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Hello everyone!
I have searched for other members who have this specific issue.. But I wasn't able to find any. So.. I have a Samsung Galaxy S Note (N7000) Model with a Screen Flickering issue. A few weeks ago I first experienced this after installing JB. I have tried several different clean installs with different JB leaks, even AOKP roms and more. But nothing seemed to fix this...
For a year my Note was working perfect, battery life was amazing and I loved it... But somewhere (between JB custom rom installs) it feels like it broke something... My phone works perfectly for like 6/7 hours now, it even goes in deep sleep and I have even bought myself a new battery... (So it's not a battery problem!)
At the moment I have returned to the RocketRom JB version (since that one was the last rom I have remembered before my phone died). But I still have this problem... So... my phone drains fast, and at around 5-30% battery left, according to the indicator it starts flickering when using apps and just interacting with the phone itself... And all of a sudden it just drops out.
Here's a quick recording of the issue. You can clearly see the flickering and the dropout.... I hope someone has any tips for this issue.
i had exactly the same problem
i solved it when i buy a new one battery.....and yes now its working like a new one.......
Replace Your Battery
I already replaced my battery... still have the problem.
I had a battery drain for a long time on my Nexus 5. Device was awesome when I bought it, but after upgrading to Lollipop I started to get strange battery drain problem which reason cannot be found easily, it's nothing in Settings->Battery on graph - no apps using battery, but it goes from 100 to 0% in about 7 hours. Even if I dont use it at all, battery discharges very fast.
I tried different ROM versions and found that battery life is soo much better on 4.4.2. I found that 4.4.2 has baseband v 1.0, and starting from 4.4.3 it was upgraded to 2.0.
So I solved it by downgrading baseband to 1.0. I found that very likely that any baseband works with any ROM, so I flashed latest 6.0.1 system, then flashed radio from 4.4.2. fastboot, unlocked bootloader. I think to make it work reliably, don't make it boot first time after flash, hold power button, and Volume down, it reboots to bootloader. Then do factory reset and reboot. In my case radio is recognised and works.
Now I have latest stock ROM and radio from 4.4.2, and battery life in standby is so much better. I tried to replace battery 2 times, but battery was actually OK. For those who have similar problem u should try it. Google made a great device, still fast and works very good, but they or Qualcomm maybe ****ed up things in modem firmware since version 2.0. Probably not everyone is affected but for me difference is huge, its like normal device with reasonable battery life, but becomes junk after software update. I will think twice before I'll buy something more from Google. Why I must to support device myself, if I found how to fix this why they still not released proper fix? Probably Google doesn't care about product quality after several months.
surely, is an experiment to try .also if , the battery drain problem I'm suffering, like many, more when the screen is on.
during screen off the battery falls but little, turned on the screen, also even if you do nothing and just read [low light, dark menu through substratum, dark backgrounds, cpu and gpu limited kernel with blue spark powersave settings, night vision in browser] decreases the battery 1 % every 2 minutes, something noted by many and to me with various Roms [octOS mm e n, purenexus 6 and 7, stock] .
this is for me the "great mystery" of this device
Hello.
I'm having trouble with the newly replaced battery on my rooted Xperia Z1 (with android 5.1.1).
2 months ago i replaced the battery because the old one overheated. The new battery has been fine untill a few days ago when it told me all day that it had 50% left. I found that weird so I didn't charge it to let it run out of battery so I could charge it to 100% and recalibrate it.
After the phone suddenly blacked out the battery wouldn't charge any more, so I took it out and messured it's voltage to be around 2.5. So I jumpstarted the battery back to 3.5 V and was able to make it charge again. Even though the battery functions like "normal", it still says 50% all the time with few exceptions which does look to be the correct battery level. The power management app disappears from settings whenever the battery shows 50% and reappears when it shows the correct level.
The battery indicator shows the correct percentage when charging, but not otherwise.
My theory is that there is something wrong with the software regarding the battery management and that it let the battery use too much of it's voltage. I've seen people with similar problems (50% battery indicator and disappearing power management), but the only solution there was to replace the battery. It doesn't seem that likely because of the software being buggy and the battery is only 2 months old.
Here's some screenshots of the weird behavior:
imgur.com/SXSMdzi
imgur.com/OcYKHjA
(Couldn't include image because I am a new user)
As I were writing this, it began discharging while hooked up to a charger. Seems to be a bit unstable.
Would appreciate all and any help
Hello!
I also got similar issues. I've read and try anything to find what happened with my Z1.
First, in my experience, some says (on internet) it's Android problem called Sudden Battery Drain Syndrome. I've tried apps like repair battery etc. and calibrator to fix it. Still the same the battery drain badly.
Second, so I am continuing my investigation on internet. I read from xperia care etc and I found that android Lolipop (5.1.1) terribly sucks for Xperia Z1. Many Z1 users confirmed this. Not just the battery problem, there are bugs also, like touchscreen, screen flickering etc.
