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Its teh effin data!

Ok so without a doubt it is most definitely the data that is so massively draining the battery.
I have always been using juice defender to turn off data when my screen is off but I would still be at around 70% battery after about 4 1/2 hours of it just sitting in my pocket while I'm working.
I uninstalled juice defender and just placed a beautiful widgets data toggle on my main home screen, turning off data manually when not in use.
The results? I unplugged my phone at 6:47am this morning and I'm sitting here at a tattoo shop at 2:20am tonight with still 50% battery..and thats with plenty of texting, phone calls, some internet browsing and about an hour of music playback.
Hell yes.
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No clue why juice defender doesn't show the same results. :|
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That's standard behavior for any phone. If you don't have data enabled then you basically have a pretty paperweight sitting there.

Yeah and I even noticed that when I power my phone off the battery lasts for weeks!!! Turns out that having the phone turned on actually will drain the battery! Who knew?! ........ <sarcasm off>

You know, it's weird, i originally tried toggling data off, and I still got terrible drain. Ever since I installed a toggle switch for edge to 4g, battery life has been amazing.
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dougstoner said:
You know, it's weird, i originally tried toggling data off, and I still got terrible drain. Ever since I installed a toggle switch for edge to 4g, battery life has been amazing.
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What's the name of this toggle app you're using?
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Yeah, the modem in this phone hammers the battery similar to how wimax affects sprint phones. I don't know why though, seeing as howl my g2s modem was rated the same 14.4 mbps throughput as the g2x... I hope they update the baseband and make the phone idle better, because after hammering the battery for a bit I noticed that it stays warm after going into my pocket...
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I'm loving the sarcasm in this thread..lol
But my main point is the massive difference between juice defender "automatically turning off data" and just doing it manually.
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The OP is right, the data connection must be directly related to battery drain issues many of us are experiencing.
I turned on my Wifi, but left the Wifi calling feature off since I do not need it (I have unlimited everything anyways), and used the phone as normal today. I woke up just before 7am for the Formula One race and unplugged the phone at that time. With Wifi on, thus no 4g, regular texting, two calls under 5 minutes each, about ten minutes of web browsing and maybe twenty minutes in and out of Twitter for various updates, the phone was sitting at 70% at 3pm.
Usually, by 3pm I have plugged my phone in at least once, or the battery would be well below 40%...if not dead. I have not tried using only 2g because that is not what I bought the phone for.

Phone in pocket is a battery killer as well.
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It's called switch pro. I don't understand why my phone still trained with data off, but with the 4g edge switch, I can go forever with a charge.
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What's the name of this toggle app you're using?
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[Q] Intriguing Battery use.

After a full charge to 100%, my battery reports that it holds that 100% charge even through heavy usage, for up to 30 minutes. Anybody else noticing this weird easter-egg?

I noticed this too
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Happened to me too. Infact, before the udate, my battery was 80%, after update and reboot, it showed 100% for quite q while and then it started dropping.
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Yeah, but after that it drops like crazy.

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Yeah, but after that it drops like crazy.
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+1 same here... Before 78% after new ROM 100% removed battery stats... But no cigar
Maybe this will help..
Remove battery stats.
Plug to the wall charger when the phone is off and let it charge for let's say 5u
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I've heard that it's only a good idea to wipe battery stats when the battery's fully charged, not before.

I charged the battery full, calibrated it and now drops normally. Current widget shows me very high consumption, I don't know is it works normally with dual cores.
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How you calibrated ?
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Are you rooted with CWM?
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Definately something strange going on.
I charged my phone up fully last night, took it off charge and went to bed.
This was the battery usage in the morning. Trying to work out why it shows awake and screen on for the entire time.
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Arthur Hucksake said:
Definately something strange going on.
I charged my phone up fully last night, took it off charge and went to bed.
This was the battery usage in the morning. Trying to work out why it shows awake and screen on for the entire time.
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That's a misleading image.
What that data means is this: of all the energy expended DURING THE NIGHT(according to the photo 1-2%) the energy lost was because the phone was awake at some point, and the screen was on. It DOES NOT mean that your phone was awake/screen on all night. Just that the energy lost during the night was because the phone was awake/screen on for a miniscule portion of the night (somebody texted you or something). Nothing to be distraught over.

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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227563
(thanks to maff1989)
It seems to work for a lot of people.

i calibrated, wiped batt stats and then fully discharged and recharged, nearly a week later im gettting back to normal levels, i was also hanging on 54% for like 4 hrs then phone would just power off

Impressive Battery Life?

Hey everyone, I have now had my Nexus S for 3 days and have loved every minute of it.
One of the things that has surprised me is the battery life. Check it out:
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I still have 39% battery after two days! This is really amazing I think. Granted I only had 2 phone calls in that time but I have been texting a lot and playing around with settings.
How long does your battery last and do you have any tips on improving battery life?
I am running CM7.1 with Go Launcher Ex and have the brightness set on very low plus I don't use screen orientation switch either.

What is your screen on time?
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Even if thats just ideling that beats my evo which would be done in thr early evening with no use
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I use matr1x kernel wich has the best batterylife for me, but i still have to recharge every day...
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I run it completely stock and unrooted, and get about a day with average use. By far the best smart phone I have owned.

