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[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
It works I was the first beta tester and I gained 1 hour mobile data in the first day.

Also my auto brightness never worked from day one now it works and lastly my color mods from francos app would never stick after reboot now they do.

All of this brings me to the conclusion that lg didn't flash my stock correctly

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] Younggun123:
Check to see if while it is charing in the car it shows as USB charging. USB charges at a trickle which will most likely mean you are using more power then its the adapter is adding.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Best I've ever gotten was today :thumbup:
[Nexus 4 General] dwang:
install better battery stats.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
[Nexus 4 General] _guzzler_:
This phone is bizarre,

I bought 2 of these. Mine discharges is 6-7 hours. My wife's phone gets solid 16 hours with 48% remaining, close to 3 hours of screen on time. Both set at 15% brightness. Similar services running in background.

Use is pretty similar, she does Facebook I do XDA :D, some pics here and there....thats all....
[Nexus 4 General] konfuzed:
unplugged it after fully charging last night ..and with minimal usage ..screen on time is around 25 mins lol

edit: forgot to mention that it was my 3rd time charging it since I received the phone Friday night.. monitoring my usage/battery life. will report back by days end
[Nexus 4 General] :
Who has tried to flash the factory image ?

I did.
[Nexus 4 General] aubzaubz:
All that is listed there are technical details about my battery, eg. voltage, capacity and current status etc. Is there something else I should see?

Could someone who is getting decent battery life please post here what settings they are using. Eg. what is turned on, what is turned off / disabled.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 General] Stretlow:
N4 is slightly worse than the GNex, have set it up exactly the same as I did on my Gnex, same apps, same syncs and 100% brightness

Got two hours of screen on time...

If I can get another hour out of it I'll be fine.....

No easy task though
[Nexus 4 General] CyberPunk7t9:
You're underestimating your importance to the Nexus world now since you have a reported-to-have-a-great-battery-life Nexus 4 and another ones that does not, both in your household! :o

Please please do us one favor! Check your phone and your wife's if they have this issue (faint noise coming from the internals of the device)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1993668

Thank you.
[Nexus 4 General] _guzzler_:
Done.
[Nexus 4 General] reggiexp:
Its normal its a LG. Lg were always bad with battery and still are. Htc and samsung are good with battery.

Look a difference between lg optimus 4x and htc one x. Same specs lg has bigger battery and doesnt last longer. See the point?

Its still better then the samsung nexus it had 3h of internet..... but the other thing battery was great.
[Nexus 4 General] timskyline86:
What factory image, the one from dev.google? It should be the exact same one everyone gets from OTA
[Nexus 4 General] alpha beta gaga:
looking at my stats noticed also that I've used maps in the last 14hrs since charging... even though I've not opened maps in that 14hrs

not only that but maps have 2 separate processes running...
[Nexus 4 General] MacCookie:
I don't know if this helps at all but I got my phone on for 1 day 11 hours with 2 and a half hours screen on time ( mostly gaming), most of the time listening to music. with 30% battery left & auto brightness.

However It's on airplane mode ( However Wi-Fi was on) since I don't have a sim card for it yet I'm still waiting for my one to get transferred, since it's not looking for a signal is probably why it's battery life is good.
[Nexus 4 General] Pitnefor:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats&hl=en

look for deep sleep ... if your phone doesnt go into deep sleep because of wakelocks then you'll get bad battery life
[Nexus 4 General] wasya152:
my experience with the phone over the last couple days is that the battery is much worse than my gnex. I suspect that the LG used cheaper batteries because it seems to discharge really quick. I've been monitoring the battery the last 3 days. Having the phone on, but sitting in my pocket, it seems to drop around 5-7% per hour. Which is not bad. However, when I'm internet surfing, it drop's 10% every 20 minutes or so. Also, it just seems to discharge and charge really quick. It drops like 10% per 20 minutes of use and charges back about the same.

