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Left my s5 on top of my frozen tv dinner for an hour, possible damage?

Long story short i was running late and my phone was on top of my tv dinner from the freezer in my lunch bag. It was on it for at least an hour, it wasn't too cold but the phone was a little cold like 3 to 4 times more thn normally. Do you think it has possible damage or am i being too worried?
What excuse can i say to exchange it? Is been having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs. I got it from radioshack

You have nothing to worry about.
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btort1 said:
What excuse can i say to exchange it? Is been having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs. I got it from radioshack
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If it's "having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs" then say it gets hot and the battery dies too fast... but I'd bet some app is running the cpu at max all the time. Ever looked at the battery usage in settings?
Maybe try a factory reset and don't install non-google apps to see if it clears up.

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If it's "having heat issues and some days the battery only last 7 hrs" then say it gets hot and the battery dies too fast... but I'd bet some app is running the cpu at max all the time. Ever looked at the battery usage in settings?
Maybe try a factory reset and don't install non-google apps to see if it clears up.
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Alright I'll try that but I always make sure to close all my background apps, maybe 7 hrs is exaggerating but more like 9-12 hours

For comparison I've been seeing 50-65% battery left after 12 hrs off charger.
Even after 24 hrs off charger with average usage I had 30% this AM. It actually streamed Play Music all evening through bluetooth while I worked. I'd be upset if it needed charging after 12 hours.
I've turned off as many bloatware apps as I can in App Manager. I don't know really if that helps much with CPU load as I've always heard that Android handles memory and running services differently than Windows. It can certainly help with data usage, and by extension battery life if some AT&T or Samsung service is reaching out constantly.
I do not regularly kill any apps as some devs seem to think that killing apps has a worse effect than leaving them for the OS to manage since many apps restart anyway. I tend to think that the people who wrote the OS software probably know more about memory management than I do. That doesn't preclude a crappy 3rd party app from causing issues.
If after removing unnecessary apps and/or resetting you still have poor battery life and high temps you may indeed have a dud battery or device.
From my experience in repair, most returns/service for faulty brand new products are user problems; I see it every day. But there are occasional real problems.

LG G4 battery life only 8 hours

Hi,
Just bought the LG G4,
it is a great phone!
The screen, sound, speed are amazing!
but just the battery life is too short.
When the phone was fully charged (98%)
I kept whatsapp and wechat running for sure.
I believe the full screen video playback is no longer than 1 hour
about 1 hour of game play. I believe it is a very heavy game. just pretend it needs much of juice
Total calls of 10 minutes within this 8 hours.
1 hours of music playback
No account auto sync everything else same as factory default.(when i was using Sony Xperia z2 i have everything turned on and i can easily reach 18hours)
I have no idea how can people can over 12 hours or even 2 days.
Now the phone is only 9% left.
What apps is best to analyse the battery use and what do i have to look for and avoid or uninstall?

You mentioned you just got it. Give it time to settle in. If it keeps happening try a factory reset. Also monitor the battery temp. There could also be an app that may be causing some issues.
Also if your comparing it to your last phone, Xperia Z2- Physical size its 5.2 inches compared to LG G4 5.5 it has less pixel density of 424ppi vs 538ppi of LG G4 and screen resolution 1080x1920pixels vs LG G4 1440x2560pixels. That factors into the battery life. You also now have a removable battery vs Xperia Z2. I'd say 8hrs is decent. I just got 2 replacement batteries and charger from Hyperion and getting my free battery and charger from LG. Battery longevity is definitely not an issue for me.
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My first day was fantastic battery life. But maybe how you charged it influenced the first day? Hmm... Are you using Wi-Fi or 3G? I think for whatsapp 4G is overkill so I disabled it.
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I'm sure your battery usage will get better after a day or two.
Also keep in mind that if you bought it in July you get a free extra battery, external battery charger, and leather back. Click Here

Also aftermarket batteries with higher capacity will be available in the future I'm sure ..that's what I did with my gs4
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Keep in mind that every time you reset and redownload/resync everything, it takes a lot of power.
Can you post some screen shots of total time on battery, as well as screen-on time?

Just a matter of patience. Battery life was horrible as well for me in the first two days and now two weeks in its phenominal battery life.

