I received my S6 Edge on Wednesday and rooted it the same day via Ping Pong. I'm on G925TUVU1AOCG. Is that even the latest version? Anyways, battery life is literally ****. I can't get more than 2 hours of Screen on Time. Even my Galaxy Nexus from 2012 gets at least 2+ hours.
Is this because I'm not on the latest version, rooted, or something else people have experience with?
I've had horrible battery life since I've rooted using ping pong this week. I don't think my phone is going into deep sleep but haven't checked it yet. It drains fast when not being used.
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Yea so I flashed the stock ROM with Odin and unrooted. I didn't wipe data however. But battery life still sucks. For anyone that cares .
I read a trick about disabling google now and it seemed to help drastically.
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Yea so I flashed the stock ROM with Odin and unrooted. I didn't wipe data however. But battery life still sucks. For anyone that cares .
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I went through this issue with my first S6. Re-root and download better battery stats - or CPU Spy. See if your phone is going into deep sleep. Mine was constantly kept awake by lli_pm_wlock. I couldn't find ANY information about it on the internet - but it was keeping the cores active and burning through battery like crazy. It would occasionally enter deep sleep, but only for a few minutes at a time.
I ended up returning the phone and getting my new S6 Edge. I tried everything - factory resets, flashing stock firmware via Odin, basically everything possible without tripping KNOX with a custom kernel.
My battery life has been awful. Specially after rooting with Ping Pong and specifically last night. 100% at 10PM, and at 11AM with 58 minutes of on screen time, the battery was at 13%. That is just horrible. Worst battery life I have ever gotten out of the phone.
Pains me to say it, but if the battery doesn't improve by unrooting it, and waiting for a future update to 5.1, I'll most likely change to a LG G4.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
My battery life has been awful. Specially after rooting with Ping Pong and specifically last night. 100% at 10PM, and at 11AM with 58 minutes of on screen time, the battery was at 13%. That is just horrible. Worst battery life I have ever gotten out of the phone.
Pains me to say it, but if the battery doesn't improve by unrooting it, and waiting for a future update to 5.1, I'll most likely change to a LG G4.
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If you have it rooted install Better Battery Stats and figure out the problem. If it's a wakelock, the problem is it's just not going to sleep. Something is keeping the CPU active even when the screen is off and nothing is going on. It's a common problem on the rooted phones - but usually PingPong Root doesn't have the issue. Enter recovery (turn off - then power, vol up, home at the same time) and clear the cache. Reboot and run BBS for a while.
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I received my S6 Edge on Wednesday and rooted it the same day via Ping Pong. I'm on G925TUVU1AOCG. Is that even the latest version? Anyways, battery life is literally ****. I can't get more than 2 hours of Screen on Time. Even my Galaxy Nexus from 2012 gets at least 2+ hours.
Is this because I'm not on the latest version, rooted, or something else people have experience with?
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I also have the same experience but instead I just keep my phone on Ultra Saving mode
It's been really difficult for me to try to drain my phone to see my average screen on time.
But is this normal? I'm not sure what is a decent Deep Sleep percentage.
Btw: This is after I unrooted without factory reset.
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XxKINGxX2580 said:
My battery life has been awful. Specially after rooting with Ping Pong and specifically last night. 100% at 10PM, and at 11AM with 58 minutes of on screen time, the battery was at 13%. That is just horrible. Worst battery life I have ever gotten out of the phone.
Pains me to say it, but if the battery doesn't improve by unrooting it, and waiting for a future update to 5.1, I'll most likely change to a LG G4.
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Yea we're having very similar issues. I would try the G4, but the Edge is too beautiful!! This is the first time I've gotten a phone so soon after release, so I'm probably gonna stick it out for a month or 2 and wait for bug fixes.
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So I purposely didn't charge it last night, and you can tell it has really really bad standby time.
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Try disabling WiFi or set it to keep it on only when plugged in.
Andr3wD said:
It's been really difficult for me to try to drain my phone to see my average screen on time.
But is this normal? I'm not sure what is a decent Deep Sleep percentage.
Btw: This is after I unrooted without factory reset.
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That is not normal. Backup your data and flash stock firmware with SmartSwitch then restore what you want. See if that makes your battery last any longer.
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So I purposely didn't charge it last night, and you can tell it has really really bad standby time.
