Questions about Galaxy Note before buying - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am looking to replace my galaxy SII for two main reasons.
The battery- I got, perhaps a faulty battery, but you can fully charge it and 1 hour later it has no battery left. Does the Note have a better battery life than the SII?
Runs warm- does the Galaxy note run as warm as the S2 while doing normal tasks, like using 3g and browsing?

The note does not run warm when doing normal tasks. The only time mine gets hot is when its been running satnav for 30mins.
You will love the nite.
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Buddy39914 said:
I am looking to replace my galaxy SII for two main reasons.
The battery- I got, perhaps a faulty battery, but you can fully charge it and 1 hour later it has no battery left. Does the Note have a better battery life than the SII?
Runs warm- does the Galaxy note run as warm as the S2 while doing normal tasks, like using 3g and browsing?
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Perhaps you had a faulty battery? I think you know you had a faulty battery.
Yes the Note has got better battery life than the SII.
I have noticed the Note does get a little warm sometimes. But not overly. Nothing that would bring concern.
It sounds like your SII is fried the heat and battery problems are most likely linked. The reason the phone gets so hot is because the battery is discharging so quickly.

Battery life greater than s2
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Im only at 35% after 1 day and 14 hours of normal use, texting, surfing, gaming. Im on 0% brightness. Take what you will from that.

Buddy39914 said:
I am looking to replace my galaxy SII for two main reasons.
The battery- I got, perhaps a faulty battery, but you can fully charge it and 1 hour later it has no battery left. Does the Note have a better battery life than the SII?
Runs warm- does the Galaxy note run as warm as the S2 while doing normal tasks, like using 3g and browsing?
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Something IS faulty, whether it's your battery or not. No phone should only last 1 hour. Even the worst performing smartphone being tortured will last 3+ hours. And I'm talking about rebooting, flashing, streaming HD video over LTE etc.
The Galaxy Note is very similar to the S2 same cpu/chipset etc. If you do a search for something like "hot" in the Gnote forums you will find many posts. But, that doesn't mean it should be of much concern. If those are really your only two reasons why you want to upgrade then I suggest trying to replace/refund/repair the phone you have know, because the battery loss & heat are probably related issues. But, if you want a larger screened phone then by all means upgrade to the Note.

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Battery bloated or bulged :-/

Guys need some advice. Recently i have been having problems with battery life of galaxy note, so following some advices from other forums, i tried beter battery stats and found nothing was wrong. But today I have taken out the battery off my galaxy note, and i found that the battery has bloated a bit..i mean it bulged than its normal size and the back cover does not fit as confortably as it used to. Now my observations are, with no data on(even wifi) battery lasts for one and half day of calling and texting. But battery lasts not more than 2 hrs if data is on (even with wifi also). So does it mean i should change my battery? Or can i go on? Ofcourse battery life is pathetic when i switch on 3G or 2G or wifi. All i want to know is, is it safe to use this battery even if it has bloated a bit, bcoz its still good if i dont switch on any kind of data usage. Or will it damage my Note?
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
this has happened to me b4. not with not but other phone. battery bulged from back side. cuz I was using a diff charger not of the right rating or keeping it in charging for the entire night. Or may be a non official battery. any ways u should change the battery.
There are a few questions i want to ask, they may be sily but still want to know bcoz i dont want my battery to suffer.
1. Can will charge the battery with data on, i mean either 2G, 3G or WiFi on, with some downloading or buffering going on?
2. Ca we charge the battery while running some apps. Like watching video or listening to music, both via speakers not headphones.
3. And when is the best time to keep the phone for charging. I generally charge my mobile when its less than 10%.
4. Why does prolong charging damage the battery? I mean, when charging is full, doesn't the mobile cut the power input, even if charger is plugged in?
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
lord_pmvk said:
1. Can will charge the battery with data on, i mean either 2G, 3G or WiFi on, with some downloading or buffering going on?
2. Ca we charge the battery while running some apps. Like watching video or listening to music, both via speakers not headphones.
