Z3 Compact Battery Life

[MattyCurran]

Hi,<br>I recently purchased my Z3 Compact brand new from ebay as it was an unanted upgrade. The phone when i unboxed it was astonashing, it told me my battery would last around 2 days and thats without stamina.<br><br>However 6 days later(today) I went to power management, with no apps running in the background and 100% battery however it is saying it will only last 7 hours?! Is this normal because my friend has a Z1 and he uses his alot and his estimated time from 100% is about 2 days?? WHy is mine only 7 hours? Any replies would be great! Thanks

[Phy]

You're welcome, not a problem.

[MattyCurran]

Heres a couple of pictures you requested;

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B06ENpxiJbEJMG1TY1lwdnlNZUU/edit?usp=docslist_api


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B06ENpxiJbEJcnA3Vmd5eVZYeEU/edit?usp=docslist_api


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B06ENpxiJbEJeWU4N2k4OFpPdGs/edit?usp=docslist_api


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B06ENpxiJbEJNWRhSWdzaDdqbkE/edit?usp=docslist_api


Any ideas on why exactly im only being estimated a short time of battery life?

[Uliwooly]

That's normal, you had the screen on most of those 7 hours, I don't see any issues, remember games will drain your battery fast, you can see that 

1. your carrier/network coverage its terrible, that drain your battery fast

2. you had WiFI on all the time, and your phone or some apps were downloading/uploading

3. you were playing minecraft

4. your screen was on for most of those 7 hours 

[MattyCurran]

Ah, If i stop the downloading, uploading, minecraft to a certain limit will my estimated time go up?

- Matthew

[Phy · Accepted solution]

Not necessarily, it could but the reason the battery gets drained the most is if the screen is on/lit up. As along as the screen is on it doesn't matter what you are doing, even if the phone is just placed on a table with the screen lit up, the battery will continue to drain substantially.

[MattyCurran]

**bleep**.. So should I take a chill from my phone for a while?

[Uliwooly]

I don't understand your question 

[RohitTech]

Off-late I'm also facing this excact same issue

Refer to my thread /t5/Xperia-Z3-Compact/Z3-imp-queries/m-p/913852#M4988

Post your Power management screenshots here so we can compare.

[brokenscreen999]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playfulgeeks.gservicefix&hl=en

This app on playstore resolved the issue for me ,  lots of people say it doesnt do anything and i thought it seemed wierd as why doesn it want you to turn on location services ?

i was scepticle but wanted to try before i investigated the services constantly in use listed in (developer optuions > Process Stats > menu > stats type > Background ) manually

bottom line this does do something, as after running it for the first time my phone actually went to sleep  (check in battery stats 'awake time') ( i also didnt charge to 100% just ran it )

my phone was taken off charge at 05:50 today, by 11 am (when i performed the fix )it was at 75%,  looking now at almost 16:00 im at 62% and i have used it quite a bit this afternoon too so its a definate improvement , i know its going to last so much longer now that it goes to sleep !

[AB-R]

Battery usage in standby has increased since the update so now I get a day and a half rather than two. Phone is setup the same way, I use it in stamina mode with a similar amount of apps allowed net access. Before the update it would use a maximum of 5% overnight on standby, it now uses around 15%. I now have to either charge it for a short while the next day or have it on anightly charge cycle. I thought the update would increase efficiency rather than decrease it. Unless anyone knows any optimisations.