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[Nexus 4 General] 309041291a:
I disagree. On my NS I pulled 7 hours max 5 min screen in 10-20 hours :P

WiFi/3G medium use 1-3 bars of signal, I have the scene posted in various places, I'd love to pull then back up but my NS is currently dead :(

As for the N4 I'm getting a consistent 4.25~ screen in 16-24 hours~

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Qbsti:
Well i was surprised when i saw that i had surpassed the 6h milestone today oO

PA without any additional mods + battery guru (sync on). all day on wifi.

Cheers!
[Nexus 4 General] Gokh:
What have you done in this 6h to have a clock widget in the stats? You have been playing in the home screen? :what:

Tapalked with a Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
It was probably syncing the weather
[Nexus 4 General] saniyal:
Mine is cruddy have an hour of talk time and almost 3 hour screen on
[Nexus 4 General] Younggun123:
I have no problem getting 5 -5.5 hours w/ 15 hours total time on. I don't know what you're doing that you can't. Only thing I have off is NFC. Everything else on.
[Nexus 4 General] :
Then your guess would be wrong :p

I have no interest in faking battery life....I'm 34 and have better things to be doing than trying to make my results look better than others lol.

I never suggested mine was good or better...just that I was happy.

Cheers :)

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] persheshhater:
Bull****:)
[Nexus 4 General] cobyman7035:
I'm too busy surfing ahem adult sites to fake SOT lol

Google Voice via my r72 NeXus⁴ using XDA Premium
[Nexus 4 General] jmudrick:
6 hrs SOT/18 on with stock ROM, Franco r111. All wifi. Undervolted - 100.
[Nexus 4 General] daglesj:
Not too bad in general use for me.
[Nexus 4 General] nextelbuddy:
then please tell me or us how someone gets 6 hours screen time or shows a screen shot that shows 63% screen on time but literally everything else that shows underneath that shows 7% or less and the very next item is Android system, not Chrome, not RSS feed apps, not Netflix, not youtube app just Android system.

how do you get 6 hours screen time but everything else is idle or android system?

what are you guys doing to get so much screen time but not in any actual apps that display under battery history?

when I use netflix or youtube, or pulse, or Facebook, Phone calls, messaging, ect.. anything that contributes to me USING my phone... it always shows under the app area for battery info.

makes no sense.

Really? you are in a nerd tech forum in a battery thread posting and bragging about your battery life lol .. you DO have interest in it.

age has nothing to do with it grandpa..

btw im 32 >_>
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
This whole thread is a marketing gimmick by Google so people think N4 has decent battery life and buy it. It's all a massive conspiracy and Google just hacked all the posters accounts to post these photoshopped images.

FFS, when will people learn that each person uses his phone in a different manner and not all apps show up in the stats....
[Nexus 4 General] :
Wrong again...nice try tho :p

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] Younggun123:
I guess it depends on how you use your phone. I use mine for work and texting with my family. So ... lots of email, texts, a few phone calls, and a little bit of browsing. Every now and again I will stream songsa. Most of the "other" information (stocks, sports) I obtain through widgets. Rarely do my top battery application users ever change. The vast majority of the time its just screen, android os, system idol, cell stand by, and media player.

Like I said ... I don't know how you can't get 5 plus hours.
[Nexus 4 General] nextelbuddy:
I hear ya but it just makes no sense why SOME people have no apps show but for ME i always see apps in battery info.

like right now i took the phone off the charger 3 hours ago and its already down from 100% to 90% on WIFI the whole time and for the most part its been idle except for some texting and checking some RSS feeds for maybe 2 min, some texting for 48 seconds and looking at a map in google maps.

my Battery info shows all of the apps that contributed to that no problem.

yet you have people in here that go 16+ hours with 6 hours screen time and the battery info will still say they have 15+% left to go and say that they use their device NORMAL and with moderate usage????

i think everyone's IDEA or definition of NORMAL or AVERAGE use is different and that to some people NORMAL is having the phone on their desk for 8 hours idle with no wake up and then they pick it up and start using it

where as other people normal is texting, checking the web all day, checking the RSS feed applications, emailing and viewing some youtube videos.

2 completely different ends of the spectrum yet those same people will say theirs is normal as in normal for them.

