Poor extended battery life - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I have a Verizon GNex with the extended battery and recently my battery life has been horrible. Today, I have had the phone off the charger for 3hr20m and I am at 13%. I thought the battery life was great when I first got the ext battery last year, but it seems to be getting worse. I am currently on JB 4.2.2 MMuzzyROM for Toro.
Stats:
Screen: 1hr58min @ ~20% Brightness(I am at work, I have been using my phone but don't think it was for 2hrs)
AnDoom: 15m31s Downloaded and played Doom for a short time
Mediaserver 5m6s Keep awake 43m Listened to Slacker and watched a few YouTube vids
Android OS/System 5m each
Cell standby Time without signal 1%
Browser: CPU 3m24s, CPU foreground 36s, Keep Awake 0s
Phone Idle 1hr22m
Is my battery drain normal for the above usage?

Are you streaming music thru Google?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus 4GLTE (so fast it makes the zooom noise.. Hand me a beer

i stream all my music
brightness at like 50 %
wifi and gps on and i have the stock 1850 battery and this is what i get running cm10.1 and ak kernel no over or underclock
and no real changes and that was with a bright wallpaper with alot of whites in it to and constant texting

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Post your Battery life of your defy on CM7

Hey guys,
It would be really nice if people start posting the battery life of their defy on CM7 any build.
Pls mention the build detail and how much do you use.
let me start.
i am getting around 2 days 10-15 hrs on a single charge..
i am using cm7 RC1v2
i listen to music for around 4 hrs, i msg frequently, i take pics,only 2G, wifi for an hour, no gps, no mobile data.
Lets try to keep this thread alive to help ppl who are trying CM7 and wants to know how much they should expect battery life.
Thank you
I m having the latest build july 1 and it charges only till 95............
2g is 6hrs
cm7 beta 6
around 30hs
2h listening to music
1.5h talking
30m gaming
30m web surfing
auto-brightness enabled
wifi/3g constantly on, wifi never sleeps
undervolted:
800/45, 600/30, 300/18
up threshold: 90%
vsel1 when screen is off
vsel2 when battery <20%
wow...that alot of info...thanks..really appreciated..
cmon guys...70+ views but only 2 replies??
I've noticed that if I am busy and I don't have time to play to much with Defy (using it mostly for his basic function = mobile phone) the battery can least over 4 days with moderate use (talk time around 40 minutes). I generally keep it on 2G network mode as the 3G coverage on my current carrier is not so god and I use the internet/data connection on Defy only on demand. The screenshot below was taken on CM7 beta 6.
1 hour usage can drain as much battery as 20 hours standby. So "battery life" can hardly be comparable even with slight difference in usage pattern. Maybe how long 1% battery can last on average is more comparable.
In my case 1% battery can standby 1~2 hours, or use (call, video, game...) 3~7 minutes. I was actually recording battery level/time with pen and paper but not by impression. And I don't notice big differences among roms, including orange, finland, noric, hk/tw, or cm7.
And I noticed that after using the 720p recording patch to record video (in other stock roms, not cm7), battery would be drained at 4% every hour standby.
3 hrs of GPS tracking, screen off, 3G always on:
100% to 70%
Hi !
With rooted froyo (the official one from Orange France), SetvSel to undervolt the proc (vsel3 : 52V @ 1000 MHz, lowering by 2V the others vsel), i could go for more than 26hrs with one charge.
Now with cm7 nightly from 01/06 n°0114 (which by the way works like a charm and was really easy to install even for a noob like me), no undervolting at all, 9hrs drained 35% of the battery (with a more intense use I must recognize), which leads to a little less than 26hrs.
I will try to undervolt it, but I definitely think I will get a better battery saving with cm7 !
It's terrible to see that with some little tweaks, cm7 moto defy beats the stock one.
I consider that I paid moto enough that they can provide these tweaks by default in their product, it doesnt cost much time (in my case less than an hour) and it benefits a lot.
ABC_Universal said:
