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Losing Battery life pretty fast now.. why?

I flashed my vibrant to bionix 1.3.1 a while back, pretty much a week after is was released. Its been great up to about 2-3 days ago. I had a full charge at work at today around 2 pm, I got home and checked the battery life at around 6 pm it was at 72%. I sent out about 4 texts lastnight. Got up this morning is was at 44%. I used to get about 2-3 days out of light use. It will probably be dead by 2 pm again today.
What gives?
Network data off -
Black background -
Brightness is the lowest -

Idk maybe randomly reading it wrong? P.s. Why dont people charge their phones at night?!?!? Thats what I do

Oh i do as well usually. But like i said, the battery is starting to drop so fast that by lunch that day it was already at like 49%. By 2 pm is was full and so on. I just dont understand why its dropping so fast thats all.
Might have something to do with the battery

Check what's running in the background. The other night I was just using the phone normally and put it to sleep, checked it a few times and it was dropping 1% every 15 minutes or so. Noticed it kept checking into something. VVM and Market Checkin was running, killed it and it seemed to help. Also discovered (might not be true) that the New MAPS and GMAIL apps constantly check in and drain the battery after removing the updates phone seems to last longer/as it did before..:/

oo maybe that might be it. I Just updated a boat load of my apps a few days ago. P.s. how do you remove just the update?

Daymic said:
I flashed my vibrant to bionix 1.3.1 a while back, pretty much a week after is was released. Its been great up to about 2-3 days ago. I had a full charge at work at today around 2 pm, I got home and checked the battery life at around 6 pm it was at 72%. I sent out about 4 texts lastnight. Got up this morning is was at 44%. I used to get about 2-3 days out of light use. It will probably be dead by 2 pm again today.
What gives?
Network data off -
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Brightness is the lowest -
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WIDGETS IN BACKGROUND ON DEKTOP ? SHUT THEM OFF
TURN OFF USB DEBUGING
REMOVE WI-FI CALLIN
IN GALAXY S TUNER (APP FROM MARKET ) PUT MEMORY MANAGEMENT ON AGRESSIVE
those are just a few tips , if You didn't install anything that would change Your battery behavior TRY TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE IN WALL OUTLET INSTEAD OF COMUPUER USB ,also did You flash any updates to Bionix that got released because of so some of them contain update to modem so if previous bionix was on JL4 modem which is fast and battery savy new update might off reflashed your modem to newer one as fast as old but with worst battery . good luck i can give u million tips how to save juice , oh btw :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931351
also clean up Your battery stats in clockwork and recharge it with wall outlet Your battery might be recalibrated and when it shows 2% left u might have 10 really instead that's why clean battery stats and recharge.

or sadlly Your battery cant hold the juice anymore because it was recharged to zero few times too many , sorry

This is crazy. I just came to xda to post my bionix 1.3.1 battery problem. I been running it for a week and no issues. But this morning I took the phone off the charger and within 10 minutes of using it I was down to 85%. Usually after my morning usage I'd be around 93-95%. But that's not the issue I wanted to post.
I was trying to wait for Black Ice since Frost had the best battery life of any rom I've tried...just not feeling the Frost theme. So I started to download the Frost zip & got the phone on the charger.
Even after I put it back on the charger my battery life kept going down. Plugged it in at 85% and a few minutes later I noticed it was at 83%
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SaintJimmy76 said:
This is crazy. I just came to xda to post my bionix 1.3.1 battery problem. I been running it for a week and no issues. But this morning I took the phone off the charger and within 10 minutes of using it I was down to 85%. Usually after my morning usage I'd be around 93-95%. But that's not the issue I wanted to post.
I was trying to wait for Black Ice since Frost had the best battery life of any rom I've tried...just not feeling the Frost theme. So I started to download the Frost zip & got the phone on the charger.
Even after I put it back on the charger my battery life kept going down. Plugged it in at 85% and a few minutes later I noticed it was at 83%
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lso clean up Your battery stats in clockwork and recharge it with wall outlet Your battery might be recalibrated and when it shows 2% left u might have 10 really instead that's why clean battery stats and recharge. I WASNT CLEAR ENOUGH I GUESS ...OH WELL.

