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[G3 General] czito:
3h SOT is pretty bad imo. But should not be a trigger to buy a new battery. I have got brand new battery and with 50%brightness auto + wi-fi on all the time with also lte connetion i get about 4h SOT with mixed use such as texting, browsing internet, gaming, facebook etc. For me buying a new battery now is waste of money. But you make this choice not me.

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 General] Lament84:
So im an owner of the LG G3, fantastic phone besides for the pathetic battery life. coming from a S5 this was simply not acceptable, The S5 would easily last an entire day, I did not even have a charger at work since it was never needed. The G3 was losing 20% battery power per hour.

Yesterday i stumbled upon the thread, and the first thing i did was root the phone and changed the resolution. Wel that did not work out as planned, icons was all messed up so I uninstalled that.

After that i removed all unnecessary apps, This made no difference,

I then Installed Geenify, I still have it installed but i could not see a noticeable difference.

Then I removed the LG MLT + Mcafee, again I could not see a noticeable difference.

Then the thing i did which made a huge difference was switching my “Preferred Networks” to “WCDMA only”, Within 30min my phone was cold, It has not overheated since then. This might only be a theory, but I suspect this is the reason why some of us are getting bad battery life while others are getting great battery life. In South Africa as an example, my SP has very limited LTE, so the phone was constantly searching for LTE signal which is/was not available. The moment i changed it to WCDMA its no longer searching for LTE and only uses 3G.

Well, that’s my 5c worth

Unfortunately I cannot post a pic since Im new.

But it has dropped 3% in 3 Hours :D
[G3 General] rahulkrathod:
I have seen ppl complaining about battery. I personally never had issues with battery life on Lg G3. I am a moderate user.

Heres what i get with every full charge.

25 to 30 hours total.

4 to 5 hours SOT.

around 2 hours awake when screen off.

30 mins to 45 mins of calling (i am always on network auto mode. 3g network is bad with my carrier it keeps jumping from edge to 3g to h+ (no LTE (Lebara UK))

about an hour of chrome

over an hour of fb, whatsapp, imo (IMO is a battery hogger)

an hour on reddit is fun ,over an hour of music (with viper) while i am on the bus.

couple of videos on youtube.

Even with all these i manage to get over 4 hours sot and 25 hours + standby. which i think is terrific.

If i played games however, i d still get 5+ hours sot, but standby will go down below 18 hours. which i still cool.

I am on cloudy 2.5, Gabriel kernel 1.8d. stock settings with Yankactive governer.

Edit: I have Fast dormancy off. This saves so much battery. (always had this off, even in my old optimus G)
[G3 General] Orcam:
Do you have any idea how you can test fast dormancy for a carrier? I mean there are so many variables for battery. I cant see any FD wakelocks in bbs when it is enabled. Although when it is enabled I see phone wakelocks going mental, but I'm not sure if this actually affects battery life. Do you get these phone wakelocks when FD is enabled too?

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Do you have any idea how you can test fast dormancy for a carrier? I mean there are so many variables for battery. I cant see any FD wakelocks in bbs when it is enabled. Although when it is enabled I see phone wakelocks going mental, but I'm not sure if this actually affects battery life. Do you get these phone wakelocks when FD is enabled too?
[G3 General] robocopvn:
I turn my G3 to 1080. However after a restart every stock apps like phone, contact, camera etc.. Cannot run. Is there a way to fix it ??
[G3 General] Nyomandwipa:
Bootloop after change resolution rebooting.
[G3 General] kevinmmord:
Are you able to get into the bootloader and restore a nandroid backup?
[G3 General] sergialess:
After about 20 months with the G3, I have a bittersweet sensation. On the first hand, G3 is a great device with detailed resolution and a somewhat good camera (with nuances). On the other hand, "my" G3 hasn't been a top phone. Apart from the overexposing camera, the main problem has always been the battery duration. I bought a new battery because I thought that the SOT was absurdly short (mostly 2 hours and sometimes 3). But I quickly realized that the problem persisted with the new battery. What the f was wrong???.

