After failing to secure a Nexus 4 after Google's horrific first launch, I decided to just go to T-Mobile and renew my contract and upgrade to the LG Nexus 4. Wow. The phone is amazing. Blazing fast and a great design. Only problem is...the battery life. I won't say it's the worst battery life I've ever had but being that it's the Nexus 4 (Google's flagship Android device) this thing's battery sucks! I've seen reviewers online showing snapshots of their Nexus getting 14 hours+ with like 3 hour screen time and I have no idea how they do it. I'm not a tech expert and certainly not an Android expert but I know my way and I know the basics and I've tried adjusting settings, removing apps, factory reset, etc. but to no avail.
Some background info:
-Before the Nexus 4 I owned a Samsung Galaxy S3 (literally 3 weeks before) on Sprint but I returned it and cancelled my contract for this very same reason.
-The phone is new, purchased 3 days after the initial release (T-Mobile).
-I reside in Queens, NY. Service is excellent, around 95% of the time on 4G, full bars.
-Apps that I installed the first day I got the phone: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Handcent, Handcent Emoji Plugin, ESPN, Bank of America, Google Drive, Temple Run, Fruit Ninja. I installed Apex home-launcher.
-After the first 3 days or so the battery life was so horrible that I decided to factory reset the phone to try and see if that would fix the problem but that was a fail.
-After resetting it I did not install any 3rd party apps and tested the phone for a day to see if that would help but same result.
Steps I've taken in order to try and get the amazing battery life that this device is supposed to offer: (After the factory reset)
The screen shots below are from today (11/27/12). Instagram, Twicca, Tumblr, e-mail, texting, web browsing here and there, that's it. I unplugged the phone at 10:30 am (Fully charged overnight) and by 7 pm it was at 6%! You can argue that the 3 and a half hour screen time might have had something to do with it but the above list should do more than compensate for it! Besides, the Nexus 4 should be able to handle this screen time and still present way more longevity. And my battery doesn't just die fast, it DRAINS. All apps are closed and I can be using just Handcent and from sending and receiving a couple texts my phone would go from 99% to 95 in literally like 2 minutes! I know that's not normal. I know it can't be the network affecting it because I had the S3 (and on a different carrier) as stated before and it would do the same thing. I doubt I could be so unlucky that this drainage problem would happen two times in a row with two different phones on two different carriers. I'm starting to believe it's just Android and I'm considering getting the iPhone 5 because I've become so frustrated with this problem. I don't want to but I can't afford being stuck with a phone that is supposed to be superb in battery life but fails drastically. So can anyone help me identify the problem and tell me what I can do to try and fix it? And is anyone else having this same issue with the battery drainage or is it just me?
Some background info:
-Before the Nexus 4 I owned a Samsung Galaxy S3 (literally 3 weeks before) on Sprint but I returned it and cancelled my contract for this very same reason.
-The phone is new, purchased 3 days after the initial release (T-Mobile).
-I reside in Queens, NY. Service is excellent, around 95% of the time on 4G, full bars.
-Apps that I installed the first day I got the phone: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Handcent, Handcent Emoji Plugin, ESPN, Bank of America, Google Drive, Temple Run, Fruit Ninja. I installed Apex home-launcher.
-After the first 3 days or so the battery life was so horrible that I decided to factory reset the phone to try and see if that would fix the problem but that was a fail.
-After resetting it I did not install any 3rd party apps and tested the phone for a day to see if that would help but same result.
Steps I've taken in order to try and get the amazing battery life that this device is supposed to offer: (After the factory reset)
- Only 3rd party apps installed Twicca, Tumblr, Instagram, Handcent, and Bank of America. Stock Android keyboard.
- Vibrate on key press is disabled.
- Pop-up is disabled on Handcent, notification LED light is solid.
- Disabled Location Services: Google Now is disabled, GPS, etc.
- Disabled the Google Now hotword detection so it doesn't activate when I say "Google"
- NFC is disabled
- Autosync is disabled for all 3rd party apps.
- Auto brightness is enabled
The screen shots below are from today (11/27/12). Instagram, Twicca, Tumblr, e-mail, texting, web browsing here and there, that's it. I unplugged the phone at 10:30 am (Fully charged overnight) and by 7 pm it was at 6%! You can argue that the 3 and a half hour screen time might have had something to do with it but the above list should do more than compensate for it! Besides, the Nexus 4 should be able to handle this screen time and still present way more longevity. And my battery doesn't just die fast, it DRAINS. All apps are closed and I can be using just Handcent and from sending and receiving a couple texts my phone would go from 99% to 95 in literally like 2 minutes! I know that's not normal. I know it can't be the network affecting it because I had the S3 (and on a different carrier) as stated before and it would do the same thing. I doubt I could be so unlucky that this drainage problem would happen two times in a row with two different phones on two different carriers. I'm starting to believe it's just Android and I'm considering getting the iPhone 5 because I've become so frustrated with this problem. I don't want to but I can't afford being stuck with a phone that is supposed to be superb in battery life but fails drastically. So can anyone help me identify the problem and tell me what I can do to try and fix it? And is anyone else having this same issue with the battery drainage or is it just me?