yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 General] enviii:
To everyone claiming like 4-5+ hours of battery life, I have only one question. What do you do on your phones?

I can only average about 1-2 hours tops on my battery running CM10.1 with the CM kernel. Throughout the day I pretty much reload Falcon Pro, Use Baconreader (reddit), visit TheVerge app and browse Chrome. That's it. I never play games (never), am usually on WiFi. Oh and usually about an hour of streaming music from Spotify (sometimes stored, sometimes radio) on weekdays. Yet I can generally only maintain 1-2 hours of screen time.

Usually I'm on campus and get poor signal, but I'm almost always on WiFi (and generally hopping around campus means reconnecting to WiFi automatically numerous times a day).

I would simply like to know for those of you boasting 4-5 hours, what apps do you use most frequently, and where do you use your phone most frequently (ex. over the network, or over WiFi).

Thank You.

---------- Post added at 06:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:07 PM ----------

I'm no expert, but I feel that turning WiFi off when you turn the screen off will have a negative impact on battery life. Constantly disabling/enabling WiFi cannot mean a good thing (at least I think. Again, I am no expert).
[Nexus 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Firstly I wouldn't call it "boasting" because most people are sharing ways to get the same battery life... Its not really a showing off thing, rather a preview of what the device is capable of with the right settings... I don't think any posts here are meant to belittle you or leave the impact one child has over another in the 4th grade with the "mine is better than yours" logic :P

Having said that the most used apps for me are probably Tweetcaster Pro, which I check almost hourly... BBC news which is similar times... A buttload of tapatalk on various forums and plenty Chrome use... Whatsapp throughout the day... Maybe 10-20 text messages... 30 mins calls... Vonage internet calls for maybe 30 mins... And that's probably the main things... Of course extra things here and there...

WiFi is always on and usually connected... Average WiFi signal but good tower reception... Bluetooth off... GPS off but location services on... Sync always on... Wonder what else you want to know... Sound and vibrate notifications always on... Led notifications always on... Screen brightness is usually manually set to low unless stepping out...

With this get 4.5-5 hrs SOT with about 13-15hrs total battery use per charge...

If gaming, which I only play graphic intense games, the SOT can drop to as low as 2.5hrs...

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] enviii:
Hmm seems like we are similar in terms of usage. The only difference is the phone calls. I really don't ever get phone calls. Mostly internet based usage. Apart from that, I also noticed one difference, you keep your GPS off. Mine is *always* on with location services on. Sync on, bluetooth off, notification + LED on. and screen brightness on auto.

I suppose it may have to do with those things but who knows.

Either way, I will investigate. General speaking, battery life isn't a big issue for me. I can usually get through a normal weekday, it's just weekends where it's a bother. Mainly because it's a super long day for me (Wake up at 7AM and go to sleep at like 2AM) with 8 hours of no WiFi while i'm at work. Poor battery life in that situation is acceptable to me.

Thank You for your input by the way.
[Nexus 4 General] jmudrick:
If you are doing everything recommend here AND you're showing deep sleep and minimal wake locks it could be hardware. I use my phone normally as described elsewhere on this thread and have no trouble with stock ROM and Franco kernel. Last run 5:30h SOT/19 on, and this was with some 3g data and navigation.
[Nexus 4 General] aeoveu:
I guess the best way to achieve a decent battery life - WiFi or otherwise - is to have a good cellular reception. If not, it'll be nothing special.

I live in a weak area so I know (BTW, I had the GNexus until Friday) and noted that you can get stellar battery without WiFi if you're in good reception even with data enabled. With WiFi on, it flatlines further.

Its not WiFi reception that matters - its cellular reception. IMO.

Otherwise, turn on airplane mode.

Sent from my upgraded mini tractor.

---------- Post added at 08:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:08 AM ----------

One more thing - perhaps people are using custom kernels that are undervolted as well...right?

I'm going to hold off doing that until I can. I still have to check what my battery life is like.

What I'm more interested is how the battery life is - WITHOUT WIFI enabled.

Also sent from my upgraded mini tractor.
[Nexus 4 General] rutgerhoorn:
First cycle on sabermod RC3. Everything default, no UV or stuff like that. Great ROM, super stable, fast and fluid! Greenified a couple of apps.

