I have a SM-N915K with OEM flip case. Battery life is incredibly low due to "Cocktailbar service" service eating 30-70% of the battery. The service listens to sensors and rotates the content of the edge screen probably. Anyone has the same problem? The problem can be related to the flip case use.
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I have the same issue... I figured it had something to do with the edge display but didn't tie it to the case... I'm going G to replace the back with the original battery door and see if that make difference. I'll post results tomorrow.
I use the flip case when I'm out but when I'm at home I use the regular back. The cocktailbarservice seems to be succking the life out of my battery. Went to bed at 95% and woke up at 68% while the phone sat idle. It is now 9:42 am and I have used the phone very little. I am at 37%. I love this phone but at this rate I can't even use it so I might have to return it if I can't find a fix. I'm lucky and have access to power supply most the time but this is ridiculous.
I did stop using the case for the weekend and the battery life on my phone has almost trippled! I took it off charge around 8 pm last night. Played with it intermittently until 2:30 am. Got up this morning around 9 am and still had 88% battery. Have been using it almost nonstop between calls, Internet and texts and am just now at 20%. 18.5 hours off the charger and only 6.5 of those were sleep time. If I can have this kind of battery on most days I will be happy. I am not running powersave during any of that time either. And since taking off the case, cocktailbarservice is not draining the battery. Unfortunately I have to have it in a case when in my purse, and I have two of them so I will be using the case most business days. Does anyone think it will mess up my battery to have it drain so much when using the case and then slow down drainage when I take the case off? I don't want to ruin my battery.
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Yeah I had the same results. It definitely was the case for me too.... I have to wait till the come out with a holster or something cause I hate walking around with a naked phone.... Especially one that's $1k.....
Turning off the 'Style clock on edge screen' or limiting its duration (Edge screen > Information stream > 15 seconds) has helped my battery life. I don't think the issue is the flip case as much as it is the graphics that play on the edge screen every time the flip case is closed.
Engineer_03 said:
Turning off the 'Style clock on edge screen' or limiting its duration (Edge screen > Information stream > 15 seconds) has helped my battery life. I don't think the issue is the flip case as much as it is the graphics that play on the edge screen every time the flip case is closed.
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Didn't even think of that, thanks. I'll try and report back.
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Didn't even think of that, thanks. I'll try and report back.
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Worked like a charm, thanks again!
Engineer_03 said:
Turning off the 'Style clock on edge screen' or limiting its duration (Edge screen > Information stream > 15 seconds) has helped my battery life. I don't think the issue is the flip case as much as it is the graphics that play on the edge screen every time the flip case is closed.
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I can confirm that this does the trick. I disabled the style clock, I am 6 hours in with everything on and 1 hour screen time, battery is at 79%. Thanks for the help.
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danjamand said:
I can confirm that this does the trick. I disabled the style clock, I am 6 hours in with everything on and 1 hour screen time, battery is at 79%. Thanks for the help.
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Had the same problem too and i notice it happen at night while i am asleep it could be the night clock and flip cover combination
that cause this drain. Also when i check the battery setting it shows com.android.keyguardcom.sec.android sviewcover taking up 33% ??? Its a flip case not a sview case. Can someone please advice thanks
audri5 said:
I did stop using the case for the weekend and the battery life on my phone has almost trippled! I took it off charge around 8 pm last night. Played with it intermittently until 2:30 am. Got up this morning around 9 am and still had 88% battery. Have been using it almost nonstop between calls, Internet and texts and am just now at 20%. 18.5 hours off the charger and only 6.5 of those were sleep time. If I can have this kind of battery on most days I will be happy. I am not running powersave during any of that time either. And since taking off the case, cocktailbarservice is not draining the battery. Unfortunately I have to have it in a case when in my purse, and I have two of them so I will be using the case most business days. Does anyone think it will mess up my battery to have it drain so much when using the case and then slow down drainage when I take the case off? I don't want to ruin my battery.
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Where did you get flip case? I want to get something for my Edge but none available in Australia, thanks.
