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Battery life

So here we go again a new flagship and a lot of reviews said the phone had an impressive battery life. What is your experience? Post bbs or screenshots

I got the phone yesterday, trying to test it out myself today and get results!!!

First full charge is encouraging.
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I'm getting drain from android os and android system, since I'm not rooted I can't pin point what's causing it.

uptill now i find the battery is not so good.... g900W8

ysr84 said:
uptill now i find the battery is not so good.... g900W8
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Wait till two to three charge cycles are complete. The battery life normally increases.

How much time it is taking to fully charge
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More screenshots guys. Keep them coming

SM-G900A -- AT&T US model:

karmuh said:
SM-G900A -- AT&T US model:
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What kind of usage was this? Mainly browsing? Videos? LTE or Wifi?
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msavic6 said:
What kind of usage was this? Mainly browsing? Videos? LTE or Wifi?
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Almost all on WiFi -- browsing, installing and setting up a bunch of apps, listening to music/podcasts for roughly an hour or so, texting, phone talk time around 20-30mins...things of that sort.

karmuh said:
Almost all on WiFi -- browsing, installing and setting up a bunch of apps, listening to music/podcasts for roughly an hour or so, texting, phone talk time around 20-30mins...things of that sort.
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Pretty impressive for one of the initial charges of the device and this type of usage.
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Is it snapdragon version or octacore version
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msavic6 said:
Pretty impressive for one of the initial charges of the device and this type of usage.
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Definitely! I was impressed myself, especially since I came from an iPhone that had a depressing 1400mAh battery. In the time it took for one full discharge on my S5, I would have needed to do 1.5-2 charges on my iPhone :laugh:
sandeep20064096 said:
Is it snapdragon version or octacore version
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Mine? Snapdragon SM-G900A

How is the battery back up guys for exynous version mine is not gud
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Much better than my GS3. 30% at least.
And Charges about twice as fast.
Not kidding.

Which one do you have snapdragon version of exynous version.and how much time its taking to fully charge
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Getting outstanding battery life on my g900a. Once someone figures out root for it and i get greenify working properly it should be even better.

Siting at 8H 25M 11S on Battery. AT&T S5. The thing that is killing my battery the most, Gear Fit Manager at a19% then Android at 16% and Screen at 14%. I have only charged 2 times so far since I bought the phone on Sunday, Ran it down to 9-10% yesterday but it took forever to charge. In over two hours of charge time it went from 10% to 37%. My iPhone 5 would have been 100% or close to it. Never had android phone before (really enjoying it) so not sure if this is normal or it will get faster the more charging cycles.
Thanks

[Got what i needed..thanks!]Looking for a helper for about a half hour.

Used to have a one plus one. I jump phones so I left. Hey...its what I do. What I am hoping for is to prove a point on why my one plus one got way better battery life then my G3 does. Virtually the same specs. Same carrier...same apps. Now. Here is where someone with a 1+1 comes in. Using this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iattilagy.usemon you can monitor the GPU usage if you scroll down a bit. Would prefer a relatively stock like setup. It doesn't even require root. Just run this app for about a half hour using no games or anything just oh idk. Texting, hangouts, Tapatalk, no gaming. I want to see what the GPU freq it runs at most often in that 30 min. Then snap a screen shot and PM or post it here.
Hopefully someone will help me out with this.
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I can probably do it for you sometime after tomorrow, I'm currently running AK's kernel so I can't do it atm. Whenever I flash the next nighly I'll wait on flashing AK's kernel, and then I can do it for you as I don't use my phone too much during the week, if no one else has done it by Monday just PM me, and I'll do it for you.
Also, any particular reason you jumped to the G3?
EDIT: I run a very stock setup , running CM12 nightlies. No background apps like skype or whatever, either. Should be perfect for a comparison.

