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Hey there,
In case you can't tell, I'm a newbie.
Anyways, I'm currently using a 6-yo HTC Dopod Pro and I've finally decided to get a new phone.
I really want to get a Galaxy Note but I hear that the Note has a relatively short battery life.
I also heard that ICS for the Note causes the battery to drain even quicker.
Have these issues been fixed yet?
Cheers.
What you have heard is misinformation. A bad installation of ICS, rogue apps and weird settings are the cause of people having battery issues with ICS.
The Note has one of the best battery lifes among all android phones.
Note has excellent battery life. I have the LQ2 ICS, and I have no weird battery drain, wakelocks or any other probs
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Just disable some draining apps on ICS.
Don't forget the huge power of note battery( 2500mAh)
I'm also on LQ2 ICS =]
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Belfia said:
What you have heard is misinformation. A bad installation of ICS, rogue apps and weird settings are the cause of people having battery issues with ICS.
The Note has one of the best battery lifes among all android phones.
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Really?
Cuz I hear lots of things about bad battery life on ICS, even on xda.
Some examples:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676335
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649041
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1685383
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676018
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1697792
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32277
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-note/554408-battery-drainage-after-updating-ics.html
I heard the battery life was pretty good whilst on GB but as soon as people upgrade to ICS, the life was substantially lower.
The battery drain "problem" of the GNote is like troubles with your Windows computer (IMHO): The more you fumble, worse it gets. Use it as it was designed and you'll be a happy person.
I have a GNote for a few months, it was Full Stock under GB and now is Full Stock under ICS. I use it moderately (2nd phone) and could easily manage 36 hours.
I pick it of the charger ~5h30, 6h00 in the morning and find it at 60~70% when I get home about 12 hours later (30~45 minutes talk time, not much else). I than read my favorite blogs and news papers that runs it down to 30-40% (reading takes about 1,5 hours).
When I go to bed it's never lower than 27-30%
The only problem I have is that it sometimes doesn't go in Deep Sleep and that I solve through a systematical reboot in the morning (of the charger).
As always (even people) the GNote is as good as you treat it
Hey Little Vince
Welcome to XDA!
I have had Note for over 6 months (bought from UK to Brissy) Been on ICS only last eight days or so - and I can report that the battery life is slightly better than GB. Speed is better too - not as much lag.
I have used Blackberry/Axim/Palm before and always got into the habit of charging overnight so anything longer than 24 hours doesnt really matter.
Please don't let others put you off a wonderful phone. It is so versatile.
PS - it always takes a few battery cycles (e.g. three or four days) before you get accurate info. I have had quick battery drain for a few hours after updating Kernel but it always settles down.
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The only problem I have is that it sometimes doesn't go in Deep Sleep and that I solve through a systematical reboot in the morning (of the charger).
As always (even people) the GNote is as good as you treat it
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What is that systematical reboot you're talking about? Can you explain a little bit?
There are a few tricks suggested in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649041
I found my battery life was quite poor at first but it has improved after a few charging cycles. Also, I had a lot of syncing processes running (some duplicating others). Killing some of those also helped.
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Never had an issue with batt drain, either on gb or ics... I think the latter is a bit better. I leave gps, wifi and 3g on all the time, and am a relatively heavy user... really haven't tweaked anything for batt life, other than removing some bloat.
OP, it would probably help if you told us what you would consider to be decent battery life. That way, people will be able to tell you if it is possible.
As for me, I'm on CM9 and have never tried stock ICS. I can confirm that battery life was better on GB, but CM9 still gets me through the day on fairly frequent use.
Usually fully charged when I get up in the morning (6am), and down to about 20-30% when I charge it at night before bed. This will normally include roughly 3-4 hours screen time from watching movies on the train and internet browsing throughout the day.
Same here no battery problem. I'm using DXLP9 firmware.
