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[LG Optimus G (International)] vpetkar:
I'm having huge problem with battery life. I start my day at 6:30am and by 9:00am I'm already at 70%. Fast forward till 3:30pm and I'm scrambling to my charger with less than 5% charge left.

I have sync off, eco-mode on, and power saving on as well. I also have my screen brightness at approximately 30% the whole day. I honestly can't stand this battery and I'm trying to figure out what's wrong. I'm using Apex Launcher and a bunch of standardized popular apps installed (Facebook, Twitter, Ever note, etc.).

How can I diagnose this problem?

Also, Android OS takes 50%-70% in battery usage. I have tried better battery stats but I'm not sure what I'm looking at. I'm new to android phones however I'm a fairly techy person and a regular Linux user so I really want to figure this thing out.

Any ideas?
[LG Optimus G (International)] Tim4:
Thats a bug.

By the way its gone after the N update, and had return after the I update.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Joyok:
Sorry, what? Whats the N update and the I update? I have never gotten a single update, nor is there one.
[LG Optimus G (International)] U-2:
Bought it (AT&T Optimus G) for my wife. Initially, connected to WiFi, installed a bunch of weather apps, set Eco mode - and overnight discharge was >2% per hour. Disabled WiFi, removed some weather apps, disabled scheduled updates on the rest, disabled Eco mode - and overnight discharge became ~0.2% per hour. Right now the phone is unplugged for almost 3 days and 67% battery left (0.5% per hour discharge), but phone was only used to periodically check BetterBatteryStats.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Tim4:
F180K10n and F180K10i - 2 updates i received on korean optimus G.

Also i noticed that the Eco mode making the battery life more shorter, have no idea why its happens, so i turned it off
[LG Optimus G (International)] swiftstealth:
The Sprint Optimus G had one updated released before the device launched. Got notified on my phone the first day I was using it, but that's all I've seen.

sent from my Xoom on EOS 3.0

my trail of destruction:

Sprint: Blackberry 8830 World>Blackberry 8530>Samsung Epic (rooted)>HTC Evo 4G (rooted)>Motorola Photon (rooted)>HTC Evo 3d>LG Mach>Samsung Epic Touch aka GSII>LG Optimus G
[LG Optimus G (International)] qjai:
No updates for rogers e971
[LG Optimus G (International)] chromatome:
No updates for me either. I read somewhere else that lots of battery drain issues are because of mediaserver (mine were at least) but I downloaded an app called rescan media that seems to have made it quite a bit better but still not ideal. Before my battery usage showed up as ~90% mediaserver and the rest was normal things (android OS, display etc) and I'd have a completely dead phone within 5 hours. Today I unplugged at 8:30 and at 1:58 I'm at 29% so it's still far from great. :(
[LG Optimus G (International)] curly9:
I have read over night when not used it might drop a couple % but mine dropped 20% last night. The phone when used still gets better than the one x which did well compared to others IMO. What apps show what is using the battery?

Edit. On powersaver and eco mode the phone dropped 20% while all that off last night dropped 3-4% total
[LG Optimus G (International)] MBX5T:
life

my battery don`t have good life...
[LG Optimus G (International)] noobtoob:
I thought I was the only one stalking this phone from the E4GT threads....lol.
[LG Optimus G (International)] spackmanbr:
Yeah. Call me crazy, but I swear my phone runs cooler with longer battery life when I have Eco mode off.
[LG Optimus G (International)] curly9:
It does it dropped 30% it on on and 3 with off. I thought it was an app but nope. The phone has amazing battery on my use.
[LG Optimus G (International)] willtoskie:
What widget was it?
[LG Optimus G (International)] phoenix_rizzen:
With all stock apps, autosync, WiFi, and HSPA enabled, BT and LTE disabled, Eco-mode on, I was under 20% after 14 hours of use.

With 3g Watchdog, Juicedefender, and Eco-mode enabled and managing sync/WiFi/data/etc, I'm at 50% after 12 hours 50 minutes.

