Setting up this thread to discuss all about battery life including stock battery and swappable battery modules.
So confirmed that it has 2800 mAh battery. Wish there is an extended battery module without camera module.
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omeryounos said:
Setting up this thread to discuss all about battery life including stock battery and swappable battery modules.
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Until the device is released and in circulation, everything will be supposition. Please wait to open threads like this, until the device is actually out there.
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Most of the time you read responses about sucking battery life after flashing a rom or kernel. Battery life seems to drop dramaticly.
There are a lot of discussions about callibration methods, and believe me, I tried them all. But I got suspicious when I found no differences in the results. The thing I did discover was that after a couple of days the battery usage will become more stable. No matter what callibration method is used.
The only thing that seems to work is to charge your battery to full, after a flash. nothing more.
I had battery life issues that wouldn't go away, so I just installed that some battery life app. Somehow that helped so much
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I had battery life issues that wouldn't go away, so I just installed that some battery life app. Somehow that helped so much
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What was the battery issue?
A Google dev even said himself that wiping battery stats was useless
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jellevanb said:
What was the battery issue?
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One that was cured by a placebo.
nobnut said:
One that was cured by a placebo.
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+1 the stars are erased every time you plug the phone into a charger
Swyped from the white galaxy note.
Seidio is coming with a 5000mAh battery. Problems solved.
I believe the purpose of deleting battery stats is to calibrate the reading of the battery gauge in the note, nothing to do with battery life!
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Deleting battery stats was debunked months ago
From the Beast : Galaxy Note
You can try BatteryCalibration apps from the market. Does the same thing!
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Calibrating
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One that was cured by a placebo.
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+1 Doing a reboot then a full charge with display off always chills any battery overheating I've had.
Deleting stats will improve calibration so that the Note doesn't discharge for two hours and show 100% , then discharge another two hours and drop to 80%. Instead calibrating will show 90% after two hours then 80% after another two. The net result of battery use is still the same, only the metering is a little more accurate.
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A Google dev even said himself that wiping battery stats was useless
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sprintuser1977 said:
Deleting battery stats was debunked months ago
From the Beast : Galaxy Note
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This is true, it was even on the xda portal page:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
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With regards to calibration, the Galaxy Note has the same MAX17042 fuel-gauge chip as in the Galaxy S2.
Entropy512 posted about how this chip functions on the Galaxy S2, and how different it is to the HTC devices which have a different way of measuring charge that does need calibrating now and then.
From what I understand, although the MAX17042 chip can 'glitch' readings sometimes, it tends to 'self-calibrate' over time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18677485&postcount=31
My nexus 4 has dissapointing battery life, can someone please tell me any tips to increase the battery life? Obviously, lower the brightness, dont have too many apps running, try not to browse on chrome for too long, etc etc. Does anyone use any of the battery saving apps out there? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks. Also, I dont understand why there are no mods/cases with an extended battery. Obviously the battery is not easily removed but I'd be fine with a thicker nexus4 if I could double my battery life.
root it and run custom ROMs and kernels, undervolt it and whatnot.
You can just buy a portable battery pack you know.. They aren't exactly expensive and serve the sane purpose as an extended battery case.
When people say that such device has got a disappointing battery life.. I wonder what it means. If a battery offers a sot of 8hrs..would this thing satisfy all?
I've used S3 which people say has got great battery life.. I got more or less the same battery life in s3 as i get from nexus 4...
Anyways..trying custom kernel and undervolting.it could give you better results..
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When people say that such device has got a disappointing battery life.. I wonder what it means. If a battery offers a sot of 8hrs..would this thing satisfy all?
I've used S3 which people say has got great battery life.. I got more or less the same battery life in s3 as i get from nexus 4...
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Agreed. I have friends with s3s, one x and iphone5, and I honestly do not think the battery is bad at all. I'm pretty sure the battery lasts longer for me than for them. And I'm not one for "disabling features" either.
I'm running wifi/data both on and I never manually disable anything. My GPS is on 24/7, and I have all tracking options enabled (for google now). Using auto-brightness though. Still get 4h SOT and I stay 30+h normally without a charge. I do not game alot on my phone though!
