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Coming from AT&T and a carrier branded GSII (i777) followed by an international note (N7000), I'm evaluating Verizon and the galaxy note. If the service is better, I'll jump from AT&T... otherwise, I'll go back to AT&T and my note.
However, this isn't about the service - but about the phone. I understand that some of this stuff might be CDMA/LTE specific (hence the reason for the title)
The biggest thing I see as an issue with this phone (so far) is the (stock) battery life. It completely sucks. 6% battery drain an hour with the screen on only 3 minutes? That's beyond horrible. I don't have anything loaded on here thats a "known" wakelock issue (such as skype, facebook, etc.) As a matter of fact, it's configured (mostly) the same as my GSII and GNote, so it's easy to notice the horrid battery drain. In the same 1 hour period, syncing the exact same exchange server (push email) account, but with 10 minutes display on time, the gnote drained 1%. (I realize that the note has a much larger battery [and display to drain it], but it's useful to compare anyway.)
If I actually use the gnote (display on), the battery drops much faster. With actual light usage (such as for reading email), I get about 6-8 hours of battery life total. If I use it heavily, I'll be recharging so often I might as well hard wire to a wall outlet.
I'm using the AOKP (m4) firmware - first with the kernel it comes with, and I installed the latest STABLE "lean" kernel last night hoping to resolve the battery drain (so far, it's not.)
BetterBatteryStats isn't showing me anything unusual other than a "modem_usb_suspend_block" kernel wakelock (5 min of 1 hour)
Is this what verizon galaxy nexus users typically deal with? Is the battery life on this device really THAT horrible?
Did I miss a "FABQ" (frequently asked battery questions) thread somewhere? Surely the "google experience" isn't only a quickie...
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Gary
Battery drain while off should be between 1-5% per hour (From what I have noticed). Try enabling AOKP battery saver which will drop from 4G to 3G while the screen is off which should help with the screen off battery.
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disable LTE, and you'll watch your battery life double.
Or just return the Verizon version and buy the GSM version instead.
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Battery drain while off should be between 1-5% per hour (From what I have noticed). Try enabling AOKP battery saver which will drop from 4G to 3G while the screen is off which should help with the screen off battery.
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Drain should be 1-5/hr with 4G enabled or disabled?
I'm kind of in shock at the battery drain on this thing. I'm pretty fluent with android devices, and I generally avoid any of the normal battery blackholes (such as social networking, skype, etc) I also know how to PROPERLY configure exchange so it doesn't drain battery/data. (make sure the IP number of the exchange server doesn't change when switching to/from internal wifi networks.)
However, this is my first experience with using a verizon android device - and first with LTE. My SGSII (GSM) could get 2days on a charge (2%/hr was normal when not on wifi.) and the Note (international version) could go for 3 days on a single charge.
With the LTE GNexus, 6%/hr drain with nearly no usage would give me about 15 hours of usage before 10% turn off. If I actually want to read my email messages or make a phone call (it IS a phone, you know), I might drop to less than 12 hours. I can't imagine that this is normal - or that google, verizon and samsung would endorse something like that.
(Okay, maybe samsung would... they seem to be going downhill lately.)
Surely I'm doing something wrong and the phone doesn't suck this badly. (I really hope I'm doing something wrong, as it will completely destroy my opinion of google if a "google experience" is a phone that lasts only 15 hours/charge when just left in standby.)
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Gary
the problem with battery life is LTE... its a double edged sword: you get insane speeds at the cost of battery life. every CDMA phone takes a huge hit when LTE is enabled which i think is the reason that apple has been reluctant to release an LTE enabled iphone thus far until the tech matures. im using a GSM gnex (i9250) and i can use the phone all day and still be over 30-40% at the end of the day
even with franco kernel 121 on my miui gn, i still need to charge 3 times a day... this is android.
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even with franco kernel 121 on my miui gn, i still need to charge 3 times a day... this is android.
