topic Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved in Android

Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:31:09 GMT

Question for the group.

I have a SG Note 3 which I have had for about 9 months. It was a refurbished device from o2 and has o2 bloatware installed.

Over the months the amount of use I can get from the handset "appears" to have reduced. Typically I am charging it 1.5 to 2 times per day. That said I do hammer it. It gets a lot of use.

So my question is: would getting a new Samsung Original battery improve things or is it just the way it is?

Answers on the back of a postage stamp please. 😃😃

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:32:43 GMT

Easy.

Sell it and by an iPhone 6 plus. 😉

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:34:59 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Easy.

Sell it and by an iPhone 6 plus. 😉

I've seen better potential solutions from an o2 live chat employee

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

MI5 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:35:03 GMT

First question (there may be a few), what does it drain overnight on airplane mode?
Charge it to 100% turn on airplane mode and reboot then leave it until the morning and tell me what it's charge level is pls.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:36:19 GMT

Seriously tho yes a new battery may help depending on how many times the recharge cycle has been carried out on the older battery.

Their are tips regarding turning this and that off but I personally like to use as many features as possible.

One tip someone told me was to turn the % sign off and enjoy the phone.

If your hammering the phone then it's probably acceptable to have to top the battery up during the day.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:36:33 GMT

I will do try that Rich but I can say that if it is fully charged before I go to bed it rarely uses more than about 4% over night. It is connected to wifi overnight.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

MI5 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:40:18 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I will do try that Rich but I can say that if it is fully charged before I go to bed it rarely uses more than about 4% over night. It is connected to wifi overnight.

Prob battery is fine then but let's start there - that o2 firmware could also be a problem.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:45:38 GMT

O2 firmware as in the device or o2 bloatware?

I have considered flashing the device and putting pure Android on it and getting rid of the o2 bloatware

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

MI5 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:48:28 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
O2 firmware as in the device or o2 bloatware?

Bloatware is part of the firmware and unlikely to have all the latest Sammy tweaks on board either.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:58:00 GMT

So in your humblest of opinions Rich would I be advised to flash it to pure Android and in doing so what is the risk?

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

MI5 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:02:00 GMT

I would flash it and there are very few, if any, risks.
The only consideration you need have is that your new firmware must be a higher level than your old - this will preserve your Knox integrity and hence warranty.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:03:54 GMT

Which bit of data do you need to check? Kernel?

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

MI5 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:11:55 GMT

Let me guess.......
Type *#1234# and your CSC will be N9005O2UGNG1 ?

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:21:11 GMT

piperdog123 wrote:
Question for the group.

I have a SG Note 3 which I have had for about 9 months. It was a refurbished device from o2 and has o2 bloatware installed.

Over the months the amount of use I can get from the handset "appears" to have reduced. Typically I am charging it 1.5 to 2 times per day. That said I do hammer it. It gets a lot of use.

My note 3 performs the same way if I'm using it a lot, and that was brand new 7 months ago.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

MI5 — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:26:57 GMT

I agree and I'm not suggesting that miraculously you will get 3 days use out of it, but I do expect to see an improvement.
The biggest change will come when you get the Note 4 as the screen is very efficient and is no longer the biggest battery hog, unlike, I suspect it is on the 3......?

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:48:48 GMT

It is N9005XXNGUG1

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:50:13 GMT

Sorry that was the AP. You are indeed correct @MI5 with the CSC

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:52:50 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
I agree and I'm not suggesting that miraculously you will get 3 days use out of it, but I do expect to see an improvement.
The biggest change will come when you get the Note 4 as the screen is very efficient and is no longer the biggest battery hog, unlike, I suspect it is on the 3......?

Certainly, yes, the screen is the biggest battery draw on the Note 3. Plus, it's prone to burn in, (although Samsung have agreed a warranty replacement in my case).

Is the 4 really an improvement in this regard? I want one now

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:57:48 GMT

Yes @Anonymous I have noticed from time to time the screen gets very warm. I tend to stop using it at that point for a while.

Re: Battery Life - Can It Be Improved

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:59:17 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Yes @Anonymous I have noticed from time to time the screen gets very warm. I tend to stop using it at that point for a while.

Yes, you should - the screen is more liable to screen burn when it's warm apparently.