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S3 really need bigger battery..custom rom, custom kernel, supercharged, still can't handle the drain while using it.. idle, perfect, 1%/4hours drop. But once u touch, scroll, open close app, browsing in 10 minutes, >10% drop..should have 2500mah like note..
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lol 10 min browsing more than 10% drain..it`s too much i get like 2%drain for 10 min browsing

ascariz said:
S3 really need bigger battery..custom rom, custom kernel, supercharged, still can't handle the drain while using it.. idle, perfect, 1%/4hours drop. But once u touch, scroll, open close app, browsing in 10 minutes, >10% drop..should have 2500mah like note..
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There is some app that drains your battery. I can easily get 5:30 on screen time with omega. I've seen others doing better. This phone has an excellent battery life, if you know how to avoid apps with bad code that drain your battery. Download better battery stats and monitor your usage. You will find the problem.
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Is that custom Rom by any chance CM9?
There are larger batteries out there with twice the original's charge. They are twice the size though and make the phone really fat.
As said above, something is draining your battery. Supercharging is really bad for the battery's life btw.
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d4fseeker said:
Is that custom Rom by any chance CM9?
There are larger batteries out there with twice the original's charge. They are twice the size though and make the phone really fat.
As said above, something is draining your battery. Supercharging is really bad for the battery's life btw.
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V6 supercharger bad for battery life..? Hmm.. this custom rom & kernsl is by wanam.. v6 supercharger make the ram management better, hence increase battery life..the ideal is good for me. Just the cpu i need more advance control..but custom kernel out there still not bug free..
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Ok sorry in that case no problem.
With some kernels you can increase charging speed and -mode
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ascariz said:
S3 really need bigger battery..custom rom, custom kernel, supercharged, still can't handle the drain while using it.. idle, perfect, 1%/4hours drop. But once u touch, scroll, open close app, browsing in 10 minutes, >10% drop..should have 2500mah like note..
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something is wrong with your phone dude. I get easily 4 hours on screen time with HEAVY use, like I'm trying to kill the battery or something. One off the apps you have installed might be killing your battery...
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ascariz said:
S3 really need bigger battery..custom rom, custom kernel, supercharged, still can't handle the drain while using it.. idle, perfect, 1%/4hours drop. But once u touch, scroll, open close app, browsing in 10 minutes, >10% drop..should have 2500mah like note..
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I find it the opposite. Very good in use not very good in idle. Mine last 5.5 - 6 hours screen on time on 3g. The idle drain however is worse than any other android device I used in the past.

d4fseeker said:
Is that custom Rom by any chance CM9?
There are larger batteries out there with twice the original's charge. They are twice the size though and make the phone really fat.
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It also makes it impossible to use NFC as the batteries don't have the antenna. Got an extended battery from ebay, works brilliantly power wise, 70% power still there after full day of use but no NFC....

nativestranger said:
I find it the opposite. Very good in use not very good in idle. Mine last 5.5 - 6 hours screen on time on 3g. The idle drain however is worse than any other android device I used in the past.
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Try to use LFB rom from UK and no more idle drains...
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Wowzers - battery life!

Run down after first charge with all this and more :
- Ingress which kills battery
- ChromeCasting
- YouTube and Netflix
- Feedly and Chrome
- listening to music and podcasts via Bluetooth for long periods
- Reading in Kindle
- Downloading and playing with many apps
Etc
Overall I would categorize as very heavy use. I still have 15% left and I'm thrilled.
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I wonder why my nexus 4 sucks then.....for pushing much less pixels.
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tvdang7 said:
I wonder why my nexus 4 sucks then.....for pushing much less pixels.
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Different CPU, GPU, manufacturer, radio, display, etc.
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tvdang7 said:
I wonder why my nexus 4 sucks then.....for pushing much less pixels.
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Smaller battery and cellular radios.

tvdang7 said:
I wonder why my nexus 4 sucks then.....for pushing much less pixels.
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Mobile signal is a huge battery drainer if you're in an area with poor reception, WiFi only is a huge plus for the battery.

