Anyone here able to compare the battery life of the Nexus, to an iPhone 4 or 4S (a 4S WITHOUT the battery issue)? I've gotten amazing battery life on my iDevices. I can't imagine getting worse battery life again like I used to on my other Android phones.
And also, what battery solutions could I use if I want a bigger battery? Any extended batteries + covers out there I could buy? I don't just want an extra battery to replace during the day, cuz that'd be a pain.
Thanks in advance!
edit: I'm not a light user - I might go as far as to say I'm a heavy user.
not sure on the GSM version, but I can promise you the LTE model is going to be complete crap compared to an iphone.
on my old iphone 3gs, I could watch like 4 movies & still browse the net for a bit before the battery died... on my thunderbolt & rezound I could watch like 1 movie & then browsr the net for about an hour.
even if you disable LTE(or go into airplane mode for that matter) its only going to help slightly.
you will have to invest in an extended battery unless you are someone who does "light use".
voxigenboy said:
not sure on the GSM version, but I can promise you the LTE model is going to be complete crap compared to an iphone.
on my old iphone 3gs, I could watch like 4 movies & still browse the net for a bit before the battery died... on my thunderbolt & rezound I could watch like 1 movie & then browsr the net for about an hour.
even if you disable LTE(or go into airplane mode for that matter) its only going to help slightly.
you will have to invest in an extended battery unless you are someone who does "light use".
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Gsm version is completely crap. The one who says it is OK must be a newbie and does not have a lot of experience in smartphones.
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ljwnow said:
Gsm version is completely crap. The one who says it is OK must be a newbie and does not have a lot of experience in smartphones.
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My battery life is just fine, and I'm hardly a newbie. Perhaps you don't have your phone set up in an optimal way. You should have no problem getting through a day of normal use, and you can get through a day of heavy use without charging. With 3hrs of talk and 3 hrs of screen time (auto brightness), with push email, bluetooth, wifi, and gps on I was able to still get 15+hrs of battery life before it got under 10%. Not sure how you have your phone set up, but my battery life is just fine.
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Gsm version is completely crap. The one who says it is OK must be a newbie and does not have a lot of experience in smartphones.
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The irony here is mind bending!
ljwnow said:
Gsm version is completely crap. The one who says it is OK must be a newbie and does not have a lot of experience in smartphones.
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^absolute bollocks.
I'm not a newbie and have both devices. The battery life on the GN is absolutely fine, yes the 4s is better, particularly when on standby, but I can get a good days use out of either phone.
One thing that I found annoying with my NS was the time it took to charge, the GN is far quicker and similar to the 4s.
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I am no newbie.
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Gsm version is completely crap. The one who says it is OK must be a newbie and does not have a lot of experience in smartphones.
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I've had 5 Android phones so I know that the GN battery life is better than most. I easily get a day of heavy use out of it.
nafem said:
I've had 5 Android phones so I know that the GN battery life is better than most. I easily get a day of heavy use out of it.
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I even prefer the htc inspire over my sgn... I hope the battery on my sgn could get better when more battery usage tweaks are made available. We'll see.
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Battery life its significantly worse than iphone 4 and galaxy s2. I've had a number of android phones and galaxy nexus has worst battery life of them all
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Wouldn't know much about the iphones, but compared to my previous phones (Nexus s, and a HTC Hero before that) the Galaxy Nexus is NOTICEABLY BETTER. I have no problem going a full day on single charge with heavy use. Or two full days with light use.
these topics are useless. galaxy nexus is a dev/debug phone.
i spend more time with it connected to the computer than anything else.
why are people comparing android devices to apple devices. it's just plain useless.
Actually battery life is really good the issue comes with how fast the screen drains the battery. Considering smiled power consumption is based on lit pixels and there are a lot more here than the s2
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bk201doesntexist said:
these topics are useless. galaxy nexus is a dev/debug phone.
i spend more time with it connected to the computer than anything else.
why are people comparing android devices to apple devices. it's just plain useless.
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Comparing to iphone is not useless at all since that is the alternative many are considering out coming from. Just because you use the phone mostly for development doesn't mean others do.
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I have the following:
GNEX GSM
iPhone 4 (GSM on ATT) - work phone
iPhone 4S (GSM on ATT) - wife's phone
The battery life on the iPhones is about double what the GNEX is, easily. I can do two days between charges on the iPhone even with normal use. The GNEX requires charging every night.
Do I care? Nope. I charge my phone every night anyway and always buy spare batteries.
Who in the world is away from a plug at night? Do you live in the woods?
I just don't see what the big deal is. If the battery died in 4 hrs on standby, I can understand. But it easily cruises through the whole day.
That's fine by me.
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That's my battery after a full day of I would say heavy usage, for me at least.
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That's my battery after a full day of I would say heavy usage, for me at least.
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It's more helpful if you also post your screen time and Android OS stats. That screenshot really tells us nothing without that info.
Crazy good batt on mine. I'm running an all back wallpaper and it spanks the holy hell out of my former 4 and 4s.
bmstrong said:
Crazy good batt on mine. I'm running an all back wallpaper and it spanks the holy hell out of my former 4 and 4s.
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Yep. For those who complain of battery life, I bet you are running lookout mobile, skype, and a live wallpaper, lol.
Download "colors" from the android market, set wallpaper to solid black. Don't run junk apps that are on 24/7 and watch your battery last all day long.
Simple, really.
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Yep. For those who complain of battery life, I bet you are running lookout mobile, skype, and a live wallpaper, lol.
Download "colors" from the android market, set wallpaper to solid black. Don't run junk apps that are on 24/7 and watch your battery last all day long.
Simple, really.
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God. All black? Why not go back to Nokia 1110. LMAO
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bmstrong said:
Crazy good batt on mine. I'm running an all back wallpaper and it spanks the holy hell out of my former 4 and 4s.
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I know the battery consumption on this phone freaks me out. I am actually considering selling it and return to HTC...Oh man htc saves my life every single time. Samsung needs to learn.
Def worse than my iPhone 4. In my case I decided to stock on chargers rather than becoming a lighter user
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Hi,
I just got my Galaxy Nexus, flashed with AOKP build 18 and i gotta say that the battery life is unacceptable. It drops 10% in less then 1h while the phone is sitting there doing nothing. Wifi, bluetooth, location services, GPS are off. All background apps closed.
