Hello,
I am a SM-N910C user. I bought my phone and it had 5.0.1. The performance was great, so was the battery life. Then after a month later, I received the 5.1.1 update, updated, then instantly downloaded Wanam ROM. Currently, I am losing 1% of battery every 4 minutes SOT. My cousin is losing 1% every 7-8 minutes, who has a S6. I know the battery life on 5.0.1 is better, right? But not the performance. Also, I have read that 4.4.4 has the best battery life, but what about the performance? I am still new to the Note 4, but I really need help from you brothers on this. I want someone who knows enough about this device to tell me what I will lose or win if I update or downgrade through any of these OS versions. The best will be posted here in the Original Post for everyone else to see.
Thanks in advance!
Kazzko said:
Hello,
I am a SM-N910C user. I bought my phone and it had 5.0.1. The performance was great, so was the battery life. Then after a month later, I received the 5.1.1 update, updated, then instantly downloaded Wanam ROM. Currently, I am losing 1% of battery every 4 minutes SOT. My cousin is losing 1% every 7-8 minutes, who has a S6. I know the battery life on 5.0.1 is better, right? But not the performance. Also, I have read that 4.4.4 has the best battery life, but what about the performance? I am still new to the Note 4, but I really need help from you brothers on this. I want someone who knows enough about this device to tell me what I will lose or win if I update or downgrade through any of these OS versions. The best will be posted here in the Original Post for everyone else to see.
Thanks in advance!
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I have the ATT n910a, and we just got the 5.1.1 update Friday. The battery life now is MUCH better than on 5.0.1. 5.1.1 seems to be very close to 4.4.4, but 4.4.4 may still have been a little better.
AFAIK, the only differences between 4.4.4, 5.0.1, and 5.1.1 is battery life, performance and Stagefright patches.
4.4.4 was slow, but great battery. I'm not sure if it was vulnerable to Stagefright though.
5.0.1 was faster, but had a ton of system bugs, which affected memory and battery. Later patches were made to fix Stagefright.
5.1.1 is the fastest and has most of the major bugs patched.
Other than all that, Lollipop in general brought the new Material color theming.
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Hi Guys, i want to ask few questions.
Im still on android 4.4.2 and want to update to 5.0.
But before that i want to ask if The battery life and perfomance is better.
Specially the battery life.. I will factory reset it so it will be fresh.
And whats new in it.
Thanks
You should do a factory reset.
Battery life: Much much better, technically 25% or so. I was easily getting 6 hours screen on with LP.
Performance: No, not better. I mean maybe in some parts, but not everywhere. Get one thing straight, LP 5.0 is an unfinished business of Google, and there are plenty of apps and games which are not really compatible and will lag, so keep that in mind.
By the way, a question should go to Q&A section mate.
HDPC said:
Hi Guys, i want to ask few questions.
Im still on android 4.4.2 and want to update to 5.0.
But before that i want to ask if The battery life and perfomance is better.
Specially the battery life.. I will factory reset it so it will be fresh.
And whats new in it.
Thanks
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Have a read at this thread , it may answer all the questions you have regarding Lollipop.
i was on LP and i downgraded back to 4.4.2
1st, it is so bright & i don't like the general aspect, regarding battery life, it is good but only when on standby mode, otherwise i see no difference between KK & LP, to be honest, i am still on KK because of galaxy S5 stock ROM by @JAMAL 2367, it is really 0 mistake ROM!!
Does anyone think that there will be a KK rom available for this phone? I am interested to see what the true battery life will be without the LP battery draining bugs. The 4 hours or less SOT that people have been reporting is not acceptable to me, but if there were a KK rom that got 6 hours SOT, I would buy the phone and not have to wait until Google fixes LP or releases MM.
phoneturf said:
Does anyone think that there will be a KK rom available for this phone? I am interested to see what the true battery life will be without the LP battery draining bugs. The 4 hours or less SOT that people have been reporting is not acceptable to me, but if there were a KK rom that got 6 hours SOT, I would buy the phone and not have to wait until Google fixes LP or releases MM.
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That would be sweet but with marshmallow around the corner I doubt it unless it's plagued even worse. I see the devs working on issues in marshmallow before a kit kat build. But maybe.
When I got my ZenFone Max it was already running Marshmallow 6.0.1 [18.8.26.36] out of box. Thus I never had a chance to test/run Lollipop in it.
I see most of the people here in xda and in other forums as well says that, using this phone in Lollipop gave them better battery and when they update to marshmallow the battery life got worse.
I just want to know what battery stats does this phone give in Lollipop, so if you guys can share your battery stats that would be informative for me. Also if you guys are on Marshmallow then also do share, I would like to see that too.
Thanks.
