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Help How to get 6 hours or more screen time on your moto g?

I have seen people posting screen shot of their devices with 6,7 and even 8 hours of screen time. How do they get it???
I barely get 4.5 hours and haven't ever gotten even 5 hours.
 
First, by having just about nothing running. Use a boot manager and turn off everything the phone can keep running without (including Google Play services and all the radios - Bluetooth, wifi, 2G [talk and text], mobile data and GPS).

Second, condition your battery when it's new. (If it's not new, and you used it when it wasn't conditioned [there's no way to tell, which is why it's wise to condition all new batteries], the time between charges is already reduced.)

People get those numbers by running the phone until there's just about no charge left in the battery - a good way to need a new battery every 6 months. Since the battery isn't user-removable, that's not such a great idea. (I'd never buy a phone like that. If I need more time than I can get by using the battery properly [discharging it to no less than about 40%], I carry a spare battery - or 2 or 3, depending on the situation. Good lithium batteries are pretty cheap these days.)
 
I ran my phone to 3 percent and got just 4.5 hours on screen time with just 2 hours of 3g browsing and an half hour of Wi-Fi downloading and just 20 minutes of gaming. Dunno whats wrong....
Almost every other thing is off.
No Wi-Fi ,no Bluetooth, no location, no theme, not even a launcher. Even the display is set to 15 percent.
 
I'm sure you've done this already, but is Battery Saver on? I keep mine on all the time.

Settings > Battery > turn on Battery Saver at the top.

I have sync on, I use wifi whenever it is available, and have my brightness set to Auto and my phone lasts all day. I didn't turn on the phone when I first got it until it was charged to 100%. I don't know if that makes any sort of difference, just mentioning it. I noticed the battery was at 50% when I first got the phone as well.

And, if anything, there are videos and instructions out there on replacing the battery in this phone. It's not impossible.
 
I saw you mentioned Themer Beta. I like them and use them occasionally. Does the theme you are using have the weather widget, RSS feed etc...?
 
Does anyone get their moto g hotter than 40c all the time ???
I just checked mine. It was just idling, so the temp was 84.2F/29C (charging). Then, I played Asphalt 8 (just one race). The temp went up to 93.6F/34C. When I played Asphalt 8 w/ART enabled before, my phone got significantly warmer (I didn't checked the temp), so I switched back to Dalvik.

UPDATE: I checked it again. 80.6F/27C (not charging) right now.
UPDATE 2: 75.4F/24C atm
 
Just for comparison. I hardly use data. Wi-Fi is always on. I could have turned it off while sleeping though.







 
Thanks guys.
It's because of you I am going to replace my moto g.
The battery goes down from 100% to 60% while browsing with 3g without any services or sync. Even the brightness has-been set to 20%.
I think it's probably a battery issue as the charger also gets really hot while charging. Thanks everyone.
 
I just checked mine. It was just idling, so the temp was 84.2F/29C (charging). Then, I played Asphalt 8 (just one race). The temp went up to 93.6F/34C. When I played Asphalt 8 w/ART enabled before, my phone got significantly warmer (I didn't checked the temp), so I switched back to Dalvik.

UPDATE: I checked it again. 80.6F/27C (not charging) right now.
UPDATE 2: 75.4F/24C atm
Mine is always above 38 C and while browsing or goes upto 44 C
 

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