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[Q] Battery Life after recent software update

Has anyone noticed any significant decrease in battery life after applying the recent update issued by Verizon a couple of days ago? My Fascinates battery life was actually impressing me tremendously before the update, and it seems to have taken quite a big hit since the update. Just wondering if my case is isolated, or if others are seeing the same thing.

How many hours are you getting? My battery life always lasted around 13-15 hours even before the update which is still pretty short imo. I wonder if I have a defective battery. I turn everything off and brightness to the lowest but it's always around 13/14 hours when my phone dies completely.

My battery life has definitely takin a hit...

Whitepaint said:
My battery life has definitely takin a hit...
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There's an UNCONFIRMED rumor floating around over on Android Central that Verizon and Samsung have pulled the update due to problems. Again, this is unconfirmed, and just a rumor, and makes NO mention to the reasons why. Perhaps the battery life is a more wide spread issue.

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There's an UNCONFIRMED rumor floating around over on Android Central that Verizon and Samsung have pulled the update due to problems. Again, this is unconfirmed, and just a rumor, and makes NO mention to the reasons why. Perhaps the battery life is a more wide spread issue.
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Well, isnt that special.
Took me forever to apply it manually and now it might be borked, great

I didn't really have a problem with the battery life after this update, but I did notice a signifigant loss of speed when going to websites or watching Youtube.

I installed the update by reverting to stock and updating, and then re-rooted and re-applied the lag fix, and of course re-removed bloatware. I can report that I have noticed no difference at all on data transfer performance, and also no battery life issues. In fact, when I got home from work today, I looked at my battery gauge, and it was still at 87%. That's after almost 12 hours of mostly standby time, with gmail, corporate email, and weather services updating regularly. That's actually the best battery life I've seen out of this thing yet. If your battery is draining faster than that, then you must have some kind of process or background service that's not letting the CPU sleep, which will drain your battery fairly quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if the culprit is one of the bloatware apps that I disabled.
On a side note, I still seem to have an issue where the data connection intermittently cuts out. I don't lose the 3G icon, and have plenty of signal, but it's like the connection just times out, and a few seconds later resumes again. I was hoping the radio update in DI01 would address this, but no dice. I'm actually suspicious that it's an issue in the OS itself, as I've seen similar behavior over WiFi, which is a completely separate radio and network interface. I hope it's just a software bug, not a hardware defect. If it persists after the Froyo upgrade, I plan on doing a warranty claim.

ivorycruncher said:
I installed the update by reverting to stock and updating, and then re-rooted and re-applied the lag fix, and of course re-removed bloatware. I can report that I have noticed no difference at all on data transfer performance, and also no battery life issues. In fact, when I got home from work today, I looked at my battery gauge, and it was still at 87%. That's after almost 12 hours of mostly standby time, with gmail, corporate email, and weather services updating regularly. That's actually the best battery life I've seen out of this thing yet. If your battery is draining faster than that, then you must have some kind of process or background service that's not letting the CPU sleep, which will drain your battery fairly quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if the culprit is one of the bloatware apps that I disabled.
On a side note, I still seem to have an issue where the data connection intermittently cuts out. I don't lose the 3G icon, and have plenty of signal, but it's like the connection just times out, and a few seconds later resumes again. I was hoping the radio update in DI01 would address this, but no dice. I'm actually suspicious that it's an issue in the OS itself, as I've seen similar behavior over WiFi, which is a completely separate radio and network interface. I hope it's just a software bug, not a hardware defect. If it persists after the Froyo upgrade, I plan on doing a warranty claim.
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How did you get yours rooted? I have the I01 installed but cant get it rooted again now....

oryank99 said:
How did you get yours rooted? I have the I01 installed but cant get it rooted again now....
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You should be able to redo the original root procedure as documented here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238
Note that some have reported that they had to do the root procedure twice after installing DI01 to get root access back, though it worked the first time for me.
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Yeah I have done it probably 7 times to no avail.... :/
It freezes my phone i believe after it sents the second restart command. it comes up with device not found, even after it says it was successful....
I also tried the original version of this program (i believe), but it is the one I used to root it the first time.