Daymic said:
oo maybe that might be it. I Just updated a boat load of my apps a few days ago. P.s. how do you remove just the update?
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Just go to the market, tap menu and then go to DOWNLOADS
look for GMAIL and MAPS, click on them and then where it says "Uninstall update" you want to click that. Done.

truee u might want to disable location access if its on too

if u updated ,find out which modem the previous rom u ran and reflash it to the modem u had before.

I had this problem with nero after a month of use. Wipe battery stats when the battery is fully drained. Fixed my battery problems.
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Thx guys, ill wipe the battery stats and unistall the updates.

Does USB debug consume power?
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.

demize! said:
Does USB debug consume power?
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
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i'm sure it's not.
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I have the same problem. I have system panel running all the time. When I sleep, the phone sleeps too and uses about 1% of battery per hour. But when im actually using the phone, even if the use is minimal like sending a few texts etc. The battery consumption is far greater than the use. Top apps in system panel monitoring is usually system process and system itself. How do I correct this issue?
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Daymic said:
Thx guys, ill wipe the battery stats and unistall the updates.
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I had a issue a while back. What I did to fix it is go with the standard rom. Then slowly I would put one or 2 apps back on. After a day or so I found out which one was to blame and got rid of it.

sLiKK said:
I have the same problem. I have system panel running all the time. When I sleep, the phone sleeps too and uses about 1% of battery per hour. But when im actually using the phone, even if the use is minimal like sending a few texts etc. The battery consumption is far greater than the use. Top apps in system panel monitoring is usually system process and system itself. How do I correct this issue?
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I have the *EXACT* problem. It bugs me so much. Good to know I'm not the only one experiencing this. Everyone brags about how their phones lasts for 3 days and I call BS.

Deggy said:
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I have the *EXACT* problem. It bugs me so much. Good to know I'm not the only one experiencing this. Everyone brags about how their phones lasts for 3 days and I call BS.
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I agree with you also. These guys must have some super batteries to get that kind of life out of it. lol.

Battery life's non to fancy

I thought with a battery this big there wouldn't be much of an issue but if you push this phone it won't last the day.
I have screen set to auto, manual sync, data off, wifi off, gps off and here's how I got on today.
6am Of charger and 5mins checking email twitter then wifi off
7 hrs radio and music player,
Then through out the course of the evening I checked emails etc again for a max of 15 mins.
Phone turned of at 8pm so thats 14hrs but that was 14hrs with everything turned off and not really using the phone, my Desire S I used the same way and at this stage of the evening it still had well over a 3rd of battery left almost half. I installed Juice Defender yesterday and it made no difference.
Is this type of battery life normal for this phone?

A lot of battery related threads are there pal,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Just keep in mind that if you are getting around 5/5½ hours screen on time then you are fine, just fine. Forget about days. And JD will do no good if it doesn't do any bad.
Regards.

Keep in mind I am using Ninphetamine 2.0.2 kernel with villain rom 2.4.2, juicedefender, and did a proper, full battery calibration.
Today I played about 2h of games, listened to music for about 3h, and then did random things like checking email, downloading apps from market etc. I have only Wifi and autorotation always enabled. It's been about 12 hours since I unplugged it, and I am at 83% of my battery life. Looks like I won't have to charge it for 4-5 days using it regularly.

m2smoe said:
Keep in mind I am using Ninphetamine 2.0.2 kernel with villain rom 2.4.2, juicedefender, and did a proper, full battery calibration.
Today I played about 2h of games, listened to music for about 3h, and then did random things like checking email, downloading apps from market etc. I have only Wifi and autorotation always enabled. It's been about 12 hours since I unplugged it, and I am at 83% of my battery life. Looks like I won't have to charge it for 4-5 days using it regularly.
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Post Screen Shot of your battery Usage graph, Display On time.
That stats you posted is NOT POSSIBLE.
Regards.

slugger, from this and your other posts, it seems you don't like this phone much. At all.
Why keep it? Curious.

B3311 said:
slugger, from this and your other posts, it seems you don't like this phone much. At all.
Why keep it? Curious.
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I do like the phone just keep having issues with it.

m2smoe said:
Keep in mind I am using Ninphetamine 2.0.2 kernel with villain rom 2.4.2, juicedefender, and did a proper, full battery calibration.
Today I played about 2h of games, listened to music for about 3h, and then did random things like checking email, downloading apps from market etc. I have only Wifi and autorotation always enabled. It's been about 12 hours since I unplugged it, and I am at 83% of my battery life. Looks like I won't have to charge it for 4-5 days using it regularly.
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I call BS...