Could they just have crammed a 3100 mah battery in there. I wouldn't even care if it was a little thicker. At lease it would last all day.

I love the phone, but I swear, I'm getting battery anxiety. Today, I barely used it. At least a lot less than I do normally and it died on me around 6 pm. I didn't even make that many phone calls either. I took it off the charger around 9:20 Am. With my Gnex, i would be able to get a whole day of use out of it. With this phone, I'm constantly checking the battery life.

It could be that I've been using the phone a lot more since it just so sick. I just love the colors and accuracy of the screen. Everything is just instant and so crisp. It's a much better user experience. My screen shots from today are attached.

Screen on time below is 1h29m27s

Voice Calls 53m21s
[Nexus 4 General] abescully:
Please post adb shell dumpsys batteryinfo output if possible, not just graph screenshot. That info is very helpful in diagnosing unexplained battery drain. Wakelocks are not released if a process crashes. Perhaps there is a process that is a crashy that might explain some of this wild battery drain.
[Nexus 4 General] Swazi Samurai:
I also noticed the battery drained about 7% per hour without usage and 10% minimum with LIGHT usage. This was on my first Nexus 4 which died and had to be returned. The cause was unknown. I have since changed some settings on my new Nexus 4 and it has been running like a champ. I am now seeing about a 2-3% drain per hour on average with minimal usage. The phone has been up 15 hours and 40 minutes and I have 10% remaining. I attribute the biggest save to turning off Facebook refresh which by default occurs every hour.

Usage today included the following:

- 2 hours of Bluetooth audio streaming with Google Music over cellular network (in car)

- WiFi active for entire up time and connected for 13 hours

- 4 phone calls for approximately 15 minutes total

- 5 text messages

- 2 hours and 55 minutes of screen on time

- Downloaded 4 apps over WiFi including Asphalt 7 which is 1.47GB

- 58% app usage according to GSam Battery Monitor (biggest hitters were Google Music, Gmail, XDA, Facebook, and Good for Enterprise)

- Routine checking of RSS news feeds throughout the day via FeedR and Flipboard

I have the following settings enabled/disabled:

- Auto brightness on

- GPS and network location on

- Vibrate on keypress off (except main menu buttons)

- Facebook notifications off

- Facebook refresh never

- Haxsync only sync when charging

- All Google Now features on
[Nexus 4 General] wasya152:
I just noticed that under Google maps settings, it was selected to do automatic location updates. Maybe that's what it is
[Nexus 4 General] exadeci:
Started my phone that had around 95% battery, spent 1h30 streaming music from 8tracks and during that time I browsed news and then played a 3D game for around 30mins each, I downloaded the AOTD on amazon (22MB) and I used it for several calls and gtalk/sms, mail checking, I played arcanes legend a bit and wifi was on for several hours.
[Nexus 4 General] aceo07:
I received the N4 today and booted it up at 61% battery. Set up a few apps, email account w/ exchange, google account and explored. Display on of 2:48hrs and 10 minutes of calls. Total up time 7:00hrs.

Considering it was at 61% and it got almost 3hrs display on along with 7hrs on time, I'm not too disappointed. With a full charge, it should last me through a full day of regular use.
[Nexus 4 General] Stretlow:
May I ask what brightness level you have your screen at please
[Nexus 4 General] tooeasyforkevin:
That's interesting...did you just flash back to stock and then flash your custom rom/kernel immediately after?
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Yup. Straight back to my setup.

Btw, ctowne has also done a reset. That makes 100% improvement rate so far (3 out of 3). Few more people are about to do it as well.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Yes I know of 2 others that have or are in the process of doing this.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] jark99:
So essentially your saying grab the factory images and reflash then to get some improvements in battery life? What kind of stats were you getting before this?

Also where are these images? I thought Google removed then, are they CWM flashable?

