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What on earth is draining my battery so bad? On 4 hour charge w/ screen on for a little over 1 hour and i got 47% battery left...display is 77% drain. Is there an app thats draining my batt like mad? I got 4g off, wifi off, gps off, and bluetooth off...and i've been in a strong Sprint area the whole time. What's the deal?
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evo3d comes with a task manager, check whats on and kill it. i do it often
Try watchdog.. it will notify you if an app is above threshold.
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i had a similar issue, nothing i did helped out... i ended up doing a factory reset and it seemed to resolve the issue. i have most of the same apps i had before and im getting great battery life now.
spunks3 said:
i had a similar issue, nothing i did helped out... i ended up doing a factory reset and it seemed to resolve the issue. i have most of the same apps i had before and im getting great battery life now.
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i'm just wondering, but... what's great battery life?
I get roughly 14 hrs max on my low - normal usage.
and a lot less when i actually use the phone
sailow said:
i'm just wondering, but... what's great battery life?
I get roughly 14 hrs max on my low - normal usage.
and a lot less when i actually use the phone
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About ~5 hours of screen on time is normal. I'm at 1 hour and 30 mins screen on and my battery is now at 20%. Horrid life...ill try a factory reset.
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Overstew said:
What on earth is draining my battery so bad? On 4 hour charge w/ screen on for a little over 1 hour and i got 47% battery left...display is 77% drain. Is there an app thats draining my batt like mad? I got 4g off, wifi off, gps off, and bluetooth off...and i've been in a strong Sprint area the whole time. What's the deal?
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Its the POS 3d effect you see. Garbagw huh? I returned mines. 3d is shat if even a old Galaxy S 1 device overperforms it.
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SINNN said:
Its the POS 3d effect you see. Garbagw huh? I returned mines. 3d is shat if even a old Galaxy S 1 device overperforms it.
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Lololol gtfo here then?
Overstew said:
What on earth is draining my battery so bad? On 4 hour charge w/ screen on for a little over 1 hour and i got 47% battery left...display is 77% drain. Is there an app thats draining my batt like mad? I got 4g off, wifi off, gps off, and bluetooth off...and i've been in a strong Sprint area the whole time. What's the deal?
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Try using OS monitor from the market. Go through the settings, change the sorting method to "load" and watch for BS running that shouldn't be.
Try and put.it.in ur car's battery to.see if.it last longer
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Try using CPU Spy to see if you're phone is going into deep sleep properly.
That sounds like you got a bad battery, even if the phone is not sleeping it should last longer than that. I would reset to see if maybe your batt stats got corrupted and if that doesn't do anything see if Sprint will give you another battery to try.
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That sounds like you got a bad battery, even if the phone is not sleeping it should last longer than that. I would reset to see if maybe your batt stats got corrupted and if that doesn't do anything see if Sprint will give you another battery to try.
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Agreed this was happening to me so i ent and had the phone replaced and am having no issues this time
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I'm having good life...its been on for around 13 hours and been used for about 5 hours. I have a little over half of battery left.
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Turn auto sync off, that seems to help a little. Set task manager on home screen and use it every time you exit an app. The battery life on this phone is disgusting.
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The only time I had really bad battery life was with the overclock kernal. I ghetto adb'd it to my phone around 12est and by 6pm est it was dead not low battery but completly dead. I poped the battery out reverted to stock temp rooted it without overclock now im back to the 12 hours heavy use 2 days with min usage.
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Turn auto sync off, that seems to help a little. Set task manager on home screen and use it every time you exit an app. The battery life on this phone is disgusting.
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Not bad at all for me. Of course it drops a hell of a lot quicker if you leave the screen on 24/7 but mine will still last 5-6 hours while listening to pandora over bluetooth and with the screen constantly on browsing the web. When not being used constantly it lasts a lot longer.
I have confirmed wakelock, started last night. I'm totally stock, no overclocking or anything.
How do I go about figuring out what's causing it?
Our you could just not use your phone. Then your battery will katy all day.
In all seriousness though, if you haven't already go to settings> wireless & networks> mobile networks & turn off always on data. You won't notice a difference in anything except your battery life will increase. Also, turn off automatic screen brightness & set it somewhere comfortable for you. All that brightness adjusting will drain on the battery. 3D movies, pictures & video will drain it as well. Also as someone else mentioned, check the built in real manager every once in a while. You would be surprised at some of the apps still running in the background even though you haven't used then in a while.
Just a few suggestions. If you have ashley tried all of this then wait until e can flash Roms & Kernels or buy the Seidio monster 4000mah battery.
