Yesterday we had a day grey in grey and I started my morning as usual with my SGN 10.1
Emailing, Newspaper reading, some drafting for my next lectures, updating apps and then I found some really funny cabaret streams .......
Well, my Note was constantly on and streaming YouTube and some other sources
What shall I tell You: just in time I went to bed it was down to 5%
14 hrs !
No other tab can beat THAT :laugh:
I found a quick way of gaining 5 hours battery per day: I bought my 5 yr old son a Galaxy Tab 2 (early xmas present). Now my note 10.1 lasts me all day, every day It even works with my phone, a Note 2
My note 10.1 has so far been running for 23 hours and 10 minutes and has 26% battery remaining. It's definitely on a par with my previous tablet, an ipad 3 :good:
Last week, took mine off the charger Sunday morning and didn't put it back till Friday night. I didn't use it much, just about 4 hours of screen time. Total time on battery was 134 hours 27 minutes. Still had 55% of the battery left. That standby time if phenomenal.
yeah my last charge was 5 hours 40 mins screen on time and more than 13 days standby. Battery was at 34%. It uses next to no power on standby, absolutely amazing.
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I use my Note 10.1 on two day cycles. I am in college and take all my notes with it. I can use the tablet as much as I want and I get two days of battery out of it.
I agree. I'm coming from Asus Transformer Infinity and SGN 10.1's battery is beyond belief. It seems like it's running on nuclear energy. Amazing for such a light tablet.
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I agree. I'm coming from Asus Transformer Infinity and SGN 10.1's battery is beyond belief. It seems like it's running on nuclear energy. Amazing for such a light tablet.
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tbh, it feels as though it runs down a bit quicker than my old transformer prime tf201...
idk though
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guys why my screen always say it uses 75/80% when i look at battery usage ?
it makes my battery drain very fast
The amount of time your screen is on is the usage percentage shown eg if you tablet is on for 10 hours and out of that u were using it for 8 hours then the percentage would be 80
Screen is the biggest battery eater which is the case with any device so it effects your battery life the most
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The amount of time your screen is on is the usage percentage shown eg if you tablet is on for 10 hours and out of that u were using it for 8 hours then the percentage would be 80
Screen is the biggest battery eater which is the case with any device so it effects your battery life the most
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thank you samir for fast respond :good:
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The amount of time your screen is on is the usage percentage shown eg if you tablet is on for 10 hours and out of that u were using it for 8 hours then the percentage would be 80
Screen is the biggest battery eater which is the case with any device so it effects your battery life the most
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I think its what percentage of your battery it has used, not the screen uptime vs total uptime
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I got mine yesterday and charged it, hardly did anything with it except download and play a game for less than 10 minutes and have a little doodle with sketchbook pro then left it on standby over night then did a little browsing this morning.
Found the wifi to be slow and sluggish and wouldn't even show all images even though my broadband is 100mb speed.
The battery lasted 13 hours, don't know how long it would last if I'd actually used it a bit more cause it seemed to go down pretty fast even on wifi bout the same life as my s3.
Hardly call that phenomenal.
I'm really disappointed to be honest after reading all the reviews.
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I got mine yesterday and charged it, hardly did anything with it except download and play a game for less than 10 minutes and have a little doodle with sketchbook pro then left it on standby over night then did a little browsing this morning.
Found the wifi to be slow and sluggish and wouldn't even show all images even though my broadband is 100mb speed.
The battery lasted 13 hours, don't know how long it would last if I'd actually used it a bit more cause it seemed to go down pretty fast even on wifi bout the same life as my s3.
Hardly call that phenomenal.
I'm really disappointed to be honest after reading all the reviews.
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Somethings up with your device maybe........ive tested mine a few times, constant use, thats, from 100% untill the 5% warning, mostly browser and youtube......5min break here, 5min break there...........on average 10h MINIMUM of CONSTANT use.........if your dropping 13h without much use, then somethings up with your device and might be worth asking in the q&a thread for help
Are you using full brightness?
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Somethings up with your device maybe........ive tested mine a few times, constant use, thats, from 100% untill the 5% warning, mostly browser and youtube......5min break here, 5min break there...........on average 10h MINIMUM of CONSTANT use.........if your dropping 13h without much use, then somethings up with your device and might be worth asking in the q&a thread for help
Are you using full brightness?
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Probably just needed a full charge as I only charged it from half way as it came half charged and if that doesn't work I'll do a full discharge and if that doesn't work I'll send it back
Full brightness is too high for me and auto is too low so had it at less than half way.
Only really got it so could use it to take out with me and do some paintings but was worried about it switching off that's why not happy.
Thanks for your reply, really like this tablet and it really is what I thought it would be but if it hasn't got the battery then it's not good.
I'll see how it goes.
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Make sure you set WiFi to turn off when the screen is off.
Odd though that the WiFi was slow. It makes me think something is wrong with the WiFi itself that's causing problems.
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Probably just needed a full charge as I only charged it from half way as it came half charged and if that doesn't work I'll do a full discharge and if that doesn't work I'll send it back
Full brightness is too high for me and auto is too low so had it at less than half way.
Only really got it so could use it to take out with me and do some paintings but was worried about it switching off that's why not happy.
Thanks for your reply, really like this tablet and it really is what I thought it would be but if it hasn't got the battery then it's not good.
I'll see how it goes.
