Hello everyone,
I just took the plunge into the WP world, and so far I really like the OS a lot. I've been on android and iOS for the past 6-7 years, and was ready for a change. My upgrade was available and so I thought that I would try out the Icon. As soon as I got it I updated to 8.1 and have the latest version on the device. LOVE the features and simplicity. So much smoother than my android phones of the past, and much more customizable than my iOS devices. Here is my biggest problem... battery life. On my old Motorola Razr M (not the MAXX) I was able to get much, much better battery life. I expected this 2 year newer phone to perform better, not worse than my Razr. Is this just a fault of the WP OS (poor optimization), or am I having a unique issue on my Icon?
My battery will drop 5-8% per hour on idle, with me doing NOTHING on my phone! And thats with Cortana is off, GPS is off, brightness to low, only 2 email accounts at push (not extremely active), WiFi on, and nothing else running in the background. If I have Cortana on, GPS on, brightness auto, WiFi on, I drop 8-12% per hour on idle! Again, this is IDLE performance. If I actually surf the web, read, use the camera, it drops even faster... I've only had the phone for about a week, and I can't make it through the day without it dying before 8pm. I'm not expecting 3 day performance here, but with the same usage on my Razr I would finish the day with 55%.
Please let me know what can be done to improve the IDLE performance. I understand that it will drain faster when using HERE maps and the camera, but this is making me really consider returning the phone for a GS5... which is so frustrating because this one flaw is ruining an otherwise excellent WP experience. Please help.
Thanks
I just took the plunge into the WP world, and so far I really like the OS a lot. I've been on android and iOS for the past 6-7 years, and was ready for a change. My upgrade was available and so I thought that I would try out the Icon. As soon as I got it I updated to 8.1 and have the latest version on the device. LOVE the features and simplicity. So much smoother than my android phones of the past, and much more customizable than my iOS devices. Here is my biggest problem... battery life. On my old Motorola Razr M (not the MAXX) I was able to get much, much better battery life. I expected this 2 year newer phone to perform better, not worse than my Razr. Is this just a fault of the WP OS (poor optimization), or am I having a unique issue on my Icon?
My battery will drop 5-8% per hour on idle, with me doing NOTHING on my phone! And thats with Cortana is off, GPS is off, brightness to low, only 2 email accounts at push (not extremely active), WiFi on, and nothing else running in the background. If I have Cortana on, GPS on, brightness auto, WiFi on, I drop 8-12% per hour on idle! Again, this is IDLE performance. If I actually surf the web, read, use the camera, it drops even faster... I've only had the phone for about a week, and I can't make it through the day without it dying before 8pm. I'm not expecting 3 day performance here, but with the same usage on my Razr I would finish the day with 55%.
Please let me know what can be done to improve the IDLE performance. I understand that it will drain faster when using HERE maps and the camera, but this is making me really consider returning the phone for a GS5... which is so frustrating because this one flaw is ruining an otherwise excellent WP experience. Please help.
Thanks