Hello All,
Hoping to get some advice. I bought the official i9020a from best buy yesterday (on launch day) seems to be a great phone but I have a few questions and problems.
I unlocked the bootloader but did not root it yet
The biggest issue is battery life. Its terrible (like nexus one before applying the wifi setting trick after 2.3.4 terrible). this NS loses almost 10% of its battery power per hour on standby.
While on standby I have the following running
-wifi turned on
-3 push gmail accounts
Also I noticed that the hotspot doesn't work. when i turn it on it briefly shows 3G and the signal strength bars in green but then the 3G icon goes away and the signal bars turn white, my tablet and laptop can connect but no internet from connected devices and the phone browser itself - just page's not found
my baseband is: i9020aucke1
kernel version: 2.6.35.7-ge382d80
adroid-build 'at' apa28 #1
Build Number: GTJ61
Any advice on the above would be great, I can easily return it but would rather keep it.
Anyone else buy the official Best Buy version and having issues?
Also Anyone know if this phone is locked to AT&T? I don't have handy access to a t-mobile sim card.
Thanks in advance!
Flash new rom. I am sure ATT has some tethering lock on the build. That should be expected.
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racker said:
Hello All,
Hoping to get some advice. I bought the official i9020a from best buy yesterday (on launch day) seems to be a great phone but I have a few questions and problems.
I unlocked the bootloader but did not root it yet
The biggest issue is battery life. Its terrible (like nexus one before applying the wifi setting trick after 2.3.4 terrible). this NS loses almost 10% of its battery power per hour on standby.
While on standby I have the following running
-wifi turned on
-3 push gmail accounts
Also I noticed that the hotspot doesn't work. when i turn it on it briefly shows 3G and the signal strength bars in green but then the 3G icon goes away and the signal bars turn white, my tablet and laptop can connect but no internet from connected devices and the phone browser itself - just page's not found
my baseband is: i9020aucke1
kernel version: 2.6.35.7-ge382d80
adroid-build 'at' apa28 #1
Build Number: GTJ61
Any advice on the above would be great, I can easily return it but would rather keep it.
Anyone else buy the official Best Buy version and having issues?
Also Anyone know if this phone is locked to AT&T? I don't have handy access to a t-mobile sim card.
Thanks in advance!
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10% / hr is unbelievably bad (assuming the display isn't constantly on). What's consuming the battery in the battery stats?
Thus far no subsidized Nexus device has ever been sold sim locked (The Vodafone Nexus One, T-Mobile N1 and NS and the various Canadian Nexus devices). I'd be surprised if it were sim locked.
Thanks everyone for the tips. After my original post and now I finished the root and installed cm7.
Cm7 took care of the hotspot issue. Battery life is still pretty dismal in standby. Ill do a test tonight and leave it unplugged all night and post what used the battery the most in the morning.
Thanks again
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no man, something is really wrong with your device. My phone loses ~1% in each 4hrs in stand-by (during the night).... I can easily stay 2 days with one single charge (with light use) and with everything ON!
edit: oh, and btw, you won't find better battery in any rom out there. stock rom with stock kernel is the best so far (regarding battery life)... i really tried every single combo and it's the main reason i'm back to stock after so many time (with several devices) using cyanogen. with cm7 i use to lose 1~2% per hour in stand-by!
edit2: you should make some complete battery cycles. Battery life in the first week is not really great, but not that bad anyway!
I think there is something pretty wrong with it
a little over 4 hours last night unplugged in standby/locked
start power: 75%
end power: 35%
most used
display 64%
android system 6%
cell standby 6%
Everything else was system stuff at 1%
Display seems to be the culprit in standby.
Hardware? If so I can easily exchange the phone
Thanks again for the advice
I bought the T-Mobile version back in April. I found that my battery life on day 10 was about TWICE what it was on days 1, 2, 3.... I guess the battery adjusted as it got used some.
I suggest you give it two weeks and then note your battery life again.
thiagodark said:
no man, something is really wrong with your device. My phone loses ~1% in each 4hrs in stand-by (during the night).... I can easily stay 2 days with one single charge (with light use) and with everything ON!
edit: oh, and btw, you won't find better battery in any rom out there. stock rom with stock kernel is the best so far (regarding battery life)... i really tried every single combo and it's the main reason i'm back to stock after so many time (with several devices) using cyanogen. with cm7 i use to lose 1~2% per hour in stand-by!
edit2: you should make some complete battery cycles. Battery life in the first week is not really great, but not that bad anyway!
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matt2053 said:
I bought the T-Mobile version back in April. I found that my battery life on day 10 was about TWICE what it was on days 1, 2, 3.... I guess the battery adjusted as it got used some.
I suggest you give it two weeks and then note your battery life again.
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I have seen the "battery gets better over time" statements quite a bit on XDA and other forums. I'll give it a week or two and some cycles.
I have to say the "it gets better" is not something i have ever encountered on any smartphone or dumb phone i have ever had though?
Anyone also getting really really slow charging during the 1st week?
racker said:
I have seen the "battery gets better over time" statements quite a bit on XDA and other forums. I'll give it a week or two and some cycles.
I have to say the "it gets better" is not something i have ever encountered on any smartphone or dumb phone i have ever had though?
