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[G4 General] Passi1909:
How do you all get such a great Battery Life???

I only get 3 Hours SOT maximum.

Most of the time i have about 2,5...

I am in Genisys 2.1(Lollipop), rooted, Xposed with Amplify and Greenify and SE Kernel with stock frequencies.

I used wakelock detetcor but everything looks okay, the device stays in deep sleep and nothing keeps it awake.

Screen is at 50% Auto all the time.

I have Bluetooth on about 2 Hours every day and i always have 4G on.
[G4 General] ObiDanKenobi:
My best guess in your case ? it's the 4G that is draining more battery.

Regarding [MENTION=5512893]One Twelve[/MENTION] answer, I stated that I do not like hte screen to be so dim, I used 10% on Nexus 5, but that is like 25% on G4, so the limit for me is 25% at 0 lux and goes to about 75% at 400 lux.

Indeed, forgot to mention location and wifi scanning and stuff is off in my case.
[G4 General] mahendrabiradar:
I get only 2 hours of screen on time.

gps off

screen brightnesss set on auto

i use cellular data no wifi

standby time with data on is horrible

i evn have greenify app running
[G4 General] daniel4653:
Usually a factory reset makes everything better. Have you tried that .
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Put that on manual indoors as low as you can get it. Outdoors switch to auto. if you are outdoors most of the time then screen has to work harder.

settings-about device-status

how many dbms is your cell strength ? when you say data what is it 3g or 4g.

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Sub 3 hr sot usually get fixed with a factory reset. Though i wonder if just wiping cache in recovery is sufficent.

What is your usage like ?

Try manual, if that is on 50% you should be getting close to 5h sot with light to moderate use ie browsing etc. With a good signal.

How many dbm's for the signal ?
[G4 General] kyogiro:
Weak 3G or 4G signal strength can be quite draining, especially on my G4.
[G4 General] 012512:
Wtf?! 20% drain in more or less 6hours?!

Wtf, I`m shocked what my G4 did to itself when I left it at 43% overnight then I wake up it was 22 percent..

I slept at 22:30 and 43% battery left on my phone then I woke up at 4 am then the battery becomes 23%!

How did this happen?

Wifi is on during sleep but I used greenify before I sleep my phone!

I will post all possible screenies.. Just take a look lads.

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This is weird.. More battery drain during sleep than being in use on screen?

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Edit:

Seems the google playstore was the culprit. It didn`t appear on battery using seen in settings. I just made a fix for that annoying wakelock
[G4 General] Affy08:
I just bought a LG G4. It's the 818P model (dual sim) I only use 1 sim and im always on gsm only since i just use it for text and calls. I only turn on wifi when i use it. Every other radio are switched off. Idle is great but i only get around 4-5hrs of SOT.. Im on v10e version btw. I already tried factory reset. In GSAM batt monitor, there is nothing draining my battery. My screen brightness is always around 20-40% since im always indoors. Is the 815 model better at battery life?
[G4 General] One Twelve:
4-5h sot for your brightness on data sounds right. In fact its good. How long you had it ? give it few more recharge cycles.

Use manual brightness when you're indoors. auto outdoors.
[G4 General] Passi1909:
Thanks for your answer!

I will try wiping cache and will report tomorrow.

My usage is quite normal.

A little bit of Facebook, a little bit of Browsing, 1,2 games(max 20 minutes) every day, no calls, no sms, maybe a bit more WhatsApp than normal.

When I work i always haver really bad signal!

Maybe thats what killing my battery life..

With my Sony Z3 I got with same usage about 7 hours SOT..

So tonight from 2am till now (10am) my phone used 1% without charging and without doing anything with it. So i think the standby mode is not the Problem.

Yesterday i took my phone at 9 pm from the charger. Now I have 35 minutes SOT and the rest in standby and i have 65%. I took it off at 90 %...
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Before doing that, try reinstalling whatsapp. That might be the problem. See spartan's reply

here

.

If that does nothing then try wiping the cache.

How bad is bad ? settings - about phone - status (how mnay dbms)

4g is good for bulk data but is not so efficient with intermittent bursty traffic. If your data needs are just whatsapp then on 4g the radio does not get into idle state as quick as with lower g's ie 2g.

Then you should be able to do 5-6 on the G4.

implying its the use that's draining more.

you said brightness is 50% auto. try manual. Try lowering that brightness if you can . i find i can manage with 20% indoors without much problem. Depending on how bright your surrounding are you might find that it works just fine. Your eyes will adapt.
[G4 General] Passi1909:
I will tell you monday what signal i have there.