Pretty decent i think.
[Nexus 4 General] EnDSK:
Using stock 4.2.2
[Nexus 4 General] adamski123:
How do u guys get such amazing battery life's lol?! Mine is at 30% after 13 hrs with like 2 hrs screen on -_-
[Nexus 4 General] respider:
amazing

any specific tweak or configuration?

do you have syncs on?
[Nexus 4 General] EnDSK:
Nope no tweaks and no battery saver apps, just plain old nexus 4 :) this does vary though depending on what I do throughout the day. An hour of intense gaming may reduce it to 10 hours. But once I got 19h+ without playing games the whole day. Yes I have syncs on :D
[Nexus 4 General] Azurael:
I get this quite routinely... I have seen 7 hours on WiFi alone, but this was 8 hours of 3G at work and I forgot to switch off the wireless. On a typical day when I don't use my phone anywhere near this much, it usually still has 70%+ remaining.
[Nexus 4 General] pesante:
more details please?

kernel/rom/whatever?
[Nexus 4 General] thefunkygibbon:
i have found if you can get to bed with some battery life in it and forget to charge it, the chances are you will wake up with some battery life in it still. so thats 8 hours ish of the phone doing not much at all...

A lot of the shots of the 1day+ battery life here show a very slow decline, obviously when they are sleeping, then a rapid decline when they start checking all the stuff that was missed overnight in the morning :)

overall i feel the battery life is better than previous phones, but I think that is mainly to do with the battery consumption when the phone is "asleep" the quad core and the way it handles power when asleep is so much better than previous.
[Nexus 4 General] respider:
nervermind LOL yesterday was my first full-day with my nexus 4 and I got similar results

I was worried with battery life since a lot of ppl complain but I think it's awesome
[Nexus 4 General] cobyman7035:
Can't get 6hrs sot anymore on wifi... I get 4.5 to 5 hrs now.... I think using wireless no name pad fudged up my battery strength
[Nexus 4 General] Younggun123:
Well this is disappointing. HTC one GSM arena battery tests were stellar compared to Nexus 4. Web browsing and video playback at 10 hours. Not bad with the same size battery and higher resolution. Talk time was the only thing close at about 14 hours.

Wish HTC made the Nexus.
[Nexus 4 General] biggiestuff:
HTC One has a bigger battery. 2300 vs 2100. Same size screen as well but HTC One's does have a higher resolution.
[Nexus 4 General] Azurael:
Bigxie's AOKP PUB + Harsh Kernel and a 100mV undervolt. (On top of the 100mV built-in to Harsh's kernel.)
[Nexus 4 General] fluidd:
PA ROM + faux kernel with recommended settings..
[Nexus 4 General] Younggun123:
Yes... 10%. I knew that going into my org. Post, but thought it negligible and rounded to the same. Crazy that the screen time is almost double.
[Nexus 4 General] sigma392:
With WiFi I can get 5 hours browsing time. With 3G I get 2.5 hours. The Nexus 4 rocks but the battery really blows. :(
[Nexus 4 General] iBustCh3rries:
People getting 5+ hours of battery life ar elikely using apps like juice defender or apps like that which cripple the phone (IMO) because it turns of features that make the smartphone smart like push notifications because it kills data when it isn't being activley. Why have a smart phone and dumb it down by turning off things that make it smart? I get 3 hours of screen tiem on an average day and 14hrs of life which is fine with me.
[Nexus 4 General] vikramkhalsa:
Thats what I'm wondering, cause this is basically what I get. with stock and aokp, i've tried franco, trinity, and matr1x kernels.. 100mv undervolt.. even keeping google now off.. still get maybe 15-18hrs battery but never more than 3 hrs screen time. I just use do texting, whatsapp, words with friends, and facebook.. On wifi most of the day. Could it be just because I have bad reception at home? I even switch to 2g when on wifi so I get better signal..
[Nexus 4 General] pitjago74:
Revolution6(by Neophite31)+ Semaphore0.3.0:D

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 usando Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] Erazo1986:
PA+3 and faux kernel, I'm happy.
[Nexus 4 General] Azurael:
Nope, I'm not using any apps like that. I don't really play games all that often (so most of my use is browsing/video/SMS/Facebook) but I've not crippled the phone in any way. Aside from the undervolt, everything is stock. 4 cores enabled. It scores 21k in AnTuTu, and pretty rockin' scores (for a non over clocked device) in Vellamo and 3DMark too.

