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Hi everyone I got my phone 4 days ago and have been through charge cycles but my battery life sucks. I only get a Max of 2hrs on screen time and 12 hours with the phone on (if its in airplane mode the whole time). Also, it takes forever to charge. I charged it from 7pm to 10:30pm and it went from 2% to 34%. And as i type this message (on wifi) I lost 3% battery life. What should I do?
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Also it seems that display takes up 50% battery (which is good) but as soon as I send one text, phone immediately goes to 50% and display down to 18%. It stays that way all day and rebooting does not help. And the battery percent goes up and down without charging. And yes I have calibrated it multiple times
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Have you considered getting another battery
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I would not like to spend anymore money on this phone if possible. I just spent $680 on it. What kind of battery life are u getting?
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You should return it. My on screen time is 3hrs and I still have 61% left.
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Yup, I can get 4+ hours screen time, not on power saver. You need to swap your phone out, something's not right.
Something is definitely wrong. I had a 45 minute conversation in my car today with the screen on for navigation and it only drained 15%. I was quite impressed.
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Call up T-Mobile and tell them your battery is defective and they will send you a new one free of charge. Plus you can keep your old one.
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Well I went back to the tmobile store and just swapped the phone. Hopefully this one will be better than the last.
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Scoutamis said:
Hi everyone I got my phone 4 days ago and have been through charge cycles but my battery life sucks. I only get a Max of 2hrs on screen time and 12 hours with the phone on (if its in airplane mode the whole time). Also, it takes forever to charge. I charged it from 7pm to 10:30pm and it went from 2% to 34%. And as i type this message (on wifi) I lost 3% battery life. What should I do?
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Most likely, you have a lemon, and you should exchange it.
keep in mind, if you store your phone in a hot place it will drain considerably quicker..happen to my S2
G1_enthusiast said:
keep in mind, if you store your phone in a hot place it will drain considerably quicker..happen to my S2
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I always have my phone in my pocket so its not really ever in a hot place. But thanks for the suggestion
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Scoutamis said:
I always have my phone in my pocket so its not really ever in a hot place. But thanks for the suggestion
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You clearly have something defective.
(from my phone)
em2drvr03 said:
Call up T-Mobile and tell them your battery is defective and they will send you a new one free of charge. Plus you can keep your old one.
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are you serious? can someone verify this?
Do you have low signal. At my home I had the same issue, but on sprint. Using something like juice defender extended my battery life considerably.
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Lieu10ant said:
are you serious? can someone verify this?
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Here we go. Now everybody and their mom is gonna try to scam T-Mobile like Charlie did HTC for the battery covers. :-[
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The_Biz said:
Here we go. Now everybody and their mom is gonna try to scam T-Mobile like Charlie did HTC for the battery covers. :-[
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Then they'll start charging. My friends Sensation legit needed a back cover for his phone (power button was shot and volume rocker fell out) but he couldn't get one from HTC after three attempts.
Try doing a factory reset. It helped on my S3.
prophetx2 said:
Do you have low signal. At my home I had the same issue, but on sprint. Using something like juice defender extended my battery life considerably.
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Signal is strong where I live so that wasn't the issue
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vince2398 said:
Try doing a factory reset. It helped on my S3.
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Tried that and it didn't help so I got it replaced. Getting much better results with the new phone
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Just curious if anybody else's gets pretty warm after surfing the web and listening to some music or another instance was while video chatting with my wife? Is this been the case or do I have a defect. The vibrant I came from never really did.
Yea it gets a little warm but nothing to worry about. Let's not forget how thin the back cover is.... So you will feel it warm.
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Yeah, mine gets warm. I don't consider it "HOT"
Ditto....it heats up...and i feel it through my case...have not given it much thought thou.
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yup definitely gets hot. Usually it's ok but when it's really hot outside it can be bothersome but not to the point that it burns or anything. At least not yet lol.
Thanks guys, I feel better.
