I am thinking of upgrading from my S4, which gets middle of the raod battery life, like 4.5h On Screen time. I am looking for something that gets 6h On Screen time minimum. I am thinking either the Note 3 or One M8. I want better battery life #1, and a good screen for outdoor use #2, and just an overall speedier / faster phone. Which phone gives better battery life ? A rooted and ROM'd new One M8 ? Or a ROM'd Note 3 ?
But I am disappointed with the U.S. carriers + Samsung for being Nazis and locking this Note 3 down so tight, that sucks to see. I have my S4 rooted, with all the good tweaks that come with rooting, like removing all the garbage bloatware, and apps like AdAway, Greenify, etc... And Wanam Xposed.
Thank you.
P.S. I played with an S5 at the store, and really liked the revised looking Touchwiz, looks much much better flat now, and the Phone and Contacts apps seemed way faster, and just different in a good way, compared to my S4. Would love to see the Note 3 with the S5 .apk's.
I get 3 or 4 days battery life on my Note 3 I'm rooted,,,Htc is inferior to the Note,,,Go with the Note 3 .
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Ask the same question in the m8 forum. Lol. I have both devices. It really depends on your usage.
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GalaxyNotesTx said:
I get 3 or 4 days battery life on my Note 3 I'm rooted,,,Htc is inferior to the Note,,,Go with the Note 3 .
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Why do people even bother to say they get insane battery life, when they know they do not!? To get that kind of battery life, you must only send a few texts per day, and maybe make a call or two. I'd love to see those battery stats.
REAL usage only lets you get close to a day, and even less. Anything streaming, you can count on definitely less than a day. Just sayin!
battery life is pretty good. if you intend of get the note 3, get it on tmobile so its easier to flash roms and such. but keep in mind, the note 4 is around the corner. that being said, the m8 just came out. so yeah.
Yeah you caught me I'm lying Lol...lots of texts and use the phone,, I will post a screenshot for you..
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Thinking of upgrading, a friend offered to buy my Galaxy Nexus and so I was thinking of selling it(for U.S.$150) and buying an N4. Is there $150 worth of difference in the two? I have never seen an N4 in the wild, so I have no frame of reference. The added bonus is my friend would be switching from an iPhone 4 so we'd be gaining a convert LOL. As far as ROMS and Unlocking/Rooting how is the N4? It's SUPER easy with the GNex of course, same with the N4?
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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Eh I say neither. The leaked lg device is likely the opt g2, which will obviously lead to a rebranded nexus 5. I like the g2's design, so I say wait for Google I/o for any leaks.
If you must have one then get the n4.
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I've owned both. Even when on a bad kernel/rom combo and having problems, the n4 battery life is still significantly better for me. Color tuning can get the screen pretty dang close to the amoled saturation.
3473 said:
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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3hrs screen on time is average for the N4.. Hardly 10 seconds and hardly anything to complain about either considering the hardware in the thing.
3473 said:
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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Mine lasts 15 seconds, booooy!
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Galaxy Nexus used is worth more than $150.
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Galaxy Nexus used is worth more than $150.
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I have to agree with the above statement. I still see GNexi selling for $200-$250. If you're cutting your friend a deal that's one thing. If not, don't short change yourself.
I've owned both, and my opinion is the GNex feels better in hand. The N4 will have a longer upgrade time as the GNex hardware slowly becomes obsolete.
I would say pick up the N4. If nothing else for having a new shiny toy to play with.
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3473 said:
I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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I don't know how long the GNex's battery lasted but on PA with the calibrated kernel that comes with it (if I'm not mistaken that is essentially just the stock kernel) I had 24 hours with 2 hours screen on time (lowest brightness) and still 20% left. If that's not good enough for you then you'll need to buy a phone with a huge stock battery or the ability to swap out an extended battery.
