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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hjd17:
Battery Life

I am seeing about 10% drain per hour when the phone is idle. What kind of battery life are other people seeing?

On average I am seeing about 10 hrs battery life per charge.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] comensart:
Updated clean install on 41.

Bluetooth audio and everything works great. Except the battery.

Have tried the Battery calibration app a couple times. But it doesn't seem to work. Also the Battery Calibration app is force closing after each phone restart.

Drain is pretty much 10% per hour. Its the fastest drain comparing to all previous builds. Btw, my lock screen notifications are off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Use devil kernel ...g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gerazz:
I am using UCCW widget, but for some reason its closing on itself, and it is not updating. I m using a clock widget. Does the rom come with a built in app killer?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cougar11:
Sick battery life!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] CharliexCharger:
I'd say my battery life is great as well. Using greenify to kill almost any and every background process.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mashuto:
When idle I get maybe 1% per hour with location reporting off in Google services. With them on maybe 3-4% per hour. It is hard to tell because my usage stats are mixed in with my idle stats, but 10% while idle alone seems pretty high to me, If using the phone a lot though that's not too bad.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Facebook user ??

That app was eating me alive two weeks ago...

I've removed it...and use a browser shortcut instead and boom....battery life jumped up dramatically...

Also...what browser are you using ??

Chrome is laggy...so I jumped to firefox 2 days ago...and battery drain came back...

Went back to chrome and the problem disappeared again...

Check your apps very closely...as these add ons are often the cause and not the rom...g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] vista1984:
I always turn on the all google services and getting mixed result. It depends on your location if I stay home then I get 1-2% per hour. if I stay in the office I use at least 30% in 9hours with 1 hour screen time for email and text.

Cm have unstable battery performance bc of Service and wakelock I think its all about luck. Reinstall if I experience 10% drain per hour.

Some kernels help too. Demon is good so as faux but his kernel suspended.

Restart the phone sometimes help.

Overall I satisfy with the battery life on this rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] R0B3RTF1SH3R:
sounds like MODEM

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if untouched 1% per hour. if something is wrong like the latest kernel/release, not sure, we are trying to help pinpoint the issues. im getting 50% after 12 hours. which is terrible. on older versions ive almost cracked 5 dayz, on beanstalk 4.2 (old before i changed bl. i uploaded a screenshot of something like 6 days 5 hours or something, cant remmeber, but its in the thread)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tube517:
Watch out for Google + for battery drain. Uninstall the app if you don't use it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] TXRangerXDA:
Great ROM, been running it since we switched from BS. Only problem I am having since v37 is also related to BlueTooth, but it is not in playing audio, it is with dialing from my car. Phone connects, car downloads contacts, and if I tell the car to "Dial ContactA on Mobile" it will say "Calling ContactA on mobile" and then I get "Dialing Failed". If I scroll through the contacts on the car and the tab the contact or number, it dials successfully. Go back to 37, either fresh install, or from a backup and it works correctly. Any thoughts or ideas on this one? I have tried a few other CM based ROMS as well, and they all seem to have the same issue since a few weeks ago, so it is most likely a CM problem?

Thanks,

TR
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Azrael_Solanine:
Having data connection issues

Hello all, must say this is my favorite 4.4.2 ROM, but I'm having issues with my 4g data connection. I came from PA's 4.3 and followed the OP instructions. Installed the updated TWRP for 4.4.x ROMs, complete wipe (the data reset option), flashed ROM then G-Apps, booted then waited 5 mins, rebooted then proceeded with setup. Only problem is when I try to DL my apps from the play store they will get to x% DL'd then the 4g connection will just stop and the DL will fail not sure what I'm doing wrong so looking for advice.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] R0B3RTF1SH3R:
i had something similar, what i did was goto "network settings, and let it search for new network, it takes ages, maybe upto a minute, then it will find your provider, select it , it will say registered on network and should work from there" hope that helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] juggaknot77:
Anyone have a fix on how I can post videos on instagram?

I keep getting force closes, don't know if this has been asked already. Just came from beanstalk rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Teufel Hunden:
Apparently its an instagram problem not rom or device specific

Big dogs on the block, NOTE 1&2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] eksoccer99:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49875647

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kernodle:
Trying this ROM out, coming from CM10. I am going to flash Devil Kernel for 4.4, hope that's correct.

