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[LG G5 Real Life Review] aleandre1974:
Hello,

Just to put my 2 cents about battery life. I have a H850, European version, running firmware v10d at the moment. My first run with the battery led me to 4h21 mn SOT, configuring the phone, running benches, etc. A rather heavy usage, I would have though ! A great step up from my G3, which had trouble lasting 2h30 SOT on a normal day... Then, the second battery cycle got me surprised : I couldn't really reach much more than 3 hours SOT, a mere 30 mn more than the G3, with its 2-years old battery !! I could see in GSam Battery monitor than some LG services related to LG SmartShare (provider, media server and Airdrive, if I remember correctly) where eating about 15% of the battery without me running them ! I did then two things which apparently solved my SOT "issue" :

1 - Got rid of the items related to Screen sharing and File sharing in the notification drop-down menu (just unticked them to hide them),

2 - Installed a screen dimmer, has the default auto-brightness was anyway way too high for me. The first evening I had spent with the G5 was under relatively low light, hence limiting the screen (auto) brightness to low values. I played with LUX, which is generally great but here seems to have problems with Android 6.0 has it went to sleeping mode each time the screen went off, forcing me to restart it manually from the notifications' menu. I tried a few other dimmers, and finally settled for now on Velis Auto Brightness, which is easier to manage then LUX (albeit with less options, eg. night mode) and works like a charm with my G5.

I now am back to 4h38 SOT with 16h running time (hence more than a full working day), wifi, 4G, BT and battery-saving positioning ON all the time, battery saver enabled from 15% down, and 3% remaining on the battery. The Smartshare services are gone from the app list in GSam, and I really think LG should provide a user-defined brightness mode in this phone (not to mention a night mode), so that the average user may finally leave their battery anxiety behind.

I surely have. Hope this account helps those who are struggling with their battery life.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Croize:
This is mine atm, think my battery settles down, got the phone 2y august, my spare one seem so take a while to :) nothing heavy, mostly facebook
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Croize:
An update, battery keeps struggling to get max performance :)
[LG G5 Real Life Review] TheSkyline35:
What wizard magic are you using Croize ?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Croize:
I just uae my phone correcly for my needs :p nah but really, i dont play games, only wifi, fb app, messenger, chrome kind off :) no calls that day
[LG G5 Real Life Review] BRK666:
Stock rom 850, 10E, rooted with greenify installed.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] skwieradee:
I got my lg g5 for a week now and I am not happy about battery life at all. Tonight I couldn't sleep so I was browsing internet on chrome on 0 screen brightness and battery was going down every few minutes.on Wi-Fi, I have sync off, back up off, GPS off, not using any social app. I replaced my HTC one m8 (received as a replacement for the one I lost so cannot say it was brand new, could be refurbished) due to battery life and brand new lg is not any better. I have lost 2% writing this post on auto brightness... Bad, really bad
[LG G5 Real Life Review] bluerain28:
And? That's only per percent you whined. What's the total SoT of your phone? Mine's fine even if I surf and play games at night. Maybe you're that paranoid that always check the battery percentage every seconds. Battery percentage is not that accurate. Sometimes it falls fast but when it reach on a certain number it will stay a bit longer there. You're too much observant :v
[LG G5 Real Life Review] skwieradee:
I don't think I am. If I can see battery going down like an avalanche just from browsing on WiFi it makes me worried. I do all to keep background activities near none (only Viber tbh) and still can't get battery life decent enough to go through day without charging. What difference make if my sot is between 3 or 4 hours if I only use phone to browse and Viber and battery drops to zero in 6 hours? I'm not talking about games or YouTube, just browsing on 0 screen brightness. Zero!!!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] apostolos2:
I was reading posts like these that talking about battery life for LG g4 and I made the mistake to buy it.

I don't believe anymore posts like 6 or 5 hours sot for g series.

