I'm curious to know how many people are using Google now on their nexus s. I find it to be a huge battery drain so always turn it off. Do other users feel the same?
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Jamalsid said:
I'm curious to know how many people are using Google now on their nexus s. I find it to be a huge battery drain so always turn it off. Do other users feel the same?
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I use it regularly since the start, I have no noticeable battery drain.
I use it and don't mind it, I get around 2 days of battery with moderate use and some calls. Wi-fi is always on, localization services are always on, mobile data (3G) is always off. It lasts me more than one day even if I keep using the phone so I'm fine with it.
I would say it 'eats' 10 to 50% more battery per charge depending on usage. If you have it mostly in standby you are more likely to notice the battery hit. If you keep using the phone for one thing or another, it won't make much difference.
With 4.2.1 it seems to hold pretty well while being very snappy. The official 4.1.2 follows the same trend (lasting around 2 days with the same use), but I really liked how fast it got with Air Kernel. I usually have around 200 MB free.
I'm currently using Rasbeanjelly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028718) with Air Kernel #270 (CM,Voodoo Colors http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469842) and noop+SmartAssV2 setup. So far battery seems to hold up fine through the day. The only real downside I got from this was the occasional sleep of death (while using the phone, very weird, I would report it to the maintainer but I can't as I'm new around here), a FC when accessing Chrome settings (seems to be related with google sync feature) and the less stellar performance when changing orientation (same kernel and official 4.1.2 ROM doesn't have the issue).
Although it is handy sometimes, I think the worst aspect is the 'nagging' that Google Now has. Last time I got a "WTF" expression was with it saying that I walked 40Km that month more 20 than the last month, a nice feature, but completely unexpected, I would like to have a proper access to that kind of cards and the information that they provide... If you search weather it won't give you the same weather card shown automatically by it (at least for me).... one of these says it will be ready to take over the world...
G next should do you pretty well
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Never used it so far.
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I find it useless. I have my weather app, and I have my lottery app. Hockey has been cancelled, so I have no scores to keep checking. What would I use it for? Random google search? Meh.
I hate every time I accidentally hit the search button.
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I use Google Now because I'm fascinated by the creepiness of it. I like that when I'm at work, it tells me how long it will take me to get home if I leave now. I was confused when one Saturday at 11:45 am it was giving me the locations of nearby restaurants, then my wife said it's probably because it's almost lunch time. Google Now knows what I want before I do!
I haven't tried turning it off to save battery life yet, but I unplug from the charger at 6:30 am and plug in at midnight no problem.
I hate every time I accidentally hit the search button.
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I just disabled the search key in CM10. Check if your ROM has the option?
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I use Google Now because I'm fascinated by the creepiness of it. I like that when I'm at work, it tells me how long it will take me to get home if I leave now. I was confused when one Saturday at 11:45 am it was giving me the locations of nearby restaurants, then my wife said it's probably because it's almost lunch time. Google Now knows what I want before I do!
I haven't tried turning it off to save battery life yet, but I unplug from the charger at 6:30 am and plug in at midnight no problem.
I just disabled the search key in CM10. Check if your ROM has the option?
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thank God, I always hated that.
google now / voice search is miserable on the nexus s.
I've been using it since I got it and I like it. No noticeable battery drain as far as I'm concerned. Never used the search key in-app, so I don't miss it.
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....I use it every day-it works fine for me since I put system-language to us-english. As I am in Germany it was not so rich on info in my home- language settings.
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I use it every day because it is fantastic! I can get lots of information from it. I love it.
Ok. So I had previously disabled Google Now because it drained so much battery. But I was wanting to use it since the updates keep getting better so here's what I did to where it isn't destroying battery anymore.
I have Latitude and location updating turned off in Maps, but found out enabling Google Now turned location updating back on. So once you have Now enabled, go into Maps and uncheck where it says "Update my location from this device". It still works fine because I have location reporting (or something like that) turned on in Google sync in Settings. It still uses wifi and/or the towers to update your cards, but Maps isn't taking chunks out of the battery anymore.
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With 4.2.1 it seems to hold pretty well while being very snappy. The official 4.1.2 follows the same trend (lasting around 2 days with the same use), but I really liked how fast it got with Air Kernel. I usually have around 200 MB free.
