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What's your battery life like?

And can anybody compare it to the Galaxy Nexus, or an iPhone 4/4S (a 4S WITHOUT the battery issue that was going around)?
I'm really interested in switching from 4 to either a 4S or the a Note or Nexus... Battery life is an important thing to me though.
Also, just how much does having blacks on the screen help? How much does that help? If you just wanna answer my first question "How's your battery?" then that's fine. That's what's more important here.

Compared to the iPhone 4, I am getting almost twice the battery run time. I have not changed my habits during my normal day, and use the same apps that are available for both platforms by the same authors. The black home screen does help if you are starring at it all the time, but how often are we doing that?
I am also rooted and using FM kernel. Love the Open Source community.

Yumunum said:
And can anybody compare it to the Galaxy Nexus, or an iPhone 4/4S (a 4S WITHOUT the battery issue that was going around)?
I'm really interested in switching from 4 to either a 4S or the a Note or Nexus... Battery life is an important thing to me though.
Also, just how much does having blacks on the screen help? How much does that help? If you just wanna answer my first question "How's your battery?" then that's fine. That's what's more important here.
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Some site did a comparison of 3g talk time with a Note and an I****.
The Note got a whopping 14 HOURS of 3g talktime.
The i**** 4s got 8 hours.
So phone vs phone, thr Note wins.
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cadavar said:
Compared to the iPhone 4, I am getting almost twice the battery run time. I have not changed my habits during my normal day, and use the same apps that are available for both platforms by the same authors. The black home screen does help if you are starring at it all the time, but how often are we doing that?
I am also rooted and using FM kernel. Love the Open Source community.
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Holy cow! What's your screen-on time? Are you underclocking or anything? I'm guessing your good battery life was because of the kernel?

even @ stock ROM and Kernel, the NOTE is impressive in terms of batt life except if you're browsing a lot (since we all know that AMOLED consumes more juice in showing white shades compared to other display technology) ... Some ROMs and Kernels have battery saving scripts embedded and you can also find a lot of tips on how to improve batt life on our Note...
In my case, my Note can last 22hours+ of moderate to heavy usage; im using Rocket v6 ROM and FM Kernel (undervolted and underclock to 1200mhz)... I set my Wallpapers to the darker ones, customize goSMS with pure black background and themes, disable fast dormancy, turn off GPS and wifi when not in use, use minimal widget as possible, set the brightness to lower level that suit you, set to GSM mode mostly, disable background data when not needed, delete some unimportant processes in the system, manage startup application, disable task manager, and etc...

Yumunum said:
Holy cow! What's your screen-on time? Are you underclocking or anything? I'm guessing your good battery life was because of the kernel?
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Yes, the FM kernel did help significantly. The reasoning being that the author disabled the heavy logging Android does for debugging purposes. Other than that, everything in the kernel is stock. No undervolting or underclocking. I also keep away from any app that overclocks the CPU, they usually mess with the phones ability to go into deep sleep.
Screen on time: 4:29m

regarding deepsleep and unwanted processes in background; you can install CpuSpy, Watchdog or Wakeclock monitor app if you're having an abnormal battery drain...

jaytana said:
regarding deepsleep and unwanted processes in background; you can install CpuSpy, Watchdog or Wakeclock monitor app if you're having an abnormal battery drain...
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CPUSpy is a wonderful lil app. That is how I determined that SetCPU broke the phones ability to go into deep sleep, even after uninstalling it. I had to flash the ROM all over again.

Compared to iphone 4 gnote battery is less... the reason is bigger battery.
However even with heavy usage my battery last till night every day.
battery life has got better with time.

cadavar said:
CPUSpy is a wonderful lil app. That is how I determined that SetCPU broke the phones ability to go into deep sleep, even after uninstalling it. I had to flash the ROM all over again.
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true... the apps i posted are all essential IMO... wakeclock monitoring is also very helpful in finding faulty apps running...

