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Is this normal? Razr Maxx

I just got my razr maxx last Thursday, and I am wondering if the battery on it is normal or there is something wrong with it. It's charged at 100%, and I take it off the charger and start using it with normal usage, after about 28 minutes the battery indicator changes to 90%, and then turns into 80% after 1 hour of usage. I am not running anything heavy, in fact I am constantly terminating background apps and tasks in an attempt to reduce battery usage. I thoguht this is razr Maxx with 3400mAH and it's suppose to outlast other android devices. Is there something wrong with my battery? Should I take it back to verizon and make them get me a new one since I am still in the 14 days warranty?

I have not let the battery fall below 40% yet in my daily usage, therefore I have never really fully discharged it. Any thoughts?

Here is breakdown of my usage today: 14h 3m 26s on battery. Current = 40%. (please note large amount of time is spent idling)

Display 26% Time ON=2h41m31s

Android OS 21% (53m27s)

Wifi 12% (9h46m40s)

Maps 11% (30s)

Mediaserver 6% (13m47s)

Phone IDLE 6% (11h23m54s)

Cell Standby 5%(14h6m43s)

Browser 4% (9m46s)

Facebook 3% (14m2s)

Android Systems 2% (10m2s)

NOTE: Large amount of time was spent idling, but excluding idling, do you think it's normal?

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B33

Go to the Market an Get a App called Circle Battery it's a Free app but they have a Paid Version as Well once installed on your Home screen Take your Finger press lightly on the screen till you see Widgets pop When you do scroll up a bit an choose your size of your Circle. Once it's on the Screen tap it. It will take you to the Settings for it Follow the Instructions an it helps to watch the Video if there is one with in the app. But once it's all set up you can Tap it an then Scroll up to Information Touch either Battery or Battery Usage an it will tell you how an what is Consuming your Battery the most. From there you just need to do adjustment that will help give your Battery a little more time Say like you see the Display it shows 50 to 75% Ok what do you do to adjust it. This is what you would do. Go to your settings > Display > Enter there > from there you can trim your time out to Adjusting your Display's Brightness Mine is set to 15% an Auto Brightness is Unchecked. An the smart Actions App Can help a Bunch give it a Try. An the last thing i will Add is this Charge the Battery Fully about 3 to Hours it is a big Battery you can let it go an Hour or Two over that. I do that on mine an when it get's down to were it needs to be charged i prefer letting it go down to were the Red led indicator is Flashing then i put it on the Charger an i use Motorola Chargers the one that came in the Box Please Don't charge it from your Computer that's not a good choice... B33

Xu701zero i read your post again stop trying to cancel those apps your doing more Harm than Good an if you Downloaded a Task killer Take it off Now...

xu701zero

I'm seeing many circle battery app, can you tell me the developer of the one you are speaking of? Thank you :smileyhappy:

B33

give me a second >>> Ok the App is by Cedric Depoortere (( you can get it Free or for a $1.49

xu701zero

I forgot to mention, I am also running on full 4G LTE network ever since I got the phone. My area is very well covered by 4G LTE

rcschnoor

One way I can think of which would possibly cause the battery to drain which would be normal would be if you were in an area which had no service and your phone was CONSTANTLY searching for service.

For example, my workplace does not receive cellular service. It is blocked by the building and equipment around my office. I can leave the phone on my desk in the morning at 100% battery charge and by noon, the battery would be dead. This would be with NO usage, and the screen never being on. I can take the same 100% battery charge AWAY from my office, talk on the phone for a couple of hours, send/receive 50-100 text messages, read my Kindle book for an hour or two and still have well over 50% battery usage in the same amount of time.

Because of this, while my phone is sitting on my desk, I always have it in airplane mode. This way, when I leave my office and take the phone out of airplane mode, I have ~100% battery charge.

ncoclub

Isn't it also true that if you are in an area that does not have 4g coverage you need to manually set your phone to 3g to avoid the phone constantly looking for 4g and using battery power?

B33

No! you want to keep it on CDMA/LTE an don't change it from there A T3 Tech advised me of this.. it can cause issues..

ncoclub

THX....

AZSALUKI

here's the short story. if you can go for an entire day and actually USE the device for at least 3 hours (browsing, talking, texting, music, vids, etc, etc) during the day, then your battery is fine. if you'r not using it at all and it's draining down to 10-20% in less than a day, then the battery is likely bad......but it sounds to me like your battery is fine. it looks to me like your display was actually on for almost 3 hours and you still had 40% left. that's a solid battery. fyi....unless you actually need to use 4g then i would force it to 3g only and you'll get significantly more battery life. i'm in a solid 4g network (phoenix), but it still crushes my battery. i put it on 3g only and i switch it to LTE mode if i want to stream video or download large files.

xu701zero

AZSALUKI,

But your assumption is for any regular android devices. However, the razr MAXX is advertised for it's long lasting battery, containing 3400mAH, therefore, the general expectation should be at least a little higher. 3 hours certainly doesn't seem to suffice for a 3400mAH.

