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[G4 General] Eric618:
I generally get between 5 and 5 1/2 hours SOT. That's at around 50% brightness. Location turned off (it's always off), but data, and Bluetooth on. My wifi is on only when I'm home (I use Tasker to turn wifi off when leave home for work, and back on at the time I usually get home). I am rooted, have all bloat deleted via Titanium Backup, use ad-blockers, and have all app permissions addressed accordingly. I also use Greenify.

This is how I use my phone daily, with no temporary adjustments just to squeeze more time out of my battery to prove a point, or whatever.

I'm very happy with battery life. Add to that the spare battery always sitting in the charging cradle, at the ready, and I can go days without needing to recharge.
[G4 General] faizalotai:
Can i know the version of google play services?
[G4 General] Eric618:
Sure. It's 7.8.99.
[G4 General] imarcel99:
440 or 448?
[G4 General] Eric618:
440.
[G4 General] ipmanwck:
Anyone have experience of how the G4 compared against the S6 battery ?
[G4 General] MissNAA:
Right, just to wade in to the debate...

My G4 is the unlocked H815 variant, I'm a UK user on the EE network. I just plugged my phone in to charge this morning after going down to 5% battery. This is only its second charge cycle, it's new. I do know that the LG phones gradually ease in to better stats with a few more charge cycles, I had an LG G3 a while back, and it also took time for it to get used to my usage and charging habits.

Anyway, I think I've been very lucky, considering my G4 is only on its second charge cycle. I got a total battery time of a whopping 61 hours (most of which was on standby), and a screen on time of 3.5 hours. I think this is highly respectable, especially considering quite a lot of the SOT was using the phone to browse the Internet on 3G and not Wi-Fi, as we were in the process of changing ISP's so the Wi-Fi was down for the day. We all know how much non Wi-Fi browsing drains resources! Since this is only the second charge, I would hope that this will actually get better with time!

All the pre-installed apps and settings are still there. Location is off (I don't use it anyway) smart cards are still on. Bluetooth is off, Wi-Fi and data are still on, brightness is on auto (which, unlike some here, I've actually found to be quite efficient). I haven't got any of the smart settings on, I've got it in a Quick Circle case, so that function is also on. During the 61 hours of uptime, I made quite a few 15 minute or so phone calls (mostly on speakerphone so my toddler son could talk to his Dad at work), Internet browsed, and adjusted settings etc. I don't play games really and rarely watch videos but I do stream a lot of music from Deezer. So a mixed bag of usage really!

I remember well, when I got my G3, battery performance was absolutely shocking, in a bad way, and it was laggy and awful. I put up with that for a week or so, then reset it again in disgust. After that, it was like I had another phone - the battery lasted ages and it ran like a dream! I think these phones benefit from a reset if they're buggy and problematic.

I'm impressed with it so far, it's a good, solid performing phone. I had the Samsung S6 before this; yes, it was fast and smooth, but battery life was average at best. I've found no dip in performance changing from one phone to the other, yet the battery is much better in the G4. I had an S5 before the S6 and it was seriously the worst phone I've ever had, the battery life was abysmal, and I bought a new battery for it, which was equally as bad as the first.

It does seem the unlocked European G4 performs better than some of the carrier locked ones...
[G4 General] neflictus:
I had both phones. Had the s6, sold it to get a g4 for the camera.

Sold it and went back to S6. 5h 30min of sot on s6, max 4h 30 on g4. Same apps, same usage. Also like the camera on s6 more.
[G4 General] ipmanwck:
Also had both. Finding the same. Exynos processor is very impressive.
[G4 General] :
Every battery life thread on every forum is a mess after lollipop. I really want to get rid of my ****ty moto x 2014 with its 14hr battery (3.5 hr sot).

I was thinking the Verizon G4 was good on battery based on the reviews I have seen. Can someone give me some straight answers here? I am looking to buy this phone.

