Does anyone know a stable ROM that can significant increase the battery life on the Nexus 4? Right now I'm stock, and battery life has been terrible and doesn't even last me through the day. It is also very slow to charge on the included charger, but seems to charge faster on a Kindle Fire 1.8A I have.
Thanks!
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The custom kernels in the dev section offer decent battery life.
I'm a wifi user mostly and I get @5.5 to 6 hours screen on time with lite gaming and browsing (this site all day lol).. i do Undervolt by a total of 150mV too... I recomend Harsh's kernel personally.
Underclocking the CPU is not worth it imo because it just makes other cores go online quicker when more power is needed... though it may help a small bit.
other usual tips..
use low screen brightness
turn off google now
turn off gps location
only sync stuff you really use, turn other syncs off (i have just gmail,contacts,browser synced)
turn off nfc if not using
make sure to use the open recent apps button and swipe away all apps when putting the phone down for a while (this really helps with stock kernel because of the wakelocks)
edit.. also after a week or so of charges the battery gets better.
Mpdecision is killing the battery. Try Franco kernel or faux.
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expertzero1 said:
Mpdecision is killing the battery. Try Franco kernel or faux.
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Or trinity.
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I'll give Franco kernel a try. Can CyanogenMod increase the battery life in the Nexus 4?
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Fauxs kernel and eco mode
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As I am running a stock xt905 rom with xt902 radio on my xt902 and I have many times flashed a new rom and many times reset the fone via recovery
Betterbattery stats show kernal wakelock of suspend_backoff
I searched it and did the settings in chrome but still no help.
The processor keeps running at 384mhz as indicated by cpu spy even when the screen is off
And I have also tried stick Verizon xt907 rom and it still shows the same battery drain!
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ahmadkamalrmc said:
As I am running a stock xt905 rom with xt902 radio on my xt902 and I have many times flashed a new rom and many times reset the fone via recovery
Betterbattery stats show kernal wakelock of suspend_backoff
I searched it and did the settings in chrome but still no help.
The processor keeps running at 384mhz as indicated by cpu spy even when the screen is off
And I have also tried stick Verizon xt907 rom and it still shows the same battery drain!
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To my knowledge, the processor in these phones can only go as low as 384 MHz. With certain governors it will turn off one of the cores but that's about it. How much battery life do you get before a recharge?
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To my knowledge, the processor in these phones can only go as low as 384 MHz. With certain governors it will turn off one of the cores but that's about it. How much battery life do you get before a recharge?
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It sucks 2-3% per hour of standby even in air plane mode everthing turned off
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ahmadkamalrmc said:
It sucks 2-3% per hour of standby even in air plane mode everthing turned off
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Wow that's strange... I'm afraid I wouldn't know. Check your battery stats and see if the phone is awake while the screen is off. Also, try changing governors to something like msm-dvsc. That should put your phone into deep sleep properly.
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Wow that's strange... I'm afraid I wouldn't know. Check your battery stats and see if the phone is awake while the screen is off. Also, try changing governors to something like msm-dvsc. That should put your phone into deep sleep properly.
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Tried that. Still no luck.
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Okay,so i made this thread so that development thread become less spammed with your questions.
Please,share your opinions here and ask questions,someone will answer you,and share your screenshots of battery life.
I personally use PegasusQ+VR,it gives great performance and good battery life.
My second choice would be Abyssplug+SIO,especcialy for the hotplug feature.
(In case you dont know what Hotplug is,its the feature that turns off the second core when your phone is not in use.)
I cant decide wich is better,tommorow ill test Hotplug+sio,and ill post screenshots of both tommorow.
Please,ask any questions here,dont spam Benz's threads.
Thank you
DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Okay,so i made this thread so that development thread become less spammed with your questions.
Please,share your opinions here and ask questions,someone will answer you,and share your screenshots of battery life.
I personally use PegasusQ+VR,it gives great performance and good battery life.
My second choice would be Abyssplug+SIO,especcialy for the hotplug feature.
(In case you dont know what Hotplug is,its the feature that turns off the second core when your phone is not in use.)
I cant decide wich is better,tommorow ill test Hotplug+sio,and ill post screenshots of both tommorow.
Please,ask any questions here,dont spam Benz's threads.
Thank you
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OnDemand + CFQ (Like in stock ROM) the only way that don´t dry my battery.
With that combination my phone is slow like hell..have you tried those that i wrote.
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With that combination my phone is slow like hell..have you tried those that i wrote.
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Yes, but my batteryd doesn't like them very much
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thats odd
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Hi, can you tell me the best combination of governors to use. I'm using latest cm
10.1 maclaw build with hotplug and noop, but i think CPU its not sleeping cause i loose about 5% battery in 2hours withought using my fone at all. Thanks
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Hotplug governor is indeed a joke, at least in Maclaw's CM (not surprised). There is no way to set it up for low battery drain /and/ reasonably smooth functionality. Right now I am using Ondemand + CFQ while playing with the powersave bias and up threshold parameters. The only thing I wish I had from Maclaw/Benz's kernel is the vr/sio schedulers.
