Hello All,
I've managed to acquire a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. This phone was a steal due to its price/ condition. The phone currently is running Android 6.0.1 (Samsung Stock)(SM-N910F). I intend to use this phone, not as my daily driver, but as my "media player". The screen is plenty big enough and the device is more than capable. In order to make sure it performs this duty well, I've begun a crusade of trying to "better" its battery life. I'll making a fairly lengthy plane journey soon so I figured I'll use this as an experiment to learn. The device really is for media consumption so I don't really desire any tasking software. I'm happy to underclock/ volt providing it doesn't compromise performance and yields results. As already mentioned, I'm running stock software but I'm happy to look into ROMs which are fairly "light". I used to own a Note 3 with a 10'000mah Zerolemon battery. This thing was a beast when it came to running for time. I frequently went 4 - 7 days without charging, it's since left for greener pastures. I intend to purchase the Note 4 variant for this phone, but till then, I still want to better the battery life.
Owing to the excellent Devs on this site, I rooted it in a matter of minutes and installed apps such as Wakelock Detector and Titanium Backup. and also the donation variant of Greenify. I've noticed a improvement after I Greenified most apps and when I froze some others.
Wakelock Detector is showing is showing Android System to be the biggest offender in regards to CPU wakelocks, with "ConnectivityService", *Alarm* and "SmartManager Frame Thread" causing the biggest wakelocks in terms of duration spent awake. I'm led to believe this is potentially a WiFi issue. Their is no SIM in this phone and I use it in airplane mode. It's currently locked to a network (Although not of my preference). I have to use WiFi for connectivity and I think this is what is causing these wakelocks.
Under Kernel Wakelocks, ssp_sensorhub_wake_lock is another serious offender.
So.....
Will flashing another ROM be worth it ?
Is their a root way of unlocking the phone to a network. P.S The phone is network LOCKED, not BLOCKED.
Will flashing another ROM free up space ?
Apologies for the extensive post but I figured I'll get this out their as this info is better out than in !
Thanks,
I've managed to acquire a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. This phone was a steal due to its price/ condition. The phone currently is running Android 6.0.1 (Samsung Stock)(SM-N910F). I intend to use this phone, not as my daily driver, but as my "media player". The screen is plenty big enough and the device is more than capable. In order to make sure it performs this duty well, I've begun a crusade of trying to "better" its battery life. I'll making a fairly lengthy plane journey soon so I figured I'll use this as an experiment to learn. The device really is for media consumption so I don't really desire any tasking software. I'm happy to underclock/ volt providing it doesn't compromise performance and yields results. As already mentioned, I'm running stock software but I'm happy to look into ROMs which are fairly "light". I used to own a Note 3 with a 10'000mah Zerolemon battery. This thing was a beast when it came to running for time. I frequently went 4 - 7 days without charging, it's since left for greener pastures. I intend to purchase the Note 4 variant for this phone, but till then, I still want to better the battery life.
Owing to the excellent Devs on this site, I rooted it in a matter of minutes and installed apps such as Wakelock Detector and Titanium Backup. and also the donation variant of Greenify. I've noticed a improvement after I Greenified most apps and when I froze some others.
Wakelock Detector is showing is showing Android System to be the biggest offender in regards to CPU wakelocks, with "ConnectivityService", *Alarm* and "SmartManager Frame Thread" causing the biggest wakelocks in terms of duration spent awake. I'm led to believe this is potentially a WiFi issue. Their is no SIM in this phone and I use it in airplane mode. It's currently locked to a network (Although not of my preference). I have to use WiFi for connectivity and I think this is what is causing these wakelocks.
Under Kernel Wakelocks, ssp_sensorhub_wake_lock is another serious offender.
So.....
Will flashing another ROM be worth it ?
Is their a root way of unlocking the phone to a network. P.S The phone is network LOCKED, not BLOCKED.
Will flashing another ROM free up space ?
Apologies for the extensive post but I figured I'll get this out their as this info is better out than in !
Thanks,
