Does any one else get terrible battery life on their Note 7? I get on average 10-13 hrs of battery life, with around 3-4 hours of SOT. I noticed that my android os and android system are usually running around 20 and 30 percent respectively. If you guys have any thoughts or are experiencing similar results any advice would help. Thanks.
blacknightdD said:
Does any one else get terrible battery life on their Note 7? I get on average 10-13 hrs of battery life, with around 3-4 hours of SOT. I noticed that my android os and android system are usually running around 20 and 30 percent respectively. If you guys have any thoughts or are experiencing similar results any advice would help. Thanks.
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Yeah I am getting this too
I'm also getting this. It's incredibly frustrating as I've tried disabling everything and we can't figure out why
since last week i been getting the same and i'm pretty sure its an app that i d/l'ed bc i added a couple since then...
If you use Maps it drains a crap ton, which I think there is something wrong with it on Note 7.
I called Verizon and they are going to send me a replacement device since this is still under my 14 day return window. Hopefully that may change things but who knows. They also mentioned something about having occulus apps installed will drain battery but I don't have any of that. My old Note 4 was great and this Note 7 is fantastic but does not live up to the "Note" standard of battery life I've come to know and love.
That sucks guys I'm getting 6 to 6 and half hours of screen on time and I'm beyond surprised @ how incredible this battery is..
Ditto. 6 plus everyday. Actually better than my first.
blacknightdD said:
I called Verizon and they are going to send me a replacement device since this is still under my 14 day return window. Hopefully that may change things but who knows. They also mentioned something about having occulus apps installed will drain battery but I don't have any of that. My old Note 4 was great and this Note 7 is fantastic but does not live up to the "Note" standard of battery life I've come to know and love.
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Everytime I try to call them and ask for a replacement they always tell me to go to the store so I can get a brand new device instead of a certified like new. ?
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Screen on time may not be a great way to judge battery life. You need a breakdown of everything using the battery. Different apps will use different amounts of battery and even the same apps like chrome will be different person to person cause of browsing habits. It all depends what you do on your phone.
DSinfinite said:
That sucks guys I'm getting 6 to 6 and half hours of screen on time and I'm beyond surprised @ how incredible this battery is..
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Would you mind sharing a couple things like screen brightness, if you use maps, what services are on, if you listen to music, and how much of a power user you are? I am also getting around 3-4 hours of screen on time and would love to get 6.
Thanks
Same for me battery life ia horrible. And the phone is slow
With Bluetooth (fit2) and locations On and brightness on auto, wifi on, sound on vibrate, did some YouTube, Facebook, Instagram. My battery is doing much better than original so far.
Replaced my 7 with the 5.. And getting good battery life so far. This is just another option for those that may still need the pen..
From note 5.. rip note 7
MatroxD said:
Replaced my 7 with the 5.. And getting good battery life so far. This is just another option for those that may still need the pen..
From note 5.. rip note 7
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Impressive. I didn't know the note 5 got that much screen on time. I range anywhere from 6-9 on my note 7. Does the note 5 feel that much diff than the 7? I'm going to guess it doesn't have the always on screen. I've really become used to that.
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Impressive. I didn't know the note 5 got that much screen on time. I range anywhere from 6-9 on my note 7. Does the note 5 feel that much diff than the 7? I'm going to guess it doesn't have the always on screen. I've really become used to that.
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Actually, it's not that bad.. I didn't know it was possible either to be honest.. I just set it up like the 7, and this is what I received.. The battery life is so far seeming to be much like the note 7 for me.
It feels a little heavier in the hand, and wider.. It doesn't give that "ultimate" comfort in the hand like the 7 did, but it's surprisingly comfortable.. Much more so than I thought..
And lol, yes, it actually does have the always on display. It received it in the marshmallow update.. To be honest, from what I can tell so far, the only things major it does not have, are, of course micro slot(this one sucks, but there are tiny micro usb adapters for cheap), the iris scanner(i actually loved this, but oh well), the GIF feature of screen capture(i hope they incorporate that, at some point), and that's pretty much it.. Oh, and of course the edge and no secure folder. But I'm hoping, because of this fiasco, they will roll some of the software features from the 7 to the 5, like the GIF and secure folder.. Not to mention, bring back the eraser function of the pen like it originally was on the notes, and that they incorporated into the 7.
