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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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Alfonso87 said:
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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recklesslife85 said:
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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recklesslife85 said:
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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recklesslife85 said:
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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Note 3 Battery Drain ( sloution worked for me )

amazing battery performance after dong the following...
1- turn off smart stay
2- turn off smart pause
3- turn off smart scroll
4- turn off smart air gesture
5- turn off Air View
6-turn off NFC
7- turn off Sbeam
if you don't use them make sure they are off.
only turn them on when needed.
running rooted note 3 Official ROM.
Peace

Thx it helps brother

Oh really? Does turning off features save battery?

tcntad said:
Oh really? Does turning off features save battery?
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yeah worked for me pretty well

Lets cut him some slack shall we?

Shall I also turn off my handset?
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I never turned them on to begin with... now what?

I appreciate your effort but without showing your SOT we won't know how good is your battery life.
Plus your screen shot obviously shown that your phone has been recharged to a certain amount. Good effort but this is not really a genuine battery test.
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I keep all of the above on aswell as Bluetooth and manage the following
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I can't believe my battery backup after turning off my phone.
LOL
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looool
jakethesnakeuk said:
Shall I also turn off my handset?
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yeah keep it off for 3 to 5 days ... then never turn it back on ... should solve your issue.....

williamyi said:
I appreciate your effort but without showing your SOT we won't know how good is your battery life.
Plus your screen shot obviously shown that your phone has been recharged to a certain amount. Good effort but this is not really a genuine battery test.
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thankss... yeah i forgot to take a screen shot of screen time.. the reason i uploaded this is because i usually get 1 day max of usage... but since i turned all theses features off. and kept same usage it lasted longer...
for the charging times its not really a charging as it was only some time spent for transferring some files between my pct and handset.
thanks for the info tho...

After all this, turn off the phone as well. You won't believe the battery life

phyowaiummg said:
I can't believe my battery backup after turning off my phone.
LOL
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you should also put it upside down.. try that

then what is the use of buying note3

sx4 said:
then what is the use of buying note3
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use them when needed...
most of the time people leave them on, and when they need the battery the most ... its not there....

sx4 said:
then what is the use of buying note3
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S- bean, smart stay, air gestures, etc are useless in my opinion. They're only functions for showing your friends how many things your phone does and then turn them off and never use them again
Great battery life and performance, great s-pen functions like action note, drawings and S- Note, those are real functions of the Note 3
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Me too, they've been off since I got the handset. I'd CM11 this thing if it was 100% stable. I keep TouchWiz for the s-pen - but I find I rarely/never use it.

Best advice here:
Remove the battery after a couple of hours use wait 3 days with battery removed.
Repeat.
This way it could last an entire month
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anthon said:
S- bean, smart stay, air gestures, etc are useless in my opinion. They're only functions for showing your friends how many things your phone does and then turn them off and never use them again
Great battery life and performance, great s-pen functions like action note, drawings and S- Note, those are real functions of the Note 3
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.... AGREE:good:

Battery drain when using supplied genuine keyboard dock

I thought the battery would last longer as the dock had extra battery, but it drains quicker than if I use the tablet just on its own
Any body figure how to make battery last longer with the tablet connected to the dock
Thanks
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boxer29 said:
I thought the battery would last longer as the dock had extra battery, but it drains quicker than if I use the tablet just on its own
Any body figure how to make battery last longer with the tablet connected to the dock
Thanks
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Are you using the stock ROM? Make sure that you dont have "Wake on Keypress" or anything similar enabled.

cmendonc2 said:
Are you using the stock ROM? Make sure that you dont have "Wake on Keypress" or anything similar enabled.
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Yes it's the stock rom, can you explain what you mean by" wake on keypress" how do I check that and disable it
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Will it press any key when you close it with the dock, I'm also using a cover for both of them
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boxer29 said:
Will it press any key when you close it with the dock, I'm also using a cover for both of them
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It should be in settings under something like keyboard settings or perhaps display settings.

cmendonc2 said:
It should be in settings under something like keyboard settings or perhaps display settings.
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No such thing is on at the moment,
What next
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boxer29 said:
No such thing is on at the moment,
What next
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Try installing a battery monitor and see what is wakelocking your tablet when the dock is plugged in.