3. And when is the best time to keep the phone for charging. I generally charge my mobile when its less than 10%.
4. Why does prolong charging damage the battery? I mean, when charging is full, doesn't the mobile cut the power input, even if charger is plugged in?
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1. Yes
2. Yes.
3. Some people like to let the phone run dry i.e. power off so that they know like every last bit of battery is used.
But I don't think it makes too much of a difference.
4. I'm not really sure with this question.
But I think there are two sides to this argument.
First is, cuz it is still connected to power, it still drains battery or something. I'm not sure.
Second is, over charging is a myth and you can go nuts and over charge it cuz as you said, it stops charging when fully charged.
Feel free to correct me on anything I screwed up in.
i guess 1,2,3 has bee correctly answered..
4: i would like to add is i am sure phone cuts the charge and so does laptops.. but with laptop it is not recommended to keep the charger plugged in when its full.. its always recommended to disconnect the charger.. as mentioned in some battery guides as well. there are software installed in pc for limiting the charge to 80 or 85 % called as battery care functions... which clearly states that it saves battery life in the long run. so i guess its applicable to phones as well.. u may not find an immediate diff but i am sure ur battery will long last
as i said before.. i dont take these chances with Note but i had the same issue with a Nokia phone that i owned..
Sounds like heat dammage. The battery has a bag inside which swells during charging. The hard case is bigger than it needs to be ,to take acc. of this. If it has buckled the outer case it loks to me you have been using power draining apps while charging. Its got vv hot made gases and bullged. It's ruined. Id not use it ,incase it leaks into the phone. so long as the charger has more capacity in watts than the battery needs it will just take what it needs. Never use a charger of higher voltage!!!
As someone said overcharge is a myth. So is the need to drain the battery every time on lithium-pollimer.
Were you using a Samsung or generic batt?
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howard bamber said:
Sounds like heat dammage.
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I use only the samsung charger thst came with the phone. I do not use any ither charger.
Yeah but i have to make a point here. The way i use my mobile. I use my mobile a lot, i mean we all do, but please read on to see if the way i use my mobile is not good.
Generaly everyone gets free time from friday nights to monday morning. So, from friday night to sunday night, the way i use my mobile is.....continuous usage of net, say i have forgot using my laptop, desktop and note is the only device, even for facebook etc etc...then gaming as we all do....next videos and music (using both headphones and speaker)....then watching videos on mobile, both online and downloaded, sometimes watching streaming movies online (while charging too)
So all i want to say is, I use my mobile a lot on these three days in such a way, that my charging goes from 100% to 25% within 2 to 3 hrs and then i charge till 100%, and still use the mobile while charging for music or videos. Its like i dont give rest to my battery...
Does usage of mobiles this heavily damage batterys....i said all this because i want to know if my usage is the reason behind my batterys damage, so that i can avoid it when i buy the new battery. I use even XDA from my Note all the time and I have both posted and replied to this thread from my Note itself, i almost forgot using my Laptop
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
i guess thats a normal usage of phones on weekends and holidays. who wants to sit infrnt of a pc when they have note
I wonder if you have stock battery or ebay kbockoff
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lord_pmvk said:
There are a few questions i want to ask, they may be sily but still want to know bcoz i dont want my battery to suffer.
1. Can will charge the battery with data on, i mean either 2G, 3G or WiFi on, with some downloading or buffering going on?
2. Ca we charge the battery while running some apps. Like watching video or listening to music, both via speakers not headphones.
3. And when is the best time to keep the phone for charging. I generally charge my mobile when its less than 10%.
4. Why does prolong charging damage the battery? I mean, when charging is full, doesn't the mobile cut the power input, even if charger is plugged in?
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
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1. Yes.. I'm doing that for 3months now..
2. Yes.. I'm doing that for 3months now..
3. I always run my battery to the point that it turns off the phone..
4. I dont believe in the "overcharging" when you keep your phone plugged in for long.. With the big salary of Samsung Engineers, for sure they have thought of that and protected the device/battery from overcharging..
