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[Nexus 4 General] SGS_elko:
AW: The great battery impression thread

4.2.2 is for me definetly a improvement, Yesterday was the 2nd day with the update and I got 5h screen on time with 45min phone calls. With 4.2.1 I got only 3.5h screen on with about 40min calls.

All is on like gps, sync etc and all stock :)
[Nexus 4 General] Nathtech:
5 Hours! Wow! Wish I was getting that! :/

OK I'm 3 hours in! And I'm doing as I predicted. About 25% decrease per hour! So I'll probably get 4 hours constant screen on time!

Result! Much better than the crappy 2-2.5hrs I was getting before!
[Nexus 4 General] androidfoshizzle:
NEXUS 4...Make em say uhhh..nah nah nah
[Nexus 4 General] maxpowerxiii:
That's pretty good! Are you on wifi or data?

I tried using data all day yesterday and gps , Google now, all sync on and got just over 3 hrs screen time and 17hrs battery. I'm going to try all wifi today.
[Nexus 4 General] raptor22:
Half on WiFi other half on HSPA. Lots of web browsing and reading, quite a bit of videos from YouTube.

Running franco r72 and CM10.1
[Nexus 4 General] Darkuso:
With Paranoid 15feb, franco kernel r72, about 10h wifi and 6h 3g, using whatsapp and gtalk a lot and maybe 2h of music, auto brightness and rotate activated, used also to check instagram, twitter, read news and gaming stuff, to play a while (puzzle games mostly) :victory:
[Nexus 4 General] Doozystrike:
Screen on Time :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] chrisastrous:
Descent.... Well it is not bad. Google should be giving us around 4-5 hours on this phone! It's doable anyway....
[Nexus 4 General] filthykid:
This looks extra ordinary. :eek:

I am curious to know, are you on Stock, completely?
[Nexus 4 General] cobyman7035:
Awesome stats

Google Voice via my r72 NeXus⁴ using XDA Premium
[Nexus 4 General] BadarChaudhry:
I have always doubt on Facebook app but today i'm certain about it.

On 4.2.2 and loss 2% battery for using Google+ for 15 min but loss 7% for using facebook for 15 min. On wifi and same setting when using both apps.

Few days ago while on 3G i loss 15% in 15 min for using Facebook but it was on 4.2.1.
[Nexus 4 General] sarkster:
On total stock 4.2.2 with everything turned on. Very pleased with this performance without trying to conserve power. No complaints about the battery from me now.
[Nexus 4 General] D4rk50ul:
Did a torture test after installing 4.2.2 completely stock. 5h45m of screen on YouTube watching Google music streaming took me from 100% to 10%. I also was browsing and using tapa talk in between videos. Not too bad. Sync was all on except facebook, screen brightness set manually to 50%.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] vaibkulk:
Battery

This is my first battery cycle from 100 to 0 on 4.2.2 stock rom rooted and stock kernel. Location was off for just 1 hr. Wifi ON for just 10 mins,GPS off, 2G on whole time. Lots of Temple Run 2, videos. browsing and voice calls.SOT of 3hrs is ok..
[Nexus 4 General] Nathtech:
Today is my first cycle with stock plus faux kernel. I'm really impressed so far. 3 hours in and I'm at 70%.

Hoping to get about 5 hours screen on. Will be very very happy if i do!
[Nexus 4 General] rufaz:
battery life increased on 4.2.2?
[Nexus 4 General] WanMya:
how to get that . mine last for 7-10hours only . root ?
[Nexus 4 General] frankbel:
R: The great battery impression thread

I feel that battery improved a bit with 4.2.2.
[Nexus 4 General] TheProf82:
Yesterday I had around 5 hours and 10 minutes of screentime before the battery was empty. That was on a full day (17 hours) with mostly wifi. Didn't make any calls or play alot of games though, mainly watching movies/browsing.

