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Anybody with an LG G2?
Just got the phone and i am liking it so far.....
Just wanted to ask a couple of things... How much battery life are you getting? Maybe its just me but my battery doesn't last as long as many were raving about....It probably lasts me till the end of the day? I was thinking maybe i have a faulty phone and i should perhaps take it back? Also the double tap on the screen to bring it back to wake doesn't always work and i have to tap a couple of times.....is this the same for you? |
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Just got the phone....
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Maybe its just me but my battery doesn't last as long as many were raving about....
That's your answer. You just got the phone....About double tap. Do it slow and on the second tap just let your finger rest on the screen for those couple of seconds. |
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That's your answer. You just got the phone....
About double tap. Do it slow and on the second tap just let your finger rest on the screen for those couple of seconds. How much battery are you getting? Scared that it may be my phone and i need to return it.... Is there any battery saving tips you recommend? |
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Oh you have the phone?
How much battery are you getting? Scared that it may be my phone and i need to return it.... Is there any battery saving tips you recommend? there is though an excellent app from qualcomm that works with all their chipsets called battery guru https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...agon.app&hl=en just give it a few days and stop checking your battery level every 5 minutes. that is where all your battery is going. |
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what he's saying is it's new which means 1) the battery hasn't been cycled 2) you're dicking about with it.
there is though an excellent app from qualcomm that works with all their chipsets called battery guru https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...agon.app&hl=en just give it a few days and stop checking your battery level every 5 minutes. that is where all your battery is going. |
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A Li-Ion battery doesn't achieve full capacity until several full charge/discharge cycles, and also people are more likely to fiddle about trying different things on a new phone.
So yes, give it more time. As for BatteryGuru I can strongly recommend you do not get it, as it's absolutely rubbish. It doesn't do anything that isn't done better by other apps, and has some bugs which cause interactions with other apps making it waste ten times more battery than it saves. |
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A Li-Ion battery doesn't achieve full capacity until several full charge/discharge cycles, and also people are more likely to fiddle about trying different things on a new phone.
So yes, give it more time. As for BatteryGuru I can strongly recommend you do not get it, as it's absolutely rubbish. It doesn't do anything that isn't done better by other apps, and has some bugs which cause interactions with other apps making it waste ten times more battery than it saves. I am trying to run it right down to 0% and then charge it again |
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I think it's better to do smaller top up charges with lithium ion. In my experience full discharges generate less battery life and should only be done if you think you have battery calibration issues and ideally you should keep it above 20%
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In the long run, yes. But new batteries benefit from conditioning, it's nothing to do with calibration which is mostly an urban myth in itself.
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In the long run, yes. But new batteries benefit from conditioning, it's nothing to do with calibration which is mostly an urban myth in itself.
(In fact the vast majority of handsets will protect the battery by not allowing you to fully discharge the battery) This conditioning myth seems to have come about from early laptop Li-ion batteries which supposedly needed to be discharged to calibrate the internal sensors. This had the side effect of reducing the overall life. |
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Conditioning is for Nicad and Nimh batteries. Discharging a Li based battery beyond five to ten percent is a bad idea at any time. Just normal charging is what the battery needs.
(In fact the vast majority of handsets will protect the battery by not allowing you to fully discharge the battery) This conditioning myth seems to have come about from early laptop Li-ion batteries which supposedly needed to be discharged to calibrate the internal sensors. This had the side effect of reducing the overall life. So what your saying is i should let my battery run to like 4% and then charge? I should charge my phone when the battery is around 20%/30% left? |
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Conditioning is for Nicad and Nimh batteries. Discharging a Li based battery beyond five to ten percent is a bad idea at any time. Just normal charging is what the battery needs.
(In fact the vast majority of handsets will protect the battery by not allowing you to fully discharge the battery) This conditioning myth seems to have come about from early laptop Li-ion batteries which supposedly needed to be discharged to calibrate the internal sensors. This had the side effect of reducing the overall life. http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries http://www.rm.com/_RMVirtual/Media/D...eries_Care.doc http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/fiv...-battery-life/ http://uk.ask.com/question/do-you-ne...um-ion-battery I guess a lot of people still disagree on this... |
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This is all very technical to me lol?
So what your saying is i should let my battery run to like 4% and then charge? I should charge my phone when the battery is around 20%/30% left? |
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Doesn't it have a lithium polymer battery?
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Oh you have the phone?
How much battery are you getting? Scared that it may be my phone and i need to return it.... Is there any battery saving tips you recommend? |
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