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[Q] Increase Battery Life

anybody have any tips or hints on how to increase the battery life , have cycled from 100% to empty a few times but have noticed no real improvement and have also tried switching off non essential apps that run in the background..im stumped for further ideas ...

hrnzir said:
anybody have any tips or hints on how to increase the battery life , have cycled from 100% to empty a few times but have noticed no real improvement and have also tried switching off non essential apps that run in the background..im stumped for further ideas ...
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Not yet i believe....i just bought a spare battery on ebay...what we need is a better kernel...thatll prbly save more battery life
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For some reason after a month of usage my battery life seems to approve. I bought a external battery via microusb(1000mah) off ebay
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1. Root
2. Download NoBloat Free from the Play Shop (Market) and install.
3. Trim out unnecessary system services via this website: http://androidadvices.com/optimize-lg-nitro-hd-phone-performance-removing-bloatware/
After that was said and done, the battery life on my P930 was noticeably better.

LiViD said:
1. Root
2. Download NoBloat Free from the Play Shop (Market) and install.
3. Trim out unnecessary system services via this website: http://androidadvices.com/optimize-lg-nitro-hd-phone-performance-removing-bloatware/
After that was said and done, the battery life on my P930 was noticeably better.
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^^^^ that helps but not a lot....i guess its better than nothing
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hrnzir said:
anybody have any tips or hints on how to increase the battery life , have cycled from 100% to empty a few times but have noticed no real improvement and have also tried switching off non essential apps that run in the background..im stumped for further ideas ...
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Flash my ROM (see sig)

did u try calibrating the battery with any of the free software on the market !
i used to get 3 hours "seriously" out of this phone ... after deploating and calibration it can last 12 hours with heavy use !

I've started using an external battery charger (one of the official lg ones from Ebay) and an extra battery, and just swap them out when my phone dies, and I've noticed on the few occasions where I charge my phone by plugging it in, even though it says 100% (and I've done all the battery calibrations and everything) it doesn't last as long as when I pop in a fully externally charged battery.

My device battery life also got better in comparison to the first days i used it. But for some reason i experience some strange usage right now.
For example:
In the morning from 7 - 10am 100%... later 10% in 15 minutes, with phone in standby-mode.
I checked after i'd make a phonecall, hardware consumption for radio was on 99,9%. After reboot it was ok again, but later hardware consumption for the screen was at high level. Strange... everyday a new experience.

Turning LTE off helped my Spectrum last 24+ hours. I turn 4G on whenever I really need it, though. And with 4G on all day, I can get 12-16 hours under moderate use.
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kernelpan1c said:
Flash my ROM (see sig)
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+1, better battery life than stock ROM

I have honestly never seen a phone go through battery quite like this one. I love the phone to death. It feels solid in the hand, and the screen quality is amazing. But I can't deal with the battery going like this. I input a new APN so it would just use HSPA+ .. but does that actually stop the LTE radio from searching? (I am in a non-LTE area)

hrnzir said:
anybody have any tips or hints on how to increase the battery life , have cycled from 100% to empty a few times but have noticed no real improvement and have also tried switching off non essential apps that run in the background..im stumped for further ideas ...
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I tried a trick to increase battery life by disabling a service called fast dormancy. read here for more information http://www.itcse.com/2012/10/increase-galaxy-ace-battery-life/

The most important thing which consuming the battery is the screen

rohan1435 said:
I tried a trick to increase battery life by disabling a service called fast dormancy. read here for more information http://www.itcse.com/2012/10/increase-galaxy-ace-battery-life/
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Found this nifty program that is made for the LG phones. I will report back to let you know if I found it effective.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2021248
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My experience with this phone is that ips screen battery usege is higher than lcd and amoled
amoled phones consume less battery because amoled hasnot edge to edge backlight and pixels have light themselves.
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nss007 said:
My experience with this phone is that ips screen battery usege is higher than lcd and amoled
amoled phones consume less battery because amoled hasnot edge to edge backlight and pixels have light themselves.
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Yes our screens are a big consumer of power but there are plenty of disadvantages to AMOLED: heat, image burn (like a plasma tv), image quality and longevity of the screen. The more pixles that are lit the more power it uses, to the point that it uses more power than IPS with large areas of the screen are lit. This along with image retention is why CM7/9/10 has black as a background for everything and stock doesn't. Think of it as LED/LCD TV's vs Plasma. Similar power curves between them.
BTW the little program above dropped my idle power usage to only 5% over 8 hours. I will be trying it with cm10 to see if I get similar results.
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kernelpan1c said:
Flash my ROM (see sig)
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LOL, your sig doesn't show up so not helpful lol

Battery Drain

Anyone else experiencing massive battery drain when their screen is on?