Very happy about the battery though. Running 4.2.2 stock with the franco r80.
[Nexus 4 General] frankbel:
R: The great battery impression thread

Double post.
[Nexus 4 General] WanMya:
can last for 1 day. wow
[Nexus 4 General] nawoa:
I haven't noticed any difference in 4.2.2. I get around 6 hours of screen-on time and it lasts another 12 hours or so beyond that.
[Nexus 4 General] riko540:
It turns out my poor battery life was caused by a few apps. I removed them and my screen on time has improved.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Chad_Petree:
Dan you tell us which apps did you have ?
[Nexus 4 General] riko540:
Engadget and Facebook are the two apps I removed.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] feelfreetoblameme:
Just experienced something slightly odd with my battery, thought I'd post here and see if someone else had the same issue. By the way, battery life has improved a lot since I updated to 4.2.2. I'm rooted but all stock except for recovery. I've been using an old LG charger that came with a flip phone as a secondary charger at my desk and it hasn't caused any issues. Just now I plugged in my phone into that charger, and it was at 70%. Within a few minutes, the phone said it was fully charged. I took it off the charger and it still said 100% for a few seconds before immediately jumping back to 70%. The phone is now on its own charger and charging normally. Not sure if this has to do with 4.2.2 or something else entirely. The other charger is rated at a lower amp rating than the one that came with the Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 General] riko540:
I had the stock charger do that once. I unplugged it and turned it off and then back on. I plugged it back in and its been fine ever since.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Zorachus:
You guys are bragging about 4h On Screen time, and 20 hours total battery life ? And that's the best case.

Wow !! Only 3h - 4h On Screen time blows.

I am keeping my Note II, was thinking get the Nexus 4, but with my N2 getting 9h On Screen time, and 30+ hours total battery life on 4G, not even talking about WiFi use, I can't give that up.
[Nexus 4 General] davwman:
Wow. Good for you. Your note 2 is huge and has a much larger battery.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] androidfoshizzle:
Change your profile pic if you don't like it then, kinda funny when you have nexus pic,talking about note 2,...

NEXUS 4...Make em say uhhh..nah nah nah
[Nexus 4 General] nick34609:
+1
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
Stock rooted 4.2.2. Rev 11. Auto-sync off, Google Now and GPS on. All WiFi. I used it a little yesterday evening. Good idle usage overnight.
[Nexus 4 General] joshua.justice:
What I would consider a day of average use.

The screen on time isn't the highest but I don't sit on my phone all day so I think I've come out decent with battery life.
[Nexus 4 General] com2soft:
-------------good:good:
[Nexus 4 General] Silencer96:
And its size also reflects its pricepoint.

The Nexus Four costs $350 shipped and taxes in, whereas the note two comes in at just under $700, and that's without shipping and taxes. Why the hell are you comparing apples to oranges? Sorry for digressing, but it had to be said.

Regardless, my phone's battery life has been sub-par up to this point, and that's with Paranoid Android + Franco's r82 kernel. Neither of which seemed to help at all. Does stock have the best battery life for you guys? I'm asking because I'm considering going back to stock due to the battery drain I'm getting from all the head honcho roms out there, namely CM10.1 and ParanoidAndroid.
[Nexus 4 General] YoungAceAtlanta:
the 16GB is $349 no tax/shipping to be exact.. Tax all depends on where you live, i paid $380 for mines with tax + shipping included..

my Galaxy Note 2 was $680 with shipping and tax..

