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[LG V20 Real Life Review] G1Master:
So...I could not return my phone because I was being a dummy....I thought I was still within the 2 week return period, but nope I was 2 days past it...

After 10 years with T-Mobile....Not their fault, entirely on my own....the best they could do for me was to do a warranty exchange on the phone.

My only complaint to them was the battery. The battery is notorious to me and guess what? They only sent a phone to me...that is it. Still have the old battery and again I spent days talking to them about the battery. Even the warranty exchange receipt shows that my complaint for the exchange was for battery problems.

I asked the T-Mobile Rep what to do now. She said to just keep returning it....wow....LG's Customer service was useless as well...
[LG V20 Real Life Review] SketchyStunts:
Got this device yesterday. I've had it unplugged for over 15hrs with a little over 6hrs sot. I've never gone 24hrs without rooting a device either. Stock, everything disabled that can be disabled.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] kparikh82276:
I was under the impression doze worked while the screen is off? So the pedometer would be constantly running BC it operates while in the pocket....No?

But I'm getting great battery life.

I've migrated from note 4, also 3200 mAh battery. But battery life with my usage is way better on the v20, I was crediting nougat... BC I had marshmallow on my note 4.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Sinister99:
Getting about 5-6 SOT rooted with L speed.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] jccspeed:
Amazing battery life

I'm getting 5-6 hours sot and only 2% battery drain in 12 hours! This is with location, LTE, and wifi on, setting up the phone, playing an hour of modern combat, watching YouTube, texting and Snapchat in between, and searching the web. This is the best battery life I've had in a phone
[LG V20 Real Life Review] efrommel:
I'm just getting like 4hrs or 3:30 how are you getting 6sot you have a Rom?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] thunder1979:
Do I win?

Just kidding! Anyway, this is on the stock rom on a Sprint LG V20. Over 7 hours of sot today. I did the usual stuff, playing music, videos, checking email, and a ton of web browsing. I just got the phone Friday, upgraded from an LG G4. Used LG Backup to copy nearly everything over so it's not just a phone with no apps installed straight out of the box. It copied all my apps, home screen setup, background and most of my apps were just as I had them on the G4 which was a pleasant surprise. About the only things that didn't carry over were apps LG had decided were too similar to Google apps so they left them off. Things like LG's email client for example. This forced me to register my Juno (don't laugh) email account into Gmail as I had planned for years, but never quite got around to doing.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] imucarmen:
This thing really last a long time with low brightness. Been sitting in the dark in front of my fireplace reading a book on the Kindle app with the brightness on the lowest setting.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] reaktor TuT:
Night shift last night so mostly on low brightness. My minimum brightness is set at 25%. Some videos and a lot of web browsing.

6h47m with 25% battery remaining.

Stock rom with no root.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Legend0631:
hey guys

i want to buy this phone

can any one help me?

how much this phone give me sot(screen on time)?

how about the camera

is the camera better than lg g5?

sory for bad eng...
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Legend0631:
no one help me?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] gab90c:
all time under wifi? anyway is a "strange" and great result

you should explain better how you use your phone (app, light power etc)
[LG V20 Real Life Review] rowihel2012:
As usual bad battery like v10

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Camera is not better than g5

Battary is not good
[LG V20 Real Life Review] zara1:
thanks for this
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KittySparkles:
I got 8 hrs SoT. Using YouTube, bluetooth always on, reading books, listening to music and audio books. It's pretty consistent too. I'm using Weta rom with konverged kernel and L Speed. This phone is outstanding.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KUSOsan:
On stock I would get around 6 hours. Medium to heavy use. Games were a different story though but that's a given.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] spiderx_mm:
is that only me having around 3.5 hrs ~ 4 hrs screen-on time? All other people are having like minimum 6 hrs. Mostly I just browse Facebook and web. Very seldom I play games on phone.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
Are you using the force doze? I pretty much use my phone for the same reason and I can go close to 2 days on the same charge if I really push it.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JeyTruth:
With force dose feature you won't need app like greenify, right?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
Well I use the force doze feature within Greenify. Its in Settings/Aggressive Doze.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JeyTruth:
How is your battery performance?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
Very good, actually surprisingly good. I'm only on my phone maybe 2 hours a day and when I turn my phone off at night I'll be anywhere from 50-60%. I have been pushing it and charging every day and a half or so.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JeyTruth:
I see, which rom and kernel you using? Are you familiar with xposed or Magik?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
I am completely stock unrooted, just got the phone about a week ago coming from the s7 edge. I read into rooting the V20 but will all the risks and no going back to stock if needed I think I'll hold off.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JeyTruth:
You can just totally make a backup of your stock rom. That's the beauty.