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its not android, its LTE.. as you can see both of you are on verizon
my older HTC sensation actually got over 2 days of constant use easily (dual core snapdragon running ICS) since it was GSM.. my galaxy nexus while not getting 2 days, easily gets 1 day no problem on GSM
AFAIK there is no LTE iphone which is why you see on average the insane battery life on those devices
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the problem with battery life is LTE... its a double edged sword: you get insane speeds at the cost of battery life. every CDMA phone takes a huge hit when LTE is enabled which i think is the reason that apple has been reluctant to release an LTE enabled iphone thus far until the tech matures. im using a GSM gnex (i9250) and i can use the phone all day and still be over 30-40% at the end of the day
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I've made the change mentioned in another reply (turn off LTE when the screen turns off.) I'm charging the phone back up and will see how things go then.
With both wifi and LTE disabled, I won't be happy with drain higher than 2%/hr (assuming the screen stays off and I don't get a massive influx of email.)
For the person who said that's just the android is, you are VERY wrong. As I mentioned earlier, I'd get 2 days on a AT&T branded galaxy SII (i777) and I get 3 days on my galaxy note (international version.)
I don't know, it has to be something with your apps or your signal. I mean, 6% is fairly high in my opinion, even on LTE. I never turn LTE off unless I'm out of town (which is hardly ever). I usually get anywhere between a total of 15-20 hours of total time, and 2-3 hours of screen-on time. This is with auto brightness enabled, no GPS, no BT, just LTE. All my notifications are push as well. Make sure your signal is always a light yellow-green color (in the battery settings menu), otherwise that will definitely be the big battery eater. May I suggest trying different radios, or flashing a 4.0.4 rom? I think the new radios/4.0.4 roms have substantially increased my total and screen on time.
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I've made the change mentioned in another reply (turn off LTE when the screen turns off.) I'm charging the phone back up and will see how things go then.
With both wifi and LTE disabled, I won't be happy with drain higher than 2%/hr (assuming the screen stays off and I don't get a massive influx of email.)
For the person who said that's just the android is, you are VERY wrong. As I mentioned earlier, I'd get 2 days on a AT&T branded galaxy SII (i777) and I get 3 days on my galaxy note (international version.)
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Definitely not just Android as my girlfriend on her Droid 2 with 2.3.3 easily get's a days use out of her phone with tons of Facebook/Twitter/Etc (On Stock Motoblur/Rooted).
Llama
If you use llama to configure auto actions for areas and screen off time, I get a whole day out the the lte version. Like 6am to 1 am.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5rZWJhYi5MbGFtYSJd
I have LTE Galaxy nexus and I get 1 day 20 hours of battery life normally. About 3-4 hours of screen on time. I am using AOKP Beta 31 and have all syncing off. I have a weather widget that syncs every 2 hrs.
He I use JuiceDefender ...
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I have LTE Galaxy nexus and I get 1 day 20 hours of battery life normally. About 3-4 hours of screen on time. I am using AOKP Beta 31 and have all syncing off. I have a weather widget that syncs every 2 hrs.
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What size battery?
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theherodrownd said:
I have LTE Galaxy nexus and I get 1 day 20 hours of battery life normally. About 3-4 hours of screen on time. I am using AOKP Beta 31 and have all syncing off. I have a weather widget that syncs every 2 hrs.
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Which kernel are you using? Which radios?
I just updated my radios to use the 4.0.2 for CDMA and 4.0.3 for LTE. Not sure if that will help battery life, but my LTE d/l speeds jumped from about 6mbps to 24mbps (as reported by the speedtest.net app.)
Gary
kbohinski said:
If you use llama to configure auto actions for areas and screen off time, I get a whole day out the the lte version. Like 6am to 1 am.
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I'm very familiar with llama, but I hope you realize that your message is kind of useless with more information. Perhaps if you tell us what types of auto actions you are configuring...
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Gary
garyd9 said:
Which kernel are you using? Which radios?
I just updated my radios to use the 4.0.2 for CDMA and 4.0.3 for LTE. Not sure if that will help battery life, but my LTE d/l speeds jumped from about 6mbps to 24mbps (as reported by the speedtest.net app.)
Gary
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Imoseyon lean kernel 3.1.0 (I have used JameBond Kernel with similar results). I have the stock 4.0.4 radios (I515 V.FA02). Stock battery.
I also keep my screen brightness pretty low.
