Recent content by muwu

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    Idle battery consumption high

    I've been noticing a sharp uptick in the speed my battery has been draining since about a week ago. What's peculiar is that the battery drain is quite noticeable even when I'm not using the phone or even when it's in ultra power saving mode. I've lost 7% power in ultra power saving mode...
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    Buying a sim for data connection

    We're going to be in San Francisco next week as the first part of a 2 week SF-LV-LA trip, and I'm hoping someone can recommend a T-Mobile plan for me. We're looking to buy a sim so we can have a dependable mobile data connection in order to access maps and grab ubers and such. I'm from outside...
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    Occasionally not able to send/receive messages

    Hi, I sometimes encounter the problem where my SMS messages won't send, and I won't receive any either. I'm using Hangouts, but I've found that using the default messaging app brings no change. The immediate solution to the problem is I close the app, reboot, and then it seems to work fine...
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    Is there any way to reduce Android System battery usage?

    So I got my Note 4 two weeks ago, upgraded to Lollipop the other day, and I do feel a slight increase in battery consumption during active usage compared to before lollipop (and I did clear the partition cache immediately after upgrading). Android System has currently used 17% of total battery...
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    Background processes don't seem to be all working

    Hi, I just got my Note 4 yesterday, and there seems to be something amiss with some of the background processes. The weather widget on the home screen for one doesn't seem to update the weather as it should even when I have it selected for it to update every hour. I'm also not getting push...
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    Phone Longevity

    Thinking of getting the Note 4 later this month, and it will be my first time with a Samsung device. I'd like to ask all the Note 3/4 users or current users of older Samsung phones how well their devices fare with time. How much does performance suffer after a year or two after a couple of...
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    Chrome vs stock browser battery consumption?

    I'm planning to get the Note 4 later his year, I'll be coming from the Nexus 4 and this will be the first time I'll be using any Samsung device. One of the things that is bad about my Nexus 4 right now is the battery usage of Chrome, I can go from 100% to 0 in a 2-3 hours if I constantly use...