Monster FG said:
Where did you get flip case? I want to get something for my Edge but none available in Australia, thanks.
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taobao.com
dennis nai said:
taobao.com
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tnx.
Monster FG said:
Where did you get flip case? I want to get something for my Edge but none available in Australia, thanks.
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I bought a black one here (US) at the T-Mobile store but I bought a white one for the same $38 with free shipping off of EBay. It came from Korea but it is an OEM case. This is a different seller but you could check out this link. http://www.ebay.com/itm/381075447098?redirect=mobile
guys I have question
On your OEM flip cover, when you enable the style clock does it show the right time when the phone time settings is set at AM/PM mode?
On my style clock the minutes hand shows correctly but the hour hand shows "0". I have tired all the style clock themes and all show this but when i change my phone's time settings to 24 hour clock it displays correctly...!!
Any help with this will be highly appricated
I never had this problem once I fix the cover and set the app it automatically set the right time...
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dennis nai said:
I never had this problem once I fix the cover and set the app it automatically set the right time...
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Strange why is it happening for me?
I have installed the case reboot the phone as well and for some reason the style clock hour hand shows "0" while the minutes hand is correct...
Is there some defect in my case maybe?? i dont think so since all other elements like screen auto off and the incoming call coming on the edge is all well ...
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Strange why is it happening for me?
I have installed the case reboot the phone as well and for some reason the style clock hour hand shows "0" while the minutes hand is correct...
Is there some defect in my case maybe?? i dont think so since all other elements like screen auto off and the incoming call coming on the edge is all well ...
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Do you mean on the edge panel? If it is 6:15 it will show 06:15. Does yours show 00:15? If so I would say the phone has a defect or maybe needs to be factory reset. Sorry if I am not understanding you correctly. Mine works as it should.
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Do you mean on the edge panel? If it is 6:15 it will show 06:15. Does yours show 00:15? If so I would say the phone has a defect or maybe needs to be factory reset. Sorry if I am not understanding you correctly. Mine works as it should.
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Instead of showing 06:15 it shows 0:15... Maybe I should do a factory reset.
BTW my 915G is rooted on stock firmware.
jagdesh said:
Strange why is it happening for me?
I have installed the case reboot the phone as well and for some reason the style clock hour hand shows "0" while the minutes hand is correct...
Is there some defect in my case maybe?? i dont think so since all other elements like screen auto off and the incoming call coming on the edge is all well ...
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Instead of showing 06:15 it shows 0:15... Maybe I should do a factory reset.
BTW my 915G is rooted on stock firmware.
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If that doesn't work you could try to exchange the phone. That seems to be a phone issue not related to the case.
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Okay so i replaced my thunderbolt that i bought from BB from one i got from verizon because it was cheaper there. Anyway my first TB was draining battery like crazy. When i got my new one i went through the better part of the day without significant battery drain. Then at night i set up the lock screen and boom today battery drain. i also notice that when i wake my phone the 4G icon dissapears when i get to the screen when i need to type my pin code then reappears 10 seconds or so after i get into the phone. the lock screen might have something to do with 4G acting up and therefore causing batt drain.
also in another thread i was reading that people were seeing a significant amount of awake time on their phones even though the phone was away in their pockets... so some process is going crazy. i have yet to root my phone to get a close in depth look with spare parts but when i do i will.
interesting observation. i have had pattern unlock and will disable to see if anything has changed. phone was dead when i woke up, good thing i set a separate alarm or i would have been late to work
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My Bolt uses very little battery when sitting over night. I do not have a lock on it and live in a 4G area but use wifi at home. Went to bed with a 98% charge @ 10:30 pm and at 6:30 am I had 92% .
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My Bolt uses very little battery when sitting over night. I do not have a lock on it and live in a 4G area but use wifi at home. Went to bed with a 98% charge @ 10:30 pm and at 6:30 am I had 92% .