Matrix or Trinity seem to give the best battery life.
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What is your screen on time?
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Sorry I don't know how to find screen on time.
I put my phone on charge after 2 days 22 hours and it was still on 19% but I charged it to be safe because I am expecting a very important phone call.

Calculating data regarding battery stats using morfic TEUV-S22-05102011, you could reach around 80 hours with cell connected but having very little activity.

Same place as that pic but click on display that will have shown display on time
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Ok I found it, it says 3hours 24min and 10s.

wow.... 3h 24min display time and still 39% battery? amazing.

borrowedchief said:
I run it completely stock and unrooted, and get about a day with average use. By far the best smart phone I have owned.
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How did u do the screen shot unrooted?
That's still impressive battery life.

For the people on matrix or trinity kernel, how long is your battery lasting you off charger? And how heavy of a user are you? Just curious been messing around trying to get it over a day :/
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Battery difference with "scanning always available WiFi" on/off? Anyone test it?

Battery difference with "scanning always available WiFi" on/off? Anyone test it?
So currently have it on. Its suppose to use very little battery, but my WiFi keeps showing up on my battery useage with it normally at the 2nd/3rd highest battery drain. Has anyone done any testing with it on and off yet? I'm curious if they actually see a noticeable difference between the two.
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Scythe024 said:
So currently have it on. Its suppose to use very little battery, but my WiFi keeps showing up on my battery useage with it normally at the 2nd/3rd highest battery drain. Has anyone done any testing with it on and off yet? I'm curious if they actually see a noticeable difference between the two.
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Leaving WiFi on will always have a detrimental effect on battery use. More so if it's constantly scanning and not connected to anything.

Scythe024 said:
So currently have it on. Its suppose to use very little battery, but my WiFi keeps showing up on my battery useage with it normally at the 2nd/3rd highest battery drain. Has anyone done any testing with it on and off yet? I'm curious if they actually see a noticeable difference between the two.
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You know I'm not talking about having the actual WiFi on itself right? I'm talking about in the advanced settings where it will use it to determine location when needed. Google added this feature saying it will improve accuracy and have very little effect on battery at all.
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Misinterpreted the initial question posed. This post can be deleted.

Scythe024 said:
So currently have it on. Its suppose to use very little battery, but my WiFi keeps showing up on my battery useage with it normally at the 2nd/3rd highest battery drain. Has anyone done any testing with it on and off yet? I'm curious if they actually see a noticeable difference between the two.
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Yeah I noticed this. My 2nd day using the phone, I left WiFi on while not connected to any network, the battery lasted 5 hours, with like 1 hour screen on time.
Yesterday it lasted me 13 hours with WiFi off, and about 4 hours screen-on time. I was streaming the Laker game for like 2 hours via SlingPlayer too.

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Battery life

Can you guys tell me how your battery life is on this beast of a phone

First cycle everything on and screen brightness 100% I got 2hr screen on time
2nd cycle brightness at 60% I manage to get 3hr SOT

So total first /second cycle how long did ur phone go before it went dead
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Just tested mine got about 4 and a half
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i'm currently getting 2-3 hours of SOT. not very good. right now i'm at 1h and 55min with 35% battery left. i took it off the charger at 9am and it's 4:15pm now. going to have to charge again before bed tonight. cant wait to get that extra battery. so far this battery life has been bad.
part of me wonders if LG knew this so that's why they are offering an extra battery promotion.

First cycle. I have been having mixed usage. Auto brightness LTE only. I'm at 5 hrs 25 SOT. I'm pretty happy with battery life. Phone is great so far. Way better than my old G4.
Once I get my second battery it will be more than adequate for my needs. I travel a lot for work so I'll report back how the phone does while in the air.
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Day 4
This is day 4 with my g5. Everything is running fine except for my battery life. Here's some screen shots of what mine is doing. As you see I don't have a lot of time with total battery usage before I have to charge it again. Screen is the top usage but my battery life is poor. I don't know how to fix it. I could disable a ton of services but then what would be the use of me having this phone if I have to cripple it? It's sad.

My first day of use. Everything syncing OK Google always on is off and so is ambient display.
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freebee269 said:
This is day 4 with my g5. Everything is running fine except for my battery life. Here's some screen shots of what mine is doing. As you see I don't have a lot of time with total battery usage before I have to charge it again. Screen is the top usage but my battery life is poor. I don't know how to fix it. I could disable a ton of services but then what would be the use of me having this phone if I have to cripple it? It's sad.
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Those are really bad stats. Were you doing something battery intensive like GPS navigation or gaming?
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magnus0322 said:
Those are really bad stats. Were you doing something battery intensive like GPS navigation or gaming?
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I wish. Then I would have a reason for the bad battery life. The only intensive thing that I have been doing is Snapchat and Facebook and YouTube videos and ESPN videos.

First weekend, Bluetooth on all day connected to me zenwatch 2.
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So I'm not the only one with really high "phone idle". Haven't been able to track that one down. I even disabled the Always-On screen just in case it was related.
I also get significant (like half the battery in 7hrs) drain from Google Maps. I left my phone unplugged over night and it ate through the battery at some point. Second time it's popped up.