or both?
i have the s7 from telus with superstock on it and i am using amplify and greenify together.
is that good? bad?
will i get better life if i only use one?
or is one nullifying the other?
just some random thoughts and would like to know everyone's experience with this.
thanks!
Both, i do not believe they nullify each other. Ive been using both for about a month now and have noticed increased battery life. currently at 35% on 12 hours 32 minutes of battery. Heavy use, music, wifi, bluetooth all running since unplugging.
How is your battery life?
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That was harder then it should of been lol
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Screen on time 3hrs 50min
Anyway that's when I'm getting with them
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I'm running HyperDrive RLS 5 with the stock kernel and like the features but I am on my phone a lot and my battery is suffering. I've seen people getting 20+hours of battery life on their S3 with 3 to 4 hours of screen time. Right now I'm at 7 and half hours with 2 and a half hours of screen time. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, text, and phone calls. I'd like to keep with the phone but I have an upgrade and may jump ship. What Roms and kernel combos are you running that are yielding this stellar battery life I hear of? Please help before I do something brash and get a Motorola or even worse an iPhone, ugh!. Thanks guys!
I run Carbon ROM +Ktoonz. I regularly get 4 hours of screen time.
My best battery life was from Synergy +Ziggy or Lean or Ktoonz. I got 5 hours of screen time.
iPhones have crap battery life, with no option to expand battery, undervolt, or underclock. How would that help you? You also can't freeze apps, make screen off profiles, etc. That's like getting a Dodge because your Honda wasn't reliable enough for you.
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Clean ROM and lean kernel does wonders for me
Device idle puts my at about 80% with very little use.
Battery will last all day with very very heavy use.
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Thanks for the input, gonna give the ktoonsez kernel a spin. Hopefully this helps. PS I'd never go to an iPhone. I like technology not toys. #teamdroid
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barrackOBAMA said:
Clean ROM and lean kernel does wonders for me
Device idle puts my at about 80% with very little use.
Battery will last all day with very very heavy use.
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I have this set up but I feel as though I'm getting iffy battery life. I keep my screen pretty dim and am on consistent wifi 100% of the day with mobile data off, no games or any CPU intensive tasks, and I get maybe 15 or 16 hours of battery life with 2-3 hours of screen time. Perhaps that is good though? I keep seeing people write about 24 hour battery life and I just don't see how.
That's pretty good. Screen on is the most important stat. You could not touch it, put it in airplane mode and boast about how many hours. I would assume some of those people are forgetting to mention they have extended batteries or are charging at some point.
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Carbon ROM with Ktoonsez kernel.
3 hours screen time.
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Soo I finally put the battery through a full day of use and I must say that it does not live up to being a 3360mah battery, with that being said @ $26, it does hold up for about the same time as stock so I'll continue to use it as a back up. If I had to make this purchase again I wouldnt. You can get 2 anker batteries for the same price and they will last the same...
Here are some screenshots of my usage. I've been on wifi most of the time and about 3 hours or so on 3g. My usage involved lots of facebook, whatsapp, frequent web browsing using boat browser, a few youtube vids and a couple short calls...
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Damn for $26, you're better off returning it and getting ones from Anker. You get two with Anker or Hyperion
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Better results today. 80% wifi 20% 3g lots of web browsing,videos,facebook etc. Brightness was about 30%
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jboodram said:
Better results today. 80% wifi 20% 3g lots of web browsing,videos,facebook etc. Brightness was about 30%
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Seems worse than OEM battery to me. With autobrightness, I've been able to surpass 5 hrs screen-on time with the stock battery.
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Seems worse than OEM battery to me. With autobrightness, I've been able to surpass 5 hrs screen-on time with the stock battery.
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Yup I would say its about 90% of stock... I got a full refund tho... I ordered the zerolemon 3000mah battery...
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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 are y'all doing it? 6 hours? That's not that good to me. And some dude said he got 6 hours of on-screen time. I'm rooted with experimental kernel
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That's a whole battery thread. Go there
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I went through it. I just need help with the voltages and all that. The best settings for battery life.