Sent from Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] tooeasyforkevin:
Be sure to have them report back! I'm very interested in this. Although, it doesn't really make sense to me.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I have a drop box file and can give you instructions but Ctowne just used a toolbox to flash back to stock which is the simplest method.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2

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I know trust me I was a huge skeptic but I trust undercover so I tried it and you see that Im pushing this now so its true.

I will ask them to report their findings.

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[Nexus 4 General] azrash:
Thanks for reporting this, I might try it as well if the reports are true! Keep us posted

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[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I swear on my dead cat Belle ;)

R.I.P. My lil purr box :(

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[Nexus 4 General] beegbear:
so I tried charging my N4 using a computer while playing GTA VC at the same time... it actually discharged the battery quite a bit. Is that normal?

I know that the USB current is much lower, but I never had this happen before.. I was always able to heavily use my devices while they're USB charging.

Is it normal behaviour?
[Nexus 4 General] deepsunzhine:
Its not a normal behavior of the phone

Why dont u try francos kernel and enable usb fast charge
[Nexus 4 General] Jayrod1980:
Seems normal. Mine does the same. Remember the stock charger is 1.5 amps. It's an angry elf!

Sent from my 5th and final Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Alright guys, you're going to like this battery life. This is my revision 11. Auto sync is off. I was on mobile data for a bit as well. My revision 10 would be dead at this point.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
That's pretty good. ROM? Kernel?

I've gotten my rev10 getting 5.5 hours so there is hope for rev10 owners. Yes stock was horrible just barley 2.5 hours

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[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
I'm running completely stock 4.2.1.
[Nexus 4 General] wilcoholic:
HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS RUN SOME APPS AND MAKE A FEW PHONE CALLS!!!!!! with mobile data and sync on. jesus

But after 200 pages its pretty obvious now that the nexus4 has subpar battery life. No matter what you do with it or what rom/kernel you are using. So just stop with these meaningless screenshots
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
I got the 6.5 hours screen time yesterday with sync and mobile data on. Just had location off. Had gmail push emails instantly and aim sync every hour.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Wtf are you talking about all my battery life is with using a apps and phone calls you dumb a$$ wtf do u think is going on when my screen is on. Im done responding to u and your meaningless post. BTW if u knew how to read my screenshots u would see that i used all mobile data and not one drop of WiFi. Troll:rolleyes:

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[Nexus 4 General] stuart0001:
That's the highest I ever seen with a mobile data connection. Normally only achievable with WiFi. You got screen shots?
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Really? So 6h screen on, with 18h on data, listening to some music, browsing some and then reading some books is sub par? Using phone all day and come back home with over 50 percent left is sub par? I suggest you carry a car battery in your backpack.

Battery life can be good, it looks like some people simply have some unrealistic expectations.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
That's really good for stock the I have a rev10 and now can get over 5 hours screen time every battery cycle so there is hope for rev10 owners. Yes rev11 are by far better on stock I just bought a battery to see if it is new batteries in the rev11 that give them the better battery life or if it is just something hardware. Nice battery life though :thumbup:

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That guys just a sad lonely lil troll that feels he has his big boy pants on this morning so he grew a pair while he wrote that post. But sadley they got sucked back in after his post and his mangina was showing again.

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[Nexus 4 General] wilcoholic:
I am sorry but 6 hours can not be done. its impossible. 4 hours is really the maximum and even that is a number most people won't even see. Under regular usage expect somewhere between 2-3 hours.

6 hours? Who are you guys kidding and I did watch the screenshots. I saw no apps running except for the standard google services
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Ok mate. I'm just making it up, charging the phone, then turn off screen time out and don't touch it so I get good stats. Oh, and I do it every day. Just so i can show off good stats.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I for one have only got 5.5 hours all mobile data. Im constantly on tapatalk. Im a pretty much constant phone user. Look at my total time on battery compared to my screen on time. I burn through my batteries much faster than most. I've been able to hit 5 nonstop now. Every cycle on stock I got 2 to 2.5 hours screen on time now I've doubled that and doubled it with the same heavy daily use. You can question us all you want but just why come hear and be rude. Im telling u so like i said u are welcome to go compare my total time on battery to my screen on time. I trust these 2 individuals and one of them I also text to regularly we both have developed our Nexus4's from the same batch and have gotten to know each otherand I trust them. Point is we have no reason to come here and brag we are trying to help others. Have a nice day. :thumbup:

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[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
If you would actually look at the thread you would see them. And i never said it was mobile data only, it was both WiFi + data probably 70 30 spilt. Data was enabled the whole time is what you asked and the answer to that is yes.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Stuart, do it, you won't regret it (reflash stock images).