Cheers and thanks for the efforts!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] erwichii:
battery drain and reboots

hi :)

Im leaving the rom, because I got a lot of reboots... the phone starts to get hot and boom... another thing is the battery drain, its a lot more faster than before, I dont know why, I only use a few apps and not all day, so I dont know whats going on...

tried a lot of things to know whats going on with the rom, but the betterbatterystats is now giving the wakelocks, so I uninstalled it, and nothing changed (it consumes like 35-50% in the night of the battery), disabled google services, sincronization, even uninstalled whatsapp and fb ( I was on vacation and used a lot because I was far away from my pc, now I dont need them with my pc and hangouts).

sorry man, It was my favorite rom, but all these things still happening and I dont have a lot of time to flash and reflash, so Im going back to stock until the things going well again...

thanks for your work will and good luck in future releases :)

cheers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Estong1976:
try it again man..this is amazing ROM weve got here.i tried every ROM here but i fell in love with this.no hang ups,no more red eye..and everything seems perfect.this is my daily driver. go on full wipe.then install devil kernel v2.4.5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Yes erwichii.....

I must agree with trying a clean install again...(download again)...

I've had no where near the trouble you describe here...

The rom is far more stable than that...and your device is likely dirty...

Perhaps moving off your important items from internal storage and wiping that portion as well ??

The heat issue you reference is a pretty good sign that your CPU is running wide open without active governor control...and points to a kernel problem...

I'm convinced that a proper wipe of the device and the addition of devil kernel will dramatically change your user experience....g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] erwichii:
Thanks guys I'll give a try again tomorrow... I havent updated devils, so I will get that kernel, I always full wipe internal and so... Well, tomorrow will be a new day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] zdude2:
I know what you mean. I've had problems with bluetooth and then some other odd problems. Tried changing kernel, reinstalling, etc. I finally downloaded a 4.4.2 source for a different rom and clean compiled it myself (plus a few mods) and everything works including BT - only thing not working is netflix but I can live without that for awhile. This rom has some really good tweaks but I've from all appearances my new rom looks and acts the same except it boots about 2 times faster and battery is about the same. If not for the bluetooth problem I could have lived with this rom it too was one of my favorites.:crying:

I will be watching and hoping some of these issues are fixed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Larkstarr:
No offense man, but there just isn't a lot of time to always update the phone to deal with issues that crop up with the frequent new releases. This person isn't the only one with similar problems, as has been echoed a lot of times in previous posts. I myself went back to beanstalk 4.3, since that seems to be the best release. I believe it's mostly a CM base issue, but regardless, it's still an issue. I'm sure you can understand not all of us have the time to constantly review and flash our phones on a near daily basis.

That's not to say the work being done here by Tema and Will is nothing short of awesome, it's just too cutting edge for some of us. I've personally been keeping track and waiting for the day there's a build available that wouldn't need to be updated for stability for months.

All the best.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Offense ??

For what ??

I understand the issues with bleeding edge flashing...

I've gone the rounds myself many times...

Some roms work...and some don't...

Everyone can choose...

To each their own...g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Burginthorn:
I get where peeps are coming from not wanting to deal with issues at all. If it wasn't for flashing roms, and everything that goes with it, my phone would simply be a ...phone. Its the flashing of roms and trying new stuff that actually makes owning the device worthwhile.

I have the latest big flat panel TV. It does 3D, internet, slow motion replay, hell its got so many functions the manual is like 70+ pages ...

Yet to be honest, I turn it on, turn it off, and change channels. I have a completely separate remote for the sound, and that is another piece of kit entirely ...

For all its bells and whistles, its a TV and I don't use hardly any of the features it offers. Maybe on the rare occasion I might fumble with the remote and manual trying to find some function I want to use. But mostly, it serves as an ordinary TV, on - off and changing channels.

So many devices these days offer all these features. Yet for myself, I find I don't use half of them. If I didn't flash roms, my phone would be simply a phone. Answer calls, make calls, text messages, the odd browse online and a game on the toilet to pass the time. Since I started getting into flashing roms, well, its like an addiction of sorts. Never quite getting my phone perfect. Always something new to try, some new issue that needs researching, reading up on, not to mention the sheer fun playing with my gadget brings me. The forums, reading, commenting, if it wasn't for roms, hell I might as well go buy me an Apple iPhone ...

:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lebertian:
I know that the battery draining issue has been talked over and over, but since I still see people having issues with it I would like to explain what I did to fix my issues. Now I have great battery (see attached image of today's usage, which includes more than 2.5 hours of screen time, couple calls, texting, browsing, YouTube, Tapatalking...). I'm just showing this to bring some hope to discouraged people, the hardware we're using is the same, so unless there's something wrong with a unit's component, we should all be getting similar battery life. Oh, just so it's all clear, I don't use ANY kind of service or app restrictiion like Greenify, Service Disabled, etc. I have the complete Gapps, Facebook, handcent SMS, Tapatalking, Yahoo, WhatsApp... All apps that require some sort of constant interaction with the phone.