I would be happy with 4 hours sot but from my past experience and from some posts here, i think that's impossible
[LG G5 Real Life Review] jax_xon:
Someone with Nougat?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Lukijs:
I average on 5h easily. It depends on matter of factors really. If your heavyvuser, who has phone full of some **** apps, wifi and 4g on all the time, max brightness or adaptive and aod, then I eouldnt wonder. I also got 7-8h sot on my previous xperia z ultra, so ye
[LG G5 Real Life Review] sstanton86:
I can assure you it's true. I've owned two LG G5s, stock, never root, and I'm what you'd class a very heavy user (without gaming) and I would consistently get between 4.5-6hrs.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] skwieradee:
Then share with us how this is possible?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] sstanton86:
It's annoying because had I known you'd have replied to my post today, yesterday evening I would have taken a screen shot of my battery stats. I was on 5℅ and hit 5hr 15m.

I don't know how to share with you how it's possible, in my original post that you replied to i already explained my phone is stock, and so is this new lg g5 - completely untampered.

My GPS is always on battery saving mode, I use Google now, WiFi and 4g, try to keep brightness at 30℅ as it's too bright otherwise - in my flat I get 1 bar of signal strength normally.

Not sure what else to say really :confused:
[LG G5 Real Life Review] :
I just got the phone yesterday. So far I'm only getting 2 hours SOT. Is that normal? I have the H831. I also factory reset 3 times to see if that would help, but nope. Also overnight I lost 10% in 6 hours with Always On Display. Should I ask for a replacement? Any help is appreciated!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Ultraman1966:
Factory resets are the last resort. You need to give phone a few days use to gauge the actual battery life.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] :
I got it Friday. Last factory reset was Saturday. Still bad.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] galr:
Replace it. I'm getting around 4 hours SOT with 25-30 hours on battery. I disabled always on and i put it on airplane mode at night.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] aneesh99:
Hmmm, my SoT has taken a nose dive since moving over to nougat.... Gone from a reliable 5-6hrs to around 3-4... Gonna need to investigate this one
[LG G5 Real Life Review] :
Actually, now I've tested it for 2 days now. I'm playing Fifa 17 continuously, NFS No Limits and using SnapChat and Facebook. I'm now getting around 4 hours of SOT when I check at 5% (Today it was 4h 13min). I have Wifi, Location on HIGH Accuracy, Always on Display, and 2G/GSM on. Brightness is set to auto. I leave Snapchat open in the background since I open it a lot.

With these settings and results, should I still trade it in? Considering that many people are getting the average time of 6h SOT? Even LG says that it should be 6h or more. I'm thinking of exchanging it either way tomorrow. Can someone with a H831 confirm that they get 6h?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] galr:
You will not get 6 SOT unless you try to get it. Just get a second battery.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] horsetastic:
Ok so having been out of the game for a while now I have to say I am totally sold on this phone after reading this thread. Wasn't sure if I should bother waiting until the next iteration came out this year but tbh I don't think I can wait haha. Thanks for all the useful info everyone!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] blazerempty:
Getting 4h SOT at ~50%, since charge 13:40h . Sync, GPS, auto tilt, NFC and Bluetooth all off. v20a stock, phone almost 2 month old. This SOT was reading XDA, browsing and chatting. No facebook :D

charging without quickcharge, at normal wall charger with 1.3a output.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Gekko12:
What is your secret ;)? Using any battery-saver apps? I am getting 4hr (24hr in total) on a single charge.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Icetea:
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[LG G5 Real Life Review] Icetea:
G5 H850 unlocked / not rooted / GSM G2 / W-Lan & BT und BG Data sync=off / 20% Bat.

Software running: MacroDroid/NetGuard/NovaLauncher/GBoard etc. ->DOT=7:22hr.

More than i will get with my Honor7.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] xPhantom:
I don't think I'll ever understand the whole notion of disabling everything that makes a smartphone a smartphone for the sake of getting longer battery life or SOT. People who use their phones that way should probably just go get an old Nokia 3390 or something...
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Icetea:
;)I use my phone like a PDA with the possibility to make calls.

I use: cam; navi; musicplayer; audio recording; fitness aps a.s.o.

What i do not use: social media & streaming!