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I had horrible battery life when I got it out of box. It wouldn't last more than 5 hrs with very little use. After I flashed stock firmware with SmartSwitch, Battery+ RAM Usage issue got solved. Now I get whole day with single charge. I take my phone out from charger by 7 AM and by the time 10 PM in night, Phone would still have 35-40% battery left. I get many emails [50+], 2hrs of GPS+Music streaming + random facebook & Instagram and even after this, I get good battery life. So I would 1000% recommend that you do a flash stock firmware with SmartSwitch.
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I had horrible battery life when I got it out of box. It wouldn't last more than 5 hrs with very little use. After I flashed stock firmware with SmartSwitch, Battery+ RAM Usage issue got solved. Now I get whole day with single charge. I take my phone out from charger by 7 AM and by the time 10 PM in night, Phone would still have 35-40% battery left. I get many emails [50+], 2hrs of GPS+Music streaming + random facebook & Instagram and even after this, I get good battery life. So I would 1000% recommend that you do a flash stock firmware with SmartSwitch.
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That is not normal. Backup your data and flash stock firmware with SmartSwitch then restore what you want. See if that makes your battery last any longer.
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I tried using SmartSwitch and unfortunately, battery life was only a tiny bit better. However, I started getting a bunch of force closes, and the phone became laggier than before. I would try it again, but it's so much work resetting up my phone! ...especially without root.
So I ordered the G4. Hopefully I'll be getting the Note 5 in a few months .
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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.
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?
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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.
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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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Bone stock, not rooted or rommed.
My battery life used to be phenomenal. I would check at the end of basically every day and averaged 4-8 hours of actual Screen On time. The Screen would account for 40-55% of the usage, followed by all of the*apps*that I had used that day. Android System and Android OS would be pretty far down on the list.*
Now that I have 4.1.2, I'm lucky to hit 3 hours of Screen On time. And now Screen, Android System, and Android OS are accounting for 20% EACH.
I haven't changed any settings or the way that I used the phone. The only thing that has changed is the update.*Is anybody else experiencing this?
I've gotten bettery battery life since 4.1.2, significantly better. Try to perform a factory reset or it could be a faulty device.
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Bone stock, not rooted or rommed.*
y battery life used to be phenomenal. I would check at the end of basically every day and averaged 4-8 hours of actual Screen On time. The Screen would account for 40-55% of the usage, followed by all of the*apps*that I had used that day. Android System and Android OS would be pretty far down on the list.*
Now that I have 4.1.2, I'm lucky to hit 3 hours of Screen On time. And now Screen, Android System, and Android OS are accounting for 20% EACH.
I haven't changed any settings or the way that I used the phone. The only thing that has changed is the update.*Is anybody else experiencing this?
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Yep and I have more or less tried everything including tweaks galore, every suggestion I coukd find, and freezing several dozen apps.
Nothing can be done about this and my guess is Samsung have made an absolute mess of the update. My HTC loses maybe 1% overnight on a bad day, this loses way over 10%.
I'll prob end up switching back to 4.1.1 but unfortunately it doesnt have the tap to reflow feature in the browser (which I use a lot)... I wonder if I can remove it via titanium and restore the newer version which would have reflow on 4.1.1 ??
I have the same problem. As soon as I took my phone off the charger this morning it dropped to 99%. On 4.1.1 it used to last for a good 20 minutes before dropping to 99%. Also last night after about 6 hours of screen time Android System was at the top of my list. And that is with 20 or so system apps frozen or deleted from running.
What's the easiest way to go back to 4.1.1?
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What's the easiest way to go back to 4.1.1?
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Odin pc or mobile pc.. but if your rooted.. it is safer to use mobile odin it is faster and will avoid power outrange
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Is there any way to get the browser from 4.1.2 onto 4.1.1? Titanium backup doesn't seem to restore system apps.
Zero battery life related issues here with 4.1.2 Im starting to think some people probably messed up their phones too much or just got a flaky unit/battery and 4.1.2 exposed those?
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Zero battery life related issues here with 4.1.2 Im starting to think some people probably messed up their phones too much or just got a flaky unit/battery and 4.1.2 exposed those?
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Well I dunno.. I have tried everything and there is definitely a battery drain issue. If it is caused by ebay/whatsapp + facebook, then I'm curious as to why they don't show up in battery usage or betterbatterystats... and I'm also curious why the exact same setup on my HTC EVO 3D does cause these horrendous idle battery drains.
