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battery issue - drains so fast. IDK what's happening..

hello guys my cousin gave me his xperia and well I was happy. But one major problem. It's battery life. May I ask you guys what is the rating of your charger. mine is a charger not made by SE. I thought that if i would buy a new original charger then battery life would improve. I also think that the ROM installed on mine is not energy efficient. IDK . I'm so new to this

charger won't improve battery life, unless its not charging fully, which if it reports 100% it probably is, if its not an official rom then yes, battery can differ a lot

I have installed a couple of custom ROMs, and after a few months battery consumption increases significantly.
Doesn't sound very scientific, but between installing/uninstalling applications, modifying settings, I find I need to start off again with a fresh ROM.
The ROMs I use have Manila/Sense, I have a suspicion that the increased power requirement is a function of something having gone wrong with Manila.
I would try reinstalling the ROM and reinstalling all your applications again (NOT a restore, since you may reintroduce the problem)

maybe you can let me know if I can use a 1A charger for xperia? and where can I buy it. I mean what are the rating of your chargers? thanks

you can use any charger, since the appliance PULLS the current it needs.
Anything from a PC USB cable, to any generic charger, including a car charger.
Yes, some will take a bit longer to reach full charge if the rating is lower (like the USB feed) - but I understand your problem is the DIScharge, not the charge in itself.

Just some feedback from my experience
Agreed totaly:
paul c said:
you can use any charger.
Anything from a PC USB cable, to any generic charger, including a car charger.
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I am using the original charger in my home, a PC USB cable from an external hard disk at home or at work and the car charger from a Mio Navigator that is left permanently in my car. The time needed to get to 100% differs according to each method used but it does complete. So how u charge is deffinately not an issue. I can also confirm that the device heats differently in each case from relatively cool to hot.
henryfranz2005 said:
I also think that the ROM installed on mine is not energy efficient. IDK . I'm so new to this
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The issue of draining comes mostly from different roms configuration. Keep in mind that the battery after flashing needs a couple of days to pass and get charged one or two times so as to get to its max capacity. Also keep in mind that if u use for instance the WiFi or play some games or use an app that needs system resources battery will drain as hell regardless of rom. Personally with Valkyrie and Energy roms with a normal phone and messaging use I have managed to keep my X1 on for 3 to 3.5 days max. Other times I have had to plug it 2 times the same day due to heavy use...
BTW Henry we were all new once, no need to appologize.

Mr Black'd said:
Agreed totaly:
I am using the original charger in my home, a PC USB cable from an external hard disk at home or at work and the car charger from a Mio Navigator that is left permanently in my car. The time needed to get to 100% differs according to each method used but it does complete. So how u charge is deffinately not an issue. I can also confirm that the device heats differently in each case from relatively cool to hot.
The issue of draining comes mostly from different roms configuration. Keep in mind that the battery after flashing needs a couple of days to pass and get charged one or two times so as to get to its max capacity. Also keep in mind that if u use for instance the WiFi or play some games or use an app that needs system resources battery will drain as hell regardless of rom. Personally with Valkyrie and Energy roms with a normal phone and messaging use I have managed to keep my X1 on for 3 to 3.5 days max. Other times I have had to plug it 2 times the same day due to heavy use...
BTW Henry we were all new once, no need to appologize.
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Thank you sir. I think the problem lies in the ROM i installed 826X personally i think it is energy efficient since i just use my phone for texting. (about 400 sms a day) and about 15 mins of wifi thank you.
Can you recommend a ROM which is known for it's efficiency (energy) thanks.

I personally use Energy this period. But keep in mind that rom selection is based on ones personal prefs. All of them are custom made and each cook has his own point of view. I guess that u will have to test a few before u can say with certainty that you like one in specific. Just keep trying...

thank you sir for being so helpful I will personally try the popular roms 3 roms down!

[Q] Nook battery dies fast

I only have 5 widgets, and my brightness is also low as possible. I have wifi off when i don't use it, but my battery still dies kinda fast. Should i delete cell standby? And what else can i do?

