yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jfenton57:
My HTC One camera is horrible but I think I have nailed down the problem.

The left side is always perfectly sharp. From center to the right side it is out of focus mush.

I am guessing that it's a misaligned sensor.

I am a widely published photographer and I certainly didn't buy this to use as a camera for anything other than record pictures for my normal job but I do know what I am doing.

I ill take it in and test it against a store phone and have them swap it out if the store one is better.

If I had the sharpness across the frame that I have on the left side I would be thrilled with it.

Anyone else seeing the right side of frame quality issue?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] E28 Bimmer:
I am having no issues with my camera, I love it, the ZOE option is very versatile. No sharpness issues at all, in fact the auto focus works much better then my lte
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] dag552:
I am not seeing this issue. This definitely sounds like a hardware problem. I think HTC has been plagued by quality issues, unfortunately.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jfenton57:
Phone Replaced ~ Camera Perfect Now

Had the phone replaced yesterday and the new one has a perfectly working camera :)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] andreas_or:
I am having the same issue! Maybe i will have to replace it but its been around 20 days since i have the phone...I hope they will...
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] roflhorse:
My very first one did this exact thing. I had it replaced and the new one has been fine.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] andreas_or:
The thing is that it did this to me but i am trying to reproduce it and i can't!

How am i supposed to get a replacement?

Did it do it for you al the time and under any conditions?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] roflhorse:
Well with mine it was every single picture, and tapping to try to get it to focus somewhere on the blurry side didn't make a difference.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Sloth:
[MENTION=907124]fbcyborg[/MENTION] you post was deleted because of the swearing, swearing will not be tolorated on XDA as the site is visited by members of all age groups.

If you feel like re-posting leave the swearing out.

Thanks,

Sloth
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] fbcyborg:
Hello,

Sorry for that. I've put asterisks indeed.

Anyway apologizes to all.

I would like to repost my question without any swearing.

I am experiencing an unfocusing camera problem on the right side. Is this the same issue you are talking about?

LINK

Inviato dal mio HTC One utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Floppy454:
I flashed Slim Bean for my Sprint Galaxy s4 and wasn't entirely pleased with it, so I decided to go back to stock. I rebooted in to recovery mode, wiped all my data, and attempted to do a system restore from a backup that I made earlier today. For some reason, the restore keeps failing. How can I get it to restore?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cyberspirit777:
So my aunt has am AT&T Galaxy Note on T-Mobile and I told the store she purchased the phone from to flash the T-Mobile radios so that she can get 4G HSPA+ but the device is stuck on gingerbread and I would really like to update it to stock Jellybean with Touchwiz? If I use Odin to flash the latest update will she lose her unlock? But then will it need to be unlocked now that T-Mobile has 4G LTE in Las Vegas? I figured all she would need to do is buy a new T-Mobile 4G LTE compatible SIM and then use that but I'm not sure. Can the new firmware be rooted and can it be unlocked if need be? Also, she broke the mirco-usb port so is there any way that I can flash to stock without the use of that port? I'm really sorry for all the questions but if anyone could answer them I would be very grateful.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 440bro:
If the usb port is broken, you won't be able to use Odin. Is the device rooted? If it is there is hope! If not, you're up the river without a paddle.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cyberspirit777:
I know right but luckily the device is rooted and because the shop said they flashed the T-Mobile radios, I believe it has a custom recovery on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] 440bro:
Whew! I'm glad to hear you're already rooted. You can forget about Odin now. Flashing roms ands modems thru recovery won't lose your unlocked SIM info. First thing I would do is update your recovery. Then you can flash a new JB rom. A lot of newer roms depend on TWRP recovery. You can find that here in the original android development section. Read carefully and follow the install via .zip way. Since you're on tmobile I'd read the post just before this one about JB and what modems are working best. I'm on at&t so I can't help you there. They also remark on what roms they are running. You can follow their lead, or check out all three available roms in the development selection. Again read the developers directions, and make sure the rom is for your device before you flash anything. Then enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rangercaptain:
I didn't see any mention of having installed a custom recovery. If the OP hasn't done that he can still update to the latest stock rom using Kies Air. He can get that from the app store.

Being rooted has nothing to do with any of this. Rom flashing only depends on having 1) a pc with Odin and a working usb port, or 2)having a custom recovery already installed.

Flashing a custom rom won't affect the radio you already have, but if you update to the JB stock rom it will flash the current baseband (modem).

Unlocking is permanent. No flashing can change that phone back to a locked state.

Yes, you need a 4G LTE sim card, but under even best conditions you will mostly see 4G only (HSPA+ ).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Christogq:
I might be wrong, but to use T-Mobile's LTE you have to use a stock AT&T Rom. I'm in Houston and we just got LTE here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
Not an ATT rom.... but an ATT MODEM.