There are indeed a few sacrifices to it that I've discovered in my first couple days of owning it. But nothing that would make me want to go to a non pen s7 or edge.. It even has the pro camera features.. So I'm pretty good and settled actually with it.. I've got my gear 2 paired with it, and functioning normally, all my s notes.. And it's cheaper than the 7.. Now I'm not going to hardly say it's a 7, but at this point, we don't have a choice(unless your going to just try to hold on to your 7 for dear life)..
But it's a very decent alternative to be honest.. It really is..
From note 5.. rip note 7
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To begin, I want to say that I am not an Apple Fanboy or a mindless lemming for anything with an Apple logo. I've had many droid phones in the past. I just wanted to give my personal opinion between both phones and explain my personal reasons for dropping my GN and going back to my iPhone 4s.
I know that some people don't use the camera on their phone, but I have a 6 year old daughter. I use my camera quite a bit so it's important too me. I am not hung up on specs so the 5 mp camera didn't scare me. In the end it's all about what the pics look like. In perfect lighting situations the camera is pretty good. But we all know that most pictures aren't shot in perfect lighting conditions. For one week every time I took a pic with my GN I also shot one with my iPhone. Overall the iPhone pics were better. They were sharper, colors were more accurate and overall looked closer to what I was shooting. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying the GN is as horrible as most posts say, I'm just saying for my personal use it's quite a bit below the iPhone's camera for the situations I am in and use my camera for. Don't tell me that it's just a camera phone and I shouldn't be that picky. You can't deny that they skimped on the camera. It's not nearly as good as most current phones. I would have been happy with the same camera from the Galaxy SII, but it's not even that good.
Battery use is another reason. I realize that it's a bigger screen, faster processor etc. so it's not going to be in the same ballpark as my iPhone. However I had 4g turned off and brightness turned down to 40% and it was still horrendous. Now before you jump on my, i did root my phone and had a rom/kernel installed. No difference! I would lose 10% of my battery for every 10 minutes of on-screen time. I was averaging 1.5 hours of on-screen time before my battery died. This is something I monitored very closely.
Also, for full disclosure, my iPhone is jailbroken so I have several widgets that refresh every 15 minutes going and the on-screen time is well over 10 hours!
The screen is nice, and while it's probably the best of the droid phones, it's not better than the iPhone's. Now you can say that it's personal preference so here's what I did. I took a pic with my iPhone and sent it to my GN. I opened the pic on both phones and set them side by side. The iPhone was sharper and more realistic in each case. I also took a pic with my GN and then sent it to my iPhone for a comparison. Same result.
I really wish that those factors weren't a dealbreaker for me because otherwise it is an awesome phone! The speaker was loud, signal was strong, didn't have any rebooting issues - all of which are being reported all over the forums. It's easily the best droid phone but just not on the same level as my iPhone. Like I said my iPhone is jailbroken so I'm able to pretty much do anything that you can with the GN!
And don't tell me that the iPhone sucks and needs to be jailbroken because the same argument can be made for the GN. The reason people root and install custom rom's/kernels is because they want a different experience/performance that what they get out of the box.
Again, this post was to give an honest user experience of why I am going back to my iPhone based on how I use my phone.
Camera quality improved quite a bit in 4.0.4. Did you use this update?
Oh noooo please dont go please dont leave us!!!
I have not updated to 4.0.4. I checked and wasn't able to update to it. The rom I was using was 4.0.4 based.
Can I update somehow even if I haven't gotten the message yet?
These threads should be auto-deleted.
That's odd I have galaxy nexus lte with the 2100 battery and honestly I have no complaints about battery life I use my GPS twice a day for about an hour and half both ways and many emails and phone calls also including all the junk I look up on the internet and I still go to bed with atleast 20 percent left... all stock. The camera I can agree on wtf were they thinking. To hell with shutter speed I want quality not quantity
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If you are on a custom ROM, you probably won't get the message and even if you do, you wouldn't be able to update OTA unless you reverted to stock.
