Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Battery Issues

[Logesshwar Balasubramanian]

Hello Guys..I Just Saw Many Positive Reviews About The Battery Life But Its Not Been The Case For Me...My Phone's Battery Runs Out Too Fast Even If No Applications Is Running...Well To Be Precise,Within An Hour,In Idle Mode,There Is Considerable Reduction Say,About 10%-20%....I Have Note 2 International Version Which A Week And Half Old...So Help Me,If U Can!!! Thnx A Lot!!

 

[TheDroidLurker]

Are you operating with the cellular radio in " global mode" ? If you know what type of network you will be operating on then just set it for the carrier you subscribe to and that should relieve some of that battery drain.

Sent from my sweet Verizon Galaxy Note 2

 

[tcapote]

Maybe you have a rouge app? I have an Internatin version on Straight Talk, it is VERY common to have 50% battery after 15 hours with 2hrs of screen time. Almost always on cellular.

 

[justpastfinish]

Install an app called gsam battery moniyor from the play store.

Open it and click on the bottom area called apps. Then click on the top and go to time held awake....report what it says. Its great at telling you what app is rogue

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

 

[sillyrabbitt123]

Install an app called gsam battery moniyor from the play store.

Open it and click on the bottom area called apps. Then click on the top and go to time held awake....report what it says. Its great at telling you what app is rogue

Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

anyway to move the gsam battery meter icon to the right side of the notification bar or is there a way to use the stock battery meter icon on notification bar? cant seem how to do that? thanks

 

[SpookDroid]

When I bought mine and fired it up I had a similar issue. I had read that battery was awsome but mine was draining at 10% an hour.... So, I checked every setting I could and the few culprits I found were these:
1) Google Now. It's crap in my country so I disabled it (the only thing that worked were weather notifications...and I have widgets for that). Why? It polls for your location CONSTANTLY. That's how it works its creepy magic.
2) After thinking about location polling, I went to Google Maps. For some reason after linking my account it decided to automatically link it to Latitude (which, does anyone use anymore?) and had the 'Location Reporting' to automatic. This was the 'rogue' app. After I turned that reporting thing off, the phone had stellar battery life.

Now I have a VERY hard time killing it after a day's work. I've managed to get nearly 8 hours of screen-on time and still get 20% left in my phone before going to bed. A W E S O M E.

 

[Logesshwar Balasubramanian]

Thnx A Lot Guys,But I Dont Think I have The Problem With The Network Cuz,Up Until Now I Havent Inserted A Sim In My Mobile
I Tried By Replacing The Live Wallpaper With A Normal One....It Seems To Have A Little Effect But Still The Maximum Time I Get On 100% Charged Battery Is Around 5 Or 6 Hours Under Normal Use -_-
And AM Planning To Buy A New Battery If This Lasts Further -_-

 

[jdub1981]

Are you guys using dropbox or any other cloud service? If you have lots of content that you have transferred from a different phone then it is natural for the battery usage to be more because your device will be doing lots of uoloads and downloads.

Personally. I leave wifi on, gps off and bluetooth off when not in use. Screen is set to the middle and auto on. Thats it. Oh and I use a video wallpaper. Have done so since the day I got it. I get about 10-12 hours of use. But that is mostly browsing internet or watching vids.

Under battery usage in menu can you take a screenshot and post it please?

 

[jdub1981]

And to add to the above. Everyones normal use is a little different. My normal use is all the time. I may not be playing games but the screen is on doing something. With this phone I get 2 times the battery life of my iphone 5 but on a much larger screen.

 

[OceanView]

must be your settings cause I'm getting almost 2 days on my phone and I use it a lot.
If this was my iPhone 4s I would have to charge 2 times during the day to make sure I can go all day.
No more of that crap with this phone.
The Note II is truly the best phone on Earth!

 

[Haucore]

I use mine literally my entire work shift(9hours) on a single charge. Mainly Netflix. I deplete 10% per hour. If you want to achieve 2 days you would have to get battery managing app which generally turns off all radio signals whenever the screen is off. Which is most of the times the culprit for battery drain when the phone isn't in use. There's just no such thing as 2 days of use without some sort of aid.

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[sudbury78]

Is the screen at 38.5% high? My battery seems to be weak the ,sat 3 days since I've downloaded beautiful widgets. I have since deleted it but still see a big decrease in battery

 

[Haucore]

It's set to 65%. Not only am i just streaming Netflix but i am also seeding torrents (5 is the max for Adownloader). It feels as if no matter what i do it how much i task, it still goes 10% per hour and honestly it feels like the norm with this much work

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[TheOtherBill]

Install an app called gsam battery moniyor from the play store.

Open it and click on the bottom area called apps. Then click on the top and go to time held awake....report what it says. Its great at telling you what app is rogue

Do what the man said and all your problems will be solved!

 

[crystinonfire]

@SpookDroid - those two tips are stellar. just changed them on my phone!

 

[MsWalker]

I used the gsam battery monitor and discovered Google Play Store was the highest. When I turned off personalized ads, it dropped down in the apps list. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[kevinnugent]

Mine found Light Flow to be my problem. Gone now, thankfully.

 

[Eclipse2K]

When I bought mine and fired it up I had a similar issue. I had read that battery was awsome but mine was draining at 10% an hour.... So, I checked every setting I could and the few culprits I found were these:
1) Google Now. It's crap in my country so I disabled it (the only thing that worked were weather notifications...and I have widgets for that). Why? It polls for your location CONSTANTLY. That's how it works its creepy magic.
2) After thinking about location polling, I went to Google Maps. For some reason after linking my account it decided to automatically link it to Latitude (which, does anyone use anymore?) and had the 'Location Reporting' to automatic. This was the 'rogue' app. After I turned that reporting thing off, the phone had stellar battery life.

Now I have a VERY hard time killing it after a day's work. I've managed to get nearly 8 hours of screen-on time and still get 20% left in my phone before going to bed. A W E S O M E.

I only use Google Now for Sports Scores and that's it. Honestly, I can download an application just as easily so I'm going to disable it. Hope I notice a difference!

Edit - I can still do searches based on scores for my teams with it disabled. So having it enabled was pointless all along.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Droid_Evo_8]

Personally. I leave wifi on, gps off and bluetooth off when not in use. Screen is set to the middle and auto on. Thats it. Oh and I use a video wallpaper. Have done so since the day I got it. I get about 10-12 hours of use. But that is mostly browsing internet or watching vids.

I heard and read around that wifi kills your battery faster than having it off. Don't matter to me since my 4G is (suprisingly) faster than my home wifi. LOL

If you want to achieve 2 days you would have to get battery managing app which generally turns off all radio signals whenever the screen is off. Which is most of the times the culprit for battery drain when the phone isn't in use.

That would be the Deep Sleep Battery Saver Pro

 

[Eclipse2K]

I heard and read around that wifi kills your battery faster than having it off. Don't matter to me since my 4G is (suprisingly) faster than my home wifi. LOL



That would be the Deep Sleep Battery Saver Pro

From my understanding Wi-Fi is better on the battery than 4G LTE is since the signal is more consistant. However, leaving Wi-Fi enabled while you're connected to 4G LTE and not the Wi-Fi will drain the battery. It's basically searching for your home Wi-Fi signal at all times but can never find it. So from my experience use Wi-Fi when possible but turn it off when not in range.