But anyways.. i find it hard to believe some of you are getting 4hr screen on time.. i can barely get half of that using CM n Paranoid
[Nexus 4 General] younussm:
Stock 4.2.2 .
[Nexus 4 General] Arival:
Very jealous of all of you with 4h screen time; since 4.2.2 my standby time has become acceptable, lasting ages when I'm not using it but I still can't get more than 2-2.5 hours screen on time at auto brightness without draining the battery. 4h screen time would get me through an average day I reckon, currently mine just doesn't hack it.
[Nexus 4 General] davidsteele1975:
I'm in the same position, except the battery life I'm seeing from 4.2.1 gets me through the day. I only see four hours (or more) when I have the screen at minimum, I don't travel so I'm at home all day. In this respect, I don't find my Nexus 4, day to day, any different from most similar handsets. If I'm deliberately flattering the battery I still won't see two days, but on 4.2.1, the standby power drain is high. That'll be resolved in due course...
[Nexus 4 General] n00na:
info:

• ROM: AOKP (4.2.1)

• kernel: franco #71

• Rev 11

• 1x twitter account, pull 15min

• 1x facebook account, pull 30min

• 2x mail account, push

• Google now

• Weather, pull 60min

• Screen brightness: auto

extra tweaks:

• 2G (EDGE, no H or H+)

• Undervolt processor
[Nexus 4 General] Nathtech:
Did around 25 hours in one cycle. Stock with Faux kernel (Eco mode). I had WiFi always on, no 3g. Auto sync on for chrome,gmail and contacts. Google now but only weather card enabled. Half brightness.

Very happy with the results I'm getting now. I used to get about 2 hours screen on and no where near as much idle time as well.
[Nexus 4 General] davidsteele1975:
It's that beautiful flat idle graph that I'm interested in seeing on mine...
[Nexus 4 General] Kareboi:
Hey just want to say that the Nexus 4 is brilliant. I don have any batterydrain. I Get about 48 hrs of gotime on medium/heavy use and all syncs on only GPS is off.. Brilliant phone!
[Nexus 4 General] figgeo:
usually Google services stands for about 70 % of the battery consumed. What should i do to fix this? If i use the phone a lot it goes down but when it lays over night it is like this.
[Nexus 4 General] azik:
Is this normal? Facebook consuming mote than the screen?
[Nexus 4 General] Kareboi:
Maybe turning sync off or decreasing sync cycle?
[Nexus 4 General] azik:
How do you decrease the cycle?
[Nexus 4 General] Guzanni:
I love battery life in 4.2.2!

I'm at 21% after 1 day and 17 hours! screentime on 2,5 hours, not bad I guess :)
[Nexus 4 General] Chad_Petree:
Im really curious now that the Optimus G has been updated to jellybean to see how the battery life is compared to the nexus 4, has someone read something about it? :confused:
[Nexus 4 General] razball:
I had the same thing when I upgraded to 4.2.2 I just uninstalled reinstalled and it went away.
[Nexus 4 General] azik:
Reinstall Facebook? Sorry android newbie here.
[Nexus 4 General] VertigoM:
I'm experiencing TERRIBLE battery life on 4.2.2. I used to get 4 hrs screen time and now I can barely get 2! This really blows.
[Nexus 4 General] razball:
Uninstall and then go to play store and download again
[Nexus 4 General] tvdang7:
Turing off Google now/gps gave me a decent boost in battery life. I usually have about 40% battery left after a days work yesterday I was left with 70%. Really paranoid with leaving Google now on now.
[Nexus 4 General] vickpick:
6 hrs of screen on time is pretty crazy. you mustve gotten an excellent battery
[Nexus 4 General] jonmorris:
I don't want to disable Google Now, or any other services that make my Android device more useful. I don't want to switch/lock to 2G only, or turn off GPS so I can't see where I am on Google Maps.

Google needs to ensure that it can keep power consumption to a minimum on its apps that help sell Android. Otherwise, I'm left with a basic featurephone and might as well just get a basic featurephone that might last days and days.

That said, is there an app that can turn off certain features if your signal falls below a certain level? It would be great to have background syncing disabled temporarily when the phone has no signal, or it's measured at a certain low level - and resumes as soon as your signal does.

That might have solved my own battery problems when I was in the countryside with very poor, to almost non-existent, signal.
[Nexus 4 General] Gigabitex2:
N4 at an idle, stock 4.2.1. No gaming. Only 1.5 hrs sot, WiFi on always, sync on, NFC on, location on,GPS access on.
[Nexus 4 General] azik:
Do you not use your phone?LOL
[Nexus 4 General] ryan stewart:
Mine also seems oddly well performing. Not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Im a light user, web surfing when bored, etc.

