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Nexus 4 Battery Life - < 3 hours?
I've just got a Nexus 4 and it's my first real phone. But the battery life is around 3 hours from full charge to almost nothing.
I'm sorry but that seems incredibly low to me. I'd expect to be able to charge it overnight and then have it working all day. 3 and a bit hours is just appalling. Can anyone comment or shine any light on this? I've already turned off everything I can, but even then, it seems insane that you have to turn off everything just to get 3 hours of power from the phone. Very unhappy with it so far in that respect. |
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Are you using it for 3 hours solidly or is it just on standby?
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Are you using it for 3 hours solidly or is it just on standby?
Nothing major. |
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Do you mean 3 hours screen on time or 3 actual hours? 3 hours screen time is about normal on a smartphone.
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Do you mean 3 hours screen on time or 3 actual hours? 3 hours screen time is about normal on a smartphone.
Is that REALLY the battery life I can expect to see...? It's insane. Worse than that, even... I'm simply stunned at the amount of battery power this thing has(n't). |
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Battery = approx 7.5 watt hours.
3 hours = 2.5 watts power drain. I could quite imagine that big bright screen using 2 watts. It is very similar with smaller phones with smaller screen and smaller batter. |
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i take my nexus 4 off charge at 6:30am.
i use it almost constantly thru the morning/day and don't have to connect it again until around 2pm/2:30pm (and even then it's not below 20%). that's around 8 hours usage. i use it for browsing web, txting, and whatsapp (whatsapp is a big battery drain on both iphone and android). 3 hours suggests you have a rogue app or a faulty device. (i was getting around the same battery usage on an iphone 4s doing the same tasks and same battery charging routine). |
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3 hours suggests you have a rogue app or a faulty device.
That would make 250% difference |
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turn off your
gps wifi 3g data bluetooth Put you screen brightness on auto and only switch them on as required -- then if you make just a few calls you will get days upto 6 in my experience . |
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turn off your
gps wifi 3g data bluetooth Put you screen brightness on auto and only switch them on as required -- then if you make just a few calls you will get days upto 6 in my experience . |
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Brilliant - turn off the features that make a smartphone useful.
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Thanks to everyone. I'll give it a few more days of charging and usage and see what's what. It could easily be a rogue battery.
So thanks again
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Thanks to everyone. I'll give it a few more days of charging and usage and see what's what. It could easily be a rogue battery.
So thanks again ![]() I've had a few with my Nexus 7 eating battery merrily away in the background....it's a huge pain tracking them down. |
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Thanks to everyone. I'll give it a few more days of charging and usage and see what's what. It could easily be a rogue battery.
So thanks again ![]() If you don't see any improvement after the auto brightness change, then I'd say you have a faulty unit. The phone easily lasts a day of use with browsing, games, music and social stuff. |
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Brilliant - turn off the features that make a smartphone useful.
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Install GSam Battery Monitor. it give a very detailed breakdown of what is using your battery.
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My Nexus 4 was pretty bad on the original firmware. Download the OTA update and you should fix it.
The main process using the battery was 'msm_hsic_host' if I remember correctly (install BetterBatteryStats to check). My Nexus 4 lasts from 0600-2230 and is usually at 40%. That's with push mail, my sms, and latitude on. Today it has done 19h 38m and is on 58%, though I've not really used it (screen on). |
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My Nexus 4 was pretty bad on the original firmware. Download the OTA update and you should fix it.
The main process using the battery was 'msm_hsic_host' if I remember correctly (install BetterBatteryStats to check). My Nexus 4 lasts from 0600-2230 and is usually at 40%. That's with push mail, my sms, and latitude on. Today it has done 19h 38m and is on 58%, though I've not really used it (screen on). whatsapp and the facebook app (by recent reports) or not great on the battery. |
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On and off, yes, about 3 hours of screen time. But that's doing very little other than browsing, etc.
Is that REALLY the battery life I can expect to see...? It's insane. Worse than that, even... I'm simply stunned at the amount of battery power this thing has(n't). |
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3 hours screen time is normal judging by my usage and other people's usage I've seen on forums.
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3 hours screen time is normal judging by my usage and other people's usage I've seen on forums.
The OP needs to turn the Auto Brightness on. That made a difference for me. |
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I'm doing a battery report today. Will report back on findings over the weekend. Maybe other people will see this post after having problems with their N4 and it will help everyone!
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Yep the brightness is a real battery sucker. Putting it on auto made a HUGE difference to me. Also place a power toggle widget on the homescreen, easily flick stuff on and off and control brightness. I easily get through a day with moderate use with battery life still to spare by the end of the day.
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I'm doing a battery report today. Will report back on findings over the weekend. Maybe other people will see this post after having problems with their N4 and it will help everyone!
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Have you switched on the Auto Brightness in Settings? Forget rogue batteries and rogue apps until you've done that. seriously.
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