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Battery problem

Hi folks....m using galaxy note...it's not rooted...the battery doesn't last long enough as it is claimed... is it something wrong with my phone or is this what they mean by long battery life... i text alot and during texting and playing gamea my phone gets warmed up and the battery lasts less than 3hours if i continue texting...my kernel version is [email protected]#2.....please help....
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It sound like you have a faulty battery if it only lasts three hours, I think you would have to be gaming to flatten a good battery in that time.
John.

Mine is the same. If I'm browsing the web, using instagram, Facebook and receiving email my battery will go from full to empt in easily 3 to 4 hours.

Backup, factory reset, reinstall apps from market (try to install only the ones you use a lot at first), restore the data you need. If you're still seeing the same things happening, install a battery logger / system logger. Use this guide to see if there's a rogue app that's causing the trouble: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937080
If it's still acting up and you cannot identify any unusual drain, I'd ask for a replacement.
After you get things sorted, you can use apps like Juice Defender from the Market to prolong your battery life even more.
-KJ

thanks guys for the sincere contribution.... i hope your advices help me...

my top battery consuming activities are:
temple run
google play
msging
go launcher
and nothing else

gaming and browsing certainly make the battery drain almost visibly..
things above and beyond the above to try include..
1. reduce screen brightness
2. reduce frequency of or disable background updates by apps
3. no vibrate notifications
4. work more, play less!..lol
the battery life of the Note is great, unless you use it .. a battery monitor will allow you to see the battery drain over time..this will help when you address item #2 above.. if you accept default refresh times, and have lots of social apps your battery can die in 6-7 hrs without even using the Note at all!..

I really love when people give the tip to not use your phone as a battery saving tip

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600691
some hints for better battery life

Got mine the other day. First charge battery was fine. Second charge went down 7% in about 5-10 mins. Then it restarted :/ Came back on, down to 88%. Turned the phone off as was frustrating me as it restarted 3 times yesterday. But when I turned it back on I was at 83%?
Hasn't last me the day, it's on charge now. When it pops up telling me to charge it tells me to shut all apps and that using while charging may effect it charging. Is this correct? I didn't think it would have anything to do with it?

3 to the 4 hours continuous use is normal... Only if your phone is standby and then depletes in that time You should be worried. I recommend researching wakelocks in that case.
There are many variables that can atribute to batterylife depletion. Eliminate those first and you will have your answer.
I had best results on stunner version 19. To bad it has the death kernel (leaked ics)
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I am facing a similar issue, facing a massive wakelock by PowerManagerService. It keeps the phone awake all the time?
Any suggestions?

shrayv said:
I am facing a similar issue, facing a massive wakelock by PowerManagerService. It keeps the phone awake all the time?
Any suggestions?
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Usually that wakelock is there cause you are charging, or have USB plugged in
Edit, I was wrong, sorry, this guy is right, I think http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340066
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16808932 this has some good android tips
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I have my note now for 2 days and i see a lil issue with the fast draining to battery power. Although i have been on it for a few hours its expected but i shall try these tips cause they do help
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craiigman said:
Got mine the other day. First charge battery was fine. Second charge went down 7% in about 5-10 mins. Then it restarted :/ Came back on, down to 88%. Turned the phone off as was frustrating me as it restarted 3 times yesterday. But when I turned it back on I was at 83%?
Hasn't last me the day, it's on charge now. When it pops up telling me to charge it tells me to shut all apps and that using while charging may effect it charging. Is this correct? I didn't think it would have anything to do with it?
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Drain your battery up to 20%....then charge it againg. ....try charging overnite.....it worked for me...u can try juice defender also
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Had the note for 2 days. It came with LA4 FW and updated via Samsung Apps for the latest FW.
Battery drain, that was none on LA4 became very strong!
Installed Better Battery Stats and discovered that the CPU was always running.
Factory reset solved it...
Regards
Nuno

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600691
This one has some note specific tips, also pretty good. I concur on the speedmod kernel, its awesome
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I can recommend "2x Battery" free app. I'm using it today and making a very noticeable difference.
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Very disappointed with the S4 Battery Life

