Hello guys! I am a nebie here and i own the gpad.I wanted to ask you about the life of the battery,is it depleted so quickly because of the resolution of the screen or is it a result of poor optimizing on behalf of lg?Will the custom roms and kernels will be able to fix the problem and extend the battery life?Cause if its going to be fixed,it will be one of the best tablets
Thank you in advance
According to the battery usage data that the G pad produces, its pretty much the screen itself that consumes pretty much all of the power.
If that is correct, and I believe it is, there is no fix for it.
The only real thing you can do to extend battery life is turn down the brightness of the screen.
Hey guys,
So I just moved from iPhone finally, first few days with the G3 and I'm wowed of course, my only concern is that I expected the battery to be a lot better, of course it's better than the iPhone, but I did not expect it to drain so fast, first few % goes slow but then it drops fast, and I'm not doing anything special or massive use, brightness set to auto, and it's trickle charged, I dropped to like 20% after 2:20 hours of screen use.
So my question, is that what I can expect from the G3 because of the massive resolution? or it's just on the beginning?
Would love to hear from your experience! any tips would be cool!
Thanks!
Its because of the qhd screen, better screen, more battery drain, if u root u can adjust a few things to help a little, mine isent to bad
My first 10 percent drop I can get almost a hour of screen time, barely 2 1/2 at 50%. Thinking of returning this for the M8..
Zachary droid said:
Its because of the qhd screen, better screen, more battery drain, if u root u can adjust a few things to help a little, mine isent to bad
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This is true, but because you're a new user, I'd highly recommend not rooting for a while, until you've worked out the kinks in your phone. You can set the brightness to a certain percentage, and then auto-brightness uses that percentage as a base and will not let the screen go lower than that level. As for apps that can help you out, I use and highly recommend this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antutu.powersaver
You can select 3 different levels of saving, and I seem to get around 20% more battery life when use it. Or you can look for anything else along those lines. LG also has some built-in tools to help keep your battery going. There's the built-in battery saver option: http://www.androidcentral.com/how-use-battery-saver-lg-g3
There's also a few other things, this site covers it pretty well: http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-g3-help-tips-and-tricks
Anyways, hope that helps, and welcome to the family!
Hey thanks for the help guys!
I will definitely try some of the suggestions, and also considering to root it.
Does it get better with time tho? I mean this is just my 3rd of 4th cycle.
Thanks again guys!
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Hey thanks for the help guys!
I will definitely try some of the suggestions, and also considering to root it.
Does it get better with time tho? I mean this is just my 3rd of 4th cycle.
Thanks again guys!
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Yes, usually takes a few circles to the battery to settle down. Mine at the beginning was draining fast too but now I'm getting almost 5 hours of screen on time. That's pretty good in my opinion. I use my phone a lot and by the end of the day I'm over 30%. My gs4 was over way before that.
Dektion said:
Hey thanks for the help guys!
I will definitely try some of the suggestions, and also considering to root it.
Does it get better with time tho? I mean this is just my 3rd of 4th cycle.
Thanks again guys!
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My battery was terrible the first week. It's gotten much better since. So it will calm down after a bit.
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My battery was horrible the first week on my g2 but seems better on the g3, I don't think it will get better than this and if it does that's awesome!
I also feel like it doesn't use as much battery when screen on as my g2 did.
Apologies if this is discussed in another thread in length. I searched but couldn't find anything that specifically answered this question.
I know using the ambient light reduces your battery life but I'm only getting 4-6 hours of battery with this setting on. Is that normal or do I have a defective device? I'm interested in what your experiences are.
For the record, I'm getting 12-15hrs in non ambient light mode.
Thanks for your info/help.
fireknuckles said:
Apologies if this is discussed in another thread in length. I searched but couldn't find anything that specifically answered this question.
I know using the ambient light reduces your battery life but I'm only getting 4-6 hours of battery with this setting on. Is that normal or do I have a defective device? I'm interested in what your experiences are.
For the record, I'm getting 12-15hrs in non ambient light mode.
Thanks for your info/help.
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Check out this guys 2 day battery statistic. He even has nice graphs showing with and without ambient mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-360/general/moto-360-2-day-battery-test-graphs-t2880565
Edit: also, how long have you been using it? Most people experience really bad battery life for the first few days to a week and then they start seeing MUCH better battery life for whatever reason... Maybe the battery is calibrating, or the OS is becoming more efficient, or who knows.. But almost everyone sees a big improvement in battery life after about a week.
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Check out this guys 2 day battery statistic. He even has nice graphs showing with and without ambient mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-360/general/moto-360-2-day-battery-test-graphs-t2880565
Edit: also, how long have you been using it? Most people experience really bad battery life for the first few days to a week and then they start seeing MUCH better battery life for whatever reason... Maybe the battery is calibrating, or the OS is becoming more efficient, or who knows.. But almost everyone sees a big improvement in battery life after about a week.
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Thanks for the info. Based on their graphs I think I may have a defective device. I mine delivered last Tuesday, I haven't noticed much improvement. When on ambient light mode, I take it off the charger at 6:30am and it's dead before noon.
Can anyone comment on the battery life of the TabPro 10.1 when its turned off? I saw the review at notebookcheck (can't post link because I don't have 10 posts yet)
and it shows an extremely high power consumption when tuned off (also in standby).
I'm looking to buy this tablet but I'll only be using it occasionally so it would be very annoying if it would be depleted after being turned off for a few days.
Maybe the problem had been solved with a firmware update? The TabPro 8.4 didn't have this problem according to that review.
Comments on standby battery life are appreciated too!
Thanks
Hello,
my gf has Nexus 5X and has been complaining about her battery dying way too fast. I didnt find any apps draining the battery or anything that would unnecessarily keep the phone awake. The thing I found though was that the screen uses 60-70% of battery in a bit over 2 hours of screen on time. She has her brightness set as low as possible while being able to read what its on the screen actually.
This has been going on through multiple versions of android, I tried a clean install couple weeks ago but that didnt help either. The battery health is also good.
Does anyone have the same experience with it or a solution to this?
xHok said:
Hello,
my gf has Nexus 5X and has been complaining about her battery dying way too fast. I didnt find any apps draining the battery or anything that would unnecessarily keep the phone awake. The thing I found though was that the screen uses 60-70% of battery in a bit over 2 hours of screen on time. She has her brightness set as low as possible while being able to read what its on the screen actually.
This has been going on through multiple versions of android, I tried a clean install couple weeks ago but that didnt help either. The battery health is also good.
Does anyone have the same experience with it or a solution to this?
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Hi! I've noticed that display brightness causes some heat in the phone, specially in the camera area. So I decided to control brightness and phone temperature with Velis Auto Brightness (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.velis.auto.brightness&hl=es_419). This app helped me control temperature and thus battery. You can try and tell me! Good luck! :fingers-crossed: