The so called Nexus 4 battery woes

[Doooshty]

Did you try reinstalling Jelly Bean from a downloaded image?

I did a factory reset. Didn't help. I installed CM10.1 from fresh install. Didn't help. Right now I am sitting at
4Hrs 37min with 2hrs 35min of screen on time, 31% left. I've only had the phone for around 4 days. Going to try and get a replacement

 

[apu2009]

I did a factory reset. Didn't help. I installed CM10.1 from fresh install. Didn't help. Right now I am sitting at
4Hrs 37min with 2hrs 35min of screen on time, 31% left. I've only had the phone for around 4 days. Going to try and get a replacement

Yeah that definitely doesn't look normal. I hope the replacement goes smoothly!

 

[SimonB15]

I did a factory reset. Didn't help. I installed CM10.1 from fresh install. Didn't help. Right now I am sitting at
4Hrs 37min with 2hrs 35min of screen on time, 31% left. I've only had the phone for around 4 days. Going to try and get a replacement

Interesting. I found for the first 1-2 weeks my battery life was rubbish, and then it started improving. I've also heard that's not entirely uncommon, but can neither confirm nor deny that..

 

[badbrad17]

Interesting. I found for the first 1-2 weeks my battery life was rubbish, and then it started improving. I've also heard that's not entirely uncommon, but can neither confirm nor deny that..

Some batteries do need to get settled in.

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[apu2009]

Some batteries do need to get settled in.

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I think that's an interesting point. Yesterday was the first day I used my phone in the "usual" way after having it for a week. By 11 pm I was at around 60% with about 13 hours of usage time (screen was reported to be used about 1h 30 m). The screen is definitely a huge drainer.

 

[18SamCooke]

As I put in a thread previous, my battery seems to be the wonder battery. For normal use its usually lasts around 1.5 days before it starts to get low (Which browsing/games/wifi on etc). On some work days with low/normal use its reached over 2 days still with about 20% ish left!

 

[badbrad17]

As I put in a thread previous, my battery seems to be the wonder battery. For normal use its usually lasts around 1.5 days before it starts to get low (Which browsing/games/wifi on etc). On some work days with low/normal use its reached over 2 days still with about 20% ish left!

it's really about screen time. If the screen is off my phone uses no power.

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[bartolo5]

Guys,

Google has acknowledged there is a problem with standby battery on the Nexus 4 phone. Doesn't seem to show up in all phones but lots of users reporting the same behavior, 10%/hour battery drain on standby. There is really not much you can do about it because the root of the problem seems to be a driver bug in the kernel.

There's a whole group devoted to this on Google with someone from Google saying they are aware:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/mobile/jO65dcM7J2Y/6yuFEWTBOscJ

This will supposedly get fixed in the next update. Sort of sad if you ask me that this is happening. Lots of us came to Nexus 4 running away from the flakiness of customization of Samsung et al. and we've landed on this bungled mess that Nexus 4 has been so far. My phone is not usable in its current state as the battery will be dead in 10 hours even without toughing the phone. Not cool Google.

 

[TechZOnline]

My battery seems to be lasting me a good long while (with Data on out of the office and Wifi on while at home).

 

[apu2009]

My battery seems to be lasting me a good long while (with Data on out of the office and Wifi on while at home).

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Fully charged battery lasts 2.5 days! Holy crap xD

 

[minnemike]

Guys,

Google has acknowledged there is a problem with standby battery on the Nexus 4 phone. Doesn't seem to show up in all phones but lots of users reporting the same behavior, 10%/hour battery drain on standby. There is really not much you can do about it because the root of the problem seems to be a driver bug in the kernel.

There's a whole group devoted to this on Google with someone from Google saying they are aware:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/mobile/jO65dcM7J2Y/6yuFEWTBOscJ

This will supposedly get fixed in the next update. Sort of sad if you ask me that this is happening. Lots of us came to Nexus 4 running away from the flakiness of customization of Samsung et al. and we've landed on this bungled mess that Nexus 4 has been so far. My phone is not usable in its current state as the battery will be dead in 10 hours even without toughing the phone. Not cool Google.

Just goes to show that they simply do not test long enough before have to crank out an update for an update of an update... it's a Sisyphus experience being an Android developer I guess.

I am just glad to hear they have identified it, acknowledged it and have a fix coming for it! Hoooooooray!

 

[teerone]

Interesting. I found for the first 1-2 weeks my battery life was rubbish, and then it started improving. I've also heard that's not entirely uncommon, but can neither confirm nor deny that..

That is how my phones battery was too.

 

[bobsacomano]

My RMA which is Rev 11 seems to have somewhat better battery life than my original unit (Rev10). I'm not using it differently in any way, but I've been able to get close to 3 hours screen time. Before I was barely able to approach 2 hours with average use.


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[badbrad17]

My RMA which is Rev 11 seems to have somewhat better battery life than my original unit (Rev10). I'm not using it differently in any way, but I've been able to get close to 3 hours screen time. Before I was barely able to approach 2 hours with average use.


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I can easily get 4 to 5 hours of screen time. Are you on data a lot? On wifi it goes a lot longer. I also am running juice defender and still toggle a little bit as needed.

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[DogPsyche]

Chrome Beta caused noticeable battery drain for me on both N4 & N7.

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

[bobsacomano]

I can easily get 4 to 5 hours of screen time. Are you on data a lot? On wifi it goes a lot longer. I also am running juice defender and still toggle a little bit as needed.

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Mobile data most of the time, and I usually get full bars. The new phone just seems to have better battery life. Could be a placebo effect, but I doubt it. I am very pleased with my Nexus 4 now that I have a better unit thanks to the RMA.

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[peejay1977]

Have to say, CyanogenMod 10.1 with the Franco Kernel is noticeably better on battery life than the stock ROM.


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[GlowyBubbles]

Haii everyone. On my Nexus 4, the Google Play Store app, Gallery, and Google Search apps have been always running. Does anyone know how to close them? (They're not "running", as in I checked the multitasking thingy and they don't appear. But apparently, they're using battery.). I want to improve battery life, so I want to close those applications. Can anyone please help? Thanks. .

 

[badbrad17]

Mobile data most of the time, and I usually get full bars. The new phone just seems to have better battery life. Could be a placebo effect, but I doubt it. I am very pleased with my Nexus 4 now that I have a better unit thanks to the RMA.

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that would be why. I'm on wifi most of the time which helps. Glad it worked out.

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[moonister]

I can't help but think that the "battery industry" should get their act together because there's been little or no innovation for years. I appreciate all tips and tricks to preserve the battery but it's dreadful when you think that your device will die in 3 h if you use it properly to full extent. Also I don't quite understand why LG / Google could not fit bigger battery, they are not that big anyway. I personally wouldn't mind slightly thicker size so that I don't have to constantly worry about the juice. It actually applies to all phones not just nexus, well maybe except RAZR maxx