Hellooo,
Do you guys reckon keeping Google location services on (not high accuracy) hugely affects battery??
Would you recommend leaving on just the GPS sensor or turning everything off??
Because I kind of like features brought by having location services on, but Im a bit afraid of the battery drain, and we all really need battery life
What are your impressions & opinions on this??
Thanks!
Honestly I haven't done some serious testing on that part, but as a rule of thumb, I disable the GPS since it logically makes sense that it'll drain some battery.
If you can't live without it - then why turn it off =D
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I keep it always on (high accuracy) to use nice Google Now features, and the battery life is still very long! (i'm using Mahdi ROM but it was the same when I was on stock ROM)
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How much battery life do you get? As in hours without charging and screen-on time?
If anyone else wants to share his experience and setting would be much appreciated!
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Hi guys. Need some help. Very happy with my nexus 4 but, and its a big but, i am having some serious issues with the battery. I am struggling to even get 2 hrs of screen time on my nexus 4. The battery cant be this bad. Is there any way i can see what is exactly causing my battery drain? Sync, nfc is turned off. No widgets r running. Cant understand it. May have to rma this thing.
Help please.
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This is probably the cause of your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999368
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didi you root the phone? if so what rom/kernel are you using?
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didi you root the phone? if so what rom/kernel are you using?
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Stock. Not done anything to it
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What kind of apps do you have?? Like apps that you think might drain some battery. Also use betterbatterystat app to monitor what's waking your device.
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Stock. Not done anything to it
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With stock, around 2 hours of screen on time is typical. You can prolong the battery life by disable Google Now, location service, email sync, Playstore auto update, etc. Check your battery stats (try better battery stats from the store) to see if any third-party apps drain your battery.
The better way to do it is to unlock bootloader, root your phone then flash a custom kernel. I recommend franco.Kernel. 3-4 hours of screen on time is typical with franco.
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With stock, around 2 hours of screen on time is typical. You can prolong the battery life by disable Google Now, location service, email sync, Playstore auto update, etc. Check your battery stats (try better battery stats from the store) to see if any third-party apps drain your battery.
The better way to do it is to unlock bootloader, root your phone then flash a custom kernel. I recommend franco.Kernel. 3-4 hours of screen on time is typical with franco.
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Might as well flash a custom ROM with it if you're going to use a custom kernel IMO. When a new OTA, OP will have problems updating to it because he is using stock + custom kernel + custom recovery.
Here is how to fix your battery problem.
1. Turn off location access in Google Maps settings.
2. Wait about a week for the battery to go through its charge cycle 6-10 times. Let it get as low as possible without the battery dying (this is really bad) and be sure to let the battery sit at 100% for atleast a half hour or so when fully charged.
Each day you will see your battery life increase and when done, you should be getting around 5 hours screen on time.
Well dramatic change in battery life as displayed below. Now after having a read in several topics it seems like a fix is to have the wifi on. How strange as this goes against the ethos of all previous smartphones i have owned i.e. wifi on drains battery. I have uninstalled a few apps and also switched of location access, so to be sure that the fix is wifi related i will switch wifi off the next time i do a full charge and see how that behaves. By the way android os is way down in battery consumption now.
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Dear bros,
After I did root for my phone, Its battery seems to drain so quick even I use JuiceDefender-Balance profile (about 15% of whole after one night without 3G, disable facebook, email notification). Before It may be better. Have you all give me advice to investigate this stuff? Thanks in advance!
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First, I wouldn't use juice defender. In my opinion it does more harm than good. Rooting won't cause battery loss. What you need to do is get BetterBatteryStats so you can see what' app(s) are keeping your phone awake.
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First, I wouldn't use juice defender. In my opinion it does more harm than good. Rooting won't cause battery loss. What you need to do is get BetterBatteryStats so you can see what' app(s) are keeping your phone awake.
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Falssseeee lol. I used juice defender on my S3 and it ran like a charm and extended my battery life by more than 8 hours. All it does is shut down the unused radios when the device is in certain states and etc.
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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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I have a very huge battery drain on map and Google service. Anyone have that issue? Know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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I have a very huge battery drain on map and Google service. Anyone have that issue? Know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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My phone's dead so I can't give you the exact details, but there are some features on the map that runs all day.
- history - it tracks where you go every day and every second. turn it off so it doesn't detect your location every second.
- latitude - tracks your location and reports to our friends.
Just go through the settings and turn a lot of these sharing info off. I'd think you only want to use the map for the map and GPS feature anyways.
Will try this and report. This is my 2nd s4, return 1st due to overheating issue. I am very disappointed s4 so far.
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Im on day 3 of my s4. Day 2 of the phone I got 3/4 day of battery. Today I turned off gps, battery saver on. And just been surfing the web and im at 57%. Was at 100% at 5am niw its 750pm.
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This beast sucking battery like crazy. I previously owned note 2 and htc one are way better on battery life compare to this beast on idle.
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My battery's been pretty good so far. And it doesn't matter how long the battery lasts, what matters is how much you've used your phone during that time, i.e. screen on time. Well for completeness, it's really a combination of the two. So what kind of screen on times are you getting for a full run?
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I have a very huge battery drain on map and Google service. Anyone have that issue? Know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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Google maps is known for wakelocks. They need to fix this ASAP. We should leave reviews commenting on this. Tested through betterbatterystats
Weird you guys are having battery problems. I charged my phone till 100% and listened to music for 7 hours and then went to bed and this morning without any charging is at 52%. I have a lag thread in the general section that might help. Also in Google Maps Location Settings, turn off using GPS and just use mobile networks. Turn off bluetooth and wifi while not in use.
Should be fine from there.... (I don't even have power saver on or anything)....
Just like mediaserver wakelocks, it is not directly related to google maps, but could be one of your applications trying to use the GPS service through maps to find location causing the wake lock.
If you have Google Now enabled, that can drain your battery faster than if you have it off, because Now is constantly figuring out where you are and then reporting back to Google. This can cause even more drain if your cell signal is weak or if it can't get a GPS lock. Making sure Wi-Fi is on, even if you aren't connected to a Wi-Fi network, will make it easier for your device to locate you.
If you want to safe some battery, disable Google Now completely.
Additionally, here are all the Apps I have disabled on my device in order to save battery:
AT&T DriveMode
AT&T FamilyMap
AT&T Hot Spots
AT&T Locker
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
AT&T Smart Wi-Fi
BlurbCheckout
ChatON
Flipboard
Group Play
Mobile TV
PageBuddyNotiSvc
POLARIS Office 5
S Health
S Memo
S Translator
S Voice
Samsung Apps
Samsung Link
Samsung Push Service
Samsung WatchON
Story Album
Synchronize
TripAdvisor
YPmobile
Your mileage will vary. Don't disable apps you may need/want to use.
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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