Galaxy Note 4 Verizon - HORRIBLE BATTERY LIFE

[pdub73]

I get very good almost excellent battery life especially when i dont play games, I've also noticed having 3g signal did not adversely affect my battery life...today ive played words with friends pretty heavily i will post battery stats at the end of today...

 

[anon(25362)]

I have very good battery life and am on verizon. Typically have 13 to 14 hours with 40% to 55% or so towards the end of the day which is with a good amount of typical use (GPS to and from work, emails all day long, bluetooth on and off as i drive, voice calls, texting/msging with whatsapp, fb mess, sms, mms, instagram/twitter/fb browsing while killing time - just no games or youtube watching during the workweek - and streaming music for 30 mins or so). I was getting a little impatient with some light/medium lag - Ive only had my N4 for 3 weeks or so it should not be lagging at all! pisses me off anyhow I switched the runtime setting from Dalvik to ART and although it did seem to help a bit on the lag (but a few apps would shut down so i had to switch back) I def noticed an even greater battery life. I had it on ART for 3 days and roughly i would say 20% to 30% battery battery life (complete guestimate but it was enough to notice for sure). I wish it were stable it helped with lag a bit and boosted battery life a noticeable amount. My N3 Had no lag for about 6 months - this N4 has it almost right out of the gate. Wish I knew the culprit.

 

[yeatzee]

If that is true with art theoretically that would mean when we get the 5.0 update battery life will improve since lollipop runs off of art from the get go. I got 7 hours of screen on time yesterday, good enough for me! I am getting impatient with Samsung not stocking their battery and charger though I use my phone enough away from home to justify carrying a spare around.

 

[scribe4food]

I posted a week ago that my battery life wasn't so great, but since last Saturday I've been getting a solid 10 hours. I consider that good, because I am a heavy user, throughout the day.

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[logik brooklyn]

I'm closing in on my two week period....I unplugged my phone at around 1230 today, it was at 100% I'm now at 78%. Granted I don't think I've closed the screen once....does this seem normal or should I maybe look into getting a new one?

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[hdhuntr]

I don't know how times show here. Whether it is 30 or 90 minutes you mean you don't need a new battery. You need the GSAM app and to study what it tells you. Everyone on this thread who thinks they have problems with a battery likely have problems with the apps they are using. I had a problem and I figured out which app it was. It's just not mathematically possible to have as many defective batteries or devices as people think there are. Has anyone ever gotten a bad battery for anything else? I have to believe anyone with Android System sucking more juice than Screen does is having an app problem. If you don't want to read all this stuff (not you specifically logik) then swap batteries, see the same thing happen, swap phones, see the same thing happen and THEN get GSAM and study...

I'm closing in on my two week period....I unplugged my phone at around 1230 today, it was at 100% I'm now at 78%. Granted I don't think I've closed the screen once....does this seem normal or should I maybe look into getting a new one?

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[logik brooklyn]

I don't know how times show here. Whether it is 30 or 90 minutes you mean you don't need a new battery. You need the GSAM app and to study what it tells you. Everyone on this thread who thinks they have problems with a battery likely have problems with the apps they are using. I had a problem and I figured out which app it was. It's just not mathematically possible to have as many defective batteries or devices as people think there are. Has anyone ever gotten a bad battery for anything else? I have to believe anyone with Android System sucking more juice than Screen does is having an app problem. If you don't want to read all this stuff (not you specifically logik) then swap batteries, see the same thing happen, swap phones, see the same thing happen and THEN get GSAM and study...

This Is my current stats

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[hdhuntr]

So logik, mine with great stats has system and kernel about 2 points apart. Looks like you have something in Android System that's sucking up power. I'd keep looking for that and try to see what it is.

 

[varunaX]

how do you figure out why 'android system' is sucking so much power, and what is the solution?

 

[mmohn01]

I'd say this isn't bad at all.

 

[qbnkelt]

That's awesome.

Sent from my gorgeous sexy white BEAST of a Note 4 ❤

 

[hdhuntr]

From several devices now and hundreds of posts I believe Android System should never be higher than screen and certainly not nearly double kernel. I know screen isn't on the one you mentioned. I am thinking of the later one there. It's not scientific and I am not a developer. I just read all this stuff.

How to figure out for me is to look at each app and try to find similar cases outside this forum. XDA is more technical and Google has everything. It's trial and error. Keep figuring out what it isn't until the problem stops.

how do you figure out why 'android system' is sucking so much power, and what is the solution?

 

[hdhuntr]

Actually...that looks awful...2.5 hours and at 44%? Yikes...

I'd say this isn't bad at all.

 

[mmohn01]

That's 2.5 hours of screen time and practically 13 hours being unplugged. For a heavy user like myself, that is great battery life. That is with NFC on, wifi, Bluetooth , and 6 email addresses syncing with the phone.

 

[hdhuntr]

I stand corrected...that IS good. Obv misread screen time as off charge time. Sry.

That's 2.5 hours of screen time and practically 13 hours being unplugged. For a heavy user like myself, that is great battery life. That is with NFC on, wifi, Bluetooth , and 6 email addresses syncing with the phone.

 

[jls287]

Re: Galaxy Note 3 Verizon - HORRIBLE BATTERY LIFE

I have had a Note 3 for a year. I changed to a bigger capacity battery to help battery life. Actually, now that I have changed back to the Stock Original Battery things are really much better.

The camera still dies. I turned off locations related to camera and re boot the phone after taking a picture. That seems to stop the camera from sucking down the battery life.

I use lux light, greenify, and greenpower on my rooted Note 3. I rooted it to do battery calibration basically.

After all this, I can now say that the Note 3 runs better than my LG G3 but not as good as my One Plus One.

 

[Tommy Bowles]

Gents all you need to do is enable developer options and then select limit background processes to 4. Fixed mine. On 66 % with 20 hrs moderate usage yesterday I hadn't done this used it less and 40% at lunchtime (charged in morning)

 

[Tommy Bowles]

Develper options is settings about device and hit build number 5 times then back out one of then into developer options then go to processes. Good luck

 

[Tommy Bowles]

Screenshot after today with options selected

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[hdhuntr]

I didn't have a problem... I just had not noticed this one in the list and am glad to know about it. Thanks!

Gents all you need to do is enable developer options and then select limit background processes to 4. Fixed mine. On 66 % with 20 hrs moderate usage yesterday I hadn't done this used it less and 40% at lunchtime (charged in morning)