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Bad battery life

My Note 3 seems to be able to get only 4-5 hours of screen time while on 4G. Using Wi-Fi doesn't improve the battery life much either.
My brightness is set to auto and mostly used indoors. I've also used set cpu to limit cup usage to 960 mhz, installed greenify but nothing seems to help. Mostly surfing the web, fb, Twitter etc
I felt that I got better battery life out of it during the first week of my purchase 3 weeks ago. But ever since last week it's been getting bad.
Any ideas why?
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Although the Note 3 is a beast of a phone..all the functions that it has are also battery hogs.. what you dont need to use frequently, can be turned off with the factory toggles..
things like air gesture, command, motions, (turning power sav mode on) wifi off, live wallpapers, lookout antivirus, and if you press the 3 line icon at top right, there are 20 functions that can potentially drain battery..nfc, air view, smart stay..etc.. also, try battery doctor app to help control additional consumption. Turn the fucntions on only as needed..
OR- Get an extended battery or just a battery like mugen or zero lemon battery..with extra power within same parameters, similar dimensions. etc. hope this helps. REMEMBER - like a cop car, that has all those lights, radios, laptop- they run a bigger battery AND a huge alternator.

I have all the fancy system apps and features already disabled with root app delete. What's weird is it happens when I'm doing basic web brwosing.
The battery also seems to be draining at 1% per hour while the screen is turned off, is this supposed to happen?
Or could it be a faulty battery?
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have you tried turning off animations?

aeronium said:
I have all the fancy system apps and features already disabled with root app delete. What's weird is it happens when I'm doing basic web brwosing.
The battery also seems to be draining at 1% per hour while the screen is turned off, is this supposed to happen?
Or could it be a faulty battery?
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Use juice defender to turn off data when your phone is not being used (deep sleep), use this as a temporary measure I would say while u use the various battery stats monitoring tools to find the actual culprit.

Sounds like an app issue. Have you installed any new apps recently that may coincide with the sudden poor battery performance? I don't use any power saving apps and leave all my Samsung features enabled and still get over a full day's worth of use.
Are you in a poor reception area? Perhaps you should consider a factory reset. If that doesn't change anything, exchange your device for a new one.
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you have the s800 witch it's not an low consuption cpu even if the governor sysfs settages are good

aeronium said:
My Note 3 seems to be able to get only 4-5 hours of screen time while on 4G. Using Wi-Fi doesn't improve the battery life much either.
My brightness is set to auto and mostly used indoors. I've also used set cpu to limit cup usage to 960 mhz, installed greenify but nothing seems to help. Mostly surfing the web, fb, Twitter etc
I felt that I got better battery life out of it during the first week of my purchase 3 weeks ago. But ever since last week it's been getting bad.
Any ideas why?
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Do you have Google Now enabled? I noticed as soon as I enabled Google now and location services my battery life has suffered.

aeronium said:
The battery also seems to be draining at 1% per hour while the screen is turned off, is this supposed to happen?
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How is that a problem
Are you saying that if you left your phone fully charged and didnt touch it. It would last over 4 days
and you think this is bad battery life
Many many factors can cause battery drain apps you use sync of apps,signal strength,brightness,sensors,google now,s-voice etc.
themes you use
Using black themes will use less battery because an led display will turn off the black areas of the screen etc which is how it achieves the best black contrasts.
I myself have the same use 4-5 hrs of on screen battery which i find great as i can take my phone and use it all day without a problem
people who have 7-8 hrs of on screen time per day on there phone should really seek counselling or go to AA meetings as you have a problem
As to disabling features of the phone Buying a smartphone and disabling all the features that make it a smart phone is pretty pointless if you ask me

It's been the same for me. The first couple of weeks I had the phone the battery was amazing. I could last 2 days easily with heavy usage. I'd say since the most recent update I had on this phone the battery life has been draining significantly faster. I now have to charge my phone each night as it is always hovering around 30%
Do you guys think the update has anything to do with this issue?
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The biggest battery hog I've ever seen is facebook. Particularly, its auto sync. Kill that and try again.
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[Q] Android System taking up lots of battery?