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I don't know, it has to be something with your apps or your signal. I mean, 6% is fairly high in my opinion, even on LTE. I never turn LTE off unless I'm out of town (which is hardly ever). I usually get anywhere between a total of 15-20 hours of total time, and 2-3 hours of screen-on time. This is with auto brightness enabled, no GPS, no BT, just LTE. All my notifications are push as well. Make sure your signal is always a light yellow-green color (in the battery settings menu), otherwise that will definitely be the big battery eater. May I suggest trying different radios, or flashing a 4.0.4 rom? I think the new radios/4.0.4 roms have substantially increased my total and screen on time.
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No reason to turn your GPS off. It only gets used when needed so will not hurt you battery.
On lte with everything else disabled, sync disabled, cm9 with lean kernel 3.1.0exp1, I get just about a day of usage with about 2 .5 hours of screen life, I think it is possible o get decent battery life on lte.
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removing the "my verizon" app (and the associated "data usage" widget) seems to have helped the battery a bit. Now at about 4%/hr on LTE with BT/Wifi off, GPS on (but unused.) Perhaps changing the LTE radio to 4.0.3 also helped. Using that same "lean" kernel that seems to be popular in this thread... whatever he has flagged as "stable" as of this post.
The only thing that runs beyond exchange syncing is beautiful widgets (home screen with hourly weather and time.) No other widgets, weather turned off in AOKP.
Take care
Gary
Hi folks,
I have had my rogers S3 for several days now. while i love it very much but one issue frustrates me. I get only about 6-7 hours for one charge on a maybe a little bit more than moderate use.
I read somewhere there was an error in one of the system config files but that article was talking about the international version. do any of you experience the same?
My GS3 battery life is going against all the reviews. help.
I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and it seems to be considerably better now.
not sure why the phone kept going into deep discharge, but it hasn't done it since and it's been a week or so now.. is your phone also warm near the USB connector?
The error in the config file was just in regards to the reporting of usage.. Cell Standby usage was being over-reported.. I am not seeing that as being the case on my Rogers SGS3..
One thing I did do is nuke all the rogers installed apps.. I got sick of the VVM+ whining constantly about not being able to work over WiFi.. I just used Titanium Backup to freeze all of the rogers apps.. (rather than uninstalling them).. battery life is quite good actually.. very surprised.
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Hi folks,
I have had my rogers S3 for several days now. while i love it very much but one issue frustrates me. I get only about 6-7 hours for one charge on a maybe a little bit more than moderate use.
I read somewhere there was an error in one of the system config files but that article was talking about the international version. do any of you experience the same?
My GS3 battery life is going against all the reviews. help.
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jvoisin said:
I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and it seems to be considerably better now.
not sure why the phone kept going into deep discharge, but it hasn't done it since and it's been a week or so now.. is your phone also warm near the USB connector?
The error in the config file was just in regards to the reporting of usage.. Cell Standby usage was being over-reported.. I am not seeing that as being the case on my Rogers SGS3..
One thing I did do is nuke all the rogers installed apps.. I got sick of the VVM+ whining constantly about not being able to work over WiFi.. I just used Titanium Backup to freeze all of the rogers apps.. (rather than uninstalling them).. battery life is quite good actually.. very surprised.
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thank you for the info. how is a factory reset done? does that mean i would lose everything i downloaded already? i will give the Titanium Backup a try to get rid of the rogers apps too to see if it helps. yeah, the phone gets pretty warm after a short while.
Are you on LTE, My battery gets about the same with LTE always on since it does consume a lot of power
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quekou said:
Hi folks,
I have had my rogers S3 for several days now. while i love it very much but one issue frustrates me. I get only about 6-7 hours for one charge on a maybe a little bit more than moderate use.
I read somewhere there was an error in one of the system config files but that article was talking about the international version. do any of you experience the same?
My GS3 battery life is going against all the reviews. help.
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Well.. this may not be a fix but it really worked forr me. Battery time was at least trippeled.
I drained my battery until the phone shut down, then I connected the charger WITHOUT turning on the phone (allright I KNOW it sounds stupid). Noticed the time to charge it fully increased from 1.5-2 hours to 4-5 hours.
