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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 04myhor:
Stock battery

Stock battery. Mostly on wifi. MDOB rom/stock kernel, all smart features off, power saving mode enabled, auto brightness, dark themes on apps. Usage consisted of browsing, xda, pulse, instagram, FB, youtube, emails, 10 min of phone calls, and texting. No battery saving apps except greenify.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bo8:
If you really want, turn on Power Saving mode and try it for two or three discharges from 100% to see if it makes much of a difference.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] thanhngo:
Task650 ROM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ben.nesheim:
Mf3 stock w ondemand and mp decision on... wifi data most sync on and gps location stuff on
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cdnchris:
Wow - serious battery life from you folks. I actually thought battery life was just kind of *ok* on the S4. Is it all kernel modifications, or does the ROM make a big difference?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] krips2003:
Here's the battery life of my Galaxy S4.

Running stock MF3 + root 2 Gmail account auto sync GPS On.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] fredrick1213:
Kangabean 1.39
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] IgnitedBeast:
LOL. I dont even know to say.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jball:
Here u go.m on MDOB MF3 ROM using CHRONIC kernel with stock kernel tweaks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rob-m007:
Greetings, Recently traded my Iphone 5 for the S4 and love the phone bu the battery keeps draining too quickly. I have already drained it a couple of times then fully charging and is not making any difference. Bought an extra OEM battery and same thing is happening. Not sure if AT&T will do anything?

I have just factory reset the phone and wondered what services I should kill/disable to maximize battery life?

Thanks in advanced!

Robert
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] HORiZUN:
Disable 4g and WiFi when not in use, bluetooth, screen rotation, multi Window, air gestures, gps, air view, smart stay, smart pause, s beam, nfc, smart scroll and dim brightness for maximum battery life. Also, you can install juice defender. Great app. I've gotten two days of moderate use out of the stock battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
This is a great way too neuter your S4... You may aswell use an old Nokia if battery is your primary concern and features arent.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] HORiZUN:
So you use the air features and multi Window, nfc and stuff often enough to leave them on all the time? That will get you around 6-8 hours battery. Turn them on as needed.

He asked how to maximize the battery life. Thats how to do it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Decepticaons:
I got about 17.5 hours with everything on. You can see where I connected it to the charger. I was at 22% at they point so I could have gotten probably 20 hours. Way better than my skyrocket!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bo8:
Turn off location services and set screen brightness to lowest usable, disabling Auto mode. I've also activated the Power Saving mode.

Kill facebook if you don't need/use it also ;)

EDIT: Turn off Auto screen brightness and set the brightness manually - auto mode activates the sensor which will consume battery power, albeit very little
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] rob-m007:
Thanks for the update.

After testing I have figured out that the running processes/services was what was causing my battery to drain so quickly. I was basically going to the application manager and going to the running applications and basically pressing the "Force Stop" and after reboots, these processes would start back up.... What I have learned it to go to the "ALL" applications and stop and disable the applications I do not need.

So basically I have disabled all the AT&T and Samsung apps and my phone battery has lasted all day long and had about 84% left... So disable all the applications from the "ALL" list... It worked perfectly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bo8:
This or if you're rooted, using an app (Titanium Backup, ROM Toolbox Pro, etc.) that will allow freezing of system apps/tasks. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ian1:
Started using greenify and the battery life is insane. This was on lte a lot and I uploaded a 285mb video to facebook over lte plus some gaming.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
I noticed alot of you have horrible battery? I get 23+ hrs with 3hr 30 + screen on daily. I leave all features gps nfc airview etc turned On, autobrightness always on. EXCEPT smart view. That kills my battety when im not even touching the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ian1:
I'm totally stock so thats one reason
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
Same no root. I use bbs. Ever since I've had great battery after getting rid of wakelocks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bo8:
Phone was being used as a paper weight? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] xPXGx:
Most recent test from yesterday
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
Exactly. No screen on time or awake.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lordandroid:
Just now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ghost0211:
My stock battery, I can average 4-4.5 with 12hrs of on time with moderate to heavy use
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] LukeLeBron:
What the hell? I had a stock rooted s4 on release and I'd get about 4.5 hours screen on time. Sold it.

Just bought another and its stock on mf3.

Got 2.7 hours screen on before completely dead.