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I'd like to know how the heck you have around 200mb free and still have a functioning system... At most I can get is around 170mb free... But at that, the phone becomes unstable because I had to shut off some system apps...
I'm using Matr1x now... But was using Air for a long while before switching... I'm also on the same ROM but for crespo4g
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Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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[sarcasm]Whoah...slow down, man...the amount of information you're throwing at us is a bit overwhelming...give us time to catch up on all of this!!!![/sarcasm]
do a fresh wipe and freeze bloatware, you will see a difference, i get 17hrs plus on my phone.
id say my battery is tough!
can last me all day and maybe enough for the next.
moderate use - lots of texting, phone calls, internet use, and some apps.
*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.
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*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.
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why even bother dude? best way to learn is to solve your own problems, trial and error...
Thanks for all the feedback sarcasim and all. I've never had a battery issue before I installed the recent apk of the new android market. That is my only guess.
Is there a way to revert back and wait for the official update from the market? (I'm still new to android so I'm feeling my way around)
I am running stock rooted. Nothing special on this end.
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I pulled the SIM outta my G2x last week after my N1 came back from the dead.
With the G2x just sitting there without a SIM, being used occasionally for Riptide or Pinball HD and some web browsing/email while watching the tube I get a solid 3 days of battery life. I forget the stupid thing is even on until the alarm goes off every morning at 6:45.
Just don't use the phone part of your $500 phone and it will work great!
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it was the downloaded apk for the market. i did a complete reset so this should fix my issue.
I updated..must restore stock recovery and unroot...wow everything works great...lets talk about positive changes this update has done to our beloved g2x's.
Plugging in a USB cable the mass storage notification now pops up so fast it startles me.
Finally a positive thread.. My phones doing good as well.. No update will be bugless..
Everything I use works great. But there are some tiny things...... but its the best gingerbread build I've ever run on the g2x that's for sure.
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Plugging in a USB cable the mass storage notification now pops up so fast it startles me.
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Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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+1 same here!
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+1 same here!
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Is almost unreal, I'm so happy
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Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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Yes it does. Wohoo!
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Could someone answer these two questions please?
1. How's the battery life after the upgrade?
2. Can it be rooted? Is everything such as bluetooth ADP working fine?
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On my 3rd G2x and it has been solid cept for a few things, such as GPS taking up to 20 minutes to lock, apps being unable to be moved to SD-card, whenever adding an app or widget to the homescreen would lock up the phone for a bit and would take up to 5 minutes to pull up a list, eating through a battery down to 40% after a full charge within 3 hours of light use.
Granted I fixed almost all those issues by rooting it and applying fixes I discovered through this wonderful forum. From the GPS fix (it locked within about 20sec-3minutes, much better than before) and the pre-opt-dex patch that was put up here which totally helped when adding apps/widgets to the homescreen(3-10 seconds compared to the 5 minutes). To some battery monitoring apps and charging techniques that helped me get the best out of my battery, which saw a full charge last about 9 hours before it squealed to be plugged back in.
Now with Gingerbread finally installed the GPS lock is virtually instant, the apps/widgets are likewise, almost instant. The battery seems to be a bit better. I took it off the charger at 4pm and its still at 25% at this time (12:49am).
As odd as it seems, I look back and am thankful for the buggy G2X. While I really liked my Nexus One, I never really delved into the community much. It was a solid phone and never had any problem, save for the complete lack of space to put apps on it. The buggy G2x lead me to this wonderful forum which was full of people with helpful opinions and great tips. Through the assistance of everyone here I learned a lot more about the Android system and about phones in general. Coming from a big PC background (I like building and fixing them) I liked that the Android OS provided me with similar work around that I did when working on PC's.
So, while the initial experience with the phone was nightmarish, in retrospect I really learned something, it's good to know that there is a group of people dedicated to making sure we get the best out of our phones and freeing us from the shackles of the providers limitations on the phones (rooting rocks!!)
