Hey guys, I've got an international Galaxy S4 i9505. My main problem is that my whole fully charged battery drains in normal usage in 12-16 hours (in idle my system can drain 30% in 5-6 hours). It is very hard to work with my phone like this. ( I had an Xperia Z1 and it was awesome and I was able to work 2 days continuously). Is worth it to flash custom ROM and a custom Kernel, which could help me increase battery life? Maybe you cloud help me to choose some of them.
My main problem is the security...i am working with some banking programs on my phone, and I am afraid that the custom system would stole some information about me.
Thank you very much for your help
cserba said:
Hey guys, I've got an international Galaxy S4 i9505. My main problem is that my whole fully charged battery drains in normal usage in 12-16 hours (in idle my system can drain 30% in 5-6 hours). It is very hard to work with my phone like this. ( I had an Xperia Z1 and it was awesome and I was able to work 2 days continuously). Is worth it to flash custom ROM and a custom Kernel, which could help me increase battery life? Maybe you cloud help me to choose some of them.
My main problem is the security...i am working with some banking programs on my phone, and I am afraid that the custom system would stole some information about me.
Thank you very much for your help
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No one to help me with this problem? :S
Hi All Respected Members,
I have Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 since last March. The phone was working fine when I purchased it.
I exactly dont remember what was firmware installed that time but I have updated my phone to Lollipop 5.0.1 in November and all sudden my phone started creating problems.
Phone set always remain hot from camera and board as well.
Battery drains so fast.
Charging to 100% done in 4 - 5 hours.
Loads of lags during working.
These are few I am listing here. Then I have read a forum here and did everything same and downgrade to kitkat 4.4.2
Link is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9505-downgrade-5-0-lollipop-to-4-4-2-t3052472
Now, new problems.
Still set remain heatup all the time.
Battery drains so fast even on standby.
Battery lasts only for 7 hours without sim as well.
Charging time is 4 hours.
Now personally I want to sale my set as I have ruined my load of energy and all in vain. I dont want to root my set please.
Can anybody suggest me any stock rom link so I can enjoy my set again please? The most stable firmware.
I want to flash stock again please.
Below is the link to images of my cell. Please review
http://pho.to/9utap
Regards,
Mohsin Khan
No one here to answer please?
No one here to answer my query? Can anyone please take pain to query mine? I am having serious problem with my cell right now? Can anyone please?
msklodhi said:
Hi All Respected Members,
I have Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 since last March. The phone was working fine when I purchased it.
I exactly dont remember what was firmware installed that time but I have updated my phone to Lollipop 5.0.1 in November and all sudden my phone started creating problems.
Phone set always remain hot from camera and board as well.
Battery drains so fast.
Charging to 100% done in 4 - 5 hours.
Loads of lags during working.
These are few I am listing here. Then I have read a forum here and did everything same and downgrade to kitkat 4.4.2
Link is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9505-downgrade-5-0-lollipop-to-4-4-2-t3052472
Now, new problems.
Still set remain heatup all the time.
Battery drains so fast even on standby.
Battery lasts only for 7 hours without sim as well.
Charging time is 4 hours.
Now personally I want to sale my set as I have ruined my load of energy and all in vain. I dont want to root my set please.
Can anybody suggest me any stock rom link so I can enjoy my set again please? The most stable firmware.
I want to flash stock again please.
Below is the link to images of my cell. Please review
http://pho.to/9utap
Regards,
Mohsin Khan
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Hello, I have got a Note 3 N9005 with android 5.1.1 Blisspop v4.0.3 Nightly ROM installed. Now I don't know if it's just coincidence or so but my batterynlife is just terrible since I flashed a new ROM. I already own this phone for a year btw so that could also be the case. I just took it of the charger and then I checked and it said it would last for 2 HOURS! I have been going for about 20 mins now and it already dropped 20%. I bought a new battery, but that is just worse (I did read that you have to use and charge a new battery a few times and it would get better). My battery has no bulge. Is it the battery that's bad or the ROM and should I then flash back to stock firmware?
Wow, wait, let me get my crystal ball...
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Hello, I have got a Note 3 N9005 with android 5.1.1 Blisspop v4.0.3 Nightly ROM installed. Now I don't know if it's just coincidence or so but my batterynlife is just terrible since I flashed a new ROM. I already own this phone for a year btw so that could also be the case. I just took it of the charger and then I checked and it said it would last for 2 HOURS! I have been going for about 20 mins now and it already dropped 20%. I bought a new battery, but that is just worse (I did read that you have to use and charge a new battery a few times and it would get better). My battery has no bulge. Is it the battery that's bad or the ROM and should I then flash back to stock firmware?
