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Whats up with the slow charge time of the battery? I hate to compare apples to androids...but my old iphone's charged quick enough. ~1.5 hrs went from 10%-100% easily. my phone was at 10% so I connected it to the charger about 2 hrs ago. currently its at 22%. did I miss something?
I charge pretty slowly too, not 22% an hr, but it takes me a good 3 hours from 0 to 100%. Hopefully there is a way to charge this phone faster
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That does seem slow, but I do think the SGS II will charge slower than iPhone. Last time I took my phone to dead it was 4-5 hours for a full charge, with almost no use. I generally charge my phone at work, after lunch I am generally at 50-60%, and can usually get upto 100% before I leave barely, in about 2 hours, with light Pandora or web browsing.
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xAnimal5 said:
I charge pretty slowly too, not 22% an hr, but it takes me a good 3 hours from 0 to 100%. Hopefully there is a way to charge this phone faster
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I really hope so. I don't like having to be tethered to a charger all day long.
Monoprice Mobile Charger FTW. 2800 mAh for about $15. And I feel like it charges faster than the wall connection...
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Monoprice Mobile Charger FTW. 2800 mAh for about $15. And I feel like it charges faster than the wall connection...
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I'll look into that. though I feel like I shouldn't have to... :-/
I agree with that. No solution to "slow charging" but awesome to keep on hand for low battery times...
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Monoprice Mobile Charger FTW. 2800 mAh for about $15. And I feel like it charges faster than the wall connection...
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Be careful I have had an insane amount of problems with monoprice chargers.
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I think the slow charging has something to do with the 'nfc capable' battery we have.
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Be careful I have had an insane amount of problems with monoprice chargers.
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I had a couple from them for my iPhone (before they got pulled off the site a while back) and had zero issues. Not to say they're all perfect... but my experiences have been positive.
3-4 hours for the wall charger (4%->100%) depending on how much I fiddle with it.
Much longer via USB (4-5).
The samsung charger puts out a lower current than the iPhone charger. .7A v 1A. Charging by USB is generally .5A.
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Also, Entropy512 has this to say in the notes for his kernel:
This means we have far fewer options (90,400,660 mA) in terms of charge rates compared to the I9100 (from 200 to 950 in 50 mA steps)
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So, we may only be charging at 660mA anyway.
Yea, same issue here. I just go the Galaxy S2 for few days and charging is an issue. 4+ hours to a full charge(not good), so I got the iPhone usb charger(coming from iphone 3g,4) and it's charging faster now .7A vs 1A (not sure if it would do any harm).
All samsungs charge slow. Its just the way it is.
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Yea, same issue here. I just go the Galaxy S2 for few days and charging is an issue. 4+ hours to a full charge(not good), so I got the iPhone usb charger(coming from iphone 3g,4) and it's charging faster now .7A vs 1A (not sure if it would do any harm).
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Good to know.
S2 also has a much bigger battery than the iphone fyi...
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The optimus g will probably be my next phone and I have a few questions that I'm hoping someone could answer for me please
1.The last android phone I bought from att(like forever ago) was restricted to where I could not install apk files out of the box. I was wondering if you can install apps from apk files or if att restricted unknown sources.
2. Does usb otg work? It's not a big deal, but I'm still curious on the status of that?
3. How's the battery? I've seen a lot of different reviews with different battery lives.
4. Lastly, how do you like your optimus g?
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1. yes it works no problem
3. so far battery pretty good
4. so far like it, just hoping for bootloader to be unlocked soon and hopefully CM10 comes to optimus
usb OTG should work for some peripherals... Not sure what the resistance is on this device so like a usb keyboard may not... Usually if MHL works OTG will with some tweaking.
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my battery life is abismal, on my second handset. To be honest, the quad core really doesnt equate to much, a little snappier for the user, my s3 was fantastic on battery life, and the camera was better too. I really am not seeing this phone as an upgrade, the only reason i got this device is that it might possibly get a quicker port of the nexus 4 rom, and offer lte.
I just got a day out of mine with 3+ hours of screen time first charge. I know it won't always be that way but so far I'm happy with it. I too had a gs3 and I've noticed a big speed increase on thus phone. I think it was a good upgrade. Better screen as well.