Can 18hrs battery with 4.5hr SOT be achieved with the Verizon G4 (stock unrooted, no battery saving apps, etc.), with brightness at 65%, Bluetooth off, location off, and all the junk disabled. If it can't what phone can, s6, turbo, or n6?
[G4 General] Clay330i:
You can definitely reach those times with the G4. Here is an example of my usage. (Not rooted, but tempted):

I don't play games that much. Wife has the N6 and it gets good battery life too.
[G4 General] stryyker:
Can you post more inf? do you greenify? stock rom without root? Any tips you use to squish the battery?
[G4 General] :
That's what I am looking for! Thanks. What's your screen brightness set at and do you have anything turned off? So you are getting about 5hrs screen on time with 24hrs usage?
[G4 General] Aoi_sora9x:
Be wary of people who claim that they have good battery life. Most of the time they are really conservative users who keep the brightness way way down and disable a lot of synchronisation for the sake of battery saving.

I'm quite a heavy user, with 4G turns on all the time and brightness at 50%. G4's battery is horrible, I get about 1:30 to 2hrs SOT max. If I play a bit of games then I'm going to have to charge to last me through the rest of the day.

Turns on Google Now and Location, and oh boy look at that battery go. 1 Hours without doing a lot beside listening to music and the battery drops 10%.

If you want the absolute best battery, either Droid Turbo (moto max) or Xperia Z3 or Z3+.

In my experience, the Z3's battery is super good. Same usage as above and it gives me 50% at the end of the day easy.
[G4 General] :
Yea I hear that about the z3, but I am on Verizon so its not available. Maybe I'll just go turbo then. I do disable Google now, some sync items and location on all my phones though. But if the g4 battery isn't any better than the moto x 2014 than it is a deal breaker. Alot of reviewers say the g4 has good battery though.
[G4 General] Aoi_sora9x:
I think the battery life is barely better than the Moto X. Disable location really does help with the battery though.

****ing Google.
[G4 General] :
It seems like Google really messed up battery with lollipop. I am finding a lot of devices are suffering. I was hoping g4 was different.
[G4 General] stryyker:
Well like i said on my other posts, i Have almost all turn off since i dont need it 24h ON, i only turn on when need it (wifi data, location etc). And most times i get 3h sot with 24h standbytime or even 1,2Days sbtime which is not bad, but not that great, (stock room ofc with greenify and most apps turn off with lg access lock).

Im using past days Lux Auto Brightness since the stock sucks, with auto b. and i as not able to get 3h+ on sot.

For a guy who have almost all turn off even auto sync accounts (which i dont need btw), seems a bit lower no? 3h sot?

The only thing i didnt done yet, as a reset after this 1,2 updates we got in this past months. Ive downloaded 2 updates so far, and didn't reset once.
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
This kinda stuff is different with everyone. I'm a super heavy user, 4G always on, syncing on, location always on (device only), at least 65% brightness most the time (auto brightness via Lux on and outside in the direct sun), streaming music over the cloud to a Bluetooth speaker much of the time, and still EASILY get 4 hours SOT.

*unrooted, Nova prime launcher, Greenify
[G4 General] :
How long is your phone off the charger for? 4hrs sot over how many hours?
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
I've been testing these stats and parameters at the end of a workday most the time. So usually 8+ hours. Then I'm generally sitting at 10-15% battery left.

Pop the battery out, switch for a freshy, and then I'm good. First phone I've had with replaceable battery and I'm loving it.

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Honestly, I'm at closer to 100% brightness most the time because it's a hot ass summer and I work outside. Even so, I've still hit 4 hours SOT with 25% battery still left in these conditions a few times.
[G4 General] :
So there is no way this phone will last 16-17 hrs then with 3-4hrs screen on time probably. It would be like 2hrs sot with 16-17hrs off charger if I am doing my math correctly. Removable battery is nice though. I wouldn't keep my brightness that high either.
[G4 General] Aoi_sora9x:
Battery graph please? I don't think I would ever get this kind of battery life, ever.
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
I'll show you what I'm at now but I'm at home on WiFi and brightness lower because I'm indoors with soft lighting. Recently deleted the battery info screenshots I was keeping otherwise I'd show you that too.
[G4 General] Aoi_sora9x:
That's actually some quality SOT. Which firmware version you are on?

One more thing that might contribute to the battery woe is Facebook and Messenger. That's just something I can't live without.
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
I just use a bookmark of the Facebook mobile site on my home screen which has Messenger built in. I do have the Instagram app though.