I'm getting glorious battery compared to my GSII.
Granted it's relatively light usage for now because of work and such, but I'm impressed. Almost always have the brightness at 25%, never need any more.
The sudden drop was from a restart.

My battery life was fine until Google started selling apps for 10p, I downloaded Jelly Defence and I became addicted to playing it...

Am I The Only One ....

...Who seems to be getting worse battery life since I've rooted and installed CM10 and Franco Kernel than stock.
Before with stock I was only losing about 1% every two hours on standby (sometimes even better I've no idea how)
Now I'm losing about 3% an hour on standby and also about 30% an hour screen time with just basic browsing (Screen brightness set to auto).
Also Media server is hammering my battery. Like I lost 3% battery in 15 mins without the screen on just playing music (not streaming) is that normal, I've come from an iphone 4s which didn't lose that in an hour :S
have i flashed it badly is there something else maybe i should try or are these stats about right ????
thanks guys

That's just the way it is just custom roms. When flashing, put your head between your legs and pray for the best. You can spend hours trying to figure out what's gone wrong, but you might never get an answer.

You can try underclocking your N4. Currently my dual-core Snapdragon S3 T-Mo Galaxy S2 is underclocked to 810MHz from 1.5GHz and performance is still great. I'm guessing you can UC your N4 to at least 1.2-1GHz and performance will still be great because of the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. Also, what governor and i/o are you using?
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Hi Gents
Thanks for the reply, yeah it does seem a bit of a hit and miss kinda situation, I'm not masively bothered, im hoping eventually someone will stumple across a fix for the way the screen murders the battery life but im not holding my breath. Still love the phone, really getting used to it now, have tried (and failed) many times to switch to android, must be honest, this is the closest I've come so far to waving bye bye to ios, android is really really fantastic as an os, it's also super pretty to look at these days, stock apps like contacts, calender and the phone app itself are beautiful.

Let the phone and battery have several cycles, it will improve, eventually

thanks mate !!

android88 said:
You can try underclocking your N4. Currently my dual-core Snapdragon S3 T-Mo Galaxy S2 is underclocked to 810MHz from 1.5GHz and performance is still great. I'm guessing you can UC your N4 to at least 1.2-1GHz and performance will still be great because of the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. Also, what governor and i/o are you using?
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Under clocking your phone isn't a viable situation. It's a phone, what's the point in it if you're not going to use it to your fullest when my phone lasts through the whole day going from 384-1500?
Some battery tips for op:
- download better battery stats (Google it for a xda version) use this to debug wakelock and ensure your phone is deep sleeping under cpu states. You can also use cpu spy to check cpu stats. Better battery stats is a must need.
- disable Google latitude in maps. Disable the automatic reporting and any other checked marks
- disable Google now cards that you have no use for
- disable gps (some apps use gps and drains battery when it keeps using gps when it isn't necessary)
- ensure your governor is interactive and on latest version of Franco (r20 is very good)
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Just stick with the stock kernel that comes with cm10.

peachpuff said:
Just stick with the stock kernel that comes with cm10.
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Highly advise doing that. Other kernels are way more optimized whereas CM is focused on the ROM itself and not optimizing the stock kernel.
I believe CM10 uses stock Google kernel anyways (could be wrong).
Use Franco Kernel or anybody elses kernel that you choose to.

Mine definitely improved after rooting and flashing custom ROM. Battery life when I was still stock was horrible.

m3lover1 said:
Mine definitely improved after rooting and flashing custom ROM. Battery life when I was still stock was horrible.
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Kernel is what makes battery life better, not a ROM.

zephiK said:
Kernel is what makes battery life better, not a ROM.
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A rom can make the battery life better as well...

AshtonTS said:
A rom can make the battery life better as well...
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A ROM has very minimal battery life improvements, it isn't as significant as a kernel. Hence the definition of "better"

Increasing battery Life - Samsung GT N 7000 - finally !!!!