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I've owned both, in all honesty I preferred the galaxy nexus
The n4 is nice, but ruined by the fact that it's battery lasts 10 seconds, even with custom kernels
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That's wrong, I've owned both too and the battery is a tad better on the N4. With custom rom and kernel I was averaging 3.5 hours of SOT with the GNex, but I get around 4 hours on the N4 all stock and no root.
10 seconds?? Am I reading it right?
Its around 5 hours screen on time with franco kernel
In terms of pure performance, the N4 is really good. It has the same GPU as the Galaxy S4, HTC one, Sony xperia Z etc etc etc. This means that most games will be optimized for these phones, and the N4 should age well. IF you are into games this could be worth considering. If not, I've seen the galaxy nexus with jellybean and it was very smooth indeed - so it's not like performance lacks with that phone.
The screen will look very "dimm"/undersaturated compared to your galaxy nexus. I personally used some "saturated" pre-set and calibrated the screen to 2.2 gamma on RGB - and I subjectivly think the screen looks amazing now (day and night difference between stock settings and calibrated). Requires root i believe!
Battery life is just fine for me (~4h screen-on-time) with franco.kernel. I don't have any complaints, but i know many others do. So you should compare what you get with the galaxy nexus and see what people with the N4 get.
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In terms of pure performance, the N4 is really good. It has the same GPU as the Galaxy S4, HTC one, Sony xperia Z etc etc etc. This means that most games will be optimized for these phones, and the N4 should age well. IF you are into games this could be worth considering. If not, I've seen the galaxy nexus with jellybean and it was very smooth indeed - so it's not like performance lacks with that phone.
The screen will look very "dimm"/undersaturated compared to your galaxy nexus. I personally used some "saturated" pre-set and calibrated the screen to 2.2 gamma on RGB - and I subjectivly think the screen looks amazing now (day and night difference between stock settings and calibrated). Requires root i believe!
Battery life is just fine for me (~4h screen-on-time) with franco.kernel. I don't have any complaints, but i know many others do. So you should compare what you get with the galaxy nexus and see what people with the N4 get.
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The S4 and HTC One have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 cpu. The N4 and Xperia Z have a Qualcomm S4 Pro cpu
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The S4 and HTC One have a Qualcomm 600 cpu. The N4 and Xperia Z have a Qualcomm S4 Pro cpu
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Yes, I wrote GPU mate. That is, the graphics card of the SoC. They all have the same Adreno320.
Also, I might add, the difference in architecture between the S4 Pro and 600 is minimal. What runs fast on the 600 will run fast on the S4 Pro as well.
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Yes, I wrote GPU mate. That is, the graphics card of the SoC. They all have the same Adreno320.
Also, I might add, the difference in architecture between the S4 Pro and 600 is minimal. What runs fast on the 600 will run fast on the S4 Pro as well.
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You`re right, misread that. Haven`t been up for so long .
I have them both and if you enjoy playing games don't even think about it. Now I can use the phone as a game console and it is just amazing. Believe me or not, I even prefer it's IPS screen. When I look back at my gnex I can see pixels due to its pentile distribution and I just don't like anymore it's over saturated display. It's a matter of getting use to it I imagine... When you first have it in your hands you really miss it but after some days you love it.
You've got a TOP phone for many years with this. And gpu is even compatible with the upcoming OPENGL 3.0
Let's see what Google IO brings in a couple of days.
Regarding the battery, it's non removable battery is a drawback. Got around 3:30 hours SOT with stock or performance kernels as trinity. But franco kernel is just awesome. Easily getting nearly 5 hours of screen time out of it and performance boosts just when needed in a very smart way.
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Please use the Nexus 4 vs. Any other phone thread that can be found in the sticky rollup thread.