....aaand how do I know what firmware I'm using?
[G4 General] :
Yea but that's high screen on time over a very short period of time. Doesnt that mean that to achieve higher battery life, like 16hrs or so you would have to use your phone less? Am I figuring that right? You want high screen on time along with high time unplugged.
[G4 General] Eric618:
I use an older version of FB that can be tweaked to use its native messenger. No separate Messenger app needed. That tweak is somewhere here on XDA.

Also, with Greenify FB is killed rather quickly when you're not using it. Its never running for extended periods in the background.
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
Well sure. However, if you are are bustin' 4-6 hours SOT in an 8-10 hour stretch, that's about all one could expect. What I showed was just my natural usage. Pretty sure I can still get 4 hours SOT even over a matter of 12-18 hours but that's simply not how I use the phone for the most part.
[G4 General] :
I think I am going to give the Verizon version of this phone a shot. I can always return it if I don't like it. I'll post my battery findings here.
[G4 General] jesper10:
I'm not sure if that's true in all cases, I seem to have slightly different findings (although I may just be lucky).

I have sync on constantly, with Wi-Fi/GPS always enabled and 4G flicks on and off where available.

I had SoT of 2hrs when going to bed last night and my battery was at 69%, this was from between 0800 and 2230 so it had been off charge a while too!

I don't have Facebook on my phone though and I don't play games etc so maybe this is why I get slightly better than average results?

My battery certainly seems to be more efficient than my old Note 3 so I'm going to complain about it. Point taken re the Z3 and Z3c though, they are magnificent! It's a shame other flagships don't seem to get near them.

Edit to add:

Nova Launcher

Screen brightness 50%

Unrooted

Greenify (when I remember to use it!)
[G4 General] :
Well I decided to get the Verizon G4. Battery is only minimally better than my Moto X 2014 so far, but I may be able to squeeze some more out with more tweaks. I got 4hrs SOT with 14.5 hrs battery yesterday. A ton of apps disabled (including VZW/LG Bloat, Chrome and the Google App), location off, 50% brightness, minimal things syncing. This phone is really good with standby time though, and access lock is also a plus.

Btw, anything under 3.5 hrs SOT is considered average to bad imo.

*Edit: Going to switch to Nova, LG Home is eating battery like crazy
[G4 General] DoKaTSuYa:
Are you sure that changed the launcher it will be better ?
[G4 General] faizalotai:
After reflash stock than flash root again with factory reset, i think i'm good..

before,3hours++ SOT
[G4 General] bogdan.android25:
This is happening for a week. I don t know what is going wrong. I tried a factory reset but i can t have more than 3hours sot

Trimis de pe al meu LG-H815 folosind Tapatalk
[G4 General] :
Not sure. Nova seems to be using less ram than lg home so far.
[G4 General] Sushieffer:
Got my G4 rooted & Xposed installed. Amplify, Greenify & Power Nap are installed. I think that the battery life now is amazing. 4:30 SOT. Got it out at 8:30am this morning and had to plug it in at 11:30pm..

Verstuurd vanaf mijn LG-H815 met Tapatalk
[G4 General] sharpehenry:
I'm always on 60% brightness and my SOT is around 3:30 hours when battery save mode kicks in. I could probably go for another 30 min or more but that's when I plug my phone into the charger.
[G4 General] :
Yea similar for me. I am still getting around 4hrs SOT with my above settings a few posts back, with Nova instead of the LG Home launcher. Don't really think Nova is making a difference. Standby time is crazy good though for me so far, which is reassuring. Like this phone, has a ton of great features and my moto x would loose alot of battery just sitting there.
[G4 General] 0rigin:
For an average user, the G4 battery must suck. If you're an "advanced" user and know how to debloat and disable stuff and track down your battery hogs, it's ok I guess. All who claim it's super duper and whatnot, are lying to themselves and to others who come here in order to find some information...
[G4 General] allomorph:
Hello everyone. I see that most of you don't have "Cell standby" in top 10 battery drainers, but for me it is different - it is in second spot after screen, with 22%. Why is cell standby causing so much battery drain and how can I fix it? How come for most you guys it isn't in top 10 battery usage reasons? What to do? Thanks in advance.
[G4 General] Leavard:
This can happen if you are in an area with poor reception. The building I work in is literally a Faraday cage and I used to get Cell Standby as a high drain on my Optimus G.

