How do people get all day battery life on their phones?

[legend8887]

I hear everyone bragging about getting battery life on their phone that lasts all day and bleeds into the next day. Surely they can't be using their phone much at all, right?

[spwath]

What phone do you have

[Starelementpoke]

Eh, if it's a 3000mah or plus, it could last that long if it's mixed use.

[themaniac]

but not using it 24/7 is most likely how they do it

[79 Potatoes]

Because I use an E1.

Though it lasts me days because I barely use the phone

[Gix7Fifty]

Turn off GPS and wifi and only use it when you need it.

[legend8887]

What phone do you have

LG G3.

[legend8887]

What phone do you have

LG G3.

[hotpocket800]

if you have already tried turning off things like bluetooth, gps, etc. what i would recommend you try is turn off WIFI SCANNING EVEN WHEN WIFI IS OFF. This option is unlocked when you go to the wifi tab and press the menu button. Press advanced and it can be turned off. What this will do is prevent apps from scanning for wifi connections after you turn wifi off. (a useless feature i think). I did this for my s3 and no more bs. its not life changing, but does let me use my phone for 2 days after full charge and little use.

 

I hear everyone bragging about getting battery life on their phone that lasts all day and bleeds into the next day. Surely they can't be using their phone much at all, right?

[LightCode Gaming]

Mine lasts me about 13 hrs with me using it MAYBE 4 hrs of that. Please note; my phone is old, my battery is old, and I have bad charging habits (charging it overnight; leaving it charging when full; not restarting the phone ever; not letting it "die" periodically; etc)

[thekeemo]

Bluetooth off

Gps off

Screen brightness low

[Misanthrope]

Biggest hit to battery life it's 3G or LTE or any sort of mobile data. By far this will make a supposedly 1 day phone into more of a 7 hour if you're lucky phone. Most of the time I actually turn off data on my phone. In home I switch to wifi and can easily last a day with heavy use. When out and about if I know I will not be using data for long periods of time a.k.a. while at work, I put it on no data or even airplane mode (I know it defeats the purpose of having a phone but if it's urgent they can PM me by lots of means or leave a voice mail) 

[GzeroD]

I use my phone for streaming music 4-8 / calls .5-1 / light web browsing .5-1/ answering texts/bbm .5-2 hours a day I Usually get 2 days use out of a full charge (straight off the charger from morning the first day to nearly dead when I go to sleep on the second) .HTC One M8 Digital High GPE+ ROM WiFi and Bluetooth always on 1/2 screen brightness max on adaptive.

 

Edit: if I watch a couple of videos (30-45min) in that time it only lasts still I get out of work on the second day

[hotpocket800]

Mine lasts me about 13 hrs with me using it MAYBE 4 hrs of that. Please note; my phone is old, my battery is old, and I have bad charging habits (charging it overnight; leaving it charging when full; not restarting the phone ever; not letting it "die" periodically; etc)

 

LG G3.

 

dont worry, getting a replacement it pretty easy http://www.amazon.com/LG-Battery-Standard-Genuine-Replacement/dp/B00RC9O5ZS/ref=sr_1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1437184952&sr=1-1&keywords=lg+g3+battery

 

this should hopefully do the trick for the aforementioned guy with the g3 that wants more life. i did this to my s3 and it also helped

 

in short, update the wifi settings and get a new battery

[Deletive]

I use custom roms and kernels and lower voltages and min. idle clock speeds. usually lasts me 2-3 days on light use and 2 days of normal use.

[Mew]

I use my phone the way it was intended with all notifications, radios turned on, auto brightness enabled. I don't close apps because the os is smart enough to mange it on its own. Unless you're playing asphalt 8 or something, you should be getting good battery life.

[GzeroD]

I use custom roms and kernels and lower voltages and min. idle clock speeds. usually lasts me 2-3 days on light use and 2 days of normal use.

This it was amazing too see how much of a gain you can get out of a phone for Standby power usage with a good custom ROM.

[Deletive]

This it was amazing too see how much of a gain you can get out of a phone for Standby power usage with a good custom ROM.

it really is, some of the biggest improvements i've gotten was just by changing that CPU governers from stock to something like smartmax.

[legend8887]

dont worry, getting a replacement it pretty easy http://www.amazon.com/LG-Battery-Standard-Genuine-Replacement/dp/B00RC9O5ZS/ref=sr_1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1437184952&sr=1-1&keywords=lg+g3+battery

this should hopefully do the trick for the aforementioned guy with the g3 that wants more life. i did this to my s3 and it also helped

in short, update the wifi settings and get a new battery

I'll get a new battery. What do you mean update the Wi-Fi settings?

[exercutor5]

Custom ROMs with underclocked CPUs and GPUs, that's how I last for more than a day at times. 

[hotpocket800]

I'll get a new battery. What do you mean update the Wi-Fi settings?

then do this

set scanning to off

[legend8887]

then do this

set scanning to off

What if I need to use Google Maps?

[hotpocket800]

What if I need to use Google Maps?

it wont affect it. just turn on gps when u use maps

 

TBH it really just makes wifi stay on even when its off. (Srs Google?)

[m_tieu]

I cut back my usage and use basic power saving tips like reduced brightness and turn off unused wireless connectivity like WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. I also kill background apps so they don't suck data and juice while idle.

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo, there's also lots of people who claim more than one day battery on a OnePlus One... But they only use texts and calls. Looking at their battery screenshots? They don't do anything else.

Also, avoid lollipop 5.0.2 as it has bad memory leaks. Custom roms and such have fixes for color fade memory leak but not the others.. So use 4.4.4 Kitkat or 5.1.1 if it is available for your device.