That and setting the fast.t-mobile.com APN will give access to T-Mobile LTE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Christogq:
For real? So I can use a different Rom? Does it still have to be like a 4.0.4 version or can I use something more current?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
You can use your choice of stock or custom roms with LTE.

UCLF6, UCMB4, UCMD3 can all be used under ICS, JB custom roms. 4.0.4, 4.1.2, 4.2.2 or the likes. Cyanogenmod, paranoid, slim, padawan, it doesn't matter.

On anything but stock samsung you can *#*#4636#*#* into dialer then phone options to change between lte and wcdma or all. Also available under settings/mobile network/preference.

Those are the 3 most current modems with access to LTE. UCLF6 being from the official ICS last year.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Christogq:
How/Why do you know this lol? All I knew about was the *# stuff lol. You have just made my day bro! Thank you so much!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
I've been an android since tmobile. :)

That and being Computer/SmartPhone Technical Support....I constantly try to be in "the know".

Shoot I fix cars now and never changed my oil before 2 years ago. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lildaddym:
I tried to update my I717 (AT&T) and have nothing but access to restore or download mode...it errored out, then I didn't do the emergency backup right away. When I tried to do it later, I get about 96% of the way done, and it errors out....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Poriotis:
I don't think there is a dependence on which recovery you use but more of a recommendation. I've flashed many ROMs with CWM that the developer recommended using TWRP and they worked just fine. So, long as you do the procedure right, it doesn't matter what recovery you use.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
After 2 weeks of using the 3G version of the Note 8 (GT-N5100), I could say a full battery charge gives me at least 7 hours of actual screen time for a 16-hour stretch for the day, using it for light to medium apps and social network sites. I also do drawing using Adobe Photoshop Touch, Autodesk Sketchbook Ink and Sketchbook Pro.

This is my first tablet as I think its compact size and weight is more ideal than the heavier Note 10.1. I simply love digital drawing with the Note 8. I'm coming from a Note II and the bigger screen just gives me more area for line strokes.

7 hours of actual screen time isn't a wow for me as I do my torrent downloads with my Note II with also the same screen time and be able to change to a fresh battery usually in 12 hours. I just find plugging in the Note 8 in the late afternoon to be confident that it really doesn't die on me for an evening in a cafe.

Some 80% of the charge goes to maintaning the TFT screen! Is this normal for TFT screens to guzzle up that much power? I set my brightness to 30% and even set it to power saving mode. Still the screen is the main battery drainer.

Anyway, I set up this thread in the hopes that people can share how to best optimize the battery with proven sound practices.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] ExploreMN:
Screens are always the main power drain on these type of devices...even your Note II.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] duyminhphan:
I have N5100 too. But I just have 5h onscreen and 20h stanby. Wifi and 3G allway on. Set auto brighness. Do you think my battery have problem???
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
My Note II only takes roughly 30% of battery charge usage. I'm guessing AMOLED is just more efficient than TFT screen.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] ranzassel:
What I noticed... the time shown in battery statistics seems to be wrong.

I was also getting approx. 5 hours on battery according to battery statistics. But this felt wrong for me. So I fully charged my Note 8 -> Usage statistic showed 0 hours. Then I was playing and reading for 2 hours (display always on, no reboots). But statistics where showing something around 1 hour and a few minutes. So don't trust your device. :D
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] ExploreMN:
Also, don't turn your back on them. They are out to kill us.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] pluginalong:
That got a big laugh out of me! :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] janjannsen99:
I got my note 8 about two days ago and the battery life was truly horrible but after a couple of charging cycles it seems to be getting better now I get about five to six hours of screen on time
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] sputnik767:
Screen on time tells only part of the story. Its what you're doing with the screen that matters. Browsing and videos will drain the battery faster than reading a book.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] janjannsen99:
Thanks?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TechBSwift:
It also depends on what apps have sync/auto update features turned on. I used my Note 8 on Mothers day to watch movies and I was able to watch 3 full movies and still had 30% left. Beanstown will be posting a rom soon and battery life we only improve.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
That's normal. I sometimes get 6 hours+ screen on, other times with 7 hours screen on time. I have yetto serif this baby can make it over 9 hours screenon. I'm trying out Greenify app as it hibernates apps from wake-ups to sync. I'll let everyone how it's working out in a few days.

Still, the majority of the power would still go to the screen. Having a dark theme wouldn't help as the ambient lighting would still take the same amount of power. It's there a way to turn off half the LED lights? I really wished the screen is really Super AMOLED for energy efficiency.

