I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus. The performance is still adequate for my needs(Whatsapp, social networks, browsing and occasional lightweight games). The only thing I hate is the battery life, and am considering getting an extended battery to fix that.
How's the battery life on extended battery? Please leave screenshots and brand of battery (I'm leaning towards Seidio, but am open to suggestion).
Hi! I have an extended battery (2000mAh) and the performance of the battery is very good. I achieve 3 days with 2 or 3 hours of screen with only one full battery charge. Unfortunately I don't have screenshot right now to post but the performance of battery is highly dependent of the apps that you have running in background in your phone. It is very important that your phone is in deep sleep mode the most time as possible while the screen is off. In my case my phone is more or less 96-97% in deep sleep mode when I don't use it.
The battery is original Samsung .
On the CDMA variant with the oem extended battery it's reasonable to get a day with moderate use, moderate signal. So for your phone I bet a 50% increase over that is reasonable
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Mostly on WiFi, with a couple of hours of 3G(<1 hr SOT on 3G). Location reporting off, WiFi always on. Brightness auto.
Purity ROM 4.3. Stock kernel. I started with a clean install to avoid all effects of botched upgrade, and slowly added back apps.
Things I use: Greenify for all apps except IM, Wakelock Detector and Battery Stats Plus to monitor rogue apps (haven't had any yet, touchwood)
Things I don't use: undervolting/underclock, custom kernel.
The area I live in has less than ideal signal strength (3G), so my battery life is almost always less than what many people get and benchmarks show.
sumeshpremraj said:
Mostly on WiFi, with a couple of hours of 3G(<1 hr SOT on 3G). Location reporting off, WiFi always on. Brightness auto.
Purity ROM 4.3. Stock kernel. I started with a clean install to avoid all effects of botched upgrade, and slowly added back apps.
Things I use: Greenify for all apps except IM, Wakelock Detector and Battery Stats Plus to monitor rogue apps (haven't had any yet, touchwood)
Things I don't use: undervolting/underclock, custom kernel.
The area I live in has less than ideal signal strength (3G), so my battery life is almost always less than what many people get and benchmarks show.
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Damn! That's like my Wind connection!
I get a pretty solid battery life though, around 4 hours SoT and that's with checking flipboard, facebook, instagram and my bank quite often. Also playing those 'clash' type games. If I don't use it much it lasts almost 18 hours. (Mild calls, answer texts only and minor music playback.) I'll post screenies tmw because I've been charging every time I get home so you would see unrealistic statistics.
Using AOKP with ROM packed kernel and no kernel changes.
Usually using CM nightlies (4.3) and tiny kernel (around 5 hrs SoT with interactive and deadline.)
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Not to second post (it won't let me edit for some weird reason) but I pretty much do everything the poster above mentioned as well! (Greenify and location off, auto WiFi off and auto brightness.) Also used trickster to use morfic colour settings but haven't needed too on AOKP.
Edit : I also bought greenify donation and use xposed framework to do system apps, not sure if that matters or not.
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I have been using the lte g.nexus for about two weeks now and i cannot stand the battery life let me explain
Im on screen timeout 15 sec auto brightness.
Operating on 3g mode only and my average batt time is abouy 4 hours of moderate to heavy use(no bluetooth r gps included) ive heard stories of batt conditioning when i got my g.nexus i charged it to green and immediately begin using it. I even let it drain to zero the first two charge cycles. I dont have any syncing apps doing auto sync except my google account and no one app seems to be sucking juice the screen is always using between 40%-60% in the usage stats is this normal i.never had this problem with my bionic.
that F'ing ridiculous that you are only getting a few hours on your g-nex especially since you have turned a lot of things off or to a minimum. i would either go to a verizon store to try to get a replacement or purchase an extended battery.
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Not trying to hijack this thread but I'm starting to think my battery is bad too. I've been giving it time because this is only my 4th day with it, but its just atrocious.
Yesterday: charged to 100% and took off charger immediately around 4 pm. After a moderate amount of texting, 10 minute phone call, and my 4 Gmail accounts syncing in the background on 3g the whole time, the battery died around 11pm. The screen on time was maybe 1.5 hours.
I'm running Android Revolution rom with the included stock kernel. Everyone reports about how awesome the battery life is with that rom, but if 7 hours is good battery life then I don't know what to expect.
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Im starting to wonder if the phone or either the battery is at fault because i see a lot of usera spread out across the net complaining of similar problems. Is there is a certain way to traim the batteru the first day or so because i love this phone but i refuse to buy an ext. Batt jus to make it thru a work shift.only on 3g ..anyone else having this problem or know of a fix?
