Hi my first question is :
- Is Lightflow app consume battery ? (i want to make that the led blink faster for Whatsapp and Stock SMS app but they don't have this option so i have to instal a third app that manage my LED)
And the second question is :
- What's better for battery .. 4 core usage at mininal clock ? (300mhz) or 2 core usage at medium clock (700mhz) ?
It depends on how often you get a notification but on average light flow takes around 5 percent of my battery
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5% of battery? Sounds like there is something wrong there.
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steviewevie said:
5% of battery? Sounds like there is something wrong there.
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No kidding. I think you'd need to host a rave using the led light to see 5% battery usage.
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No kidding. I think you'd need to host a rave using the led light to see 5% battery usage.
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I may be wrong here but I think 5% is possible.
He's not saying the LED light takes 5%, that'll be crazy.
He's saying the app is taking 5%, which might be possible.
Yes the app not the led I actually just installed the app again I'll take a screen shot tomorrow
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Thanks ! and what about my second question ?
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Hi my first question is :
- Is Lightflow app consume battery ? (i want to make that the led blink faster for Whatsapp and Stock SMS app but they don't have this option so i have to instal a third app that manage my LED)
And the second question is :
- What's better for battery .. 4 core usage at mininal clock ? (300mhz) or 2 core usage at medium clock (700mhz) ?
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As for the second can't be sure which would be better, you want to limit the amount times you charge your phone. That is the best way to preserve batteries. However I would keep all four cores going at the 350 mhz min. To me its like getting a v8 and only using four cylinders when you stomp on the gas.
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tlf55 said:
Hi my first question is :
- Is Lightflow app consume battery ? (i want to make that the led blink faster for Whatsapp and Stock SMS app but they don't have this option so i have to instal a third app that manage my LED)
And the second question is :
- What's better for battery .. 4 core usage at mininal clock ? (300mhz) or 2 core usage at medium clock (700mhz) ?
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Light flow does consume battery...I would just use it and if it doesn't bother you as much than just stick with it.
I would go with 4 cores.
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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.
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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.
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What good then would your phone be if no data or wifi...
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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.
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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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+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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Does any one else Android os show as running very high?
My phone has been off charge for 9 hours and has barely been used as I've been very busy at work.
So far it had kept my device awake for 55 minutes and is sitting at 24%.
It does go as high as 30% and even a little bit higher than that at times.
Is this normal? I'm pretty sure it should b with 10%
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Yep. See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999368
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Mine usually only does it when I have a live wallpaper running.
If you aren't using the phone then Android OS will be the only thing (plus phone and few other things) are gonna be the only thing there.
In general Live Wallpapers and Maps (Location) is what causes it to go up.
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If you aren't using the phone then Android OS will be the only thing (plus phone and few other things) are gonna be the only thing there.
In general Live Wallpapers and Maps (Location) is what causes it to go up.
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Yeah this^^
The less you use your phone the higher the percentage the system will use. Because it's... er... a percentage
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Yeah this^^
The less you use your phone the higher the percentage the system will use. Because it's... er... a percentage
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Yeah I understand that but it's usually like phone idle that uses the juice if the phone isn't used.
When I first got the nexus 4. The percentage the battery would drop was like 1% per hour but it seems to drop a bit faster now.
My gnex was always within 10% and usually no higher than like 6%...
Oh well I can live with it. The battery drain ain't that bad on it. Once I use the phone the% seem to drop pretty fast so I can see where your coming from.
Thanks for the reply
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@OP,
Do you have any app such as GrooveIP that keeps connection alive? If yes, they consume battery and are reported as "android os" in battery stats.
This happens to me when csipsimple (SIP client) is running in the background.
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@OP,
Do you have any app such as GrooveIP that keeps connection alive? If yes, they consume battery and are reported as "android os" in battery stats.
This happens to me when csipsimple (SIP client) is running in the background.
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No not really. I have flip board... some games... xda... tsf shell... Swype... sky sports apps... skygo... tvcatchup
Don't think anything would keep the phone alive
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Hi
First,sorry if this is a Repost but i didnt find a similar post.
So here is my question : is it normal that my notification led blinks only once every ten seconds when i receive a notification ? I mean... This is slow isn't it ?
