Left iPhone 4 for Galaxy Nexus. Please help with this battery
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Do you have 4G? Also, putting your screen on auto brightness helps a bit. The screen is always chews up the battery. My record so far is this:
Also, here's and article with some tips. Galaxy Nexus battery life: 5 tips for boosting your phone's stamina | Computerworld Blogs
I am on an unlocked Nexus. So HSPA+.Yep it was on auto brightness the whole time or lower.
Hmm, that's weird. If you've tried everything and still only pulling 6 hours... it might just be a bad battery its self.
Well, I won't say I've tried everything but I have followed a lot of tips and tricks. That is why I posted.
What about the multitasking? Should I be closing those apps out often?
What about the multitasking? Should I be closing those apps out often?
Honestly, from my android experience of 3+ years, auto brightness kills the battery faster... Uses sensor, turns brightness up. I keep mine on a minimum.
Widgets that refresh constantly or apps in the bg are usually culprits of a bad battery life...
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Widgets that refresh constantly or apps in the bg are usually culprits of a bad battery life...
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There are things u can just like with every single android phone made. Check brightness, screen timeout,live wallpapers, and syncing apps like Facebook gmail flipboard. How much screen on time did u get? That's a better way to tell then to look at just the overall time of the phone being on. Sometimes I get 3hrs of screen on time in 6 hours and my phone is almost dead. Other times it takes me 12 hours to get 3hrs of screen on time and its almost dead. So far these are my best times. I usually hit about 3hrs of screen on time in 8 hours so the phone needs a charge.also some peoples numbers are misleading. If I charged my phone to 100% right before I slept then left it off the charger on all night it only uses around 5% battery so I'd wake up and look like I have awesome battery life with 8hrs on and only 5% gone. So it just all depends
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Ya I loved the battery life and smoothness of my iPhone when I had it. It is a great device just depends on what u like personally.
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Screen shot above. But on screen time was 2 hours 47 minutes. Great point about people making it look like great battery by leaving it on all night. Thanks.
Thanks. I'll try not using auto brightness. And all mg widgets and syncing are off. Only syncing twitter so I'll know when I get a mention.
I'm considering returning my Nexus and going back to iPhone. Not just for battery reasons but a few others as well.
That seems about right I usually get around 3hours of screen on time when I'm on 3g only. With the iPhone I could get around 4-4.5 hours on screen on 3g. Just depends some ppl like the advantages the iPhone have some dont. And its really not that big of a deal if u don't root/ROM. Only thing I missed on iPhone was the free music downloads and widgets and screen is to small.
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Ok, thanks for saying that is normal. And I agree the iPhone screen is too small. Hopefully the next one will be bigger. Even though the rumors are for a longer screen not wider...which is weird but we will see.
Edit: Also, the only widget I am finding useful is the Bobclock d3 widget. The others I have are kind of take it or leave it. The Widgets aren't that helpful if they can't be allowed to show real time data because of battery life. So that defeats the purpose of the widget.
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Ya I'm anywhere from 2.5-3.5 screen on time depending what I'm doing. Wifi only I can get about 4.5 on screen. U can try one of the extended batteries
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I get about an extra hour of screen time then OP. I turn off sync for most apps and I don't allow most sites or apps to know my location.
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I have noticed fast battery drains on my Nexus as well. Juice Defender has helped me out a lot.
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I recommend grabbing additional batteries or an extended battery. I bought a Samsung Brand 2000MAH battery that add almost no difference to the size. It came with an OEM battery cover and looks great.
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