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yeah it could also be just how flakey the 4g radio code is in this phone. i went from 100% to 15 % in 3 hrs this morning. all i did was install amazon app store and download angry birds rio and send a couple texts.
i just turned off my lock screen and i am starting to charge the phone. i will report what happens after its full charged (might take a while). If that doesnt solve the problem them i will be disabling 4G. I live in LA and in an area where 4G is fully covering everywhere. I am about 2 blocks from a big vzw corp store.
woah so spare parts works without needing root. anyway i just installed it and i am charging my phone back up. i turned it off so the charge will be faster. ill let you guys know if killing the lock screen helps. I also noticed flow for facebook was taking up some chunk of battery so i will be uninstalling that as well
Not sure why this is but yesterday with my phone in my locker for 2 hours it took nearly 18% of my battery yet today in the last 2 hours its taken 2%. 4G coverage is great in both areas and my sync is still on.
in your locker. LOL
damn kids and your rock and roll, CDs and cell phones... back in my day..
oh wait. I just kept my phone in my backpack.. in 1997. LOL!
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in your locker. LOL
damn kids and your rock and roll, CDs and cell phones... back in my day..
oh wait. I just kept my phone in my backpack.. in 1997. LOL!
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Le sigh, Should I have specified gym locker?
It was only in there when I was running.
I wish I had this kind of technology when I was in school.
gsxr1kmatt said:
in your locker. LOL
damn kids and your rock and roll, CDs and cell phones... back in my day..
oh wait. I just kept my phone in my backpack.. in 1997. LOL!
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Zack Morris Phone, where you couldn't haul it around in your pocket too easily...
To bad we can't assign what type of data an app uses 3g or 4g. That be sweet if there was an app for that.
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To bad we can't assign what type of data an app uses 3g or 4g. That be sweet if there was an app for that.
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It may be possible to setup tasker so that when you launch a specific app that is turns on 4g and then turns it off when you exit. the problem is that the switch between 3g and 4g is soooooo ungraceful that the switch itself can cause battery drain and loss of a data connection for a minute or two
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yeah it could also be just how flakey the 4g radio code is in this phone. i went from 100% to 15 % in 3 hrs this morning. all i did was install amazon app store and download angry birds rio and send a couple texts.
i just turned off my lock screen and i am starting to charge the phone. i will report what happens after its full charged (might take a while). If that doesnt solve the problem them i will be disabling 4G. I live in LA and in an area where 4G is fully covering everywhere. I am about 2 blocks from a big vzw corp store.
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Did you go into the battery usage screen and see what ate up your battery? The very first night I had my phone the same thing happened so I checked out my battery usage, and like 80% of it was PVWmdrmService or something similar to that. Disabled that and I only lose 5-10% charge every night now. Think it had something to do with Blockbuster trying to update it's movies or something.
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Did you go into the battery usage screen and see what ate up your battery? The very first night I had my phone the same thing happened so I checked out my battery usage, and like 80% of it was PVWmdrmService or something similar to that. Disabled that and I only lose 5-10% charge every night now. Think it had something to do with Blockbuster trying to update it's movies or something.
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well the battery usage thing isnt entirely accurate because if your phone is loosing its data connection, an app like blockbuster on gmail could be using an intensive amount of enegry trying to sync/update and so the application woould show up as eating all the battery power but its not really the applications fault but rather the wonky data.
anyway most often my display is responsible for the largest amount of battery use but i have it set to the minimum brightness.
As you can see in the pictures, only about 3.5hrs display is on. After 1day and 9 hrs the battery fall to 17%.
Display brightness ? Also, give us some 3G talk-time with it's battery percentage.
actually i think that's not so bad. it's what i get with juice defender etc although i suspect i use it a bit more than you. and as you see when you don't use it (sleep - in the middle) the curve is pretty flat
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Display brightness ? Also, give us some 3G talk-time with it's battery percentage.
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I set brightness to lowest. I only have about 20 minutes 3g talk.
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actually i think that's not so bad. it's what i get with juice defender etc although i suspect i use it a bit more than you. and as you see when you don't use it (sleep - in the middle) the curve is pretty flat
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I switched to flight mode when I sleep.
