Why is my battery life so low on the LG G6?

[Android Central Question]

Hi everyone
Just got the G6 a month ago. Wonderful camera and great specs for the price.
When I leave home at 7:40 am I have to enable power saving and I end up at 3pm with 40%.

If I don't enable power saving then it dies at around 2:40pm. What is going on!

 

[belodion]

Do your battery usage stats and mobile signal strength offer any clues?

 

[Joshua Hall2]

Do your battery usage stats and mobile signal strength offer any clues?

3/5 bars always for mobile strength.
Screen uses 7% (highest) and the Android OS uses 3%. Also phone idle uses 6%.

 

[ASD Dad]

Hi everyone
Just got the G6 a month ago. Wonderful camera and great specs for the price.
When I leave home at 7:40 am I have to enable power saving and I end up at 3pm with 40%.

If I don't enable power saving then it dies at around 2:40pm. What is going on!

Definitely something wrong. Check rogue apps, check it in Safe Mode, clear cache, etc... I can go all day, upwards of 14 hours off the charger and I still have 20% left when I plug in at night. That is with about 3 hrs SOT, some GPS, Spotify for an hour or so, etc.

 

[Rukbat]

@ASD Dad:

Bringing the battery down to 20% every day shortens the battery life considerably. It should be recharged at no lower than 40% (or you should turn the phone off when it gets to 40% if you can't charge it). Especially on a phone you can't replace the battery in by just popping the back off.

 

[Joshua Hall2]

Yeah as I am typing this I am at (power saving on) 64% and it is now 12:30. I'll check the cache and apps...

 

[Joshua Hall2]

Thinking of getting a battery case.....are they worth it?

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Thinking of getting a battery case.....are they worth it?

Yeah, they work well.

 

[Joshua Hall2]

Yeah one from ZeroLemon...

 

[benjamin19]

Yeah one from ZeroLemon...

The one from Newdry is good too.

 

[xplod566]

Hi everyone
Just got the G6 a month ago. Wonderful camera and great specs for the price.
When I leave home at 7:40 am I have to enable power saving and I end up at 3pm with 40%.

If I don't enable power saving then it dies at around 2:40pm. What is going on!

Disable location tracking from GPS settings.will double your battery

 

[patruns]

Why does the original poster have no post numbers and a screen name "Android Central Question"?

 

[Joshua Hall2]

Ok i turned the location to GPS only will see how that works.

 

[Joshua Hall2]

Yeah I didn't log in when I asked that question....then I logged in with my Google account to reply.

 

[revtech]

Not sure if this is helpful because you might have a defective battery, but I've had this phone 6 months and always got around 4.5 hours of screen on time, I installed the "greenify" app last night and so far today I'm at over 5 hours screen on time with 40% battery left. I was skeptical but that's what I'm seeing today, maybe it's worth a shot?
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Btw, that's alot of time on a phone but I'm home sick today so that's why so much screentime

 

[anon(10311036)]

Definitely something wrong. Check rogue apps, check it in Safe Mode, clear cache, etc... I can go all day, upwards of 14 hours off the charger and I still have 20% left when I plug in at night. That is with about 3 hrs SOT, some GPS, Spotify for an hour or so, etc.

hey man, how can I know what is a rogue app?

 

[ASD Dad]

hey man, how can I know what is a rogue app?

Any app that could be running in the background using up a lot of battery. FB, FB Messenger and Gas Buddy were all known apps that are battery hogs. You need to look at your battery stats or use an app like GSam or Accubattery to see what is using the most battery.

 

[anon(10311036)]

Disable location tracking from GPS settings.will double your battery

Im sorry.. my english is not very good.

So, I have this options, wich one should I use?

1 high precision (gps and network)
2 power saving mode (just network)
3 only device sensor (just gps)

I got a litle bit confused, so I guess runing just gps will sabe more batery than the power saving mode?

 

[Theot]

Im sorry.. my english is not very good.

So, I have this options, wich one should I use?

1 high precision (gps and network)
2 power saving mode (just network)
3 only device sensor (just gps)

I got a litle bit confused, so I guess runing just gps will sabe more batery than the power saving mode?

Running just GPS will likely use the most battery. High precision uses the phone's GPS and the network's location, which should be a little better. Power saving is network only location and will use the least power but is also the least accurate. I personally turn my GPS off completely when not using it to save battery.

 

[Morty2264]

Any updates on your situation, OP?