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LG G2X Battery Drain Fix

Out of the box my phone was terrible on battery. It would go dead sitting idle after only 5-6hrs.
It was using over 150mA consistently just sitting idle, compared to 2-5mA now after doing a reset...something in the initial config...and maybe in the several lockups I experienced, must have done something bad.
Cycle the battery by letting it drain all the way down until you cant even turn it on.
Perform a full factory reset and let the phone charge fully before loading the phone up with 3rd party apps just to make sure you dont introduce anything new to the scenario that may drain battery life.
After the factory reset and battery cycling it works how I expect it to...glad I didnt get angry and return it right away.
*Factory Reset*
Settings-Privacy-Factory Data Reset
Few additional things I have found. since initial post...
1. I confirmed several times that qik video is a complete piece of junk and drains the battery, after factory reset dont re-configure it.
2. In settings-location & security settings DO NOT enable Use GPS satellites unless you really need to use specific GPS data for navigation...when indoors the GPS keeps looking for signal and drains the battery very quick.
3. Bluetooth seems to have an issue and is not power friendly at all...I have mine turn on at scheduled times only using an app.
Other Disclaimers:
As has been posted elsewhere the battery drivers are poor at best, you cannot trust the numbers being reported back. What I can confirm is that the factory reset gave me a useable phone for a lot longer than the 5-6 hrs I started with when the phone would physically turn off....regardless of misreporting battery status. So basically do the reset and keep the offending apps/processes off until a better version comes out, and dont trust the reported battery percentage.
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Shrug... never had an issue. When I got the phone, I let it die before charging. Charged it up to 100% and have enjoyed a battery life that exceeds my N1 by at least 100%

momentarylapseofreason said:
Shrug... never had an issue. When I got the phone, I let it die before charging. Charged it up to 100% and have enjoyed a battery life that exceeds my N1 by at least 100%
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My battery is fine also. I'm on hour 10 and just now got yellow indicator or just now at %30. This is without conditioning and without factory reset.

jink25 said:
Out of the box my phone was terrible on battery. It would go dead sitting idle after only 5-6hrs.
It was using over 150mA consistently just sitting idle, compared to 2-5mA now after doing a reset...something in the initial config...and maybe in the several lockups I experienced, must have done something bad.
Cycle the battery by letting it drain all the way down until you cant even turn it on.
Perform a full factory reset and let the phone charge fully before loading the phone up with 3rd party apps just to make sure you dont introduce anything new to the scenario that may drain battery life.
After the factory reset and battery cycling it works how I expect it to...glad I didnt get angry and return it right away.
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Nice info. I appreciate you taking the time to give a detailed report.
When first getting a phone, I always drain it and charge it up 100%. Doing a factory reset isn't a bad idea at all...

The battery drain issue doesnt seem to be an issue for many..obviously there is some sort of problem for others though...thats why I provided the documentation to show it happening.
...others also have not had the lockup/reboot issue, which I had too...maybe they are somehow related? Either way a factory reset did the trick...draining the battery to 0 was just for good measure just in case.

Yeah umm... when I downloaded that battery monitor widget its reporting a 1200 mAH battery... hmm...

runderekrun said:
Yeah umm... when I downloaded that battery monitor widget its reporting a 1200 mAH battery... hmm...
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Thats becuase you need to input your battery rating, default is 1200...The values are ESTIMATED ONLY, and were used to just graph change over time.

runderekrun said:
Yeah umm... when I downloaded that battery monitor widget its reporting a 1200 mAH battery... hmm...
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Same here.... is 1200 just the default value?

dalepa said:
Same here.... is 1200 just the default value?
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Yes default is 1200...set the value to 1500.

Yes im getting less than adequate battery life iwill try this when I get home. So far ive been having to charge twice a day just to get through the day.
Thanks for the tip.
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Ah I see. Hey btw how do I factory reset this beast?
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runderekrun said:
Ah I see. Hey btw how do I factory reset this beast?
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Settings-Privacy-Factory Data Reset

Thanks home-slice
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Going on 16Hrs now without a charge and still with 24% left.
This graph is now including a nearly 2 hr phone call, playing a video over HDMI to my TV and a bunch of texting.
Notice the steeper decline in battery during the phone call has a nearly identical slope to the pre factory reset portion of the graph...which just shows how much battery it was draining off before for no good reason.

