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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] justquan2:
Thanks! Flashing as soon as I get home tonight!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] just_visiting:
OEM Samsung
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] just_visiting:
- Yes Facebook is set to sync under social hub, I do check facebook every 30mins to an hr per day

- once I use gps its enabled and I'm too lazy to shut it off plus a lot of programs uses gps

- I use Latitude all the time

- I've always wanted to setup IMAP but too lazy too

Ok I changed my email setting to imap. Isn't imap push email? I sent myself a test email and it does not show up until I refresh my emails. Also during setup it does give me an option to "Email check frequency".

Thanks a lot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
Oh, you mean GPS is enabled, not that it's in use. That's quite different, GPS enabled uses zero battery. I'm not sure what "Social Hub" does, but if it's anything like what the HTC Facebook my wifes old phone did, I would NOT use it. Her phone it was a COMPLETELY different app, so Facebook was actually syncing DOUBLE what you'd think it was. And had double the data storage etc, so she was always running out of internal storage.

IMAP IDLE depends on the server. I'd hope they'd all support it, but perhaps some don't. And you can have PUSH or POLL on various folders. Like for instance, I have my INBOX Push, but I have half a dozen other folders that POLL twice a day. I want semi-recent information in those folders for reference, but I don't need them up to date immediately. Less data flowing that way, as they only touch those folders twice a day.

I'm still tracking down weird wakelocks on my phone, or trying to, but for me, battery life is fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lastdeadmouse:
Social hub and SNS are separate from the Facebook app. They are for the stock widget and adding fb updates to contacts. Just use the Facebook app, and if you check it every 30 min anyway, why not turn off sync?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Maybe someone can help me here:

When the screen is OFF (left overnight; unplugged from charger), battery drain is only 4% in 8 hours.

When the screen is ON doing minimal stuff like reading ebooks, email checking and light browsing (NO GAMES) with brightness at 20%, the battery drain is 2-3% every 5 minutes - which is really bad I think.

I don't know why such discrepancy between the screen ON and OFF. I understand the screen takes the most juice, but so much so that my Note only last 2 hours with screen ON under the above condition?

BetterBatteryStats doesn't show any apps that cause the MASSIVE battery drain - only BatteryMonitorWidget and EasyMoney causing wakeups but it is needed for both apps to operate. I.e. EasyMoney need to check time and date so it can remind me of bills.

Any ideas?

I setup my phone as follow:

1). Rooted - stock ROM

2). Brightness at 25% most of the time. 100% brightness for 1 minute top when I am outside

3). "Normal" background (normal because this is a smartphone, right? :p )

- 3 GMail accounts with PUSH

- 1 Exchange account with PUSH - STOPS between 6PM and 7 AM

- 1 Google Calendar sync

- Twitter update every 1 hour

- Tapatalk every 1 hour - STOPS between 1 AM and 9 AM

4). Wifi OFF (unless I am at home)

5). GPS ON

6). Vibration ON (so I can "feel" emails coming when the phone is in my pocket)

7). Most of AT&T and Samsung craps are either uninstalled or frozen using Titanium Backup
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] erick161:
Turn off your GPS (wtf?!), turn off background sync and reduce brightness. If I'm indoors my phone is NEVER above 0% brightness. Bright enough for me. And at night, I apply screen filter (until I root and flash this). Its way to bright at night.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
I followed most of what you recommended, except the following:

- Background sync - needed for my email account

- GPS - needed during daytime.

The above is what I need to be ON during daytime (at work or travelling), so I can't just turn it off.

My problem is when the screen is ON. With what I mentioned in my previous post, I got really bad battery life. Screen off? Its all good...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
This is with about 3 to 4 hours of onscreen time. Me likey.

Sent from Galaxy Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Few questions how you get that battery life:

- Are you using custom ROM? I am stock, rooted

- WifI most of the time? I am on 4G 9 hours a day

- What's your average brightness? Mine is 25 to 50% since I am outdoors most of the time.