You really should define "kinda fast" so folks can answer objectively

Well just playing games like angry birds for 20 minutes it drops like 10%

EverythingNook said:
Well just playing games like angry birds for 20 minutes it drops like 10%
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1) Which ROM
2) What widgets
3) What are you using to monitor battery drop
10% in 20 minutes (screen on, in use) is pretty aggressive.

HotShotAzn said:
1) Which ROM
2) What widgets
3) What are you using to monitor battery drop
10% in 20 minutes (screen on, in use) is pretty aggressive.
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1. Stock with launcherpro
2. Typoclock power control beautiful battery google search and music
3. Beautiful battery

EverythingNook said:
1. Stock with launcherpro
2. Typoclock power control beautiful battery google search and music
3. Beautiful battery
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What drain are you seeing with screen off/idle?

with the screen off for about 5 hours i saw a 21% drain.

Drop the widgets and livewallpaper if you've got it. Retest standby.
If you're getting high battery drain during standby your nook isn't going into deep sleep and chances are that background overhead translates to poor efficiency at idle when the nook is on as well. Couple poor idle efficiency with CPU intensive work while in use and your overall battery life is terrible.
If you're forcing the nook to stay out of deep sleep for other reasons like keeping wifi alive then you may be stuck with living with some sort of elevated drain but you can minimize it by reducing idle overhead by keeping widgets to a minimum and refraining from using live wallpapers and other background services that aren't critical.

Tacking on to here rather than starting a new thread...
My Nook Color rooted, but still on stock ROM goes from 100% charge to 25% in about 8-9 hours with zero usage. Obviously something's going on (I suspect it's that I have Advanced WiFi sleep policy set to never and am away from WiFi), but no other widgets running. I do have Google Voice app installed.
What I'm curious about is what would normal standby battery drain be? What would be typical after 8-9 hours of just sitting untouched in my brief case?
Thanks in advance!

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Obviously something's going on (I suspect it's that I have Advanced WiFi sleep policy set to never and am away from WiFi), but no other widgets running.
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If you suspect it, disable it and see. I'm thinking that would be a prime suspect.
distortedloop said:
What I'm curious about is what would normal standby battery drain be? What would be typical after 8-9 hours of just sitting untouched in my brief case?
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I believe typically overnight you should see less than 10% drain.

In CM7 at least, in Spare Parts you can see what uses the battery while the NC is asleep.

distortedloop said:
Tacking on to here rather than starting a new thread...
My Nook Color rooted, but still on stock ROM goes from 100% charge to 25% in about 8-9 hours with zero usage. Obviously something's going on (I suspect it's that I have Advanced WiFi sleep policy set to never and am away from WiFi), but no other widgets running. I do have Google Voice app installed.
What I'm curious about is what would normal standby battery drain be? What would be typical after 8-9 hours of just sitting untouched in my brief case?
Thanks in advance!
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do you have it overclocked? if so, have a profile that clocks it down to 300mhz when the screen is locked

hxh103 said:
do you have it overclocked? if so, have a profile that clocks it down to 300mhz when the screen is locked
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No, not yet. It's 100% stock, other than rooting and downloading apps. I'm going to put SystemPanel on it and see if it gives a clue.
I've got a good idea of how to track down battery issues on most android devices, I was just mostly curious what the typical drain other rooted users saw was.
Thx for the suggestions to all.

hxh103 said:
do you have it overclocked? if so, have a profile that clocks it down to 300mhz when the screen is locked
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Good lord, this isn't going to help anything. Normal Nook Colors on the stock ROM (and kernel....) use about .2%/hr in standby.
Clearly something is running wild on this guys NC, and needs to look at Spare Parts. Install it from the market.
System Panel as well as other tools can help as well.