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Can I update somehow even if I haven't gotten the message yet?
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Leads me to believe your issues are caused by user error.
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mpetruzz said:
I would lose 10% of my battery for every 10 minutes of on-screen time.
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Without starting a pointless flame war, this is not typical of general nexus users. You have something draining your battery. Honestly, don't let this put you off. Do some digging and see what is killing your battery and then decide. Something is amiss.
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I've looked at all running apps etc. Nothing out of the ordinary that would cause the battery to drain that quick. And this was with 4g off and on wifi.
wtm1417 - congrats! I knew I'd get some a$$holes after posting this and you sir were the first!!
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I would lose 10% of my battery for every 10 minutes of on-screen time. I was averaging 1.5 hours of on-screen time before my battery died. This is something I monitored very closely.
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While I concur that the camera is not as good as the iPhone’s—Google and Samsung failed here—I don’t know how you did this. With stock 4.0.4 I get 3.5-4 hours of screen time consistently and plenty of battery to spare, and I don’t do anything special to get it. That said, you’d have to pay me, and pay me well, to force me to use an iPhone daily.
Wtf did I just read.. retina is better than super amoled HD ? So you're telling me you can see the 20 pixels ? The experience on the nexus is much better.. iPhone is for dumb people, no offense, not to say that iPhone looks way too familiar now, and its build quality is ****, the nexus is better in everything except camera where the iPhone slightly edges the nexus
You should get an award for being the blindest person alive
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I would agree with you on the camera bit. The camera on my old iPhone 4 was far superior than my Galaxy Nexus. With the GN you really need a steady hand to get a proper shot. I haven't got the 404 update yet so I'm hoping that this will be fixed.
Well sounds like you don't have enough time to tailor Android to your liking, ****ty deal. IPhone will be perfect for you then.
Back to flash, emulators, and 3d maps for the rest of us
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I've looked at all running apps etc. Nothing out of the ordinary that would cause the battery to drain that quick. And this was with 4g off and on wifi.
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I manage to get 3 hours at least on a normal day, even with wifi only half of that. Get betterbatterystats from here on xda and see what (if anything) is keeping your phone awake. Seriously, something is not right. Maybe something as simple as a ROM/Kernel combo. Try a few different ones and see how you fare.
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So you are going back to a camera ?
Please make a better argument... I can't even take you seriously.
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I've had many droid phones in the past.
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All respect is lost.
Would you mind posting up a couple of the shots to see the comparison between the 2 phones??
Any rom/kernel suggestions? I'm open to trying something that might help me.
BTW, for all the people calling me dumb, stupid and saying I need to go to an iPhone, you're just proving your fanboys! Instead of helping me or offering suggestions it's easier just to criticize.
Thank you to the posts from members who are actually trying to help!
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I've looked at all running apps etc. Nothing out of the ordinary that would cause the battery to drain that quick. And this was with 4g off and on wifi.
wtm1417 - congrats! I knew I'd get some a$$holes after posting this and you sir were the first!!
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So you post an asshole comment right back, a lot of times people see problems because of user error.
Go back to your Apple world, enjoy the limitations and enjoy not being able to customize to it's full extent. You can say that you can do anything with your iPhone4S but at the end of the day that is just not true. Jailbroken or not.
Again, go, have fun, no skin off any of our backs and now we have one less hostile person to worry about.
I just got the Samsung Galaxy S3. So far I love it..... Except for the fact it has the locked bootloader. All my Androids have had full custom roms. I just like the user experience of AOSP much better.
I am an average or below average power user. Yesterday I took my SGS3 off the charger at 6am and with above average use all day (I was setting all my email and apps up and a few video google talk chats), and was able to make it till 11pm before the device shutdown.
With the SGS3 having a locked bootloader, and not knowing if there will be a workaround to get me a AOSP rom running, I was thinking about returning this device and getting a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Is the battery life really as bad as I am reading?
