Battery life as of now - Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all I'm a nexus 4 owner...I want to change my phone cause of the battery life..3 4 sot max.
Do you guys have a substantially better battery life? Rooted or not, over under volted or not?
Another thing: will note 4 have a good developer community? My old nexus still have fast updates (I'm rooted and not stock from minute one)
Thank you
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Guys?
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6 hours SoT most days with N910C on stock unrooted 5.1.1 (COH4). This is with WiFi and Bluetooth on all day and screen at just a little above minimum brightness, except when outdoors. No powersaving on. If you hunt around the forums you will find others with varying results though! :silly:

I'm getting about 5-6 SOT with wifi, bt and 4g on all the time. 5.1.1 NL version, 100% stock. Brightness is kept on auto with the slider at 10.

ro_explorer said:
I'm getting about 5-6 SOT with wifi, bt and 4g on all the time. 5.1.1 NL version, 100% stock. Brightness is kept on auto with the slider at 10.
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Ditto with SOT except I typically use CM12.1 nightlies (can't seem to go back to 100% stock whatsoever after 5.1.1. Oh well). Currently trying Sac23's Note 5 Port ROM to see how a Note 5 software does on a Note 4.

I'm usually getting on a good rom around 4-4.5h SOT. But mostly i get 3-3.5h. If you want good battery life get a xperia z3, i used to get 6-7 hours SOT. Don't play with it underwater though, lol.
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Battery life of nexus 10 after updating to 4.3?

Guys, how long is your battery life now? Is it getting better?
I'm on my third cycle of charging after getting it recently. Updating it to 4.3 and rooted it too.
Current, the SOT is about 5 hours and I'm expecting it to be better.
Wifi connected all the day, mostly for browsing and so.
How about you guys? I've read a few with 11 hours SOT. That's amazing!
Nexus4 modded with cyanogen.
billy_overheat said:
Guys, how long is your battery life now? Is it getting better?
I'm on my third cycle of charging after getting it recently. Updating it to 4.3 and rooted it too.
Current, the SOT is about 5 hours and I'm expecting it to be better.
Wifi connected all the day, mostly for browsing and so.
How about you guys? I've read a few with 11 hours SOT. That's amazing!
Nexus4 modded with cyanogen.
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Funny you say that, my first charge after 4.3 I only got about 5 hours SOT. Since then it's got much better though, I rarely let the tablet get too empty on charge but I tend to use 50% of the charge (according to the battery meter) in about 3.5-4 hours. Ditching Chrome for AOSP browser helped my battery life a fair bit too I noticed.
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Funny you say that, my first charge after 4.3 I only got about 5 hours SOT. Since then it's got much better though, I rarely let the tablet get too empty on charge but I tend to use 50% of the charge (according to the battery meter) in about 3.5-4 hours. Ditching Chrome for AOSP browser helped my battery life a fair bit too I noticed.
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Yeah, Chrome really hammers the crap out of the CPU. It's got a nice interface and syncing and all, but it's slower, less responsive to touch and uses more power than the AOSP browser...
My battery life is about 5 or 6 hours in 4.3, on stock rom and cyanogenmod :crying:
I went through two charges on 4.3. My battery life was awful, I'd get about 5 hours of SOT at minimal brightness. Flashed back to custom ROM/kernel and I'm back to 9-10 hrs.
Gonna wait for 4.3 to mature before flashing back. Nothing I would use was implemented anyway
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What custom rom do you use? Gona give it a try.
My battery life is nice. I with moderate-heavy usage it's surviving from 8-10h . Running Stock Rooted Android 4.3 ROM
I only get about 5 hours too. I'm on stock rooted 4.3 with custom kernel. Thought kernel would help but not much... This sucks!
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2 years later?