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ah yeah - should've guessed by the phone siggnal graph. Anyway - seems normal to me. Or if it isn't mine wasn't normal either (actually - as i said: if it's stock, it seems to be better than mine. what rom/kernel/power-saving apps are you using?)
Well mine was stolen anyway - hope I get a "normal" replacement then (and people laughed at me paying the insurance for that case hehe)
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I set brightness to lowest. I only have about 20 minutes 3g talk.
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And what % does that have ?
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ah yeah - should've guessed by the phone siggnal graph. Anyway - seems normal to me. Or if it isn't mine wasn't normal either (actually - as i said: if it's stock, it seems to be better than mine. what rom/kernel/power-saving apps are you using?)
Well mine was stolen anyway - hope I get a "normal" replacement then (and people laughed at me paying the insurance for that case hehe)
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I'm on cm7.0.2 with default kernel, no power-saving app. I just set screen brightness to lowest. I'm on HSDPA, and I turn on Google sync all day long. When I'm at home, I turn on wifi.
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Me, I'm on the ROM miui 1.4.22, with the kernel Netarchy 1.0.0.6 !
And something, my battery charged at 95% , tomorrow 98% .... incredible !
I usually run 3g/wifi/bt screen max brightness and mobile data/sync on all day, phone usually lasts me ~24 hrs. So if your using all data off edge network and lowest brighteness/black background; your battery usage is not normal and you should get that checked out. otherwise you're fine.
I'm actually waiting to get bored/complacent with my phone so i can try and see how long i can push the battery (longest is 32 hrs right now).
nearly was late for work because my phone died and i was using it as an alarm. what could have drained 50% battery in 6 hours and not show? wifi was off
while the graph is nice, better battery stats is what we need.
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nearly was late for work because my phone died and i was using it as an alarm. what could have drained 50% battery in 6 hours and not show? wifi was off
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Poor mobile network signal
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Poor mobile network signal
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Except it's green meaning full signal all the way to death...
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Except it's green meaning full signal all the way to death...
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what you didnt post is the page with what was using your battery by %. now how are we supposed to tell you what happened and what used your battery? this thread is pointless because you gave us no usable information. what i got from the info that you did post is that a UFO flew by you and drained your battery of its power. and the thing is, my guess will be just as good as any other guess.
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what you didnt post is the page with what was using your battery by %. now how are we supposed to tell you what happened and what used your battery? this thread is pointless because you gave us no usable information. what i got from the info that you did post is that a UFO flew by you and drained your battery of its power. and the thing is, my guess will be just as good as any other guess.
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sorry but there was nothing out of the ordinary there so i didnt even think to screenshot it. by a large margin the screen used the most % battery. i thought it might have stuck on but that's not shown in the above shot
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sorry but there was nothing out of the ordinary there so i didnt even think to screenshot it. by a large margin the screen used the most % battery. i thought it might have stuck on but that's not shown in the above shot
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right, not in the posted shot. could have been an app that decided not to go away and drain your battery instead.
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right, not in the posted shot. could have been an app that decided not to go away and drain your battery instead.
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+1 to this theory
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is that a known problem with the alarm app itself? stock rom
there just wasn't anything that stood out to me on the app battery use list
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is that a known problem with the alarm app itself? stock rom
there just wasn't anything that stood out to me on the app battery use list
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stock alarm app, no. but you do have a lot of wakelocks. when the screen is shown off, your device should be asleep. your device shows a lot of activity when your screens off(ironically, not when the supposed battery drain happened though, so i cant say thats why it drained).
Do you have the horrid camera bug?
Do you use exchange at all? I've had a lot of phones (android mostly htc and iphones) hit bugs from exchange in push mode and burn through their battery really quickly constantly trying to sync and hitting an error.
I charge mine on my dresser next to my head, and also use it as an alarm, I'd recommend charging it over night
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Do you have the horrid camera bug?
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god i hope not. what is that?
i don't use exchange
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Do you use exchange at all? I've had a lot of phones (android mostly htc and iphones) hit bugs from exchange in push mode and burn through their battery really quickly constantly trying to sync and hitting an error.