For the last few weeks, Android System has been, by far, the biggest battery user of all, taking up significantly more than the screen, even with 2.5 hours of screen-on time. According to the Settings app, 'wssyncmlnps' is the biggest part of System draining battery, but GSam battery monitor says it's 'SilentLogging.' Force closing these doesn't seem to work as they simply restart. My S5 didn't always do this, how do I fix it? According to GSam, System is literally 70% of my battery usage.

drummerboy814 said:
For the last few weeks, Android System has been, by far, the biggest battery user of all, taking up significantly more than the screen, even with 2.5 hours of screen-on time. According to the Settings app, 'wssyncmlnps' is the biggest part of System draining battery, but GSam battery monitor says it's 'SilentLogging.' Force closing these doesn't seem to work as they simply restart. My S5 didn't always do this, how do I fix it? According to GSam, System is literally 70% of my battery usage.
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After being on a Galaxy Nexus the last few years or how ever long they have been out, I don't even bother looking at what is using my battery because my battery life on this S 5 is INSANE it is so freaking great. Absolutely awesome ...

drummerboy814 said:
For the last few weeks, Android System has been, by far, the biggest battery user of all, taking up significantly more than the screen, even with 2.5 hours of screen-on time. According to the Settings app, 'wssyncmlnps' is the biggest part of System draining battery, but GSam battery monitor says it's 'SilentLogging.' Force closing these doesn't seem to work as they simply restart. My S5 didn't always do this, how do I fix it? According to GSam, System is literally 70% of my battery usage.
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Are you getting poor/short/decreased battery life, or just trying to stretch further? How long is your battery lasting?

Shorter, significantly. For a while I could expect 20-30 hours per charge usually. Now it's closer to 10-12.
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Shorter, significantly. For a while I could expect 20-30 hours per charge usually. Now it's closer to 10-12.
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It sounds to me like a rougue app causing the drain. There's no reason the phone itself should drop by more than half like that. If it were an issue with the phone, I am confident you would see a lot more people posting about poor battery life.

Did a factory reset last night, we'll see after today if that did the trick
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Still same problem, looks like different reasons though?
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Still same problem, looks like different reasons though?
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What services do you have syncing with your Google account? Many services can really kill the battery.
EDIT: under Settings > Accounts > Google Account

Does you Wear Smartwatch affect you phones battery life?

I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.

I'm using it with a Nexus 5.. it has a lot of wakelocks but i haven't seen a huge impact on battery life....
You can find a lot more inforamation about the battery life in this thread

Xerionius said:
I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.
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All smart accessories does take up a percent of your phones battery life.
It is also dependent on how frequently you allow notifications to be synced on your phone or "pushed"
e.g. Weather updates. mail updates, social media updates, etc.
While the lowest battery saving settings will not take up to 5% battery, the highest more freq settings can and will leech more battery from your phone.
However with this said, I still find it advisable that smart phone users carry a portable charger, as its always better to have an emergency back up

marcusloke said:
All smart accessories does take up a percent of your phones battery life.
It is also dependent on how frequently you allow notifications to be synced on your phone or "pushed"
e.g. Weather updates. mail updates, social media updates, etc.
While the lowest battery saving settings will not take up to 5% battery, the highest more freq settings can and will leech more battery from your phone.
However with this said, I still find it advisable that smart phone users carry a portable charger, as its always better to have an emergency back up
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What are you listening most people have zero issues tethering bluetooth?
For most it is 3% battery life, big deal. Use bluetooth headset, in car, and the watch.
What is 3% of the 16 hours or so my phone goes in between charges?
When I buy a smart phone I make sure if lasts on the battery and I do not mean just 7am to 10pm checking and odd email; I mean bluetooth on, GPS on,, data on, browse for maybe an hour, games an hour, watch a full movie, dozens of emails, stream video and audio.
I will never need to buy a portable charger, I do not own an iPhone..
The screen shot I seen shows specifically "Android Wear" using battery life, this is an app and has nothing to do with bluetooth.
I am not good at troubleshooting such things but when I check my battery life, Android Wear is not even in the list.
I use a Note 3 with 4.4.2 I kind of expect one of 3 things, a wake lock and I do not know why it happen. The phone the OP has is using something like antivirus or a third party battery saver app which most post say to avoid or maybe it is running an old version of Android.