Once clarified my setup, time to explain what I've done:

- Complete wipe to flash last version (v41). That includes both caches, data, system and storage.

- Flash ROM, Gapps and devil kernel (wiping caches between each flash), all in one recovery session (I use the OP recommended TWRP)

- Once phone is up and running, let Google download all the apps, then recover their backed up data (only, no apk) with Titanium Backup.

- Recover also from TB the system data backup (call logs, messages, accounts...)

- Bring back whatever files were in the internal storage that I care about

With that is enough for me right now, but on previous versions I had to run Battery Calibrator and follow exactly its directions. In addition, every once in a while I let the battery drain completely.

By doing the ALL the above ONCE you should have a very clean installation without major battery issues, from which you can build up and keep flashing new versions without needing a full wipe every time (in my case I usually wipe caches, but if I see weird behavior I do a full wipe - caches, data, system - with the exception of internal storage).

I've been doing a lot of research and this is really the best 4.4.2 ROM for this device, hopefully this will help other people to solve their battery issues, because the more we use it the more we can help each other to solve other (minor) issues that it has.

For example, thanks to this amazing community we found a way to get the Simpsons Tapped Out to work again. If we could find a way to fix the camera not working from certain apps (for example in Bank of America) that would be awesome. Another issue I know many people report is Blue tooth, for me luckily it isn't a big deal since I barely use it, but I can see how it's an important feature for others, so hopefully it will get sorted out soon.

Thanks Temasek and Will for this amazing ROM!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] yglup:
Been running this for a few days and just wondering if this rom supports exfat formatted external sd card? And what other formats. Curious as to what file formats other flashers are using. Searched thread for this info and came up short. So to save the heartache of formatting my nearly full SD, figured I'd ask anyone on here who may have taken the dive. Oh yeah, I'm on GN2 i317 with Devil kernal ( has support for exfat) and of course nodded TWRp Recovery ( also support).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] xBkKx:
Have same setup as you and use 64gb SDcard exfat format and works fine here. ROM has been running amazing for me also, great battery life, no random reboots/crashes and the proximity sensor is working fine for me :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Same here...

I've had none of the random issues that others are having....g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pr0cl1v1ty:
Ok i updated to devil Kernal and the bluetooth streaming is still having the skips. Any idea what I can try next? I have reformatted. Some roms do this and some don't. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Itoshii:
Not trying to be insensitive, I understand people are busy and this is a free rom (an amazing rom at that), but has this been dropped? Was just wondering because Willl03 used to be on top of this and as of now we're are 2 updates behind.

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I had that problem too. Few questions is the music being streamed, on your internal storage or SD card? If on your SD card or internal storage what do you have for your cache on it and what is you i/o scheduler. I have found that at 2048 with ROW i/o scheduler stops the skipping for me. Had to play around with the size of the cache for a while and it could be different for you I have heard it works better at 128 for other people.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] madpb:
I wanted to report on flashing Devil 2 kernel . Fantastic. No more issue with my sensor.

V41 rom is fantastic too.

Thanks so much. I now am overclocked too AND I have a fantastic super stable rom. Has anyone ran the overclock all the way up to 2000?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pr0cl1v1ty:
Thanks for the reply. No i am streaming from pandora.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] madpb:
Pandora is ok. have you tried Jango?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pr0cl1v1ty:
It happens with my music player also any kind of sound going through bluetooth
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] eksoccer99:
Try a different governor or shutting off wifi.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pr0cl1v1ty:
Tried both still Happening. Any other ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] inkd86:
Have you tried using devil kernel? That fixed the issue with mine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] pr0cl1v1ty:
Yea thats what I just got today problem still exist. However after switching the governor to devilq it seems to be less frequent.

Edit: do you need to flash the rom again after you do the Kernal?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lebertian:
In my experience it's the best way to go, usually the cleaner the install the less issues I find (I would even consider full wipe if you still have issues)

EDIT: sorry!!! I missread your question... DON'T flash the ROM after the kernel, that would restore the ROM's default kernel, if I'm not mistaken. The full wipe if you still have issues is still a valid point though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Srikar_NBK:
No notifications on Wifi

Not sure if anyone else is facing this issue, but when on Wifi and the phone goes to sleep, I don't get any notifications (Gmail or Hangout/Whatsapp message) etc. It syncs up and notifies me only when switching to mobile data. Any idea on how to fix this issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Yes I am having this issue...but oddly it's not every day...

I cleared Data for Gmail and message applications...and booted again...then set my mail notifications to sound for every message...and to only notify once for new mail...

Then went to messaging and set it as well...

So far it's working again for both...(about 2 days without issues)...

I'm not sure why it does this...but I also use "cache cleaner" and set it to run every morning at 6...