It lasts about half the time my iPhone 4 does and it is a year and half old.
I see some people showing examples of how their battery last for more then 20h but all these are BS tests as they leave the phone on standby all day or have some very light usage.
Is there a real fix for this? Am i forced to drop another 50$ and buy Samsung's 2100mh extended battery?
btw i tried setCPU also to lower CPU to minimum when in standby but doesnt do much. I want a solution that will enable me to use my phone, not something that makes it last 40h in standby and then kills it in 2h when i use it.
please help!
So everyone that posts four hours of screen on time is bullshitting? Did you know the first 10% isn't even that accurate? If you're on Verizon turn off LTE. If you're on GSM and you don't get three hours of screen on time you have an app that is killing your battery. It is as simple as that.
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Try toggling Bluetooth on and then off, then grab CpuSpy from the market and check out if the CPU is pegged at a certain speed.
Some builds of ALL the custom ROMs have had issues where the phone wont sleep correctly, high %-age of Android System process, etc.
I disagree that its silly to talk about idle time on battery, because idle time is the closest we can all get to apples to apples comparison. We all USE our phones differently, the closest we come to using them the same is when they are just sitting there idle (not quite exact because some people sync data, some people only have 3G, etc, but a lot closer than person A playing games for 3 hours at a clip vs person B browsing for 3 hours)
I *still* havent seen anyone come up with a template like setup to report battery life. Like you said it does me no good to know someone dropped 3% "overnight" without knowing how long "overnight" is, if they had 3g/4g/Wifi enabled or even disabled completely, sync on/off, etc.
Personally, Ive seen 1.5%/hr drop with my phone idle. Running AOKP b19, LeanKernel, interactivex governor, undervolted (-75 mA at each level from 180 mhz to 1200 mhz), 4G on, BT on, GPS on, sync on (1 gmail account).
I imagine with all that stuff running 1.5%/hr isnt half bad. Screen on time isnt incredible but its not bad, but again my screen on activities can (and probably will) be different than your screen on activities so take that with several grains of salt.
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So everyone that posts four hours of screen on time is bullshitting? Did you know the first 10% isn't even that accurate? If you're on Verizon turn off LTE. If you're on GSM and you don't get three hours of screen on time you have an app that is killing your battery. It is as simple as that.
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It's not the first 10%, it's all the time.. it drops for about 10% or more every hour. Less then 3h of screen time.
I'll give cpuspy a try and see if some app is killing my battery.
I used AOKP rom because most of the people in the thread were saying that rom fixed their battery issue but for me it made no difference.
angeluszero said:
It's not the first 10%, it's all the time.. it drops for about 10% or more every hour. Less then 3h of screen time.
I'll give cpuspy a try and see if some app is killing my battery.
I used AOKP rom because most of the people in the thread were saying that rom fixed their battery issue but for me it made no difference.
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Yea somethings not right. Off charge at 8am and its 4:30pm now. Got 61% left at time of this writing and been using it quite alot. Typically have about 75% left about this time.
I just use an AOKP like yourself and a custom kernel. I'm on the phone like every 15min reading emails, SMS, word feud, twitter news, Facebook, Gmail.
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It's actually 2000 mAh not 2100 mAh.
You can use a custom kernel such as Franco Kernel. New version came out today and includes more battery improvements (according to changelog!)
My phone essentially sits idle unless my screen is on...
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As you can see, if my screen is on the graph drops, when it's off the graph flattens out and the battery barely moves. I used to be sick to my stomach of the battery life until I realized it was because I wouldn't put the phone down and always had the screen on thus killing the battery.
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My phone essentially sits idle unless my screen is on...
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Just a word of advice. Whites consume more power on AMOLED screens. You'd probably maximize your battery a lot more if you went back to a "Ice Cream Sandwich" feel or at least apply a black themed MIUI.
angeluszero said:
It's not the first 10%, it's all the time.. it drops for about 10% or more every hour. Less then 3h of screen time.
I'll give cpuspy a try and see if some app is killing my battery.
I used AOKP rom because most of the people in the thread were saying that rom fixed their battery issue but for me it made no difference.
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I had something similar and it was recommended to me on these forums that I log out of Gtalk.
Before people come out and say it makes no sense - it doesn't really matter if it does or not - it worked for me. I get a full day out of a charge now, which doesn't really matter because as someone said above it's all relative. What DOES matter is that my phone is now sleeping properly, so the battery doesn't drain when the phone is idle. That's the part that wasn't working on my phone.
If you feel so inclined, give this a try and see if it works for you. Just log out of all Google talk accounts and see how your battery life is - you'll know within a day if it's helping.
Have you flashed the new radios yet?
You can also try different kernels and see which one works best for you.
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Just a word of advice. Whites consume more power on AMOLED screens. You'd probably maximize your battery a lot more if you went back to a "Ice Cream Sandwich" feel or at least apply a black themed MIUI.
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Yeah I just installed this today, giving it a trial run. It's OK so far.. I think just growing pains so far. Also, I don't think themes work just yet.. At least last I saw.
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Yeah I just installed this today, giving it a trial run. It's OK so far.. I think just growing pains so far. Also, I don't think themes work just yet.. At least last I saw.
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Ah okay.
I think MIUI is pretty much at the same state as CM9. Just lots of work needing to be done since ICS revamped Android in so many ways.
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It's actually 2000 mAh not 2100 mAh.
You can use a custom kernel such as Franco Kernel. New version came out today and includes more battery improvements (according to changelog!)
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not quite.
can i preface by saying that there are two types of Gnexus's out there? the SCH-i515 (CDMA/LTE Verizon) and the GT-i9250 (HSPA+, AT&T).
The 2000mAh is for the HSPA+ version
The 2100mAh is for the LTE version.
i see a LOT of bad advice on these forums here.
my best advice to you (from one Verizon Nexus owner to another), is to keep at stock 4.0.2. Root it, and apply a custom kernel. Only apply custom kernel if you feel that you're still not getting decent battery life for a whole day on 4G stock ROM/kernel.