If you are too worried use some app that will display battery temperature. I use wifi tether. My battery goes to max 37 degree Celsius after gaming for half an hour. That's not bad considering the battery is designed to operate upto 60 degrees.
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Mine gets hot after about 20 minutes browsing the web without letting the screen turn off once, but it always cools back down really fast. I was freaking out the first couple of times this happened because T-mobile's exchange policy is retarded and slow. I waited long enough for the phone I didn't want to have to wait longer for a replacement. I also have an issue that has been happening ever since I bought the phone. I tried searching, but got nothing. com.process.google.gapps always force closes, but after I hit okay everything runs great. When it happens it does freeze everything on the phone except the notification bar. Then when it finally says com.process.google.gapps has stopped and needs to close, I just hit the okay button and it's like nothing ever happened. Anybody else have this problem and if so know what's causing it?
Mine can get pretty warm too to the point where my hand gets greasy/ sweaty a little .. gets annoying
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Same here
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You said heavy load... Lol
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Mine heats up jus ten minutes after browsing the web.. I guess it's normal but I don't like it
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I can't tell... I live in Texas and even our ice is hot right now.
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esteho said:
I can't tell... I live in Texas and even our ice is hot right now.
Sent from my phone! Suck it 1980's.
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Lol nice! That's funny ..pretty hot here in Florida too.. low 90s with a lot of rain = humidity
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Used my phone for navigation yesterday, perched on my dash in the blazing sun, screen on for an hour and GPS on using Bluetooth for music. Got to 44.8C.
stevessvt said:
Used my phone for navigation yesterday, perched on my dash in the blazing sun, screen on for an hour and GPS on using Bluetooth for music. Got to 44.8C.
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Did you have any issues? Like the phone slowing down, rebooting or even shutting off due to an over heat?
Mine gets warm as well, but not "hot," so I don't worry about it.
After flashing new kernel. It doesn't feel so warm. I don't run it overclocked.
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When I'm on mobile data with GPS running, I noticed the bottom of half of my S3 getting pretty damn warm. Is this normal?
Just started using mine I'm feeling the same heat
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No heat here.. downloaded a 840mb file over 3g for A span of like 3 or 4 hours and didn't get any heat at all
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Mine also gets quite warm. I can't believe yours wasn't cooking after downloading that file
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Are you guys all running stock kernel and ROM or custom? I'm on stock.
Ha! Try hours with GPS, Bluetooth music and Tethering on... the heat seems to really hit while I'm charging and doing all that. Fact! I can't touch the ass end of the phone. It probably gets about 8 hours a week like that. Still working perfectly. Samsung tells me it's normal. It also has a lot of factors for me too. I use a 1 amp charger. After 96% it's not so bad. At night when brightness is down. Not as hot. I tried to get it to mess up but couldn't. GPS, Bluetooth, tethering, charging from 30% and 100% display, and I pushed out to a low coverage area. Didn't miss a beat or melt. Lol.
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Navigation makes phones really hot, but with normal usage it should stay within 30-36°C.
I like this phone's heat management more than my old phone. My Evo 3d would get hot from 10 min usage.
On this, my screen has been on for 2 hours straight and I'm running at a cool 35.1 °C.
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yousefak said:
Navigation makes phones really hot, but with normal usage it should stay within 30-36°C.
I like this phone's heat management more than my old phone. My Evo 3d would get hot from 10 min usage.
On this, my screen has been on for 2 hours straight and I'm running at a cool 35.1 °C.
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How do you check the temp?
clankfu said:
How do you check the temp?
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Download this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.darshancomputing.BatteryIndicator
In the notification it will tell you the battery temperature.
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yousefak said:
Download this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.darshancomputing.BatteryIndicator
In the notification it will tell you the battery temperature.
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gracias
clankfu said:
When I'm on mobile data with GPS running, I noticed the bottom of half of my S3 getting pretty damn warm. Is this normal?
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When I was running CM10 for a day or two I thought my phone would melt but it was also 90+ degrees outside so it was hard to tell. My phone gets a little warm, but nothing too worrying.