I tend to keep away from tethering and/or plugging my phone to a USB port since it charges the battery no matter what % it is.. I really want to fully discharge a battery before charging it... Had an old nokia phone and its battery has been going strong for 4years now... So im going to stay with this method to take care of my battery..
As for your bulged battery, i would go with the earlier replies.. It was most probably caused by heat damage.. Either you placed it in a hot place while charging.. or placed it on top of some cloth.. I charge my phone face down so the battery can dissipate the heat.. I notice that it tends to overheat if i have it charged face up..
SpyderTracks said:
I wonder if you have stock battery or ebay kbockoff
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I am using the genuine samsung battery thtt comes with the phone itself. My phone is just a year old and my battery is done
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
Ok guys thanks a lot for all your replies...but i want to know one thing for sure....using a bulged battery like the one i have now...does it damage the phone in anyway??
And the other thing i want to point out is, the battery is bulged..but for some reason, even with data connection on all the time, battery is lasting for almost 4 hrs. I wonder wats happening now, with my phone's battery.
Although i have decided to order a new battery now, and i am mostly thinking to order one Samsung Battery from Samsung and one Mugen 5400 mAp battery too. But till i get those batteries, can i use my phone with this bulged battery?? Or will it damage my phone in anyway??
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
lord_pmvk said:
Ok guys thanks a lot for all your replies...but i want to know one thing for sure....using a bulged battery like the one i have now...does it damage the phone in anyway??
And the other thing i want to point out is, the battery is bulged..but for some reason, even with data connection on all the time, battery is lasting for almost 4 hrs. I wonder wats happening now, with my phone's battery.
Although i have decided to order a new battery now, and i am mostly thinking to order one Samsung Battery from Samsung and one Mugen 5400 mAp battery too. But till i get those batteries, can i use my phone with this bulged battery?? Or will it damage my phone in anyway??
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
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I think once it's started bulging, it's only going to increase in size and you run the risk of the seams splitting and it leaking which would make a real mess of the internals beyond repair pretty instantly., but that being said, I'd be surprised if that was to happen before you got replacements delivered. There's always a risk but you should be ok.
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I think once it's started bulging, it's only going to increase in size and you run the risk of the seams splitting and it leaking which would make a real mess of the internals beyond repair pretty instantly., but that being said, I'd be surprised if that was to happen before you got replacements delivered. There's always a risk but you should be ok.
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lord_pmvk said:
Ok guys thanks a lot for all your replies...but i want to know one thing for sure....using a bulged battery like the one i have now...does it damage the phone in anyway??
And the other thing i want to point out is, the battery is bulged..but for some reason, even with data connection on all the time, battery is lasting for almost 4 hrs. I wonder wats happening now, with my phone's battery.
Although i have decided to order a new battery now, and i am mostly thinking to order one Samsung Battery from Samsung and one Mugen 5400 mAp battery too. But till i get those batteries, can i use my phone with this bulged battery?? Or will it damage my phone in anyway??
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
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I suggest you stop using a bloated battery ASAP... You'll never know when it will leak or explode.. It might be inside your pocket.. Hopefully not..
capitansid said:
I suggest you stop using a bloated battery ASAP... You'll never know when it will leak or explode.. It might be inside your pocket.. Hopefully not..
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LOL
Im the same my friend. I've not used my laptop in months. My gf lives in the usa do I'm on skype all the time as well as the net .
I had heat problems. It was down to the rom...well since I changed I've not had it . I'm using cassies with it stripped back . The middle choice in aroma .using hydracore OC but have it under clocked to 1200. The phone works great at that . Id say your games are a problem.don't use a case to play .id also say you are better keeping the charger on if you are using it a lot. Draining then charging and using stresses the tree. Better to keep it full.
Get CPU spy to see how much you are using the cpu and what frequencys. Do that and drop me a pm anytime:thumbup:
THAT BATTERY IS A BOMB! GET RID !!!!
If it ruptures and air gets in it will explode or catch fire .I KID YOU NOT !!!!
