Nexus 4 battery: one month in

[sailflat]

There isn't a way that we can tweak the core voltages is there?

Got about 20% additional life by reducing the stock CPU voltages on my previous phone.

 

[Bar81]

There isn't a way that we can tweak the core voltages is there?

Got about 20% additional life by reducing the stock CPU voltages on my previous phone.

You can but it requires root. The franco kernel lets you do this.

 

[DirkBelig]

Looks good Dirk. So overall you are happy with the replacement? Looks like you solved the battery problem.

While the battery life is better than the original unit, it's only comparable with my GS2. Compared to the people here who are getting more raw hours with over 4 hours of screen time, it's disappointing. Check out where I'm at now - - 70 minutes screen time in less than 8 hours with 2/3 used doesn't strike me as that good.

UPDATE: 2nd screen added before plugging in. Sorry for the giant size; Tapatalk refuses to edit posts with thumbnailed, forum-hosted images. Weak.

 

[badbrad17]

While the battery life is better than the original unit, it's only comparable with my GS2. Compared to the people here who are getting more raw hours with over 4 hours of screen time, it's disappointing. Check out where I'm at now - - 70 minutes screen time in less than 8 hours with 2/3 used doesn't strike me as that good.

hmm. Well that's not good. One question. Are you using the SwiftKey Flow keyboard?

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[DirkBelig]

I just loaded the new beta tonight, but haven't tried it yet.

 

[jeremydc]

Over four hours and 5% left. Will report back after a complete drain/fullcharge

 

[Dr0me]

i was getting some terrible drainage the past few days and finally figured out what it was. I am in the process of uploading all of my music to google music and had sync on. When ever song would upload it would wake the phone to sync it. I saw a massive rise in android os and android system while this was happening.

 

[DirkBelig]

My "normal" usage. Perfectly happy with this performance. The lack of WiFi is during work hours at which point I switch on the mobile Internet. Signal strength was all over the place so I'm sure it would perform better if I had a good constant signal. This also includes 6-7 hours of sleeping time. Also i put it on 2G signal to increase battery life as I only need the mobile internet for basic emailing and whatapp...which seems to work just fine on normal 2G speeds. Turned it to HSPA maybe 3-4 times for maximum of 10 minutes for larger emails and attachments.

You're getting 28 hours to my 13-1/2 hours; 2:45 of screen time to my ~1:45; 1H 45M of talk to my 20 minutes. Now I know battery life is wildly variable for these. This is lame. Crap.

 

[badbrad17]

I just loaded the new beta tonight, but haven't tried it yet.

okay. I had it loaded for a few days and was wondering if it was sucking battery. I just loaded the beta2 and today seemed like I was draining faster again. Could just be a fluke. I didn't notice anything odd in GSM.

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[badbrad17]

You're getting 28 hours to my 13-1/2 hours; 2:45 of screen time to my ~1:45; 1H 45M of talk to my 20 minutes. Now I know battery life is wildly variable for these. This is lame. Crap.

I got 4hrs of screen time with 11 hours off charge today. I think I may be spending too much time on my phone.

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[sduda210]

Seems like I average around 2 hrs of screen time per day. For my usage the battery life is just fine. At the end of each day I have between 40-60% of the battery remaining.

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[pespule]

If only it was always like this...

Turned off automatically before I could get 6 hours out of it!

 

[GopherDroid]

On my last charge I managed to get 6 hours screen time.. So nothing to complain about from me

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[pespule]

Pics or it didn't happen

Do mine count? lol

Though I average around 3-4 with web browsing.

 

[DirkBelig]

Dig this wonderful performance from tonight.

I'm beginning to wonder if the people claiming 4+ hours of screen time aren't messing with us?

 

[Hubertsng]

I put the smart tools widget thing on my homescreen and i turn off wifi and gps and bluetooth and everything else when not needed. There is also an option to turn off wifi and maybe data when asleep which is a battery saver.
Syncing probably takes a lot of battery too so thats another thing

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[badbrad17]

Dig this wonderful performance from tonight.

I'm beginning to wonder if the people claiming 4+ hours of screen time aren't messing with us?

How come your launcher is using so much?

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[Kmasum]

This is my recent updates on battery, all on wifi

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[Rizy7]

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[Hubertsng]

Still got a good 20% of battery life left.

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