Guys, i have an octa core S4, and i've read everything i could find in the forum about it, and i even have tried many stock roms and i can't decide, so i want some experiences.
I'm trying to find a stock rom that has good battery and doesn't heat up too much. I've tried:
MEA India - Best Result so far. Good battery, heats up quite a lot.
MF8 India - Eats up too much battery
MG1 India - Same as MF8
MG5 India - Eats up too much battery but stays quite cool.
By the way, the temperature measured in the CPU using the *#0*# code were (using MEA firmware):
20º-25º idle
25-37º while browsing through wifi
35-55º while heavy gaming
Now i don't know if these temps are normal, for what i've read in this forum, the browsing temp seems to be a bit high. On the other hand, the temp rose up to 55ºC only playing for 5 mins a very heavy 3d game. Is it normal for it to get heated so fast?
So far, i'm sticking to the INU MEA rom, but i'd like to know if someone has a better experience with a newer rom, but i want only STOCK ROMS, not custom ones. By the way, i've checked for weird process running in the background in every rom i tried and there was nothing suspicious.
Thanks in advance everyone.
Everyone's phone will react differently.
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I want to know it too... I'm searching for a really good rom
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najaboy said:
Everyone's phone will react differently.
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Yes of course because it depends on the use, but even when the phone doesn't reac exactly the same, the hardware is basically the same for every i9500, so the behaviour of everyone's phone should be similar, unless of course there's a defective handset
Best stock ROM is the Symbian S40... trust me.. you wont find anything more stable than that... :sigh:
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...Who seems to be getting worse battery life since I've rooted and installed CM10 and Franco Kernel than stock.
Before with stock I was only losing about 1% every two hours on standby (sometimes even better I've no idea how)
Now I'm losing about 3% an hour on standby and also about 30% an hour screen time with just basic browsing (Screen brightness set to auto).
Also Media server is hammering my battery. Like I lost 3% battery in 15 mins without the screen on just playing music (not streaming) is that normal, I've come from an iphone 4s which didn't lose that in an hour :S
have i flashed it badly is there something else maybe i should try or are these stats about right ????
thanks guys
That's just the way it is just custom roms. When flashing, put your head between your legs and pray for the best. You can spend hours trying to figure out what's gone wrong, but you might never get an answer.
You can try underclocking your N4. Currently my dual-core Snapdragon S3 T-Mo Galaxy S2 is underclocked to 810MHz from 1.5GHz and performance is still great. I'm guessing you can UC your N4 to at least 1.2-1GHz and performance will still be great because of the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. Also, what governor and i/o are you using?
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Hi Gents
Thanks for the reply, yeah it does seem a bit of a hit and miss kinda situation, I'm not masively bothered, im hoping eventually someone will stumple across a fix for the way the screen murders the battery life but im not holding my breath. Still love the phone, really getting used to it now, have tried (and failed) many times to switch to android, must be honest, this is the closest I've come so far to waving bye bye to ios, android is really really fantastic as an os, it's also super pretty to look at these days, stock apps like contacts, calender and the phone app itself are beautiful.
Let the phone and battery have several cycles, it will improve, eventually
thanks mate !!
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You can try underclocking your N4. Currently my dual-core Snapdragon S3 T-Mo Galaxy S2 is underclocked to 810MHz from 1.5GHz and performance is still great. I'm guessing you can UC your N4 to at least 1.2-1GHz and performance will still be great because of the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. Also, what governor and i/o are you using?
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Under clocking your phone isn't a viable situation. It's a phone, what's the point in it if you're not going to use it to your fullest when my phone lasts through the whole day going from 384-1500?
Some battery tips for op:
- download better battery stats (Google it for a xda version) use this to debug wakelock and ensure your phone is deep sleeping under cpu states. You can also use cpu spy to check cpu stats. Better battery stats is a must need.
- disable Google latitude in maps. Disable the automatic reporting and any other checked marks
- disable Google now cards that you have no use for
- disable gps (some apps use gps and drains battery when it keeps using gps when it isn't necessary)
- ensure your governor is interactive and on latest version of Franco (r20 is very good)
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Just stick with the stock kernel that comes with cm10.
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Just stick with the stock kernel that comes with cm10.
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Highly advise doing that. Other kernels are way more optimized whereas CM is focused on the ROM itself and not optimizing the stock kernel.
I believe CM10 uses stock Google kernel anyways (could be wrong).
Use Franco Kernel or anybody elses kernel that you choose to.
Mine definitely improved after rooting and flashing custom ROM. Battery life when I was still stock was horrible.