I'm currently on deadly venom v 8.2 on mf3. I only get 2-3hrs screen time w this device. I already greenified all everything connected to Google like maps, services, search, etc. I hate the fact that you even have to do that just to maximize battery life. I don't like turning on and off stuffs like location services, blue tooth, and wifi. I always leave them on. I hate the fact that you need to lower the brightness or readjust the brightness again and again just to increase battery life. That's a no no! I have bad eyes, I use lux dash as my auto brightness. I don't have any background widgets on my phone. My home screen is just filled w apps (no widgets) because they say widgets eat battery. My phone can last the whole day when it's on idle. Battery is 3-4.5% per hour when on idle. It balloons to 15%—25% per hour once I start using it which is very annoying. These are the only apps I use and I always close them all the time. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, viber, Google voice, BBM, Gmail. What can you guys suggest to improve battery life? I don't believe people saying that they last 2 days or even the whole day. That's complete BS. I'll attach a screen shot on from better batter stats when I started making this, I started from 100%
12% in 33mins. Geeeez
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If you need a phone with good battery life you should of bought a note 3 or LG g2.
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You might want to get a new battery... My phone is running Graviton and I have excellent battery life. I keep power saving mode on, use Greenify, turn off Wifi, GPS, and Mobile Data when NOT needed. Generally I push at least a day and a half out of this stock battery before doing a complete charge. I try my best to not let the battery drain 100%.
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If it went from 100 to 12% in 33 minutes you have a bad battery, plain and simple.

jd1639 said:
If it went from 100 to 12% in 33 minutes you have a bad battery, plain and simple.
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Right. Bad battery is very likely. That and should be using better battery stats to get a picture of what's going on.
It's not the phone and naming the ROM as if that has something to do with it is bad form.
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NighthawkXL said:
You might want to get a new battery... My phone is running Graviton and I have excellent battery life. I keep power saving mode on, use Greenify, turn off Wifi, GPS, and Mobile Data when NOT needed. Generally I push at least a day and a half out of this stock battery before doing a complete charge. I try my best to not let the battery drain 100%.
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What he said. I am stock but rooted and using Juice Defender, Greenify, toggling gps and mobile data off etc, I get full day on high usage and 28 hours on light usage. Must be a bad battery.

Meh, did some math. 12% in 33 min did cross-multiplication for 99% battery used, got 272.25 minuets divided by 60 to get an hourly total. You'll be getting 4.5 hours on screen time.
I don't personally think that's bad. Did some more calculations for Nexus 5 on battery. Heard it's getting about 3.5 hours screen on time, so with that to get your 4.5 hours screen on time the nexus 5 would need about a 2960mah battery.

Well, firstly, you should believe that some people's last 2 days or so; as I've seen photos posted by "battery life enthusiasts" in the better-battery-stats thread and other places showing it's possible. 12% in 33 minutes isn't that bad and is around a stock TW battery expectancy.
You're on MF3.. which means you cannot run an AOSP rom, so almost anything your running isn't going to be extremely lightweight for battery. ALL TW based roms will drain battery more than a single AOSP or GPE rom, as the system is a lot more heavy.
I greenify anything associated with the google-cloud or push-notifications, if I want to know my Facebook updates I can click on the app myself. I have location services turned off because there's ZERO reasons to use it unless I have a need for my GPS. Do you know that MANY apps use your location service even when not running and cause constant wake-locks. I've also moved my Google Services Framework from a system app to a user app with Titanium Backup Pro so I can greenify it and completely disconnect myself from Google if I have no needs for the play store or push-notifications. Gmail and gmaps can still run independently fine without the Framework, the GSF is also a major cause of wake-lock battery drain. Even if you greenify google apps, the GSF is still going to cause numerous wake-locks and affect battery.
I don't have a photo at the moment, since my phone is plugged in all the time anyway (just to keep it topped off), but I've had it run for almost 2 days without charging it; with occasional screen time, gaming, and having it idle. I'm also on a non-TW AOKP rom that's very very lightweight.

