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[Q] Bad Battery Life?

Is the O4X's battery life as bad as gsmarena is saying? Just a little over 4 hours of video playback and 4 hours of web browsing?

If you read the comments of the blog article on it, you will see that there is a lot of discussion over the brightness.
By comparison to the SGS3 and One X, the Optiums has a much brighter screen which will mean a lower battery life. Of course if they set all the phones to the same actual brightness (not percentage) the numbers would be different.
I am currently waiting delivery of my 4X, but after I have conditioned the battery (let the handset configure itself to the battery), I'll definitely be seeing what its capable of.

Alright thanks, I hope you'll be able to get back to this thread when you find out more.

I've had mine since friday and I think I've charged it about 3 or 4 times now and the battery life is getting better. It lasted only about 2 hours when I first charged it and started it for the first time. But I was using it constantly.
Today I started it in the morning (fully charged) before going to work and now, 10 pm, it's been on for about 16 hours and I have 40% left. Data have been on all day and I've been signed in to Google Talk all day, I've browsed the web for a total of aprox. 1 hour, used the camera, tested the GPS and been chatting with a friend on talk. So I'm pretty satisfied so far.
It's better than my O2X.

crewol said:
I've had mine since friday and I think I've charged it about 3 or 4 times now and the battery life is getting better. It lasted only about 2 hours when I first charged it and started it for the first time. But I was using it constantly.
Today I started it in the morning (fully charged) before going to work and now, 10 pm, it's been on for about 16 hours and I have 40% left. Data have been on all day and I've been signed in to Google Talk all day, I've browsed the web for a total of aprox. 1 hour, used the camera, tested the GPS and been chatting with a friend on talk. So I'm pretty satisfied so far.
It's better than my O2X.
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That's good to hear. How many hours was the screen on?

I'm not sure unfortunately. But i would say between 2-4 hours.
Edit: okay it was a little less than I thought. The. Battery usage in settings says the screen have been on for two and a half hours. And that's including the time I have used after 40%. I'm down to 25% now.

My Battery lasts after a few cycles all over two Days with medium Usage (No gaming - WA, FB, eMail)........

i ca go for 1 day, with a bit gaming and usual use.

I have slightly longer battery life on my 4X HD than on my Nexus S when using the phones in the same way (casual use). But I think there is room for improvment on the battery life with more optimized software either from LG or when we start seeing custom roms for this device.

I charged mine to 100% and just dropped 8% in 25 minutes, 20 minutes of that was driving and not using the phone, no Bluetooth or anything like that. The battery life is shocking and can't wait for extended ones to become available. Besides that I truly love this phone
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ianford10 said:
I charged mine to 100% and just dropped 8% in 25 minutes, 20 minutes of that was driving and not using the phone, no Bluetooth or anything like that. The battery life is shocking and can't wait for extended ones to become available. Besides that I truly love this phone
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How many complete charge cycles have you done?
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When I got my p880 I did 3 battery cycles, and I could only get about 8 hours of standby alone, no other use at all. I then did a factory reset and formatting of the memory card, which I hadn't done when I switched from my old SE X8. Now my p880 can easily go more than a day with some gaming, calls, browsing etc. My guess is that old android files on the memory card was the reason for the bad battery life. No expert though, maybe someone else has a better idea.
Today I tried the Chrome browser, and it really drained the battery. Something like 20% after browsing for 15 mins. Anybody else have experience with this?
Overall I'm really happy with this phone, great screen, fluid operation, good battery.

I've had battery drainage issues with the chrome browser as well. Even in stand-by the browser would drain the battery. It has only happened like two times for me in the four weeks i've had the phone, so not a biggy but still something you should be aware of, if you experience battery drainage issues
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alexp999 said:
How many complete charge cycles have you done?
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I keep topping it up as I run most of my business from my phone so need it to have lots of juice in it. Today I'm going to completely drain it so it turns off then fully charge it again and see what happens
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Battery Life

Had my N7 on the charger all day while at work. Got home, unplugged it and fired up Splashtop to stream MLG Summer Arena (flash content) with my desktop. Screen at full brightness, headphones plugged in, and maxed volume. About 2.5 hours streaming and a half our of Dead Trigger, I'm down to 27% battery life.
Feels like the battery performance isnt anywhere near the 8 or 9 hours claimed by Google and Asus. Am I missing something here? Anyone else feel like battery drain is really high? Stock, un-rooted, updated to 4.1.1.
Have a trip in two weeks with a 4.5 hour plane ride and would be nice know my tablet could keep me entertained for the trip...