Okay, i will try manual mode
[G4 General] bkalex:
Can post someone screenshots about battery life on dual sim version?
[G4 General] nykdpk:
Am using LG G4 H818N Indian Dual Sim Variant With 2 Sim Networks ON.No Data Network Only WIFI,Sync and Location Services ON Always.

SOT was really good after heavy usage even.Am on V10d-IND-xx Version.Please find the attached files.
[G4 General] bkalex:
Result is good, like single sim version. :D

What luminosity are u using?
[G4 General] nykdpk:
70% Brightness all the time...
[G4 General] bkalex:
It's a ****in nice result :D
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Both on 2G presumably. First one locked to 2G.

I note signal for both is full are they on the same carrier ?

this is the important bit.

An interesting result. 2 sims does not necessarily mean bad battery but that depends on good signal.

Did you refuse updates because the current version now is 10f-IND.

What was your total run time and how low was the battery at the end ?
[G4 General] Affy08:
I dont have data on. I just use it for text, calls, and social media(if wifi). I just had it for 5-6 days.
[G4 General] nykdpk:
"I Did update to v10f but noticed battery life was below average so i did downgrade again to v10d."

Total runtime on battery was 14 hours and 34 minutes..!
[G4 General] Taiyo85:
Hello! I'm quite new to the lg g4. My first run down of the battery was done using a mix of WiFi and 4g data. The connection is not excellent and in some cases it dropped to 3g.

What I did:

-install a lot of applications

-play a little candy crush

-WhatsApp

-Facebook and messenger

-Instagram

-took my time setting up the the phone

-browser

-one or two calls, and SMSs

-Camera!

I'm on the v10d-EUR-XX on build LMY47D.

For me, coming from a Nexus 5, its quite good results
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Respectable results for a first run. I would give it at least 6 more recharge cycles for the battery to condition. It could get better.

The build number is the same as i have on the Indian G4, which is v10f.
[G4 General] Passi1909:
My DBM is -101 to -109 at work..
[G4 General] ObiDanKenobi:
I have right now - 57 so actually you have a 4 times poorer reception, taking in consideration the fact that the numbers are logarithmic

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Also consider switching to 2g if it is available in your area.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
That would be on 2G, the equivlanet signal strength for 4g would be high 80 dbm for excellent signal.

As i looked at his graphs, it says H. So he is not on 4G. He is on 3G. This is a weak signal if its on -110dbm.

And if its constantly hunting for 4G in a 3G area then that is where the drain is happening. Better to prefer 3G in such an area.

settings - networks - mobile networks - 4g/3g/2g change to 3g/2g this way it will not search for 4G and lock to 3g otherwise fall back to 2g.

Provided only if 2g exists otherwise better setting is to pick is 3g only so there is no hunting for other g's.
[G4 General] Passi1909:
Thanks, but look at screenshot, thats my 4G signal at another place of my work.
[G4 General] imarcel99:
F600S isn't that V10?
[G4 General] fenomen0:
29% brightness + auto, data, some sync's, web....
[G4 General] Passi1909:
Yes i think so too, but i have a LG G4 H815 with Genisys Rom 2.1(Lollipop)..

I don't know why it's F600S there..
[G4 General] pcp12:
I only get 3 hours SOT in my second cycle, with 10d
[G4 General] dredmentia:
Battery life is an absolute joke on this phone. Had to buy 2 extra batteries to keep with me to last a full day.
[G4 General] 012512:
What do u think of mine guys? Only wifi is on. Sot is 2h 50m. 2g is in use but -81 dbm 12 asu to -95 dbm 16 ASU :(

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[G4 General] One Twelve:
For 3/4G refer to this link to tell how good or bad your signal is.

http://blog.industrialnetworking.com/2014/04/making-sense-of-signal-strengthsignal.html

-110dbm is a fair signal for 4G. It's not great but not too terrible either.

How is the 3G at that location ?

How much data do you transfer over cellular at work per day ? if there is a way for you to do those transfers in a location with better signal at certain times you could get some savings. Try to limit background transfers over data if you can and prefer to do them with wifi only.
[G4 General] Affy08:
Im disappointed by the battery life.. Im on 818P v10f. I have this phone more than a week. Im always on gsm only for txting. I turn on wifi only when i use it. But it's a solid 1 day for me. Im disappointed cause i was expecting more. [/ATTACH]
[G4 General] s3alon:
Not really good at a battery life

Been using the Dual variant.