I had to charge the phone during the day before, now it last for 2 days at least.
The cell standby is still wrong but that is just a indication fault, this was a real problem for me.
it's the rogers apps!!!
FYI - disable the rogers apps (all of them) and your battery life will DRASTICALLY increase. I've tested this with them enabled (battery life sucked), and disabled (battery lasted for like 1.5+ days).
Oh and let rogers know their apps suck like I did. The more people that report it the more chance they might actually fix them. A fun way is to do it to their twitter account @rogershelps
If you decide to keep them disabled, be sure to call Rogers and tell them to remove any of the features those apps use...thus reducing you monthly bill.
Rogers apps
dorcy75 said:
FYI - disable the rogers apps (all of them) and your battery life will DRASTICALLY increase. I've tested this with them enabled (battery life sucked), and disabled (battery lasted for like 1.5+ days).
Oh and let rogers know their apps suck like I did. The more people that report it the more chance they might actually fix them. A fun way is to do it to their twitter account @rogershelps
If you decide to keep them disabled, be sure to call Rogers and tell them to remove any of the features those apps use...thus reducing you monthly bill.
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Forgive my ignorance, I have a VZW GS3. What are Rogers apps? What app names should I look for to see if they're on my phone? Thanks to VZW I cant unlock and root my phone this may not matter.
why don't you return it for a new one?
cbandchikin said:
Forgive my ignorance, I have a VZW GS3. What are Rogers apps? What app names should I look for to see if they're on my phone? Thanks to VZW I cant unlock and root my phone this may not matter.
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Rogers is one of the provider here in Canada...similar to AT&T. They each have their own bloatware that they install in their phones.
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Hi guys,
How do you remove Rogers app? You have to be root, right?
Thx,
Phil
korg33 said:
Hi guys,
How do you remove Rogers app? You have to be root, right?
Thx,
Phil
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With root you can either delete them or use titanium backup to freeze them (stop them from running or updating).
I did this (freeze the Rogers apps and most of the samsung ones) and get all day battery life (6am to midnight) with between 4 & 5 hours of screen time.
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I've found that battery life is related to cell coverage. If I have 3-5 bars and I'm not using the phone I could lose about a percent of battery per hour and my phone will run at a 40-45 when I do use it. If I only have 1 or 2 bats and it keeps switching between 3g and 4G I could easily lose 6-10 percent an hour and my phone will run at 50 or so degrees celcius. A restart seems to help the phone get a better lock. All this temps were cpu temps.
I just did a wipe/reset and found that this worked for me. I couldn't squeeze out a day with it and now go to bed with 30-40 percent left.
Battery life
My battery life on a debloated stock build was average. I was getting about 16-18hrs on moderate use. I've recently tried CPU Editor battery saver profile and so far its going great. I'll post back on the results after I go through a few charging/discharging cycles.
The forum page for the CPU Editor is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798765
[MOD/SCRIPT]CPU Editor SGS3 Edition - Secret to Die Hard Battery
I'm with rogers and my battery is pretty awful too. Not quite as bad as yours, but still not as good as I'd hope with LTE off.
What kind of usage do you have though ? For example I work with a guy who has the same model and was complaining about battery. I checked his stats and was at 35 percent battery with 4 hours display time. If you're getting 5 to 6 hours screen on time that's enough to kill battery. If its in standby for 6 to 7 hours and battery is dying then something is wrong
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I've had very similar issues. Tried several ROMs and had charging problems and finally ended up on cm10 and it took about 3.5 hours to charge from 30% to 85%. Then dropped to 80% after only thirty minutes off the charger. Not sure exactly what to do to fix the issue.
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I have been stressing myself out about this for over a week, trying different things, buying new batteries trying new chargers, changing roms.
Turning so many things off basically making my phone into a dumbphone to try to figure out why my battery life is so bad. Could it be I just have a bad phone and need a new one??
I had a Galaxy S3 gave it to my GF, never turned any sync services off and I am able to get 20+ hours with that phone, this phone is HORRIBLE.
I was stock getting about 5 hours before dead battery (phone would get real warm- battery stats showing 33C+).
