G pad battery life not great.

[Hoegie]

Since two days I have the lg g pad and I can confirm the terrible battery life. I have recharged for the third time and still have terrible batterylife...
I have frozen many lg apps running in the background with titanium backup, I use setcpu at 1350mhz, I only have wifi, and brightness at 40%... the result: 1% batteryloss every two minutes
The tablet itself has sometimes little "freezes" for about 1 of 0,5 seconds (as reported in various reviews)
I think there are different versions of the g pad around.
I am wondering what makes gives some devices better batterystamina than others? Is it the battery itself or is it the processor not using all it? s cores? The people with the "good battery": do you have the little hickups as described above?
My serial number is: 310copy0073080 (made in China)
Here is a review in which they ?ve found a problem with the chip not using it? s 4 cores: LG G Pad 8.3: net niet uit de verf - Hardware en prestaties: kan beter - Review - Reviews - Tweakers (you can read it using google translate)

 

[canadoc]

It can happen to any device. The first day i complained that my battery drained over night. Now i dont see that happening. Ended at 39% and woke up to 39%.

Battery mileage may vary lol. Like another stated, factory reset OR exchange it. Dont keep a faulty unit.

Are you in airplane mode when you put it down for the night?
Do you have wifi on or off?
Is sync enabled?

Mine drops at least 1%/hr while sleeping and like others, about 12%/hour during use

 

[stujoe]

In my case battery life is not that great as well. When i full charge the tablet, i see that after 2 hours without using the tablet, battery life drops around 13-15%. It seems that when battery percentage goes to 80% and under then it doesnt drain that fast. Overall i have 5-6 soc with brightness level at 35%. Maybe some batteries are defective i think.

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Do you have a lot of apps installed? I charge mine overnight and unplug it in the morning. Twelve hours later when I get home from work it has only lost two or three percent. I don't turn off or anything. Just in its normal sleep mode. I have about one fifty to two hundred apps installed but I also have Green Power installed.

During use I get decent battery life although I have not timed it. I would probably get better if I had less apps or managed them more ad far as notifications, syncing, etc.

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[stujoe]

During use I get decent battery life although I have not timed it.

I just spent one solid hour of my normal use on the g pad....using about a dozen different apps - news, weather, a lot of sports, email, some web with a couple of short 2 minute video interviews. Screen brightness at my normal 45%...Mine dropped 14% of its charge (from 79 to 65). That would equate to about 7 hours of my typical use from full charge to completely dead....more screen on time than I would use in a day.

 

[erwaso]

Are you in airplane mode when you put it down for the night?
Do you have wifi on or off?
Is sync enabled?

Mine drops at least 1%/hr while sleeping and like others, about 12%/hour during use

not in airplane mode
wifi on always
sync enabled

 

[stevenkisor1]

USB cable affects charge rate...

Yep, unless I saw it for myself, I would would never have believed it. When I got my G-Pad, I used the supplied charger, but used the cable from my Note II instead, because it's much longer. I was somewhat disappointed with the charge rate; it took longer than I would have thought, but accepted it.
The other day I finally switched to the supplied LG USB cable while it was in mid - charge cycle. The battery graph changed dramatically. (No, sorry, I didn't take a screen snapshot). The battery graph went from approx 30% graph angle to approx 45-60%. Big difference. I could only guess that the difference could be the guage of wire. The cable feels more heavy duty.
So if you're not using the G-Pad's supplied USB cable, do it.

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[Victoria7500]

I can second Steven's comments on the cable making a big difference. All my spare chargers were only about 0.8a, so to save taking the G Pad one to my Mum's every time I stay for a couple of days, I bought a Kindle Powerfast one from Amazon, 1.8a (supplied without cable). The tablet was still taking twice as long as usual to charge when connected using a cable supplied with a phone charger. Using the thicker cable that came with the G Pad, connected to the Amazon charger, times returned to normal. Looks like I'll be buying the Powerfast USB cable to go with the charger!

 

[coolqf]

I've noticed that if i seldom charge my battery to over 60% and only charge it when it's about to die, the the next time that it dies and turns off requires the most time to charge.

 

[Travon Fernandes]

There's something called "Battery Saver Mode" This may be old, but use it sometime.

 

[e-gadget-guy]

I was having an issue with the battery draining completely while asleep. I didn't seem to take more than a couple hours, but it would be dead every time I went to use it after having 50-80 % battery. it seems to have stopped. maybe it was golocker which I removed, or some other thing.