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I just got my nexus today and was wondering if this was good battery life for the first days use and when it will start getting better?
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Just about. I usually get 7hrs.
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Thats a drastic drop! Id say about normal as well. Did you have a lot of apps that were re downloading from the time you first activated it. After a few days to a week when your done looking at your phone every 5 secs you'll start to see battery improvement haha.
Tonight will be my 3rd time charging it. WIll it get a lot better tomorrow?
ProTip: Put the phone down every once in a while and enjoy life.
That's normal if ur 4g on
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It can take 4-5 charge cycles for the battery to really get worked in.
Also, check out the juice defender plus app. Doubled my battery life.
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Lithium Ion cells do not get better in any way after a few charges.
In fact the capacity goes down a wee tiny little bit with each and every charge, so your first charge was the "best" one.
Stop playing around with the thing for 5 hours non stop and you will get decent runtime.
Best thing to do with a new device is to charge it up fully as soon as you can. Then run it down until you get the low battery warning. Then charge it back up.
Battery life will likely be pretty poor for the first week or so, then it will normalize.
Deep discharging (to 0%) is about the worst thing you can do to a LiIon battery, because it "hurts" it much more than several shallow discharges.
Also, like I said before, battery capacity won't in any way rise or "normalize" over the first week.
Battery life is poor the first days because you use your shiny new device all the time (i.e. more than later). It's like that for all of us.
My battery life sucked the first few days, It got better though. It really only seems to suck it down if it is hunting for a signal constantly.
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If you are using your phone a laptop replacement and are surfing the web constantly, expect it to die like a laptop.
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You also need to try this manual battery calibration:
http://myhtcdesire.com/tutorials/how-to-improve-your-battery-life-calibration-tutorial
After I did this, saw the battery reading 99% and 98% more often rather than straight to 96% after charged.
Originally, it was suggested by HTC tech support. I did that once every six months or so ... And my battery level is now improved. Screenshots will follow in the next post.
Not bad?
Sync is off btw. And this includes using Maps 2%.
At least with my usage pattern, I am more or less satisfied.
I wish Google fixes the high Android OS Keep awake time!
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cvbcbcmv said:
You need to remember the only thing relating to battery life is not just the battery, it's software as well, hence calibration. After about a week or so your phone gets a "feel" for your battery and gets more battery stats, so it's more accurate with it's readings. That is a proven fact, you need to think about all things.
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It is quite easy to gauge a Lithium Ion battery. 4.20 V = full. 3.60 V = empty. Your phone can read the battery precise to 0.001 V. The curve isn't linear, but it's well known what voltage relates to the exact capacity left in the battery.
There's really no room to "feel" anything there, just simple math.
Smokeey said:
ProTip: Put the phone down every once in a while and enjoy life.
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I consistently get 15-18 hours of use out of mine with the extended battery.
But to the OP, if your screen is taking up 60% of your battery, it's always on, your battery is gonna die, it happens. Your battery doesn't get "better" with time. It seems that way because you aren't glued to the device 24/7.
Mine was god awful when I first got it but after a week or so it got much, much better.
I have the GSM version though.
60% screen time gawt damn! Did you talk to anyone that day?
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60% screen time gawt damn! Did you talk to anyone that day?
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Google need to run classes on how to read the battery consumption pages. 61% screen means that the screen used 61% of the total battery used, not that the screen was on 61% of the time.
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I call it "extende" battery because it's 250maH more than the stock, big whoop.
I have maybe 10-15 calls per day. I unplug at 10am and by 4-5PM I am at 14% battery. There is NOTHING running. I even switched to CDMA only from LTE/CDMA and it didn't help much.
Any recommendations? I am about to return it. My HTC Thunderbolt which has the WORST battery life of ANY phone lasts me through the day and that's with Facebook and other notification apps.
Wait for 4.03 and see if that helps. Otherwise, turn down screen brightness, turn off LTE, and get better reception. Also, charge it every chance you get.
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I can't fix any reception issues. This has horrible reception compared to my Thunderbolt as well which itself was bad with reception.
I have it on 3G only and the screen is already turned down.
I mean no disrespect but if the only option is to wait for a "patch" to fix this I probably should return it.
I paid out of contract price for this phone. $649.99 + 8.1% sales tax.
