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Annoying "Prevention Information" Message and Samsung watch on drains battery life
Unlike others, I only get the prevention Knox message when I turn on my wifi radio. Any reason for that? Do I have to root in order to get rid of this damn message? Thumbnail attached.
Problem number 2. I was really loving the Samsung watch on, because I actually take full advantage of the IR blaster built into the phone, and I found the universal remote feature pretty damn useful. One day, however, a day in which I had no used that app at all, I noticed my phone burned about 60% of the battery in about 2 hours. I looked under battery manager and it attributed over 50% of battery waste to "Samsung Watch On". I thought it must have been my fault somehow, closed the app and put my phone to charge. I had to let my phone cool though, because it got pretty hot during the battery wasting process.
The following day, I got woke up at 7 45 am with 100% full charge to go to work. By the time it was 9 am, I was already and 78%, and I had not used my phone at all. Once again, my phone was really hot. And again, over 60% of the battery waste was attributed to "Samsung Watch On". The app cannot be uninstalled (I am not rooted) so I had to "disable" it. Ever since I did so, the problem went away, but I lost a very cool feature of my phone. Anybody has any idea what is happening?
Thanks in advance.
darkleafar said:
Unlike others, I only get the prevention Knox message when I turn on my wifi radio. Any reason for that? Do I have to root in order to get rid of this damn message? Thumbnail attached.
Problem number 2. I was really loving the Samsung watch on, because I actually take full advantage of the IR blaster built into the phone, and I found the universal remote feature pretty damn useful. One day, however, a day in which I had no used that app at all, I noticed my phone burned about 60% of the battery in about 2 hours. I looked under battery manager and it attributed over 50% of battery waste to "Samsung Watch On". I thought it must have been my fault somehow, closed the app and put my phone to charge. I had to let my phone cool though, because it got pretty hot during the battery wasting process.
The following day, I got woke up at 7 45 am with 100% full charge to go to work. By the time it was 9 am, I was already and 78%, and I had not used my phone at all. Once again, my phone was really hot. And again, over 60% of the battery waste was attributed to "Samsung Watch On". The app cannot be uninstalled (I am not rooted) so I had to "disable" it. Ever since I did so, the problem went away, but I lost a very cool feature of my phone. Anybody has any idea what is happening?
Thanks in advance.
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Prevention info is nothing to worry about it is a widely spread bug, which i had before i rooted...
Schould be fixed by future updates
Reproducable by restart phone -> wifi on off
Only thing you can do is delay the message for 30 days and wait for a ficing update
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darkleafar said:
Unlike others, I only get the prevention Knox message when I turn on my wifi radio. Any reason for that? Do I have to root in order to get rid of this damn message? Thumbnail attached.
Problem number 2. I was really loving the Samsung watch on, because I actually take full advantage of the IR blaster built into the phone, and I found the universal remote feature pretty damn useful. One day, however, a day in which I had no used that app at all, I noticed my phone burned about 60% of the battery in about 2 hours. I looked under battery manager and it attributed over 50% of battery waste to "Samsung Watch On". I thought it must have been my fault somehow, closed the app and put my phone to charge. I had to let my phone cool though, because it got pretty hot during the battery wasting process.
The following day, I got woke up at 7 45 am with 100% full charge to go to work. By the time it was 9 am, I was already and 78%, and I had not used my phone at all. Once again, my phone was really hot. And again, over 60% of the battery waste was attributed to "Samsung Watch On". The app cannot be uninstalled (I am not rooted) so I had to "disable" it. Ever since I did so, the problem went away, but I lost a very cool feature of my phone. Anybody has any idea what is happening?
Thanks in advance.
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For watchON i dont know any fix, i froze it,too, cuz i dint need it but u can search for IR remote apps on GPlay...
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Killberty said:
Hi
Prevention info is nothing to worry about it is a widely spread bug, which i had before i rooted...
Schould be fixed by future updates
Reproducable by restart phone -> wifi on off
Only thing you can do is delay the message for 30 days and wait for a ficing update
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For watchON i dont know any fix, i froze it,too, cuz i dint need it but u can search for IR remote apps on GPlay...