Not sure what y'all are complaining about. :)

Normal use for me is gmail, email, calendar, texting, facebook, web surfing, and an hour or two of Great Big War Game.
[LG Optimus G (International)] curly9:
Mine does get good battery life with eco mode off with on its kind of like my car right now with two pistons not working properly you think it would be a v6 and get good gas mileage but it doesn't work that way on my phone any way. It drains faster for me on eco mode
[LG Optimus G (International)] massih88:
worst battery life

just can confirm battery life is a joke..... i called lg yesterday they said i would have to send in and let it repair........ im prety sure all devices are like this. im coming from a s3 that has a great battery live in my opinion. So the weird thing is when i boot into recovery the battery jumps 40% down then plugging charger in and it goes up to like in 5 minutes... yesterday i let the battery die so i could make a full circle charge over night.. hope it could fix it. having issus with signal strength here too 1-2 bars where is get 4 with the s3.... almost giving up LG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[LG Optimus G (International)] massih88:
try this

Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2047817
[LG Optimus G (International)] DaWongOne:
I got my LGOG 3 weeks ago. What a dream. So much nicer than the IPhone 5. Battery life was great. Easely 12 hrs of battery life with heavy use. Than last Friday the audio jack stopped working so I took it in to bestbuys to get this unit that I'm using now. Battery life is not the same. I get about 8 hrs of light use out of it. I'm going to try the drain to zero thing and if that doesn't help I'll try to get a different unit.
[LG Optimus G (International)] xxbeanxx:
Don't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_polymer_battery#Charging
[LG Optimus G (International)] curly9:
I have started telling that some days the battery is good by dropping down to 90% after 45 min of screen on time while others it's 90% just being in my pocket. With like 3 min of screen on time. I know it's not at 3% or dropped how most see but just that to me seems inconsistent on my phone. I feel as mine is inconsistent of a battery.
[LG Optimus G (International)] scoobydooby:
Just wanted to inform some if you that there is an app I found today that seems to do a decent job of saving battery life while the phone is asleep..

Its called 2x battery and will turn off certain functions of your phone while sleeping such as wifi gps or other functions.

I've only used it so far today and only the free version but it seems to make a difference during times when you're not using your phone. I may get the pro version as you can set day/night interval where after a certain time at night it will automatically put your phone in airplane mode.

Anyway, check it out on playstore.. seems to have really good reviews.
[LG Optimus G (International)] :
I did the same thing with Android Tuner Free, it says it turns off wifi, mobile data, GPS and slows down the CPU when the screen is off. Finally, my OG doesn't eat my battery up.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Mryella:
My e971 is dead at the end of a 16 hour day with light to moderate use, maybe 100sms, 30 minutes of browser time, 0 talk, wifi always on. I was using eco mode going to take it off and see if there's a difference.

Today was 12 hours all day music. Very little of anything else, sitting at 38%.
[LG Optimus G (International)] michael.t.peabody:
Get it replaced... I have, on my worst day, have gotten more than 10-12 hours out of a single charge (which included talking on the phone while surfing the net on Chrome and downloading apps from the Play store as well as listening to music when not talking on the phone, all this with eco mode off). On my phones best day(s) I've gotten over 40 hours out of a single charge! Albeit, I had it in eco mode the whole time with screen brightness set to 55% but I was still receiving notifications, checking email, texting, and talking as well as checking the news & sports thru various apps (no web browsing, no games).
[LG Optimus G (International)] orellius:
Has anybody tested their idle time overnight?

Wifi off, bluetooth off, Eco mode off, basically nothing is on except data, and autosync with Google only. No widgets on the home screens either.

It loses 40% just sitting there overnight (10 hours), pretty sure my old HTC Sensation would only lose maybe 10%
[LG Optimus G (International)] scoobydooby:
I'm finding that I'm idle its not too bad for me, will maybe drop a couple percent an hour on average.. 40 seems extreme.

I do believe though that after this recent ota update that my battery os draining faster than it did before but I am still able to get over 12 hours with medium usage so I can complain too much.. although as mentioned, I feel like it was better..
[LG Optimus G (International)] Tim4:
Orellius - i did.

Before it used to waste all the charge, but after few updates, its losing like 2% per hour.

By the way im pretty sure (Tested few times) that eco mod not extending but killing the battery life time, dunno why.