But my old Nokia 5310 doesn’t have enough power for this!:p

see my signature 3.!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] romskii:
I'll need to check my gallery. The most I've got are 9 hours SOT.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
Please tell me how you managed that! I've never tried as only had the phone for a week but so far I'm only getting about 4, can't see any amount of turning off wife etc extending it that much.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Mikeybray16:
This is my SOT with everything on except location is on gps only and no apps disabled pretty good tbh plus this is new only got it yesterday so the battery hasent even settled in this is my first full charge :)
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
Wow Mikey, that's very impressive, were you in a good wi-fi signal for most of the time?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Mikeybray16:
Wifi signal is pretty good not excellent
[LG G5 Real Life Review] shivaagarwal1:
I am not getting even 2 hours of SOT.

Have tried everything from changing battery to changing motherboard.

What should I do?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] nostromo76:
Hi everyone! I own a H860 (made in Korea said the box) and tested v20a (H86020a_00_OPEN_TW_DS_OP_1117.kdz) and v20b (H86020b_00_OPEN_SG_DS_OP_1207.kdz)

In my personal experience, v20a darins lots of battery, less than 2 hours SOT, get hot frequently (with bad Wi-Fi signal) and does not quick-charge.

With v20b everything gets smooth, fast charge in 45mins, 3 to 4 hours SOT, never get hot (even with bad Wi-Fi).

I'm quite curious about people getting more than 3-4 hours SOT ... I know it depends on every one use .... I disabled most google apps, not use Facebook neither Messenger nor Twitter, etc. only WhatsApp and Facebook Lite. GSM or 3g, GPS rarely, NFC never, screen brightness less than 25% (most of the time), ....

Please you people comment (more detail) about HOW do you get those incredible SOT ... which G5 model do you have? Which ROM version do you use, etc.

Thank you very much in advance!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Ultraman1966:
I'm seeing just under 2.5hrs of SoT over a 15 hour period; it's shocking but standby drain accounts for the majority. I don't know how LG screwed up the software so badly.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
I was having very poor standby drain but at restarting it, it was much improved, when the screen is off, it goes into deep sleep most of the time, it's still pretty awful when it's being used, but at less least the standby drain is ok, I disabled ok Google to listen when off and disabled mtl I think it was called in a hidden menu in the dialer, I've looked for the instructions how to do it again but can't find them.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] velikopen:
http://imgur.com/34Rdy70

http://imgur.com/vx0nLVa

Moderate usage, 3g network,wifi, 20% brightness,, auto apps sync,
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
A new record low, not normally this bad, think it might have been Google play services to blame, it was 19% usage when battery was at 50% I restarted the phone, now Google play services is 9% That's from 96% charge over 7 1/2 hours ?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Ultraman1966:
Same, I can't find the fault either. There are no obvious apps other than android system itself wakelocking and keeping the CPU from deep sleeping enough.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] shivaagarwal1:
Exactly.. Not even 2 hours of SOT. Majorly it is Phone Idle, Android OS and Google services that is chucking whole battery.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Ultraman1966:
Yup, this is what I managed yesterday. https://goo.gl/photos/DBXQartpQ9vNATVK9

I only did about 15 mins of gaming (small amount of Pokemon Go, then some Angry Birds).
[LG G5 Real Life Review] sai444:
how good is your network signal strength ? usually phone idle drain is due to low signal strength while phone is idle.

about android os and google services check if location history is on and other sync status from google settings , they will cause the drain on mobile data.

finally see if wifi and bluetooth scanning is off under location settings.

one more thing if possible for you just remove your sync accounts like google or any under accounts and see the cause for the drain.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] achyut:
pretty impressed with battery life

first boot.... 5 and Half hours of SoT in the very first boot is mighty impressive.

Plus the second cycle was even more awesome. Took around 5 hours to drop from 100% to 99% and around 45 mins of usage. On 4G LTE all of the time with sync on always and brightness put to auto.

This phone sleeps well, really well....H860 - India.

My S7 Edge on Nougat gives lesser battery life, though it might be since it is 6 months old.

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[LG G5 Real Life Review] shivaagarwal1:
Not sure how you managed this. Not getting more than 2 hours of SOT.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] nostromo76:
Mine G5 (H650) improved a lot since updated to v20e firmware, with 5 hours SOT (previously on v20b with 3,5 SOT).

Good Luck!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Ultraman1966:
Which region are you? I've not seen the e firmware yet.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] nostromo76:
I downloaded mine from here: https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-h860-firmwares/
[LG G5 Real Life Review] achyut:
Disable the craps. and as I said, the standby is mindboggling. 32 hrs on a single charge on a 2800 MAh battery, WHAT??!!