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Personally, I've noticed that the s-pen digitiser, when it is switched on, drains a considerable amount of energy. So do not expect extreme battery life if you use a lot the s-pen. Anyway, do check that the energy saving option under "Options - S Pen" is ticked. This way the digitiser will be off when the stylus is in its receptacle. This will save a good amount of battery when you're not using the pen (provided you insert it in its receptacle). Of course, this setting will have no effect whatsoever while you're using the pen.
In any case, a tablet like this is full of features and components that are potential battery killers, so how long the battery lasts, it's really up to how the owner uses it, and not only how much. For instance, I may be surfing the internet and checking emails all day long without using the pen, and consider it heavy use. How long will the battery last in such case? 15 hours? Ok.
Now, a seemingly opposite case could be this: I may have the tablet constantly standing by, but with the pen off its receptacle. Since I have never used the tablet, I have full right to swear that my usage of the tablet is extremely light. Well, only because I've left the pen out of its receptacle, my battery will run flat in just about 13 hours or so. And what's more confusing, is that if I go checking the battery stats, I will see no trace of the pen being the responsible for such a high drain, so I probably will end up getting the (wrong) idea that the battery life of this tablet is extremely poor.
Another case, among the many, is when the tablet tries to sync using the 3G connection, but gets no answer from the network because of problems of the mobile operator network (server not responding). This causes the 3G radio to remain constantly on and drain the battery very fast. Again, it is very difficult to understand the reason for such a quick discharge. Such an issue happens in certain areas of my city with Vodafone, for instance. When I go to that areas, I have to take care to switch off 3G data connection, or else my battery will be empty in a matter of a few hours.
IMHO the problem is, that android os is very incomplete when it comes to providing information for analysing power consumption, and this has always been the cause of big confusion and frustration.
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Personally, I've noticed that the s-pen digitiser, when it is switched on, drains a considerable amount of energy. So do not expect extreme battery life if you use a lot the s-pen. Anyway, do check that the energy saving option under "Options - S Pen" is ticked. This way the digitiser will be off when the stylus is in its receptacle. This will save a good amount of battery when you're not using the pen (provided you insert it in its receptacle). Of course, this setting will have no effect whatsoever while you're using the pen.
In any case, a tablet like this is full of features and components that are potential battery killers, so how long the battery lasts, it's really up to how the owner uses it, and not only how much. For instance, I may be surfing the internet and checking emails all day long without using the pen, and consider it heavy use. How long will the battery last in such case? 15 hours? Ok.
Now, a seemingly opposite case could be this: I may have the tablet constantly standing by, but with the pen off its receptacle. Since I have never used the tablet, I have full right to swear that my usage of the tablet is extremely light. Well, only because I've left the pen out of its receptacle, my battery will run flat in just about 13 hours or so. And what's more confusing, is that if I go checking the battery stats, I will see no trace of the pen being the responsible for such a high drain, so I probably will end up getting the (wrong) idea that the battery life of this tablet is extremely poor.
Another case, among the many, is when the tablet tries to sync using the 3G connection, but gets no answer from the network because of problems of the mobile operator network (server not responding). This causes the 3G radio to remain constantly on and drain the battery very fast. Again, it is very difficult to understand the reason for such a quick discharge. Such an issue happens in certain areas of my city with Vodafone, for instance. When I go to that areas, I have to take care to switch off 3G data connection, or else my battery will be empty in a matter of a few hours.
IMHO the problem is, that android os is very incomplete when it comes to providing information for analysing power consumption, and this has always been the cause of big confusion and frustration.
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Ah think that was it thanks had the battery saving in pen unticked, wasn't sure whether to tick it or not.
I only have the wifi as got 3g on my phone so don't need it.
Main purpose bought it for was the pen but now have that ticked when not using it should make a difference
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Suppose you had a choice, the Note as it is with 2500ma battery, or my imaginary 6000ma Note. (see attachement).
2500ma to get you through a day with moderate use, or 6000ma for a day of unworried heavy use. (or two or three with normal use)
Kind of difficult without knowing the thickness of your imaginary Note. In any case, one of the reasons the Note's size is so manageable is because of how thin it is.
Considering that I get a full day (~12hrs) out of even heavy use with my note and 35+ hours with normal use, I cant really think why anyone would want to make this have a larger battery...
Using juice defender ultimate and 15% screen brightness.
Also, I cant believe most people dont realize that those crap mugen and other extended batteries are ususally nowhere near their advertised mAh rating. http://batteryboss.org/
A total scam and making people use bigger phones for practically a placebo effect battery life increase.
Aside from the scams...
I would like an official larger battery, fitting in a bit thicker case, this would make it really my dream phone.
My day lasts a bit longer than 12hrs...
I also use Juice Defender, but this just helps when you are not using the phone....
Interesting, but I use an external USB battery pack. This means the phone doesn't have any extra weight. Sure, I have to carry an extra gadget, but it's only when I need it and they make them in all sorts of sizes so it's not much of a compromise.
I think, there is certainly space for a bigger battery, considering it is almost same hardware inside on the S2 it should be plenty of room for a bigger battery. Maybe they could used a bigger battery which was thinner...anyway..if you could always have two batteries an extra battery in your pocket... the battery does not cost much..
But yeah I like if you had the choose to buy a bigger battery like on your picture, and then buy a new back case..