I can get 5 hour screen time but Ill max out my hours of battery usage at around 10-13 hours for the day if im lucky....

my quarm is with people that go:

"look at my 6+ hours screen time and my phone has been off the charger for 20+ hours" and then it will show all this idle time where they dont use their phone or their battery stats show mobile connection was disabled or they were in airplane mode for a significant period of time.

it just feels like some people either plug their phone in a couple of times mid day and remove from charger which charges your phone but does NOT reset your hours off charger number OR they are in airplane mode most of the day.

all for the sake of having the best battery life stats.

very similar to the Benchmark thread... everyone wants a measurable to compare to one another to see whose stick is bigger. :eek:
[Nexus 4 General] Gokh:
Hardly get 4h....

Tapalked with a Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] cobyman7035:
20% extra Id say... I'm uving 125- in clock to 1026max speed on dual core mode... Get 6hrs sot easily on wifi

Google Voice via my r72 NeXus⁴ using XDA Premium
[Nexus 4 General] iOStoAndroid:
Minimal Use

Stock 4.2.2

3 widgets, Autosync on including Google + and Viber, Data Connection except between 01:00 & 08:00
[Nexus 4 General] Qbsti:
Well besides using currents, playing temple run (for ~20min), using browser, camera, listening to music, checking FB and xda forum, browsing google play, checking gmail i played minesweeper for like 2 hours. You know, average day at school ;)

Btw this clock widget uses loads of battery (at least that is what the battery stats always tell me)
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
Show screen time, clearly that's what all the rave is! :p
[Nexus 4 General] iOStoAndroid:
Sorry, as I said in my initial post (2 before screenshot, it was with minimal use)

Screen time 30 minutes
[Nexus 4 General] snak3ater:
So the phone was sleeping most of the time...3 days usage and just 30mins of screen on time...

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I got a screen on time of 4Hrs on my first boot ever after i got the device. battery went from 100% to 10% in around 17hrs...

Played a lot of temple run, using WiFi, setting up the phone...
[Nexus 4 General] wathefak:
Rasbean+motley's underclock 304/1026mhz. Sio/interactive
[Nexus 4 General] jmudrick:
7 hrs screen time with 16.5 on. See Franco kernel thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2002782

[KERNEL][GPL][N4] franco.Kernel - r111 | M1
[Nexus 4 General] williamj1:
Just to wind everyone up :rolleyes:;)

(Phone was set to never sleep, fell asleep watching a movie and woke up the next day, then used phone. Naturally the phone was barely used for a good 4/5 hours of that SOT hence impressive but not really results.
[Nexus 4 General] Gokh:
Hoooow?? :banghead: which kernel are you using? (UV,UC?)

My battery is always poor thanks to Chrome, Tapatalk and media server, eveen if I launch them one time and use them for less than 5mins...

Tapalked with a Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] wtfshouldidonow:
He just said he left it to screen always on overnight :sly: My advice? Read :p

Anyways, don't use chrome if you can deal with that. It's a real battery hog, I suggest the stock launcher or naked browser, I found them the most battery friendly thanks to a few tests I made while I was bored during a whole weekend.
[Nexus 4 General] g2uzer:
Completely stock ?
[Nexus 4 General] daglesj:
So the situation is that if you use your Nexus 4 like a phone then you can get 2-3 days use from it.

If you use your Nexus 4 like a Gameboy/PSP then you will just get a few hours.

Fascinating.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
A lot of screen time stats are dependent on WiFi vs Data 4/3G. If you use WiFi you'll likely be between 5.5-7hrs but, with data it's usually 3.5-5hrs. Also it's possible to play games briefly and still get at least a day( just have to do it when battery is already low). Or you could lower GPU and CPU speed plus UV heavily to increase battery.
[Nexus 4 General] williamj1:
This was Minco V6 + Franco kernel
[Nexus 4 General] rjunraj:
Not so happpy

Stock unrooted
[Nexus 4 General] Stretlow:
Nothing wrong with those stats... Depends what brightness setting its on ( I have it on 100%)

Question. When are you a day and a half from a charger?

Exactly what are you expecting from a mobile device as thin as it is, with a battery as small as it is with a screen that size?
[Nexus 4 General] leomagnani:
I would like to know if it is too much difference from on demand or intuitive governator compared with performance in terms of battery life?

i have flashed franco kernel 111 and i ve noticed a big difference of apps loading when you are in performance.. Too much faster...
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
Performance Gov keeps the CPU running @ MAX Freq = Horrible battery life...

"OnDemand Governor:

This governor has a hair trigger for boosting clockspeed to the maximum speed set by the user. If the CPU load placed by the user abates, the OnDemand governor will slowly step back down through the kernel's frequency steppings until it settles at the lowest possible frequency, or the user executes another task to demand a ramp.