Which one you recommend, I'm using the tablet in its own now for the battery reason
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boxer29 said:
Which one you recommend, I'm using the tablet in its own now for the battery reason
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I used to use GSAM, but there are plenty of alternatives.

Using gsam as well will connect the dock and then report
The tab shows
Used 38 % in 1 day 1 h
Screen 1.07.54. 63 %
Wifi active. 1.16.53 0.5%
Held awake 18.24.46. 0.0%
App usage. 32.6%
Battery life. 10h50m 1d 5h standby
Screen on 6h 56 min (25min 5sec
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Sorted now it was the Google services in the setting turned out of fun the location services and left to gps rather then network to locate my position, sorted
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Lockscreen notifications

Is there any app that adds lock screen notifications and pocket mode as Mahdi ROM has implemented?

Search on play store NILS
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slidelock
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raymond4 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slidelock
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That looks like an awesome app. But WTF is with the music they put in the promo video haha

These look ok, but they don't seem to have pocket mode as well like Mahdi rom does...

And they're not the same. The notifications don't start as icons on the right that you can slide to view.

Use Mahdi ROM, or even AOSPAL. Even the other Roms with it as well, because I don't think you will find an app with the exact look, or pocket mode at all. It's seems to be more of an Internal type of feature.
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Dashclock?
What's Pocket Mode anyway?

CitizenLee said:
Dashclock?
What's Pocket Mode anyway?
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Automatically turns on/off screen by proximity sensor detecting if it's in your pocket

Letharqy said:
Automatically turns on/off screen by proximity sensor detecting if it's in your pocket
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Cool, sounds like a Samsung feature.
Is there any increase in battery drain as a result of using it?

CitizenLee said:
Cool, sounds like a Samsung feature.
Is there any increase in battery drain as a result of using it?
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Barely any, only about 1-3% from a 100% charge to 5%.
The Gravity Screen app in the Play Store is similar but works slightly differently, you can use that if your ROM doesn't have pocket mode.
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Letharqy said:
Barely any, only about 1-3% from a 100% charge to 5%.
The Gravity Screen app in the Play Store is similar but works slightly differently, you can use that if your ROM doesn't have pocket mode.
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Cheers bud, I'll check if Purity supports it but if not I'll check out that app :good:

Is it possible to cherry pick the notifications and add them to cyanogenmod?
Not that I could do either of that (i've tried) just wondering is all.
I've used NILS for a while but it still has that SMS app bug where the app becomes unresponsive if using swipe to open

CitizenLee said:
Cheers bud, I'll check if Purity supports it but if not I'll check out that app :good:
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I know that Carbon, Paranoid Saberdroid and Mahdi ROM has it, along with lockscreen notifications. Also, note that the battery drain that Gravity Screen would show is negligible across time (most I ever saw is 5% from a 100% charge), but if you check your battery only after a short period of a few minutes it'll appear to use around 25% battery, so don't worry if it appears to use a lot in the first few minutes. Also recommend to have Wake by motion and Keep screen on by motion turned off.

Hey try AcDisplay
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.achep.activedisplay
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CitizenLee said:
Cheers bud, I'll check if Purity supports it but if not I'll check out that app :good:
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Purity doesn't use it. Neither does Slim. I wish I knew how to cherry pick port it, I'd love to have it on stock/slim.