Don't get me wrong. This phone is blazing fast compared to my Thunderbolt but in the end I may just exchange it for an iPhone 4S which has sucky battery life but I can get through 2-3 days on a single charge.
If you even have to think about getting an iPhone, this phone isn't for you.
Seriously, something is probably wrong with your device. I get no reception issues. Sounds like that is the brunt if your issues.
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I would say return the 2100mAh battery at least but don't return the phone. LTE is a huge battery hog as is and with the size of this screen it isn't helping either. I'm anxiously awaiting either Mugen or Seidio to make a decent extended battery for it. There is a generic 'made in China' 3800mAh battery currently circulating around eBay pretty cheap, although I haven't tried it out myself yet.
How long have you been using the extended battery? You have to give it at least a week before making any decisions.
I've had the phone since Monday/Tuesday
You should first compare with the standard battery with the same usage pattern. If the standard battery gives you more time then there's a problem with your extended battery. If the standard battery gives you less time, then the extended battery is okay but you should look at your rom settings instead.
Relevant http://www.anandtech.com/show/5254/investigating-the-galaxy-nexus-lte-signal-issue
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LVNeptune8 said:
I call it "extende" battery because it's 250maH more than the stock, big whoop.
I have maybe 10-15 calls per day. I unplug at 10am and by 4-5PM I am at 14% battery. There is NOTHING running. I even switched to CDMA only from LTE/CDMA and it didn't help much.
Any recommendations? I am about to return it. My HTC Thunderbolt which has the WORST battery life of ANY phone lasts me through the day and that's with Facebook and other notification apps.
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If you're using the phone lightly and losing 85% in 6 hours, then there is a hardware problem. Don't buy into the hype that an OS update is going to fix the problem, it probably won't. I have great battery life on my GN using 4.0.2. I think a lot of people have a hardware defected phone, and are in for a surprise when the OS update launches and doesn't fix the battery issues. The Galaxy S already got 4.0.3, and users are still reporting massive battery drain.
Carry a few batteries or a charger and enjoy.
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I have found that the battery life I get with my extended battery is above and beyond anything I would have expected. Use WiFi if it is available for you at work or at home because it's typically faster (unless you have 4G signal and slow wifi) and uses much less power than typical cell radios.
milan03 said:
Carry a few batteries or a charger and enjoy.
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Lol totally a reasonable way to keep your phone functional. Hey, just sew another pocket on your jeans just to hold cellphone batteries, no biggie.
I think battery life varies wildly depending on individual circumstances.
My area has stellar LTE reception, I keep the screen at 30% brightness, and I do light web browsing, RSS viewing, and podcast listening.
With the extended battery, I get anywhere from 9-12 hours before hitting 5% battery. Battery usage typically shows ~50% screen and ~20% Android OS.
Granted, battery life dips significantly when gaming or watching Netflix, which I always do at 100% brightness.
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If you're using the phone lightly and losing 85% in 6 hours, then there is a hardware problem. Don't buy into the hype that an OS update is going to fix the problem, it probably won't. I have great battery life on my GN using 4.0.2. I think a lot of people have a hardware defected phone, and are in for a surprise when the OS update launches and doesn't fix the battery issues. The Galaxy S already got 4.0.3, and users are still reporting massive battery drain.
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although Nexus S has 4.0.3, the update for Galaxy Nexus will be designed for that specific hardware; thus battery life, performance etc will be completely different.
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I have the extended battery, using Roman's ROM and I go to sleep at night with about 25% battery left. I make about 5 calls a day, lasting about 20 minutes each. I surf on the phone a LOT, but am always on wifi when surfing.
I have always found that finding the right ROM with the best battery life (sometimes using different kernals) is a necessity with smartphones.
This is ridiculous. Unplugged for 1 hour and now it's at 44%. Absolutely nothing running. I watched it drop from 46-44%
LVNeptune8 said:
This is ridiculous. Unplugged for 1 hour and now it's at 44%. Absolutely nothing running. I watched it drop from 46-44%
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What is your screen on time? How many apps do you have installed? Are you running stock? Has the phone actually died?
Just because it says its that low doesn't even mean it's that low. Could be an error in reporting. I don't pay much attention to the percent... I go by when my phone actually dies.
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Don't get me wrong. This phone is blazing fast compared to my Thunderbolt but in the end I may just exchange it for an iPhone 4S which has sucky battery life but I can get through 2-3 days on a single charge.