O my. I thought i was the only one that had excellent battery life. I am currently at 8 hours standby time and 5 hours of Screen on usage and have 52% battery left. I would post a screen shot before the battery is completely drained

This may be good from gen 1, but to competition.....my mini is 5 days standby , 8hrs used with 25% left.

tvdang7 said:
I wonder why my nexus 4 sucks then.....for pushing much less pixels.
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two things - battery size and a cell radio/modem.

madsquabbles said:
two things - battery size and a cell radio/modem.
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Granted, cell radio and modem could lead to a faster rate of battery depletion. The original nexus 7 wifi only version had a bigger battery but the battery wasn't close to the results i am currently getting on the New Nexus 7. Best guess is that the new cpu chip is highly efficient

EVOme said:
This may be good from gen 1, but to competition.....my mini is 5 days standby , 8hrs used with 25% left.
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What does that have to do with the thread? Stop trolling, you're not good at it.
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muyoso said:
Different CPU, GPU, manufacturer, radio, display, etc.
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Same CPU and same GPU but the rest's correct
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EVOme said:
This may be good from gen 1, but to competition.....my mini is 5 days standby , 8hrs used with 25% left.
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Ya, but your mini is a locked down odd shapped toy for the Techno challenged, kids, and the decrepit.

nexusmaniac said:
Same CPU and same GPU but the rest's correct
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See anandtech review.
Nexus 7 cpu is more like an underclocked snapdragon 600, than an s4 pro. It supports ddr3 ram and has krait 300 cores, unlike the n4

nexusmaniac said:
Same CPU and same GPU but the rest's correct
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No....
The 7-inch Nexus 7 houses a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro system on chip with a quad-core Krait CPU and a single-core Adreno 320 GPU.
The original ;1.30GHz Nvidia Tegra 3
Not the same....at all....

nexusmaniac said:
Same CPU and same GPU but the rest's correct
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Incorrect. It does not use the same CPU at all. The naming scheme for Qualcomm has gotten out of whack.
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EVOme said:
This may be good from gen 1, but to competition.....my mini is 5 days standby , 8hrs used with 25% left.
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That is impressive... As long as my battery lasts a day I'm happy. No problem for me to charge at night. Anything more is nice but doesn't affect me one way or the other.
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tweaked said:
No....
The 7-inch Nexus 7 houses a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro system on chip with a quad-core Krait CPU and a single-core Adreno 320 GPU.
The original ;1.30GHz Nvidia Tegra 3
Not the same....at all....
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Lol read carefully, they were comparing to the n4

My battery life isn't that great but I was doing quite a few things. Also Magic 2014 is quite the battery suck.
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darll said:
O my. I thought i was the only one that had excellent battery life. I am currently at 8 hours standby time and 5 hours of Screen on usage and have 52% battery left. I would post a screen shot before the battery is completely drained
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Pics of screen on time or it didn't happen
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EVOme said:
I have both devices, loser, so I am not trolling anything. I'm stating a comparison for people who may be considering a switch and batt life is a concern.
Troll that.!
I guess...
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You are referring to an 8inch device with a lack luster 1024x768 screen. Being 8 inches it has a larger battery as it can fit more battery than a 7inch form factor.
iPad mini battery = 4490 mah (powers crappy screen)
Nexus 7 (2013) battery = 3950 mah (powers 1920x1200 screen)
You tell me which should have more battery life?

[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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technaudio said:
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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iStayHigh said:
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

Deathmaker192 said:
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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kdog1202 said:
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.

yulasinio said:
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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Buying a Nexus 4, What should I know?

Buying a Nexus 4 after sticking with the Samsung Vibrant for so long. Anything I should know about the Nexus before making this upgrade?

You should be the one telling us what you want to know, hehe.
Get the 16gb variant as it doesn't have a micro SD slot and I find 8gb is not sufficient.
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Sometimes the battery life SUXX
Today i got 2h 40m screen on time with some 3G and some Wi-Fi.
On wi-fi only i get 5hours max with custom kernel, under-clock to 1.2ghz and under-voltage.

