Getting new phone - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Looking to get a new phone from my Sony Xperia Z1c (Battery only lasts around 3 hours with about 30 mins of sot) and Nexus 5 (faulty screen) and wondering about the battery life and overall performance of the Note 3 (on a tight budget). Would this phone be feasible to use in 2017?
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jharvey208 said:
Looking to get a new phone from my Sony Xperia Z1c (Battery only lasts around 3 hours with about 30 mins of sot) and Nexus 5 (faulty screen) and wondering about the battery life and overall performance of the Note 3 (on a tight budget). Would this phone be feasible to use in 2017?
Thanks! :good:
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Yes still works well and development ongoing.
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JJEgan said:
Yes still works well and development ongoing.
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I dont know if I can deal with battery issue with Nexus 4.

All the settings Ive tried dont work... Battery is so weak its not even funny...and no my phone is not defective but its just annoying with the battery. My N2 lasted 2 days with heavy use....how u guys cope with battery ?
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dieselfatal said:
All the settings Ive tried dont work... Battery is so weak its not even funny...and no my phone is not defective but its just annoying with the battery. My N2 lasted 2 days with heavy use....how u guys cope with battery ?
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You'll get a lot of replies from people saying they are delighted that with their battery life and claim that something is wrong with you.
From my experience with the Galaxy Nexus, I know that battery life with Android varies all over the place depending on how you use the phone and what apps you install. Install the wrong apps or get file corruption--that you can't pin down--the battery will drain just sitting there unused.
if you intend to keep the phone, I suggest getting a 12000mAH external power pack. Thanks Google for not allowing us to readily swap the battery.
Galaxy nexus 2 hour screen on time. Carried a spare battery. Nexus 4 close to 4 hours screen. I guess what I am saying is I can cope because I came from actual bad battery life.
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dieselfatal said:
All the settings Ive tried dont work... Battery is so weak its not even funny...and no my phone is not defective but its just annoying with the battery. My N2 lasted 2 days with heavy use....how u guys cope with battery ?
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My iphone 4s only lasts 8 hours with heavy use. Streaming movies, Sirius sat, games, web surfing.
This phone outlasts that so far with the same stuff.
But its terrible you should sell it.....
The battery has been so so for me. I'm hoping when a good kernel and Ron come it will be a lot better. I benefit from working in range of a outlet .
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dieselfatal said:
All the settings Ive tried dont work... Battery is so weak its not even funny...and no my phone is not defective but its just annoying with the battery. My N2 lasted 2 days with heavy use....how u guys cope with battery ?
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Heavy use...2 days get real you mean you barely touched it.
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GS3 battery dominates the N4 battery even tho it has the same 2100mah size.
I guess the AMOLED >>> IPS LCD in terms of battery drainage.
Sucks! I guess the Nexus 4 battery life will be only slightly better than my One X =(
I personally love the threads where former galaxy note owners and droid razer maxx owners ***** about battery life.
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I swear guys I normally use same apps and on Note2 I was able to get day and day and half with heavy use and teo days with light use..but this N4 just drains battery like theres no tomorrow. Esp browsing internet..youtube..and other stuff that pulls a lot of data... The only way I can save battery is it i put brightness to almost zero and turn off wifi and data completely. I have all the normal stuff syncing and not often...facebook pulls data every 2 hours and other apps as well. I really love this device but WHY WHY WHY Google/LG decided to have non removable battery. I RESPECT Samsung so much more because they give you removable and decent battery and also give you SD card option which I can live without but its nice to have. I guess you get what you pay for.
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GS3 most certainly does not dominate....
Amoled is only more efficient for blacks. Every other color it displays uses more power on AMOLED vs LCD. In fact, white uses 70% more power in AMOLED displays than LCD.
Watching 1hr video on Netflix over hspa+ at full brightness today dropped my battery from 80% to 29%. My galaxy nexus with the same use would have dropped maybe half of that.
Does that sound normal?
I'll be able to check if I have a defective unit pretty soon. I have a RMA for my earpiece speaker not working, but I'm literally stuck on a charger at all times, lol. I honestly don't really care about the crappy battery life, I still love this phone!
On the plus side, it seems to charge as fast as it loses charge, lol
dieselfatal said:
All the settings Ive tried dont work... Battery is so weak its not even funny...and no my phone is not defective but its just annoying with the battery. My N2 lasted 2 days with heavy use....how u guys cope with battery ?
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Can't deal with battery?
I sincerely recommend you to Xperia S. Stylish, elegant and charming.
What was the best phone battery wise you guys used or currenly use ? Blackbery 8300 for me. I charged it once a week...NO KIDDIN
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I have owned mine since the 21st and I have noticed the battery to be on par with my S3 that is HIGHLY overclocked.... That being said, It could definitely be better! And the S3 has Verizon LTE so I don't know where all this drain is coming from... I use the same apps on all of my devices... Oh well! Time to get a good external battery...
dieselfatal said:
All the settings Ive tried dont work... Battery is so weak its not even funny...and no my phone is not defective but its just annoying with the battery. My N2 lasted 2 days with heavy use....how u guys cope with battery ?
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Getting 3.5 hours screen on time here . with sync on , GPS on , screen 75% brightness. No issues here ,battery's great !!! " tweaking battery is waste of time . try letting it die charge it while off then another hour while on then pull charger , ( if anyone replies with letting die is bad your wrong , and u can send me all the links u want your still wrong
User error. You left a phone that has a massive 3100 mah battery for one with 2100.
My battery seems to be fine, previously I had a GSM GNex with the extended battery and my N4 has done just as well based off my usage.
I remove it from the charger around 7 a.m., use it all day for text, calls, browsing, emails. When I get home at 6 I am around 35-40% so I charge it for about 45 minutes to get me through the evening and then charge all night.
This routine has gotten me through virtually every phone I have had with a few exceptions (Treo 750 and SX-66 come to mind)
4.5 hours of screen on time is my average so far. Roughly 50% better then my Galaxy Nexus. Other than GPS remaining off, I haven't done anything special to conserve battery life. Not sure if I'm the exception, and I do wish I could swap the battery, but I can't complain too much.
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How's the battery and available storage?

