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[Q] help with my battery performance?

Can anyone look at these screenshots and advise me on how I can get better performance from my battery? I just flashed SkyICS (latest version) hoping to get better performance from my battery, but it doesn't seem to help. This is with what I would consider medium to heavy usage. I used my phone most of the day to browse the web and check facebook.
Any ideas?

Yeah a bigger battery and some fairy dust
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That's with an extended battery....

Bro heavy users like you and me can only get by by keeping a charger on hand undervolting underclocking
Edit: but 4.0 rom's don't have custom kernels yet
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Looks like the screen has been on for at least 4 hours. All you can really do is underclock it and freeze all the stuff you don't use.

Guess I will research how to underclock.... any good starting points?

You can't if your on ics
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nrm5110 said:
You can't if your on ics
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But what if I told you that I do

xcrazydx said:
But what if I told you that I do
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I would ask you how?

X you really are crazy but your right
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benstudley said:
I would ask you how?
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I prefer no frills cpu. It will report the wrong settings when the toast pops up, but if you check cpu spy you will see it's working

Here's a couple basic and obvious tips and you might already know this, but no one has mentioned it yet in this thread so...
Turn wifi off when there are no wifi networks to join, but I've heard not to let it sleep when you are wifi connected.
Leave bluetooth and gps off when not using it. I don't let allow any of google's location services to run in the background myself. Not sure how well that helps the battery though.
Some people say leaving off autobrightness turned off will help battery life and some say leaving it turned on is better for battery performance. I'm not sure who is right but you might try it both ways and see if one is better for you.

I've tried most of those things and they don't seem to help.
I'm in an area with lte but coverage is spotty at work. Could that be what is mainly killing the battery?
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benstudley said:
I've tried most of those things and they don't seem to help.
I'm in an area with lte but coverage is spotty at work. Could that be what is mainly killing the battery?
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Crappy signal is a huge drain
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I am using sky ics rom from Sean with base z3 and the latest update... love the performance ....
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here are the screenshots
Here are my screenshots
Edit 1: the screen on time is 2h 12 min and the phone calls are nearly 2 hours

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Here are my screenshots
Edit 1: the screen on time is 2h 12 min and the phone calls are nearly 2 hours
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This is impressive battery life, if I may ask, what ROM are you using?

88% after 41 minutes of checking facebook and Google Reader? Is that normal? On wifi I should add...
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benstudley said:
88% after 41 minutes of checking facebook and Google Reader? Is that normal? On wifi I should add...
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There is no normal, everyone has different setups, different apps, and different lifestyles. If you're saying the screen has been on for 41 minutes, that seems ok.

Thanks for the help everyone. I guess I'll just keep chargers handy

continued to be blown away by battery life

I got my note from tmob and have it on att.
After root and killing all the bloat, the battery is just amazing on this phone.
I am at 1 day and 10 hour off the charger with screen time of 3 hours and 52 minutes and I still have 49% battery
Thats with facebook and gmail checks all day and running in the background. Photos, text etc etc.
Finally 2 day + phone

I'm actually pretty disappointed by the battery life... I "only" get 6.30h ost and 1 day battery life(no wake locks and the phone is settled pretty well with useless function disabled), with sync always active and on wifi only, I personally thought that it will be better considering all the good comments on the webs, I was getting the same battery with my iPhone 5 before(that it's very criticised for its battery).
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I turned off most syncs under Settings -> Accounts. Did the whole google services uninstall updates and cleared data. Great battery life also.
1d 1h 24m on battery. 19% screen. 64% remaining.

@Class said:
I turned off most syncs under Settings -> Accounts. Did the whole google services uninstall updates and cleared data. Great battery life also.
1d 1h 24m on battery. 19% screen. 64% remaining.
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That sucks having to turn of syncing. That's the main feature of a smart phone. Sync to and from computer or cloud.
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My Note 3 has had awesome battery life, far exceeded my expectations! 10hrs at work with moderate to heavy use with a signal only 75% of that time (inside a building with thick concrete and re bar, not the phones fault). At most ive used 48% of the battery and that does not include the commute. I have sync turned on as well.
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dallastx said:
That sucks having to turn of syncing. That's the main feature of a smart phone. Sync to and from computer or cloud.
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Syncing it self is turned on, its the individual settings that's been changed:
Sync Chrome? no..
Sync Gmail? no...
Sync My Tracks? no...
Sync Picasa Web Albums? no...
Sync ChatOn Contacts? no...
Sync Samsung Calendar? no...
Sync Internet? no...
Sync Scrapbook? no...
Sync Skype Contacts? no...
So I'm not really sure what you're getting at. K9 handles my mail via push. Google calendar, contacts and one or two other things is left on but everything else I don't need it waking up my CPU every so often to sync.
Also for the Accuweather widget, all the battery saving features are turned on (which aren't on by default for some reason), sync every 4 hours.

