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[Galaxy Note 3 General] jtakagi:
Thanks so much for your input. I was starting to think that maybe it's simply the battery. I just bought the phone - but I bought it refurbished from AT&T. I rooted the phone as soon as I got it (and updated to 4.4.2, which maybe I shouldn't have) so I have no frame of reference. Luckily the extra batteries aren't too expensive, I'll give it a try. I was expecting performance like yours. I am a teacher and barely touch my phone during the day and I was hoping to still be at your levels when the day is done. But right now I'm losing around 30% while I'm at work and it's just sitting in my pocket. Battery life is supposed to be one of the strengths of the device, but I'm still carrying my Nexus 5 (haven't yet fully transitioned) and its battery life is much better. That shouldn't be happening! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Brasc085:
I agree that your 30% drain should not be happening with the phone just sitting in your pocket. Something seems kind of out of place there. Rooting to the new 4.4 KK has dramatically increased my battery life. I am not sure what Custom rom you are on but not sure if that might be playing a part as well. I am assuming that your custom rom removed all the nonsense bloatware packed on from your carrier?

sent from my SM-N900V XDA mobile app. Running BajaRom KitKat 4.4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Sounds about right. I only get 'crazy' screentime when I'm on WiFi. On 3G, it's a different thing. But I still get close to 7hrs. haven't really tested it tho...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jtakagi:
I am running just a rooted deodexed stock ROM (urDroid) and I froze all the bloatware myself using TB. Previously I was using DynamicKat, which is debloated, and I was getting similar battery life.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Brasc085:
Process of elimination sounds like it is leaning towards the battery? With everything turned off it shouldn't be draining your battery that fast unless there is a process somewhere somehow running in the background. Like its hiding in a far far away land on your phone. :cool:

sent from my SM-N900V XDA mobile app. Running BajaRom KitKat 4.4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Kittenphile:
I am having some battery draining issues too. I will do some of these things but is there any reccomended roms and kernels that specifically have good battery life?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Brasc085:
Everything I run is geared and tweaked for the Verizon Note 3. I could do some digging on T-Mobile and see what I could find.

sent from my SM-N900V XDA mobile app. Running BajaRom KitKat 4.4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hellscythe:
Hey man, I think trickster mod does more than setcpu and is also free. Mind editing the OP? ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
I didn't use that yet. I will try it out and see. Cheers! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but do you use cpu temp in status bar and or cool tool? (or any other cpu/battery temp mointors)

If your battery temp is always hotter than ambient temp --> battery drain

If idle cpu temp is more than 5-10 degrees over ambient temp ---> battery drain

If neither of those two are occurring, you have a bad battery.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jtakagi:
I don't use either of those tools, do you recommend one of them in particular? And what do I do if it is running hotter than ambient temperature?

I actually went ahead and purchased a replacement battery. I bought Anker instead of the OEM battery, I haven't noticed any improvement at all. I'll give it a few more cycles, but at this point I'm ready to unload my device. On the plus side, my Nexus 5 is getting increasingly wonderful battery life with very little idle drain, exactly what I was hoping to achieve with the Note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Fossxp13:
I've tried everything and nothing seems to work, excpet switching network mode to GSM (2G) now i get over 24hours with 6-7hours screen and 60-70% deep sleep, try this and see if helps. When i need faster network i switch back to 3G and then to 2G, hope next update fix this permanent.

hope it helps
[Galaxy Note 3 General] msasm09:
What about Qualcomm battery guru
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
I have CPU Temp in statusbar running all the time. I run Cool Tool most of the time.

Cool Tool Labels: CPU Load, Memory, Battery Temp, Network Traffic, Signal Strength, Ambient Temp, and most resource intensive process

side Note: I love cool tool's xposed mod that puts it in status bar, but it causes significant battery drain.

I have not found anything useful that battery guru does. Please enlighten if anyone finds some useful feature of battery guru.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] msasm09:
Most of all after 2 days learning it enable wi-fi automatically as you use it for example I always turn on about 8 am then turn it off at 5 pm

Application refresh policy pased on how you use it or when application ask

Recharge reminder
[Galaxy Note 3 General] SavingSista:
Helpful!

Awesome, thanks for this post! I have been trying to find ways to save battery life.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kamandor:
Turn OFF Location Reporting

Hi all, here are my two cents on battery drain. I have the Rogers Canadian Note 3 (N900W8).

Like many of you, after updating to 4.4.2 I noticed that my battery life significantly worsened. Notably, "Android System" was always the worst battery drain culprit in the Battery Info.