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Nah battery drain is a real issue with ICS. It's too documented to be denied. Doesn't matter what I think is good battery life, but relatively with GB, it was 20-30% for about 12 hours of use (wife doesn't use it much) and after ICS, it's -110%. Hmm.. I meant for the 12 hours, it needs a charge and then some. And that's crazy since my wife really doesn't use it much.
Anyhow, this completely fixed it for me. Looks like there's a few bugs that you can come across if you have battery drain with ICS. Check the full thread for more details...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25980444&postcount=2
UPDATE: ok no. Still no real solution for fixing this after trying many over lots of days. AFAIK, kernal problem that Samsung needs to fix. And please do fix!!
As I see it from the times from BBS the problem of the drain is at standby mode where the battery for the start of locking and outing on sleep it eats slot of battery till it reaches the 1% every 1 hour and 45 minutes like it was on lc1 stock, even I had on GB 2 hours 45min for 1%, it starts with 1% for 30 minutes then 45 min 1 hour and so on till it reaches the max of it.
The use with screen on is the same 25% for 1 hour and 20-30 min screen on time with low brightness, as it was with GB. On GB I had 5h30m screen on with 10-14% battery left.
So the issue for me at least, is the standby aka sleep mode.
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to the OP, yes battery drain is a documented issue on ICS, with the wake locks and rogue apps (for the unlucky few.. myself included)
i was on rooted stock GB and i used to have a good 72hrs of standby time for the note especially on the weekend when it is rarely used and maybe a good 48hrs on a weekday with average usage (about an hour's call, moderate surfing, facebook etc)
during days when i travel a lot i can be surfing and listening to music and doing calls for the better part of the day and the note still lasts a day with about 20% juice left by 7-8pm
however after I upgraded to ICS LP9, my battery couldn't even last me for a day without getting a few hours of charge from my laptop, i was on stock ICS for 2 weeks and did a lot of fine tuning just to optimize the battery life and ensure the phone goes into deep sleep and still not sufficient. the thing that blew it for me was when i noticed that my note started running at 1000mhz only and not any lower (even when charging - take note i was on unrooted ICS).. so decided that ICS with all its hype wasn't polished enough yet and was not worth it for me and went back to my stock rooted GB LC2
now i'm a happy camper.. note sleeps like a baby when it is supposed to and runs smoothly when called upon
so to answer your question (sorry about the long story) yes you can enjoy great battery life on note be it GB or ICS but you won't know until you get one for yourself.. and like what the other posters said the note is such a beast of a phone that you will not look into another phone again once you get one be it on GB or ICS
I absolutely would not recommend the G Note until there is another ICS update issued - unless you want to stick to GB (in which case I would definitely recommend).
Apart from the deep sleep problem, which for me anyway, cannot be resolved, I've had stability issues, overheating and it even pulls restarts without warning.
The only battery fixes that have kind of worked for me (and they still don't get me anywhere near the battery life I was getting with GB) involved me following a 5 step programme every time I charge my phone, which is frankly unacceptable.
FYI - I've had the note since December and it's running stock everything.
The Note is an amazing phone, but ICS has rendered mine not fit for purpose.
The sad thing is samsungs and android capabilities in finding the culprits. Fancy native battery charts which dont help much, if any in analyzing.
Only best case is to check deep sleep(cpuspy) , and if deep sleep is low check partial wakelocks in betterbatterystats.
Then you can find a lot of the culprits
Good thing the XDA community picks up where Samsung/google drop the ball.
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To the OP. My Note on gingerbread had wonderful battery life 16+ hrs. After the ICS LPY update my note dies after 5 hours. To all the naysayers saying there are no issues with battery life on ICS, give me a break. Just google how many note and galaxy SII users on ICS are having battery drain issues.
I get exactly the same battery life on ics that I did on gb, the battery drain people are having has nothing to do with ics. It will be apps causing the issues. Im running exactly the same apps as I was before and its exactly the same battery.
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I get exactly the same battery life on ics that I did on gb, the battery drain people are having has nothing to do with ics. It will be apps causing the issues. Im running exactly the same apps as I was before and its exactly the same battery.