OnDemand has excellent interface fluidity because of its high-frequency bias, but it can also have a relatively negative effect on battery life versus other governors. OnDemand is commonly chosen by smartphone manufacturers because it is well-tested, reliable, and virtually guarantees the smoothest possible performance for the phone. This is so because users are vastly more likely to ***** about performance than they are the few hours of extra battery life another governor could have granted them.

This final fact is important to know before you read about the Interactive governor: OnDemand scales its clockspeed in a work queue context. In other words, once the task that triggered the clockspeed ramp is finished, OnDemand will attempt to move the clockspeed back to minimum. If the user executes another task that triggers OnDemand's ramp, the clockspeed will bounce from minimum to maximum. This can happen especially frequently if the user is multi-tasking. This, too, has negative implications for battery life."

"Interactive Governor:

Much like the OnDemand governor, the Interactive governor dynamically scales CPU clockspeed in response to the workload placed on the CPU by the user. This is where the similarities end. Interactive is significantly more responsive than OnDemand, because it's faster at scaling to maximum frequency."
[Nexus 4 General] leomagnani:
Thanks for the very compleete answer. Another question: what is the standard governator of the smartphones or each one has a different one? What about our N4?
[Nexus 4 General] gagdude:
I think the standard governor is ondemand
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Correct

Sent by my Kitteh eating my muffin head (Im chocolate chip) via my Sexy Nexi 4 using Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 General] Nofrag:
i have no idea what everyone is doing but on my phone stock i get like 2 hours on screen time.... the most i can get is like 3 after underclocking to 702 mhz, undervolting, brightness at lowest etc....
[Nexus 4 General] jimbob_me:
I find it fascinating how some people get like 3-4 hour screen times. On every android phone ive owned, including the N4 i still only get like 2 hours screen on time in one charge.

I flashed Franco kernel last week in an attempt to remedy this, which is has done to some degree.

FAO ANYONE USING FRANCO KERNEL: Since i started using this kernel ive noticed the facebook app seems to be using a lot more battery that it did on stock kernel. For example now, after 14 hours off charge, facebook is the number one process with 48%. Screen is second with 23% and a screen on time of just 1hr 50 mins.

I swear facebook didnt used to drain this much on stock kernel?
[Nexus 4 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Try matr1x or Harsh kernels guys. I like harsh the most but matr1x is great too. I honestly got 2 -2.5 hours sot on stock. I currently get 4-4.5 hours sot and I'm on Harsh and pa. I don't mess with the kernel at all after I flash it other than putting halfbreed colors on my phone. I don't use auto brightness I just set it a lil under halfway. One thing that saves a lot of battery is turn location access of unless using it. Its a battery hog on the N4

Sent by my Kitteh eating my muffin head (Im chocolate chip) via my Sexy Nexi 4 using Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 General] gecko316:
I'm new to rooting and undervolting. No scientific test here, but my battery life has greatly improved since undervolting.

I'm using Franco r111, Greenify app, undervolted to -150 and set max CPU to 1350

Not only that the phone doesn't get hot when I run GPS apps. I used to sizzle

EDIT

I use the trickster-mod app to set the CPU max speed and undervolt. Still haven't looked at how I can make these stick when I reboot.

Also, I didn't stress test the -150 undervolt nor did I attempt to go lower, so probably can tweak it more or some marginal gains
[Nexus 4 General] xT4Z1N4TRx:
My battery is really weird. It feels like it drains too quick, but this is supposed to be normal, right? :p
[Nexus 4 General] itayze:
again,

without Screen Time screenshoot we can't tell if it is wierd or not.

maybe you had the device open for the entire 2 hrs and then the battery is GREAT

if you had it open for 5 minutes then it is BAD
[Nexus 4 General] xT4Z1N4TRx:
Sorry mate, forgot to attach it, so I took another one

Notice I don't have a Sim card in it, I'm using Tablet Talk (WiFi) instead, for the time being
[Nexus 4 General] mil0X:
We can still not see the screen-on time.
[Nexus 4 General] leomagnani:
Thanks!

Im trying to get 2 days battery life but i believe that I couldnt reach that...

In my work when i am in my office, sometimes I lost the telphone signal And when I need to go inside my factory the signal is lost everytime, so in the end of the day is normal I see in the battery stats that I lost the signal for 20-30% of the time...