I am north of Boston and not in a 4G market yet, and even if I was I would most likely shut 4G off for the most part.
Should I hold out in hopes of a bootloader unlock workaround for the SGS3?
Thanks for any responses.
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I'm content with the battery. One charge gets me through the day with what I do and want to do. When I'm home, I always have a charger to use so I only need the battery to last 8 hours.
I have the GSM model and I can easily do two days with a charge. In areas with bad reception this is reduced. However, I still would get 32 hours without a problem.
As long as you don't 4G whore all day, a full day is easy.
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I'm a heavy user. I average 4 to 5 hours screen on time with ease. Phone last from 6 am to 11 pm with juice left still if I cut back to 2 to 3 hours screen on time.
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pickle3782 said:
I just got the Samsung Galaxy S3. So far I love it..... Except for the fact it has the locked bootloader. All my Androids have had full custom roms. I just like the user experience of AOSP much better.
I am an average or below average power user. Yesterday I took my SGS3 off the charger at 6am and with above average use all day (I was setting all my email and apps up and a few video google talk chats), and was able to make it till 11pm before the device shutdown.
With the SGS3 having a locked bootloader, and not knowing if there will be a workaround to get me a AOSP rom running, I was thinking about returning this device and getting a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Is the battery life really as bad as I am reading?
I am north of Boston and not in a 4G market yet, and even if I was I would most likely shut 4G off for the most part.
Should I hold out in hopes of a bootloader unlock workaround for the SGS3?
Thanks for any responses.
B
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If battery life is important to you then check out the Power Saving mode on the GS3. You can activate in Settings or in the Notification Drop-down. Among other things it downclocks both the CPU and GPU. The phone feels noticably slower in some tasks but it can really stretch out the battery if that's what you care about.
Would I get rid of an SIII for a Nexus? I don't think I would. I love my Nexus and I love the fact that I'm already running JB, but the SIII is one nice phone.
As far as battery life, just the other day I had done 12 hours and it was down to 59% on my GSM Nexus. That was probably a little bit less activity than I normally do but still fairly normal. No video calls or anything like that though. But even with that, for me I've always found that I can get great batteries and chargers from Amazon for cheap and I always carry an extra battery with me just in case. I have one in my bag (gadget freak so I have my gadgets bag), one in my car, one at work. They hold a charge for a very long time too so it's not like I have to be charging them all the time.
What I haven't been able to easily find for the GSM Nexus is spare original batteries. I could easily find those in Amazon for the CDMA one but not the GSM. I like using my NFC and the spare batteries I have do not have NFC
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If battery life is important to you then check out the Power Saving mode on the GS3. You can activate in Settings or in the Notification Drop-down. Among other things it downclocks both the CPU and GPU. The phone feels noticably slower in some tasks but it can really stretch out the battery if that's what you care about.
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He was quite asking about aosp support.. battery is his second consideration
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pickle3782 said:
I just got the Samsung Galaxy S3. So far I love it..... Except for the fact it has the locked bootloader. All my Androids have had full custom roms. I just like the user experience of AOSP much better.
I am an average or below average power user. Yesterday I took my SGS3 off the charger at 6am and with above average use all day (I was setting all my email and apps up and a few video google talk chats), and was able to make it till 11pm before the device shutdown.
With the SGS3 having a locked bootloader, and not knowing if there will be a workaround to get me a AOSP rom running, I was thinking about returning this device and getting a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Is the battery life really as bad as I am reading?
I am north of Boston and not in a 4G market yet, and even if I was I would most likely shut 4G off for the most part.
Should I hold out in hopes of a bootloader unlock workaround for the SGS3?
Thanks for any responses.
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you easily make one day. my average use is 1.5, sometimes above. i have never felt its consumption is weak or bad. if you can, get nexus. i wouldnt wait for anything software related down there in the food chain. hardware is not as important as people make it or manufacturers, who sell new devices every week, would wish it to be. google makes phones that withstand a solid 2 year run. try that with an s3. a fully unlocked and cyanogenmod supprted s3 is something else, but still, when key lime is out you'll be haunted again.