AZSALUKI

but it also has top of the line specs (processor, display, etc) that will consume a bit more battery than my tbolt, for example. it appeared that you were at 2 hours and 40 minutes of the display on and had 40% left. that seems to me like you were on pace for a solid 5 hours of actual use, which i still say is a solid battery.looking at your stats, i can't really figure out why the display was on for nearly 3 hours???? it doesn't appear that you used it much, but i can only assume that it was in use whenever the display was on. if that's the case, then 14 hours off of the charge and 2 hours and 40 minutes of usage, with 40% left seems good to me....even for a 3400.

xu701zero

UPDATE:

After a full drain and complete recharge and used it today, here is the battery report, B33, let me know if I should return the phone?

14h 25m 10s on battery

breakdown:

Display 29% 4h 6m 32

Android OS 17% 49m 8s

Media Server 10% 23m 42s

Android System 7% 25m 39s

Voice Calls 7% 8m 52s

Skype 47m 47s

Cell Standby 5% 14h 23m 51s

Phone Idle 5% 10h 18m 37s

Pandora 4% 59m 18s

Browser 4% 9m 1s

Wifi 2% 1h 49m 19s

B33

How much Battery do have left Xu looking at your Battery in the Pull down Bar is it a 1/4 or 1/2 from the Full Edge or more.

B33

xu701zero wrote:
UPDATE:
After a full drain and complete recharge and used it today, here is the battery report, B33, let me know if I should return the phone?
14h 25m 10s on battery
breakdown:
Display 29% 4h 6m 32
Android OS 17% 49m 8s
Media Server 10% 23m 42s
Android System 7% 25m 39s
Voice Calls 7% 8m 52s
Skype 47m 47s
Cell Standby 5% 14h 23m 51s
Phone Idle 5% 10h 18m 37s
Pandora 4% 59m 18s
Browser 4% 9m 1s
Wifi 2% 1h 49m 19s

Your results over all did not look to bad the only thing running a Mildly high is you display an Skype: I my self i don't use skype at all the display might come down if you adjust you brightness down to the 10 to 15% level that's were mine is set an i can still see the display Fine an i unchecked the Automatic Brightness. But like i said your other levels look Really Good an if you still have a 1/2 to 3/4 of your battery left i don't think you have a problem. Let me ask you this do you have your phone in hand all the time , part time or just on a Occasion.

xu701zero

I had only 9% battery left. My display at all time is adjusted to the smallest possible amount( my assumption is 0%, i slide it all the way down). When skype is on, the display doesn't turn off. I have my phone with me at all time, but i check it regularly, like...not obsessively, i consider myself normal usage.

xu701zero

So disappointed, either i am really paranoid about my battery or there is something really wrong about it. Motorla claims you can stream videos for straight 15 hours and 2 and a half whole day of music listening. i barely streamed an hour of netflix and it took away 10% of my battery already today.

xu701zero

Guys, I finally figured out the problem with the battery and I fixed it and now my battery is lasting forever! now my problem is to kill it, not conserve it!:)

Here is what I did to fix the battery:

Removed bloatware from Verizon. The biggest problem is Backup Assistant constantly synching in the background, it goes on even if you disable the sync. Another thing was I had Lookout on constant running ( in case i need to locate my lost droid), and that app was constantly siphoning data even with sync disabled.

Another thing was the bloat wares called Social Location and Social Networking. After removing all those. My battery drains very well.

I also set up SmartAction to do several things, such as when screen dims, it stops background data (not background sync, those are different things). and whenever Wifi is connected, 4G LTE will be turned off and vice versa.

For today I discharged it at 9am. Right now I have 41% left. Battery used 13h 15m 8s. I used it heavily today. 4G LTE was turned on.

Hope that helps people!

B33

Well heck that calls for going to the Ice Box an getting a Fudge bar or a Budweiser.

bearone21

how do you know it's syncing constantly? b a should sync 1 time a day, in it's configuration setup, not continually.

when wi-fi is connected, 3g/4g will be off & vice versa., smartaction isn't doing that.

B33

His might be set up a little different Bear: But on my Maxx i got one of my smart Actions to kick on my Wi-Fi an kick of the Network as soon as we drive in the Drive way. It's Cool how you can set this Device Up like one of my other smart actions is when i hook my Wired Ear phones into the Jack it Automatically kick Winamp in the Display because it's set up as the Action trigger an it ready to Go. There are 12 to 15 Actions & Triggers that you can set Up on the Maxx an you set it to do it Automatic or Manual set up..

bearone21

so the maxx isn't smart enuff to switch to home wi-fi by itself??

when it's doing all these varied tasks, seems like it's got to be using excess batt power.

Looper

How did you review the bloatware XU?

FBecht

Looking into Battery Circle. Batt Life seems inconsistent with similar usage daily.

I think Motorola has major problems with batteries. I just bought a Bluetooth visorunit (TX500). Said 45 hours talk time, 6 months standby.

Well, after a 24 hour charge, it died in standby within 12 hours. Waiting for the replacement.

B33

On circle Battery when your Battery is Fully Charged you will want to Tap the Widget an go into the Settings an scroll to the Bottom an Tab Battery Usage once in there Tap your Menu button it will bring up a Box with Refresh Tap to refresh. It will refresh the widget an start it off with a new Monitoring Cycle.B33

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