Okay, I'm a pretty smart guy usually, but I'll publicly put on the dunce cap and admit to my ignorance on this one.
System Panel actually showed some amazingly good lack of drain with all my apps running.
The reason my battery was so low when I checked it each afternoon is because even though I thought I was charging the thing over night, I wasn't. I was using a regular micro-usb cable for my phone to plug the thing in most nights.
Turns out the Nook Color has an extra deep micro-usb receptacle and requires a better endowed male plug to get it charged properly.
Lame...
(Lame of me, but also lame of B&N to make such a design decision. What were they thinking? I HATE proprietary connectors.)

distortedloop said:
Okay, I'm a pretty smart guy usually, but I'll publicly put on the dunce cap and admit to my ignorance on this one.
System Panel actually showed some amazingly good lack of drain with all my apps running.
The reason my battery was so low when I checked it each afternoon is because even though I thought I was charging the thing over night, I wasn't. I was using a regular micro-usb cable for my phone to plug the thing in most nights.
Turns out the Nook Color has an extra deep micro-usb receptacle and requires a better endowed male plug to get it charged properly.
Lame...
(Lame of me, but also lame of B&N to make such a design decision. What were they thinking? I HATE proprietary connectors.)
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Extra WIDE, not deep. And there's good reason USB standards are .5A over the typical 4 pin connection. The B&N cable has FOUR extra pins, delivering the other 1.4A of power.

Extra deep. Two stages...
First stage 5 pins, second stage 12 pins...
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Yup same cable as my Droid2 and Droid before it....

Krazypoloc said:
Yup same cable as my Droid2 and Droid before it....
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Does this mean we can use the droid2 and droid's cables as alternatives?

khaytsus said:
Extra WIDE, not deep. And there's good reason USB standards are .5A over the typical 4 pin connection. The B&N cable has FOUR extra pins, delivering the other 1.4A of power.
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Thanks for the extra info about the additional voltage; so it will charge much faster this way? (rhetorical question)
I still am annoyed at yet another non-standard cable that I'll have to carry around with me when I travel to keep various devices charged, but in the scheme of things it's a minor annoyance. Stuff like this should be standardized, IMHO.
And it's extra DEEP, not wide. It's the same width as a standard micro-usb cable or I wouldn't have been able to stick my phone's charging cable into it at all, but I was able to, it just didn't go in deep enough to charge at all. On the flips side, the B&N cable fits into my phone, but only inserts half-way deep; if it were extra wide it wouldn't fit into my phone at all.

[Q] Traveling with my Nook question?

Ok guys\gals, I have a question that I haven’t seem to find. Right now I’m using CM7 stable on my Nook emmc drive and it works great (Special thanks to all Devs in the Android world that make all is possible). Me and the family are going on vacation at the end of next month and I’m little concerned about battery life on a 5 hour plane ride with my Nook. I know of the sleep bug that CM has and everyone has been working on it but right now I get about day use out of it with normal to heavy use. This is fine because I’m always somewhere I can plug into if the power starts to get low, but now have a little concern since won’t have power. I have successfully converted a few movies using Handbrake and would love to use my nook as entertainment\movies for me and the family while in the Air. So in my testing I haven’t been able to get through a few 2 hours or so movies without the power draining down fast.
Ok with all that being said, it’s my understanding is that the stock ROM with root (Nooter 3.0) works great with Video and has good battery life. Would it be idea for me to just restore to a stock rooted Rom, then create a CM7 SD-Card? The cm7 card would be for my use only till we great back from Seattle. Mainly I’m just trying to keep the kiddos happy since they have never been on a plane before LOL. They LOVE all what my little Nook can do and love watching movies on the bigger 7 in screen (Transformers is Awesome on the Nook by the way). Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks Guys\Gals…
Derek.

