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Okay I've been reading reviews on people getting 20 hours on battery with the same usage as I am, but my battery dies around 12-15 hours which I think is pretty good. Well I'll post up screenies to show you guys. Just checking if my battery life is normal before jumping ahead and buying a new battery.
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I'm getting about that with about 6 hours of audio play mixed in.
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Oh okay. Thats good to know. I play music about the same amount.
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May I ask how battery life is on AOSP roms, like cm?
So what's the overall way to increase battery without disabling the awesome features of this phone? I read in this thread to over charge for an hour or two, but in another thread it says not to over charge the battery... I'm confused
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I'd like to know all of your settings, I wish my battery life was that good!
joshua.justice said:
I'd like to know all of your settings, I wish my battery life was that good!
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+1 I would like to know too
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kevinrubio1 said:
So what's the overall way to increase battery without disabling the awesome features of this phone? I read in this thread to over charge for an hour or two, but in another thread it says not to over charge the battery... I'm confused
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It all depends on how you use your phone. If you have a bunch of apps synching, terrible reception, and the screen on the brightest setting all the time you most likely won't get good battery life. I'm more than happy coming from the Nexus 4 though. That phone had horrendous battery life.
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It all depends on how you use your phone. If you have a bunch of apps synching, terrible reception, and the screen on the brightest setting all the time you most likely won't get good battery life. I'm more than happy coming from the Nexus 4 though. That phone had horrendous battery life.
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I could get a full days use with my nexus 4 and only use like 40% tasker can work wonders. I'm going to try to it on my s 4 when I let the battery settle from all my changing apps and flashing
joshua.justice said:
I could get a full days use with my nexus 4 and only use like 40% tasker can work wonders. I'm going to try to it on my s 4 when I let the battery settle from all my changing apps and flashing
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Interesting... I use my phone A LOT though and the S4 has impressed me since day one. My nexus dies in a little over a day with no use at all.
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nbeebe24 said:
Interesting... I use my phone A LOT though and the S4 has impressed me since day one. My nexus dies in a little over a day with no use at all.
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I just set up my galaxy s 4 to do the same, I'll try it for a few days. I just use tasker to set it to turn off internet unless I have an app open which requires it.
You can set it to turn on internet and sync at intervals too.
I didnt really change anything. Shut off all features. Brightness like 25%. But I did underclock to 1.3ghz. Which stilll ran really smooth.
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My brother and I have the same phones, the s4 and his battery is better. I don't understand why! We have the same exact settings, but his is black and mine is white
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Ive notice that some apps like google maps kills battery too. Even if youre not running it. So check if your running applications.
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PestiferouSx said:
Ive notice that some apps like google maps kills battery too. Even if youre not running it. So check if your running applications.
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I just disabled google maps, I'm testing the battery out today
kevinrubio1 said:
I just disabled google maps, I'm testing the battery out today
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Alright. Now the waiting game.
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PestiferouSx said:
Alright. Now the waiting game.
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The battery, somewhat, got better!
But I'm installing a kernel in a few to see if that helps!
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The battery, somewhat, got better!
But I'm installing a kernel in a few to see if that helps!
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Try ktoonez kernel and set it on koonzservative.
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Also are you on stock and fully bloated?
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Just do what I do. I use an old car battery and I soldered leads into the back of the phone. Sure, my arms get tired and people stare at me in Wal-Mart... but I NEVER run out of battery. :laugh: :good:
I have noticed that my S4 tends to get a bit hot around the top right side and by the camera. Is there and way to prevent this?
Please share your experience.
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I've had no problems with my s4 so far.... I'm on voip's all day long and no heating problem.....
But it does take forever to charge this pig... Lol
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zorprime01 said:
I've had no problems with my s4 so far.... I'm on voip's all day long and no heating problem.....
But it does take forever to charge this pig... Lol
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Mine charges extremely quick with stock charger
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Mine charges extremely quick with stock charger
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I use the stock charger as well...
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I have noticed that my S4 tends to get a bit hot around the top right side and by the camera. Is there and way to prevent this?