@op : could you tell us which bloat you removed?
Also is there anyway to root safely that doesn't void the warranty?
I have the N9000 version

basically anything that was tmobile or just garbage. I also freeze a lot of stuff I simply never use. S-voice.. nope.
Not sure on the warranty thing. I am fairly certain this will trip the Knox counter which I dont think has been cracked to roll back... but thats just my understanding.

Battery life is pretty decent, provided you manage your phone as opposed to being a lazy sod who sets everything to automatic.
"But it's meant for it!" being the world's most idiotic excuse after "she asked for it", everyone with a scrap of common sense understands that there is a whole universe between 'what the customer wants' and 'what is possible according to the laws of physics'.
WiFi eats about 15% per hour, with the screen off. 3G 5%. Add the screen and cpu to that and make you own calculations.
I do 10 days with mine if I turn everything off and manually toggle 3g on once every 2h to check mail.
I've been on 3g, tapatalk & 30% brightness, went from 100% to 94% in 10 minutes.
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I use it mainly for office purpose and email exchange is ever hungry on push mails. I was quite disappointed to see that I was charging twice a day in day time. But after the OTA update things seems better, where I charge only in night.
Anyways, I got my 12,000 mah power bank for emergencies. I hate swapping batteries.
My heavy uses are exchange emails, browsing, WhatsApp. That's all, and yet Note 3 craves more power. Need on the go sunlight/light charge system
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My battery last so long that at the end of the day I am doing stuff make it run down.
Of course I turn off wifi when not using and data.
I am pretty sure with root I could get more but I need my warranty for at least another month.
Usually a device will show its faults in a month so I will wait.
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I've had my N3 for a week now, and compared to my razr HD, it runs at least a day longer. I'm on about 3 full days per charge.
As my phone is more or less a toy, I don't use the internet part that much (I have a 200MB restriction) while away from home, but regularly use wifi for about an hour per day. Other than that, I use it for puzzle games and reading.
I know that this won't match others usages, but I'm ok with 3 days. Maybe if I tweak some settings, I get 4???

I'm quite disappointed too with the battery, the screens chews up too much battery on full brightness
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I wish I had 3 full days of battery life. I leave for work in the morning with 100% battery and Im usually at about 10% or less by the time I get home 12 hours later.

DMax99 said:
I'm quite disappointed too with the battery, the screens chews up too much battery on full brightness
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Mine gets about 5 ans half hours of screen time versus my nexus 4 which gets about 2.5 hrs
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jetbruceli said:
Mine gets about 5 ans half hours of screen time versus my nexus 4 which gets about 2.5 hrs
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Are you on full brightness with power saving off?
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DMax99 said:
Are you on full brightness with power saving off?
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Auto brightness but plus 5.
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jetbruceli said:
Auto brightness but plus 5.
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That's why yours last longer. Mines on full brightness, I think the screen looks best with that setting. The battery dies quick though
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DMax99 said:
That's why yours last longer. Mines on full brightness, I think the screen looks best with that setting. The battery dies quick though
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That doesn't make sense when it's in a dark room though
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jetbruceli said:
That doesn't make sense when it's in a dark room though
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Looks awesome in the dark ;p
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How is your N5 Battery Life ?

how is your N5 battery life discussion ? when you turn on everything such as bluetooh on , NFC on, sync on, gps on, and brightness set to either 100% or to auto, I wonder how long is your nexus can get through since you fully charged the phone itself from 5-6am in the morning . can it last till evening 10pm if the whole day you use it for texting , facebook, instagram, chrome with 5 tabs minimum , youtube, mail, reading news, recording video and take a snap from the camera .
a humble experience from all of you will be highly appreciate guys.
p.s = the reason why I making this thread is to compare with how good the battery with moto x.

No one even has the phone yet.

zephiK said:
No one even has the phone yet.
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Sure they do... how else are people taking pictures to compare the N5's camera to the iPhone 5S??

tkoreaper said:
Sure they do... how else are people taking pictures to compare the N5's camera to the iPhone 5S??
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I should be more specific, I'm talking about ordinary people. The people taking pictures using N5 and comparing it to the iPhone 5S are media outlets who have had prior access to the device (or early access from Google).
And honestly if they DO have the phone then they cannot comment on the battery life because it'll take at least 3-5 days (given a week) for the battery to settle in. Not to mention, you won't be doing your daily things on the phone as you'll be busy setting it up with the apps you've used in the past/transferring data/etc.

