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Lately, I noticed my battery has been dying much faster than normal. I got the phone maybe like 3 weeks ago, and it was lasting longer. I'm not sure if it's some app I downloaded or just the bad radios in 4.0.2 causing me to keep searching for signal, but it's definitely impacted how much I use my phone.
Anyone know what's going on? Or if theres some known issue with this?
Attached are some pictures of the running applications and the battery charts.
8.5hrs with 31% is pretty good to me.
You should look at my battery, 5hrs down to 16% (I have all active sync disabled, turned of 4G AND screen brightness only at like 5% for the entire time.)
*sigh*
If you look that is almost all standby time, which should be lasting way longer.
That's not horrible but you should look into what's waking up your phone so often.
Whats your screen-on time there? It looks like its really low.
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MilkPudding said:
8.5hrs with 31% is pretty good to me.
You should look at my battery, 5hrs down to 16% (I have all active sync disabled, turned of 4G AND screen brightness only at like 5% for the entire time.)
*sigh*
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You have a major hardware or software issue. That is not normal.
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That's not horrible but you should look into what's waking up your phone so often.
Whats your screen-on time there? It looks like its really low.
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It was at about 25 minutes of screen-on, but the keep-awake on the android OS was an hour. Could this be the culprit?
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It was at about 25 minutes of screen-on, but the keep-awake on the android OS was an hour. Could this be the culprit?
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Well look at your "awake" bar. Something is consistently waking the phone. Just syncing email etc wouldn't keep it awake that long. Its another app.
Use something like "BetterBatteryStats" to monitor microscopically whats waking the device.
Thanks, I'll use that app and post results.
Another thing is I looked at the cell standby, and it told me that 25% of the time it did not have signal. Could searching for signal cause the intense battery usage?
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Thanks, I'll use that app and post results.
Another thing is I looked at the cell standby, and it told me that 25% of the time it did not have signal. Could searching for signal cause the intense battery usage?
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yes, absolutely
90% of battery problems are either user installed app or radio related so far on the nexus thread
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Thanks, I'll use that app and post results.
Another thing is I looked at the cell standby, and it told me that 25% of the time it did not have signal. Could searching for signal cause the intense battery usage?
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Looks like you had some times of bad signal based on your screenshots, but not the entire time.
Bottom line your phone should be idling much better than that. Granted I'm on GSM and not LTE, but when I turn off my screen and let it idle (i.e. forget to plug it in over night) the graph is almost flat. It will idle forever. Yours is not seeming to do that.
reboot..
I reboot my phone twice a week. It works really good.
Battery after a reboot and 9 hours standby. 96%
Without a reboot 70%
Big difference..
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martonikaj said:
That's not horrible but you should look into what's waking up your phone so often.
Whats your screen-on time there? It looks like its really low.
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You have a major hardware or software issue. That is not normal.
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After much testing, I found out the anti-theft feature in Avast! is causing the massive battery drain. It prevents the phone from going to sleep.
Ow that sucks well out with that app, I use avg very good. Also I get an average battery usage of 3hours screen on time.
That's with most syncs on also wifi and GPS are always on.
Usually its bad apps that can't handle ics
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I'm also using Avast but I think my awake pattern fairly falls in line with the screen on pattern. Twice out of the 2 months I've owned my nexus the battery has drained really fast - normally I will get about 28 hours. Any ideas?
hi there i have galaxy nexus having xylon rom 4.2.2. battery life is so bad. all the battery drains within 8-9 hours with average usage..need help..
How long are you expecting to get out a modern smartphone's battery?
when i had revolution hd 4.1.2 . tht gave me battery life of a day and half .......
You could try other roms/kernels/governors.
What works for some might not work others.
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You could also check if you have any apps that keeps the phone awake.
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tell me the best 4.2.2 battery saving rom...??
My observations are 4.2.2 decreases my screen on time by 1 hour, but that may just be my ebay battery degrading, my observations are nothing scientific, so take it with a grain of salt.
And as always, YMMV.
A degrading battery could decrease your phones battery life, but I guess that it would be a longer process and not appear right after flashing a new rom.
You could install something like BetterBatteryStats and have a look at the (kernel/)partial wakelooks if some app is keeping your phone awake.
CPU Spy can also show you how long your phone spends on certain CPU frequencies. This could also give you a quick info if your phone can get enough sleep. (you should give the app enough time to collect data)
Perhaps there is also a bug in the rom?
And smartphones don't last very long with screen on, so depending on what you do during your 'average use' and if your smartphone usage changed since your last rom that might just be what you can get.
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Yes, i also have the galaxy nexus, and the battery life is poop.
To many variables come in to play..such as low signal strength being the number one battery killer. Test on a stock ROM and kernel first. Cm.10.1 nightlies are doing me pretty good averaging 15 hours / and almost 3 hours screen time. Running Franco kernel r366 undervolted -75 offset.