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Thanks
howard bamber said:
Im the same my friend. I've not used my laptop in months. My gf lives in the usa do I'm on skype all the time as well as the net .
I had heat problems. It was down to the rom...well since I changed I've not had it . I'm using cassies with it stripped back . The middle choice in aroma .using hydracore OC but have it under clocked to 1200. The phone works great at that . Id say your games are a problem.don't use a case to play .id also say you are better keeping the charger on if you are using it a lot. Draining then charging and using stresses the tree. Better to keep it full.
Get CPU spy to see how much you are using the cpu and what frequencys. Do that and drop me a pm anytime:thumbup:
THAT BATTERY IS A BOMB! GET RID !!!!
If it ruptures and air gets in it will explode or catch fire .I KID YOU NOT !!!!
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Thanks a lot for the information and the advice to get RID off the bloated battery, I thought Batteries exploding is a myth, but looks like I have to agree they may explode as so many members here say that.
The battery I am using has reached a state where I was unable to fit it with my back case, So I have replaced it with a genuine Samsung battery as I could not afford to wait, even for 3 or 4 days without my Note. But then, as you mentioned about cases being the reason for heat damage, I use the below two cases for my Note. Do you think they are harmful for Note?
http://www.flipkart.com/amzer-94203...PHAZ&ref=d3b725c6-32a7-4104-8329-3170c53c88c1
http://www.flipkart.com/amzer-92933...YC2Z&ref=f7c6e607-3dd6-4f38-bcc2-fcc748923dd0
And Yes, I have installed Cpu Spy as you suggested, I will let you know my findings.
i guess both the cases are fine.. just make sure none has magnets cuz that interferes with the touch and spen sensitivity

[Q] Samsung Galaxy Note New Battery Issue

Hi All,
I have always been a fan of Samsung Galaxy Note since its inception, that is why I never switched to any other phone. The battery deteriorated and had to replace. I got the original battery from Samsung store. However , the battery performance is not good at all.
Currently the brightness is at minimum, with no gaming apps, or any other apps running. But still the battery in my opinion is draining very fast.
I have attached two dumps, one which was when i tried keeping phone on sleep mode, and the other one which was when I used phone for some time (no heavy usage)..I would like to assume the battery is original and something is wrong with my phone
Please advice how to get a better battery usage, as my roommate is an iphone user and taunts from him are making life miserable.
Cheers
Thanks
Not sure about the first one.
But second one doesn't look good. 16% loss in 13 minutes of screen on time (total half an hour awake)doesn't seem to be acceptable. More over you are on stock 4.1.2. So battery life should be better than aosp. Still I manage screen on time of more than 4 hours.
Here's my current bbs screenshot on cm11.
And I've also attached a screenie of old good days. ?
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Does a damaged battery affect performance?

Hello
I wanna ask if a damaged battery can affect performance of my S3 Mini and what's the average time the phone is able to stay charged with a completely new battery. My battery time sucks (i get max 9 hours if I don't do almost anything on my SMARTphone ). So will replacing my battery solve some of the lag on my device and how many hours should I expect from the newly purchased battery with average usage (max 2 hours music, a few phone calls, max 1 hour gaming-small games mainly and sometimes web surfing). Thanks to anyone that replies. Cheers
EDIT : My battery also heats up to 36-39 degrees celsius while just playing Soccer Stars while listening to music from PowerAmp. I think this isn't even close to normal. If a new battery solves all these issues, I'm willing to buy the best one (presumably original by Samsung)!