BTW how's the experience from G edge? I'm curious because I ordered the phone and going to get the v20 very soon.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
It's a great phone, just a little small. I bought it outright on eBay when I had to give the Note 7 back. I traded in the s7 edge on Sprint to Verizon to get the V20 for free. The V20's screen isn't as bright as the s7 edge but it's definitely bigger and it's just as snappy of a phone.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] spiderx_mm:
No, I didn't use anything yet. i'm running on stock settings.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JeyTruth:
Right now I'm rooted and have customed rom. Getting great battery life and awesome performance. Smooth as butter with certain tweaks and builds.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
I really thought about rooting and still am quite hesitant. I don't like how you can't revert back to stock unrooted if you need to and the YouTube app issue with updating. I just got the V20 about 2 weeks ago and I am really enjoying this device unrooted especially the second display. If everything worked out if the box like previous phones I wouldn't be so nervous.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] ricohz:
rooted and greenified
[LG V20 Real Life Review] JeyTruth:
I believe you can actually unroot.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
Link to info? Would it also remove the static boot animation?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fogame:
Static is due to US996 BL used to root Sprint, VZW, and ATT variants. Wolfman Kernel I believe removes it but his thread is currently closed at the moment (last I heard). The static screen isn't a deal breaker for root. All you do is click the screen off and flip it upside down. Depending on which variant you have you might be able to unroot with KDZ files. Sprint does not have them. I know VZW does...not sure about ATT.

Link for root. Dirty Santa Root
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
I tried the dirty Santa method yesterday and my phone got stuck on Step3. The phone wouldn't get past the Verizon screen when booting and Iet it sit there for over 30 mins. I used LGUP and used the latest Verizon KDZ file to get my phone working again. Really wish I could get the root to work.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fogame:
Reach out in that thread. They will help you. I got stuck on step 3 and they helped me get past it. It can be done.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
Are you on Verizon and had the latest update installed in rooting? I searched the thread and others said the latest OTA patched the root.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fogame:
Latest update....No that is patched. Was unaware of that you were on it.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] BigMosley:
So your saying the latest Verizon software version VS99513A will not work?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fogame:
You'd want to check in the thread I posted.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fogame:
I'd reach out in the dirty santa thread I posted to verify they that. They would have more information then I would.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fidi921:
Ty
[LG V20 Real Life Review] ronattack:
Someone recommend me a rom that gets more than 4 hours SOT pls
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fogame:
Which variant of the v20 are you on?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] ronattack:
T-Mobile
[LG V20 Real Life Review] fogame:
Mmm let me see what I can find. I'm a Sprint guy but know my way around tmo
[LG V20 Real Life Review] lallolu:
Facebook is the culprit. Uninstall it and use the web version instead.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] gab90c:
which root method did you use? v20 version?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Wael007:
5h01 SOT with 20 % left.... Everything is Stock LG.... Pretty impressive
[LG V20 Real Life Review] szuineg:
SOT: 6:34, with stock firmware, with data off, wifi on, gps on, most time youtube + web browser
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Wael007:
The battery keeps getting better and better with time... Well done LG.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] coolravsun:
I am getting really bad battery life with V20. At best just 2-3 hours of Screen On time. Major battery consumers are the following:

1. Android OS

2. Phone Idle

3. Cell Standby

4. Android System

In fact, overnight, battery drains by 25-30% even though the 2nd screen is scheduled OFF from 10:30 pm till 6 AM! I have tried the following to get a better battery life but no improvement:

1. Depleted battery to 0%. Charged it to FULL while switched off.

2. Turned-Off the phone, removed the battery and re-insert

3. Factory reset the phone and fresh re-install and setup everything (apps) from scratch

4. Even got the V20 replaced with another V20 after 2 weeks.

I have WiFi-ON, GPS-OFF, LTE-ON (in use for less than 4 Hours). The only apps I have installed are the usual Google Apps, WhatsApp, Facebook, Skype etc. What could be the issue here?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] iareu:
I have a similar situation with "phone idle" consuming as much as the screen, but i don't have such a big battery drain. Any idea what causes to drain so much on idle? Can't upload screen shots(can't see the button for upload)
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Csetoue:
I always get 4h of SoT at best...

It's not being an advantage to have swappable batteries, when some big phones out there with sealed batteries easily gets 7-8h SoT. :(
[LG V20 Real Life Review] pbedard:
Crap
[LG V20 Real Life Review] lallolu:
Try this

https://xdaforums.com/v20/how-to/stop-wifi-drain-standbyi-t3692797
[LG V20 Real Life Review] TNG08:
heavy standby drain

dischargin when not in use

Hi everyone,

I bought a used h990n and it discarges really quick when I don't use it. I tried factory reset, kdz flash trough LGUP upgrade, and it's still the same. If i charge it to 100% it goes to like 50% to the morning. If i chech baterry usage it doesn't show anything. Also the phone can't read my fingerprint while charging. The only thing left is to try the refurbish option in LGUP because they say it is a deeper clean than just the factory reset. The battery is in good condition, if I take it out it doesn't discharge, and if I use the phone it discharges in a normal time (like 4 hours of sot)., so it has to be something with the phone/software not the battery. Today i will try to refurbish it with LGUP, but i really don't know what else I could do. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] lallolu:
If you always have wifi on, it drains batery on this phone. Put it off when not in use or set 'keep wifi on when screen off' to never.

Bluetooth on when not in use also seems to cause drain. Put off when not in use.

GSAM seems to cause drain so if you have it installed. It seems to be when it is trying to get bluetooth battery usage though.

those are things I have noticed so far. I instaleed greenify and set to aggressive doze. That seems to help.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] manhkaakaa:
I don't know what happen,my Lg v20 F800k only have 3 h -3h30 h SOT
[LG V20 Real Life Review] pbedard:
Junk
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Jaws4God:
I wish it had a little bit of a larger battery and would do better at lasting all day.. I typically have to plug it up before the end of the day..
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Lebatman:
Really ****. Are there any good batteries that fit into this same chassis?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] metaleloi666:
Bought my V20 used more than a month ago, it had 8 months of use. I bought a brand new battery (LG brand, with the charger)and since this time, I average around 5 hours of screen-on time. Very pleased with the phone so far.

I'm stock, wifi and bluetooth always on. Doing lots of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, emails... Using Greenify though.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] xoose:
I posted info about my SOT in the neocore kernel thread, but I noticed this thread when looking for something else so I figured I'd add my stats as per my latest run down test in here as well.

Test date: 13 March 2018

Model: H990DS

Phone/battery age: 6 months (original battery)

Firmware: stock 10g (Australia)

Kernel: neocore-paradox-rev4

Apps/mods: Magisk, Xposed, Greenify

SOT: 9 hours 17 minutes

Awake time: 10 hours

On battery: 1d6h (30 hours)

WiFi on: 1d5h (29 hours)

% battery left at end of test: 19%

This test was with mostly internet browsing with Chrome and reading reddit with Boost, but also a small amount of Google maps use. I could have gotten over 10 hours SOT easily on this run but I needed to go out, so put my phone on charge again because I didn't have a spare battery (I'm ordering some spares in a few minutes).

Even with heavy use (navigating with maps, playing mid to high-end games etc) I don't think I get anything less than 6 hours these days. Usually I get over 8, if i find myself at 50% battery with less than 4h SOT and light use, it's almost always some rogue app I forgot to shut down.