zephiK said:
I should be more specific, I'm talking about ordinary people. The people taking pictures using N5 and comparing it to the iPhone 5S are media outlets who have had prior access to the device (or early access from Google).
And honestly if they DO have the phone then they cannot comment on the battery life because it'll take at least 3-5 days (given a week) for the battery to settle in. Not to mention, you won't be doing your daily things on the phone as you'll be busy setting it up with the apps you've used in the past/transferring data/etc.
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Nothing a little Titanium backup can't solve. By the looks of the other threads in the forum some people have had the device for a while... As early as the beginning of October. No point in shooting down someone's thread just because you have nothing to contribute to it.

zephiK said:
No one even has the phone yet.
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Funny I do and too early to tell.
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recklesslife85 said:
Funny I do and too early to tell.
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Not meant to hijack the thread, but how do you like it in white? how's the look and feel?

recklesslife85 said:
Funny I do and too early to tell.
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Cool , please kindly review the battery performance to us if you don't mind .
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recklesslife85 said:
Funny I do and too early to tell.
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OT: I know this isn't the right place but...How is the back of the white N5? It get dirty fast? Could it turn yellow as someone said? :s
IT: It should take a week for the battery to stabilize, so the first real impression could come just in some days

namartlu said:
Not meant to hijack the thread, but how do you like it in white? how's the look and feel?
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Its lovely but so is the black I got both here but prefer the white.
The OS is the biggest change, a lot has changed in kitkat. Different ways to access different things and the app menu is completely different. Battery life I got near 3h 58 with 10 percent left from 82 percent and that's from restoring all my apps and more so I'm kinder hoping we'll reach 5h or a little more. Screen is beautiful but speaker isn't great. Though I'm comparing the speaker to a 5S which is pretty good.
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OT: I know this isn't the right place but...How is the back of the white N5? It get dirty fast? Could it turn yellow as someone said? :s
IT: It should take a week for the battery to stabilize, so the first real impression could come just in some days
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Looks pretty white to me but that could change in time. Looks lovely and white right now.
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tkoreaper said:
Nothing a little Titanium backup can't solve. By the looks of the other threads in the forum some people have had the device for a while... As early as the beginning of October. No point in shooting down someone's thread just because you have nothing to contribute to it.
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I have nothing to contribute? ...... you can't tell the battery life with having the device for less than a week.
This thread is just as pointless as the threads asking for the best ROM/Kernel or threads asking when TMobile will have N5?
I'm not shooting anyones thread but its just a silly question to ask when the phone was released just a little over 24 hours when only <1% of orders requested has been fulfilled. The only ones with the phones right now are media outlets or the individuals who ordered immediately and live in a close proximity to the point that they can have next-day shipping pretty much.

recklesslife85 said:
Its lovely but so is the black I got both here but prefer the white.
The OS is the biggest change, a lot has changed in kitkat. Different ways to access different things and the app menu is completely different. Battery life I got near 3h 58 with 10 percent left from 82 percent and that's from restoring all my apps and more so I'm kinder hoping we'll reach 5h or a little more. Screen is beautiful but speaker isn't great. Though I'm comparing the speaker to a 5S which is pretty good.
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Looks pretty white to me but that could change in time. Looks lovely and white right now.
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3h58 on battery or sot ?
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banboy said:
3h58 on battery or sot ?
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Screen time it was 4h something on battery. Can only get better and won't have load of apps downloading this time. I'm happy so far.
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recklesslife85 said:
Screen time it was 4h something on battery. Can only get better and won't have load of apps downloading this time. I'm happy so far.
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Are you able to get through from morning fully charge till 11pm ? What is the latest battery stats in the evening ?
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banboy said:
Are you able to get through from morning fully charge till 11pm ? What is the latest battery stats in the evening ?
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Don't know yet. Will report tomorrow, got it at 11 this morning and let it run down download loads of apps and using it for calls and texts and more.
I think battery will be fine.
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Don't know yet. Will report tomorrow, got it at 11 this morning and let it run down download loads of apps and using it for calls and texts and more.
I think battery will be fine.
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Thank you n I will the next day for your report my friend
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Mine so far and should hit 6 hours hopefully. Plus I got Google now on which is draining the battery it seems. Its off now.
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Mine so far and should hit 6 hours hopefully. Plus I got Google now on which is draining the battery it seems. Its off now.
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Hmmm not bad , you get through 11h , and Google now drain most of battery huh ? How do you know
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banboy said:
Hmmm not bad , you get through 11h , and Google now drain most of battery huh ? How do you know
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Google Search is Google Now. I've not used it so why would it drain. I've turned it off and its stopped draining the battery.
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Google Search is Google Now. I've not used it so why would it drain. I've turned it off and its stopped draining the battery.
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Sorry but do you know how to turn off Google search ?
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[Q] Should I use Greenify?