I think this will be a good general discussion:
Whats the battery performance like for you guys on a 2 year old phone, i know after a while the battery begins to degrade which is why im trying to see if this is the case for everyone :laugh:
Also what rom, kernel, tweaks are you using to get your current battery
1.5 years ago I easily get 6-7 hours screen on with power saving mode, for now i only get 4-5 hours with the same usage with Hurricane rom.
this phone is not two years old......
Yeah this phone is not 2 years old yet.. but aside, I love the Note 2 and don't plan on upgrading. I have 6 batteries for it, plus a external charger, so I never have to plug my phone in again. As far as UI goes, yes, it's missing some features, especially on 4.1.2 (luckily I never did the update ), but its multitasking features are kick-ass. At least for beginners. I had to tweak things to my liking, thanks to Xposed, such as default expanded notifications, Multiwindow for all apps, and such, but now that I have so much time into tweaking this phone I have no reason to upgrade.
I hardly noticed any difference between the time I purchased and now. My phone is 18 months old now.
Then again it could b me using 2 batteries and rotating the battery between uses so it doesn't degrade that fast.
But then again I'm not on stock rom. I was using miui in the past. Then regret upgrading to 4.3 which I found it too big of a hassle to downgrade to use miui again (4.1) and used hurricane rom with note3 mod installed. I tried ditto kitkat beta and rc1 but always reverted back to hurricane after a day of usage.
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Mine last fine, about 5 or 6 hours of screen on.
Kitkat official, about 30apps frozen (Samsung I hate you lol), and greenify ftw.
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imran429 said:
I think this will be a good general discussion:
Whats the battery performance like for you guys on a 2 year old phone, i know after a while the battery begins to degrade which is why im trying to see if this is the case for everyone :laugh:
Also what rom, kernel, tweaks are you using to get your current battery
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Im getting 4+ hours screen time with average 15+ hours minimum of use .
this is on 4.3 stock rooted and AGNi kernel set to extreme battery saver.
normally charge phone when still at 20%.
On stock 4.3 I was getting best 14 hours.
pvaldeben said:
Im getting 4+ hours screen time with average 15+ hours minimum of use .
this is on 4.3 stock rooted and AGNi kernel set to extreme battery saver.
normally charge phone when still at 20%.
On stock 4.3 I was getting best 14 hours.
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Hmmm thats what i get roughly without the extreme battery saver but with the touchwiz power save mode turned on!
imran429 said:
Hmmm thats what i get roughly without the extreme battery saver but with the touchwiz power save mode turned on!
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thats minimum because when playing clash of clans all day in a marathon to collect lute really kills battery. With norman use easy get 18+ hours easy.
I also de blotted my stock 4.3. Eitherway better battery than before.
cheers
I was stock rom and after numerous useless updates from samsung my battery wont last even 12 hours. I moved to xperized rom and even then battery backup was less. I have just switched to SuperBeam and I am seeing an improvement. will post detailed update later. right now getting near 14 hours with 3-4 hours screen time with wifi and bluetooth constantly on.
agm_105 said:
I was stock rom and after numerous useless updates from samsung my battery wont last even 12 hours. I moved to xperized rom and even then battery backup was less. I have just switched to SuperBeam and I am seeing an improvement. will post detailed update later. right now getting near 14 hours with 3-4 hours screen time with wifi and bluetooth constantly on.
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Hmm yeah thats what i get too here and there depends on if i play games or not which i rarely do! Im trying out Omega rom v27 4.4 atm and testing the battery for a couple of days :fingers-crossed:
really guys only 6-7 hours? I go at least 10-12 hours, yeah of course it depends how much you use it for example when I use 3G and Wifi Hotspot simultaneously the battery drains like 1 second for 1%. I recommend you guys to install WakeLock Detector app. This app will tell you which app drain your battery, and guys, remove the facebook app as soon as possible it was on the top of the list.
manuel1992 said:
really guys only 6-7 hours? I go at least 10-12 hours, yeah of course it depends how much you use it for example when I use 3G and Wifi Hotspot simultaneously the battery drains like 1 second for 1%. I recommend you guys to install WakeLock Detector app. This app will tell you which app drain your battery, and guys, remove the facebook app as soon as possible it was on the top of the list.
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please reread,they are speaking of screen on time not total time
After a long time i cn see this result.Thanks to geekynoob.
I am on Stock 4.3 and last battery report attached
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My battery life is steadily declining. Still getting by the day, but not easily like it previously was. Hopefully it'll last until the Note 4 hits.
Is there an app out there that can accurate measure the battery of your phone?
There are tons of battery app , there is one that comes with CleanMaster app hope that should be good as cleanmaster is good app
I get 2 hours and 30 min with screen on and 5 hours with the phone off the charger and on 3g and 2 hours with screen on and 4 hours on 4g with screen on with stock 4.3 and custom roms and i get 7 hours with the on wifi and 2 hours 30 min with the screen on that is with good signal and on Telstra.
Apps i am using are facebook and facebook messenger and pocket cast and google apps that is all on 3g
I've only had the Phone since 16th of January 2013 and that is with two battery as well
After 1 year 2 months of usage, my note 2 lives around 7 hours screen on for wifi and 5 hours screen on for 3G

Why my SOT is so low?