MilesDerp said:
I can probably do it for you sometime after tomorrow, I'm currently running AK's kernel so I can't do it atm. Whenever I flash the next nighly I'll wait on flashing AK's kernel, and then I can do it for you as I don't use my phone too much during the week, if no one else has done it by Monday just PM me, and I'll do it for you.
Also, any particular reason you jumped to the G3?
EDIT: I run a very stock setup , running CM12 nightlies. No background apps like skype or whatever, either. Should be perfect for a comparison.
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Perfect! Not really any particular reason besides same specs and slightly smaller bezel. Never figured the difference would be night and day. 1+1 wins in my book.
G3 battery life is horrid imho. I got 7-8hrs screen on almost daily. With he g3 only about 3 give or take. Got a 9000 mah battery now. Things a brick but I get 11-12 hrs screen on. Its sad. With this battery and my old 1+1 I'd feel comfortable in saying 20hrs screen on min probably 24
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I think it's because the screen resolution on the g3 is much higher.
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Ran it for about an hour, hopefully the screenshots upload
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Yep the GPUs are working about the same. Has to be the screen it self that makes it such a hog whether it be the QHD since they both IPS displays.
Thanks for the help. I'll be watching for the 1+2 in the future. I had a very good 1+1 experience... Its far better then the G3 IMHO.
Thanks again!
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michaeldepotter said:
I think it's because the screen resolution on the g3 is much higher.
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Try and tell them that once lol....doesn't go over well.
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Battery results from different Updates

Id just like to say i have 2 s7 edges
One i never updated its still on the original rom PB5
The battery lasts 2 time longer than the updated phone
This is with 2 hours talk time and 5 hours screen time. No power saving at all just straight medium use
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How your battery life and what version are you on.?
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On PD3, my best so far is 6 hrs SOT on 19 hrs.
-autobrightness
-WiFi on
-Data on
-Bluetooth on & always connected to Gear s2 3g
-GPS on, high accuracy
-NFC on
-no power savings
-sync turned on only as needed
- >140 apps installed
- Push apps like Pushbullet, Slice, Kakaotalk
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optimummind said:
On PD3, my best so far is 6 hrs SOT on 19 hrs.
-autobrightness
-WiFi on
-Data on
-Bluetooth on & always connected to Gear s2 3g
-GPS on, high accuracy
-NFC on
-no power savings
-sync turned on only as needed
- >140 apps installed
- Push apps like Pushbullet, Slice, Kakaotalk
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Yeah i should of said that too bluetooth always on wifi always on
201 apps auto brightness
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Robalboa said:
Yeah i should of said that too bluetooth always on wifi always on
201 apps auto brightness
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What is your standby drain rate?
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optimummind said:
What is your standby drain rate?
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Im not sure . I know it last 2 to 3 days easy on the original pb5
The other phone updated to pd3
Dont even come close.
The update kills the phone. Im so glad i never updated this one. Its flawless
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I took the update cause one of the features was better battery life and I was thinking "it's pretty amazing now I gotta get this update and make it even better"
And it's total garbage. Screw the update and screw Samsung for putting it out. What once was an amazing phone is now dying just as fast as my 6P or HTC whatever.
Samsung needs to fix this crap asap
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On PD3 I've been around 20-24 hours consistently usually around 3.5-4 hours SOT due to work being in an area where I get one bar of 3g consistently
-autobrightness on
-everything on GPS on high
-bluetooth to pebble and tons of streaming music 3+ hours
Compared to the s6 edge this is miles better so no complaints here
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Versus my Nexus 5X (1000 mah smaller battery)
Similar SOT, HUGE difference in Application battery drain (same apps installed on both phones).
Samsung is now a software company my ass.
Even the Note 4 does better on a smaller battery.
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The first 2 firmwares show they are capable of producing software with good battery life. Not sure what went wrong with this update but I hope they fix it asap
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What are first opinions about....

latest update? Are everybody happy with it?

I like it a lot actually. Didn't really think an update to a phone as old as the Note 4 would have such an impact but the phone feels faster, and the new minor design changes are nice to me.

I've waited TWO months on stock 5.1.1 so that I can get a MM OTA!!! Loving every bit of it! Its amzing. I know every one loves/hate "Good Lock". I'm loving it. Latest update is much more improved.
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MM is what Lollipop should have been. That's why so many people are looking for Note 4 with Kitkat until the MM release. I'm most likely gonna stay on Kitkat until I see more MM custom roms out. Kitkat is smooth and no battery drain.

vision33r said:
MM is what Lollipop should have been. That's why so many people are looking for Note 4 with Kitkat until the MM release. I'm most likely gonna stay on Kitkat until I see more MM custom roms out. Kitkat is smooth and no battery drain.
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5.1.1 is great. I see no need to not upgrade to that. It was 5.0.1/2 that was abysmal.
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ins0mniac said:
I've waited TWO months on stock 5.1.1 so that I can get a MM OTA!!! Loving every bit of it! Its amzing. I know every one loves/hate "Good Lock". I'm loving it. Latest update is much more improved.
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Google Fiber? Can we get a speed test?
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ubigred said:
Google Fiber? Can we get a speed test?
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I wish I could. Just a renamed SSID.

ins0mniac said:
I wish I could. Just a renamed SSID.
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Lolol
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3 hrs SoT , i'm not happy atm.

