[Q][VZN]GN vs GS3 battery life - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I've given my GN to my son so I could take the new GS3. I have to tell you that I'm pretty shocked that the GS3 routinely (stock or rooted and unlocked bootloader) gets about 24-30 hours of battery life with 4 hours of screen time.
having the same sie battery (2100), why the hell can't we get the same kind of battery life out of the GN? Aren't these 2 phones supposed to be close cousins if not siblings? Any ROM/kernel combo out there that can achieve this good of bettry life? currently on BAMF.

It's the Krait S4 chipset. Much smaller and therefore much more efficient.

Yeah, the Sammy improved on the weaknesses of the gnex w/ the s3, but the s3 has ics. Ics seemed to have better battery life. Jb seems to be more of a battery hog no matter which rom you have. Maybe when jb radios are released battery life might be a little better, but I just got 4 1/2 hrs screen time on codename's rom the other day. If I would have seen this post then, I would have posted a screenie...

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Yeah, the Sammy improved on the weaknesses of the gnex w/ the s3, but the s3 has ics. Ics seemed to have better battery life. Jb seems to be more of a battery hog no matter which rom you have. Maybe when jb radios are released battery life might be a little better, but I just got 4 1/2 hrs screen time on codename's rom the other day. If I would have seen this post then, I would have posted a screenie...
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I'm running JB CM10 and battery seems as good if not better. Will do a measure tomorrow and post. I'll try codename now.

GSM nexus is where its at. I just did 41 hours on battery with 4½ display time with my stock 1750 battery. Rasbean/Trinity stock voltage/clock speed.
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95Z28 said:
GSM nexus is where its at. I just did 41 hours on battery with 4½ display time with my stock 1750 battery. Rasbean/Trinity stock voltage/clock speed.
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NO NO NO, GSM Nexus you are talking about does not have any meaningful LTE technology. If I turn off 4G and go with 3G, I get the same battery life. Where it's at is the GS3 running Unlocked Bootloader and CM10 :laugh:

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NO NO NO, GSM Nexus you are talking about does not have any meaningful LTE technology. If I turn off 4G and go with 3G, I get the same battery life. Where it's at is the GS3 running Unlocked Bootloader and CM10 :laugh:
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LTE technology is overpriced and overrated. As long as my GSM nexus with unlocked bootloader and rasbean can do everything my buddies GS3 can do I'll stick with GSM Google phones.
Personal preference
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Try downloading a 200mb rom. Once you have LTE speed, you never go back. Don't knock it until you've had it for a few months. With LTE toggle I can get what you have, I just don't want to.
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Yeah, the Sammy improved on the weaknesses of the gnex w/ the s3, but the s3 has ics. Ics seemed to have better battery life. Jb seems to be more of a battery hog no matter which rom you have. Maybe when jb radios are released battery life might be a little better, but I just got 4 1/2 hrs screen time on codename's rom the other day. If I would have seen this post then, I would have posted a screenie...
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ICS still had terrible battery life on the GNEX. Not much difference between JB. On the 2100mAh battery I averaged 2 hours on screen time with LTE on using ICS and JB. Battery life is terrible on this thing.
Looking at the S3 battery life on LTE, basically we got screwed.

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ICS still had terrible battery life on the GNEX. Not much difference between JB. On the 2100mAh battery I averaged 2 hours on screen time with LTE on using ICS and JB. Battery life is terrible on this thing.
Looking at the S3 battery life on LTE, basically we got screwed.
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It can't all be the processor, is it? We should be able to get some of the stuff from the S3 ported here to get at least some of the benefits, no?