SOT ranging from 2 Hours and 35 Minutes with heavy use and bad signal, phone constantly feel warm.

until the longest SOT 4 hours and 5 minutes. that one not really heavy use. and having a good signal somehow.

Been only using it for chat such Line, Whatsapp, and browsing with Chrome. sometimes news apps.

I think this phone could get better battery life with some improvement update.

Signal is also a part of the battery problem sometimes., don't really know if this's normal but coming from S**y devices before.

I feel the battery life is not so good. but other than that is nice for me.

especially the camera and also the price :D
[G4 General] donwhall70:
I don't waste battery checking SOT, I just know that I put it down to charge at night with around 20% left on average. Lasts all day = excellent battery life.
[G4 General] spartan268:
I get about the same on a workday. The 10% phone idle can be attributed to having a bad signal. When I'm at home I do not get any phone idle at all. Asides from that it looks about average, signal would be the main variable to be concerned which I'm guessing is out of your control.

Screenshot of the Settings > Battery > App usage screen? I always prefer that over GSAM. Otherwise I think the next best step is to check for wakelocks via root. IIRC being on GSM would make any phone battery an absolute tank. Blackberry and HTC use to last forever when I dropped it down a notch to GSM.

Signal is a huge one. Whether you're an LTE user or that 3G+ stuff. In combination with a 1440p screen it starts sipping like a thirsty kid on a summer day.

I've heard some folks back in the G3 days dropped the resolution down to 1080p and the battery life shot up. Of course this modification requires root and bad eye sight to pull off :P
[G4 General] 012512:
Thanks for the information. I live in areas with poor signal. :(
[G4 General] kyogiro:
28% battery remaining with 2h32 SoT over 16 hours including 1 hour running g using Runstatic.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Why are you disappointed ? What are you comparing it with ?

4h30 sot over a run time of 14h30 is a little better than normal. keep awake of just 1h30. No problems with your device :)

Can see you reduced your wifi use when it was not required. Texting on gsm is more efficient than the other G's.

Your earlier post for reference.

Only way to increase sot is use manual brightness at 20%. If its indoors i find that works fine.

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Bad signal will show up as 'Cell idle' as i understand it.

Phone Idle is how much the phone consumes doing nothing.

Am doing some tests on a G4 with no sim and just wifi to get a base line & test drain.

Screen is at 1h25 taking up 10%. Phone idle is at a whopping 65% or 6d11h ( yes six days). Still have 33% battery left.

Phone just sitting there not doing much :D

Curious why you say this. GSAM is an extra load albeit a small one.

Had LG retained the 'history details' screen when tapping on the battery graph we would be able to see stay awake but alas they got rid of it with L.

yep, GSM is the most optimised of the G's out there. Provided your data needs are low otherwise keeping the radio active longer to transfer bigger files works against.

Think it was either gsm arena or phonearena who showed dropping to 1080 p on the G3 only made a marginal improvement to battery. Which isn't surprising as the same amount of screen is still being lit up.
[G4 General] Affy08:
[MENTION=5512893]One Twelve[/MENTION] im disappointed because i was expecting more. Reviews said that they get 5hrs with lte, but im just using gsm no mobile data and 5hrs is my max. And some people can get 7hrs of sot.
[G4 General] kyogiro:
I'm around 3h30-4 hours SoT. While SoT is one thing, what you're doing when the screen on is an another one. How's your standby time? Does the battery drain a lot while in standby?
[G4 General] One Twelve:
I know someone that gets close to 6h on lte but he has an excellent signal, uses greenify and brightness at 20%.

i think you can get a little more. is it really necessary though ?
[G4 General] vespino75:
As the battery compared to the nexus 5 (2013). I have the nexus 5 and would like to have a better battery duration.

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[G4 General] spartan268:
I always take the tests from sites with a grain of salt since everyone has different needs and their method of testing might not be geared towards it. My friend did this with his G3 and noticed some improvements, but not a lot. He is a power user (gaming, browsing, emailing, the whole works). I think it's the gaming/rendering aspect that helped his case.

Reason I like the stock settings battery info is because it has everything in one screen and includes the extra stuff like cell idle, standby which doesn't show up in GSAM. Just easier for me to get a grasp at the situation as a whole. I only wish they kept the time awake as well, but that's what BBS is for.
[G4 General] Affy08:
Im on excellent signal on gsm too, and my brightness is always around 20-30%.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Which concurs with what the site said.