I recently re-flashed google stock images (4.2.2) and franco's kernel. Also undervolted but if I dont get any "better" (in terms of heat) results I will definatly remove the undervolting.
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Agreed. I have friends with s3s, one x and iphone5, and I honestly do not think the battery is bad at all. I'm pretty sure the battery lasts longer for me than for them. And I'm not one for "disabling features" either.
I'm running wifi/data both on and I never manually disable anything. My GPS is on 24/7, and I have all tracking options enabled (for google now). Using auto-brightness though. Still get 4h SOT and I stay 30+h normally without a charge. I do not game alot on my phone though!
I recently re-flashed google stock images (4.2.2) and franco's kernel. Also undervolted but if I dont get any "better" (in terms of heat) results I will definatly remove the undervolting.
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This what you doing is putting up one heavy burden on the battery.Never disabling wifi/data & GPS on 24/7..Still getting 4Hrs sot out of 30hrs total battery life .If this is not great than i wonder what great would be..There is only Razor max which is gonna satisfy in terms of battery
PS->If you game a lot on Nexus 4,then the battery wont last longer
Guys u can try deep sleep battery saver app aka ds battery saver.....it puts your phone into deep sleep as soon as screen goes off.........getting 10+ hrs on single charge.......mhav a try
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Have you tried Battery Guru? Developed by Qualcomm specifically for the Snapdragon S4 to improve battery life
You can try greenify, I believe the concept of this app is great and overnight on WiFi and the rest left on I loose only 2-3 percent. And wakelocks are pretty much gone.
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Qualcomm Battetry guru Snapdragon do you think it works or it is draining more battery than without it? I see a lot of wakelock with wld
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Just use a good kernel like franco
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battery apps use battery that otherwise wouldnt be used if you didnt use/install the battery app. so, you can save more battery by turning off manually the stuff the battery app turns off for you.
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Just use a good kernel like franco
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regardless of kernel(since one person might get great battery life on a kernel and another terrible battery life on the same kernel), what most affects your battery is your personal setup of your device and how you personally use your device. also, your data/phone signal plays a big part in battery life.
I tried it and I swear it just drained the battery slightly faster. I was 100% stock, not rooted.
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battery apps use battery that otherwise wouldnt be used if you didnt use/install the battery app. so, you can save more battery by turning off manually the stuff the battery app turns off for you.
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regardless of kernel(since one person might get great battery life on a kernel and another terrible battery life on the same kernel), what most affects your battery is your personal setup of your device and how you personally use your device. also, your data/phone signal plays a big part in battery life.
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Did you ever reset the battery and slow charge it(up to 5 or even 6 hours on usb)?
Yes at first battery life sucked for me, after I change the kernel I only got 1 hour more, then I started slow charging and saw the difference, the reason I said to change top a good kernel is the deep sleep, franco drains almost nothing during it
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Did you ever reset the battery and slow charge it(up to 5 or even 6 hours on usb)?
Yes at first battery life sucked for me, after I change the kernel I only got 1 hour more, then I started slow charging and saw the difference, the reason I said to change top a good kernel is the deep sleep, franco drains almost nothing during it
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me?
ive got not battery issues, im very happy with battery life on my phone. i get anywhere from 5-7.5 hours screen on time(depending how i use my device that battery cycle), but i dont use franciscos kernel(although he is a friend of mine). i do use a custom kernel though. but, as any custom kernel, there will people that say they get the best battery life, and yet there will be people that complain about battery. yes, even with franco kernel. as i said, battery life will mostly depend on your setup, your use, and your data/phone signal.
I have already a good battery setup with ak kernel and Greenify... I turn Off some with tasker just want to know if someone has a good e.xperience with battery guru
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On my Nexus battery life is acceptable so I don't use it, but on my HTC Rezound I have been using this for a week or so, it seems to have no real effect that is noticable... Take that for what it is worth I guess, in my opinion it really does nothing and unless I see some kind of benefit to it within another week I will be removing it.