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Well I dunno.. I have tried everything and there is definitely a battery drain issue. If it is caused by ebay/whatsapp + facebook, then I'm curious as to why they don't show up in battery usage or betterbatterystats... and I'm also curious why the exact same setup on my HTC EVO 3D does cause these horrendous idle battery drains.
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Hmm, have you tried using betterbatterystats found here at XDA? It should show you whats keep the phone up.
EarlZ said:
Hmm, have you tried using betterbatterystats found here at XDA? It should show you whats keep the phone up.
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Yeah already done all that and there doesnt actually seem to be anything using over like 5%.. I have elimated the higher one yet it still drains ovwr 10% at nite. Or in general idleness.
What I became accustomed to with my previous phones was 0% or 1% drain over many hours if the screen was off. Not 2% or more an hour.
1% drain over 9 hours of deep sleep on Wanam2.8
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I had the same dreaded android os battery drain issue after updating to ma8. Used to have great battery life before that. After freezing Google search, Google now, still no use. Then i realized I installed another weather app at the same time I upgraded the os. Bingo. Un installed that offending app and that fixed the Android os battery drain issue. Hope this helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107312
That's specifically my DBT rom (stock everything as well) and I've had battery issues and to be honest, it's still better than most other phones, but I'm getting about 40% less life out of my device now.
I have flashed again, I've reset, and deleted everything and still no luck. It's something with the ROM. I hope the next update will fix it. If it doesn't, I'll revert back to 4.1.1 because I would go to bed with 50% battery life, now I have to charge in the middle of the day if I want to get through a long work day with lots of use.
well the new french 4.1.2 N7100XXDMA6_N7100OXADMA5_N7100XXDLK7 is much better than the last one rlsd in december and my battery drains less now
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1% drain over 9 hours of deep sleep on Wanam2.8
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I have the LTE version so not many choices of custom roms unfortunately.
downgraded to 4.1.1
well i upgraded my note 2 to latest 4.1.2 from 4.1.1 few days ago and battery drain issues started .. i hard reset it many times but same problem.. before update with usage on whatsapp 1% drop down was in 7-8 minutes and after update it was in 4-5 minutes..
so today i downgraded to 4.1.1 again and battery is same like before update again.. cheers..
But you are on the risk of losing your phone itself due to sds
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But you are on the risk of losing your phone itself due to sds
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I'm on 4.1.1, to be exact wanam 1.5 and when I test using emmc check my chip is sane and I passed the test. Should I be worrying about sds?
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i also have same problem on XXDMB2 .i think only some people have battery problems with 4.1.2. Is it related to emmc firmware 0*1f ? Is the kernel reparing the bad sectors by itself? and what is kworker process?
I just got the Note 2 in October of this year. I have always been amazed at the battery life. With regular use, texting, emails, internet and phone calls (nothing crazy), I easily could go 2 days on a charge. Now for the past few days, I am already at 71% and it's just 11am. I can't figure out what is going on. my battery meter shows the Screen as first then Android System next at 22%....Easily dropping 5-10% per hour. Help!!
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I just got the Note 2 in October of this year. I have always been amazed at the battery life. With regular use, texting, emails, internet and phone calls (nothing crazy), I easily could go 2 days on a charge. Now for the past few days, I am already at 71% and it's just 11am. I can't figure out what is going on. my battery meter shows the Screen as first then Android System next at 22%....Easily dropping 5-10% per hour. Help!!
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It is running on Android 4.1.2. All of these things I am reading about rooting and stuff are foreign to me. I just want my battery life back. Any help would be appreciated.
Have you adjusted anything with your brightness? You may have accidentally turned off auto adjustment if you were using it previously. If that's not it I'd suggest a hard reset. If that cures it you can most likely chalk it up to a recently downloaded app.
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yes I keep it on auto brightness...
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yes I keep it on auto brightness...
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When you get a chance run the battery down to 1% then power off and let charge for at least 20 min after light turns green. ..you'll probably see immediate improvement
i've had to move google play services as a user app with titanium and then greenify it. all my devices started getting big time standby drain last month from google play services.
i do have the donation version of greenify, but i didn't feel like installing xposed to use it.
OMGosh...I updated to 4.3 and did a factory reset as well and it is not helping! What does it mean to "root" your phone? Will rooting the Note 2 nullify my Samsung warranty? Someone please help....