Actually i have been using the phone since last Saturday,
Everynight wait till 10% or lower than full charge until next day.
Now i can have around 10 hours. But I just don't know how people can reach 20 to 29hours.
Even at dimmest light, WIFI only it still can't reach 20hrs, can it?
Secondly i want to know is there apps that can monitor the voltage input and out put. I am saying a apps that can tell how much time i have spent on browsing, gaming, screen time, background services ...
Simply logging one day of usage.

Used 7.0hours with 35% left and say 3.5hours left
which cannot last one day for me

I am very happy with my battery so far. I shut off a bunch of crap and I can go almost the whole day. I know if root comes it will be amazing!

The LG g4 H815 international from UK I got battery life is ridiculous. I charged it yesterday, it sat unhooked all night long. I didn't even lose a percent until 10 hours off the charger. It was idle all night. But still, my Note 4 never did that.

budeone said:
I am very happy with my battery so far. I shut off a bunch of crap and I can go almost the whole day. I know if root comes it will be amazing!
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Do you mind telling what craps been shut or removed?

rayraymond said:
Do you mind telling what craps been shut or removed?
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http://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-remove-bloatware-from-your-android-device-xda-tv/
and this is the link to the tool
http://rootjunkysdl.com/getdownload.php?file=Android Programs/DeBloater/Debloater-setup-v3.90.exe
Its very easy and you do not need root.

I want to mention that I had tremendous luck using the built in LG backup tool with a factory reset. Back the whole phone up using LG Backup. Factory reset it, and then restore the phone using LG Backup. The restore was nearly flawless for me (just a couple apps had to be uninstalled and reinstalled from the play store) and it literally doubled my battery life without changing any of the apps I had running. Not sure what it did exactly but it definitely worked.

budeone said:
http://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-remove-bloatware-from-your-android-device-xda-tv/
and this is the link to the tool
http://rootjunkysdl.com/getdownload.php?file=Android Programs/DeBloater/Debloater-setup-v3.90.exe
Its very easy and you do not need root.
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Can you share a list of disabled apps? I disabled what I could but was not so sure about some apps so I must have some unneeded apps running. Nit that my battery life were that bad now but could be still better.
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Pyrres said:
Can you share a list of disabled apps? I disabled what I could but was not so sure about some apps so I must have some unneeded apps running. Nit that my battery life were that bad now but could be still better.
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That is very hard for me to do. We all use different apps. The first thing I stopped was lookout.
here is a list I found for you
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ZzBfWlR4MC03aDMyZ1BDUFNqU0E&usp=sharing#gid=0

budeone said:
That is very hard for me to do. We all use different apps. The first thing I stopped was lookout.
here is a list I found for you
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ZzBfWlR4MC03aDMyZ1BDUFNqU0E&usp=sharing#gid=0
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Mostly Im interested in apps that all G4:s have and that can't be disabled through Android or cause that annoying update available message in Play store.
Sent from my LG G4

When I first got my G4 I was experiencing poor battery life so I started experimenting by disabling various things. The most effective was turning off Google location history, for the first time ever I got 5+ hours of screen on time.

seems whenever i play games or full screen movie, the battery will drop tremendously.
I have enabled the "game optimizer" however i don't see any significant help.
usually when i play games and movie, the "last 3 h in use" will be above 25%

8 hours seems pretty good. I average 5-6 hours. And I have two batteries, both last about the same amount of time.

battery life

Had the phone for a week now and battery is horrible. Android system and os destroy it. One hour of be SOT and at 66%. Anyone else?

km8j said:
Had the phone for a week now and battery is horrible. Android system and os destroy it. One hour of be SOT and at 66%. Anyone else?
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consider providing more info like apps and other usage to assess/comment on your situation. i'm likely not the typical smartphone user (by today's definition), but i'm getting solid battery life for my uses/needs. i'm not the gaming type, no facebook/twitter checking or posting and mainly emails, texts, phone calls. below are screen shots from 1 moderate-to-high usage day (for me); 17 hours on battery, 7 hours screen time, 2 hours of calls, emails (75)/replies (40) 50 text messages, approximately 1.5 hours of screen time was web-browsing. will continue usage and make final keep/return assessment next week. as an FYI, this is a T-Mo G6 that's been sim-unlocked and being used on ATT.

km8j said:
Had the phone for a week now and battery is horrible. Android system and os destroy it. One hour of be SOT and at 66%. Anyone else?
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Did you do a restore or a clean install of all your apps? Ive been getting consistently 6 1/2 hours SOT everyday for the past week. Pulling off the charger at 6:30 am and putting it back on the charger around midnight with right about 37-40% left. I did a clean install, no restores.