Even i am not sure about the performance. If ur a stock rom user try resetting the phone.
Formatted my phone yesterday & battery life seems doing great
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Did you ever reset the battery and slow charge it(up to 5 or even 6 hours on usb)?
Yes at first battery life sucked for me, after I change the kernel I only got 1 hour more, then I started slow charging and saw the difference, the reason I said to change top a good kernel is the deep sleep, franco drains almost nothing during it
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I have Franco kernel and during deep sleep I am losing something like 1.8%/hour with Wi-Fi on.
Is this ok for Wi-Fi on?
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Guys Qualcomm Battery guru is the main culprit in draining battery. On a full charge with heavy usage without the app i am getting 22-24hr of battery life.
Uninstalling the app. Stock rom without root plz don't install.
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I would avoid all of those battery saving apps, from personal experience it only drains your battery quicker.
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Been very excited about the awesome work the devs are pulling off. Just thinking which one to flash!
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1chrome said:
Been very excited about the awesome work the devs are pulling off. Just thinking which one to flash!
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Beanstalk Rom has the best Battery life
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Been very excited about the awesome work the devs are pulling off. Just thinking which one to flash!
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Battery life depends on so many facts, I already explained this in other forums. You can't compare battery life between different types of usage. So it's to you to test with your own UNIQUE usage behavior & apps+network different roms to find your own.
For example: heavy users(draining battery within 24 hours) don't care about wake locks or Alarms, but people who let their device for hours laying on the desk does
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Battery life depends on so many facts, I already explained this in other forums. You can't compare battery life between different types of usage. So it's to you to test with your own UNIQUE usage behavior & apps+network different roms to find your own.
For example: heavy users(draining battery within 24 hours) don't care about wake locks or Alarms, but people who let their device for hours laying on the desk does
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That's absolutely true.
I'm more of the kind of guy who leaves the phone idle a lot. I would love a ROM which doesn't drain battery on idle.
Since I use Greenify and also don't frequently keep my data on either, I'm expecting good battery which I unfortunately don't get on my Nougat stock (it drains about 5 - 8% on idle, which seems bad for me atleast).
Agreed - it's not the final build and all but since there's no Xposed or a custom kernel available, I'm kinda stuck with stock.
I don't wanna downgrade either for the sake of battery as I simply love what Google had done with Nougat!
That's why I am considering a custom ROM [emoji12]
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1chrome said:
That's absolutely true.
I'm more of the kind of guy who leaves the phone idle a lot. I would love a ROM which doesn't drain battery on idle.
Since I use Greenify and also don't frequently keep my data on either, I'm expecting good battery which I unfortunately don't get on my Nougat stock (it drains about 5 - 8% on idle, which seems bad for me atleast).
Agreed - it's not the final build and all but since there's no Xposed or a custom kernel available, I'm kinda stuck with stock.
I don't wanna downgrade either for the sake of battery as I simply love what Google had done with Nougat!
That's why I am considering a custom ROM [emoji12]
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The unofficial nougat is quite good, as I'm also have similar usage behavior and the idle drain is OK. I don't use greenify and amplify anymore cause doze in nougat works even better then introduced in MM where I used it to get better behavior even with doze.
What's a good Oreo ROM? Stable, good battery life. I've been using Phoenix ROM although the S5 isn't my main driver everytime I use it, it drains a lot of battery. Even without using it also drains a lot of battery, Maximum screen on time is 2 hours. And the battery drain is so horrible sometimes 5% in one night.
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What's a good Oreo ROM? Stable, good battery life. I've been using Phoenix ROM although the S5 isn't my main driver everytime I use it, it drains a lot of battery. Even without using it also drains a lot of battery, Maximum screen on time is 2 hours. And the battery drain is so horrible sometimes 5% in one night. Sent from my Redmi 4X using Tapatalk
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This question is really a tough one to answer because everyone has different tastes in what they do, install, etc...
The following threads are probably your best bet for some member guidance and recommendations that's specific to your question.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3773783
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715487
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3772790
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
Good Luck!
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