Optimizing G4 battery thread

[KPMcClave]

I haven't seen that happen at all unless it's an ad supported link that I click on. If I do that then I get the screenshot below.

Are you getting it randomly?

I didn't chase it down to figure out if there was a common factor to the pages, so it may have been random. It was definitely not a single problematic page.

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[Wullie32]

Do you have any screenshots of battery use that you can post?

Also, Chrome ( public release version) can be a huge battery hog. I'd suggest chrome beta, Chrome Dev, or my personal favorite right now, #NOChromo ( its chrome but with built in ad blocker that doesn't require root). I'll try to circle back and post a link.

Screenshots of battery life would me great so we can see what you are dealing with.

I haven't but I'll start keeping an eye out and post a few screenshots in here if things don't improve. Didn't realise Chrome was such a drain tbh, it's where I spend most of my time so maybe it's to be expected.

 

[Wullie32]

The camera chews through battery very quickly (even given that's always been the case with cell lhobes). If you used it for any video at all, even more so. Chrome also uses more resources than most other apps in most of our experiences.

So, given your description of your usage over the weekend, I'm not shocked your SoT wasn't great.

Are you saying you always get only 2-3 hours during whatever a normal day of use is for you?

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I think so yeah but as I say, I'll keep a more specific eye on things in the coming days. I'm currently on 3h19m SOT with 24% left which is not too bad but I've been in the house for all but an hour of the day so a) the screen has been quite dim and b) I've been on Wi-Fi all day so it's not typical use.

 

[anon(9582230)]

Guys, I really need some HELP!

I have 50% battery left with 2h 26 minutes of SoT, and usage on battery is 16h 34 minutes. This may sound normal to you, but the brightness I used in this time period is 0%! Yes, with zero brightness, I won't even reach 5 hours of SoT.

I don't have any games installed, every possible bloatwares are disabled/uninstalled, no auto-sync, no nfc-data-bluetooth,location! I only had wifi on, usually. Only when needed. Do you think this might be a bad battery?

Every answer is welcomed.

 

[jlost]

I think so yeah but as I say, I'll keep a more specific eye on things in the coming days. I'm currently on 3h19m SOT with 24% left which is not too bad but I've been in the house for all but an hour of the day so a) the screen has been quite dim and b) I've been on Wi-Fi all day so it's not typical use.

I had about 6.5 hours. I wish I had a screenshot of my sot I have no idea how it happened. I it happens again, I'll take a screen shot.

 

[sdc1]

I last charged my G4 yesterday. I have 31% battery left with almost 3 hours of screen on time.

That's on WiFi with the screen very dim. If I go on 4g and turn the screen up to even 50% it will be dead from a full charge in 2 hours. It's really not good.

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[anon(782252)]

Guys, I really need some HELP!

I have 50% battery left with 2h 26 minutes of SoT, and usage on battery is 16h 34 minutes. This may sound normal to you, but the brightness I used in this time period is 0%! Yes, with zero brightness, I won't even reach 5 hours of SoT.

I don't have any games installed, every possible bloatwares are disabled/uninstalled, no auto-sync, no nfc-data-bluetooth,location! I only had wifi on, usually. Only when needed. Do you think this might be a bad battery?

Every answer is welcomed.

Can you post screenshots of battery stats?

I can't imagine it's a bad battery. You are on pace for almost 5 hours SOT with 32 hours of up time. I understand the backlight is at 0% but the phone is still pushing a QHD screen and you have a ton of idle time.

 

[anon(782252)]

I last charged my G4 yesterday. I have 31% battery left with almost 3 hours of screen on time.

That's on WiFi with the screen very dim. If I go on 4g and turn the screen up to even 50% it will be dead from a full charge in 2 hours. It's really not good.

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What exactly are you complaining about here? You say Wi-Fi but your screenshots show you are on 4G. You have 31% left with 3 hours SOT and 25 hours up time. With your current usage the phone will make it another 14 hours of up time getting you close to 40 hours.

 

[sdc1]

What exactly are you complaining about here? You say Wi-Fi but your screenshots show you are on 4G. You have 31% left with 3 hours SOT and 25 hours up time. With your current usage the phone will make it another 14 hours of up time getting you close to 40 hours.

I was sitting in the car on 4G when the screenshot was taken. The previous hours were on WiFi.

What I'm saying is: use the G4 on 4G with the screen at any level of reasonable brightness and it sucks the battery in well under 3 hours screen time.

To get decent battery life I have to use WiFi and keep the screen at close to zero brightness, as demonstrated by the screenshots.

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[anon(782252)]

I was sitting in the car on 4G when the screenshot was taken. The previous hours were on WiFi.

What I'm saying is: use the G4 on 4G with the screen at any level of reasonable brightness and it sucks the battery in well under 3 hours screen time.

To get decent battery life I have to use WiFi and keep the screen at close to zero brightness, as demonstrated by the screenshots.

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Somewhere in this thread I posted screenshots where I ran cell radio only (4G and 3G, no Wi-Fi at all) for a full charge. If I remember right, my SOT was 4 hours with 24 hours up time. And that's with my normal usage. I didn't turn off syncing or anything else. I use Lux for auto brightness. The dimmest my backlight gets is 4% and that's in pitch dark. I would say normal backlight for me is 20-65%. I think the screen looks amazing when the brightness is really high but my eyes strain pretty quickly and give me a headache so auto is a necessity.

 

[Almeuit]

Mod Note - Just a reminder to keep things civil. Trolling isn't needed (also remember calling someone a troll is a form of trolling). Use that report button if something is out of line.