EDIT 2 : My phone charges from 1% to 50% for about 30 mins
:bump: for help
koragg97 said:
EDIT 2 : My phone charges from 1% to 50% for about 30 mins
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Maybe you have a super charger joke make sure that your battery isn't swollen. And yes a battery can affect to performance and hardware. If you use very long a damaged battery then it also cause hardware problem. One time this happen to me on my old LG phone. The battery always got more swollen, so i bought a new battery but only 1 month later was the new battery also swollen like the original battery. It was a hardware problem and i still have this phone with a swollen battery
you should use pure stock rom beacuse most of the custom roms have some battery and voltage tweaks which can cause hardware problem if problem persists then replace your battery
Thanks for your help guys. Recently I tried pure stock ROM, but it was the same, plus I kinda love custom ROMs, which have more battery time What would you suggest I buy as a new battery - an original one specifically for my GT-I8190 or the Ace II battery (which is cheaper) is of the same quality as an original S3 Mini battery ? My current one is for the Ace II (it's the second battery I've changed on this phone)!
if the s3 mini battery is not much more then go with that & see if there is much difference
beerwolf-crowe said:
if the s3 mini battery is not much more then go with that & see if there is much difference
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I got an Ace II 2100mah non-original battery and it's great for now
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Here are my stats so far. Can someone tell me if this is normal with a brand new battery, 'cause I forgot what it's like
koragg97 said:
Here are my stats so far. Can someone tell me if this is normal with a brand new battery, 'cause I forgot what it's like
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Hmm...
1. Stock ROM
2. Heavy usage
3. Playing games
4. Yes it's normal
I have the same problem before. My mini start to auto off then when it's on, the sound of low battery beeping even i just fully charged. The real solution is buy the new battery..

Note 9 battery service life: is Samsung making the same promises as with Note 8?

The Note 8 promised long battery service life, that is, high maintenance of original charge. Samsung promised that after a year, the battery would still retain 95% of its original capacity. Using Accubattery, my Note 8 has achieved this. This is vastly superior to what I experienced with the battery on my Galaxy S7.
I don't know much about batteries, but from owning Thinkpad laptops, I know you can get long service life from a lithium battery by deliberately not allowing it to charge to 100% of rated capacity (this is a setting in the Thinkpad battery firmware, accessible from Windows or Linux). If this is the same way that Samsung did this, it means the Note 8 battery has more capacity than it reports. (3300 mAh), achieving long service life by undercharging. This would mean that Samsung gets weaker reviews since out of the box it offers less runtime, but owners get the benefit of sustained runtime compared with previous phones. A pretty courageous move, if my speculation is true. The other possibility is that the Note 8/ Galaxy 8 has some very high spec battery technology which is significantly less exposed to typical capacity degradation.
So now, the Note 9 has a 4000 mAh battery but with almost no change in dimensions, which is curious. Is Samsung still claiming the long service life that it claimed in the Note 8/ Galaxy 8 generation?
I would like to know the answer to this as well.
The device is thicker and wider and 700mah isnt THAT much more physical size wise. But why wouldn't their claims on battery longevity still hold up?
timrichardson said:
The Note 8 promised long battery service life, that is, high maintenance of original charge. Samsung promised that after a year, the battery would still retain 95% of its original capacity. Using Accubattery, my Note 8 has achieved this. This is vastly superior to what I experienced with the battery on my Galaxy S7.
I don't know much about batteries, but from owning Thinkpad laptops, I know you can get long service life from a lithium battery by deliberately not allowing it to charge to 100% of rated capacity (this is a setting in the Thinkpad battery firmware, accessible from Windows or Linux). If this is the same way that Samsung did this, it means the Note 8 battery has more capacity than it reports. (3300 mAh), achieving long service life by undercharging. This would mean that Samsung gets weaker reviews since out of the box it offers less runtime, but owners get the benefit of sustained runtime compared with previous phones. A pretty courageous move, if my speculation is true. The other possibility is that the Note 8/ Galaxy 8 has some very high spec battery technology which is significantly less exposed to typical capacity degradation.
So now, the Note 9 has a 4000 mAh battery but with almost no change in dimensions, which is curious. Is Samsung still claiming the long service life that it claimed in the Note 8/ Galaxy 8 generation?