Not with the backlight off. No. With it on yes
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killerskincanoe said:
Not with the backlight off. No. With it on yes
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Sorry. What do you mean by backlight?
EDIT: Nevermind, found out its auto-brightness. How do i turn it off?

Settings -> display
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also if you have the power widget or whatever it's called on your home screen you can open that and toggle it on and off there as well

I dont see it under display. My brightness is set to basically 20% if that helps.

fcb13 said:
I dont see it under display. My brightness is set to basically 20% if that helps.
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Ya there's no auto brightness setting... weird right?
I also have massive drain from my screen even with bravia engine off and brightness down.
Honestly im thinking this phone just has really bad battery life haha. Its unfortunate because i love the phone.
Maybe I've just been spoiled by the battery life of my Atrix4g haha.

FanDroid09 said:
Ya there's no auto brightness setting... weird right?
I also have massive drain from my screen even with bravia engine off and brightness down.
Honestly im thinking this phone just has really bad battery life haha. Its unfortunate because i love the phone.
Maybe I've just been spoiled by the battery life of my Atrix4g haha.
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I had an Atrix and an Atrix 2. Battery life was good, and bad.
It all depends on how you use. Use it a lot and always have the screen on it's going to go fast. I have a friend who can get a couple days off her Ion.
Let it die. Plug it in, leave it on the charger until it's full. I did that and noticed a HUGE difference in battery life.

joe3681 said:
I had an Atrix and an Atrix 2. Battery life was good, and bad.
It all depends on how you use. Use it a lot and always have the screen on it's going to go fast. I have a friend who can get a couple days off her Ion.
Let it die. Plug it in, leave it on the charger until it's full. I did that and noticed a HUGE difference in battery life.
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Ya mine varied quite a bit by rom too.. I had fantastic life on my atrix with a customized version of CM7.2.
Ya thats true, i actually resorted to looking at quite a lot of reviews and run down tests and ive never seen so many mixed reviews haha... some said it was terrible some said it was solid.

It all depends on how you use the phone my Sk17i (Xperia mini pro) can make through 1 day by draining at least 5% without using it (custom Rom obviously xD)
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FanDroid09 said:
Ya there's no auto brightness setting... weird right?
I also have massive drain from my screen even with bravia engine off and brightness down.
Honestly im thinking this phone just has really bad battery life haha. Its unfortunate because i love the phone.
Maybe I've just been spoiled by the battery life of my Atrix4g haha.
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I just found a way to turn off auto brightness. So happy. Here's the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933310

My atrix used to have terrible battery life haha.
I have 9 hours yesterday and was at 70% I can generally go full days constantly without having charge
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Battery life

Perhaps I'm crazy but I see no real improvement in battery life from ICS to Jellybean. Perhaps I am crazy, but that seems to be true. Thoughts? Anyone else experiencing the same?
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Not crazy at all. Many people have reported the opposite... that Jelly Bean actually reduced the battery life. If you are seeing no change then I would call that a good thing.

Stock everything.
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I'm pulling about 7 hours of battery as of now. Gonna run Juice Defender and see if I note any change.
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Crazy battery life
xTMFxOffshore said:
Perhaps I'm crazy but I see no real improvement in battery life from ICS to Jellybean. Perhaps I am crazy, but that seems to be true. Thoughts? Anyone else experiencing the same?
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Ah, another Photon refugee. Hope to see you have the same impact here as you did in the Photon forum. I am at 33+ hours with 71% battery remaining and Zdbox says that I still have >50 hours left (I sure as hell don't believe that). That being said, I am running a Hyperion 4200mah battery that has been great. I also have 54 frozen apps (including TouchWiz - I use ADW) and that has to help. Yesterday I downloaded Easy Battery Saver and am running it in intelligent mode and that seems to have had a large impact. We all know that battery life is a fragile thing and personal usage has the biggest influence. I don't use the phone alot, I am not on any social media and I'm usually on wifi. I'm sure that is a factor even though I'm on the Web a lot. Frankly, I' so happy with the setup that I'm currently running that I have not found a compelling reason to install a custom ROM.
Also, I don't auto update anything just to make sure that I update only on wifi.

