How to fix Battery Drain on the S7 - Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion

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So some of the users of the S7 and S7 Edge are saying they are getting below 4 or 5 hours of SOT with normal use. Today, I have a solution that worked for me and I hope it will work for you. I only own a Exynos S7 and so I'm not sure if it will work for other devices. But do try it out if you are getting bad battery life.
Remember try this ONLY if you are getting bad battery life. If you are getting good (5 or 6+ SOT S7) battery life then you are okay.
First of all, I would assume you are using some kind of battery life saving app (because who doesn't want better battery life) like Naptime, Power nap, Amplify, Greenify, etc. Now just uninstall of all the Power saving apps. This may sound bad, but trust me.
Next, install a custom kernel. I would recommend Modified Stock kernel as it's not over clocked and Prometheus kernel as you can under volt the CPU. Do not over clock the CPU if you do not need to.
Lastly use the smart manager in the S7. Settings-> Battery->App Power Saving and select the apps to save battery.
Let the phone go through a few cycles before reporting back
Let me know if I helped you and a 'Thanksâ?? would be appreciated.

I'm on S7.

looks nice, but you forgot to mention that the phone needs be rooted...

avatar_ro said:
looks nice, but you forgot to mention that the phone needs be rooted...
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App battery saving settings does not require root but I will add that.

XDevOS said:
App battery saving settings does not require root but I will add that.
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I was referring to the "install a custom kernel" part

XDevOS said:
I'm on S7.
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No you are not, you are on S7 edge and most likely looking at a black screen for 4 hours.

Travis Bickle said:
No you are not, you are on S7 edge and most likely looking at a black screen for 4 hours.
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Lol sounds possible in this case

Travis Bickle said:
No you are not, you are on S7 edge and most likely looking at a black screen for 4 hours.
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930FD and besides why would I do that?

XDevOS said:
930FD and besides why would I do that?
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Cause you have 4 hours SOT with 55% left and 6 hours use. There's no way to get that SOT unless you have it in airplane mode with minimum brightness starring at a black screen. And I thought it was the edge cause of the white thingy on the right that the edge have.

Travis Bickle said:
Cause you have 4 hours SOT with 55% left and 6 hours use. There's no way to get that SOT unless you have it in airplane mode with minimum brightness starring at a black screen. And I thought it was the edge cause of the white thingy on the right that the edge have.
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Superman ROM and I was actually watching Netflix with 40 - 50% screen brightness and data on with wifi. Other users have also reported this kind of battery.
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XDevOS said:
Superman ROM and I was actually watching Netflix with 40 - 50% screen brightness and data on with wifi. Other users have also reported this kind of battery.
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You were watching Netflix for 4 hours and yet the Netflix app is not in first 2 places? Assuming the Netflix app is third at best then that means that it has less than 11% (Android System). You could be right but I doubt it, I'd love to see a screenshot from when you get at 15% with total SOT and the apps that were used.