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Thank you very much for the info
anybody's got anything on the battery drain problem?
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Thank you very much for the info
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Np bro, glad i can help
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Ah yeah, if you have root, you could just greenify the app to save battery
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darkleafar said:
Unlike others, I only get the prevention Knox message when I turn on my wifi radio. Any reason for that? Do I have to root in order to get rid of this damn message?
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People started getting the message about ten days ago. Here's a 10 page thread from the AT&T forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498586&page=10
AT&T rolled out an update yesterday. I got the below without doing anything on my part soon after the update was applied. I haven't gotten the prevention message since.
I use WatchOn and haven't had any battery drain issues. Re-start the app but don't enable some of its features like "show on lock screen" and "show in notification panel." Also don't set up some of the social features but do link it to your Samsung account. That's how mine is set up on my N3 and 10.1-14 and its been fine.
darkleafar said:
Unlike others, I only get the prevention Knox message when I turn on my wifi radio. Any reason for that? Do I have to root in order to get rid of this damn message? Thumbnail attached.
Problem number 2. I was really loving the Samsung watch on, because I actually take full advantage of the IR blaster built into the phone, and I found the universal remote feature pretty damn useful. One day, however, a day in which I had no used that app at all, I noticed my phone burned about 60% of the battery in about 2 hours. I looked under battery manager and it attributed over 50% of battery waste to "Samsung Watch On". I thought it must have been my fault somehow, closed the app and put my phone to charge. I had to let my phone cool though, because it got pretty hot during the battery wasting process.
The following day, I got woke up at 7 45 am with 100% full charge to go to work. By the time it was 9 am, I was already and 78%, and I had not used my phone at all. Once again, my phone was really hot. And again, over 60% of the battery waste was attributed to "Samsung Watch On". The app cannot be uninstalled (I am not rooted) so I had to "disable" it. Ever since I did so, the problem went away, but I lost a very cool feature of my phone. Anybody has any idea what is happening?
Thanks in advance.
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I had similar battery drain issues so I downloaded an IR remote to use the IR feature for my upstairs tv. I have google tv so I dont need the extra watchon features. They are nice, but an app that has to be always on...no thank you.
As for the security thing. I disabled for 30 days so I dont get the message either until I root and get rid of the damn knox...
harpocrates said:
I had similar battery drain issues so I downloaded an IR remote to use the IR feature for my upstairs tv. I have google tv so I dont need the extra watchon features. They are nice, but an app that has to be always on...no thank you.
As for the security thing. I disabled for 30 days so I dont get the message either until I root and get rid of the damn knox...
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Which IR blaster did you download? I tried 3 different ones and none worked. Also, I should note, I used the Samsung watch on for a whole month just fine. Without me changing any of the settings, it was after the last update when it started doing weird stuff
Root and get rid of knox app.
Regarding watchon. I didnt see any battery drain at all. I am using 2 ir blaster apps. No battery drain.
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darkleafar said:
Which IR blaster did you download? I tried 3 different ones and none worked. Also, I should note, I used the Samsung watch on for a whole month just fine. Without me changing any of the settings, it was after the last update when it started doing weird stuff
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freeirtv
I liked the watchon remote but I do not like any app that does not allow me to exit it. I just use the free version of this ir blaster to control my bedroom samsung tv for on/off and volume. The downstairs tv has the logitech revue so it is all controlled through google tv and I have the recommendations, the tv guide and all the stuff watchon offers through google tv (it was just nice to have it on the phone) and my google tv is streamed through a wireless hdmi actiontec receiver to the upstairs tv but I cant control the upstairs tv with the same remote which is why i liked the ir blaster on my phone.
I found the prevention message was actually generated by the stock Anti Virus the phone shipped with. I removed it and put in my own such as Avast and I have never seen the message again.
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Solarenemy68 said:
I found the prevention message was actually generated by the stock Anti Virus the phone shipped with. I removed it and put in my own such as Avast and I have never seen the message again.
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Stock antivirus?
