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It seems like my phone runs warmer than normal with MIUI. Same thing mightve happened with Brainmasters. Charging can be also slower maybe unless i charge the phone while off. Anyone have an idea of what could be the cause?
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Juanito216 said:
It seems like my phone runs warmer than normal with MIUI. Same thing mightve happened with Brainmasters. Charging can be also slower maybe unless i charge the phone while off. Anyone have an idea of what could be the cause?
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I play on my fone all the time so my screen us warm but on miui it dies get hotter. Charging is just fine 4 mi tho
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Juanito216 said:
It seems like my phone runs warmer than normal with MIUI. Same thing mightve happened with Brainmasters. Charging can be also slower maybe unless i charge the phone while off. Anyone have an idea of what could be the cause?
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Did you ever get your answer because I have the same issue?

kjturner said:
Did you ever get your answer because I have the same issue?
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Miui naturally drains battery faster. It has many additional 'features' that take up more CPU resources and thus brings down the battery along with it. The reason the charge takes longer is probably because more battery is used while charging. It is natural to have battery draining fast issues with miui, still it is a great rom and I love it. Hope that answers your question

shockem said:
Miui naturally drains battery faster. It has many additional 'features' that take up more CPU resources and thus brings down the battery along with it. The reason the charge takes longer is probably because more battery is used while charging. It is natural to have battery draining fast issues with miui, still it is a great rom and I love it. Hope that answers your question
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took the words out of my mouth

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took the words out of my mouth
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I'm running Miui right now, it may have most likely been a data issue. I tried Wi-Fi and the phone wasn't running as warm or hot. I turned the data to automatic instead of 3g only and things have been better. If you had/have the same problem then try turning data to automatic in the settings. Yes this rom has more features but I haven't had those issues with Miui on the Droid X/Dinc. My issue has been solved though, has been my main rom lately.
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Snapdragon Battery Guru

Hi All,
This is an app that i just found that apparently is extremely useful for the I9505 variant containing the Snapdragon processor.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app#_blank
"Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru is a battery life saver app that extends battery performance and improves overall user experience by intelligently making changes that optimize device functionality in phones with Snapdragon mobile processors."
I have just installed it to see how it goes over the next few days.
Just thought i should share it with everyone.
Cheers

It will be very interesting to see how this turns out
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still need 1 days and 8 hour for me. will see how it goes.

23 hours left hear lol
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mine says 4 days of learning left....
will be interesting to see what it learns and how well it effectively puts that learning into practice to help battery life.

didn't really make much any difference for me so deleted it... not to say it won't work for you though
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Verdict still out for me as well. 1 day left of learning.

beaver2233 said:
didn't really make much any difference for me so deleted it... not to say it won't work for you though
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+1
I know this app from the Nexus 4, no differences....

beaver2233 said:
didn't really make much any difference for me so deleted it... not to say it won't work for you though
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did you let the learning time pass? and still not notice much?

AMDPOWERFIST said:
did you let the learning time pass? and still not notice much?
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Yeah of course (the app has been out for quite a while so it's not new). But as I said may be different for different users (those who sync a lot etc).
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I used this app for Nexus 4 when it was launched, after it learnt it mostly disabled my Gmail/Whatsapp/Tango and whenever I used to open those APPs then only I could get notifications. This is even when, I have disabled that do not enable this feature on this & this app. Strangely I had to uninstall the app so that I can receive notifications