I think the key to my ultra light battery is the neocore kernel combined with the magisk+xposed version of greenify. Hope this helps others break the 8-9 hour SOT barrier.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Customromlover99:
I can back this . I have also gotten upto 10hours sot with weta rom and mk2000 kernel v. 1.5 on a new battery with h910 .
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Jogg3r:
Wtf guys. I can barely reach 5 hours SoT and a day usage. But I don't care as long im not running out of battery till the evening. Using an unlocked h910 in Germany :P.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] AlfaM03:
I know this is pretty late. I have had my H990DS for just over a year now. I noticed screen on time is just about 2h30m to 3h30m give OR take. And I know that's really low. Is this normal?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KUSOsan:
Depends on what you do with it. My SOT on completely stock with no tweaks whatsoever hovered around 3h30m fairly consistently. Occasionally something would stuck or go awry and I'd get around 2h30m- 3h. I'm now using MK2000 BTTF kernel on my H918 and I get better performance than stock as well as 4h - 4hr30m consistently unless doing heavy gaming.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] AlfaM03:
Scratch that. I'm on 26% with only 2h18m screen on time. That is what I think my usual. 1h19 YouTube 36m Chrome 6m Gaming 5m Texting

Something is definitely wrong.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] bigcletus:
Any kernel tweaks that you use? I also have h918 using BTTF kernel but screen on time is only around 2 hrs usually.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KUSOsan:
No just stock settings for the BTTF kernel. Have you ever replaced the battery? Maybe look into that. Also it could be an app that is stuck or draining. Give Gsam a try or accubattery and see if anything stands out. What ROM are you on?

There was a pretty good tweak I was using back when I just was using that stock kernel. If you want I can link it. I haven't tried it with a custom kernel though.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] bigcletus:
I have two LG batteries I switch back and forth with.

I'm on the stock ROM with a bunch of tweaks. I just installed greenify for Xposed and magisk and my standby drain is down to only 1% now over three hours which seems pretty incredible. I'll see how this affects my screen time.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] KUSOsan:
Yeah glad you are getting it. Back on earlier firmwares for the H918 I remember it was a bit of trial and error getting decent battery life especially for the standby drain, but once you get it down it's great. Literally 0-1% drain overnight with occasionally up to 3%.

The standby life has been one of the greatest pros about the V20 but I wish they would have made the battery slightly bigger as I can generally get a whole day out of the phone but it's usually like right on the edge and all it takes is an app getting stuck or some rogue thing draining the battery just a bit more than usual and then it's practically dead. Being able to switch batteries is a plus and kinda remedies that issue as well as the option to do a high capacity battery.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] cheeze.keyk:
hows the battery life on oreo?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] lallolu:
The same, I think.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Greatness83:
I'm getting around 10 hours.

Oreo with extended battery
[LG V20 Real Life Review] baldybill:
Any other tweaks for more SOT?

Right now I'm trying the GPU governor as to sinple_ondemand. Would the GPU governor help with SOT?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] porscheoscar:
For once I'm not trying to hit max screen on time. Instead I'm using the AccuBattery app to monitor the battery heat. Draining the battery all the way and using the screen during that whole time increases the heat. More heat more premature damage to the battery. The battery app suggests taking it off the charger once I hit 80% by sending an alert that I also get on my S3 Frontier watch. The problem is that it takes much longer to charge that final 20% than the previous 20%. More time on the charger more heat. With an 80% charge under normal use the battery is in the app's green zone at 80 degrees Fahrenheit. When I charged past 100% last night for an hour longer than needed the battery was in the red zone with heat above 105 degrees Fahrenheit. This was using the factory wall charging brick. Eventually the phone will cool down itself but it's obviously not avoiding the heat in the first place.

So now I keep the phone between 50 and 80%. About 45 minutes on the charger does the trick. The app tells me that this range uses up the least amount of battery cycles. Less than 1%. You only get a certain number of discharge cycles before the battery starts to give you crappy screen on time. Keeping between 50% and 80% avoids heat above 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Less heat and you'll have excellent screen on time for the whole 2 years you own this phone.