I can hardly get 4.5-5 hours of SOT, some members can get up to 6 hours of SOC...
The phone has the lastest stock rom update with xposed and root...
Can someone help me?
I have the N910F (International).
android has something which is keeping it awake. probably xposed.
Another user whining about 4 hrs of SOT when a lot of people (including me) are barely getting to 3 hrs with all the possible tweaks already done. Honestly, I don't think you'll find any luck here man, just be happy with what you have - and those 4 hrs are not that bad as you think.
S-Health makes a massive hit to battery life. I gained over an hour screen on time with that disabled. I also believe auto brightness makes a big difference to battery life so I set it to manual low brightness. I also turn off all sensor stuff like smart stay and settings that dynamically alter brightness. I also got rid of adaptive display.
5-6 hours screen on is easily doable for me if i'm not playing games.
Cough removable battery cough
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I am pretty shocked at the battery life and sot 16 hours with 4 hours sot my oneplus one could do 25 -30 hours with 6-7 sot im on the 910f altho that was rooted using greenify my note is fully stock with a few disabled apps

Post/discuss your battery life!

Post your battery results and discuss how to make it better :good:
Let's hope Kirin 950 is efficient because with the right setup, Mate 7 does well and I see no reason why Mate 8 should be much different.
See how Mate 8 owners compare, once the phone is in your hands and rooted etc.
I run LeanDroid and Kinscreen, phone is rooted and Google de-bloated.
Here's where my Mate 7 was at this morning.
the biggest worry is as always the modem...they drain a lot battery.
not many people think about it since it is "hidden" statistics
RobboW said:
Let's hope Kirin 950 is efficient because with the right setup, Mate 7 does well and I see no reason why Mate 8 should be much different.
See how Mate 8 owners compare, once the phone is in your hands and rooted etc.
I run LeanDroid and Kinscreen, phone is rooted and Google de-bloated.
Here's where my Mate 7 was at this morning.
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impressive! whats your usual SOT?
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jbmc83 said:
impressive! whats your usual SOT?
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People with extreme long battery stats are usually those who use wifi only..
normal usage include 4G. I use no wifi only 4G.
The best apps for battery life?
Running on lenovo,Huawei mate 8,Note5, S6
Epic battery for me yesterday, first full charge, performance mode on all day, 19 hours up time with 6hrs39mins screen-on and 11% remaining when I turned in for bed. Looks like 7 hours screen-on over a full day should be doable, in a straight line I would think 8hrs+.
Similar again yesterday, 18hrs on battery, 5hrs 20mins screen-on, 23% battery remaining.
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Similar again yesterday, 18hrs on battery, 5hrs 20mins screen-on, 23% battery remaining.
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Your battery life does not say us anything unless you are using wifi or 3g/4g ?
you would see that in the mate 7 thread people using only wifi would get very superior screen on time while we normal people using 4G
would get more realistic battery life around 4-5 hours.
I hope you do not use wifi since that consume a lot less power as you might understand, and the modem
is a "hidden" battery drainer which is not shown in battery statistics ( I wish it did )
Mostly on WiFi, but if I contrast with other devices we can still make a meaningful comment.
My Note 4, in the same use, would not reach 4 hours of screen-on time. Neither would the 6P that I had. The P8Max would hit around 5 hrs.
So far the battery life here is best I have experienced on Android.
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Mostly on WiFi, but if I contrast with other devices we can still make a meaningful comment.
My Note 4, in the same use, would not reach 4 hours of screen-on time. Neither would the 6P that I had. The P8Max would hit around 5 hrs.
So far the battery life here is best I have experienced on Android.
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IF you have been using mostly wifi I would be little bit worried about the battery life when using 4G for data.
Also the software is still in early phase ..so big improvements can be made still in most areas.. battery life and camera etc.
battery life also depends on your usage pattern concerning apps. independent from wifi vs 3g/4g ull get far less SOT if u use cpu/gpu intensive apps all the time. so a direct comparison with other devices from the same user with identical usage patterns makes sense
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NZtechfreak said:
Similar again yesterday, 18hrs on battery, 5hrs 20mins screen-on, 23% battery remaining.
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Mind posting more screen shot of battery life of your usage? I am very interested. Battery chart + sot. Thanks.
I'm sure with time and people getting their hands on the phone, battery life will only improve. I avg 1d 4-5 hours with 6-8hr sot on my note 3 with 4g but the phone has been out for a long time
The Note 3 had pretty good battery life, from memory when I moved to Note 4 there was a reasonable regression there.
After a couple of charges and latest firmware update my battery life has been stunning. Yesterday/day before yesterday I went 36hrs on a single charge and had 6.5hrs screen-on. That's totally unprecedented on Android for me. Today I am down to 60% and have had 4.5hrs screen-on. For me at least is a new high bar for Android battery life.
Mate 8 root
RobboW said:
See how Mate 8 owners compare, once the phone is in your hands and rooted etc.
I run LeanDroid and Kinscreen, phone is rooted and Google de-bloated.
Here's where my Mate 7 was at this morning.
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How about a tutorial on how to root the phone?
he was talking about his current mate 7, not mate 8...
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Yesterday's battery report - 18hrs on battery, 7hrs20mins SOT, 17% remaining (another hour and a half or so or SOT for general use I would think). Indoors, WiFi, low screen brightness etc, but nevertheless destroying every other Android I've ever owned. Spent 50mins playing some emulator games towards the end - Wipeout Pure (PPSSPP) and Fire Emblem Path of Radiance (Gamecube game in dev build of Dolphin). They got the phone warm and were, as you would expect, much heavier drains than browsing and so forth (probably more so than higher end native Android games as they stretch the CPU as well). For those interested Path of Radiance played seemingly perfect for the first level proper of gameplay, overclock set to 0.2.
wait, ure able to overclock the cpu already? nice
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wait, ure able to overclock the cpu already? nice
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No, sorry if that was unclear, that's a change in Dolphin itself. I'm a bit in shock at how well Fire Emblem is running on a phone.