Dear All,
Its been quiet some time trying to do enough experiments with custom ROM, battery life apk and all that can tweak CPU....seems a solution is getting into place. My device started giving a decent battery life, of 3% drop for an idle usage time of 8 hrs. Things done as below:
1. Root - Yes required
2. Good Custom ROM - using currently Ultimate ROM - thanks to the developer, its a great ROM
3. Install Greenify - this is one apk you will love unlike other task killing apk, hibernation is better
4. Install CPU Spy - Come with default with this ROM
5. Juice defender - just to ensure be sure all things are controlled.
Thats it, your device is ready to rock. I charged to 75% battery before sleeping, disabled of course Wifi and other data and removed all unnecessary task killers, battery managers etc. Gave a 3% dip in battery after 8 hrs. Post that a charge of again to 75% with a normal usage of calls( around 10 calls average talk time of 2 minutes), Wifi for reading mails and still the battery 15% after using for 5 hrs !!!. Earlier this used to tank in 3 hrs, so i believe a decent battery time.
Hope it helps readers to address battery issue.

Mine gives 1 percent drop full night maybe 8 hrs without any mods.

Maybe I know which rom and kernel. Thanks.
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I use LSF and I get 1% drop overnight. No mods whatsoever.
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thats grt bro
bongski55 said:
I use LSF and I get 1% drop overnight. No mods whatsoever.
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u mean to say lsf have better batter backup then LSZ

What's a difference if I will use 1% or 3% over night if in 1h of web browsing or gaming will loose 30%?
For heavy users benefits are negligible. Few mA on undervolting few on lowering brightness and black theme but still the screen is the hugest drain and rest is nothing if you do not have wake-locks. Most of the time my screen uses 60-70% with all connectivity enabled and no juice saving apps and no matter how many tweaks applied, we have to live with screen consuming a lot of juice even on minimum brightness. Liked a lot juice defender on hd2, now on note not much difference.

Galaxy Note GT N 7000
nigi73 said:
What's a difference if I will use 1% or 3% over night if in 1h of web browsing or gaming will loose 30%?
For heavy users benefits are negligible. Few mA on undervolting few on lowering brightness and black theme but still the screen is the hugest drain and rest is nothing if you do not have wake-locks. Most of the time my screen uses 60-70% with all connectivity enabled and no juice saving apps and no matter how many tweaks applied, we have to live with screen consuming a lot of juice even on minimum brightness. Liked a lot juice defender on hd2, now on note not much difference.
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Thanks all for your feedback. Yes its true in any case we will have less than 3% drop if left idle, but i tried to check battery usage, "Screen usage" is high if used for a full time, earlier it was "Android" using more. Anyways thanks all for you information. AS Nigi mentioned we just have to live with it - No matter what we do, if for a day it works with 15% battery remaining it would be just sufficient.
Any lo!!!! Hear S4 is on the move - With octacore and DDR3 RAM. May be its going to be a gamechanger in saving battery !!!!

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satven21 said:
Thanks all for your feedback. Yes its true in any case we will have less than 3% drop if left idle, but i tried to check battery usage, "Screen usage" is high if used for a full time, earlier it was "Android" using more. Anyways thanks all for you information. AS Nigi mentioned we just have to live with it - No matter what we do, if for a day it works with 15% battery remaining it would be just sufficient.
Any lo!!!! Hear S4 is on the move - With octacore and DDR3 RAM. May be its going to be a gamechanger in saving battery !!!!
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Hi Dsmas...please find the details....
Android version - 4.1.2
Baseband N7000XXLSO
Kernel Version - 3.0.31-906407
Build No: Jelly Bean 4.1.2 v5.2
Rom Version: Ultimate XXLSZ ROM (iGeekHD.com)
Thanks.