Anyone also getting really really slow charging during the 1st week?
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If you previously had a non samsung device it charges *slow* even on a 1A charger. No way around that.
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If you previously had a non samsung device it charges *slow* even on a 1A charger. No way around that.
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thank you! yes - i should have probably mentioned that this is my 1st samsung smartphone.
Yes, it charges really slow and it wont be better. Takes about 3,5hrs to a complete charge.
Battery really gets better after 2 weeks, but even in day 1, never was so bad as you described.
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Gotta take social apps off I.e Facebook it constantly syncs n drains battery go on thru net n dnt use antivirus or task manager apps they dnt wrk just use battery
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Fixed!
Ended up returning to best buy swapping the phone. the new unit straight away showed normal discharge during stand by and normal battery when in use.
In the end a bad phone.
Thanks to all for the above responses!
ya you definitely had a bad dud...i was lucky in enough to get a good "dud". with approx. of 3 hours of display on, background syncing, and other moderately intensive tasks i was at a point where i was going on 1 day 12 hours 16 mins and still had 40% of battery left.
I have a Nexus S with a jellybean stock ROM. Batterylife is currently very poor. I only can do like 5-6 hours on one charge. When you google on battery life Nexus S you see that many people have this problem as well.
I was wondering if I root the phone and install Cyanogenmod if battery life should be better. Any comments?
It depends on how do you use your phone and on your battery's state.
With cyanogen (CM stock kernel) I do 2-2.30 of screen usage, 30-60 minutes of calls, 30-40 minutes of navigation and minimum 30-40 whatsapp messages ( I have disabled all syncronization services except those fo Google)
Well, I have a ns4g and I would say it depends on your usage. I'm getting about 2.5 hours of screen time. If I disable sync & data and such it idles pretty well but I also have 3 accounts that I sync. JB is definitely worse than ICS, where I didn't really need to care that I own 3 chargers and 2 spare batteries.
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guzzi333 said:
I have a Nexus S with a jellybean stock ROM. Batterylife is currently very poor. I only can do like 5-6 hours on one charge. When you google on battery life Nexus S you see that many people have this problem as well.
I was wondering if I root the phone and install Cyanogenmod if battery life should be better. Any comments?
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How long have you used the phone? If its more than 1 year and a half (like me), I just did something that gave me a better battery life.
wait for it..
I bought a new battery. no kidding. I got 13 hours battery life with 2 hours of screen on time. All Stock, like you
Hey guys
I loaded the new radio and ics for thunderbolt , (I was rooted before I loaded this new radio and rom) 2 weeks ago since then battery life has not been so good. With no use except looking at time r weather the battery will be at 15% by 5:00 this is for about 8 hours.
If I use the phone 2 very short phone calls went from 99% to 81% in less than 10 minutes
The battery is 2 years old, I have thought about replacing, but need to find out if anybody has any other suggestions before I do this
Thanks alot.
Hello! I finally got here. My first post on your forum . Please be gentle .
I got year ago used Atrix 2 phone and this phone lasted on wifi on about 8 hours. I got new battery (suppose to be original Motorola) and now its about 12hours. My standby time is about 26hours. I just read that is should be like 16 DAYS?!?!
When I look at battery usage my screen takes like 50% of battery life with usage of about 1hour (in a day). I have setup brightness on auto.
I'm running ICS on it. This is my first smartphone and I was not sure how long they last and now I started to read more about it.
Any advices what is wrong (if its wrong?).
Thank you!
BTW. When I turn on Wifi/3g and use phone (email check, youtube etc.) I will get about 8-10 hours of "heavy use".
Have an S8+ bought a couple of years ago from a friend as an ex contract EE as he had been upgraded to an S10. Factory reset with sim unlock to allow EE PAYG SIM
Running stock non rooted 7.1.1 with no issues apart from due to reading these forums I'm now paranoid about my battery.
For about 90% of my day it sits plugged into a charger acting as a wireless hotspot for other devices, when I am out and about it seems to hold charge well but if I am using video calling or running with GPS on i can lose about 20% an hour.
It's currently at 82.01% and 701 cycles using the SAM info tool.
Apart from that it's fine. No bulging, no software issues. Do I need to be concerned?
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Have an S8+ bought a couple of years ago from a friend as an ex contract EE as he had been upgraded to an S10. Factory reset with sim unlock to allow EE PAYG SIM
Running stock non rooted 7.1.1 with no issues apart from due to reading these forums I'm now paranoid about my battery.
For about 90% of my day it sits plugged into a charger acting as a wireless hotspot for other devices, when I am out and about it seems to hold charge well but if I am using video calling or running with GPS on i can lose about 20% an hour.
It's currently at 82.01% and 701 cycles using the SAM info tool.
Apart from that it's fine. No bulging, no software issues. Do I need to be concerned?
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Edited, not 7.1.1, I meant Android 9 one UI. My tablet is 7.1.1
I think that is normal behavior. Every phone battery will lose its maximum capacity overtime. 3 years+ battery might need to be replaced if you have concerns. I have the S8+ as well with over 1000 charge cycles.. with moderate usage I can still reach 4.5 hours screen on time. Video calls and GPS navigation with screen ON will drain battery.