Hello, I'm thinking about buying a lg nexus 4, i have a iphone 4s and i saw in some reviews, including the gsmarena, that battery is very bad in this phone... But maybe some update made it better, can anyone tell me?
And how much is the available storage in 16gb model? In iphone i have 13.3gb i think.
Thanks!
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jjforums said:
Hello, I'm thinking about buying a lg nexus 4, i have a iphone 4s and i saw in some reviews, including the gsmarena, that battery is very bad in this phone... But maybe some update made it better, can anyone tell me?
And how much is the available storage in 16gb model? In iphone i have 13.3gb i think.
Thanks!
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Storage is 12.92 gb. Battery depends on your usage.
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So... No battery improvements since the launch? Thnks.
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jjforums said:
So... No battery improvements since the launch? Thnks.
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i have 61% remaining after 13h plus of usage with 1hr 16m on screen time (whatsapp, occasional checking of twitter and instagram, watching a few youtube videos) with 3G enabled.
very good battery life i would say. running on sentinel rom though.
chainer22 said:
i have 61% remaining after 13h plus of usage with 1hr 16m on screen time (whatsapp, occasional checking of twitter and instagram, watching a few youtube videos) with 3G enabled.
very good battery life i would say. running on sentinel rom though.
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do you always turn on turn off the display just to check what's going on, on your phone every 5-10 minutes ? cause I always do that and is that draining the battery that much ?
banboy said:
do you always turn on turn off the display just to check what's going on, on your phone every 5-10 minutes ? cause I always do that and is that draining the battery that much ?
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Checking the clock has no effect on battery use.
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banboy said:
do you always turn on turn off the display just to check what's going on, on your phone every 5-10 minutes ? cause I always do that and is that draining the battery that much ?
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i always do that to check on any new notifications, unlocking to clear notifications. but like what calyxim said, it doesn't affect the battery life.

Can we change from 1080p to 720p to reduce battery?

