My report on battery life so far

[scottysize]

I took mine off the charger Monday at 2pm. Still going this morning.



I will probably not have to charge it until tonight. Now, keep in mind, WiFi's on and connected to work and home, and I haven't really used it much.

 

[maybish]

I don't understand how you guys are getting such great battery life?!!? Although it is an improvement over the s3 I'm a bit disappointed. Thought I'd get at least 12 hours battery life. Think the longest I've had was about 10 hours.

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[Strawdawg2013]

Have you looked at the battery consumption and checked to see if there was a particular app that was using the battery unduly-or if it seemed to be the screen, etc?

I'm sure by now you have powered it on and off

If nothing else, get the free battery via the offer and see if it does better. Sometimes, batteries are not up to snuff.

 

[maybish]

Yeah seems to be the screen taking up most of the battery. I try to keep it as low as possible but when you're outside turning it all the way is a must.

I did sign up for the free battery with LG. Haven't heard anything though.

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[Almeuit]

I don't understand how you guys are getting such great battery life?!!? Although it is an improvement over the s3 I'm a bit disappointed. Thought I'd get at least 12 hours battery life. Think the longest I've had was about 10 hours.

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Post some pictures of your battery stats and we may be able to find the culprit.

 

[maybish]

Ok im at 100% just finished charging. I'll post later.

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[gaddang2]

I have my screen between 40% and 45% brightness. I get about 4 maybe 4 and half hours SOT. Here is my halfway through the day shot. My phone charges from 930 pm till about 1030 pm.

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[gaddang2]

My halfway totals.

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[amdybg40]

I've only had this device a short time (28th) but I want to give a quick report out on the battery life. I have a Galaxy S6 Edge for comparison. My usage is moderate and I spend most of my SoT surfing the net on Chrome, sending text messages, listening to music, and I also have a few 15-20 minute phone calls per day.

On my S6 Edge I averaged about 3-3.5 hours SoT and this was done through toggling off many settings and features. I had turned off some location services, VoLTE, some wifi services, nfc, and really had to disable quite a bit to get to 3-3.5 hours SoT. I know others are claiming much higher usage but these are my stats. The standby drain was just really not that good. If I didn't use it at all and unplugged at 6am it would be at 50% by 6pm.

The G4 I'm averaging about 4.5-5 hours SoT so far. This is leaving everything on. Not toggling off any settings. I have disabled some of the bloat but I haven't messed with settings too much. All location services on etc... The standby is amazing. If I unplug at 6am it would probably be at 94% or more by 6pm. It only drains about 2-4% overnight. I don't know what LG does right or Samsung does wrong regarding standby but it's a very noticeable difference.

So far I'm very pleased.

+1 I had the exact same experience as you.

 

[maybish]

Ok here are some stats since I've unplugged. Not sure how great that is. I used the Nike app and streamed my music with Google music at the same time for about 40 minutes.

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[PAC757]

@maybish
That doesn't seem right, I have a 19 month old LG Optimus g pro and am averaging 14 hours since unplugged and about 3.5 hours SOT. I just ordered my G4 Monday, don't have it yet to compare. I really hope this isn't a typical battery life for this phone

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[Almeuit]

Ok here are some stats since I've unplugged. Not sure how great that is. I used the Nike app and streamed my music with Google music at the same time for about 40 minutes.

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Did you reboot / shut the phone off during this time?

 

[MrBigFeathers]

It's starting to look like the Verizon version may be getting much worse battery life than the other carriers.

 

[maybish]

Did you reboot / shut the phone off during this time?

No I didn't reboot. Was I supposed to? I was working out.

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[maybish]

It's starting to look like the Verizon version may be getting much worse battery life than the other carriers.

I geez I hope not. I've disabled all the Verizon apps except for the Verizon messaging thing.

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[noobsquared]

I geez I hope not. I've disabled all the Verizon apps except for the Verizon messaging thing.

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I think he is asking because you went from 90% to 80% with no history. It's almost like battle cry jumped with no history during that time.

 

[mikea3000]

When you guys report 4 hours or more of Screen time what percent is your phone yet around the 4 hour mark. How much percent is left at that point? Less than 10?

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[maybish]

I think he is asking because you went from 90% to 80% with no history. It's almost like battle cry jumped with no history during that time.

Yeah i noticed that. I don't know why had happened. I was using the Nike app and streaming music with the location on. That's so weird.

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[Zendroid1]

My usage hasn't changed but I'm only getting 3 hours or so the last two days.

 

[noobsquared]

Yeah i noticed that. I don't know why had happened. I was using the Nike app and streaming music with the location on. That's so weird.

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I'd keep an eye on that and if it does that again, I'd take it back to Verizon.

I usually use the phone as is out if the box till it's around 15% and then charge to 100%. It takes a couple days for things to settle down after installing everything. At least that's what I've noticed.