This phone has amazing battery, only the galaxy note and the blu studio 5.3(this thing lasts longer than anything) are better in my case
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I've had the phone for about 2 weeks now and the battery is not great, but it does seem to perform better after the initial couple weeks. I'm a heavy user, and I have a charger at work and home and it works for me. I love the phone and all the features so it's worth it to me; it's essentially my main computer now.
I get great battery life with this phone, even my girl too and she always has issues with battery. But we did switch from sprint to prepaid with straight tall and monthly 4g
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Well, I guess I'll be a downer. I have never been able to get over 8 hours with 2 hours screen on time, tried a few different rom and kernel combos. In my opinion keep the S3.
So long as you're talking about the GSM Galaxy Nexus, OP, the battery is praiseworthy. I bought a GNex from the play store shortly after learning that Samsung would all but abandon the GS2 with regards to future OS updates now that the GS3 is out. Battery is pretty much comparable, I'd say. I managed about 1 day and 10 hours on a charge a few days ago, with 3 hours of screen-on time or so. Some of that time was spent using turn-by-turn navigation as well. I think I put it back on the charger with 8 or 9 percent of the battery left. Friends who have the Verizon Galaxy Nexus report very different results when it comes to battery.
From what I have gathered from the OP he mentions that his SGS3 has a locked bootloader which probably means he has the Verizon version. I would think he wants comparisons to the Verizon/LTE variant of the Galaxy Nexus in terms of battery life, not the GSM version.
The reason I bring this up is that, from what I have read in the forums, the GSM GNex is far better on battery life than the LTE version so it would be an inconsistent comparison.
I've gotten 4.5+ hours of screen time with ease. Bone stock and no attempts to improve battery life at all.
On both the SGS and SGS2 AOSP ROMs (I tried many) got half the battery life that CheeseWiz got.
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I get awesome standby time, but when the screen is on... It just sucks it dry. Yup, brightness is set pretty low.
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I can get about 6-7 hours on a CDMA nexus, kinda sucks but I bought extra batteries
Just buy some extra batteries.
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Batteri...1342019641&sr=1-1&keywords=anker+galaxy+nexus
This is correct. I forgot to mention I'm on Verizon. It has been a while since I have used a non AOSP rom...... it kind of sucks.
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I have had my Note 8 for a couple of months and just recently I have been having battery problems. I restored the Note 8 to factory settings (just to be sure) and am still having the same problem.
It seems that when I watch videos or play any games the battery depletes extremely quickly e.g Its 80%, I start to play the game and within 3-5 minutes the battery is 30%. I play again and its 5% and the screen dims (which is also a pain in the ....) I realise that Games and Apps use a lot of power but surely not this much.
I have looked around for battery calibration instructions and apps but are a bit dubious to try them as I have read that you can deplete the battery totally and the device then wont charge.
Just wondered if anybody else has had the same problem.
Thanks.
My note has a great battery life. For this situation I would look in the battery menu for any apps not closing correctly thus sucking battery. Remember to dis activate GPS, Bluetooth and data when not using them. Check the screen brightness is 50% or less. Automatic brightness should be fine also.
here's a lot of info related to batteries. I'm sure you will find it usefull
http://batteryuniversity.com/
Don't waste time with calibration. Sounds like the battery ifs failing or dying, either way it's bad.
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I usually have Bluetooth and GPS turned off and have the screen on Auto Brightness. I also restored to factory and the problem still persists.
One strange thing is that when I charge it from 10% it takes about 50 minutes to get to 100%. I thought that was a bit quick. The battery must be reporting the wrong charge to the OS. I wish they had user replaceable batteries in this thing although its probably not practical.
I will give Samsung a call. Cannot beleive it has happened now as I am off on holiday soon to the US and wanted to use it there.
Thanks.
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I usually have Bluetooth and GPS turned off and have the screen on Auto Brightness. I also restored to factory and the problem still persists.
One strange thing is that when I charge it from 10% it takes about 50 minutes to get to 100%. I thought that was a bit quick. The battery must be reporting the wrong charge to the OS. I wish they had user replaceable batteries in this thing although its probably not practical.