I bought the phone on the 25th and got the update within minutes of leaving the store. I got great battery life the first day but it's been more standard fair so far getting 13-14 hours with moderate usage.

I unplugged my phone about 12 hours ago. I have used it all day for email, text and phone calls and I am right now at 64%. I am getting great battery life with this phone, loads better than my droid 1 and 2.

Reinstall the Samsung drivers. I had to do that and then root was achieved again. I'm an employee of Vzw and haven't heard any rumors of the update being borked. I'll keep y'all posted!
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I quit.

I f÷׶ing quit.
I've been using this galaxy s2 for months but I quit.
Enough, simply enough.
This thing's battery life is so poor its just unusable. Rebooting the device makes me lose half the battery, and I can't fix it.
I really like this phone for it's performance but except for that it sucks. I've been trying to fix this for months but I cant get it working. No matter which ROM or which kernel, a full battery can't even hold one single evening of reading 9gag. (It survives just a hour, maybe a little more...)
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The drop in the middle is a reboot
I've not used the phone all day, but at the second I touch it it drains from 70% to 10% in not even a hour, only app running was 9gag. It does NEVER survive a school day, no longer than 1/1.5 hour screen on time... The battery in it is brand new, and I even had it replaced twice by Samsung.
I'm sorry all, I'm taking my iphone with me tomorrow. This is no more fun.

You obviosly have media scanner issue, since sdcard is the first one listed. Install BBS for more info, but I'm sure it's media scanner. It can be fixed quite easily though.
About losing half of the battery when you reboot, it's a KK's bug on S2.(That is KK you're using, right ? ) It is annoying, but can be solved. Just plug it into charger, reboot to recovery, and then reboot the recovery itself. Battery percentage should fill up.
And at the end, you should't have rooted and installed a custom ROM(s) if you can't solve a simple problems like this.
With sammy based ROMs, you wouldn't have had those issues, but KK based ROMs are not perfect, so either deal with it, or simply don't use them.

You certainly have a problem with the mediascanner... A clean install would probably fix it...

Nightshadow931 said:
You obviosly have media scanner issue, since sdcard is the first one listed. Install BBS for more info, but I'm sure it's media scanner. It can be fixed quite easily though.
About losing half of the battery when you reboot, it's a KK's bug on S2.(That is KK you're using, right ? ) It is annoying, but can be solved. Just plug it into charger, reboot to recovery, and then reboot the recovery itself. Battery percentage should fill up.
And at the end, you should't have rooted and installed a custom ROM(s) if you can't solve a simple problems like this.
With sammy based ROMs, you wouldn't have had those issues, but KK based ROMs are not perfect, so either deal with it, or simply don't use them.
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Well said man, also I'd like to add, maybe try an app like Greenify, it helps A LOT with battery.
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ahmedelhofy said:
You certainly have a problem with the mediascanner... A clean install would probably fix it...
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Yeah, this bug used to happen to me a lot, a clean install would fix it, also maybe try a new rom? I've been on PACman since 4.2.2 and it's amazing=p
The battery is really good. Maybe try SetCPU as an app? - It's really good

Its some time later now, tried all of it, still no improvement

You have some serious sh*t going on your phone, dude...
I am browsing 9GAG also on my S2, and I can survive 2 Hours straight PLUS listening to music PLUS using Viper4Android (High Quality Sound Applied)... And has an extra 30 minutes to spare!
It's either something badass app running on your Background, or your Battery is just weak...
I have a 2-year-old Stock Battery and I can perform these... So... Yeah... Your setup sucks... Don't blame your s2... :good:
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souler456 said:
You have some serious sh*t going on your phone, dude...
I am browsing 9GAG also on my S2, and I can survive 2 Hours straight PLUS listening to music PLUS using Viper4Android (High Quality Sound Applied)... And has an extra 30 minutes to spare!
It's either something badass app running on your Background, or your Battery is just weak...
I have a 2-year-old Stock Battery and I can perform these... So... Yeah... Your setup sucks... Don't blame your s2... :good:
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I can't use 9gag longer than a hour,
Im not done troubleshooting b because I simply can't give up Android.. Nobody can

