Recent content by tentativeuser

Damn, I thought it seemed off. Hi, I don't normally reboot the device, but it semi-frequently reboots itself because I run out of battery. I've come to just resort to always taking a charger with me. I have not tried safe mode recently. Will I be able to see how much energy the OS is draining...

I'm frustrated about how fast my battery drains, but I'm not sure whether my experience is truly abnormal or I am just bemoaning the inevitable, so I thought I'd consult expert opinion. I'm attaching four screenshots from the GSam battery monitor. As you can see, the apps manage to drain a huge...

Background: my phone was stolen, and after it was stolen, someone else pointed out to me that my "last seen" time on Whatsapp was more recent than when I'd last had my phone. I assumed that the number changed because my phone had been opened, even though my phone has fingerprint lock activated...

The question is all in the title. I can find 32GB international version Note 5's at Best Buy, and 64GB ones online, but the online ones don't seem to have anything like a comparable warranty, although hopefully I'm missing something. I need an international phone with a lot of storage and I'd...

So has the Verizon version of this phone been a common thread amongst those encountering power difficulties?

I've only ever used the TouchWiz and Nova Launcher. They both gave me the same bad battery life. Out of curiosity, what carrier/build of Note 5 do you have?

I've disabled absolutely everything I don't use. I had a conversation with a Samsung chat person today, where they told me to boot into Safe Mode and then "observe." I asked what specifically I should be observing for, so as to actually gather usable information, and he just kept repeating the...

I haven't read this thread searching for "Verizon," but is this a common problem with Verizon Note 5's? I've half a mind to try and see if I can return it and get another phone. I tend to use phones until they're hopelessly obsolete, but I don't think I can take this battery life for that long.

I'm new to this thread, which seems to have several thousand previous posts. I have only read a few of them. I hope it will be okay if I share my experience and maybe there will be some suggestions. If there's somewhere else I should or should have posted it, please let me know. For Christmas I...

I assume the answer to this question is yes, but I'd just like to check. It looks like my cheapest option for having this phone out of the US might be to buy it here with a carrier, say Verizon, and instantly cancel the contract; even with the fee, it looks significantly cheaper than the...

I assume that is the danger the salespeople would have been vaguely alluding to, then? A related question: if I did get a straight Verizon phone with a contract, then cancelled the contract (it seems this might be the cheapest option), would the same hold, that I could use the phone with my...

I want to buy an unlocked Samsung Note 5, intended to be used in the US with Verizon, to use in another country. I see on Amazon dedicated international versions, but wanted to buy this phone locally in the US before travelling abroad. Best Buy stocks unlocked versions, but the salespeople there...

I see on Amazon dedicated international versions, but wanted to buy this phone locally in the US before travelling abroad. Best Buy stocks unlocked versions, but the salespeople there said because they were originally intended for Verizon use that they would not guarantee this phone would work...