Battery Saving Tips & Post your battery life stats.

[lrcquest]

[UPDATES] Battery saving tips.

WiFi sleep policy : Wireless & Network > WiFi settings > menu > advanced > WiFi sleep policy > when screen turns off > enable

Mobile networks : Wireless & Network > Mobile networks > (disable packet date, change network mode to GSM only)

Settings > Location & security > (disable use wireless networks, disable use gps satellite)

Settings > Applications > Samsung apps > (off)

Accounts & sync > (disable background data & auto sync)

Settings > Privacy > (disable backup my data , disable automatic restore)

Settings > display > screen mode > (change to movie)

Settings > display > brightness > (disable automatic brightness & move slider to the left extreme)
use cpu spy to see if the phone is not entering deep sleep mode.

use better battery stats to check which app is consuming more power. link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

Go power master is a good tool for reducing the consumption by setting profiles.

Go Launcher Ex has good customization as well as running apps indicator in the app drawer where apps can be closed selectively / collectively.

use battery monitor widget pro to check the drain (better than the stock battery indicator)

Using Maps-Latitude , facebook app, fring mobile voip etc can drain the juice to a great extent.

Juice defender app has a good track record & would come in handy for better battery performance.

Above mentioned steps are for non rooted users.

Best if you can root the device. By this way you can use a good custom rom & a custom kernel combination to get good battery life.

Use Titanium Backup or similar to freeze Wi-fi sharing and Wi-fi sharing manager (by TempusFudgeIt)

After flashing a new rom, charge the battery to full on power off. When @ 100% remove the battery & wait for 2 minutes & reinsert & restart the phone. Said to be good for better stats in the first cycle. (by Kr$na) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209087

use your Note when needed (dont check the time every minute etc)! This will help the system to get "deep sleep". (by mR.fR34ky)

Turn off automatic brightness ( use Stock brightness adjustment or alternatively use widgetsoid widget / Brightness control / Brightness level / Screen filter app with custom screen brightness % button) (by mR.fR34ky)

Turn off 3G network and turn back when you need to use it. (push mail will work on Edge and lower networks [gprs])(by mR.fR34ky)

Browse facebook from browser and use facebook messages app. (Avoid installing facebook app)(by mR.fR34ky)

Uninstall all of the unsed apps via Titanium Backup (ofc make a backup before uninstalling)(by mR.fR34ky)

FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE TIPS.

 

[Bassarnis]

Here is a standby test I did a few months ago. I didn't follow all that , and my Note managed 8 days 8 hours and some when it hit the 30% mark.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473692

It all depends on how much you keep the screen on.

 

[lrcquest]

yes, true. I only have about 3 hours screen on time from my 3+ days of usage. Also, this is the first battery cycle after flashing the new speedmod kernel. Dev was somewhat halted in speedmod but is active now with some great offering. Had been a great fan of Hardcore's work from the s2 days.

 

[M3TALLICA]

Does changing screen mode save battery ?

 

[priyanv]

LOL... Disabled everything??? Then why do we need a monster beast like this???? What is the use of sacrificing all these wonderful features for saving battery??? Buy a cheap one with no features stated above... There is a phone with 15 days battery backup in samsung. No offense. Just a thought.

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[REVERSiN]

LOL... Disabled everything??? Then why do we need a monster beast like this???? What is the use of sacrificing all these wonderful features for saving battery??? Buy a cheap one with no features stated above... There is a phone with 15 days battery backup in samsung. No offense. Just a thought.

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Actualy i have to agree with you XD carrying it around without using it better off with a smaller thing dont you think ?

though each step he mentioned was true you can get long standby time if you don't use the screen meaning just dont take the phone out of your pocket, vibration eats battery too. i have almost 85% of the time the wifi connected and and browsing listening to music and downloading manage getting 14 hours with bluetooth GPS WiFi gamming a little and some calls i would say 15 minutes
i mean a massive battery just root and flash a worthy KERNEL anyhow you can also use setCPU and make the phone run at 200Mhz when screen off and run at 800 Mhz when battery fully charged infact nothing actually demands for more power than that i tested it and it flows.... plus when getting to 35% range use it at 500Mhz that way it saves works never hangs and for sure gets 14 hours of standby & usage.