AstroDigital said:
What are you listening most people have zero issues tethering bluetooth?
For most it is 3% battery life, big deal. Use bluetooth headset, in car, and the watch.
What is 3% of the 16 hours or so my phone goes in between charges?
When I buy a smart phone I make sure if lasts on the battery and I do not mean just 7am to 10pm checking and odd email; I mean bluetooth on, GPS on,, data on, browse for maybe an hour, games an hour, watch a full movie, dozens of emails, stream video and audio.
I will never need to buy a portable charger, I do not own an iPhone..
The screen shot I seen shows specifically "Android Wear" using battery life, this is an app and has nothing to do with bluetooth.
I am not good at troubleshooting such things but when I check my battery life, Android Wear is not even in the list.
I use a Note 3 with 4.4.2 I kind of expect one of 3 things, a wake lock and I do not know why it happen. The phone the OP has is using something like antivirus or a third party battery saver app which most post say to avoid or maybe it is running an old version of Android.
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I am sorry, I do not get what you mean "What are you listening most people have zero issues tethering bluetooth?"
Do not see anywhere in this thread or my post saying we have issues tethering bluetooth.
Anyways, I am referring to OP worries of 10-20% battery drain from Bluetooth with Push notifications to Android wear.
I own a few android phones as well as a few iOS phones.
Depending on how often you push notifications from your Android phone to the Android Wear, the battery % varies. You cannot see this on the screen anywhere.
Like I mentioned previously, the lowest settings it will not take up to 5% (which means it is lesser)
However if you set push notifications (depending on individual phones and roms) to every minute, it will definitely kill your battery faster.
For example, some phones or modded roms allows you to increase the updates to every minute or 5 minutes.
The following is a list of updates most people would have, but not limited to these
1. Location
2. Weather
3. Social Media
4. Emails
5. News updates
6. Stock and shares
7. etc
What happens is then your Phone will update every minute or 5 minute (using WiFi or Mobile internet) thus draining battery, and then pushed the alert to your android wear or such device.
Thus Android Wear in itself does not drain your battery life, but to be exact the time intervals you want to be sync/updated actually does decrease battery life.
I am not sure if I answered what OP is asking for.
Since I am very sure if using it normally, there is no way it will take up to 5% battery life.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-live/help/poll-how-gear-live-affected-phones-t2808909
Only 3 people had issues.
The poll they are talking about the phone not the watch so you should be able to extend the data to all current and future Android Wear devices.
Tethering a bluetooth device has a small impact.
Most people have small or no impact

AstroDigital said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-live/help/poll-how-gear-live-affected-phones-t2808909
Only 3 people had issues.
The poll they are talking about the phone not the watch so you should be able to extend the data to all current and future Android Wear devices.
Tethering a bluetooth device has a small impact.
Most people have small or no impact
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Ah that I totally agree, no or not much impact from Android wear, only how you set your update / sync / push notification intervals on your phone
Cheerios!

Thank you guys, now I know this won't be a problem. I'm still not sure if I will buy one because I think Motorola made some wrong choices with the Moto 360.
AstroDigital said:
I use a Note 3 with 4.4.2 I kind of expect one of 3 things, a wake lock and I do not know why it happen. The phone the OP has is using something like antivirus or a third party battery saver app which most post say to avoid or maybe it is running an old version of Android.
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This is not true and I even find it a little offensive. Just because I don't post at XDA's very often, people assume I have little knowledge on Android.
My Smartphone is one of the cleanest Smartphones you'll ever find. I'm running CM11. The only 3rd-Party-App causing Wakelocks is Whatsapp and I don't have Google Search enabled. I'm not even using Xposed. Every evening I take a look at BBS and make sure there isn't a single unnecessary Wakelock. Believe me, Wakelocks aren't the reason for that.
The Find 5 just doesn't last very long when in use. On moderate brightness I only get 4-6 hours of browsing via Wifi.

To answer the original question "again" no the Wear Smartwatch does not effect my phones battery life.
Oppo what ever I never heard of, I buy smartphones that have great battery life, the Note 3 gets my 2 days on OEM firmware.
If you have have phone that before you turn bluetooth on it only lasts from 7am to say 10pm need a bit more juice drained to turn low power bluetooth on maybe more noticable.

