Your almost non-existent signal is probably your main issue there. Samsungs will even boost up the signal graphic when there is a bad signal that is really noisy.
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Your almost non-existent signal is probably your main issue there. Samsungs will even boost up the signal graphic when there is a bad signal that is really noisy.
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Two the three bars is still low, especially with AT&T. I always had two the three bats with AT&T and my drain didn't stop until I got a microcell and that has been on several phones. A low signal just keeps the phone searching for a better signal.
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My moms iPhone 6 Plus has great battery life and gets the same signal. I would get a microcell but I don't have cable or dsl. A we boost cell repeater is $$$. I don't feel reception is the issue as my signal has stayed the same and I had great battery life with that signal before thanksgiving.
IPhone and Android are different animals on signal.
Well I lived this for 6 years with AT&T and iPhones vs Samsungs..
Well I lived this for 6 years with AT&T and iPhones vs Samsungs..
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Yeah, my brothers s5 gets the same signal and is getting better battery life than my note 5 . Both run 5.1.1
Look as a tech I tend to deal with issues like this often and find that changing my phone won't fix the problem. My note 4 would do weird stuff like battery drain in less than an hr. Come to find out it was a failed tower system of Verizon's. This is a whole different beast. It could be a combination of apps, signal fluctuations, what app was opened last, etc. I fail to see where I have 2 seperate days of crap battery life and my phone is bad. Then everyone on here with battery drain issues has a bad phone. Not likely. I have only had one bad cell phone ever and that was an HTC that the speaker was faulty out of the box. There is either a software issue with Samsung or they have remote access we don't know about.
Your phone.. That could be software, hardware, corrupted update, rogue app, etc.
I never said you need to change phones.
As has been said several times, you can't compare battery life to someone else, everyone uses different apps and uses their phones in different ways and has different settings.
Have you run it in safe mode to see if it drains with that signal?
Bad signal will cause a bad standby drain and there is more to bad signal than the number of bars, that is a weak signal. You can have a strong signal and a lot of noise and that will make it a bad signal.
If you have a weak signal and you are using location that pings cell towers, that is going to cause you a problem also. When you are draining on standby like that something is keeping your phone awake, a weak signal will do that, especially if you have a lot if apps pinging location. Google Now is one thing that can drain a lot of battery anyway but a whole lot when you are in a bad signal location.
I have several apps that use location and because I gave a good signal, I can use less battery than someone with one app that uses location and has a weak signal.
I'm always at 2 to 3 bars on AT&T. I routinely get 5 hours SOT with around 16 hours off charger.
From my AT&T Platinum Gold Note 5
From my AT&T Platinum Gold Note 5
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Nope, you have to sell the note 5. Pay it off and get another installment for an iphone.
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You need to call them or go to a AT&T Store if have one around your area and ask them, Also there's no more 1 year or 2 year contract on AT&T was taken out the beginning of this month, so no more contract.
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Can you send/receive MMSs while connected to the microcell? It takes literally 10 minutes to send a single photo for me. It was so bad I just disconnected the microcell altogether.
Yes I could. A few times I had issues. The microcell is only 3G. Now I would have times the microcell didn't do anything and I would reboot it and if that didn't work, I would remove it from my AT&T and then reauthorize it.
If it's like Verizon, you'll have to pay off the phone. I would just pay it off, sell it to someone else, and get another phone on an installment plan again. That's what I've done in the past
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Hi, I am wondering if the battery life could still sustain throughout my period of usage (moderate use) or would it diminish as years go by?
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