A note to T-Mobile and LG. Why did you rush this phone?!?! I would have gladly waited till July for a fully functional phone. Without Gingerbread this is one of the most powerful phones in the universe, with Gingerbread it can now take advantage of that power. It's not like the competition was putting out anything much better than the MyTouch4g at that time, yes the Atrix, but that was a buggy nightmare too. So what if the Sensation beat this to market, this has stock android, an arguably better (supported at least) GPU, and is rootable. I would have waited. Look right now, for my criteriahttp://blogs.computerworld.com/16755/android_user_interface for a phone my options are currently the G2X, Nexus S and....can't really think of anything else... So seriously, coming from a Nexus One, the obvious choice is the G2X. I would think that a decent chunk of the people reading this would agree.
same here
I was one of the lucky ones to have a G2x without issues
stock phone not rooted, update went thru without problems and the phone feels snappier; I do miss the original LG camera app though
It's good to hear everyone is happy with their phone...now I won't have to read about everyone jumping ship to the sensation.
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After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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try doing a factory reset.
What's the process to get the Gingerbread? Is everyone updating through LG update then what are you flashing?
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After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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uhhhh try restarting the phone first and see if that fixes it... otherwise you are going to have to throw CWM on there and restore to stock and try doing the update again OR wait until there is a flashable bootloader posted up which is likely to be soon...
You guys seem giddy as school girls. I'm going to have to try this rom today.
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And was it my imagination, or is the universally-despised "battery fully charged" pop-up gone now? (I charge overnight while I'm sleeping, so it could well be that I dismissed it in my sleep.)
Updated mine as i couldn't resist anymore. Only thing now is getting root access again.
I tried Super 1 Click Root 1.9.5 but no go. Has anyone succeeded in getting root after updating to 2.3.3? Please share your root info.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748
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And was it my imagination, or is the universally-despised "battery fully charged" pop-up gone now? (I charge overnight while I'm sleeping, so it could well be that I dismissed it in my sleep.)
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It's still there, :-( I guess I must have hit the dismiss button in my sleep yesterday morning when the alarm went off. I woke up before the alarm sounded this morning, and there was the pop-up, same as always. Oh, well...
Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.
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Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.
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Do you use the location services? That may be what is eating your battery if you do. You could try to uninstall it, reboot, then reinstall from the market and see if that helps any.
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Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.
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12 hours is pretty standard for a good smartphone
But yes turn off location services or force close Google maps, it should help
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6.7.0 version of maps does not have the battery drain issue. The latest version of maps on the market has serious battery usage issues!
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I have to force close maps often. Something turns it on randomly and I can't figure out what it is. It's not the gps because I've tested it after force closing it and it didn't turn maps back on. If I don't force close it after a reboot it will use up a lot of battery.
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Try updating the Settings
benraf said:
Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.
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in Location > Location & Google search - Turn this off or don't select this, hope this will help. (apps will ask for permission if gps is needed)
this helped a bit for me.,
Make sure Google Latitude isn't running. That can be a big battery killer.
Ya, I noticed Google Maps keeps opening up in the background ALL THE TIME. I will force kill it, refresh running tasks, and it's there again. Chews up about 24MB. Thanks for the tip about location services, I'll try turning that off and see what happens.
It seems to be primarly when it has updates. If you install the updates the battery drain will go away.
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It seems to be primarly when it has updates. If you install the updates the battery drain will go away.
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Pretty sure this isn't true. I had good problem without any pending updates.
I installed the autostarts app ($1.50) and disabled Google Maps from auto starting, that seemed to help a lot.
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I get quite mixed performance - sometimes I get the maps app taking a lot of battery, sometimes not. See battery life images from my One X below, taken 10 days apart. On one I got 2 1/3 days life without maps running; on the other I got 12 hours with maps taking 38%. I haven't installed any new apps in that time, although I have applied market updates.
I've been trying to track this down using Carat and BetterBatteryStats, but no luck yet. @benraf, if you figure this out, please let us know.
Cheers.
Use rom toolbox to freeze it till you can figure it out.
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Google maps is like a virus! That's why I always use mapquest.
On a more serious note, I wouldnt mind figuring this out.
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Do you have GPS turned on? When I went to Orlando, I had GPS on and Maps navigating for about 4-5 hours, and the most it used was 8% of my total battery. The screen should always be the biggest consumer of battery.