I've been a lot of time struggling trying to figure out the reason for the short battery duration. I've tried apps like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor and I found that sometimes the baseband (modem) was using a high amount of power (sometimes not!). Other times, processes like "Android" or "System" or "Play Services" were using a moderate percentage.

So, at the end, when you are trying to convince yourself saying "hey! the real problem is the screen", there is something in your mind that says "no, it is not".

If the screen was the culprit, then there would be a great difference beetween SOT percentage and the other processes percentage. And this is not the case. Screen time (20%) is not as different as other processes like "Android" (13%). So at the end I think that the SOC is the culprit, eating more power than a normal device.

So I've been a bit frustrated and dissapointed with this device and now I want another one that gives me more satisfation about the battery duration. I'm ready to sacrifice screen and camera, but I want to do 7 or 8 SOT hours. Thanks for reading.
[G3 General] sergialess:
Thanks for your prompt response and your insight.

Definitely, Greenify does not work for me with this device. It adds more battery drain to the party. And also other custom kernels don't help. My respects to the Gabriel and Xceed kernel creators, but I don't notice any improvement in the battery duration.

How about wakelocks and alarms? ok, my device enters deep sleep most of the time, but I have a high alarm count of the GMS (Google Message System) and also a lot of wakelocks from wifi and Qualcom-related.

All I can say is that I haven't got too much luck with this device. It's beautiful and amazing, but battery pisses me off to the point that I'd buy a Xiaomi Redmi only to see 7h SOT as I can verify in my colleagues' ones.
[G3 General] jabbeboy:
Sure there arent many or any phone that handles 7hours of SOT, but close is One+ 3T and those with higher amount of mAH battery capacity combined with thsoe with 1080p screen. So yes there is phones that can almost manage those SOT times just to be clear!
[G3 General] br0adband:
Standby time is damned impressive

Just thought I'd post this for the hell of it because I find it pretty amazing but that's just me. I picked up an LG G3 recently for roughly $12.50, had some issues booting so yes I thought it was suffering a bootloop but that wasn't the case. It's the VS985 Verizon model, with original battery that came with from the factory so it's what, almost 3 years old now, and in generally good condition overall with no damage to speak of. I got it home, used LGUP to flash the latest ROM on it (20v) and have had no issues with it since.

I charged it yesterday to 100% using an LG 1.2A charger and left it sitting on the charger for a few extra hours then I disconnected it and tossed on my bed. I have AccuBattery installed on it to monitor all things battery related but I didn't actually do much of anything with it till a few minutes ago. It's got Wi-Fi enabled always on and I do have my Google account on it so it'll sync as normal to my Google accounts and I'll hear the alerts when they come in but I use my G4 as my primary device.

Anyway, so I pick up the G3 a few minutes ago, double tap the screen and what do I see: it's still at 100%.

Seriously.

So I swipe the lock screen, open Settings - Battery, take a look, it's showing 100% since I took it off the charger 11 hours and 43 minutes prior - and even now a few minutes later with the screen having been on and me snapping a screenshot or two it's still showing 100%. :D

Yes I realize it's not major thing, it's just standby time after all and doesn't really mean much at all but considering this is the original battery and obviously this phone has been owned and used by other people before it came into my possession I'd say that's pretty damned awesome. :p

Anyway, just something I thought I'd post about, the Snapdragon 801 is still probably my fave SoC overall and crazy efficient even today running that latest update from Verizon, crazy battery life for standby obviously but I've never ever seen this kind of standby time on any device I've owned.

Just for the record: I left it in standby last week checking things from time to time and it went 147 hours before it hit 50% at which point I decided to charge it up which led to this instance of me showing even better standby (based on the stats).

Amazing, makes one wonder why can't the most modern devices manage this kind of standby efficiency. :)

Edit: the date code on the battery is DC140613 so June 13 2014, a few weeks shy of 3 full years, unbelievable...
[G3 General] jabbeboy:
Well its true, i feel mine is also very standby friendly, thou i must have "Servicely" to keep track of my apps so they sleep good without draining my battery.

