Your first impressions on the Note 4

[Moulton]

Is there a way to tell without counting manually. Now I'm curious, but can't find it.

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I'm not sure how, but my word that's a lot! ☺

 

[Jonny Kansas]

I'm not sure how, but my word that's a lot! ☺

Since I was switching to ART, I assume that included every little system app they only shows in the manager, not just the ones in the app drawer. That's the only way it makes sense.

I downloaded some apps I didn't have on the s4 do to lack of storage, but I know I didn't download enough to be 400,even if you subtract the ones that were already in the drawer thanks to Sammy & vzw.

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[Jonny Kansas]

On another note, greyscale mode is really trippy, but using that along with all the other power saving features GREATLY increased battery life. Wow.

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[Jonny Kansas]

Ok... Phone died because I chose see how far I could stretch the battery. I plugged it in for a bit before turning it back on. When I did, it said Android was upgrading again & that it was optimizing 119 apps. Got quite hot again as well. Hoping it doesn't feel the need to do that every time I restart it...

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[cr6]

Yikes! I wouldn't make a habit of running your battery to zero.

S5 tap'n

 

[Jonny Kansas]

Yikes! I wouldn't make a habit of running your battery to zero.

S5 tap'n

No? Didn't think it hurt once in a while. I know there's no need to "condition" these new batteries, but I didn't think it was bad to let them run down.

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[Ollie]

Depends on who you talk to. A lot of "experts" advise not to let your phone drop below 50% before recharging to extend it's life cycle three fold.


IsixedThat

 

[Jonny Kansas]

Depends on who you talk to. A lot of "experts" advise not to let your phone drop below 50% before recharging to extend it's life cycle three fold.


IsixedThat

Well that's not gonna happen...

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[bkdodger]

ART is not ready for prime time in my testing and from others testing on current builds.. I think when the Lollipop drops that's when we get full benefits

One+1

 

[Jonny Kansas]

ART is not ready for prime time in my testing and from others testing on current builds.. I think when the Lollipop drops that's when we get full benefits

One+1

Thanks for the advice. I noticed at least one little games that I like to play seemed to not want to run using art. I switched back to dalvik, rebooted so it could optimize apps, & the game works now.

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[bkdodger]

Dalvik is the way to go for now...

One+1

 

[Ollie]

Well that's not gonna happen...

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It's easy to do for me since I have 3 batteries. It would seem even easier on the Note 4 since theoretically it would charge to 100% in 30ish minutes.

 

[Jonny Kansas]

Also didn't seem to get as warm when changing back. Granted, I had it plugged in for 2 of the 3 times that it optimized apps, but it wasn't plugged in when it did the 400.

I also notice the phone seems to run cooler in general than the s4, which is nice. Probably just doesn't have to work as hard with the beefier specs.

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[Jonny Kansas]

It's easy to do for me since I have 3 batteries. It would seem even easier on the Note 4 since theoretically it would charge to 100% in 30ish minutes.

Eh... I never worried about going below 50 before. I'm not saying I'll run it all the way down like that much more, but that seems a bit crazy to me.

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[Ollie]

My bad...it lengthens the life of the battery 4 to 5 times. Totally a non-issue though since it has a replaceable battery.