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I feel it's getting a bit old, EVERY single time google releases a new nexus / a new version of android , people say that this version of android will be much more battery efficient and that the cpu/gpu will be much more efficient too, hello nexus 4? the snapdragon 4 runs circles around the TI OMAP 4460 which was ****,I don't know what samsung and google were thinking when they decided to use, well yeah i know , they were thinking on LTE, but the difference is regarding performance, the battery improvements went practically unnoticeable even though the nexus 4 hat a 2200 mah battery vs the 1750 mAh battery on the galaxy nexus , and the battery life on the galaxy nexus was worse than on the nexus s .... so what makes you guys think it' going to be different this time? I'm pretty convinced the battery life on the nexus 5 will be mediocre too, though i would love to eat my words, hey at least we can charge the phone considerably faster this time thanks to the quick charge feature :highfive:
What a wasteman! You really think its appropriate to open a new thread to have a rant about battery life on Nexus devices. Plonker.
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Sick to death of people taking about battery life. Just enjoy your phone ffs
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I heard the Nexus 5 will not come with a battery.
There, no need for this thread anymore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483794
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Wait a minute, just a second, you are saying there no VGA on the Nexus 5? WTF? I am going to stick with my AiPhone 5S.
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I have someone who wants my note 3 for their S5. Is it a fair trade?
One thing that bothers me is that my phone has twice the memory.
Plus the thin bezel on the note 3 looks hella better.
What do you guys think? Performance and resale value wise?
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I have someone who wants my note 3 for their S5. Is it a fair trade?
One thing that bothers me is that my phone has twice the memory.
Plus the thin bezel on the note 3 looks hella better.
What do you guys think? Performance and resale value wise?
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I love my s5 to death. I take advantage of the waterproof so often its amazing.
That's one thing I really like about the S5 but that's about it
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That's one thing I really like about the S5 but that's about it
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Its a deal breaker to me. Plus i get around 8 hours on screen time.
It really comes down to your needs. The s5 and the note 3 are pretty similar specs wise except for:
-s5 has better processor
-note 3 has more ram
-s5 has better battery and is water RESISTANT
-note 3 has a bigger screen and a stylus
-s5 has a better camera
Personally I would take the s5 since I find the better camera, water/dust resistance and a snappier processor to be better tradeoffs than a bigger screen and 1gb more ram
Also, the fake leather back might wear off quickly if you're not careful
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The S5 battery lasts longer than the note 3? I usually get 4.5 hour screen time with heavy use and 20 hours
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The S5 battery lasts longer than the note 3? I usually get 4.5 hour screen time with heavy use and 20 hours
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Smaller screen means less juice to power it. I have the S4 but I had a friend's S5 for a few days and was impressed. If I have to chose an upgrade right now I'll go with the S5 since the Note 3 looks too big to handle as a phone and bigger screen will drain your battery pretty fast. There is nothing a note 3 can do than the S5 can't plus you get water/dust resistance. :good:
Just wondering if anyone here has gone from an HTC M7 to the S6 and how the battery life has been in comparison. Thanks in advance!
Went from the m8 (newer model) to the s6 and the battery on the s6 is crap in comparison... However the charger is really really nice.
I make it about half a day on the s6 with pretty heavy use, one 30 minute charge will make it through the second half of the day.
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Just wondering if anyone here has gone from an HTC M7 to the S6 and how the battery life has been in comparison. Thanks in advance!
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I went from the m7 to the GS6, and I feel like it is a night and day improvement. The m7 was plagued with terribly slow charging times, and I would need to charge that phone at least twice a day. Although I still charge my GS6 twice or even three times a day (heavy user), the adaptive fast charging (or QuickCharge 2.0) makes me feel like charging is less of a chore. Speakers are still better on the m7, and my GS6 unit has a somewhat imperfect screen, but I would still take my GS6 over my m7 any day. Also, the camera is vastly superior on the GS6, if that's your thing.
Take a look at the six active. Big fat battery.
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Take a look at the six active. Big fat battery.
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Yes its beautiful..lol.. I have one.. I had a M8 before this.. good battery with it, but my Active is so much better.. along with fast charging and wireless charging, its a great buy.
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Yes its beautiful..lol.. I have one.. I had a M8 before this.. good battery with it, but my Active is so much better.. along with fast charging and wireless charging, its a great buy.
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The battery is tempting but do you think the S6 active will ever see Android 6.0 from Samsung?