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Thank you all. I will be coming from an xperia x10 lol...It will be a big jump in all aspects
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My battery life is abysmal, also! Will probably swap for Note 2 this week! But can install from other sources without any issues.
Will say the screen & CPU are just awesome!
battery was crap for me the first two days. Today it has been good so far. Streaming audio off/on since 7am est.; still at 87%.
Point is that new batteries take time to condition. I'll withhold judgment for now.
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Thank you all. I will be coming from an xperia x10 lol...It will be a big jump in all aspects
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LOL, I literally replaced an xperia x10 with a LGOG, last Friday. It's a HUGE jump in performance. First battery cycle was less than idea (~10 hrs of more than moderate use), but after, I turned off a few items that didn't need to be running (e.g., wifi) and set some reasonable parameters on sync frequency, I had 30% battery, last night, before going to bed, after 15 hrs of moderate use.
AT&T gives you 14 days to find out if you like it or not. It takes several charge discharge cycles to get the anode and cathode in the battery all excited and functioning at peak efficiency. You people that rage at poor battery after a couple of days drive me crazy.
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LOL, I literally replaced an xperia x10 with a LGOG, last Friday. It's a HUGE jump in performance. First battery cycle was less than idea (~10 hrs of more than moderate use), but after, I turned off a few items that didn't need to be running (e.g., wifi) and set some reasonable parameters on sync frequency, I had 30% battery, last night, before going to bed, after 15 hrs of moderate use.
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So everything is better except the battery ?( ill probably start carrying around a backup battery to charge it with anyways) sounds good thanks
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So everything is better except the battery ?( ill probably start carrying around a backup battery to charge it with anyways) sounds good thanks
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Actually, even with wifi on all day and my work email sw syncing every minute, the battery life of this phone is better than what I got on my x10 and I'm using it significantly more.
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So everything is better except the battery ?( ill probably start carrying around a backup battery to charge it with anyways) sounds good thanks
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Battery is non removable, so if you need a spare, you may need to wait for a charging case like they have for the iPhone.
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I have progressed from an international s3 (i9300) to a Google Nexus (which I liked better even though no LTE, Google Wallet made up for that). I just replaced the Nexus, whose power button died, with the Optimus G. If I could get Google Wallet to work it would be the best of the three.
No one has mentioned the feel of the G versus the S3. It feels much more substantial and solid. The quad-core and LTE make it super fast.
Lastly, I am hoping that it will be easy to port the Nexus 4 ROM to the Optimus G leaving me with a Quad-core LTE Nexus 4.
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Battery is non removable, so if you need a spare, you may need to wait for a charging case like they have for the iPhone.
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I know that it's non removable. I meant I would carry somthihg like this around or leave it in my car http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002FU6KG6/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
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What interface languages at&t device has? English, spanish, france? Or more? I mean not keyboard input languages but interface
I think this answer your question.
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I know that it's non removable. I meant I would carry somthihg like this around or leave it in my car http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002FU6KG6/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
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It will depend on the kind of use that you give to the phone and how you administer the use of the Eco Mode, Bluetooth and GPS.
I have it with Facebook, Twitter, 2 Gmail accounts, 1 Exchange account, almost all Google apps installed, watch at least 3 youtube videos (during free time at the office), texting all day long, Twitter, 4g and LTE most of the day, Wifi at home, brightness in 60%, GPS off (Except for Ingress) and I have it in Eco Mode except when I'm playing. Power Saver active at 50% and all that give me from 6am to close to 9pm (depending on the day).
The main things that drains the battery on the device (by my experience) is:
- Brightness over 75%
- GPS
- Bluetooth is a killer
- Camera is another killer
all that without Eco Mode and you will eat the battery in less than 6 hours.
I got some NFC stickers for the house, office and car, helping me enable and disable features along the way during the day and it helps with the battery a lot (only have enabled what's necessary at the right place).
Hope it helps.
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I too am leaning very heavily towards the LGOG versus the Nexus 4 (possibly even the HTC One X+). I'm coming from a Dell Streak whose battery has seen it's better days (about 4-5 hours on a full charge). I definitely know I'm in for a treat as far as performance goes no matter which way I go, but I'm wondering how long it will take to get a 4.2 port on the LGOG. As a non-dev, I'm totally clueless on the process, but my thinking is that there can't be many differences between the two.