I have the 4.1.2 rom Netherlands with root and installed Greenify, this alone was enough for me and I must admit I'm impressed with the result ... Battery lasting extraordinary.
Thankful.

robsonhcosta said:
I have the 4.1.2 rom Netherlands with root and installed Greenify, this alone was enough for me and I must admit I'm impressed with the result ... Battery lasting extraordinary.
Thankful.
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Yep.This is really excellent app. It will be even better if we can add some system apps (like Gmaps)
...from SG NOTE N7000 with Tapatalk 2

Galaxy Note has a large enough battery to standby for days (Official: 32 days on 3G, 40 days on 2G) without tweakings or modings. On ICS Stock ROM on airplane mode, during the night, a 100% battery remains 100% the morning after. I don't know what else I could have asked for a better battery performance out of my phone.
To get the best performance out of any smartphone one has to layout the expectations first and then become technically educated with the basics "properly" before changing usage habbits.
Laying out the expectations
Choosing a 5.3" device when smaller screen sizes were already available dictates the specific requirements one had. These could be physical (i.e., big hands, bad eyes), usage (i.e., reading and writing for long period of times, playing games, watching videos), or seeking differentiation (i.e., showing off, standing out).
When you know why you purchased Galaxy Note then we can move on to the technical stuff.
Technical - Basics
Bigger screens draw more power, the brighter the screen is the more power it needs. These are scientific facts and Galaxy Note's screen by no means is power efficient.
Web Browsing is the most, if not one of, task intensive job one can execute with his or hers Galaxy Note. Often Original Note scores poorly in web browsing benchmarks and this is not down to the screen size alone. When the CPU has the right sets of instructions corresponding tasks are performed much faster and with more power effiency. In my opinion the Exynos CPU used in Original Note does not support the crucial instructions in regards to the Web Browsing related processes and something is wrong with the internal flash disk components, be it software, hardware or both. Samsung has so far resisted in releasing its Exynos's source codes and I'm suspicious they have something to hide.
On the other hand, Note II offers excellent Web Browsing benchmark results, even better than the newly released Qualcomm 600 CPU. The battery capacity in Note II is not twice as Original Note but battery performance is almost twice as much in many respects. The overclocked Mali-400, 440MHz from 266MHz, in Note II should drain battery more but the CPU which is based on the same ARM architecture (ARMv7, ARM Coretex-A9) provides far better power efficiency. Thanks to the smaller semiconductor in Exynos 4412 (SGIII and Note II) which is 32nm versus SGII and Note's Exynos 4210 which is 45nm. The smaller nm number is the lower power consumption is.
There is no magic wand that can make Original Note more power efficient as it is. So no matter one does there is no way web browsing can be streched by more than 10 to 15 minutes in low screen brightness, period. Four hours is what we all get.
Change of habbits
Now that we understand there is a power capacity that cannot be stretched we however, can change habbits to get the maximum performance out of Note.
I adamantly opposed any software utility as a solution to extend the battery performance. They come at a cost which is not justified. I don't wish to go through the details but a simple daily reboot which is also recommended by the manufacturers will do the job these software claim to do. These apps mainly free memory while consuming battery.
Be sensible in choosing apps, be responsible in managing them. Once you realise the real reason you own a smartphone your choice for apps will be narrowed down anyway. Monitor the impacts of the newly apps on RAM and overall performance of your phone and then decide whether the app stays or goes.
Google Play app is a culprit to many issues. Literally Google Play is connected to various services for different reasons. One of GP's job is to check for app updates. The more apps installed the more battery is consumed to run the checks, download the updates, and finally installing them.
Be smarter than your smartphones.
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zviki said:
Yep.This is really excellent app. It will be even better if we can add some system apps (like Gmaps)
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If you are rooted, uninstall gmaps updates first then remove GMS_Maps.apk from /system/app folder. Reboot and reinstall it from Google Play as downloaded app. Good Luck!

