Can't Live without Wp 8.1 Features but Hate Battery Life of WP 8.1 DP What to do???

[BilalSoomro17]

Battery Sucks I know it need Firmware but its like 2 Hour battery life on My 920

 

[Jonas_H]

It's still just the OS, the firmware needs to be updated, too. Just wait for Cyan! Maybe it fixes the battery life or at least makes it better!

 

[xandros9]

Have you done the normal troubleshooting spiel? From a hard reset to updating to the latest release? Disabling some unnecessary features?
Also battery life will suck the first few days

 

[maclancer]

Battery Saver settings also it's pretty good

 

[Jan Tomsic]

Battery Sucks I know it need Firmware but its like 2 Hour battery life on My 920

Did you hard reset it after updating to 8.1? Try that, it helps with the battery a bit. 2hr battery may also be hardware issue, that's too low, I'd understand if you got 2 hours less then on WP8, but only 2hrs... that's fishy. And yes, wait another month for Cyan, there's nothing more to say really. Except get a new phone.

 

[Godson Arun Kumar]

I dont understand why only some devices have this problem. My L520 has exactly similar battery life after updating to 8.1 as before( approx. 1 day)

 

[BilalSoomro17]

I did hard reset and everything. And I don't think I will get cyan update even after a month I am in Saudi Arabia and my phone is Mobily phone so even when update available in Saudi Arabia it still takes 1 week to Get on my Phone because my carrier(Mobily) Have to check first. So It's a pain to be honest

 

[a5cent]

You absolutely sure you are doing a hard reset?

Reset my Windows
Phone | Windows Phone How-to (United States)

The recommended process:

1. Hard reset
2. Install developer preview app
3. Go through all the updates (possibly multiple)
4. Hard reset again
5. Don't restore from backup

Then test the phone in this state for a bit before loading up apps. I've updated quite a few devices this way and nobody has complained about battery issues so far.

 

[BilalSoomro17]

You absolutely sure you are doing a hard reset?

Reset my Windows
Phone | Windows Phone How-to (United States)

The recommended process:

1. Hard reset
2. Install developer preview app
3. Go through all the updates (possibly multiple)
4. Hard reset again
5. Don't restore from backup

Then test the phone in this state for a bit before loading up apps. I've updated quite a few devices this way and nobody has complained about battery issues so far.

only Install Developer Preview or enable it?

 

[a5cent]

only Install Developer Preview or enable it?

Enable it. You must do so to install the updates as is stated in step 3.

 

[BilalSoomro17]

Enable it. You must do so to go through the updates as is stated in step 3.

Okay thanks I'll try that

 

[BilalSoomro17]

Enable it. You must do so to install the updates as is stated in step 3.

I did Hard reset and I installed Preview for developer app and enable it but everytime i check for Update it says Your phone is up to date

 

[a5cent]

So you didn't go back to WP8.0 after suffering 2h battery life? Updating to WP8.1 obviously only works if you aren't already on WP8.1.

If you are now already on WP8.1, and you just did a hard reset, I'd first test the device as it is now, without any extra apps on it (the developer preview app you can ignore for now), and see what battery life you get.

 

[BilalSoomro17]

So you didn't go back to WP8.0 after suffering 2h battery life? Updating to WP8.1 obviously only works if you aren't already on WP8.1.

If you are now already on WP8.1, and you just did a hard reset, I'd first test the device as it is now, without any extra apps on it (the developer preview app you can ignore for now), and see what battery life you get.

I'll update you

 

[BilalSoomro17]

Enable it. You must do so to install the updates as is stated in step 3.

My battery have improved I am using it non stop for 3 hours and I still have 63% usual if I use my Phone for 2 Hours non stop it dies. Thanks alot

 

[a5cent]

Great!

So, did you go the reset differently, or why do you think it works now?

 

[BilalSoomro17]

Great!

So, did you go the reset differently, or why do you think it works now?

I haven't installed any app so I think My phone have no Heavy load

 

[a5cent]

I haven't installed any app so I think My phone have no Heavy load

There should be no heavy load no matter how many apps you install. If there is, it's a bug in the OS, in an app, or most likely, a combination of both.

Don't install all your apps at once, just a few at a time, so if the problem returns, you can more easily determine the culprit.

Don't restore anything from a backup.

Good luck.

 

[BilalSoomro17]

Yes I Am Installing one by one and till now Battery is great

 

[Madeye234]

I keep mine in the charger all day ;(, then carry an extra battery pack when unplugged. That's my undesirable solution until cyan update. If cyan doesn't help then I will be forced to uninstall all apps and only reload ones that have 8.1 update only. Again not desirable and worth the hassle. I have 8.1 DP