Battery life has definitely been improving for me on the second and third charge.

Im still having drain issues... .i wonder if I need to leave it charging even after 100% like you did...

jink25 said:
The battery drain issue doesnt seem to be an issue for many..obviously there is some sort of problem for others though...thats why I provided the documentation to show it happening.
...others also have not had the lockup/reboot issue, which I had too...maybe they are somehow related? Either way a factory reset did the trick...draining the battery to 0 was just for good measure just in case.
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My G2X is working perfect without all the issues some are addressing. As for battery life, I did have some phones before where it was horrible.
My theory is: If a phone comes with a faulty battery, it may be spiking (power) and making the device go wacko ... hence, memory loss, random reboots etc...
Since my few experiences with faulty batteries, I've just always stuck with the rule: "Go with only factory OEM parts or except a higher failure rate with knock off made in china batteries..."

dalepa said:
Im still having drain issues... .i wonder if I need to leave it charging even after 100% like you did...
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The factory reset was the main factor that fixed the issue for me.
Discharging the battery fully then recharging to 100% may help in that it will calibrate the electronics and get a truly 100 percent charge.

dalepa said:
Im still having drain issues... .i wonder if I need to leave it charging even after 100% like you did...
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It's actually good to do so.
Drain the battery completely (best before you sleep) ...make sure the phone shuts off by itself from low battery. Usually I play a game or watch youtube to drain it...
Plug it in and let it charge while you sleep...
The phone will have charged* to 100% long before you awake. *The extra hours it's been plugged in til' you awake. (I've noticed that our phone charges super fast. Anyone else?)
When you wake, unplug the phone from the charger.
Then turn it off and turn it back on...refresh it..
You're good to go...
Note: It's always nice to restart your phone, after you've been using heavy apps, especially HD recording, taking pictures etc... With all my smart phones I've noticed that the phone can tweak out at times after heavy use.
Hope this helps...

Ok yeah. I factory reset and battery is a ton better! When I first saw you post that you fixed it with a factory reset I was skeptical but after trying it, yeah it works. Battery (so far!) has been much better after the reset. I wonder if it was the root that messed us up?
Jinx did you root?

uptime. share your record

i am curious about achievable uptimes. e.g without reboots. because some reboots may be missed,I usually put an icon on notification bar (drocap or connectbot), when it disappear I check the recent applications and usually discover a reboot.
my record is 112 hours
usual uptime is less than 36 hours
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By uptime do you mean how much it lasts on one charge? Or do you mean how long youve been without a reboot and just charging your battery inbetween?

without reboot
I charge my nightly
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For me the longest was probably around 100 hours. I use the fjfalcon kernel so sometimes when my phone gets a lil sluggish, I reboot using adb and have to fastboot into the kernel. So I guess 36 hours is the normal uptime for me.

Not using fastboot until all these little kinks get worked out, bc I can't adb at work. Would say around 24-36. Would definately say once a day. Maybe in morning or at night bc of market hangs or just plain freezing.

183 hours and still working
It will turn out that the sdcard was the problem.
The previous almost 112 hours record, was with umount-ed sdcard (both partitions, ext2 and fat).
This uptime (almost 184 hours and counting up) is with sdcard removed (physically from the slot)
p.s. by working i mean even without warm reboot, quick reboot or whatever name is the process of system_server restarting

20 minutes. I reflash my phone a lot!

I reboot usually once week
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battery life?
what bout battery life? cos im not sure if my battery is damaged or something. usually i spend most of the time in one app at a time, like facebook, twitter or read books on adobe reader. then about 1-2 hours later battery drops from full to half. is that usual?

eejin2 said:
what bout battery life? cos im not sure if my battery is damaged or something. usually i spend most of the time in one app at a time, like facebook, twitter or read books on adobe reader. then about 1-2 hours later battery drops from full to half. is that usual?
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Try recalibrating ur battery with a "battery calibration" app. i had the exact same problem; my battery only lasted 1 day at most. after calibrating, i was able to get two days worth. btw i live in singapore so our phones should be the same..... hope that helps!