Please share your experience.
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Seen others report issues of heat around camera from others on the tmobile site but I have not had any problems yet.
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Then idk what can it be. I have all the air gestures turned off. And only use wifi.
To all that responded thank you.
And do all of you have a rooted S4? Or are you on stock? Maybe it only happens when your on stock.
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Every phone does that...and its more noticeable when you are playing games or streaming a lot! Of videos
Yes mine gets hot.
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Who's s4 charges quickly?
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farru503 said:
Every phone does that...and its more noticeable when you are playing games or streaming a lot! Of videos
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The first couple of days ... I was having the same issue ... and I wasn't streaming videos nor nothing ... just charging ...
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Who's s4 charges quickly?
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Mine charges in like 2 hours or so that's pretty fast to me.
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Same but that's weird
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The first couple of days ... I was having the same issue ... and I wasn't streaming videos nor nothing ... just charging ...
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ohh well dont worry about it if during the day your phone last at least 10 hours of overall use then dont worry ...but if the battery drains quickly then it might be the ROM, or your battery or multiples widgets are running all day
Your phone should not get very hot (if at all) while charging.
Two main reasons this will occur
1. Wrong voltage on AC charger (if you're not using stock)
2. Rom/Kernel issues
I've definitely experienced my phone getting hot when streaming HD video or playing cpu/gpu intensive games for a while.
My phone takes forever to charge but man it last long time too....
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zorprime01 said:
My phone takes forever to charge but man it last long time too....
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Mine charges quickly and drains quickly too
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for every 5 min its up 5%
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Who's s4 charges quickly?
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for every 5 min of charging its up 5%. :laugh:
did Samsung say that they improve the charging when they first show the GS4?
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I have noticed that my S4 tends to get a bit hot around the top right side and by the camera. Is there and way to prevent this?
Please share your experience.
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That is perfectly normal. Thats where the processor is situated. It is normal for the CPU to reach temps of around 70 degrees under heavy usage. As long as the phone isnt shutting itself off because of overheating you are fine!
These phones tend to get hot at times, if it is hot all the time then you have an issie.
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I have noticed that my S4 tends to get a bit hot around the top right side and by the camera. Is there and way to prevent this?
Please share your experience.
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yeah comes in handy for when I want to warm up my meal. keeps my bigmac warm till I get home. heres how:
step 1: start hd recording
step 2: place meal ontop of phone
step3: enjoy hot meal!
Does anyone know if the audio latency has improved in the new N7 over the 2012 version (70ms) ?
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heccubusxda said:
Does anyone know if the audio latency has improved in the new N7 over the 2012 version (70ms) ?
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it does seem to run a bit better with caustic now
What does Caustic say for latency in ms?
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Just to answer my own question. Latency is 40ms. Same as N4 and Galaxy Nexus.
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heccubusxda said:
Just to answer my own question. Latency is 40ms. Same as N4 and Galaxy Nexus.
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No it's not. The Numbers from Caustic are basically garbage. See refined-apps.com / music/latency-nexus-7-2013
aleub said:
No it's not. The Numbers from Caustic are basically garbage. See refined-apps.com / music/latency-nexus-7-2013
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Thanks for pointing me to this. I am really disappointed that Google is moving backwards on this front
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I think I got a dud because my battery life is sucking real bad. I had G2 for over a week and I have to say, the battery on G2 blows Note 3 out of the water which bums me out. I mean 7% in 35 minutes is simply unacceptable. Anyone else having similar problems? Should I take it back to the T-Mobile store and ask for a replacement? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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umair239 said:
I think I got a dud because my battery life is sucking real bad. I had G2 for over a week and I have to say, the battery on G2 blows Note 3 out of the water which bums me out. I mean 7% in 35 minutes is simply unacceptable. Anyone else having similar problems? Should I take it back to the T-Mobile store and ask for a replacement? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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Let the battery settle in.. or u can just wait for external batteries to come out
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Turn off WiFi scanning in advanced WiFi settings.