Why are people so excited by a little battery drain during the night while wi-fi and data are shut down?
My matter is not having a long life battery on a phone I don't use and I find the night is the best moment to have my phone plugged and to let all applications updates and massive data exchanges be done.
My matter is to have the best battery life during the day when I'm on the my way and use the phone, browse, take pictures and films, send and read sms and mails, use GPS, read books and magazines, watch movies or listen to music.
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I want both.
wakelocks = most common issue in standby battery life. Almost everyone encounters them and once they know how to analyze that (ahalfords sticky q&a section) that can be minimized
When awake, tons of other stuff n tweaks.
Both should not enhibit daily functioning. The moment I dont have the feeling, oh I need to not use the phone because I will have no juice is or I need to charge it/swap batteries is the moment I dream for. Such pda's dont exist yet. Not without changing ridiculously behaviour/usage and/or charging. Devices arent there yet. Soon they will.
However, its pretty good now with new battery and changing. I have had far worse lol.

WWHK said:
Why are people so excited by a little battery drain during the night while wi-fi and data are shut down?
My matter is not having a long life battery on a phone I don't use and I find the night is the best moment to have my phone plugged and to let all applications updates and massive data exchanges be done.
My matter is to have the best battery life during the day when I'm on the my way and use the phone, browse, take pictures and films, send and read sms and mails, use GPS, read books and magazines, watch movies or listen to music.
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+1

lsz+speedmode+greenify+ds batery+gemini....sleep well my note :good::good::good:

Increased my battery life by at least 40%.... bought a new battery....anker from amazon...
Btw previous batt was 1+ yrs old....
Running jb 4.1.2 lsz

bongski55 said:
I use LSF and I get 1% drop overnight. No mods whatsoever.
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Hi Bongski55....are you having Ultimate Jelly Bean ROM with LSF firmware...if so can you share the link please. I would like to try.

Best way to increase your battery life is just to buy a new battery, get stock JB and decrease screen brightness.

satven21 said:
Dear All,
Its been quiet some time trying to do enough experiments with custom ROM, battery life apk and all that can tweak CPU....seems a solution is getting into place. My device started giving a decent battery life, of 3% drop for an idle usage time of 8 hrs. Things done as below:
1. Root - Yes required
2. Good Custom ROM - using currently Ultimate ROM - thanks to the developer, its a great ROM
3. Install Greenify - this is one apk you will love unlike other task killing apk, hibernation is better
4. Install CPU Spy - Come with default with this ROM
5. Juice defender - just to ensure be sure all things are controlled.
Thats it, your device is ready to rock. I charged to 75% battery before sleeping, disabled of course Wifi and other data and removed all unnecessary task killers, battery managers etc. Gave a 3% dip in battery after 8 hrs. Post that a charge of again to 75% with a normal usage of calls( around 10 calls average talk time of 2 minutes), Wifi for reading mails and still the battery 15% after using for 5 hrs !!!. Earlier this used to tank in 3 hrs, so i believe a decent battery time.
Hope it helps readers to address battery issue.
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Are you using the ultimate jellybean rom? Just for clarification.
But do you find that the ram is getting used up quickly leaving only ~100MB free? If yes, may i ask if you solved it with greenify? I'll be trying it too now but i'll like to see whether u have this prob and how you solved it. Thanks.

Jelly Bean stock rom
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Terrible battery life.

Hey everyone. Without further a do, I am saying that my N4 battery suuuuucks really bad. Started on stock rom, flashed Chroma w/ latest franco kernel. Nope. Still lots of drain (slightly better overall, but nothibg major). Then flashed hells doctor kernel. Nope. Lots of drain when screen is on, but stable with screen off.
Honestly, I've seen people getting 6h on screen time. And everyone says that these kernels and rom can increase battery life by a margin, while mine stays the same.
Oh and there is a thing. Ive recently broke my stock charger and now using apple's ipad charger. Mine was 1.2 A and the one from apple is 1 A. Is this is an issue we are looking for?
Or its just a 2years old battery running out of its life cycles...?
Thank you!