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Get the iPhone and enjoy the tiny screen and amazingly horrible display. Then enjoy the fact that you can't do anything software related to the iPhone as well. And finally, go wait online for the next iPhone flop like every other fanbois out there and don't bother coming back to visit XDA where people enjoy the most up to date technology and don't waste Thread space by posting more useless threads.
Thanks I'm done ranting now.
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I got the official extended battery and have noticed much greater battery life. I now get a full day with heavy use
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I have had the phone for 5 days and with fairly light usage, I am still not getting good battery life. I turn off all data and wifi when not using it and screen on time is below 2 hours.
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It doesn't get better...get used to it until its fixed in an update , along with the other big issues.
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By about the 3rd day it seemed better. But it's also difficult to gauge because the first few days you're bound to toy with it constantly.
Until there is an empirical way to gauge usage, like an amp meter attached to the phone - it's all perception imo.
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In the top left you have three things running in the background, im assuming constantly. Uninstall them, especially the battery percentage since you can look that up easily on your phone
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GalaxynexusVZW said:
I have had the phone for 5 days and with fairly light usage, I am still not getting good battery life. I turn off all data and wifi when not using it and screen on time is below 2 hours.
Below is a screenshot of my battery life.
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Do yourself a favor and try aokp milestone 1 from rootzwiki , and also download lean kernel 1.1.1 on xda. Use interactiveX governor for kernel. This is the exact setup I am using now, and have been for a few days and have been getting insane battery life. Hope everything works for you.
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Last time I checked lithium ion batteries don't get better after a few days and yes there are software fixes for battery life and bugs..
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Reality. And a week. And getting a gsm version might help
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cvbcbcmv said:
You really have no idea what you're talking about. First of all, it will get better, I won't bother explaining the science behind it considering you can do your own research, but it will, also, it can't be "fixed." Just like they can't make it an 8 mega pixel camera in an OTA. You can get it much better by doing custom roms and thigns of that nature.
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Oh stupid me and here I was hoping for a 15 mp camera
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It got better when I turned off vzw backup and google +.
Best I got is 16 hours bone stock just an extended battery. Worst I got was 4 hours(screen was on the whole time) watched 2 movies before I plugged in. I average around 12 hours from 100% to 20%.
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GalaxynexusVZW said:
I have had the phone for 5 days and with fairly light usage, I am still not getting good battery life. I turn off all data and wifi when not using it and screen on time is below 2 hours.
Below is a screenshot of my battery life.
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First off, it's hard to tell by your screenshot how good or bad your battery life is. You're burning approximately 10%/hr, but maybe you had your screen on or were surfing the internet for a portion of that time. Anything that involves data transfer will kill your battery faster.
I got my Galaxy Nexus on Wednesday, and I've had great battery from the start. I calibrated it by letting the phone's initial charge die down to zero, and then charged it all the way up to 100%, and then used the Battery Calibration tool. I drain between 2-3% hour with light use, but can obviously drain much more depending on what I'm using the phone for.
That being said, for those on this board who think an OS upgrade is going to fix the problem, I highly doubt it. I have a reasonably poor cell signal (averages around -95 dbm), but still get solid battery life. Given that we were all issued phones with the same software, if you're experiencing incredibly bad battery life, I'm going to point my finger at the hardware. It just doesn't make sense that some of us with 4.0.2 get great battery life, and others do not. You probably have either a bad battery or a bad phone. Now, I'll probably get called out for saying this, but watch all the posts that follow when the update releases, when people still have poor battery life.
This is my 3rd Android phone (Incredible, Charge, GN), and every one of these phones has had poor battery life. On average, if I'm playing around with the screen on, I'm draining upwards of 10%/hr, if not more. But if you properly calibrate the battery - which is VERY important - you should easily be able to get a full day's charge out of your phone.
There is a post on XDA about the 13 steps to proper battery calibration. Once I followed it on my last phone, my battery life went up at least 50%. You have to let the battery drain to 100%, then bump charge a number of times, then use the battery calibrator.
GalaxynexusVZW said:
I have had the phone for 5 days and with fairly light usage, I am still not getting good battery life. I turn off all data and wifi when not using it and screen on time is below 2 hours.