Otherwise its responding to texts emails, using bluetooth to talk and listen to music in the car and checking occasional things. Have Latitude, Now, etc on. Otherwise the screen is off.

Now I can attest to the fact that if you are doing some heavy lifting the battery can drain rather quickly. But even watching a movie on a flight (only for a test as I have an N10 for that) doesnt destroy the battery.This is also with the screen set at 60%, I only really need it on max in direct sunlight. Its a pretty bright screen.

The only thing I do that is odd is I dont use the high output chargers. I tend to charge through USB or a 600ma Motorola charger that I had for eons. Ive always been convinced that a slower charge keeps the battery cooler = more efficient. Its never been a big deal as I throw it on at night for the next day so its got 7 hours solid on that 600ma charger. Now its got the orb running on that 600ma charger so its probably only getting 400ma (although its enough to trigger the noise and the charging behaviors).

Edit: One more thing. While there it was on wifi because I had gotten home for the day one thing my phone does seem to do is pretty aggressively throttle the data when I am not using it. It only turns on HSPA+ when I fire up the internet or an app, otherwise it seems to use "3g" or less for the background data (which is fine for me).
[Nexus 4 General] drbrainsol:
i'm getting 48 hours with 4 hours screen-on time on my phone. It's awesome compared to my sensation! :D
[Nexus 4 General] nick34609:
Faux kernel, under volted, paranoid latest build. Unplugged last night and I'm at work so screen time is low.
[Nexus 4 General] DarkShot666:
I love this phone, but the lack of battery life with poor signal kills me, which I can't help as Bell doesn't have a 2G network to piggyback on to reduce 3G usage. Suffering.

Now a part that might be playing against me is the screen's auto brightness, but past that the numbers seem real poor. Screen shouldn't have gone past 60% brightness today.

Less than an hour screen on time and down to 60%.

Hardly used it today. Quite upsetting. Using both Touch Control and Lightflow, but even them shouldn't add more than 5% usage total. Location services off, just turned off Google Now, NFC is off, push notifications for Facebook and Gmail.

ReVolt 3.2 with Franco r72.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Seriously? People jealous of 4h screen on? This isn't right. I was quite upset when it went down from 6-6.5h screen on time in 18-19h back to 3.5-4h. My cpu started running a but hotter, and i noticed decrease right away. When it was idling previously at 37-38c while using it for browsing on wifi i was getting 5h+ steadily. Then its started to jump to 41-42 while in use and returning back to 37-38 when i didn't touch the screen for a bit and life decreased. It's gone to LG today, i'm not having that, as i know for a fact after closely monitoring it for few months that it can perform better.
[Nexus 4 General] thejordan:
Really? I have an hour of screen time and at 89% of over 6 hours of device on.

Autobrightness + Screen filter

Google Now on, NFC on, HSPA+ on, Wifi on, Google sync on, Gmail push, weather and other app notifications 1 hour

GPS off, wifi location on
[Nexus 4 General] petmii:
My phone battery life improved quite a bit since upgrading to 4.2.2. I usually get around 3-4 hours screen time on 4.2.1 on normal uses. But after upgrading to 4.2.2 yesterday, I'd test it out a bit by letting the phone streams anime from crunchyroll. The phone managed to get over 5 hours of screen times from 88% battery life down to 1%. Google now is off, everything else on default (syncs, fb, locations services etc.). I also have juice defender on balance. :good:
[Nexus 4 General] DarkShot666:
Well damn.

What ROM kernel setup are you running? Wifi is probably helping your case, but how's your signal? As per my screeny, I have piss poor signal here, and generally around the outskirts of town which I can't help.