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That sounds like you got a bad battery, even if the phone is not sleeping it should last longer than that. I would reset to see if maybe your batt stats got corrupted and if that doesn't do anything see if Sprint will give you another battery to try.
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Weird. I did a factory reset and now my battery is great.
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I put in a new fully charged battery and took a nap and after 4 hours of just stand by my phone was down to 95%. I checked badass battery monitor and saw this. Don't really understand it though. It seems this is what was waking my phone keeping it awake.
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That's not a big decrease at all if your phone was on for 4 hour just sitting there ..
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Check your app manager to see if it constantly running in the background. I tried using a monitor and app killer but I just got too anal and when back to doing everything manually. Check all the variables as well for usage like screen brightness, is the phone on vibrate, etc?
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Burrito
If you want your phone to drop less then 1% per hour try a car battery instead...
can you connect the note to your car battery?
There is a known issue with the calculation of Android System in 4.0.3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1456265
1% battery drop per hour is normal if you have synching enabled and are on wifi or 3g/4g.
cgibsong002 said:
If you want your phone to drop less then 1% per hour try a car battery instead...
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I thought when people talked about the 1% per hour they meant while in use.
My note seems pretty good while on standby but when I use it it tends to drop 1% every ten minutes. I guess my disappointment stems from this being a 2500 mah battery. If I remember correctly my rezound extended battery was around there and lasted forever. I guess I just expected more.
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1% battery drop per hour is normal if you have synching enabled and are on wifi or 3g/4g.
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Is it better to keep wifi off while asleep or on? I don't have lte in my area.
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I thought when people talked about the 1% per hour they meant while in use.
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So you expected your phone to last 4 days (100 hours) with constant usage?
Come on man.. I hate to rag on people, but use your brain!
cgibsong002 said:
So you expected your phone to last 4 days (100 hours) with constant usage?
Come on man.. I hate to rag on people, but use your brain!
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Thanks
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This phone does way better than my EVO 4G. So i can't complain
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SkizzMcNizz said:
Is it better to keep wifi off while asleep or on? I don't have lte in my area.
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If there's no wifi its pointless to keep it on...
Just drains battery more...
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SdRasta said:
If there's no wifi its pointless to keep it on...
Just drains battery more...
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I have wifi but don't have lte
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SkizzMcNizz said:
I put in a new fully charged battery and took a nap and after 4 hours of just stand by my phone was down to 95%. I checked badass battery monitor and saw this. Don't really understand it though. It seems this is what was waking my phone keeping it awake.
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5% discharge in standby mode over a 4 hour period is actually pretty good. I wouldn't be too concerned about it.
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PeartFan40 said:
5% discharge in standby mode over a 4 hour period is actually pretty good. I wouldn't be too concerned about it.
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Yea I had my battery replaced and got an extra one. After putting them through their paces it seems to have helped. I've debloated quite a lot of junk and set up auto starts through room toolbox
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Your cells won't 'break in' and exhibit their best life before a few cycles.
To get the best out of your batteries, fully charge them initially, then run them down to 20%. Always try and charge your battery at 20%, running Lithium cells down flat shortens the life of the electrolyte more than anything except excessive heat.
Once your battery hits 100%, take it off the charger. Modern chargers usually switch to 'trickle' mode or turn off completely at 100%. Trickle charging overnight won't hurt the battery too much, so this second part is optional. Some people will tell you that continually 'topping up' Lithium cells is the best thing for them. While not entirely true, the impact is so minimal as to be negligible.
A mistake a lot of users make is to draw conclusions about battery life within the first week of owning a phone. There's no way your cell has had enough time to 'hit its straps' within a week, unless you're discharging two or three times a day.
Hope these few little hints help!
Here's a screen so you can see I'm not just blowing smoke
That's the ICS leak, rooted, with 384/1512 clocks and the conservative Governor. In and out of fringe 3G all day at work, no WiFi.
juzz86 said:
Your cells won't 'break in' and exhibit their best life before a few cycles.
To get the best out of your batteries, fully charge them initially, then run them down to 20%. Always try and charge your battery at 20%, running Lithium cells down flat shortens the life of the electrolyte more than anything except excessive heat.
Once your battery hits 100%, take it off the charger. Modern chargers usually switch to 'trickle' mode or turn off completely at 100%. Trickle charging overnight won't hurt the battery too much, so this second part is optional. Some people will tell you that continually 'topping up' Lithium cells is the best thing for them. While not entirely true, the impact is so minimal as to be negligible.
A mistake a lot of users make is to draw conclusions about battery life within the first week of owning a phone. There's no way your cell has had enough time to 'hit its straps' within a week, unless you're discharging two or three times a day.
Hope these few little hints help!