 

[pfer10]

I know this probably doesn't matter much as many usually replace the phone before the battery is dead but draining a lithium battery all the way down greatly takes away life. You should charge your battery every night as you are sleeping anyway. The depth of discharge takes life away from lithium. Deeper you go the less cycles you get. Take advantage of your sleep time and charge the phone.

A lithium that is only taken down to 50% can have up to 4 times as many cycles as one that is taken down to 10% every cycle.

 

[M3TALLICA]

I read somewhere that lithium batteries lost their lives trying to absorb last dose of charging.
There came that famous Ezekeel kernel.
Don't know much about it so I could be wrong too.

 

[priyanv]

I know this probably doesn't matter much as many usually replace the phone before the battery is dead but draining a lithium battery all the way down greatly takes away life. You should charge your battery every night as you are sleeping anyway. The depth of discharge takes life away from lithium. Deeper you go the less cycles you get. Take advantage of your sleep time and charge the phone.

A lithium that is only taken down to 50% can have up to 4 times as many cycles as one that is taken down to 10% every cycle.

Exactly.. I'm using mobile phone for past 13 years.. Right from day one I charge my devices when I sleep (never mind it's completely drained or full) it'll be plugged to charger whole sleep time. I'm following this all the years and I have never changed a single battery of any device. To maintain life.. Do not let battery drain to its death. All the device have builtin circuits to cut off the charging when it's done so I never cared to switch off soon after full charge.

As REVERSIN suggest... To get a better Battery, mod your phone optimum with good kernel and rom..

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[lrcquest]

To each the usage n battery life is different.

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[paris.gr]

I dropped the brightness by 20% (from 40 to 20%) and used Opera Mini instead of the stock browser and I went from around 4 hours screen time to 5.5!

 

[TempusFudgeIt]

Use Titanium Backup or similar to freeze Wi-fi sharing and Wi-fi sharing manager made a difference to my unit. Got an extra few hours a day.

Also freezing social hub helped.

 

[skyhew]

It does not matter it last for 2 days or 10 days, but at lease last for 1 full days. I can charge the battery daily but I can't have my phone stop working some time in a day just because of battery.

 

[TempusFudgeIt]

It does not matter it last for 2 days or 10 days, but at lease last for 1 full days. I can charge the battery daily but I can't have my phone stop working some time in a day just because of battery.

It depends what your usage with the phone is like - everything I have read indicates that the longest continuous use you will get with the Note is around 6 hours - that is with the screen on all that time... (Not putting it into standby and then checking it seven days later to see if it has any juice )

I consistently get over a day and still have around 30-40% charge. My use would be:
1.5 hours video
15 minutes calls
30 minutes music
1.5 hours reading ebooks, emails, sms and browsing the internet

I'm pretty happy with that. Having the tether cable means I can charge the phone from my PC when in the office every second day.

 

[Itsrajee]

i have followed some of the tips & i m getting 2-3 days. Thanx.

+1 for a sticky.

 

[irajvi]

Good compilation of the details. Think this is good for a sticky.

 

[ChodTheWacko]

LOL... Disabled everything??? Then why do we need a monster beast like this???? What is the use of sacrificing all these wonderful features for saving battery??? Buy a cheap one with no features stated above...

There is a world of difference between having a phone with no features, and having a phone with features that you have turned off by default if you aren't using them. I have a car with lots of options in it and I don't leave the car running 24x7 with everything switched on.

 

[lrcquest]

for those with <1 day battery life, if you have used any of these methods to better your battery life, pls post them with some stats in the forum to help others !!!

Also, i will update the 1st post with suggestions from you (just to keep updated).

 

[priyanv]

There is a world of difference between having a phone with no features, and having a phone with features that you have turned off by default if you aren't using them. I have a car with lots of options in it and I don't leave the car running 24x7 with everything switched on.

Why do we pay for not using features??? ;-)

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[M3TALLICA]

We pay for the features to use it when we need it.
I don't leave wifi/3g turned on at nights.
Nor do I need google+, facebook, twitter, google docs, google current auto-synchronizing when I'm asleep. Edge is enough to sync gmail.