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alanchai said:
Stock antivirus?
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Some carriers (as germam tmobile) put lookout or smth onto their branded phones
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alanchai said:
Stock antivirus?
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Yes the ATT branded 900A has Lookout Security preinstalled. It was generating a prevention method about some software making an unsafe operation, but the software in question was some of Samsungs and ATT's own apps. I removed Lookout and instakked Avast and I have seen no more such messages.
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Some carriers (as germam tmobile) put lookout or smth onto their branded phones
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Mine are international unlocked set. I don see any antivirus installed but I still got the prevention message.
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alanchai said:
Mine are international unlocked set. I don see any antivirus installed but I still got the prevention message.
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Known bug
Recreatable by turn off and on again switch wifi on
Will be fixed on futute updates i think
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I'm just getting this WatchOn battery drain too. However, I don't notice a difference in battery life but I do see it using more power than the screen. It's possible that it's just a bug for the watchon app, considering it's only happened to me recently.
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Got my T-Mobile black onyx S7 edge the other day. Love the phone and my wife has one as well. We have both had a few random reboots and lag where the phone gets very hot afterwards. Has anyone else been having this issue?
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Nope. Been running mine for three days now, and not a single freeze, reboot, or any overheatng for that matter.
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I did have one random reboot on initial setup. After that, the phone has been fine.
No random reboots but I did have one glitch that I have never seen before. I did a test call to my house. I hung up and then the my cell phone started ringing again followed by my house phone ringing again. It placed a call to my house again but there was no indication of the active call on my cell phone except for the audio was there. I could not hang up the call on the cell phone since it wasn't showing any active call. I had to hang up my house phone and everything was good after that. It was very strange and only happened once.
abrcrmdl23 said:
Got my T-Mobile black onyx S7 edge the other day. Love the phone and my wife has one as well. We have both had a few random reboots and lag where the phone gets very hot afterwards. Has anyone else been having this issue?
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I have had 0 problems - love this phone - if you are still having lag and random reboots, maybe a "Factory Data Reset" would help?
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Got my T-Mobile black onyx S7 edge the other day. Love the phone and my wife has one as well. We have both had a few random reboots and lag where the phone gets very hot afterwards. Has anyone else been having this issue?
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I had a couple instances of lag/hang up the first couple days of use, but it's been smooth sailing since. Probably just needed time to settle in a little more.
No reboots here. But there are numerous hiccups I've had with various apps and such. Nexus 6P still takes the cake as for as smoothness and stability in my experiences.
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Only thing I have noticed is when enabled, the 'Game Launcher' feature tends to make my games lag. I'm not quite sure what the purpose of the 'Game Launcher' feature is (I thought it was meant to provide a smoother, less-interrupted experience when in games) but it seems to be causing more harm than good.
Once disabled, all my games are back to running nice and smooth. I am assuming a software update can and will fix this, as it is a relatively new feature so there are bound to be some bugs, but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this as well?
Other than games and the 'game launcher' issue, I haven't experience any other lag once I got past the first couple of days.
I had a comparative issue when I first got my Droid turbo 2, it was rebooting a considerable measure. Like 3 times each day. I wound up exchanging the console programming out, uprooting and incapacitating all the superfluous programming the telephone accompanied and after that the issues ceased. Telephone has rebooted subsequent to.
what i do right off the bat is update any software updates there might be then factory reset it through recovery. a clean start to a new device
abrcrmdl23 said:
Got my T-Mobile black onyx S7 edge the other day. Love the phone and my wife has one as well. We have both had a few random reboots and lag where the phone gets very hot afterwards. Has anyone else been having this issue?
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So after having the phone for a few days now. Looks like that might have been a one time thing upon initial setup as the phone has been running great ever since. Looks like I jumped the gun. My last Samsung phone was the galaxy s2 on Sprint. That phone was so buggy I guess I was a bit to quick to judge Samsung based on a very old comparison.
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I had this too. 100% fixed it by performing factory reset via stock recovery.