I noticed it's bit snappier. Everything works. Overall, I really like the update. I did a full wipe after install. Only issues are, less than 4 hours SOT at around 35-40% brightness and it runs hot now. Not only that but it charges hot, which it never did before. Those are my only issues.
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So far battery life is very good. About 5% battery left and 7 hours SOT with auto brightness.
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Pretty happy so far. Quick, snappy, smoothe, all running good.

I upgraded via OTA and was having issues with random reboots. I did a hard wipe/reset and have had zero issues since. Does seem a little snappier. After wipe, loving it so far.

I bought an s7 edge on preorder. I gave it to my wife after we got shafted with lockdown. The s7 version of MM is nicer looking and more friendly as far as disabling apps. I can do it with root but I might as well go with a highly tweaked/properly debloated s7 port on dok2. My only reason to switch would be a better modem, but I see no difference in my area.

I had issues initially till I factory reset. Now all is good and my phone is much snappier, smoother, and less lag. I hated LP. Love MM!
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Less than a day with the update and I have no complaints so far... for those curious about RAM usage with 0 active apllications
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Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Actually good, I thought it was going to be worse.
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Actually good, I thought it was going to be worse.
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Not good iff you compare with s8plus,

Huh... That's about the same as the Nexus 6p I guess. Not thrilled
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I can work with that...I usually turn off a lot of stuff I don't use and keep my screen at a brightness that I need, not want. I also disable apps that I don't use...this will be awesome

I actually read that wrong, that's much better than my 6p
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After applying Disable package
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Almost 7hrs screen on time at max brightness
https://youtu.be/WHqfE45oKU4

xdathekilljoy said:
Almost 7hrs screen on time at max brightness
https://youtu.be/WHqfE45oKU4
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Can't wait for it to launch
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Sorry was 4 am, missed the last post, sorry for duplicate. Couldn't figure out how to delete. https://youtu.be/rQqreS_LHd8

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Almost 7hrs screen on time at max brightness
https://youtu.be/WHqfE45oKU4
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Same here.....I got 6.5 hrs SOT today with highest resolution, screen brightness on auto and using it all day

ardeban said:
After applying Disable package
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After applying disable package? what is that?

After a couple of days, minimal packages disabled, Screen brightness average 75% (half the time 50, half at 100%), Resolution at Max, video enhance On, gps on a little, Hotspot on for about an hour, Bluetooth controller/mouse/keyboard on for about an hour. Pretty impressed! I'm going to disable LOTS tomorrow and see how much better I can get. One thing I noticed, I barely had AOD on today, but yesterday had like 8%, hope they can fix that. Nearly 10% of my battery for AOD is CRAZY!

This is my battery life today. Very impressed better than my note 7 and my LG V20.
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This is my battery life today. Very impressed better than my note 7 and my LG V20. View attachment 4267189View attachment 4267190
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I don't know what any of you paid users are talking about but GOD DAMN THIS BATTER DOES SUCK!!!! I HATE IT.... AND HERES PROOF[emoji35] [emoji35] [emoji35] [emoji35] screen brightness at auto, location and bluetooth off, with some wifi on every now and then....wtffff jesus
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Dear users, who has already the phone, please, give some details about the real battery life including the SOT.
Please note the processor type too.
Thanks a lot

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I don't know what any of you paid users are talking about but GOD DAMN THIS BATTER DOES SUCK!!!! I HATE IT.... AND HERES PROOF[emoji35] [emoji35] [emoji35] [emoji35] screen brightness at auto, location and bluetooth off, with some wifi on every now and then....wtffff jesus
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Ha ha I am not paid. I really didn't think it would be this good. And I don't have the screen turned down about 85%. I turned off some apps from running in the background. My Bluetooth stays on all the time because I use it in my car and to get in my house. That was day 2 let's see how day 3 goes. I have never gotten this good of SOT on any phone. 3 to 5 at the best.
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Dear users, who has already the phone, please, give some details about the real battery life including the SOT.
Please note the processor type too.
Thanks a lot
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That post was a true battery life and SOT. Full 2nd day.
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Dear Jason,
thanks

Ok this is day 3. I did not do anything different I did use Bluetooth a little more. Also I was driving around town a lot today.
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18hrs 4.5hrs SOT at 13%.