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Terrible battery life

Hello everyone, i purchased my Nexus 7 and it arrived in the mail 3 days ago. And as with every other Android device ive ever owned, the batter is absolutely terrible. I get about 2hrs on screen time when browing the web and maybe playing an occasional game. Does anyone have any idea whats going on? Or have any way to help? Thanks so much
That is pretty bad. Try a factory reset. Might be something you installed.
I'd hate to do a factory reset cause I just barely got it set up but..I'll try it anyway tonight
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Scoutamis said:
I'd hate to do a factory reset cause I just barely got it set up but..I'll try it anyway tonight
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Doing a factory reset before installing anything is becoming the gold standard.
Hope it helps you.
I get between 7-9 hours of active use. Sounds like some process is running amok on yours. I didn't factory reset when I bought it either....though I have rooted it since then, but battery life is about the same pre and post root.
You might want to consider a program to monitor battery use to see what's eating it up. Maybe do that before you factory reset it so you don't install the same thing again.
ScandaLeX said:
Doing a factory reset before installing anything is becoming the gold standard.
Hope it helps you.
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Really? Like as soon as you set up the device, you are suppose to factory reset it? And since im facotry resetting it 3 days into having it, do i have to calibrate the battery again?
ExploreMN said:
I get between 7-9 hours of active use. Sounds like some process is running amok on yours. I didn't factory reset when I bought it either....though I have rooted it since then, but battery life is about the same pre and post root.
You might want to consider a program to monitor battery use to see what's eating it up. Maybe do that before you factory reset it so you don't install the same thing again.
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Do you have any battery monitoring apps in mind? I would love to see what is eating up my battery
Scoutamis said:
Do you have any battery monitoring apps in mind? I would love to see what is eating up my battery
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System panel is a good app to find what's using your CPU and better batterystats can help find what's keeping your phone from going to deep sleep. An easy way to see if this is the case is go into battery setting and select the first option(history details). Compare the Awake bar with the screen on bar. Those two should be nearly identical if not then you have a rogue app.
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Do you have any battery monitoring apps in mind? I would love to see what is eating up my battery
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The one I've seen mentioned several times in here is BetterBatteryStats. I just don't want to drop $3.00 on something I don't need. It might help your issue though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
neotekz said:
System panel is a good app to find what's using your CPU and better batterystats can help find what's keeping your phone from going to deep sleep. An easy way to see if this is the case is go into battery setting and select the first option(history details). Compare the Awake bar with the screen on bar. Those two should be nearly identical if not then you have a rogue app.
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Alright ill try system panel, and i looked at the battery setting and awake and screen on are almost exactly the same.
ExploreMN said:
The one I've seen mentioned several times in here is BetterBatteryStats. I just don't want to drop $3.00 on something I don't need. It might help your issue though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
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Well then, here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Scoutamis said:
Alright ill try system panel, and i looked at the battery setting and awake and screen on are almost exactly the same.
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have you flashed any kernels or roms? sometimes this makes the tablet report the wrong battery stats for a bit.
did you run the battery down until it turns off and then give it a full charge? sometimes you have more juice than what is being reported. ive been stuck at 1-2% for over an hour before. Most likely its a rogue app though, system panel and better batterystats should find out what app it is. if they dont then it could be that you have a defective battery...
Been on mine continuously for 3 hrs 18 mins and at 60%. Excellent if you ask me. Next step up in battery life would be Transformer series with dock.
Scoutamis said:
Hello everyone, i purchased my Nexus 7 and it arrived in the mail 3 days ago. And as with every other Android device ive ever owned, the batter is absolutely terrible. I get about 2hrs on screen time when browing the web and maybe playing an occasional game. Does anyone have any idea whats going on? Or have any way to help? Thanks so much
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Quite the opposite for me; unlike every other Android device I've had (Nexus One, GS2) the battery life is excellent. I watched 720p mkv video on the train yesterday for a good 3 hours, and still had ~70% by the time I got home, from a full charge.
The battery life is excellent, as far as I'm concerned.
Scoutamis said:
Really? Like as soon as you set up the device, you are suppose to factory reset it? And since im facotry resetting it 3 days into having it, do i have to calibrate the battery again?
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Don't think you needed to calibrate the battery to begin with. I usually get fine battery life without doing anything special.
Something must be causing the poor battery on your Nexus, Yesterday after my N7 was fully charged, I watched the movie Thor for 1hr and 54 minutes n and my battery only dropped to 83%.
I'm at 16 hours and 52 minutes with 3 hours and 44 minutes of on screen time, the battery is at 51%
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neotekz said:
have you flashed any kernels or roms? sometimes this makes the tablet report the wrong battery stats for a bit.
did you run the battery down until it turns off and then give it a full charge? sometimes you have more juice than what is being reported. ive been stuck at 1-2% for over an hour before. Most likely its a rogue app though, system panel and better batterystats should find out what app it is. if they dont then it could be that you have a defective battery...
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My N7 is completely stock and has never been rooted. I also did do a couple charge cycles which didn't seem to help much. And better batterystats has AudioOut_2 at 38% (while I'm playing music) but other than that it doesn't seem to be a rogue app
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Download CPU spy from the market to see if the tablet is sleeping properly, and what frequency its constantly running at
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My N7 is completely stock and has never been rooted. I also did do a couple charge cycles which didn't seem to help much. And better batterystats has AudioOut_2 at 38% (while I'm playing music) but other than that it doesn't seem to be a rogue app
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Unless you listen to music for over 5 hours or streaming the songs it shouldnt use that much battery. If you can't find a wakelock with better battery stats then it might just be a bad unit.