Here's my battey life from a little while ago on CM7. I'm using Juice Defender Ultimate and in my opinion, it makes a huge difference.
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rocketpaul said:
I call BS...
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That's about as good as I've managed, but that's with it basically being still, only sending a few text messages. Don't think it'd have managed that long with music/game playing added in.

B3311 said:
slugger, from this and your other posts, it seems you don't like this phone much. At all.
Why keep it? Curious.
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When a geek is inlove with a device, its pretty hard to let it go despite the flaw. Im on the same boat right now.

m2smoe said:
Keep in mind I am using Ninphetamine 2.0.2 kernel with villain rom 2.4.2, juicedefender, and did a proper, full battery calibration.
Today I played about 2h of games, listened to music for about 3h, and then did random things like checking email, downloading apps from market etc. I have only Wifi and autorotation always enabled. It's been about 12 hours since I unplugged it, and I am at 83% of my battery life. Looks like I won't have to charge it for 4-5 days using it regularly.
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ithehappy said:
Post Screen Shot of your battery Usage graph, Display On time.
That stats you posted is NOT POSSIBLE.
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rocketpaul said:
I call BS...
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That's simply not true.

with very low usage i achieved 4 days but with high usage as stated it will last 1-2 days max

9 hours.
Thats it.
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If he had mobile data and the phone turned off and just on wifi that's doable.
Listening to music with the screen off is a pretty low consumption scenario, cos the cpu will hit 200mhz and the dps' will be doing most of the work.
And considering that the screen and the mobile data connection are #1 and #2 users of power!
Doable but still maybe a slight exaggeration.
The phone has a very low idle draw though, so when its just sitting there not doing anything in deep sleep, you know you wont find your battery dead which is good.

Do people really not have access to chargers in a 12-24hr period? I don't get this whole batt life issue. Yeah,they suck, but seriously, who can't plug their phone in for 20-30mins a couple times a day?
oh and I deft call BS on not having to charge for four days. Never going to happen. Even if you dont touch your phone at all for four days. Still won't happen.

mrrick said:
...who can't plug their phone in for 20-30mins a couple times a day?...
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And you think it's weird that your battery sucks?
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BryanNL said:
And you think it's weird that your battery sucks?
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Excuse me? I don't think it's wierd at all, Its a known, absolute truth that these batteries suck.

mrrick said:
Excuse me? I don't think it's wierd at all, Its a known, absolute truth that these batteries suck.
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Then stop making it even worse by messing up the memory (of battery) by constantly plugging in and out.
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OT: I got a huge feeling ATK is consuming alot of battery! I just backed up Auto Task Killer Pro to my SD-Card. Uninstalled the app. Next I'm going to see if my batt. lvl. consumption shows improvement.
Will calibrate battery too as soon as it reaches 100%.
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BryanNL said:
Then stop making it even worse by messing up the memory (of battery) by constantly plugging in and out.
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Haha.
Do a search. My battery will be just fine.

battery life examples

so as i scour the forums looking for new tweaks and mods, i see people posting about having 28 hours or 3 days of life on one charge. my question is...what is your best SCREEN ON time. i can make my battery last 3 days too, if it just sits there. my Max so far on cm7 is attached. let me know what you guys are getting!
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i don't have a program to do screen shots, and I only replaced my battery bout 8 hours ago, but my best screen on time I can remember is about 3h 20 some minutes.

So far today is great. Running CM7. Over 7 hours and not at 50% yet...... Not really turning the screen on except to text and check a few thing...
I remember on stock ec05 and ei22 i could never get my battery to last even if i left the phone on a desk with the screen off....
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adamdelozier said:
so as i scour the forums looking for new tweaks and mods, i see people posting about having 28 hours or 3 days of life on one charge. my question is...what is your best SCREEN ON time. i can make my battery last 3 days too, if it just sits there. my Max so far on cm7 is attached. let me know what you guys are getting!
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whats the name of the program ur using in the 2nd pic that says battery stats and shows the list of apps that been used?

How are you getting that much life from your battery? I am on CM7 with the CM7 Kernel. After 1 hr I was at 84% and I didn't do anything but turn the phone on and get one text. After 8hrs I was at 12%, 7 missed calls, checked 3 VVM, 4 market updates, and I only made or received about 8 calls for a total of 35min. I have a stock battery that is about 14 mos old. What can I do differently?