Yeah, reportedly this is what game optimizer on the G4 does. Reduce the resolution to 1080p.

Standby is shown. No cell idle though.

BBs needs root to get the most out of it :(

Not played about with it too much yet.
[G4 General] spartan268:
What do you mean!!???

You'll love it. It basically shows all the behind the scene drains that are involved. I personally consider it a must on every phone
[G4 General] snowrelyt:
If you don't have root it doesn't show you any valuable information pretty much
[G4 General] zyasin:
A Question;

Over-charge prevention is supported by our LG G4 battery, which will automatically stop charging when full?
[G4 General] snowrelyt:
Its fine most phones today have a special chip that's like "OK buddy maybe you should stop." When it gets near the 100% mark and it usually just cuts it off when its had enough that's why when your phone charges its much slower from 80% to 100%. But its much faster when its from 0% to 80%. In short don't worry about it.
[G4 General] KoRoZIV:
I have better battery with my old n5, I'm about to return this phone. I'll give it a few more days to see if the battery calms down...
[G4 General] vespino75:
Are you serious? [emoji24] ...

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[G4 General] KoRoZIV:
Yes, I can get easy at 36 hours with 4 hours on n5. Stock n5 that is. With g4 I got 5,30 h sot in 14 h, and 4 h sot in 20h stanby. The camera app is verry heavy on battery, I've been trying to understand why everyone says it's a great cam, I think is crap for a phone. Bad ois for video, getting warping effects allways, overexposed photos with strange collors... It has the pixels but the results ar not as good as I expected.

To get back on topic, maybe I have such a big drain from trying to make sense of the camera, the results on n5 battery do not include camera use.

Ps: the battery lost 3% while I wrote this post, so there you go...
[G4 General] spartan268:
The what do you mean was more directly to the second line that he/she hasn't played around with it yet cause lack of root.
[G4 General] WTF?:
how I get my crazy long battery life of 2 days on a charge with fairly heavy usage (no gaming though)

1. choose dark themes and wallpapers etc.

2. the following apps are the key (most require root):

• No-frills CPU control

• KinScreen

• LeanDroid

• AdAway

• LBE security master (control what apps can do)

3. keep network location off, and NFC and bluetooth only on if you actually use them
[G4 General] Follow_and_Feel:
Thank you for saying that! :D Same here. I can actually plug in my phone every 2 days, if I'm not using too much. But I think it's right what you said. If a phone's battery lasts at least 24 hours it should be just fine. Why would you be bothered about plugging it in every once in a while? Perfectly said: Phone lasts all day = excellent battery life! :)
[G4 General] Mikyno:
Battery life is not amazing (I had note 2 before g4). Check if LG health is on and if it is monitoring your steps. I had it activated it for 3 days and every day I reached only 2 hours SOT. Now I am on 4-4:30 SOT. This is not only because of LG health but I am quite sure it drains a lot of battery.

Inviato dal mio LG-H815 utilizzando Tapatalk
[G4 General] One Twelve:
It's easy to test. After charge is over feel the adapter.

Is it hot or cold. Cold means it has stopped :)

With the stock adapter there is no problem. So if you choose to use another then make sure it is good quality.

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Interesting. This means it is monitroing all the sensors and that is where the drain occurs.

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That would be doze.

Try manual brightness that way it will not boost screen brightness. unfortunately if you are outdoors in the day time then there is no alternative. This is what max brightness will do to battery.

For stills on android its the best this year. manual controls. Excellent in low light with an ace ois.

How you cannot notice this coming from a nexus 5 is surprising.

How often do you walk and shoot video ? the reviewers do this to show the difference. In over one year i never did this. Mostly when i shoot video i am stationary and pointing at something or panning.

overexposed can be due to a couple of reasons. centre weighted shooters prefer the sun is behind. So recompose.

at night, in auto there is something called night shot which will try to improve exposure. If there are no bright lights you will get an excellent crisp shot handheld.

If there is light it will overexpose. Go to manual and use a faster shutter or a lower iso. This is what manual is for.

Same applies to front camera as well. But you have no manual controls so you have to be more careful.