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abalosmusic said:
Let the battery settle in.. or u can just wait for external batteries to come out
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Okay, I'll wait. It's the first day may be that's why.
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Turn off WiFi scanning in advanced WiFi settings.
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Thanks bud, that's one of the first few things I took care of and the battery stats are with Wifi scanning disabled
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So far my battery is really good.
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I guess I'll replace it tomorrow. I am also not happy with the wifi signal strength. It's hardly one bar. I am getting convinced that I got a defective one.
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Can anyone else post their stats so I can at least compare. Please!
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Hey buddy I work for tmobile... we are told to let the battery die completely and then charge all the way up to 100 and then unplug.
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My battery life seems good so far. I'm still on the pre charge. Got about 3 hours phone call 2 hours screen on. And 18% left. Haven't done my first charge yet.
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lennie said:
My battery life seems good so far. I'm still on the pre charge. Got about 3 hours phone call 2 hours screen on. And 18% left. Haven't done my first charge yet.
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Okay, I'll try that before replacing the device. Thank you.
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umair239 said:
Okay, I'll try that before replacing the device. Thank you.
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usually when you get a new battery you're supposed to condition it. but anyways, I usually turn off wifi, gps, disable pen detection when in holster
Here is another picture showing 3% drop in battery juice with only 17 minutes of usage. This is freaking embarrassing
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Let the plucking battery cycle a couple of times. I'm sorry but youse sound like a bunch of whinny brats. It takes time for the battery to reach peak performance.
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Is that with 17 minutes of screen on time? If so, ur battery is fine. Ur on pave for over 7 hours of screen time.
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3% in 17 minutes of screen time is not bad at all
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3% in 17 minutes of screen time is not bad at all
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Yeah these screenshots without on-screen time are useless.
Even 10 minutes of on screen time for 3% is pretty good - that's on track for 5.5 hours of on-screen time.
What u talking about batt is breast since I got my phone I got it 45% out of the box. And it's still running good so far
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What u talking about batt is breast since I got my phone I got it 45% out of the box. And it's still running good so far
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But you charged it for a while though.
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Why not just use WiFi calling?
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It has nothing to do with wifi calling.
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Never heard of this
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I am
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Yes, I'm using it purchased for 90 bucks on eBay. Working wonderfully.
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I am
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Thanks bud I set mine up and I don't see much of a difference.
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I got it free from T-Mobile like a year ago, because we had really bad signal at my house. We get better signal n sometimes 4g with it. I think there's a YouTube video showing you how to set it up correctly
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xda23 said:
Thanks bud I set mine up and I don't see much of a difference.
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How far apart to you have your window unit from your coverage unit as far as in ft.? Thanks in advance!!!
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xda23 said:
How far apart to you have your window unit from your coverage unit as far as in ft.? Thanks in advance!!!
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Like 15 ft
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I have one also, it's in my second floor transmitting down to the receiver on the first floor. It works okay. I don't get 4 bars, but I also don't get dropped calls anymore and usually have 2 to 3 bars depending on where in the house I am.
Mine was free also because I complained about my coverage. I wouldn't pay too much for one though, unless you get a really good signal from the second floor that you can use.
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Got one free from T-Mobile.
I was having almost no reception and this stopped the dropped calls but the gain is not like getting full bars while without gets none, if you know what I mean. It just makes the phone usable without having to use your wifi for calling. My wifi calling wasn't good for many contacts. They kept saying my voice was breaking up using the wifi so I asked t-mo to help improve the service for me and they sent the booster. No extension on the contract, no charge for the unit, and not even a charge for shipping.
Sometimes they surprise me with their customer service, and sometimes they just stink!
I guess it depends on who is "helping" you.
Bottom line, the booster works. You cannot amplify a ZERO SIGNAL so remember, you at least have to have something like 1 or two bars and it will work. They even replaced the unit after 7 months cause the signal was getting weak in the house so they said the booster was failing. Again, Free-99 for the replacement. Can't grumble about service like that.......