I charge mine on my dresser next to my head, and also use it as an alarm, I'd recommend charging it over night
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i charge it every night, and its also by me every night, as its also my only alarm.
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god i hope not. what is that?
i don't use exchange
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I'm guessing this http://www.androidcentral.com/googl...cpu-usage-bug-fix-coming-next-android-release
I found it by googling "Nexus 5 horrid camera bug" lol, first link
Stock apps have no such issue as till date.Except for apps that use internet /wifi consume a lot of battery. So switch of those frst or keep ur cell on flight mode. The battery consumption may be due to gplay service, account sync,gmaps etc. I don't own a nexus device but I have experienced this kind of behaviour with my phone sometimes with a hot back cover sometimes.Try using apps like greenify to control this prob(or switch of ur network @ night/use lower cpu values + governers like powersave/conservative)
Has anyone experienced hot spots on their edge? there is a huge amount of heat coming off the upper right potion of my edge.
All Notes that I have had (1-3 and the Edge) would only get warm when running hard (nav + music) while charging at the same time. The Edge seems to do the same thing, but mine doesn't get warm at all under typical use.
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I've had mine since Monday and it's barely gets warm whereas my GS3 would get hot. I haven't played many graphic intensive games yet, but have watched hrs of video continuously and the i think the only heat really is coming from me holding it. Other than that, it's been exploring the phone, surfing and other everyday use.
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I've had mine since Monday and it's barely gets warm whereas my GS3 would get hot. I haven't played many graphic intensive games yet, but have watched hrs of video continuously and the i think the only heat really is coming from me holding it. Other than that, it's been exploring the phone, surfing and other everyday use.
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hows your battery life? mine is terrible and even though it's on a charger (not the fast charger) and shows that it is charging but, the %s keep dropping
My Note 3 got warm when I was online a lot of playing games. The note edge hasn't done this. Also I haven't play the game I normally b do.
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hows your battery life? mine is terrible and even though it's on a charger (not the fast charger) and shows that it is charging but, the %s keep dropping
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How many days have it been?
I got mines on launch day the 14th. And it took a few days of draining it low and charing it back up before it started to last.
I remember when I first got it was it dripping to 50% really fast then start to go a bit slower from there.
But like today. I check a few emails and got on the Web and it went from 99% to 98% in 10 to 15mins vs day one where it would drop from 99% to 90 in 15mins.
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hows your battery life? mine is terrible and even though it's on a charger (not the fast charger) and shows that it is charging but, the %s keep dropping
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Its actually pretty good. With moderate to heavy use, i get about 11 hrs but if i just let it sit with light use (checking email, light browsing etc) it drops slowly. It's at 4:45 mins now and I'm still art 91%. I wonder if your other charger is bad or an app is draining it. My nexus 7 (2013) drains on the charger if my daughter played her my little pony game. That app keeps draining in the background.
I got mine wed and it runs extremely hot doing bare minimum and completly dies in 4 hrs
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I got mine wed and it runs extremely hot doing bare minimum and completly dies in 4 hrs
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Could you check your battery usage to see which app takes the most battery?
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I got mine wed and it runs extremely hot doing bare minimum and completly dies in 4 hrs
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Sounds like something is using bluetooth, WiFi or 4G all the time.
Check to see what's running
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Could you check your battery usage to see which app takes the most battery?
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I did, it said mostly my screen. The Google auto restore installed an app I had on my heart called open mic + I never ran it but I think that might have been it. I also let it fully deplete last night and today it seems normal. I hope it's not defective I got mine through the website and really am not on the mood to run around...
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I did, it said mostly my screen. The Google auto restore installed an app I had on my heart called open mic + I never ran it but I think that might have been it. I also let it fully deplete last night and today it seems normal. I hope it's not defective I got mine through the website and really am not on the mood to run around...
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Have you enabled "Night clock" for you edge screen? There could be potential conflict. Just my 2 cents.
mine seems hot too
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Has anyone experienced hot spots on their edge? there is a huge amount of heat coming off the upper right potion of my edge.