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Is it just me or is exchange services hogging the battery in Kit Kat it says in my battery usage that its used 30% of the battery power.?! This was never like this in jelly bean..? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong but is this actually the case.?
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Is it just me or is exchange services hogging the battery in Kit Kat it says in my battery usage that its used 30% of the battery power.?! This was never like this in jelly bean..? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong but is this actually the case.?
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it's been reported in the google product forums. Some are reporting battery drain, some having problems connecting to their exchange servers( authentication fails). Other (me included on this) Exchange connects, but push mail is erratic. Also, items read on the phone do not get marked read on the server.
In the mean time, I am using touchdown from the play store (30 day trial) hoping that google will get it sorted. Using touchdown, the battery drain is gone, and push mail works flawlessly...
Frankly, it's the only thing that is bugging me on this phone. I shouldn't have to go to a third party for a solution....
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Agreed thanks for the word I thought I was crazy.. I'll try touchdown.. I have 3 exchange accounts so my phone never really gets a rest the way it is now. I hope they fix this asap.
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That's discouraging. I have push disabled with 1 hour sync for now
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Set mine up this am and its showing only 6%. And that includes the initial full downloads.
I really like the new look....matches the look and feel and functionality of my gmail.
One thing I hate though... I wish it would auto download attachments.
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maconsultant said:
Is it just me or is exchange services hogging the battery in Kit Kat it says in my battery usage that its used 30% of the battery power.?! This was never like this in jelly bean..? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong but is this actually the case.?
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Actually, I switched to Touchdown on my Nexus 4 running Jelly Bean 4.3 because Exchange Services absolutely killed my battery. Tried everything I could find to fix it, and never could. And from the searches I did at the time I wasn't alone.
So far, Exchange Services is behaving on my Nexus 5, but I'm concerned to see that the problem could come back.
Funny i disabled the contacts portion of the exchange sync on 3 of my 4 exchange accounts and i DO NOT see this big battery hit anymore. must have been a glitch, i will be watching it closely now..
I use touchdown. No issues with battery.
Plus it keeps your email encrypted which is kind of important for most companies.
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Set mine up this am and its showing only 6%. And that includes the initial full downloads.
I really like the new look....matches the look and feel and functionality of my gmail.
One thing I hate though... I wish it would auto download attachments.
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I did have a quick 30% run on my battery the other day where email/exchange took about 15%. I have a weird routine of turning airplane mode on and off due to my job. Something got stuck on...
Still got great battery that day. On a normal day I'm seeing 5 hr screen on....wow compared to a rare 3hr day on the Note with 3200 Mahr Anker.
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I did have a quick 30% run on my battery the other day where email/exchange took about 15%. I have a weird routine of turning airplane mode on and off due to my job. Something got stuck on...
Still got great battery that day. On a normal day I'm seeing 5 hr screen on....wow compared to a rare 3hr day on the Note with 3200 Mahr Anker.
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Your exchange account is set to push, right?
Go to settings > corporate
Its flicking between syncing and last updated, right? I think its syncing every other second, which is whats draining the battery. I just turned off the sync for that until they release a fix
Ditto for battery drain issues. I hadn't noticed it as much until today where after 3 hours my battery had dropped 40% and I wasn't even using it. Checked and it was due to exchange services.
I wont go with a third party solution so hopefully this gets fixed soon.
I haven't had any issues with enhanced email either
I have had my Gear 2 for about 7 days now and i barely get 24hrs on a single charge.
What are people seeing for battery consumption?
Am i missing something?
I thought it was the newness and that i might have been using a lot so i planned to reset the watch and not use it that much as a test. So yesterday i reinitialized my G2 and reinstalled the Gear Manager on my phone. I planned for a day of limited use. I turned off the screen motion sensor. Then this morning i took the G2 off charge at 8:30am. I checked the time today maybe about 10 times received 2 notifications and at 8:50PM i am at 49% WTF?
This is terrible performance and sadly i am contemplating returning my G2 to best buy and waiting to see what else comes out in later this year. I also can't seem to get notifications to pop up on the screen. I get vibration and beeps but i still have to open the notification section to read the msgs from my messaging app Invi.
The battery is really going to be the deal breaker for me unless someone has some insight to what might be causing this massive drain.