Dschoms, I have no doubt at all this has a huge impact on it. I am always on my social media and what not. So again, sure that plays a role.
As for the battery, is that one of the thick ones? Like the extended one for the Evo?
And I was quite active on the Photon forums mostly testing and some aiding. Though most of that was working on kernels with Joker. But I'll help where I can.
And thanks for everyones input thus far. Appreciate it.
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xTMFxOffshore said:
Dschoms, I have no doubt at all this has a huge impact on it. I am always on my social media and what not. So again, sure that plays a role.
As for the battery, is that one of the thick ones? Like the extended one for the Evo?
And I was quite active on the Photon forums mostly testing and some aiding. Though most of that was working on kernels with Joker. But I'll help where I can.
And thanks for everyones input thus far. Appreciate it.
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Yeah, it does approximately double the thickness of the phone, but the replaceable battery was the determing factor for getting the S3 over the HTC. I use the GPS a fair amount and the larger battery was more desireable. Actually there were two things that I disliked about thd S3. One was the thinness and the other was the slickness of the case. I think the thicker battery gives the phone a better feel in my large hand. As for the slickness, I went to Home Depot and purchase an aerosol can of Plasti-Dip and coated the battery cover with a rubberized coating. Now I have a heftier phone with a non-slip surface and insane battery life. (2 days and two hours on the current charge with a THEORETICAL 55% and 32 hours lefT, LOL)

That's super rad. I may have to look into that non slip grip idea. Sounds like a good plan. Thanks for the info.
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So I ran Juice Defender and got a extra hour and fourty mins worth of battery life.
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Battery life is going to vary by user. EVERYONE uses the phone for different things.. So the person who occasionally text, looks something up may get extensive battery life, but a user who's online quite a bit.. Syncing FB, Emails constantly, will kill battery quicker. So it's a matter of making adjustments to conserve if that's what you prefer... Screen brightness to dimmer setting, Screen off at 15 Secs inactivity, Email sync to longer duration between, FB sync off, Little things like that will increase the life overall. Programs like Juice defender work awesome as well. leaving the network connected when not in use is a huge battery drain.. send to airplane mode or turn off data will help. I've done these things on all my Galaxy (EPIC). Do a search, you'll see some tips around here..

Yeah I'm akways on my phone. Sending e-mails and texts and all that jazz. Thanks.
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xTMFxOffshore said:
Yeah I'm akways on my phone. Sending e-mails and texts and all that jazz. Thanks.
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I use juice defender to help when i have my screen off, it'll disable data. (Can still get text messages just no email sync and such) turns back on with screen on. But it's all on the usage.. Can always invest in an extended life battery if you feel the urge. Makes the phone a bit thicker.. but gives ya longer battery life.

Yeah. I'm not super worried about the battery life and what not. Was just curious.
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Should I get this phone?

Guys,I'm thinking of buying this phone.I think the specs are great but I saw many reviews of it being laggy and slow on lollipop and other issues such as overheating and terrible battery life.
I know that it has a qhd screen which will drain battery more quicker but i saw screen on time of 1:30 - 2:30 hours only which i think is really bad considering it has 3000mah battery.
So guys, is it really bad on lollipop?I don't know if it is better on latest version because i saw reviews from june-july.
I need an honest opinion because I'm really fed up with lag on my xperia sp and now I want a lagfree phone.

umair42 said:
Guys,I'm thinking of buying this phone.I think the specs are great but I saw many reviews of it being laggy and slow on lollipop and other issues such as overheating and terrible battery life.
I know that it has a qhd screen which will drain battery more quicker but i saw screen on time of 1:30 - 2:30 hours only which i think is really bad considering it has 3000mah battery.
So guys, is it really bad on lollipop?I don't know if it is better on latest version because i saw reviews from june-july.
I need an honest opinion because I'm really fed up with lag on my xperia sp and now I want a lagfree phone.
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Dude this phone is perfect stay tune i will show you screen on time i have more 33 % and will post screenshot of Screen on time.
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What do you think 4 h for this phone with quad hd display is perfect for me i think itw good dude.
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the last update (v20U) fix some of the issues with battery, i have 4/5 hours of screen time with all time 30/50% of brightness! lag isnt the problem now, the phone run smooth with last update...really, now i consider this phone a must have, not only for the specs but for this price on the stores! get it, you will be amazed with.