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Try downloading a 200mb rom. Once you have LTE speed, you never go back. Don't knock it until you've had it for a few months. With LTE toggle I can get what you have, I just don't want to.
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Try asking verizon for unlimited talk, text and web. Once your monthly cell phone bill is $45 a month, youll never go back.
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Toad858 said:
Try asking verizon for unlimited talk, text and web. Once your monthly cell phone bill is $45 a month, youll never go back.
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No one is arguing that the Big red is evil and is quite expensive. But they have the best signal, coverage, and speed. No one argues that. If you have a 4g LTE phone, why would you be running anything less? It's a silly argument.
I use google voice for texting, have 1400 min of anytime minutes for 3 phones with 10 friends and family numbers, and unlimited data for all three. My bill icluding taxes and fees is $212 a month. That's pretty reasonable compared to others. The problem, you can't get it as a new customer.

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Battery life on 4.0.2 amazing

I cant belive it. Awesomeness pure
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Nice, but can you post screen on time?
What!? How? I have the extended battery and I'm lucky to get through school haha.
Lol you charged it at the end
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Lol you charged it at the end
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Yeah well I should be sleeping right now so I got it plugged in. But I love this forum so much.
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I am assuming it was on wifi all day and not 4g.
I have the extended battery and i'm averaging about 10 hours
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I am assuming it was on wifi all day and not 4g.
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Its a GSM so no no 4g but yes wifi and HSPDA which is almost as fast
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Mine's kicking ass too. Granted, screen on is only 21 minutes
I'm charging right now. Its already at 67% after 45 min!
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Mines pretty good on 4.0.1
I was 10 hours today and still 65% also... just some texts, email, facebook and one or two other apps. When I started playing games it went done QUICK.
noticed though slower burn on battery if games aren't played.
Normally 10 hours I'm below 40%
GSM Galaxy Nexus on TMO-US ; all places today full signal (so no low signal higher radio battery usage)
People need to post if they're on the GSM or CDMA/LTE variety.
I'm thinking of switching to the GSM version, as battery life seems to be a lot better, even with the "Android OS" bug...
I was getting 16 hours normal use gsm model til undervolted. Now I get 25 hours. 4.0.1
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People need to post if they're on the GSM or CDMA/LTE variety.
I'm thinking of switching to the GSM version, as battery life seems to be a lot better, even with the "Android OS" bug...
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yes. "battery amazing" only coming from GSM people, everyone knows LTE sucks
Dang, my LTE with extended battery is at 6.5 hours now with 20%.
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Its a GSM so no no 4g but yes wifi and HSPDA which is almost as fast
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lol I had HSPA for well over a year and it's not nearly as fast. 8-10Mbps is nowhere near as fast as 30-40Mbps. Big difference.
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yes. "battery amazing" only coming from GSM people, everyone knows LTE sucks
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Completely disagree. I just took this screenshot 10 minutes ago on my LTE Nexus (haven't been on WiFi at all today).
I have LTE turned off most of the time unless I want to use it so it's not using it for mundane tasks or syncing, but I use it whenever I want to and it's fine. I used it fairly heavily today. Screen on-time is 1:40.
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lol I had HSPA for well over a year and it's not nearly as fast. 8-10Mbps is nowhere near as fast as 30-40Mbps. Big difference.
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Completely disagree. I just took this screenshot 10 minutes ago on my LTE Nexus (haven't been on WiFi at all today).
I have LTE turned off most of the time unless I want to use it so it's not using it for mundane tasks or syncing, but I use it whenever I want to and it's fine. I used it fairly heavily today. Screen on-time is 1:40.
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again i call BS.....guy above said 6.5 hours with extended battery and you are getting 15 hours with regular battery....how do u explain this other then bull****.
you can't possibly use 20-30mbps on a phone. my 5mbps loads instantly
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Its a GSM so no no 4g but yes wifi and HSPDA which is almost as fast
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No.. he's saying you were connected to Wi-Fi because it uses way less power than packet data.
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i have the gsm version and im on 4.0.1
my battery as of right now is at 3%... and it has been going on for 1d 12h 40min
android os takes the cake on the power... then its the screen.. then spotify... then voice calls...
i am thoroughly satisfied with the battery life because I came from a launch samsung captivate which had horrid battery life that would barely last me the day.... i love my gnex
i cannot wait for even more improvements from custom roms... I will wait a little wile for CM to iron out majority of the bugs...

