The Note 7 Battery life Thread

[Steven Hadjez1]

Just curious, why are you putting so much effort into SOT with your current phone with the recall?

Because I don't plan to return my phone! I live in a different country than where I bought it. I purchased a non warranty internarional version on Amazon, and I love my note 7 way too much to let anyone take it away from me for weeks.
Over my dead body!!

 

[TylerLV76]

Because I don't plan to return my phone! I live in a different country than where I bought it. I purchased a non warranty internarional version on Amazon, and I love my note 7 way too much to let anyone take it away from me for weeks.
Over my dead body!!

If it explodes while your on the phone you may get that wish. Seriously, based on all your battery problems and now the recall you really should consider exchanging it

 

[anon(782252)]

Because I don't plan to return my phone! I live in a different country than where I bought it. I purchased a non warranty internarional version on Amazon, and I love my note 7 way too much to let anyone take it away from me for weeks.
Over my dead body!!

Why would you not return it? Doesn't matter where you live or bought it, it's recalled and Samsung will take care of it.

 

[Steven Hadjez1]

Why would you not return it? Doesn't matter where you live or bought it, it's recalled and Samsung will take care of it.

But why should I return it?!! I don't believe my phone will explode. It feels too perfect. Never even heats up not even when I use it while charging.
And what will I do during the 3 weeks window before they send me the new phone? I'll be left with my flip phone from 6 years ago...
That recall thing just sounds like a big hassle to me. I'd rather keep my brand new phone and stay away from all this mess....

 

[anon(782252)]

But why should I return it?!! I don't believe my phone will explode. It feels too perfect. Never even heats up not even when I use it while charging.
And what will I do during the 3 weeks window before they send me the new phone? I'll be left with my flip phone from 6 years ago...
That recall thing just sounds like a big hassle to me. I'd rather keep my brand new phone and stay away from all this mess....

3 week window? Where are you getting that from?

It doesn't matter what you believe about the phone, you literally have no control on whether it fails or not. And just because it's not experiencing anything now, doesn't mean it won't.

And I hope you don't plan to sell it in the future because it will be worthless.

 

[Steven Hadjez1]

3 week window? Where are you getting that from?

It doesn't matter what you believe about the phone, you literally have no control on whether it fails or not. And just because it's not experiencing anything now, doesn't mean it won't.

And I hope you don't plan to sell it in the future because it will be worthless.

You have to ship the phone to them (takes one week) and then they claim to send back the new unit within 14 business days. At least that's what the guy at Samsung + told me earlier today. Anyone else around here keeping their note 7 or am I the only one who refuses to send mine back in...?

 

[Stealthieone]

You have to ship the phone to them (takes one week) and then they claim to send back the new unit within 14 business days. At least that's what the guy at Samsung + told me earlier today. Anyone else around here keeping their note 7 or am I the only one who refuses to send mine back in...?

Wow a 3 week process? That's bs.. They gotta do better than that

 

[anon(782252)]

You have to ship the phone to them (takes one week) and then they claim to send back the new unit within 14 business days. At least that's what the guy at Samsung + told me earlier today. Anyone else around here keeping their note 7 or am I the only one who refuses to send mine back in...?

I would just bet you will get a different answer from them in a couple days.

Good luck.

 

[erasat]

One quick question erasat, now that I've reset to factory, do I still need to wipe the cache or that's not necessary anymore?

I always do both, old habits, but technically speaking with the full reset, if done via recovery menu it, by definition, should have taking care of everything.

 

[Steven Hadjez1]

The least they good do is take the responsability with the resellers for the exchange. For example if you bought it at best buy you go to a store and exchange it immediately. But no, they gonna make you ship it to Samsung apparently. What a pain...

 

[anon(782252)]

The least they good do is take the responsability with the resellers for the exchange. For example if you bought it at best buy you go to a store and exchange it immediately. But no, they gonna make you ship it to Samsung apparently. What a pain...

Not in the USA they aren't. All carriers are offering returns and will offer exchanges when they get the new stock. Best Buy is doing the same.

Again, I'd revisit your convo with Samsung in a few days once all the info has settled in.

 

[spasell]

Wow a 3 week process? That's bs.. They gotta do better than that

This is not true. Not even close. Already local news did story and said this AM most stores will have replacements in their hands by Friday of this week and Monday of the next week.

They started making replacements last week before they even made the announcement.

 

[Steven Hadjez1]

This is not true. Not even close. Already local news did story and said this AM most stores will have replacements in their hands by Friday of this week and Monday of the next week.

They started making replacements last week before they even made the announcement.

Well, for me if would still be a hassle. Bought the phone on Amazon while travelling in the US. Now I'm back in Europe. Sound like a big mess for me. Sending it it will be expensive and take time. Getting it back will take even more time. I might need to pay tax too when I receive a phone from the US in europe. Sounds so much simpler to stick to my phone. But I'll message the Amazon seller just to see his thought anyway....

 

[anonjmous78]

Lowering the brightness would help prolonging the battery life. Only set it to the highest when outdoors.

 

[David Hampson]

Has anyone experienced rapid and complete battery drain?

Tonight my phone was around 50% at 9:30pm and by 10pm it had shutdown. The battery had barely enough charge to turn the phone on.

 

[Stealthieone]

This is not true. Not even close. Already local news did story and said this AM most stores will have replacements in their hands by Friday of this week and Monday of the next week.

They started making replacements last week before they even made the announcement.

Cool.. So i should be able to swap it out this coming week? Is it just the phone can i expect new headphones and a charger?

 

[spasell]

Has anyone experienced rapid and complete battery drain?

Tonight my phone was around 50% at 9:30pm and by 10pm it had shutdown. The battery had barely enough charge to turn the phone on.

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Sounds to me that this is another faulty battery issue. No way it can drop that fast without there being an issue with battery.

 

[calicocat2010]

Has anyone experienced rapid and complete battery drain?

Tonight my phone was around 50% at 9:30pm and by 10pm it had shutdown. The battery had barely enough charge to turn the phone on.

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Yes. I posted a screenshot of mine like that too a few days ago.

 

[Dennis Piccioni]

I really like my Note 7. It's my fist non-Apple smartphone. My only concern is battery life. I switched from an iPhone 5s.

The past 2 nights, the Note 7 has consumed 15% battery overnight. I put it on standby, nothing on the screen, in medium power saving mode, with WiFi and GPS enabled. With a similar setup, my iPhone 5s lost only 1-2% overnight. Is there something else I need to configure?

 

[Steven Hadjez1]

Yes. I posted a screenshot of mine like that too a few days ago.

Sounds like you guys have exploding phones hehe he. Stay close to a source of water!