06-24-2017, 12:20 AM | #1 |
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Battery Saving Tips
My several years old Galaxy Note 8 tablet battery was rapdily draining to the point where I thought I had to get the battery replaced (if possible). However, as a last resort I reset the tablet to factory default and disabled all apps from updating. . . voila! the tablet's battery life is almost as good as new. Any other battery saving tips out there?
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06-24-2017, 12:32 AM | #2 |
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Leave the wifi off if you don't need it.
Keep the light at the lowest setting you can see with. |
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06-24-2017, 01:15 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, I also forgot to metion I left the tablet to the original Android 4.4.2 version. Usually, I'm a fan of updating everything all the time but for this old tablet the older firmware seems to be conserving battery life better.
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06-24-2017, 02:18 AM | #4 |
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Check the Behind the Scenes Apps too.... they can drain a battery quick
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06-24-2017, 11:18 AM | #5 |
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Ok, there does seems to be a lot of useless programs running in the background ( I just stopped google maps which I've never used on my tablet at home). However, when I check the battery setting the biggest drain on the battery is the screen with 59% (google maps was 2%). I usually like my screen bright however I may need to follow advice of Cinisajoy and lower the screen brightness.
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06-24-2017, 06:52 PM | #6 |
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I've always done a factory reset on all my devices at least once a year. It avoids a lot of problems. It's one of the reasons I don't keep a lot of books on my Kindle or have a lot of books on my laptop.
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For the tablet I think the issue was that as I keep adding apps over the years they were constantly trying to update which drained the battery very quickly. The factory reset was an easy way to delete all apps and start fresh with the factory firmware. However, for a laptop I wouldn't worry about having too many books on it. Besides everything is nowadays on the "cloud" so there isn't really no need to download everything to your device.
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06-25-2017, 02:54 AM | #8 |
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Any thing Down Loaded CAN get stuck Indexing...so if you suddenly notice a power drain DELETE what you recently add till it stops then re-add 1 at a time & Done indexing.
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06-25-2017, 12:26 PM | #9 |
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Good point. In order to save battery life on my android device I've also downloaded battery saving apps which I don't think were particularly effective. One thing they did show is how many programs were running in the background and offer to stop it. However, invariably the same programs would start up again.
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06-27-2017, 06:45 PM | #11 |
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That's good news. Before I reset my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 tablet to factory default firmware I tried to uninstall many preinstalled Samsung apps like (tripadvise) which was impossible. It has since been disabled.
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Also turn off Bluetooth and data. You can also replace the background with a black wallpaper which takes less energy to display. |
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06-27-2017, 09:13 PM | #13 |
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I just thought of one more thing. Don't check Mobileread 20 times a day.
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