I still find the Note 8 handy as a sketching device.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] sputnik767:
Point being that if you get 6 hours of screen time and I get 9 hours of screen time, doesn't mean that my battery life is better than yours. I was at 8 hours screen time at 25% battery last night, but I'm not going to say that this is average for me. Depending on my specific usage, I can get anywhere from 6 to 10 hours of screen time. This is why user reported battery life must be taken with a huge grain of salt.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
I dozed off and forgot to charge my Note 8 last night. My stats below show a 24-hour unplugged use with phone, wifi and bluetooth on. I had used my Note 8 with 4 hours of screen on time with just Chrome browsing, a few minutes of S Note, and 5 22-minute tv episodes.

View attachment 1999248

View attachment 1999249

View attachment 1999252

I still had 35% of battery left. I use Greenify to have my wakeups off when screen is off. It also hibernates apps if you don't activate them, like my Facebook doesn't update unless I check.

The screen still is the highest consumer of battery reserves at nearing 80%. I usually have auto brightness or keep it at 30% bright. Is there a way to reduce the power consumption further other than tune the brightness down?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] roustabout:
Also, take a look at Civato's kernel in the dev forum. To install it you need to first install Clockwork (I used Odin for that), then boot into your new custom recovery and flash the zip file.

The kernel supports underclocking (down to 100 mhz at cpu idle) and undervolting as well as a ~20% overclock and some other very nice features.

It's been stable for me using a 75 mvolt underclock, and I use some governor tweaks to avoid spinning the CPUs too hard when they're working on "nice" processes.

My battery life is often in the 9-10 hour range.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
I have One Power Guard to lower the CPU with its governor tweaks.

Is it 9-10 hour range of screen on time or just the device use per charge?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] roustabout:
9-10 screen on. And my impression this weekend was that if I leave wifi off, longer than that.

Most of my use is evening, so minimal screen brightness. And probably 70% reading, rather than primarily videos.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
Good. I carry my Note 8 as a secondary device with my Note II as my primary device for communications and downloading torrents on the go. When I do need a bigger screen, I transfer media via wifi-direct. The 8 pretty much is my drawing tablet and productive tool for thinking through sketching architectural ideas. I still switch to paper for permanent recording on my sketchbooks.

8 hours isn't that good for me. I wish the screen consumption shouldn't reach to 80%.

rooted stock Galaxy Note 8 GT-N5100
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] hertsjoatmon:
I've found the battery life to be much better than anticipated. but since i've mostly been using away from home, I've had all the connections turned off and when I am at home I have auto airoplane mode activated that turns off the connections when the screen is turned off.

I also have been using the power saving mode at all times other than when playing graphics intensive games as I have no need for intensive CPU usage when browsing, drawing or taking notes etc...

Im hoping that when I root and add some custom profiles my batterylife will improve further.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
I had the time to test out the Note 8's battery life on a continuous usage with mainly browsing, note and sketching with the S Note for 3 hours, about an hour's with of video watching, wifi and bluetooth connected. I've had 7 hours of actual screen on over an 8 hour period, from 8 am to 4 pm with 5% of battery left. I didn't want to fully drain it to avoid ruining the battery charging capability.

View attachment 2018838

View attachment 2018841

View attachment 2018844

I had the screen at only 20% brightness with phone function on. The battery could be easily be drained in about 4 hours if with a brighter screen and heavier processor based tasks like games. The screen still ate away 80% of the battery charge despite being toned down to a 20% screen brightness.

rooted stock Galaxy Note 8 GT-N5100
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] turt:
So I can confirm it was probably a battery calibration issue as I now have the same battery life as previously on 4.2.2.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] gooberdude:
Well, at one time Samsung was taking care of battery replacements since there was a known issue with some batteries.

Either you have a defective battery, or a defective unit. There is a slight possible chance all your issues are with an app or set of apps.

I will not move to 4.4.2 as I find no benefit, so I cannot say for sure 4.4.2 is compatible with older apps let alone the lack of stability with newer apps.

I still find it unbelievable that some of my paid apps are only good up to 4.3, which makes me wonder the percentage of bad apps are out there on 4.4.2. Remember 4.4.2 is the minority, just because it is new does not mean Google can make good on anything better. I have seen way too many google apps that have been buggy since their new release. Since google is god with Android, the peeon developers will always be behind a step or two.

I have frozen a few google apps and widgets, as I don't find them useful or have better apps to perform the duties of the apps I froze.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] turt:
How can I check if I have a defective unit ?

Maybe my battery is defective but at least I have now once again more than 45 minutes of screen on time ;)

What's the average SOT you guys are getting from this tablet ? For me it's around 3-4 hours but I have the 4G model with bad network reception... Basically it's the same consumption as my Galaxy S4.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] turt:
Well today I'm down from 100% to 50% in just 45 minutes...