Seall said:
Hey everyone. Without further a do, I am saying that my N4 battery suuuuucks really bad. Started on stock rom, flashed Chroma w/ latest franco kernel. Nope. Still lots of drain (slightly better overall, but nothibg major). Then flashed hells doctor kernel. Nope. Lots of drain when screen is on, but stable with screen off.
Honestly, I've seen people getting 6h on screen time. And everyone says that these kernels and rom can increase battery life by a margin, while mine stays the same.
Oh and there is a thing. Ive recently broke my stock charger and now using apple's ipad charger. Mine was 1.2 A and the one from apple is 1 A. Is this is an issue we are looking for?
Or its just a 2years old battery running out of its life cycles...?
Thank you!
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Nexus 4 battere sucks really no matter what you plus your network coverage may impact vastly on performance. Anyway given the battery is 2 years old, I would say it's gone even if it says it's good but again it depends on your usage like continuous tethering or other heavy activity that makes the phone run hot

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Nexus 4 battere sucks really no matter what you plus your network coverage may impact vastly on performance. Anyway given the battery is 2 years old, I would say it's gone even if it says it's good but again it depends on your usage like continuous tethering or other heavy activity that makes the phone run hot
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Well my usage can be heavy surfing on FB, Instagram and definetely FB messenger. I often use chrome and mainly everything is done under Wifi.
According to my screenshots, you cannclearly see that shes (battery) is ok when screen is off, no drain and etc. As soon I start using it it drains A LOT. Almost 90° angle on diagram It's crazy.
Plot twist: To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages.

Yes, i have a new battery which was working well, but I flashed factory image 5.1.1 xxx47v and the batt life is really horrible now.
It's easy to replace the battery, I recommend taking out the sim card tray before taking the back off though.
I haven't been on here for a long time, whats the best rom, for batt life. I'm willing to go back to kit kat if I have to .

Also note that some of the screenshots with 6+ hours of SOT the user has handicapped their devices (disable 2 cores, lower max cpu/gpu frequency, etc).

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Also note that some of the screenshots with 6+ hours of SOT the user has handicapped their devices (disable 2 cores, lower max cpu/gpu frequency, etc).
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Yes, I've seen people underlocking, undervolting etc. But that's not what I am planning to do with mine N4. Neither I'm hoping to have 6 hours SOT. 4 would be SUPER COOL. And that seems impossible for my device

This is what happened when I replaced Nexus 5X battery with a new one

Tired of getting 2h30 SOT (plugging off power at 7 am and needing to plug on again at 2 pm) I decided to spend a few bucks on a new battery. I own a nexus 5x for 10 months, so I thought maybe battery has been underperforming.
I've ordered also the needed tools so I could do the job myself. Very easy by the way.
I was excited to see how the brand new battery would perform the next day. So I plugged off power at 7 am and 2 pm I needed to plug back on power (2h30 sot). YEAH, I HAD NO IMPROVE AT ALL with a new battery.
Maybe it's that I have too many apps (100 at about), but I'm not the one who lives with whatsapp only.
So in order to relieve the pain of not getting through out the day I've bought an S7 edge and now I can settle down so I know I will get past through the day. I dislike many things on S7, like the crap fingerprint sensor and the inconsistent physical home button, but I'll try to live with it. My next bet would be the Xperia XZ, so I'm still considering.
So it was an unburden, but I feel I can help someone out with this experience.

Have you tried a third rom or ex kernel?

im kinda in the same boat. just received my 2nd replacement battery today... gonna see how the battery compares tomorrow with stock unrooted. if no change i'll be trying purenexus + elementalx with Hawktail 1.2 profile.... such a struggle with this phone........

