Database Users

Really bad battery life

My device has been completely stock running ART kitkat.
Battery life has been really bad the last few weeks. (Possibly due to 4.4.4?)
I have switched off location services, Google now, and only sync gmail.
I can only squeeze out around 2 hours and 30 minutes max compared to 4 hours 30 I was able to before. (Same settings, flight mode WiFi only)
Any one have any advice please? How can I monitor and see what's draining? I've tried a a few apps but I can't find anything.
Thank you.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Get gsam or betterbatterystats to see where the wake locks are. What daily mail? It's eating a lot of your battery
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

Thanks!
Its a news app.
I'm not sure how to analyse it?

olyloh6696 said:
Thanks!
Its a news app. View attachment 2845757
I'm not sure how to analyse it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No offense but curious. You are a Recognized Contributor and doesn't know that?

olyloh6696 said:
Thanks!
Its a news app. View attachment 2845757
I'm not sure how to analyse it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This might help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53453745
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

sidnoit22 said:
No offense but curious. You are a Recognized Contributor and doesn't know that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
None taken.
I may be a recognised contributor, however in the last 18 months I've lost my interest in mobile technology, and hence I have little knowledge on mobile tech today.
I consider myself a "normal user" now. I just use my phone as it is as a regular user completely stock and I don't know these tech things anymore.
Any help is appreciated, any other info I can give? I'm rather incline not to factory reset my phone.

App sucker screen if this helps?
So daily mail is the cause?

It is the usage that drains your battery life. If fact daily mail online doesnt drain so much. I dont know, how much and how often you use your phone and that is what really matters.
What really drains batterie (and most people dont know this) is waking up your device often. When you wake up your device all cores goes to max frequency before turning down slowly. By 4 cores it drains a lot of energy. The second is the screen brightness. The brighter the screen, the more it drains. An than there are many other factors like signal strength and quality, apps...
So to sum it up, it is your usage behavior that influence your battery life. To compare I am on cm11 with matr1x kernel, do alot of surfing, chatting, listening to music and the average screen on time is 4 hours. You may try it out.

CCody said:
It is the usage that drains your battery life. If fact daily mail online doesnt drain so much. I dont know, how much and how often you use your phone and that is what really matters.
What really drains batterie (and most people dont know this) is waking up your device often. When you wake up your device all cores goes to max frequency before turning down slowly. By 4 cores it drains a lot of energy. The second is the screen brightness. The brighter the screen, the more it drains. An than there are many other factors like signal strength and quality, apps...
So to sum it up, it is your usage behavior that influence your battery life. To compare I am on cm11 with matr1x kernel, do alot of surfing, chatting, listening to music and the average screen on time is 4 hours. You may try it out.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks mate, appreciated.
I forgot to post my brightness.
I usually have my phone on flight mode at home and WiFi signal a minimum of 3 bars. (Excuse the screenshot which is an exception)
I suppose with my phone I do always switch it on and off multiple times, however I haven't had this battery drainage problem in the past, it only occurred in the last few weeks and I have the same usage pattern. I suspect it was the 4.4.3/4.4.4 update because prior to that battery was fine.
Thanks for the suggestion of the ROM, however I'm planning to keep my device stock and I still haven't factory reseted it since day 1 (August 2013) and hope I do not need to.
Thanks all the same.
Open to more suggestions many thanks to everyone.

Install Greenify and hibernate Daily Mail Online. It's the one draining your battery I guess.
Greenify works without root, but if I remember correctly you need to hibernate apps manually.