domini99 said:
I can't use 9gag longer than a hour,
Im not done troubleshooting b because I simply can't give up Android.. Nobody can
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Dude... Just use BetterBatteryStats! Or GSM Battery Monitor to see what Apps are eating your extra battery juices!
I also recommend you to stick to Stock-JB-based ROMs (like NeatROM JB), since it's one of the Custom Stock ROMs that's gonna give you a longer-lasting battery. I recommend NeatROM since it's packed with Apolo Kernel, which also a good kernel for battery!
I use SlimSaber KitKat by fusionjack, since I want features. But if you want to enjoy more Screen-ON time with your S2, better get NeatROM :good:

Tell me what this is:
A simple reboot causes major battery loss.
And its HELL annoying

That's the bug on every KitKat based ROM, I already told you. You haven't actually lost your battery p
ercentage, it's just showing wrong informations.
Just reboot to recovery with your phone plugged into the charger, and then reboot the recovery itself, and your battery should fill up.
And install BetterBatteryStats, let your phone idle during the night, and post the log here, so we can tell you if there's anything specific draining your battery.
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That's the bug on every KitKat based ROM, I already told you. You haven't actually lost your battery p
ercentage, it's just showing wrong informations.
Just reboot to recovery with your phone plugged into the charger, and then reboot the recovery itself, and your battery should fill up.
And install BetterBatteryStats, let your phone idle during the night, and post the log here, so we can tell you if there's anything specific draining your battery.
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Im not running kitkat.
I'm running kitkat themed jelly bean.

Nightshadow931 said:
That's the bug on every KitKat based ROM
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Fuel gauge chip problem. I have that bug even on stock rom.

I apologize then, didn't know it happens even on stock ROMs.

It won't even boot up today, it turns on and immediately gives 0% battery and shuts of again, it was fully charged for sure.
I don't have the time right now to try and get it work again. I'll just use my iPhone...

Have you tried checking your battery?
Duplicate or more than 2 years old batteries can give such results
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worthless thread. nobody cares.

Get another device............................................................... ........................................................ ........................................................
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Okay, today my phone completely died. It won't stay on for longer than 10 minutes, after that the screen starts to flicker and the phone shuts off.
I already tried to reflash stock rom, but the problem stays there.
I tried a battery from a friend's S2, that was confirmed working in his phone, my phone simply won' t stay on.

Battery Life Issue (Is this normal battery life)

I've been noticing my battery has been draining a lot lately, and the majority is going to Android System. I did a search and found another post about this with no answers. I'm not getting much more than 12 hours on a daily basis, and I hardly use my phone. I'm including a screen shot of the battery usage. Is this a normal usage amount? I remember this phone being better on battery than this.
What are you guys getting for typical usage?
Anyone have any suggestions?
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philc21 said:
I've been noticing my battery has been draining a lot lately, and the majority is going to Android System. I did a search and found another post about this with no answers. I'm not getting much more than 12 hours on a daily basis, and I hardly use my phone. I'm including a screen shot of the battery usage. Is this a normal usage amount? I remember this phone being better on battery than this.
What are you guys getting for typical usage?
Anyone have any suggestions?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q4axktwglfqg4ac/Screenshot_2014-10-23-21-11-07.png?dl=0
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as of yesterday, I'm seeing the same problem. Didn't have short battery life before that but several apps updated yesterday morning and now I have something like 50% on Android System and an unusually high "Stay Awake" - we're talking something like 10 hours when I wasn't using the phone for anything in particular - certainly not 10 hours worth!
So, I'm wondering how we tell what is keeping a phone awake?

usually we need more info such as what rom your using and when it started to happen..
second post might be one of the apps thats causing it so id backtrack them n see if u can find the culprit
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also, better battery stats on xda is your friend.. android system can be a ton of different things
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I had big time battery issues when I was running NI2, and similar to what you were seeing Android System and Kernel, my battery would be nearly drained after about 10 to 12 hours. I rolled back to NE9 and my battery is back to being great I am usually at about 60% after about 10 hours. For what it's worth apps and programs were the same between both builds. Not sure this is much help just figured I'd share my experiences and what worked for me.