It's still a work in progress, but you can try this also https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anandbibek.notifyme

The xblast xposed module has it
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Playe said:
The xblast xposed module has it
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Yes it has but I've tried it and it does not catch all notifications for me. And when clicking some notifications it would stay at the lockscreen so I would have to manually unlock after pressing the notification. It worked very inconsistent for me. Worked much better when I was using the Mahdi-rom.

nebulah said:
Purity doesn't use it. Neither does Slim. I wish I knew how to cherry pick port it, I'd love to have it on stock/slim.
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U really don't read through the forums do there's a slim with lokcscreen notifications ??
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[APP] HTC Gesture Listener [concept]

This is more of a proof of concept that might be useful to lock the screen.
Does not require root.
HTC's framework detects gestures while the screen is on, this is actually broadcasted to all applications, but the only app that reacts to it is HTC's Media Output (Three finger swipe up or left-right).
This app is both an implementation that reacts to a three finger click to lock the screen, and a dev concept that shows how to react to the gestures.
If you want to use this to lock the phone, just tap with three fingers anywhere after enabling device admin.
Download:
http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/Android/HTCOneM8/
Source:
https://github.com/MohammadAG/HTC-Gesture-Listener
More dev stuff:
If anyone is interested where this happens, it's in services.odex's com.htc.server.gesture package.

This is one of the best hacks I've used for the m8 so far ... Very simple yet tasty ?
Thanks..and keep up the good work
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Agreed just installed and is working perfectly! A brilliantly simple way of locking the phone!

Pretty cool. Awesome work.
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Nice work love it thanks :good:

Work great. Thanks
HTC M8 MaximusHD

Amazing! Although I would prefer that it only make the screen turn off the phone and go to sleep rather than just lock it. This will open up a lot of interesting development work though, I'm sure!
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This it's awesome thanks!!
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This is sweet! I use the double tap status bar xposed, but this is so much easier to use. Nice!

I tried but nothing happens.
Any ideas?

felonius said:
I tried but nothing happens.
Any ideas?
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Check if 3 Finger Media Gesture is disabled in Settings -> Display & gestures
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MohammadAG said:
Check if 3 Finger Media Gesture is disabled in Settings -> Display & gestures
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Yes u r right!
Think default is off.
Thanks!

Thank you so much. This is an awesome feature add. The Media gesture is something that I have no use for and didn't want to change my kernel in order for this to work. I'm seeing how long I can go without rooting my phone. This will definitely prolong my challenge. ?
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this is really so simple and so brilliant thanks

Does this affect battery life??
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jaimeletelierhay said:
Does this affect battery life??
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Did for me. Was draining really bad and couldn't figure it out. Uninstalled and now batt life is back to being great.
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jaimeletelierhay said:
Does this affect battery life??
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No. The app doesn't even run in the background.
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Did for me. Was draining really bad and couldn't figure it out. Uninstalled and now batt life is back to being great.
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Don't spread BS, thank you.
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MohammadAG said:
No. The app doesn't even run in the background.
Don't spread BS, thank you.
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Look, I respect that you are a Dev and have done good work. But what I said is not BS. I have been having bad batt drain for a few weeks. Couldn't figure it out. I uninstalled this and poof, no more batt drain. So how is that BS?
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For some reason I can't get this to work for me. I have 3 finger media gesture enabled. Is there anything else I'm supposed to do???

droidkevlar said:
Look, I respect that you are a Dev and have done good work. But what I said is not BS. I have been having bad batt drain for a few weeks. Couldn't figure it out. I uninstalled this and poof, no more batt drain. So how is that BS?
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The app is simply a listener, it does not enable anything, in fact, if a three finger gesture is not detected by the system, as far as the system is concerned, the app does not exist (it does not take CPU cycles, or memory, or any resources besides storage for the APK).
Therefore, it's technically impossible for it to cause any battery drain. I have no idea what happened on your phone, but it's likely a coincidence.
With that said, my reply was a bit rude, so apologies for that.
Snapperjacker said:
For some reason I can't get this to work for me. I have 3 finger media gesture enabled. Is there anything else I'm supposed to do???
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You'll need to enable the app as a Device Policy Manager. You have to open the app once for Android to confirm it wasn't maliciously installed.
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