I can't find the original thread in regards to this (I'm assuming there is one, otherwise I cannot recall where I read this). But it was advised by some fellow Nexus 4 owners that flashing stock out of the box (not reformatting, apparently, because that doesn't produce the same results) had the potential to dramatically increase battery life. I get fairly good battery life on this phone (roughly 4-4.5 hours screen-on time), but I'm noticing some people getting 5.5+ hours on stock. I have EXCELLENT HSPA+ signal all day (San Diego), and not to mention I'm on a good WiFi connection at least 75% of the day. Have any of you tried this method and had good experiences with it? Also, if you guys have the thread handy where it was discussed, I'd love to sift through it. Don't know why I can't find it anywhere.
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sounds like you're referring to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107163
namurt said:
sounds like you're referring to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107163
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Yes! Thank you, sir.
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anytime! can't wait to get my n4 later on this week. i'm coming from a thunderbolt (which i've had since launch). it's gonna be sweet, sweet nirvana.
thanks for the tip... besides i was looking for the post to reflash stock rim again!
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So i flashed the stock leak to 2 of my coworkers phones a few days ago and their battery life went up BIG TIME..now i flashed it to mine + installed EE.
last night when i got home from the bar and passed out i left go chat running all night and when i woke up my battery was at 75% - with go chat running for 8 hours. normally my phone would be dead. Im really, really impressed with the improvements in the DK28..
Anyone else seeing similar results?
Why not post in the EE thread?!
What's EE when I was on dk28 my 3g radio was trying to upload constantly and killed my battery in record time. So I'm not running it anymore only because of that. If this EE thing can bring my battery life back to normal I'll gladly give dk28 another try.
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I'm surprised theres no sticker for a guideline on what to post on Development, though I guess common sense is supposed to be a factor.
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d94 said:
So i flashed the stock leak to 2 of my coworkers phones a few days ago and their battery life went up BIG TIME..now i flashed it to mine + installed EE.
last night when i got home from the bar and passed out i left go chat running all night and when i woke up my battery was at 75% - with go chat running for 8 hours. normally my phone would be dead. Im really, really impressed with the improvements in the DK28..
Anyone else seeing similar results?
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What exactly are you developing? Is this a rom or did you really make a general post in the development area?
He was just spamming the development area with garbage
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I have noticed the exact opposite w/ DK28... I was running DK05 before and had great battery life, now w/ DK28 its back to just a hair better than it was Stock.
Although this is in the wrong section I also noticed much better battery life with DK28.
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I have had much better battery life as well. No where near the advertised specs but significantly better than DI18.
can a mod plz move this so i can stop spamming this forum?
LOL. I'm definitely not seeing these results.
My battery life lasts me pretty much most of the day off the charger with some heavy use here and there and I'm still on DK17 ViperROM 2.6 with auto brightness on and a few widgets/notifications every 3-4 hours.
Does your gps work going that way? And if its much better battery life ill have to try doing it. As for those saying it is spamming, it may be but instead of trying to act like you have power actually contribute to the thread.
There are so many threads like this. Can we get a mod up in here?
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What's EE?
I love when people have nothing to do but complain about other people posting in the wrong section..... its very upsetting ain't it
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Wow, complain about it more so it keeps getting bumped...... I actually like seeing things like this because it just may more easily help someone in choosing a suitable rom. In a hour it'll be on the next couple of pages and you would have forgotten about this thread DISASTER anyways...
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What's EE?
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Epic Experience.....a rom.
With DK28 and EE I have had 26 hours of battery life, the first time I have had over 15 hours ever with my Epic. I am honestly comfortable walking a round without worrying about where I can plug my charger in at.
Threads like these (including their responses) are why post count doesn't matter.
Please post questions in General section.
Hi guys, I have a Sprint NS 4g. (saw another similar thread, but they are discussing ROMs for the other versions...) I stopped using it because the battery life is miserable even though I have 0% Time Without Signal. (My rooted Evo literally lasts 3x as long at this NS.) Therefore I am looking into alternative ROMs.
Any idea which of the above ROMs has better battery life?
Thanks!
I've been using mikeyinid's rom in the ns4g dev section. It's titled "updated 6/27/11..." using matr1x kernel. Had very good battery ever since he went to the new kernel and I'm using it as-is. No performance tweaks.
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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks
You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Yeah, my Evo goes for 1.5 days with a lot of use. The recent roms are great on battery life.
My Nexus goes maybe 5 hours with heavy use.
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You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.
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Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.
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If you are using your phone non-stop, meaning you have the screen on straight periods of time, 5 hours is not bad, really. You have to remember that the SAMOLED screen sucks battery down. On the weekends when my phone is on all the time, I generally have to swap batteries 2 or 3 times in a day. Thats very heavy use, of course. During the week with moderate use, texts, gtalk, emails, and xda app, I get 10- 12 hours on a charge. Screen on time is a killer with the NS
Why does this thread get more hits than mine?
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I am trying Soju right now - so far it looks and feels elegant.
My NS4G gets way better battery life than my Evo did probably almost twice as long. But aside from that I have had good lick with open soju and Cyanogen. Open Soju was nice because it has voodoo control for headset audio which really takes advantage of the wolfson headphone amp built into the ns. Voodoo makes the audio like night and day once you have tried it you cant go back. Than Cyanogen is great many options but to get voodoo I had to use nets kernel. Both having great battery life but Cyanogen has more options but its still in beta.
Edit: I did not really answer your question about the GB-Deck because I have not used it but have heard good things you have to flash gapps with it like Cyanogen.