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OMGosh...I updated to 4.3 and did a factory reset as well and it is not helping! What does it mean to "root" your phone? Will rooting the Note 2 nullify my Samsung warranty? Someone please help....
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yes rooting will void your warranty but there are methods you can do to unroot it and have it go back to stock rom. I, as well as most of the people in this community get better battery if you root your rom and install a custom kernel, you will get better battery life.
one app that I found that I use daily is 2x battery pro. it's not free though.. there is a setting on the app that lets you turn off any background data while the phone is idle; you will still get calls and texts though. this will give you longer battery life. when you turn your phone on data will come back on. I get around one day and a few hours from the charge. check it out man. might help you..
My note 4 battery is draining rapidly after the lollipop update. I've read that some have had to do a factory reset and that has resolved the issue but (and forgive me for asking) doesn't that wipe everything from your phone? There has to be a better way. I've got so much music and pictures I don't want to lose and I'm not very savvy when it comes to transferring stuff.
Any thoughts? It's much appreciated!!!
I am having the same issue. Yes factory reset will wipe phone. I did a factory reset before installing rom. But still have battery drain.
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Well that isn't good news. I've noticed it takes longer to charge than normal too. I hope there's a fix for this soon.
I just did a factory reset I'll post my experience after I give it time
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You guys should probably give this a few day before wondering about battery life.
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You guys should probably give this a few day before wondering about battery life.
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I'll turn blue in the face saying this. People just don't get it.
Battery life will probably suck at first
Phone probably will run hot at first
Phone probably will lag/stutter
Phone might have graphical glitches
...if you have any problems like these, factory reset and STILL give it a few days.
I factory reset mine last night after 24hrs and it seems a tiny bit better but. ANDROID SYSTEM is still at the top of my stats and its climbing in percentage and im on wifi ac
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I REALLY don't want to have to do a factory reset. I sure hope it gets better as 'blue in the face' poster says. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Please let me know if anyone has any positive changes over the next few days without doing a reset or if you find anything else that works besides a reset.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
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You just installed a fresh ROM. Give it a couple of days for your phone to adjust.
lollipop fail
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You guys should probably give this a few day before wondering about battery life.
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Check out my battery usage and statement on greek note4, with official german lollipop firmware,without root or mods.
It is 3 days from factory reset but the bad battery continues..
#lollipopONnote4ISaFAILURE
Mike31285 said:
Check out my battery usage and statement on greek note4, with official german lollipop firmware,without root or mods.
It is 3 days from factory reset but the bad battery continues..
#lollipopONnote4ISaFAILURE
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Sorry you are having issues, but I am not. I get 5-6 hours of screen time on, 18+ hours. There has to be something some are doing that others aren't? Or maybe a certain app that doesn't agree with LP that some don't have installed.
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Sorry you are having issues, but I am not. I get 5-6 hours of screen time on, 18+ hours. There has to be something some are doing that others aren't? Or maybe a certain app that doesn't agree with LP that some don't have installed.
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Sorry then, i quoted your comment because i thought you know much more than me by reading the previous posts.
Ao if anybody can help me i'll be thankful
Settings> Data usage> Mobile Data> uncheck enhanced 4G lte services
On kitkat I was seeing 5-6.5 hours of screen time. Now on lollipop I get about 4-4.5 Hours. I have done a clean factory install and wiped the cache. Android system is always at the top for me as well and it wasn't with kitkat. I actually have less apps and data on my phone now than I did on kitKat because I wiped everything. Ive been using lollipop for about a week now. This is obviously an issue within lollipop itself. I have mirrored the same settings that i had in kitkat, disabled as many useless apps and files that i can, and I'm using it exactly as I was on kitkat. Can someone just root this phone already?! PLEASE? (I won't hold my breath lol)
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Settings> Data usage> Mobile Data> uncheck enhanced 4G lte services
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Looks like you were right. My battery has improved since I unchecked this option. Now screen is on top like when I was on KK. No more android system.
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Looks like you were right. My battery has improved since I unchecked this option. Now screen is on top like when I was on KK. No more android system.
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I noticed that just by changing that setting I get two days easy on one charge, please note that when I say two days I'm not on my phone all the time, typically I pull my phone out at work for demo purposes, I'm browsing the Internet on down time, I'm streaming music on my drive home or I'm texting or playing a simple game. Anyways, not sure why the enhanced services drains battery so badly but after I turned it off on kk and updated it was back on and I had horrible battery life, was gonna factory reset but then checked this and it was on again so now I'm back up to two days on a charge.