Thanks for your answers
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Yes its normal. You can download lightflow from the market if you want to customize the frequency and color.
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It is a lot better with 4.2.2 than it was with 4.2.1, where it blinked once every 30 seconds.
Wonder why it is so slow though. A LED doesn't use that much power, or would it need the CPU to be awake while blinking?
are you on stock? im on stock 4.2.2 and LED light never light up at all, see it once in a very very blue moon very fast but never repeat. have to download lightflow and its beyond amazing
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Yes its normal. You can download lightflow from the market if you want to customize the frequency and color.
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Thats what i use. Seems to be a nice app.
mmmh was thinking of lightflow too but i wonder two things:
1 : a lot of users talk about battery drain increased when using light flow, and i'm the kind of person who likes to have as few apps on my phone as possible.
2 : if something so obvious as this (1 bling in ten seconds is not enough) is occuring, there must be a reason :-/
is there no other way that lightflow or other app to change this rate? maybe next android update will bring it to 1 in every five seconds
Hi,
You can try Light Manager, no issues, no battery drain, works perfectly.
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mmmh was thinking of lightflow too but i wonder two things:
1 : a lot of users talk about battery drain increased when using light flow, and i'm the kind of person who likes to have as few apps on my phone as possible.
2 : if something so obvious as this (1 bling in ten seconds is not enough) is occuring, there must be a reason :-/
is there no other way that lightflow or other app to change this rate? maybe next android update will bring it to 1 in every five seconds
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There is no battery drain associated with lightflow.
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There is no battery drain associated with lightflow.
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well, a simple google search on "light flow battery" got me pages of forums where users were talking about phoes waking from sleep much more often because of light flow hence a battery drain...
bagou01 said:
well, a simple google search on "light flow battery" got me pages of forums where users were talking about phoes waking from sleep much more often because of light flow hence a battery drain...
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Believe what you wish. I can tell you that with both phones I've used it on, I haven't had an issue.
Here's a screenshot. Two seconds in 6 hours.
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well, a simple google search on "light flow battery" got me pages of forums where users were talking about phoes waking from sleep much more often because of light flow hence a battery drain...
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Have you checked the Light Flow thread in the N4 apps forum? No one is complaining about battery drain there.
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Have you checked the Light Flow thread in the N4 apps forum? No one is complaining about battery drain there.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19804068
bagou01 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19804068
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Now you're just trolling us...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19804068
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Yeah but is the drain noticeable or negligible? Again, try and see if battery drain is a popular topic in the LF thread or not ...
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If you want, you can use the Paranoid Android ROM. It has the option to speed up the notification LED builtin. Also comes with the option to change the colors of course. Third party app like LightFlow leaves you more control, but I personally find the builtin feature to work just fine.
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
Hi i'm loosing about 4% in 5hours in standby .. is that normal ? My signal is very good ! i'm using only whatsapp and some games.. Sync is disabled , location too .. I don't understand why i loose like 1% every hour ... my phone was litteraly on my desk and didn't move !
1% battery drain in 1 hour.. I think it's okay..
It's perfect. What do you expect from a quad processor and a lot of sensors? That's about 100 hours or 4 days of stand by time. It's really ok, you have no reason to worry. Enjoy your Smart-phone!
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calinormy said:
It's perfect. What do you expect from a quad processor and a lot of sensors? That's about 100 hours or 4 days of stand by time. It's really ok, you have no reason to worry. Enjoy your Smart-phone!
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With my nexus 5 everything stock which has a bad reputation with battery life, standby time was something like 0.33% for 1 hours ! (same configuration as my S5, sync off/location off/almost same app) i was loosing 2-3% over night.. that's why i'm worried
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With my nexus 5 everything stock which has a bad reputation with battery life, standby time was something like 0.33% for 1 hours ! (same configuration as my S5, sync off/location off/almost same app) i was loosing 2-3% over night.. that's why i'm worried
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Screen on time is a huge difference though. I had a Nexus 5 too.
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drakester09 said:
Screen on time is a huge difference though. I had a Nexus 5 too.
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agree with that even if i have bad standby time