To sgs2 or not to sgs2?

Just moved to t mobile and have a one s. Awesome phone, with spotty reception., which is the reason for wanting to exchange. Can't exchange for sgs3 due to backorders and 14 day exchange. Can go to sgs2 but is it worth the little downgrade?
I love mine. The device is rock solid and the multitude of custom ROMS, GB and ICS, should give you enough variety to find what makes you happy.
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How is reception, audio, camera, GPS, battery life
Don't do it because its going to take a while for us to get the new software (Jellybean). I'm going to give you a little advice that I learn the hard way. Only buy Google made phones like galaxy nexus. Never buy other parties like Samsung and HTC cause they never update phone and there's not a lot of development. For android only get Google specific manufacturer phone . I can't stress that enough
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Thanks but I'm well aware of that. I'm looking for a well developed phone hat doesn't have spotty reception the way the one s does
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Thanks but I'm well aware of that. I'm looking for a well developed phone hat doesn't have spotty reception the way the one s does
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Then just get the Galaxy Nexus unlock from the play store
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Had the nexus on Verizon. No thanks, battery was worthless
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Then just get the Galaxy Nexus unlock from the play store
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Might want to take a look...not available any more.
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How is reception, audio, camera, GPS, battery life
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Reception is a tough one as it depends on so many factors. I live just a few miles from the nearest TMO tower and my job is only 15 miles away so I always have great reception. I'm currently running the Whitehawkx AOKP ROM and have no issues with audio, camera, GPS or battery. Audio is crystal clear on calls and through apps such as Pandora, HBOGo, etc. The camera is what it is, 8mp is capable of quite a bit and if you get a solid HDR app such as HDR Camer+ by Almalence, you'll really get to see the hardware used to its potential.
I don't use maps much so I can't comment a whole lot on GPS other than to say the few times I have needed it, it has worked flawlessly. The battery is of course dependent upon far too many factors that all come from personal usage tendencies but I can say from my experience I get between 15 and 20 hours of battery a day on a full charge.
I'd suggest just checking the phone out in store if possible to get a better feel of what you'd be getting. Yeah, the OS updates are few and far between, and could very well be over at this point, but with all the custom ROM choices and the abilities of the Devs here, I wouldn't be shocked to see more custom choices as we go along.
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Had the nexus on Verizon. No thanks, battery was worthless
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so the verizon one may have had horrible battery life, but my gsm one that i bought last friday from the play store is at 60% battery with 15 hours of light use.
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Might want to take a look...not available any more.
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But I believe its coming back so I would wait for now
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There isn't a bright future for this phone. Most of the devs are moving away for greater phones. Our aokp dev doesn't have this phone anymore so it's not looking too good for aokp jellybean. I'd figure out a way for an s3 or wait for the nexus to come back (hopefully).
But if you must then this is a good phone with good Rom options at this point in time. Just don't be too hopeful about the future.
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But presently its still chugging along. I'm starting to drift towards getting the gs2, interchangeable battery expandable storage, bigger screen, stable roms. Let's here some more opinions.
If your still in your 14 days why don't u return the one s and cancel the service. Go buy a cheap prepaid phone get on T-Mobile prepaid or another prepaid service. Then when the gs3 becomes available resign up for service thru T-Mobile.
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Can't do that have my wife's and mother in law on my plan.
Each line is a separate two yr agreement if yours is in its 14 days u can cancel your line specifically. Your wife and mother in law will still have service. You just won't.
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Don't get this phone. Get a Galaxy Nexus.
I'm not paying full price for the gnex.
If you're looking for a really good phone but don't want to spend $600.00 then the S2 is for you IMO! I've enjoyed my S2 since I first bought it. I don't know how big you are on rooting, ROMs, and the like, but even if you don't root this phone is great! The only thing that might turn you off is the larger than average screen (the Galaxy S3 is even bigger, but thinner), in that case I would go with a Blaze.
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The s2 is a great device. Just because nexus got jellybean, people are acting like the s2 is complete crap. development is slow but at least we have something. Signal is great for me, battery lasts long and is interchangable ,SD, fast GPS lock, and lots of other things.
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Worth $10 for a refurb?

