topic Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life in XA Series

Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

andvivia7 — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:19:09 GMT

I am getting barely 2.5 hours on screen time with the Xperia XA. I'm not doing anything stupid like leaving it on max brightness (it's auto) and I don't run masses of apps - in fact as you can see from the screen grabs it is clearly the display which is the main culprit.

How on earth is this supposed to reach the advertised 2 days battery life? By not using it? It's absolutely useless.... very unhappy, particularly because it is otherwise a rather nice little device with that edge-to-edge screen.

Have I got a dodgy battery?!

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

Uliwooly — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:11:33 GMT

@lionheart79

Settings > battery > take screenshots of the list and also tap on the top 4 items on the list

it will be wise to download a battery analyzer app, most likely you keep WiFi on all the time, and one or multiple apps and / or services keep the phone awake, keep in mind that poor network coverage will drain the battery fast.

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

Uliwooly — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 22:16:34 GMT

@lionheart79

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-xa/specifications/

Battery

Up to 2 days battery life****

2300 mAh

**** Battery life has been measured against Sony Mobile Communications AB’s smartphone usage profile, defined in September 2014 to represent the typical smartphone user’s active condition, including but not limited to a range of usage scenarios (calling, texting, web browsing, social networking, game playing, music listening, picture taking, picture browsing, online video watching, video recording and playback).

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

andvivia7 — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:30:52 GMT

@uliwooly

thanks for your responses. my OP shows the GSAM battery analyzer app which points the blame squarely at the screen but it doesn't correlate with the default Android app. Extras posted below as requested.

I managed to reach 3 hours of on-screen time today, but only by being especially careful, far from the "typical use" you quote in your second post and not really practical for everyday living. Maybe I can turn off the wifi, although 4G consumes a lot too.

Any other insights... it would be nice to get to 11pm without a panic...

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

andvivia7 — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:38:48 GMT

ah - just seen another post in this forum with a response from Sony which indicates there may be a software problem. Going to try their workaround and check performance tomorrow.

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

gtxshreyasxyz — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 08:37:35 GMT

So any improvements?

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

andvivia7 — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:20:57 GMT

Nope. Getting only 12 hours a day still on low use. The workaround specified in the other thread didn't make any difference for me.

Here's hoping the software update (whenever it arrives) solves the issue as running out of juice at 8pm (or sooner if you want to do power hungry tasks) big time.

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

gtxshreyasxyz — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:18:31 GMT

I did a factory reset, and it worked wonders...
With wifi and mobile data turned off, the device only burned through 6% of the battery overnight

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

Albert_ZA — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:32:43 GMT

One thing that may reduce power load of the screen is to turn off image enhancement under Settings->Display.

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

Albert_ZA — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:36:16 GMT

Another thing that drains your battery dry is the GPS. Turn it off by going to Settings->Location->Mode and select Battery Saving.

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

Davethesaint — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:22:44 GMT

@gtxshreyasxyz wrote:
I did a factory reset, and it worked wonders...
With wifi and mobile data turned off, the device only burned through 6% of the battery overnight

With wi fi and data off is like in aero mode. It is normal that the battery consumption is low (also without factory reset).

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

1adrian1 — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:50:25 GMT

Even without the latest firmware update I'm highly impressed with the battery life so far

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

TejaXA — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:24:43 GMT

Sir, What is your XA's Screen-on time with mixed usage (FB, Whatsapp, Audio/Video etc.)

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

1adrian1 — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:58:57 GMT

So far on first full charge down to 50% battery left just over 2.5hrs screen on time achieved with brightness at 50% WiFi on and I ain't put it down yet I reckon 5hrs screen time is easily achievable onon stock. .35 firmware only thing I don't do on a phone is a lot of games

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

InsaneTrip — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 03:12:17 GMT

You know nothing about draining battery, sir 🙂 3 hours of screen is realy good result for my xa. It is almost impossible result. 2.5 is average from morning to evening only reading. Reading this forum about battery issue 🙂

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

1adrian1 — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 05:50:19 GMT

Is that right ignore the learner tag next to my name my proper user name on here from my m2 is 1adrian1 I logged in through the support app on my xa so it created a new account I actually know quite a bit about phones and Android I also regularly got 6hrs+ screen time on my m2 with a few tweaks. First full charge on my xa gave me just over 4hrs screen time on. .35 firmware with nothing disabled and brightness at 50% it also charges from zero to full in about a hour and a half tops I'm more than Impressed with it well done Sony Xperia

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

InsaneTrip — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:28:55 GMT

Why so serious? 🙂 You read me wrong. I told you, that you're lucky man. Your xa works fine, so you're not faced too much with its battery issue. That's why you don't know how bad it could be.
So I am not realy impressed with it. "Could be a bit better" Sony Xperia

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

dpgx — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 20:15:19 GMT

still no update.... .73 has been out nearly a week was really hoping it'd push to the other models by now. With Wifi draining battery so extensively even with scanning disabled, I can't make it from morning to night...

Re: Xperia XA - Horrendous battery life

1adrian1 — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 05:08:48 GMT

Funny with the WiFi scanning turned off, first full charge on Wednesday got just over 4hrs screen time yesterday got just over 4.5hrs screen time on firmware ending in 35

Factory Reset

nathancheow99 — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 05:16:46 GMT

Will factory reset fix battery draining issue?