My XT have a cronic issue.. i dont know why but it reboot itself averytime... my record was 24hrs with miuixt, but sometimes it reboot like 4 times in 1 hour...
damn

androidlover123 said:
Try recalibrating ur battery with a "battery calibration" app. i had the exact same problem; my battery only lasted 1 day at most. after calibrating, i was able to get two days worth. btw i live in singapore so our phones should be the same..... hope that helps!
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hello fellow SG! i tried calibrating last night, but felt no difference. ive never tried using it until its totally flat. cos im still in sec school, cant charge in school, haha. dont wanna risk getting battery flat, if not i cant use it on the train. btw, how much did u overclock? and the vsel?

eejin2 said:
hello fellow SG! i tried calibrating last night, but felt no difference. ive never tried using it until its totally flat. cos im still in sec school, cant charge in school, haha. dont wanna risk getting battery flat, if not i cant use it on the train. btw, how much did u overclock? and the vsel?
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Oh I use 1ghz 65vsel and use auto killer memory optimizer at strict level. Btw I drained mine on the way home so that I could charge my phone for a good 6 hours after battery drained. Hope that helps!
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Here is my current uptime. Hope it will get past 200hrs.
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$ Running MIUI 2.2.1
$ 1.1Ghz @ 77vsel
$ Autokill Memory Optimizer
$ SetCPU

For the first time, 200hrs++

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For the first time, 200hrs++
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I was coming up on you here real soon but turns out my wife's XT's battery is crapping out, so I'll have to pull mine to restart hers and lose my uptime. Anyway by end of day I should hit close to 175hrs.

Woodrube said:
I was coming up on you here real soon but turns out my wife's XT's battery is crapping out, so I'll have to pull mine to restart hers and lose my uptime. Anyway by end of day I should hit close to 175hrs.
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That's great! My phone is now heading towards uptime of 300hrs.
Once I reach that milestone(hopefully) I'll post the results.
(Uptime of 1000hrs is that even possible )
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OTA 2.3.4 Upgrade - Battery Issues

So I have had the OTA upgrade on my phone for the past few days and the battery life has gotten unbelievably bad. I'm so confused because it seems to have helped a lot of peoples batteries. I have not changed any habits at all and can barely get through the morning. I'm losing 20% just on the 25 minute train ride to work.
Any ideas?

I'm on the same boat as you I hope we can get a helpful answer.
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Still no improvement. There have to be more than just 2 people that have experienced something this drastic. I have made absolutely NO changes other than the update and the battery life is absolutely pathetic --- like 3-4 hours pathetic.
And no I have nothing synching.

ark2612 said:
Still no improvement. There have to be more than just 2 people that have experienced something this drastic. I have made absolutely NO changes other than the update and the battery life is absolutely pathetic --- like 3-4 hours pathetic.
And no I have nothing synching.
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That isn't good at all...may I suggest an extended battery? This is my battery stats for today thus far. I have a chichitec battery. I have 13 widgets, 3 email accounts, and a twitter account syncing every couple of hours.
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Still no improvement. There have to be more than just 2 people that have experienced something this drastic. I have made absolutely NO changes other than the update and the battery life is absolutely pathetic --- like 3-4 hours pathetic.
And no I have nothing synching.
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I'm no expert, but perhaps it'd be worth installing an app that monitors CPU usage. I remember having such battery problems with the Desire HD and it came down the the CPU constantly running at 100%. Perhaps you have an app that took a dislike to the update?
Just a thought...
Craig.

This is my situation also. Battery is the worse battery of any smartphone I've owned, since the update. No root, nothing. I'm either too lazy or not savvy enough to pinpoint this down, as far as apps, what is syncing, how often, blah blah. All I know is I am using it as little as possible b/c of the battery. I have had it 8 days, and REALLY need to call Cust Serv asap so I can get a replacement and see what happens, but I just don't want to go through the hassle of them trying to troubleshoot the phone. I'm also experiencing the HTC Sense reloading when exiting out of apps, and a few other small bugs/glitches, like web pages jumping/skipping around when I am scrolling through them. Sorry to unload on this thread I know it's about battery...