I also have some necessary background apps, as shown in my previous posts.

My battery life is below.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jawshwilson:
ebay

Juwst buy a new battery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Running flappjaxxx LE2 rom. My brightness is pretty much the same and 7 plus hours of that was on 4g LTE. I pretty much just turned the wifi on. Usually I run wifi most of the day. Here's my on screen time.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1664980

Sent from Galaxy Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] knoxster:
While perhaps less than ideal, am i reading that you got eight hours of battery? That's not awful and is in line with how you use the phone...

I am not Conserver... I've taken to keeping a charger in the car, my office and at home..

On a aside note, I did notice that the stock Telus ROM doesn't give a low battery warning until somewhat later in the discharge cycle than the AT&T ROM.

I was completely freaked about battery life initially... But one day, I had no choice, but to run it till it shut down...

I was very pleasantly surprised about the life left in that thin sliver of battery indicator.... But, because when I'm in it, my car is my office, I like the peace of mind that comes from having the charger in the car.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Thanks. It looks like having a custom ROM is the

only way

to increase battery life substantially.

I have 3 original Note batteries. I am not looking for a 5 days battery life with 10 hours screen time.. I WISH! I am trying to figure out how did people get really good battery life, like 1-1.5 days battery life with hours on screen time. But looks like this cannot be done with stock ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] erick161:
Well I will say that if I'm connected to LTE, my battery might see as little as just a few hours screen on time. Wifi is the only time I ever achieve near 4 hours screen on time. Why do you need GPS on? Can you not turn it on at will? Or use tasker to turn it on for specific apps and/or time or location specific.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Is that a total of 4 hours before the battery went kaput.... or after that period you still have 30-50% of battery left?

I will try Tasker.... so the way it works is that you can control switches (GPS, etc.) when you start an app?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JB calhoun:
Im on fjs rom too i get 4 and a half hours screen time in 13-14 hours and have 15-20 percent battery left my gps and wifi are on all day long!! And i use jdu it does work i use the advanced menu so my phone deep sleeps with no connection

note @ 1.83
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JB calhoun:
Btw the 1.83 was saurom lol not fjs...we all know we cant clock that ...before u all start!

note @ 1.83
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] tiltospe:
If the battery life drops after being unplugged from a full charge (for example from 100%-80% when unplugged) u can try something called "recycling" your battery. This is where you let your battery completely discharge then charge it full. Do that about 5 or 6 times and if the problem still remains, you may need a new battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
I thought you are not supposed to let li-on battery completely discharged these many times?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Err0xx:
You're not. Read professional reviews of "cycling batteries." It's bull****. Charge to full, download a battery calibration app or wipe battery stats in CWM and move on with life. Let the misinformed do battery cycles; most of the improvement from this is mental.

Battery cycling did have some effect to boost reported battery life but that stopped after Froyo - again, this helped battery percentage REPORTING, not actual charge capacity. With Gingerbread and ICS, android reports battery based on available mAh, so if you were to see it drop from 100% to 80% right after unplugging, continue to use the phone normally and it'll correct itself over a couple of days - sooner if you use a battery calibration app or wipe battery stats in CWM.

IMO you need a custom ROM to get good battery life. Seraphim Stratosphere and Juggernaut roms come to mind for outstanding battery life on the Note. Under Seraphim I get around 18h unplugged with 4.5h screen on time. I Juggernaut is about the same and both are blazing fast. Scoring 3680 in Quadrant on Juggernaut. Also scoring around 3700 on ICS Objection (what I'm currently running), but slightly less battery life.

Sent from my Galaxy Note SGH-I717 running Team Perfection's ICS Objection RC1 ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] erick161:
No, 4 hours screen on time. To me that's almost more important that how long the battery lasts.

