I was I just wondering has anyone used their note for a long distance drive. the reason I ask is because using my stock charger or Any one as a matter a fact my Battery still drains even while.plugged.in.and pretty fast maybe 1 percent every 6 minutes if not Sooner.just wanted to know if anyone has the same problem?
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Go ahead and get yourself one of these babies, and you're set
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...Q9CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339221289&sr=8-1
Long story short, it's shorted so that the Note receives more power. Someone can explain it to you in a more verbose fashion, but rest assured, my Gnote still charges slowly up, even when running google maps, music, and screen brightness on high.
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I was I just wondering has anyone used their note for a long distance drive. the reason I ask is because using my stock charger or Any one as a matter a fact my Battery still drains even while.plugged.in.and pretty fast maybe 1 percent every 6 minutes if not Sooner.just wanted to know if anyone has the same problem?
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I use my note for 2-3 hours drives each week, and here's the key....if you're comfortable with your GPS app like I am, its a breeze, and an awesome solution. But there are a few key things. 4g is a battery drain enough on its own. Add that to the fact that you'll be driving through multiple cell zones, often with 3 or more cell sites in each one, and the note will he speaking to all of them. That alone will eat your battery like Michael Jackson ate children (all celebs are cannibals...ya know?), so there are two options for the battery issue.
Option one: Turn off mobile data completely, and use one of the many offline mobile GPS apps out there...start your route with mobile data on to pull down traffic data, and to route you around traffic jams, construction, or accidents...I use Navigon, and its the only app I've seen that can do all of this seamlessly. For other reasons too, Navigon is the best. It shows the speed limit, and warns you about red light cameras, or gives you audio warnings if you're going a certain preset amount over the speed limit. Also, when your driving on the toll way looking for an exit, it displays a HUD like visual representation on which lanes are okay to be in. Instead of just saying "stay right" it'll show you a picture of the toll way with 4 lanes...and 3 of them might have arrows in them, while the other has an x-mark in it. There are multiple voices and a dons, and once you download the maps, you're finished. In just 1.8 gigs, I can have a complete map of the whole contiguous United States and Canada.
This is the best software option for me. I've tried solutions that are free, and even for iOS, the graphics and design is better with navigon than Tom Tom or Copilot. Its well worth the 40 dollars, but you can often buy a region....say, the Midwest, the east coast, or the west coast for cheaper. Or you can wait for it to go on sale, and grab a North America or USA & Canada, or USA and Mexico Combo for 20 dollars. Whenever I've looked, its been on sale about fifty percent of the time.
Next, the battery options, you can do what I do, and use a travel battery pack that will charge a second battery without the phone having to be plugged in, and without the awkward cable setup that comes with mounting a plugged in phone, or keeping one on your lap.
Since our phones charge extremely slow from a car/cigarette port while using them, I find this to be the best option for staying juiced.
Secondly, its possibly to keep your battery at a certain level, or even charge it at a slow rate if you use good practices: know your route in general, and get familiar with the general outline of your route. After about an hour of using the app, you'll become confident in the solution enough to work on audio instruction alone. Use a headset--a wired one preferably...Bluetooth sucks in every way possible...its short range, it eats batteries like al roker ate funnel cakes, and it is terribly unstable and difficult to use, even for the jedi-minds here. Its improved somewhat over the years...but the goal here is to use a reasonable amount of power. Download your podcasts or music over wifi before you leave, and save power by only using the screen when you need to.
With a headset, my podcasts going, and my phone in 2g mode, I've found that my phone actually charges with the screen on its lowest setting (seeing any screen in the daylight is almost impossible for any device, no matter how powerful, or premium, or expensive it is, but using g it like this at night isn't an issue), and the audio is playing through the onboard speaker, or I'm playing music through the device via headset. I can sometimes even stream audio and use the speaker....though its not really loud enough to hear over almost any car going 55 MPH.
Make sure your car charger is rated for 1.0 amps, or 1000miliamps..at least. I don't know if the note can pull more or not...but even in the worst case scenario, if you had the travel battery pack (which, for thirty dollars gets you a wall charger, an additional stock OEM battery (none of the voodoo-magic extended battery crap that actually gives you worse battery life, under or over powers your phone, or only lasts 100 charging cycles), and a external battery case which will fit into any pocket you have (unless you wear skinny jeans....ew.), and will charge any note battery)) if you're phone died and you forgot to place your extra battery on the charger, in about 20 minute or so, you'd Be powered back up with enough juice to get you going again. After you placed your battery in the charger and plugged it in.