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mmm.... No.... The same apps, even after a factory reset and reinstalling apps I STILL had the drain. You say it's apps that aren't optimized? That could be true... but then again, I guess it must be a VERY VERY common app that's causing this because most everyone says they've experienced a decrease in battery life.
hey everyone
i want to buy Galaxy S III Mini ..
i need your advice about this phone ..about any problem or bug in it
i hear that it battery is so bad and drain fast and need charge every 8 hours ..is that right ?
please i need all information about your experience of this phone ..( network - camera - speaker - how fast -...etc)
and is there any phone better than this phone cost between 280-300 $
thanks forward
Hello and welcome,
I am no expert but have experience on several android devices of the mid range. From Xperias to the galaxy advance and the htc hd2.
When I purchased the s3 mini I didn't expect any major difference from previous devices, well was I wrong this is definitely a fast smooth operating device with no major issues bugs or lag. Only I found missing was the ambient light sensor where you need to adjust brightness manually.
My battery also is fine lasts easily one and a half days with normal use, only thing I found eating lots of batter was wifi.
My humble opinion.
thanks ..
how many hours battery last with screen on when drain from ( 100 % to 0 % ) .. with normal use like browsing internet or send messages ?
because i read a lot of comment on websites that the battery is don't last 1 day with normal use !!!
please i need advice from many people who use this phone to know if there is any common problem that don't appear in all brand ?
i am waiting your opinion
thanks
Yes but allmost every android phone has this issue it also depends if you are using 3g, apps running in background, etc.. also there are many custom roms that are based on samsung s3 mini stock rom that has much better batery life.
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Battery is really great, I'm constantly on 3g, wifi and mobile data on, chatting on whatsapp, browsing, texting, few calls, maybe a game or two for a few mins here and there and it always lasts about day and a half, maybe with sync it would last me a day or under with usage above... phone is smooth and never had any problems with it
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really fast phone,no lags,smooth, no bugs until now(i have it nearly a motnh). battery lasts easily 1 1/2 days with normal use(wifi,browsing etc). nice screen,bright colors , nice pictures, very nice video reocording... overall o very good,money worth choice...
Hi everybody ,
as the topic shows , i came from note 3 ( sandragon ) ...
till now , there is not any major different , plus , the exynos eating the battery drain !!!!! in compare of note 3 with Lean kernel !.
i also tried to use custom kernel ( ultimate kernel ) on note 4 , but the battery usage is very very more that note 3 + i tried to flash the new update , but the problem still persist .
1- why the battery drian on note 4 is tooooooooo much ? and is there any fix ? cause i couldn't found any or should crossing finger for the L version from samsung ??? what do you think ?
furthermore , i think the GPU is weaker that note 3 !!!! it always laggy when trying to render a 3D graphic ! i never had such a lags on 3D benchmarks !
2- is the exynos GPS problem or can be solve on next update from samsung ?
its appreciated to answer my questions
Hi. I have a note4 exynos. Stock. Using gear neo 2 and high usage.
I have a full day battery life and usually with 20% remaining aprox.
I have good battery life something is wrong with your phone
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lordoftheriffs said:
I have good battery life something is wrong with your phone
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oh my God !!!
4 days !!!
which kernel do you use ??
man , i should charge my phone every day , it eating my battery even i'm sleep ( 5% from 12AM to 9 AM )
but i charged my note 3 with lean kernel every 2 days .
my wifi is always on ( except when i'm sleep) , but i don't know what is the problem . i also using griniffy
I had also SD Note 3 and I find Note 4 Exynos faster and more efficient than SD. I get 5:30 screen on time average where as in Note 3 I was more like 5 hours. The 7% more battery than Note 3 that Samsung reported back in the Note 4 announcemet holds true based on my usual pattern usage. So try to investigate it more before blaming Exynos chipset.
I have like 2-3 hours SOT. Bluetooth always on. WiFi on. Only off when on data. So is 50/50.