Yes, with tasker you can use cell towers to determine your position and turn on your GPS if your GPS needs to be on at a specific location (work, business, entering a highway etc) or when you launch an individual app (maps, etc). Of course it can do the opposite and turn it off based on your needs. It can also do the same for your wifi (turn it on automatically when you get home or at the office). It can really do just about anything you will ever need it to do
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
The problem I have is when the screen is ON. When off, its OK.

I tried turning everything off, GPS included and use WiFi the whole day with 0-25% screen brightness. Battery still goes down at a rate of 1% every 5 min when the screen is ON. So I think Tanker won't help me here.

Gotta be the ROM. I am holding off installing custom ROM for now since ICS is just around the corner. Don't want to reinstall and setup everything again twice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
This is with heavy usage. It does much better with light usage. Benchmarks about 3700 give or take. Running FJ's LE2 as mentioned in an earlier post.. Incredible rom.

Sent from Galaxy Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
For what is worth... This is the best I can get out with 4 hours of screen time and GPS ON all the time. 10-30% brightness. Still got 15%.

Stock ROM. I think its decent. What do you guys think?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Yarbo:
I don't know how old this is, but I had the exact same problem as the OP. Based on what I've read, I also use my note about the same as the OP.

I thought this was incorrect, and convinced the retailer I got my phone at to swap it for a new one (Futureshop in Canada) and since getting the new one all my battery woes are gone. I can get about 3 to 5 hours of screen on time, and if I am not using it ALL day its not too bad. WAY better then before I exchanged it.

Perhaps there are lemon batteries, or lemon I717's floating around.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Benchmark on updated le2.

Sent from Galaxy Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
Lmao!

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
im inclined to believe 5hours of on screen time is impossible unless screen brightness is at 1(with special app) and no networks on(lte,wifi,gps)

i keep mine on auto brightness

to have screen brightness on 1 to save battery makes the beautfiful super amoled screen similar to a nextel screen

same way with having to keep lte,gps,bluetooth,wifi off all the time to get more battery makes the note not a smartphone...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Reid Malenfant:
So, I have had my note for about 3 1/2 weeks. The 30 days return policy is approaching and I am not satisfied with the battery life. I have the screen filter app at around 47% and automatic brightness setting on the phone.

I am going to post a picture and you guys tell me if you think this is within normal parameters for a stock AT&T note.

***picture would go here (website= i48.tinypic picture= 2vl3ywk.png)***

The orange circle is exactly 1 hour of surfing the web within a wifi network and within that 1 hour a 17 minute youtube HD clip was played. That one hour consumed about +-30% of my battery. Is that common?

I like the Note, I want to keep it. Even with the lag and the display problems.

Thank you guys for your time.

Edit: I guess I cannot post an image. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Did you root and remove all the AT&T and Samsung crapware? This made the battery life night and day.

Also, if you have GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi ON all the time, it'll kill the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] manteka:
I had this problem when I first installed saurom rom. It might have to do with the kernel. Mine had an "unknown" in the kernel version. I had to download a fix.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Reid Malenfant:
I haven't rooted or remove any of the crapware. I do control GPS, bluetooth and wifi with llama.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] carhigh:
I was thinking 5 hours screen on time could be from an extended battery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
No extended battery here. You saw the screen shot. I normally run wifi, brightness set on auto, no GPS or Bluetooth unless needed. I freeze or remove apps that I feel are battery hogs. Of course I'm running fj's le2 rom and I'm rooted. I don't use any battery saving apps at all. My battery life was not this good on stock gb.

Sent from Galaxy Note
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Crey23:
I am with you man...had my note for 10 days or so and I am very dissapointed with battery life. I loose 7% within the first 20 minutes of the day when I wake up and read my e-mail and check my calendar.

I have just installed JD Ultimate...I had it before but did not see much difference....lets see what happens.

As far ICS is concerned...it does manage battery much better. On my previous phone I went from 10-12 hrs on an extended battery, to about 17 hrs when I switched to ICS ROMS. I just feel that is a shame that one has to root to get good Battery.