As far as I know, Verizon Nexus owners' max on-screen time with 4G enabled all day is about 3 hours MAX, and thats if you disable everything else but LTE, with very low brightness settings, and on extended battery.
imo, the next 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 update hopefully will mitigate some battery consumption issues.
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As far as I know, Verizon Nexus owners' max on-screen time with 4G enabled all day is about 3 hours MAX, and thats if you disable everything else but LTE, with very low brightness settings, and on extended battery.
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Are you talking about 3 hours MAX browsing or just being POWERED ON?
If you are talking about just being on for 3 hours, you are GROSSLY incorrect.
angeluszero said:
Hi,
I just got my Galaxy Nexus, flashed with AOKP build 18 and i gotta say that the battery life is unacceptable. It drops 10% in less then 1h while the phone is sitting there doing nothing. Wifi, bluetooth, location services, GPS are off. All background apps closed.
It lasts about half the time my iPhone 4 does and it is a year and half old.
I see some people showing examples of how their battery last for more then 20h but all these are BS tests as they leave the phone on standby all day or have some very light usage.
Is there a real fix for this? Am i forced to drop another 50$ and buy Samsung's 2100mh extended battery?
btw i tried setCPU also to lower CPU to minimum when in standby but doesnt do much. I want a solution that will enable me to use my phone, not something that makes it last 40h in standby and then kills it in 2h when i use it.
please help!
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See my screen on time?
4 hours screen on time including 21 minutes using gps for Sygic Navigation is not bull****. Stand by for up to 61 hours, easy.
And I was using the phone extensively for web browsing, facebook, gplus, xda, games, etc.
All with stock rom and stock kernel, extended battery 2000mAh, gsm.
No BS
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gogol said:
See my screen on time?
4 hours screen on time including 21 minutes using gps for Sygic Navigation is not bull****. Stand by for up to 61 hours, easy.
And I was using the phone extensively for web browsing, facebook, gplus, xda, games, etc.
All with stock rom and stock kernel, extended battery 2000mAh, gsm.
No BS
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You were on wifi the entire day.
You are using the HSPA+ version of the Nexus. HSPA+ version gets better battery life.
Try being on HSPA+ the entire day with wifi disabled. you will not be getting 4 hours of battery life on-screen time.
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Are you talking about 3 hours MAX browsing or just being POWERED ON?
If you are talking about just being on for 3 hours, you are GROSSLY incorrect.
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Please reread what i wrote. MAX ON-SCREEN TIME.
it is not possible to go 4 hours of on-screen time with LTE enabled all day.
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You were on wifi the entire day.
You are using the HSPA+ version of the Nexus. HSPA+ version gets better battery life.
Try being on HSPA+ the entire day with wifi disabled. you will not be getting 4 hours of battery life on-screen time.
Please reread what i wrote. MAX ON-SCREEN TIME.
it is not possible to go 4 hours of on-screen time with LTE enabled all day.
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Most of the time I was on wifi, but not all.
But fair enough, I will test on 100% without WiFi. However, we don't have HSDPA+ unfortunately. Only HSDPA or 3G.
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You were on wifi the entire day.
You are using the HSPA+ version of the Nexus. HSPA+ version gets better battery life.
Try being on HSPA+ the entire day with wifi disabled. you will not be getting 4 hours of battery life on-screen time.
Please reread what i wrote. MAX ON-SCREEN TIME.
it is not possible to go 4 hours of on-screen time with LTE enabled all day.
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I went 13 hours yesterday with LTE on all day and had almost 4 hours of screen on time. I'm running stock ICS unrooted and all of my sync stuff is enabled. I'm also using the extended battery.
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I went 13 hours yesterday with LTE on all day and had almost 4 hours of screen on time. I'm running stock ICS unrooted and all of my sync stuff is enabled. I'm also using the extended battery.
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would like proof. afaik, its impossible to get 4 hours of battery life with LTE enabled all day.
sounds dumb, but are you sure you have Verizon's GNexus? Your profile shows an AT&T carrier... otherwise you should probably update it.
player911 said:
Yea somethings not right. Off charge at 8am and its 4:30pm now. Got 61% left at time of this writing and been using it quite alot. Typically have about 75% left about this time.
I just use an AOKP like yourself and a custom kernel. I'm on the phone like every 15min reading emails, SMS, word feud, twitter news, Facebook, Gmail.
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I think the Kernel is what makes the difference. It seems to be the only difference i see between myself and the people like you have a reasonable battery life.
which one do you recommend? And i'm a noob at this so could you point me to a thread the explains how to flash it? If u cant its ok im sure i can figure it out.
Hello everyone.
I might be trading in my Razr Maxx for the Nexus soon. I have 4 questions.
1. I come from a thunderbolt. That battery is horrid, do you understand me? HORRID. The Razr Maxx is a really nice improvement but I don't need all the juice which opened to me the oppurtunity to get the Nexus. How is the battery on it? I mainly make a few calls, text a lot, check email, and browse the web, watch the occasional 2-3 minute video. Will ROMs fix this?
2. I hear stuff about the signal being bad? It drops a lot? Then again I hear about this leak and it may fix it? What are you Nexus users thoughts on that?
3. How can you describe the overall phone?
4. Lastly, here's where you guys can go crazy, why should I get it over the Razr Maxx?
Why should you get a nexus? Read the dozens of threads in this section asking the same question, there's a new one almost daily. You're asking Galaxy Nexus owners about this device versus a locked down Razr Maxx, take a guess what they're going to say.
All the questions you asked can be answered by reading the threads, some are on the first page.
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Hello everyone.
I might be trading in my Razr Maxx for the Nexus soon. I have 4 questions.
1. I come from a thunderbolt. That battery is horrid, do you understand me? HORRID. The Razr Maxx is a really nice improvement but I don't need all the juice which opened to me the oppurtunity to get the Nexus. How is the battery on it? I mainly make a few calls, text a lot, check email, and browse the web, watch the occasional 2-3 minute video. Will ROMs fix this?
2. I hear stuff about the signal being bad? It drops a lot? Then again I hear about this leak and it may fix it? What are you Nexus users thoughts on that?