Lastly, you could get a power inverter from amazon or best buy (I would never buy some cheap Chinese version from amazon. I'd buy a brand name one from walmart or radio shack or even best buy) and you'd be able to charge your device at home/wall speeds.
Just using a few tricks, you'll never need to replace or run out of battery, and its likely you'll never even use a percent. But doing dome things with any phone will ensure you either don't make it to your destination, or that when you do arrive, you do so at 1-2%, of even worse....0%.
I think the Note charger travel pack is the best thing since sliced bread. I don't ever plug my phone in anymore. I bring the battery pack with me, and use a collapsing wall plug with a retractable micriusb cable to plug the pack in and charge my second battery...this means I can just plug my extra battery pack in at Barnes and nobles, my friends, etc...while still using my phone. I can even plug the pack into a computer and walk away. Which is great for long days at work, and means I can use my note 24/7 and never ever have to worry about battery life.
Sorry for the walk of text...and my goofy disposition. Its late and I'm so tired that I'm slap happy. But, to summarize, every device has it's shortcomings, but by spending only thirty dollars...I found away around the only real problem with the device--battery life.
The device is amazing in every way now.
I stopped using my $1300 laptop when I got my TF101 a year ago, and I stopped using my tablet for anything but reading and one fishing game since I got my phone.
AMAZINN!
Yeah I've noticed that my note charges indefinitely with that charger. My mom has one in her car and I thought I was crazy at first thinking that it charged my phone faster than stock.but I noticed that using that charger in her car no matter what I did using GPS and on lte the phone would still charge.when I turn my phone off and let it sit it's like magic.my phone charges really quickly.are there any threads that can explain more in dept why this happens with this charger?
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Jamesyboy said:
I use my note for 2-3 hours drives each week, and here's the key....if you're comfortable with your GPS app like I am, its a breeze, and an awesome solution. But there are a few key things. 4g is a battery drain enough on its own. Add that to the fact that you'll be driving through multiple cell zones, often with 3 or more cell sites in each one, and the note will he speaking to all of them. That alone will eat your battery like Michael Jackson ate children (all celebs are cannibals...ya know?), so there are two options for the battery issue.
Option one: Turn off mobile data completely, and use one of the many offline mobile GPS apps out there...start your route with mobile data on to pull down traffic data, and to route you around traffic jams, construction, or accidents...I use Navigon, and its the only app I've seen that can do all of this seamlessly. For other reasons too, Navigon is the best. It shows the speed limit, and warns you about red light cameras, or gives you audio warnings if you're going a certain preset amount over the speed limit. Also, when your driving on the toll way looking for an exit, it displays a HUD like visual representation on which lanes are okay to be in. Instead of just saying "stay right" it'll show you a picture of the toll way with 4 lanes...and 3 of them might have arrows in them, while the other has an x-mark in it. There are multiple voices and a dons, and once you download the maps, you're finished. In just 1.8 gigs, I can have a complete map of the whole contiguous United States and Canada.
This is the best software option for me. I've tried solutions that are free, and even for iOS, the graphics and design is better with navigon than Tom Tom or Copilot. Its well worth the 40 dollars, but you can often buy a region....say, the Midwest, the east coast, or the west coast for cheaper. Or you can wait for it to go on sale, and grab a North America or USA & Canada, or USA and Mexico Combo for 20 dollars. Whenever I've looked, its been on sale about fifty percent of the time.
Next, the battery options, you can do what I do, and use a travel battery pack that will charge a second battery without the phone having to be plugged in, and without the awkward cable setup that comes with mounting a plugged in phone, or keeping one on your lap.
Since our phones charge extremely slow from a car/cigarette port while using them, I find this to be the best option for staying juiced.
Secondly, its possibly to keep your battery at a certain level, or even charge it at a slow rate if you use good practices: know your route in general, and get familiar with the general outline of your route. After about an hour of using the app, you'll become confident in the solution enough to work on audio instruction alone. Use a headset--a wired one preferably...Bluetooth sucks in every way possible...its short range, it eats batteries like al roker ate funnel cakes, and it is terribly unstable and difficult to use, even for the jedi-minds here. Its improved somewhat over the years...but the goal here is to use a reasonable amount of power. Download your podcasts or music over wifi before you leave, and save power by only using the screen when you need to.