1 hour usage can drain as much battery as 20 hours standby. So "battery life" can hardly be comparable even with slight difference in usage pattern. Maybe how long 1% battery can last on average is more comparable.
In my case 1% battery can standby 1~2 hours, or use (call, video, game...) 3~7 minutes. I was actually recording battery level/time with pen and paper but not by impression. And I don't notice big differences among roms, including orange, finland, noric, hk/tw, or cm7.
And I noticed that after using the 720p recording patch to record video (in other stock roms, not cm7), battery would be drained at 4% every hour standby.
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For me 1% battery can standby for 30 mins only
Wi-fi off
2g
cm7-110627-2013-NIGHTLY-Jordan.zip
SoulHunter78 said:
For me 1% battery can standby for 30 mins only
Wi-fi off
2g
cm7-110627-2013-NIGHTLY-Jordan.zip
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did u wipe battery stats?
if not then do it! download battery calibration app from market and use it.
u can also do it manually in custom recovery..
This is mine. im using CM7RC1
5% battery only 33 minutes
wifi-off
2g network
phone call 5 minutes
stand by
I really need your help??!!!
5% after 30 min from full charge. Wow, check the battery itself, maybe broken
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App
50~60 hours.
sorry for a long post but here is a quick log of my activity using cm7rc1 v1
7:00 am - boot phone with wifi - 99%
9:42 am - wifi off - switch to 3g - 91 % (8% drop - 30min music)
9:56 am - stdby with 3g on - 88%
10:06 am - 5 min gps nav 3g - 85% battery - 36C
10:22 - switch to 2g - 81%
11:37 - 2g stdby -73% - battery - 34C
12:47 - camera-3pics, video 1 min, 2g - 66%
turned off phone reboot to recovery update to cm7 rc1 v2 then reboot
12:58 - 65% (still on 2g)
switching to 3g
13:02 - 3g stdby - 64%
13:11 - maps, couple of messages- 62%
13:40 - 1min call, check emails, (still in 3g) - 49%
2:20 - 3g stdby - 44%
2:29 - 3g gps nav - 39% battery 47C
2:48 - data off - switch to wifi - 38%
this is my moderate use as i haven't played any games yet.
baseband - us tmobile .9
OC in recovery -300/600/1000 vsel 20/40/50
vm heap - 16m (if this would help)
2 widgets for power, 1 widget for clock
auto brightness/ wake with volume control
any tips how to improve battery life?
after i using BatteryCalibration, my battery seems like running well..it drains 3% after full charging in 4hrs30mnt.
phone idle 40%
cell stand by 31%
display 12%
android system 5%
etc...
is it normal now??
F.Ace said:
after i using BatteryCalibration, my battery seems like running well..it drains 3% after full charging in 4hrs30mnt.
phone idle 40%
cell stand by 31%
display 12%
android system 5%
etc...
is it normal now??
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yes it is completely normal
i m sure now u may get a complete 2 days backup with moderate use on ur defy
salingpusa said:
any tips how to improve battery life?
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wipe battery stats after flashing a ROM..read few post above to know how to do it..
turnoff wifi,3G,gps,bluetooth and mobile data when u r not using..these consume battery alot!
or else use apps like juicedefender or green battery app to do it automatically..
reduce screen brightness or keep it in auto brightness mode..it will save alot of battery
task killers might help..some people says..but i think it consumes more battery then it gives
avoid using live wallpaper..i know it looks gr8..but its not gud for ur battery
try these and report here..
All the best
my battery uses is not normal
help!!!
the display use too much
sorry for it is chinese version
hope all can identify the icons
adkit said:
my battery uses is not normal
help!!!
the display use too much
sorry for it is chinese version
hope all can identify the icons
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hmm..many people have problem with display..
its been only 33 mins since last charge..
report back here after few hrs and let us know if the display is still taking max battery or not
still not fixed..
after i use the battery calibration, firstly its good..
but now the battery stats is changing again the position
current position of battery 76%
20h 35m on battery
display 30%
phone idle 24%
android system 11%
cell standby 9%
android OS 5%
etc
(on airplane mode, wifi off (on for 1h), very low brightness)