Third, after knowing this and read like 2 hours to find the solution, I found in this forum that it's better to downgrading the android version back to KitKat or JellyBean. So I installed JellyBean firmware. Just now finished. I hope it'll be good again. I'll inform you.
NB: Factory reset also won't work
Hello, nice to get some response on this thread.
FrankBubble said:
First, in my experience, some says (on internet) it's Android problem called Sudden Battery Drain Syndrome. I've tried apps like repair battery etc. and calibrator to fix it. Still the same the battery drain badly.
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I tried battery repairs, calibrators and so on. Did not do anything for me. After reading up on Sudden Battery Drain Syndrome, I'm inclined to say that it doesn't seem all that similar to my problem.
FrankBubble said:
Second, so I am continuing my investigation on internet. I read from xperia care etc and I found that android Lolipop (5.1.1) terribly sucks for Xperia Z1. Many Z1 users confirmed this. Not just the battery problem, there are bugs also, like touchscreen, screen flickering etc.
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That is interesting to know. I have experienced alot of those problems. I was thinking about upgrading to a custom unofficial Android 7 for xperia z1, hearing this might be the thing that makes me do it. It's always such a hassle to download apps and set up from a new install, so I've put it off for a while.
Some days after starting this thread, I ordered a new battery. The old one started to do the same thing. Seemed like I could jumpstart it again, but I don't see the point in doing that every other day.
The new battery has been working great for almost 3 weeks now. I still have the Lolipop problems you mentioned, but the phone works as it is supposed to. It acts up from time to time, but I suspect that being because I use Greenify and CPU tuner to make the battery last longer. I might be upgrading to Android 7 and if that fails, I might downgrade.
I'm hoping I was unlucky with the last battery because it lasted so short and that the problem was only related to the battery. I will post updates here if the new battery also suffers.
I'm having an issue with my Galaxy Tab S2 (Nougat 7.0, international unlocked T710 Snapdragon) when using any bluetooth device with it. The battery drains like hell. After a two or three hours of using a bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth is the main cultprit of battery usage. I don't know what to do - I wiped the cache partition, did a factory reset. Nothing helped.
Otherwise, the battery life is great, but as soon as I connect it with a BT device I can see it dropping. Everytime I click on Bluetooth in Battery settings I can see there's more mAh used...
I would appreciate any help.
Nougat.. thus better downgrade to MM or Lollipop.
Dear all,
I Have same bug with My SMT-813 since update Nougat, When I use with skeaper bluetooth.
Do you have found a solution?
Did you factory reset after OS update?
Niii4 said:
Did you factory reset after OS update?
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Dear,
Yes, all reset.
I think it's Nougat because with android 6.01 all is ok.
So better downgrade back to 6.0.1 then.
hdloulouhd said:
I think it's Nougat because with android 6.01 all is ok.
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Yes, it's happening since the Nougat update. I've already filed a bug report for it but got no answer from Samsung till today.
The only thing you can do about it is to turn it off. And if you need it you have to downgrade to MM.
Same here on t819, but its kind of fake data, in my opinion there is somrthing wrong in calculating mah consumption. My battery still lasts the same, even when using or not using bt, but it has a lot of bugs, like forgetting paired devices or failing to pair. Everything about bluetooth is not perfect on N
Hi All
Do you have news about this bug?
Workaround
I've had the same battery drain issue on my S2 since upgrading to Nougat. Yesterday however I found I could 'fool' the system by turning on Flight Mode and then turning BT and WiFi back on - Consumption back to normal! It looks weird having Flight Mode on at the same time as BT & WiFi but it seems to work.
Update
I’ve just been trying to repeat my observations and the results are a little ‘challenging’
I saw a comment in another forum where someone suggested that the discharge effect is really a false positive caused by a faulty battery monitor in the Samsung software. So a downloaded a third party battery monitor, I charged my tablet to 100% , turned off flight mode and turned on both WiFi and Bluetooth.
The main observation is that the battery was not discharging rapidly – previously you could virtually watch the percentage on the battery meter decreasing in real time. After using the tablet for a day or so for browsing and watching some short videos I compared the two battery monitors – the Samsung monitor showed the battery down to 40% - but ascribed virtually all of the use to Bluetooth! The third party monitor showed a sensible mix: mostly browser and video player with small values for other programs.
I conclude therefore that the Samsung battery meter is definitely very broken.
As far as my earlier observed battery drain is concerned there seem to be two possibilities:
1) It was truly the Bluetooth causing the drain and switching to flight mode has cleared it (unlikely in my view)
2) The drain was caused by something else but was displayed by the battery meter as Bluetooth, and when I switched to Flight Mode it stopped - either by coincidence or because the Flight Mode really stopped the drain.