I'm not much happy with it. With Sony Z2 I had same usage pattern but twice the SOT. Any advices?
I would be very upset if I was getting 2-3 hours of sot, I had 4 hours sot with 50% battery remaining on my last charge with my snapdragon note 4. I didn't realize you guys with the exynos were getting such terrible battery life!
I used note 3 snapdragon i was getting 5-6 sot with it. On note 4 exynos im getting 6-7 hours generally. Definetly better.
i'm wondering why the battery usage is not stopping even when the screen is off !!!
i wish lean kernel would be made for note 3 exynos ....
Seems like you never used a GT-N7000 before. 5 or 6 hours of life STANDBY, and 2 hours screentime.
My device is nice, almost 2 full days of battery days with normal usage. 24 hours of heavy usage. I don't need more. I go to sleep and I charge the phone, then I wake up and it's charged for a new day. No battery drain issues.
No issues with exynos for me its fantastic!!
i fount a setting on my wifi , i will keep searching , always !!
can it be a reason ?
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No issues with exynos for me its fantastic!!
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How??? I barely get 3.5 hrs SOT
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There must be something wrong with your device.
Lodix said:
There must be something wrong with your device.
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It's new.. 2 months old... #Sadness
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cricketgirl90 said:
It's new.. 2 months old... #Sadness
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You should have exchanged it when you had the opportunity... Try making a factory reset and installing a stock ROM.
mehdi.moha said:
i'm wondering why the battery usage is not stopping even when the screen is off !!!
i wish lean kernel would be made for note 3 exynos ....
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Install system tuner, go to taskmanager, enable all categories to show all running processes, sort for cpu %, and you'll find gsiff_daemon on top, with a very high cpu usage, i think. That could explain bad gps, too. Kill it. And use a root explorer to delete it from /system/bin. Done. Your battery should be fine now.
I've a 910c exynos and battery is fine! With ultimate kernel.
I had a note 3 snapdragon , and The batt life seems to be more or less the same than my note 4 exynos, so, given the higher resolution, and more powerful cpu, I would say the exynos note 4 is more batt efficient, I have always thought that the batt life is a very complex mix of factors, wifi, data, email usage, signal strenghts, geographical areas, freq syncs, widgets, background services, bloatware, carrier junk, etc. and thats why we hear about very different performances, with same devices
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I have good battery life something is wrong with your phone
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pappschlumpf said:
Install system tuner, go to taskmanager, enable all categories to show all running processes, sort for cpu %, and you'll find gsiff_daemon on top, with a very high cpu usage, i think. That could explain bad gps, too. Kill it. And use a root explorer to delete it from /system/bin. Done. Your battery should be fine now.
I've a 910c exynos and battery is fine! With ultimate kernel.
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thank u
but my process is :
android system 0.78%
system ui 0.22%
Looks like Exynos battery life is worse than SD. I was considering to get Exynos but decided to buy SD due to better camera performance. Now I'm even more happy I did not choose Exynos.
I used package disbaler bro but it didnt helped much either
App manager and battery apps show idle device drain
Why is that?
Galaxy note 5
Same here ?
In my experience this happens due to cell radio or WiFi radio. It happens at some locations and not others but not in airplane mode which you can test for. It also happened on my Nexus 5 due to a failing battery.
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you can not stop this problem. i had like "WE" problem. if you wanna a little risk. root and use arter97 kernel.
or wait for 6.0 looks like coming soon.
For context am running Android 10 on my 960fd exynos note 9 and am barely getting 4 hours Screen on time even after replacing the battery recently
I don't get more than 4 hour even though I don't game or use battery intensive apps. Also with noticalble slow down and lag.
So based on your experience which ROM or vanilla os version should I roll back to and how much screen time do you get ?
LightROM, see link in my sig. Yes it's too old, so it's not patched against security-risks. You need to be somewhat experienced in knowing what apps not to use insecurely and stuff like that. I get about 12 hours screen-time on its original battery (a 960FD).