coolraghav said:
I used this app for Nexus 4 when it was launched, after it learnt it mostly disabled my Gmail/Whatsapp/Tango and whenever I used to open those APPs then only I could get notifications. This is even when, I have disabled that do not enable this feature on this & this app. Strangely I had to uninstall the app so that I can receive notifications
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Its mostly useless because of this.
I used it on my previous phone as well, Motorola RAZR HD. There were options to enable data for those apps (I don't use Tango though), and I did.
In the end all it was essentially doing is managing my WiFi, and it made poor choices about that, disconnecting me when I was at home and using WiFi. It made sense to the app; WiFi took more power, but it wasn't the way I wanted to use it.
In the end, it didn't do anything but screw up my experience. I could achieve what it had "learned" and tailored it to my needs using Tasker but doing that doesn't even make a significant difference when I'd set it up for a better power saving experience so those profiles inevitably got deleted.
I should add that the RAZR HD is built to be sort of similar to vanilla Android, and that I trust Samsung a lot more when it comes to trying to optimise power consumption in its ROM without any add ons running, and that's quite a statement considering that the RAZR HD has incredible battery life.
I've had this app staring at me in Titanium Backup, uninstalled, since I got the phone and the urge to try it out comes and goes, but overall I can't really conceive that its a good idea to do so. There's no magical things that it does which can't be accomplished using other tools and most of those tools aren't really worth it despite doing a better job for the reason of the user having more control over what conditions need to be met for the functions to take place. The days of Android needing help with power management through third party apps are for the most part in the past and only exist on pretty old phones.

Battery Guru is in use more then anything else during Learning process when I check in Greenify. Based on what I see hopefully it is used less after Learning.
Also is it worth using this with Greenify?
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Leonidas87 said:
Battery Guru is in use more then anything else during Learning process when I check in Greenify. Based on what I see hopefully it is used less after Learning.
Also is it worth using this with Greenify?
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hahahahaha
what a stupid program if that is the case (saw your image below this post)

Latest after finishing the Learning period. Seems to still show up in greenify to be waking up the phone more then anything else I've ever seen before.
To me it looks like a resource and battery hog.
Anyone else have an opinion based on the picture I'm attaching or there experience with it?
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Leonidas87 said:
Latest after finishing the Learning period. Seems to still show up in greenify to be waking up the phone more then anything else I've ever seen before.
To me it looks like a resource and battery hog.
Anyone else have an opinion based on the picture I'm attaching or there experience with it?
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Yep. And I guess if the functions of this app were so great how it tells you in the description, it would be in the source code of the qualcomm's kernel itself. Maybe it can save some battery but only for those millions of unexperienced users arround the world, who doesn't even know, what android really is.
I would stick with greenify and that's enough. Everything else is the job for the kernel.

Impact7 said:
Yep. And I guess if the functions of this app were so great how it tells you in the description, it would be in the source code of the qualcomm's kernel itself. Maybe it can save some battery but only for those millions of unexperienced users arround the world, who doesn't even know, what android really is.
I would stick with greenify and that's enough. Everything else is the job for the kernel.
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Overall it just does more harm then good. My Live Wallpaper seemed slugish. Scrolling became sluggish on homescreen and drawer. Over 1000 Wake ups and counting with it. NO THANK YOU.
USE GREENIFY (BETA VERSION PREFFERED BY ME) BOTTOM LINE
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Does this app really help?
I let it run the whole learning period and just ended a few hours ago...
So it started saving battery... The phone was idle the whole time.
You see a huge decline in battery? Thats when the App BatteryGuru started to "save battery", how ironic.
"Google Services" seems to be the cause in here..
When checking Wake Lock Detector,
BatteryGuru is the most wake lock...
Question is, Shall I continue using it?

i started using this app with the adam kernel and ive noticed that my battery life has increased from 12 hours of use to 18/19 hours of use
im a pretty avid phone user. mainly music, web browsing, phone calling, text, games, and seldomly maps (in order of importance to my personal life
with the stock kernel i saw no difference

[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.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

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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Should I cancel s6 order? Heard battery sucks.

I was real excited to get the s6 on Verizon. I ordered it last night but now I'm undecided and feel like I should cancel it because I keep reading on here that the battery drains like mad for no reason. I have the HTC one m7 right now and the battery sucks. What do you guys think? I don't have much time to cancel. I've also read some stuff about how calls drop bcuz something is different now. Like you can't use data and talk on the phone with the same time unless you're on lte.
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Chadly said:
I was real excited to get the s6 on Verizon. I ordered it last night but now I'm undecided and feel like I should cancel it because I keep reading on here that the battery drains like mad for no reason. I have the HTC one m7 right now and the battery sucks. What do you guys think? I don't have much time to cancel. I've also read some stuff about how calls drop bcuz something is different now. Like you can't use data and talk on the phone with the same time unless you're on lte.
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I would. Or you could be like the rest of us and wait for an update that we have no idea when it will come.
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msburr87 said:
I would. Or you could be like the rest of us and wait for an update that we have no idea when it will come.
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THIS