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Mine also gets quite warm. I can't believe yours wasn't cooking after downloading that file
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I downloaded teamsonic Rom while at work and no heat.. just murdered my battery. Went from almost 90% to dead by the time it downloaded
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I downloaded teamsonic Rom while at work and no heat.. just murdered my battery. Went from almost 90% to dead by the time it downloaded
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When you downloaded that, were you on stock ROM and kernel?
This is to be expected. It is pretty high clock rate too but seriously a huge improvement from the gs2
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When you downloaded that, were you on stock ROM and kernel?
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No I was on the previous version of team sonic Rom.
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I get stupid heat when i play with my phone for abot 30 min.....its crazy.....guess every thing comes with a cost specially if this phone is this thin.
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This is to be expected. It is pretty high clock rate too but seriously a huge improvement from the gs2
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It actually shouldn't be expected. The Snapdragon S3's also ran at 1.5ghz and was pleasantly cool and the Exynos on the Galaxy Note was at 1.4ghz. Both are less power efficient and should run hotter than the S4. I've used the Evo LTE for a while with the same S4 and it barely got warm on a hot day. The issue is with the second core being weird. For those that hasn't already, make sure you flash Freeza's fix, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790061 . This fix made my phone cool and got rid of my quickly draining battery life.
Most of the time my phone will stay within "normal" (to me) range, but when I game heavily... it turns into an oven range! I've gotten so paranoid a few times, I took the battery out and let it cooled for 5-10min
Im having the same problem....it isnt the software thats causing this its the hardware
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I hope you guys will repsond to this... What do you consider to be "normal" temperature for your phone to reach? Is 35 degrees realy normal? Ive heard people with s3 talk of theirs only reaching temperatures of 29 degrees max.
Thanks.
So I decided to do what the manufacturer recommends when it comes to the battery, you know, charge it fully then discharge it. So I pulled it off the charger at 6am at 100%....moderate to heavy usage all day as I just unwrapped it, went to bed at 76%...so i turned on navigation and opened up a movie on Netflix hoping that would drive the battery down. I woke up at 56%! Myvold note would be dead, but this thing just keeps going! Christmas have mercy, this thing is amazing!
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So I decided to do what the manufacturer recommends when it comes to the battery, you know, charge it fully then discharge it. So I pulled it off the charger at 6am at 100%....moderate to heavy usage all day as I just unwrapped it, went to bed at 76%...so i turned on navigation and opened up a movie on Netflix hoping that would drive the battery down. I woke up at 56%! Myvold note would be dead, but this thing just keeps going! Christmas have mercy, this thing is amazing!
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Yea man,Samsung did a phenomenal job this time around with the battery .I came from the i717 and I am so happy about battery life now!!!!
agreed. I was skeptical about the battery life reviews prior to purchasing and with a larger display and faster processor I figured no way any of this could be true. Coming from Galaxy SII that could not make a 6 hour day of use without being tethered to a PC and going out with anything less than a full charge was a recipe for disaster.
I can go a full day browsing and playing music on my Note II and not drain the battery.
Battery life is amazing. I have to really try and kill it to get it dead inside of a day.
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Battery life is amazing. I have to really try and kill it to get it dead inside of a day.
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It's not too hard to kill the battery on this monster. You can do a few things to really get the battery down, such as actual gaming, watching movies, and a lot of web browsing. Outside of that, it's really difficult to kill this battery under 24 hours. I have had very limited usage on my phone over the holiday. I am up to 77+ hours of battery time and a little over 3 hours of screen-on time and still have 7% battery left! If someone put a gun to my head and asked me to truthfully tell them when's the last time I had a phone other than the Note II, that could last 3 days without a charge, someone better call a really good clean-up crew!
I love the battery life, but I'm thinking about getting an extended battery just for the heck of it.
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This thing rivals some of the later model RIM devices I've had. Well done Samsung.
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I agree. It's amazing. Makes you wonder if they are going to put an even bigger and better one in the note 3.