Xerionius said:
I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.
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Oppo N1 user here. I have a ~10% improvement in battery life, since I check my LG G Watch more than taking out my phone, so less screen backlight time means more power saved.
Without my smartwatch, I'd usually reach home with ~50% battery life left (from 7am to 6pm). Now, it's ~60%. My notifications are the usual, lots of Twitter, FB, G+, Instagram, instant messages and SMSes. From here, it's up to you to prioritise which notifications you want to glance and swipe away, voice reply or "Open on Phone".
Oh, and if you can, leave your "Vibrate" ticked for each app, but switch off haptic feedback and vibration on the main settings, so the watch will still vibrate but your phone will not. I'm running OmniROM, so I used the "Quiet Hours" to turn off the main vibrations.

saggitas said:
Oppo N1 user here. I have a ~10% improvement in battery life, since I check my LG G Watch more than taking out my phone, so less screen backlight time means more power saved.
Without my smartwatch, I'd usually reach home with ~50% battery life left (from 7am to 6pm). Now, it's ~60%. My notifications are the usual, lots of Twitter, FB, G+, Instagram, instant messages and SMSes. From here, it's up to you to prioritise which notifications you want to glance and swipe away, voice reply or "Open on Phone".
Oh, and if you can, leave your "Vibrate" ticked for each app, but switch off haptic feedback and vibration on the main settings, so the watch will still vibrate but your phone will not. I'm running OmniROM, so I used the "Quiet Hours" to turn off the main vibrations.
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That was something I was thinking about. But almost all my notifications come from WhatsApp and I can't imagine answering from the watch itself is practical, so I don't think this will happen to me.

I'm getting a ton of qcom_rx_wakelock and it has to be from the the watch.

Xerionius said:
That was something I was thinking about. But almost all my notifications come from WhatsApp and I can't imagine answering from the watch itself is practical, so I don't think this will happen to me.
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then you'd better save your money, stick with your phone. Anyway, reviews are coming in about the sub-par battery life of the Moto360, because of it's "mislabelled" 300mAh battery, and power hungry CPU that was used on the Motorola Droid 2 (yes, it's a 4 year old CPU).

there are some known issues of smartwatches draining battery on your phone due to their FW updates
for example this thread in XDA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573283
There are some others if you search more (here or google), but basically its a FW or update issue with the watch improperly syncing non stop with the phone, hence causing the bluetooth to constantly and actively transfer 1s and 0s between SW and Phone, thus draining battery life.
Besides this scenario, there should not be any other issues that I have encountered.

darkintragedy said:
I'm getting a ton of qcom_rx_wakelock and it has to be from the the watch.
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I haven't specifically noticed that wakelock, but I do get BluetoothRemoteDevices wakelock since I got my Gear Live. My idle drain on the phone does seem a bit worse when paired to my watch compared to how it was before, but I haven't done extensive testing.

I would never believe that it has no effects on your phone

saggitas said:
then you'd better save your money, stick with your phone. Anyway, reviews are coming in about the sub-par battery life of the Moto360, because of it's "mislabelled" 300mAh battery, and power hungry CPU that was used on the Motorola Droid 2 (yes, it's a 4 year old CPU).
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That's what I ment when I said Motorola made some wrong choices. Instead of including a Heartrate-Monitor they should have chosen a bigger battery. Plus, using a Snapdragon 400 and an OLED-Screen (for the always-on-option) would have increased battery life drastical, too.
I decided not to get a Smartwatch. Instead, I purchased a LG G3 I got for a low price a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, I didn't know the bootloader isn't unlockable yet and propably will never be, so I don't really know what to do now. :/

saggitas said:
Oppo N1 user here. I have a ~10% improvement in battery life, since I check my LG G Watch more than taking out my phone, so less screen backlight time means more power saved.
Without my smartwatch, I'd usually reach home with ~50% battery life left (from 7am to 6pm). Now, it's ~60%. My notifications are the usual, lots of Twitter, FB, G+, Instagram, instant messages and SMSes. From here, it's up to you to prioritise which notifications you want to glance and swipe away, voice reply or "Open on Phone".
Oh, and if you can, leave your "Vibrate" ticked for each app, but switch off haptic feedback and vibration on the main settings, so the watch will still vibrate but your phone will not. I'm running OmniROM, so I used the "Quiet Hours" to turn off the main vibrations.
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its ok !!

