Hi, I am considering buying the GS5. Does it have any issues? Last time I bought a Galaxy Note 3 from AT&T, the GPS was awful from start to finish. I just need to be aware of issues with this phone, thanks.
nviz22 said:
Hi, I am considering buying the GS5. Does it have any issues? Last time I bought a Galaxy Note 3 from AT&T, the GPS was awful from start to finish. I just need to be aware of issues with this phone, thanks.
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Only issues I've seen is that there are no issues.. Lol..
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Not really...the only slight problem is with all Samsung phones and that is it creaks a bit
I've had a lot of battery issues with mine and many are praising the 4-5 day battery life that i've never been able to obtain. I only get about a day maybe 1.5
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I've had a lot of battery issues with mine and many are praising the 4-5 day battery life that i've never been able to obtain. I only get about a day maybe 1.5
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Nobody gets 4-5 days on battery.
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Nobody gets 4-5 days on battery.
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My co-worker has a Verizon s5 and his lasted 9 days on a battery with less than 10% left.
I saw the battery statistics with my own eyes.
So what the F#$* is wrong with these phones? Some do well and others don't? I've been through one replacement already, 3 batteries which said OEM (Ebay buy in USA) and have one on the way tomorrow.
I absolutely love android, and I love Iphone too and this is mountains better in battery life compared to my iphone but Knox and the wierd androidOS/system usage probably related to CarrierIQ are huge downers for me
Alan Shore said:
My co-worker has a Verizon s5 and his lasted 9 days on a battery with less than 10% left.
I saw the battery statistics with my own eyes.
So what the F#$* is wrong with these phones? Some do well and others don't? I've been through one replacement already, 3 batteries which said OEM (Ebay buy in USA) and have one on the way tomorrow.
I absolutely love android, and I love Iphone too and this is mountains better in battery life compared to my iphone but Knox and the wierd androidOS/system usage probably related to CarrierIQ are huge downers for me
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Does he have an extended battery? No way this phone lasts for 9 days unless he uses it 5 minutes a day or something.
I made my return to T-Mobile and got the S5. Black 16 GB, but smaller than my Note 3 capacity, but still a good phone. Going to pick it up tomorrow after a system issue that wouldn't let me pay .
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Does he have an extended battery? No way this phone lasts for 9 days unless he uses it 5 minutes a day or something.
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may be he used the ultra power saving mode, battery can last that long if used that mode.
nviz22 said:
Hi, I am considering buying the GS5. Does it have any issues? Last time I bought a Galaxy Note 3 from AT&T, the GPS was awful from start to finish. I just need to be aware of issues with this phone, thanks.
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Battery cover issues, wifi calling issues. Besides that good phone. Nothing like my gs3 which was the best phone I've owned. A bit disappointed in this one.
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jjlean said:
Battery cover issues, wifi calling issues. Besides that good phone. Nothing like my gs3 which was the best phone I've owned. A bit disappointed in this one.
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Wi-Fi Calling issues? I got that phone just for that feature over Sprint and Verizon .
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Wi-Fi Calling issues? I got that phone just for that feature over Sprint and Verizon .
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Yea missing calls. Missing texts. Texts come through after you turn off wifi calling, but still sucks.
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jjlean said:
Yea missing calls. Missing texts. Texts come through after you turn off wifi calling, but still sucks.
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With each device or occasionally?
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may be he used the ultra power saving mode, battery can last that long if used that mode.
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It's not even a smartphone in that mode. No email sync, auto upload, gps, none of that. But yeah, it will last that long if he used it.
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With each device or occasionally?
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https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#j...jive-mobile.com/api/core/v2/discussions/74180
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https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#j...jive-mobile.com/api/core/v2/discussions/74180
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Question, if I haven't paid for my S5, but the device is activated and yet to be picked up, can I just get the HTC One instead?
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Does he have an extended battery? No way this phone lasts for 9 days unless he uses it 5 minutes a day or something.
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I saw it with my own eyes! Normal use. I'm unknown on usage, I got a new battery today.... Hopefully that solves my issues.
Weird that WiFi calling causes issues with text. I wonder why. Never tried and had issues with it. When I turn on the WiFi though it still shows data connection right next to it. Is that normal?
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krntehknik303 said:
Weird that WiFi calling causes issues with text. I wonder why. Never tried and had issues with it. When I turn on the WiFi though it still shows data connection right next to it. Is that normal?
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When I turn on WiFi, data connection is grey out.