Update Device High Battery Use

I noticed this process in my battery useage statistics, what is this, I searched couldn't find nothing about it, thanks
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

mistororange said:
I noticed this process in my battery useage statistics, what is this, I searched couldn't find nothing about it, thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
try to disable autoupdate of the firmware in the update application

vagkoun83 said:
try to disable autoupdate of the firmware in the update application
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, after doing that I don't see it show up or as using as much... also another question,, im only getting around 3h 30 min sot, is that normal? I thought these devices were suppose to last a lot longer.. maybe I should try a custom rom or something.. thanks again

Having pretty good battery life.
Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk

mistororange said:
Thanks, after doing that I don't see it show up or as using as much... also another question,, im only getting around 3h 30 min sot, is that normal? I thought these devices were suppose to last a lot longer.. maybe I should try a custom rom or something.. thanks again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's good..I am getting 3h sot in 2 days with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi open 12 hours each day..disable autoupdate apps in play store and LG apps, disable google location reporting and autosunc

Well it depends on your usage.. What do you use your phone for, on a daily basis?

raravi said:
Well it depends on your usage.. What do you use your phone for, on a daily basis?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just browsing facebook, reddit, email every now and then, I just figured with 3000mah battery i'd be getting 4.5-5 hrs sot , my nexus 5, with its 2300 mah, was getting 3 hours of sot, thats main reason I upgraded, could my battery be bad? or is this normal.. when I look online most ppl get 4 1/2 - 5 hours, ofcourse thats coming from the initial reviews an ppl running kitikat and stuff, just like to know what everyone else is getting w basic useage, no gaming/video streaming

mistororange said:
Just browsing facebook, reddit, email every now and then, I just figured with 3000mah battery i'd be getting 4.5-5 hrs sot , my nexus 5, with its 2300 mah, was getting 3 hours of sot, thats main reason I upgraded, could my battery be bad? or is this normal.. when I look online most ppl get 4 1/2 - 5 hours, ofcourse thats coming from the initial reviews an ppl running kitikat and stuff, just like to know what everyone else is getting w basic useage, no gaming/video streaming
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have never got more then 3-4 hours of SOT on my G2, i've used it for almost 2 years now. There were occasions where i got 5 hours of SOT, but those were exceptions(On Wifi, with very low brightness).. But then I'm a heavy user - lots of apps installed, around 2 hrs of music on my daily commute, Lots of time on G+/Instagram/Twitter/FB & 1-2 hours of calls. This combined with flashing of new ROMs every month or so. People posting 4-5 hours of SOT usually have lots of options disabled - Reduce brightness settings to lowest, Sync background data disabled, GPS disabled, On WiFi all the time, etc..
@mistororange Anything more then 3 hours of SOT, while you are using your phone through 3g/4g networks is pretty good, in my opinion. Only if you see drastic reduction in your battery life, then you should worry.

s7 edge-Very bad battery life

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
i bought the galaxy s7 edge yesterday in b&h (new york) and im not living in new york
(So there is no one I can turn to him)
i bought the galaxy s7 edge because the 3600 Mah battery (before the galaxy i had iphone 5s)
After about an hour and a quarter had been 83 %
10 hours and the phone turn to 0%
Is there anything I can do ?? Facebook has been deleted and is still the same
Edit: maybe its because the sd card?

you can try and do a factory reset. My edge had average battery life when I first got it. Did a factory reset and battery life has improved dramatically.

lazard said:
you can try and do a factory reset. My edge had average battery life when I first got it. Did a factory reset and battery life has improved dramatically.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i I did it an hour ago and after one hour i have 93% for Almost nothing

First off, give it a few days to adapt. From the little information you provided, I can see that there are no apps that are optimised. The software will automatically optimise and will save power on apps that aren't used in three days.
Secondly, we need more information. Please post what apps are draining what percentage of the battery, whether or not you have the Exynos version or the Snapdragon version, and so forth.
From the battery menu, click on battery usage and scroll down to see what apps are draining your battery
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

AhsanU said:
First off, give it a few days to adapt. From the little information you provided, I can see that there are no apps that are optimised. The software will automatically optimise and will save power on apps that aren't used in three days.
Secondly, we need more information. Please post what apps are draining what percentage of the battery, whether or not you have the Exynos version or the Snapdragon version, and so forth.
From the battery menu, click on battery usage and scroll down to see what apps are draining your battery
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think it's not relevant beacuse it's before the format and now I don't download nothing (only what's app and instagram )
*sorry about my bad English

As said, wait a few days. Battery use will get better.
It's also dependent on many things. Brightness setting, cell reception, apps installed, app use etc etc...

yotams20 said:
I think it's not relevant beacuse it's before the format and now I don't download nothing (only what's app and instagram )
*sorry about my bad English
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Post your usage, your start of day, end of day, screen on time, etc as well.