Battery doctor
Xerionius said:
I'm considering to buy the Moto 360 when it's out. But there are a few things worrying me. One of them is how big of an impact using an Android Wear Smartwatch on your Smartphones battery life.
At the moment my Oppo Find 5 lasts from 4am to 4am (being in moderate use all the time) and I need that much battery life. So, if a smartwatch consumes more than 10-20% of my phones batterylife in a 24h day, I definitely won't buy one.
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Battery drainage is one of the biggest problem with the increasing number of functions in the app. You can use battery doctor in your smartphone which help to increase your battery life while you are using Android wear on your smartphones.

No
My phone is not adversely affected by my wear smartwatch.

LG G4 battery life only 8 hours

Hi,
Just bought the LG G4,
it is a great phone!
The screen, sound, speed are amazing!
but just the battery life is too short.
When the phone was fully charged (98%)
I kept whatsapp and wechat running for sure.
I believe the full screen video playback is no longer than 1 hour
about 1 hour of game play. I believe it is a very heavy game. just pretend it needs much of juice
Total calls of 10 minutes within this 8 hours.
1 hours of music playback
No account auto sync everything else same as factory default.(when i was using Sony Xperia z2 i have everything turned on and i can easily reach 18hours)
I have no idea how can people can over 12 hours or even 2 days.
Now the phone is only 9% left.
What apps is best to analyse the battery use and what do i have to look for and avoid or uninstall?

You mentioned you just got it. Give it time to settle in. If it keeps happening try a factory reset. Also monitor the battery temp. There could also be an app that may be causing some issues.
Also if your comparing it to your last phone, Xperia Z2- Physical size its 5.2 inches compared to LG G4 5.5 it has less pixel density of 424ppi vs 538ppi of LG G4 and screen resolution 1080x1920pixels vs LG G4 1440x2560pixels. That factors into the battery life. You also now have a removable battery vs Xperia Z2. I'd say 8hrs is decent. I just got 2 replacement batteries and charger from Hyperion and getting my free battery and charger from LG. Battery longevity is definitely not an issue for me.
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My first day was fantastic battery life. But maybe how you charged it influenced the first day? Hmm... Are you using Wi-Fi or 3G? I think for whatsapp 4G is overkill so I disabled it.
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I'm sure your battery usage will get better after a day or two.
Also keep in mind that if you bought it in July you get a free extra battery, external battery charger, and leather back. Click Here

Also aftermarket batteries with higher capacity will be available in the future I'm sure ..that's what I did with my gs4
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Keep in mind that every time you reset and redownload/resync everything, it takes a lot of power.
Can you post some screen shots of total time on battery, as well as screen-on time?

Just a matter of patience. Battery life was horrible as well for me in the first two days and now two weeks in its phenominal battery life.

Actually i have been using the phone since last Saturday,
Everynight wait till 10% or lower than full charge until next day.
Now i can have around 10 hours. But I just don't know how people can reach 20 to 29hours.
Even at dimmest light, WIFI only it still can't reach 20hrs, can it?
Secondly i want to know is there apps that can monitor the voltage input and out put. I am saying a apps that can tell how much time i have spent on browsing, gaming, screen time, background services ...
Simply logging one day of usage.

Used 7.0hours with 35% left and say 3.5hours left
which cannot last one day for me

I am very happy with my battery so far. I shut off a bunch of crap and I can go almost the whole day. I know if root comes it will be amazing!

The LG g4 H815 international from UK I got battery life is ridiculous. I charged it yesterday, it sat unhooked all night long. I didn't even lose a percent until 10 hours off the charger. It was idle all night. But still, my Note 4 never did that.

budeone said:
I am very happy with my battery so far. I shut off a bunch of crap and I can go almost the whole day. I know if root comes it will be amazing!
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Do you mind telling what craps been shut or removed?

rayraymond said:
Do you mind telling what craps been shut or removed?
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http://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-remove-bloatware-from-your-android-device-xda-tv/
and this is the link to the tool
http://rootjunkysdl.com/getdownload.php?file=Android Programs/DeBloater/Debloater-setup-v3.90.exe
Its very easy and you do not need root.