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Install BetterBatteryStats, check wakelock issues, common issue is caused by "android os" keeping the phone awake all the time and I bet that's what eating your battery. usually gps_lock or another process requesting the OS to stay awake.
Hello All,
I saw every one talking about a very good battery life for their g pro.
Some people also posted their battery graphs screenshots with 30 or 40 hrs of battery time.
I bought the phone some 10 days ago (E988-Indian version). I get battery backup somewhere around 10 to 12 hrs from full recharge with normal use(no gaming or heavy internet usage, only whats app.)
Is this everyone is getting but they are making hype or is my phone faulty??
an 3140 mah battery and only 12 hrs of battery backup is a big turn down for me !!!!!!!
tany with walkman said:
Hello All,
I saw every one talking about a very good battery life for their g pro.
Some people also posted their battery graphs screenshots with 30 or 40 hrs of battery time.
I bought the phone some 10 days ago (E988-Indian version). I get battery backup somewhere around 10 to 12 hrs from full recharge with normal use(no gaming or heavy internet usage, only whats app.)
Is this everyone is getting but they are making hype or is my phone faulty??
an 3140 mah battery and only 12 hrs of battery backup is a big turn down for me !!!!!!!
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Check out battery discussion thread in General. I'm running custom ROM Vanir android 4.3.1, I'm getting a full 2 days of battery on moderate usage and 14hours on wifi and 5 hours of screen on time which is btw amazing. I'll be posting my results in battery discussion thread in general.
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And also I lose just 1% for every 6 hours standby time. :laugh: that means I have a standby of almost 600hrs!!! :victory:
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FYI I was getting about 1 and a half day usage on stock (moderate). The problem on your device may be due to incorrect battery stat reading.
Try this:
1. Discharge the phone completely
2. Recharge to 100% without any break! after reaching 100% leave the charger on for another 15 mins.
3. Use battery calibrator if your phone is rooted, if not don't worry skip this step.
4. Do a soft reset by pulling out the battery with the device "on" and leave the battery out for about 7 to 10 mins.
5. Install the battery and use your phone and post your results later
Hey thanks for ur reply.. i dont want to root my fone.will prefer stock rom. Will just try the method you suggested…if still it doesn't improve then i wll come back again
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I'm a bit worried about my battery drains and wanted to compare with others. With max brightness and power saving off my battery drains about 1 percent every 2-3 minutes with basic web browsing (no videos)
Is this fairly typical or is there something I should do to find out if an app is draining resources more than usual
Advance thanks
Sounds normal. And what kind of test is that? Lol
Screen as dim as you can handle is how to run for good battery.
Sorry, but I don't see the point of this test? There's far more to battery life than the screen brightness. ?
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Also... No one can give you anything but guesses without useful screenshot. From gsam or something similar. ?
Ok thanks for advice, I heard Skype doesn't play well with 4.4.3 update at the moment and can cause battery drain so I have uninstalled it to see if that will make a difference...
Battery life comparisons with others are not going to yield a heck of a lot of useful info. Aside from screen on time, network reception in your specific location has a big impact on battery life.
I wonder if there is a list of apps that are known to drain the phone...when I factory feet the phone with all my apps my phone was working really great with long battery life...and then I started putting some apps back on and it started draining crazily again
Gsam will tell you what's draining you. Or what wakelocks you have. No need for a list. ?
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And as I've said... Without screenshots... Useful ones, like post 4 in the battery thread in my signature... No one here can really help.
How is the battery? Should I buy this phone?
I usually get 17 to 18hrs, heavy usage but no game play
Battery life is very good with custom Rom, custom kernel, some disabled services...
I love battery life, I can easily get 2 days with a single charge, wifi or 3G all the time. No games though. What is more strange is that 3G doesnt drain my battery at all.
Lavoslav said:
I love battery life, I can easily get 2 days with a single charge, wifi or 3G all the time. No games though. What is more strange is that 3G doesnt drain my battery at all.
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Battery life is very good with custom Rom, custom kernel, some disabled services...
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ipguy said:
I usually get 17 to 18hrs, heavy usage but no game play
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But what about screen on time? How much you get? And Im gonna use clean lg Rome.
Lol2323 said:
But what about screen on time? How much you get? And Im gonna use clean lg Rome.
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Most people get about 4-5 hours of SoT on a charge. I find I can only achieve this when I have the backlight set on a low setting. I usually have it somewhere between 0-30% and the phone can last me about 30 hours on a charge. I usually charge when I'm around 15-20% though so I could technically go to about 36 hours but I don't like waiting until I'm fully depleted to recharge. If you're a daily charger, the battery life on this phone will be completely fine for most days.