My wife just upgraded to an iPhone5 by signing a 2-year extension, so I've decided to upgrade to another phone to keep our contract terms the same. I have a Galaxy Nexus that I've enjoyed using - mainly for the official updates. But for $10, I can get a refurb One X. I know these phones are pretty similar, but I wanted to list a few gripes about the GNex and see if they are evident in the HOX:
1. GPS hardly works - I've tried some fixes, but I always seem to have to turn off Google location and reboot for a signal to sync.
2. Battery Life - I'm a pretty heavy web surfer and the GNex will typically last 4 - 5 hours (30%). On a typical day, I usually charge once around 1:00pm and before bed.
I love JB, but if it not released for HOX in October, I imagine I can find a ROM with it?
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My wife just upgraded to an iPhone5 by signing a 2-year extension, so I've decided to upgrade to another phone to keep our contract terms the same. I have a Galaxy Nexus that I've enjoyed using - mainly for the official updates. But for $10, I can get a refurb One X. I know these phones are pretty similar, but I wanted to list a few gripes about the GNex and see if they are evident in the HOX:
1. GPS hardly works - I've tried some fixes, but I always seem to have to turn off Google location and reboot for a signal to sync.
2. Battery Life - I'm a pretty heavy web surfer and the GNex will typically last 4 - 5 hours (30%). On a typical day, I usually charge once around 1:00pm and before bed.
I love JB, but if it not released for HOX in October, I imagine I can find a ROM with it?
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Gps works fine
You won't be happy at all with battery life of hox..tbh see another phone for that
Yup you can still have rom with it..plenty available.. but official will be october yes..
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Great to hear about the October release. GPS is the biggest annoyance, so glad to hear that's all good. When you say :nor happy' with the battery, would you speculate or have observed worse, equal, or a little better than GNex?
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I came from a GNexus, battery life for me is about the same - I get about 4 hours screen on time with CM10 and NCX kernel
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Great to hear about the October release. GPS is the biggest annoyance, so glad to hear that's all good. When you say :nor happy' with the battery, would you speculate or have observed worse, equal, or a little better than GNex?
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Battery life depeds on how u use the phone..
If u use 3g all the time and usual auto sync then u can get aprox around 3 hours of screen on time..
Compared to gnex its lower..
U can get 4-5 hours on galaxy s3..
So tbh hox fails on battery..
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No you do not unless you are hardly using your phone except staring at it. 2 hours on screen time is average and eveb then you gotta be careful.
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Sorry, what's that? $10 for the phone? $10 a month? For 2 years? I'd be all over that.
Thanks for the responses. I'll need to do a little more research. It's $10 when signing a 2-year agreement.
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the One X and Nexus are not similar....massively better screen, built and camera, GPU and CPU i don't see the "similar"
just be prepared for a lot of screen off time and less screen on time, Tegra 3 is different from all other phones it gives crazy amount of sleep time thanks to the extra low power core and consumes a lot during actual use, over wifi browsing you can achieve 3.5 hours, don't forget the screen is over 4x brighter so even at 25% you are still brighter than the GNEX, heavy 3d gaming gives around 2.5 to 3 hours on stock ROM
custom ROMs are aplenty and CM10 is fully functional but you loose the benefits of Sense (believe when i say benefits) and you loose the camera abilities like HDR and burst mode
the current 2.17 Android 4.0.4 firmware is almost as smooth as JB
we had the leaked JB alpha test firmware for few weeks, beta is just around the corner and the final OTA is coming in OCTOBER
be careful with refurbs we had lots of QC issues on launch
Just got off of the phone with AT&T and got a new one with an otter commuter case for free! GNex to EBay!
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Just got off of the phone with AT&T and got a new one with an otter commuter case for free! GNex to EBay!
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ok just a note AT&T is the Snapdragon 4 version
so most of my comments still stand except battery life
with the S4 version you get more screen on time and less screen off time
here is the proper forum for you mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Thanks, pal! Sorry for the confusion
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Thanks, pal! Sorry for the confusion
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Blame AT&T. They called the One XL the One X for some reason.