My main questions is now that it looks like the LTE radio may actually work link for the N4, is the only difference going to be the sd slot? Granted that is a huge + in the OG column, but so is software updates for the N4 if it's going to be a difficult port. I know that this is a new phone and the bootloader was just unlocked, but realistically, what kind of updates from the dev community can we expect for this device?
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AT&T gives you 14 days to find out if you like it or not. It takes several charge discharge cycles to get the anode and cathode in the battery all excited and functioning at peak efficiency. You people that rage at poor battery after a couple of days drive me crazy.
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Agreeing with this post. I have an Inspire 4g as well and my battery lasts for 2 days without charging, and it's the same battery I bought the phone with 3 years ago.
Stop asking about battery life and learn to condition it. You'll save a lot of money.
As far as I know, the LGOG is a FANTASTIC phone.
I was so happy holding my Nexus10 in my hands.
But now, I'm pretty disappointed.
My fully charged N10 went down to 8% with Playing 2,5h Need for Speed Most Wanted + 2,5h other Display-on Time (mostly surfing, News App and Facebook Chatting)
I mean, FIVE hours? Come on Google, thats not even half the time I can reach with an Ipad
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I was so happy holding my Nexus10 in my hands.
But now, I'm pretty disappointed.
My fully charged N10 went down to 8% with Playing 2,5h Need for Speed Most Wanted + 2,5h other Display-on Time (mostly surfing, News App and Facebook Chatting)
I mean, FIVE hours? Come on Google, thats not even half the time I can reach with an Ipad
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enlan said:
I was so happy holding my Nexus10 in my hands.
But now, I'm pretty disappointed.
My fully charged N10 went down to 8% with Playing 2,5h Need for Speed Most Wanted + 2,5h other Display-on Time (mostly surfing, News App and Facebook Chatting)
I mean, FIVE hours? Come on Google, thats not even half the time I can reach with an Ipad
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You iPad does 10 hours of gaming?
The ipad does have a 11560 mah battery and a screen that needs less back lighting. Also the cpu probably uses a good chunk of the battery on the nexus 10. could you go into the battery info and tell us what percent the display is using?
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ipad-3-benchmark-retina-display,3157-4.html <-- ipad 3 battery life isn't much better.
Sucks
Sorry, but I can run my S3 out in half that time playing a high end game.
Pushing those kind of pixels on a screen that size for 2.5 hours, plus another 2.5 hours of screen on is not bad going.
Further more, you can't possibly have had your N10 long enough yet to have properly charge cycled your battery 4 or 5 times, which builds its stamina.
I received mine at 11am yesterday, on factory charge (it was approx 60%), and playing with it most of the day yesterday, and for several hours last night (although admittedly no gaming) it only reached low battery (3%) when I woke up this morning.
The Display used 61%, need for speed used 21%
2.5h playing, full cpu, moving that amount of pixels, and 2.5h more, it's kinda good, man...
2,5 hours of gaming and 2,5 hours of web browsing? Thats useless for me..
I would say the A15 CPU ist more effiecient compared to previous tabs. Btw remember the high amount of pixel...so it is good
Sorry, misstyped.
It were only 1,5h of need for speed and 2,5h of surfing. So 4h in total!
The concern is that the N10 discharges while gaming even on the charger, why I didn't rush to buy one on first day. Best to always read true user reviews first before hitting the store.
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The concern is that the N10 discharges while gaming even on the charger, why I didn't rush to buy one on first day. Best to always read true user reviews first before hitting the store.
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It's don't really see that as an issue, I own plenty of devices that work like this, if anything its better for your battery, because first, it's slow charging, which is better for the battery, second, it's getting charged cycled even if it's always plugged in, which is good for its lifetime.
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If they had used something other than a micro USB to charge it this would be fine. I saw a pogo charter in a thread but I'm sure it will cost $55++ which is stupid because it should have been standard with the device
4 hours of game/screen time is awful...I can easily get 8-9 out of my Asus infinity gaming/streaming/netflix while only taking 2-3 hours to fully charge. The slow I/o just kills that tablet for me though...
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I had an iPad 3, and now have the Nexus 10. The battery life is a little better on the iPad, but not hugely so. That's with both devices at full brightness.