(The 4-5 hours of SoT is for when the battery gets completely depleted, not what I get around 20% battery left)
If you're planning to play games most of the time, than this is not the phone for you. Games just drain the battery, I don't think it will last for more than 2, maybe 3 hours while gaming. For everything else, battery is very good.
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Battery gets winged about on this phone alot.
Myself i find it amazing - if im just using basic stuff on it every couple of hours i could easily get 3 days out of it, on standby it drains about 1% every 7 hours - that was after i used greenify.
Wifi and 3g just sitting on dont seem to affect it at all
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Battery life is very good with custom Rom, custom kernel, some disabled services...
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Wow 6 hours screen on - most i think ive seen
TwinHeadedEagle said:
If you're planning to play games most of the time, than this is not the phone for you. Games just drain the battery, I don't think it will last for more than 2, maybe 3 hours while gaming. For everything else, battery is very good.
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Not at all for gaming. Maybe just one lite game once a day.
TwinHeadedEagle said:
If you're planning to play games most of the time, than this is not the phone for you. Games just drain the battery, I don't think it will last for more than 2, maybe 3 hours while gaming. For everything else, battery is very good.
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Japultra said:
Most people get about 4-5 hours of SoT on a charge. I find I can only achieve this when I have the backlight set on a low setting. I usually have it somewhere between 0-30% and the phone can last me about 30 hours on a charge. I usually charge when I'm around 15-20% though so I could technically go to about 36 hours but I don't like waiting until I'm fully depleted to recharge. If you're a daily charger, the battery life on this phone will be completely fine for most days.
(The 4-5 hours of SoT is for when the battery gets completely depleted, not what I get around 20% battery left)
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So battery is ok?
With sync on, brightness on auto on around 50%, some gaming, mostly low usage you can get 24 hours of the thing.
The battery is not "excellent" but it's good enough.
The battery has always been really excellent for me. Most days, I can go without charge at least until 10:30 at night, and I am a very heavy user. I have gotten over 6.5 hrs on screen time on multiple occasions. That said, my brightness settings are usually quite low, 0-30% range, and the screen still consumes about 57% of my battery usage.
The best was 112 hours, but it was a week with a lot of stuff to do and little attention paid towards the phone...usually I get 3-4 days, so 70-90 hours with medium usage, wi-fi or data used during day and all communication turned of at night. I am very pleased of the battery life of G3
I'm mostly through the day in a 4g environment with 50-70% signal strength (unscientific on what the phone shows). guess that accounts to the battery life, most likely on 3g I would squeeze more out of it, but it's not all "dandy" and "overwhelming".
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This was today, good, but low screen on time... I should reach the 24 h mark with that usage but if I would stress the thing more...
It depends on the service your getting. If I'm in a good service area it lasts forever. It's comparable to my m8 and m7 and Galaxy s3. Not much more or less.
If you do decide to buy this amazing piece of tech, download deep sleep battery saver. I noticed about a 20 percent increase in standby time.
Sent from my AWESOME G3!!!
Lol2323 said:
How is the battery? Should I buy this phone?
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I myself have the G2 and it's excellent from the specifications, everything amazing. It should even have better battery life than the G3 because of the resolution.
Anyhow I would say never LG again! The software is a mess. It's slow, laggy, bloated and has an awful design. Of course you can use Aosp roms but guess what? LG has closed sourced drivers so using an aosp rom will ruin your camera quality and battery life. It's really sad. Such an amazing phone, but ruined by the software
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I myself have the G2 and it's excellent from the specifications, everything amazing. It should even have better battery life than the G3 because of the resolution.
Anyhow I would say never LG again! The software is a mess. It's slow, laggy, bloated and has an awful design. Of course you can use Aosp roms but guess what? LG has closed sourced drivers so using an aosp rom will ruin your camera quality and battery life. It's really sad. Such an amazing phone, but ruined by the software
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I ran G3 firmware port on g2. Was just as good. Lol. Mostly anyway. But im hardcore into specs on paper. (I know) lol smh..I'm totally an upgrade hound. I snag every one. Nexus 6 by end of Nov. Lol
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I ran G3 firmware port on g2. Was just as good. Lol. Mostly anyway. But im hardcore into specs on paper. (I know) lol smh..I'm totally an upgrade hound. I snag every one. Nexus 6 by end of Nov. Lol
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I ran the G3 port too, but the difference is marginal. And it's very slow, loading caller, contacts or settings shows that LG can make one of the fastest snapdragons as "fast" as the smartphones four years ago lol. I think in the end nexus devices are the best, as they have clean and updated firmware as well as tons of good and usable custom roms.
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Battery life is very good with custom Rom, custom kernel, some disabled services...
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aids said:
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life battery is gooooooooood.. name rom custom ??