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[anon(9582230)]

What exactly are you complaining about here? You say Wi-Fi but your screenshots show you are on 4G. You have 31% left with 3 hours SOT and 25 hours up time. With your current usage the phone will make it another 14 hours of up time getting you close to 40 hours.

 

[anon(782252)]

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Doesn't look bad to me. 4h45m SOT, 21 hours up time is pretty good especially with how much battery chrome used. Would you say that the majority of your SOT is while using Chrome?

 

[anon(9582230)]

Actually this SoT was my best, however, since the brightness was set at 0%, it's not awesome.

Also it seems like Chrome is a battery hog regarded to my screenshot. I was usually surfing the net in the meantime, so I can say yes. I switched from the stock browser though. I'm open to battery-friendly browser suggestions.

But why isn't it satisfying as the others' SoT? I mean I did a lot of tweaks to get more juice!?

 

[anon(782252)]

Actually this SoT was my best, however, since the brightness was set at 0%, it's not awesome.

Also it seems like Chrome is a battery hog regarded to my screenshot. I was usually surfing the net in the meantime, so I can say yes. I switched from the stock browser though. I'm open to battery-friendly browser suggestions.

But why isn't it satisfying as the others' SoT? I mean I did a lot of tweaks to get more juice!?

Well satisfying is going to be dependent on the person.

If you are running at 0% backlight, then what is your ideal backlight setting? 50%? If so, have you run a day at your ideal setting to see how SOT is effected? Have you tried auto?

I personally prefer #NoChromo for browser. It's Chrome but with built in ad blocker that doesn't require root. It can be found over on XDA. I'll try to get the link.

I also found that Chrome beta and Chrome Dev were faster than stock chrome.

No matter what browser you use if web browsing is what you primarily do on the phone, it's most likely going to be the #2 battery user behind the screen.

 

[greydarrah]

Actually this SoT was my best, however, since the brightness was set at 0%, it's not awesome.

Also it seems like Chrome is a battery hog regarded to my screenshot. I was usually surfing the net in the meantime, so I can say yes. I switched from the stock browser though. I'm open to battery-friendly browser suggestions.

But why isn't it satisfying as the others' SoT? I mean I did a lot of tweaks to get more juice!?

I use the FireFox browser and it works great and will sync up your bookmarks if you use it on your pc. I'm not sure why so many people try so hard to use Chrome (trying different versions of it). If you're one that loves the browser, no need to reply to this, keep loving it...that's the beauty of Android...so many options. Personally, I've never found it to be any sort of special browser in any of its versions, and for me, it's always a battery hog. I even quit using it on my pc because I found it to be the main source of my pc cpu running out of control. I LOVE all things Google, except Chrome. I suspect they use it as their primary source of info collecting from the masses (and so they pimp it hard), so it's always got stuff churning away in the background, mining data.

 

[Wullie32]

Well, here are my stats from today, far from fantastic.

 

[TNCattleDog]

Well, gotta say that battery use certainly varies by location. Just got back from a long weekend getaway to Charleston SC and battery life was awful there! (but my vacation was very nice!) Phone died after four hours of non-use today... in my pocket none the less. Averaged about 8 hours of use before recharging on a daily basis as opposed to 18+ hours here at home in Knoxville TN.

David

 

[somedude1234]

I really hope that battery break-in is the issue. I'm moving from an LG G2 to G4. When I got the G2, its battery life was extremely impressive. It could go 7AM-10PM+ with heavy use, many hours of screen on time, never had to think about conserving or changing settings. In its old age, its battery life has declined significantly, which I suppose could be caused by a number of factors, including hundreds of charge cycles, and perhaps running a new OS on old hardware. My brand new G4 can apparently only eke out under 3 hours of SOT without any taxing uses like navigating or games. I am trying some of these suggestions and playing around with settings, but I'm still perplexed by the mediocre battery life out-of-the-box and wondering if perhaps it improves over the course of the first week of charge cycles? (Or if maybe Lollipop is just more of a battery suck than a couple of Android versions ago?)

Upon further reading, it appears that turning on WiFi can extend battery life, since it's less taxing that LTE -- and I've generally been using all 4G with little or no WiFi. Should I put it in airplane mode before turning on WiFi, or does turning on WiFi alone have the same benefit?

 

[anon(782252)]

I really hope that battery break-in is the issue. I'm moving from an LG G2 to G4. When I got the G2, its battery life was extremely impressive. It could go 7AM-10PM+ with heavy use, many hours of screen on time, never had to think about conserving or changing settings. In its old age, its battery life has declined significantly, which I suppose could be caused by a number of factors, including hundreds of charge cycles, and perhaps running a new OS on old hardware. My brand new G4 can apparently only eke out under 3 hours of SOT without any taxing uses like navigating or games. I am trying some of these suggestions and playing around with settings, but I'm still perplexed by the mediocre battery life out-of-the-box and wondering if perhaps it improves over the course of the first week of charge cycles? (Or if maybe Lollipop is just more of a battery suck than a couple of Android versions ago?)

Upon further reading, it appears that turning on WiFi can extend battery life, since it's less taxing that LTE -- and I've generally been using all 4G with little or no WiFi. Should I put it in airplane mode before turning on WiFi, or does turning on WiFi alone have the same benefit?

You will always be disappointed with battery life and SOT if you compare it to the G2. It had a smaller screen and was 1080p. The G4 has more real estate and many more pixels to push which is taxing on the battery.

That said, 4,5,6 hours of SOT is certainly achievable.

Post some screenshots of battery stats and we can see if anything is unnecessarily eating away at battery performance.

Yes, Wi-Fi, when available can help. However, I have also achieved 4 hours SOT with 24 hours up time using just cell radio, so it is possible.