I want to mention that I had tremendous luck using the built in LG backup tool with a factory reset. Back the whole phone up using LG Backup. Factory reset it, and then restore the phone using LG Backup. The restore was nearly flawless for me (just a couple apps had to be uninstalled and reinstalled from the play store) and it literally doubled my battery life without changing any of the apps I had running. Not sure what it did exactly but it definitely worked.

budeone said:
http://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-remove-bloatware-from-your-android-device-xda-tv/
and this is the link to the tool
http://rootjunkysdl.com/getdownload.php?file=Android Programs/DeBloater/Debloater-setup-v3.90.exe
Its very easy and you do not need root.
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Can you share a list of disabled apps? I disabled what I could but was not so sure about some apps so I must have some unneeded apps running. Nit that my battery life were that bad now but could be still better.
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Pyrres said:
Can you share a list of disabled apps? I disabled what I could but was not so sure about some apps so I must have some unneeded apps running. Nit that my battery life were that bad now but could be still better.
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That is very hard for me to do. We all use different apps. The first thing I stopped was lookout.
here is a list I found for you
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ZzBfWlR4MC03aDMyZ1BDUFNqU0E&usp=sharing#gid=0

budeone said:
That is very hard for me to do. We all use different apps. The first thing I stopped was lookout.
here is a list I found for you
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ZzBfWlR4MC03aDMyZ1BDUFNqU0E&usp=sharing#gid=0
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Mostly Im interested in apps that all G4:s have and that can't be disabled through Android or cause that annoying update available message in Play store.
Sent from my LG G4

When I first got my G4 I was experiencing poor battery life so I started experimenting by disabling various things. The most effective was turning off Google location history, for the first time ever I got 5+ hours of screen on time.

seems whenever i play games or full screen movie, the battery will drop tremendously.
I have enabled the "game optimizer" however i don't see any significant help.
usually when i play games and movie, the "last 3 h in use" will be above 25%

8 hours seems pretty good. I average 5-6 hours. And I have two batteries, both last about the same amount of time.

Finally achieved awesome standby time!

I've just jumped ship to the LG G4 after I was getting annoyed with my s6 battery. I hated the fact that for it to be vaguely good, you had to disable pretty much everything!
I've just been doing a little tweaking on my new G4 and I let it sit with all my normal apps installed to test standby. I just got to 8 hours 44minutes before the battery dropped to 99%. ( I was playing with it since the 8 1/2 hour mark).
How? I installed Greenify and Amplify.
ROM: S3V3N's rom v 6.0
Greenified:
Facebook ( Wake up path cut off)
Facebook messenger ( wake up path cut off)
My EE
One drive
Onenote
Facebook is known to be a big drain, but I use it and don't like to fully disable it. With these settings I still get Facebook notifications!
I still receive gmail etc too. It all seems to work as it should, but doesn't drain for no reason!

The typical LG (G3/G4) slow-drop-from-100-percent "issue".
G4 has it (using a proper setup), G3 has it. It says *nothing* :good:
Case in point, very old G3 pic (8 months ago or so):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6aanjf6bgcpygj/BFE6123FCFDA_LG G3_2_PORTRAIT.png?dl=0
Once the battery drops to 99, the "real" drain starts

Ahaaa thats not how it works. Keep using the phone till you get to 10% and then compare to the s6. You will notice s6 has better battery life.
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I've never understood why people try to get every possible second out of the battery. They disable half the functions of the phone just to get a better battery graph. I prefer to enable everything and use the phone as it was designed for. Otherwise, you may as well just buy a basic Nokia.

the_scotsman said:
I've never understood why people try to get every possible second out of the battery. They disable half the functions of the phone just to get a better battery graph. I prefer to enable everything and use the phone as it was designed for. Otherwise, you may as well just buy a basic Nokia.
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Hahahaha funny but so true. Lol
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Great job. I like to keep most features on but I don't want to be a data generator for Google.
I also limit RILJ and WiFiOffdelayifNotUsed in Amplify

Greenify: nope.
Amplify: nope.
Amazing (meaningless) 100%-99% drain? Of course.
Having a flat line for 8 hours when battery for example is at 25%, okay, yes then I'll be amazed. But from 100 to 99? Nope. Typical LG issue.

Im at 88% after 47 minutes screen time and 20hours 15 mins on battery. With only 2 bars of mobile signal.
Id say that's pretty damn good considering i haven't had to disable any features on the phone!
My S6 was nowhere near as good.

Post using Gsam at the end of the battery cycle, say 10%. with the app sucker list.