I will give Samsung a call. Cannot beleive it has happened now as I am off on holiday soon to the US and wanted to use it there.
Thanks.
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Hi, I've had the same issue. I sent the device for service under warranty and they could not find a fault. They only reflashed the firmware.
Its been working fine since I got it back. I updated to 4.2.2 and its working just fine.
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Hi, I've had the same issue. I sent the device for service under warranty and they could not find a fault. They only reflashed the firmware.
Its been working fine since I got it back. I updated to 4.2.2 and its working just fine.
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same with me chas0001, and JCUK89, my situation is actually identical to chas0001, but my device is like a mth old now, i received it on august 5th 2013,
so its basically been used for jus over a mth now. and i barely use it, maybe 3 hrs a day, most days less than 1 hr, constant use.
i dont kno, can anyone help. on xda developers. ??
I called Amazon.co.uk (where I bought it from) and they agreed to replace it for me. Its was definitely faulty and unusable. I kept reading about people with the similar problems and so eventually decided to not get a replacement but a refund.
Its a shame really. I really liked the device but I need something more reliable. I also don't care for Samsung with their constantly delayed OS updates. 4.1.2 for a 'flagship' device. Surely if they get rid of that Touchwiz crap they can release timely updates. You never know even my Note 2 may get an OS update this year!
Just went out and bought a Nexus 7 (2013). NOW...what to do with those 5 Galaxy Note 8 cases
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same with me chas0001, and JCUK89, my situation is actually identical to chas0001, but my device is like a mth old now, i received it on august 5th 2013,
so its basically been used for jus over a mth now. and i barely use it, maybe 3 hrs a day, most days less than 1 hr, constant use.
i dont kno, can anyone help. on xda developers. ??
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I would see of you can get it exchanged (assuming you still want to keep the device).
Hello,
Im really excited about G3 and i want to buy one with my new contract. But i really hate what im reading about the lag/stutters and the heating battery.
So should i buy one or go for the note 3.
I hope you can advice me.
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Hello,
Im really excited about G3 and i want to buy one with my new contract. But i really hate what im reading about the lag/stutters and the heating battery.
So should i buy one or go for the note 3.
I hope you can advice me.
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I'm kind of in the same boat. One of my employees got the G3 (I currently have the G2 and love it but I'm cursed bc my brain thinks I always have to have latest awesome sauce phone. ugh) and his battery life has been horrendous. I'm talking half of what the G2 can do. I know that QHD display will chew battery and all but that seems overly ridiculous. In the span of an hour he went from 100% to 82%. I checked his device for every possible thing that could be causing it and found nothing abnormal. His android system usage is at a constant 47%. I went through apps he didn't use and disabled what I could (he's not rooted. Doesn't really know much about android but I converted him with my constant iPhone bashing =D) without Titanium Backup and from what I can tell it just seems like the stock software of the G3 really isn't optimized all that well for performance v battery life. Nowhere near what the G2 accomplished. It's disappointing bc the device looks amazing but if the phone drains that rapidly for seemingly no reason I am going to hold off until they hopefully release a software update to fix the drain. It may very well be he got unlucky and got a lemon battery or it could be LG didn't put a large enough battery in the device (only 200 mAh larger than the G2) to handle that screen. I'm kind of leery of the device now. I am waiting to see more user reviews of the device. A lot of review from tech sites keep saying the battery life is good but not great. I don't consider a device barely making it through an entire work day with limited use good.
