Last 15% of battery is non existent - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Anyone have this issue? I ill get the 15%warning and within minutes I'm down to 1% and it shuts off. my battery life is good otherwise but it's like 15%is more like 2% with how fast it shuts off then.
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probably calibration issues.
give it a few days to gater a better voltage profile

The battery flat out lies, it drifts further from reality if you don't reboot at all during a drain cycle.
So your N4 is "normal" as far as N4's go.

Ya kinda what I figured but my s2 wasn't like that so it seemed weird
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Z-Man™ said:
Ya kinda what I figured but my s2 wasn't like that so it seemed weird
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Hope it's an OS bug that can be fixed with a patch or the next Google images (when/if they come). I'm holding out hope for that to be the case rather than another build quality issue :fingers-crossed:

Battery stat on nexus 4 is simply terrible. Galaxy Nexus that I had with android 4.2 is much better. Dunno if it's a software issue or hardware issue since galaxy nexus with sane OS seems to be fine.
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Anyone else noticing that the battery percentage goes down incredibly fast when screen is on ?
I've never ever seen a phone go down so fast and I've had the note
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i've actually been pleasantly surprised at the battery life on mine! Over two hours of screen time midway through my day yesterday and i was just above 60%
Have been advised to turn cell broadcast off
Supposed to save a bit if battery.
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My advice, get Tasker to disable mobile data and WiFi when screen is off. Disable Google Now. Disable NFC. Disable GPS until you actually use it. Enjoy your 5+ hour screen on battery life.
Alexander DeLarge said:
My advice, get Tasker to disable mobile data and WiFi when screen is off. Disable Google Now. Disable NFC. Disable GPS until you actually use it. Enjoy your 5+ hour screen on battery life.
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What good then would your phone be if no data or wifi...
Foukos said:
What good then would your phone be if no data or wifi...
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exactly my thinking.
Why the hell does the Nexus consume soooo much battery ? I have turned most of the stuff off but you dont get any Google Now, emails etc dont work correctly, - totally useless.
My S2 is better than this.
cirian75 said:
Anyone else noticing that the battery percentage goes down incredibly fast when screen is on ?
I've never ever seen a phone go down so fast and I've had the note
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+1
I've literally watched the battery tick down every 2-3 minutes right before my very eyes doing absolutely nothing. Just had the screen on. SMH
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I really want this phone at 3pm today but is the battery THAT bad? I thought they learned from the Galaxy Nexus.
AlleN7 said:
I really want this phone at 3pm today but is the battery THAT bad? I thought they learned from the Galaxy Nexus.
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yeah its worse than my Galaxy S2. - battery stats say its the screen but that's on auto and its already dim as hell. When off it consumes power if WiFi is on.
cirian75 said:
Anyone else noticing that the battery percentage goes down incredibly fast when screen is on ?
I've never ever seen a phone go down so fast and I've had the note
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Hold up... So you're saying... Having the screen on... Which uses more battery than screen off drains the battery? :what:
My current ROM kernel combo is battery efficient
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FallN said:
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I've literally watched the battery tick down every 2-3 minutes right before my very eyes doing absolutely nothing. Just had the screen on. SMH
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And? Most people don't seem to get this: Say your battery depletes 1% for every 3 minutes you have the screen on, that's 300 minutes, or 5 hours, of screen time. Which is more than acceptable.
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And? Most people don't seem to get this: Say your battery depletes 1% for every 3 minutes you have the screen on, that's 300 minutes, or 5 hours, of screen time. Which is more than acceptable.
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That's what I'm saying
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Battery great over here
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lonz358 said:
Battery great over here
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Yeah def better than the gnex which was rather good too. I took my phone off of charge @ 7:20am and put it on charge when it had 4% left @ 1:30am. So pretty much lasted 18 hours with medium use.
cirian75 said:
Anyone else noticing that the battery percentage goes down incredibly fast when screen is on ?
I've never ever seen a phone go down so fast and I've had the note
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The Note is an extremely ****ty device to compare to. The battery it has is much larger than ours.
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cirian75 said:
Have been advised to turn cell broadcast off
Supposed to save a bit if battery.
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What do you mean cell broadcast? Where is that?
my N4 is 1% per minute screen on
2% streaming video, that right, 40 minute netflix = 80% battery gone
NFC and cell broadcast off, gps off, screen at 50% brightness
Like a fool i sold my iPhone 5 and got the nexus 4 only to be having this issue FML
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[Q] How is everyone's battery life after a few weeks?

