is it possible many of our battery problems are misreporting?

I've been having issues, and I've been looking at other thread, it seems to be a relatively common problem. But we don't all have the same symptoms.

Could it be less an issue of actual battery problems, and more that jellybean is misreporting? I still can't tell if it's hardware or software.
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Wait until your device dies from lack of battery, and then you'll know. Part of my issue is that the battery declines slowly for the first ~10%, then decreases rapidly after that. But I also have worse than average battery in general, I think. How many hours of web browsing, with screen at min brightness, do you get? Because I get ~5 hours at best, with everything else turned off. It kinda pisses me off that Google advertises 10 hours--unless that's really what I should be getting.

It doesn't bug me a whole lot since I don't spend like 6 hours on the device, but it's still annoying. I doubt ASUS will do anything about it, I've had battery issues with their laptops in the past and they usually attribute it to user consumption habits. A Google rep once literally told me that it was because I have 4GB of music on the device.

I’m lucky to get 5 hours between charges, and that’s with wi-fi, Bluetooth, and GPS turned off. I’ve started using reduced brightness, but that takes the joy out of using the device. I’m sure the next updated Nexus 7 will have a 5MP back-facing camera, an SD card slot, and a removable battery that lasts for an actual 15 hours. Then we can recharge the drained battery - which will only take 30 minutes for a full charge – while we insert the spare. And the price of the unit will not increase. You listening, Google?

Battery is removable....

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Impressive didn't know the back would come off that easily. Believe the manufacturers don't want you taking the battery out because they can be dangerous if mishandled.

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I’m lucky to get 5 hours between charges, and that’s with wi-fi, Bluetooth, and GPS turned off. I’ve started using reduced brightness, but that takes the joy out of using the device.

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If your N7 isn't the 3G version, then this won't apply, but using wifi uses less battery than 3G.

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I’m sure the next updated Nexus 7 will have a 5MP back-facing camera, an SD card slot, and a removable battery that lasts for an actual 15 hours. Then we can recharge the drained battery - which will only take 30 minutes for a full charge – while we insert the spare. And the price of the unit will not increase. You listening, Google?

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Android was ever designed to have partitioned storage space, so even if the next N7 does have a camera, there most likely won't be a microSD slot.

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Impressive didn't know the back would come off that easily. Believe the manufacturers don't want you taking the battery out because they can be dangerous if mishandled.

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Actually I don't think it is that easy. He's just had his off so many times that the hooks are worn down. But the point still stands, the battery is replaceable....

I find my battery to be pretty good, if I browse the net, use a few apps which dont use to much processer I can easilly 10 hours out of it. Play a 3d heavy game like MC4, Dead Space or watch a 720p film it does drain real quick, but thats obvious. Im overall pretty happy.

Just a quick comment... I was using it while it was on the charger, then took it off.


So I've been off the charger for 38 minutes using Wi-Fi, and it says it is still charged. This follows an issue over the last two or three weeks where suddenly the battery was draining 25-33% faster regardless of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, airplane mode, etc

I have battery monitoring apps and they all say the battery is good, but it has to be misreporting. Wtf?

The "battery drain" thread is my own post

you know, I am wondering that too.. interesting question