Battery drain problems with my Verizon galaxy s7 edge

So I recently bought an s7 edge from Verizon and it has horrible battery life compared to other people with the same phone. I went to Verizon with this issue and all they did was give me another phone in exchange for the previous one but that did not help. Sometimes the battery drops 12 percent on standby overnight. I have found a few apps which have been draining my battery but I unfortunately cannot disable them: gear vr service, help, and knox use over 12 percent of battery each. I wish I could root the phone but no roots are out for the snapdragon version. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Can't you just use disabler pro to disable those apps
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Im really amazed how people just go to lets say phone provider and say that they dont like the phone and they get a new one . In Poland I think this kind of thing just wouldnt work. Especially that at the moment this phone is sold out and i was luck to get mine so fast.
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Can't you just use disabler pro to disable those apps
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I'll try that
Factory reset?
Yea try as mentioned above to disable them otherwise boot in to recovery and factory reset the phone, or perhaps to start out you can try to wipe dalvik and cache in recovery
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I'll try that
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This didn't work
Bernard23 said:
Yea try as mentioned above to disable them otherwise boot in to recovery and factory reset the phone, or perhaps to start out you can try to wipe dalvik and cache in recovery
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I have tried factory resetting
Aflak said:
I have tried factory resetting
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Could you post some screenshots of the battery stats and screen on time
Bernard23 said:
Could you post some screenshots of the battery stats and screen on time
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3706531&stc=1&d=1459717147
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3706531&stc=1&d=1459717147
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What's your screen on time?
Bernard23 said:
What's your screen on time?
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26 mins on battery
Bernard23 said:
What's your screen on time?
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26 minutes on battery
Aflak said:
26 mins on battery
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Have you checked if certain apps use location a lot?
Bernard23 said:
Have you checked if certain apps use location a lot?
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I don't think using location is what is causing my battery drain because like I stated before my friend also has the same phone but on a different carrier and even with heavy usage his phone battery life is amazing. But I will see which apps do use location a lot.
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I don't think using location is what is causing my battery drain because like I stated before my friend also has the same phone but on a different carrier and even with heavy usage his phone battery life is amazing. But I will see which apps do use location a lot.
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Sure, also I recommend you check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/temporary-fix-battery-drain-t3343415
If you haven't already
Bernard23 said:
Sure, also I recommend you check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/temporary-fix-battery-drain-t3343415
If you haven't already
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Yah I saw it before
Do you have AOD on at night? That will burn through some battery.
Those three apps are interesting. How did you determine they're using a lot of battery?
When I look at them in the application manager each one says it's used 17% of battery since the phone was fully charged (24 hours ago). But that can't be accurate. Added together, they'd use more than 50% of my battery capacity, but they don't show up as individual apps in my battery stats, and the largest user (Android System) only used 30%.
Can you post some screen captures of the battery usage screen showing the apps using data? You might also try force charging to 100%, then force closing those apps, and see if there's any impact on battery life. If not, then it might be worth trying Package Disabler Pro. But most Edge owners seem to be getting good battery life, so I don't think that should be necessary.
I am getting the same drain (S7 edge verizon). It only drains my battery at my dorm wifi and when I go home it's fine. I don't think it's a Samsung issue since my LG G3 with a 6500mah battery can't even last two days on standby.
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Do you have AOD on at night? That will burn through some battery.
Those three apps are interesting. How did you determine they're using a lot of battery?
When I look at them in the application manager each one says it's used 17% of battery since the phone was fully charged (24 hours ago). But that can't be accurate. Added together, they'd use more than 50% of my battery capacity, but they don't show up as individual apps in my battery stats, and the largest user (Android System) only used 30%.
Can you post some screen captures of the battery usage screen showing the apps using data? You might also try force charging to 100%, then force closing those apps, and see if there's any impact on battery life. If not, then it might be worth trying Package Disabler Pro. But most Edge owners seem to be getting good battery life, so I don't think that should be necessary.
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Do you mean in app manager? Or should I screenshots what is shows me when I click android system in battery usage panel
holystreetballer said:
I am getting the same drain (S7 edge verizon). It only drains my battery at my dorm wifi and when I go home it's fine. I don't think it's a Samsung issue since my LG G3 with a 6500mah battery can't even last two days on standby.
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I think it's a Verizon issue

