Bad bad bad battery life

[Octaviannn]

Hello, im new here. I've bought me a nexus 4 3 weeks ago, and now i observed that the battery doesn't last more than 6-7 hours i also tried many "pro" battery saving apps, but they didn't help.... I'll atach some screenshots with the phone's battery statistics and with the statistics from the "battery stats plus" app. I really need help, because i use my phone all day, and i have to recharge it 2times a day

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[JeffDenver]

Hello, im new here. I've bought me a nexus 4 3 weeks ago, and now i observed that the battery doesn't last more than 6-7 hours

That is normal. Google decided that it would be a great idea to deny us the option of upgrading the battery while making sure the unit had a crappy embedded battery.

I am getting the same battery life. If you want to improve it, you will have to get used to turning stuff down or off. I simply charge it whenever possible. Maybe someday Google will finally get it. It's a good thing the rest of the phone is so awesome.

 

[greydarrah]

I get about 3.5 hours of screen time from mine. That's as good or better than any other Android phone I've owned over the past few years.

 

[fernandezhjr]

I'm getting longer screen on time from my N4 than I did with my HTC Inspire. With a charger at home, at work, and in the car, I usually just plug it in if I see it going low. It charges fairly quick until it gets to 90%.

 

[Captainbob767]

Pretty typical smartphone battery life in my opinion..

 

[fernandezhjr]

Op, you have something draining your battery that is not the natural state of the phone. I am at 13 hours with 4 hours of screen time and still have 1/3 of my battery charge. If you compare charts. The drain with your phone is obvious. I am rooted, but I am stock, including kernel. Perhaps it is being caused by an app you installed. View attachment 69221

 

[return_0]

This isn't normal. I normally get at least 4 hours of screen time on my Nexus 4, and it can easily last through the day. What wireless connectivity options (Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, etc) do you have enabled? What's your screen brightness level?

 

[anon(847090)]

That is normal. Google decided that it would be a great idea to deny us the option of upgrading the battery while making sure the unit had a crappy embedded battery.

I am getting the same battery life. If you want to improve it, you will have to get used to turning stuff down or off. I simply charge it whenever possible. Maybe someday Google will finally get it. It's a good thing the rest of the phone is so awesome.

seriously you dont have anywhere to troll?? i get very good battery life. do you even own N4

 

[Octaviannn]

Thanks fot help and opinions, but i also dont think that thos is configured by google, not to last longer than 8 or 10 hours. My screen brightness is almost 20% my Wi - fi is on, but when im at school i turn it offto save battery. Bluetooth gpa, everything off...

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[OhioG]

Try a factory reset, see how it is. If it still sucks is probably either weak signal or faulty device

 

[Octaviannn]

I tried, its the same... I have one more question.. What to do if the screen sucks 30% of the battery? What can i change, because im all day with the btightness level at 20% and i get rarely 3 hours screen time...

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[omniusovermind]

seriously you dont have anywhere to troll?? i get very good battery life. do you even own N4

Dude, how else would all the visitors to this forum know how terribad the N4 is, if he wasn't here to tell us all in 9/10 threads? Use your head man!

 

[JeffDenver]

seriously you dont have anywhere to troll??

Everyone you disagree with is a Troll? LOL

I am not the only one who thinks this phone has crappy battery life. I see your screen time is 17%...if you turn down the screen or keep it off, of course you will get good battery life.

We should not have to jump through those hoops. I never had to turn anything down or off on my Rezound, and I got well over a day. Extended batteries are awesome.

 

[JeffDenver]

Dude, how else would all the visitors to this forum know how terribad the N4 is, if he wasn't here to tell us all in 9/10 threads? Use your head man!

Anything negative must be mocked in the Nexus 4 forum. For the nexus is perfection on Earth, and anyone who does not agree is a heretic. All our self worth is tied to our phones, and any criticism of the phone is a criticism of us.

I have seen the light.

 

[anon(847090)]

Dude, how else would all the visitors to this forum know how terribad the N4 is, if he wasn't here to tell us all in 9/10 threads? Use your head man!

Dude, I am not mad about he/she saying that his/her N4 is getting bad battery life. people do get bad battery with N4, i agree

I cannot accept this point and its totally not true "That is normal." "while making sure the unit had a crappy embedded battery."

that is not normal and i dont get crappy battery life. that point was totally misleading. it implied that all N4 get crappy battery life.

 

[fernandezhjr]

Anything negative must be mocked in the Nexus 4 forum. For the nexus is perfection on Earth, and anyone who does not agree is a heretic. All our self worth is tied to our phones, and any criticism of the phone is a criticism of us.

I have seen the light.

The problem is the comments you made sidestep the issue the op has and could possibly mislead him into believing his battery drain is normal. I get good battery life and I have nothing turned off. Obviously you don't agree, but that is just your opinion and there will be a few that agree with you. But simply saying my battery only lasted six hours could be misleading, as could saying my battery lasted two days. It is matter how much you use the phone first and how long that lasted, screen time mainly. In the op's case, he obviously has some nasty battery drain that is being caused by something abnormal.

 

[JeffDenver]

that is not normal and i dont get crappy battery life. that point was totally misleading. it implied that all N4 get crappy battery life.

Like I said, I am hardly the only one complaining about it.

Battery life is yet another segment of the performance that's confused us. Since the Nexus 4 uses the same 2,100mAh battery (and power-friendly Krait chip) as the Optimus G, we expected to record essentially the same runtime. Much to our surprise, however, it was considerably worse in both our tests and our real-life use.

Nexus 4 review

"OMG engadget stop trolling!" lol

 

[Orr Hazout]

my n4 is also not that good battery wise. the screen drains my battery!
it is set on very low brightness and it turns off after 1 min of non use.
this screen shot is after 9 hours of use, with 1 hour and 47 min screen time. (damn how do i upload the photos?)
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please take a look and tell me what to do, this doesn't look normal to me.

 

[JeffDenver]

The problem is the comments you made sidestep the issue the op has and could possibly mislead him into believing his battery drain is normal.

I get similar battery life. Of course, I do not turn anything off. His screen time is 32%, so he probably uses it like I do.

I am resigned to the fact that I can't change it and have just gotten used to charging it whenever I can. I still love the phone despite this flaw. But to pretend this is not a problem for the nexus 4 is ridiculous IMO.

I will say one thing I like about the nexus battery...it sure does charge fast. At least compared to previous phones.

 

[fernandezhjr]

I get similar battery life. Of course, I do not turn anything off. His screen time is 32%, so he probably uses it like I do.

I am resigned to the fact that I can't change it and have just gotten used to charging it whenever I can. I still love the phone despite this flaw. But to pretend this is not a problem for the nexus 4 is ridiculous IMO.

I will say one thing I like about the nexus battery...it sure does charge fast. At least compared to previous phones.

Did you compare his screen shot to mine? Mine shows 61% for screen and only 5% for android system, while his is 32% for screen and 11% for android system. Generally, you want the screen time to be high because that is where you want most of your usage going. His android system usage being high already tells you that he has some drain going on and the graph confirms it.