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Q- is this good battery life for 4.2.1? Screen cap attached.

Updated to 4.2.1 with new 32 gig nexus 7. I've heard lots of people have been getting bad battery life with 4.2.1 update. Is mine good or bad? Attached screenshot.
Thanks
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It really depends on your screen on time. I'd say getting 5-7 hours of screen on time would be considered good battery life.
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I personally wouldn't consider that good battery life, however I'm spoiled in a sense. I never kept my tablet stock, modded from day 1. But I'm sitting at 85% right now with 4hrs screen on browsing web and xda and it was fresh off the charger. I also get over a week of standby time when it sits.
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siralsmooth said:
I personally wouldn't consider that good battery life, however I'm spoiled in a sense. I never kept my tablet stock, modded from day 1. But I'm sitting at 85% right now with 4hrs screen on browsing web and xda and it was fresh off the charger. I also get over a week of standby time when it sits.
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Which kernel and settings are you using? Thanks!
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Yes which ROM and kernel are you using? 4.2.1 seems to have bad battery life. Mine is just rooted
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Battery charges in 90 minutes, is this sign of a bad battery?

Can see the title - I can charge my phone from 4% to full in rougly 90-100 mins using stock charger. This seems significantly faster than reported by other review sites, does this mean my battery is not fully utilizing all its cells?

anotherfiz said:
Can see the title - I can charge my phone from 4% to full in rougly 90-100 mins using stock charger. This seems significantly faster than reported by other review sites, does this mean my battery is not fully utilizing all its cells?
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Mine did the same thing....

Mine charges super fast too, but I still get great life out of it. 5-6 hour screen time, all day and into the next.

This phone gets better battery life than any other I have ever owned. The fast charging is a great bonus.

anotherfiz said:
Can see the title - I can charge my phone from 4% to full in rougly 90-100 mins using stock charger. This seems significantly faster than reported by other review sites, does this mean my battery is not fully utilizing all its cells?
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http://www.qualcomm.com/media/blog/...-charge-10-less-time-charging-more-time-doing
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It could also have something to do the the 1150mA charger. That's more current than most phone chargers.

scottjb said:
It could also have something to do the the 1150mA charger. That's more current than most phone chargers.
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Could be a mixture of the this plus the chip.

Is this a complaint thread because the phone charges too fast?!
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dwd3885 said:
Is this a complaint thread because the phone charges too fast?!
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On a related note, this thing either charges faster on a car charger or is just much more efficient than the Galaxy Nexus. My Galaxy Nexus's battery would actually drain when using GPS in the car while plugged into my Kinivo BTC450, especially while also playing music. My Moto X actually charges reasonably quickly while using GPS and playing music. There's definitely no need for some high voltage car charger.

Battery life sucks

2 hours on the phone did this to my battery. Screen time was 48 mins. Screen was off on call using BT. Phone was red hot after call
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It is something you installed or something on your setting up the phone.
this phone battery is amazing , trust me it is.
I get screen on times , unthinkable to my previous phones with brightness way way higher
so.. just try to figure out what is eating your batt and why.
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then again you didnt start your battery log with 100% batt
and your drain was due to a very phone cal (?) With screen off, but your network signal suck really bad, maybe is from there ? But even with low coverage I find it hard to imagine that drain.
But then again.. never had low coverage ..

Yeah I can assure you it's something in your settings that is giving you poor life. You didn't give much description of what they are so it's tough for me to help you with what to fix, or how much knowledge you already have. I recommend BetterBatteryStats and Battery Mix for starters.

Install BBS (Better Battery Stats) and find the rogue application that is causing battery drain.
Battery life for me is amazing. I get close to 28-30 hours with mid - heavy usage.
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Your signal during this two hour call was awful. Keeping a connection while not using the phone is a battery sucker in these conditions. I imagine it is much more so when you are actually on the phone. I'd suspect that as the culprit, as the radio has to be pumped up to the max constantly, instead of every minute or so.

I had a note 2 on same network and never saw this kind of drain. I think this qualcomm chip is ****. In my settings my cpu was at 2.27ghz for 1 hour 43 mins! Why was my cpu maxed out while making a simple call.?
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Android system & android os battery drain

Android system & android os seem to be draining my battery quite alot. An unusual amount. Anyone have any idea why?
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xfrancis14 said:
Android system & android os seem to be draining my battery quite alot. An unusual amount. Anyone have any idea why?
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20 Hours at 63 percent? That is outstanding battery time..
I dont see why your complaining.. I get close to 2 days on my battery with average use..
Looks pretty normal to me.. In fact better than most IMO

Zaphodspeaks said:
20 Hours at 63 percent? That is outstanding battery time..
I dont see why your complaining.. I get close to 2 days on my battery with average use..
Looks pretty normal to me.. In fact better than most IMO
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But the Android os and system don't start until I actually use the device. It's only 2 hours on screen time
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Check this thread out if youre on 4.4.2 kitkat http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2595158
4.4.2 battery life is terrible
Your battery drain might be due to google play services and other apps running in the background
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its the new google services update, i have this problem on my note 3 too, its annoying.

Oh weird, yeah my nexus 4 doesn't do it only the 7
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S5 charger

Can someone explain why there is 2 connectors on s5 charger? Can I just charge it with my note 2 charger? Thanks
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Micro USB 3. you can still use the normal microusb though

-PiLoT- said:
Micro USB 3. you can still use the normal microusb though
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Are there any advantages to that horrible looking thing?
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MadManMark said:
Are there any advantages to that horrible looking thing?
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Several!
The extra parts, that extend the micro-USB 2.0 connection, increase your data bandwidth (allowing faster data transfers) AND increase the amount of power supplied. That means faster charging! It's completely backwards-compatible with micro-USB 2.0, so any old accessories and chargers you have still work (suck it, Apple), but at the same time, it increases your options because there is now more bandwidth and power available.

I picked up a Samsung micro USB 3.0 cable on eBay for £1.59 and it charges waaaay faster
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doesnt the s5 have wireless charging as well?

lordratnayake said:
doesnt the s5 have wireless charging as well?
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Yes you need to buy a wireless charging back and wireless charger though.

MadManMark said:
Yes you need to buy a wireless charging back and wireless charger though.
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oh i see. many thanks