I remembered reading here that Download Booster interfere with WiFi calling. May be you have it turn on?
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When I turn on WiFi, data connection is grey out.
I remembered reading here that Download Booster interfere with WiFi calling. May be you have it turn on?
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I don't use download booster nor WiFi calling. Lol.
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I didn't think much about data usage until last week when I checked my AT&T account and noticed that I was already 50% through my allocated 2GB data limit. I've been mostly on WIFI since the device was activated and the few times that I was on 3G/HSPA was during my 30 minute lunch breaks. It didn't make much sense considering I've had no time to mess around with the phone (aside from tweaking the widgets and checking my e-mails).
Anyways, fast forward a few days and after installing data manager, I discovered that AP Mobile (Stock TW widget) had used over 500MB+ of data. :-/ Apparently, I'm not alone. A quick glance at other forums and websites confirmed that AP Mobile was notorious for using heavy amount of data. It may not be an issue with users with unlimited data but to us fellow mortals, every megabyte counts.
As of this post, I have rooted the phone and have deleted the APK to insure the ninja application will never use data again!
An alternate solution is to modify the widget setting to 'never' update but I have not confirmed whether you must remove then re-add the widget before making the changes.
That's why I love Unlimited.
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That's why I love Unlimited.
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Unless you also have unlimited battery, it won't help.
High amount of data usage = high battery drain.
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Unless you also have unlimited battery, it won't help.
High amount of data usage = high battery drain.
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I've got a mobile external battery that can charge my phone for 2 power cycles from 0 to 100. So basically, I kinda do have unlimited battery too.
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Unrooted. Data manager since I bought the phone 2 weeks ago. AP mobile isn't even on the list fir data usage.
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I had the same issue with AP Mobile. Basically AT&T and Samsung were no help at all. Had to root and freeze app. I've tried just about everything... outlined here: http://www.allankintz.com/2011/10/18/my-android-data-problem/
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!!!
I'm surprised more people are not having this issue.
As far as I know I'm free of this problem only because I never opened the widget..which I'm glad I didn't lol
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I cant stand it no more ... i bought sgs3 2 weeks ago .. now my battery is not ok ... what shoukd i do ? I got warranty but they just switched tjlhe battery andit is back again
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ILPsycho said:
I cant stand it no more ... i bought sgs3 2 weeks ago .. now my battery is not ok ... what shoukd i do ? I got warranty but they just switched tjlhe battery andit is back again
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Your battery is okay. You probably turned your screen too bright or viewing your screen in bright environment. Leaving brightness in auto give slightly more than 2 hours screen time with 3G and push all on.
Facebook sync it's probably your major problem
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The sync is off .. and i saw people with 30 hours on the battery
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Battery drain might be bcoz of Jelly bean update itself. I've had my S3 for three months, battery lasted me for 2 days until I updated to jellybean. Now 5 % goes every hour even without using it. I'm sure an update will come out to fix this
If you are still using stock mod, have you removed any bloatware? Take a look in Apps/Running Apps to see weather or not your battery drain is being caused by unwanted/unused applications.
using latest wanam lite with persus kernal
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All you basically did was make calls, no wonder you got 18 hours
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Samsungnooby said:
All you basically did was make calls, no wonder you got 18 hours
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Its doesnt seem that he just did calls.. the display use is almost 3 hrs with 40% still remaining ..
The battery life is dependent on too many variables..
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Its doesnt seem that he just did calls.. the display use is almost 3 hrs with 40% still remaining ..
The battery life is dependent on too many variables..
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I'm not saying his screen shot isn't real it's just I don't trust people's screen shots as I can take a screen shot of up to 50 hours by basically plugging in my phone and not letting it reach 100% then unplugging it back to 20% then back to 80% and so on.
I'd love to have 18 hours at 50% by playing games and using internet and making calls and other uses but don't think that's possible.
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Do a hard reset and use your phone for 2-3 days without installing any apps. If your problem persists you have a faulty device. Here is my battery life using insert coin:
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leftheodo said:
Do a hard reset and use your phone for 2-3 days without installing any apps. If your problem persists you have a faulty device. Here is my battery life using insert coin:
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This is because you have wifi/data off when the screen is off.
Most people prefer to have those on to receive notifications.
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All you basically did was make calls, no wonder you got 18 hours
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Wrong, how can you say all I did was making calls when:
1, i attached a picture of my screen on time with 3 hours of usage,
2, when screen usage was 62% while Voice Calls was only 21%
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Its doesnt seem that he just did calls.. the display use is almost 3 hrs with 40% still remaining ..