I've heard some glitch about the camera sensor staying on in the background in a different thread. Search for it in xda
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My battery was only worknig for a few hours with the extended battery when i looked at the battery usage it said 70% mediaserver. looked up online and it said if you have a picture or vid that is corrupted it can cause mediaserver to keep trying which i had a photo gallery widget on home screen. when i deleted img and deleted widget im now getting like 10x more battery life.
I am getting good battery life.
During my sleep or when my phone is idle or when I know I am not using it for a long period of time, I switch my phone to 2G.
Below is a screenshot of my battery usage during a long period of idle (overnight when I am sleeping)
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I only switch it to 3G when I am actively using the Internet for surfing websites, Facebooking, Youtube, uploading photos or video.
Below is a screenshot of my usage from light to moderate to heavy.
I went into the bathroom with full charge and after I did my daily deed(s) I went down to 43% with brightness turned all the way down and only running xda app. wtf gives?
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I currently get at least 4 hours of screen time on my GN before it needs charging. I'd use my phone mostly for Netflix, Spotify, Poweramp, ICS+ Browsing. In this run I probably used Netflix for about an hour of the 4 hours of display time (3 episodes of US office on commute to college).
I am using a GN GSM with 2000 mah battery, AOKP Milestone 3, latest leankernel and my display is usually at about 40%.
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no, thats about the most youll get which is still about an hour more than the LTE version
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no, thats about the most youll get which is still about an hour more than the LTE version
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you know if stock kernel would improve it?
I've gotten 4 hours of screen time with ezekeel's glados gsm kernel on the stock battery. This is with auto brightness, sync on, mostly connected to wifi, not doing anything special to conservative battery. Browsing, youtube, shadowgun, modern combat 3, wordfeud, tapatalk, gtalk.
With the 2000 mah extended battery, I would think you could squeeze out another hour of screen time.
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you know if stock kernel would improve it?
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No
Turn down the display all the way. Disable all mobile networks in the settings. And make sure you keep the battery cool so you dont damage it.
dwang said:
I've gotten 4 hours of screen time with ezekeel's glados gsm kernel on the stock battery. This is with auto brightness, sync on, mostly connected to wifi, not doing anything special to conservative battery.
With the 2000 mah extended battery, I would think you could squeeze out another hour of screen time.
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Well 14% onto your 4 hours would only be half of the extra hour needed for 5 hours.
Doesn't pulling data off WiFi consume less battery than 3G?
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Turn down the display all the way. Disable all mobile networks in the settings. And make sure you keep the battery cool so you dont damage it.
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Thanks, I'll make sure not to let it get too hot.
Do you know if I needed to do anything special to my 2000 mah battery after I put it in my phone? I never calibrated.
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Well 14% onto your 4 hours would only be half of the extra hour needed for 5 hours.
Doesn't pulling data off WiFi consume less battery than 3G?
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Wifi uses less battery, but it also depends on your 3g signal. If you have a weak signal then that will use more power than if you have a strong signal.
Why don't u just carry your stock battery in your wallet? Whenever I'm going to be away from a power source for an extended period of time, I'll just carry a spare battery in my wallet and I usually don't worry about battery life. The battery is so small, it easily fits in my wallet.
I'm on aokp milestone 3 with the trinity kernel undervolted and my phone just won't die. As you can see I used it a fair bit with the screen on for about 3.5 hours. So I am very happy with this. O am also on normal battery, nothing extra.
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I'm starting to see that looking at battery life, we shouldn't be looking at any number but screen time on.
For me, no matter how long I use my phone. Let that be intense browsing to listening to music, my battery will not die until it reaches near the 2 hour screen on time.
I am trying to figure out if that is low compared to other users. If people can share that would be great.
thanks.
Hour and fourty five to two hours fifteen seem to be about the norm. Some users are getting ~3 hours of screen time with a lot of patience, kernel testing, fine tuning & tweaking as well as careful useage. I think we'll all get there sooner or later. In my opinion kernels can/will get MUCH better for this device. Only time can tell, but I'm not trying to put a show on. If I need my phone, I'm going to use it...whole point in having it.
Most GSM users get around 3 hours screen on time I believe.. I get three on a bad day
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This was on wifi all day, but still it's pretty impressive.
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I have GSM with 2000mah extended and get average of five hours screen time and have Gmail accounts syncing Facebook weather and it lasts all day so I'm finally content with my phones battery life. Just don't need more
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2.5 to 3.5 GSM depending on how long I have it draining on standby
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DammitCubs said:
I'm starting to see that looking at battery life, we shouldn't be looking at any number but screen time on. .