3. How can you describe the overall phone?
4. Lastly, here's where you guys can go crazy, why should I get it over the Razr Maxx?
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I'm bored, I'll bite.
1. I get about 3 hours of screen-on time with 3G, maybe an hour more if I'm on wifi. It will standby forever. Custom ROMs/kernels help a little with battery life, but not enough to really change your overall perception of the phone's longevity. I have the stock 1850mAH battery.
2. I generally doesn't display a signal as high as other Verizon phones, but some chock that up to other phones displaying the signal inaccurately. There are a very small amount of people who have legitimately low signal with their Nexus (which can be verified in dBm), and it's usually accepted that these units are defective. That said, I've had mine since 12/15/11, and I haven't dropped a single call or been without data.
3. It's got a nice form-factor (if you don't mind the plastic construction), the screen is great, and ICS rocks. I really like it.
4. RAZR MAXX has it on battery, that's about it. Ice Cream Sandwich is lightyears ahead of Gingerbread, especially with Moto not-blur and a locked bootloader. I wouldn't even consider owning a Gingerbread phone after having a Galaxy Nexus. The form factor is important; the software absolutely makes or breaks a device.
guess your right, I'll look around.
edit: Stad, read your post thanks. So it's not as bad as a thunderbolt (idk if you've owned one, it's like 7 hours w/ 4g minor minor usage). And it's not the best battery right? That's my deciding point right there.
Their is only 2 phones to buy.
A Nexus or an iphone.
Everything else is crap. Full of bloat and skins. Never see updates.
Lol, true.
I know there's always a bricking chance when screwing with root/bootloader shenanigans, but how safe is it on the Nexus?
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Their is only 2 phones to buy.
A Nexus or an iphone.
Everything else is crap. Full of bloat and skins. Never see updates.
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I totally agree. There are other phones I would consider owning, but only if these two weren't options.
edit: Stad, read your post thanks. So it's not as bad as a thunderbolt (idk if you've owned one, it's like 7 hours w/ 4g minor minor usage). And it's not the best battery right? That's my deciding point right there.
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Honestly I keep 4G off all the time unless I need the speed. I don't know about you, but I've found Verizon's 3G to have acceptable speeds for 99% of the situations I'm using it. The ROM I'm using (AOKP Milestone 3) has nice toggles in the pull-down notification bar, so it's really easy to turn LTE on and off if I need it.
I've heard of people getting better battery life. There's a guy over at Rootz who got 4h50m screen-on with AOKP and imoseyon's leanKernel on a standard battery, but I haven't been able to get anywhere close to that.
In real-world usage, the battery life is plenty. Yesterday I woke up at 4am and wasn't in bed until 11:30pm that night, and my phone still had 38% battery left when I crawled into bed. I forgot to plug it in when I fell asleep, and woke up to see it at 36% about 5 hours later. But, if it's not clear by now, not much of that was screen-on.
I know there's always a bricking chance when screwing with root/bootloader shenanigans, but how safe is it on the Nexus?
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Unless you pull your battery while flashing a bootloader (which you might do once or twice during the life of the phone, if at all), you'd have to be trying pretty hard to actually BRICK your Nexus. The bootloader is unlocked with a single line in fastboot mode, and ROM flashes-gone-bad can always be recovered as long as the bootloader is borked. This phone is ridiculously easy to modify.
That's great thanks for all the info.
Did the rootz guy run on 4g or was that 3g, I'll find out myself if u link the post.
Now to stare at the two phones for 8 hours and see what I choose, lol.
Icey34 said:
That's great thanks for all the info.
Did the rootz guy run on 4g or was that 3g, I'll find out myself if u link the post.
Now to stare at the two phones for 8 hours and see what I choose, lol.
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No problem, enjoy whatever phone you end up getting.
Here's that post: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/16782-aokp-kernel-discussionthread/page__view__findpost__p__448613
In his own words,
Mostly 3g usage with some wifi used intermittently and a quick 4g download.
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Looks like he gave it a quick bump at some point during the day, though.
Okay, thanks. That's it for now thanks for fast replies.
This is on the GSM version, but I got 13 hours and 50 minutes of battery my firs day, with over 5.5 hours of screen on time. Pretty good, I'd say!
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i have been using the SGN a month now. here is my pro and con
pro:
4G speed
con:
no keyboard prediction on browser
no fixed landscape mode
no permanent desktop mode
3 hrs of web surfing
battery life on gaming? good luck
lag once in a while
photo from stock camera are little bit washout
no facebook sync
Once the signal got dropped, it takes a while to reconnect.
all in all, i need to charge 2 or 3 times per day on average use (my average use). if i dont see improvement on 4.0.4 or future update, i am moving to iphone 5. i have been using android over 2 yrs now and still havent find any advantage over iphone.
zeke1988 said:
i have been using the SGN a month now. here is my pro and con
pro:
4G speed
con:
no keyboard prediction on browser
no fixed landscape mode
no permanent desktop mode
3 hrs of web surfing
battery life on gaming? good luck
lag once in a while
photo from stock camera are little bit washout
no facebook sync
all in all, i need to charge 2 or 3 times per day on average use (my average use)
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Ouch. I'll take that into account. What do you mean by facebook sync? I can't sync friends on facebook to my phone?
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Ouch. I'll take that into account. What do you mean by facebook sync? I can't sync friends on facebook to my phone?
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contact sync, it connect your contacts with their facebook account. there are roms out there that has the fix and there are work around, but i dont like it.
ah okay got ya
zeke1988 said:
i have been using the SGN a month now. here is my pro and con
pro:
4G speed
con:
no keyboard prediction on browser
no fixed landscape mode
no permanent desktop mode
3 hrs of web surfing
battery life on gaming? good luck
lag once in a while
photo from stock camera are little bit washout
no facebook sync
Once the signal got dropped, it takes a while to reconnect.
all in all, i need to charge 2 or 3 times per day on average use (my average use). if i dont see improvement on 4.0.4 or future update, i am moving to iphone 5. i have been using android over 2 yrs now and still havent find any advantage over iphone.