With a headset, my podcasts going, and my phone in 2g mode, I've found that my phone actually charges with the screen on its lowest setting (seeing any screen in the daylight is almost impossible for any device, no matter how powerful, or premium, or expensive it is, but using g it like this at night isn't an issue), and the audio is playing through the onboard speaker, or I'm playing music through the device via headset. I can sometimes even stream audio and use the speaker....though its not really loud enough to hear over almost any car going 55 MPH.
Make sure your car charger is rated for 1.0 amps, or 1000miliamps..at least. I don't know if the note can pull more or not...but even in the worst case scenario, if you had the travel battery pack (which, for thirty dollars gets you a wall charger, an additional stock OEM battery (none of the voodoo-magic extended battery crap that actually gives you worse battery life, under or over powers your phone, or only lasts 100 charging cycles), and a external battery case which will fit into any pocket you have (unless you wear skinny jeans....ew.), and will charge any note battery)) if you're phone died and you forgot to place your extra battery on the charger, in about 20 minute or so, you'd Be powered back up with enough juice to get you going again. After you placed your battery in the charger and plugged it in.
Lastly, you could get a power inverter from amazon or best buy (I would never buy some cheap Chinese version from amazon. I'd buy a brand name one from walmart or radio shack or even best buy) and you'd be able to charge your device at home/wall speeds.
Just using a few tricks, you'll never need to replace or run out of battery, and its likely you'll never even use a percent. But doing dome things with any phone will ensure you either don't make it to your destination, or that when you do arrive, you do so at 1-2%, of even worse....0%.
I think the Note charger travel pack is the best thing since sliced bread. I don't ever plug my phone in anymore. I bring the battery pack with me, and use a collapsing wall plug with a retractable micriusb cable to plug the pack in and charge my second battery...this means I can just plug my extra battery pack in at Barnes and nobles, my friends, etc...while still using my phone. I can even plug the pack into a computer and walk away. Which is great for long days at work, and means I can use my note 24/7 and never ever have to worry about battery life.
Sorry for the walk of text...and my goofy disposition. Its late and I'm so tired that I'm slap happy. But, to summarize, every device has it's shortcomings, but by spending only thirty dollars...I found away around the only real problem with the device--battery life.
The device is amazing in every way now.
I stopped using my $1300 laptop when I got my TF101 a year ago, and I stopped using my tablet for anything but reading and one fishing game since I got my phone.
AMAZINN!
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Thanks I will definitely look into navigon.just out of curiosity when using navigon off line from gps how accurate is it?.what I envy iphones for is their quick triangulation on google maps without gps.while Androids need gps to get any where close to where I am.to lead me somewhere
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Not exactly true. If you have your location services enabled then google maps will find you almost instantly within a certain range. I have yet to even use my gps yet on my note with maps and for the first time it has me shown within a quarter mile. Distance will vary with the amount of towers close by.
Navigon uses the gps. It should show you within a few feet if you are out in the open sky. Just the same as any other gps app. And I second Navigon. I have tried Sygic and Ndrive also and have found Navigon to be by far the best.
Edit: Just went outside to test the GPS for the first time. Damn this thing was quick. Connected in under 30 seconds.
Traditional 500mA car chargers just won't cut it.
Buy a power inverter and use the stock or similar 1.0A/1000mA charger and you will be able to use GPS/Bluetooth/4GLTE with screen on and still charge the phone! One warning though, the battery will get very warm with all of this running. But it will charge despite the heavy use.
bulldog212 said:
Traditional 500mA car chargers just won't cut it.
Buy a power inverter and use the stock or similar 1.0A/1000mA charger and you will be able to use GPS/Bluetooth/4GLTE with screen on and still charge the phone! One warning though, the battery will get very warm with all of this running. But it will charge despite the heavy use.
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Yeah I know that .the note is too power hungry for 500 mah chargers. when using that motorla charger listed above in my cart and using my phone with gps and lte I have seen temps as high as 129
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Drove from Maine to Camp Lejeune, a marathon drive of about 15hrs with Navigon, and Bluetooth audio running the entire trip. I am using the Samsung car dock, and the phone stayed fully charged the whole trip.
Been very happy with the samsung car dock, price was good too.
What stinks is that the Motorola charger you posted about, the one I have, puts out 850Mah to the phone. And even that is still not enough to charge while in use. In fact,, it doesn't even maintain..... Does this phone really use that much energy to operate?
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Not exactly true. If you have your location services enabled then google maps will find you almost instantly within a certain range. I have yet to even use my gps yet on my note with maps and for the first time it has me shown within a quarter mile. Distance will vary with the amount of towers close by.