Here is my todays log:

Phone was just resting for half day (4pm), then it told me there an update available. Installed update, and went out. Used phone as usual and thats it, im at home, battery almost dead.
[LG Optimus G (International)] orellius:
Hmm.

I just went and exchanged my phone before my 14 day period was up. I'm not saying for sure there was something wrong with mine, perhaps LTE was draining the battery. My old phone didnt have LTE, so it would sit idle on H+ overnight and basically lose no charge.

I see all these people claiming heavy use and 9-12+ hours and still sitting with some battery left, so needless to say, I was disappointed with the performance of mine.

Several times last week I charged it overnight, so 100% before I left to work, then with it off in my pocket, 45min drive later and its at 90%.

If I put Tune-In or SiriusXM app on with downloaded offline content playing with screen off, phone would be 20% by noon. Terribad. I'll test this one over the vacation and see if it's better.
[LG Optimus G (International)] orellius:
So glad I exchanged my phone. So far after 2 days, huge improvement.

Eco Mode off, no widgets running. These tests are done while I'm sleeping or not using it at all, not even to turn the screen on once.

Old Phone

40% lost after 11.5 hours standby (LTE ON) = 3.48 %/hr, two days in a row this happened

New Phone

14% lost after 8.25 hours standby (WIFI ON) = 1.70 %/hr

8% lost after 9 hours standby (LTE ON) = 0.89% /hr

Did not get a reading with WiFi on with the old phone, but still, appears my standby time was drastically reduced. I had a hard time even killing this phone for the first time, I think it was on for 30 hours with light usage and I had to stream some 1080p video to get it down to 1% at the end.

Going to continue testing things daily for a week or so and see if it stays consistent.
[LG Optimus G (International)] BMelz:
Here are a couple of screenshots to show my battery life after its first full charge:
[LG Optimus G (International)] Zanr Zij:
Who got Android OS eat battery should use BetterBatteryStats to determine the reason.

Someone has Media Server = highest should read this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2050252

As some reports, battery life of Optimus = bad :|
[LG Optimus G (International)] orellius:
My first Optimus G was terribad on battery life. I have zero complaints about me new replacement though, its like at least double the life of the other one.
[LG Optimus G (International)] zeng8866776:
my optimus g battery became normal after clean the operators custom apks...
[LG Optimus G (International)] xxbeanxx:
Seriously guys, just use better battery stats (there's a free xda version available, just search for it) and do a little reading and you will find out exactly what your battery issues are.

Isn't it better to identify the precise problem instead of wasting time using trial and error?
[LG Optimus G (International)] chanti149:
tfs
[LG Optimus G (International)] scoobydooby:
I have been using bbs but don't have root so I'm not sure how to disable any of the things I suspect may be draining my battery..

Is there an app that can disable background apps in android? Anyone?
[LG Optimus G (International)] Tim4:
Actually freezing/disabling is android native function.

Just go to the app manage, choose app, scroll it down and press "Disable".

Or use titanium backup, which makes everything much easier.
[LG Optimus G (International)] scoobydooby:
Call me crazy but I don't see where to do this.. I can go into app but doesn't give me the ability to disable anything.. just says force stop.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Tim4:
Forgot one thing, by stock you can disable only rom built in apps. Try the titanium backup
[LG Optimus G (International)] useds:
Im getting terrible battery phone has already been replaced once getting about 2 hour 30 mins of battery life and hearing other users are getting 5-12 hours of life is discouraging have better batter stats installed and 2x batter saver installed :(

any suggestions?
[LG Optimus G (International)] Karcha:
You have something installed that keeps your phone awake. Install Wakelock Detector to see if you can identify what exactly is responsible for that, and then install Greenify to hibernate the apps that run on the background and are producing it.
[LG Optimus G (International)] jiexi:
exactly what this person said. do this.
[LG Optimus G (International)] JaymzBond:
i know it s been a lot since you ve posted but

for others wondering : root your phone and install greenify
[LG Optimus G (International)] CrawnberyJack:
use Qualcomm Battery Guru , it's for qualcomm devices and avaliable in market . :D
[LG Optimus G (International)] jpxdude:
Hi There

