Hi,
I have been a reader on this forum ever since I got my first Android device a couple of years ago, but only now actually need to ask an unasked question.
I have had the Galaxy Note 3 for 10 days now, and already travelled with it extensively. It worked just great the first few days, and I attributed a higher than normal battery drain to 3G roaming abroad.
However, I have been back home for a few days now, and my battery litterally drains while you stare at a blank screen. Latest: it takes 3-4 hours to drain an entire, fully charged battery, with minimal use and just some background syncing (Exchange and GMail push). I have rooted the device, and Better Battery Stats shows alerts that the device is awake 100% of the time while the screen is turned off. It also shows WIFI ON at 100%, whilst JuiceDefender actually disables data connectivity (incl. WIFI) as soon as the screen turns off. Another stat at 100% is power management...
I checked my apps: nothing rogue. I have aprox. 300 apps, so too many too uninstall 1 by 1 and monitor - it would take days, if not weeks.
Reading up on similar issues with the Note 2 and S4, I decided to do a factory reset. Right now, it is restoring my apps from my Google account, and in just under 40 minutes, the battery has already lost another whooping 42%.
GPS and BT are disabled, as are all the fancy sensors that make the Note 3 so cool. No Airview, nothing. WIFI is on.
What could possibly be wrong? I am at total loss...
Thanks for any help you could provide.
I have been a reader on this forum ever since I got my first Android device a couple of years ago, but only now actually need to ask an unasked question.
I have had the Galaxy Note 3 for 10 days now, and already travelled with it extensively. It worked just great the first few days, and I attributed a higher than normal battery drain to 3G roaming abroad.
However, I have been back home for a few days now, and my battery litterally drains while you stare at a blank screen. Latest: it takes 3-4 hours to drain an entire, fully charged battery, with minimal use and just some background syncing (Exchange and GMail push). I have rooted the device, and Better Battery Stats shows alerts that the device is awake 100% of the time while the screen is turned off. It also shows WIFI ON at 100%, whilst JuiceDefender actually disables data connectivity (incl. WIFI) as soon as the screen turns off. Another stat at 100% is power management...
I checked my apps: nothing rogue. I have aprox. 300 apps, so too many too uninstall 1 by 1 and monitor - it would take days, if not weeks.
Reading up on similar issues with the Note 2 and S4, I decided to do a factory reset. Right now, it is restoring my apps from my Google account, and in just under 40 minutes, the battery has already lost another whooping 42%.
GPS and BT are disabled, as are all the fancy sensors that make the Note 3 so cool. No Airview, nothing. WIFI is on.
What could possibly be wrong? I am at total loss...
Thanks for any help you could provide.
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