I just turn mobile data off at work now.
[G4 General] Striball:
I usually go about 35+ hours on my battery before I switch it out with another. I usually pull off around 3-4 hours of SOT with Wifi on the majority of the day, cell always on, auto brightness set at 50%.

Basically if a phone is able to last me over 24 hours of use then I'm very content with its performance, nonetheless having upwards of 45-50% left over when I go to sleep. I am a moderate user and definitely not a super hard user that goes through 4hrs SOT in a day. Battery life has been pretty much the same since I got it launch day, best SOT I've had was 6 hours, auto brightness @ 50%, wifi on all day and cellular, no games, with about 13% left over.
[G4 General] jamesd1085:
Auto brightness at 100% lots of chrome browsing facebook and youtube videos ,25-30 minutes gaming normal phone and messaging use...a few tweaks to kernel using kernel audiutor but no underclock...i actually turned up min clock for all cores...mostly wifi but also some 4g use...my setup is pictured below if anyone wants to try...also using the ad blocker host files which helps on chrome browser...greenify with no xposed...my setup stays pretty smooth unless you pause for long periods but after first touch it ramps up and stays smooth...i could have gone longer but needed to charge as i had to leave the house for a few hours...i have had as much as 6.75 hours screen time when on my home wifi and battery to 5%...no complaints from me! T-MO H811 10n removed bloat and CIQ
[G4 General] jzx0145:
H818 user from China, rooted with xposed installed, 2 sim cards plugged in, got only 3 - 3.5 hours SoT.
[G4 General] JistinBrand:
wirelee receiver!

How about　to add　a　wireless charging receiver　case for　LG G4?:o
[G4 General] amonrei:
I've been using my H815 for a week and i find the battery to be on par with my now sold D802. Which is pretty impressive since i was expecting much worse. Stock auto brightness at 50%, stock launcher, smart bulletin, LG health running, stock everything. Didn't even disable any unwanted apps. Standby time is ridiculously good, charging time very much the same as G2 since it has the same sized battery and charger as well, wifi battery life is great, but 3G/4G not so much. My G4 seems to be an early TWN batch since it says 5/2015 on the box, so i guess i was just clearing the old stock from the shop by buying it. :rolleyes:

I'm a pretty light user. Just the usual social media and browsing. Some music. I don't game since it's an obvious battery killer. I believe if i use wifi and use it non-stop with minimal screen off which is what i usually do when i go back to my hometown, i can get similar screen time as my G2 in the same situation which is around 5-6 hours. Good enough for me. :good:

IMO, if you use it a lot in one go, you'll get a lot of screentime obviously. But if you're getting throughout the day with many screen on off situation, 3-4 hours is normal. If you're getting less than 3 hours, then you probably got a lemon or some app misbehaving.
[G4 General] androFRUST:
Hi, where did you get your unit from ? my SOT has barely ever breached the 3 hr mark.
[G4 General] amonrei:
I'm from Malaysia. My unit is either imported from Taiwan or Hong Kong.

edit: Oh you're from Malaysia too. I got it at Greenfone Gadget in Taman Maluri KL.
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
Had one of my better battery performances yesterday afternoon to morning today. Almost 6 hours of SOT over a course of roughly 18 hours. Only changes from normal usage as of late was discontinuing use of Lux Lite/auto brightness in general, using it indoors the entire time (so lower brightness than when I'm outdoor during day which is often), and not running music to a BT speaker for a good chunk of the day.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Not surprised, if you run your screen at max brightness all of the time. Question is why do it ?
[G4 General] mtva24:
Because if I'm paying $500+ for a phone, I wanna use it maxed out. Why disable everything, especially when you can do 1 hr and a 1/2 better on other flagships?
[G4 General] One Twelve:
This device and others are not designed to be run at max brightness, all the time.

max is when you are outdoors to be able to see the screen or when using the camera.

Can only imagine how laggy it must be running at max, heating up etc.

Who said disable 'everything' ?

people getting good life out of this device are averaging around 50% brightness those that get better life use lower.

If you can't manage that then stick to amoled as you have become accustomed to brighter screens.