So I rooted and took it back to an LJC rom (4.1.1). Tried different modems, kernals, files tweaks with root explorer.
I bought BBS, a battery calibrator from the market and still cant see any problems that would do this?
last picture......
Should I just take it into Sprint and get a replacement???
ezeroc said:
I have been stressing myself out about this for over a week, trying different things, buying new batteries trying new chargers, changing roms.
Turning so many things off basically making my phone into a dumbphone to try to figure out why my battery life is so bad. Could it be I just have a bad phone and need a new one??
I had a Galaxy S3 gave it to my GF, never turned any sync services off and I am able to get 20+ hours with that phone, this phone is HORRIBLE.
I was stock getting about 5 hours before dead battery (phone would get real warm- battery stats showing 33C+).
So I rooted and took it back to an LJC rom (4.1.1). Tried different modems, kernals, files tweaks with root explorer.
I bought BBS, a battery calibrator from the market and still cant see any problems that would do this?
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What ROM are you installing over and over again?
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i had that issue. i fixed it by installing the same rom a couple times, and wiping cache/dalvik alot.
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I am running Macintosh 3.0 and I have power saver turned on, and I run DS Battery saver all day long. I am getting 2.5 days solid with moderate use. I am pretty sure DS Battery Saver is what is saving my battery. Let me know if you want to try the app. I have the .apk saved on my sdcard.
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I will try that !
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Also try uninstalling and reinstalling facebook. My girlfriend's phone (GS3, not a note) went from 8 hours to probably 14 hours just by using the mobile web version of facebook instead of the the app. Facebook is atrocious at making apps.
But it really does sound like you got a lemon here, I'd get a replacement from Sprint. I don't think I could kill my battery in under 10 hours unless I was playing a game non-stop. My phone is completely stock.
I will uninstall Facebook, and test it out. Thanks!
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OP. Your problem is not your ROM or anything else. Jeeze people.
Those partial wakelocks are PURELY from Google Now and the wifi/network based location. Either turn off Google Now, or turn off network-based-locating and those partial wakelocks will disappear....I'd also wager you have Sprint Connection Optimizer still running causing your phone to hangup trying to find a network conenction.
My battery took a good hite when I updated to 4.1.2 used to get 20+ hrs with 7+ screen time now I get about 14-15 with 4-5 hrs screen time
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Ok I turned off Google Now, network-based-location, and Sprint Connection Optimizer. I have also installed DS Battery Savor Pro running in balanced mode. I dont have facebook installed anymore also. Here are the screens, still just as bad........
ezeroc said:
Ok I turned off Google Now, network-based-location, and Sprint Connection Optimizer. I have also installed DS Battery Savor Pro running in balanced mode. I dont have facebook installed anymore also. Here are the screens, still just as bad........
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Based on your first pictures, your status bar, and the amount of awake time your phone is showing I'm guessing a couple of things. Do you have a phone signal where you spend most of your day? If my awake bar was solid like yours I wouldn't have a battery after 7 hours either. I would backup everything and do a full wipe / clean install and run the phone a day or so.
ezeroc said:
Ok I turned off Google Now, network-based-location, and Sprint Connection Optimizer. I have also installed DS Battery Savor Pro running in balanced mode. I dont have facebook installed anymore also. Here are the screens, still just as bad........
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What of the borderline useless bells and whistles do you have enabled? I.e. face recognition/unlock, auto-brightness, SPen battery saver etc? Things like battery savers unsurprisingly don't help so i'd nix it as it is only wasting battery.
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Based on your first pictures, your status bar, and the amount of awake time your phone is showing I'm guessing a couple of things. Do you have a phone signal where you spend most of your day? If my awake bar was solid like yours I wouldn't have a battery after 7 hours either. I would backup everything and do a full wipe / clean install and run the phone a day or so.
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Meh. On this device I always aim for getting 10%/ battery usage per hour of screen-on-time on TouchWiz ROMs, and a fraction of a percent per hour in screen-off....something is burning battery here, and it is probably a system setting.
bhint15 said:
Based on your first pictures, your status bar, and the amount of awake time your phone is showing I'm guessing a couple of things. Do you have a phone signal where you spend most of your day? If my awake bar was solid like yours I wouldn't have a battery after 7 hours either. I would backup everything and do a full wipe / clean install and run the phone a day or so.