You know i wouldn't post it unless i was sure :)

tinky1
[Nexus 4 General] Martin27S:
I'm running stock, I don't have time for rooting like I did with the Nexus 1 (I enjoyed it before 1 click methods made it easy!). I'm very happy with the N4 battery.

Most phones I've had previously (such as Nexus1, Nexus S, G Nex, Desire HD, Sensation, SGS2, HTC One X) have all needed management to get through a long day. I get through most days with 30-40% left on the N4 usually with around 4 hours screen on and various browsing, texting, games, Twitter etc.
[Nexus 4 General] stuart0001:
Ahh, that makes sense and in line with others on WiFi. The fact data was enabled during this time is irrelevant because its not used whilst connected on WiFi so would be the same as disabling it yourself.

Cheers. I'm going to give it a go. I'm getting 5 hours of screen on WiFi but on mobile I'm lucky to hit 3.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
It was used for about 30% of the time, along with a couple MMS while WiFi was connected.
[Nexus 4 General] azrash:
Okay guys, I have read the posts regarding re flashing the stock images because of possible incomplete flashing during production, my question is, would restoring a nandroid after flashing the stock images be useless, Since we are restoring the whole thing, or will I get the same benefit from it?

I have a current setup that I like, but reading these posts is making my hands itch :P

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
I guess it will work, since it's rom and kernel are quite different from firmware. Gibe it a go and let us know.
[Nexus 4 General] stuart0001:
Thanks for the clarification. Your original post made no mention of using WiFi connection whatsoever and as is demonstrated in this thread, that has a massive difference in battery life versus an active mobile data connection only.
[Nexus 4 General] azrash:
I get your point, would do it when I am free. Hope all will go well!

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[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Ya. If you had looked at my screens you would've seen i was on WiFi at the time.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Look, I've had it up to here with you. Shut the f up.

Let me explain this in simple terms so you understand.

APPS DON'T ALWAYS SHOW UP IN THAT LIST.

I used Facebook, Tapatalk, eBay, Chrome, YouTube, Pandora, Instagram, texting, and several calls.
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Thank you!
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Don't escalate it guys.. Deep breaths and walk past him. :)
[Nexus 4 General] ctowne:
Its tough man but I'll do it for you :rolleyes:
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
+1 well said my brother :thumbup::D

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[Nexus 4 General] emailrob:
Nope, not using lightflow since I put on CM. Must be stock LED
[Nexus 4 General] deepsunzhine:
Hes a hater cause he got one of the ****ty phones out there...poor guy, this thread is about showin our battery stats to the ppl so yeah, its about showing off and there always be haters:eek:
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
I posted a possible solution to a **** battery life, so stop bickering and try it out :D
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Its a wake lock from your battery charging

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[Nexus 4 General] sorcio91:
Hi, but how to flash the stock image? The "return to stock" option in the nexus 4 root toolkit is good? :)