So sure the 801 is standby friendly, but its not very efficient when in use, especially combined with the QD display. It really likes to use power. !! And it gets crazy hot even with low brightness
[G3 General] br0adband:
Got no issues with actual battery use or temps with the screen on, I did a test earlier on a full charge and put on a 2560x1440 x264 copy of "TimeScapes" using MX Player Pro with HW+ hardware decoding and just hit play with the brightness at 75% (translates to about 12 on MX Player Pro's brightness scale) on a loop. 11 hours and 15 minutes later it hit the 15% mark and alerted me the battery was low so, that's pretty damned good for a ~3 year old original battery for screen on the entire time. Yes, we're all aware that the biggest issue with the G3 was and remains that QHD display which LG just pushed out too fast and never did get around to optimizing the power efficiency for even years later, sadly, but I honestly don't have issues with good battery life on it so far.

Now I know that doesn't mean much since most folk aren't going to sit around and play videos back to back for that kind of extended period but again this was a test. Temps never got anywhere near warm, I was never able to feel anything at all to be honest.

Guess I got pretty lucky with this G3 maybe, I don't know, but so far so good. Still on the fence to keep it for my Wife (she already has a Flex 2 so this would be like a step back I suppose, I've tweaked the Flex 2 to work as a 6-core device and other things are adjusted since it's a Snapdragon 810 device) or sell the G3 and use the money for something else.

Ah, the never ending smartphone swaps, someday I'll get around to not bothering anymore but not yet. ;)
[G3 General] jabbeboy:
Thats awesome.. I feel like the G3 has been a very inconsistent device, some people have very good battery stats and no heating problems at alls, where some people as i have never really gotten more than 3 h SOT and overheating is everyday :/ .

Well i have had mine for over 2 years now so im waiting for the Oneplus 5 and then im ditching this baby :) Its not been my greatest experience but not the worst.
[G3 General] flaring afro:
Don't forget the screen size. A 5.5" screen is MUCH nicer than a 5" - there is a big difference and I'd never go back down.

Not necessarily on a PC even, depends on the algorithms used and what it is you're viewing. On a 5.5" screen most things won't be noticeable unless you're trying to look for it, maybe.
[G3 General] apostroph3:
Tried Nomone. Changed to 1920*1080, 460dpi. App icons got a tad big. Statusbar icons got big as well and overlapped into each other.

So I reset phone. Now every second, an warning will pop up saying android.systemui has stopped. And I cannot even interact with the screen!

Help pls! No backups, and don't want to have to flash stock rom and start all over again. :(
[G3 General] mac00attack:
I never used to worry about my phone having a removable battery either. Then the micro usb port of my current phone stopped working and I had to rely on an external battery charger and a couple of swap-able replacement batteries to get through the day. Now I refuse to buy a smartphone unless it has a removable battery.

This is actually why I considered getting the LG G3 over its much cheaper brother the LG G2. Had the G2 had a replaceable battery I would have bought that one instead.
[G3 General] JesseMT4G:
I'd think something like that, you could just contact your provider and get a replacement. That's what insurance is for. Unless you don't go the insurance route. Mines included in the jump program.

Like I said before, everyone is different. I don't load my phone full of stuff. I stream my music, I take pics here and there and watch Netflix and not extremely app hungry. Different strokes for different folks.
[G3 General] cnn888:
Are you rooted? If yes adb shell, restore the dpi settings in build.prop back to 640 or anything above 530.

If not, you gonna have to reflash the whole thing.
[G3 General] flaring afro:
That's a reason why wireless charging support is nice too ;)
[G3 General] mac00attack:
I totally agree! Unfortunately my current phone is an original galaxy not from forever ago.

I can't wait to get my LG G3 it's going to be a pretty big upgrade for me.

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Unfortunately I bought my original galaxy note off Ebay and never got around to getting a warranty for it.
[G3 General] apostroph3:
I'm rooted! Now how do I do it? Any link or step-by-step guide? Pls?
[G3 General] flaring afro:
It may be a little late but... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2383387

Still could be convenient if you plan on keeping the phone for anything.
[G3 General] apostroph3:
Would it be possible for anybody with the default build.prop, with the default resolution and dpi, be kind enough to upload the file? So I can just push it via ADB.