I am running Legendary with Samurai kernel and I have broken 4 hours screen on time once. I am sure it is only once because I charge it every night so I just haven't had it on that much on other days. Currently I am at 38% with 2 1/2 hours screen time on and 13 hours on battery.

Epicnole said:
How are you getting that much life from your battery? I am on CM7 with the CM7 Kernel. After 1 hr I was at 84% and I didn't do anything but turn the phone on and get one text. After 8hrs I was at 12%, 7 missed calls, checked 3 VVM, 4 market updates, and I only made or received about 8 calls for a total of 35min. I have a stock battery that is about 14 mos old. What can I do differently?
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Not sure whats going on.... Maybe your in a poor service area? That drains a lot. Running services in the background?
The only things I've done was turn sync off for everything but my two k9 email accounts and brightness to the lowest setting. Kill every app I don't need running. I found a setting in CM7 where holding the back button kills the app, even if its multiple window app.
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darknatas said:
whats the name of the program ur using in the 2nd pic that says battery stats and shows the list of apps that been used?
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Battery monitor widget pro.
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Epicnole said:
How are you getting that much life from your battery? I am on CM7 with the CM7 Kernel. After 1 hr I was at 84% and I didn't do anything but turn the phone on and get one text. After 8hrs I was at 12%, 7 missed calls, checked 3 VVM, 4 market updates, and I only made or received about 8 calls for a total of 35min. I have a stock battery that is about 14 mos old. What can I do differently?
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I am not to sure . You should check our betterbatterystats. It will show you where you may be getting partial wakelocks. You may have a rouge app hogging resources.
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My stock epic running EI22 has 18hrs on the batt. With 5% left and screen time is 4.5hrs. It is a stock Samsung 1500 battery I bought new a few months ago. The old battery runs the phone fine when it's idle, but craps out fast with a load on it.
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Galaxy s2 battery life

Hey people, i am a starter in this forum(posting i mean) i ve tried like 30 roms in an year in my sgs2(i9100) and currently on the ressurction v2. Just an information, since i am a noob i dunno if this has alrdy been posted. I did somethin somewhere i read on the net which boosted my battery life to like twice the previous amount..
Here are the approximate battery hours
without net, camera usage, music and games - 25 hours 17 mins(1%)--> Previously it was barely 13 hours
with al the above and 2g on(working apps like gmail fb whatsapp viber etc) i got like 7 hours with 80% remainin ---> previously 10 hrs an t was 0%
With 3g its close to6 hours n 77 % remaining.. previously t was 6 hrs..
Like i said i duno hw much is the actual bttery life o GS2. HEre s what i did(for those who think i am not a "bloatware" )
1. Take a backup of the image audio and the other essential files u need frm ur SD card
2. Go to recovery and wipe data factry data cache and dalvik...
3. Clear the battery data (or smthn like that)
4. Go to settings and clear the SD card(format sd card)
5. nw all the useless app files (Badly written apps) whch consume **** load of the power thru "android OS" re removed.
7. Jus copy bak the essential files and trn off the fone n let t charge to 100% (3 sad hours :|)
8. I think thats bout t.. I got a proper response.....
Mods if this s a repost or smthn please remove it sorry in advance...
Oh and try not to use the chargin process on and off. Charge t fully once n don charge if its not below the critical 5%... sm improvement in battery life
cheers to the noobs n ty XDA..

Interesting will definitely try this out. My battery life is pretty bad.

7 days and still going..
normally my phone lasts about 2 days with few phone calls, 3G and limited WiFi usage.. last wednesday, I charged it over night and today, the phone still has 25% baterry life. I don't know why it happened, but now it's 7th day of using my SGS2 without charging.

I go like 30hours on battery (got the 2000mah extended) with medium to heavy usage all day long.
3G and sync always on
WiFi probably 5-7 hours a day
Auto-brightness with LUX
A lot of whatsapp, twitter, facebook, instagram, etc

haluzzz said:
normally my phone lasts about 2 days with few phone calls, 3G and limited WiFi usage.. last wednesday, I charged it over night and today, the phone still has 25% baterry life. I don't know why it happened, but now it's 7th day of using my SGS2 without charging.
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Any proof? Like screenshots..?? My NOKIA 1500 doesnt give more than 4 days.. Ur phone is a BOON!!