Or do you have follow this guide? --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
If you don't know what you are doing, follow efrants guide. You'll learn new things and you will understand what happened.
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
Yeah but lots of people are showing stats just to show stats. I'm not pointing any fingers to anyone in particular, but people should use their phones as they would normally do then show their stats instead of trying to reach a certain amount of screen time. Truth is the Nexus 4 doesn't have that great of battery life, i personally would like to see how people do without WiFi at all during the day. Something like moderate to heavy use. When I had my Nexus 4, using my phone normally( some WiFi, some cellular data, calls, texts, tapatalk and browsing) would give me 10 hours off charge and 3h of screen time.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Well, people ARE using their phone normally, just monitor their stats. People use Tapatalk, browser, listen to music, check emails, make some phone calls. How is that not using phone normally?
[Nexus 4 General] deepsunzhine:
Dude ive posted some screenshots of my battery stats and trust me ive had 5+ hrs screentime on mobile data..and im a heavy use guy...all sync on, youtube a lot and alot of everyrhing.btw im on francos kernel and stock rom..rev 10......
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
Lots of people doesn't mean everybody now does it? Fact, some people are using their phones a certain way just to achieve a certain amount of screen time and post it here, and I think its stupid cause you don't get to enjoy your phone the way you should and use it the way you should. Those same people are the one that end up selling that phone and complain about the battery. It happens in every forum my friend.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
True. It has happened before.

Anyway. If few more people report improved battery life after flashing stock images, I think that theory can be considered confirmed and I will create a thread about it.
[Nexus 4 General] Nathtech:
Hi! My battery is how should I say, far from excellent. Is there any solutions to getting better battery life? I'm currently on stock kernel and on ParanoidAndroid.
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
I believe you. Its possible. When I had my N4, I did reach 4h55 min of screen time once with 15 hours off charge, I was mostly on WiFi though. I'm just saying that things like 6 hours of screen time? No. Unless you are monitoring your battery like a Hawk, meaning you're trying to achieve a certain amount of screen time. That's why people turn a lot of services off like Google now, NFC blah blah blah ( some don't need those services like me). Another final point, why do 99.9% of us constantly check the battery usage during the day? Why not just use the phone and at the end of the day when its needed to charge, check the stats then?
[Nexus 4 General] @rbiter:
Not the gnote2 forum. :D

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
Agree a billion %!!!!!
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Yes, I was monitoring my battery. Part of seeing if some change really makes a difference. Did I turn everything off just to get 6h? No.

Two things I turned off, gnow and location reporting since I have no need for both of them.

I suggest you stop assuming and misleading people. Since you don't have N4 anymore you can't try what we are trying and change your opinion.

To sum it up. If you couldn't get 6h screen on time, it doesn't automatically mean that no one else can.
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
My stats are from my normal usage which is heavy usage. I never use WiFi I get on mobile data 8 hours or so battery total with 5 screen on time.

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[Nexus 4 General] Younggun123:
Its good your getting better then you were, but its within the same range of most with stock. I'm getting over 4 w/ sync on. 16 - 20 hours total time on using stock everything. HW10. Only background location services turned off.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Note that I had 33% left. I could have easily hit 5.5 hours of screen time. I was getting 3.5 hours of screen time on my Rev 10, only if I stayed on WiFi. My Rev 11 gets 5-5.5 hours, and that includes 30 minutes of 3G screen time.
[Nexus 4 General] barondebxl:
Thanks for your suggestion but I don't need it.

I'm pretty sure every phone out there can achieve 6h of screen time, question is how do you achieve it. Bottom line is if you're happy the way you're using your phone, then good for you. But you're the one with the N4 now, you should be the one to stop misleading people into thinking they can achieve those type of screen time with their normal usage. Nobody is saying the nexus 4 has terrible battery life, but its not as good as what some of you guys claim to be it is.

I'm a heavy user, I used to achieve 6h-7 h on screen time on my note 2, I find it hard to believe that you can achieve 6 h of screen time on your N4 without some type of monitoring and using your phone " normally". But if stats is what make you happy then do your thing, I made my point anyways. Cheers.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
I really don't understand what you are trying to do here. I use my phone normally, without TRYING to get good stats.

Thing is before flashing stock images my battery life was poor, after - very good. Stats are there to show people the difference. That's all.

Again, what makes you think I'm trying to squeeze out 6h at any cost? I just use my phone.