Mine's a D855, if it helps.
[G3 General] rancur3p1c:
You're not the only one, I think it's stupid that they went for the 2k display

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damn you I wouldn't have thought I'd trying that on my nexus 5 now I have to try
[G3 General] bobsie41:
I don't know about everybody else but my battery stays on 100% for a disproportionately long length of time just as it has done on most of my devices thus making my first 10% discharge take a lot longer than it should.

My expected battery life at the moment is 123 hours and I am running at full resolution. ?
[G3 General] berserk1980:
Another glitch i found is that when using the camera, the screen appears smaller and after taking the picture, it is wider than what i initially saw.
[G3 General] Enddo:
Wow, this post is all full of fail. I don't even know where to begin

1 - It's funny that you(and other people) complain about the back of the S5 looking like a bandaid. The Nexus 7 has this same style of back and no one ever complained. I guess you just want to jump on the hate Samsung bandwagon.

2 - With Sprint being the #3 mobile carrier in the US(and only in the US), Sprint Spark is meaningless to the majority of people.

3 - n/a

4 - Saying the LG G2 will not get Android L is so incredibly ignorant. LG might be a little slow with updates but the LG G2 isn't even a year old. By the time Android L gets released it will be a year old and LG will have a full year to get it updated to Android L.

5 - Yes, this laser comment truly shows your age.

Don't get me wrong, I'm like 75% sure I'll be picking up an LG G3(most likely a Snapdragon 805 model) so I'm not an LG G3 hater. But your reasoning is so off that it's not helping you make your point.

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I tried it for a little bit with Slim's 720p DPI level. I use SwiftKey and the keyboard didn't scale down properly :(

Maybe it would be different if I used AOSP keyboard or Google keyboard or maybe even reinstalled the SwiftKey keyboard. I just didn't have much time to test so I reverted back
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Just to try and see i've changed the values to full hd with 430 dpi. Tried 460 as well... But it doesn't work as it should. Stock weather clock is messed up and the bottom launcher icons too
[G3 General] flaring afro:
I've seen a video where there is a mode that that makes the entire screen only the camera. I believe it says that the options menu is covering that part if in the view. So if that's what you're talking about, it was on purpose. You could either hide the menu or switch to a different aspect if this bothers you.
[G3 General] cnn888:
I will send mine later when i get to comp. I'm on mobile and seems that tapatalk doesnt allow me to share file other than images

here you go...

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Have u restarted ur phone after changing dpi to 430?
[G3 General] Batfink33:
It seems stock apps, gallery, dialer, contacts seem to FC when then DPI is below around 500 I think. This can be solved by using per app settings on exposed if you're changing the resolution.
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Yeah right away. Even twice just to make sure...
[G3 General] Batfink33:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the resolution comes from the build.prop, I think its from a kernel file. The DPI does come from the build prop though.
[G3 General] misiokicio:
Try mine if you want... Is located it this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53870986
[G3 General] cnn888:
yes you are right, but the dude is having systemui fc, which is caused by incorrect dpi setting, i.e. 460/430.
[G3 General] bobbarker2:
So does this thread have any actual tests done or is it just people arguing about FHD vs QHD?
[G3 General] Osseon:
1-2) Actually I'm sending that message from my Galaxy S2 which is an amazing phone that I've loved for the past two years. I thought Samsung was the end all of phones until they released Knox tech. I live in a part of the USA that doesn't have broadband internet. The best internet I can get at my house is Dialup so I am 100% reliant on fast internet like Spark (hence why I posted about it.)

I have to hack my phone to get the hotspot without data cap (as its my primary source of internet, the thing I am using to post right now) and knox completely voids my warranty if I were to do so. The design of the back plate is ugly, I'm sure I'd have thought the nexus 7 is ugly too if I ever saw one. My Galaxy S2 shares more in common with the G3 than the S5 design wise.