Enviado de meu Nexus 4 usando o Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] jmudrick:
Don't think it has anything to do with the kernel. I get 5 or more SOT with Franco, Facebook lots of time spent. Haven't seen similar comments on Franco thread. Try Wakelock Detector.
[Nexus 4 General] ironaire:
I got this battery usage after 3 week use. I'm on stock android without rooting.
[Nexus 4 General] torana355:
I could only get at most 3.5 hours onscreen time with the stock rom and kernel. I can consistently get 5-6 hours onscreen time with Rasbeanjelly and Trinity kernel.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
Faux's latest beta. 1.8 turbo,eco, WiFi only, and intellidemand.
[Nexus 4 General] Mr.Mischief:
You charged it though.
[Nexus 4 General] snak3ater:
This audioout_2 wakelock is just killing my battery..

4Hrs of SOT out of total 18Hrs...

Checked Battery stats & found out audioout_2 wakelock taking 3Hrs...

How to get rid of it :crying:
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
Try turning off key tones or maybe you have media apps running.
[Nexus 4 General] Gokh:
Finnaly a decent baterry life.

Data, GPS, wifi on, luminosity at 1/3, cm + franco 116, and some flashing ^^

Tapalked with a Nexus⁴
[Nexus 4 General] nextelbuddy:
lol does he think people cant see the dip UP in battery graph.

anyone can charge their phone and unplug before reaching max charge so that batt stats doesnt get set back.
[Nexus 4 General] androidfoshizzle:
You know if you put airplane mode on, WiFi still works, even get more battery life..

"Head&Pepsi"
[Nexus 4 General] serkanhiziroglu1998:
Can you send me halfbreed colors ?
[Nexus 4 General] Stories:
I've been generally pretty impressed by battery life. I don't have pictures, but on my last go around, I had about 1 day, 18 hours of on time with about 3 hours of screen on time.

All day wi-fi, no NFC, franco r111, CM10.1 3-24-13 nightly.
[Nexus 4 General] slcgrad2k:
Most ppl seem to be having good battery life. I wonder if its the LTE that's drawing most of my battery power?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] badboy47:
i find it funny people actually take the time to do that. Anyway, Nexus 4 battery life is really good.

Below is my screen. My Battery time was 7h 20m 10s with 14% left.
[Nexus 4 General] davidsteele1975:
Ultimately, though, battery life is still a personal thing. Okay, so we can all produce statistics that show X number of hours, but it's only relevant to that one person. It's partially relevant to everybody else if their usage is similar, but it's vague...

Just like fuel consumption / gas mileage figures. That's how I explain battery life to clients: depends on the driver, conditions and vehicle. Telling me you get three weeks between filling up is as meaningless as me saying I see 350 miles. Official figures are just to compare between different models. Top up the tank when you know you will need to. No harm keeping it topped up. For the overwhelming majority of the world, this is sound advice.
[Nexus 4 General] iamhacked:
How do I make Chrome Beta use less battery? I already disabled tilt scrolling. It's using about 8% of my battery.

Browser.apk for some reason breaks, and Opera Beta crashed often.
[Nexus 4 General] kyokeun1234:
Use greenify to hibernate the app when not in use.
[Nexus 4 General] Deputy13:
My battery life is awful. Any tips?
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
You're on stock?

+use custom kernel

+switch Roms

+turn off location when not needed

+disable Currents

+lower brightness under 50

+turn off key press sounds

+disable daydream

+Undervolt

+use greenify
[Nexus 4 General] iamhacked:
I already have battery guru do that
[Nexus 4 General] clusterchuck:
Ummm, the battery life on my phone seems to be freaking awesome. Strictly stock and rooted.
[Nexus 4 General] mcvigo:
Doesnt let me upload pics but i got 8:30 hours standby with 1:35 SoT, 3/4 of the time.was on 3g but this is awful.

This is PA and franco 116
[Nexus 4 General] clusterchuck:
Double post
[Nexus 4 General] whd5015:
This was with around ~3.5 hours of on screen time.

Stock and rooted! Haven't had any problems.
[Nexus 4 General] fakudolan:
here's mine so far at 73% battery life. total time off charger has been 6 hours approx. on rasbeanjelly powered by trinity kernel 113b
[Nexus 4 General] clusterchuck:
Final tally.
[Nexus 4 General] mierda1:
fakudolan how can you have the screen on like 2h and 30m and ONLY drain less than 30% of battery (64% screen usage)!?! For me 43 minutes screen on at 50% brightness its drain 27% battery (73% screen usage).