Hi all, a few days ago I received my new huawei honor 6 and is blazing fast and smooth but what impressed me is the battery life.
It has an option to switch from 1080p to 720p with a setting named rog technology and where I had 4 hours of on screen time until 30% when I switched to 720p I got 6 hours (5:48) and the battery at 26%.
Is there a tool we can use to switch our amoled screen to 720p? Because at 5 inch I don't notice any difference.
Because if there isn't I find charging my phone once per 2 days or 3 very intresting and I might keep the honor 6 for me and the s5 to my wife.
Nope
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Man this sounds promising. That would be nice to save more battery
cerobles1 said:
Man this sounds promising. That would be nice to save more battery
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Yeah honor 6 has it and I gain 2 more hours of on screen time since the Chinese can do it I think it must be software related.
I can safely say that with normal use 2 hours (internet ,calling,Facebook ) a day I can charge my honor 6 every 3 days it would be awesome if we could do this on our halaxy s5 instead of enabling and disable ultra power save all the time.
How about this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...anger&pcampaignid=APPU_jngBVNKfLen-iwLnjoHYDQ
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Nope
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-I remember seeing a build prop tweak where you edit one line to change what resolution the screen is drawn at.
OP, go download a build prop tweaker and go through the lines and find one that is similar to that-
EDIT: nvm i could have sworn it was available in my Xperia Z buildprop
Why would anyone tinker with the powerful screen this phone offers?
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Why would anyone tinker with the powerful screen this phone offers?
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Yeah I love this screen and my battery life.
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Hi all, a few days ago I received my new huawei honor 6 and is blazing fast and smooth but what impressed me is the battery life.
It has an option to switch from 1080p to 720p with a setting named rog technology and where I had 4 hours of on screen time until 30% when I switched to 720p I got 6 hours (5:48) and the battery at 26%.
Is there a tool we can use to switch our amoled screen to 720p? Because at 5 inch I don't notice any difference.
Because if there isn't I find charging my phone once per 2 days or 3 very intresting and I might keep the honor 6 for me and the s5 to my wife.
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how do you change resolution from 1080p to 720p in honor 6 ??

lg g4 uk insiders review unit recieved!

Does anyone have any questions? Always nice to get different opinions. I have been using it for 1 day so far...
Can you test the front cam? Manual options available? Screenshots, sample low light shots, HDR shots....
Thanks
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Can you test the front cam? Manual options available? Screenshots, sample low light shots, HDR shots....
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Front cam gives extremely clear results but only when there is enough light. I will post some pics soon. Hdr is available but Manual mode is not on the front cam.
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How's battery life? Really important for me.
Guys, majority of us (uk testers) are talking about the G4 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/lg-g4-uk-review-t3111880
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How's battery life? Really important for me.
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Battery seems to fairly good, but nothing special. It will get you through a day as long as you dont hammer it. Typically between 3.30-4 hrs on screen time over 13-16 hour day. But you can easily drain it with constant use inside 8-9 hrs. Also the phone supports quick charge 2 as long as you use a supported charger ( not the one in the box). Just tested this. An ofcourse you can replace the battery.
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Battery seems to fairly good, but nothing special. It will get you through a day as long as you dont hammer it. Typically between 3.30-4 hrs on screen time over 13-16 hour day. But you can easily drain it with constant use inside 8-9 hrs. Also the phone supports quick charge 2 as long as you use a supported charger ( not the one in the box). Just tested this. An ofcourse you can replace the battery.
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This kind of poor, half of what I get on my G2..
Why did LG make the G4 bigger (longer wider AND deeper) but still with a 3000mAh battery.
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Battery seems to fairly good, but nothing special. It will get you through a day as long as you dont hammer it. Typically between 3.30-4 hrs on screen time over 13-16 hour day. But you can easily drain it with constant use inside 8-9 hrs. Also the phone supports quick charge 2 as long as you use a supported charger ( not the one in the box). Just tested this. An ofcourse you can replace the battery.
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That's really bad IMO. Reminds me my old Galaxy S4 ...
Ye thats the battery... But on the plus side the phone is very resposive an quick. Very very minimal lag. And an excellent screen and speaker ( loud and clear surprisingly)
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Does anyone have any questions? Always nice to get different opinions. I have been using it for 1 day so far...
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Does it have fm radio ?
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Does it have fm radio ?
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Yes it does :thumbup:
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Mate 9 - 1 month later