scadilla said:
I had big time battery issues when I was running NI2, and similar to what you were seeing Android System and Kernel, my battery would be nearly drained after about 10 to 12 hours. I rolled back to NE9 and my battery is back to being great I am usually at about 60% after about 10 hours. For what it's worth apps and programs were the same between both builds. Not sure this is much help just figured I'd share my experiences and what worked for me.
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This was the solution I feared. I'm having massive battery drain on NI2 as well. Unfortunately, won't we lose "HD Voice" or VOLTE if we roll back to NE9? Not a deal breaker I guess.
It's really too bad Samsung/Verizon broke the phone with an update. This is seemingly pretty common now. Hope another small update gets released soon. I'm on international travel starting Friday and having a phone dead by 3pm doesn't sit very well with me.
-Collin-

CollinFX45 said:
This was the solution I feared. I'm having massive battery drain on NI2 as well. Unfortunately, won't we lose "HD Voice" or VOLTE if we roll back to NE9? Not a deal breaker I guess.
It's really too bad Samsung/Verizon broke the phone with an update. This is seemingly pretty common now. Hope another small update gets released soon. I'm on international travel starting Friday and having a phone dead by 3pm doesn't sit very well with me.
-Collin-
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Yes, you will lose HD Voice / VOLTE unfortunately. That was a sacrifice I had to take I couldn't deal with my phone being dead by 5:00pm.

agreed. Yesterday was a complete joke. By 2pm with light use, I was down to 21%. Dead by 3:30.
I hate that I have to flash my phone back to a prior version because Verizon/Samsung broke it.

CollinFX45 said:
agreed. Yesterday was a complete joke. By 2pm with light use, I was down to 21%. Dead by 3:30.
I hate that I have to flash my phone back to a prior version because Verizon/Samsung broke it.
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it is what it is.. there are ni2 roms with great battery.. few have reported battery drains but not me.. ive tried a few ni2 roms and not had a battery drain since before ni2
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CollinFX45 said:
agreed. Yesterday was a complete joke. By 2pm with light use, I was down to 21%. Dead by 3:30.
I hate that I have to flash my phone back to a prior version because Verizon/Samsung broke it.
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Wake lock detector and greenify are your friends...

My about phone.

so, after posting the second post in this thread I'm happy to post that my battery consumption returned to normal by the next day. I don't know what was going on but I'm still on NI2 and regular battery consumption - what I've been used to seeing on the phone all along.
that said, it's great to know about some of the apps that are available for better tracking/info about wake-locks and battery use.

New Firmware QC1 released 3/29/2017...Security update only

Just a security update, nothing else to see here.
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Here I was thinking my phone would stop doing soft reboots at least 4x a day while also being able to get LTE/4G in the same locations my Note 2 & 3 did.

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Just a security update, nothing else to see here.
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http://sihmar.com/software-update-n910pvps4dqc1-galaxy-note-4-download/

Trying to get this installed but it seems that it doesn't play well with TWRP.
Also tried installing it manually in TWRP /cache/fota/update.zip but TWRP said the zip is corrupted...

m5james said:
Here I was thinking my phone would stop doing soft reboots at least 4x a day while also being able to get LTE/4G in the same locations my Note 2 & 3 did.
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I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.

I wish it was that simple...
DaggettBeaver said:
I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.
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My Note worked perfectly until this recent update. About 2 days after taking the update, my Note started rebooting, lagging, freezing...basically becoming unusable.
I have 4 batteries, and no matter which battery or whether plugged in or not, this happened.
Wake lock app helped but then, yesterday, the phone wouldnt boot. Nothing but black screen. Would not charge with any battery or any combo of cables and chargers.
By playing around with it, I finally got it to boot into recovery, however, there was no recovery. No matter whether I did power up or down, I got download mode.
The firmware repair using the PIT file got me back in action through Odin. It still took half a day to get the phone stable.
Long story short, it's not always the battery. I think these updates cause issues. The web is full of similar cases. My phone has been completely stock and still this happens. Even going back to Android 5.0 didn't cure the software corruption that this latest update caused me. My phone still won't work without the wake lock app.
I was thinking S8Plus but now I'm thinking no more Samsung.