I've had mine for a little longer than yourself. I have mine hooked up to a note 3 and I have been getting great battery life, in the 3+ days range. I turned off the motion sensor and the battery has gotten even better, sitting at 69% after pulling it off the charger yesterday morning, I am not a heavy user of it however, I use it mainly at work, since I can't have my phone on vibrate, only silence it allows me to know when my phone receives things in a discrete manner. You probably received a defective unit as to the battery life and the notification issues. I would take it back to best buy and trade it for another. My 2 cents.
It is now 12:45AM the G2 has been off charge for 16hr 15min and i am at 20% I have only checked the time about 5 times since my original post.
I don't think it will make it to 24hrs.
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I've had mine for a little longer than yourself. I have mine hooked up to a note 3 and I have been getting great battery life, in the 3+ days range. I turned off the motion sensor and the battery has gotten even better, sitting at 69% after pulling it off the charger yesterday morning, I am not a heavy user of it however, I use it mainly at work, since I can't have my phone on vibrate, only silence it allows me to know when my phone receives things in a discrete manner. You probably received a defective unit as to the battery life and the notification issues. I would take it back to best buy and trade it for another. My 2 cents.
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That is the kind of performance i was hoping for.
Maybe i will return it for another but i don't have a good feeling. Maybe it is something related to my S4 and the G2 combination.
You need to remember that although the screen is off its still working. Mine is working fine on S4 and I have everything on and brightest it can go and use it a lot .anything over 24 hours is fine to me. Currently been off charge for 10 hours and still 83%. We all use devices differently so it's either defective or something isn't set right.
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No probs at all with my Gear 2:
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You need to remember that although the screen is off its still working. Mine is working fine on S4 and I have everything on and brightest it can go and use it a lot .anything over 24 hours is fine to me. Currently been off charge for 10 hours and still 83%. We all use devices differently so it's either defective or something isn't set right.
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As i stated in my post i refrained from using the G2 aside from checking the time throughout the day. I completely agree with you. The question is what could possibly be set wrong to cause this,
When the G2 reached 15% at around 2AM (~17hrs off charge) i turned off the bluetooth on the G2 and after 2 hours it was at 14%. So it seems that it is related to the bluetooth and S4.
Which android version do you run on you your S4?
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Which android version do you run on you your S4?
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I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
Could it be the rom version? There are more battery problems reported with roms that are not samsung stock roms. Good luck!
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okrk said:
i have had my gear 2 for about 7 days now and i barely get 24hrs on a single charge.
What are people seeing for battery consumption?
Am i missing something?
I thought it was the newness and that i might have been using a lot so i planned to reset the watch and not use it that much as a test. So yesterday i reinitialized my g2 and reinstalled the gear manager on my phone. I planned for a day of limited use. I turned off the screen motion sensor. Then this morning i took the g2 off charge at 8:30am. I checked the time today maybe about 10 times received 2 notifications and at 8:50pm i am at 49% wtf?
This is terrible performance and sadly i am contemplating returning my g2 to best buy and waiting to see what else comes out in later this year. I also can't seem to get notifications to pop up on the screen. I get vibration and beeps but i still have to open the notification section to read the msgs from my messaging app invi.
The battery is really going to be the deal breaker for me unless someone has some insight to what might be causing this massive drain.
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may be it is a defective one.
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I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
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I'm on sac's v3 kit kat . Runs great except when downloading apps fails. I went back to stock and apps worked fine. I playing around with different kernels and will post my findings
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I'm on sac's v3 kit kat . Runs great except when downloading apps fails. I went back to stock and apps worked fine. I playing around with different kernels and will post my findings
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Interesting. Thanks - maybe i'll try KK and see if it changes. Then i can at least determine that the watch is ok.
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I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
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I thought Gear 2 only work with 4.4?
No they work with 4.3. My note 3 was 4.3 due to Verizon being slow to update. But the gear worked great with 4.3. Works better with 4.4 though. I see better battery life on both devices, it seems to not drain as much.
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The same
Bought mine a couple of days ago. Wonderful device, however, the battery last for only 1 day. Running with Note II Android 4.3 . If Android 4.4.2 doesn't solve a problem, I'll head for Service. Fortunately, here is Taiwan there is no problem with that.