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I actually didn't find the same situation to be the case on my S8. I found that at new, the battery could pull close to 6h SOT, and after 500 cycles or so (checked with Phone INFO app), it was closer to 3.5-4h. Not that 4h is a bad figure, and it was still fairly respectable, but it is not 95% retained. Same for my mom's S8, at first was doing 6.5-7h, and now is pulling closer to 3h. I got my battery replaced under warranty at the 1 year mark, but my mom hasn't and it's starting to show.
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I actually didn't find the same situation to be the case on my S8. I found that at new, the battery could pull close to 6h SOT, and after 500 cycles or so (checked with Phone INFO app), it was closer to 3.5-4h. Not that 4h is a bad figure, and it was still fairly respectable, but it is not 95% retained. Same for my mom's S8, at first was doing 6.5-7h, and now is pulling closer to 3h. I got my battery replaced under warranty at the 1 year mark, but my mom hasn't and it's starting to show.
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It might be a bad software update. My Note 8 battery started to suffer until I upgraded to Oreo. Maybe some thing to do with refreshing the battery meter.
AB__CD said:
I actually didn't find the same situation to be the case on my S8. I found that at new, the battery could pull close to 6h SOT, and after 500 cycles or so (checked with Phone INFO app), it was closer to 3.5-4h. Not that 4h is a bad figure, and it was still fairly respectable, but it is not 95% retained. Same for my mom's S8, at first was doing 6.5-7h, and now is pulling closer to 3h. I got my battery replaced under warranty at the 1 year mark, but my mom hasn't and it's starting to show.
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The long battery life technology was for the note 8 and going forward, not the s8.
mike2518 said:
The long battery life technology was for the note 8 and going forward, not the s8.
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It was claimed by Samsung for S8/S8+ as well.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/...ill-degrade-less-quickly-than-the-galaxy-s7s/
timrichardson said:
So now, the Note 9 has a 4000 mAh battery but with almost no change in dimensions, which is curious. Is Samsung still claiming the long service life that it claimed in the Note 8/ Galaxy 8 generation?
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Have we seen any official documentation of retaining that 95% battery in Samsung product webpages or leaflets/warranty information??
It was all about official "Claims" for the S8/S8+/Note 8.
Samsung haven't made the same "claim" for the Note 9 yet. Probably will, without mentioning in any official documentation/product pages.
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The long battery life technology was for the note 8 and going forward, not the s8.
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https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/...ill-degrade-less-quickly-than-the-galaxy-s7s/
pcriz said:
The device is thicker and wider and 700mah isnt THAT much more physical size wise. But why wouldn't their claims on battery longevity still hold up?
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Yeah, it wpoould be best if they included 5.000mAh but 4.000 mAh is still acceptable.
I'd like to know how other's batteries are holding up. I've had my 9 for a month or two now and AccuBattery Pro is showing my battery health as 97% (3882mah) already. I'm not sure how reliable that app is for that stat, but dropping 3% already kind of has me irked a bit.
The only thing i have noticed is when my s7edge and s8+ got oreo my battery life on both those devices was no where near when i first got them. As for my note 9 the max SOT i have gotten so far is 8 hours and 12 min in QHD, i was sitting at 11% battery before i plugged it in.
I have the Mate 20 Pro and it absolutely smashes everything out there. It has outstanding battery life
RockwellB1 said:
I'd like to know how other's batteries are holding up. I've had my 9 for a month or two now and AccuBattery Pro is showing my battery health as 97% (3882mah) already. I'm not sure how reliable that app is for that stat, but dropping 3% already kind of has me irked a bit.
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There was a semi big debate about this on this forum. Accubattery Pro doesn't apparantly show the correct figure from the get go. I'm assuming you didn't use Accubattery from day one to show the before health stats to current? I say this because from day one mine showed 97% health or lower.
Aida64 app also shows the battery capacity at below 4000mAh from new. Hence why Accubattery doesn't show 100% health .
Either Samsung has not implemented 4000mAh batteries in many devices or they are designed in such a way as not to show their actual values in apps.
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My Note 9 is 5 days old, and Accubattery says 94%. It's nonsense.