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Mine definitely improved after rooting and flashing custom ROM. Battery life when I was still stock was horrible.
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Kernel is what makes battery life better, not a ROM.
zephiK said:
Kernel is what makes battery life better, not a ROM.
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A rom can make the battery life better as well...
AshtonTS said:
A rom can make the battery life better as well...
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A ROM has very minimal battery life improvements, it isn't as significant as a kernel. Hence the definition of "better"
Hello everyone, ever since i downgraded my nexus 7 to 4.1.2 i have been experiencing battery problems such as fast discharging, not charging or charging very little when powered off. I never had this problem when i was on 4.1.2 before updating from 4.1.2 > 4.2 > 4.2.1 > '4.1.2'(battery problem introduced)
I have flashed Clemsynextremebatterysaver kernel but my battery still drains too quickly.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
BTW i dont want to upgrade to 4.2.x again because it s*cks.
still no response......
You're on your own.
4.2.2 is doing great for me. Battery life is amazing like the first day I bought it.
Hardly anyone is on 4.1.2 anymore.
I suggest you flash back to 4.2.2 and try all the kernels there are available and see which one is better for you. For me, I love Franco's kernel and Stock kernel. (Yes, I said stock.) If you're playing lots of games and viewing HD videos then your battery life will deplete quickly. So the longevity of the battery life depends on the task you do on the device. You may have a poor quality battery or whatever.
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You're on your own.
4.2.2 is doing great for me. Battery life is amazing like the first day I bought it.
Hardly anyone is on 4.1.2 anymore.
I suggest you flash back to 4.2.2 and try all the kernels there are available and see which one is better for you. For me, I love Franco's kernel and Stock kernel. (Yes, I said stock.) If you're playing lots of games and viewing HD videos then your battery life will deplete quickly. So the longevity of the battery life depends on the task you do on the device. You may have a poor quality battery or whatever.
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the reason i flashed 4.1.2 is because i can stream HD games from my flash drive.having a 8gb nexus 7, i often lack storage space...in 4.2.2 it is impossible to stream games from usb...i am going to try out different kernels to see how it turns out....thanks BTW
If i flash a custom ROM will this problem go away???
i have read somewhere that a factory reset could solve the problem...should i give it a go??
Hello everyone, I recently purchased a new note 4 St N910C. Just after a day of usage I felt that it is getting hot when I play games on it. I closed all the background apps even resetted it but still no luck. My phone is getting heated up near the camera area. My question is that is this a hardware issue or a software one, because if it is a hardware issue I should try and get it replaced, if a software one I should better wait for a lollipop update.
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated
Thanks
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Hello everyone, I recently purchased a new note 4 St N910C. Just after a day of usage I felt that it is getting hot when I play games on it. I closed all the background apps even resetted it but still no luck. My phone is getting heated up near the camera area. My question is that is this a hardware issue or a software one, because if it is a hardware issue I should try and get it replaced, if a software one I should better wait for a lollipop update.
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated
Thanks
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It is completely normal that your phone gets hot around the camera since you are playing a game...What is the temperature you get while playing?
Would also like to know how hot your unit gets
when playing games. This is the unit that i am planning to get
Ashatar said:
It is completely normal that your phone gets hot around the camera since you are playing a game...What is the temperature you get while playing?
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Sorry for the late reply,
I installed a cpu temperature app, and it shows me that my cpu temperature is 36-38 degrees while playing games, also I noticed that after hearing up some of the games start to lag up a little. Any recommendations?
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Would also like to know how hot your unit gets
when playing games. This is the unit that i am planning to get
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Well i bought this unit after along study of whether to get the exynos version or the snapdragon version, in my opinion I found the exynos to be better because many users suggested that this version does not heat up and works better, but now as I'm using it personally I think it heats up alot, the temperature I get is around 36-38 degrees.
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Well i bought this unit after along study of whether to get the exynos version or the snapdragon version, in my opinion I found the exynos to be better because many users suggested that this version does not heat up and works better, but now as I'm using it personally I think it heats up alot, the temperature I get is around 36-38 degrees.
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uhhm. i actually thought its the SD version that heats up? well that is according to some searching i've done.
Maybe that is normal when playing games with exynos.
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I installed a cpu temperature app, and it shows me that my cpu temperature is 36-38 degrees while playing games, also I noticed that after hearing up some of the games start to lag up a little. Any recommendations?