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Specifically around the camera area on the back. This happens whenever I am downloading or updating software and similar activities which suggests to me it is a wifi issue (I dont have bluetooth enabled most of the time) Not sure if I should worry about this or not - the phone seems otherwise OK but does get hotter than my Note 3. In normal use, even while charging it is cool to the touch
Can someone let me know some good settings for battery life on LTE watch? My battery don't even make it threw the day? Please?
I'm new to the watch (classic), so I'm running relatively stick settings.
I did set it to only turn on WiFi when Bluetooth connection lost. Screen timeout fifteen seconds. Location services off (figure if I'm driving and need it I'd rather use phone services).
I'm getting 48 hours between charges and dropping to around thirty percent.
Do you have a watch face that's running tons of stuff? Or basic one?
Talking on it a lot, or running music through it?
Basic watch face.
Check os version, update to tizen 3.0 has a lot of comments on battery issues. May just be you updated and are stuck with crap battery until they fix...
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Check os version, update to tizen 3.0 has a lot of comments on battery issues. May just be you updated and are stuck with crap battery until they fix...
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So basically 3.0 sucks? I just reset my gear whats the best settings shutting things off etc for LTE? I where my watch to work 100% charges when I leave and it runs out by noon if not sooner? Any help would be appreciated
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So basically 3.0 sucks? I just reset my gear whats the best settings shutting things off etc for LTE? I where my watch to work 100% charges when I leave and it runs out by noon if not sooner? Any help would be appreciated
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I just look at my software version and it says 2.3.2.3 see attached
Something else obviously tapping your watch battery.
First thing I'd do is set a plain basic face. Then test for a day, if battery issue fixed then you just had a poorly designed face. Some take heart rate every minute... Steps, weather update. Stuff you may not realize is even happening.
If that doesn't do it, check your notifications. Do tons on apps send notifications often? Maybe drop down to a min amount, then test for a day.
I'd definitely set lte "mobile networks" to auto, then WiFi completely off or only on when Bluetooth disconnects. WiFi isn't much benefit when you have lte, because there's not much you can do with the watch to eat up any data cap you might have, so could leave it off.
Heart rate check every hour, nothing shorter.
Screen time out fifteen seconds
Hopefully that sorts it.
Another consideration is you could have a lemon. How long have you had it? Might have an overheating issue, which could eat the battery. I've heard of a few, but pretty rare I think.
Good luck,
Ooo
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Something else obviously tapping your watch battery.
First thing I'd do is set a plain basic face. Then test for a day, if battery issue fixed then you just had a poorly designed face. Some take heart rate every minute... Steps, weather update. Stuff you may not realize is even happening.
If that doesn't do it, check your notifications. Do tons on apps send notifications often? Maybe drop down to a min amount, then test for a day.
I'd definitely set lte "mobile networks" to auto, then WiFi completely off or only on when Bluetooth disconnects. WiFi isn't much benefit when you have lte, because there's not much you can do with the watch to eat up any data cap you might have, so could leave it off.
Heart rate check every hour, nothing shorter.
Screen time out fifteen seconds
Hopefully that sorts it.
Another consideration is you could have a lemon. How long have you had it? Might have an overheating issue, which could eat the battery. I've heard of a few, but pretty rare I think.
Good luck,
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I just turned on my watch this morning and my battery is already in the 80's It's only been 1/2 hour now see attached is this normal. I have all exercise off 15 sec on display and Bluetooth and wifi off? I'm still under warranty but don't want a refurbished watch or someone else's mess? Any ideas? Maybe 1 to 2 text messages and voicemail and email is off
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I just turned on my watch this morning and my battery is already in the 80's It's only been 1/2 hour now see attached is this normal. I have all exercise off 15 sec on display and Bluetooth and wifi off? I'm still under warranty but don't want a refurbished watch or someone else's mess? Any ideas?
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This is my watch face which I feel is basic?
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This is my watch face which I feel is basic?
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Hello, suggest resetting it. Use Blue Stealth watch face as it had very little white light which uses a lot of power.
