Battery on HTC One mini

[Anonymous]

Hd this phone for a week now and notice the battery life is pretty poor. Was wondering if someone could explain what phone idle is in the usage stats. Overnight with wifi off , screen dimmed etc I lose about 40% on the battery. In the usage it sys phone idle 76%. Any one know what this means and is there any way to lower that figure

[MI5]

It's a bit of a PITA but all you can do is add them one or two at a time until you find the culprit. You can also check the reviews on Play to see if any others are reporting issues with a particular app.

[Anonymous]

Yeah gonna do that from tomorrow. Want to see  how it lasts overnight.

[Anonymous]

Ok so phone was on 77% last night at 10pm and at 8am this morning it was 44% . Wifi was on but location services off. As I type this now at 3.15pm it is at 16% with just one phone call recieved today. No apps installed apart from the default ones so can anyone advise if this seems normal or heavy based on the above.

Thanks

[jonsie]

Sounds like there is something constantly running. Have you got wifi set to never sleep in advanced settings? Is Bluetooth switched on?

[MI5]

So overnight it drained around 3% per hour with wifi on. Since 8am this morning you are looking at an average of 4% per hour.
Previously you have seen very low drain with airplane mode on and whilst you're not seeing drastic battery drain now I still think it's higher than it should be for this phone.
Leads me to think that the modem is working hard (are you in a low signal area) or do you have email accounts set up to sync at close intervals etc.

[Anonymous]

Wifi was left on , now turned off during sleep. I am in a good signal area and i have no email account set up yet on it this time. Bluetooth is always off. It still seems heavy to me , since I have had the phone I have not got one day without charging it.

[MI5]

It's not right, that's for sure, but seems strange it was OK in airplane mode.... Must be connected to the modem, somehow....

[Anonymous]

May take it back to the shop tonight see what they say

[Anonymous]

just had a chat with one of the o2 gurus and he thinks its a bad battery. Will report later tonight after the shop

[jonsie]

Hopefully it is something as simple as the battery. Let us know how you get on.