Fellow XDA members check out my video on my mate 9 after owning it for a month, [Mod Edit
I'm also a power user and I have to say I've gotten 8 hours SOT. When I got this phone I used the daylights out of it. Email social media, YouTube, web and couldn't kill this thing. I agree low light pics aren't good but I do like the camera otherwise. I would have liked to have seen the price around $500 seeing how great the Axon 7 is at $400.
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Fellow XDA members check out my video on my mate 9 after owning it for a month,
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Could you please tell me about the camera lens? I mean to ask about the tiny scratches on the camera lens after usage of a week or two, these scratches are only visible under the light when camera lens is facing the light source. please update about it.
WHY?!
Help me. I am almost sure that my battery drains so much after update to B138 and not physical battery defect. Please convince me. Am I right?
Badonga said:
Help me. I am almost sure that my battery drains so much after update to B138 and not physical battery defect. Please convince me. Am I right?
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It does, more than B126, but in my experience it will settle after a while. Probably just reindexing for the first couple of days.
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It does, more than B126, but in my experience it will settle after a while. Probably just reindexing for the first couple of days.
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Should I downgrade tho? Have anyone tried downgrading and actually get the old awesome SOT?
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Should I downgrade tho? Have anyone tried downgrading and actually get the old awesome SOT?
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You can use FunkyHuawei but you will end up having to restore everything afterwards.
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You can using FunkyHuawei but you will end up having to restore everything afterwards.
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Actually if you re-read what I said, I was actually asking if anyone who downgraded actually get the awesome battery life again.
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Actually if you re-read what I said, I was actually asking if anyone who downgraded actually get the awesome battery life again.
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They did.
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Anyone know when the next update is due? For the international version
Anyone else having issues on their Mate 9 that I didn't cover?
bossei said:
I'm also a power user and I have to say I've gotten 8 hours SOT. When I got this phone I used the daylights out of it. Email social media, YouTube, web and couldn't kill this thing. I agree low light pics aren't good but I do like the camera otherwise. I would have liked to have seen the price around $500 seeing how great the Axon 7 is at $400.
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HI,
Im struggling to understand how one is able to attain a SOT of even more than 4 hours. Could the signal strength be a factor for SOT?
I dont have bluetooth turned on nor wifi with automatic screen brightness, i barely get passed 3 hours. Heck, i dont even have the facebook app on the phone.
Please enlighten me on how you have managed to get an SOT of 8 hours. Thanks!:cyclops:
Other than the lock screen issue, the other two are just nitpicking, in my opinion.
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When I play a movie either on facebook or youtube and receive a phonecall, I can hear very loud in the headset at the same time the caller and the movie sound. It also happens with google maps. Does any of you have this issue?
was hoping this device would drop to 500. I just can't justify 600 for a huawei.
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was hoping this device would drop to 500. I just can't justify 600 for a huawei.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=70985959
It was and will be again
Great video, disagree entirely with battery. This is the first phone EVER, that I do not have to charge before bedtime. Real life use. Everything else including the Samsungs will need a charge early evening at least. This one, never.
I agree about the screen... I'd have liked 2k.
androFRUST said:
HI,
Im struggling to understand how one is able to attain a SOT of even more than 4 hours. Could the signal strength be a factor for SOT?
I dont have bluetooth turned on nor wifi with automatic screen brightness, i barely get passed 3 hours. Heck, i dont even have the facebook app on the phone.
Please enlighten me on how you have managed to get an SOT of 8 hours. Thanks!:cyclops:
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That is so true even in my case. I use my phone like usual and I get 3-4 hours of SOT. Last night I went to bed, it was on 16%, so I put it on charge.
I am surprised when people around me talk about 6-7 hours of SOT. Makes me wonder, if my battery is bad, or perhaps I need to reset my phone and start again.
By the way, this is within a week of buying the mobile. I never saw more than 4 hours before last night.
I must say battery life is great . I am a heavy user too n I do not disable any stuffs except GPS ( enabled it only when needed). My MINIMUM SOT is consistently 9 hours . With greater usage of wi-fi 10-11 hours. Is quite similar to my other mi mix with higher capacity battery. These are similar SOT with Mate7, Mate8.
As comparison these are other SOT on my other phones I had used : s7e 6-7, one plus 3t 5-6, V20 5-6, iPhone 7+ usage 11-12
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Camera at low light could improve further, it have some software issues.
If noticed that when battery low, the phone throttles graphics and cpu performance, i hope it will be resolved.
Also typing with swiftkey doesn't feel smooth as with my s7e, it has some delays, sometimes though it works fine.

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