After endless tweaking and frustration, I believe that the actual main cause of the battery drain is the "Location Reporting" service within the device settings, which is primarily used by Google Maps/Now and other Google services.

After switching off all Location Reporting, my battery life has returned to "normal", i.e. pre-4.4.2 levels. As of about 4pm today (since my unplug at 8am), I am still at 72% with regular use, and on course for approximately 3.5-4 hours of screen-on time (that is if I used the device heavily after work tonight, which I won't be). To me, this is pretty good "all-day" battery life for a device that I've been using for 7 months.

Other basic settings: Wifi OFF, Bluetooth and GPS OFF, LTE always enabled, screen brightness full but set to Auto, most of the silly Samsung features OFF except Smart Stay (set to 2 mins), Sync ON, all apps Syncing as normal (except Facebook and Twitter - two notorious battery drainers).

I tried "Power Save Mode" on for a bit and actually perceived the drain to worsen, but this is merely anecdotal because I know that it's counter-intuitive.

I am running stock/factory TouchWiz Android 4.4.2.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
I have to agree with this. The main cause of battery drain (That I have perceived) since the 4.2 update has been android continuously polling your location over network data.

I have found two methods to stop this from occurring. Both of which are not good.

1) automate mobile data radio (With Tasker or JuiceDefender). Fixes problem, but nothing syncs. ---> Android Os down to 10-15%

2) In App Opps, Change Location Permission to no on various things. but this stops GPS and Data location polling. Android OS down to ~20%

When I leave the constant network polling in tact, Android OS hovers around 30%.

Has anyone Found a less destructive method of stopping this Android 4.2+ battery drain?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kamandor:
Great thoughts. Can you explain what exactly you mean by "1) automate mobile data radio (With Tasker or JuiceDefender)."? Do you mean, turn off data/sync when screen is off, turn on data/sync when screen is on, that type of thing?

Cheers,

Rob
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
Yeah. Leave data off, and have Tasker or JD turn data (and BT, GPS, WiFi, NFC etc if you're feeling ambitious) when its needed.

1) Turn on data when entering application that uses mobile data. ---> problem with this is when multitasking, if you switch to an app that isn't on the list, data turns off

2) Turn on data when screen on ---> drains significantly more than just with selected apps.

Combine either of these with:

Every so often when not in use, turn on data for a short time to allow background syncing.

Eg: Turn on data for ~1 minute every ~15 minutes while phone for background sync. ---> you dont know how long you have to leave data on to assure all background syncing happens.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alesandro:
Hey man... That's a great effort from you and it's very much appreciated.. I applied it and it works like magic.. Thanks a lot
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nuoitiec19:
Can you help me ? deep sleep not working. : (

Note 3 9005, rooted
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Cheers! :)

If you are rooted, charge ur phone full at night, and leave it TOTALLY untouched after disconnection, go to sleep and first thing in the morning dump a Better Battery stats log. Then upload that log here for me to look at. Remember, completely untouched, just unplug the phone and go to bed, first thing in the morning, dump a log. Cheers! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] pikwan80:
Guys,

There is a link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2767667

was this hangouts app cause the battery drain issue too???

I've disabled that hangouts app in application manager ( Disable permanently ).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zippi9:
OK, once again problem whith gsiff_daemon

I rename this file and it didn't help. After that i delete ths file (after backup in SD Card) once again not working.

Anyone have other sugestiosns?

Sorry for my really bad gramma.

OFC rooted X-Note v14
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dr.m0x:
I always feel the need to dump a log in the morning buddy. Not sure how that will help my battery life though. I tend to use my phone more when I'm on the toilet.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 1mp3r4t0r:
Hallo Im searching for a mod/program that change all the system to a greyscale mode...

Anyone know something?

From Lamborghini ' s town with love and tortellini
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mm_alhashmi:
Thank man .... ihave a longer baterry life now
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sarcokiller:
The only way that I know for do this is to activate the "ultra power saving mode" ON with the s5 ported rom...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] wtzky:
Power saving mode settings, greyscale mode. Turn power saving mode on.

I use greyscale power saver quite a lot during the day when I'm only reading articles etc and it saves a lot of battery
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 1mp3r4t0r:
Where is greyscale mode?