Same problem, but my battery get way way way too hot. All that energy loss getting hot is killing my battery. It gets up to 50+ degrees C. Way to hot and ever since using these 2.3.4 ROMs.

Try calibrating the battery.

You guys also might have gotten a bad battery. I'm pretty sure if you call HTC they'll send you one free if you tell them the battery overheats.

aNYthing24 said:
You guys also might have gotten a bad battery. I'm pretty sure if you call HTC they'll send you one free if you tell them the battery overheats.
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This would make perfect sense if I didn't have my phone from the initial launch day at Walmart and the battery had been great for me UNTIL the upgrade. It's not the battery's fault.
And yes, I have recalibrated. And no, synching is not the issue since everything is the same from prior to the upgrade.

Actually you do need to recalibrate the battery. I had really bad battery life after the ota upgrade, spare parts app and wiping battery stats and now much better battery life than before ota. I have 64% at the moment, unplugged at 7:30am. I used to get 8 hours to a charge right after ota
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Before the Update, my battery life was great, except that occasionally I'd wake my phone up to a Battery meter showing a big grey !, instead of the color-coded indicator. A quick glance online said there was something possibly wrong with the battery, or that it was an unsupported 3rd-party battery
After the update, the battery will suddenly decide its ~70% lower than it was several minutes before, and shut itself down. I had to take the battery out, then put it back in, before the phone would recognize that the battery was actually still mostly charged.
The warning symbol mentioned above was infrequent enough, I could believe it wasn't noticed by everyone having these troubles. I think there's simply something wrong with the batteries, but since the 2.3.4 update, the phone treats the problem differently

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Actually you do need to recalibrate the battery. I had really bad battery life after the ota upgrade, spare parts app and wiping battery stats and now much better battery life than before ota. I have 64% at the moment, unplugged at 7:30am. I used to get 8 hours to a charge right after ota
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How did you use "Spare parts"? I downloaded it and I can't find where to wipe the battery stats. I pick battery history and it tells me I'm using gingerbread ROM which does not contain battery stats reporting activity.

An app could be playing up. I know it's annoying but you could try a factory reset and reinstall everything from scratch. I find this helps tame apps that misbehave.
If your phone was fine prior to the update it's unlikely its a battery/hardware issue.

lianw said:
Try calibrating the battery.
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+1, your battery stats got wiped from the update, so you need to do a few complete charge to 0%'s.
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rosedog said:
How did you use "Spare parts"? I downloaded it and I can't find where to wipe the battery stats. I pick battery history and it tells me I'm using gingerbread ROM which does not contain battery stats reporting activity.
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If I remember correctly from my n1,, spare parts was for rooted phones
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Add me to the list of people whose battery life died after the upgrade. I even tired a factory reset over the weekend to no avail. I also tried switching batteries from another Sensation that I have which wasn't being used but no luck there either. In my mind it definitely is a software issue. And to think I used to brag about this phone's battery life!
I just need to root this thing and move on. Was hoping the HTC root process would come out soon. The instructions make rooting HTC's seem more complicated than my Samsung Vibrant which was pretty simple.

How do you calibrate the battery? lawl

If you're rooted, you can download an app called Battery Calibration that will help with calibrating the battery.
Otherwise, basically run your phone up to 100%, then drain it down to 0 until it shuts off, then recharge it back to 100%. Do this several times over the course of a few days and it should be calibrated.

Been experiencing the same thing. Finally got around to checking wakelock, and found that HTC sense had wakelocked the phone for 9 hours (the awake bar in system settings was solid). Some quick googling suggests that in certain cases, the HTC Sense sync can do this, so our common denominator may be that we all have a sense account set up.
I've disabled sense in my accounts, and killed the sense service. We'll see if that "fixes" it.