My first day running Lollipop I got around 5.5 hrs SOT and phone was on for more than 13 hrs and still had about 12% so I'm getting around the same battery life on heavy usage that I had on Kit Kat. I'm having no issues with Lollipop as of now. Before I downloaded Lollipop I moved all my important files to my SD card and then I updated. Right after the update, I went into recovery, cleared the cache and factory reset within recovery. I've had a very smooth experience ever since.
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I have found a fix that has worked for me without resetting. I cleared my cache partition and now I'm back to almost as good as it was. Not quite 100%, but it's a drastic improvement. I'd suggest trying this before doing a factory reset. It worked for me.
And FYI, I tried waiting for as long as I could stand it and it didn't get even a little better.
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No question about the Enhanced 4G LTE setting. I was already getting at least as good and probably marginally better battery life after 5.01. Turning off enhanced 4G services has given even much better battery life. Just as others have seen, Android system has dropped in usage. In fact it is amazing how long this phone can now go between charges.
After a week of 5.0.1 (see nothing difference of the interface cause ATT made it). I have to switch back to 4.4 for some of the features missing/not support and i got back my best battery life. It's ok in 5.0.1 but 4.4 battery is best.
In 5.0.1 i got around 3h screen time and it's drain faster.
Note: below is my 6months old battery. Not new
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So has anyone noticed a severe drop in battery life since the LP update? My phone has dropped 6% using only XDA, on WiFi, and on 18% brightness. I can't go half a day before the bat is at 50%.
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Mine is slightly better
Mine is actually a bit better once I re-flashed stock and upgraded to lollipop, I had some stability issues when I flashed lollipop via twp. the tot restore method helped me.
I'm getting 4 1/2 hours + SOT and It's lasting me a whole day, on auto brightness.
My battery has been a bit better when the screen is not in use(i.e. sitting in pocket idle or streaming music), but it seems worse then before when the screen is on.
Ya I'm not sure what's going on, but I find I am having to charge it more often during the day than I did before.
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johnny tsunami said:
So has anyone noticed a severe drop in battery life since the LP update? My phone has dropped 6% using only XDA, on WiFi, and on 18% brightness. I can't go half a day before the bat is at 50%.
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Mine is real BAD.... does not hold half a day and the back, close to the low volume, gets realy hot....
Wonder if I Reset it will get better....
Nemesis1218 said:
My battery has been a bit better when the screen is not in use(i.e. sitting in pocket idle or streaming music), but it seems worse then before when the screen is on.
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this exactly for me
titoh said:
Mine is real BAD.... does not hold half a day and the back, close to the low volume, gets realy hot....
Wonder if I Reset it will get better....
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I've read about the heat issue but I haven't had it, BUT I did have to do a reset because my phone wouldn't after I first installed lollipop so that might be why I haven't had that issue.
Mines not that great either. I have greenify but not the xposed aspect, I have battery guru, I even installed a script which I normally don't do. All of this has helped minorly. Nothing like it was for me though. I factory reset when I flashed. Waiting to see if reports from official Ota has any differences.
Mine got bad first. Then I did a full factory reset and now its pretty good. Had 0% down after 12 hours at night. Normal workday usage went down from ~40% to ~25%. So instead of charging every other day I need to charge every 3 days.
I have thought about doing a factory reset to see if it helps. I know there was a cm app to backup your phone but idk if you need root. I have chosen to not root my phone, and wonder if you guys know of a good app to help backup my phone before doing so. Thanks.
I am looking into helium, has anyone had any experience good, or bad with this app?
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johnny tsunami said:
I have thought about doing a factory reset to see if it helps. I know there was a cm app to backup your phone but idk if you need root. I have chosen to not root my phone, and wonder if you guys know of a good app to help backup my phone before doing so. Thanks.
I am looking into helium, has anyone had any experience good, or bad with this app?
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Helium works well with early kitkat builds. the cloud backup option blows though. not too sure about using it on lollipop but being that it didn't work to well with late kitkat builds i doubt it'll be any better with lollipop.
also my battery life has gotten plenty better after updating and starting completely from scratch.
currently i'm sitting at 35% with 14hr and 17 min run time, auto brightness, wifi turned on and jumping back and fourth between lte because my router is going dead...