***** The Official Galaxy Nexus Thread *****

[bastic]

screen on time? and brightness % - were you mobile web browsing?

16h35min batt at 54%
Screen on for 1hour
5% with no signal
Texts, phone calls Engadget.

 

[antijoke]

Download it from google & flash it manually - Job done

I would, but I'm reading about issues surfacing with the 4.0.4 update and wondering if Google pulled it from OTA updates for this reason.

 

[_Jimlad_]

I would, but I'm reading about issues surfacing with the 4.0.4 update and wondering if Google pulled it from OTA updates for this reason.

may well have done dude, i would not be in any hurry to upgrade

 

[Howard]

Got mine yesterday. Spent last night setting it up to my liking, and dribbling over it. What a phone. Perfect phone and perfect size if you ask me! Chrome web browser + the screen size + fluidity of the phone and OS = <3


A couple of questions:

Do the following make a marked difference to battery life:

Live wallpapers
Light Flow app
Wifi being on and connected

I've got 96% left after an hour unplugged.


Also I haven't got 4.0.4 yet, is it a bug riddled mess?

 

[AndyCr15]

WiFi on with a connection is usually better for battery than using mobile data.

I don't think LWP effect battery too bad, but then different LWP use more or less processor, so probably some do. For me, I noticed some have a negative effect on smoothness of the UI.

Lightflow makes no difference to battery that I noticed.

 

[Howard]

That's handy, thanks

 

[_Jimlad_]

live wall paper will reduce battery life a little and can cause slight lag, getting your brightness set correctly is properly the best battery saver

 

[AndyCr15]

I've done a few articles on battery saving -

http://hemorrdroids.net/more-battery-saving-tips/

In the first paragraph there are links to a couple of other articles, although they are a little old now

 

[_Jimlad_]

nice one andy i will have a read of that.

 

[Howard]

live wall paper will reduce battery life a little and can cause slight lag, getting your brightness set correctly is properly the best battery saver

Automatic brightness f t w?

Edit: actually after reading below, the power widget thing has a brightness switch which I may make more use of!

I've done a few articles on battery saving -

http://hemorrdroids.net/more-battery-saving-tips/

In the first paragraph there are links to a couple of other articles, although they are a little old now

Thanks I'll have a read I like your site URL

 

[AndyCr15]

Automatic brightness f t w?

No, not really. Any time your phone is having to monitor something (light) in order to change something (brightness), that's going to use power. Set it to manual and adjust if needed is much better.

 

[Howard]

Thanks

I'm not one to kill off every nice feature to save power, else there's no point in having a smartphone, but it's good to be prudent I guess!

 

[Howard]

Is this good?

On Three, btw.

 

[AndyCr15]

I've seen better...

 

[Howard]

 

[_Jimlad_]

it means nothing, because it depends on where you are, having super fast speed in one place and no signal in another is naff, compared to an average speed in all the places you tend to go on a day to day life

 

[AndyCr15]

Around London, with Three, you tend to get very fast... everywhere.

 

[_Jimlad_]

im in southampton and thinking of switching to 3, as im on a month to month contract anyways

 

[Howard]

I just thought it was quite impressive, that's all certainly considering I'm used to getting about 1.8mbps on my Desire with Orange

 

[_Jimlad_]

its a good speed, better than i get down south