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Most AOSP Roms are overclocked up to 2.7 -2.8GhZ. (Normal Stock clock speed is 2,3Ghz)
Use any Kernel tool from Playstore like Kernel Audiutor to change this to 2.,3 Ghz (I was also wondering but since i found out that AOSP based ROM are overclocked on note 3 I imdetialy changed back to Nornal Clockspeed)
Afte this your device should be cooler and you batterylife also longer...
xda_Noob. said:
Most AOSP Roms are overclocked up to 2.7 -2.8GhZ. (Normal Stock clock speed is 2,3Ghz)
Use any Kernel tool from Playstore like Kernel Audiutor to change this to 2.,3 Ghz (I was also wondering but since i found out that AOSP based ROM are overclocked on note 3 I imdetialy changed back to Nornal Clockspeed)
Afte this your device should be cooler and you batterylife also longer...
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I shall try
TaNgLeZ said:
Hello, I have got a Note 3 N9005 with android 5.1.1 Blisspop v4.0.3 Nightly ROM installed. Now I don't know if it's just coincidence or so but my batterynlife is just terrible since I flashed a new ROM. I already own this phone for a year btw so that could also be the case. I just took it of the charger and then I checked and it said it would last for 2 HOURS! I have been going for about 20 mins now and it already dropped 20%. I bought a new battery, but that is just worse (I did read that you have to use and charge a new battery a few times and it would get better). My battery has no bulge. Is it the battery that's bad or the ROM and should I then flash back to stock firmware?
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Apart of what already have replied you, you could also try downloading any battery monitor app to try guessing if it's an app or it's the system itself who is draining your battery. In case it's any app, the solution is easy, try reinstalling it, if it's not, then you should try making wipes and reinstalling the rom or try another rom.
Hope this can help you.
What were you doing with the phone in the 20 minutes? Something is definitely wrong if its drained that quick. Can you post battery status and wake locks.
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Hello Guys ! After reading up about the issues with the Nougat Official updates i wanted to give custom roms a chance.
However , the experience with Custom ROMS over the years have made me realise , Battery backup is never the same on a custom ROM compared to the Stock firmware.
Can people who tried out different ROMS and Kernels , suggest which rom or ROM+Custom Kernel combination gives Stock like Battery performance ??
Eagerly waiting for you replies so that i can get flashing..
Thanks in Advance
Your help is much appreciated
In every Nougat custom ROM battery is almost the same as stock. You have simply to choose the best for you.
I personally have AospExtended with Optimus r21 and I'm happy with it
nplezka said:
In every Nougat custom ROM battery is almost the same as stock. You have simply to choose the best for you.
I personally have AospExtended with Optimus r21 and I'm happy with it
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Any specific Governor settings in the Optimus R21 kernel ??
And do you use dual sims in 4G ?
Any other Misc Settigns you do ?
What about the Standby time and SOT that you generally get ??
Thanks in advance BRO
I prefer "sis" eheh
Anyway, my kernel settings: BIG cluster max freq set to 1.6Ghz instead of 1.7 (I don't need any overclock), min freq to 345Mhz and Little cluster max to 1.1Ghz and min to 499Mhz, both clusters on Optimus governor. I left the other settings to r21 original.
I have a european single-SIM device, so no...
For the rest, all il stock, I haven't any battery friendly script, I believe in my Moto X Play, I don't want to mutilate it.
In Wi-Fi I reach 8h of SOT, I can stand 2 days without charge it in normal use. In LTE mode, almost 5-6 hours if I go out with a normal use, I can't tell you with a heavy use... when I'm out I don't use the phone so much also I have a tedious mobile radio active bug (that seem affect only me and maybe a couple of other users, I'm investigating) so previously in LTE I reached also 6-6.30h of SOT
nplezka said:
I prefer "sis" eheh
Anyway, my kernel settings: BIG cluster max freq set to 1.6Ghz instead of 1.7 (I don't need any overclock), min freq to 345Mhz and Little cluster max to 1.1Ghz and min to 499Mhz, both clusters on Optimus governor. I left the other settings to r21 original.
I have a european single-SIM device, so no...
For the rest, all il stock, I haven't any battery friendly script, I believe in my Moto X Play, I don't want to mutilate it.