It's worth pointing out that I've tried the latest builds of Faux, bricked and trinity in the past week and I lose around an hour of screen time with any of them running at the same voltage (700mV at 384MHz through 1.0v at 1500) though I've not played around too much with the finer points. I'm sure you could do better but Harsh kernel has been great for me anyway.
[Nexus 4 General] vikramkhalsa:
Do any of you guys use Lightflow? What about Slide2wake? wondering if any of these things are making a difference with battery usage or wakelocks.. No matter what configuration my results seems pretty similar and consistent around 3hrs sot and maybe 15 hrs standby..
[Nexus 4 General] ingenious247:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40623525&postcount=34
[Nexus 4 General] SalvyNerd:
Pretty happy for the most part.
[Nexus 4 General] saniyal:
My battery stats no power saving app

sent from my nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Linsanity:
46% left. Average to heavy use. Wifi on all day. Pacman with faux:)
[Nexus 4 General] jvbferrer:
Stock unlocked, rooted, motley kernel b49, location off, now off, sync on, 3G and wifi

Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 usando Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] bankgg:
Just posted in the wrong thread. Sorry
[Nexus 4 General] vawlk:
I don't have any screenshots but I must say. Battery life on this thing is great.

I am stock, locked, and not rooted and I generally have more than 50% battery left after a full day (17 hours). I would say that I average between 1.5 and 2.5 hours of screen time.

My old optimus V couldn't even come close to doing that.

I'm happy. Happy, Happy, Happy.
[Nexus 4 General] rayzaname:
I'm very satisfied with the battery life. Coming from Verizon's HTC Thunderbolt and Galaxy Nexus, the N4 is a clear improvement.
[Nexus 4 General] desertflame:
Best screen on time I've ever gotten. Nexus 4 212k, stock rom with Matr1x v8.5. Wifi on all day, airplane mode on so I won't get any calls on my day off. (viber for personal calls).
[Nexus 4 General] pesante:
So basically not used as a mobile phone
[Nexus 4 General] ghettopops:
You know I flashed back to stock and put Franco Milestone 1 3/16 on it and I am getting HORRIBLE battery life. I am down to 62% with 1hour 42 minutes off charger and 55 mins of screen on time. Google is turned off and I am using 3g only sitting at home with 4 bars.
[Nexus 4 General] jab0321:
This may have been asked before, but I'm just now checking out this thread. Getting awesome battery life, but it seems that after about 1 week, the battery performance starts to deteriorate and the Android OS seems to be using more of the battery. After I turn the phone off and then on it is back to normal great life. This is not a big issue for me, but was wondering if others are seeing the same thing. We shouldn't have to reset the phone every week just to maintain good battery life.
[Nexus 4 General] ingenious247:
I have seen Android OS at the top of the list, started happening yesterday. Killed maps and it went back to normal.
[Nexus 4 General] twowheeler:
Batteryguru was still learning so this is pure stock. Very happy with the batterylife. Should be able to get 5 hours sot from it
[Nexus 4 General] Azurael:
I found S2W could substantially reduce the battery life on my One X but that may have been a quirk of that hardware and it only affected standby life. I don't use it, either way.

I don't use LightFlow either, although I do have custom app-specific notification light colours configured via AOKP's own mechanism for that.
[Nexus 4 General] vikramkhalsa:
Thanks for replying! I've been using the nexus 4 touch control (PGM?) actually [i think that maybe be diff than s2w?] , and in that thread apparently had battery issues too. I just tried the whole reflash stock thing, so we'll see if it makes a difference. I'm also testing without using the slide to wake to see how much of a difference it makes. Light flow has some wakelocks but i think its negligible. I like it cause its way more configurable than AOKP's LED control.
[Nexus 4 General] motoridersd:
I wish the battery graph showed 3G data usage. I know I can get much better battery life with 3G off and using WiFi only. I've seen some people with very good SOT that use tons of data every month, but it also seems those who get 5 hours or more are mostly using WiFi.

Only way for me to get 3 hours is by re-charging often. I seem to be having an issue with my Nexus wireless charger lately though. I'll wake up and notice that the phone didn't charge even though it was ON the charger. Not sure what's going on there.

I've seen my battery drain before my eyes when using Chrome on 3G, which I think is a known battery drainer, but I also see it when using Tweetings and Instagram, especially when uploading pics, and the phone really heats up when doing lots of data like that or when streaming Spotify.
[Nexus 4 General] phidung3721:
This is mine. On 4g half of the time.
[Nexus 4 General] mil0X:
Crazy good!

What's your setup?
[Nexus 4 General] manter:
my stats:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40687883&postcount=26401
[Nexus 4 General] r27kul:
Stock ROM, unrooted, no calls
[Nexus 4 General] :
Mine, XenonHD with Franco kernel and "fast" binned chip. standard I guess.
[Nexus 4 General] Mrboxfacetramp13:
What Stats are you running they seem insane

:cool:
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
Auto-brightnes on.