Navigon uses the gps. It should show you within a few feet if you are out in the open sky. Just the same as any other gps app. And I second Navigon. I have tried Sygic and Ndrive also and have found Navigon to be by far the best.
Edit: Just went outside to test the GPS for the first time. Damn this thing was quick. Connected in under 30 seconds.
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Yeah that's exactly what im talking about , within your location services settings if you disable the gps function and go to Google maps and click try and find my location . Their is a huge blue halo in which you could possible be your location which doesn't help when your somewhere unfamiliar. Im not a ios fan to say the least but in that aspect i find their google maps much more consumer friendly in every day usage. I used my mothers iphone while she as at work for directions for deliveries at the restaurant i work at because it was so quick to show me the route i needed and find me while my note would take maybe 15-30 or so seconds to find what i needed. Although iphones dont have turn by turn which was annoying at times looking down at a small 3.5 in screen
Im using Navigon now. Even though the lastest Navigon let you start the app, HOWEVER WITHOUT DATA it doesnt accurate. You still need GPS+data to make it works.
Side note: Anyone know any ISC Rom now works with Navigon?
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I had this prob too!
I bought an Energizer car charger that doubles as a wall mount charger. The key is it charges @ 2amps all the time. I NOW have a positive charge while driving at normal screen brightness AND GPS AND streaming Radio on 4g.
Im %99.9 sure you can do the same as long as your car mount charger is geared for 2 amps (Most are NOT)
There is another thread in here somewhere that address the charing aspects of the G-Note.
First off, they suggest getting a charger, that has two USB slots, one is a 1Amp and the other is 2Amp USB, so then you have 2Amps charging.
Does not really get to that much, so you need to buy a USB direct charge adaptor, which allows for the Note to charge in HIGH charge like at home, rather then trickle.
Works great for me,
XDA is no longer worth my time.
Something else to take into account is the USB cable you are using with your chargers. If it is a data cable it will not charge at full capacity, you need to have a USB cable that is for charging only, it has the two line for data shorted. This make a huge difference. Even if you have the 2 AMP charger you will have issue with a data cable when charging.
have a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671083
I use a Rocketfish charger in the car and on a two hour road trip using GPS all the way and all phone services active it ended up about 5 or 6 percent higher than when I started the trip.
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Manufacturer: Samsung
Make: Galaxy S5
Model: SM-G900T
State When Bought: Certified Refurbished + Carrier Unlocked
Store Bought From: Amazon.com
Hi.
So far, my Galaxy S5 I bought back in August has been running into issues lately. Here are the situations I've been through lately:
-The charging port on my S5 is broken. I went to my local repair shop and the guy there said that it's $129 USD to repair the charging port (that's over 1/2 the cost of the phone itself) because the people repairing my phone have to remove the glass to get access to the port itself. The guy told me to go buy an external battery charger and new batteries instead, recommending me an external battery charger and 2 batteries on eBAY. The batteries and charger were new and only $15.
-Now here's where the problems with the batteries start. After using my phone with the new battery for 15 minutes and draining from 60% to 39%, it shut off. I tried turning my phone on again, but it just wouldn't. So I charged it to 100% and put it into my phone, but when I turned my phone on, the battery starts at 81%. No big deal for me, so I start using my phone as normal.
-Now: drainage issues. My S5, no matter what ROM I flash on it, whether it be CM-based or TouchWiz-based, will drain from 81% to 0% in just ONE HOUR AND THIRTY MINUTES, and this was my defective battery before it was replaced with the ones I got from eBay. I STILL have the same problem to this day and I don't know what's going on.
-And finally, the overheating issues. When I start up and use my phone on any TouchWiz-based ROM, it will heat to somewhere about 100 Degrees Fahrenheit to 150 Degrees Fahrenheit based on what I feel on my hand. So far I've found NO WAY to fix this at all, so please help
I appreciate all the helpful comments and I hope to get my phone back in shape soon.
Since you've gone 3 days with no help, I'll try to give you what very limited help I can.
First, the overheating and short battery life go hand-in-hand. Assuming this isn't a straight up hardware issue, it would seem that the processor is running hard servicing some app. Have you added anything recently that might be running in the background? If you aren't sure what the possible cause may be, maybe using a power monitoring app like Better Battery Stats would be worth a try.
As for the early shutoff, there is such a thing as battery calibration. Don't know much about it myself, but there's information out there.
Also, I suppose you could just have a bad battery. New doesn't necessarily mean good. Ebay stuff is not always trustworthy.