I am happy with the thickness as is and wouldn't want to increase it. I can always use titanium to freeze any apps that I require for little extra reach anyways.
I don't need a 6000mah battery
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Interesting, but I use an external USB battery pack. This means the phone doesn't have any extra weight. Sure, I have to carry an extra gadget, but it's only when I need it and they make them in all sorts of sizes so it's not much of a compromise.
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and so far I would say the Note has better power consumption vs. battery size than my SGSII did.
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Considering that I get a full day (~12hrs) out of even heavy use with my note and 35+ hours with normal use, I cant really think why anyone would want to make this have a larger battery...
Using juice defender ultimate and 15% screen brightness.
Also, I cant believe most people dont realize that those crap mugen and other extended batteries are ususally nowhere near their advertised mAh rating. http://batteryboss.org/
A total scam and making people use bigger phones for practically a placebo effect battery life increase.
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Is that really true? I don't get the impression from the other battery life thread that the Note can last an entire working day without dying. If that's possible then great, but I would appreciate if you can provide just a bit more details about your usage. Let's put it like this, will the Galaxy Note last from 8 AM to 8 PM with my defined usage pattern listed below.
I don't need a battery that will last 2 or more days. I need a phone that will work permit hours of web browsing, 4 push e-mail accounts, and instant messaging running in the background. My iPhone 4 will easily last the entire day thank to the battery case. If it wasn't for my Mophie case, then I wouldn't be able to do it.
Is 15% brightness adequate?
Right.
I had a mophie for my iPhones, a battery pack for my S2, and would like a longer lasting Note. Especially for the Note, since its size invites to keep my desktop turned off.
But the battery included with the Note doesn't survive a whole day of heavy use, just moderate use.
So you have to revert to Juice defenders, mophies and keep an eye on the battery, carry chargers etc.
It would be, at least for me, very convenient and relaxing to have a phone where you don't need to think about power management.
And I think I am not alone.
It would be easy for Samsung to make a longer lasting phone, and it would sell.
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Make 2 versions, 2500 and 5000 for instance....let the people decide !!!
I use my note alot during my workdays. And it last my 8 hour day easy with realy heavy use.
But like today when ive been busy with my machine at work ive just had radio on the whole day and maby got around 1-2 hour of browsing, watching movie, gaming, etc. And after 8 hours my battery is on 75%.
Whats draining most of my battery is the connection with the 3g network and syncing. Using my msn app the whole day will make it drain alot more.
And the screen. If you have the screen on alot it will drain the battery realy fast with high brightness. So the lower you can have the better. The difference between 75% and 25% is huge for me.
And for those that will have more battery power i think a external batterypack is pretty good solution. Ive one for backup for times when i know im going to use my phone much during a long time without the possibility to charge.
Can have my batterypack in my pocket while i use and charge my phone.
a little too thick from the picture but would be nice if the same thickness then i'd go for the 6000ma one or just get another spare battery for the heavy use .
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Is that really true? I don't get the impression from the other battery life thread that the Note can last an entire working day without dying. If that's possible then great, but I would appreciate if you can provide just a bit more details about your usage. Let's put it like this, will the Galaxy Note last from 8 AM to 8 PM with my defined usage pattern listed below.
I don't need a battery that will last 2 or more days. I need a phone that will work permit hours of web browsing, 4 push e-mail accounts, and instant messaging running in the background. My iPhone 4 will easily last the entire day thank to the battery case. If it wasn't for my Mophie case, then I wouldn't be able to do it.
Is 15% brightness adequate?
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It's completely true, once you set the phone up right it has incredible battery life. I'm not talking setting the phone up to be crippled like I have had to do with previous android phones either, this thing just goes. After a day (9hrs) of normal use in my office (texting, surfing and using reddit is fun) My battery was at 80%
People dont set up their phones right, and/or complain about the battery life after spending all the first day with the phone downloading apps and gazing at the beautiful screen are the ones misleading saying this phone has bad battery.
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I use my note alot during my workdays. And it last my 8 hour day easy with realy heavy use.
But like today when ive been busy with my machine at work ive just had radio on the whole day and maby got around 1-2 hour of browsing, watching movie, gaming, etc. And after 8 hours my battery is on 75%.
Whats draining most of my battery is the connection with the 3g network and syncing. Using my msn app the whole day will make it drain alot more.
And the screen. If you have the screen on alot it will drain the battery realy fast with high brightness. So the lower you can have the better. The difference between 75% and 25% is huge for me.
And for those that will have more battery power i think a external batterypack is pretty good solution. Ive one for backup for times when i know im going to use my phone much during a long time without the possibility to charge.
Can have my batterypack in my pocket while i use and charge my phone.
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I agree that using 3G will drain the battery faster, but I didn't subscribe to adapts connection and then exclusively use wifi.
Is 25% screen brightness adequate for outside viewing?
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It's completely true, once you set the phone up right it has incredible battery life. I'm not talking setting the phone up to be crippled like I have had to do with previous android phones either, this thing just goes. After a day (9hrs) of normal use in my office (texting, surfing and using reddit is fun) My battery was at 80%
People dont set up their phones right, and/or complain about the battery life after spending all the first day with the phone downloading apps and gazing at the beautiful screen are the ones misleading saying this phone has bad battery.
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I totally appreciate your feedback here, but can you be specific about the settings that you're using to achieve such great battery life?
Is 15% brightness enough for outside viewing?