Amoleds lose their brightness after time. Two years and your amoled will only be 80% of what it was when new.
[G4 General] mtva24:
I probably get the worst battery life out of the G4. My M9, had a LCD screen, granted it had a better processor and was lower resolution, but I could bang out 4+ consistently. My Moto X Pure is no champion in the battery department, but I can at least average over 3 hrs 30 mins. My two AMOLED phones, the Nexus 6 and Galaxy S6+, take a dump on the G4's battery life, as I hit over 4 hrs consistently on max brightness. I'm over this phone anyways, its listed on Swappa. I use it once a week for ****s and gigs. Have fun being locked down.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
First, let me thank you for posting that stat.

Next, try running it at 50% in manual not auto brightness. Switch to auto when you go outdoors.

if your can't do that that then move on.

Remember people anyone that cant cross 3hsot, ask to see that screen usage graph with brightness, requires gsam to be installed, see how their brightness levels are. very important before suggesting other workarounds.
[G4 General] mtva24:
You are more than welcome my friend. Unfortunately, I am not lowering my brightness because the battery sucks. I paid good money for this phone and I want to use it on MAXIMUM settings.

Remember people anyone that

can

cross 3hsot, ask to see that screen usage graph with brightness, requires gsam to be installed, see how their brightness levels are. very important before suggesting other workarounds.
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
Boo frickin' hoo. I can get 4+ hours SOT running at 90-100% brightness with ease even as a power user with auto sync, location, and Bluetooth on nonstop. Sounds like a personal problem on your end.
[G4 General] mtva24:
Obviously reading through the thread, it isn't close to a personal problem. You can be a little **** about it or you can be helpful and share some tips.
[G4 General] Johnny Broccoli:
Lol....you can be a complete ***** about it because you need an outlet for your anger but it won't get you anywhere. Sounds like you're done with the phone anyways so best of luck with whatever next phone you'll be complaining about because you don't know how to use it properly.

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100% brightness is absolutely not needed unless you're outside in direct sunlight.
[G4 General] pakitos:
This X 10000.

Just because I own a Ferrari does not mean I will rev it to 9,000 RPMs while waiting for the green light.

That " I paid good money for this phone and I want to use it on MAXIMUM settings." is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read in here.

100% brightness all the time is overkill, perhaps, you need to check your eyes.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
But why run it at max. An answer along the lines of 'because i can' isn't a proper reason.

Are you not able to see the screen at a lower brightness ? How bright is the ambient light environment that you operate in.

on my laptop the brightness is at 20% because i don't want to stare at a headlight all day. Same with my tab which is nearing 3 yrs now and hard to see outdoors on max brightness, it was never easy to read outdoors even new. But indoors at that level is perfect. Know what the sot is ? 8h and that is charging to 90%. I f iran it at 100% it would be flat within 4h.

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Show us then. Install gsam, post the screen usage (the one that shows the breakdown of screen brightness) from gsam along with the summary screen.

The same pair of screens that mtva posted

here

.
[G4 General] mtva24:
I think anything under 90% is too dim. Its called personal preference...

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Don't forget to quote me next time, i almost missed that one!
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Its a costly preference because you limit your choices. quad hd is out for you. Unless you wait a year or two more for more efficent screens. The trend is higher definition screens on the flagships and the battery gets less, because thin is supposedly in.

if you can't do that then you have to reduce the screen resolution. consider x play over x pure/style.

better still go 720p and look at the xperia compacts. a year ago with kk, the z3c would have been the choice.

Today with L once beyond stellar life on the xperia z3's has become only very good. i hesitate to mention the Z5 since it has a sd810 and we've yet to see how it performs. nexus is out. Huawei Honor 7 is another option. The only phones that have 'good' battery this year are midrangers. And then there is the moto G.

These are the consequences of your personal preference. This limiting of choice is what i find unacceptable. what if i dont like whats out there. how long do i wait. OR i could change my preference and be more flexible and get whatever i want ;)

i find being able to do that is crucial in the end. this talk of perfect this or that is bunk. can you get by with whats out there and what does it is what counts in the end.
[G4 General] mtva24:
I appreciate your concern but I am good. I honestly blame the LCD/SD 808 combo, as Moto X Pure has the same screen and processor, and I am not getting that great results. See below.

Nexus 6