[Q] Battery life

Hi,
I have one basic question for current users - How long GALAXY NEXUS I9250 will work on battery?
Can you compare it subjectively with your previous phone?
Thanks!
I am a relatively minor user. I receive about 10 emails a day, about 20 texts, and various minor web browsing.
On my HTC Desire, after being unplugged at 7:30 am and being at work all day, by the time I would go to bed at about midnight, it would be down to 60% approximately.
So far on my Galaxy Nexus the battery has been about the same, but I don't think I've fully gotten the battery "worn in" yet. So far, with minor use, I can be sitting at about 70% at bed time, but if I play games or something, it goes down further.
I charge my battery every night, since I use my phone as a bedside clock (Kaloer Clock app) and if I don't have it plugged in, it dies overnight.
Compared to my Samsung Galaxy S II, which could hold battery life easily up to 2 days, the Galaxy Nexus is horrible at the same thing. Already within 30 minutes of unplugging the device it will go from 100% to 93%. - And that's with no use at all, with the phone in standby.
today was my first work day using the GN as i used to use my Desire (running oxygen), not messing about with it new gadget style.
battery life is very similar with my normal usage, about 3.5 hours of music, some games, watched about 40 minutes of video, tapatalk, 3g on all day, some good, some bad signal area's, using the underground no signal etc..
my screen was on circa 2 hours, i got home and the battery level is around what it normally was on the desire.
The battery may improve or may not, this is day 4 with the phone.
I was getting horrible battery performance up until now, but it seems i got it fixed:
I installed setCPU and create a profile for screen off: governor conservative, frequency:350 Mhz
Also, i flashed the very first stock kernel that Paul @Modaco released with the volume bug fix. For whatever reason, it works better than the official ITL41F kernel. it also doesn't hang when the phone is off and you plugged it in the charger.
With those two, i am now down to 88% battery (from 100%) in 10 hours!! It is excellent compared to my previous results when the battery would be less than 30% by now!

First day with galaxy nexus

I have had this phone for less then 24hr and I love it. But I have been very conscious about the battery life and I feel that it drops every time I turn it on. I fully drained the 40% when it came with it in about 2 hours and today after letting it charge fully then taking it off at 100% for the rest of the night I lost 16% in about 7 hours. Since I woke up from 730-1130 I have went from 84%-50% off doing basically nothing. Edit (41% after I typed this post)
GPS-off
Wifi- off after I woke up at 7
Sync-on
Social-update once an hour
Email- once an hour
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
The battery needs a few charging cycles to achieve peak performance. I have a GSM nexus and the battery life has been excellent with default syncing.
After reading sfasu's post, it does make sence. I had mine for about 2 weeks...first few days the power dropped FAST. But now it has improved! I listened to music and played games while on 1hr subway ride today and it went down only a small amount....2 weeks ago it went down to 50%.
please note that the battery life performance experience differs with the CDMA and GSM version.
GSM version will get better battery life than the CDMA version due to the power hungry LTE chip.
like the other posters have said, wait a few days for the device to calibrate battery and assess battery life from then on.
The poster above makes a great point. I'd also like to add though that with my cdma version I turn LTE off and it seems to help battery life. I don't need LTE speeds while running Google nav.
If I leave my idle with the screen off and LTE ON I only lose ~ 20% over 8 hours. But if I have the screen on it seems like I lose almost 1% every minute or two.
as it's been said, if you have the LTE version, that will severely drop your battery even just email and basic sync can use massive amounts of charge on LTE.
if you have the GSM version, then most likely you just need to cycle the battery a few more times, or you have something in the background using more battery than it should.
I think at the end of the day the screen is always going to soak up more power than anything else. Any savings due to settings and updated firmware is going to be very minor.
Ya battery definitely adjusted. Getting about 24 hours a charge now.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