Amplify and S7 Edge

Any of you guys running Amplify on the S7?
Used it on the Nexus 6P and managed to get pretty insane batterylife out of it. Talking days of use with close to 0% idle drain.
I've applied the same settings for the services, wakelocks and alarms on the S7 as i did on the Nexus. But as this is a touchwiz device i'm guessing there's loads more i can limit.
Used this amazing guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884
Has anyone made a list of wakelocks/services/alarms you can limit on the S7?
Thanks for any replies.
stock unrooted is best for battery life. let the phone do it s thing
i loose 0% overnight and i m stock unrooted
Diaze said:
stock unrooted is best for battery life. let the phone do it s thing
i loose 0% overnight and i m stock unrooted
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If that was the case i would of course go stock.
The phone using power while on is all fine and well. It's the standby drain that's bugging me.
i found greenify and amplify to be counterproductive. he's right stock rooted is best .minimal drain. the phone is already best equipped.
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i loose 0% overnight and i m stock unrooted
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Only if you disable some features, be honest.
Zorge.R said:
Only if you disable some features, be honest.
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Yea of course. My only feature active is 2 tap to wake camera
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Yea of course. My only feature active is 2 tap to wake camera
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I'd like to see 8+hrs of idle with 0% lost. Screenshot if you don't mind.
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I'd like to see 8+hrs of idle with 0% lost. Screenshot if you don't mind.
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My phone is s6 also not s7
Diaze said:
My phone is s6 also not s7
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Good battery stats, I can't say 0% idle drain though. Less than 1% no doubt. You seem to know how to use your phone though, most complaining is from folks that have literally all Samsung's bells and whistles enabled and are baffled by the battery drain they're experiencing.
Cheers ;]
Guys, phones are for Us. We are not for phones. I will not limit function of my phone because of battery. My mobile must have switch on everything, GPS, WiFi, sync etc. I have 20-24 standby and about 4 hours sot. Is fine for me, especially if We have fast charge and small powerbanks ( if We need to use them ).