I have no idea what's wrong.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andrew149:
This is the best ive done 17 hours 4 hour sceeen time at 5%
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Venom0642:
That is cause they have there Location services off ,use wireless networks off and access to my location off, that's why you don't see google services and that will save a bunch of battery life if not need to use atm!:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Venom0642:
Here's my battery life so far awesome battery life. :)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] golfinggino:
I ended up picking up a cellet extended battery case today, with this I can basically get through the day no way I was able to do this before
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] starxgamingx:
Zero lemon 7500 mah battery, I had to stop and charge it because I had surgery today and I wasn't sure when I'd be back. But it works well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] angle409:
Stock battery. Rooted mf3 rom with faux kernel. Got 5.5hrs screen on time with web browsing.

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Stock battery. Rooted mf3 rom with faux kernel. Got 5.5hrs screen on time with web browsing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bo8:
Speedy recovery!

How many hours of screen time?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] starxgamingx:
Thanks you sir I just got home :) it was about 5 hours on screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] REDFOCZ:
With light usage on kangabean with underclock and under volt. Still had slit more left in it but charged it over night for work today.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
Regular battery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
And during light usage
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Masaker514:
Battery Stats

I'm running stock firmware and getting just about 10h's max on a battery but im forever using the phone. I just downloaded the snapdragon battery guru and it's still in the learning stage. Should i expect much more out of it or is it just a gimmick?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
The screen is such a drain...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Venom0642:
Here's Mine from yesterday till today so far.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] herbzilla:
Today so far and it was a lazy day with my phone.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
No % shown
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bo8:
Look again, it's there ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
Haha derp

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Blackiedamus:
Tweaked a few things and get decent life now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
At that amount of screen useage in 1 hour you should have 80%+ screen useage for battery consumption.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
Skyping while on LTE while outdoors with the brightness up, murders the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
No kidding lol cameras activated + full brightness + LTE... the most power draining things other than a 3d game running to boot

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
This battery won't die!!! :@

That's anker batteries for ya :)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] graydiggy:
Stock battery, 6+ hours of Pandora, 3 hours on XDA, screen brightness all the way up, about 40 mins of talking time. LTE all day btw.

I don't have permission to post pictures?

15 hr 48 mins 39 seconds with 39% left.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Planktron:
Nothing major here. Just some nice deep sleep and minimal use while I was at work. Getting minimal wakelocks and great standby time with occasional use on goldeneye and ktoonsez kernel. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] beeroatsnp90x:
on stock rooted mf3 and honestly not having any qualms about not being on a custom rom as my battery life has been exceptional on mf3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CyberManiaK:
What was your display time?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] 2girls1cup:
Darn I didn't take a screen shot of it but I use my phone alot. More than the average user because I'm always on business calls and texting throughout the day. I assume my display time was above average.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
If you're looking for great battery life, look for ktoonsez' kernel. The setups you can get for this kernel are amazing! People have experienced double, even triple battery life at little to no cost to performance, in fact you can make your phone even faster!

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ninjus:
Is this normal?

Is it normal for the battery percentage to rose up even if it is not charging? As you can see in my screen shot I've encircled it. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] atistang:
Day one, bone stock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] atistang:
Ive had this happen on a few different phones, mainly rooted ones running a custom kernal. Typically after doing something that really uses a lot of battery then turning the screen off
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ninjus:
Does the heat that it produces when I'm using internet or gaming for about an hour affects the battery or decalibrates the battery status? Btw I'm kust using samsung stock rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
Battery percentage is estimated by the voltage that the battery delivers. If you put massive load on the battery (example: gps,wifi,LTE,full brightness, a 3d game all at once) its going to really draw a lot of power... dropping the voltage significantly. Take away those things and all of a sudden the battery has a whole lot more voltage available.

There's different methods to calculating battery percentage (to avoid confusing the consumer with numbers going up and down all the time) but it all boils down to what voltage is coming out of the battery.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Ninjus:
Then is it safe to assume that it is normal? I'm just curious about it because most of the graphs that are posted in this thread doesn't have weird pattern. They're like all going down so I thought maybe there was a problem with my device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] MavereXx:
Youd get even more with ktoonsez's kernel on the stock rom, while removing lag at the same time, as long as you removed the bloatware

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
Any idea what causes this wakelock? A restart wont get rid of it and it just started up yesterday. Have not installed any apps in a week so I'm not sure where to start.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] billaboy25:
new to android but loving it. here's mine.. nothing impressive just putting it out there. on mf3 root SS mdob rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Phoneguy589:
On task650's 10/7 build of AOKP with ktoonsez kernel using ktoonservativeq.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Veeko:
Anyone have any idea what's causing this? I have the same issue with my handset and I haven't been able to find much info on it. At this point I'm thinking of returning it for another since I've only had it for a week. My wife's and brother's S4 have yet to experience this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] XaviorPenguin:
Here are my battery stats...