Galaxy Nexus? Yes no maybe?

I am currently on my 2nd rezound and will recieve my third tomorrow. If it does the same thing the first two did then I have to decide on an alternate phone. They listed the nexus as one of the options. I've done my share of research but wanted some real life opinions of every day users. How is the reception on the nexus? What about battery life? The rezound was okay on battery, but the reception was kick @$$. I know u guys are probably biased, but gimme some other reasons to make the jump!
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If reception and battery life are your two most important priorities, then you might want to stay clear of nexus. Battery can be overcome with more batteries. You might not want to do that but you should also consider that nexus still uses early generation lte radio. And from what I've read, Verizon nexus had issues with radio. Many people had to get replacements til they got proper reception. Anyways, the gsm version is better overall, minus the lte. Might want to consider a phone with newer generation lte like the Motorola's though I personally don't want to recommend Motorola ATM because of their lack of regards and support with customers.
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Well those are somewhat important, but I grew tired of the rooting process with the rezound as well. HTC is awful now when it comes to that. The most I got with my rezound, rooted was around 3.5 hrs screen time. Normal usage I could only get around 2.5
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summing up others experiences, that is approximately what you will get with the nexus. extra batteries are cheap too. i recommend OEM over anything else,so you should be able to double your battery life easy with an extra $25-35 battery. but yeah, if that is all you were getting with the rezound, sell it immediately and get a nexus.
I can make it an entire day with the nexus. And i haven't had reception issues. I am on sprint though.
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I can make it an entire day with the nexus. And i haven't had reception issues. I am on sprint though.
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Same and I'm on vzw. I have the extended battery. This is an awesome phone! :good:
Had mine a couple of weeks now. I love it battery lasts a day buy not more than that. I'm on sprint and lte works at my work but not my home.
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I am currently on my 2nd rezound and will recieve my third tomorrow. If it does the same thing the first two did then I have to decide on an alternate phone. They listed the nexus as one of the options. I've done my share of research but wanted some real life opinions of every day users. How is the reception on the nexus? What about battery life? The rezound was okay on battery, but the reception was kick @$$. I know u guys are probably biased, but gimme some other reasons to make the jump!
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I'd recommend getting the Nexus, and if you are on Verizon, the extended battery they offer. Then, I'd get a case (I recommend "Cruzer Lite Androidified A2 TPU Case" These), with a nice screen protector. If you live in an urban area, near the east coast where Verizon has most LTE towers, you should be fine with reception. Plus, you will have Jelly Bean and probably one of the most "replay" (talking about ROMs) value I have ever seen with a phone. It's a great experience.
I get 4 hours or so of screen on time and awesome reception...
this phone is pure win
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I get 4 hours or so of screen on time and awesome reception...
this phone is pure win
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Same here, without any tweak whatsoever, bone stock
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The reception on this phone has been great for me. Battery isn't anything to brag about though. If you want a good phone to root and flash ROMs with, I would say this is it. The galaxy nexus has a huge community and plenty of good ROMs to try out. And the lack of bloatware is nice too.
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I've had my Verizon Galaxy nexus for about three days reception has been fantastic much better than my thunderbolt and the battery has been lasting about 12 -14 hours.
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2-2.5 hour battery life...