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I'm kind of in the same boat. One of my employees got the G3 (I currently have the G2 and love it but I'm cursed bc my brain thinks I always have to have latest awesome sauce phone. ugh) and his battery life has been horrendous. I'm talking half of what the G2 can do. I know that QHD display will chew battery and all but that seems overly ridiculous. In the span of an hour he went from 100% to 82%. I checked his device for every possible thing that could be causing it and found nothing abnormal. His android system usage is at a constant 47%. I went through apps he didn't use and disabled what I could (he's not rooted. Doesn't really know much about android but I converted him with my constant iPhone bashing =D) without Titanium Backup and from what I can tell it just seems like the stock software of the G3 really isn't optimized all that well for performance v battery life. Nowhere near what the G2 accomplished. It's disappointing bc the device looks amazing but if the phone drains that rapidly for seemingly no reason I am going to hold off until they hopefully release a software update to fix the drain. It may very well be he got unlucky and got a lemon battery or it could be LG didn't put a large enough battery in the device (only 200 mAh larger than the G2) to handle that screen. I'm kind of leery of the device now. I am waiting to see more user reviews of the device. A lot of review from tech sites keep saying the battery life is good but not great. I don't consider a device barely making it through an entire work day with limited use good.
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If his android system is using that much battery there's something turned on that shouldn't be. I highly doubt an OEM would go backwards in terms of optimization. Android system could be a number of things like WiFi scanning always on or location reporting on high accuracy.
I have both. Selling my Note 3
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If his android system is using that much battery there's something turned on that shouldn't be. I highly doubt an OEM would go backwards in terms of optimization. Android system could be a number of things like WiFi scanning always on or location reporting on high accuracy.
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Im aware the device shouldnt be throwing those system totals out but it is. Ive checked everything and compared his G3 settings to my G2 (running Optimus G3) and changed literally everything to my setup. Didnt make a difference. Its weird man. Ive never seen system usage like that and then havent be able to find the culprit.
I had a note 3 and the G3 was a big upgrade. Is much better and for me the battery life is better. The UI is much better looking and there is less lg bloat in the system then tw has. My wife's s5 has a baby monitor progress running stock. Who needs this? It's just dumb little things like that that bother me about tw.
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I wouldn't mind the heating or lag, the random shutdown on the other hand is really something to be aware of. Happened twice to me this day...:-\
Battery life is great to me. 15-20hrs of standby with 5.5hrs of screen on time.
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I had a note 3 and the G3 was a big upgrade. Is much better and for me the battery life is better. The UI is much better looking and there is less lg bloat in the system then tw has. My wife's s5 has a baby monitor progress running stock. Who needs this? It's just dumb little things like that that bother me about tw.
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Thnx!
This schould do it for me. I hope LG is coming with a big update before the end of August and fix the lag and battery issues.
Can't wait to get the device
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Thnx!
This schould do it for me. I hope LG is coming with a big update before the end of August and fix the lag and battery issues.
Can't wait to get the device
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I've had the G3 since it was released, get almost 2 days or more battery after disabling a bunch of apps, till they get root for the Sprint variant.
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Just FWIW, you can't judge battery life on an occasional dip in the percentage. The battery meter isn't perfect. You'll find tons of people finding that the percentage sits at 100% for an hour and then drops quickly after that. The battery didn't simply not drain for an hour and then start draining quickly, it's the software trying to approximate. Go from full charge to near dead and see what happens.
I get great battery life. Only issue I have is the camera. Pics just don't seem that great.
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Im used to a iPhone 4 with 5MP so i don't think its going to be worse then the LG G3 camera
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I'm going to be getting the G3 Friday and enroll in the new $100 for 4 people with 10gb data plan. Wondering how do you like your guy's G3's so far? Is the battery life good? 3gb of sufficient? Does the snapdragon 801cut it for you guys?
One thing I noticed was the development for this phone is slower than other G3 phones even with an unlocked bootloader.
How do you guys like the screen? I liked it but sometimes I thought it might look washed out just slightly. And the digitizer effect is there alright. But over all its the best phone to get right now.
Also for the techies, how much vram does the adreno use out of the 3gb memory. I bet its around 512mb huh?
Battery life for me kinda blows. Screen on kills it pretty fast. Out does look amazing though. I switched from a Sony Xperia ZL. I like the G3 better but there are things I like about the ZL over the G3 and vice versa.