I can get 6-7 hours out of the Nexus and I was getting maybe 8 out of the iPad. Hardly a massive deal, especially considering this is a considerably lighter device with a bigger screen. Who has 6 hours a day to sit on their tablet anyway? I know if I did, I wouldn't have had to money to buy it in the first place!
As for charging: Yes, it's slow. It was also just as slow on my ipad. Am I missing something here? If you guys are seeing that as a deal-breaker, my advice is to stay well away from the iPad!
Ta,
Any tips and tricks when I get my device to help the battery? Aka a full night of charge out the box etc?
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G-Bus said:
Any tips and tricks when I get my device to help the battery? Aka a full night of charge out the box etc?
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It's not that bad.
Mine was 60 out of the box, plugged into wall and came back 2 hours later it was fully fine
Swype'd at pace from my Galaxy S2
I think it's always a good idea to run the unit ONCE until it shuts off as soon as possible after getting it, just so you really know where zero is. It's not conditioning, just a way to help with calibration.
It's been my experience that new Android devices can run for many minutes after the battery meter was showing 0-1%. In one case it was over an hour (Tab 8.9).
Ok....I feel absolutely stupid and must be missing something but...how can I check the screen on time? It is just not listed under Battery as it is on the Xoom or the Galaxy Nexus for example
Click on the Display Entry in your Battery statstic!
Battery life usually improves after a few complete discharge/full recharge cycles.
What's the output on the bundled charger, 1A, 2A?
Anyhow, it's a trade-off. With the Nexus 10 you get the best screen and the most powerful tablet so I can live with the battery life. Plus, I'll be alternating between it and a Galaxy Note 10.1 as one charges.
Like the title days, is it just me or is the HTC one slow to charge? I cane home from work last night at 8:30 with 15% battery and by time I went to bed at 12:30 my battery was only charged to about 65%. I'm rooted running the cm10.1 ROM if it matters. Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242015
One theory is HTC set the charging rate lower than it could have, since the battery isn't replaceable. A lower charge rate might equate to longer overall battery life (in terms of how many charges it will take and the battery weardown during its lifetime).
That being said, there are custom kernels that allow a higher charging rate. You have to use a higher amp charger than came with the phone however.
Ah okay. I just wasn't sure. I just jumped ship to android from the iPhone 5 and I was able to get a complete charge in that 3 hour time with iPhone. Just curious if it was normal.
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zombiegrrl86 said:
Ah okay. I just wasn't sure. I just jumped ship to android from the iPhone 5 and I was able to get a complete charge in that 3 hour time with iPhone. Just curious if it was normal.
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Sorry for resurrecting this thread, but has anyone found a solution to the slow charging problem? I, too, just migrated from iPhone 5 to HTC One, and my only gripe is with the charging time. Would love to get a fix.
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Sorry for resurrecting this thread, but has anyone found a solution to the slow charging problem? I, too, just migrated from iPhone 5 to HTC One, and my only gripe is with the charging time. Would love to get a fix.
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There isn't one
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Slow charging is on purpose... when batteries charge fast they wear out fast... htc one has a non user replaceable battery...even ifixit finds it near impossible to pop it open and swap parts rating it 1/10...apple can fast charge as they expect you as iphone 5 is far easier to swap parts for and frankly dont want it to last, just buy our new model its 3% more applicious
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Phone battery impact with Android wear.
Anyone any idea of the impact to the phones battery when connected to a watch all day?
My Nexus 5 battery life is pretty poor anyway, just wondering how it will cope when connected to the wearable!?
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Your phone and the watch will use Bluetooth 4.0 which is really battery friendly. Not sure on the actual percentage though
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JackHanAnLG said:
Your phone and the watch will use Bluetooth 4.0 which is really battery friendly. Not sure on the actual percentage though
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Thanks... Can I hold you to that
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Thanks... Can I hold you to that
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I have an Xperia Z2 and the battery will usually last 36-48 hours on a charge, with my pebble connected all the time, but without the pebble connected i only get about 50 ish hours, so it doesnt make too much of an impact, im guessing the LG G Watch will do a similar amount of drain as its only pulling info over Bluetooth again so shouldnt drain too much.