Well, they already sent out my order do it should be getting here tomorrow. Now I just hope 32 gb is enough. I tend to not keep a lot of stuff on my phone so in sure it will be fine..
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Not sure why you've heard such things. Battery life is fine. If you see you start getting some strange drain, a restart fixes it. Only happens to me once every couple days. 5.1 will fix it for good. Also, I've had no issues with calls dropping so I'm not sure where you heard that.
As for data while on a call, that's VoLTE (voice over LTE) or HD Voice as Verizon calls it. If you're moving and are connected to a tower, but swap to a different tower that doesn't support it (very rare) the call will drop. If you're talking to someone while being stationary, you'll never have an issue. You can turn off HD Voice, but you won't be able to use data while on a call.

Chadly said:
Well, they already sent out my order do it should be getting here tomorrow. Now I just hope 32 gb is enough. I tend to not keep a lot of stuff on my phone so in sure it will be fine..
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If storage becomes a issue there are quite a few options for a USB drive for the phone. I Googled "usb drive for phone" and came up with a ton of options. I usually use WIFI file transfer Pro to transfer files to and from my PC.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/10-USB-flash-drives-made-for-Android-smartphones-and-tablets_id58396

Misterxtc said:
If storage becomes a issue there are quite a few options for a USB drive for the phone. I Googled "usb drive for phone" and came up with a ton of options. I usually use WIFI file transfer Pro to transfer files to and from my PC.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/10-USB-flash-drives-made-for-Android-smartphones-and-tablets_id58396
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Wow, nice. If the USB drives for the phones do the same as the SD cards did how come so many people are complaining that it doesn't have expandable storage? I'm confused.
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Im getting great battery life, and super deep sleep... i love the battery, after the a few cycles this battery is a BAMF
s6 made me do it

Chadly said:
Wow, nice. If the USB drives for the phones do the same as the SD cards did how come so many people are complaining that it doesn't have expandable storage? I'm confused.
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Maybe because people don't want to carry another item around, plug it in and out, having an ugly thing plugged into this beautiful device.
And I bet people have other reasons too
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Chadly said:
Wow, nice. If the USB drives for the phones do the same as the SD cards did how come so many people are complaining that it doesn't have expandable storage? I'm confused.
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Do you want to carry around a USB OTG cable and flash drive or memory card everywhere you go, having to plug it in and out when wanting to access data on it?

I have had fine battery life. I also was worried so i bought one of the samsung wireless charges to sit on my desk. My phone - for the most part - sits on my desk anyway during the day. However i find myself rarely putting phone on there as there is no need. My phone easily lasts all day with normal use.

So I got the phone today and I'm in love. The build on mine is absolutely perfect. Everything is lined up perfect. No weird pink or yellow tint on the screen. I couldn't find a single scratch anywhere on the phone which was impossible to find with the HTC one. I literally looked at 6 htc ones at the Verizon store and they all had some scratch or something on the body of the phone. I can't believe how fast this phone is and I'm at 2 hours on screen time and I'm still at 60 percent battery. Does that seem pretty good? Only on first charge ever too. Been on wifi the whole time and I disabled lots of bloat ware.
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How's my battery life looking?
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We have confirmed root, so if you return the phone, I'd be confused as to why.
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Does the CPU have AES-NI or something?

I have been having NordVPN app connect 100% of the time on this phone, and have yet to see any battery drain. I randomly check my IP address and a DNS Leak test, and Nord is fully operational etc.
The battery life on this phone has been unreal so far.

My battery life has been way better than expected. Don't know the answer to your other question.
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CptCrackers said:
My battery life has been way better than expected. Don't know the answer to your other question.
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Yeah, I fully expected it to be as good as my S7 edge (which id say was "ok"), but this thing hardly uses any power.