From Lamborghini ' s town with love and tortellini
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Lol. Too Much Info :p Just dump it as quickly as possible. And i'm talking about the log on ur phone and not the number 2 :p

:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zeromind999:
Brilliant Battery life on Note 3 { 2 - 3 days }

I get amazing battery life on my note 3 :laugh. It lasts around 2 - 3 days with normal use like wifi and lots of calls. I rooted the phone and removed all bloatware using Android tuner and AIO Toolbox Apps. I froze most of the apps and services which i was not sure whether to remove. Now, after a reboot the phone utilizes only 625 MB of RAM.Do not use a battery saving app. Samsung has in built saving. Install greenify app to hibernate apps like like facebook when not in use. Works fantastic. Use Clean Master app to remove cache and junk. Disable haptic feedback and other light sensors. Now the best step is to use Android tuner reduce cpu speed to 1.49 ghz or less. You won't notice any major difference in speed while using whatsapp, internet and videos. Use full speed for gaming only. Hats off to Samsung for this amazing phablet. I havent found anything negative in it so far except for the lack of a dedicated camera shutter button.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] adem54:
Can you add your screen on times?

SM-N900 cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Galaxy Note 3 General] msasm09:
Guys I managed to flash NA6 over ND5 without any problems I flash the 4 files one I did trip knox when I root and here is the snapshot
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hakajoo:
Hi,

hopefully someone still reads this. So my battery life differs quite a lot and sometimes the device also heats to as much as 40°C. I'm wondering if it is normal for the wifi bar at the battery section in the settings to be like that even though I have kept my wifi off during the day for hours and also the awake bar looks quite odd to me. Anyone have any ideas?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alok_dhawal:
You seem to be in an area with really poor mobile reception... Also android wear is draining your battery...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] hakajoo:
I don't know why the coverage is so low, since I live and only move within an area that should have 4g coverage. And hopefully someone would know what I could do to my gear manager, since after the update it has been taking a huge slice of my battery :/ I hope samsung would fix that quickly
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kamran_bcs095:
[MENTION=5902119]hakajoo[/MENTION] For wifi: open wifi settings, advanced, untick scanning always available.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
I'll tell you why you can't 8-9 hrs of on screen time, it's because these guys are frauds.

What they do is leave their screen on without actually using the phone, on a dark background. The screen drops 1% every 10-20 minutes when you do this, allowing you to come up with ridiculous screen on times.

If you actually use your phone when the screen is on, and not leave it lying around with the screen on, the best you'll get out of a Note 3 is 4-6 hrs a day.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
Lmao, I get 24+ hours, with 10 screen on every time I do a full run, using tweaked rom and colonelX. If you want to come to Cincinnati and ride around for a day or two I'll show you it's no fraud... I use it to run my business, I make 2-3 hours of phone calls, text and email all day long, interact with the developers of said rom and kernel on hangouts, use Pandora One to listen the the radio while traveling, and browser the Internet to look up and make parts orders... I sure as hell don't sit there with my screen on low just to make up numbers, what does that prove? I'll post screenies in a few days with stats for every darn app I have running... I know how to set up a phone to get the very most out of it... 4-6 hours? I was getting that on my s3 a year and a half ago. Wow man, that is flipping hilarious, what does anyone have to prove by faking numbers? It's not like some one pays us for best battery life...

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
Fascinating.

Most of this is on Mobile Data it seems?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
When I'm home, my WiFi is on at all times, I'm on t-mobile and have WiFi calling, when I'm out, then it's on mobile data and I turn WiFi off. I keep the location services and sync services off unless I need them. I use greenify to hibernate apps as soon as my screen goes off, I remove as Google app I don't use cause they are the worst for killing your battery, I frequently go in and kill apps that are running in back ground. I remove close to 100 system apps every time I flash a rom, (most Samsung, t-mobile, and Google apps, plus anything I don't use) I use lux auto brightness to control the screen because it's way more efficient than the stock control.

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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I also use Gsam, and Better Battery Stats to monitor battery life, apps, and wakelocks.

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
Did you find a significant difference using this compared to the stock auto brightness?

Also, do you use anything to auto turn WiFi off when on LTE?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AeonXS:
Nope don't update if you won't root, as it seems rooted people have a fix for the issue but the only real hope for non rooted ones like me is hard reset

Btw does hard/factory reset void warrenty ? And how to boot up in hard reset mode on note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
You better not! MI5 was just PERFECT! Try other steps tho it will improve ur battery life :)

Thanks button was made so people won't comment thanks :p You welcome bud! :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
please add "app ops" "tasker" and "autostart manager" to OP
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mfknboss:
All these battery saving apps- are they not constantly running in the backround? So isnt that using your battery? lol.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jaycb420:
I have that argument about juice defender. Some days I feel it makes a difference other days I think it just slows things down and uses more constantly reconnecting to data.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
I don't really trust battery saving apps, most times they end up on top of ur battery consumption list.

Me?! I get at 'LEAST' 8 hours screen time these days...

