Lumia 920 battery - Your opinions

[carlson03]

Re: lumia 920 Battery Issues

I may give it a try, just odd they keep saying Windows 7, like they copied and pasted and didn't change it

 

[Thisis_ugo]

Re: lumia 920 Battery Issues

I may give it a try, just odd they keep saying Windows 7, like they copied and pasted and didn't change it

 

[gedzum]

Facebook messenger and skype are the biggest drains on battery for me. Usage sometimes goes to around 5-10% an hour

 

[jp2code]

Does every smartphone get really hot while using the data services?

 

[gedzum]

Does every smartphone get really hot while using the data services?

After a while my 920 does get quite hot when using data. It gets especially hot when doing skype video calls. My cousin's Galaxy S4 also has the same issue.

 

[carlson03]

So, after many hard resets, I am sending my phone in to Nokia for repair...the phone gets hot for no reasons, I even had no other apps installed for a few days and it still did it, plus battery drops by 10-15% after a reboot. I am using my old Lumia 520 until I send it in. Guess we will see what they say about it, glad its only 6 weeks old and covered under warranty

 

[npoe]

After having around 17% of battery drain per hour in standby I decided to hard reset the phone without the SIM after reading some comments. I haven't hard reset the phone since Portico and honestly the battery is now awesome! I'm around 6% down after 9 hours of standby use which would be impossible even with battery saver on since the drain was around 15% per hour with battery saver.

I'm still pending of using Modern Mayor since the hard reset which I think that might the culprit of my problems.

 

[carlson03]

After having around 17% of battery drain per hour in standby I decided to hard reset the phone without the SIM after reading some comments. I haven't hard reset the phone since Portico and honestly the battery is now awesome! I'm around 6% down after 9 hours of standby use which would be impossible even with battery saver on since the drain was around 15% per hour with battery saver.

I'm still pending of using Modern Mayor since the hard reset which I think that might the culprit of my problems.

That's great that it worked, I tried that and thought it was facebook, but my problem came back on the second day...keep an eye on it and hopefully it will be good for you

 

[Noob1ee]

The battery life on my 920 seems to have gotten a lot worse after updating to Cyan =(

 

[npoe]

That's great that it worked, I tried that and thought it was facebook, but my problem came back on the second day...keep an eye on it and hopefully it will be good for you

The problem got back after using Tapatalk (the phone got hot and battery drained a lot), it lasted for about one week in which I left the phone to die about 3 times and since the last time it seems stable in battery use.

On a last thought I wouldn't call it a success until next week. I still have Tapatalk installed but I don't use it anymore.

 

[carlson03]

The problem got back after using Tapatalk (the phone got hot and battery drained a lot), it lasted for about one week in which I left the phone to die about 3 times and since the last time it seems stable in battery use.

On a last thought I wouldn't call it a success until next week. I still have Tapatalk installed but I don't use it anymore.

Yeah, it did it to me even when I had no apps installed...so for me, maybe the battery was bad...waiting to hear back from nokia repair center

 

[OleWild]

Since updating to Cyan, my L920 has gone from 10-12 hours between charges to 3-4 hours with minimal use. If I actually use the phone, it'll drain out in less than two hours. I'm constantly going from one charger to another to keep it functioning. I've also noticed that I have to use a wall charger or wireless charging plate to charge it. If I use USB, the drainage rate is equal to the charge rate so it never charges, just sits at whatever level it is at whenever I plug it in! This is becoming a huge pain in the neck!

ETA: I think I found my problem. Since updating, my Yahoo Mail account was in a constant state of syncing! It never stopped! Even when I powered off and on, or did a soft reset, it would immediately get stuck in syncing once the phone came back on. I never received any error messages and email would come through and go out, but the sync never stopped running and drained the battery down rapidly. I deleted the account and recreated it. Since then it appears to be functioning properly and the excessive battery drain has stopped....at least for now!

 

[Lev VioN]

Re: lumia 920 Battery Issues

My lumia 920 does the same even with the latest cyan update.

 

[VisualD]

Since 8.1 my battery as been extremely consistent and I'm averaging 1 day 18h, pretty good.

Data, wifi and location are all almost activated 100% of the time with only BT down at 20%. Loads of background tasks and synching. NFC, tap, auto-brightness, glance etc activated.

DevPreview: 8,10.14176.243

 

[Estep16]

After upgrading the Cyan I noticed a slight decrease in my battery life as well. However, this seems to have evened out now and I seem to almost always make it through the day without needing to recharge. Some mornings though, it seems to drain extremely quickly, while others it will barely drop. Hard to tell sometimes, but the overall battery life has definitely decreased from when I bought the phone almost 2 years ago now.

 

[walterg1]

Re: lumia 920 Battery Issues

I've had my used 920 about a week or so now.
The latest charge cycle I got 26 hours and it had 15% charge left.
I'm trying different things to see what gives me the longest time.

What I find strange is that for this charge cycle I had the brightness set to medium instead of auto.
Going to test it this way for a few days and see if the results average the same or close to the same.

I am on 8.1 Cyan.

 

[zemo323]

I use Lumia 920 with Cyan for a few weeks and I'm very disappointed with battery. This morning at 7am I disconnected of charger, at 9:30pm the battery was at 50%- very very bad.

 

[Tom Snyder]

Since 8.1 my battery as been extremely consistent and I'm averaging 1 day 18h, pretty good.

Data, wifi and location are all almost activated 100% of the time with only BT down at 20%. Loads of background tasks and synching. NFC, tap, auto-brightness, glance etc activated.
DevPreview: 8,10.14176.243

My battery life has improved with 8.1 as well, but the Windows Store with update notifications was what was draining my battery. Since we can turn that auto update or notification of and I can check it manually all is well. Plus the update on the Battery Saver will now allow us to see what app is sucking our battery down would have helped all of us see what are the battery hogs.

 

[walterg1]

Re: lumia 920 Battery Issues

My test i did above with medium brightness. I got 26 hours.
That was with medium to heavy usage, including playing various games.
Confirmed the test with similar results.

Brightness still set to medium, test with very light to light usage.
I'm at 47 hours and still have 27% battery charge to go.
So I don't seem to have any battery issues with my 920 so far.

 

[gedzum]

FB messenger still drains my battery pretty badly. Whenever I don't use it, my battery life improves significantly.