I'm pretty happy with my battery life!

Edit: stock *unrooted

Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] phidung3721:
I disabled sync and location. I also use tasker to switch of wifi when im not at home or work. I lowered max clock to 1.2, uved, and spreaded the load to 4 cores.

---------- Post added at 06:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:45 AM ----------

I used the built in battery app in settings.
[Nexus 4 General] ingenious247:
Lol you charged it
[Nexus 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
That is just ridiculous...!! 8hours... Wow...

What ROM... Or kernel...??

And this spreading load to 4 cores... How does one do that... Is it not default already done...??

Sent from my Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] myturbo1:
For a few min transferring things to the PC..

Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] mamutarka:
I think my battery is fine, is it?

Nexus 4 out of the box, all stock.

Gmail and Chrome synced, wifi all the time.
[Nexus 4 General] torana355:
I can get 8 hours sot if I just set the screen to not sleep and leave the phone idle ;)
[Nexus 4 General] mamutarka:
All my usage goes to whatsapp, dont know why it's not shown on battery monitor.
[Nexus 4 General] torana355:
I was just making the point that sot stats don't show the whole story, There is no way my stock nexus 4 could get close to 4.5 hours sot with normal use.
[Nexus 4 General] mamutarka:
yes, ok, but my screen is set to lock itself in 15 seconds, so I didn't put my phone on the desk with screen turned on for almost 5 hours :)

All the time I'm using wapp, viber, and other apps, and I always get around 4-5 hours, never less.
[Nexus 4 General] WiseManWhite:
I'm in the same boat as you Joe.
[Nexus 4 General] vikramkhalsa:
Finally got 4 hours on one charge, for the first time, and around 16 hrs of standby. Mostly on wifi, some 3g.. location and sync enabled, no battery saving apps. First I tried the method where you re-flash stock, but I don't think that helped. Now I'm back on aokp but using matr1x kernel and I have it undervolted and underclocked using multiple cores. Thats probably what did it. But this was just the first cycle so we'll see. But this is still a big deal for me finally breaking the 3hr sot boundary I Had! :D
[Nexus 4 General] iShubham:
You guys need to disable google maps..it is daddy of battery drains..either disable it or use Greenify and hibernate some apps.. if you guys use FB then hibernate that too..though you wont get notifications on time, but it saves alot battery.

The best configuration for battery I found for me is Xylon ROM (11April build) and Franco nightly R119..it gave me around 5+ screen on time (including 1.5 hours of games such as TR2, subway.) I did 2-3 tests with it and it impressed me all the times..I even tried newer versions of Xylon and Franco's kernal, even tried CM and bunch of other roms...but didnt find better battery life than this config... :angel:
[Nexus 4 General] mil0X:
Google Maps isnt the issue. Even with it uninstalled the wakelocks aren't solved.

I'm in the same boat as you other guys with about 2 hrs SOT. Sucks.

---------- Post added at 07:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:08 PM ----------

I'm going to return to full stock , without root and without any other apps and see if the wakelocks are persistent. Because having worse battery life on my Nexus 4 than on my GNex is just ridiculous.

Then after a day or two I think I'll add root.
[Nexus 4 General] iShubham:
Well, with and without google maps, i found significant difference in battery life..

Also check wakelocks from wakelock detector app...after disabling maps, how come it still be a wakelock problem?
[Nexus 4 General] mil0X:
I have no clue. But in BBS the partial wakelocks tab doesn't show anything special , it's just under the kernel wakelocks tab where msm_hsic_host, PowerManagerService and radio-interface are huge.
[Nexus 4 General] WiseManWhite:
Is this the screen on GSM Battery Monitor that we should look at in order to find out what app is killing the battery? I've been sitting here for 15 minutes without the screen on and it's dropped 3%
[Nexus 4 General] andybfmv96:
This is horrible.. What am I doing wrong? (Franco rc1 kernel) no serious usage at all. Pacman ROM.

How is everyone getting 8h sot?
[Nexus 4 General] Gokh:
İ'm getting 2h-2h30 OST on mobile data, is it bad?

Tapalked with my iNexus 4S
[Nexus 4 General] saniyal:
Could somebody tell me why my android system is draining my battery
[Nexus 4 General] WiseManWhite:
I get those same kind of battery stats. No gaming or crazy usage of anything at all. And I have very good signal for most of the day. I'm not sure how others are getting anything outside of 2-3 hours of screen time without being on wifi and without undervolting.