Br4nd3n said:
Well, firstly, you should believe that some people's last 2 days or so; as I've seen photos posted by "battery life enthusiasts" in the better-battery-stats thread and other places showing it's possible. 12% in 33 minutes isn't that bad and is around a stock TW battery expectancy.
You're on MF3.. which means you cannot run an AOSP rom, so almost anything your running isn't going to be extremely lightweight for battery. ALL TW based roms will drain battery more than a single AOSP or GPE rom, as the system is a lot more heavy.
I greenify anything associated with the google-cloud or push-notifications, if I want to know my Facebook updates I can click on the app myself. I have location services turned off because there's ZERO reasons to use it unless I have a need for my GPS. Do you know that MANY apps use your location service even when not running and cause constant wake-locks. I've also moved my Google Services Framework from a system app to a user app with Titanium Backup Pro so I can greenify it and completely disconnect myself from Google if I have no needs for the play store or push-notifications. Gmail and gmaps can still runa independently fine without the Framework, the GSF is also a major cause of wake-lock battery drain. Even if you greenify google apps, the GSF is still going to cause numerous wake-locks and affect battery.
I don't have a photo at the moment, since my phone is plugged in all the time anyway (just to keep it topped off), but I've had it run for almost 2 days without charging it; with occasional screen time, gaming, and having it idle. I'm also on a non-TW AOKP rom that's very very lightweight.
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Here is my battery so far. As you can see, it barely has been used since yesterday. Screen on time is 25 minutes. Wifi is always on and I weather widget reloads every 4 hours. GPS is off though. Obviously, it lasts slightly less than a day if I use extensively with games, web browsing, email. Considering how much I usually use the phone, it does last 2 days.
Im on MF3 and using Wicked rom with SS.

If you get a new battery....
If you are thinking about getting a new battery and don't mind the extra bulk, go for the 7500mAh Zero Lemon Battery. I got one over a month ago and it will EASILY get 3+ days of battery life. It will add a lot of mass to the phone, but if you are looking for stupid battery life, check it out. Right now I have 26 minutes of screen time and 92% battery life left. It's been off charger for over 8 hours.
Snowdog
Edit: Forgot to mention I'm Full Stock / Full Lock.

I have noticed the standby battery on this phone is AMAZING!... but the screen on time is horrible for me too :S... can barely get 3 hours and that is with like 30% brightness... sigh
people said amoled helps save battery... but i used to have muchhh better battery with my htc one

So these are my stats on very light usage. Very good idle time. Just 2.5 hrs screen time
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Does KitKat consume more battery in first full cycle(phone idle on top)?

Hi all,
I've flashed KitKat yesterday, and charged it fully overnight. (Full clean flash with wugs toolkit)
Today I did nothing with it from 8 o-clock to 18 o-clock. Battery went down to 55% percent in that time (used to be like 86 on 4.3).
"Phone idle" is at the top of the processes.
Is this a one-off. Is this the battery calibrating itself?
Phone was on 3g/2g all day and has semaphore kernel installed. Which should be awesome in terms of battery.
Thanks
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any rom will use more battery the first 2 battery cycles. its when all the background syncing with google services happens. and battery life has more to do with your personal setup, your personal use, and the quality of signal you have than with anything else.

simms22 said:
any rom will use more battery the first 2 battery cycles. its when all the background syncing with google services happens. and battery life has more to do with your personal setup, your personal use, and the quality of signal you have than with anything else.
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Allright thanks.
Weird thing is that it never happened when i installed pa again. 50% down is a lot for a phone that's just sitting there.
But i'll see tomorrow, installed bbs just to monitor it

[Q] Why is my battery draning so fast on stock Lollipop HOD4 build?

So, yestarday I installed latest Russian Lollipop firmware for the i9500 (I9500XXUHOD4_I9500SERHOD4_SER) and battery, when using the phone, gives a decent SOT, maybe 3~4 hours. But when the phone is in standby mode Android OS and Android System procces take care of draining it hell fast (all of this with Save Battery Mode ON, always). Can I do something about this? Did I do something wrong? Is there another battery friendly stock Lollipop build? (Maybe one of those before HOD4).
The phone's battery is ok, it has at least 3 months of usage. It is not bloated or something like that but if you have another tip t check if its life is over I'll be glad to read it.
I neither installed some uncommon consuming battery apps, just the regular things. Even I tried to optimize it by installing Device Control and Kernel Adiutor to change some values but I had no luck so far. I have GSam Battery Monitor to check what's darining battery and Better Battery stats (although I don't really know how to use it) because I can't get Wakelock Detector to work on Lollipop. I have my phone rooted and with TWRP installed.
Cheers.
PS: SOT and general battery stats differ in 1% of battery because I first took the battery stats screenshot then put it to charge and 5 mins later I thought it would be better to add SOT to give you a refference of the use the phone has had. Not big deal.