Get it. In my eperience the battery life is amazing. I get 30+ hours with approximately 4-4.5 hours screen on time. As you mentioned It's also arguably the best phone out atm. The screen is beautiful and nothing I've seen comes close to it (s5/m8). The only issue I've had so far is the phone getting too hot but that's probably due to the fact that I've disabled the auto brightness feature when the phone gets too hot. I may have to change that back if it occurs again. All in all I couldn't be happier with my purchase!
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I got my G3 this morning along with a S4 for my wife when we switched from Verizon to TMO.
I had a S4 with Verizon and absolutely loved it. Had it running to perfection with safesterap and Echo rom v26.1............could get 36hrs between charges and I had it set up sweet
SO it took a bit to get everything set with TMO, and get all my basic apps set and my Apex launcher set before I rooted and set all the rooted apps up as well as loading the latest TWRP recovery.
I gotta say for what I have seen so far, its so fricken worth it. G3 tweakbox gives about 90% of all the customization I need....be good to throw a theme on top of some of the stock stuff but heck I can live with that.
I'll update in a couple days, but so far, I am impressed
I've had the g3 for about 4 days. Coming from Nexus 5. I don't like the default launcher so installed nova prime. Nova prime forgets its the default launcher about once a day. LG Health is nice but you have to set up a shortcut action on nova. It doesn't show up in the apps list. I installed the google keyboard but get the gapps crashed message on each reboot. I think it's because the g3 ships with 4.4.2. The screen on the g3 is really nice. The battery life may be nice. Never really left it as my regular phone line longer than a day.
I like it. I just like the nexus 5 with purity ROM more. I switch back and forth every so often. About 90% of each day I'm on the nexus 5. Is it worth the cost for 10% use? Probably not. I have about 9 days to decide whether it's worth the cost.
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coming from a sprint note 3 to a g2 sprint and g3 tmobile now i love this phone its like my g2 but better its fast with minor tweaks i love it using greenify it works well this phone does everything my past phones did and more you wont regret it
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I've had the g3 for about 4 days. Coming from Nexus 5. I don't like the default launcher so installed nova prime. Nova prime forgets its the default launcher about once a day. LG Health is nice but you have to set up a shortcut action on nova. It doesn't show up in the apps list. I installed the google keyboard but get the gapps crashed message on each reboot. I think it's because the g3 ships with 4.4.2. The screen on the g3 is really nice. The battery life may be nice. Never really left it as my regular phone line longer than a day.
I like it. I just like the nexus 5 with purity ROM more. I switch back and forth every so often. About 90% of each day I'm on the nexus 5. Is it worth the cost for 10% use? Probably not. I have about 9 days to decide whether it's worth the cost.
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I got my G3 on launch day. I used the stock launcher for a day, then installed Nova. Nova has never forgotten it was the default launcher. I still use the stock keyboard. I have never received a gapps error message. The screen is awesome, but I think 1080p would have been fine, with longer battery life to boot. The G3 battery lasts a whole day, but my Note 2 went even longer. However, I am very pleased with the G3 and plan to keep it. It will only get better as development expands.
I still have no idea how people get amazing battery life. I picked up the Verizon one and have great signal almost everywhere and best times I have gotten were 20 hours and 3 hours sot. How people are getting, 30 hours and 5 hours sot is beyond me.
It's a great phone, gets me through the day, who has is honestly all I need, however it's not much different than anything else out there.
I personally enjoy my Flex just as much. Just too big for work now and having to switch carries, however rest of the family is on T-Mobile.
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I still have no idea how people get amazing battery life. I picked up the Verizon one and have great signal almost everywhere and best times I have gotten were 20 hours and 3 hours sot. How people are getting, 30 hours and 5 hours sot is beyond me.
It's a great phone, gets me through the day, who has is honestly all I need, however it's not much different than anything else out there.
I personally enjoy my Flex just as much. Just too big for work now and having to switch carries, however rest of the family is on T-Mobile.
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I think most people were expecting adequate/sub-par battery life due to the amount of pixels being pushed through the same 801 processor when compared to S5 and M8. To me, the fact that it holds up to the competition (1080p) and even sometimes outperform them, is a win for LG and G3 consumers.
Please continue discussion here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/g3-experience-t2819404
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