I'm just wondering if you can tell us what kind of difference it has made to the battery life of your LGOG? I haven't got my phone yet, but will be expecting it in the next few days, so if the battery is poor, I'll give this a go :)
[LG Optimus G (International)] Karcha:
I used that app for a while but it didn't do anything. Just using Greenify to hibernate apps is doing all the work for me.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Juztapose:
for the guys who is worry about battery, the best ways are using stock kernel, a light-weight version of stock rom, turning off GPS and always checking new installed app's battery consumption. i have a LG180L installed 20s kernel, using a custom version of singapore 20d rom (1.35GHz max, greenify, xprivacy, alot of service-containing apps (gmap, yahoo x2, fb...)) and i have a good battery life (20-30% battery left after 2 days with 4 on-screen hours , 0-10% brightness - my eyes will hurt if meeting high intense light)

sr my bad english!
[LG Optimus G (International)] Karcha:
9 hours of screen??? :eek:
[LG Optimus G (International)] ggesteira:
This is the maximum battery life i get with 4.3 paranoid (2h screen, all Day wifi + 2g)
[LG Optimus G (International)] Nite.Achilles:
Where did you get 20s kernel and the custom version of singapore 20d rom for LGOG?
[LG Optimus G (International)] adeelraj:
i also want to know about ur setup 9 hours of screen on time is just awesome please tell us
[LG Optimus G (International)] jpxdude:
I got my Optimus G 3.5 days ago, and carried out my first full discharge today. After reading this forum, I was really worried with what to expect with battery life, however mine has personally been very good.

I listened to about 1.5 hours of GMusic over Bluetooth, had a constant 30 person session of Hangouts in sync all day, email, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter syncing, some SMS, two Calls, some light Internet browsing over 3G and Wifi, 8 photos, two video recordings instant upload to G+, very short session of Ingress with GPS, about 2 hours of DS emulation.

I managed to get 15 hours, with nearly 4.5 hours of on screen time! Next time ill try with Eco mode and see if that gets me any more life :eek:
[LG Optimus G (International)] filthygoat223996:
For me eco mode makes a huge difference. While watching YouTube on WiFi, battery drops half as fast as without ecomode

Sent from my LG Optimus G
[LG Optimus G (International)] jpxdude:
Hi there!

I have had ECO mode on today and find it makes the biggest difference when the phone is off. It seems to discharge the battery much less which is nice. I haven't tried any video but will do soon. I have found that performance applications such as emulators will significantly drain battery regardless, but standard ones (messaging, email) fare much better.
[LG Optimus G (International)] filthygoat223996:
I might be wrong but I think heavy apps push the processor back into quad core mode to keep up with the performance. Lighter apps then would only use 2 and less power

Sent from my LG Optimus G
[LG Optimus G (International)] matthewsucks:
There's probably some background app chewing your juice away. I use my phone for at least 10 hours a day, and it has never fell below 10% battery.
[LG Optimus G (International)] MitoTakatori:
I use my phone for media and gaming purposes. Battery lasts for almost the whole day. Eco Mode is on.
[LG Optimus G (International)] vuvuxela:
LTE is the battery eater!

restrict to use 3G only and eco on, my e975 can stand for whole day, 7:30 to 12:00nn

actually LTE is super fast, but my major activities on my phone are whatsapp, general browsing, gaming, xda..... I prefer use 3G only to obtain more battery time.
[LG Optimus G (International)] lolatyou1:
i'm using bone stock only rooted, light to moderate use with WiFi on at all times,

data is on sometimes (LTE)..

Eco mode and battery saver on at all times, brightness of screen about 50%

getting great battery life, much better than GS3..
[LG Optimus G (International)] giolc90:
!!!!!!!!

Holy!!! The app you are using is this?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antutu.powersaver

May you post your configs?
[LG Optimus G (International)] JaymzBond:
I bet he has a good Wifi coverage. That reduces usage by a lot.
[LG Optimus G (International)] artssa:
How did you Root the phone? Which method??

