Battery horrible - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys I am running the latest Paranoid Android with Francos latest kernel and my battery life is horrid.
If I get one hour of screen on time I am lucky. I am using custom color collaboration with the kernel and I am curious if this is playing a role.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Colors on the Nexus 4 doesn't affect battery life.
Most likely it's your apps that are draining your battery life. Turn off services like Bluetooth and GPS and WiFi.
Install wake lock detector to see what apps are eating your battery juice. Low signal or bad service can affect battery life as well.
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How's your reception? Bad signal is a huge factor
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Try using Greenify. Might help a bit.

why dont you use an older kernel and see, r111 was the best kernel i got with battery life.

I had nothing but problems with Franco kernel. My phone wouldn't charge unless it was on AC for one.
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Getting 3.5 to 4.5 hrs of sot on Franco and illusion, a lil more sot time if I'm on WiFi.
Apps sometimes play a big role in battery depletion as well as a horrible signal.
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try using joker kernel if anything other than franco

I'm getting really sucky battery life on the MIUI 5 rom latest as of 2/7/13. Anyone else getting bad battery life on this? I've had a look at betterbatterystats and it's not really listing anything as keeping the phone awake. Went from 95% to 75% in 4 hours (I know that doesn't sound so bad but I wasn't doing anything with the phone, just had a couple of messengers on it - Trillian and Steam)

You need to figure out what is keeping your phone awake. On Franco kernel I have very little drain when just using messenger etc. I would think you have a rogue app or something causing issues.
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Best ROM/tweak for better battery life on Nexus 4

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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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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Massive battery issues

Hello folks.
I'm currently on Aokp 4.2.2 unofficial with Francos r90 Kernel, bootloader and Radio are both updated. I'm suffering from massive battery draining. I guess something isnt letting my CPU sleep properly, as i always get messages like "100% awake while screen off" from battery stats plus. I'm just getting up to 2 hours screen on time, and battery is falling by about ~7% / hour With normal usage (whatsapp, News, xda) and like 15 Minuten screen on time in that hour. Also, see the attached Images. I sometimes have wakelocks by audioOut_2 and as you can See, maps is using more battery than the Display itself.
On an additional Note, GPS is always off, im using Taster to locate, but with cell near only.
Would be very Kind to help me out of this issues, thank you a bunch!
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Turn off Location Services for a little bit to see if that helps.
You should try a program like autostarts, and don't allow things to run unless explicitly started by yourself. This way it'll help identify if there is an misbehaving program.
I saw you were using franco r90 which could be an issue. Try going back to the last stable
I think you will like this application.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5vYXNpc2ZlbmcuZ3JlZW5pZnkiXQ..
This simple application will make your annoying applications to go to sleep. Therefore your phone can finally go to sleep like it should when it's not in use. I see that Google maps seems to be the culprit in your battery drain. You can use titanium backup and delete it and install it back again from the play store. After that you can use the application that I've given you and force it to go tot sleep.
Here's the forum for the application:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
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Thanks guys! I disabled some Autostarts and greenified some apps. I'll Report the outcomes later today.
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Thanks guys! I disabled some Autostarts and greenified some apps. I'll Report the outcomes later today.
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If that doesn't work I recommend you flash the matr1x kernel I'm on it and I get very good life on this phone so yeah give it a try if u want
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Click it I dare you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784401
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Thanks for your reply. Yeah im already thinking about flashing matr1x or trinity Kernels. How much screen on time Do you get with matr1x?
I reinstalled maps, greenified maps and facebook. Updated to Franco 92. Already getting better results with greenified maps, but i get following wakelocks:
"pm8921_eoc", "msm_otg" and AudioOut_2 and still notifications from bbs: 100% awake.
Apps running are: astrid, avast, Francos updater, Rom toolbox, Tasker
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Does anyone have some knowledge about How to identify why Android OS is consuming so much battery Life? While screen off some process is waking up the Device, up to 1.5 GHz.
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I also have MASSIVE draining issues. Took my phone off charge around 9am this morning... 1hr screen time... 8% battery left and its only 13:45 Pacific time...
Latest Faux running in dual core ECO MODE underclocked to 1.3Ghz with Stock 4.2.2,,,, still get ****ty ass battery life...
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Do you see any wakelocks using the better battery stats app? Which apps are running?
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Do you see any wakelocks using the better battery stats app? Which apps are running?
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I just bought it ( for $3), sooo now I have to wait and see what is causing this....
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I just bought it ( for $3), sooo now I have to wait and see what is causing this....
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Cannot wait til you update us!
Coming from the iphone 4, good battery life is the most important thing i miss. I need a rock solid reliable phone or else would have started to mess around a read about Kernels to see how they may help with better battery life. My iPhone would last me 3-4 days of general use. To me General use is very light use..! With nexus it lasts max 1-2 days but more importantly i need to be concious what the battery level is. With th eiphone i never really bothered as i knoew i would get at least 2 days if not more.
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Still got audioOut_2 wakelock. Except that onr, everything is fine After Kernel update, greenifying and disabling Autostarts
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Liquidsmooth and franco battery problem

Hi there. I have my nexus 4 for about a week. It was bought rooted second hand. I flashed liquid smooth and faux at start and battery life was medium. About 15 hours. But I want more battery life. So I flashed liquid smooth and FRANCO kernel which is supposed to increase my battery life but it only lasted 14 hours on the first cycle. I will wait for 3-4 cycles more to check it.
Are there any special settings for Franco kernel to work better? Please help because it is a great phone but battery is essential.
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Anyone?
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The rom and the kernel is not the cause for your battery loss. The kernel's recommended settings are ideal for battery life. It's either your apps or the amount of wakelocks draining your power. Rogue apps that are constantly awake when they shouldn't be. download wakelock detector or better battery stats and find the cause.
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Ouch, that's terrible battery life. I'd say it's definitely a program causing it, I don't think any rom or kernel could be that bad.
Never mind I moved to paranoid android ROM and is more battery friendly. Please lock the topic.
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[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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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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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
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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.
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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.
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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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Battery performance after 4.3 fix update

After 4.3 fix update battery life & performance has drastically reduced. I am getting around 15hr on normal usage & 8-9hr on heavy usage.
Charging time has gone up from 1.45 to 2.30.
Doea everyone using stock rom facing the same or just me?
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Amruthhr said:
After 4.3 fix update battery life & performance has drastically reduced. I am getting around 15hr on normal usage & 8-9hr on heavy usage.
Charging time has gone up from 1.45 to 2.30.
Doea everyone using stock rom facing the same or just me?
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I faced the same , but after i rooted and flashed franco's kernel, im getting around 22hr on normal usage ,10-11 hr on heavy usage not to mention almost 2 days when phone is idle.
Keep in mind that after an update or a ROM flash or what ever changes are made.. Battery life can suffer for a good week or so. This GS like media scanner and other services will be running more in the background.
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Okay guys, today just formatted my phone. Its just as good as before. No deep sleep issue, battery life is back to normal. I shall post it after 3-4 discharge cycle.
Thanks!
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