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I am going to try that now, going to do a wipe of everything and not install anything except the battery tools.
Skripka said:
What of the borderline useless bells and whistles do you have enabled? I.e. face recognition/unlock, auto-brightness, SPen battery saver etc? Things like battery savers unsurprisingly don't help so i'd nix it as it is only wasting battery.
No face recognition/unlock, auto brightness is enabled, but with that little screen time does it really matter? No SPen battery savor. Thanks for the suggestions.
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The thing is, I have a Galaxy S3... The Note II is setup no different then that, settings or otherwise. I am trying all of these suggestions, but why did I not have to turn any of these off on my S3?? Same service area obviously. I took the Galaxy S3 off the charger last night at 100%. Put a new battery in the Note II so it was at 100%. Let them both sit on the counter for 1 hour. S3 had 98%, Note II was at 87%... No calls no texting, no screen time. It is so fustrating! I have had my fair share of battery tweaking with previous phones (HTC EVO, HTC hero). It seems something isn't right. I had problems with stock rom, that is why I rooted so quick, to try a different ROM.
If the wipe does not work I will try to get Sprint to get me a replacement, was hoping the get this figured out before I fly to Florida for a week. Good thing I have extra batteries.
ezeroc said:
The thing is, I have a Galaxy S3... The Note II is setup no different then that, settings or otherwise. I am trying all of these suggestions, but why did I not have to turn any of these off on my S3?? Same service area obviously. I took the Galaxy S3 off the charger last night at 100%. Put a new battery in the Note II so it was at 100%. Let them both sit on the counter for 1 hour. S3 had 98%, Note II was at 87%... No calls no texting, no screen time. It is so fustrating! I have had my fair share of battery tweaking with previous phones (HTC EVO, HTC hero). It seems something isn't right. I had problems with stock rom, that is why I rooted so quick, to try a different ROM.
If the wipe does not work I will try to get Sprint to get me a replacement, was hoping the get this figured out before I fly to Florida for a week. Good thing I have extra batteries.
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I would get a replacement. You should not have to turn off all thr features to get decent battery that defeats the purpose of having a smartphone.
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I recommend having Sprint check it out for you and then buying Ds battery saver pro!!!
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I recommend having Sprint check it out for you and then buying Ds battery saver pro!!!
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Bought Ds Battery savor. Charged phone to 100% put it in airplane mode went to bed at 11pm (phone at 100%), woke up at 7am and it was at 8% Fail! 0 screen time, 0 talking, zero everything and lost charge in a little over 8 hours! Going to use it in florida the next week, with my extra batteries and most likely going to return when i get back
Thanks All for your suggestions!
Has anyone disabled samsung push service. If not does it drain battery I have had it disabled since I bought the phone because I never use samsung chaton or other aops **** that but I want to start to use Chaton but not if push services has a big affect on battery.
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New T-Mobile HTC One M8 user here, been using it SIM unlocked on TMobile (used Jump!) and StraightTalk's AT&T 4G LTE.
Well I'm at about 31% and charging.
Any tips on improving battery life? I always keep my brightness rather low, but my battery life is much worse than my Nexus 5's. Almost thinking of exchanging for S5 as the removable battery may help.
This is not a rant or hate thread, I simply want to ask other T-Mobile HTC One M8 users their experiences.
Seriously I'm having to charge once or twice per day. My dad has the M8 on VZW and his phone gets much better battery life, I almost feel like my phone is defective. That or the TMO version uses more battery life.
BTW Wi-Fi is off.
Thanks,
Thomas
Clamhost said:
New T-Mobile HTC One M8 user here, been using it SIM unlocked on TMobile (used Jump!) and StraightTalk's AT&T 4G LTE.
Well I'm at about 31% and charging.
Any tips on improving battery life? I always keep my brightness rather low, but my battery life is much worse than my Nexus 5's. Almost thinking of exchanging for S5 as the removable battery may help.
This is not a rant or hate thread, I simply want to ask other T-Mobile HTC One M8 users their experiences.
