Worst battery

[Morty2264]

looks like I'm the small percentage who has a dud. It didnt do this before the last update I got. At the end of the day I just got my essential phone and damn this thing nice. Time to sell this LG its been fun everyone!

The Essential Phone looks really cool! Glad you're enjoying it!

 

[anon(9918034)]

A great example of the g6 I have being a dude, got my essential phone. At 65% battery, set it up and have been playing with it a lot. After 3 hours of sot I'm still at 32% battery. Since I don't have the heart to sell this phone due to the battery issues, sprint will buy it back for 250. Which is what I would get after selling it on swappa, they are only going for about 300. On sprint there is no guarantee that the unlock code will be accepted by another carrier to re-provision the phone.

 

[cohoman]

I upgraded to the G6 a few months ago from a Samsung S7 and I have fantastic battery life. I take my G6 off the wireless charger at 6 am and can go all day without having to recharge. I usually make it to 8 pm and still have maybe 30% charge left which works great for me. Comparing this to my old S7 where I needed to constantly charge it through the day.

Now, I have to say I carefully removed a lot of bloatware using the LG Package Disabler Pro app and also removed Facebook from my G6 which probably helped with background power usage. I also don't constantly use my phone throughout the day so I don't have very high screen on time. YMMV

 

[Morty2264]

I upgraded to the G6 a few months ago from a Samsung S7 and I have fantastic battery life. I take my G6 off the wireless charger at 6 am and can go all day without having to recharge. I usually make it to 8 pm and still have maybe 30% charge left which works great for me. Comparing this to my old S7 where I needed to constantly charge it through the day.

Now, I have to say I carefully removed a lot of bloatware using the LG Package Disabler Pro app and also removed Facebook from my G6 which probably helped with background power usage. I also don't constantly use my phone throughout the day so I don't have very high screen on time. YMMV

Oh yeah, Facebook drains a lot of battery because it's always running in the background. Good on you for being diligent about disabling bloatware and background-consumption apps!

 

[Morty2264]

A great example of the g6 I have being a dude, got my essential phone. At 65% battery, set it up and have been playing with it a lot. After 3 hours of sot I'm still at 32% battery. Since I don't have the heart to sell this phone due to the battery issues, sprint will buy it back for 250. Which is what I would get after selling it on swappa, they are only going for about 300. On sprint there is no guarantee that the unlock code will be accepted by another carrier to re-provision the phone.

Glad that you have a plan! What is your favourite thing about the Essential Phone? Also, did you buy it online or from its own website?

 

[anon(9918034)]

Glad that you have a plan! What is your favourite thing about the Essential Phone? Also, did you buy it online or from its own website?

The build quality is freaking amazing, the stock Android experience. Out of the box I had 2 updates and it's currently on the September security update. I ordered mine through my carrier sprint, which happens to be the only launch partner.

 

[Morty2264]

The build quality is freaking amazing, the stock Android experience. Out of the box I had 2 updates and it's currently on the September security update. I ordered mine through my carrier sprint, which happens to be the only launch partner.

Wow, it sounds amazing! So glad it's a great phone and that you're enjoying it! Wonder if it's available anywhere in Canada... Hmm.

 

[Ian Bower]

Current usage.. Typical?

 

[Ian Bower]

3hr 25 SOT with 37% remaining.. Probably 4 1/2 by the time it's done

 

[digitalbreak]

3hr 25 SOT with 37% remaining.. Probably 4 1/2 by the time it's done

That's a good number and believable one. Anything beyond this will be completely subjective to the setup.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Not having Facebook and disabling quick memo was huge.

 

[Ian Bower]

Can't disable quick memo Jeremiah, baked into the software here in the UK, I figured that Facebook was a bit of a hog but I can live with 2%

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Can't disable quick memo Jeremiah, baked into the software here in the UK, I figured that Facebook was a bit of a hog but I can live with 2%

If you got the LG Package Disabler, you might be able to.

 

[Theot]

I upgraded to the G6 a few months ago from a Samsung S7 and I have fantastic battery life. I take my G6 off the wireless charger at 6 am and can go all day without having to recharge. I usually make it to 8 pm and still have maybe 30% charge left which works great for me. Comparing this to my old S7 where I needed to constantly charge it through the day.

Now, I have to say I carefully removed a lot of bloatware using the LG Package Disabler Pro app and also removed Facebook from my G6 which probably helped with background power usage. I also don't constantly use my phone throughout the day so I don't have very high screen on time. YMMV

Did the same, cannot believe the difference between the S7 and G6 in battery life. Huge difference. I was afraid to go anywhere with the S7 because it seemed like it just would suck the battery down several percent an hour even if I wasn't using it.

 

[Other Stuff]

What the hell....how do you get battery life like that..

 

[devaa]

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[Reg Robinson]

Swap that one out. Your experience doesn't match my own at all. Battery has been very good to excellent for me, depending on what I'm using the phone for. Sorry for your inconvenience and disappointment. A good G6 really is a terrific phone.