In Wi-Fi I reach 8h of SOT, I can stand 2 days without charge it in normal use. In LTE mode, almost 5-6 hours if I go out with a normal use, I can't tell you with a heavy use... when I'm out I don't use the phone so much also I have a tedious mobile radio active bug (that seem affect only me and maybe a couple of other users, I'm investigating) so previously in LTE I reached also 6-6.30h of SOT
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Thanks a lot
I am thinking to try out teh kernel on the stock rom first with some tweaks and then switch to custom ROMs if the results are not satisfactory
swaggy123 said:
Hello Guys ! After reading up about the issues with the Nougat Official updates i wanted to give custom roms a chance.
However , the experience with Custom ROMS over the years have made me realise , Battery backup is never the same on a custom ROM compared to the Stock firmware.
Can people who tried out different ROMS and Kernels , suggest which rom or ROM+Custom Kernel combination gives Stock like Battery performance ??
Eagerly waiting for you replies so that i can get flashing..
Thanks in Advance
Your help is much appreciated
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I am on Aosp extended since it's version 3.3
Right now, I'm on version 4.3
No custom kernel.
If SOT is what you want to know, for me it's between 4 to 5 hours.
Dual sim with one on 4g and second on 2g.
Data remains on whole day.
Extermely stable. Just like stock MM.
If you don't want to use root or themes, maybe it will be more stable for you.
Sent from my Moto X Play using Tapatalk
swaggy123 said:
Hello Guys ! After reading up about the issues with the Nougat Official updates i wanted to give custom roms a chance.
However , the experience with Custom ROMS over the years have made me realise , Battery backup is never the same on a custom ROM compared to the Stock firmware.
Can people who tried out different ROMS and Kernels , suggest which rom or ROM+Custom Kernel combination gives Stock like Battery performance ??
Eagerly waiting for you replies so that i can get flashing..
Thanks in Advance
Your help is much appreciated
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I'm on Resurrection Remix (Official) and has some little bugs in the movements on locked screen (camera and led torch don't work as expected). Another thing is if u open camera by lock screen can't close it (navbar is blocked), the way is re lock the phone and then get to the pattern screen again.
The SOT is about 3-4h on 70% time in WiFi and 30% mobile data (4G/LTE)
About battery in general there is some screen shots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_XlbO-BACx0bmRHc0R1dDcyQ3M
I will change my ROM because the dev (GtrCraft) discontinued the RR (see his message on the post)... So I think it's hour to test another.
K.khiladi said:
I am on Aosp extended since it's version 3.3
Right now, I'm on version 4.3
No custom kernel.
If SOT is what you want to know, for me it's between 4 to 5 hours.
Dual sim with one on 4g and second on 2g.
Data remains on whole day.
Extermely stable. Just like stock MM.
If you don't want to use root or themes, maybe it will be more stable for you.
Sent from my Moto X Play using Tapatalk
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Thanks a ton K.Khiladi.. those stats are impressive ... I would try this rom for sure..
My usage is mostly erratic... I am in office fro almost 7-8 hours when the phone just lies dead in pocket and when office is over i use phone services like location data and what not .. So basically i needed a ROM that has minimal drain while in the pocket and good SOT when i use my device actively for short burst of periods.... I know its always a trade off between SOT and Standby . Thanks for your advice
leo_97 said:
I'm on Resurrection Remix (Official) and has some little bugs in the movements on locked screen (camera and led torch don't work as expected). Another thing is if u open camera by lock screen can't close it (navbar is blocked), the way is re lock the phone and then get to the pattern screen again.
The SOT is about 3-4h on 70% time in WiFi and 30% mobile data (4G/LTE)
About battery in general there is some screen shots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_XlbO-BACx0bmRHc0R1dDcyQ3M
I will change my ROM because the dev (GtrCraft) discontinued the RR (see his message on the post)... So I think it's hour to test another.
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Thanks man.. do update me on your experience when you switch ROMs.. I have had great time with RR on my old Motorola Atrix 2 as this particular ROM managed to stay on my phone for a long time but yeah the battery issue was always there as it is very feature rich.. Thanks for the info
the 615 chip is not very efficient in the first place, especially when it comes to gaming.
pijes said:
the 615 chip is not very efficient in the first place, especially when it comes to gaming.
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Thats all right , i dont play any games on the phone
all i care is battery life and fluidity in the OS
swaggy123 said:
Thanks a ton K.Khiladi.. those stats are impressive ... I would try this rom for sure..