I get 1 week!!
when I only turn it on to check the time :meh:
seriously...
wifi on 5 - 7 hours!? Using wifi saves battery i.e. doesn't drain it
Before my ph would run dead flat? - probably 36 - 48 hours depending on whether it's under heavy or moderate usage.
Think I may invest in 2000mAH battery to get 2 days out of ph...
I use my ph for work - so I charge it every night if it's below 50%...

Sounds interesting and logical. There are some apps that create large folders(iFunny=over 1GB last time I cleared)(I also had some random app making app backups without me knowing ).
I'm now flashing Hydra rom so I could try this out right now...

My record is about 3 days and 3-4 hrs but with minimal usage. With my normal usage I typicaly get about 2 days on ICS and a day - day and a half on GB.
My normal usage is some WiFi/H+ browsing or file transfer, a few pictures, music, a few calls and SMS and a coupe of apps, about 10 or so emails per day, lots of time and weather checks and etc. Generally I'm quite happy with the battery life since the move to ICS (stock, non-rooted).

I noticed this too, I backed up my phone and moved my files to micro sd, cleaned the internal storage and backed up apps,files you don't need to pc
you do get performance gains, my media scanner is shorter and its less awake if so,
i noticed as ics isnt 100% backwards compatible so androidos and media scanner was not far from display usage in battery information

OR you can just install Greenify without loosing any apps. Its on PlayStore, though it needs root. Perfect I'd say. Check it out.

timus911 said:
OR you can just install Greenify without loosing any apps. Its on PlayStore, though it needs root. Perfect I'd say. Check it out.
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This thread is almost a year old...

How do i know which app takes battery of android os??
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Yeah, I know, but somebody browsing through it can still come up and read and see for themselves. Right?
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Use BetterBatteryStats. Very light, almost negligible battery use by itself, still monitors perfectly. This is what most pro developers use.
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Use BetterBatteryStats. highly recommended.

hi. I am o supernexus build 5 wth siah kernel. I got round 7 hiurs if heavy usage on gs2. I've done facebook, viber, internet using stock browser and downloading around 200mb zip file. what can you say about this battery life. its my first time to use gs2 and I am using 2000mah. the battery life seems pretty bad in my opinion. I will attach screenshot of my hardware info, battery use and screen time. hoping for any opinions out there
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infinitylook said:
hi. I am o supernexus build 5 wth siah kernel. I got round 7 hiurs if heavy usage on gs2. I've done facebook, viber, internet using stock browser and downloading around 200mb zip file. what can you say about this battery life. its my first time to use gs2 and I am using 2000mah. the battery life seems pretty bad in my opinion. I will attach screenshot of my hardware info, battery use and screen time. hoping for any opinions out there
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I get a screen time of around 6-6.5 (full time on screen) hours. with EDGE on. so id say this is not the worst. your phone has been awake for like 4 hours. And you have active apps such as fb viber n whatsapp. And downloads as well. First usage can be inaccurate just try two to three full cycle charges and then get back im sure it will improve

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I get a screen time of around 6-6.5 (full time on screen) hours. with EDGE on. so id say this is not the worst. your phone has been awake for like 4 hours. And you have active apps such as fb viber n whatsapp. And downloads as well. First usage can be inaccurate just try two to three full cycle charges and then get back im sure it will improve
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That is actually my 7th day on that rom. Right now Im reverting to stock rom with the latest 4.1.2 baseband. The previous one uses an ICS baseband with jb rom. I dont know if that affects battery
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i had it fully charged, when i plugged it off, turns out to be 98%

BryanChia said:
i had it fully charged, when i plugged it off, turns out to be 98%
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Not getting the same problem I guess my battery life is okay now. I was used to ics xperia neo which has a good battery life so maybe this is the reason im complaining for battery
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infinitylook said:
Not getting the same problem I guess my battery life is okay now. I was used to ics xperia neo which has a good battery life so maybe this is the reason im complaining for battery
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im under JB now

Nice guide thanks

[Q] Nexus 4 on order, arrival soon, what can I expect ;) ?