I don't use them personally.. I will add something cool to OP later tomorrow tho :) Almost 2am here now :p
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AeonXS:
How do i factory reset, i mean which method do i use i found 2 methods,

1] Settings > General > Backup & Reset > Factory Reset

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z23NJP7QmM

2] This one -> http://tarunmittal5477272.buzznet.com/user/journal/17368178/factory-reset-hard-reset-samsung/

Which one do i use to get the best out of my battery ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Yes, Yes, I'm sure you do! What's ur point exactly?

Both of them do the same thing actually... However, i advice you use the second one! Cheers! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mfknboss:
Point is you don't need these battery saving apps to achieve great battery life. You don't need root. You don't need custom roms or kernels. The BIGGEST issue with great battery life is your SIGNAL. The better the signal the better battery life. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Thanks for the advice, but the thread is for people with battery drain issues and not for the people that have perfect signal and perfect battery. Many people have bad signal and bad battery drain. So this thread is to help them. Ok?! :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jaycb420:
I just recently rooted greenified removes bloat ware installed custom kernel and have begun undervolting. I'm curious to see if I can do better then my stock 6 hours screen on time. Undervolted -75mv for each frequency. 300mhz/2300mhz 700mv/1000mv
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Testing is good... But i haven't had too much luck with UV on the note 3, battery is especially worse on Mobile data for some reason... Don't know why.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ariefabuzaky:
Thanks. . Its very helpful
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Been getting many positive responses. You are indeed Welcome mate! Cheers! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
I just done a total wipe and installed ( a couple of times I might add!) a custom rom (Alliance) and use CivZ rev 2.5 - battery is good now. Android system and OS using just 2-3% rather than the before 20% +
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tpierce89:
I'm running juicedefender with good results on my note 3. As of right now I'm at 79% battery with 3 hours of screen on time and about 4.5 hours off the charger. I'm sure I'll be flamed for it, but I can't argue with the results
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stanley08:
Good! :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] symobay:
THANK YOU

did a full wipe, installed

[ROM][4.3][MK2][15-Dic]CRASH ROM V3,

followed all your hints. Im getting 9 hours of display time, with everything installed/active what i need (widgets, push services and so on).

thank you mate,

greetings from Vienna
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mitchelhof:
I'm a noob. How do i know which app u can freeze
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
I'm in Australia with Vodafone (the worst but most economic carrier in Australia) - this has an affect on battery life,

On stock, not rooted, and get about 5-6 hrs screen time in a 24 hr period. 4-5 hrs in a 48 hr period.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
I've heard of them, but I'm not really familiar with their set up... what is your phones model number?

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
Here is a picture of my time for today... with flash and all... View attachment 2818055View attachment 2818055

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
Voadfone is a UK company who have networks worldwide. Their network is Australia is rubbish though.

SM-N9005

N9005DXUENE3 - not sure which country this is originally from as I bought it online.

Question: Which keyboard do you use?

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Your Android System is going crazy.

What's your screen time?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
Okay, I know the phone is rootable, if you want to, you may be able to run the kernel I'm running and possibly the rom too. If not, there are a ton of good international setups you can do... but rooting your phone so you have control over it is paramount to getting these types of numbers. There are a lot of things you can do, but all the best ones need root access.

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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Swiftkey...

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
I've tried Swiftkey and even bought the full version but prefer Touchpal, though I feel that the swiping may cause faster battery drain since the processor needs to think more to work out what you're swiping.

I am pleased with my battery life but feel the screen wastes battery too quick.

My standby time is great, but when the screen is on, the battery loses 1% about every 4-5 minutes, which I think is too fast.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
Yeah, the android system is because I just upgraded, and haven't set anything up yet, it'll look better tomorrow... time is actually a bit more, probably closer to 5, but it seems to lose time when you reboot. ..

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
Didn't get to see your time as I think you inadvertently posted the same screenshot twice.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
While I've been conversing with you and peeking in on my hangouts, I've used around 7%... in the last 2 hours...

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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Are you planning on rooting the phone?

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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Just confirmed that this kernel is fully compatible with your phone if you root... it's an amazing kernel.

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
No not currently planning on rooting.

Such trying to figure out if there's a way to decrease the rate at which screen drains the battery without rooting.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
I can't remember if lux needs root or not...

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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I would definitely think about rooting...

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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I am actually going to bed now, I catch you tomorrow.

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lbreak:
No worries thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] peped94:
what is the name of the font u use ? look nice
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Fishawy:
+1
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ZDeuce2:
It's Ubuntu Tall... I think I have a flash able zip...

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8gr8llb4u494mq/UbuntuTallFontPack.zip

I hate being bi-polar, it's awesome...

*Tweaked*ColonelX*