AhsanU said:
First off, give it a few days to adapt. From the little information you provided, I can see that there are no apps that are optimised. The software will automatically optimise and will save power on apps that aren't used in three days.
Secondly, we need more information. Please post what apps are draining what percentage of the battery, whether or not you have the Exynos version or the Snapdragon version, and so forth.
From the battery menu, click on battery usage and scroll down to see what apps are draining your battery
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
h3ck said:
Post your usage, your start of day, end of day, screen on time, etc as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think the battery it's OK right now (I listen today a lot of music with Bluetooth speaker and saw Many videos)

yotams20 said:
i bought the galaxy s7 edge yesterday in b&h (new york) and im not living in new york
(So there is no one I can turn to him)
i bought the galaxy s7 edge because the 3600 Mah battery (before the galaxy i had iphone 5s)
After about an hour and a quarter had been 83 %
10 hours and the phone turn to 0%
Is there anything I can do ?? Facebook has been deleted and is still the same
Edit: maybe its because the sd card?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Read this http://www.sammobile.com/2016/04/08...he-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-improves-with-time/
As other have stated, give it a few days to adapt. Right now you're installing apps, they're filling up cache.. Well everything gets settled. You're probably also just unlocking it, just for unlocking like everybody else when they get a new phone. Over 2 weeks your battery life should increase dramatically if you don't factory reset, as everything needs to settle again then.

More Battery Life Or More SOT?

OK, so lately on the forums it seems like everyone is desperate to achieve great battery life and SOT without actually need it , I'm not going to lie if I see that someone with the same device it's getting 2 or 3 hours of SOT more than me I will want the same thing for me ! But the question is , do I really need it ?
We all have different needs and goals with our phones for example there are people that use their phones has an accessory and other that really depend of them , but why are people so desperately to achieve the same result like others ?
In my case I can easily achieve 3 days of battery life with 4hours of SOT but I need to literally let the phone on table all day and sleeping , I feel like its way more productive to make my phone die in a single day but achieving a usage of 8-9hours of SOT.
What about you ? Would you rather extend your battery life and decrease usage or Increase usage and make it last less time ?

Because when other people have better battery than themselves despite similar usage. That mean there's something wrong or something unnecessary draining battery. So people asking for help and trying to achieve the battery life that they're supposed to get with their phone.
Need it or not, better battery life is always prefered.
For example
The phone may last a day before battery dies and pose no problem with daily life. But if it suppose to last 3 days with the same usage, who wouldn't worry? It mean they need to charging battery 3 times more often thus battery will wear out and die 3 times faster than normal. The phone battery that suppose to last 3 years may die in just 1 year.
I may exaggerated it a bit but that's what happen especially in long term when the effect add up.
And for your question at the end. I would say, I don't care. As long as the battery life is what it's suppose to be and I get to use the phone as I want.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

People use their phone differently to others
I for one have a lot of widgets I bet most don't

I want mor SoT but want to have my phone last long, thats why I always thinking about battery cases, to get best of both world. Also I go for black themes, not so much push messages, power save on all the time, etc

It varies but to be honest the best person to test out what they need is the individual themselves. If I'm at home all day and I go from 3 days charge to 1 day charge and I am doing NOTHING different then there is an issue.
If I used to get 8 hours SOT over 24 hours and now I struggle to get 4 hours SOT over 24 hours with similar usage, then there is an issue.