We'll see overnight if it stays working...but if not I'll clean flash the rom again...g

Sent from my NOTE 2.750...

Courtesy of our amazing developers...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kaibosh99:
I re-flashed my gapps just to patch in the Simpsons fix, it also worked perfectly for GTA:SA so thanks to everyone behind that and whoever brought it to the attention of this thread, and I can't help but notice...

Every time I wipe my dal/cache, the results are different. Much like pre-KK roms, it seems like the same things are 'up in the air' as far as how they will turn out when you reboot. For example, the amount of vibration the system is set to. The UI sound effects, whether they work at all and at what volume. The gyro STILL b0rks out on me randomly, one cache wipe it will work and the next it is messed up. The time-out of screens, and the way all notifications are handled. One thing I noticed was going on was that the 'pocket mode' was turning itself on even though I had lockscreen notifications and active display totally shut off - my battery was gobbled to nothing by it of course.

What is it about the 'boot up' from a fresh dal/cache wipe that allows for different settings to 'stick' on all these roms? It isn't that you can't go and tinker with them after the fact regardless, but for example the UI sound effects seem to boot up a certain way and then stubbornly refuse to follow any tweaks afterwards. I believe that ALL of the 'sensor issues' and phone/sms/antenna glitches that people have are related to whatever boogeyman system .xml file is doing this, either a change in the sequence of events on startup or something similar. It is kind of disconcerting, I mean a system should boot up exactly the same way every time. This pre-dates this rom, in fact this seems to be a Note 2 issue that has been going on since the beginning. I have not noticed this kind of behaviour on any other android device I have rooted and tinkered with. Surely someone knows why this is happening, and between the kernel Devs and the Rom cookers it could be 'fixed' once and for all.

Note: This isn't a complaint, without a doubt this is rock solid daily driver. I just cringe at the thought that there is an element of chance affecting low level system stuff, and obviously even with all the same hardware there are plenty of people who chase ghosts even when they do a full clean wipe and follow all the same steps as the rest of us.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] adamcooks:
I have not had the same experience. I have found this phone to be quite stable. Although I do admit that I don't crack flash this phone like I have in the past. My settings have stayed same since i set them. I have found this Rom to be very stable in fact, once I turned off active display my terminator light went right off. I am getting about 3.5 hours of screen time. Once I switched to cwm from twrp all of my connection issues went away, there's one to rant about....how is it that your recovery effects how the file is flashed.

What settings are changing? Do you have conflicting settings programs running, like trickster and setcpu? Are you using some xposed mods?

If your saying that this pre dates the Rom then I would look at some sort of picnic error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] drpudding:
You got the terminator light to turn off? How? I've been trying to figure that out for so long. The bright side is temasek released v42 so expect an update REAL soon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GrimmSh0t:
I reinstalled v41, before when a notification arrived my screen would show the notification (light up). How can I turn that option back on?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] lebertian:
One way is by enabling Active Display
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] tdy2kn1:
When I press my home key, Android app switching is not working. Anyone know how to fix it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] madpb:
Settings>Navigation>Hardwarebuttons> look under home key

I have long press set to = recents
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cougar11:
Settings<Temasek Spare Parts<Screen And Animations<Lock screen Notifications<Wake On Notification
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] GrimmSh0t:
Thanks a bunch that was it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bftiedt:
Has anyone figured out the bug where if you plug in headphones the sound is jacked up?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] adamcooks:
Turn off active display and all similar items, then reboot. No more terminator. V41and pa mini modular fall gapps, no mods made to Rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] portalgod:
Anyone have a link to the modems that work with this cm11 ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kaibosh99:
Woah there, Nelly. This rom nor any other should EVER touch your modems, your EFS, your SMS/MMS settings, etc. If you have formatted your internal SD in a microwave on power 10 then you need to resort to your backups you made of all that stuff before you ever rooted in the first place. You... did back all that stuff up, right?

It is more likely that you have glitches that make you think your modem files aren't right, and if that is the case I would suggest a clean factory wipe, re-install from scratch of this rom (wait a day or two for the next release) and then flash the newest non F2FSFF2F Devil Kernel for your model. Naturally wipe the dal/cache 17 times before and after every step and before rebooting back into system.

If you actually do have corrupt/wrong modem files, you will need to find a thread where people with your exact model of phone and living in your cell service general area are trading those things around like pokemon cards. A word of caution, messing with modem drivers/files can be done safely but make sure you have the correct APN settings for your provider tucked away somewhere first.

Finally, we could probably give you more direct help if you told us EXACTLY what model of phone you have, who your provider is, and where you live including GPS co-ordinates down to 9 decimal places. Er, or something like that.