Problems, but not what I expected - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

I bought a fairly new unlocked, rooted (but stock) i717 just under a week ago. I'd been looking for the T879 so I'd have something similar to swap back and forth with my S2 but couldn't find one.
Initially, I figured battery life would be fine based on my internet research but I might have issues with speed and coverage. What actually happened is my battery life stinks and I get pretty good speeds in refarmed Chicago with higher upload than the S2 ever got.
Here's where I am for battery life-
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I have the same settings on the S2 and get much better battery life with the same use. Any thoughts?

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Here's my speed results, fwiw-

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Your pic shows that you rebooted your phone 1 hour 47 minutes ago and that will reset all battery stats.

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That's when it was fully charged. I don't have a lot of "evidence" as after the first day or two of such behavior I was sticking the sim back in the S2 for work.

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Maybe this will help. I've been using it sim-less on wifi only lately but today I tried using it as a regular phone. Stated at 95% and took these at 15%. Ugh. I just ordered a 2700mah Anker; hopefully my battery's the problem...-

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Have you tried without LTE yet? - that is known to be hungry.

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I've only had it on TMobile; no LTE yet in Chicago and I'm not sure it will work on TMobile LTE anyways.

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I came from an S2X and have noticed the same. The screen always hogs battery and I sometimes don't get a day from the charge. I tried playing with a different governor and that helped a bit, but frankly the battery on this isn't as good as my Hercules. Mind you, the old S2X maybe had an extra hour or hour and a half so at least they aren't grossly different.
I might play around with underclocking or other governors, but I don't know how much more one could do. Oh well, I just accept it as it is. I still like this phone, but battery could be a bit better in my opinion. Oh well, just me.
Carry on all
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda app-developers app

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bob60626 said:
I've only had it on TMobile; no LTE yet in Chicago and I'm not sure it will work on TMobile LTE anyways.
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I believe that if in Settings/Wireless&Networks/Mobile Networks/Network Mode you allow it look for LTE then it will energize 2|4 antennas rather than one. I don't know if that is accounted for in "Cell Standby" or not. Turn it off when you don't need the LTE service.
Your stats show what I would expect - your beautiful screen is consuming your battery. Some ROMS are better than others at battery conservation.
So far I am quite happy with "Vanilla". Today I'm at 7 hours, mostly idle with 80% battery left using 35% screen and 30% Cell standby on LTE with Auto brightness and 1 min to display sleep.

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Thanks Dan, when I get off the train I'll swap my sim back in and have a look.
Fwiw, I have a good data widget on my home screen and use that when the sim's in it.

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When I got to mobile networks all I saw were 2 TMobile's and three AT&T's with no option for LTE or to even view the above.

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bob60626 said:
When I got to mobile networks all I saw were 2 TMobile's and three AT&T's with no option for LTE or to even view the above.
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I don't know for sure and do not have the same ROM as you but there is some way in one of those Mobile Network menus (Not in APN section) to specify 2G only, CDMA, GSM, GSM+HSPA, GSM+HSPA+LTE.