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Well i bought this unit after along study of whether to get the exynos version or the snapdragon version, in my opinion I found the exynos to be better because many users suggested that this version does not heat up and works better, but now as I'm using it personally I think it heats up alot, the temperature I get is around 36-38 degrees.
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Don't worry, 36-38 degrees are completely fine...
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Don't worry, 36-38 degrees are completely fine...
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Sure? Because the phone feels pretty hot in hand. Maybe I'm just being paranoid
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Sure? Because the phone feels pretty hot in hand. Maybe I'm just being paranoid
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As I said, it is completely normal...also 38 degrees is normal, mine get's that hot when playing games too.Don;t worry, you are being Paranoid, here's a song for ya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQBttKoetqo
Galaxy Note 4 heating [camera]
I purchased Galaxy Note 4 [SM-N910G] a week back. It's on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat)
I am having a different problem for which I could not find any satisfying solution on the Internet. Whenever I open camera app, the phone starts heating up near camera & battery also drains very quickly [around 2% under 5 min.]
I know that the phone will heat up a little bit when playing high graphics games, but I don't think it should heat up too much when using camera app.
I have already factory reset [both soft & hard reset] the phone, but still it does not help. I contacted Samsung support, & they told me to 'Reset app preferences' from Application manger, but still the device heats up when using camera app.
I also cleared data of the camera app, but still the issue remains
The phone does not heat up at all on standby mode, but opening camera app raises it's temperature more than it should. Previously a Note 2 user, this problem was not there.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue on Note 4 ? Any ideas on this ?
The phone heats up only if you're recording 4k or 2k video.If you use camera generally & your device heats up.You must get your device checked
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mru007 said:
I purchased Galaxy Note 4 [SM-N910G] a week back. It's on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat)
I am having a different problem for which I could not find any satisfying solution on the Internet. Whenever I open camera app, the phone starts heating up near camera & battery also drains very quickly [around 2% under 5 min.]
I know that the phone will heat up a little bit when playing high graphics games, but I don't think it should heat up too much when using camera app.
I have already factory reset [both soft & hard reset] the phone, but still it does not help. I contacted Samsung support, & they told me to 'Reset app preferences' from Application manger, but still the device heats up when using camera app.
I also cleared data of the camera app, but still the issue remains
The phone does not heat up at all on standby mode, but opening camera app raises it's temperature more than it should. Previously a Note 2 user, this problem was not there.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue on Note 4 ? Any ideas on this ?
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You can factory reset all day, it won't help. Thats not a problem, the camera just uses a lot of processor power and thus generates heat. You can't change that, you have to live with it
My note 4 with ****y snapdragon heat like fire
I wanna replace it because of the overheating I can't something even hold it I put is always in freezer to cold it
With cpu temp app it gave me 60c even without games the :crying:best value was 40c but when I put it in freezer it down to 30c
And the weard thing that at the same time the cpu temperature app gave me 60c the cpu cooler app gave me 34c
Weard which is right? ??
This phone is making me crazy
rowihel2012 said:
My note 4 with ****y snapdragon heat like fire
I wanna replace it because of the overheating I can't something even hold it I put is always in freezer to cold it
With cpu temp app it gave me 60c even without games the :crying:best value was 40c but when I put it in freezer it down to 30c
And the weard thing that at the same time the cpu temperature app gave me 60c the cpu cooler app gave me 34c
Weard which is right? ??
This phone is making me crazy
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Sorry, but do you have any idea about CPU temperatures? 60 isn't bad. 40 isn't bad. 30 isn't bad. Even 70° and occasionally 79° would be acceptable. Don't put your phone into the freezer, ity not good to freeze the hardware.. Especially if you literally have no problem. The CPU is prone to temperature fluctuations and your values are fully normal in the world of CPUs. There is no best value, everything up to 70° is the normal temperature variation. Your phone doesn't have a problem, its perfectly fine.
Mine actually heats up while charging and using at same time. Clean master shows 70-75°C cpu temperature while using browser and stuff but 80+ while gaming, that's not normal right? I'm worried cuz I always used my old phones while charging and they never got this hot, I feel like it will melt someday :/ In what temperatures exynos operates?
I got my SM-N910F yesterday and installed LP 5.0.1 via OTA. Temperatures are 40+ when the phone isnt doing anything. While I did the Antutu Benchmark, it was around 50-52 degrees (Celsius). Feels much warmer than my previous Note 3 (which of course never had LP). And since i am not used to this temparature on my Note 3, i kinda worry about the temps right now. I read a lot that many have that problem since LP update. So whats normal and what would be too high for regular usage (not using Camera or playing Games) ? Is there an average i can go by and compare ?