Here's a screen so you can see I'm not just blowing smoke
That's the ICS leak, rooted, with 384/1512 clocks and the conservative Governor. In and out of fringe 3G all day at work, no WiFi.
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I thought you couldn't change the governor our anything on the stock ics kernel. Every time I try to change it it just goes back to min and max at 1566
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I thought you couldn't change the governor or anything on the stock ics kernel. Every time I try to change it it just goes back to min and max at 1566
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Screen alone takes more than 73% of my battery usage lol
Hello i just bought my s3 yesterday and battery is draining very fast i have used the fix but i have that problem of screen which takes 88% of batery and it's not normal ! here is a screenshot
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Keeping the screen on will dran the battery since that's what screens do.
Regardless of the device (including laptops), screens always take >50% of the battery.
Could you show the screen-on time?
d4fseeker said:
Keeping the screen on will dran the battery since that's what screens do.
Regardless of the device (including laptops), screens always take >50% of the battery.
Could you show the screen-on time?
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+1
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+1
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No my screen takes 79% and sometimes 85% just look at the link i posted i can't show pictures because i'm new in the forum
You got it yesterday dude.. Let the battery do some cycles before you get all upset
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Did you use your battery before charging it?? Your supposed to drain it, then charge fully
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SAMSUNG BATTERY DRAIN with DISPLAY
Hi.. The same problem is with me.. i bought the samsung galaxy like two days ago and the display is draining >60% battery all the time.. I don't know why.. Please advice...
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Did you use your battery before charging it?? Your supposed to drain it, then charge fully
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Feck!! I thought it was the other way around. can this cause serious problems? I drained it completely last night.
maven.89 said:
Hi.. The same problem is with me.. i bought the samsung galaxy like two days ago and the display is draining >60% battery all the time.. I don't know why.. Please advice...
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Let me venture a guess. When you get a new phone, you tend to play with it a lot, hence the screen on time and battery drain Give it a few days, it will be fine -- this phone has great battery life.
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mal808 said:
Feck!! I thought it was the other way around. can this cause serious problems? I drained it completely last night.
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It will blow up
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The battery needs to go through a few full cycles of drain and charge before it's reached optimal performance. First week battery drained more but now it's performing brilliantly.
Just keep letting it drain completely and charging fully a few times and have auto brightness selected.
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I've heard that li-ion batteries don't suffer from memory issues and there's therefore no reason to calibrate them or run them in any specific charge/discharge cycle.
If you ask 100 different people about how best to use your battery you'll get 100 different answers. Don't worry about it, just enjoy the phone.
Hmm. This phone probably has the best battery life of any android phone I've owned, and I've had a few.
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seltaeb said:
Let me venture a guess. When you get a new phone, you tend to play with it a lot, hence the screen on time and battery drain Give it a few days, it will be fine -- this phone has great battery life.
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Agree +1
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BATTERY DRAINNN... Please helpp
Yeahh check outt my screenshot..I have set the brightness level to the lowest and still display is taking much battery..even cell stand by.. do i have to fix anything?.. expert advices needed..thankss
Look in the attachments..
You haven't said how long the screen was on for.
I could show this first screenshot and say OMFG the battery doesn't last, but actually when you look at the second screenshot, then there's obviously no issues (and I am indeed perfectly happy with my battery life)
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It will blow up
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lol, I'm a bit OCD about these types of things.
But if it's not a problem then why do we need to do it?
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I've heard that li-ion batteries don't suffer from memory issues and there's therefore no reason to calibrate them or run them in any specific charge/discharge cycle.
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Tripe.
Minimum of 3 cycles to reach peak performance. I have flashed hundreds of roms/kernals, it ALWAYS takes a few days for the battery to normalise.
Op, take a chill pill, calm down, post again in a few days. If you're still having drain, it will be down to an app or your settings.
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Still the same **** i charged it 3 times and the battery is draining quickly when i'm just in facebook or an app it goes like 2 min = -1%
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/screenshot2012070913092.png/
My battery life so far. WiFi on while at apartment since I have spotty connection. Used GPS for about 20 min and listened to Pandora for 1.75hrs. Brightness auto at 40%. Using fast dormancy .apk enabled.
I feel like this is pretty good batt life for moderate usage. Maybe this will give some sort of base to someone who feels they have a bad battery.
Ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.
....I hope the pics come out better quality than my last post haha
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023074&page=4
You have to show screen on time the 1 use of battery
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ian1 said:
You have to show screen on time the 1 use of battery
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Screen on time is there on one of the better battery stats pictures (last one and towards the end of the picture). It is at 2 hours 4 minutes at that percentage point.