Sammy needs to push ICS out soon or these flagship devices will not be able to compete fairly in the market.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
not too bad but you indeed charged your phone a lil bit

---------- Post added at 08:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:41 PM ----------

im on fj's le2 too

no way i can get 5 hours, 3hours would be tops, IF that, and its on auto-brightness

like someone else mentioned, i can turn my screen on, and simply do nothing(other than let the screen stay on) and it'll drain about 1% every 5min or so

i would love to know your secret

can you list the frozen apps u have?

although i know the screen is the biggest drainer,regardles of what apps you running in background,nothing takes more juice than that 5.3" screen!

---------- Post added at 08:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 PM ----------

JD works, but basically it saves battery while you're not using the phone(keeps wifi,data off,etc)

the battery drain problem is, making the phone use less juice,WHILE its on . JD is of little use here because in options most people dont want JD to do anythign while they are actually using the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Froid:
I don't use jd anymore. Found it didn't do much. This is what's running all the time(for the most part). Check that out and freeze whatever you dont use. For instance, I freeze maps and map services. If I need them, I unfreeze them. As you can see, I don't have much running.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animeware:
I've got over 13 hours in one day before that's including all the bloaware software and 3rd party software

if you keep your GPS Off that will save you ton of battery life

Turn down the Brightness Level down until you are happy with the right settings.

Use Task Manager to close all apps open and Free up RAM!!!!!

Turn off Network data if your only using the WI-FI Network. 4G Network takes a lot of battery life.

Use the Power Saving Mode under Settings set the power on after 50% battery left this will also save your battery life

The Lock Screen turn it down to 30 secs to keep the battery low....

The Live Wallpaper do not use this is because it drains a lot of juice......

Turn off Auto Sync e-mail account's this will save battery life......

******ROOT*********

Changing the CPU if you increase it or to max that will also drain the battery faster.

This is all I can think of I hope this was helpful information..........
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] willbs94:
Animeware said it. My friend has the galaxy note and always brags about having good battery life. But all things aside. If you have wifi. Turn on your damn wifi! That will actually save you battery life. If you live in an area where you get one or two bars the its possible that you are draining more usage to even keep that signal. 3-4 hours screen time is what you should be getting on STOCK. If not then put your damn phone down.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animeware:
Thank You.... ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
what was the screen on time?

so again the solution is to dwindle it down to a flip phone

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wow i never knew u could like your own post and it actually goes to your thanks count

but put our damn phone down? really? thats your solution? smh
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dougmixer:
Or you can get the Mugen 5400mA extended battery for the SGH-i717. I've had mine for about 2 months. It's a little expensive (about 90 bucks but in my opinion, it was money well spent. I keep wifi and bt on, GPS off until I need it, and I can get two solid days easy.

It does add girth as expected but I can still put it in my back or front pockets with no problem. With the included textured cover, it provided a more secure grip. Kickstand is built in. I was very hesitant to pull the trigger but after I did, I was extremely happy with the results. All you have to is charge it initially for about 12 to 16 hrs to get the full delivery on the battery. After that, charge it normally (charge time doest take long at all using your Samsung cable). No more wasting time trying to manage your battery consumption....I no longer think about it. And no I'm not a sales guy, just letting you know that this battery rocks. Spend the extra cash and don't waste your time with those cheap knocks offs...it's not worth it. My two cents...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] carhigh:
Some one sounds a little angry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] RCranium666:
Why would this make a difference if the bloat software isn't running? You should have plenty of storage space left in the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Oh they do run even if the app is not started manually. For example, AT&T Navigator, among other things, always run in the background even though I never used it. At least that's what I are in my phone...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
There are reports that said its bad to do this since some apps just restarted by itself. Since it has to keep restarting, it uses more juice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animeware:
Thanks everyone for your comments :rolleyes:

Here is what I do on normally basics

I'm using Official Stock Gingerbread 2.3.6 ATT LTE

2500 MHz Battery Stock

My Ram is at: 326MB after cleaning all data

1) Turn off GPS to save Battery Life if you are not going to use it why have it on it's just waste your battery life.....