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Screenshot of my screen on time from 80% to 50% and the damage to the battery during recharging
[LG V20 Real Life Review] porscheoscar:
One more time
[LG V20 Real Life Review] baldybill:
Any good kernel settings for longer SOT for Oreo? (I'm using mk2000 kernel)
[LG V20 Real Life Review] lallolu:
The battery life on this phone is just average. I get 4 hours SOT in average. However, with the 2nd screen off, standby is very good as usual on LG phones.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] redmyth79:
The screen on time for the LG V20 was never very good but I still have one that I use a lot as my work or 2nd phone. I upgraded the battery to a 4200mah that fits perfectly in place of the stock and I'm now getting over 7hrs on screen time.

I definitely recommend taking off the 2nd screen as it's just a waste of power. I hardly ever used it and you probably gain a hour throughout the day with it off.

With the stock battery like others have said I only got around 4 hours screen on time.

The battery is a Shenmz you can pick up off Amazon for 20-24 bucks depending on the day but it comes with a 18-24 month wtty, It has made the LGV20 somewhat enjoyable. With the replaceable batteries you can change them out in a minute. I bought a aftermarket 3200 first but same time as factory. But it's a 2min switch out by the time you shut down and reload.

The 4200mah battery is a very welcomed addition to add to you V20.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] noddledizzy:
where did you find a 4200mAh battery for LGV20 that fit like the stock one!?
[LG V20 Real Life Review] metaleloi666:
In Canada, I bought this one: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07F67NFX2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My SOT went from a little below 4 hours to around 5h15-5h30, with 2nd screen enabled, and my Amazfit Pace watch connected all the time too. I'm really satisfied so far. And it fits just fine like the orginal battery.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] woldranger:
I had to wait a while for my Perfine Li-Po batteries to come but they were worth the wait! I went from 2.75 - 3.5 hours SOT to 5-6. Suddenly the phone is worth using! I had some after market batteries and a couple of genuine LG's but these have given the phone a new lease of life! I'll be sure to pick up a couple more!
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Dishe:
I picked up a Perfine 4100mah on Amazon after reading about it here, just picked up a used V20. But I'm NOT getting the battery life you guys are talking about with it. I'm getting like 10 hours off the charger with 2 hours SOT. Signal strength is fine, hard reset, no crazy apps running... I'm wondering if it just needs to "settle" or if there's something wrong.

Can someone with the Perfine install Accubattery and tell me what the average mA values are for screen off and on? The battery seems to hold the correct amount of charge according to the app, but there's something funny about how much juice the phone uses.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] redmyth79:
You do understand that when we say 5-6hrs SOT we are not talking about combined time just sot. But combined yeah I can get 18hrs with 2 hrs SOT.

But what's sad is I have a Xiaomi Mi 9 with a 6.4" Super AMOLED Display and I can get over 12hrs SOT on average I get 9hrs SOT with 17hrs combined before I charge it. And I've gotten 31hrs with 6hrs 23min sot.

Truly impressive from a battery also only 3300 mAh
[LG V20 Real Life Review] Dishe:
Of course, the Mi has an AMOLED and a more efficient CPU, the V20's biggest power sucks are the screen and hot running CPU. BUT... that doesn't mean it shouldn't last at least the whole day on a charge with a 4100mah battery! I'm seeing people claim to get 7 hours of SOT, and battery life that lasts into the next day (both on Amazon reviews and reddit posts) with a 4100mah lipo. That's what I was expecting, but what I'm getting is a phone that has us running to charger by mid-day. I picked up this phone because it was the most affordable used option with a good camera, and with a fresh high capacity battery I figured I could make this thing last long enough to be worth it. What I can't figure out is if my hardware is bad or if this is normal.

EDIT: Some people are actually talking about how much SOT they get at the end of the day before they charge, not just how much they COULD get with it on straight.
[LG V20 Real Life Review] redmyth79:
Facts, I can get plenty of useable SOT if I do not look for combined time. But combined timed it's less no doubt. But fact is it will hang with my S9+ for a day's usage of 16hrs and 2-3hrs of that being SOT. Is it the best, hell no. But it's ok for what it is