XXtremiXX said:
So, yestarday I installed latest Russian Lollipop firmware for the i9500 (I9500XXUHOD4_I9500SERHOD4_SER) and battery, when using the phone, gives a decent SOT, maybe 3~4 hours. But when the phone is in standby mode Android OS and Android System procces take care of draining it hell fast (all of this with Save Battery Mode ON, always). Can I do something about this? Did I do something wrong? Is there another battery friendly stock Lollipop build? (Maybe one of those before HOD4).
The phone's battery is ok, it has at least 3 months of usage. It is not bloated or something like that but if you have another tip t check if its life is over I'll be glad to read it.
I neither installed some uncommon consuming battery apps, just the regular things. Even I tried to optimize it by installing Device Control and Kernel Adiutor to change some values but I had no luck so far. I have GSam Battery Monitor to check what's darining battery and Better Battery stats (although I don't really know how to use it) because I can't get Wakelock Detector to work on Lollipop. I have my phone rooted and with TWRP installed.
Cheers.
PS: SOT and general battery stats differ in 1% of battery because I first took the battery stats screenshot then put it to charge and 5 mins later I thought it would be better to add SOT to give you a refference of the use the phone has had. Not big deal.
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Did you try factory reset your device?

Joku1981 said:
Did you try factory reset your device?
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I did. Reflashed the build too. I use Greenify.
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Poor batter life

I changed from Note 3 to s 6 edge plus recently
The battery drops 5% per hour overnight when not in use. If I go to bed with less than 40% battery at night I am sure to wake up with my phone switched off in the morning.
When in use with screen on, the battery drips one percent every two minutes. This is the worst battery life I have ever seen in a phone. I was a long loyal customer of samsung and this is my last samsung phone ever.
Extremely disappointed

Please post your battery stats ? so we can have a better understanding of your problem. I suggest you install 'Doze' which should stop unnecessary apps from connecting to the internet and causing your phone to awake from deep sleep.

Dear Akbar 11
Heres the battery stats....is it normal?

I had the same issue, and as far as I managed to find out, it is a bug in Samsung's kernel. Flashing Arter97 kernel solved the issue for, but do post battery stats from SmartManager. If it says 'Android' or 'Android OS', then you have the same problem many of us do.

I don't think it's a kernel problem. My android OS is very low 4%. Like zoolok said post your battery stats from settings, battery, battery usage

I have the same problem. Battery was great before I flash custom rom. After going back to stock I have big battery draining. I must stay on custom rom. With Audax rom and Skyhigh kernel i have great battery life.

You have either messed up something big or you have an app in the background that is eating up your battery like no tomorrow.
And the reason i say that is because i recently got this battery life on my Galaxy S6 edge+.
And this was taken 2 days ago.
Here i use the CRISSCROSS ROM, AudaxPro Kernel, Greeinify and Samsung's own 'Appoptimizing' feature (same as Doze in Android 6.0).
So my battery life is pretty awesome.

i have problem whit battery lose 25% when i sleep

This is a usual day with s6 edge plus

Any help?

jonynoname said:
Any help?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

i have this problem battery ... if u fixed it tell me how?

Well I was expecting Google Play Services to be eating your battery (which is quite common) but it looks like your Andriod OS is eating the most battery. I would uninstall Facebook and use the web version it always helps with the ram and battery furthermore, turn off location if you are not using it and check accounts which are being synced. These are the only tips I can give you as I have never seen Android OS drain so much battery.

Since a few days Google Play Store is eating up my battery: I go to sleep with 100% batt and wake up with 50%, if I check batt stats on top I have play store at 45%, with 5h active a d 2h of CPU.
Follows Android system at 5%.
Going crazy why...

jonynoname said:
This is a usual day with s6 edge plus
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You've charged your phone 4 times during that day. I can't see what's the interesting part here.