I had a previous model of this unit which was at the old "slow" charge rate and was so pleased to get the new and improved version. They even fixed the few issues I had with the older version. This model has the charging cable in back instead of sticking out the side, the LED indication light is much dimmer, although larger, which makes it easy to see where to place the phone in a dark room and not act like a flashlight while trying to sleep.
The display angle is acceptable, it works well through a case, although I haven't tried a Defender case yet and the fit is more secure than even the Samsung charger..
The unit uses a microUSB connector and a 2.1A adapter, not included.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010B6PSMC
I have a fake wireless samsung charger but my phones gets a bit hotter then when i use my cable to charge so i stopt using my wireless charger. How hot does your phone get because i doubt that there is a fan inside your charger so hope you can awnser me.
I just wanted to chime in since I own this device too.
I've tested out on several devices even for those without supporting native wireless charging (one plus 3, iphone 5s and such) and surprisingly, this thing can charge other devices really well.
I own many wireless charging devices but never had one like this on a stand. this thing can charge my phones while streaming videos.
I'm getting ready to jump over to S8 or S8+ when available and I think this charger is a good place to get ready since it supports fast wireless charging as well.
this charges iphone with a wireless charging receiver. it charged iphone about 75% in 60 min. i know it's a small battery but it goes as fast as regular charging block that comes with.
and it can charge on both horizontal and vertical. good way to stream while charging your device (but slowly charges)
and One plus 3 for work
RiTCHiE007 said:
I have a fake wireless samsung charger but my phones gets a bit hotter then when i use my cable to charge so i stopt using my wireless charger. How hot does your phone get because i doubt that there is a fan inside your charger so hope you can awnser me.
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it is quite cool, no excessive heating or anything. it is warm to touch but nothing like you can't keep your fingers on it. battery temperature stays relatively cool while charging. it stays around 35C according to 3C battery monitor widget.
sharpehenry said:
I just wanted to chime in since I own this device too.
I've tested out on several devices even for those without supporting native wireless charging (one plus 3, iphone 5s and such) and surprisingly, this thing can charge other devices really well.
I own many wireless charging devices but never had one like this on a stand. this thing can charge my phones while streaming videos.
I'm getting ready to jump over to S8 or S8+ when available and I think this charger is a good place to get ready since it supports fast wireless charging as well.
this charges iphone with a wireless charging receiver. it charged iphone about 75% in 60 min. i know it's a small battery but it goes as fast as regular charging block that comes with.

and it can charge on both horizontal and vertical. good way to stream while charging your device (but slowly charges)


and One plus 3 for work
and it can charge on both horizontal and vertical. good way to stream while charging your device (but slowly charges)


and One plus 3 for work

it is quite cool, no excessive heating or anything. it is warm to touch but nothing like you can't keep your fingers on it. battery temperature stays relatively cool while charging. it stays around 35C according to 3C battery monitor widget.
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Ah why would you get a s8? Thing looks horrible without a homebutton.
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Ah why would you get a s8? Thing looks horrible without a homebutton.
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Haha, looks and feels are the least things I worry about when it comes to tech in my head.
I came from 5.5 and 5.7 inches phone and seems like that's where my comfort size (giggity) landed while using it.
s7 is great but little too small, I could have gotten s7 edge but I didn't have to pay for s7, so I went with it.
but you're right.. s7 is beautiful comparing to s8 leak photos and videos. but I'm curious to see how that infinite display thing goes. probably a marketing gimmick.
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Haha, looks and feels are the least things I worry about when it comes to tech in my head.
I came from 5.5 and 5.7 inches phone and seems like that's where my comfort size (giggity) landed while using it.
s7 is great but little too small, I could have gotten s7 edge but I didn't have to pay for s7, so I went with it.
but you're right.. s7 is beautiful comparing to s8 leak photos and videos. but I'm curious to see how that infinite display thing goes. probably a marketing gimmick.
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Yea, the reason i went for the s7 was because it had a homebutton and no curved screen but now that the S7 has curved on all screen and no homebutton i really think ill change phone brand again because i really hate onscreen buttons on my phone before the s7 which was a z5 xperia. But dont you have nougat installed? I think the battery life got so much better with that update that i might stay with the s7 for a extra year and hope the homebutton will return on the s8 or maybe under the screen but it should always be on the fron and not on the back.
But to get back at the subject, i saw that you own one of these chargers also right? Does the phone get hot while charging?