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[LG G5 Real Life Review] PHYCLOPSH:
2 hours sot is the max for most of us. I suffice that this 5 hours sot is absolutely impossible with the at&t model (h820) G5, no matter what you disable. Since we have no root, we have little control over the idle drains. :(

Our current firmware is 20L if that means anything.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] achyut:
well, the following are my disabled apps. rest is total stock. no modding, no nothing (given, since there is no root :rolleyes:). on 4G, sync on and on auto brightness most of the time. am still on MM, maybe that's a reason.

check the attached list of disabled apps.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Ultraman1966:
I'm using the H850 so it'll be different.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 4b3ck:
AT&T H820 with same firmware, 44h standby with 5h3m SOT mixed use (no gaming), maybe you have bad signal?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] PHYCLOPSH:
I have 3 bars 4g signal and disabled LTE hoping for better battery life. I switched from adguard to dns66 aswell because adguard eats more battery.

I also have 3 separate batteries, they all have the same life.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Nadeem A.M:
5h SOT average (mix between battery-saver and standard).

LG G5 H850.

Included battery​.

Unlocked Bootloader.

TWRP.

RR N (7.1.1) + KALI NETHUNTER.

Rooted.

WI-FI always on. Data on most of the time. Location off unless needed. Battery-Saver mode toggled depending on situation. NO BLUETOOTH (wakelock unreliable).

Usage: Social Media + Email, XDA + Web Browsing, Spotify + Music (pretty much non-stop), Gaming (8 Ball Pool), E-Commerce, Media Consumption + YouTube.

Hope this can be of help.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
Having woken very early, it was dark and spent some time on my phone, brightness was 0 and on WiFi.

Shame I had to get out of bed to go to work to see if the battery level dropped through the floor at some point, lol
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
Been on the train on the wifi, had to raise brightness to 10 percent now it all goes wrong as I'm now on mobile data, which id's the achillies heelof of battery life
[LG G5 Real Life Review] nostromo76:
Hi everybody, I've been using a H860 G5 since February, and had tried many different firmware's versions.

v20a are mostly buggy, overheat, worst (by far) battery life, 1.5 to 2 hours average SOT

v20b are more stable, perform better than v20a, no overheat, 3 to 3.5 hours average SOT

v20c even better than v20b, but just a little...

v20e is the best by far (until now), smoother Nougat, 4 to 5 house average SOT, sensible increase on overall performance

Hope this comments will help you.

I downloaded all this stock firmware from here: https://lg-firmwares.com/lg-h860-firmwares/

If you are searching firmware for H850 or any other model, just change the URL accordingly
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Blaccmamba:
Juts changed from 20a to 20e, jumped from an average of 2h of SOT to 4h and i still have 20% of battery left ... maybe the dream of 5hours of SOT \o/
[LG G5 Real Life Review] nostromo76:
I'm happy to hear that! Enjoy your G5 as it should be! :good:
[LG G5 Real Life Review] achyut:
OMG! battery usage

I think something is wrong with my phone. I mean sersly, I have an S7 edge and a Asus Zenfone Max (5000MAh batt.) too but the battery am getting out of a 2800MAh G5 is stupendous.

I myself am finding it hard to believe the battery am getting out of this phone. 4G always on. wifi off. Sync On and Brightness on Auto.

Unrooted. 20E., India - H860

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[LG G5 Real Life Review] jonezy8873:
Thats good.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] dmainas:
So im still stuck on the november security patch on an international H850, with the v20a software. Which H850 firmware would you say should I flash?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] obol2:
20d ;)
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 1sin1:
I got my brand new G5 SE a week ago . When i read this topic before buying it , my expectations were high but come on I am just gettin 2:30 secreen time in a day usage

Mostly on Wi-fi

4G around 2 hours only

brightness less than %50 most of the time

mostly checking whatsapp , facebook and web pages. Not playing more than 30 min in all day total.