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Sounds like you need to get a Droid Razr MAXX to address your battery issues. Maybe you guys can do a swap?
gravis86 said:
This is on the GSM version, but I got 13 hours and 50 minutes of battery my firs day, with over 5.5 hours of screen on time. Pretty good, I'd say!
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What are your settings?
nikeairj said:
Sounds like you need to get a Droid Razr MAXX. Maybe you guys can do a swap?
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I don't NEED one as my usage won't be enough to really use the 3300 mah battery but the Nexus battery seems enough for me and I can't wait to tweak it with better kernals.
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I don't NEED one as my usage won't be enough to really use the 3300 mah battery but the Nexus battery seems enough for me and I can't wait to tweak it with better kernals.
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My bad, I was talking to zeke1988. I added his quote to my post.
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What are your settings?
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I'm on Eagles Blood ROM, using Franco kernel. Stock clock with ondemand governor. All I did was undervolt 50mA across all frequencies. I was on wifi for most of the day since I was at home, but my typical work day doesn't put the battery under 50%.
The battery on this is way better than the one on my Amaze was, so that's all I really care about.
I came from the Epic Touch 4G and I loved that I could get 4 hours of screen time all the time on nearly any rom. On the galaxy nexus, I've gotten Max 2 hours and I've tried all kernels and roms so far. Am I doing something wrong or is this phone not optimized as well as the epic touch is at battery? I love the phone but I noticed to get speed out of it (gpu) it uses a lot more battery than the previous phone. Should I take this back and hold out for the evo lte? I got another week to decide. I do want to get lte though. Its not in my area yet.
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The screen (and a few other factors) is just gonna drain a bit more on this device then the SGSII. Make sure you have LTE turned off (should be "CDMA only" by default).
Some of the drain is probably "new phone syndrome" where you're using your phone differently than your previous one because its new. Most people here are getting about 3 hours of screen on w/ 15 hours usage total, with normal usage. YMMV though of course.
When LTE comes on the drain will get worse. And it won't be solved by the Evo 4G LTE. It has (basically) the same sized screen and similar specs, but only a slightly larger battery (2000mAh vs 1850mAh)... don't expect it to do any better than the GNex.
martonikaj said:
The screen (and a few other factors) is just gonna drain a bit more on this device then the SGSII. Make sure you have LTE turned off (should be "CDMA only" by default).
Some of the drain is probably "new phone syndrome" where you're using your phone differently than your previous one because its new. Most people here are getting about 3 hours of screen on w/ 15 hours usage total, with normal usage. YMMV though of course.
When LTE comes on the drain will get worse. And it won't be solved by the Evo 4G LTE. It has (basically) the same sized screen and similar specs, but only a slightly larger battery (2000mAh vs 1850mAh)... don't expect it to do any better than the GNex.
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It's literally the 720 lines of pixels that's making it drain faster? Craap. I have brightness on nearly all the way lowest, with GPS, Bluetooth and 4g off. I even have sound on silent. No haptic feedback aside from the soft captivate buttons. I like 720p but if it's going to drain faster then I may just hold off on it for now until a better high end lte phone comes out.
I used my epic touch to death consecutively and it never drained this quick, even on stock.
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It's literally the 720 lines of pixels that's making it drain faster? Craap. I have brightness on nearly all the way lowest, with GPS, Bluetooth and 4g off. I even have sound on silent. No haptic feedback aside from the soft captivate buttons. I like 720p but if it's going to drain faster then I may just hold off on it for now until a better high end lte phone comes out.
I used my epic touch to death consecutively and it never drained this quick, even on stock.
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You must have installed something that is keeping the CPU alive. I have a GNex with stock battery running AOKP and Lean Kernel. I actually tested it with 4G off and screen brightness at Auto running slacker with the screen on continuously. I got about 3:45 min of screen time with about 20% battery left.
I would use CPUSpy to find out what is killing your battery.
Ascertion said:
It's literally the 720 lines of pixels that's making it drain faster? Craap. I have brightness on nearly all the way lowest, with GPS, Bluetooth and 4g off. I even have sound on silent. No haptic feedback aside from the soft captivate buttons. I like 720p but if it's going to drain faster then I may just hold off on it for now until a better high end lte phone comes out.
I used my epic touch to death consecutively and it never drained this quick, even on stock.
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I'm not necessarily saying that it's just the screen that's going to hurt the battery, but its the whole package. With a 100% stock phone I wouldn't at all expect more than 3hrs of screen on w/ normal usage.
As the above poster said, you may have something keeping your phone awake. Could look at an app like Better Battery Stats and monitor it for a couple days.
I love the Galaxy Nexus. Traded my Rezound for it. I get about 5 hours total battery life with the screen on using AOKP and the stable LeanKernel overclocked to 1350 MHz.
LeanKernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471450
AOKP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402350
This is for CDMA.
EDIT: I was also playing games (Minecraft, Radiant Defense) for most of that time, while downloading a large file.
swbf2lord said:
I love the Galaxy Nexus. Traded my Rezound for it. I get about 5 hours total battery life with the screen on using AOKP and the stable LeanKernel overclocked to 1350 MHz.
LeanKernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471450
AOKP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402350
This is for CDMA.
EDIT: I was also playing games (Minecraft, Radiant Defense) for most of that time, while downloading a large file.
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This works for sprint now?!
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This works for sprint now?!
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I did say CDMA....
Anyways, I'm not sure, check the links, ask the devs.
I just want to throw in my two cents.... I love the nexus because I can finally enjoy a perfect AOSP ROM without effort... It stops me from flashing ROM's many times a week lol!
Oh yeah, compared to the E4GT, the pictures taken in portrait mode are actually saved in portrait for when uploaded to sites directly from phone or send over MMS to friends. No more being forced to take pictures in landscape mode.
LTE, I live in Los Angeles Country so I can't wait to enjoy LTE =)
Buyers remorse? No, I might thought sale the phone in 1 month though just to profit and buy the Evo LTE and resale on another contract and resale.
Febby said:
I just want to throw in my two cents.... I love the nexus because I can finally enjoy a perfect AOSP ROM without effort... It stops me from flashing ROM's many times a week lol!
Oh yeah, compared to the E4GT, the pictures taken in portrait mode are actually saved in portrait for when uploaded to sites directly from phone or send over MMS to friends. No more being forced to take pictures in landscape mode.
