topic Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours in XPERIA archive

Battery only lasts for 8 hours

JK15 — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:57:53 GMT

Is it acceptable that the battery lasts only around 8 hours with normal use?

Re: Battery life

Didrik — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 13:29:53 GMT

How long the battery lasts depends completely on usage. How are you using your phone? Are you using any apps that might require more juice than others?

I suggest that you use your phone until there is about 15% charge left. Then go to Settings > Battery > Battery usage. How's it looking here? You can upload a screenshot of your battery usage here and I'll take a look at it.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

JK15 — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:48:43 GMT

I used the phone as usual. Few phone calls, Facebook and listening to music for around 30 min. My old 2 years old phone lasted for about 5-6 hours with the same usage and it's surprising that the new one is not much better.As soon as I touch the phone the battery is dropping. Just writing this took around 2%. Battery usage was 30% for the screen set in the middle range, 10% talk and 10% cell standby. The apps as Facebook or WhatsApp was 4% or less.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

Uliwooly — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:58:01 GMT

@JK15

We'll need more info to better assist you

charge the phone 100% use it as you normally would then once the battery reaches 10%

settings > battery > take screenshots of:

1. the list

2. tap on the graph and take a screenshot

3. back > tap on the top 4 items on the list > take a screenshot of each

post them all here or upload the screenshots to box or dropbox or google drive or etc and post the link

make sure to tap on the graph

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

LittleMissGiggl — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 09:56:09 GMT

Hi,

I've had my phone for 9 days, and I'm also having horrendous issues with the battery.

Currently according to the battery management, my screen is taking up 47% of my battery. Top four apps including whatsapp, playstore and Google are taking up <5%. Charging to 100%, taken off charge at 7:15am, and with very little useage due to being at work (so only messaging, no camera use, music or browsing) and it's down to 74%. It is now 11:50am. I mean to go down that much in 4 hours with not much usage is pretty shocking.

I already find myself having to pre-empt my battery dying while out and about if I am expecting to use my phone a lot. I could put it in stamina mode but as I can't customise stamina mode to ensure certain things are kept running, I am reluctant to do so (no vibrate options for notifications and occasionally push notifications don't come through).

Is this normal for a phone that is advertised to have two days battery? Because at the moment my M2 has a better battery than this.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

Rickard — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:12:43 GMT

@LittleMissGiggles

Sorry to hear that your battery doesn't last as long as you expect.

When you notice that the display has been using more battery than expected, first check how long it's been on from Settings -> Battery -> Show battery usage and then tap Screen in the list. If it's been on more than you've used the phone, make sure that the phone is not placed in such a way that you may be waking it up by pressing its buttons.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

branky1 — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:08:31 GMT

The battery gets real capacity after a few charging.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

wolfman017 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 14:10:13 GMT

Hi,

I have a battery drain issue too. It seems the Android OS takes all the battery, but I can't find why.

Here are some screenshots

I had a similar issue with a Xperia Z5 a few weeks ago (I sent it back to the shop) :

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

JK15 — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:42:24 GMT

I did return the phone and got a new back. Hopefully it's
better otherwise I am really disappointed with Sonys advertising about the fantastic battery time. For now it seems unfortunately as bad but I will test it properly tomorrow. It seems that I am not the only one.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

wolfman017 — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 09:52:41 GMT

New screenshot. I unplugged my phone yesterday morning, and I didn't used it during almost 24 hours. The "Android OS" drained all the battery !!

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

1adrian1 — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:01:21 GMT

A brand new device will take at least a week of using and charging before it even thinks about reaching its maximum performance.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

Rickard — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:57:50 GMT

@Wolfman_FR

Could you test if this also happens when the phone is in safe mode?

Do you have an SD card in the phone and if so, could you also try to remove this and see if that helps?

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

wolfman017 — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:15:45 GMT

Hi,

I think I found which application was draining the battery. It is "La Poste", which was actively using the localization. I uninstalled the app, and I have no more battery drain on "Android OS".

I have to check Spotify now, which is consuming a little too much, but is not specific to the xperia X.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

Rickard — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:21:57 GMT

Glad to hear that you found the app causing it and thanks for letting us know which one

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

Overmark — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:45:41 GMT

Hi all, snce some updates Saturday/Sunday my battery startet to drain within about 5 hours even in stamina-mode. After a simple restart of the phone it looks like the battery is back to normail. Hope this is helpfull!

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

ykphuah — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:20:03 GMT

For more detailed information about what possibly drains your battery, you can try this

https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/3y8144/guide_finding_battery_issues_with_googles_battery/

It gives a lot more information compared to what you get in the Battery Stats, but some of it might be a bit technical to digest.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

Maniaacos — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:06:00 GMT

What should be the "normal" % level that Android OS uses?

Been using Xperia X for a couple of weeks now and as i see it then the Android OS is draining the battery. It's been always between 30%-50%. Is'nt that a bit too much?

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

ykphuah — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:26:19 GMT

My android os is 11%.

Have you checked whether are there any accounts you have that is having sync problems?

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

sgiesen78 — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:47:23 GMT

yep, please double-check background services, lagging apps etc. Consider booting in safe mode. Because this sounds really weird. Even with my havy usage the phone's battery last for two days.

Re: Battery only lasts for 8 hours

Maniaacos — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 05:27:53 GMT

Does the Battery Stats app give enough info or should i really dig in to https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/3y8144/guide_finding_battery_issues_with_googles_battery/ ?