The battery life is dependent on too many variables..
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Thank you. :highfive:
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I'm not saying his screen shot isn't real it's just I don't trust people's screen shots as I can take a screen shot of up to 50 hours by basically plugging in my phone and not letting it reach 100% then unplugging it back to 20% then back to 80% and so on.
I'd love to have 18 hours at 50% by playing games and using internet and making calls and other uses but don't think that's possible.
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Nothing in your first post stated that my screen shot was fake, even if you did, your statement would still be wrong.
Also if I was an idiot to do what you would,(In bold). The graph in my first screen shot wouldn't be decreasing from (start, finish). It would have shown spikes of increasing.
I think you just really need to read better, and stop assuming everyone lie about their battery screen shots.
There's no point for most others and I to do that,
I posted my screen shots with a simple intention to help OP to achive better battery life on his SGS3.
As I know the phone has the potential.
Thus the reason I stated "using latest wanam lite with persus kernal".
Then you chime in with all these non sense.
I know I have probably wasted 5 minutes of my time writing this as you probably will just ignore the facts.
But as you are a senior member on XDA so please,
The least contribution you can make is by not plaguing XDA with false information and negativity.
People like you make us lose faith in humanity.
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Wrong, how can you say all I did was making calls when 1, i attached a picture of my screen on time with 3 hours of usage, 2, when screen usage was 62% while Voice Calls was only 21%
Thank you. :highfive:
Nothing in your first post stated that my screen shot was fake, even if you did, your statement would still be wrong.
Also if I was an idiot to do what you would,(In bold). The graph in my first screen shot wouldn't be decreasing from (start, finish). It would have shown spikes of increasing.
I think you just really need to read better, and not assume everyone will be lying. There's no point for me to do that, I posted my screen shots with a simple intention to help OP to achive better battery life on his SGS3 as I know the phone has the potential to make him happy. Thus the reason I stated "using latest wanam lite with persus kernal". Then you chime in with all these non sense.
I know I have probably wasted 5 minutes of my time writing this as you probably will just ignore the facts. But as you are a senior member on XDA so please the least you can do is to not plague XDA with your false information and negativity.
People like you make us lose faith in humanity.
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Well maybe when you post screen shots you can explain what you used it for instead of just posting a screen shot and going away.
More information is more helpful and will give people a more understanding.
I've seen people in here boasting and showing screen shots of 35 hours but giving no information of how, what battery they used or how they used their phone or what settings they used and when I asked got no reply.
Your screen shot didn't really show much to be honest other than you used a custom Rom.
Lastly I never said yours was fake but just wanted more information.
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I'd love to have 18 hours at 50% by playing games and using internet and making calls and other uses but don't think that's possible.
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Its not 18 hours at 50% but its certainly possible to achieve good battery life playing games and using Internet etc.
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@ OP
Media looks high to me on your screenshot. You may have the media server wake lock draining battery.
As a temporary solution force close the media server. It should be OK until you reboot. Then you will need to close it again.
Some people (myself included) have had success in overcoming this by formatting the external SD.
Good luck
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corrsea said:
Its not 18 hours at 50% but its certainly possible to achieve good battery life playing games and using Internet etc.
See screen shots below.
@ OP
Media looks high to me on your screenshot. You may have the media server wake lock draining battery.
As a temporary solution force close the media server. It should be OK until you reboot. Then you will need to close it again.
Some people (myself included) have had success in overcoming this by formatting the external SD.
Good luck
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Yeah but how?
I get 5 hours at the most when playing games or using the internet on WiFi and sick of having to charge my phone and don't want to sit near a plug socket in case my s3 overheats or something.
I've got an extended battery coming because I've tried and failed at finding an answer with my normal battery.
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I give up
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How are you guys getting +14h and have so much battery left? wow!! I'm finally getting decent battery life and was pretty happy and then see your screenshot and get all sad again. I don't think I even got that kind of mileage on ICS
my screenies:silly:
Has anyone tried this app to improve battery life?
I was completely unaware it existed until today.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app&hl=en
It seems to work okay except wifi management.....
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It seems to work okay except wifi management.....
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I agree. Its always turning my WiFi on. Its not even on the same times I usually do either.
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I have been using it and have great results. Wifi always turning on is a pain though. I get around 14hrs.