LTE, I live in Los Angeles Country so I can't wait to enjoy LTE =)
Buyers remorse? No, I might thought sale the phone in 1 month though just to profit and buy the Evo LTE and resale on another contract and resale.
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I assume your on Verizon?
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HeCareth said:
You must have installed something that is keeping the CPU alive. I have a GNex with stock battery running AOKP and Lean Kernel. I actually tested it with 4G off and screen brightness at Auto running slacker with the screen on continuously. I got about 3:45 min of screen time with about 20% battery left.
I would use CPUSpy to find out what is killing your battery.
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I got the same apps as I did with the epic touch. I'll try cpuspy tho.
If I can get anywhere near 3.5hours of screen time, I'll be happy.
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I assume your on Verizon?
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No sir, Sprint user here. =)
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This is getting me around 2hrs of screen time, a little less. Cpuspy says I got 5% in 1200mhz, 2% in 700mhz and 36% in 350mhz, ~65% in deep sleep. The phone in standby lasts long, but not screen time.
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Febby said:
No sir, Sprint user here. =)
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You root it yet?
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Ascertion said:
This is getting me around 2hrs of screen time, a little less. Cpuspy says I got 5% in 1200mhz, 2% in 700mhz and 36% in 350mhz, ~65% in deep sleep. The phone in standby lasts long, but not screen time.
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I have 3hrs with 65% display... battery is at 15%... I could go though 12+ hrs on blazer from with my sgs2
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gr33nd3vil said:
I have 3hrs with 65% display... battery is at 15%... I could go though 12+ hrs on blazer from with my sgs2
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I gotta have battery life and with people saying 4g will eat more, I'm looking at around ~1.5 hours of total use!
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You root it yet?
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Yeah it is rooted as of 2 days ago, I was going to sale it originally but I found out I can get 50 google bucks towards my wallet account. Might as well try it... then sale it if I don't like it. Just waiting to see when LTE will go live here.
Febby said:
Yeah it is rooted as of 2 days ago, I was going to sale it originally but I found out I can get 50 google bucks towards my wallet account. Might as well try it... then sale it if I don't like it. Just waiting to see when LTE will go live here.
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Wait, how?
swbf2lord said:
Wait, how?
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How what?
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Wait, how?
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I've heard that it's from promotion from Sprint ("when you activate a Sprint Galaxy Nexus").
After long being one of those people who would never post a thread with bias questions or answers.
It's come to this.
I long for the battery I had from ICS, I never got less than 4 hours screen on and 16 hours standby together.
The best I got was right at 5 hours screen on with 18 hours standby.
All with wifi/3G only, very little to none 4G, it's fine with me.
AOKP M6.
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Every single ROM/Kernel combination since I've moved to JB has provided me with just......crap......
AOKP, AOKP kangs, CM, Liquid, CNA, and Eclipse along in different combinations with
Faux, Lean, stock, 007, TinyKernel, and Trinity kernels.
It does not matter what combination I use.
I can barely get over 3 hours-ish screen on time with about 12-18 hours standby.
Now if I use the screen less than 2 hours, I can get up to two days standby, which is nice but not the overall complete usefulness I had.
I know battery has long been an issue for many of us, but I see people in threads talking about their 2 hours of screen on time like it's amazing when it's awful, especially when some of us, could, and used to get close to 5 with stock batteries or 2100 extended (mine)
If you're using LTE all the time, only 2 hours screen on is justified because it should be common knowledge what happens.
Point of the thread is this, I want to know, those on JB with stock or 2100mAh battery and can manage 4+ hours screen on and still close to a day of screen on, what's your secret? Every detail, spill them.
Is it our fault or are we just in a down time of battery efficiency in the ROMs and kernels?
There is no secret, jb is crap when compared to battery usage on ics
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I believe project butter is to blame. But that's just me
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Why not just post here, then we can all possibly benefit
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Couldn't figure out why my battery life was so poor the for the last month or so. Good to see I'm not the only one with the problem.
AOKP ICS with Franco kernel gave me amazing battery life. Jelly Bean not so much.
I personally believe that anyone getting more screen time than you (this goes for anyone) is:
a) Using their phone in an environment that is less bright than you (indoors, on the bus, in the subway)
b) and / or not syncing as many things as you / not as often as you.
Reverse the above for people getting less screen time than you.
This is the truth of the matter.
Personally, I get 2 to 3 hours to 3.5 hours of screen time on JB, depending on usage.
4 hours if I read in bed at night.
Edit: Kernel / ROM be damned, maybe it'll make 10 to 15 minutes worth of difference. NOBODY has presented scientific proof of any ROM/kernel being different from any other. It's always "oh yaa best battery life ever with this rom". It's just noise and cherry-picked screenshots.
ringer13 said:
Why not just post here, then we can all possibly benefit
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I will then. I may not get to it for a day or two though as I'm busy and will need time to write up as detailed as I can my usage, settings, etc.
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I usually get at least 1 day worth of charge. My set up is pretty easy tho. Since I am in front of a computer 75% of the time , gmail sync is turned off, twitter is @ 4 hours, Facebook set to never with location turned off. Phone gps and location are also turned off unless I M walking towards the bus stop. I don't need to be checking my phone every 5 minutes so my useage is pretty stable and predictable. I wonder what you guys are doing to make the battery die so quick? If your usage patterns are pretty high with checking email 100s of texts and lots of twitter and Facebook well yeah I'll die quick.
Also I seem to get the same results with custom kernels and stock. I have little experience with CPU controls and and such so maybe setting a lower frequency will help?
My .2 ponies.
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Battery can be related to many causes leading to user error. I never used ICS on this phone so I honestly have no idea how great the battery was.
Google now, project butter and many other optimizations are to blame yes.
Depends how much you use it and what is going and the vary of networks going on and off and switching. I can normally pull off 3-4 hours of near heavy use. My droid incredible could only get at least 1 hour max. So maybe it is me but the nexus is a godsend for me.
Leaving the governor at interactive with low max and undervolting will help battery and a specific kernel. I can normally roll with 0-10% brightness and have all networks running and syncing.