And whats my alternatives now if I want lower temps , go back to 4.4.4 Stock Rom (currently have LP 5.0.1 Stock) or do I try a 5.x Custom ROM . Did the Custom ROMS fixed these heating problems or is that just something I have to live with ?
Thanks for any help.
Wolfseye
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I got my SM-N910F yesterday and installed LP 5.0.1 via OTA. Temperatures are 40+ when the phone isnt doing anything. While I did the Antutu Benchmark, it was around 50-52 degrees (Celsius). Feels much warmer than my previous Note 3 (which of course never had LP). And since i am not used to this temparature on my Note 3, i kinda worry about the temps right now. I read a lot that many have that problem since LP update. So whats normal and what would be too high for regular usage (not using Camera or playing Games) ? Is there an average i can go by and compare ?
And whats my alternatives now if I want lower temps , go back to 4.4.4 Stock Rom (currently have LP 5.0.1 Stock) or do I try a 5.x Custom ROM . Did the Custom ROMS fixed these heating problems or is that just something I have to live with ?
Thanks for any help.
Wolfseye
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Look 2 replied higher, already wrote something aboht that
My old G3 used to sit at 50 degrees idle!, 30 and 40 degrees is cool!!!!!!
Just do a Factory Reset (hard reset)
First backup everything & Google for detail instructions on hard reset.
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Just do a Factory Reset (hard reset)
First backup everything & Google for detail instructions on hard reset.
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Sure that makes all the difference ? I read a lot of posts from people saying that a factory reset didnt really solve their problems. Do you know for sure it will help ?
Cheers
Wolfseye
Hi
im search the best rom for smooth and the most important is battery life...
Without any junk apps...
Simple rom is good for me. My note 4 used to lag so much. Now lag free. Try it with their kernal too
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Yeah also using simple its pretty Smooth and get two days with Around 5h Screen on. Its just fine; )
thanks, when i can found link or more details?
Hello good people, how are you all ? Hope you are having a good day.
I bought my Galaxy Note 4 SM-910G when it first came out, within a week of it;s release. The phone is absolutely brilliant and I have no complaints till so far, except for the phone automatically turns off. the battery indicator shows it's not empty, like 40%remaining, 80% remaining. This mainly happens when i turn on Clash of Clans or other games. recently, it turns off when I'm using facebook ! Antutu Benchmark scored like 83k on current MM TW rom official. Sometimes, the phone goes into bootloop as well. cleared/ wiped cache and did other stuff. This kinda issue is still there whil using CM13 or other custom ROMS. but AOSP roms make my phone too much heated up when i use 3d applications and drain too much battery, like a rocket. but TW is pretty awesome and i have no complaints about battery life.
But the main thing is, whenever I connect the phone after it turns off, i can see over 50% battery life ! Do i still have warranty ? bought it from official Samsung store in Bangladesh.
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Hello good people, how are you all ? Hope you are having a good day.
I bought my Galaxy Note 4 SM-910G when it first came out, within a week of it;s release. The phone is absolutely brilliant and I have no complaints till so far, except for the phone automatically turns off. the battery indicator shows it's not empty, like 40%remaining, 80% remaining. This mainly happens when i turn on Clash of Clans or other games. recently, it turns off when I'm using facebook ! Antutu Benchmark scored like 83k on current MM TW rom official. Sometimes, the phone goes into bootloop as well. cleared/ wiped cache and did other stuff. This kinda issue is still there whil using CM13 or other custom ROMS. but AOSP roms make my phone too much heated up when i use 3d applications and drain too much battery, like a rocket. but TW is pretty awesome and i have no complaints about battery life.
But the main thing is, whenever I connect the phone after it turns off, i can see over 50% battery life ! Do i still have warranty ? bought it from official Samsung store in Bangladesh.
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Seems like you have already rooted , so no warranty but when i was using a note 3 in 2014 , they replaced my display under warranty even though out was rpoted and running a custom rom . They dint even checked the knox counter . Try your luck.
But first flash stock Rom.
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Seems like you have already rooted , so no warranty but when i was using a note 3 in 2014 , they replaced my display under warranty even though out was rpoted and running a custom rom . They dint even checked the knox counter . Try your luck.
But first flash stock Rom.
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I'm on currrent stable official Samsung Touchwiz Rom. but what is the problem with my phone ? Is it the battery or the display ?
Might be the battery is the problem,
Try changing the battery, or else the only thing you can do is to go have it repair from a service center
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