Battery on GS4 w/lolipop

[Bluesman2008]

Is it my imagination or is the battery life a little worse with lolipop on the GS4?

 

[KaosMaster]

Can you send a screenshot of the battery stats from inside settings for me?

 

[Bluesman2008]

Can you send a screenshot of the battery stats from inside settings for me?

Yes. Give me a minute.

 

[Bluesman2008]

Here's the only screen available under "Battery"

 

[KaosMaster]

Ok. So how long does the device last? You can get 5 hours if the screen is on the entire time max. 2 days off standby. Look again after you discharge the battery more..it will show more then

 

[Bluesman2008]

Ok. It seems to last just a little less than with 4.4.4. But maybe it's my imagination. Everything seems to move faster with 5.0 Other than that, I don't see much difference with the new OS. I do like the "recent apps" feature.

 

[Bluesman2008]

Hmmm what happened to that last graphic I posted. Here it is.

 

[Bluesman2008]

It's now 5:28 and I have 56% battery left.

 

[Bluesman2008]

10:21 p.m. down to 40%.

 

[KaosMaster]

It seems like you're doing good! Battery can last from 5 hours, up to 2 days depending on usage.

 

[KaosMaster]

First FULL charge after FDR:

Current stats as of today:

 

[MarkS1110]

I am seeing the same thing. Battery life is much shorter, by noon it is like 30%. Any fixes in mind?

 

[leeshor]

My S4 went from an average of 40 hours on a charge to around 30-35. So there is definitely a difference but I'm very peculiar about what happens in the background. It is a little disappointing considering Lollipop was supposed to be an improvement in resource management.

 

[MarkS1110]

My S4 went from an average of 40 hours on a charge to around 30-35. So there is definitely a difference but I'm very peculiar about what happens in the background.

I went in to the app management and disabled about a dozen apps then restarted the phone. After that the battery life seems much more reasonable. Try that and see if it helps you too.

 

[leeshor]

I went in to the app management and disabled about a dozen apps then restarted the phone. After that the battery life seems much more reasonable. Try that and see if it helps you too.

I don't feel I have a problem. Already have 8 or 9 apps disabled. SOP