Yes, what you propose will work.
I actually have a dualboot on my NC with CM7 as a primary boot; and the stock (rooted) on the secondary partition. (you can follow the dualboot thread in the developer section).
However, while you are actually USING the NC, the battery life shouldn't be terribly different between CM7 and stock. The biggest difference in battery life is while in "suspend" mode, because CM7 doesn't go into as deep of a sleep mode as when in suspend while in stock; so if you are willing to actually power down the NC, rather than suspend, you shouldn't experience any additional power drain while on CM7.
If you still have significantly more power drain on CM7, it is probably because you are overclocking. I have found that shutting wifi off when not being used, being conservative in the screen brightness, and adjust the the processor tweak in the cyanogen settings to "conservative" will help with battery.
All of that being said, I hope to get an external USB battery the next time I need to fly ....

My Nook, running CM7 Stable with screen brightness at 100% and wifi off, uses about 18% of its battery life for every one hour of full-screen video that I watch (.avi files, Rockplayer, mostly). The times that I've flown with it (only once since installing CM7) I usually watch an hour or two of video with internal battery then plug in one of those Duracell rechargeable batteries that you use with a USB cable to power portable devices. Using the rechargeable with a Nook-specific cable (in case that helps) my battery drain per hour of video drops to 10%. On night flights both rates improve somewhat due to much lower brightness levels. Plus, if the Nook is plugged in but inactive (powered on or off) it'll ADD charge 5-10% per hour. One charged 750MAH battery (half the size of a deck of cards) and I'm good for at least 8 hours of heavy use (could go longer, that's the most I've needed).

As jasoraso mentioned, you're really not going to get much better life while using it, if you switch to Stock. Cm7's battery usage is only when usage is suspended as it can't go as deep into sleep as the stock os can.
So even if you move back to stock, you're not going to get better life while watching videos. Your best option would be as both posters before me mentioned, an external charger.

Battery problem

Hello guys! My tablet was quickly discharged in waiting mode (near 10%-1hour). All app off. WiFi turned off in ALL settings too. I spent a lot of tests and dont found a problem. In normal mode consumption battery such as is normal (2hour - games, 5hours - video) You are my last chance. I want to believe that it is not defect, because i havent guarantee
now. Firmware - cromix b5 (I tested all firmware - the same battery consumption).
P.s. Sry for bad English, I hope you understand me

Did you try the stock from too?
Something could be wrong with your battery, but did you have the drain also when you received the tablet fully stock not unlocked?
You also could try to monitor the real drain with android tuner but I don't know if this tablet is already supported.
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Hmm I have done some testing today and it seems the google services I used as well as the google search cause extra battery drain. I lost about 30% in 8 hours being just connected to to wifi and not using the tab. The fix in the short term is to turn wifi off when not using the device.
Let me make a patch to revert to the original Asus versions to see if it stops the drain. Will post it in the CROMi-X thread for testing.

OK If you are suffering excessive battery drain when sleeping and wifi is on please try this patch. This will revert the Google Services and Google Search App and Libraries back to the default Asus 4.3 versions and then force a redownload of the latest versions to /data when you open up the play store.
My investigations indicate these two apps are causing many wakelocks to keep the device form sleeping properly.
Please flash from recovery - it will auto wipe cache and dalvik cache. Let me know if it helps please.
CROMi-X 6.0 Google Services Patch DOWNLOAD

creed342 said:
Hello guys! My tablet was quickly discharged in waiting mode (near 10%-1hour). All app off. WiFi turned off in ALL settings too. I spent a lot of tests and dont found a problem. In normal mode consumption battery such as is normal (2hour - games, 5hours - video) You are my last chance. I want to believe that it is not defect, because i havent guarantee
now. Firmware - cromix b5 (I tested all firmware - the same battery consumption).
P.s. Sry for bad English, I hope you understand me
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Is it normal to have only 7hrs battery (screen woke up) on this tablet with 2hrs game & 5hrs video ?
In my case it takes around 8 hours to drain all the battery in normal mode (only surfing & using office apps with the dock) and I was wondering if I should send the tablet back to Asus. I did some factory resets and recently a data wipe but it changes nothing.
7hrs without the dock. around 8 - 9hrs with it.

dfch said:
Is it normal to have only 7hrs battery (screen woke up) on this tablet with 2hrs game & 5hrs video ?
In my case it takes around 8 hours to drain all the battery in normal mode (only surfing & using office apps with the dock) and I was wondering if I should send the tablet back to Asus. I did some factory resets and recently a data wipe but it changes nothing.
7hrs without the dock. around 8 - 9hrs with it.
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7 hrs with screen on is very good! You should be getting 10+ with the dock.

