Brand new galaxy note 3 battery draining issue

[Villainz]

It's been a few days since i had my galaxy note 3, everything seems to be okay, but the battery. I wasn't too impressed with the note 3's battery when i was hearing so much greater things about it online in reviews. One of the things i did was update my phone from 4.3 to 4.4.2 since thats the first thing it was shown when i used the phone. I don't know if that might be the reason why, since im hearing a lot of fuss about the update killing their note 3 battery life. I had no idea there was all this controversy about the update, i would of not done it if i knew.

or maybe its a defective battery. What are some tests or things i can do to confirm if its defective or its the update, or if its draining normally?

 

[Villainz]

also since its within the 14 days of return policy, do you guys recommend just returning it and asking for new one and not updating it?

 

[dragonsamus]

The update definitely lowered the battery. I definitely remember it happening when I updated my Note months ago. I'm rooted using a rom called Effortless with Lean kernel and I'm able to get a little over 5 hours screen on time. So battery is back to normal for me. If you're not rooted, I would suggest clearing cache and if that doesn't help maybe a factory reset.

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