Oh that note, just updated to PA 3+ and I'll be updating to whichever 4.2.2 kernel that supports Touch Control.
[Nexus 4 General] thejordan:
Stock 4.2.2 rooted

I'm usually on HSPA:15, so pretty good signal, rarely see less than 2 bars. But 90% of the time I'm on wifi at home/work/school.

Keep tweaking your settings. Maps/google now location stuff was really killing my battery.

Try screen filter too, it helps, I don't think the autobrightness is sensitive enough.
[Nexus 4 General] rjunraj:
Tasker can do it
[Nexus 4 General] ran495:
I also believe 4.2.2 improved my battery quite a bit. I used to have 2 hours screen time on any of the kernels i used in 4.2.1, but now on stock im get 3+... its a moderate improvement... however, when i use the custom kernels on 4.2.2 i go back to the crappy batt life... maybe its not yet optimized for 4.2.2 so ill just stick to stock kernel til then.
[Nexus 4 General] 309041291a:
In getting horrible idle drain on 4.2.2

Sent from my Trinity powered Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] VertigoM:
I'm also getting worse battery life on 4.2.2... As in SIGNIFICANTLY worse.
[Nexus 4 General] kyokeun1234:
People with terrible battery life on 4.2.2, have you tried wiping/factory resetting first and then testing the battery life? Sometimes, data from the older version can mess with the battery life even if the update is only 0.0.1 update. I am having 30 minutes screen on time better battery life then 4.2.1 even without wipe.
[Nexus 4 General] FatalityBoyZahy:
3 hours and 32 minutes screen on time with pretty decent usage on stock CM10.1. I'm satisfied. lol
[Nexus 4 General] Kareboi:
Btw i unlocked dev settings and changed background apps from default to no background apps.. Dunno if it affects anything but sure as hell it didnt consume more batt. And ofcourse ive rooted and have juicedefender installed
[Nexus 4 General] Kareboi:
Open the facebook app. Then go to settings and there should be a sync or refresh cycle. Mine is set to 1hr.. You can always diasable it to sync only when you open the app.
[Nexus 4 General] wvcadle:
My battery life isn't that great at all. I've been awake for 45 minutes or so, have checked my email, caught up on two multi player games, looked at Facebook and google reader, and I'm already down to 91%.

Here's my screenshot is gsam:
[Nexus 4 General] cbright:
Does No SIM = Greater Battery Drain

Does NOT having a SIM card inserted in NEXUS 4 cause increased battery drain.:confused:
[Nexus 4 General] Remcotjuuh:
Averagely using Franco and changing ROMs
[Nexus 4 General] biggiestuff:
I can push 3 hours of screen time IF I bring it down close to complete shut off but man who wants to do all that just to get decent battery life. I play a lot of WWF which keeps the screen on and with 3 hours of screen time that included about 2.5 hours of being off wireless during lunch with about an hour of music playing (streaming) with screen off.

But I think i figured out my biggest culprit. Groove IP. *sigh* Obviously I need it to take calls but I'm going to go ahead and test my battery life w/o groove ip on. I'll just have to manage my 100 minutes a little better but as it is I barely take calls. already with groove IP off I can see phone idle rising to the top of the battery chart over Android OS so that's a good indicator so far that I may make 3+ hours of screen on time.

Is there a better battery conscious way of making wi-fi calls? Skype and vonage seem to me a huge drainer as well.
[Nexus 4 General] androidfoshizzle:
Stock 4.2.2, I pulled it off the charger at 96% last night,

NEXUS 4=Richard mille watch
[Nexus 4 General] jonmorris:
If it's any consolation, it seems the Xperia Z also performs very badly battery wise too. Again, great in standby, but when used - it can die in as little as 4-5 hours!