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My battery life so far. WiFi on while at apartment since I have spotty connection. Used GPS for about 20 min and listened to Pandora for 1.75hrs. Brightness auto at 40%. Using fast dormancy .apk enabled.
I feel like this is pretty good batt life for moderate usage. Maybe this will give some sort of base to someone who feels they have a bad battery.
Ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.
....I hope the pics come out better quality than my last post haha
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Wait isn't fast dormancy suppose to be .apk disabled? Its enabled by default meaning your suppose to disable to actually disable fast dormancy.
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Wait isn't fast dormancy suppose to be .apk disabled? Its enabled by default meaning your suppose to disable to actually disable fast dormancy.
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Haha ya, you are correct! My mistake! I meant that it was installed and being used.
Ahhh, deep sleep at last.
This is all stock no mods whatsoever. Screen time is all web browsing. 40% brightness. Maybe an hour on 4g and the rest on WiFi. Bluetooth on but not connected. Don't know if this is normal. Wish it were better. If any of you guys are getting better let me know. I can still return for another.
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This is all stock no mods whatsoever. Screen time is all web browsing. 40% brightness. Maybe an hour on 4g and the rest on WiFi. Bluetooth on but not connected. Don't know if this is normal. Wish it were better. If any of you guys are getting better let me know. I can still return for another.
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That's normal, 6.5hrs of screen on time with wifi on and the phone being on for about 7.5hrs is good. If you are getting 3-5hrs throughout a day, I myself, consider that fine.
35 hrs and still @ 9%
I'm having no issues. I did a "conditioning" week and have been pleased so far. I'll admit its fairly light usage, but better than any other phone I've had.
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xbutchx said:
35 hrs and still @ 9%
I'm having no issues. I did a "conditioning" week and have been pleased so far. I'll admit its fairly light usage, but better than any other phone I've had.
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What is the" conditioning week". I feel that my current OG is not getting the battery life that my first one did
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What is the" conditioning week". I feel that my current OG is not getting the battery life that my first one did
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Basically, as soon as I pulled it out of the box, I drain the battery until it turns itself off, then recharge from there. I do this cycle for at least a full week...drain to empty, charge to full.....I actually did it for about 10 days with this device. Essentially, I treat it like an old ni-cad battery for that first week.
There is absolutely NO science or expertise behind this. I know a lot of people say that lithium batteries don't require it and it doesn't affect it, but its something I do....and it definitely can't hurt.
Except only that it does hurt Li-on and Li-Po batteries
There is an article on battery University about this
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My battery life has been awesome so far. I don't charge my phone at night so I like to go to sleep with it how it is. I consistently lose maybe 1% a night. Standby on my GS3 killed my battery.
Back to stock. Battery still amazing.
My girlfriend and I both have Notes that we bought at the same time and this week, both of our phones are showing weird battery behavior. She is running stock ICS, and I'm running Slimbean 4.2.2 and our phones reboot occasionally and lose the remaining battery power. Just now, I had 70%+ battery left, crash+reboot and now I'm at 1% instantly. It just started happening this week for both phones, which seems a little bit more than just a coincidence. Anyone know what's going on here?
How long have you guys had your notes? and has there been any sudden change to the weather either really hot or colder than normal lately?
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My girlfriend and I both have Notes that we bought at the same time and this week, both of our phones are showing weird battery behavior. She is running stock ICS, and I'm running Slimbean 4.2.2 and our phones reboot occasionally and lose the remaining battery power. Just now, I had 70%+ battery left, crash+reboot and now I'm at 1% instantly. It just started happening this week for both phones, which seems a little bit more than just a coincidence. Anyone know what's going on here?
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If anything you're seeing battery stats issues, not actual battery charge.
how long have you had your notes? I had the same issue and if you've had your note since it was released is safe to say the batteries are going bad. I had the same erratic behavior and the moment I got a new battery it went away.
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how long have you had your notes? I had the same issue and if you've had your note since it was released is safe to say the batteries are going bad. I had the same erratic behavior and the moment I got a new battery it went away.
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Agreed.
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Yup we both got ours the week it was released. Glad at least its removable.
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Phone is really acting funky. See screenshots to see what I mean.
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Whoa. Yeah I would buy another stock OEM battery or a extended 2700mah.
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Phone is really acting funky. See screenshots to see what I mean.
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Just an update, I bought two new OEM batteries and so far both phones have been working fine. Physically comparing the old and new batteries, it's clearly visible that the old ones bulged out quite a bit and looked "puffy".
It is the dust accumulated inside the usb port that has caused a short circuit of those pins. The phone will lose battery very fast and weird things will happen. Use a fine toothbrush and rub the usb port to clean out those dust and the phone will be back to normal. This happens to my N7000 and this i717 before.