Nougat 7.0 V20c-EuR

How the hell some people getting 4h or more SOT.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Ultraman1966:
I want to know too as I have a H850 but also see no more than 2.5hrs SoT.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
If I spend the whole day on WiFi i can get 4 hours SOT but if on mobile data I can be lucky to get 2, compared to a friend's oneplus 5, 36 hours since charged, 2.5 hours SOT mostly mobile data and at 50% battery left!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Skipjacks:
I'm seeing 5 hours of screen on time per change. In real world use that's getting me through 2 days at a time.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
Skipjack's, I wish I could get that out of mine! Is it mainly wi-fi, mobile data? What model and version of android are you on please?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Jbas244:
Hey all, I don't get what's going on with my phone these days?? It won't last even till late evening with light use.only what I have enabled are WiFi and auto sync. Bloatwqre is disabled. :confused:
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Jbas244:
Here are some apps which are blacklisted

Hope I can make it last longer. I appreciate any help.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] bartbla:
I have about the same battery usage, never got over 2 hours screen on (maybe max 2 hours?)... battery life is worse then de G4
[LG G5 Real Life Review] musamaashraf:
3 hours of sot only no matter the use is intense or light
[LG G5 Real Life Review] dymosilesia:
I think that's cool score.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Shahrizal Rizal:
Region

Which region of firmware are those?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] greencyber01:
Mine is less than 3 hours sot. So sad. Im using non original battery in

Measure by accubattey, so accurate!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] PAPUXDPAPU:
H850

what the best rom in terms of battery and heating for h850?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] OverplayOfficial:
So which is the best stock firmware to install on an H850 for maximum battery performance and smoothness?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] guideahon:
I noticed that after going to safe mode, waiting 5 min and returning to normal mode, my battery life is drastically improved, i go from 1.5 SOT to 4.5 SOT, anyone had the same problem?
[LG G5 Real Life Review] boxes:
Interesting.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] sweetleaf:
1:30 hours SOT with new original batteries and Android 8.0. No heavy use. Fresh OS system with wipes etc done. There's some issues with background apps. Seems that some apps just doesn't go to sleep properly.

I have to test that previously mentioned safe mode boot.

Charging when using phone is also weird. Nothing really happens, barely keeps up. Compared to to my other phones, example Oneplus 3T, fast charging is indeed very fast, no matter what I do with the phone during charging.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] cpthornman:
Yeah this is now the worst battery life ever after the update to Oreo. Today was especially bad. Went from 100 to 38 with not even an hour of screen on time.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] DudemeisterAT:
Clearing cache in TWRP helped me improve my battery life in Oreo drastically. You might want to try that.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] russy23:
Oreo and mk2000 latest release.. Nearly 4h sot..dont game on it.. Just YouTube.. Browsing etc
[LG G5 Real Life Review] 808phone:
Oreo, T-Mobile, new battery. Approximately 4hrs maximum. No way to go over that. At last 5% the screen dims to almost unusable.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the LG G5's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] Smithfolk4:
Standby Is Good - Unless

If I lose signal for a long period of time I will take a battery hit. Otherwise, no problem.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] jreed3786:
Standby drain...PHENOMENAL!!!

Sometimes, over the course of an hr, it won't even lose a percent! Amazing, even compared to the Note 3, which was awesome battery-wise!
[LG G5 Real Life Review] hyperxi:
my H860's standby drain is abysmal.. It drops 15+% overnight (about 6-7hrs). How are you getting such a good standby time? I disabled Facebook (which was installed as a system app for some reason) but even then the best I got was 9% overnight..
[LG G5 Real Life Review] djsbad:
Same problem here. Battery drain while phone is idle is absolutely horrid. Can't for the life of me figure it out. Under settings in battery usage, the only 2 things I show with significant battery drain is screen on and phone idle.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] SPBoss:
Bad signal (1 bar or less) can severely affect idle battery drain. The always on display does take some battery. Try turning it off to see if it makes a difference.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] djsbad:
Yeah where we live is great signaland one of the first things I did was turn off the always on feature. I still have the drain.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] jreed3786:
No idea!!! I'll keep an eye on drain again...but I gotta say, I found it to be great! I'm almost always on Wifi, not sure if that has anything to do with it.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] SystemErrorOne:
I too have the worst battery life I've ever had on a brand new device. I don't know what else to do but sell the phone.
[LG G5 Real Life Review] djsbad:
I sure wish we could figure this out