More battery life = more SOT

I get 8 hours sot with 2 days use. Best of both worlds
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app

Ausboy 2011 said:
I get 8 hours sot with 2 days use. Best of both worlds
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi which FW version is this. I want to try this version on my s7E before i decide to sell it. Please share a snapshot of software info page or a link please.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

delete me

Battery life with some crap apps
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Envoyé de mon SM-G935F en utilisant Tapatalk

I think it really has more to do with usage patterns than what apps you have. If I use my phone consistently for long periods of time and also leave it sitting for long periods of time, I'll get better SOT and standby time. Some weekends I can hit 8 hours of SOT. During the week when I'm at work, I do a lot more short quick checks of my phone, so my average SOT is about 4 hours and about 28 hours of total battery time because I'm waking my phone more often just to quickly check an email or text message.
Now, some apps can definitely affect battery life if they are constantly running in the background and keeping your phone from deep sleep.

Nowadays i dont worry..i charge everyday. Sometime twice on same day. The screen is beauty to look at.
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Battery drain with light use on S7 Edge... Is this normal?

Hi everybody. I recently purchased a S7 Edge, coming from an OPO. I wanted a top range smartphone and I choose it because of the enthusiastic reviews I had read on the Internet, especially about camera and battery. While I've been very happy about camera, it's absolutely not the same about battery.
The phone doesn't last more than 12-15 hrs of light use (no games, no 'heavy' apps, no Bluetooth, screen brightness at about 30%, most of background backup disabled). This morning, after a full-night charge, it dropped from 100% to 99% just in a minute of Twitter browsing.
I checked in the stats and apparently there is no app draining the battery; yesterday the top energy consumption came from the screen.
In addition, it gets easily warm on the screen and on the back (not hot), and I'd like to know if it is normal. I'm using it without any case, just as I did with my OPO, but the latter has always been cold, even during heavy use.
I'm posting some screenshots about the battery stats in my Settings
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Need more than 10 minutes of battery stats to make any judgement. I suggest you post the stats from 100% until ca. 10%, with your normal usage.
It will give a better overview. Other monitoring apps will give much more detail, but start with this.
Are you rooted?

B3311 said:
Need more than 10 minutes of battery stats to make any judgement. I suggest you post the stats from 100% until ca. 10%, with your normal usage.
It will give a better overview. Other monitoring apps will give much more detail, but start with this.
Are you rooted?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've installed GSam Battery, I'll post the results at around 10% (even if I haven't used the phone a lot today). No, it is not rooted. I bought it a week ago!

SmartPhonesFan said:
that first pic is like disabled.. u need to have it in yellow colr..
my battery is quite bad.. and says screen drain battery most.. 40%
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yellow color?

SmartPhonesFan said:
NEVER instal some crappy spammy apps type battery or batt. dotor etc.. that's all scam ,fake spam, and malware..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm sorry, but I think I'm old enough to recognize scam apps, and GSam is not one of them.

Do use the Samsung and Microsoft app? What country are you in someone from your area might be able to shed light on warranty situation after tripping Knox.
If tripping the Knox flag has no effect on your warranty (like here in NZ). You could look at installing a ROM.
Sent from my SM-N930F using Tapatalk

NemosNemos said:
Hi everybody. I recently purchased a S7 Edge, coming from an OPO. I wanted a top range smartphone and I choose it because of the enthusiastic reviews I had read on the Internet, especially about camera and battery. While I've been very happy about camera, it's absolutely not the same about battery.
The phone doesn't last more than 12-15 hrs of light use (no games, no 'heavy' apps, no Bluetooth, screen brightness at about 30%, most of background backup disabled). This morning, after a full-night charge, it dropped from 100% to 99% just in a minute of Twitter browsing.
I checked in the stats and apparently there is no app draining the battery; yesterday the top energy consumption came from the screen.
In addition, it gets easily warm on the screen and on the back (not hot), and I'd like to know if it is normal. I'm using it without any case, just as I did with my OPO, but the latter has always been cold, even during heavy use.
I'm posting some screenshots about the battery stats in my Settings
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks like we already have a thread for this subject, please use the link below for this discussion.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/how-experiencing-android-battery-drain-t3327730
Thread closed