I don't know about you, but my typical work day I range from 6-7 hours with around 3.5 SoT average. That's pretty okay, given how low our batteries are for this phone. I use SimpleAOSP + Franco kernel.
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I deal with it by having a 10000 mAh battery bank handy in my work bag or car.
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I know.
Since I have updated to Nougat, I have only 2 to 3 SOT. Also with franco kernel or elemtalx no improvement, no matter which profile.
Marchmallow was better with the battery performance.
I will try pure nexus with custom kernel (franco or elementalx).
I'm also wondering why the Android operating system has such a big battery consumption according to "betterbatterystats".
Otherwise always it was the google services.

zzy11 said:
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I've tried ElementalX Kernel and ex kernel also. I've not noticed any improvement.
seromba said:
im kinda in the same boat. just received my 2nd replacement battery today... gonna see how the battery compares tomorrow with stock unrooted. if no change i'll be trying purenexus + elementalx with Hawktail 1.2 profile.... such a struggle with this phone........
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Did your 2nd battery replacement make any progress?
soap94 said:
I know.
Since I have updated to Nougat, I have only 2 to 3 SOT. Also with franco kernel or elemtalx no improvement, no matter which profile.
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Exactly what happened to me. No matter which profile I had a sensation that they were all the same in terms of performance and battery life.

My battery life is pretty good. I get about 5 hrs SOT a day. Device is 9 months old.

icrunchbanger said:
My battery life is pretty good. I get about 5 hrs SOT a day. Device is 9 months old.
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A few questions
Which time do you plug off and on to power again? I mean, how many hours do you stay off the wall outlet?
How many apps do you have installed?
Do you use antes app/kernel for the purpose off extending battery life?
Thanks!

quera said:
A few questions
Which time do you plug off and on to power again? I mean, how many hours do you stay off the wall outlet?
How many apps do you have installed?
Do you use antes app/kernel for the purpose off extending battery life?
Thanks!
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Mostly every night. Sometimes it gets me to 2 days of battery life. Im pretty heavy user
I have about 50 apps but i am very careful about apps i install and use. When i am at home on wifi all day it gets me 6-7 hrs SOT. I used most of the kernels i found on the XDA but now i am settled with minimalistic ABC rom with implemented DU kernel.

quera said:
I've tried ElementalX Kernel and ex kernel also. I've not noticed any improvement.
Did your 2nd battery replacement make any progress?
Exactly what happened to me. No matter which profile I had a sensation that they were all the same in terms of performance and battery life.
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at first i was getting the same results but i've made some major improvements by using airplane mode when at work with wifi, greenifying almost all of my apps, removing Fitbit sync/notifications, and using the greenify manual hiberate now widget. getting over 2hrs of SoT now but it's still nowhere near the results I've seen from others using PureNexus Rom + ElementalX kernel (Hawktail 1.2 profile)

The battery of my Nexus 5x (not rooted) seemed to be nearly dead. Smartphone shut down at 50%, and sometimes the battery went down from 80% to 30% within a minute. Then suddenly the mainboard of my Nexus died. The mainboard was replaced and Android was resetted. After this the battery works as if it's a new battery.

quera said:
Tired of getting 2h30 SOT (plugging off power at 7 am and needing to plug on again at 2 pm) I decided to spend a few bucks on a new battery. I own a nexus 5x for 10 months, so I thought maybe battery has been underperforming.
I've ordered also the needed tools so I could do the job myself. Very easy by the way.
I was excited to see how the brand new battery would perform the next day. So I plugged off power at 7 am and 2 pm I needed to plug back on power (2h30 sot). YEAH, I HAD NO IMPROVE AT ALL with a new battery.
Maybe it's that I have too many apps (100 at about), but I'm not the one who lives with whatsapp only.
So in order to relieve the pain of not getting through out the day I've bought an S7 edge and now I can settle down so I know I will get past through the day. I dislike many things on S7, like the crap fingerprint sensor and the inconsistent physical home button, but I'll try to live with it. My next bet would be the Xperia XZ, so I'm still considering.
So it was an unburden, but I feel I can help someone out with this experience.
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I dont really know what you do in order to get less than 3h SOT, or what brightness you run your device on, or what apps you have installed, or if you have NFC, location, Bluetooth or LTE turned on all the time, but on this phone it is the usage that determines battery life. I got a new Nexus 5x with an old battery and had the same results. Ordered a new battery for about 10$ and got arround 5-5:30 h of SOT with the same usage over arround 43 h of stand by withouth charging in between on full stock. You might want to check whata draining your battery or maybe you are a multitasker that streams music, types on FB, browses instagram all at the same time while the screen is on 40% brightness.