[Guide] Double Your Battery Timing

Original Thread Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-double-battery-timing-t3491185
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It seems interesting, but root is needed, right? I will wait feedback from people, and if the battery life is really better, I root my phpne and try your tips.
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It seems interesting, but root is needed, right? I will wait feedback from people, and if the battery life is really better, I root my phpne and try your tips.
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Root is required
You have tested it? in your experience it is double the battery life?
thendless said:
You have tested it? in your experience it is double the battery life?
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I am getting 9 to 10 hours of SOT on S7 Edge
10 hours SOT? I call BS unless you just sit with it doing nothing all day
I can get 9 hours SoT without any mod just using WhatsApp and very light usage, leaving the screen on when I'm not using it
10 hours SoT with normal use, BS
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I can get 9 hours SoT without any mod just using WhatsApp and very light usage, leaving the screen on when I'm not using it
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Unfortunately that's what some people do all day and say they get 9 hours of sot, i was lucky to get 5h once, now its between 3-4h tops, still better than all my previous phones.
The procedure the op posted sounds interesting since its not the normal "turn sync off and lower brightness" bull****, pity i haven't rooted my phone yet.
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Unfortunately that's what some people do all day and say they get 9 hours of sot, i was lucky to get 5h once, now its between 3-4h tops, still better than all my previous phones.
The procedure the op posted sounds interesting since its not the normal "turn sync off and lower brightness" bull****, pity i haven't rooted my phone yet.
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Yea I did that test once in the battery thread and some troll got his knickers in a twist, even though I explained it was exactly for that test, not for real world SoT with normal usage, can't fix stupid though
I average 5-6 SoT hours normal usage
Removing the apps etc mentioned in the OP wouldn't double SoT anyway
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10 hours SOT? I call BS unless you just sit with it doing nothing all day
I can get 9 hours SoT without any mod just using WhatsApp and very light usage, leaving the screen on when I'm not using it
10 hours SoT with normal use, BS
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10 Hours SOT is for S7 Edge
*Detection* said:
Yea I did that test once in the battery thread and some troll got his knickers in a twist, even though I explained it was exactly for that test, not for real world SoT with normal usage, can't fix stupid though
I average 5-6 SoT hours normal usage
Removing the apps etc mentioned in the OP wouldn't double SoT anyway
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A lot of people have reported back with increased battery time. I am getting 10 hours SOT on S7 Edge
Increased is one thing, doubled is another, I can increase my SoT a number of ways
You should mention "Edge" in your OP
Personally I`ll wait for all the reports coming in from other people before I believe it
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I am getting 10 hours SOT on S7 Edge
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Well that's not doubled then is it? I get 6 hours SoT with my S7 flat, the Edge has much better battery life than the flat already, so that would mean you were getting 5 hours SoT prior to this 'tweak', less than an S7 flat?
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Increased is one thing, doubled is another, I can increase my SoT a number of ways
You should mention "Edge" in your OP
Personally I`ll wait for all the reports coming in from other people before I believe it
Well that's not doubled then is it? I get 6 hours SoT with my S7 flat, the Edge has much better battery life than the flat already, so that would mean you were getting 5 hours SoT prior to this 'tweak', less than an S7 flat?
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You don't own an Edge, I do and majority of people are getting 5 hours SOT on S7 Edge. I did a poll for 2 weeks before posting this guide
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Increased is one thing, doubled is another, I can increase my SoT a number of ways
You should mention "Edge" in your OP
Personally I`ll wait for all the reports coming in from other people before I believe it
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Nobody cares what you believe or personally want to do. And the guide is posted in S7 Edge forums. I linked it here so that people using the flat variant can also take advantage.
Please be respectful at all times. They're just phones people, no need to get angry.
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Nobody cares what you believe or personally want to do. And the guide is posted in S7 Edge forums. I linked it here so that people using the flat variant can also take advantage.
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No need to get upset when someone questions your somewhat exaggerated claims lol
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No need to get upset when someone questions your somewhat exaggerated claims lol
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I am not upset. You are only eligible to question my guide if you tried it and it didn't work for you.
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I am not upset. You are only eligible to question my guide if you tried it and it didn't work for you.
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Unfortunately that is where you are wrong, you post something publicly, it becomes the right of every member to question it
I would hope most members here would have the sense to question every hack, tweak and mod they want to use, before using it
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Unfortunately that is where you are wrong, you post something publicly, it becomes the right of every member to question it
I would hope most members here would have the sense to question every hack, tweak and mod they want to use, before using it
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You specifically said it won't work before trying it or asking other users for feedback. So my friend you are wrong here.
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You specifically said it won't work before trying it or asking other users for feedback.
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Yep, because your claims are absurd, it will not double your SoT, only a bigger battery could manage to give you 100% extra battery life, not app tweaks
I don't need to try it to know that, I've been tweaking with Android for many years, don't you think if that was the case, that all custom ROMs would also double battery life?
Exactly, they don't and your little tweak doesn't either
The only way you have possibly seen such a drastic improvement, is because the S7 Edge should have been getting 7-8 hours anyway, you deleted a rogue app or service that was causing battery drain, and now you have normal S7 Edge battery life (Along with leaving your screen on doing nothing with the phone to improve SoT)
Conversation with you, over.
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Yep, because your claims are absurd, it will not double your SoT, only a bigger battery could manage to give you 100% extra battery life, not app tweaks
I don't need to try it to know that, I've been tweaking with Android for many years, don't you think if that was the case, that all custom ROMs would also double battery life?
Exactly, they don't and your little tweak doesn't either
The only way you have possibly seen such a drastic improvement, is because the S7 Edge should have been getting 7-8 hours anyway, you deleted a rogue app or service that was causing battery drain, and now you have normal S7 Edge battery life (Along with leaving your screen on doing nothing with the phone to improve SoT)
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Google Play Services have a lot of wakelocks and you don't own an S7 Edge to say that it lasts 7 Hours SOT. As i said earlier i did a survey before releasing this guide and majority of the people said they got 5 hours SOT max.
Conversation with you, over.
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Only get ~2 hours of on screen time - "Android System" battery drain