4) I'll give you this, I honestly don't know, but I'd assume that G2 wouldn't be upgraded since they are pushing their new phone. That is how the rest of the business world works so I applied it to this product.

5) Wow, sure hate me for a moment of joyous immaturity due to excitement for a phone feature. Let me fix it. "The LG G3 comes equipped with a state of the art range finding laser that focuses your camera quickly and accurately." Also saying "Wow, this post is all full of fail" makes you sound like a teenager from fail blog, so let bygones be bygones. :p
[G3 General] toncij:
Not sure. I'm a bit surprised that I find such a thread here even; since, while lowering resolution shall put less strain on the hardware due to less processing, the power used to power pixels and backlight is the same.
[G3 General] flaring afro:
Yeah the biggest power draw from the resolution is the factors in the hardware which isn't changed. I doubt it really would make enough of a difference in battery life to matter unless you're playing intensive games, which most people don't do.

Might help speed things up though.
[G3 General] kinnyfaifai:
I'm quite happy with my G3 on stock. Ok, I still have to charge once a day, but for me that's acceptable especially when I'm always near a charger.

Just an idea for those experimenting with Nomone, for me, standby time is great on stock, but a little concern of mine is on games. So anyone looking to tweak the resolution, could you not just run the xposed module AppSettings for the apps you want to perform smoother?!
[G3 General] Batfink33:
I've been running 1080 today all day to be honest the phone does feel a lot better. Its not been heating or throttling as much and its a hell of a lot smoother, animations etc. I'm convinced now the S801 can't really handle 2k.

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App settings doesn't alter the resolution, it alters the DPI. DPI and resolution are different. If you only alter the DPI you'll still be pushing 2k pixels.
[G3 General] berserk1980:
An update to my thread, i have been running 1080p for the entire day and managed to last me from 9am unplugged till i reached home at 7pm. Previously my phone would have died on me way before that. I am convinced that running a lower resolution does take the strain off and all my games and apps are running as usual.
[G3 General] kinnyfaifai:
For some reason i thought it did.
[G3 General] IXChicharitoXI:
Did you take any screenshots, bro?
[G3 General] apostroph3:
Thanks for the help. But after trying unsuccessfully to push the file for a few hours, I've decided to flash the firmware.

Now back to modding the themes... :crying:

Moral of the story: Always back up!!

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What about the weird statusbar icon size? How did you get past that?
[G3 General] haris182:
Do your icons and widgets appear normal too?
[G3 General] quim135:
I cannot found where to disable service app with android tweaker 2 and wich ones. Any help pls? Thx

Edit. Already did it but i noticed some glitches witih the app box icon and swiftkey. And looks too bigger for me. I would preffer to run it with 460 DPI but some app does FC so i return to stock resolution.

Its a interesting threat so i hope some developers care about it
[G3 General] berserk1980:
They look the same to me. Just that the osb and status seem bigger. I hide them so it doesnt affect me. Only glitch is the random blank out while trying to correct any typing error with default lg keyboard. I think using google or swift keyboard will solve the problem. And please use just 530 for the dpi, anything lower and the caller, contacts etc wont work.
[G3 General] gmaldo007:
Where do i find service app in the tweaker 2? I do not see it anywhere.

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 General] robto:
Its in Google Play. Search for "Android tweaker 2"

Enviado desde mi LG-D855 mediante Tapatalk
[G3 General] gmaldo007:
I have android tweaker 2 already.. I need to know where do i disable service app? I can't find service app

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 General] Geezer:
It's a quick bypass until LG releases some patches or/and new FW and until Android L hits the market or there are nice Custom ROMs & custom kernels and to save battery (when extra juice is needed)
[G3 General] rancur3p1c:
Nobody can see a difference so I don't see why you would want to waste power having something that you wont notice
[G3 General] haris182:
About resolution and density changing, has anyone tried deodexing the stock?

It might help with missing icons and broken widgets (I think)
[G3 General] gmaldo007:
Does anyone know where to find disable service app in Android Tweaker 2? I am trying to test this but can't find service app to disable in Android Tweaker 2

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 General] gortz:
What was your screen on time?