For me 5x battery sucks, i want to get 6p soon, but price is a little bit too high now so i must wait some time to buy.
Im using Jolla kernel now, with small cluster -> 3cores, 1,2GHZ and big cluster -> 2 core 768MHz max.All on zzmove. Battery is now improved, some times big cluster shuts off sometimes it's working, but performance is good for dialy use. Multitasking is fine, chrome web browsing also. ~ 4h 20mins of SOT, previously ~ 3h.
So i think NOW battery is really good for my 1yr old phone.

ROM and kernel are inconsequential to battery life in comparison to normal factors such as usage, settings and signal. Without reducing performance or functionality (GAPs) the most you could hope for is +10-20%, if even that.
Low screen time doesn't mean your battery life is bad as that's just one form of measuring battery life. If you do a lot of messaging and phone calls for instance you will never have long screen time as you need to actively be using the screen in order to increase SoT. If SoT is your only measure of battery life then you don't understand how it works.
I regularly see 5-6 hours SoT over 24+ hours without root or disabling much, as I use my phone for mostly browsing and streaming.
Post some screenshots in our Battery Thread and I will take a look. Replacing hardware should be the last option for improving battery life.

I think it's not about the battery, rom, kernel, settings, installed apps....
I think......it's only about the device
I tried EVERYTHING. changed battery, all android versions, tried without google account, kernels, profiles, custom roms, interactive settings, I don't even use many apps
my device has abnormal consumption. period.
I have 3 friends with n5x that do more than 4 hrs of screen on
mine does 2. and I can do nothing. it's just this
I don't know if warranty could cover such thing, it would be hard to detect on RMA since is very user related

throcker said:
I think it's not about the battery, rom, kernel, settings, installed apps....
I think......it's only about the device
I tried EVERYTHING. changed battery, all android versions, tried without google account, kernels, profiles, custom roms, interactive settings, I don't even use many apps
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You make me feel relieved. It must be the device. I've spent many bucks on S7 edge but I still prefer 5X ...

quera said:
You make me feel relieved. It must be the device. I've spent many bucks on S7 edge but I still prefer 5X ...
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Use Greenify to kill some apps that work in background. If you are Facebook /Messenger user, to maximise the battery life uninstall them and use alternative one like the lite version of these. "Naptime" for aggressive doze. Greenify and Naptime gave to my phone nice battery life.... From 100% - 2% I have 4:15 - 4:30 SOT . All stock 7.1.2

AFK269 said:
Use Greenify to kill some apps that work in background. If you are Facebook /Messenger user, to maximise the battery life uninstall them and use alternative one like the lite version of these. "Naptime" for aggressive doze. Greenify and Naptime gave to my phone nice battery life.... From 100% - 2% I have 4:15 - 4:30 SOT . All stock 7.1.2
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dude....there's no hope for us....it's just like that....no app help....
it drains by itself
we can just try to see if is related to the production date....download "lg phone from", free on play store
mine was manufactured in 07/06/2016

throcker said:
dude....there's no hope for us....it's just like that....no app help....
it drains by itself
we can just try to see if is related to the production date....download "lg phone from", free on play store
mine was manufactured in 07/06/2016
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Mine is 27/10/2015