wingzfan said:
Did you do a restore or a clean install of all your apps? Ive been getting consistently 6 1/2 hours SOT everyday for the past week. Pulling off the charger at 6:30 am and putting it back on the charger around midnight with right about 37-40% left. I did a clean install, no restores.
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i know your reply was to the OP, just wanted to confirm that i reinstalled all apps from scratch via the play store as well - was quite painful as i would usually reinstall via TB or backup.

cortez.i said:
i know your reply was to the OP, just wanted to confirm that i reinstalled all apps from scratch via the play store as well - was quite painful as i would usually reinstall via TB or backup.
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Yeah it was brutal but Im seeing most if us with great battery set it up from scratch. To me that's the best way to go.
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Reinstalled from scratch. Android OS/System is what is eating everything on my phone so other apps arent really important.

km8j said:
Reinstalled from scratch. Android OS/System is what is eating everything on my phone so other apps arent really important.
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As much as it will suck, I'd reset it and start over. It should have leveled out by now.
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Today was my first day starting with a full battery. Regular use all day long: lots of texts, several phone calls, checking email, adjusting settings, you name it (but no gaming) - a fairly heavy day of use for me. Unplugged at 7:45 a.m. It is now 4:30 p.m. and I have 63% left. FWIW, I'm pretty happy with that.

Today was my first day on a full charge as well, I took it off the charger at 6:30 am and it had some light use throughout my day. As of me writing this post I'm at 51% which is okay but I feel like if it could be optimized a little better I would be super happy with it.
2 hours of screen on time
Seems like the "phone idle" is hogging..

Mine has been on par with my S5 so far. With this having a taller screen (the width is almost the same), I'd say that's pretty impressive.
It does seem a little unoptimized in certain spots. That is, certain processes may impact battery more than others. For example, geotagging. I turned that off because I felt like it was impacting battery. Bluetooth always stays on because I use it for file send and occasionally use it with my headphones when I go for walks.

Update, day 2 my outlook has turned around. I will post at the end of the day but with 1hr SOT I'm at 82% with an estimated 26.5 remaining. (And this was taken off charger at 6:45am.

Going on day 3 and today had some heavy use. Lots of camera use (video and pictures... Cameras are pretty awesome), texting, ton of taking and watching Snapchats and Instagram. Got up at 6am and writing this now with 52%. So far very happy and hopefully will last.

Well as the day rolls into a close I am suuuuuper happy with my results today. This is for sure my current favorite phone now and ideally as doze acclimates more to my behaviour it will keep getting better! Really loving the display though. Quite captivating to look at.
3hr sot (double yesterday's or so)

This is very disappointing.
I have the H870DS variant and I barely get 4:30h of SOT with 1h of voice calls at 15% battery remaining ( using mixed wifi and 4g )
I see that all of you have a high phone idle usage, higher that the SOT. Really this does not seem very good to me.
Having the OP3T, and using it in the same manner, I was getting 1-1.5 hours more that the G6. What is wrong with it ? For me it looks like a software problem

Help Pls
km8j said:
Reinstalled from scratch. Android OS/System is what is eating everything on my phone so other apps arent really important.
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The same happens with mine LG G6. Based on battery stats it seems that the yop battery consumer is Android OS. Did you factory reset? It yes what happened?

Hi. I have lg g6 (h870) for now 3 weeks. Battery life for me is awesome!!:good: Previous phone was huawei P10. With G6 i have 2 days with 5-5,5 SOT. (with P10 i have 1 day with 4,5-5 SOT). G6 heavy use-26hours on battery i have easy 7-8 hour SOT. Stock FW,no root, V10u
No FB,messenger,instagram. Instaled samsung browser. Bloatware uninstal or disabled.

km8j said:
Had the phone for a week now and battery is horrible. Android system and os destroy it. One hour of be SOT and at 66%. Anyone else?
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I would say that after sometime i discovered that if you factory reset and then if you do not update the LG apps through lg app updater the phone battery performance gets great!!! DO NOT UPDATE WEATHER AND OTHER LG APPS NO MATTER WHAT AFTER FACTORY RESET!

HELP - Only 3-3,5 hours of SOT :crying:
HELP PLEASE! I've had this phone for almost 2 weeks now and I can't manage to get more than 3, 3-1/2 hours of SOT. I use it almost all day with WIFI and screen brightness at an average of 40% or less all day. Phone idle seems to be consuming at least 15-20% of the battery, is that the problem? The other30-35% is consumed by the apps and 15-20% by the system.