You have VR and sio schelduer in Benz's kernel,and Abyssplug governor with real hotpulg feature,when you dont use the phone cpu shuts down one core and the remaining core runs on 200Mhz and 1% usage.
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I would gladly use that kernel if it didn't have the dirty flickering fix. And if it didn't require CM10.1 reboot edition.
Also, when I was on CM i ran a logcat with hotplug activated. The second core would often reactivate even if the phone wasn't doing anything, with the screen turned off, then soon turn off and after a few seconds repeat the process. Maybe this phone really needs the core.
What flicketing fix? I got no flickering on the latest Maclaws cm and benzs kernel..and it shuts down the core,you can see with system monitor when your screen is on..dunno for screen off,but i get like 1% drained for a hour with screen off
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The 63 fps refresh rate, which "fixes" the UI flickering.
And yes, I saw the second core turning off myself. However, I am not sure if it keeps being off enough time.
Well in maclaws rom i dont have flickering,but in olivers i had. I dont know,i got decent battery life. Not good as stock,but its ok
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Which is more battery friendly? Abyssplug or Pegasusq?
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Nemo1984 said:
Which is more battery friendly? Abyssplug or Pegasusq?
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Read this. It will help you to decide which is the best for your needs:good::good:
P.S: BTW, @DeHuMaNiZeD, if you want, add this link to your OP, so people can read it & learn.
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Which is more battery friendly? Abyssplug or Pegasusq?
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Pegasusq said to have hotplugging but doesnt seem to work with screen on
Based on what I read, my best guess would be Abyssplug. I'll run some tests and will post my results.
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Pegasusq said to have hotplugging but doesnt seem to work with screen on
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Yes, it only turn off one core when the screen off. I'm testing pegasusq + sio
For the next days, I'll be on abyssplug + sio.
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metalboy94 said:
The 63 fps refresh rate, which "fixes" the UI flickering.
And yes, I saw the second core turning off myself. However, I am not sure if it keeps being off enough time.
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And what exactly is so wrong with 63 fps refresh rate? Will your screen fry because of it? No it won't because it can't. Will your phone explode while being used? No it won't because it can't. What's the issue here then? Tell me.
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And what exactly is so wrong with 63 fps refresh rate? Will your screen fry because of it? No it won't because it can't. Will your phone explode while being used? No it won't because it can't. What's the issue here then? Tell me.
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Have you considered the battery drain implications? The battery is weak enough as it is, a higher than normal refresh rate only wastes more GPU power thus more battery.
I am on 4.4 with ak kernel. Default settings. 3g and Google now are on always. I m getting about 10 hours of battery with roughly two hours of screen on time. Is it good enough or can be better ?
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I am on 4.4 with ak kernel. Default settings. 3g and Google now are on always. I m getting about 10 hours of battery with roughly two hours of screen on time. Is it good enough or can be better ?
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It can be better. Download Trickster Mod and Unvervolt and reduce CPU frecuency. There are a lot of good threads with the optimal settings for that app.
Hmm. Can you point me to one please ?
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It can be better. Download Trickster Mod and Unvervolt and reduce CPU frecuency. There are a lot of good threads with the optimal settings for that app.
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Can you point me to one please ?
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roddem said:
I am on 4.4 with ak kernel. Default settings. 3g and Google now are on always. I m getting about 10 hours of battery with roughly two hours of screen on time. Is it good enough or can be better ?
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same issue!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47933542#post47933542
No i am not in the PC but just Google trickster mod battery settings nexus 4.
Maybe u have some apps running in the background. Use greenify to freeze them and stop CPU wakelock
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roddem said:
I am on 4.4 with ak kernel. Default settings. 3g and Google now are on always. I m getting about 10 hours of battery with roughly two hours of screen on time. Is it good enough or can be better ?
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There are a lot of factors that can affect the longevity of the phone's daily battery life. Apps that are constantly running in the background will drain your juice. Lowering down the brightness will lower the power consumption greatly. Disabling location services should help. If you're in an area with bad service, your phone will use more power to stay connected to the nearest tower. Tweak you kernel settings or try a different kernel can help.
for a fairly default installation with i would say 10 hours with 2 hours of screen time is normal.
But there are some good advices in this thread to optimize it a little more
Will using setcpu on i9505 will help to improve the battery life. If yes what frequencies should I set for screen off and screen on.
Yes it can if you under clock.
Try a few and see what's best for you, every phone is different.
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Yes as mentioned above. Just under clock and remember to under volt as well.
Alternatively without root and stock, just use power saving mode