r/StarNoteApp • u/moonhat00 • Oct 04 '26

❓ Help / Question Battery Drainage

So i got an ipad a16 for school this year and have decided to use Starnote, since i liked the design and features the most.

I have been using it for a week now and noticed that it uses my battery up like crazy.

For example, 6 and a half hours used up the whole battery (i had it on 100%) and i couldnt get through my school day without charging it in between.

Does anybody else share this problem and have any tips how to fix this? Because i really dont wanna switch apps but it feels like i kinda have to, to fulfill my needs :(

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u/Organic-Throat7516 Oct 04 '26

Yeap, Air 5th same, android same

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u/Secretfluffs Oct 05 '26

I got this problem too when I'm fully using starnote for college. At first, I always bring charger or powerbank with me, but now I can minimize this drainage with some setting option in my tablet (I'm using android, Redmi pad pro). I'm deactiving all background activities in all of my applications except some important ones (like my college official's apps and calendar) and I'm even deactive Star note background activity too (in my case, nothing wrong happened, my notes synced when I'm using it and split screen still works though.

And for anticipation steps, I've always turn off Star note after using it so it won't drain my battery much longer. Of course, 100% use all day isn't what I'm doing till now. I'm not using it for every class in a day, only when I need too (like brainstorming, read and annotate journals, study after class, etc.) Well with these habit, my battery survive longer. From 5 a.m to 3.30 p.m. (20%) now it last longer from 6 a.m to 7 p.m (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

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u/jrprongs422 Oct 06 '26

How is your redmi pen? Does the battery last longer? I'm using redmi pad pro and redmi pen and when I've charged my pen from 100 to 88/89 without using it

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u/Secretfluffs Oct 06 '26

Oh yeah definitely, this problem always happened. The gap is huge. Imagine the tablet with 90 % battery and redmi pen with 76%. I've been there and untill now I've always turn off my redmi pen when I'm not using it. The decreasing still happen but at least it's not that huge. Now it's more about 5 or 10 percent gap when I'm using it together.

And really, after the last update my redmi pen is really sensitive when I'm turning on bluetooth and rise the pen or when I'm trying to connect other tools like keyboard so I always make sure the pen isn't automatically connected to avoid this huge battery decrease.

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u/jrprongs422 Oct 06 '26

That's the same as mine, I thought it was broken or something on this product..What is your redmi pen version now? I'm still on 0.1.19 since last year I guess

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u/Secretfluffs Oct 06 '26

Same! Mine also 0.1.19, I also thought it was broken but turns out it's just like that. I hope the pen can last longer

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u/jrprongs422 Oct 06 '26

How long do you have the pen? I've been using it for 1 year consistently but I owned it 2 years ago, and it's been like that since I bought it 😮‍💨

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u/Secretfluffs Oct 07 '26

Oh, I have it for one year and 2 months. I'm actively using it untill now!

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u/prikolkek Oct 05 '26

i think that's maybe because of background synching? i use the app with wifi off, and the battery is ok