I am on the latest 7.0 beta, T-Mobile version, I am getting pretty frustrated. I only get ~2 hours of on screen time. Right now at 30% and Android System has used 1350 mAh and CPU total is close to 5 hours.
Attached some pictures from yesterday and basically the same exact thing - maybe one of the packages listed is killing the battery?
I know there are a lot of posts about this issue but nothing that I've found useful unfortunatlely.
Did you try a factory reset? That help me get good battery life.
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dogredwing1 said:
Did you try a factory reset? That help me get good battery life.
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Been thinking about doing that, but not sure why it got really bad all of a sudden. I could get 3 to 4 hours before.
I think I'll wait until the official release is out and then do a reset - hopefully it comes out soon.
Still on 6.0.1 & Android System is my #1 battery drainer.
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Still on 6.0.1 & Android System is my #1 battery drainer.
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I am getting pretty fed up. Thought the new updates would make it better but no go for me.
If only you got root, I strongly recommend using Myandroidtools/disable service. Samsung roms sucks pretty bad, I have never ever experienced something like battery drain on other phones. Since I disabled 80+ Google Services and some samsung bloat, android system takes about 2-4% drain after a whole day. I am using Renovate on nougat.
Looks like a lot of you are very unlucky. My battery life is superb! At the end of the day I still have ~35% battery remaining. I recharge every night regardless of how much battery I have left, so it does me just fine
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If only you got root, I strongly recommend using Myandroidtools/disable service. Samsung roms sucks pretty bad, I have never ever experienced something like battery drain on other phones. Since I disabled 80+ Google Services and some samsung bloat, android system takes about 2-4% drain after a whole day. I am using Renovate on nougat.
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I would strongly advise to stay away from any of those 'fancy' package disablers.
They do no good and often deteriate things. I have on average over 8hours SOT and never used disablers.
Most Samsung apps don't put any drain on the battery. It's things like Facebook etc that hog resources.
Yeah, if only i got Facebook apps installed. I have fully working locations, notifications and other stuff - most of services I disabled are feedbacks, silent loggers and stuff I dont need or use. Only corrupted app is Gmail - which I don't use.
I got sync switched on, lots of calls, auto brightness, voice assistant and usually get 5 hours SOT during my usage which isn't bad at all.
So not sure what did it, but I installed Greenify and also changed from 1080p to 1440p and I get about 3ish hours on screen time. Still terrible but will do for now.
My phone also feels faster after changing resolution back to 1440p. So weird.
Disable ubication and always on display.
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Disable ubication and always on display.
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I use AOD all day, one of the reasons I got the phone. Not willing to part ways with it lol
ubication?
shahran said:
I use AOD all day, one of the reasons I got the phone. Not willing to part ways with it lol
ubication?
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I mean location. Aod takes almost 40% of battery in 24 hours.
hamer221 said:
I mean location. Aod takes almost 40% of battery in 24 hours.
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I remember Samsung saying it only consumes a couple a percentage points.
This article tested and it's nowhere near 40%. And I use the phone about 15 hours before it gets charged again so it should have a huge impact.
ww.techspot.com/amp/news/64162-tested-galaxy-s7-always-display-consumes-little-battery.html?client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us
shahran said:
I remember Samsung saying it only consumes a couple a percentage points.
This article tested and it's nowhere near 40%. And I use the phone about 15 hours before it gets charged again so it should have a huge impact.
ww.techspot.com/amp/news/64162-tested-galaxy-s7-always-display-consumes-little-battery.html?client=ms-android-hms-tmobile-us
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Okay, stop reading useless news and try it by yourself. Phone dont go fully in doze mode with AOD on and keeps light and other sensors on like proximity to put more or less light in the aod screen. You are complaining about **** battery and I am telling you that I have tested how aod can take 40% of battery in one day. You really believe samsung? Come on...
hamer221 said:
Okay, stop reading useless news and try it by yourself. Phone dont go fully in doze mode with AOD on and keeps light and other sensors on like proximity to put more or less light in the aod screen. You are complaining about **** battery and I am telling you that I have tested how aod can take 40% of battery in one day. You really believe samsung? Come on...
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I really don't think you're right as that's not my experience either. I cited the article because usually the tech websites have some experience - my anecdotal data, or yours, doesn't carry much weight.
As posted before, my screen time has increased and keeps going up. Got near 4 hours of on screen time today. Greenify must have killed a process that was putting the CPU on overdrive and which showed up under Android System. I shouldn't have to take the time to find fixes however since Samsung and the Doze feature should be doing this already.
I appreciate your advice, no need to get upset we're just having a discussion...
shahran said:
I really don't think you're right as that's not my experience either. I cited the article because usually the tech websites have some experience - my anecdotal data, or yours, doesn't carry much weight.
As posted before, my screen time has increased and keeps going up. Got near 4 hours of on screen time today. Greenify must have killed a process that was putting the CPU on overdrive and which showed up under Android System. I shouldn't have to take the time to find fixes however since Samsung and the Doze feature should be doing this already.
I appreciate your advice, no need to get upset we're just having a discussion...
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I don't really see a discussion in the fact that AOD uses a lot of battery if you keep it on all day, it's pretty much guaranteed that AOD is the main culprit. And your own experience with your phone and its settings is worth a lot more than the experiences from some tech website. Everyone's phone/settings is different.

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