Do both of you have root?And how long it takes to charge?

umair42 said:
Do both of you have root?And how long it takes to charge?
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I'm full stock i dont have root and my phone charge for like a hour i mean its fast.
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The phone is a beast, especially considering that it costs 1/3 of current Galaxy S6 or even 1/4 of Note 5.
Battery life is better than S6, in par with Note 5.
Performance is great, camera is great, speaker is great, battery is good, software isn't bloated like Touchwiz.
Only thing that annoys me is slowish updates (because it's not main flagship anymore, G4 is) and washed out blacks since it's LCD screen.
Other than that I think its a great device and I'm happy that I will be using it for another year.

Thanks for the reviews guys.Hopefully i'll get it soon

Need phone asap

Hey everybody,
Long time Android user here as well as strictly nexus owner. My Nexus 6 took a a dump the other day and I need a phone pretty quickly. I don't have a ton to spend and I'm leaning towards the 5x. I know there were plenty of performance issues reported by a fair amount of people especially relating to the camera. I'm a ferret owner and I enjoy getting some great shots. My N6 was pathetic most times at getting anything decent (even with them sitting still). Will I regret this camera (speed, not quality) or is the performance improved post 6.0.1 update? Does the camera open up properly by double tapping the power button or does it freeze all the time like on my N6? Also, how bad is the loudspeaker? Have the updates for the 5x done as good of a job as they were supposed to in the lag/jank department?
Bonus: how is it on the N preview?
Thanks in advance guys. I always appreciate you all taking time out to help
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I've had no performance issues with mine. I believe 2 of the 7 or so monthly OTA updates did address performance issues for those who were though.
My camera always launches with a double tap and it's quick and snappy. HDR+ pictures come out considerably quicker than my N5 though disabling HDR+ would still be recommended for moving subjects such as a fast critter.
I haven't had any issues with RAM personally but if you are the type of person that likes to load up lots of background services it's possible the 2GB of RAM could become a limitation.
For the $200 Google Fi deal there is nothing that can compete. At $400 there are options though the 5x still competes well with its top notch camera and screen quality.

Well that's good to hear. I don't download a ton of apps or anything like that. Lots of pictures, podcasts, and some surfing of the web. I just cant stand how bad my n6 handles getting a QUICK picture. It's literally 10 secs or more sometimes to load the app. It has not aged well compared to my n5
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Lots of views...any other people with impressions to share?
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mikehunt22 said:
Lots of views...any other people with impressions to share?
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Yea, I first had mine full stock for a week. Battery lasted for about 3-4 hours of SoT with Data On; 4h with WiFi. Performance was impecable, really fast and snappy. Never had problems with camera like other people had. Yes it takes 2 seconds to do a HDR+ pic, but I cant see the difference between normal and HDR+, so I leave it off mostly so its really fast. Then, I rooted my phone as the Type C cable that I ordered arrived. ( You should order a USB C to USB-A converter, because it doesnt come with the phone, and that is the most stupidest thing ever). After the root, 8-12 h of SoT, buttery smooth performance with Interactive Governor tweaks on PureNexus with Phasma Kernel. So yea, it's freaking awesome so far.
The only con for me personally is that it gets really hot and really fast if the screen is on. If you skype, it's so hot sometimes that my fingers sweat, and If i put the screen on my ear, it almost stings. Resting it for a few seconds turns it back to 29C ,but yea. This phone is just so hot sometimes. Havent tried streaming, but youtube doesnt make it that hot, its arround 39 wich is normal. If you dont root, and your phone gets hotter than 44-46C, your big cpu core will throttle and you will feel an impact in performance(but that really rarely happens, only if you multitask like me)
Overall, 9/10 phone, worth the money. I switched from my broken M7, and did the right choice

Thank you very much. Really appreciate the feedback
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