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sbdags, Thanks for the help but patch not decided my problem. I have this trouble on a stock and cm.
7 hrs with screen on is very good! You should be getting 10+ with the dock.
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I mean 2 hours games OR 5-6 hours video.
In tests, the main consumer of the battery is the screen but if I turn on WiFi or any application, then it will be the main consumer. Most likely it's a defect.:crying:

You could try android tuner 3c or the battery app to check your battery consumption etc.

creed342 said:
sbdags, Thanks for the help but patch not decided my problem. I have this trouble on a stock and cm.
I mean 2 hours games OR 5-6 hours video.
In tests, the main consumer of the battery is the screen but if I turn on WiFi or any application, then it will be the main consumer. Most likely it's a defect.:crying:
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No still sounds about right. You won't get a lot of battery out of intensive gaming - depends on the game. I think you may be expecting too much.

sbdags said:
7 hrs with screen on is very good! You should be getting 10+ with the dock.
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Excuse me if i'm not posting in the good thread. But could you tell me more about how the dock battery works?
Does using dock while none of the two batteries (tablet+dock) are at 100% charge could somehow reduce the autonomy of one of the two batteries?
Can the dock be used as a charger to fully charge the tablet?
Is there any way to know if the tablet is 100% charged without booting? And also for the dock ?
Thank for answering it could really be helpfull because i don't see any q/a talking about this.

samsonslatebook said:
Excuse me if i'm not posting in the good thread. But could you tell me more about how the dock battery works?
Does using dock while none of the two batteries (tablet+dock) are at 100% charge could somehow reduce the autonomy of one of the two batteries?
Can the dock be used as a charger to fully charge the tablet?
Is there any way to know if the tablet is 100% charged without booting? And also for the dock ?
Thank for answering it could really be helpfull because i don't see any q/a talking about this.
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Dock only starts charging the tab if the tab battery drops below 70%. Stops charging at 95% or so.
That's it. Not aware if anyone has figured out how to change the behaviour.

Thank you for that, but if i charge the tablet or thz dock while the batterie is at 70% , is that bad for autonomy? Or should we charge only full cicles ( 15% to 100%?
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samsonslatebook said:
Thank you for that, but if i charge the tablet or thz dock while the batterie is at 70% , is that bad for autonomy? Or should we charge only full cicles ( 15% to 100%?
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Charge it how you want. Modern batteries don't need full cycle charging anymore as far as I am aware.

I have noticed the battery issue as well with short battery life but only when I have the Pad connected to a 5GHz WiFi signal. If I use the 2.5GHz the battery lasts a lot more time. The tablet also gets warm with the 5 and not with the 2.5. Has anyone else experienced this?

TrekMD said:
I have noticed the battery issue as well with short battery life but only when I have the Pad connected to a 5GHz WiFi signal. If I use the 2.5GHz the battery lasts a lot more time. The tablet also gets warm with the 5 and not with the 2.5. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Will test that.

I spent a lot of tests but I cant post screen on forum (need more messages). I post tests theere 4pda. ru/ forum/ index.php?s=&showtopic=144999&view=findpost&p=29293466 (delete space). PLS DONT DELETE MY POST. This is not spam. Its a major russian community.

VS980 Lollipop Bug Issues

I figured this would be a good place to have a General thread discussion the problems and solutions for the newly released Verizon Lollipop update.
- Excessive Battery Drain seems to be the main issue
- Power LED Notification light stays lit - may have been fixed by using updated partition components

player911 said:
I figured this would be a good place to have a General thread discussion the problems and solutions for the newly released Verizon Lollipop update.
- Excessive Battery Drain seems to be the main issue
- Power LED Notification light stays lit - may have been fixed by using updated partition components
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The power led does not stay lit. it's due to the new feature in the rom that allows the rear lights to stay on with new downloaded apps. unclick that and its fine.