Seriously I'm having to charge once or twice per day. My dad has the M8 on VZW and his phone gets much better battery life, I almost feel like my phone is defective. That or the TMO version uses more battery life.
BTW Wi-Fi is off.
Thanks,
Thomas
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I make it through a full day here, I'm used to the batt life of a note3, so it takes some getting used to. I have bluetooth/wifi on all day, with facebook/g+/twitter/4emails syncing (evy 15min). I used titanium backup to freeze all the apps I dont use or wont use... ie all tmo apps, ant+, etc also use greenify for help also...
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I make it through a full day here, I'm used to the batt life of a note3, so it takes some getting used to. I have bluetooth/wifi on all day, with facebook/g+/twitter/4emails syncing (evy 15min). I used titanium backup to freeze all the apps I dont use or wont use... ie all tmo apps, ant+, etc also use greenify for help also...
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Ah thanks. Nice Kakashi Chibi
Make sure you get Lookout off and try to get rid of it if possible. Nuke Carrier IQ in to the sun. I use Lux to autoadjust the brightness and that seems to help a lot. If you really need help look in to JuiceDefender. I can easily go a day without charging, and I haven't enabled JuiceDefender yet.
Disabling Google Now and restarting helps. Apparently there is a bug in kit kat that hammers the CPU and drives the android ui usage up with it enabled.
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Clamhost said:
New T-Mobile HTC One M8 user here, been using it SIM unlocked on TMobile (used Jump!) and StraightTalk's AT&T 4G LTE.
Well I'm at about 31% and charging.
Any tips on improving battery life? I always keep my brightness rather low, but my battery life is much worse than my Nexus 5's. Almost thinking of exchanging for S5 as the removable battery may help.
This is not a rant or hate thread, I simply want to ask other T-Mobile HTC One M8 users their experiences.
Seriously I'm having to charge once or twice per day. My dad has the M8 on VZW and his phone gets much better battery life, I almost feel like my phone is defective. That or the TMO version uses more battery life.
BTW Wi-Fi is off.
Thanks,
Thomas
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I honestly think it depends on how you are treating the battery and using your phone. Remember new phones get used more initially. You can get an S5 but that doesn't mean you'll get better battery life. Also, please don't take it from me. There are professionals that have shown the M8 to have better battery life than even the Note 3 and S5.
Proof M8 has competitive battery life
Hi dear Team
I got my 10 plus (5g) although 3 uk is still to deliver it in order to see the speeds.
I am completely in love with the phone, for sure.
However, my problem is the battery.
Previous device was Mate 20 pro, with a battery that literally could last the full day , this one not really.
while on Mate 20 pro I would go home after 14h , with still 20% , now If I am lucky, It will have 3%
Different screen yeah, but it still feels bad.
Quality is (default) so not even enjoying the full resolution out of it.
Could you help me or tell me your experience as well?
I remember the times with my S8 that while on Roaming, I had to charge it 2 or even 3 times during the day
Thanks!
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I use a package blocker. Cloud services including Google's suck down the battery. I blocked Goggle Backup Transport, Framwork, Playstore and Samsung's cloud junk. I only run them when I need them.
Samsung Push, blocked.
You need to closely watch what happens when you block them and opposed to toggling them off.
They're witchy.
I actively monitor milliamp usage realtime to spot runaways. I'm running at around 140-300 ma right now.
MA closely mirrors the cpu usage.
Screen off my power usage with AOD active is around 1%@hr.
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Hey can you share the exact list of apps that you have disabled. That would be really nice of you. I don't wanna risk doing something stupid.
Battery life is the only thing my note 10 plus is struggling with.
Subham jyoti said:
Hey can you share the exact list of apps that you have disabled. That would be really nice of you. I don't wanna risk doing something stupid.
Battery life is the only thing my note 10 plus is struggling with.
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Disably all power management including Samsung's and especially any carrier apps.
-Untoggle any power saving settings first.-
Disable all cloud apps. Knox junk.
Disable carrier, Samsung and Google feedback trash.
All Bixby except Bixby vision and Bixby vision framework which the cam needs.