There's really something to be said for turning down the screen brightness. Also make sure you have wifi sleep on never. Try james bond kernel and let it settle for a couple days. First day or two of a new rom/kernel will be a little low on battery
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My Evo has been unplugged for 16 hours of heavy use, and there is now 28 percent battery remaining. This is with a current 2.3.3 rom. Well done Google.
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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks
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Here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070383
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Thank you sir.
Any News from Google about the ICS bugfixes? I want to upgrade to ICS again, but until that horrible battery drain isn't fixed I won't.
Curious
Im curious too, gimme your ICS!!!
yeah i upgraded and although i didnt mind at first... this battery drain is really really annoying.
Is it really that bad?
I have no battery drain maybe wipe all and install ics from scratch
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nope it is not. i get at least the same like on gingerbread, i think it is even a little bit better on ics
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I have no battery drain maybe wipe all and install ics from scratch
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I did. Same problems.
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Though the Android OS kept awake for a loooong time,
the battery does not drain so much
As I've posted in the other battery thread, I'm definitely seeing worse battery life running ICS. It's about 10% less than what I'm used to seeing by the end of the day, while maintaining about the same usage.
So, no one knows anything?
I'm at 10hrs with 31% battery left. As someone else wrote its about 10% more than normal at this time of the day for me. So not horrible but some improvement would be nice, its not enough for me to go back to GB. NS4G
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So, no one knows anything?
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Google hasn't announced anything so no one knows. I'm pretty sure most employees do not return to work until next Monday, so I wouldn't expect anything new for at least a week or two.
I'm pretty sure that this bug will be fixed right away
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I had the same issue in the beginning, but not any more after a hard reset with G+ & location services disabled. Actually, the battery performance is awesome.
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I'm also assuming since this is 4.0.3, it already addressed bugs that were in .1 and .2 builds. I wouldn't expect a .4 anytime too soon.
But hopefully better battery life is among the improvements.
Myself
I had no problem with battery drain myself, but a really annoying bug - music was stopping itself withing 1-10 minutes after I`d started it. Wipe didn`t help. Sh*t!
So I guess all we can do is wait.
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Is anyone else having really bad battery usage on the new update?
I can get my battery to barely last 6-8 hours on a charge with light usage and texting. If i leave it overnight it is dead in the morning.
When i was on Ice Cream I can go to bed with it at 95 percent and wake up around 85 percent.
Any thoughts?
Disable Google now..
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Disable Google now..
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I did, but its still doing the same thing.
Nexus S just has bad battery life, period
I know but on ICS it was much better than Gingerbread, now on JB its even worse i'm just waiting for the new Nexus so I can leave Sprint and I'll stick to carrying 3 batteries.
CM10 battery life is way better than stock in my experience.
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CM10 battery life is way better than stock in my experience.
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I know but Ill wait until they have a stable version.
I updated about 2 days ago and I've been getting 4 hours of max battery life. A lot of this has to do with the fact that this is quite possibly the worst phone reception I've ever gotten. Sprint has always been bad, but not even Sprint could be this bad.
90 percent of the time I have either 0-2 bars. Wifi is also constantly dropping so that doesn't help either. I don't know what the deal is, but I've gotten tired of the Nexus S software always being subpar. I've been trying to root all day and I must be doing something wrong because I can't root.
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I updated about 2 days ago and I've been getting 4 hours of max battery life. A lot of this has to do with the fact that this is quite possibly the worst phone reception I've ever gotten. Sprint has always been bad, but not even Sprint could be this bad.
90 percent of the time I have either 0-2 bars. Wifi is also constantly dropping so that doesn't help either. I don't know what the deal is, but I've gotten tired of the Nexus S software always being subpar. I've been trying to root all day and I must be doing something wrong because I can't root.
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Mine the same way. Except Wifi works. Try using the fastboot method to root. Thats what i did:
http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/
For the moment I run pure nexus with full satisfaction, I get a screen on time of 5 hours, which is great but longer is always better.
Is there a rom with very good battery control, kernel tweaked and all?
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No
There's no such thing. What you're asking is a subjective question, it depends on the user. The only way to find out which is best for you is through your own testing.
If I might add, attaining the best SOT is mostly about what you're willing to sacrifice.. performance, brightness, connectivity, etc.
Hence, a lot of this will be relative to how you use your device as Heisenberg already stated.
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If I might add, attaining the best SOT is mostly about what you're willing to sacrifice.. performance, brightness, connectivity, etc.
Hence, a lot of this will be relative to how you use your device as Heisenberg already stated.
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You have the Nexus now? I remember you from the Evita days, back when I was timmaaa.
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You have the Nexus now? I remember you from the Evita days, back when I was timmaaa.
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Holy crap! Hey timmaaa! Yeah, I've had it since it came out. Great phone. Not surprised to see you've become a mod! Congrats!
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Holy crap! Hey timmaaa! Yeah, I've had it since it came out. Great phone. Not surprised to see you've become a mod! Congrats!
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Thanks mate, been a mod for a little over a year now. Good to see you around these parts
Everyone's milage varies. I'm on PN right now and will hit 5hrs sot today. Been off the charger for over 24 hrs too. That is something that people fail to mention sometime. On a fresh charge and constant use I'm sure I could hit between 6 or 7 sot. I just don't have that much to look at haha. PN is a good stable place to be to get great battery life and great performance. I often find myself looking for that ultimate set up and it becomes hard to judge because I use my phone differently everyday. Hope this helps
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these kind of questions still exist.. XD well that is XDA for you!
to the OP's question, mate if i were you i would just try out a couple of different roms to test out the battery life.
(sorry no n6p user here, but i think you should give Roms a try that come with cmte, roms that come cm source might give you abit more battery life.) 5 hours sot is already very good , good luck!