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Long story short, it's not always the battery.
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Hey, I DID say 99.9%, not 100%.

DaggettBeaver said:
I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.
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This has nothing to do with the battery. This issue with the Note 4 rebooting is common and no matter which battery you use, the issue continues. I have numerous reason why that is but they seem to do with the MM updates not playing well with the hardware on the Note 4, especially the most recent updates (last 2 or 3). No matter what people try, the issue continues. The Wake Lock app seems to help a bit but this is no long term solution and honestly I don't think Samsung or Google will invest any time in fixing this issue for a device that is over 2 years old. They want people to upgrade.

DaggettBeaver said:
I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.
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Does this include stock unmodified and fully OEM phones? My wife's Note 4 started rebooting a lot in the last few days. She has done NOTHING other than standard user stuff. Me? I always mod mine or add an extended battery, but hers straight up the consumer setup, including the original battery.
If the battery, why would a battery cause this? just getting old or is this related to mods or buying after market batteries.
Bob

ParrSt said:
Does this include stock unmodified and fully OEM phones? My wife's Note 4 started rebooting a lot in the last few days. She has done NOTHING other than standard user stuff. Me? I always mod mine or add an extended battery, but hers straight up the consumer setup, including the original battery.
If the battery, why would a battery cause this? just getting old or is this related to mods or buying after market batteries.
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A phone battery (at least these days) isn't like a D battery you put in a flashlight. It communicates with the phone. When it starts to go bad, it can cause things like premature shutdowns and boot loops.
Yes, I've been running 6.0.1 ever since I got it OTA, and have never rooted or loaded a custom ROM since then. Suddenly my phone started shutting down at 40-60%, and often went into a boot loop. The only way I could stop it was to put it on the charger. But as soon as I had it fully charged, it would start giving me problems at 40-60% again.
I bought 2 supposedly Samsung OEM batteries, one from Amazon, and one with the external charger from Sprint. They both fixed the problem, but the Amazon battery sucks. It looks identical to the Sprint, but I suspect it's a clone. It doesn't last nearly as long as the Sprint OEM battery. I bet you can get a battery that is genuine Samsung other than using Sprint, but just beware.
EDIT: Just as an aside, I didn't suspect the battery was the problem at first. The battery started to swell up, which is why I replaced it. It was a lucky thing that replacing it fixed the problems.

Thanks, got one ordered. for $15, it is worth a try!

Or is it a conspiracy! Is Samsung killing our phones, to make us buy new ones? ???

Just my 2 cents. I don't know, but here is a theory.
Everyone i see make a post about rebooting issues always mentions it after taking ota's.
Now my theory, i can only speak for myself. I've never taken an ota, always upgraded through Odin. When i got my phone it was on ob7, i think. And i upgraded it through Odin since. Thank God i haven't had any problems.
So i wonder if it has something to do with Samsung's ota process? Just a thought!

aaron74 said:
Just my 2 cents. I don't know, but here is a theory.
Everyone i see make a post about rebooting issues always mentions it after taking ota's.
Now my theory, i can only speak for myself. I've never taken an ota, always upgraded through Odin. When i got my phone it was on ob7, i think. And i upgraded it through Odin since. Thank God i haven't had any problems.
So i wonder if it has something to do with Samsung's ota process? Just a thought!
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Samsung doesn't run the OTAs, they come from Google servers.

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Samsung doesn't run the OTAs, they come from Google servers.
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Understood! :good:

New Firmware QH1 released 8/30/2017...August Security Update

330 meg update, Likely just the August Security update. Happy that Samsung and Sprint continue to support this phone.
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Few problems before new Firmware N910PVPS4DQH1
2 days before installed on 9/1/17, phone shut down with 23% battery level left or less. Would try to reboot, would not. Attached the charger, battery level remaining would appear. Would recharge fully. Happened 5 times within the last 2 days. Installed new firmware on 9/1/17. Charging was slow. Phone was rebuilt by Samsung plant in TX last year. Replaced motherboard, USB charging port, speaker module, trim edge, new battery and charger. Under warranty, no cost. What's going on?