You are getting lag and reboots because a Samsung security update patch was failing. Only way to fix is factory reset
Hey Guys,
I have a nexus 6p the 64 gb version ,and its one of the greatest phones I have ever owned. Everything about it is great, unfortunately the past couple of weeks my phone battery started to drain extremely fast. My phone now doesn’t last a full day and it constantly overheats. I’m a very heavy user, I almost do anything electronically on my phone, but before the battery drain my phone didn’t overheat nor its battery drained that fast.
There is no apparent reason why this is happening, I did not change my frequency or intensity using my phone. But I think there is possible reasons:
-Google latest update
- Charging my phone BRIEFLY with a non-certified type C cable (I didn’t know there was an issue with those cable before)
- A certain application that runs in the background (phone is always warm and when on usually overheats even if just browsing)
One of the great things I admired about my Nexus was its long lasting battery life and rapid charging. I’m really disappointed, I really liked this phone and wanted to last. Please if anybody faced the same issue or have any suggestions, solutions etc, please share. I have attached a report showing my battery use.
Thanks Aalot
**my phone is not rooted or anything it’s just plain stock android
The first thing I would have pointed out, is a custom kernel, tweaked inappropriately. But you ruled that out.
Now since your device is not rooted, there are not much ways to track the drain. I certainly believe that, there is a specific app that is causing the drain.
First of all, thanks for your response.
A small percentage of the battery is consumed by apps the rest is for the screen
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noname42 said:
First of all, thanks for your response.
Do you know any application that can measure each app battery consumption. Because it will be very difficult determining which app is sucking all the juice
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GSAM would, but I heard it is a battery drainer itself on the 6P.
neo905 said:
GSAM would, but I heard it is a battery drainer itself on the 6P.
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The drain was there before Gsam actually I used it to investigate the cause of battery loss and forget about how it can measure app consumption
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I just got mine last Thursday and I'm also a little disappointed with the battery life. When I set up the phone, there were 3 or 4 google updates and the phone only lasted for less than 8 hours. I'm thinking it's due to the whole set up process.
I did a hard reset due to missing wifi passwords and I'm currently monitoring the battery drain.
Coming from OnePlus One, the battery life on this is really disappointing. But then again, I always have my anker battery charger with me. I'm hoping once the apps settle, battery life should improve.
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I uninstalled FB, Messenger, and a couple of other apps that were restored from initial set up, powered off and wiped cache. So far, battery is holding up. If drain continues, I will factory reset and install apps one by one
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minicoop7 said:
I uninstalled FB, Messenger, and a couple of other apps that were restored from initial set up, powered off and wiped cache. So far, battery is holding up. If drain continues, I will factory reset and install apps one by one
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I am having some success with wifi off during sleep and turning off bluetooth.
I find my wake locks come and go - some days doze works like a charm while other's it disappoints.
Facebook messenger used to drain my last phone battery (HTC One M8) at an alarming rate. I've just used the Web browser since.
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Hey guys, I removed alot of applications, and btw I never installed Facebook messenger on my phone. But the battery is still draining.
The phone is constantly warm, and sometimes hot, even if its on standby.
Any suggestions?
Its very strange that the majority is not facing this issue (it's a good thing),
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This is happen to me too. No new app. It is appear that if I reboot the phone after disconnect from from the charger then it is doze normally otherwise android system will keep the phone awake. Bluetooth does not seem to matter on or off. This is happen after april ota.
noname42 said:
Hey guys, I removed alot of applications, and btw I never installed Facebook messenger on my phone. But the battery is still draining.
The phone is constantly warm, and sometimes hot, even if its on standby.
Any suggestions?
Its very strange that the majority is not facing this issue (it's a good thing),
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Go to Settings >Battery and see what is causing it. It may be an app that you updated. Try wiping cache or uninstall/install the updated app. If still draining, you may have to factory reset from boot and install apps one at a time instead of restoring backup.
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erm1001 said:
This is happen to me too. No new app. It is appear that if I reboot the phone after disconnect from from the charger then it is doze normally otherwise android system will keep the phone awake. Bluetooth does not seem to matter on or off. This is happen after april ota.