Jellybean Battery Life issue

So i'm running stock jellybean 4.1.1 OTA (yakju) however i've noticed battery life isn't great, charged phone overnight to 100% its been on standby for 7 hours and is already down to 68% screen time on is only 3 minutes, is this normal battery drain seems a bit excessive for standby.
depends on what you have running and syncing, etc.
you gave us no screenshots or anything to base anything off of.
I just charged up my phone from a 20 hour run, almost 4 hours screen time broswing with wifi mostly... stock JB 4.1.1
edit: oh i forgot i am using franco.Kernel
On my Nexus battery life isn't much better than on your Nexus, It is normal or then my Gnex battery is poor again..
I'm using "takju" JRCO03C with it's own radio + kernel so all is stock and battery life is enough good, for me on yakju builds the battery drains much much faster than on yakjuxw/takju builds..
My Galaxy Nexus's battery stays 14 hours with not using it and then battery is left something 12% or less, and when I use my Gnex then I can use it like 2 and half hours and then the battery has too less life to use it... (when Clock Alarm is on, and Hotmail + Facebook notification enabled...)
Google Now is said to use lots of power, have you tried disabling that?
I am also getting really bad battery life since JB. I have the extended 2000mah(?) battery so this might be the issue although I have not had any issue with ICS, I got about 26 hours with this battery on ICS. Now on JB I will go from 100% to 85% in 2 hours and all I did was text about 10 times, no phone calls. Today I woke up at 6am listened to Google music going to the beach, at the beach did not use the phone except to check the time.
Listened to Google Music on the way home, got home at 6:30pm battery was at 31%. I did not surf, made one phone call that lasted 30 seconds.
This has been about consistent since JB installation. Everything is stock except for the fact that I am rooted.
I am currently conditioning my battery, when done Im going to remove facebook and see what happens. Also can we "freeze" Google Now? This so I can test the batter.
Thanks for any suggestions and/or ideas.
I'll chime in to say I'm also getting slightly worse battery life on JB. I'm mostly observing idle battery drain during the work day. On ICS it was a steady 0.5%/hr, on JB it is over 1%/hr. So before I could get away with not charging it some nights and it'd only lose like 3% overnight, but now it's more like 7%. The phone is stationary during this time so I can't imagine Google Now is contributing much. I'm not rooted, completely stock.
What are some options available to investigate this? BetterBatteryStats or apps like that?

whats your battery life like?

I got stock os with all the fancy stuff disabled.
My battery charges 1% per minute when between (0-85%) after that charging slows down.
It doesnt however fully charge it usually wont go higher than 97%.
Battery drains 1%/h in standby
5%\h listening to offline-music
Today I had 6h 5 min with 3:54 on-screen time ( starting from 93% down to 2%.
About the same for me but I can do a full charge in 45min coming from about 9%
About the same, recent CM builds are better. I'm considering the Nexus ROM
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At first i thought the battery life was ok, then i switched to the nexus rom for a while and came back to stuck because i wanted my camera back. There is a huge difference in battery life as far as I'm concerned. Stuck OS burns way more battery when idle but then again it has a lot more bloat :/ so it's to be expected
I get awesome battery life. On rooted stock with third party launcher with various tweaks. Way better than my desire or Moto g or Moto x or nexus 4 ever were.
Agreed, all other roms besides stock get awesome battery life. I've disabled or uninstalled as many apps as possible and the battery still drains unacceptably fast at idle. If we could get a stock rom modified to get the battery life of a custom rom that would make this phone perfect for me.
riour said:
I got stock os with all the fancy stuff disabled.
My battery charges 1% per minute when between (0-85%) after that charging slows down.
It doesnt however fully charge it usually wont go higher than 97%.
Battery drains 1%/h in standby
5%\h listening to offline-music
Today I had 6h 5 min with 3:54 on-screen time ( starting from 93% down to 2%.
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I consider the battery in mine to be working very well and use ~33.3% every two hours with the screen at full brightness and constant touching for reading. So looks like its about the same.
Standby is ~50% used in 48 hours with wifi on and background apps using the internet.
That's based on the apps I use and whatever they're doing in the background to wake the cpu, use wifi, etc.
Stock rom with the 'fancy stuff' disabled as well.

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