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Actually both
1.standby
2.and actual phone usage
Standby can be sorted out via removing stupid apps or configs causing large amounts of wakelocks.
Actual screen on time AFAIK can only be done via lowering brightness, or maybe try reducing screen voltage(however, current may increase rendering this mute).
Having a lower dpi screen means less screen touch/input for scrolling so that also helps, it also looks great due to the high res screen (large ppi count).
obviously if you are doing battery intensive stuff like playing games or gps. Not much you can do there.
This is what I'm getting on average , GPS and bt is off everything else on. GSM 4.0.2
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2.5 to 3.5 GSM depending on how long I have it draining on standby
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That's about my usage, I got two and a half hours yesterday. But I've since changed to Nitroz's Black Exodus so I hope to get more toward the 3-3.5 hour time.
I get between 2 and 2.5 hours with heavy usage on stock battery, GSM version, data on (2G screen off), sync on, AOKP M3 + franco kernel w/ turtle governor, 350/1000 UV. I'm trying gazelle with 700/1350 and I ordered the extended battery off eBay.
If you don't get at least 2 hours screen on with heavy usage (games, internet, etc.), research what is draining the battery.
On an average day I get over 4 hours screen time. A good day sees me hit 5 hours and a long time without charge can reduce this to around 3.5 hours.
I use the official extended GSM battery. Currently running AOKP 21 with Franco Kernel 14.4 undervolted by around -50mV. Auto-Brightness.
Here is an example of my last cycle.
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Stock everything GSM... Intermittent use of Skype. Wifi always on. Screen at 50%. Google calendar and mail sync.
4.0.1 just under 2 hours.
4.0.2 just over 2 hours and 2.5 hours max.
Average 16 hours without charge
I think it is just as important to post screen brightness as well as time on.
I've not yet tested a lower screen setting and I would be sacrificing its sexiness.
At least 4 hours screen time with:
Version: GSM GNex
ROM: AOKP Milestone 3 (power saver mode off)
Kernel: Lean Kernel
Battery: 2000 mAh
Frequency: 350/1350 InteractiveX
UV: -70 across all
3G/HSPA/LTE: 3G/HSPA and my network doesn't support 2G
What's off: BT, WiFi unless I'm home, Sync for Calender Contacts Browser and Photos.
Daily, I use: Netflix/Poweramp/Spotify/Reddit on my daily commute. Phone/Poweramp/Spotify/Reddit/Browser+ in between commute.
The WiFi is when I got home, and I didn't charge overnight, which explains the long straight line. My brightness is almost always at 40%, sometimes I go 100% if I get home and know I can waste the charge, sometimes it's at 0-10% if in very low light.
I just got my Glide a few days ago. From the specs of the phone and reviews online I was expecting the battery to last very long, but that hasn't been my experience.
My battery was going down about 10% every hour which means I would barely make it through a work day without charging it again.
I found a great app called Battery Mix that tracks battery usage and estimates how long the battery is going to last. It shows a number called P/H (percent per hour) which tells you how many percent per hour the battery is going down (or up if you're charging). You can find the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.smapho.battery_mix
When I first installed the app I was getting about 12.5 P/H which means the phone will only last 8 hours. I then uninstalled a few apps that use battery, but that didn't help much. Somebody said their battery improved when they formatted their SD card, so I just removed the SD card from mine. Now my battery consumption is down to about 8 P/H. The best I've seen is 7 P/H. This is better but still would only get me 12 hours and I'm not running all the apps I would like to be running.
I have JuiceDefender running now on the balanced setting. I'm running the Osimood ROM with Android 2.3.5. I've removed all background network polling apps like Facebook. Android OS is using 56% of the battery followed by display at 15%, so there isn't anything else that's eating up my battery.
How is the battery life on your Glide? Could you please install this app so we can compare numbers?
Woah, 56% battery life for the Android OS?
On daily usage it barely gets above 20%. The screen takes most battery life.
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Woah, 56% battery life for the Android OS?
On daily usage it barely gets above 20%. The screen takes most battery life.
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Thanks for the info.
Mine has been sitting on standby most of the day so that's probably why display is so much lower on mine than yours.
The high percentage of Android OS doesn't really worry me. It doesn't mean it's using a lot of battery; it just means it's using most of whatever is being used which could be a small amount.
Mine is doing much better now. P/H is down to 4.3 which means it could last 23 hours.
I really think the problem was the SD card. I'll pick up a different one after work today and see if it works better. I need a bigger one anyway.