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Yeah, I think the last update was the root cause, there is no other reason. I will do a factory reset soon and will update you
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erm1001 said:
This is happen to me too. No new app. It is appear that if I reboot the phone after disconnect from from the charger then it is doze normally otherwise android system will keep the phone awake. Bluetooth does not seem to matter on or off. This is happen after april ota.
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Same here. Tired of this sutuation already, sometimes it works properly 1-2 % even 0 on morning, but sometimes it loses 10-15 %, I didn't install any new applications in monthes, it just started.
PL6 installed on my phone this morning, and ever since I've had a mysterious battery drain. Even when on a Samsung fast charger, it drains faster than it can charge. The last time this happened, it was an Oculus GearVR update that caused it[1]. Anybody know what it is this time?
[1] https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/help/unexplained-battery-drain-t3471301
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PL6 installed on my phone this morning, and ever since I've had a mysterious battery drain. Even when on a Samsung fast charger, it drains faster than it can charge. The last time this happened, it was an Oculus GearVR update that caused it[1]. Anybody know what it is this time?
[1] https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/help/unexplained-battery-drain-t3471301
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i would suggest factory resetting the device. this has happened to alot of people and a sd card format (then copy your stuff back minus android -SD card only) then insert card reset go through all the bull but im hearing it runs almost as good as the OG firmware PB5 (im still on PB5 2 to 3 days battery every charge)
goodluck
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PL6 installed on my phone this morning, and ever since I've had a mysterious battery drain. Even when on a Samsung fast charger, it drains faster than it can charge. The last time this happened, it was an Oculus GearVR update that caused it[1]. Anybody know what it is this time?
[1] https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/help/unexplained-battery-drain-t3471301
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Also i notice some laggy too . Not just battery drain
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Gets laggy, and bad battery life for me also. Sometimes it gets to the point it is unusable, even after shutdown and clear cache. Seems that if you reboot because of lag, you can't use it right away otherwise the lagginess continues. I have a Ventra app for monthly train ticket on my device and there is some security, and purchased tickets are stored locally. I guess I'll have to wait to do a reset when my monthly ticket expires. I thought this update was for Nougat, otherwise I wouldn't have updated. Anybody hear if this version is rootable? So far it seems not from what I've read.
My battery drain issues continue. I got a new message today though ... phone got so hot that I got the popup saying that only calls and messaging would function because of the temperature. This phone is a POS.
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My battery drain issues continue. I got a new message today though ... phone got so hot that I got the popup saying that only calls and messaging would function because of the temperature. This phone is a POS.
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Agreed. Wish my Note 4 didn't get smashed, I'd still be a happy man.
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My battery drain issues continue. I got a new message today though ... phone got so hot that I got the popup saying that only calls and messaging would function because of the temperature. This phone is a POS.
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I really hate this phone. I wish I could have kept my Note 7.
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I really hate this phone. I wish I could have kept my Note 7.
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Hopefully The New 7.0 Update Fixes Everything! **** needs to hurry up and release already!
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Son Rise said:
Hopefully The New 7.0 Update Fixes Everything! **** needs to hurry up and release already!
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I am really hoping so. My average battery life with 40 mins screen on time is about 6 hours until 10% with no rogue apps or nonsense draining the battery.
haven't factory reset, been waiting on the 7.0 update to see what happens.
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Agreed. Wish my Note 4 didn't get smashed, I'd still be a happy man.
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nosympathy said:
I really hate this phone. I wish I could have kept my Note 7.
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I've been tempted several times to go back to my Note 4. Like a fool, I enrolled in that stupid Sprint Galaxy Forever program so I'm locked in, unless I want to spend $$$ to get out of it.
so, it seems that whenever I'm out, my phone is slow as all hell. I'm at the store yesterday, and i pull my phone out of my pocket to take a picture of something for future reference. I hit down volume twice to launch camera... so it takes about 8 seconds just for the screen to pop on, and another 8 or so seconds before I can actually click the shutter to take a shot. so, that's annoying. but then, I wanted to Google search something while I was there, so the phones already awake mind you, so i hit home, open Google, this takes another like 7 seconds, and then going to type in the box takes another 5 for swiftkey to even pop up.