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Try running without JuiceDefender. Constantly toggling data on and off (or wifi on and off) actually hurts battery in almost all cases.
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Try running without JuiceDefender. Constantly toggling data on and off (or wifi on and off) actually hurts battery in almost all cases.
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Your results may vary, but when I used Juice Defender or Green Power on my Droid Charge, I nearly doubled the battery life. I haven't put it on my GN yet because my battery life is much better than what I had with the Charge.
No using JD or anything like that. Just the the phone do its thing. I don't even open the multitask button unless I want to switch between apps.
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Gotta be a software issue with the battery.
Just this past weekend in Wash DC. Very strong 4 G market.
I had it fully charged off charger. After 7 hours without touching the phone even with google plus sign out, the battery went from 100% to 54%. It's like the phone was active a lot without me even touching it. No SMS/mms either. No emails either.
Know. I did same thing and put it on airplane mode with it 100% charged. After 7 hours on airplane mode it was at 98%.
So it's gotta be an operating system issue.
I tried it on wifi instead of 4G mode. And battery drainage was down to 72% after no use overnight.
So I bought a gnex a while ago, and the battery doesn't last very long.
Since I'm new in all of this I don't really know if it's normal and if it is what can I do to make it last longer?
My phone lasts about 10 hours with 3G and less than 2 hours of screen on..
It's the Google one which comes with 1750mAh standard battery. I thought of buying 2100 one but it seems very expensive unlike the bigger ones..
It costs around 35$ on ebay..
Also, can I use the Verizon or sprint batteries? From what I understand the official Samsung extended battery for Google nexus is 2000mAh? Why isn't it 2100 like Verizon?
So.. What should I do?
Thank you for your answer in advance!
My battery sucks as well I'm blaming the 4.2.1 update for making a bad battery even worse. Also the Verizon nexus is LTE enabled so its battery is even worse hence the bigger extended battery and even at stock the Verizon version has a bigger battery, the Verizon extended battery is not compatible with your Gsm nexus.
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I can get between 10-17 hours on my verizon nexus with always about 2hrs screen on time. I think that is plenty, but im always near a chrager. I came from a tbolt, so this nexus seems like it lasts a week.
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Yesterday it died on me for the first time..
I unplugged it at around 7am and it died at around 5pm.
I want my phone to stay running even if I don't have access to a charter at the moment.
How much more battery time would the 2000mAh extended battery give me? Is it worth the 35$?
If not, what should I do?
User217 said:
Yesterday it died on me for the first time..
I unplugged it at around 7am and it died at around 5pm.
I want my phone to stay running even if I don't have access to a charter at the moment.
How much more battery time would the 2000mAh extended battery give me? Is it worth the 35$?
If not, what should I do?
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Get a different phone. My battery life has sucked on 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2.
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User217 said:
Yesterday it died on me for the first time..
I unplugged it at around 7am and it died at around 5pm.
I want my phone to stay running even if I don't have access to a charter at the moment.
How much more battery time would the 2000mAh extended battery give me? Is it worth the 35$?
If not, what should I do?
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I ha e a sprint gnex with a Verizon extended battery... I think its 2200. I get about 1 1/2 hours screen on time with cm10. My galaxy note 2 should be here Friday... I can't wait for 6 hours of screen on time.
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I don't want a different phone right now.
Aren't there any options that won't be cost me 400+$?
Places to buy and order cheap and qualitative battery extension or extra batteries with wall charger or charging case or power bank?
roms kernels apps themes usage reception wakelocks wifi 2g/3g are many of the factors for battery life, why don't u try one of those avenues or all and see what u get or upload some screen shots and use better battery stats and cpuspy to narrow it down
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I'm using juice defender ultimate, original rom and kernel.
3G always on besides when jdu closes it.
I will upload screen shots when I get home.
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I ha e a sprint gnex with a Verizon extended battery... I think its 2200. I get about 1 1/2 hours screen on time with cm10. My galaxy note 2 should be here Friday... I can't wait for 6 hours of screen on time.
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I have the one from Samsung (2100 mAh i guess) and it's doing great...i mean about 3.5 hrs screen time and 1 hr talk time. I must say i don't listen to music, only youtube videos, games ans browsing.
I have CM 10.1, 4.2.1...so far so good.
Cheers and happy holydays !!!
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Forknout the money and get a note 2. The battery life is unmatched.