Also interested in what "set the phone up right" means
All of above that, you need to find a good kernel to be developed.
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I updated "cleanly" as per my previous post,
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Looks good!
What is your brightness setting?
More info about your settings please?
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Auto mainly but i adjust sometimes upwards, as ICS auto brightness can be a bit too dark for me sometimes.
I turn wifi, gps off when im not using it, NFC is off if that makes a difference. 3g is on always. Nothing special, I just "use it" as I normally would.
I think 2 days and 8 hours is pretty good going?
Stock battery?
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Stock battery?
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yes absolutely, nothing custom at all. bought from carphone warehouse in uk, i9020T
I don't get it, I get 14 hours if I'm lucky...
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I don't get it, I get 14 hours if I'm lucky...
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No idea feel free to ask me specific questions!
what apps have you used in this 2+ day period?? games? streaming video? web-browsing? These are the most common uses and they are also the biggest battery killers. I'm sure if I had my phone in airplane mode & barely used it at all I could get better battery life than that. Please give us more details on the specific apps, etc. you ran in this period (to the best of your memory, of course )
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what apps have you used in this 2+ day period?? games? streaming video? web-browsing? These are the most common uses and they are also the biggest battery killers. I'm sure if I had my phone in airplane mode & barely used it at all I could get better battery life than that. Please give us more details on the specific apps, etc. you ran in this period (to the best of your memory, of course )
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Hmm probably only an hours worth of "apparatus" - game, good couple of hours on google reader, facebook etc. no more than an hour on the phone.
my "normal" usage really; not trying to be overly conservative, but also not constantly on. certainly nothing to suggest that I'm getting any worse battery life than I did on 2.3.x
Next time you get this kind of usage from a full charge down to zero let us know your screen on time please.
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Battery life stats don't mean much if you don't really use the phone for those 2 days. I'm at 16hours with 66percent left.
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Here's mine. A day and half. Similar battery performance with GB even though that Android OS is way too high (higher than Screen)
Yes; that Android OS' looks like a statistic and therefore has a 87.8% chance of being made up on the spot (like that one!).
This is a sample of my battery life and quite unusual for me; Mobile Standby is the highest because I spent five or so hours in an area with very poor coverage, when it could get a signal it was 2G.
Wifi is on when I know I have a hotspot I can use. AutoSync off unless I need it. Bluetooth wasn't used. Screen brightness mostly at the minimum with some time at Auto. Latitude constantly running in automatic update.
Screen on time was 2 hours, 30 minutes and that included approximately 20 minutes of Google Maps (not Navigation).
The biggest difference I've made on my device is to log out of Google+. My use is mostly checking two Gmail accounts, browsing the web, using DropBox / Documents-to-Go, texting, some photography.
Disabling Latitude's AutoUpdate stops the device from waking up with the screen off (all those little blue ticks on the use bar) and makes a big difference to battery life when I'm on the move.
How can you guys take screenshot on stock?
Hold down power and vol. down simultaneously for a second or two for a screenshot.
Also, nice battery life. I've been running about a day with ~50% left, 2 hours of screen time and somewhere around 30 - 45mins gaming. WiFi on all day and calls/texting was minimal.
Have a look https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT More insight regarding Android OS from google engineer.
I am running stock 4.0.3 ICS and battery lasts only 10-11 hours.(Data Disabled, Occasional Wifi Use, Brightness reduced to minimum.).
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I am running stock 4.0.3 ICS and battery lasts only 10-11 hours.(Data Disabled, Occasional Wifi Use, Brightness reduced to minimum.).
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What's your screen on time during the ten hours?
I've been seeing numerous posts in different threads by people bragging about their battery life and how their battery lasts 43 days and still has like 19% left and such. Usually a picture attached or something. Funny part is at what point is that impressive when you don't use your phone!? If you only use it as a book end or paper weight its really not that great that your battery lasts long.
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no kidding... i haven't gone a day without having to recharge my phone. i can hardly put this thing down!
Yeah a heavy user has to charge nightly...i think people don't use their phones much for a day just for a screenshot....lol
Man, here I thought it was just me! I have to charge mine every day as well, though I use a pair of Motorola bluetooth headphones to listen to music at work all day.
i have to charge mine twice daily, i just can't get my hands off it
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Man, here I thought it was just me! I have to charge mine every day as well, though I use a pair of Motorola bluetooth headphones to listen to music at work all day.
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I can't remember the model what ones and how do you like them?
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how their battery lasts 43 days and still has like 19% left and such.
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43 days??? No way!
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43 days??? No way!
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Lol, I know man its insane ain't it
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Lol 43 days is hilarious, I have 3 batteries and 2 charger cradles, I love this thing so much that I can't bear putting it down and this way all I have to do is swap batteries around, cbf waiting for the device to take its time charging lol
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I charge twice a day!
I am not complaining about the battery life, considering how hardly i put my phone down, i might have to charge 4time a day with any other phone.
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I just don't see the point of having a device like the Note if you're not going to utilize it. Get a damn slivr or sumfin.
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I have a mate's Note (now and ex-iPhone user ) and having rooted and set it up for him, I will give it back soon. He does not care if it is this week or next . Frankly I can't see how he can wait that long!
BUT, having tried this out, we are on 3 1/2 days now with 70% battery left ....
I'm sorry, but I call stinky sticky diarrhea if you claim more than a full day of battery on heavy use. There is no way.