Battery life discussion

Definitely impressed so far. How about your experience?
I'd like to know wich rom offers better battery life, xiaomi.eu or official global.
I get 6-7h of SoT regularly. But then I use my phone heavily every single day, needing to recharge at 3pm, almost never allowing the phone to sleep/turn off the display.
Amazing Batterylife
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Since I've used reading mode my screen on time is 5 hours, meanwhile at first my Sox was about 6.30 hours...
i got decent 6 hour screen on time in normal usage ( in performance and balance mode)
i always turn performance mode because i did notice some frame drop and lag
i just received redmi 4 prime view day ago
and it beat redmi note 4 battery life
Battery life is awesome! I'm coming from the iPhone 6s and I'm completely stunned by the battery life I get with this phone!
I get on average 7 hours screen on time (chrome instagram twitter whatsapp spotify youtube twitch) and phone last about at least 18-20 hours. Amazing
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Battery life is awesome! I'm coming from the iPhone 6s and I'm completely stunned by the battery life I get with this phone!
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GSam works on your phone? MIUI keeps killing off mine, so the results are horribly inaccurate. Tried high priority, tried removing power saving from MIUI app settings, tried putting notification. Kept killing off the notification.
You should go to Settings and then Permissions and then Autostart and select the apps you want to be able to run in the background and autostart.
Pretty decent battery with the alternative rom from cofface.
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Around 4-5 hours SOT, 20% brightness mostly reddit, FB, manga, that's with wifi + dualsim btw.
can you tell me what is the pecertange of cell standby on your phone when you have 5-6 hours sot and what ROM do you use? thank you
Thunder ROM, no tweaks or settings changed, WiFi + dualsim, 4G if there's no WiFi
Between the huge battery and the very customizable "doze" alternative, this thing sips its juice like a little bird. Could go for a few days if need be. Stock everything.
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Lol what? That's impossible.. That's probably on multiple charges or you left the screen of the phone on overnight without using it (which will only consume some %).
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Lol what? That's impossible.. That's probably on multiple charges or you left the screen of the phone on overnight without using it (which will only consume some %).
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Would you believe if I showed graph ?
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Dude seriously? 23 hours with 11 hours of SOT? That's the craziest I've ever seen and I've seen a lot. What is your usage? (apps, wifi or 3G/4G)
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Dude seriously? 23 hours with 11 hours of SOT? That's the craziest I've ever seen and I've seen a lot. What is your usage? (apps, wifi or 3G/4G)
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Usage is light with some gaming
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