2) Play Store or Market download APP called GO Luncher wonderful app to be able to have 7 row icons.

3) Download APP called GO Power Meter it was updated today!!! if you turn it on Super Save with 50% of battery life you can get over 20 hours of juice this APP is wonderful....

4) Turn off 4G or 3G Network if you only using WI-FI Mode....

5) Display if I'm in doors I turn it all the way down

If I'm outside where a lot of sunlight I turn it on Auto Brightness

6) Lock Screen turn it down to at least 30 secs to save battery life

7) Make sure you don't have any task running go into Task Manager hit Exit All Apps...

8) Goto Settings - Applications - Running Services

Close out any bloatware you are not using this will also help to save battery life...

Right know my device been on for 11 Hours and I can get 18 more hours of juice thanks too GO Power Meter

I can get a total of 30 Hours of Battery life I can go full 24 hours without charring it try out the GO Power Meter you will love this app....

Here is proof
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
couple questions, what does "go power save" actually do? just more things to make your smartphone comparable to a beeper?

nobody is debating standy(screen off) time

with this 11 and 30 hour u claim, how much screen ON can u get out of that? pics please... include the part where it shows when screen awake..

we'll wait...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animeware:
The go power saver is a widget app that allows you to choose from different options to save juice on your device and it also cleans stuff on the performance to get better juice.

I keep my phone on all the time see 2nd photo for proof On the last page. and this app does actually work. I do get around 30 hours of battery life not a joke. I keep my lock screen on for 30 sec the.highest settings to get maxium of battery juice did. I hope I answer your question.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] erick161:
No, you didn't. He wants to see your SCREEN ON time. And I also run go power meter, its no better (actually not as functional) as Juice Defender.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
correct

30hour standby is cool

but if its only getting 2.5hrs of screen on time....then eh...not so much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animeware:
I think all of you are right i just wanted to say sorry just got the app couple of days ago ive notice its draining the battery life pretty fast just doing basic standard stuff

I just wanted to say sorry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
I agree. I'm getting 3 1/2 to 4 hours of screen on time without using any battery saver app at all. Only Screen Filter, set to 75% most of the time (30% in a dark room).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animeware:
My Device been on for almost 7 hours as of today still got 44% of juice left not bad.... ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] erick161:
That's pretty normal. Usually I'm around 3hrs screen on time with about 30% battery left. That's usually when I plug it in at night. Currently I sit at 49% battery life with 2.5hrs screen on time. Mostly used by the screen, draw something, Google reader and some light browser use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] animatechnica:
actually that is bad - i am on 8 hours with 77% battery life left - but that is not a revelation nor an issue - the issue is screen on time which as everyone else alludes to is short - 3.5-4 hours and that's just for browsing - i am sure video playback will likely turn that down even more

i also tried tethering 4G - 1 hour cost me 18% of battery life- and that is with the screen off
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SayWhat10:
what is your brightness setting at?

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wow now thats a big hit with screen off
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] erick161:
My brightness is always at 0% when I'm at home. Its bright enough IMO.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lanwarrior:
Coming from Thunderbolt, that is REALLY good. It cost my Thunderbolt 30-40% of batter life in 1 hour of tethering.
[Windows 8 General] buggatti:
I would love to use the new chrome and many other android app on metro
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
What are your favorite clock and weather widgets that are compatible with ICS? I know of Beautiful Widgets but I'm looking for other recommendations please :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SuperSwagSauce:
Cmon anyone?

Sent from my Super Sexy Epic Touch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
mClock :)

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gharlane00:
Fancy Widgets