-Slow AC charging. Even when using the OEM cable and adapter.

Anyone else have gps issues? No lock.
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LTE
I do not have access to LTE, It doesn't show up under network type and strength.
Any ideas?

I've had no major issues with xdabbebs stock ROM. I can't seem to add widgets to the lock screen. Is this no longer an option ?

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I've had no major issues with xdabbebs stock ROM. I can't seem to add widgets to the lock screen. Is this no longer an option ?
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Was it available on stock? I think we forget what functionality stock has since we probably haven't used it in so long. You could kdz back to KK and see.
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Was it available on stock? I think we forget what functionality stock has since we probably haven't used it in so long. You could kdz back to KK and see.
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It was an option on his 2.3.0 ROM which was basically stock LG. I updated my N10 to 5.1 and lost the feature on it as well. I was using dashclock widget for quite some time on both.

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Was it available on stock? I think we forget what functionality stock has since we probably haven't used it in so long. You could kdz back to KK and see.
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It was an option on his 2.3.0 ROM which was basically stock LG. I updated my N10 to 5.1 and lost the feature on it as well. I was using dashclock widget for quite some time on both.
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Google removed lockscreen widgets in Lollipop

Lock Screen
I'm trying to figure out what clicking on a notification on the lock screen is suppose to do. When i click on it it just shows an empty box. Kind of looks like a blank, missing lockscreen widget. Am I missing something here? I would think it would take me to the app or maybe give me an un-truncated version of what I clicked.
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I figured this would be a good place to have a General thread discussion the problems and solutions for the newly released Verizon Lollipop update.
- Excessive Battery Drain seems to be the main issue
- Power LED Notification light stays lit - may have been fixed by using updated partition components
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Battery drain is an issue. I'm hoping after a few days of the new update settling in it will get better..

nelzp0929 said:
I'm trying to figure out what clicking on a notification on the lock screen is suppose to do. When i click on it it just shows an empty box. Kind of looks like a blank, missing lockscreen widget. Am I missing something here? I would think it would take me to the app or maybe give me an un-truncated version of what I clicked.
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Wireless charging
I still need to do more testing and observation with this, but my phone hasn't charged at all the last 2 nights while sitting on my wireless charger at home. It's a cheap charger that claims 1A max input (I think) plugged into the LG official charger which is 1.8A. Meanwhile, at work I have an official LG Qi wireless charger using another official LG power supply @ 1.8A. I installed Ampere just now and my wireless charger only registers +20mA. My battery was at 78% and wasn't hot, so it should have drawn more power. I plug the USB cable directly into my phone and Ampere reports around +930mA. I put it back onto the Qi charger and it still says 20mA, yet the battery is charging at a normal rate (from 78% to 92% in like 20 or 30 minutes). i'm curious what Ampere will show on my other wireless charger, the one that has failed to charge my phone the last 2 or 3 nights.
I tried searching for this app I used to use that had a widget that would show you current power draw, then also had historical data with graphs and all. Ampere is bare-bones just shows you current power draw, so it's not nearly as useful. I need to find that other battery app but there are like 30 apps named Battery Widget...does anyone know which app I'm talking about? (EDIT: Found it. It's Battery Monitor Widget, by 3C. It only shows +15mA on wireless charger and +300mA with direct charging while battery at 96%).
UPDATE: Battery Monitor Widget (BMW, hehe) is showing me some more stats for wireless charging and it's not stuck at +15mA the whole time. I think I'll pay the $1.13 to remove ads since AdAway isn't blocking them. I just need to drain my battery and charge it up a few times to get some more info. My battery was already at 96% when I started looking with this app, so the numbers should be low. I see a few entries where it was at +61mA or +42mA, which seems about right for when it's at 99% or 100% battery level.