Here are my battery Stats :
This Zenfone Max is for sure and by far, the best smartphone I've used in my life. Considering that I came from a LG G3 and a BlackBerry Curve 9300. Of course that I did a huge downgrade on CPU, mostly on screen, but the battery as also the SOT, worths for all the others things that I lost... I'm not seeing my self changing for something less than this 5000mAh, considering that this is a dual SIM and I really need it. If using with only on SIM, I believe the SOT can perfectly reaches the 5 days.
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Here are my battery Stats :
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Which Rom?
Lollipop or Marshmallow?
Guys, while going through few battery life related threads, I found that APC8 firmware which was released in March 2016 works best on S7 Edge Exynos. I am currently on Nougat. I have following questions :
1) Can I downgrade from Nougat to APC8? What about Knox?
2) What are the major features I am going to loose if compared with last release of MM..?
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Guys, while going through few battery life related threads, I found that APC8 firmware which was released in March 2016 works best on S7 Edge Exynos. I am currently on Nougat. I have following questions :
1) Can I downgrade from Nougat to APC8? What about Knox?
2) What are the major features I am going to loose if compared with last release of MM..?
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There's nothing special about APC8. You can ODIN to APC8 yes. You'll lose all features introduced post APC8.
If APC8 was somehow better, you'd see ROMs based on that firmware. Don’t waste your time imho. Cheers
AlanDS said:
Guys, while going through few battery life related threads, I found that APC8 firmware which was released in March 2016 works best on S7 Edge Exynos. I am currently on Nougat. I have following questions :
1) Can I downgrade from Nougat to APC8? What about Knox?
2) What are the major features I am going to loose if compared with last release of MM..?
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I stick with that firmware since release of the device and loved battery life.
I recently upgraded to nougat and after debloating I get just as good battery life.
So I wouldn't waste your time IMO.
I get about 5-6 hours sot gaming on wifi with ACP8 stock, doesn't seem to stand out compared to others and I'm on exynos
Ironically when I first got Note 7 I was able to game for 9 hours straight with snapdragon so I'll never understand how any of this **** works
Thanks guys for the reply. I found that latest BTU nougat release (DQB3) is giving good standby time.. Didn't check SOT yet as I am not charging my battery upto 100%.. Max is 80%. All firmwares prior to this had deep sleep issues. I will check for few more days..
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On latest Nougat
4g all day - 20 hours standby - 4 hours SOT
APC8
4g all day - 32 hour standby - 6 hours SOT
APC8 wins
Do you guys know any good APC8 roms from the past? Hard to find anything after all this time.
I am back to APC8 build after long time. I can easily get 5 to 6 Hours SOT with this. It was only 3 to 4 hours SOT with same usage in recent Nougat build for my region (XSG).
Will continue with APC8 until Oreo release.
Hi, i have SM-N910U device and the original new battery. But, why my battery draining so fast? Currently i using MM 6.0.1 official. Not rooted device. I’ve done lot of things to keep battery stable. But it seems not working. The battery drained so fast. This is malfunctioned of seri U or what? Thanks for the answer
What do you mean by "original new battery"? Do you mean the original battery that came with the phone? Or you have recently purchased an "original new battery"?
If you have recently purchased a battery it is almost guaranteed not to be an original Samsung battery as they do not make them any more - it is probably fake. Buy a RavPower battery and see how it goes. Same if you're still using the battery that originally came with the phone - get a RavPower. You might also want to try a factory reset and set your phone up clean again - this made a big difference to mine about a year ago when my battery was draining fast.
vudith said:
Hi, i have SM-N910U device and the original new battery. But, why my battery draining so fast? Currently i using MM 6.0.1 official. Not rooted device. I’ve done lot of things to keep battery stable. But it seems not working. The battery drained so fast. This is malfunctioned of seri U or what? Thanks for the answer
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Three possible curlpits: Your apps, the battery, or the firmware
Battery—fake battery will die fast, according to what others say
Apps—some apps are battery hungry, so find a way to hibernate those with Greenify or Hibernation Manager
Software—Android 6 is the last and worst update for performance and battery life. While it's on KitKat (4.4), its battery life was awesome; fast forward to Lollipop (5.0.1–5.1.1), from 12 hours of Screen On Time (SOT), it got decreased to 8 hours; and fast forward again to Marshmallow (6.0.1), it became from 8 hours to 3 hours. No matter what kernel or battery-saving methods you use, it's futile for a firmware that rots a powerful phone. The only way to fix this is by either using a custom ROM (Refined Nougat, Note 5/7 ported ROMs, etc.), or downgrading your firmware. (Installing KitKat with the latest bootloader prevents you from downgrading).
With a new battery on MM stock and unrooted I was getting 6 hours SOT (Exynos). Dropped off now after using the battery for 18 months, but soon upgrading to Note 9 or 10 anyway.