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I am shocked at the battery life on this, if I knew it was this good I would have bought it the first day it came out about twice as long as my note 1 and quite a bit longer then my nexus 4. I bought the phone Tuesday rooted and running clearom 3.5 and note2core ex kernel and about to get over 8 hours screen on time on the first full cycle of the battery I am amazed !!!
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Its nice to have a phone that you can run a live wallpaper on and it not drain the battery like crazy!
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Im getting 24 hours plus on my phone...cant complain one bit
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I am shocked at the battery life on this, if I knew it was this good I would have bought it the first day it came out about twice as long as my note 1 and quite a bit longer then my nexus 4. I bought the phone Tuesday rooted and running clearom 3.5 and note2core ex kernel and about to get over 8 hours screen on time on the first full cycle of the battery I am amazed !!!
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8 hours of screen time watching movies on a cross country flight and I landed at 60% Holy smokes!! I've never come close draining the battery on a full heavy usage day.
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gman4nj said:
Im getting 24 hours plus on my phone...cant complain one bit
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I have everything turned on. Bluetooth, exchange sync, all Google services sync, Skype in background, IM+ in background, weather update at 15min and still can't come close in draining the battery. I am also trying to fully charge the battery and drain it. It takes me a day and half to kill it with everything running and navigation running wherever I go.
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8 hours of screen time watching movies on a cross country flight and I landed at 60% Holy smokes!! I've never come close draining the battery on a full heavy usage day.
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I have everything turned on. Bluetooth, exchange sync, all Google services sync, Skype in background, IM+ in background, weather update at 15min and still can't come close in draining the battery. I am also trying to fully charge the battery and drain it. It takes me a day and half to kill it with everything running and navigation running wherever I go.
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I find this hard to believe, 8 hours of movies only using up 40%. That's 5%/hr, that's amazing if true.
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I find this hard to believe, 8 hours of movies only using up 40%. That's 5%/hr, that's amazing if true.
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It was in airplane mode though since I was in the air.
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When the phone uses L T E connection the battery goes down 10% per hour. I guess that is normal for everyone too.
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etrustin said:
When the phone uses L T E connection the battery goes down 10% per hour. I guess that is normal for everyone too.
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I get phenomenal battery life. Cant complain. I average about 32-36 hours per charge y about 4 to 4 1/2 hrs of screen time
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Yeah Im on stock still and im on my second day of messing around. Im so used to my Note 1 that every night needed a charge even with power save on lol. Super well done. Charges quicker as well.
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I too am quite surprised by the battery life offered by the Note II. This thing simply smokes any other phone I've used in terms of how long I can get out of a single charge, it's really impressive. I'm used to plugging my phone in every 6-8 hours on a day of heavy usage even with power saving mode turned on, whereas the Note II seems to be able to go pretty much all day and even then some depending on the usage.
I have the s3, but two of my good friends both have noteII and the first thing they both mentioned to me about the phone is the battery life! After being around one for a full day with much usage, I must agree it is very impressive for such a big screen!
As the title says.. I charge my phone and do light things in it and it heats uo so much. . Im considering and exchange for different model..
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pezlomd said:
As the title says.. I charge my phone and do light things in it and it heats uo so much. . Im considering and exchange for different model..
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No... Not hot at all....
My phone only gets hot when I am playing games...
Not at all so far. Only mildly warm. The heat is really going to depend on what is running on your phone (apps/processes/etc...)
Yea ever since I got it when I put it on the charger and start texting or light web browsing the top half gets friggin hot... not fry an egg on ur macbook pro hot.. but too hot to put in ur pocket. Ill exchange it.
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pezlomd said:
Yea ever since I got it when I put it on the charger and start texting or light web browsing the top half gets friggin hot... not fry an egg on ur macbook pro hot.. but too hot to put in ur pocket. Ill exchange it.
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Yep. Exchange it. I just got two of these - one was fine, and the other was was getting hot enough to cause it to reboot or hang completely. Exchanged the bad one and will find out later today if it's better.
My phone was jus like the op says until I ota updated may 7 now cool as a cucumber
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