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b1337 said:
roms kernels apps themes usage reception wakelocks wifi 2g/3g are many of the factors for battery life, why don't u try one of those avenues or all and see what u get or upload some screen shots and use better battery stats and cpuspy to narrow it down
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try changing kernel first (Franco's is one of the best...)
The battery is the weakest point of this smartphone: yesterday I used it only in 3g with all accounts sync on and it has drained 46% with only 1 hour and 5 screen on.I know that 3g sucks a lot, but LOL xD
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try changing kernel first (Franco's is one of the best...)
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Plus : Lowering brightness , disable Bluetooth + GPS +WiFi if not used , Uninstalling useless apps if not needed and using the phone in 2G has always the biggest impact in improving battery lifetime
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Plus : Lowering brightness , disable Bluetooth + GPS +WiFi if not used , Uninstalling useless apps if not needed and using the phone in 2G has always the biggest impact in improving battery lifetime
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Using the phone in 2g? Poor guy
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I bought a 1980mah battery for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus on eBay and just keep it with me in my wallet if my phone ever dies. Never had to go through two whole batteries in a single day.
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Using the phone in 2g? Poor guy
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Its good to switch to 2g when you turn off the screen so you can still receive emails and such..
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3g is actually better with battery then 2g, but if there are both available with good coverage. 3G switching down and up is worse, but that's because of switching, not the 3g itself.
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Plus : Lowering brightness , disable Bluetooth + GPS +WiFi if not used , Uninstalling useless apps if not needed and using the phone in 2G has always the biggest impact in improving battery lifetime
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Ok, so we can all buy an old Nokia 3310 xDxD
runhappy said:
I bought a 1980mah battery for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus on eBay and just keep it with me in my wallet if my phone ever dies. Never had to go through two whole batteries in a single day.
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If I use at 100%, I can use easily 2 batteries xD
is it normal ?
50% battery drain in 1hour47mins(Screen ON completely), with BT n WIFI turned off, least brighntess, no background apps, background data off. Running on stock 4.2.1 rooted and hardly any apps installed. Used only whatsapp and was on xda via opera mini.
The battery sucks :/ Maybe its time to switch over to note2.
Waiting for ubuntu, if it can do anything to the battery life. Or, i would switch.
I am thinking of buying the G3, my only concern is the battery life.
Does the monster display's resolution affect the battery life much?
How much on average does it last and how much does the brightness affect the battery life.
Thank you!
PS. Sorry for my English :/
Search on Google, there are plenty of reviews covering battery life as well. Briefly, "surprisingly good" according to most of them.. not worse than competition (Z2, M8, S5) but not as good as its predecessor G2, means that it is good enough.
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I have 100% auto brightness and am on 49% battery with 3 hours 1 minute screen on time. That's good.
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All reviews are essentially saying that, despite the screen size, this phone basically outperforms everything else in the battery department.
Ripton said:
I am thinking of buying the G3, my only concern is the battery life.
Does the monster display's resolution affect the battery life much?
How much on average does it last and how much does the brightness affect the battery life.
Thank you!
PS. Sorry for my English :/
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For me, light usage - moderate usage.. the battery can last me about 10 hours. and the standby time when i leave overnight is just about 4 - 5 %
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For me, light usage - moderate usage.. the battery can last me about 10 hours. and the standby time when i leave overnight is just about 4 - 5 %
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10 hours of light usage makes it as bad as the nexus 5! what is the screen on time?
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10 hours of light usage makes it as bad as the nexus 5! what is the screen on time?
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So far I am getting between 11 and 26 hours with usually something in the middle 15-18 hours. This is on 85% brightness auto, wifi/bluetooth always on, location always on. 2+ hours of video playback and total of around 4.5 hours screen time in the battery stats
Just wait til custom ROMs drops.. The Battery life will be a killer.
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Just wait til custom ROMs drops.. The Battery life will be a killer.
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If they even drop.
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If they even drop.
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Truth. Really depends on the bootloader situation. Fortunately, it's nice that the root is available--at least debloating the phones of preloaded junk can be done.
Its actually better than the S5's battery and my HTC Butterfly S 3200mah battery.
I can easily last 2 days using the LG G3
I had all three phones I would say the htc m8 is the best ,the g3 would be about 92% of the htc and the s5 would be 85% of the htc.
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