Instead of resurrecting ancient threads why don't you read the ultimate battery thread, plenty of things to try there.

Verizon S7 Edge terrible battery life

First time posting. Bought two new S7 Edge phones in late November. My wife can go a day or two or three without charging, similar use with hers. I am lucky to get maybe 6 hours ever since I bought it. I don't use it for gaming, I use social media, email, news, some music, take a lot of pics of the kids, Photoshop, reading, research, etc. My phone is my laptop replacement.
I installed CPU-Z a while back because my phone is often hot. Sensor readings often exceed 150° F with battery temps exceeding 105° (with very little activity).
I've tried charging with rapid charge disabled, decreased screen brightness & resolution, shut down background processes, did malware and virus scans, factory reset, etc. No change.
I do have many apps installed on my phone and I have moved as many as possible to the 64Gb micro sd. No difference. Looking for suggestions. Is this a defective phone? Should I be looking at a replacement? My Note 4, Note II, and Thunderbolt all had much better battery performance.
Your help is appreciated.

I can get like 10-11 hours, did you check "Battery" section to see what is draining her ?

Well I can get even 12h of sot so I don't know how can you get such low battery life. Also, if it heated up to 100° Celsius the battery is not healthy anymore,you should change it

There is absolutely no way that U can get 12 hours of SOT on official rom and with average usage. Don't confuse the OP.
About the problem,
Did U try factory resetting the phone? That should be the first thing to do when the battery is draining abnormally. Also. send us pics of battery usage.

Sorry for the late reply. Apparently I turned my notifications off.
Yes, I have done a factory reset twice in the past few months. I think I'm going to backup in the next week or so and do another one and this time try installing only a minimal set of apps for a few weeks and see how it goes.
Here is a screenshot of my current battery usage. I charged the phone twice today. It's actually doing ok at the moment, usually android system uses the most juice.
Also a shot of the current temps.
Thank you all again!

Battery Issues/Not discharging to 0%/terrible life

VS995, Rooted, been running WETA since last January.
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About 2 months ago I noticed whenever my phone got to 15% battery left when I plugged it in it would reboot. I ignored the issue for a while because I rarely let it get that low.
Recently though I notice my battery life getting very bad. Insanely bad. Not even 2 hours of SOT, dying in 3 hours just using hotspot with no SOT. Losing 10% in a few minutes of active use sometimes.
So I tried some battery calibration apps, tried recharging to 100% and draining again. Tried wiping battery stats. Tried different ROMS.
I flashed desolation ROM tonight and the battery life seems to be really good on it but it ended up shutting off at 24% left.
Battery apps say my battery is in good health, but I'm wondering if the battery itself is bad? Any tips or advice or help of any kind is appreciated. Thanks

imucarmen said:
VS995, Rooted, been running WETA since last January.
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About 2 months ago I noticed whenever my phone got to 15% battery left when I plugged it in it would reboot. I ignored the issue for a while because I rarely let it get that low.
Recently though I notice my battery life getting very bad. Insanely bad. Not even 2 hours of SOT, dying in 3 hours just using hotspot with no SOT. Losing 10% in a few minutes of active use sometimes.
So I tried some battery calibration apps, tried recharging to 100% and draining again. Tried wiping battery stats. Tried different ROMS.
I flashed desolation ROM tonight and the battery life seems to be really good on it but it ended up shutting off at 24% left.
Battery apps say my battery is in good health, but I'm wondering if the battery itself is bad? Any tips or advice or help of any kind is appreciated. Thanks
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Dude the answer is in the question, it's definitely the battery ?.. I've had this problem on my g3 and now on this phone.. One of my batteries dies at 20%

Lol just buy a new battery

Still_living714 said:
Dude the answer is in the question, it's definitely the battery .. I've had this problem on my g3 and now on this phone.. One of my batteries dies at 20%
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jody2k said:
Lol just buy a new battery
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I just wanted to make sure because I've never experienced this issue before. I even hand my smartphones down to my mother and they tend to get over 2 years of use and I've never had to buy new batteries. Thanks for the feedback

If it drops from 24% to 0 then im pretty sure its a damaged battery try it ypu can buy it for less than 20 dollars on ebay
If it drops gradually in standby you could have also a battery drain bug but this is not the case here