I'll hard reset and if this doesn't solve it I'll ask for a replacement unit from Samsung :(
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] dhd1802:
mines going back to samsung, waiting for packaging, as i could drain a full battery in 36min since updating to kitkat. i did get 2hrs the other day, though the last 25% went in minutes.

btw, i had reset the device many times and still no improvemnt, and even reflashed with pc odin
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] mandegar93:
good

that's perfect!:o
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] edwardob:
I disconnect battery...... left it for half hour...... reconnected and it has returned to several hours life again......
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] dhd1802:
Just had a call for more info on my battery drain issue, as the engineer was unable to find a fault with my tablet... I returned it last Wednesday ffs
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Fluffbucket:
disconnect-reconnect batter result

I opened the back of my GT-N5110, disconnected the battery at 10%, waited for around 45 minutes and reconnected and booted. And noticed the battery was 63%!! :good: Then I switched it back off and plugged in to the charger until full.

I hope I will have no more problem with the battery now. Mine is one week old and with the screen off, it would only lasted max 3hours to play plants vs. zombies 2, browsing and emailing. Very frustrating!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] gooberdude:
I donno... I never turn my tablet off to charge... For some reason, charging with the tablet off is a bit buggy. Plus it takes a good 10 minutes for the system to calm down from booting up. I reboot only when updates have been done, and leave my tablet in sleep mode when charging. I assume if any improvement is done with 4.4.2 it is from Samsung removing Touchwiz DVFS if that is if they chose to do.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] dhd1802:
well, the tablet has returned and battery drain is back to normal. service centre mentioned that the battery and usb cable was faulty, yeah right :eek:

just updated a tab 3 8.0 yesterday to kitkat, and now the screen on time has dropped from 5hrs+, to a max 1hr 30mins... no doubt thats got a faulty battery also :eek:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] deviant_cryptic:
Hey did the battery issue happen again a while after you unplugged? I followed your instructions and it worked for a while, but after a few days when I was charging I saw a battery jump from 80 to 100% again and had to disconnect the battery again.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Imacatlover:
I recently experienced my Note not charging as usual, it takes our device around 3.5 hours to charge 0-100% idling with wifi/data off. Mine takes almost 8 hours to complete the charging cycle. My findings led me to the sh!tty construction our USB cable, specifically the end part where the cables meets the molded pins. The wires inside could break but still "rubbing" with the other end of the break thus providing inconsistent output sometimes it works and sometimes not. As you all know the charging unit is made up of two parts; the power adapter and the multipurpose USB cable. Samsung is not well known for their spotless quality
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] rtiangha:
I ran into that problem eventually too with the stock white USB cable. Swapped it for a new one and it charges fast again.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] gooberdude:
I had my own battery and charging thread, about cables... what to get and how they can affect charging. Seen way too many bad samsung usb cables. Won't use them ever again!

Blackberry, Sony / Ericson are longer and more robust.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] bob60626:
Unlocked i467 on 4.1.2 on T-Mobile. First full charge (might have actually started at 97%ish), almost no wifi use. I think this will be ok for my uses.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] gooberdude:
You may want to install exposed framework and Disable DVFS by wanam at the least.

I found DVFS messes with Android's charging and battery stats.

Greenify and its donation package work well.

I also note, having to turn on the tablet actually sucks a lot of power for the first 5 to 10 minutes.

If you are not tech savy... security 360 can help isolate what apps are using ram and slowing your tablet.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] bob60626:
Thanks! Will that work on 4.1.2? I thought wanam was 4.2 and up.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] gooberdude:
I wanam DVFS disabler works on 4.1.2 not wanam xposed.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] fajabird:
cable?

Last year I reported battery issues with my Note-8 here and this is an Update what happened so far (after 6 Months):

I bought and installed a new battery about 3 Months ago. Is seemed to solve my severe battery problems at first glance but it tourned out not to solve them finaly. After some charge-cycles my battery began not to charge fully again. It was very frustrating and as I lost warranty due to cracks in the frame which to me are not related to opening the back cover I had to arrange with the unpredicable charging situation. but then...

Once at work I wanted to copy some files from my PC to the note-8. So I picked the stock cable which came along with the stock charger. I connected the tablet and noticed that windows repeatedly reported "device connected - device disconnected". I was not able to get a stable connection so I picket a different (non-samsung) USB-cable which worked fine. I verified this problem a few times: no stable usb-connection with my stock samsung usb-cable.

1+1=2: with this is mind I started to charge my note-8 with a different cable (my white and very long kindle cable) along with the samsung stock 2A charger. So far (after about 10 cycles) it charges without any issues.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] PauloRMag:
My battery life.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] RavenAlias:
hi boys!

i have battery problems with my n5100 too!

Battery drain is very fast, especially during games (Order and Chaos for example), but the problem is that 1% takes a very long time before to shut off tablet (and when tablet reaches 5% i dont see anything!!)

I read previous pages but i don't want to open back and disconnect my tablet, do you suggest other ways to calibrate battery? (i have root)

thanks!! :)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] sum1one:
same problem here!! just started happening...weird!