Using Android KitKat 4.4.2, not rooted :(

I did a little bit of text messaging, watched Twitch.TV for about an hour, surfed the internet using Chrome a bit, took a phone call or two, received text messages and e-mails throughout this, and had bluetooth on constantly for my Pebble Smartwatch.

I did not run a bunch of games as there is one in particular that drains my battery when I play. I will try this test again to see what it does before I have to charge it again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ksj0823:
what about google location and google now?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] XaviorPenguin:
GPS is off as well as Google Location. Not using Google Now as far as I know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ksj0823:
Thanks. good to know that.

My google services always right below the screen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] XaviorPenguin:
Let me also state that I have disabled many of the Bloatware through the System Settings and am using Apex Launcher Pro. If that helps out with the reason my battery stats are the way they are.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] archerymodz:
Here's mine...running the KitKat update with only beats music turned off..WiFi is always on and data is too.

*edit* sorry the other picture won't attach...I have 41% battery left with 2 hours and 46 minutes of screen on time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] omnomnommm:
wow how did you stretch the battery so long? what rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] archerymodz:
I'm all stock. The only thing disabled its beats music.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] shamelin73:
Mine seems to be better then the 4.3. I am all stock not rooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tomgreen99:
How??

What apps are you guys disabling to get a day+ of battery??!! I'm on stock rooted. With a few Samsung apps disabled and removed, and I'm charging 2-3 times a day!! Help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Joe-Tech:
Pretty Impressive:laugh::good:

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CalculatedRisk:
Battery all depends on usage. Maybe you are a really heavy user. And also check your wakelocks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GrapeBandit:
I love it when ppl dont post their on screen time:rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mrphotoman:
Nice thread, I am getting some great battery life on mine as well even leaving my bluetooth, wifi and gps on all the time. I will post up some screenshots of my run time here as well.

I just bought a thin dual battery case and charged it up this afternoon, I will post up results of it as well once I get about 5 recharge cycles on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jiwengang:
Taking a grain of salt for whoever claiming the battery is great during honeymoon period. :P

Most importantly, it is the daily driver battery feeling.

So far nothing can beat Note 2 on that. But I do admit it has a way bigger battery.

Sammy is not particularly efficient when it comes to battery optimization.

Same mAH battery on Samsung / HTC /Moto phone, Sammy's phone normally ranked lowest, except Moto Bionic, of course.

Speaking from experience after owning over 10 devices in past 2 years from above manufacturers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
The Note2 is not practical in everyday use, it is easy to fumble it and drop it because of its large size and you can barely use it one handed, sure the battery may be better but its also 500mah larger and only has a 720p screen. I would much rather an S4 with 5 hours screen time than a note2 with 7 hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] play2lose:
My very first day out with the device (from 10am to about midnight) I only got 2 hours 40 minutes Screen On time before it shut off :/ My last day with my Note 2 I had almost 6 hours screen on time lol.

Not very impressed but maybe it'll improve. I was using the camera for a lot of that screen on time, and had all the "gimmicks" turned on and in full force lol. Anyone know which S4 features drain battery quickest? Like Smart Stay, Smart Rotate, Air Gestures, Air View?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Bigjim1488:
Ok baby hands McGee
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Eddie Bombay:
Just had a BK commercial flashbacks LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_bE7g2wqM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
I am 6"4 with fairly large hands and I still find the note 2 uncomfortable to use one handed. There is a reason the note 2 commercial had Lebron James in it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
Im 5'6 and i can one handed use it...

Normal size hands
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TechSilver13:
Pictures of this or its a lie. I have a note 2 and I have to move my hand around a lot for one hand use.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
I hold it like if there was a fly grip on it. Obviously portrait only. But what i originally meant to say was for Me it is not awkward or too big.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] TechSilver13:
Gotcha. I love my note 2 but the s4 really is perfect size wise. Im sad to see my note 2 go :(

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Hours of youtube

45 minutes or so of gaming

Streaming pandora and google music via bluetooth in my car for about an hour or 2

30 to 45 minutes talk time.

Tons of tapatalk

Istallation of 130+ apps from the play store.

