is that I turn off Wi-fi when I leave home so it's not constantly searching.
**It has been 12 hours of light to medium use and my battery is at 82%.** I have reset the phone to make sure it isn't some bug and the battery went down 1% but that's it.
I'm not sure what's going on, but I thought you guys would find my findings interesting. At this rate my phone should last over 3 days, with location, wifi, and cellular data set to on and all the fixins available. Once again this is on a 1520 with the 3,400 mah battery.
After my phone dies, I will install the update and if battery life changes at all, I will let you guys know.
Tl;Dr Turned everything off (Wifi, data, location) and phone died in 5 hours. Turned everything ON and the phone should last 4 days.
I posted this on reddit, /r/windowsphone, but I figure it would do more good over here.
I have not downloaded the update to developer preview yet. I am still using the "faulty" one. I am using a black lumia 1520 with the 3,400 mah battery.
This is not your usual "I'm gonna complain about horrible battery life in my 920" post. In this post, I fix the battery life issue using rather... unorthodox ways.
I tried out battery saver mode and my phone died in 5 hours with the screen off while I was asleep. I charged the phone to 100% and tried out battery saver again, thinking this was a fluke. Nope, I got an alarm that my phone was dying faster than 15% per hour (Thank you battery performance app) and sure enough it was dying FAST. Once again, this was while using the battery saver application.
Here was my settings during these tests: **Warning. These settings may cause your battery to drain extremely quickly.** I'm just posting these settings for science. If someone wants to risk their phone and try it, go ahead.
* I had reset the phone once BEFORE charging it to 100% to make sure the readings were accurate. I reset the phone AGAIN after it reached 100% to make sure it was accurate.
* Airplane mode.
* Brightness set to automatic low.
* Theme dark violet.
* No sounds for anything except system alerts.
* Internet sharing off.
* Lock screen 30 seconds.
* Battery saver turned on ALL the time, not just when low. Phone at 100% battery charge.
* Screen rotation unlocked.
* Project my screen off.
* Find my phone off.
* Backup off.
* Sync my settings off.
* Driving mode off.
* Quiet hours off.
* Advertising ID off.
* Feedback disabled.
* Sunlight readability off.
* Battery saver brightness off.
* Glance disabled.
* Ringer off when phone is turned over.
* Touch sensitivity normal.
* Double tap off.
* Navigation bar vibrations off.
NONE of my applications were not allowed to function in the background. NONE of them. Email and weather were set to check for updates once per day.
My start screen has: Amazing weather HD. Nokia Camera. Phone. Messaging. Calendar. Hotmail. Cortana. IE. Nokia Car App. Settings. Battery saver. Data sense. Storage sense.
Both times I tried it, my phone died very very quickly. Like I said, about 20% per hour.
This confused me because before my phone regularly lasted over 24 hours with medium use. The other day, I was losing 11% per hour while charging the phone with the charger that came with the phone. Battery saver was on while I was charging.
I am posting this information here because I have no idea where to contact a member of microsoft so they can test this out for themselves and maybe fix this bug because I think the bug has to do with the battery saver app.
Now if you're having battery issues, you're going to turn on battery saver. If battery saver is killing your battery, you're going to get a surge of people complaining that there's nothing they can do to save battery because battery saver is killing their battery, not saving it.
**End of Part where I complain about battery life.**
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**Beginning of part where I fixed battery life.**
I have NOT downloaded the latest update, so if that fixed your battery life, cool. Yesterday at 5am was when my phone died the first time. I charged the phone to 100% and within an hour it was trying to kill itself again. So now it was about 1pm. I charged the phone to 100%, did the whole reset twice thing. Here are my current settings.
* My theme is dark.
* Ringer is on full volume with vibrate on (I'm sure this doesn't matter, but for the sake of science and w/e.). *I have my email account set to sync once an hour, same with my weather app.
* Internet sharing is off.
* Lock time is 30 seconds.
* Wi-fi is on.
* Wi-fi sense is on, all boxes checked.
* Airplane mode is off.
* Bluetooth is off.
* Cellular data is on. Roaming is off.
* NFC is off.
* VPN is off.
* No workplace account or kid's corner.
* Battery saver is ALWAYS off.
* Data sense restrict when near limit. Restrict background data when roaming. Set to automatic.
* Brightness, turn automatic off, set level to low, then turn automatic on.
* Screen rotation is unlocked.
* Project my screen is not connected.
* Find my phone is on.
* Everything is set to back up except videos.
* Sync my settings only syncs app settings and internet explorer.
* Driving mode is off.
* Quiet hours doesn't matter, I have it turned off but it automatically turns on from 9pm to 7am.
* Location is on.
* Advertising ID is on.
* Feedback is enabled.
* Ease of access, text is as small as possible, everything else is off.
* Display, both are on. Color temp and saturation is maxed out.
* Glance is set to peek. Always on while charging. Lock screen notifications. Night mode red from 9pm-7am.
* Audio enhancements flip to silence is on.
* Touch is set to high and everything else is on.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Now for application settings.
* Cortana, everything is on, facebook is signed out. Speech settings is off for incoming text messages. Search settings safe search off, allow microsoft to store images.
* Internet explorer, mobile version, tabs, automatic data sense savings.
* Maps use my location.
* Messaging everything on.
* People location on.
* Photos everything is checked on all the boxes.
* Store everything is on.
__________________________________________________________________________
Now for applications allowed to run in the background.
* **Battery performance always allowed.**
* Battery saver always allowed.
* **Internet explorer always allowed.**
* **Amazing weather HD always allowed.**
* **Cortana Always allowed.**
* OneDrive always allowed.
* Store always allowed.
* **Calendar always allowed.**
* Here Drive+ Always allowed.
* Everything else is not allowed to run in the background. Bold applications are live tiles.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
The ONLY time I change anything, is that I turn off Wi-fi when I leave home so it's not constantly searching.
**It has been 12 hours of light to medium use and my battery is at 82%.** I have reset the phone to make sure it isn't some bug and the battery went down 1% but that's it.
I'm not sure what's going on, but I thought you guys would find my findings interesting. At this rate my phone should last over 3 days, with location, wifi, and cellular data set to on and all the fixins available. Once again this is on a 1520 with the 3,400 mah battery.
After my phone dies, I will install the update and if battery life changes at all, I will let you guys know.
Tl;Dr Turned everything off (Wifi, data, location) and phone died in 5 hours. Turned everything ON and the phone should last 4 days.
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even though my phone is only losing 1% per hour.
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