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My battery, post root, gives the following stats:
On for 13 hours,
Data mostly Wifi, Push Sync on, FB, Twitter syncs hourly. No GPS
Voice Calls : 36 minutes
Display On : 3 hours 14 minutes
Battery left : 33%
I think this is the best battery I've every had. Can't really complain. Though do find some people's claim of battery lasting two days bit over the top.
Though, must say, saw remarkable difference post root.
Ciao.
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I've been seeing numerous posts in different threads by people bragging about their battery life and how their battery lasts 43 days and still has like 19% left and such. Usually a picture attached or something. Funny part is at what point is that impressive when you don't use your phone!? If you only use it as a book end or paper weight its really not that great that your battery lasts long.
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the biggest use is so that you have a clean slate to determine what minimum drain is. I.e. do you have a rogue app bleeding battery.
turning on things/running apps will of course use battery - but you should be able to break it down to what is using how much.
I find it equally amusing that you had to start a thread to laugh at people claiming great battery life. I mean talk of the irony here.
No, I dont get 43 days of standby. But it does last me one full day with heavy use (no GPS). Even if I have more than 50% left on easy sunday, I would still connect it to charger before going to bed. Regardless of what phone I have, I like the assurance of getting out of home with full battery. I even charge my secondary Nokia daily which can go 5 days easy without recharge.
But that does not mean you need to make laughing stock out of people who dont use their phones heavily and get days of standby. My friend goes 2 days on his note without recharge. He is just a moderate user who does not use 3G, but still loves his Note.
More like 43 hours. Must be a typo. 43 days is super ultra exaggeration to the max.
Yes, sarcasm and joking around is just so wrong and terrible. Give me a break. With all the trolling, flaming, name calling and other bull that goes on a little light hearted laughter is needed. Get the corn cob out of ...
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And our definition of heavy use is way different or there's no way you'd go a full day
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Yes, sarcasm and joking around is just so wrong and terrible. Give me a break. With all the trolling, flaming, name calling and other bull that goes on a little light hearted laughter is needed. Get the corn cob out of ...
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And our definition of heavy use is way different or there's no way you'd go a full day
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If you call close to 5 hours of screen time, couple of hours of music, 20-30 odd minutes of youtube video, 2+ hours of calls, 2 gmail and one company email account with sync on as light use, then sure. Our definitions are different.
There are 2 ways to use your phone. without giving it a second thought, and secondly learning to use the things at your disposal to intelligently manage your battery.
Most of the sites I read / follow have their own apps or pulse support. I use pulse rather than standard browser and set it to dark mode(it uses black background in dark mode ). Use applications of my daily newspaper with dark background support, use dark skin, turn on wifi only when I need to download some heavy stuff and keep it on 3G network for syncing (3G standby actually uses less power than wifi kept on and data needed for sync is very less. Using wifi for that is waste of battery resources).
Same with Tapatalk Pro. I use it in black background mode.
There are easy ways to save battery with AMOLED displays and it is to use darker background wherever possible.
You do this and even with heavy use you can easily go 1 full day on note. As long as you dont touch GPS, its all good. If you use GPS for even 30-60 minutes a day, there is no way even note will last one day.
Same with camera. Too much video recording and your battery will go down. These 2 things I dont use too much every day. Mostly camera is for snaps only and short 2-3 minutes clips once or twice a week.
With this use I am left with more than 20% battery by the time its time to go to bed. Thats enough. This is first phone other than iPhone that has given this much backup time. My SGS2 needed recharging in car on my way back home.
This is all on checkrom with FM2.0 kernel with on demand governor. (This is the best combination that I have settled on. Tried every ROM in the developer section and every kernel. Nothing gives battery life like this particular combination on my Note. I would love to see your usage statistics and see how you are eating your battery.
mine is around 15hrs of medium usage with office exchange email connected with 3G 24/7. i did saw few Note user posted the SS about their battery life lasting for almost 3 days. the story is completely unacceptable coz we all knew that 3G draining our battery alot. As usual, the screen display is the top in my battery usage report.
I read so many threads and comments complaining about "battery life"
Turning this off and that off, not using this app or that app. Dreaded enemy "wake locks". Turning brightness down and generally Not using all these great devices have to offer to squeeze out more battery life. Even to the extent of over 24 hours.
We have a phenomenal and powerful device that does a whole lot with a huge screen and a ton of great BG apps updating all kinds of information we enjoy these devices for.
MOST of all we all have the (getting rare) opportunity to swap out an inexpensive battery in less than 30 seconds be up and running for another 5-10 hours depending on our enjoyment and use.
Do people not have electricity? They cannot charge every night? They can afford a $600 phone (or $300 subsidized) and $600 plus a year for service but cannot buy a $20 battery in order to actually USE the device as designed and go through all kinds of contortions, apps, settings, and worse, anguish at running out of juice after (gasp) 8 hours?
People getting hung up on "benchmarking" and posting screen shots of phones on battery for 3 days...(of course rarely used) to squeeze and extra 30 minutes.
TURN IT OFF!! bet the battery lasts well over a month. You win!
I guess I just don't understand the "issue" with a device where batteries can be swapped out so easily.
I get maybe 10 hours normally with everything on and at minimum updating. I have infinite screen on and turn it off when I am done using it. (hate those timeouts while reading something). FB and news updates at minimum. Maps always running latitude. If its there its on BT, Screen rotation, GPS, I just don't worry about battery life as I would rather carry an extra battery in my desk at home auto or work and in my wallet than not USE the device as designed.