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I tried that app and really noticed nothing even after finishing learning mode I had more of a drain then any savings I uninstalled
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Maybe I'm not doing enough to drain my battery, seem to be getting excellent life without a battery app...or could be because I'm comparing to my Thunderbolt! Lol
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I tried it but uninstalled it rather quickly. I didn't even have it installed long enough to tell how much difference it made.
After it got out of its "learning" phase, it consistently turned off my GMail push notifications, despite telling it not to, and turned my wifi on all the time. I was getting 2 days of battery life with the phone without the app, so I figured it wasn't worth the effort for me.
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I have been using it for 5 days and I agree, it works fairly well besides WiFi. Any savings seem to be offset by the constant turning on. Try putting a WiFi widget on your homescreen and manually controlling WiFi, and let the app do everything else.
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I have been using it for 5 days and I agree, it works fairly well besides WiFi. Any savings seem to be offset by the constant turning on. Try putting a WiFi widget on your homescreen and manually controlling WiFi, and let the app do everything else.
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What exactly is bad about the wifi control? Does turning off at night stop you from getting notifications (ie. email)?
I actually prefer to be on wifi since I'm on a limited shared plan.
I have been using it for over a month and have had no issues with wifi. I usually finish the day with over 60% battery left. That is 13 hours before i put it on the charger.
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I have been using it for over a month and have had no issues with wifi. I usually finish the day with over 60% battery left. That is 13 hours before i put it on the charger.
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big difference prior to using the app?
I actually just leave wifi on.. maybe that's why I only get 3 hours of screen time versus other people who get 4 or 5..
I uninstalled it a couple minutes ago lol. Makes my Google Now notifications that tell me when to leave like an hour late. Not cool :crying:
Not to mention how annoying it is to connect to the WiFi at my local McDonalds because it's called "dlink," the default name, which makes my phone "learn" to connect to every dlink. Ugh.
Mine has been in learning mode for like 2 weeks now... I don't know what the deal is... Doesn't really seem to be doing anything at all if you ask me.
I've been using this and get a good 15 hours before having to charge my phone, this is with WiFi off and on 4gLTE the whole day
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largo79 said:
I've been using this and get a good 15 hours before having to charge my phone, this is with WiFi off and on 4gLTE the whole day
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I get this without any special app: moderate use all day with calls, lots of texts, some web stuff.
why its ask for location ?
It's used 34% of my battery. First time this has happened. Anybody experiencing the same thing? I've been out most of the day and not really paying attention to it.
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It's used 34% of my battery. First time this has happened. Anybody experiencing the same thing? I've been out most of the day and not really paying attention to it.
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Same here. Anyone know a solution?
Not a problem here.
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It sounds like your phone is trying to stay connected to Wi-Fi when you're out of range. Mine disconnects and reconnects when I am out of or in range and I don't notice any extra battery drain.
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It's used 34% of my battery. First time this has happened. Anybody experiencing the same thing? I've been out most of the day and not really paying attention to it.
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i hate to say it but leave the option for best connection on in device mobile settings. so it will auto switch for best signal.
Updated OTA to kitkat this morning on my Verizon Note 2. Already the battery life has taken a big hit, just as I feared. Google Play Services and Android system are now using major battery, whereas they werent before. I loved my Note 2, but will definitely be switching back to an iPhone 5s in a few weeks unless I can figure out how to fix the battery life with kitkat or downgrade back down to JB.
Same here. Also my 4g LTE speeds have tanked (5-10 times slower).
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Same here. Also my 4g LTE speeds have tanked (5-10 times slower).
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you and I are very much in the same boat. I had a Note 10.1 2014 edition tablet that was simply AWESOME. Very fast and great battery life. Then came the Kitkat update...sucked all the life out of it. Things improved after I rooted and disabled tons of things, but it is still not as good as it once was...
Seems like these days every Google product just gets worse. I used to love Android Navigation, it stored your previously found destinations and you could easily navigate back and forth. Then they merged it with Maps. Now it sucks.
Try making sure Google now and that "ok Google" crap is off. That was killing me on KK. ALSO, make sure under your wifi settings Google isn't set to search for wifi even with wifi turned off.
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Besides disabling, which restarts on reboot...try the turn off feature whatever apps allow it.
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I thought I had fixed the problem, but alas after some use I found the battery life is still terrible in many cases.
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I thought I had fixed the problem, but alas after some use I found the battery life is still terrible in many cases.
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I recommend the app greenify. You can hibernate apps. I have been using it for years and have extended my battery life tremendously.