I don't have a g2 anymore. I have a g3. I wanted to know if anyone is having a audio Bluetooth streaming issue in their car. I use a pioneer avh x4600bt and the music skips excessively after 30 seconds of play.
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Bxrider117 said:
I don't have a g2 anymore. I have a g3. I wanted to know if anyone is having a audio Bluetooth streaming issue in their car. I use a pioneer avh x4600bt and the music skips excessively after 30 seconds of play.
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Not on 4.4.2. Stream audio for 50 mins each way to and from work almost every day and no issues. Haven't made the lollipop upgrade yet, phone works pretty good as is and don't want to take a battery life hit.

al2fast said:
Not on 4.4.2. Stream audio for 50 mins each way to and from work almost every day and no issues. Haven't made the lollipop upgrade yet, phone works pretty good as is and don't want to take a battery life hit.
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Thanks for the response. I didn't have any problems when I was on kit kat either. I was wondering if anyone had this problem with Bluetooth streaming on lollipop.
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I seems to have battery drain in only stand by mode. I don't know if there is a way to find out if device deep sleeps without a root.
Anybody?

Mainly it will not charge properly (6-10 hours for full charge), and it loses charge if you're navigating or using Pandora while plugged in.
Sometimes the whole OS becomes unresponsive, but I think that's mainly from the task manager that was set to clear ram every 12 hours. I turned that off.
The dismal GPS was promised to be fixed with lollipop, and it still sucks just as much as ever.
2 things they got right, however. Auto screen brightness is almost perfect except when it auto dims because it gets warm. Also the camera is faster in the dark! Finally.

It's like the wired charging is being limited. Wireless charging feels the same to me as it did on KitKat, but I wasn't measuring the charging while on KitKat. I have almost never charged my G2 by plugging it in, but when I do I see really low values and it takes just as long as wireless charging takes. However, I don't lose power if charging while doing stuff like Pandora, at least I don't think I do. I will do a little test and see, but I'll use something a lot more power-hungry than Pandora, like maybe Trials Frontier with full brightness.
EDIT: OK I have some results of a little test:
I played Trials Frontier @ full brightness and no charging for 30 minutes or so. The battery was draining at around 27% per hour or -300mA (-300 seems wrong. I would expect something more like -750mA). I went from 98% to 83%.
I then put it on the wireless charger in landscape, which makes it a little bit of guess-work trying to line it up perfectly with the Qi charger. I continued playing the game for 25 minutes or so. When done, I had 84% battery. It barely gained any charge, but it charged nonetheless. I see two readings in this time frame: first one says I gained 6% an hour and 68mA, the second one said 0% change per hour and -127mA (not sure why it claims 0% for that).
I think what happened was the battery got warm and it cut the charging rate, but I don't know at what temps it does this and stuff. I believe I would lose battery level if I kept playing but I'm not sure. Battery was at 41°C at the time it said my usage was 0% per hour, -127mA.
I think I need to have a lower battery level to start with, then try wireless vs wired and stuff. Has this already been done and I'm just wasting time? I am just curious about wired vs wireless at this point I think.

I want to report something. I found why my battery was draining. It was Google Now. I never used it, but somehow it got activated during upgrade. I signed out and drain stopped. I hope this would help somebody.

After two days on stock 39A
Battery seems to charge A LOT slower on non LG charges. Using the Lg charger and cable seems a bit slower but Ok. I have two G2s one on 27A and one on 39A. Using the stock charger and cable the phone on 27A draws about 1200 mA the one on 39A draws 700 mA. If I use an older charger the phone on 27A draws 800 mA the one on 39A draws 200 mA or less.
Battery drain seems a bit worse on 39A but not terrible. I am comparing to the 27A rooted and debloated. Considering all the extra junk that now runs in the background it's not unexpected.
BT streaming in the car has greatly improved for me with the 39A update. I can now use Viber and Skype call in my car and even switch between phone calls and skype calls. Music streaming also works much better.