Note 4: Latest Software Update and battery life

[Anonymous]

Hi

I have had the Note 4 since December 2015.  I really like the phone but the batttery life is dire.  I am constantly having to make sure that is charged and lately I have missed calls and the odd photo due to a flat battery.I confess I have Bluetooth swiched on all the time for my Pebble watch but I can't be the only one who has this.

• I installed the latest software update that mentioned battery life improvements - has anybody else noticed this? Version is now 5.1.1
• I hear Android M ( 5.2 ?) is meant to improve battery life over the initally disappointing Lollipop ( tho this improving with each update).  I wonder if anyone has tested this out.
• The fast charging seems to equate to equally faster battery drain and I tend to prefer slow charging.
• Anybody got any tips re battery life inc rooting ?

Daniel

[MI5]

You must have something specific draining the life out of your battery as I can get 2 days and I'm a fairly heavy user.
My BT is also on for connection to my Gear 2.

[jonsie]

I can get a full day of usage without problem and I take so many photos here, review,edit, tether the notebook etc. Have you had the recent update which improves battery as well as security?

[Anonymous]

Yes this looks like the update I installed last night - you have been on this a lot longer. I notice I get a full day inthe house when I am not having to use the Network connection ( except for calls and txts).  

[jonsie · Accepted solution]

Let the battery drain down, switch the phone off and charge to full. It takes a couple of cycles to optimise the battery.

[Anonymous]

---

@MI5 wrote:
You must have something specific draining the life out of your battery as I can get 2 days and I'm a fairly heavy user.
My BT is also on for connection to my Gear 2.

---

------------------------------------------------------------------

Hmmmmmm I have never had 2 days even from day 1.  Not really, I got rid of the Facebook widget.  I use IMAP email so that needs to sync freqently- I use the prettier Outlook app which runs in parallel with the  default  email ,  I am not sure I can't remove the default email app as I think this handles the syncs.

[Anonymous]

---

@MI5 wrote:
You must have something specific draining the life out of your battery as I can get 2 days and I'm a fairly heavy user.
My BT is also on for connection to my Gear 2.

---

2 days?

wow i'm a heavy user and by 4pm i'm down to about 30% battery!!

[jonsie]

I can only get a day....but my days are very long....

[blissgirl]

I have the note 4 & can get thru a week without charging

[MI5]

---

@Anonymous wrote:

---

@MI5 wrote:
You must have something specific draining the life out of your battery as I can get 2 days and I'm a fairly heavy user.
My BT is also on for connection to my Gear 2.

---

2 days?

wow i'm a heavy user and by 4pm i'm down to about 30% battery!!

---

Yep, but obviously it depends what apps you run and what you use phone for........