S4. Should I buy new battery?

Deadman

Journeyman
When I started with jb i was getting around 4 hrs of playback on mx player with still some juice left.
1% lasted around 3 mins which means 1 hr playback equalled 20% loss in battery.
But now i can't watch a single movie in one charge although i get decent backup in standby and there is 1%/min during surfing.
My battery condition seems good physically but as the original one costs 2.4k i want your suggestions.
Current os is lollipop.
 

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
Root your phone, hibernate user apps using greenify and remove non required apps from startup. Install Batterbatterystats and then report the usage details. Also, switch off wifi, bluetooth, auto sync, etc when not required
 
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Deadman

Journeyman
1.5 yrs and phone is rooted and useless Sammy apps removed.
But since video playback is reduced drastically.
 

ithehappy

Human Spambot
Well I guess the battery has run its course, time to get a new battery. I honestly can't say, cause I never even had a phone for that long. Isn't there any app on Play which can check the endurance?
 

ankushv

Journeyman
Ot . Did you trip Knox while rooting ? My i9500 (1yr old ) lasts nearly a day and no more , under light to moderate usage . All stock no root . My s3 ( i9300) 2.5yrs old lasts easily a day and a bit more , all stock no root and light to moderate use . Moto g (2013) 1yr old lasts up to 1.75 days , both sims on and same usage pattern as above .
 

thetechfreak

Legend Never Ends
Did you charge your phone with 3G/2g on? one of my friend Galaxy S4 battery died because of same reason. The battery really swelled up & suddenly got discharged. Yes, you will need a new battery.
 
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Deadman

Journeyman
Ok gonna buy new battery soon.
A side question
Is exposed framework available for lollipop because it is not working for me. I want to use gravity box.
 

kkn13

Cyber Genius FTW
its not necessarily a hardware issue,ive had batteries last me 6 months or even 7-8 years on my phones
first backup and try flashing back stock rom and see if it gets back normal battery life,if not reflash the backup (nandroid) and buy a new battery

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Did you even try what I suggested in post #2?

+10000 to this,it would be wrong to jump to conclusions without ruling out a software fault
 

ithehappy

Human Spambot
Ok gonna buy new battery soon.
A side question
Is exposed framework available for lollipop because it is not working for me. I want to use gravity box.

Nah, Xposed won't work on TW ROMs, bootloop. But you can try those Cyanogen Mod stuffs and install Xposed, if that's your thing that is.

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Also does using a charger of different specs affect battery life?

It shouldn't, why what charger are you using?
 
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Deadman

Journeyman
Not the stock one or whichever i get.

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And ever since i upgraded to lp chrome and facebook keeps crashing and wallpaper turns to default blue.

I used to use face unlock feature before but it is missing.
Have Googled for it and now the new bullsheet called trusted face is not showing anywhere in security.
 
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$hadow

Geek in making
Not the stock one or whichever i get.

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And ever since i upgraded to lp chrome and facebook keeps crashing and wallpaper turns to default blue.

I used to use face unlock feature before but it is missing.
Have Googled for it and now the new bullsheet called trusted face is not showing anywhere in security.

Did you upgraded with the OTA or clean flashed it?
 

kkn13

Cyber Genius FTW
Also does using a charger of different specs affect battery life?

it does for certain phones
dunno the exact science behind it but you can just google it,youll see more on this especially with powerbank vs charger battery performance

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Not the stock one or whichever i get.

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And ever since i upgraded to lp chrome and facebook keeps crashing and wallpaper turns to default blue.

I used to use face unlock feature before but it is missing.
Have Googled for it and now the new bullsheet called trusted face is not showing anywhere in security.

just flash the factory rom again and compare battery performance imho
dont do hasty stuff

take a nandroid backup as well
 
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