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battery life isnt really about what kernel you use. battery life is all about how you use your phone, how you set it up, what apps you use, and most importantly, the quality of your phone/data connection. sure, a kernel might be able to help you get slightly better battery. but its really your use and your signal. and if your signal is bad quality, then your battery will always suffer.
"Good battery life" does not apply to "everybody" that has rooted. Many root and simply expect that battery life must be improved, but still need to understand the basic laws of physics first.
(People's definition of "Good" in this scenario also varies massively...)
It comes down to how you use the device. There is no 'best settings' you should be looking for. Save yourself the time, and first understand what is using your battery.
SOT is a measurement, but a crude one. It offers no insight into what those 6 hours were doing...You can be certain that it wasn't 6 hours gaming at 100% brightness though. Under relatively light CPU load, low brightness, good signal etc...the laws of physics will explain higher SOT...
Check this
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Check this
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Means nothing until we see screen on time . That could all be idle time for all we know
#StayParanoid
Will upload one with screen on time tomorrow
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How are y'all doing it? 6 hours? That's not that good to me. And some dude said he got 6 hours of on-screen time. I'm rooted with experimental kernel
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this past week some people were having problems with the battery life on CM11 ROM, but it seems it's been fixed on the nightly version, try downloading greenify so you can put those annoying battery eating apps to sleep
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How are y'all doing it? 6 hours? That's not that good to me. And some dude said he got 6 hours of on-screen time. I'm rooted with experimental kernel
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What does root access have to do with battery life?
Everyone with battery issues need to go here:
[Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785128
[Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
#StayParanoid
I Highly Recommend Privacy Settings
What I did to improve my battery life was to deny most of the Google apps from waking my device and/or keeping my device awake. I have attached pictures. This improved my battery by atleast double. Also using 2g connection when connected to WiFi.
Those denied numbers have risen to 6 digits.
bblzd said:
What does root access have to do with battery life?
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I suppose to rephrase the question "what other battery saving options are available to root users?"
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For a device this great its not possible it only lasts longer than two hours... Any advice help... Stock t mobile
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* no longer
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Most everyone is getting more than 5 hours screen on time. It might be a rogue app eating your battery.
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Most everyone is getting more than 5 hours screen on time. It might be a rogue app eating your battery.
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Agreed. I can get 2 hours using VTime or watching videos in Gear VR.
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I get two hours on netflix but stand by i get 12 at most no extra apps just xda stock tmobile s7
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It just drains it like a leach
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Turn off smart stay
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bikercr said:
Turn off smart stay
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Do you think that Smart Stay is battery greedy? I use it, it is useful.
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I noticed an immediate improvement in battery life after turning it off. However, if i found it useful i would have left it on. The device charges so fast that extra battery life hardly matters when I'm not away from a charger all day.
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I noticed an immediate improvement in battery life after turning it off. However, if i found it useful i would have left it on. The device charges so fast that extra battery life hardly matters when I'm not away from a charger all day.
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I read around and the drain is present even in the phone with Smart Stay disabled so I don't think that it is the problem.
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Battery drain on stand by is IMO kernel issue. Usually stock kernel drains battery much almost with every phone. Same happened with my previous one LG G2, but when I installed custom rom, battery drain stopped and had 100 % battery for many hours (when I am at work and can't use phone much). With S7 (stock rom, no root) when I come to work it is already few % down without doing anything (same app setup as on LG G2) even with always on feature turned off.
milicevic - lg is known for that '' 100% battery problem '' switched from g4 to s7 and i get around 1,2hr more SOT with s7 ( cca 4,5hrs )
From my experience with these 2 models SoT is better on Samsung and Stand by Time on LG. I was just comparing stock and custom rom and LG was no ace at all with stock. But when I was on LG G2 CloudyFa's custom rom based on stock KitKat (later on Lollipop) with his own made kernel, Stand by Time was so great. I really miss that.