[Q] Phone overheating

Pretty much since the summer in my car where the first accident happened my phone tends to overheat a lot(when charging and sometimes when using gps).
Yesterday while charging it in my room and playing a game the widget showed the phone at 50 degrees Celsius.
When I saw it I immediately turned it off, and took the battery out so it will cool faster, the battery didn't feel so hot tho.
So what may be the issue? defected parts? or maybe it's just the sensor? Any way of finding out?

kishke said:
Pretty much since the summer in my car where the first accident happened my phone tends to overheat a lot(when charging and sometimes when using gps).
Yesterday while charging it in my room and playing a game the widget showed the phone at 50 degrees Celsius.
When I saw it I immediately turned it off, and took the battery out so it will cool faster, the battery didn't feel so hot tho.
So what may be the issue? defected parts? or maybe it's just the sensor? Any way of finding out?
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Charging the phone makes the whole thing hot. It happened on my note all the time. Especially near the camera. Its not just you.
If it gets so hot you can't touch it anymore that's when I get scared lol
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Usually at around 45 degrees I get a message saying the phone is too hot so the charging is being stopped.

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Usually at around 45 degrees I get a message saying the phone is too hot so the charging is being stopped.
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Same for me that only happened once.

Happens every time when it's hot outside, one time it happened from only using the gps.

kishke said:
Pretty much since the summer in my car where the first accident happened my phone tends to overheat a lot(when charging and sometimes when using gps).
Yesterday while charging it in my room and playing a game the widget showed the phone at 50 degrees Celsius.
When I saw it I immediately turned it off, and took the battery out so it will cool faster, the battery didn't feel so hot tho.
So what may be the issue? defected parts? or maybe it's just the sensor? Any way of finding out?
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Have you tried stopping apps from running? Have you gotten advance task killer?
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I'm running almost a fresh sky-ics now, I'm gonna keep it that way until tommorow and see how it goes when im driving

FOX3S15 said:
Have you tried stopping apps from running? Have you gotten advance task killer?
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don't ever use task killers
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While on gingerbread, I never got a message about charging needs to be stopped because of overheating. But since the stock ICS 4.0.4 rogers update, I see it almost every day. I guess I'll wait & see if there's an update to 4.0.4, or for the 4.1?
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kishke said:
Pretty much since the summer in my car where the first accident happened my phone tends to overheat a lot(when charging and sometimes when using gps).
Yesterday while charging it in my room and playing a game the widget showed the phone at 50 degrees Celsius.
When I saw it I immediately turned it off, and took the battery out so it will cool faster, the battery didn't feel so hot tho.
So what may be the issue? defected parts? or maybe it's just the sensor? Any way of finding out?
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Hi, I had very similar issues...it would overheat even when NOT charging or using GPS. Of course, this only started happening once summer hit in NYC (around end of May).... I did a lot of research and this has helped me TREMENDOUSLY. YMMV, but it's something to look into.
First, I flashed a kernel hack from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437563
Then I installed GideonX's battery tweak script from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20946429&postcount=574
Not only has the temp become more stable, I get better battery life. Of course, you're effectively under-clocking the device, but I haven't experienced any performance degradation with any system intensive apps, like games, etc....
Let me know if this works out for you! AND READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU FLASH!

Thanks I'll check it out although im already uc+uv. today I reached a new record for 57 degree's Celsius.
Also you linked GB kernel I'm on ics but I'm using mohans kernel.

Even my phone geys heated up... I guess it's a problem with most android phones... But actually as such there is no solution out.. Nd i guess it isn't causing much of a problem also!
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Forgot to write..... Dude 57 degrees is a hell lot.... I guess there is a serious problem with your hardware or maybe rom or possibly kernel... U must seriously try to identity the problem!
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Not sure if this will be at all helpful either, since it takes about 7-10 days before it shows any results, but it's worth a shot. It's a crowd-sourcing app called Carat: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...iZXJrZWxleS5jcy5hbXBsYWIuY2FyYXQuYW5kcm9pZCJd

well the 57 degrees were achieved by leaving the phone in the car in the sun with the gps on while talking to a friend outside for 15-20 mins so it's a rare occasion but it gets to 50-52 when charging+dps mid day.
Installed carat and let's see what it says, thanks.
I think my main issue is the summer here, it never overheated in the winter.