I'm tired and ready to cook my tacos I'll be back later with more input.
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STOP overclocking your phone (even to 1350), under clocking exists you know.
STOP using interactive governors.
STOP using your phone so much.
STOP complaining about it.
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Try this...
I have an old Android phone that my boy plays with...so I turn the cell radio off & have it on the wifi signal only. Even with him having the screen on for hours & hours (usually playing games), the phone will stay on battery for almost 4 days!
Turn your cell radio to airplane mode & then turn on wifi only...mess around with it, play games & see what the difference is. When I have a Sprint signal (usually junk 2g one) at home I get poor battery life...when I hack the PRL to choose a 3g (better) signal I get twice the battery life...
I've seen other battery life threads where the signal is a MAJOR factor & even with a strong 2g signal the 3g is probably better at not wasting battery. (4g is a whole other story)
I've found 4 things that almost double my battery life
1) Google Maps: huge battery drainer. freezing it doesn't help either, it has to be uninstalled. Mapquest from the play store is a decent battery friendly alternative. or if you really need gmaps, copy the .apk file and install it when needed, then uninstall afterward.
2) Push Email apps: i.e. Yahoo mail app, Gmail app... use the built-in email app and set the refresh limit to every hour.
3) 3G/2G: when your not using data, put it to 2g networks only. huge battery savings especially if you're somewhere with a weak 3/4g signal.
4) NFC/WIFI/GPS : turn them off if your not using them (obviously)
your results may vary, but doing these things did wonders for my battery. I average 23-26 hours with 2.5-3.5 hrs screen on time. before that I was getting 14-16 hrs with about 1.5-2 hrs screen on
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lowrider262 said:
3) 3G/2G: when your not using data, put it to 2g networks only. huge battery savings especially if you're somewhere with a weak 3/4g signal.
4) NFC/WIFI/GPS : turn them off if your not using them (obviously)
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Well, Switching 2g/3g is pretty battery draining, too. So better be sure you don't use 3g networks for a while. constantly switching just to be a minute or two at 2g just drains more
Turning of WiFi is pretty obvious but NFC and GPS shouldn't take any battery juice if they arn't in use... Someone tested it and could proove, that gps only uses battery power if it's searching for a connection.
As you can see, you basically need t neuter your device and constantly worry in order to get 'great' battery life, lol.
skadebo said:
As you can see, you basically need t neuter your device and constantly worry in order to get 'great' battery life, lol.
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yeah that's the downside to the smartphones.
skadebo said:
As you can see, you basically need t neuter your device and constantly worry in order to get 'great' battery life, lol.
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Yup. Use it, roll with a charger and forget about it
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Its a small battery, they should up the battery sizes. They can fit the samsung galaxy note 2's battery in the samsung galaxy nexus if they wanted too.. /the end.
mike.b93 said:
Well, Switching 2g/3g is pretty battery draining, too. So better be sure you don't use 3g networks for a while. constantly switching just to be a minute or two at 2g just drains more
Turning of WiFi is pretty obvious but NFC and GPS shouldn't take any battery juice if they arn't in use... Someone tested it and could proove, that gps only uses battery power if it's searching for a connection.
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yea I only switch to 2g when I know its just gonna be sitting in my pocket for a while, like when I'm at work. in that situation it definaetly helps. but your right switching constantly is bad too. :thumbup: as for NFC and GPS, it just seems to help for me, maybe its just placebo. like I said results may vary
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I thought leave it on interactive since jb was tweaked around that
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I've had the Galaxy Nexus LTE for nearly 11 months on Verizon. I've done what I can to stem battery drain. At some point, I just gave up diagnosing the problem and started carrying 5-6 spare batteries with me. Some people claim one day's use; others report the same problems. I think it all depends on how we use our phones--eg do you take a lot of pictures--and what apps we have installed. I use the phone hard but not that hard. Sometimes the phone will burn the battery just being in the pocket.
I don't want this to be another Galaxy Nexus battery life sucks thread. What I want to know is whether the battery drain problem will be solved before we consider moving onto phones running 4.2.
Some of the drain is due to the terrible LTE radio. Phones with integrated chips have much less hardware drain.
But about the software drain? When I run GSam Battery Monitor, the number culprits seem to be Media Scanner (Server?), acore processes--contacts, user dictionary.
I've dialed down or turned off syncs as far as I reasonably can; are rogue apps causing problems or is the OS too easy to trip up?
If you search http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list for "media battery," you see a lot of bug reports about the problem.
The Google Android team doesn't seem to care about these problems.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11731#c5
"I'm only posting this here for my own amusement. My track record with Android bug reports is that Google ignores them for 2 years and then closes them without taking any corrective action. Good luck everyone."
Here's a typical bug report from mid-2011, that is still labeled new and unassigned:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=18115
4.1.2 has the os drain:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=38720
Going into 4.2, how do we track these issues and see if they are getting fixed? I'm not a dev... The only way we can see the 4.2 source and commits is to clone the repo using git? Is there a friendly web interact through which we can see the changes?
Do we wait until 4.2 is released and see what defects are reported on the issue tracker?
Please don't let this be a typical battery life sucks thread, where people will
1) complain that they also have bad battery life
2) complaint that they have great battery life and don't see these problems
3) suggest debugging these problems with CPU SPY, BetterBatteryStats, etc
4) suggest fixing these problems with .nomedia
I want to know how we as users can track what Google is doing or has done to fix these problems in 4.2, so we, as Android devotees, can have faith in migrating to those devices.
dynamicpda said:
I've had the Galaxy Nexus LTE for nearly 11 months on Verizon. I've done what I can to stem battery drain. At some point, I just gave up diagnosing the problem and started carrying 5-6 spare batteries with me. Some people claim one day's use; others report the same problems. I think it all depends on how we use our phones--eg do you take a lot of pictures--and what apps we have installed. I use the phone hard but not that hard. Sometimes the phone will burn the battery just being in the pocket.
I don't want this to be another Galaxy Nexus battery life sucks thread. What I want to know is whether the battery drain problem will be solved before we consider moving onto phones running 4.2.
Some of the drain is due to the terrible LTE radio. Phones with integrated chips have much less hardware drain.