Mustang7302 said:
Had my N7 on the charger all day while at work. Got home, unplugged it and fired up Splashtop to stream MLG Summer Arena (flash content) with my desktop. Screen at full brightness, headphones plugged in, and maxed volume. About 2.5 hours streaming and a half our of Dead Trigger, I'm down to 27% battery life.
Feels like the battery performance isnt anywhere near the 8 or 9 hours claimed by Google and Asus. Am I missing something here? Anyone else feel like battery drain is really high? Stock, un-rooted, updated to 4.1.1.
Have a trip in two weeks with a 4.5 hour plane ride and would be nice know my tablet could keep me entertained for the trip...
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Even though I don't have mine yet I can say full brightness on screen can effect your battery life. I would suggest looking at what apps are running and possibly what could be eating your battery life.

Full brightness, thats the root cause. Try to reduce to, let say 50% ... Or as lowest as you feel OK.
When I use my gnex at home, I set to 15% ... Thats enough and still very bright.
Outside I use auto ...
Thats why I have a toggle widget for that ...
And I can have my gnex easily run for more than 48 hours stand by woth almost 4 hours screen on time

Mustang7302 said:
Had my N7 on the charger all day while at work. Got home, unplugged it and fired up Splashtop to stream MLG Summer Arena (flash content) with my desktop. Screen at full brightness, headphones plugged in, and maxed volume. About 2.5 hours streaming and a half our of Dead Trigger, I'm down to 27% battery life.
Feels like the battery performance isnt anywhere near the 8 or 9 hours claimed by Google and Asus. Am I missing something here? Anyone else feel like battery drain is really high? Stock, un-rooted, updated to 4.1.1.
Have a trip in two weeks with a 4.5 hour plane ride and would be nice know my tablet could keep me entertained for the trip...
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I dunno, that's weird. I've been playing with this thing all day and have 3 hours screen time and 65% left.. live wallpaper, Dead Trigger an hour, SuperGNES (FF3) two hours, XDA and web browsing. I'm on 50% percent brightness though.
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100% brightest is way too bright indoors for me. Optimal indoors for me is about 30% and probably wouldn't go above 50%.

I've been getting 6 and a half hrs screen on time with over a day on battery, this has been 3 separate times. I use this tablet a lot, total time with me adding up that screen on time is over 25hrs maybe 30. I'm not counting the time when I first got it and ran it down several times before I was getting way better screen on time.
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how do you find out screen on time? i can only find battery time.

thevuman said:
how do you find out screen on time? i can only find battery time.
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Go to settings> battery then tap the % for Screen it will break down into Screen On

I use auto brightness and I'm getting way more than 10 hours use. Thats browsing and the occasional youtube.
Very impressed with the battery life and the whole Nexus experience.

My brightness is to 12%. More than bright enough for me. Getting around 9-10 hours with moderate to heavy usage. Very impressed with battery life.

I get better battery on CyanogenMod then I did on stock. Plus I can underclock to as low as 800mhz and it still runs like a champ.
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I have been amazed at how long it last.Over 10 hours with headphones running listening to lots of songs, trying out different apps and then watched the movie.Still never got under the 30% mark on the battery.

I've knocked down the brightness to 50% and will see how well the battery lasts after charging last night. So far I've been off the charger for a little over an hour with 40 minutes of screen time, down to 91‰ battery life.
The stock ROM doesn't have a way to take screen shots, does it?

Seriously, you had brightness and volume at 100% while using Splashtop, then gaming (pretty high intensity stuff) and you're surprised it lasted less than a stated time for Web browsing at like 50% or less brightness?
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baggy247 said:
Seriously, you had brightness and volume at 100% while using Splashtop, then gaming (pretty high intensity stuff) and you're surprised it lasted less than a stated time for Web browsing at like 50% or less brightness?
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I want to say the battery tests were performed at similar conditions while watching a movie for the eight to nine hour rating. Perhaps Splashtop pulling so much bandwidth on the network was a factor.
2.5 hours since unplug, 2 hours of screen time, down to 65% battery. YouTube, Chrome, Dead Trigger, and Facebook so far this morning.

Mustang7302 said:
Have a trip in two weeks with a 4.5 hour plane ride and would be nice know my tablet could keep me entertained for the trip...
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Disable Wifi while you're in the air. That should make a difference.

my battery life has been spectacular. one other thing I noticed. when it charges to 100% (my nexus S never did), it stays there until you start using it. Best battery life of any mobile device I have had, ever. Except for my NOkia candy bar phones that stay charged for days.