dtmcdade said:
phone shut down with 23% battery level left or less. Would try to reboot, would not. Attached the charger, battery level remaining would appear. Would recharge fully. Happened 5 times within the last 2 days. What's going on?
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Exact same issue here with a newly refurb N910P.
I thought I'd read somewhere that an update had fixed the issue.
Trying to find the latest (jul '17?) image. SPRINT site is useless... samsung-updates.com points you to a pay-to-download site.

canada_dry said:
Exact same issue here with a newly refurb N910P.
I thought I'd read somewhere that an update had fixed the issue.
Trying to find the latest (jul '17?) image. SPRINT site is useless... samsung-updates.com points you to a pay-to-download site.
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And my phone was brand new, bought in 7/2015, rebuilt in 2016. Samsung honored the one year warranty and extended 2 extra months. I will see if it will shut down @ 25% battery left. I have a Galaxy Note 3 too. It is a miser with battery mgmt. Note 4 uses more battery than the Note 3. I guess because of the resolution of the screen and has more sensors

dtmcdade said:
And my phone was brand new, bought in 7/2015, rebuilt in 2016. Samsung honored the one year warranty and extended 2 extra months. I will see if it will shut down @ 25% battery left. I have a Galaxy Note 3 too. It is a miser with battery mgmt. Note 4 uses more battery than the Note 3. I guess because of the resolution of the screen and has more sensors
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So... I take it you have installed all the latest updates (upto QH1), and it's still not registering the battery status properly? Did you try shutting off fast charge?
On a side note... I'm thinking of switching to CM14... I used CM on my trusty Note 3 and it was pretty solid. The N910P Sprint stock software has a couple show-stopper quirks:
doesn't show network activity (up/down arrows)
no option to control CID (i.e. block/hide your CID)

canada_dry said:
So... I take it you have installed all the latest updates (upto QH1), and it's still not registering the battery status properly? Did you try shutting off fast charge?
On a side note... I'm thinking of switching to CM14... I used CM on my trusty Note 3 and it was pretty solid. The N910P Sprint stock software has a couple show-stopper quirks:
doesn't show network activity (up/down arrows)
no option to control CID (i.e. block/hide your CID)
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Installed QH1 yesterday. Switched off fast charging already. After it shut down, it will then show the remaining battery level,l when I attach the charger. It may show 13 - 18%. I use both phones for browsing. Another difference between the phones. I have installed Poweramp and deactivated native Soundalive on both phones. Have some Hi-Resolution earphones and with the exact same audio settings, the Note 3 sounds noticeable better, about 15 -20 %.

How old is the battery? They only last about 18 months or 500 charge cycles. You may want to try a new Anker battery, about $15.00 on amazon. When a Note 4 shuts down with battery remaining it is often a failing battery.

poit said:
How old is the battery? They only last about 18 months or 500 charge cycles. You may want to try a new Anker battery, about $15.00 on amazon. When a Note 4 shuts down with battery remaining it is often a failing battery.
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Doesn't seem like it's a new thing:
Sorry, xda is preventing me from adding an external link %@$#: forums.androidcentral.com /samsung-galaxy-note-4/610523-note-4-sudden-battery-drain.html
I'm sure that somewhere I'd googled that Samsung released a patch that was supposed to fix this issue though I can't find it again!
On an aside... anyone know if there's a way to fix these two issues that I noted earlier:
no network activity indicators (ie. up/down arrows for wifi activity)
cannot disabled caller ID via settings

canada_dry said:
Doesn't seem like it's a new thing:
Sorry, xda is preventing me from adding an external link %@$#: forums.androidcentral.com /samsung-galaxy-note-4/610523-note-4-sudden-battery-drain.html
I'm sure that somewhere I'd googled that Samsung released a patch that was supposed to fix this issue though I can't find it again!
On an aside... anyone know if there's a way to fix these two issues that I noted earlier:
no network activity indicators (ie. up/down arrows for wifi activity)
cannot disabled caller ID via settings
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For network status indicators, use the app flat style bar indicators.
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