Also. When it is disconnected from bluetooth and the LTE radio is on this will use much more battery. Keep all other settings as you have them. Samsung Health "nudges" also use battery so if you dont need them, turn those off too.
See if this helps too extend the battery life. If not then you truly may have a lemon.
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Set up is everything. I use a black and white face with color only for a second hand. I turn off stuff I don't need like NFC and BT and wifi (don't need if LTE). I turned off Location because it doesn't seem to effect GPS when I'm walking. Not sure why yet. I dont use alot of wizz bang apps like a map, news alerts, or fancy running app. Just SHealth and there are things that the phone is just better for, like news. I get about 36-48 hours depending on if I text alot OR IF I'M OUT OF CELL RANGE. You'll burn alot of battery if the watch is looking for a tower. I'm working on how to manage that better. Hope that helps.
maddie01 said:
Hello, suggest resetting it. Use Blue Stealth watch face as it had very little white light which uses a lot of power.
Also. When it is disconnected from bluetooth and the LTE radio is on this will use much more battery. Keep all other settings as you have them. Samsung Health "nudges" also use battery so if you dont need them, turn those off too.
See if this helps too extend the battery life. If not then you truly may have a lemon.
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Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
Rayg1022 said:
Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
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Also would it be a good Idea to run the battery out and then recharge it?
Also is there a DIY for replacing the bezel? Mine is a little scuffed
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Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
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So I started my phone on LTE @ 4am and just now got off work at 3:40pm and I'm at 48% battery could someone tell me if that seems about right or good?
Rayg1022 said:
So I started my phone on LTE @ 4am and just now got off work at 3:40pm and I'm at 48% battery could someone tell me if that seems about right or good?
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That is very good for it being connect to LTE almost all day!
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Rayg1022 said:
Thanks, what or where do I get the blue stealth faces at?
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You can search in the Gear Apps and get it ...
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***Update*** I have everything off and using blue stealth. Turned on my gear 100% charge the percentage dropped to 33% From 4am to 5am I reset my gear and now the battery is climbing and it's now at 8:51am at 47%? Wtf? I'm going to try to run the battery down until it shuts off today and recharge for tomorrow if same thing then it's off to Samsung she goes..
Rayg1022 said:
***Update*** I have everything off and using blue stealth. Turned on my gear 100% charge the percentage dropped to 33% From 4am to 5am I reset my gear and now the battery is climbing and it's now at 8:51am at 47%? Wtf? I'm going to try to run the battery down until it shuts off today and recharge for tomorrow if same thing then it's off to Samsung she goes..
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Hey, yeah that sounds really bad.. I have the Gear S2, Gear S3 Classic (Both LTE) and I get a full day on the 2 and a little more that that on the 3...sounds like th you may have a bad battery ...good luck with getting it swapped out
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Rayg1022 said:
***Update*** I have everything off and using blue stealth. Turned on my gear 100% charge the percentage dropped to 33% From 4am to 5am I reset my gear and now the battery is climbing and it's now at 8:51am at 47%? Wtf? I'm going to try to run the battery down until it shuts off today and recharge for tomorrow if same thing then it's off to Samsung she goes..
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I had the exact same problem with my watch, and I was never able to figure it out. I tried factory resetting it, booting it up in recovery mode, uninstalling all 3rd party apps, letting it drain completely and recharging it, etc., but nothing seemed to affect the battery drain. The weird thing is the watch would last 3 days on a charge even though it would drain quickly at first. It would go down to 55% within the first couple of hours, rise back up to 60-70%, and then drain slowly for the next 2 days. The fact that the battery lasted 3 days was great, but the initial drain bugged me so much that I sold the watch.
I read a post on the official Samsung forum where a guy said he narrowed his battery drain problem down to a bug in the Weather app. He claims the GPS antenna continuously searches for the location, even when Location Services are turned off. His solution is to never update the Weather app. Since I don't have the watch anymore, I have no way to verify it.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...board-id/wearabletech/thread-id/10096/page/28