Hey guys, prospective owner here, want to know how people are finding the battery life after a few weeks of owning the phone now. And is there a likelihood we will see google patch it in the near future to fix some issues?
Mines pretty good and I usually get 4 hr screen time and like 17 hr on battery so yep not to bad I did about 3 charge cycles on it but yep.
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Devildog78965 said:
Mines pretty good and I usually get 4 hr screen time and like 17 hr on battery so yep not to bad I did about 3 charge cycles on it but yep.
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Ah that's not too bad at all is that on stock rom and kernal? I would say I use aout 2-3 hours of screen on time in a day. Any experience with the Note 2? Having to chose between the two
I suggest checking the battery life thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34137266
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New N7 user.

I have bought a 32gb nexus 7 from best buy in canada and wondering is it all the same ? Just don't want to end up whit a brick or anything
First 4 hours of use impression : it came preloaded whit 4.1.1 its snappy if you ask me but sometimes in application we can see some small lag but great tablet for its price !
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shahkam said:
I have bought a 32gb nexus 7 from best buy in canada and wondering is it all the same ? Just don't want to end up whit a brick or anything
First 4 hours of use impression : it came preloaded whit 4.1.1 its snappy if you ask me but sometimes in application we can see some small lag but great tablet for its price !
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They're are all the same do don't worry about that. Glad you're enjoying it!
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Mac of York said:
They're are all the same do don't worry about that. Glad you're enjoying it!
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Sweet ! Looking forward to this phablet now time to go on reading to get root and etc etc... Also how does the charging works first time ? Drain to 0% and then 100% ?
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Makaijin said:
With every electronic gadget using Lithium-ion batteries nowadays, it doesn't really matter how/when you charge it.
Some would argue to make sure to allow a full discharge from a full charge from a battery calibration point of view, so the battery meter is more accurate. It wouldn't affect the health of the battery itself either way.
Things like memory effect doesn't apply to lithium-ion. How often you charge it and how much you charge it (full or partial charge etc.) doesn't affect it much either. The only 2 things that can potential kill a lithium-ion is high temperature and letting it discharge far too low to the point that it cannot be charged up again. Note that all electronic devices will power off way before it even reaches this threshold.
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Read this in a different thread when i was unboxing my nexus 7, i let mine sit for a while on the charger before i turned it on, but it came charged already. So far i have not let my nexus drain to 0% and the battery life on it is great, it can go for a entire day.
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inkredible973 said:
Read this in a different thread when i was unboxing my nexus 7, i let mine sit for a while on the charger before i turned it on, but it came charged already. So far i have not let my nexus drain to 0% and the battery life on it is great, it can go for a entire day.
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Thanks for letting me know ive drained it to 0 charging all the way to 100 can't wait to start tinkering whit it
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I too just got one. May be came out of the box with 4.2. After I signed in I checked for an update manually, and it immediately upgraded to 4.2.1. I then rooted immediately! Battery has been impressive so far.
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annoyingduck said:
I too just got one. May be came out of the box with 4.2. After I signed in I checked for an update manually, and it immediately upgraded to 4.2.1. I then rooted immediately! Battery has been impressive so far.
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No luck for me i guess it shows that there is an update it downloads it and boot into recovery attempts to install but then an android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears ?
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Sounds like it may be a corrupt download. Unless you plan to remain on the stock ROM just unlock/root it and then install what ever ROM you like.
DarkSankaku said:
Sounds like it may be a corrupt download. Unless you plan to remain on the stock ROM just unlock/root it and then install what ever ROM you like.
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Will re download yeah it was only 80mb and it took like 20 seconds i think to download?
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No luck for me i guess it shows that there is an update it downloads it and boot into recovery attempts to install but then an android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears ?
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Will re download yeah it was only 80mb and it took like 20 seconds i think to download?
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It happened to my device yesterday too. But after that upgrade disappeared so i can't get update. Did you redownload it? If you did, can you tell me how can i?
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I found website for to redownload way (i can't share url because i haven't 10 post) and i have tried twice but every time android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears and i can't update. Can someone know why it is happened?

[Q] Nexus 4 Android 4.3 battery life ??