Thanks

Enviado do meu XT910
[LG Optimus G (International)] Nite.Achilles:
Here are my battery stats. Was using Savvy Rom V3. I used Greenify but did not use Eco mode. First time I had such good battery life. 45% brightness with auto brightness as well.
[LG Optimus G (International)] blacksunrise1984:
I unplug the 3 core and the unit operates on a single core, it saves battery
[LG Optimus G (International)] JaymzBond:
why did u buy a quad core phone?
[LG Optimus G (International)] wargreymon89:
If you had a Porsche, would you hit the gas pedal to the floor all the time?
[LG Optimus G (International)] JaymzBond:
well you wouldnt tune its engine down either
[LG Optimus G (International)] brownsmell:
I just figured out why my phone was running hot and uses about 1% per minute of battery life- the phone would be dead is just over 1 hour when disconnected from the charger. With a very minimal install of vanilla root box I found that it is the data connection and not a rogue app. If you have a weak data signal, especially when mine says E on the data signal icon, the phone heats up and gulps down your juice.

Also, if I use CSIPsimple voip and text Plus (free txt app like whatapp) it eats aprox 1% per minute as well. That is even in airplane mode with only wifi on. Ridiculously bad.

When I have data turned on, I use Speak Out unlimited mobile browsing instead of a proper data connection, maybe that has something to do with it sometimes. It is a consistent problem whether or not I have data enabled.
[LG Optimus G (International)] filthygoat223996:
Anyone what android os includes?

Sent from my LG Optimus G
[LG Optimus G (International)] sianghung:
this thread is talking about battery life, but anyway, to answer your question, Android OS included the data used in streaming videos on Youtube/Facebook AFAIK.

Maybe updates on Play Store too, but I am not sure.
[LG Optimus G (International)] filthygoat223996:
I was just wondering if the os could have been downloading data in the background and draining battery. Android os still seems to be my biggest drain in the battery section though

Sent from my LG Optimus G
[LG Optimus G (International)] sianghung:
I too find android OS always on top of the battery usage list, and screen time too, i guess anything uses the processor are considered as android OS :rolleyes:

I use my phone quite often, ever hour login my game and play for like 5 minutes, check on facebook for 10+ minutes, using data.

Unplug at 7am in the morning with 100%, reach home at 7pm with about 20%-30%, can last for 10 - 15 hours everyday (sometimes 8 hours when i was too free at work :D), cant ask for more :p
[LG Optimus G (International)] fabripav:
Lately I've been using it moderately (about 1 hour of gaming per day, wi-fi or data always on, a good amount of social apps every now and then, a few pics everyday, eco mode and energy saving ON, brightness set at 20%) and I've been having an incredible battery life. About 35-40 hours before reaching 10% (which is when I usually charge).
[LG Optimus G (International)] sianghung:
wow! 35-40 hours is crazy :laugh: are you using stock rom or custom rom? with some extra tweak?
[LG Optimus G (International)] fabripav:
Stock rom, no root.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Sorin90:
Stock rom.very good for me!
[LG Optimus G (International)] TheGripper:
I was testing some battery mods. As you see in the beginning, idle was bad. Now 1%/8h. Screen on for about 4 hours 30 minutes, always browsing with wifi or data. For next time i'm expecting about an hour of screentime increase.

Screen brightness at 35%
[LG Optimus G (International)] sianghung:
you guys have crazy battery :laugh::laugh:

I am on stock too, but rooted to use greenify n betterbatterystat, screen time barely pass 4 hours a day, was playing game on data though..
[LG Optimus G (International)] TheGripper:
If you want, you can try crazy idle guide. Eliminating google services which you don't use, with system tuner. It is all trial and error.

Google service caused me unknown wakelocks. Didn't find answer on google, though there were people with same kind of wakelocks.

Btw google services didn't come up in system battery manager. Sneaky google. But after disabling tens and tens of services, idle improved, also somehow, screentime.
[LG Optimus G (International)] sianghung:
I had google service wakelocks problem too, after some searching, I freezed some of them using autostart, the wakelocks reduced a lot but still appear once in a while..

I don't dare to freeze all of them as I have yet to unlock my phone, I afraid freezing them will get me security error like many others and I don't feel like unlocking my phone just yet :p

but it would be nice if you can share the link to the guide, maybe I will give it a try in the future :laugh:
[LG Optimus G (International)] TheGripper:
I followed this one.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43424843