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I have an Xperia Z2 and the battery will usually last 36-48 hours on a charge, with my pebble connected all the time, but without the pebble connected i only get about 50 ish hours, so it doesnt make too much of an impact, im guessing the LG G Watch will do a similar amount of drain as its only pulling info over Bluetooth again so shouldnt drain too much.
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Thanks for the info.
Just to throw in some info on the battery life of the watch. Mine has never gone below 40% by end of day with normal use so don't worry about the watch dieing, if that was even a concern. Its hard for me to weigh in on phone battery life, I have the Flex and I'm getting about 2 days one charge, unless I game for hours with it. I Think its adding a few hours.
Took my watch off charge at 7:50am today its now 15:10PM and I have 65% battery still.
Using following settings :
1. Screen always on
2. Show cards even when screen dimmed
3. Alert on phone and watch
4. Brightness level - 1
Usage has been quite High because its the first day I have used it, sent about 20 Texts and done some maths with it, also it seems there are problems with the software and after awhile it seems to disconnect from my nexus 5 even if the software on my phone thinks its still paired.
As for phone battery its reporting in battery stats nothing regarding android wear, and im at 60% battery from the morning and i have hardly used my phone apart from trying to figure out why stuff is refusing to pair or even work.
I also use CM11 nightlys and the snapdragon battery app on my N5 this might have something to do with all the disconnects
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Took my watch off charge at 7:50am today its now 15:10PM and I have 65% battery still.
Using following settings :
1. Screen always on
2. Show cards even when screen dimmed
3. Alert on phone and watch
4. Brightness level - 1
Usage has been quite High because its the first day I have used it, sent about 20 Texts and done some maths with it, also it seems there are problems with the software and after awhile it seems to disconnect from my nexus 5 even if the software on my phone thinks its still paired.
As for phone battery its reporting in battery stats nothing regarding android wear, and im at 60% battery from the morning and i have hardly used my phone apart from trying to figure out why stuff is refusing to pair or even work.
I also use CM11 nightlys and the snapdragon battery app on my N5 this might have something to do with all the disconnects
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Yea, I would say if you aren't using a stock configuration there might be something else going on with your phone. All the reviews and impression videos I've seen haven't mentioned anything about frequent disconnects.
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Screen on, brightness 2, been replying to texts all day, the G Watch has been off the charger since 06:00 and it's now 01:32 (19.5 hours on) and I've still got 40% left.
Can't really fault it. I just drop my G Watch on the charger every night when I go to bed. Easy.
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Well I am glad to hear I won't have to worry about it during the day. My S4 however... Dead in 6 - 8 hours under moderate use. Hope this keeps phone screen off more to help
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Yea, I would say if you aren't using a stock configuration there might be something else going on with your phone. All the reviews and impression videos I've seen haven't mentioned anything about frequent disconnects.
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Ditching the Snapdragon app has solved some disconnects, however it still disconnects at least 2 to 3 times a day.
Still on the same CM build, untill its been running for a week will i swap to another CM build to see if there is issues with the CM bluetooth
Zero disconnects on stock. ?
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How's the battery life on Nexus 5 when it's paired with the Watch?
I assume that, aside from bluetooth, the Watch will use up some portion of the phone's battery for location services and other partial wakelocks?
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Can't really fault it. I just drop my G Watch on the charger every night when I go to bed. Easy.
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Do you leave it on charge all night? Is it OK to do this? I've been taking it off charge when it's done and then powering it off at night. There should be a way to power off the screen while charging.
9am to 8pm and still 65% remaining
7am to 8.30pm 83% with 'screen always on unticked'
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Wear 100% / Nexus 5 100% Battery at 7AM
Its now 9:15pm and G watch is at 62% and Nexus 5 is at 68%
I reckon you could go 30 Hours before needing to charge both devices.
Wear from 8am to 9pm 55% remaining. Less than average day for notifications. It killed my G2 though. Had battery saving on for location. But it really chewed it. Just one day. I disabled location reporting again. Will see if that has any effect on phone battery vs any loss of functionality on the wear. But I'm very happy so far.
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Watch on since 7am to 9:30pm. Watch at 13% and phone at 64% with 1.5 hours on screen time.
I am now using my phone about 50% less.
Love it!
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