Personally I would never buy another phone without the ability to swap out a battery lest I would gain have to "ration" my use of such a great device which would be akin to a witnessing a gay man win a date with a single and seductive Angela Jolie . Why bother?
Am I alone here? Anyone else consider battery life as much a non issue as I do on these Samsung phones?
I'm with you on this one. Why do all of that stupid things if you can solve it with $20 battery.
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A lot of the battery life threads are related to abnormally high battery drain.
As an example, on GB I would about 1% battery per hour if the phone was idle.
When I upgraded to LPY, I was losing 2-3% per hour, and sometimes higher, because the phone was not going into deep sleep.
This might not seem much of a difference for just 1 hour, but over the course of a day, it is a huge difference.
Now I'm on LPF, my battery drain is about the same, or lower than GB when idle.
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A lot of the battery life threads are related to abnormally high battery drain.
As an example, on GB I would about 1% battery per hour if the phone was idle.
When I upgraded to LPY, I was losing 2-3% per hour, and sometimes higher, because the phone was not going into deep sleep.
This might not seem much of a difference for just 1 hour, but over the course of a day, it is a huge difference.
Now I'm on LPF, my battery drain is about the same, or lower than GB when idle.
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I guess "abnormally high" is debatable. For me it would be a 80% battery crapping out before then end of a 2 hour movie.
A day is only 24 hours long and I assume people will sleep for 6-8 hours so Even a 5% drain per hour would mean more than 16 hours of standby with 20% remaining!! How can that be an issue? I doubt my phone "deep sleeps" I have BG apps running all the time with notifications. One extra battery solves all issues. No need for special apps, tweaking this and that, flashing this and that simply for battery life.
If people sleep 6-8 hours during a 24 hour period they can easily and consistently charge their batteries. A 3% drain per hour would not be an issue. If we watch movies and play games we already know the battery will drain within a few hours. Pop in another battery and brand new again.
You are assuming that people are always near a power source.
I am normally near a power source. I am either at work and charge via USB or in my car or at home.
The issue is the past 3 days I was out and about (malls, hotels, restaurants and so on) and was not near a power source for more than 10 minutes. My battery died in about 4 hours of usage. Mostly checking email, instagram and facebook.
I keep my brightness at full strength by the way (unless if the lights are off in bed).
Yes, so battery is an issue.
Not everyone is constantly near a power source.
So you think if I put my fully charged Note into Airplane mode when I go to sleep and wake up in the morning just to find out to my surprise that I lost 32 % of battery life in six hours is normal? In airplane mode? On official update via Kies, never rooted, never anything custom? That is normal to you? Wow, you are either stupid or work for Samsung. If you work for Samsung can you help me to get my GB battery life back? I have already spend good money for the phone, I am not willing to spend a dime extra for another battery on 6 months old phone.
If your phone is working as intended, battery life issues are not really an issue.
It basically means your phone sleeps when its supposed to.
However, some devices never go into deep sleep due to some issue with kernel or a rogue app. Thats where the battery problem comes in.
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So you think if I put my fully charged Note into Airplane mode when I go to sleep and wake up in the morning just to find out to my surprise that I lost 32 % of battery life in six hours is normal? In airplane mode? On official update via Kies, never rooted, never anything custom? That is normal to you? Wow, you are either stupid or work for Samsung. If you work for Samsung can you help me to get my GB battery life back? I have already spend good money for the phone, I am not willing to spend a dime extra for another battery on 6 months old phone.
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Thats not normal.
I turn off data and wifi on my Note when I go to sleep (6 hours also) and I loose about 5 to 10 %.
This is with telephone signal only. No data or wifi.
to the post #7. So how come it didn't happened in stock GB previously? In GB I lost about 1 % overnight when in airplane mode. Reliability of batteries on this phone is a big deal, unfortunatelly.
Battery is always an issue. Nobody likes running to the charger every 3 hours. They want to charge and preferably when we are not using it, when we sleep.
So yes, it does not comply with expectatoin with continuous use. So yes its an issue. At least for me
Next to this having the enduser juggle with what wakelocks are or other battery eaters are dont help much. That counts for all smart phones.
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There is also the issue about well behaved v badly behaved apps. I've installed apps and my battery life has plummeted, normally due to the app writing tons to the system log as it doesn't run well on my device.
In that situation it's nice to know the phone generally isn't sucking masses of juice itself so you aren't caught out and about with no battery left.
As the OP says, I guess I could carry a spare battery, but I could also carry a spare phone (my old Nokia 6310 used to last weeks on a charge) - and I don't want to do either. I want the battery on my phone to survive general use and still be able to be used for calls if needed. For me, it's not about €20\$20 for a battery, it's about the hassle of having to carry another thing around with me all the time and make sure I'd remembered to charge the damned thing when I actually needed it.
Personally, I use my phone like a tablet and as a phone and generally get 1-2 days out of it no problem. That said there are definitely some battery drain issues with the official German ICS build and it's worth protecting yourself against unnecessary drain if possible.
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, I am not willing to spend a dime extra for another battery on 6 months old phone.
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And there is your only problem.........it's not "airplane" mode while you sleep. You could charge while you sleep. Again problem solved.
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You are assuming that people are always near a power source.