I am on stock 4.4.2, rooted. Just want to know should I use Greenify to extend my battery life?
Is KitKat 4.4.2 app-cached mechanism not better than that?

I don't and never have and never had any need to
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Depends on your usage.
Might work for some, not for others.
Install and try for yourself, do some objective testing before and after to see if it makes any difference for you

Handy to control apps you don't use regularly from running on the background. Actual effect on battery life. Well don't expect miracles.
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Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull

BehelitOutlaw said:
Can't live without it. N5 has a poor battery, it's really usefull
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N5 has brilliant battery, far better than any other smart phone out there
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Ben36 said:
N5 has brilliant battery
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Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
Ben36 said:
far better than any other smart phone out there
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That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.

BehelitOutlaw said:
Come on Ben, April fools day was 2 weeks ago. Get over it you'll get another shot next year.
That moment where you lose every credibility you ever had.
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Bait
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A few days I install it in my phone.But it seems like no use to me.
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Greenify is the only one from that endless battery safer tools This really has a positive effect. Clear recommendation, even if I do not understand why you needed for a new thread. Such things do you test yourself
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Well, don't discuss the battery It's good enough for many but not for everyone. I'll plan to use a recharge pack if I need more battery power. Most of the times I have a bag or something else with me so that I can put a recharger pack into it for the case I run out of battery.
Sure, a better internal battery is better, but I can live with that.

Greenify is a great tool to have so that you can have a broad selection of apps on your device without worrying about it weighing down the OS in bloat. Lots of apps unnecessarily start in the background or ask to be notified on state changes or when the device is unlocked, which can lead to sluggishness and/or battery life degradation. For example my banking app does this, and I never need my banking app to run unless I explicitly press on that damn icon. But I don't want to get rid of my banking app due to it's bad behavior, because it's truly a useful app. That is where greenify shines.
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I have a few apps that definitely will hurt the battery if left running...so greenify let's me still have those apps and not worry about them impacting my battery. To me greenify is on my must have list. ?
And to backup another's post, yes...the N5 CAN have battery life that rivals other great battery life phones. I get over 24 hours with 6 plus hours screen time easily. But...its all about how you set up your phone...and how you use it. "Average" battery times are hard to compare, since we all are setup different and do different things with our phones.
But yes, battery life CAN be brilliant.... Or it can be average.
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Check your wakelocks to see if any apps are keeping your phone awake.
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Haven't had a need for battery savers ever. I just monitor what my system is doing and figure out how to mitigate it without another app to run.
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Battery Life Repair

So this app claims that it checks out your battery and fixes sections not working.
I tried this on my Note 3 with great results. It would barely last my 9 hour work day if I did not plug in. I would get home and have to immediatly plug in upon arival at home.
I downloaded and ran this app, finding several bad sectors. Since then I am able to run all day, ariving home with 60% left!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BoshBashStudios.batterydoctorrepair

Installed it on both my note 8 and my S4, the note had a few errors and the S4 had one error, fixed them and lets see if i got any better on the note
Thanks for the tip!

I'm going to try it out. It found 14 errors or my note haven't loaded to my s4 yet
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I'll believe it works when I can read the app's source code for myself. Oh wait, it's code is not available.

Slipurson said:
Installed it on both my note 8 and my S4, the note had a few errors and the S4 had one error, fixed them and lets see if i got any better on the note
Thanks for the tip!
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Glad you guys are having success with this.
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So - Has anybody had any actualy improvements?
They supply no real info about how it works, and the graph makes no real sense.
It could somehow help calibrate your battery voltage/capacity information, but I don't see how it could have any real change on the battery chemistry.

Bad sectors? Really.
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PyroSA said:
So - Has anybody had any actualy improvements?
They supply no real info about how it works, and the graph makes no real sense.
It could somehow help calibrate your battery voltage/capacity information, but I don't see how it could have any real change on the battery chemistry.
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+1

I've downloaded the app and run it found bad and inactive sectors , fixed them , and I will post tomorrow my results if the app really work or not
but what we really need in my point of view is some mod or app that play with the screen in order to reduce it's consumption from the battery ... on my phablet 90% goes to the battery alone and that really sucks :thumbdown:
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seedrom193 said:
I've downloaded the app and run it found bad and inactive sectors , fixed them , and I will post tomorrow my results if the app really work or not
but what we really need in my point of view is some mod or app that play with the screen in order to reduce it's consumption from the battery ... on my phablet 90% goes to the battery alone and that really sucks :thumbdown:
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Finally Works??

yes it really worked but after 3 or 4 days , it returns to it's old fast consumption ...
I hope that some dev really take this device on their shoulders to give a specific mod
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Thanks