G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 So I just got a Moto X, it's my first phone with a non-removable battery and.... How do you people cope? I've managed to kill the phone twice in the 24 hours I've have it (battery seems to last ~8 hours, from 100% to 0%). Maybe i'm just spoiled from my Droid 3 (never thought i'd be saying that) but that seems a bit short to me. Any advice to making battery last longer besides avoid games (already am) and try not to use the screen and/or dim the screen (already using Lux to keep it as low as I can go)? Am I doomed to go with the Galaxy Bloatware*? I suppose it's too soon to start looking for a Moto X battery case/attachment that would be removable & (re)charge the device? *I'd go G4 Play Edition but i'm on VZW because of grandfathered unlimited data....so that's no good :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dale Dubnyk Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I doubt Samsung is going to last longer out of the box. Give it a few cycles first to really settle in. Your the first person I've heard of anyone to complain about battery life on that phone. It's the best battery life out there with exception of the maxx phones.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_James Brazeal Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Turn down brightness. If you area Dou's not have LTE turn it off as CDMA is less stress on phone if it does nor need to switch back and forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Dale Dubnyk but that's just it! If I have a spare battery, it doesn't have to last as long out of the box. As for the battery life on this phone, I expected it to be better as well (maybe it is better & everything else would only last a few hours? I don't have a good feel!) As for the power saving features, the vast majority seem to focus on you not actually using the phone, or at least the screen! Gramps - Allen oh, I understand that well enough! It's a choice of lesser evils, and I'm wondering if I chose wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_R.C. Curtright Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Well, if you go galaxy whatever, I can offer you this. Jelly Bean let's you deactivate apps now. They will disappear from the app drawer and can't run background processes. Unfortunately that doesn't clear them off the SD and get you your storage back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 James Brazeal I currently have LTE off & have a widget to manually turn it on/off as needed. Also using Lux to automatically adjust screen brightness based on how bright it is in the area (love that app!). I usually have bluetooth on cause i use a headset, but I keep 4G/WiFi off when not needed, and haven't actually gotten around to turning on NFC yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 R.C. Curtright true. And I hear Samsung took up their share of space, and then some :p But is taking up space all these apps do if you never use them, or are any of them 'helpful services' that are running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Johan Appelgren Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Perhaps it is the new toy syndrome? :) In those 8 hours for how long was the display on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Johan Appelgren entirely possible it's new toy syndrome, I was certainly using it pretty heavily. And maybe I need to spend some time with it and get used to trusting the force "active notifications"which fade in & out when the screen is "off" But i tend to be a pretty heavy user of the screen...even if i'm not processor/graphics intensive. And maybe this phone isn't designed for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Joshua Hughes according to the battery usage details in android 77% screen...but I've always wondered how accurate that is...especially given that it doesn't say anything about WiFi or 4G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Joshua Hughes i'll take a look. We'll see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Johan Appelgren Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 John Mink Wifi shows up as Wi-Fi and 4g as Cell standby usually. Don't know how accurate the battery usage estimates are. Probably close enough to be able to find bad apps draining the battery at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_L I Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 John Mink have you thought about an external battery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Lionel D any suggestions? All depends on the dimensions & energy they can store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_L I Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I have an 11,000 mAh 5-port unit by Lumsing that cost me $30 at Amazon. It can charge multiple devices. But there are others there that are smaller and maybe prettier if you carte about that sort of thing. And I seem to see various brands go on sale at the deal sites all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Alex Kruger Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 John Mink if you buy a phone outright and through it on your line without signing a contract you'll keep your unlimited data. So Google play GS4 would work. Source: I'm a Verizon employee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Huntoon Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Thank you for that response Alex Kruger I was just about to ask this question as I am about 5 months out from my upgrade window and am currently grandfathered into unlimited data. My understanding is as long as my wife and I purchase a phone outright and not via 2 year contract, our plan would not change and our unlimited data would stay as is, is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Alex Kruger that's exactly what I did with my Moto X but I didn't realize that the Play version of the GS4 was compatible with Verizon from a network/frequency standpoint!? Erik Huntoon that is exactly what I did & I can tell you account still says unlimited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Alex Kruger Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 John Mink my manager bought the GS4 outright to keep his unlimited data. I've even had customers steal upgrades to keep unlimited data. Example: You want to keep unlimited data, use your wife's upgrade, it will kill her unlimited but the new phone gets put on your line, you keep unlimited. I've also had people add a third "ghost" line to keep unlimited data. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Alex Kruger I believe it. These unlimited plans are unicorns.. And people aren't used to $650-750 for a phone. Even for me it wasn't easy. What is unclear to me is that the Play version of the GS4 has the following networks listed : Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+/LTE GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) 3G (850, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz) 4G LTE (700, 850, AWS, 1900 MHz) But no CDMA, so my understanding is that it can't be used on the VZW network. Of course there is a different version of the GS4 which is compatible with the VZW network but that one is more locked down & has the bloatware & such... So you only get one or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Alex Kruger Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 John Mink correct, however if you want the Google Play edition and your willing to through down the money for it you could always buy one from a Verizon store then root and ROM it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lucas Nichols Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Take that sucker back while you still can. I read a post here the other day where the guy was only getting 3hrs of screen on time. Fuck that! Sorry for the language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Gunny Wallen Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I got nearly 6 hrs screen time on my moto x. Yours may be defective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Alex Kruger Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Lucas Nichols just because you read something where some guy had a poor experience with one phone doesn't mean the entire line was bad. You don't know all the variables, it might just be a bad battery, was he doing some super intensive gaming? Did he have a lot of things running in the background? Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions without the proper evidence. John Mink If you use your phone a lot, and you like the features the Moto X bring, but the battery life is really important, take a look at buying the new DROID Maxx. Or buy a case with external battery built in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Mink Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Alex Kruger didn't see any battery cases when I Google... Maybe you have inside knowledge, or just better google-fu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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