I am normally near a power source. I am either at work and charge via USB or in my car or at home.
The issue is the past 3 days I was out and about (malls, hotels, restaurants and so on) and was not near a power source for more than 10 minutes. My battery died in about 4 hours of usage. Mostly checking email, instagram and facebook.
I keep my brightness at full strength by the way (unless if the lights are off in bed).
Yes, so battery is an issue.
Not everyone is constantly near a power source.
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I happen to believe it's asking far to much of a device once used only as a phone and now as a notebook computer, music player, movie player,gaming platform, big screen, GPS, on and on to be able to operate without expecting batteries to wither within hours. I bought extra batteries so I can use all the functions without worry. There are performance issues people strive to enhance. I get that. But battery life is counter productive to enhancing performance.
I cannot understand all the teeth gnashing about battery life with all the options available Especially those of us who are power users. . not the least being charging while asleep. So many post battery loss while sleeping...... That's what chargers are for.
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I am assuming people sleep near a power source. Is that a reach?
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Sometimes. I go to music festivals where we camp for up to 5 days at a time. I may have access to a powerpoint for 30 mins a day, but not always. I carry spare batteries, but that doesn't mean I want my phone sucking my battery like crazy.
When travelling around, I use my phone more often than normal (gmaps etc)... If I'm away from the hotel for 12 hours +, again, having decent battery life is not an unreasonable thing to want.
My Desire HD (yes I know, smaller screen, slower cpu), could pull over 30 hours out of a battery with conservative use (without turning the radios off).
I still wouldn't give up my Note, but having to recharge each time I get home is pretty annoying.
Ha, ha!
I find it funny that a post complaining about people complaining about battery life ends up with people's comments complaining about battery life!
Seriously, though, when those rogue apps steal my precious battery, I get annoyed. I paid for the damned thing, and I want to use it when I want to use it, not find it is half-drained.
I use it pretty normally, and charge it every day (new batteries are cheap). I carry a spare in my wallet too.
I sometimes spend four hours a working day on the phone, BT all day, plus an hour or two screen and WiFi on. If I have managed it OK (by killing battery stealing apps) I get about 50 to 60% left. If not, I can be down to 30% after that. That may not be enough for the rest of the day.
Why should it be a problem that people like to get a full day from one battery? It is not difficult, although you do need Root. Shame on Samsung that it is necessary, when it is clearly possible.
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I find it funny that a post complaining about people complaining about battery life ends up with people's comments complaining about battery life!
Seriously, though, when those rogue apps steal my precious battery, I get annoyed. I paid for the damned thing, and I want to use it when I want to use it, not find it is half-drained.
I use it pretty normally, and charge it every day (new batteries are cheap). I carry a spare in my wallet too.
I sometimes spend four hours a working day on the phone, BT all day, plus an hour or two screen and WiFi on. If I have managed it OK (by killing battery stealing apps) I get about 50 to 60% left. If not, I can be down to 30% after that. That may not be enough for the rest of the day.
Why should it be a problem that people like to get a full day from one battery? It is not difficult, although you do need Root. Shame on Samsung that it is necessary, when it is clearly possible.
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Lol I was seeking those who don't have issues. And was hoping for a discussion on how they deal with battery life without rationing or tweaking....not more complainers
It's a problem of unrealistic expectations.IMO When you look at the device it self and what it's capable of.
Yeah Samsung could have put a larger battery and fatter back on the phone but people would complain about that. Those solutions are available for power users as well. I think we are lucky to have a device where we have options to solve a basic issue other than not using functions. Apple and HTC do not have the same luxury.
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I'm a light user with the occasional call and sms and my battery last ~6 days. Phone is 3 moths old. However, I find that my battery usage is very dependent on signal strength. I usually get 4 bars and when that happens battery drains like 10% a day and when it is down to 1-2 bars then it can be 3 times that. I guess I'm fortunate that I get 4 bars most of the time in the office and at home.
I have a battery monitor widget installed and I must say that it makes me paranoid of using the phone and causing high drain. May uninstall it soon and use the phone as it should be used.
My expectations are pretty much met when it comes to battery life of the Galaxy Note. It lasts a whole working day. That's all I need. And for exceptional situations when I don't have access to a socket I have got a spare battery.
It's clear that the Note drains the battery really fast if it's in use. Just look at the screen . I also agree that it's annoying if the battery is empty after only 1/2 working day. But some people really have to blame themselves. If you don't turn off Wifi, Bluetooth and GPS when they are not needed it's no miracle that the battery is empty in no time. If you constantly check Facebook, Twitter and the like you have to accept that battery life will be significantly shorter.
For me the worst things are Bluetooth headsets. Not only is it annoying to have one more device that has to be charged but it also constantly drains the battery of the phone. Ok those wireless headsets are comfortable but you pay for it by faster battery drain.
hi guys, cool down.
the different opinions about the battery issue are resulting from the different way of using the phone along with the life style.
Some may need a bckp bat. Some can make sure they are always close to a power source ( if people spend a substantial part of the day in cars f.e.) Some even need an additional external power pack, as they are not close to power outlets all day.
That all makes sense to me but doesn't make me switching off all the nice features of that great phone. It is not an a piece for exhibition in a shopping window, it is for my personal use for business and/or leisure activities. It even connects me via video when I am far away from home, it connects me to the social networks and it let me professionally do my work and up or download all info I need from my corporation. I can log in via VPN to my workplace and edit documents by collaborating with colleagues through the cloud. It shows me the way through the GPS, if I need.