Doing what ?

if i shoot 4k it will lose 1% per minute. That's the way it is with any other.
[G4 General] KoRoZIV:
@ One Twelve

It lost 3% in 5 minutes writing that post; I'm also on 6.0, where is dose? 8 hours over night 5-7% drain; lg health is uninstalled. I know from the n5 that it will take a few days to calm down the battery after update to 6.0, this is the reason the phone is not yet returned.

As for the camera, I posted here a video and 2 pictures :

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64043334&postcount=1216

This is a battery topic, don't want to annoy users with crap photos :)
[G4 General] zyasin:
Battery Life

Got More Than 5 hours SOT

Wifi: All the time

Brightness: 8% (indoor used)

Most of the time was on YouTube

Rom: MM 20A Android HD Now 8.0 http://forum.androidnow.pl/13118-7-hd-8-0-aroma-mm-h815-v20a-22-11-2015-twrp-unlock-bootloader.html :good:
[G4 General] rav101:
I'm using the latest cm13 nightly (30th November) with 20A bootloader and modem and just got 5 hours SOT. I'm not using Xposed yet so I know I can squeeze out some more out of this. Looking at the graph, it's interesting to see how even at 15 percent left over night, I still woke up at 15 percent this morning. There was no over night drop off at all! Shows that Doze is doing its job!!
[G4 General] RogerF81:
I own the G4 just for five days and directly updated it to the MM-firmware 20B, so I have no idea how battery life would have been on Lollipop. Besides, I'm a LG-"newbie", I always had Samsung phones before. My direct comparison was a S5 I had before I got the G4.

So my question...I have now nearly 4 hours of SOT while a battery usage of about 12.5 hours and 15% battery left. Is this what I can expect? Is this "normal avarage" on stock rom? Is battery life on CM13 better than this in general?
[G4 General] kyogiro:
Those numbers constitute a perfect acceptable battery life. I have roughly the some, some others people got more, others less.
[G4 General] RogerF81:
Ok thank youfor your answer :) I have to say that all in all, battery life is a great when the phone is in standby, then there is nearly no battery usage, really fantastic!
[G4 General] luismigueloliveira:
For those out there with HUGE bat. drain : the culprit MAY be viber !

i´m on marshmellow , LG G4 ... when the update come from lolipop at firt I thought it was android 6 still not on ....point ! but after a few tests and the help of an app ( gsambattery monitor) viber was to blame ... uninstalled it and confirmed !
[G4 General] roooted:
Simple stuff like turning brightness down and disabling bloat has helped me a ton. Turning off fast dormancy has also made a sizeable difference. I rarely use the camera though and any time I watch content I'm usually at home so it isn't a huge issue for me.
[G4 General] krabban:
How you do that?
[G4 General] kyogiro:
Fast dormancy was harmful ? Where did you find that option?
[G4 General] Koostis:
So the battery on my G4 has been pathetic for the past week (since I bought it). 2 hours of SoT after being disconnected from the charger for 6 hours left me 45%. No gaming at all, mostly watching YouTube and using Viber, wifi always on, no mobile data.

GSam shows 50% by screen usage and 25% by wifi active. Shouldn't wifi eat like a teaspoon from the big bowl of the battery? :D
[G4 General] kyogiro:
Depends on what you do, since you were watching YouTube, there was somewhat big exchanges of data that resulted from it, gsam attributed it to the Wi-Fi.
[G4 General] dpi295:
Having pretty sub-par battery life. Anything else I can do to eke out more battery life?

This is what I have done so far:

- PowerNap to prevent blacklisted apps from waking phone during sleep

- Amplify to limit wakelocks and alarms (according to that 0.0% idle drain guide on XDA)

- Greenified some apps

- Location is on battery saving all the time

- Brightness is set at 50% (Auto-brightness)

Attached are my BBS stats and some screenshots.
[G4 General] Kemby13:
For anyone who wants to enter the service menu (to disable fast dormancy...)

*#546368#*815#*

If you don't have the eur model, simply change the "815" into "818" or whatever...
[G4 General] One Twelve:
That's pretty high wifi consumption. How strong and how stable is your wifi connection ? do you see it reconnect often or is it stable. Are you at the edge of wifi coverage. Either way you have a wifi issue here which will eat up total SOT.

Typically as a % wifi will be smaller as screen and apps consume more.

See rav's post

here

.

Mostly video and snapchat all the time, and apps and screen make up 90% of total battery consumption. 2GB of data received.
[G4 General] kyogiro:
When I was downloading music from Google Music, Wi-Fi usage has gone significantly up.