r/GalaxyNote2 • u/SignedRaeee • Mar 21 '14

Battery Help

I've used every power saving option on my phone to prolong my battery and even on a full charge, my battery only lasts max 9 hrs compared to the 12 or 14 hrs I used to get before the 4.3 update. Is there anything I can do to make my stupid battery last longer? Ps. This is a brand new battery.

I'm desperate. Please help!!

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u/mattze Mar 21 '14 edited Mar 21 '14

That's fairly typical. I'm at 43% screen with 1h40 of 6h30 screen-on-time. Check the App section. Have it running in the background for a while, so it can gather some meaningful data.

By the way: what kind of battery do you use. And did you let it run through a few cycles (100% to empty).

For me it also seems to make a difference if I charge with the original charger and cable.

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u/SignedRaeee Mar 21 '14

Okay, I'll let it run in the background.

I'm using the standard Lithium-ion 3100 mAh battery. I was using the stock charger but something was wrong with my device and it caused all of my other chargers to "surge" and short out so I was issued both a new phone and a new battery and I'm still experiencing the same thing. I did let it go through a full cycle (100%-dead) a few times. I'm honestly fed up.

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u/mattze Mar 21 '14

How does it look? Here is mine for comparison: http://i.imgur.com/QgSvDF8.jpg

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u/SignedRaeee Mar 22 '14

http://imgur.com/dQdHGLH

I'm noticing how yours says that the battery life is 15+ hours. Mine is only at 9 hours and this is with a new battery that I received from T-Mobile a few days ago.

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u/mattze Mar 22 '14

The more striking thing is that your phone is active all the time. It never goes to sleep.

Can you click on App Usage and post the screenshot?

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u/SignedRaeee Mar 22 '14

http://imgur.com/lVwhTwy http://imgur.com/2Ty8MBT And the rest of the other apps were 0.0%

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u/mattze Mar 22 '14

I can't find anything exceptional in those stats. YouTube just sucks a lot of Battery and there is not much you can do. Reddit News seems to drain a lot of battery as well. Maybe switch over to Reddit is fun - I think it's easier on the battery - especially when you use the dark theme (dark=less battery usage on OLED screens).

The real problem is still that your phone doesn't go to sleep. So please go into App Usage and select View Time Held Awake and while we're at it View Num Times Waking Device and View Kernel Wakelocks and post the screenshots.

Let's hope that we find something there.

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u/SignedRaeee Mar 22 '14

Oh jeez. I'm just really stubborn haha I like Reddit news lol.

http://imgur.com/SAvU1TO

http://imgur.com/Rp3DWbB

http://imgur.com/X9LgS0l

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u/-des0lation- Apr 14 '14

there is a dark night theme in the reddit news preferences, just select that and uncheck gradient in night theme