My usage is mostly erratic... I am in office fro almost 7-8 hours when the phone just lies dead in pocket and when office is over i use phone services like location data and what not .. So basically i needed a ROM that has minimal drain while in the pocket and good SOT when i use my device actively for short burst of periods.... I know its always a trade off between SOT and Standby . Thanks for your advice
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Standby is minimal but after flashing make sure you go to settings - battery - - battery optimisation and check that every app is optimized.
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wifi and data problems
Does anyone know why in every nougat custom rom ive installed on my mxp when i turn screen off wifi and data turns off? I have already check the option "keep wifi during sleep phone" and nothing
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Thanks man.. do update me on your experience when you switch ROMs.. I have had great time with RR on my old Motorola Atrix 2 as this particular ROM managed to stay on my phone for a long time but yeah the battery issue was always there as it is very feature rich.. Thanks for the info
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So, I flashed AOSP Extended last night... It's the best so far (just tried two ROM's yet), no bugs found by now. The torch light and camera movements works fine and I liked it.
When I completely test it perhaps make a review (maybe post here in XDA, if rules accept it).
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So, I flashed AOSP Extended last night... It's the best so far (just tried two ROM's yet), no bugs found by now. The torch light and camera movements works fine and I liked it.
When I completely test it perhaps make a review (maybe post here in XDA, if rules accept it).
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Great to know that..
How the drain during mobile standby even with all apps installed and synch on?
swaggy123 said:
Great to know that..
How the drain during mobile standby even with all apps installed and synch on?
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The standby drain is okay for me.
A tip is go to the system settings > "Extensions" > "System" > "General Tweaks" > "Suspend Actions"
Then enable it...
My settings are:
Screen off delay: 5s
Screen on: 5s
Switch to 2G: Enabled
Disable Mobile Data: Disabled
Disable GPS: Enabled
This is doing magic in standby and the best part is enabling this don't make u losing any notification, they work fine here.
Hi, I have Samsung SM-G935F Dual sim phone (bought used) and today I replaced it's battery thinking there was an issue with the batter as it was draining like 1% after 3 minutes with SOT but with the replaced battery I have the same effect. Searching through the internet I came to know that this phone has awesome battery backup but I wasn't able to witness it myself so far. The cell is pretty good with screen off but with screen on the battery drains fast. Under heavy usage it lasts for 6-7 hours max. Youtube, Whatsapp, Facebook.
So should I install a custom rom? I don't think so as many people have said this phone's battery time is impressive.
Any feedback would be appreciated. P.s. I'm' on latest Oreo 8.0.0 and I can't get to the battery usage screen either no any other application helps. Thanks in advance. I wasted 7$ on battery already.
orangzeb said:
Hi, I have Samsung SM-G935F Dual sim phone (bought used) and today I replaced it's battery thinking there was an issue with the batter as it was draining like 1% after 3 minutes with SOT but with the replaced battery I have the same effect. Searching through the internet I came to know that this phone has awesome battery backup but I wasn't able to witness it myself so far. The cell is pretty good with screen off but with screen on the battery drains fast. Under heavy usage it lasts for 6-7 hours max. Youtube, Whatsapp, Facebook.
So should I install a custom rom? I don't think so as many people have said this phone's battery time is impressive.
Any feedback would be appreciated. P.s. I'm' on latest Oreo 8.0.0 and I can't get to the battery usage screen either no any other application helps. Thanks in advance. I wasted 7$ on battery already.
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S7 Edge has a good battery backup. If you are running stock ROM then your phone should be filled up with bloatware as well. You can give a try by rooting and installing a custom ROM. Even after custom ROM, if your battery drains as before then it could be an hardware issue.
mpadhu said:
S7 Edge has a good battery backup. If you are running stock ROM then your phone should be filled up with bloatware as well. You can give a try by rooting and installing a custom ROM. Even after custom ROM, if your battery drains as before then it could be an hardware issue.
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can you please recommend me to an easy root / custom rom guide? Thanks
orangzeb said:
can you please recommend me to an easy root / custom rom guide? Thanks
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Use odin and flsah TWRP recovery. You will get lots of post when you search in xda forum itself.
Note: First backup your data before doing anything.
mpadhu said:
Use odin and flsah TWRP recovery. You will get lots of post when you search in xda forum itself.
Note: First backup your data before doing anything.
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thanks mate, whats the approx sot with a good custom rom? I'm currently getting upto 5 hours.
orangzeb said:
thanks mate, whats the approx sot with a good custom rom? I'm currently getting upto 5 hours.
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I am not sure of that because I dont track SOT. But you can feel the difference.