Just get the Nexus 5. The N4 is almost 2 years old.

No SD card slot, its pure android; don't expect fancy ui design. Not a lot of customization like touchwiz or sense; its simple.
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i2k13 said:
Sometimes the battery life SUXX
Today i got 2h 40m screen on time with some 3G and some Wi-Fi.
On wi-fi only i get 5hours max with custom kernel, under-clock to 1.2ghz and under-voltage.
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Wait really? This is making me very hesitant, as I already hate my battery life. Is this with a ROM or stock?

wkenworthy10 said:
Wait really? This is making me very hesitant, as I already hate my battery life. Is this with a ROM or stock?
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Stock rom 4.4.2, Xposed module and franco kernel r204

If you don't want to get a cover I recommend getting a screen protector for the front and back. This phone is awfully slippery.

I personally have great battery life from my Nexus 4. Stock, Xposed and Franco just like the previous poster. Had a vibrant long ago. If you're upgrading, you will be very happy. Of course, price would be the only reason to take a Nexus 4 over the 5, but you won't be disappointed with either.
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The Sound on N4 is really bad for me, really quiet so first thing to do is to install a sound mod and enjoy
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mikeman8484 said:
The Sound on N4 is really bad for me, really quiet so first thing to do is to install a sound mod and enjoy
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Audio mods is a must for N4. And for battery life it isn't perfect, but still pretty good. I've usually get 3 days with 2.5 SoT (moderate usage).

Just sharing my thoughts between Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus... I'll still prefer the battery life and screen of the Nexus 4..... But the fact that my Nexus 4 had approximity sensor is really unnerving sometimes.

wkenworthy10 said:
Wait really? This is making me very hesitant, as I already hate my battery life. Is this with a ROM or stock?
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I get 5 hours on screen time
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Battery Problem?

Had the phone just 2 days and noticed that the Android System is taking most of battery. I am managing 3.5 hours on full brightness. I am happy with that but I am wondering why the Android System is taking up so much. Any ideas?

Here it is
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I'd love to know this as well since it also takes the most ram. My S3 was, sadly, more efficient.
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It's not a huge problem for me as the battery is still good. I just want to know what could cause it.
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Also, when leaving over night. It went down 1% an hour. Is that good?
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I'd say so. You must not have very many background processes. Have you turned off bloatware?
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Don't worry,it is ok..
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natefish said:
I'd love to know this as well since it also takes the most ram. My S3 was, sadly, more efficient.
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really? My S5 only uses like 1.05gb/1.8gb of ram

Ive turned off no bloat at all. Which is best to disable?

Hellscythe said:
really? My S5 only uses like 1.05gb/1.8gb of ram
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Im getting 1.3gb with some bloat disabled, cant get under that...

Stiflerlv said:
Im getting 1.3gb with some bloat disabled, cant get under that...
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Here is a screenshot too just to prove I'm not talking trash haha. I uninstalled Facebook as sometimes that would idle and chew 100+MB of ram. I also disabled some bloat too

terrible battery life
I'm having terrible battery life I have the exynos model and it consumes like 10% in 15 minutes using facebook. My note 3 batery life is amazing but I´m very disappointed with my s5, I hope samsung can fix this with an update.

ezezl75 said:
I'm having terrible battery life I have the exynos model and it consumes like 10% in 15 minutes using facebook. My note 3 batery life is amazing but I´m very disappointed with my s5, I hope samsung can fix this with an update.
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Check your battery stats, mine uses 10-15% in an hour...
Autobrightness or manual?
(please, don't tell me 100% brightness...)

drakester09 said:
Check your battery stats, mine uses 10-15% in an hour...
Autobrightness or manual?
(please, don't tell me 100% brightness...)
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Autobrightness on... also the lights of my buttonss don't turn off even if I set it to 1.5 seconds, the only way to fix it is enabling ultra P saving For a moment. .but when I reboot the phone, the problem is back