I think my nexus may be defective. At first I left it at auto brightness, and drained the battery with 4 hours of screen time only web surfing. I've manually set the brightness to 35, and I still only get about 4.5 hours. This is just using Google chrome, no music. Throw in the occasional 10 minutes of world of too. Also what is standby drain for you guys? I lose 14% overnight, about 7 hours.

lilmanmgf said:
I think my nexus may be defective. At first I left it at auto brightness, and drained the battery with 4 hours of screen time only web surfing. I've manually set the brightness to 35, and I still only get about 4.5 hours. This is just using Google chrome, no music. Throw in the occasional 10 minutes of world of too. Also what is standby drain for you guys? I lose 14% overnight, about 7 hours.
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That doesn't sound right, I'm on 51% with 23h40m on battery & 3h56m screen time, mostly just using chrome, I think mine used 2% last night in 8 hours.
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jabsys said:
That doesn't sound right, I'm on 51% with 23h40m on battery & 3h56m screen time, mostly just using chrome, I think mine used 2% last night in 10 hours.
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What screen brightness are you using? Do you close all apps that you aren't currently using? My screen is the biggest battery drain, but I keep the brightness to sub 40. Normally I would just use auto, but I had no luck with it.

Battery life on 4.1.2

Hello all,
After updating I am getting less battery. I am totally stock. Anyone on the same boat? Share your thoughts.
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Well, Im happy, before around 4 hours, now 5. :thumbdown:
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Mine is better
With moderate use* I went from 18 to 22 hours. I am happy...
* My N7 is not my daily driver, my pc still is... So it sits idle more often than not...

I'm totaly happy with the battery... getting at least a day and a half with normal use.

after updating its definitely drainng fast.

No drain here. I get 10-12 hours a day with heavy use and easily a day with moderate usage. Was roughly the same before update as well.
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First of all hello everyone
Yeah I've literally only had my Nexus 7 a matter of a week but I can tell the difference between the battery per and post update. It seems go drain a lot quicker!
Any tips on how to save battery and keep it for as long as possible bar the obvious app killer etc...
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If anything, mine has got slightly better. Used to have less than 18% by 8pm, now its more like 25%. I use it pretty much all day for YouTube, Engadget, Flipboard, Tapatalk, Chrome, music and a couple of hours of games.
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happy ever after...Lowl I have same battery life here..no difference

Battery life to me is good, what sucks is the charging time, damn

Rody2k6 said:
Battery life to me is good, what sucks is the charging time, damn
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4326mAh battery, 2A charger, 2.1 hours theoretically. Realistically, 2.5-3.0 if pretty much empty.
If you're using a non standard cable or charger, who knows what the charger is actually outputting. If you're charging from your computer USB Port, that's 500mAh, so 8.6+ hours. Some random phone charger, probably 1000mAh, 4.3+ hours, etc.

The brightness of the display adds to some of the drain I notice, when possible I keep mine somewhat on the dimside, obviously if I'm in an area of bright light and it hard to see then I'll crank up the brightness.

Can't complain about battery usage.. It's amazingly energy efficient even on a stock kernel considering the horsepower this thing has.. I average 20hrs or so with moderate to heavy usage.

styckx said:
Can't complain about battery usage.. It's amazingly energy efficient even on a stock kernel considering the horsepower this thing has.. I average 20hrs or so with moderate to heavy usage.
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Check this out, if you guys still complaining
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I am very satisfied with battery life. 2 and a half days with 4,5 hours of screen on. IMHO not bad at all.

I'm getting 7.1hrs non stop. Games, movies, social apps, chats, YouTube literally non stop. :beer:
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I think battery life is pretty good

I've had really bad drains since 4.1.2. I think I've narrowed it down to an issue with Google Play. I've noticed it several times - Very good battery life, but then it will go down fast, even when sitting unused. If I check battery usage, Google Play is always number one with >50% of the use.
If I force close GP, all will be well for about a day, but eventually it happens again.

I also felt it, but only by that much...not too obvious. From full charge, after only night idle, drop 3 percent compare to last time 1 or 2 percent
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Hallo!
Same problem, battery drain is faster, with normal use 12 hours (before 17) and when charging phone it's just 99%. With factory reset same resoult. Now I try without all gps conections.
Anyone have good solution?

Battery Impression

Can your MOTO X work for you as long as they promised? If the phone actually lasts 24 hours, when you do charge it? Over night or morning at office? Share your thoughts please

freeintruth said:
Can your MOTO X work for you as long as they promised? If the phone actually lasts 24 hours, when you do charge it? Over night or morning at office? Share your thoughts please
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I sincerely think that we should wait for the official release of this phone. Some of XDA memmber should be able to get their hands on by the end of this month

Yes
Motorola is known for making amazing batteries

My second day with the phone ... Use a lot ... Same battery at the end of the day like my old razr hd
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I can easily make a full 24hrs + with moderate useage. Have had the phone since Saturday.
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So is the general consensus on battery life that it's good enough to get through a day with moderate type usage? One of the pros of active notifications is that it decreases your battery usage because you're not constantly waking up the phone to check notifications and time, right? I was kinda meh on the whole customization thing til I just went through Moto Maker and I kinda fell in love with what I designed. I know I like the size and on-screen buttons a whole lot more than the Maxx. It's just a question of whether I can sacrifice the larger battery and I know I don't need the two full days, but I don't wanna be stuck on a charger before one day is out either.