Went from M7 to the S6 Active myself, a much greater phone if you ask me and the 3500mah battery on the active beats the crap the old M7's battery life by a long shot. The only thing I miss about the M7 is the dual boom sound speakers up front and the old blink-feed home page with all the news and stuff. After a little searching though I found I can install the HTC Sense Home launcher on my S6 and now I have the best of both worlds...............................
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/htc-blinkfeed-plugins-devices-08-03-2015-t3049438
As far as your question about whether it will recive the Android 6.0 update, I dont know why it wouldn't!
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The battery is tempting but do you think the S6 active will ever see Android 6.0 from Samsung?
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Probably... End of the year IM sure .. I have no problems with Lollipop.... Marshmallow Im sure will be overhyped and see small improvements. I have been with Android since Froyo, I remember they thought ICS was awesome..lol
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I don't understand why everyone thinks the S6 battery is crap. I go 24hr with 4.5hr screen time everyday. On stock OF4 with no root. That is good if you ask me.
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M8 to S6 Active ... Crazy improvement
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Looking to upgrade to the NOTE 5. But not sure if it would be worth it yet. I do like the display and that is usually the biggest reason for me. NOTE 4 display still looks hot and roms for note 5 are starting to roll out. What do you think?
Depends. Do you value expandable storage, removable battery, and IR? If so then the note 5 would not be a good upgrade. I personally think the note 4 is still a top of the line device, its not even a year old yet. IMO the note 5 feels more like a sidegrade than an upgrade.
Do it battery sucks on the note 4 I get anywhere from 3-3 1/2 hours I'm upgrading to the note 5 cuz honestly the lack of sd storage and non removable battery actually sounds like a plus right now
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I'm actually getting the note 5 I was told you get twice the battery life compared to the note 4 so 6 hrs would be amazing lol
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Battery life depends on the user . 6hr sot is wishful thinking if you use your phone. If you don't do alot on your phone then i can see that but why would you buy a note . I rather get that new Huawei nexus at half the price. Anything over a 1,000 is just wasted money if you have a note 4 ,the note 5 is better but not 1,000 better no way.
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Depends. Do you value expandable storage, removable battery, and IR? If so then the note 5 would not be a good upgrade. I personally think the note 4 is still a top of the line device, its not even a year old yet. IMO the note 5 feels more like a sidegrade than an upgrade.
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i actually have to agree here, i upgraded to the note 5 for a total of 3 weeks, and i found that i REALLY missed having 140gb of storage on my device.
not to mention the ir remote for my tv and some other ir devices. im not sure how you getting 3h of battery life on the device though... i have CM12 on my n910w8 and i get home to a decent 35% at the end of the day with med heavy use. i can see if you are using gps then 3h would seem about right. i cant think of any other ways of how one would drain the battery so quickly.
I think people should start saying they "updated" to the 5 instead of "upgrading." We all know not all updates are upgrades. Lollipop 5.0.x is an example of that. It doesn't just extend to software either.
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yup i do value my sd card i think i will stick with note 4 for now
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I think people should start saying they "updated" to the 5 instead of "upgrading." We all know not all updates are upgrades. Lollipop 5.0.x is an example of that. It doesn't just extend to software either.
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Sidegraded & downgraded are also exceptional words for that pos phone as well
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Honestly without the SD Card and the battery makes it feel too much like the iPhone. If Galaxy phones are your thing go with the note 5, but at this point I would just get the iPhone. Samsung's trying so hard to COPY the iPhone why not just the original thing? lol
Really disappointed in the note 5, a lot of spen problems from what i hear as well.
Note 5 has no IR blaster - that I can live without. But no external microSD card and no removable battery? Sorry those are deal killers for me, I will not buy one because of this. Yes it would be nice to have the faster processor and the 4gig RAM instead of 3GIG rRAM does make it tempting ..plus it does have a better camera too. But these things ...at least for me...do not out weigh my need for microSD card and removable battery - so it's just not worth spending the money on it.