It entertains me in many different way if I want, It helps me to find a good restaurant.
I do not longer use a notebook computer or a tablet.
My Notebook computer could work hardly 2 hours with the same usage like my SGN.
So, I accept that this racing machine does need after some laps a pit stop for filling up the power.
Just love that tool, just love it
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My expectations are pretty much met when it comes to battery life of the Galaxy Note. It lasts a whole working day. That's all I need. And for exceptional situations when I don't have access to a socket I have got a spare battery.
It's clear that the Note drains the battery really fast if it's in use. Just look at the screen . I also agree that it's annoying if the battery is empty after only 1/2 working day. But some people really have to blame themselves. If you don't turn off Wifi, Bluetooth and GPS when they are not needed it's no miracle that the battery is empty in no time. If you constantly check Facebook, Twitter and the like you have to accept that battery life will be significantly shorter.
For me the worst things are Bluetooth headsets. Not only is it annoying to have one more device that has to be charged but it also constantly drains the battery of the phone. Ok those wireless headsets are comfortable but you pay for it by faster battery drain.
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These are the kinds of responses I was hoping people people would post rather than more whining about battery life. there are plenty of those threads already.
I was hoping for a POSITIVE thread people could read to calm their perceived issues with battery life. BTW I don't use BT head sets for Music. Yes another thing to deal with charging where you cannot simpy replace a battery. I prefer the far better quality wired earbuds.
I have had my Note for 9 days now and wonder if my battery may have an issue. Yes the phone is entering deep sleep, No I don't have any specific app that is running it dry. Screen takes most of the juice. I have it set at automatic brightness. Everything is off. It does auto sync. Signal is fantastic. I can hardly get 3/4ths of a day. I usually spend 30 minutes on the phone. 30 emails, 2 hours browsing, 30 minutes on tapatalk. This has always been my pattern and coming from a Motorola photon I always made the day easily. I'm on ISC (stock) not rooted just plain old stock. I'm thinking maybe a battery problem? What do you all think? Thanks for your help.
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I have had my Note for 9 days now and wonder if my battery may have an issue. Yes the phone is entering deep sleep, No I don't have any specific app that is running it dry. Screen takes most of the juice. I have it set at automatic brightness. Everything is off. It does auto sync. Signal is fantastic. I can hardly get 3/4ths of a day. I usually spend 30 minutes on the phone. 30 emails, 2 hours browsing, 30 minutes on tapatalk. This has always been my pattern and coming from a Motorola photon I always made the day easily. I'm on ISC (stock) not rooted just plain old stock. I'm thinking maybe a battery problem? What do you all think? Thanks for your help.
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I've only had my note a couple days. I've gotten about 10-12 hours out of it both days. But that was with what I would call moderate to less then moderate usage. A little web browsing and facebook, probably less then 2 hours total. Maybe 20-30 texts and reading emails for maybe 30 minutes and 10-15 minutes of calls. I'm not sure what to expect, I am coming from a rooted HTC evo which I ran a lot of custom roms/kernels on, so I got great battery life with it. But I don't remember how it performed stock. The Note gets me through my work day, but not much more.
Charge the battery to full.
Let it drain completely (till it turns itself off).
Charge the battery to full once more.
I don't know the science behind it, nor does everyone benefit from doing this. (Something to do with calibration of the battery) but I do this after every major update, or new phone. I'm currently sat on 44% battery after 24hours usage (Moderate, certainly not heavy usage).
You have to remember the note will consume a large amount of battery simply because of its screen size (As you've noted its the biggest offender).
Someone with more experience/knowledge will hopefully be along shortly to give you better more informed advice but this is what I know from experience.
Normally what I have seen is I get approx near
4 hours of battery life (screen on time)
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Batterylife on samsung ics (XXLPY) is terrible if you compare it to gingerbread. It is nearly cut down in half. I guess touchwizz has gotten more hungry than before or samsung has altered ics so much that the advantages are gone.
davexeno said:
Charge the battery to full.
Let it drain completely (till it turns itself off).
Charge the battery to full once more.
I don't know the science behind it, nor does everyone benefit from doing this. (Something to do with calibration of the battery) but I do this after every major update, or new phone. I'm currently sat on 44% battery after 24hours usage (Moderate, certainly not heavy usage).
You have to remember the note will consume a large amount of battery simply because of its screen size (As you've noted its the biggest offender).
Someone with more experience/knowledge will hopefully be along shortly to give you better more informed advice but this is what I know from experience.
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I do this method every 2 or 3 months on all my devices (iPod, phone, Laptop) so that the percentage or battery shown on the devices is more accurate. I read somewhere that since most of us charge out devices before battery dies completely, like we charge it when its 80 or 60 or even 20 instead of charging it when it completely dies, doing so makes the accuracy of the percentage very low but we can't help it but to charge it at what ever percentage for various reason thus, I always drain all my battery on devices completely than charge it full before using (minus the first full charging). Any ways if your ICS it seems to be a bug, it cannot be fixed until a new update.
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Do the charge/drain cycle.
I've done this and improved the battery life immensely.
Currently my note has been on for 3d 21h 16m 1s and has 11% charge left - okay so it hasn't been used much over the weekend but that not a bad standby time.