I don't understand. it's like, when I'm not home, my phone gets laggy as hell. when the phones plugged in, it gets laggy as hell. now I'm coming from an s7, aka a lag machine, but this thing is starting to annoy me to the point where I'm ready to throw it.
I've recently even factory reset and started fresh and it still happens. it's as if when you wake the phone, doze is just taking forever to ramp the processor speed back up. it's like it's limited to a low speed so there's tons of lag. when I'm using the phone for a while it's fine, but that experience seriously made me want to whip this phone at the ground.
so now it's like, i don't want samsung bc of lag, i'm starting to not want LG because of lag. who the hell else makes a decent android phone now that's actually fast!?
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This is something that comes with using Android unfortunately. There is no solution.
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doze sucks. honestly, I get no better battery life now than I did on my note 4 running what, lollipop, and the same size battery. they didn't have doze back then, and it ran better. doze was such a bad programming decision bc it does absolutely nothing for battery, and just makes the phone slow as hell whenever you wake it.
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Same thing here. My battery life is so BAD, yesterday not doing anything but standby and checking a few things, 10m 37 sec screen on time, 7+ hours off charge from 100%, it was at 21%. Lags like crazy from time to time. When, it gets like this I pull the battery for about 5-10 minutes and it seems to work fine for awhile. One other thing that has happened, is my data signal sucks, which is probably the cause for the extensive battery drain. I put in new SIM card, no change. I have seen where others are experiencing the same thing. It was a good phone, until about 2 months ago and all this has started, very frustrating. Note 8 can't get here fast enough.
If you guys aren't getting better battery during standby then you guys have a problem like a rogue app or conflict cause standby drain on this phone is nigh non-existent compared to older phones like note 4. Usage when screen is on is pretty much identical to older phones though.
In relation to topic I do get random lag sometimes which does annoy me but my brother gets random lag on his stock unrooted Nexus 6p as well and id be willing to bet that the high and mighty note 8 is going to suffer from random lag as well.
Just depends on how often you are experiencing this lag. It happens pretty rarely for me and usually only when is really hot out.
the other day at my new job the phone drained like crazy just idling in the drawer. like 30 percent from 7am to 1230pm. it was awful. I noticed my signal was super low in gsam during that time though, which sucks. not sure what I'm gonna do about that.
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I bought this phone after changing over from Verizon to T-Mobile. My note 4 was really reliable and somewhat compatible with T-Mobile, but it didn't support some of the bands. Anyway, I immediately noticed the lag on this phone when compared to my Note 4.
After messing with several settings and doing a lot of reading online, I decided to try a different launcher and it made a huge difference. I'm currently using Nova Launcher. It takes a while to set it up exactly how you want it. I still found it a little laggy, but instead of the 7 seconds it took to open apps, it would take about 3. I then went into developer options and changed window animation scale, transition animation scale, and animator duration scale from 1x to .5x and apps now open and close almost instantly.
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I bought this phone after changing over from Verizon to T-Mobile. My note 4 was really reliable and somewhat compatible with T-Mobile, but it didn't support some of the bands. Anyway, I immediately noticed the lag on this phone when compared to my Note 4.
After messing with several settings and doing a lot of reading online, I decided to try a different launcher and it made a huge difference. I'm currently using Nova Launcher. It takes a while to set it up exactly how you want it. I still found it a little laggy, but instead of the 7 seconds it took to open apps, it would take about 3. I then went into developer options and changed window animation scale, transition animation scale, and animator duration scale from 1x to .5x and apps now open and close almost instantly.
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So how do you like the V20 now compared to the Note 4?
Agree even if can be hard to completely abandon your favorite launchers & some live wallpapers it's worth experimenting with other launchers-wallpapers & you could first try turning off those 3 animations in developer options to make it feel snappy or if you like them change them to .5x as suggested by Archangel1183. For laughs you could try all 3 animations to 10x :laugh:before turning them off or down as low as you like.:good:
Any of you all with Sprint. If so I have sinking suspicion their crappy over saturated network is the cause of most of the lag.