Any review online is saying it's above average battery life.

After a full charge, screen time over 3 hours with 55% battery left. I'm impressed.
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This is with moderate usage. I'll let you guys be the judge.
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I got a pretty much linear drop in battery regardless of usage yesterday. I put it on the charger after about 18 hours, but it would've made it to at least 24 had I left it off the charger. The interesting thing is that I had it hooked up to my car stereo to listen to music for a 2.5 hour drive, mostly with the screen off, and there wasn't any noticable difference in battery life. Also, I could hear stuff in the music i've never heard before, i.e. the sound is amazing.

Battery seems real good

martinezma99 said:
After a full charge, screen time over 3 hours with 55% battery left. I'm impressed.
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How are you guys getting this? I was at 20% with 3 hrs on screen time.
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Battery life is amazing.
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After almost a week of using it, I actually find the battery life is a bit annoying in a good way though. I am not a heavy user. During the day, a dozen of times of youtube+netflix during breaks, a few phone calls and sms, while outside always have gps on. At the end of the day, I have about half battery left. To charge it over the night is somewhat electricity waste. But not charging it is to leave my next day somewhat anxious. So yeah, maybe I am too greedy in hoping for two days no charging. My Nexus 4 really requires at least one charge a day and this habit has grown on me. Oh well...let's hope after JB 4.3 update, X's battery life can be prolonged a little more

For the people that have posted stats. Is your battery saver on or off?

My best battery cycle was 31 hours standby and close to four hours screen time. It died before I could take screenshots though, will try again on this battery cycle.
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The battery life has been great as long as I don't use it as a phone lol. Some reason phone calls dragon my battery super fast even more so than screen on time
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I am at one day and five hours with 31% battery left, screen time of 22% with battery saver off, most of the time I have been at home with WiFi on.
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I'm on my second day and the battery isn't that great so far. Right now I'm at 77% after 6 hours and only 30 minutes of screen time. Also Android OS is the highest battery user at 35%.

Awesome battery... Verizon's, fully charged this morning and now I'm at 13 hours later, 4h 15m screentime and still 33% left.
This is with battery saver off, brightness auto
Also used blutooth audio for 30 minutes and GPS for about 20 minutes.
Loving the battery life and not sure how I survived without active notifications.

My battery life report ~ focused on idle drain

Heres my first full discharge of my newly purchased N5. It was all light usage as noted below. 70% of the time i had good signal.
Took off the charger at 100%, went to bed. 8 hours later, 96%
40 texts exchanged
10 minute voice call
35 minutes of music via BT
40 minutes of GPS
screen time of 3hrs
total time of almost 2 days

emerica243 said:
Heres my first full discharge of my newly purchased N5. It was all light usage as noted below. 70% of the time i had good signal.
Took off the charger at 100%, went to bed. 8 hours later, 96%
40 texts exchanged
10 minute voice call
35 minutes of music via BT
40 minutes of GPS
screen time of 3hrs
total time of almost 2 days
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Something I was looking forward to. This suggests the Nexus does have great idle time. And the drain is mostly because of the screen. People are expecting magic with such a screen I guess.

I have been using for the last two days, haven't cracked 2.5 hrs on screen time.... I need to keep tweaking
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dsarch21 said:
I have been using for the last two days, haven't cracked 2.5 hrs on screen time.... I need to keep tweaking
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not sure if this will make a difference for you but 3 things that i did is getting me 4+ hours a day screen on time easily. turn off location services completly (just turn them on demand if prompted), disabling google now launchers always listening option, and my personal best fix, disabling tilt scrolling in the chrome browser. tilt scrolling is a little janky atm because it never actually shuts off, so chrome is always registering any device movement in your pocket or whatever even if the chrome app isnt even open, and disabling that helped a TON

dsarch21 said:
I have been using for the last two days, haven't cracked 2.5 hrs on screen time.... I need to keep tweaking
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Mine has been great today. I have gotten almost 4.5hrs screen on time and I'm still at 38%. That's with stock rom/kernel and Google now and sync on. Granted that today's usage was mostly on WiFi by it is still much better than my N4 was.
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Does anyone have this issue with their Nexus 5? I don't have a sim in it yet (waiting to get my micro sim from T-Mobile). But man, Gmail is absolutely destroying my battery life.
I'm sure my battery life would be awesome if this wasn't happening.

Please use the existing battery thread
Nexus 5 Battery Results
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