How many apps do you have (just curious)?
[Nexus 4 General] lefterakos:
nexus great battery life

Well i guess in one of the lucky ones.. my nexus 4 gives me great on screen tin and this includes a LOT of wifi browsing maybe a little on hspa and playing quite a lot with it. im running cm10.1 experimental M3 using the franko nightly kernel undervolted by 750.. with kernel running 384 mhz-1.5 ghz.. these are my screenshots this afternoon
[Nexus 4 General] andybfmv96:
probably no more than 60-70 including system apps (in app drawer)
[Nexus 4 General] lazinase:
The battery sucks. My Nexus 4 has a constant 1GHz min on cpu, which drains the battery like crazy.
[Nexus 4 General] lonz358:
I noticed that when I first opened setcpu... changed to the min now tho.
[Nexus 4 General] Serious_Beans:
Screen on time is garbage, I don't understand how with a more efficient cpu, more efficient screen, more efficient os (hopefully) and yet the screen on time is exactly the same crap as the GNex lol, I don't get at all how that is possible. Even though the screen on time is garbage, the phone sleeps like a baby on tranquilizers lol. 2% overnight drain, HSPA+, everything on syncing, Google Now, Email, FB, Twitter, everything.
[Nexus 4 General] ceejay83:
says the min is 1ghz for me too but the processor still steps down to 384mhz.

---------- Post added at 10:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 AM ----------

it's legitimate. doesn't drop when you start using it
[Nexus 4 General] jak3z:
I find my battery quite better than I expected and Im using Skype more than ever and pulling 2 mail accounts every 5 mins .

Auto brightness, gps on, wifi 5g and HDSPA+ network.
[Nexus 4 General] Kyle C:
I'd love you have your guys battery life. My Verizon GNex is TERRIBLE.

9hrs w/90mins screen on. Ridiculous. Can't wait till I switch over to the N4.
[Nexus 4 General] Simer03:
Idle time is amazing! 1% in 6 hours! Wow!! I also got 4 hours screen on time! Best battery life I've ever had on a cell phone

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Serious_Beans:
Lowering the clock speed makes such a little difference tbh, my friend has his One X at 1998mhz and the battery isn't worse at all. The processor isn't what uses the most battery, it's the screen, which is why the battery drops when you actually start using it.
[Nexus 4 General] _guzzler_:
I noticed that my N4 shows Media server at the top in battery consumption. 30-40% consumption. I did all the tricks mentioned in 4.1 jelly bean threads, no luck.
[Nexus 4 General] ef_x:
@ jak3z: more than 1 day and still 49% left? that's crazy, how did you manage to do that? ^^ i do only get about half as much out of mine, and that's with google now and location services turned off!!

here's my screenshot : (screen ontime is about 2 hours)
[Nexus 4 General] tdonnelly0987:
Battery life has been terrible so far. Bluetooth and GPS are turned off. I have made 2 30sec phone calls yet the phone app is using 45% of the battery. How is this even possible?
[Nexus 4 General] Simer03:
Your running apps and service aren't helping

Sent from my Google Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] i.l.p:
Had my phone since last night and not had to charge it yet, when i first turned it on it had about 90% battery.

Have 64% left now, only done a bit of browsing, WIFI has been on all this time, listened to a bit of music, impressed so far.
[Nexus 4 General] tdonnelly0987:
I'm running Google music and speak to it assistant. I understand Google music is going to consume some battery but I'm now down to 39%. That's a 16% drop in roughly 20min.
[Nexus 4 General] Nospin:
Just to be clear, the phone app has used 45% of the battery used so far (just for everyone who always confuses that).

This battery drain is NOT normal, it has to be some kind of app sucking you dry. Try Watchdog and see if it flags anything, but some kind of background service is killing you.
[Nexus 4 General] düdldihüü:
Fourth cycle. Two workdays with the phone in airplane mode over night. I still can't complain one bit.

I'm now running stock rooted.
[Nexus 4 General] drewden123:
Battery life has been really bad for me :( I can't tell if it's just because I'm using it a lot or what. Even overnight I'm getting like 20% drain...so confused. I hope my device isn't defective.
[Nexus 4 General] düdldihüü:
Sorry, double post, delete pls
[Nexus 4 General] BravoMotorola:
I've been really really impressed by the battery life. I'm at 40% after 6 hours and 3 of those hours are screen on time! I wonder why it varies so much between people.
[Nexus 4 General] drewden123:
I'm so jealous...
[Nexus 4 General] DrunkFuX666:
Undervolted by 750...?!?! Are you kidding me :-/

Sent from my Nexus⁴