Number 2 seems to me the most likely explanation. I have noticed that all of my Android devices exhibit anomalous battery drain about once a month, and a functioning battery meter shows this as Android System usage. I don’t know what it is doing but my best guess it is some sort of file scan/verification (or maybe just harvesting data!). After a system upgrade it would be quite plausible that Android wants to scan the new installation.
I have, in the past, stopped this Android process by rebooting a device, so it is not impossible that entering Flight mode has had a similar effect.
For the moment my S2 seems to be using a sensible amount of power – both with and without Flight Mode - albeit with useless reporting of the details by the Samsung monitor.
for those who got the final update, or had the beta, how is the battery life and general performance compared with PIE ?
Mine is snappier and battery life is better.
izmenar said:
for those who got the final update, or had the beta, how is the battery life and general performance compared with PIE ?
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The battery life is slightly increased and rest every thing is okay.
Was a beta user. Exynos variant. Im sure the battery life and performance of Snapdragon variants would go more better. Exynos always sucks.
I think battery is better, lets see the rest
Mine is about the same. In the beta forums it seems to be all over the place though, some are happy, some not so much.
Any changes in the camera quality ?
My Exynos S10 used to reach 30-40+ hours of battery time on P (mostly web whatsapp and regular phone calls, no games at all, see pic).
After upgrading to stable Q, juice can't even give me 30 hours. As I see it, in my case Q is clearly the culprit.
SOT is not a valid metric for me, as I'm always on web whatsapp -- lots of use, no screen on.
Stable version of Q. Better battery for me
2 hours of screen
It takes me 2 hours of screen. plz heeelp
natmaster said:
It takes me 2 hours of screen. plz heeelp
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For starters, try and disable the following settings, case they are on:
. location
. bluetooth
. AOD
. NFC
. WiFi (case mobile data is suitable for you)
<Display>:
. set screen brightness to something around 50% (middle of the bar).
. set <Screen timeout> to , say, 30 seconds.
. set <Screen saver> to "none"
<Device care> / <Battery>:
. set <Power Mode> to "optimized"
. set <Adaptive power saving> to "on".
As for apps, Facebook is known to be a huge juice drainer.
Let me know how this works for you,
Cheers
RGold55 said:
For starters, try and disable the following settings, case they are on:
. location
. bluetooth
. AOD
. NFC
. WiFi (case mobile data is suitable for you)
<Display>:
. set screen brightness to something around 50% (middle of the bar).
. set <Screen timeout> to , say, 30 seconds.
. set <Screen saver> to "none"
<Device care> / <Battery>:
. set <Power Mode> to "optimized"
. set <Adaptive power saving> to "on".
As for apps, Facebook is known to be a huge juice drainer.
Let me know how this works for you,
Cheers
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Disabling everything isn't the solution.... Something must have gone wrong during the update process. I have everything on and I have a great battery life. Maybe trying a factory reset for example (even if it's annoying)
battery is marginally better on mine, after the update i entered the stock recovery and wiped cache, i dont know if that does anything.One UI 2 is very underwhelming, not many changes
Mini Jay said:
Disabling everything isn't the solution.... Something must have gone wrong during the update process. I have everything on and I have a great battery life. Maybe trying a factory reset for example (even if it's annoying)
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Disabling everything is for quick diagnosing purposes, for identifying shady component(s), not meant to be a solution. Think of a box that won't start. You start by ruling out PSU, then memory modules, video card, and so on. Sure, in the OP case update issues must be considered, as well as third party software.
Cheers
My phone feels great after the update. Fast and smooth, the battery is the same, gets me through the day with Wi-Fi,BT and mobile data on all the time.
Love the new animations but the gesture navigation needs improvement, especially when switching between apps. Overall great update.
Thanks you Samsung!
ram usage increased too...
I agreed. I'm on the stable version of android 10. I have a Galaxy S10 G973U and It is on T-Mobile. Battery Life has steadily gotten worse for me starting from the October security update and it is much worse on One ui 2.0. Overnight, I lost 15 PERCENT CHARGE. I don't know what to do. I'm not sure if its a problem with my device or a widespread issue and just a problem with the software. Pls help. I called samsung to report this 3 times and they referred me to a repair shop. I don't want to go to the shop unless I am hundred percent sure that this is an issue only with my phone. g973u1 users are reporting excellent battery life and some g973u users are reporting bad battery life. Pls help.
In only 2h of screen time, I've lost 40% of my battery and I was a 100%.
Few web browsing and some texts and Spotify playlist in the background.
Is there anyway to optimize the battery life on One ui 2.0?
Gotta love these "how's the battery life?" threads.
Mine is better.
Mine is worse.
Mine is about the same
Camera quality decreased
Phone runs hotter
Uses more ram
It ruined my marriage
The phone got bigger for some reason
And so forth...
For me its about the same
Hi. as I get the view of the battery life as it was in android 9¡? While still not understand view of the battery life in android 10