[Sprint LG G3] br0adband:
Ok, if that's the case I've gotta ask for the nitty gritty details and if you can drop a screenshot of that SOT sometime - I'm not saying you're not getting that kind of battery life/SOT but that just seems ludicrous in the good "Spaceballs" kinda way. :)

- Is that an LS990?

- Is the cellular on the whole time and what kind of cellular would that be, 2G/3G/4G/HSPA+/LTE/etc?

- Is WiFi enabled/on the whole time?

- Screen brightness set at what percentage (is auto used at all)?

- Did you go from ZV4 to ZV6 to ZV8 with OTAs or did you straight flash the ZV8 TOT coming from which version?

- Stock original factory battery in that G3 you're talking about or is it a brand new OEM one/third party replacement/larger capacity?

- Are you pure stock with no additional tweaks, no custom kernel, nothing at all except any adjustments you can make with what the stock ROM settings offer (not much but that's a given)?

I'm seriously interested in knowing your secrets 'cause you're the only person I've ever seen mention anything above about 5 hours of SOT - what you're claiming you're getting is literally insanely great stuff... damn. That's some truly unbelievable stuff right there. I owned an LG Tribute for a short period of time a few months back and could get 8 hours of SOT without breaking a sweat but that obviously is a much lower spec device (Snapdragon 400 quad core with an 800x480 LCD which was crazy bright actually) - if the G3 can manage 7+ hours of SOT then I'm all for finding out how to make that happen with mine, definitely.

In the simplest terms possible I suppose yes, that's what I'm saying but it's a bit more complex than that. When similar platform devices like the OPO and the Galaxy S5 using the Snapdragon 801 SoC and similar battery capacity (3100mAh and 2800mAh respectively) can apparently offer better battery life in terms of SOT then there's got to be a reason for it, that's all.

I mean, yes I could splurge and get that Mugen 6000mAh extended battery for $70-80 and not have to worry about battery life ever but considering this is LG's flagship device right now till the G4 rolls in, it just seems like somewhere down the line something was missed or something went wrong and the device is suffering for it.

I don't really worry about it all that much, to be honest, and I'm rarely in a situation where I couldn't plug in and charge if needed (I keep a 1A very tiny USB charger and microUSB cable in my cargo pants/shorts so it's almost always with me) but it does seem like a problem for a lot of people.

Also, I don't hear much about overheating from the OPO or Galaxy S5 owners so... there's also that. I just did some testing with this G3 of mine and it does run quite warm, warmer than any other devices I've owned in recent times so I'm sure that'll effect battery life (I mean the life of the actual battery itself, not just device runtime) since LiIon batteries are damaged in some respects by warm(er) environments.

I just let my G3 sit idle, no tasks running, for 15 mins then tapped the screen twice and ran CPU-Z to look at the temps: it idles at 36C so that's fine but it ramps up pretty fast upon doing much of anything, well into the 75+ range for benchmarks like Antutu which again is expected and it can handle it - at least till it gets to a point where it might shut down like it did that one time (it's only done it once so far) and that was just installing updates.

I wish it had better battery life, basically, so if what sinisin just hinted at with Lollipop has some merit to it, perhaps I'll have to switch over to Lollipop even though I don't like the OS in general. I'll tolerate the look and feel of it (even LG's half-ass ported UI again) and see what happens.

Just making lounge conversation, basically... ;)