Phone (2a) - Battery Life Discussion

AmaanWasim

Could it be because of heat? I mean weather/climate wherever you’re from.

You can use the application called “Wattz” for the current battery temperature and current Watt value of your device. I am especially curious about the charging speed that people using the CMF charger can achieve.

https://f-droid.org/packages/dubrowgn.wattz/

Justsomemyth Suggesting limiting the screen refresh rate to 60 Hz on a smartphone to save battery sounds like suggesting to a Ferrari owner not to speed above 40 km/h to save fuel

Fractal Yes it could be, I live in New Delhi and the temperature here is touching 50°C

AmaanWasim Makes a lot of sense. I am aware about the extreme heat wave in delhi. Maybe it will improve during full-fledged monsoon and winter.

georgios1 That is true!

baymax i’m on 2.5.6, latest update

muhkuhaushonolulu yes. I switch on every features that NOS has to offer, u pay for all those feature, u should use it 11hours SOT from 100% to 1%, i’m sure plenty of other user gets more than 11hours

Mr.CRR what the my mobile giving only 6 to 7 hours

Worst phone ever

This guy with 10sot just get out of here, this ain’t no topic for you. No flexing!

purchased my first Nothing Phone a week ago. I watched all the reviews about how the battery is a 2-day phone.

My phone can’t get even ONE day of normal use!

Currently, I’m at 30% with less than 4 hours of screen-on time (SOT).

I turned off the Always-On Display (AOD) and enabled all the battery-saving settings, but nothing seems to work.

I really like the phone, the UI, and the concept, but this is bad—really, really bad.

Also, fast charging isn’t working. I have a 100W GaN charger, but it takes more than 2 hours to fully charge. I use this charger to charge my Thinkpad, and it charges the laptop in an hour with 75W. When I connect the Nothing Phone 2a, it shows only 15-20W, not the advertised 45W.

I don’t know… this is honestly disappointing

DarkoVasilijic Don’t worry you will be more disappointed. You will also face most probably heating issues too.

For the slow charging did you make sure your using a USB-c cable that can handle 45W charging, hopefully the one that came with the phone? If so then my only other guess would be that the phone is slowing it’s charging down because of overheating. Phones sometimes do this to make sure the battery doesn’t degrade from the heat if for some reason it gets hot while charging.

I’m not sure what could be going on for the battery problem. Did you check if the screen refresh rate is set to dynamic? Other than that it could just be you got a faulty model.

If I were you then I’d contact customer support and see if I can get it replaced or repaired under warranty.