So, they have apparently sorted out the stock and supply problem. I <cough> borrowed the wife's credit card and have placed the order.
They say it will ship in 1 to 2 weeks, I can live with that.
The light-hearted question I have is, once I've gotten over the excited rush of playing with the phone for a while, what have your experiences been? Good or bad! I've heard that the battery life is not great but to be honest I am not so bothered with that. I have a charger and work, and home, in the car - I can even charge it at the pub/bar I go to

Keep an eye out for issues worthy of an RMA. From there, the only thing to expect is awesomeness. You'll want to calibrate the screen color and gamma, though.

Has battery life been that bad? Because I just ordered one myself to replace my wife's 3GS.

kenhicg said:
Has battery life been that bad? Because I just ordered one myself to replace my wife's 3GS.
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yes battery life is very bad on this device. in sleep/standby its great. but when you do something, it drains battery very fast. just 5minutes use and at least 10% are gone.

Rondock said:
yes battery life is very bad on this device. in sleep/standby its great. but when you do something, it drains battery very fast. just 5minutes use and at least 10% are gone.
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Utter tripe. You either have a rouge app, or you have the brighness turned up full or something else stupid.
I easily get a full day out mine with moderate use. It's about 50%-60% remaining when I get home in the evening from work.

I got around 3 hours of screen on time and a full 18-20 hours standby on stock rom with the usual useage of whatsapp and gmail syncing, with web use and texting etc, and now on custom rom, I am getting up to 4.5 hours screen on.
So, battery is good, phone is super fast and smooth, camera is great if you take time to learn how to use it and especially with HDR on and a bit of post picture editing. Only down side is music volume and quality which is average at best. In my opinion.

Thanks for the feedback. I just hope my wife can make the transition from iOS to android.

I think depending whether you are on WiFi or HSPA will make a huge difference for battery. From what I understand, when using HSPA, the standby battery life is horrible.

The screen is usually the single biggest threat to your battery. And the N4 can get 4-6 hours of "screen on" time depending on use. As others have said, it can be on standby for 15+ hours, but you can completely kill the battery in 4 hours or less if you are using a cpu intensive app.
Custom roms and battery saving apps can def help out though.

I ordered mine at 3pm on wednesday and it was with me by 3pm on thursday .. so slightly quicker than the 1-2 weeks they quote!

Unlock the boot loader, doesn't matter if you decide on staying stock or what. Having your boot loader unlocked right of the bat allows you to keep your apps if you do decide to root /flash.
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You'll sadly probably find that the screen is *uneven* in it's tint (yellow probably) and brightness. Because it's uneven, "calibrating" will help a little maybe but will not fix any issues with the screen. On the other hand, with luck (which I wish you) you may find that your screen is pretty much perfectly uniform in brightness and tone top to bottom, left to right. (Check using the Mail app and minimise the keyboard) I've had 5 so far and none of them are acceptable to me. Otherwise the phone is truly incredible in use. Buttery smooth, responsive, great. The screen very generally is amazing too. It's just not even as it should be. Let me know how yours is - i'd be interested to know because if yours has good uniformity I'll order another. Good luck!

Rondock said:
yes battery life is very bad on this device. in sleep/standby its great. but when you do something, it drains battery very fast. just 5minutes use and at least 10% are gone.
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My drain is 1% per hour and I get more the 4hs screen time. Please, review your device and stop giving false statements.
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How much do you believe turning off the data and just running the voice will save battery life?
calanizzle said:
My drain is 1% per hour and I get more the 4hs screen time. Please, review your device and stop giving false statements.
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fredcorp6 said:
I ordered mine at 3pm on wednesday and it was with me by 3pm on thursday .. so slightly quicker than the 1-2 weeks they quote!
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What? No way lol you must be lucky then. Because even the shipping method says 2 day shipping. Unless you paid a bunch of money for overnight shipping?
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Crisisx1 said:
What? No way lol you must be lucky then. Because even the shipping method says 2 day shipping. Unless you paid a bunch of money for overnight shipping?
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Played £9.99 for shipping... Think that was the only option on there?
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bittersound said:
So, they have apparently sorted out the stock and supply problem. I <cough> borrowed the wife's credit card and have placed the order.
They say it will ship in 1 to 2 weeks, I can live with that.
The light-hearted question I have is, once I've gotten over the excited rush of playing with the phone for a while, what have your experiences been? Good or bad! I've heard that the battery life is not great but to be honest I am not so bothered with that. I have a charger and work, and home, in the car - I can even charge it at the pub/bar I go to
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Well expect battery drain issues (msm_hsic_host wakelock).