Otherwise you need to sort through, learn which ones you want/use, and how they interact. Some bloatware you probably use and want to keep.
Some like Playstore I keep disabled unless I need it.
Each set up is different... play with it.
Do you have Bixby wake up word on?
It used 37 % of battery yesterday. Took me a week to figure this out as the battery was not doing well for me either.
Disable Bixby entirely!!
298j said:
Hi dear Team
I got my 10 plus (5g) although 3 uk is still to deliver it in order to see the speeds.
I am completely in love with the phone, for sure.
However, my problem is the battery.
Previous device was Mate 20 pro, with a battery that literally could last the full day , this one not really.
while on Mate 20 pro I would go home after 14h , with still 20% , now If I am lucky, It will have 3%
Different screen yeah, but it still feels bad.
Quality is (default) so not even enjoying the full resolution out of it.
Could you help me or tell me your experience as well?
I remember the times with my S8 that while on Roaming, I had to charge it 2 or even 3 times during the day
Thanks!
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Don't compare it to the Mate 20 Pro. That phone is just in a league of its own. The P30 Pro battery is even better so don't expect anything close to that as these phones are known for insane battery life.
Are you using snapdragon or Exynos?
If you are using Exynos then you won't get what the Snapdragon variant offers. Snapdragon has better battery life and this is the problem with Samsung. They should make all their phones using snapdragon chips
Hello,
Was wondering if someone has had the same experience with their note 10+.
I got my device on the 22nd of Aug and since day 1 the battery has always been showing 99% almost immediately after disconnecting from the charger.
But after that, it discharges normally. Have had no issues with SOT as well.
This wasnt the case with my note 8 and note 9. They used to stay on 100% for a while after disconnecting from the charger.
But was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience with their Note 10+.
Thank you.
viruscmotu said:
Hello,
Was wondering if someone has had the same experience with their note 10+.
I got my device on the 22nd of Aug and since day 1 the battery has always been showing 99% almost immediately after disconnecting from the charger.
But after that, it discharges normally. Have had no issues with SOT as well.
This wasnt the case with my note 8 and note 9. They used to stay on 100% for a while after disconnecting from the charger.
But was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience with their Note 10+.
Thank you.
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There is a thread adressing this issue
Do a factory reset... the first thing you have to do with a new phone is do that. Gl.
winol said:
There is a thread adressing this issue
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Link to thread?
Conito11 said:
Do a factory reset... the first thing you have to do with a new phone is do that. Gl.
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aleekwen said:
Do you have Bixby wake up word on?
It used 37 % of battery yesterday. Took me a week to figure this out as the battery was not doing well for me either.
Disable Bixby entirely!!
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How do you disable Bixby?? I would like to disable also since i dont use it and it is also eating up battery.
CCSWE App manager in playstore, you have to buy it, but works really well
blake .l said:
How do you disable Bixby?? I would like to disable also since i dont use it and it is also eating up battery.
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I only needed to disable the always on listening for the wake-up word for my battery to get back to normal (and disable bixby routines in settings).
Battery is OK now for me - still not as good as Huawei Mate 20 Pro but good enough.
aleekwen said:
Do you have Bixby wake up word on?
It used 37 % of battery yesterday. Took me a week to figure this out as the battery was not doing well for me either.
Disable Bixby entirely!!
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Package block all Bixby crapware except
-Bixby Vision and Bixby Vision Framework- (use by camera!!!).
Ha-ha kill wittle Bixby... don't need no big sister.
With an Exynos variant I get 7, 7 and a half hours TOS, of course if I play games the phone won't last me all day.
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XxReApErxX said:
With an Exynos variant I get 7, 7 and a half hours TOS, of course if I play games the phone won't last me all day.
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I use a package blocker. Cloud services including Google's suck down the battery. I blocked Goggle Backup Transport, Framwork, Playstore and Samsung's cloud junk. I only run them when I need them.
Samsung Push, blocked.
You need to closely watch what happens when you block them and opposed to toggling them off.
They're witchy.
I actively monitor milliamp usage realtime to spot runaways. I'm running at around 140-300 ma right now.
MA closely mirrors the cpu usage.
Screen off my power usage with AOD active is around 1%@hr.