But about the software drain? When I run GSam Battery Monitor, the number culprits seem to be Media Scanner (Server?), acore processes--contacts, user dictionary.
I've dialed down or turned off syncs as far as I reasonably can; are rogue apps causing problems or is the OS too easy to trip up?
If you search http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list for "media battery," you see a lot of bug reports about the problem.
The Google Android team doesn't seem to care about these problems.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11731#c5
"I'm only posting this here for my own amusement. My track record with Android bug reports is that Google ignores them for 2 years and then closes them without taking any corrective action. Good luck everyone."
Here's a typical bug report from mid-2011, that is still labeled new and unassigned:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=18115
4.1.2 has the os drain:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=38720
Going into 4.2, how do we track these issues and see if they are getting fixed? I'm not a dev... The only way we can see the 4.2 source and commits is to clone the repo using git? Is there a friendly web interact through which we can see the changes?
Do we wait until 4.2 is released and see what defects are reported on the issue tracker?
Please don't let this be a typical battery life sucks thread, where people will
1) complain that they also have bad battery life
2) complaint that they have great battery life and don't see these problems
3) suggest debugging these problems with CPU SPY, BetterBatteryStats, etc
4) suggest fixing these problems with .nomedia
I want to know how we as users can track what Google is doing or has done to fix these problems in 4.2, so we, as Android devotees, can have faith in migrating to those devices.
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Any Tom, ****, or Harry can post issues. Most of the time they don't have the technical knowledge to even know what a bug is. Don't confuse Google not caring vs. Google not willing to accept a ticket caused by something out of their control.
As for your case, you have a Verizon Nexus. They ALL suck on battery compared to other devices.
You say you don't want this to devolve into a typical battery thread but it will.
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***blah blah battery vampires***
I've had the Galaxy Nexus LTE for nearly 11 months on Verizon.
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no lte in the nexus 4, sounds like they chased off the battery sucker to me.
I'd you're using your phone as a laptop, it's time to buy a laptop. Otherwise, the turn if syncing for things you use once a day. Actively using data (especially over LTE) with a large screen burns battery on any device. If you are burning battery in your pocket, you either need to sync less or identify the rogue app that is doing the work. And Google does use the bug reports to make improvements. A recent bug in Chrome removed names from the shortcuts in the bookmarks bar and it was fixed within a week. Android rakes longer due to the wide spectrum of devices and overall update process. Bugs in an OS are a different beast than bugs in a browser.
From the sounds of things, you will have battery issues on any device.
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cry bro :crying:
simms22 said:
no lte in the nexus 4, sounds like they chased off the battery sucker to me.
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Qft
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adrynalyne said:
Any Tom, ****, or Harry can post issues. Most of the time they don't have the technical knowledge to even know what a bug is. Don't confuse Google not caring vs. Google not willing to accept a ticket caused by something out of their control.
As for your case, you have a Verizon Nexus. They ALL suck on battery compared to other devices.
You say you don't want this to devolve into a typical battery thread but it will.
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Go by the evidence. The Media Server / Scanner drain problem still exists in 4.1.2
Complaining about battery life on an LTE device is like dropping a 600HP engine in your car and complaining about your gas mileage going down.
So lets say an LTE phone has an enormous battery in it, this might give you "respectable" battery life... but take that same huge battery and put it in a GSM phone and watch the battery life go from "respectable" to "incredible".
If battery life is what you need... you might consider going GSM. With heavy use I usually end up at about 30-40% at the end of the day...
Of course, as stated above, the media scanner bug is still there... but from my experience, LTE is the biggest "battery vampire" by a landslide.
I can't wait to see how many "battery life sucks on N4" threads are created.
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Soldier 2.0 said:
I can't wait to see how many "battery life sucks on N4" threads are created.
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Oh it's coming... It's coming... Best believe it! Lol.
Honestly, it's just the way it is so ppl need to get over it. If they buy the Nexus and complain about the non-removable battery, then they should have gotten a different phone instead. Like an S3.
mackster248 said:
Oh it's coming... It's coming... Best believe it! Lol.
Honestly, it's just the way it is so ppl need to get over it. If they buy the Nexus and complain about the non-removable battery, then they should have gotten a different phone instead. Like an S3.
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i thought that i would be complaining about the non removable battery in my nexus 7, but it doesnt bother me anymore
There's no lte buddy ur mistaken
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modgadgets said:
There's no lte buddy ur mistaken
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Read harder...
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"5 or 6 spare batteries" ROFL.
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That's 4 days of actual on time (I turn it off at night, ~15 hours a day). That's closing in on what my old Nokia and Sony feature phones clocked in at.
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That's 4 days of actual on time (I turn it off at night, ~15 hours a day). That's closing in on what my old Nokia and Sony feature phones clocked in at.
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First, turning it off at night, makes your "4 days" statement entirely false, automatically. Second, 1 hour 20 minutes screen on time is terrible, even for a known battery sucker like the gnex. Third, the only thing might slightly warrant a pardon for that screen on time, would be the fact that you did get over 2 days on it, if not for Fourth (and finally) the fact that your phone clearly shows that your didn't use it at all.
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First, turning it off at night, makes your "4 days" statement entirely false, automatically. Second, 1 hour 20 minutes screen on time is terrible, even for a known battery sucker like the gnex. Third, the only thing might slightly warrant a pardon for that screen on time, would be the fact that you did get over 2 days on it, if not for Fourth (and finally) the fact that your phone clearly shows that your didn't use it at all.
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4 days of my use, where is there false information? Still on the same charge, 1 hour 41 mins now. 61 hours with real world use is not bad, especially since despite you seemingly knowing how I use my phone, I was using it for texting, a few calls, I used google maps, updated some stuff and other random crap. A lot can be done in an hour and a half.
And finally, the entire point of this thread is the android process sucking up battery, which is why I posted a picture showing the contrary. How about you find something credible to ***** about.
Maybe if you stop using that ugly, bloated, stupid ROM your Android process usage will be reduced.
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Soldier 2.0 said:
Maybe if you stop using that ugly, bloated, stupid ROM your Android process usage will be reduced.
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Hahaa yessss!!!
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