One Twelve said:
Post using Gsam at the end of the battery cycle, say 10%. with the app sucker list.
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Just installed Gsam, checked after half hour and guess what..
Top of app sucker list.
1)Android system : 10%
2) GSam battery monitor: 8.1%
So looks like Gsam will screw up my test as its now causing drain :/

f1ux said:
Just installed Gsam, checked after half hour and guess what..
Top of app sucker list.
1)Android system : 10%
2) GSam battery monitor: 8.1%
So looks like Gsam will screw up my test as its now causing drain :/
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The irony

The old eternal question about battery.....? Guys you bought the phone to be as it is. You can take spare battery or charger with you. Unless you go to hike mount Everest. Even then you have solution.
But one i am agreed is that we shouldn't be Googles data provider.

f1ux said:
Just installed Gsam, checked after half hour and guess what..
Top of app sucker list.
1)Android system : 10%
2) GSam battery monitor: 8.1%
So looks like Gsam will screw up my test as its now causing drain :/
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I don't know why gsam is even in that list. anyone know ?
But let it run down to 10% and post the summary.

One Twelve said:
I don't know why gsam is even in that list. anyone know ?
But let it run down to 10% and post the summary.
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Could be a while before im at 10%!
Gsam says it was plugged in 11hours ago. It wasnt! That was when gsam was installed
And before anyone says 'you havent used your phone' that is the point of this test!
You cant expect a phone to last long when you're using it if it doesnt last long when you're not using it!

i get amazing battery life just by disabling Google location services and Google Now... ever since i did that, my battery life rivals my old iPhone 6 Plus in stand-by mode, i usually get a 3-5% battery drain while asleep at night (7-8 hours)

f1ux said:
Could be a while before im at 10%!
Gsam says it was plugged in 11hours ago. It wasnt! That was when gsam was installed
And before anyone says 'you havent used your phone' that is the point of this test!
You cant expect a phone to last long when you're using it if it doesnt last long when you're not using it!
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Averages per complete charge.... Screen on is just over 3hr. Nothing special. Battery can last for a week if you never turn the screen on.

f1ux said:
Could be a while before im at 10%!
Gsam says it was plugged in 11hours ago. It wasnt! That was when gsam was installed
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then you will run it again once you recharge.
And before anyone says 'you havent used your phone' that is the point of this test!
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stats at 10% otherwise it means squat.
so you know what we want to see.
1. gsam summary page, along with the app lists ( this means 2 screen grabs)
2. stock battery usage with the graph page (this has apps listed as batery consumers)
3. click the graph and post that too (this has no apps instead it has lines at the bottom showing when gps, wifi, cell, awake and charging bar charts)
total 4 screen grabs.
You cant expect a phone to last long when you're using it if it doesnt last long when you're not using it!
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how long is long for you ? in terms of sot and run time.
And what do you consider acceptable in terms of sot/run time ?

One Twelve said:
then you will run it again once you recharge.
stats at 10% otherwise it means squat.
so you know what we want to see.
1. gsam summary page, along with the app lists ( this means 2 screen grabs)
2. stock battery usage with the graph page (this has apps listed as batery consumers)
3. click the graph and post that too (this has no apps instead it has lines at the bottom showing when gps, wifi, cell, awake and charging bar charts)
total 4 screen grabs.
how long is long for you ? in terms of sot and run time.
And what do you consider acceptable in terms of sot/run time ?
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On my s6 the phone never lasted more than 2 days and i was lucky to get 3 hours screen time.
Most i ever had on the s6 was 4 hours with lower brightness than i have on the G4.
I don't need gsam or any other app to show me the g4 is lasting longer.

f1ux said:
And before anyone says 'you havent used your phone' that is the point of this test!
You cant expect a phone to last long when you're using it if it doesnt last long when you're not using it!
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I'd say that your test is completely pointless. You're just testing the battery consumption of a brick in your pocket!
How realistic is it to carry around a smartphone that you don't use at all for >2 days.
In my view it's just a big waste of time what you're doing there...

Wastl0r said:
I'd say that your test is completely pointless. You're just testing the battery consumption of a brick in your pocket!
How realistic is it to carry around a smartphone that you don't use at all for >2 days.
In my view it's just a big waste of time what you're doing there...
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Not really, because before the tweaks, the standby drain was much bigger.
Lower standby drain = more screen time, so now I know it drains less in standby I should get better battery life in ' normal' usage and more screen time.
A pointless test is person X saying " My battery life is awful" and not stating which apps they have installed and what their mobile signal is like.