Do you have screen at 1% brightness? Did you do the same test with another kernel (franco) or the original one?
[Nexus 4 General] fakudolan:
My brightness settings are on automatic in a room setting that is set to low-mid brightness. I can never get the same battery life as this one on any other kernel besides Trinity 113b.
[Nexus 4 General] The.Penguin:
Best battery I have gotten on this phone. All 3G. Heavy day. Phone calls, tapatalk, naked browser, appy geek, eBay, and amazon.

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Xylon

Faux 12m

Snake charmer, eco mode, undervolted 50.

A few other changes that I made through faux app. Overall these adjustments have kept my phone cool and the battery lasts for quite a while now.
[Nexus 4 General] iamhacked:
Impressive
[Nexus 4 General] ran495:
anyone on 24/7 mobile data on getting more than 3 hours screen time?

im currently on stock rom/kernel and at most i get is 2 hours screen time and around 14-16 battery life.

i tried out franco, trinity, matr1x, and motley. none really made any significant change. though i will keep trying once in a while every time new versions are out.

the last versions i tried.

franco r111

trinity 112b

matr1x 8.0

motley build 49

i also use greenify, but i dont feel any big change from that either.

would love to hear your guys thoughts.
[Nexus 4 General] mcvigo:
On 3g every Rom/Kernel I use suck compared to stock.

Yesterday i got 8 hours at 20% charge, with around 2 hours screen time.

Today I have 10 hours at 40% with 3 hours screen time.

This is a mix of 3g and wifi
[Nexus 4 General] The.Penguin:
Read my post a few posts ahead.
[Nexus 4 General] ran495:
ahead? umm does this mean you're going to test it and post about it? or do you mean a few posts back?
[Nexus 4 General] roswell782:
On airplane mode and wifi only, that's not really impressive...
[Nexus 4 General] snak3ater:
Using PA 3.1 Rom...
[Nexus 4 General] iamhacked:
Well it's the longest screen on time I've gotten so far. NFC is on too if it matters
[Nexus 4 General] The.Penguin:
Back haha
[Nexus 4 General] bagou01:
I have read a lot about poor battery life, and i wanted to share my results.

i'm on a stock, non rooted nexus4, i have let it empty to shut down 3 or 4 first times then fully charged it etc, and i get mostly between 2.5 and 3 days of use :)

i've tried battery optimizers like juice defender but this fuc..ed my data connections, so did a factory reset, installed nothing to optimize.

All i tweaked was : disabled all kind of geolocalisation, screen to auto brightness, and mostly wifi on (but connected to 3G most of the time given i wonnect to wifi only after the work day).

I have a normal use of the phone, meaning i don't specially "not use it" to boost battery, i phone times to times, read and send lots of sms, and go to 9gag when at the toilets, or play one game or two when i'm up to date on 9 gag.

So all in all, on a stock device with no app to increase battery life, i get almost 3 days of use, buts lets say mostly 2.5 days. quite happy with that !
[Nexus 4 General] mcvigo:
I got 8 hours with 1:40 of screen time on 3g and a lil wifi with paranoid and franco 116, what you have is basically a dream for me, can you explain the setup?
[Nexus 4 General] bagou01:
Well

just to show i'm not kidding: here's the result. I put it to charge a few hours ago so it's now 98% but then, remove these few hours from the 3days 1h displayed, and you'll see the graph confirms between 2.5 days and 3 days since last full battery charge.

i can't say very much more then what i already said, i never have much apps running in background, i'm on wifi when at home, and disabled geolocalisation.

oh and, i don"t know if that would change a thing but i disabled apps i never use, like google+,talk, currents and a few more just to be sure they don't launch by themselves....
[Nexus 4 General] snak3ater:
Got this result by using Paranoid Rom with its own PA kernel..Brightness is on Auto,No undervolting & governor set as 'interactive'..

Ive also tried Franco kernel with PA rom & got the same results..

Mostly do a lot of texts messages,use tapatalk & play temple run..
[Nexus 4 General] SlickSixx:
Marathon video viewing 6 hour sot.

Just in case anyone was thinking about utilizing the n4 as a non stop media player. I just had a marathon viewing of The Walking Dead Season 3. I unplugged the device and started up episode after episode on mx player without any screen off time. Everything was turned on except for cell data and wifi.......brightness set to auto. Clean flash of BAMF Paradigm v3.1

6 hours continuous movie playback seems really good to me. Sooooo much better than my previous htc one x.
[Nexus 4 General] mcvigo:
Dont understand why my battery sucks on 3g especially with costum roms, and i see people get crazy battery life with PA