I also found a thread that talks about corrupt image or video files on your phone causing bad battery life. That could definitely be what I'm experiencing. Should be fun figuring out which image is causing the problem.
what about downclocikng your cpu to 800? it will help i belive.
OK just installed it. I will let you know how mine is doing in a few days. I am fully Rogers stock.
I replaced the SD card and it seems to be doing better now. There may have been images on that card contributing to the problem.
I actually had GPS, wi-fi and bluetooth on the whole time. I've turned them all off now.
I've also underclocked it to 800. Thanks, taiber2000.
It looks like for the last hour it only dropped 3 percentage points.
If you are rooted and have ClockworkMod installed, you can sometimes get better battery life by resetting your battery stats. I think there are even some apps for rooted phones that will do it, but I don't have any experience with them. I can say, however, that resetting my battery stats using CWM increased my battery life significantly.
See here for one guide on how to do it: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/bugless/111009-get-better-battery-life-reset-battery-stats.html
sjbotha your welcome.
i belive i will do the same when i'll get my phone as well. altugh i will install the OC rooted kernel for better overall performance i will still downclock via software, not need the extra sterngh for my uses and i better have longer use time then CPU power.
I get 4.9 but the other day I was getting 12. All I did was Reboot my phone and I haven't started many apps. I think when they start they stay in memory.
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Mine depends on usage:
-about whole day wifi-on with 3 hours games and calls; if battery is 100% at 6am, it will be 20-30% at 10pm
-whole day HSPA+ on, 2 hours phone calls + SMS/MMS, emails etc; if battery is 100 at 6am, it will be 50-60% at 11pm or before I sleep...
in terms of P/H:
-i get 3-5 P/H when wi-fi, Auto-Sync is on.
-i get 2-4 P/H on HSPA + Auto-Sync on.
-about 1-2 P/H or sometimes a straight line on Battery Stats when Idle, no data connection and/or auto-sync is on.
in other words, the glide can handle my needs in a whole day without completely draining it's battery.
my battery drain so fast in 1hour..
you gave us no information, no screenshots or anything. please provide before we can tell you anything.
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you gave us no information, no screenshots or anything. please provide before we can tell you anything.
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sorry for no information & no screenshots or anything...i never thought to take any screenshots.. i only open my mobile network..and its on for 24/7..when screen off yet the battery still drain so fast..
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sorry for no information & no screenshots or anything...i never thought to take any screenshots.. i only open my mobile network..and its on for 24/7..when screen off yet the battery still drain so fast..
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Post a Screenshot of your battery drain in the settings and give details about your setup. And what is fast in your opinion? 1% /hour?
Maybe you should buy the extended battery kit?
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los3rkid91 said:
my battery drain so fast in 1hour..
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try flashing different kernels and see which one suits u the best.every phone is different.u may also wanna underclock and undervolt. also change the rom may b if changing kernel doesnot work.ine suggestion.XenonHD rom with its stock kernel.
The stock battery is a joke at 1800 and the extended is 2100...I had both and both sucked although the 2100 was a lil better. I have the 3800 Seiko battery now and that will last me all day. Makes the phone thicker but its better then charging all day and worrying about what's killing your battery.
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Turn off features when not being used like data NFC GPS.
Also avoid auto task killers
How much does it drain in one hour? Battery drain depends on many factors. The mains ones would be what kernel and ROM you are running as well as what "features" you have turned on. For example I am running CM10.1 with the stock CM kernel and I usually get around 16-18 hours of battery life with 1.5-2 hours of screen time.. that is with all of the features (gps, NFC, etc.) turned OFF.
Refer to my post, partner
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Lunarskye23 said:
The stock battery is a joke at 1800 and the extended is 2100...I had both and both sucked although the 2100 was a lil better. I have the 3800 Seiko battery now and that will last me all day. Makes the phone thicker but its better then charging all day and worrying about what's killing your battery.
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How on earth can you drain a 3800mAh battery in one day? Nonstop internet radio AND 3d gaming on full display brightness?
I am currently using PA rom with franco kernel. Normal day = roughly 13-15 hours ish.
By normal day I mean around 30 minutes of talk time, about 1 hour ish web browsing and like what, 30 minutes ish of youtube? Of course, sometimes I am free and end up playing games on it for couple hours lol, but the stock battery seems to be plenty enough to me.
My battery makes it about 15-17 hours,with about 1 hour gaming,1 hour browsing and talk time around 1,5 hours...Xylon + Purity Kernel!
It is what it is. This is Wi-Fi only on this charge:
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Turn data off when not using it. You can download a widget for that.
Keep screen brightness down low.
If rooted use setcpu and choose a screen off profile of 350mhz maximum - I find this a real benefit.