All the more reason I hope Motorola makes its 'X' phone or whatever it will be, and packs it with a 3,000+ mAh battery.
[Nexus 4 General] gotzaDroid:
I have never got this great of battery before! Don't know what happened as my battery life didn't change right away with 4.2.2. But the last few charges have yielded double screen time on (from 2 to 4 hours). The pics below were with heavy use too! The only weird thing was, when this all changed, the phone was reporting that the OS was using almost 90% of the battery and the screen only a few percent. It's now back to normal with the same great battery life.
[Nexus 4 General] Kareboi:
Maybe the battery when used gets a bit more charge and stability?
[Nexus 4 General] dreamerAxe:
What's the battery like if you game on this device ? I use to get more than a day with 3+ hours screen time. But today, I was playing plague and it went down from 95%to 16% in 2.4 hours. I am running stock 4.2.2 unrooted. Is this normal when gaming ?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] davidsteele1975:
Yes, it's normal! :)
[Nexus 4 General] krispycorn:
I'm on Carbon 4.2.2 and Matrix kernel 7.0. I average 16-24 hrs w 4-5hrs screen time. I'm also in my basement quite a bit as that's where the man cave is so I'm typically over 50% no signal as well for a battery life.

As for the gaming, I always plug in when gaming unless it's a quick run to pass 5 minutes or such. Plague is awesome. :)
[Nexus 4 General] dreamerAxe:
Hmm... Does Franco's kernel improve battery while gaming too. I know it improves screen time. Maybe I should ask this in his thread... Maybe....... Its time time for me to root :)

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
All Wi-Fi except for 45 minutes of Pandora on 3G. 4.2.2 Rev 11.
[Nexus 4 General] markeas:
Taken off charge at around 96% few calls, few texts, 15min Skype call and a fair bit of tapatalk.

Google now on - only weather.

Latitude off.

Email push sure its not pushing though.

contact sync.

All in all not to bad I suppose.
[Nexus 4 General] jsbombjack:
Weirdly I managed to get 2 days out of my 16gb N4.

Day before yesterday was working from home, so phone was on wireless all day (bar about an hour or so in town)

Yesterday was on mobile data all day as I was in the office.

Both days the usual amount of whatsapp, calls, texts etc

Guess it is all about what apps you use and the things you do, the battery seems quite handy
[Nexus 4 General] Kareboi:
Today i took my n4 off the charger at about 6.30 am. Have been on wifi all day checking xda and facebook and read the news few times. Now the clock is 12.10 pm an battery down to 93%... Not bad i quess.
[Nexus 4 General] Rusty!:
You can all try this out now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
[Nexus 4 General] theguitarman94:
Got my nexus 4 on Monday. Very impressed with battery life. Stock 4.2.2 rooted.
[Nexus 4 General] wvcadle:
Glad you guys are digging it. I went from 100% to 97% in the first five minutes I was up this morning.
[Nexus 4 General] Kareboi:
For those who didnt know it!! If youre having battery drain. Be sure to log into all of the services an then disabling syncs if you want to... I.e. maps, googleplus, youtube, currents etc... Helped quite a bit in my case
[Nexus 4 General] zaki67:
I am seeing much better battery life after update but I also notice that it goes the first 20 percent very quickly but overall it lasts much longer.
[Nexus 4 General] Techguy18:
How is the nexus 4 battery compared to the One S?
[Nexus 4 General] theguitarman94:
Pretty similar if I'm honest. The One s has a few more hours battery life but it's a dual core samoled phone. You'll be getting a day with the nexus 4 and over 5 hours screen time. That's brilliant for a quadcore phone with an IPS display!
[Nexus 4 General] davwman:
One s for me was crap. Also that thing randomly lost service all together.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Crash1983:
My battery is draining quickly, while moving and when I'm using GPS!

My phone looses almost 40% battery while moving 450km by car within 5 hous. That is without usage of GPS, only Standby!
[Nexus 4 General] razball:
Yea same mine goes down 10% super quick then slows down
[Nexus 4 General] rjunraj:
Which of these drains battery faster?

Watching movies

Playing games

Browsing internet over 3g
[Nexus 4 General] BizzaBoy:
Has anybody tested Sports/GPS apps, like MapMyRIDE ?