I replied with your quote above on my first comment. charger itself gets warm but not hot to touch. My s7 battery temperature doesn't go above 35°C during the charge. I'll post another screenahot via battery monitoring tool when I get home to charge.
I think they positioned their coils pretty much flushed to our phones in either position for optimal charging.
I know the flat puck chargers don't have indicator of correct position so if slight off to center get your phone hot. Don't really have to worry for this one since it has a tray to put down your phone.
I'm getting stand/tilt wireless chargers from now on because just by not worrying about getting right in the center is totally worth it.
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I replied with your quote above on my first comment. charger itself gets warm but not hot to touch. My s7 battery temperature doesn't go above 35°C during the charge. I'll post another screenahot via battery monitoring tool when I get home to charge.
I think they positioned their coils pretty much flushed to our phones in either position for optimal charging.
I know the flat puck chargers don't have indicator of correct position so if slight off to center get your phone hot. Don't really have to worry for this one since it has a tray to put down your phone.
I'm getting stand/tilt wireless chargers from now on because just by not worrying about getting right in the center is totally worth it.
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Ah oke thanks for the information! And with what app do you check the temp?
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Ah oke thanks for the information! And with what app do you check the temp?
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3c battery monitor widget pro is what I use. I think it read better than ampere plus it provides more information regarding battery stats. I like this app the best.
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3c battery monitor widget pro is what I use. I think it read better than ampere plus it provides more information regarding battery stats. I like this app the best.
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oke, thanks for the reply and i will be checking mine temp on the fake samsung charger because the phone gets pretty warm.
Can you run the Ampre app while you're charging and show what voltage it charges with?
Thanks, ordered one $15.99. Awesome price at lightning deal!!
nice wireless charger!!!
After reading this thread I have now got this great charger. It charges with a thick cover on the phone.
Bought it. Design cool, led is not too bright in dark, it's easy to use both in horizontal and vertical stand.
But, I could not get it to charge it fast, it's always showing standard charging (ampere says 500mA on average, so a standard usb current). I tried two chargers, one is Samsung rated at 1.8A and the other is 2A. I use slim Ringke case and tried charging with and without it on.
OK, I tried another charger, the official one for S7, and this one DOES support Fast Wireless Charging. The reason is that the charger support Fast Adaptive Charging. So be vary, having just a 2.0A charger doesn't guarantee fast charging, it needs to have FAC support.
Anyone else experience really crap battery life. I have had this phone barely over a year and now it is down to about 3 to 4 hours of of texting and snap chat and then it is nearly dead. Today it used 30% in an hour and a half. i send 5 texts and 3 snap chats. I am starting to believe the flag ship phones are BS. I do not think I will invest in high end after this. My iPhone SE work phone granted it is a small budget POS and an iPhone but I i leave that that thing off the charger for days at a time and even with all day usage it does not get below 50%.
My next phone all I need is a good camera and ram to load things quicker and a monster battery. Phones like moto G and E and some of the lower end LG and Samsung phones are starting to look more appealing.
I would switch out the battery for a larger but I do not want to change phone backs. The phone is already a giant brink in my pocket, do they make a GOOD higher mah battery that fits the same cover?
My battery life sucks also. I've had the phone about 2 years now and I'm lucky if I can get 5 hours of standby power. and yes I use greenify and Doze. if I use the phone for anything like calls or pictures or surfing, forget it, I'm down to two hours time. Luckilly I keep it plugged in whenever possible.
Ditto. I like this phone ok, but the battery life is terrible. I don't even use it that much during the day, but it won't even make it an entire day without charging. And no root sucks.
If you turn off all the crap that auto-runs, including location when not needed, things will improve greatly. But, you need root to do these things.
yeah, this thing has totally crappy battery life. I am an uber and amazon flex driver, so I use my phone all day, every day. The only reason it doesn't die constantly is I have a charging cable hooked up for it next to my car mount and it gets plugged in every time it is on my dash. Even still, I have to plug it in over night or it will be dead as hell in the morning. I actually have 2 extra batteries for it, but can't use them much because I have no way to charge them outside of the phone, so they are always low. I did just order a chrger base for it that charges my phone and an extra battery at the same time, so hopefully that will help, but this phone is really useless without extra batteries. As a side note, my girl has a cheap cricket lg, also, and hers just barely makes it through the day as well. it hits the low battery warning on her every single night and she only uses it after work. so she gets like 9 hours standby and 2-3 hours use... I kinda think lg just sucks at picking a battery size for their phones or batteries just need a new leap forward...