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nah, Verizon here. and i don't think it has anything to do with the launcher.. i've been using nova since day 1.
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jayochs said:
so, it seems that whenever I'm out, my phone is slow as all hell. I'm at the store yesterday, and i pull my phone out of my pocket to take a picture of something for future reference. I hit down volume twice to launch camera... so it takes about 8 seconds just for the screen to pop on, and another 8 or so seconds before I can actually click the shutter to take a shot. so, that's annoying. but then, I wanted to Google search something while I was there, so the phones already awake mind you, so i hit home, open Google, this takes another like 7 seconds, and then going to type in the box takes another 5 for swiftkey to even pop up.
I don't understand. it's like, when I'm not home, my phone gets laggy as hell. when the phones plugged in, it gets laggy as hell. now I'm coming from an s7, aka a lag machine, but this thing is starting to annoy me to the point where I'm ready to throw it.
I've recently even factory reset and started fresh and it still happens. it's as if when you wake the phone, doze is just taking forever to ramp the processor speed back up. it's like it's limited to a low speed so there's tons of lag. when I'm using the phone for a while it's fine, but that experience seriously made me want to whip this phone at the ground.
so now it's like, i don't want samsung bc of lag, i'm starting to not want LG because of lag. who the hell else makes a decent android phone now that's actually fast!?
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doze sucks. honestly, I get no better battery life now than I did on my note 4 running what, lollipop, and the same size battery. they didn't have doze back then, and it ran better. doze was such a bad programming decision bc it does absolutely nothing for battery, and just makes the phone slow as hell whenever you wake it.
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the other day at my new job the phone drained like crazy just idling in the drawer. like 30 percent from 7am to 1230pm. it was awful. I noticed my signal was super low in gsam during that time though, which sucks. not sure what I'm gonna do about that.
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nah, Verizon here. and i don't think it has anything to do with the launcher.. i've been using nova since day 1.
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Just reread your original post & that does sound like crazy lag, are you saying when you're home (probably on Wi-Fi &/or with better signal?) not plugged in, the lag is dramatically less only or mainly getting that crazy lag when not in that environment?
How often do you reboot & what apps do you typically have running? Did turning off those aforementioned animations make it more snappy?
If you think it's doze you could try http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-3026187/disable-doze-android-marshmallow.html
Have you tried a different battery to see if it makes a difference on your battery drain, anyone recommend one like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MR3NHAK ?
Did you buy your V20 online or could you pop in a Verizon store to see if an exchanged replacement makes a difference?
yeah its mainly when I'm out and actually need to use it quickly, that's when it lags the most lol go figure. I'll check out that doze link. the battery itself is fine... usually it doesn't drain like crazy, but my new job is a metal building so it's awful on the signal. gotta airplane mode it! I have a us996 so I never played with any other version before.
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I have found on my T-Mobile variant that if I run a AOSP ROM the lag is less noticeable and most of the time is less frequent.
Do you have Facebook and messenger? Uninstall them both and see what happens in a day. Also, are you rooted?
rooted yes, Facebook dear god no.
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Install magisk latest beta and try crossbreader in the downloads of magisk manager. It removed all signs of lag for me.
When I had this problem is was the wi-fi trying constantly to connect to every router in the area. I set smart manager to automatically turn wi-fi off when I leave home and back on when I return and haven't had a problem since.
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rooted yes, Facebook dear god no.
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You might want to double check as I have the T-Mobile variant and stock rom came with Facebook already installed. After disabling that and Lookout, it ran a lot better. Think there is actually a thread on here somewhere about those 2 apps lagging up the device
nah I've deleted Facebook immediately when rooted.
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you probably have frozen or disabled some apps that causes the lag. I actaully did a backup first before trying to uninstall or disable that looks bloatware to me. I disabled some LG bloatware apps that causes lag on my phone and camera. I don't know which is which but then I manage to install back my backup and start all over again.