So basically AccuBattery on the 9 is only really good for the charge alarm it sounds like. That makes me feel a bit better. Either way I get great performance so I'm pretty happy with the phone. I normally get between 8 and 10 hours sot so it blows all my older phones except my Note 4 with 12000mah battery out of the water.
RockwellB1 said:
So basically AccuBattery on the 9 is only really good for the charge alarm it sounds like. That makes me feel a bit better. Either way I get great performance so I'm pretty happy with the phone. I normally get between 8 and 10 hours sot so it blows all my older phones except my Note 4 with 12000mah battery out of the water.
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For alarm charge,discarge :
Battery Charge Notifier
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utopi.batterychargenotifier
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There was a semi big debate about this on this forum. Accubattery Pro doesn't apparantly show the correct figure from the get go. I'm assuming you didn't use Accubattery from day one to show the before health stats to current? I say this because from day one mine showed 97% health or lower.
Aida64 app also shows the battery capacity at below 4000mAh from new. Hence why Accubattery doesn't show 100% health .
Either Samsung has not implemented 4000mAh batteries in many devices or they are designed in such a way as not to show their actual values in apps.
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Those apps are just estimating. There is no hardware components for such accurate power usage observation in the phones to tell you exactly how much the battery degraded/hold in the first place. Don't trust them that much + battery life in long run is not affected only from the battery degradation, but also from updates and not least important - the applications themself that becomes heavier with every update = the CPU/GPU scales higher and that needs more power and thus shorten the battery life.
Simple example, my HTC M8 eat for breakfast every app back then when it was released. Messenger? NP! Facebook? Lol, 10% CPU usage. And so on. Nowdays it will still run all of those fluid and fine, but instead of 1500MHz 2 cores for example, will use 4 cores at 2000GHz. This affects power usage when it's all apps basically. So it's not just the battery degradation.
That should sum it up about the topic.
My note 9 is also around 94% battery since day one. But this was not the case with the Note 8. I was at around 103-105% battery capacity on the Note 8 for a long time.
It is an estimate and not perfectly accurate but Samsung does have the ability to measure battery wear.
On jailbroken iPhones you can get the exact wear percentage and now iOS has battery wear shown directly in battery settings.
ihaveabu said:
My note 9 is also around 94% battery since day one. But this was not the case with the Note 8. I was at around 103-105% battery capacity on the Note 8 for a long time.
It is an estimate and not perfectly accurate but Samsung does have the ability to measure battery wear.
On jailbroken iPhones you can get the exact wear percentage and now iOS has battery wear shown directly in battery settings.
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Your first paragraph, same here. Hence why I mentioned either Samsung have changed something battery electronics wise or they are not giving us usable 4000mAh.
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[N9208] Battery can't even survive half a day on normal use

Hello, I'm a new user on xda (but actually a longtime reader). I finally decided to upgrade to Nougat with OTA updates. My device works perfectly fine, except for the battery. I have another android running rooted stock Motorola nougat with similar apps and usage and able to survive until midnight with 15% battery left on on medium use, while my Note 5 can't even survive half a day on light usage.
In battery usage stats, most battery use percentage is the screen, followed by device idle. I don't use LTE with hope it can help, and using 720p resolution to see wether it can also help. The screen on time lies around 3-4 hours but the standby drain is very annoying.
My device has never been rooted. I'm considering flashing a rom if it can help the battery issue, but I use the S-pen a lot and don't want to lose its functionallity by using a rom without the S-pen apps. Right now I'm considering flashing a ported version of Note FE rom by RadeonMaya. Is it good for these purpose?
Any idea on what to do?
The Note5 is over 3 years old, don't expect good battery life. Even when new it was bad. 3-4 hours of Screen time is A-W-E-S-O-M-E. I only get 2 max.
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The Note5 is over 3 years old, don't expect good battery life. Even when new it was bad. 3-4 hours of Screen time is A-W-E-S-O-M-E. I only get 2 max.
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Thanks. Perhaps i'll consider buying a battery case or something.
Get the battery replaced. I did mine myself and it's like a new phone again

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