OK I have the Verizon gnex and not using 4G WiFi only, casual use results in about 2 hours screen on time. Usually I have to charge 3-5 times to make it through the day. Im on stock everything and I don't see how my battery sucks so bad
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OK I have the Verizon gnex and not using 4G WiFi only, casual use results in about 2 hours screen on time. Usually I have to charge 3-5 times to make it through the day. Im on stock everything and I don't see how my battery sucks so bad
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The GNex is notorious for how quickly the battery drains while the screen is on. There's nothing you can do, realistically, on stock, to fix this...custom ROM users usually have some tricks to increase battery life.
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It could be the fact that there is very poor signal, based on the screen shot.. So it constantly searching for it
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you have poor phone signal (3g/CDMA) and the phone is constantly looking for it.
i see nothing wrong with the phone, nor anything you can do other than use airplane mode and connect to a wifi signal.
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you have poor phone signal (3g/CDMA) and the phone is constantly looking for it.
i see nothing wrong with the phone, nor anything you can do other than use airplane mode and connect to a wifi signal.
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I use this phone as a media device only so I'll try airplane mode. My phones out off contract expired so I'm surprised Verizon still even sends it any signal.
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Battery seems about the same as mine, with screen on the most I can get is 4 hours and in idle if you use greenify on things that have lots of wakelocks like Facebook you could save some more battery.
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I use this phone as a media device only so I'll try airplane mode. My phones out off contract expired so I'm surprised Verizon still even sends it any signal.
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It's not so much Verizon sending you signal, it's the phone trying to get a signal
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I confirm this behavior when my gnex is constantly trying to get a signal.
There might be an issue with surface flinger, I've never seen it under battery stats. Radio signal is crap here, what I can't seem to figure out is why don't you use airplane mode ever since your contract was terminated.
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There might be an issue with surface flinger, I've never seen it under battery stats. Radio signal is crap here, what I can't seem to figure out is why don't you use airplane mode ever since your contract was terminated.
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I do usually, I was just done a factory reset
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having the device oc'ed also decreases battery life
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having the device oc'ed also decreases battery life
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I know, Im not over clocked anymore, just forgot to change my signature
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I know, Im not over clocked anymore, just forgot to change my signature
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For battery life you could even try a mild underclock. This is will may or not help, depending on what kind of apps (and processor usage) you run on the background.
It's definitely the signal because I experience it first hand when I go back and forth to visit my parent's house. They have atrocious signal reception (One bar for 3G) and battery drains around 3% a minute. It's a lot different when I'm at my place with full 4G signal because I can get 4+ hours on screen time.
It's unfortunate one of Google's flagship phones was designed poorly in signal/battery efficiency. Oh well, what can you do.
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It's definitely the signal because I experience it first hand when I go back and forth to visit my parent's house. They have atrocious signal reception (One bar for 3G) and battery drains around 3% a minute. It's a lot different when I'm at my place with full 4G signal because I can get 4+ hours on screen time.
It's unfortunate one of Google's flagship phones was designed poorly in signal/battery efficiency. Oh well, what can you do.
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Yeah, I got the nexus 4, and it has only slightly better battery life, I usually charge my gnex and nexus 4 2 tines a day each
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IRX120 said:
Yeah, I got the nexus 4, and it has only slightly better battery life, I usually charge my gnex and nexus 4 2 tines a day each
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At least with the Gnex, you can put in an extended battery if desired. You're SOL with the Nexus 4.
Idk, I don't have battery issues. Using the 2100mAh battery.
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mulhiny said:
Idk, I don't have battery issues. Using the 2100mAh battery. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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Cool story bro, that helps
beekay201 said:
Cool story bro, that helps
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Sorry..guess my point is that, to me, the OP might simply have a defunct battery. I do nothing special with my phone to increase battery life. No greenify, underclocking, etc..2 email accounts syncing along with weather and a few other apps. If he's using simply as a media device maybe a new battery is all it needs.
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mulhiny said:
Sorry..guess my point is that, to me, the OP might simply have a defunct battery. I do nothing special with my phone to increase battery life. No greenify, underclocking, etc..2 email accounts syncing along with weather and a few other apps. If he's using simply as a media device maybe a new battery is all it needs.
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I did a factory flash on my gnex and have airplane mode on with under volt @1.5ghz and my battery seems to be getting around 3 and a half hours screen now
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