On par with my note 2 usage on 4.2.2 cm and 4.1.2 stock modded rom

Love the battery life but the real test comes monday when my day starts at 520am and ends at 12 midnight. I never charged my note 2 throughout the day so im curious to see what the smaller s4 battery can do.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Bjray:
Been using the phone all day none stop.

Full brightness & used LTE 98% of the time.

11AM to 11PM

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] inneyeseakay:
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy S4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] PLUG313:
I don't think this deserves it's own thread so I'll shoot this question right here,

is it safe battery-wise for me to turn on the phone right after I buy it at the store to check if everything's ok?

or should I really wait until I can charge it at home?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mg2195:
Its safe...could be wrong but ive heard its actually better to kill the battery when you first get it through normal use than fully charge it that way its a fresh new charge

Anyways that's what I did and im getting the same battery life as everyone else...a little over 5 hour on screen time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] tony1208:
I been trying to kill the battery the past two hours on YouTube at full brightness.... Pretty impressed so far with this battery.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lilmikey201:
anybody use juice defender? does it even work ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phositadc:
More harm than good

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phositadc:
Latest results. Mostly WiFi.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lilmikey201:
tthanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] msavic6:
That's amazing, what's your brightness at and did you disable any smart features?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ZPaul2Fresh8:
So far is epic battery life. For a second I though my battery indicator was inaccurate.

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.67 percent after 8 hours of use. 46 percent of power usage is from screen being on.

Also using a live wallpaper.

Image won't upload at this present time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] lilmikey201:
any features on or off?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] cybershawngates:
so far I haven't noticed that great a battery life, but then again I've been playing candy crush saga at full screen brightness for prob. an hour. that's a battery killer right there. Otherwise I've logged out of google talk. Are you guys with great battery life leaving Sync ON, google talk ON and GPS ON? How about smart scroll, smart etc. etc features?

Also, has anyone noticed the auto-brightness seems glitchy, it's too dark?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ZPaul2Fresh8:
No features off that I wouldn't normally use.

Gps on

WIFI on

LTE on

SYNC on

Air View On

S beam on

Multiwindow on

Nfc on

Screen is auto brightness

Display is on Adapt

Google Voice in BG

Power Saving Mode OFF
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
How about screen on time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andro0:
This is today from a full charge is my battery bad?!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dsh3:
Is that will auto brightness? Because it sure looks like there's something wrong with that usage if it's from a full charge.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andro0:
Most of the time it was on full brightness, auto brightness doesn't ever get bright enough for me always seems dimmer even in direct sunlight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skivnit:
Post a screen of the battrry graph alone I'm sure your phone is awake the whole time

Swyped from another galaxy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] phositadc:
See my op for my settings

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andro0:
Here is the graph
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skivnit:
Something definitely wrong with your handset I would exchange it

Swyped from another galaxy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andro0:
My handset as a whole? or just the battery? I might give it another day of full charge to dead and test it one last time before i exchange it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] skivnit:
Sorry I was being radical but can you root your phone? If yes you can install BBS from here then report back. Also it might be your router sending packets all the time that will drain your battery very fast. You would have the rx_wlan wakelocks but you need to be rooted as stated before

Swyped from another galaxy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ZPaul2Fresh8:
I would day use auto brightness and you should be Ok.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Andro0:
I think I'm going to try having auto brightness on and just be on LTE all day and see my results. That would eliminate the router problem since I'm on wifi 90% of the time.. If it's under 10 hours I'm just gonna see what the AT&T store can do for me, last I know they are out of stock I got the last gs4 in the store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ZPaul2Fresh8:
Current stats.

Yesterday's screen time was about 1.75 hours. BTW Does anyone know how to delete posts? I looked all around in the advanced editor and I found nothing...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mingdanger:
OMG....

Hi guys, switched from iphone5 to S4. I have been charging my phone quite frequently and i was think a huge improvement from iphone5 to S4 in terms of battery life.

I fully charged it and unpluged it at 8:20am this morning and at about 12pm, 3hours and 40minutes of usages, i have only 70% left.

I just do texting and some news reading.

On 4G/LTE, occasionally WIFI

rooted phone and uninstalled a lot of bloatware.

84% battery on screen.(auto adjustment)

nothing is enabled

time on screen is 1h18m19s

I keep track of my device and RAM management is quite frequent

It has been like this since day one.

Is something wrong?

It feels like i need to charge it almost twice aday!!!

thanks! and droid on!