Hello guys i know thats my first thread in xda and that tread maybe looks noobish to you but i wanted to ask how is your Battery life with the OTA 4.3 update on nexus 4 i personaly installed
the update with fastboot and factory image as soon as it got realesed and until then i havent charged it yet.I ve seen some vids on yt surfed the
net and played some nfs most wanted by the way the battery status now is at 10% So how is yours ?
Was on OTA update til acouple minutes and from what I could tell, I felt my battery life last longer compared to stock 4.2.2 and slightly less than Franco's
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One of these days, someone will make a phone and everyone will rejoice at the satisfactory battery, the good screen, the awesome camera, the no-lagginess, the perfectly tuned speaker.... Ad infinitum....
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technaudio said:
One of these days, someone will make a phone and everyone will rejoice at the satisfactory battery, the good screen, the awesome camera, the no-lagginess, the perfectly tuned speaker.... Ad infinitum....
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Ubuntu phone.
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Battery life sucked after the update. Reflashed to 4.2.2 after about 48 hours.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378455
This is what I'm getting on 4.3
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iStayHigh said:
This is what I'm getting on 4.3
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That is outstanding. But how in the world is it possible that you have a "screen on" state without being awake?
I have been fighting battery issues for so long now, I'd really like to get to something as good as what you get...
i get 5 hours on heavy use until i hit 10 % well my setup is in my signature on light use i am sure i can stretch it to 6 hours with brightness on auto and wifi is on most of the time
battery life is never going to be better for me unless i uv. the previous setup, i used cm 10.1.2 stable with matr1x kernel. i uv and set the max cpu to 1350. it was really really good. i can use the phone from 8am to 9pm.
now currently using aosp 4.3, the default setup battery life has improved a bit compared to 4.2.2 stock, but after semaphore kernel installed and uv a bit, even with max cpu at default which is 1.5ghz, battery life has been really great.
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For gods shake thats outstanding
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I've terrible battery usage after 4.3 update. I never had any issues before but now I get 20 to 30 percent drop during the night when before it was under 10 in the same scenario.
Android os Showing 6h usage...
Any help on sorting this out highly appreciated.
Battery life has increased a lot for me.
No heavy usage, I know. But still awesome compared to the stats I had when I bought my nexus 4
Deathmaker192 said:
Battery life has increased a lot for me.
No heavy usage, I know. But still awesome compared to the stats I had when I bought my nexus 4
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Custom rom?
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Custom rom?
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Everything stock.
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For me is the same. No increase of battery life after 4.3 update.
Also i'm on stock from the first day when i bought my phone.
yulasinio said:
I've terrible battery usage after 4.3 update. I never had any issues before but now I get 20 to 30 percent drop during the night when before it was under 10 in the same scenario.
Android os Showing 6h usage...
Any help on sorting this out highly appreciated.
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Just out of curiosity, are in you the US/North America?
I had the same issue of losing tons of battery to the OS overnight. I reflashed to an older version of the modem. Most of the people I have seen so far with these symptoms have been in France and India. Must be something about the cell services and how they interact with the phone.
@Calebz: I'm in Ireland.
I've restarted the phone since and the battery usage is back to normal, will see for how long.
Maybe you can look at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843
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Phone died when really cold

Found an odd issue. The phone just completely died on me today twice when I walked to and from work. It was like there was no power whatsoever. Couldn't turn it on. Now this never happened before and I'm wondering if it was because it was really cold today or something. (-48C at one point) Once I got indoors and the phone warmed up for about 5 minutes it powered on no problem. Once it powered on this afternoon I found the battery had dropped about 25% from when it was on, and it just stayed at that percentage for about two hours with an hour screen time.
This is first time this happened although it's never been this cold before. The CPU wasn't registering a temperature and the battery wasn't either while I was walking.
Back when I had a Galaxy nexus this never happened. Anyone else ever come across this?
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Some info about the phone would help. are you using custom kernel / custom rom or stock? Jellybean or Kitkat?
Nexus 4 obviously consisting in nexus 4 forum.
Slimkat latest build. Stock ROM kernel.
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-48c !! I can't even imagine.
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Nexus 4 obviously consisting in nexus 4 forum.
Slimkat latest build. Stock ROM kernel
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Do a lot if winter walking in Scotland and cold affected both my GPS and phone on some occasions resulting in it not operating ,as the battery temp drops it can and does struggle and the temp was no where near as low as -48 °c "that's coooold"
Where do you live the ARCTIC.
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Calgary, Canada. It's warmed up today though. Only -36. I'll see of it happens again. But good to know!
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Do a lot if winter walking in Scotland and cold affected both my GPS and phone on some occasions resulting in it not operating ,as the battery temp drops it can and does struggle and the temp was no where near as low as -48 °c "that's coooold"
Where do you live the ARCTIC.
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Happens to me all the time when I'm outside.. Battery gets destroyed by the cold.. One time I was just looking at the battery and it dropped from around 50% to around 10% in less than 30 minutes with little use.
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