WinBeta reports huge battery gains from firmware update

[Jazmac]

Winbeta is reporting a firmware update to the Lumia 950 and 950XL that gives mad improvements to the battery.

 

[tweedie]

any idea what this firmware it is? haven't a bit of battery problem at the moment.

 

[ajayden]

any idea what this firmware it is? haven't a bit of battery problem at the moment.

You have the twitter handle of the user in the post above. You can just follow him and ask him.

 

[refishafi]

definite big increase on my phone since the firmware update

 

[920Walker]

You have the twitter handle of the user in the post above. You can just follow him and ask him.

He's a writer at this site. Maybe he'll chime in.

 

[ajprmaverick]

I hope thats true especially with using edge random heat and massive battery drain makes me a sad panda

 

[ronaldme]

I hope thats true especially with using edge random heat and massive battery drain makes me a sad panda

It is true, but you will need to wait for the firmware.

 

[Allen Rhodes]

WHOA!! So MS is actually trying to IMPROVE battery life?[sarcasm] Thats BONKERS!!! Nice post. Hopefully the US gets this update soon. It kind of makes sense to give it to regions with a higher market share first though, just saying.

 

[Jaime Salas]

I found the thread on winbeta website that talks about the update, and some forum followers commenting and giving their thoughts on the update.
Check it out!
Firmware update for Lumia 950 and 950 XL reportedly delivers ?huge? battery improvements ? WinBeta

 

[Jazmac]

I found the thread on winbeta website that talks about the update, and some forum followers commenting and giving their thoughts on the update.
Check it out!
Firmware update for Lumia 950 and 950 XL reportedly delivers ?huge? battery improvements ? WinBeta

Thanks. Its posted in the original thread.

 

[tweedie]

Hmmm, Not sure if that's correct as it appears that I have the same firmware version as mentioned in the post, unless I misread it.

Supposing to have battery to lose only 9% after 2hrs on Netflix. So tried the experiment as well on my l950xl

House of cards e03s01 which is 58 min, battery saver on, 25% brightness, flight mode on with only WiFi on for streaming, battery drained 11%. No way 9% after TWO hours. My l950xl is 2 weeks old, hasn't even fully set up emails or anything backgroundy, so not sure how that is possible unless I have got a suspect battery problem.

Weirdly, with flight mode off, and 50% brightness, I still only lost 11% battery.

Also, slightly off topic, since I had a problem with battery not charging whilst plugged in and playing Microsoft bingo game, Netflix had no problem and was charging fine. Yet surely Netflix is more complicated then that bingo game, but Netflix performed better battery wise!

 

[tgp]

Supposing to have battery to lose only 9% after 2hrs on Netflix.

I'm pretty sure that's wrong. That would calculate out to 22 hours of screen on time (assuming that time on Netflix would be with the screen on). The smartphones currently with the best battery life are doing good to get 6 or 7 hours of screen on time, and most are around 3 or 4 hours.

 

[DeathMoJo]

Seems pretty split there in the comments on battery life improvement. My standby battery life is great, I just hope to see a little less drain with the screen on.

 

[TheChazas]

I am on .36 and new firmware and have huge battery drain, even with lots of tweaking on saving.
Have a Question, when reinstalling firmware on Recovery tool, does it reinstall, reset OS too?

 

[muness]

Have a Question, when reinstalling firmware on Recovery tool, does it reinstall, reset OS too?

Yes, the recovery tool installs both together and resets your phone while doing it.

 

[TheChazas]

Is there any way to reset/reinstall only firmware?

 

[Corwin_Amber1]

Only if it is offered OTA on the phone. As soon as there is WDRT involved, no.

 

[TheChazas]

Installing firmware first before all OS updates, could it caused any issues? because I installed firmware on stock OS .11 if I am correct.

 

[ajprmaverick]

Its all lies no improvements in battery

 

[Jazmac]

I read somewhere that the Edge browser should not be allowed to run in the background because it loves the battery more than it should. I'll see if I can't find the link.