If you're driving with the phone exposed to the sun, it's going to get hot. Even larger devices that can dissipate heat better such a tablets will over heat in the sun.
I recently started running 192min 1.08max which appears to have helped slightly. I mostly did this to see how it'd affect battery life though since I haven't noticed any performance changes.
Still, if you're charging, gps, and to top it off are in direct sunlight on a hot day, any device will get hot. I don't think there's anything you can potentially do to fully solve this other than clip it onto a car vent to run air over it while out of sun's view.
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Actually I am positioning the air conditioner to blow on the phone but the car mount blocks most of it.
I guess the phone can take the heat no prob, I'll just have to get a new battery once the heat kills it because I heard that lithium batteries are sensitive to heat above 45-50 degrees Celsius.

Nexus 5 battery problems

Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?

Jaggions said:
Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
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What does the battery settings show?
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Just buy another phone that has higher than 2300 milliampz

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Looks like wakelocking. You'll need root and BetterBatteryStats to fix it (without guessing).

dicecuber said:
Just buy another phone that has higher than 2300 milliampz
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The Nexus 5 has been proven to last longer then an SGS4 which has a bigger battery, and the HTC one with the same size battery (under proper testing conditions) all while using a faster SoC. Do you troll the forums for those phones as well?
Maybe a Moto G or LG G2 would suit some people better for their increased battery life, but that doesn't mean you need to troll every thread on here with false accusations.
If you'd like any more proof on how the N5 battery lasts longer and is more efficient than competing phones of higher prices, just let me know.

Aerowinder said:
Looks like wakelocking. You'll need root and BetterBatteryStats to fix it (without guessing).
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I did what you said; I have attached some screenshots. I'm not an expert about this, but it seems like you were right. What shall I do?

The most important stat to look at is partial wakelocks - it lets you see which app or apps are waking.

Mort said:
I'll have to check on that... I think it might not be that easy...
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Just attach the log, missing info from those screenshots.

Aerowinder said:
Just attach the log, missing info from those screenshots.
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Sorry for the delay. Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5og53439mj8b5cg/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-28_175226040.txt

Jaggions said:
Sorry for the delay. Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5og53439mj8b5cg/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-28_175226040.txt
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Go into device settings > Location. Set Mode to Device only. Ensure that the Google location reporting in that same area is off.
Take another BBS log and post it.

I experience the same issues. Not charging when connected or even lose charge when connected. I am still figuring out what causes it. First of all try using the original cable and charger. Second, disconnect the charger when the screen is on, I read somewhere that can help as well.
Today I had the same issue again, but just before I started charging, the battery would lose 1% per 2 minutes and my phone became very warm.
If I find out more, I will let you know.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app

Aerowinder said:
Go into device settings > Location. Set Mode to Device only. Ensure that the Google location reporting in that same area is off.
Take another BBS log and post it.
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I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt

Jaggions said:
I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
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EntriesRefresh_wakelock (com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.Google Search): 4 h 47 m 17 s (17237 s) Count:0 98.6%
That is the problem. That particular wakelock belongs to Google Now. I hope you don't use it, because the solution is to turn it off (from within the program). You could try force stopping and/or wiping it's data. But the fact of the matter is that it's a bug in the app.
Google Now has been this way since it was released. The only conclusion I can draw is that Google doesn't care. It's never behaved properly. And that location reporting (that you've now disabled) is completely out of control, been that way for a year now. I actually greenify the Google apps now. I'm tired of putting up with the lazy programming. Keep, Now, Chrome, Drive, Maps, I greenify all of those. I still allow them to sync, but Greenify will kill them again after they are finished.

Jaggions said:
I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
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Thank you. I'll try disabling google now and I'll let you know.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app

I can confirm that I have no battery problems anymore (today after 6 hours of average usage it was still at 80%!!). Thank you all for your help!

Good to hear. If anyone else see's Android OS or Search taking up 50% or more of your battery that can be mitigated.

Jaggions said:
Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
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Take out your Battery, put it on a flat surface say a table. Try to Spin it....if it spins over 2 rounds then you need to buy a new battery.