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Hello,
After reading alot of reviews about the s7 edge battery life i decided to get it. so i got 2 days ago and was really excited about it. the problem the battery is draining so fast and thats really confusing
ive seen screenshots with 50 hours and 60 hours with estimated time. mine barely shows 7 hours. today for example i left the house at 8 with 92% and now im back wth 36% left screen was on auto with wifi
and 3g and sometime gps on. is this normal? am i being paranoid? is it true that the battery will get better with more days of use?
Please tell me what should i do im really worried that its faulty or something.
PS: i did a factory reset before i use it.
Yes, it will take a couple of days for the battery to level out. Do you have the Exynos or Snapdragon processor? What apps are reporting high battery use? Have you disabled any apps?
Sorry for the barrage of questions, but all of these things play a role in your battery life. I recommend GSAM battery monitor and Greenify with aggressive doze, but I will say that 50-60 hours is ambitious. I can usually get 25-30 hours with about 5 hours of SOT. That is with a combination of wifi, 4g, gps and Bluetooth on (android wear), some gaming and facebook, instagram, etc.
neezy13 said:
Yes, it will take a couple of days for the battery to level out. Do you have the Exynos or Snapdragon processor? What apps are reporting high battery use? Have you disabled any apps?
Sorry for the barrage of questions, but all of these things play a role in your battery life. I recommend GSAM battery monitor and Greenify with aggressive doze, but I will say that 50-60 hours is ambitious. I can usually get 25-30 hours with about 5 hours of SOT. That is with a combination of wifi, 4g, gps and Bluetooth on (android wear), some gaming and facebook, instagram, etc.
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Hi thanks for the reply, yeah its my fault i forgot to mention some information
I am using the Exynos model in Netherlands. the screen is always on the top of the list of the battery usage. im using gsam to monitor the battery and i dont think there is anything unusual there android system on the top using 25% or something. im really scared of using anything so it wont die on me outside today i was only navigating and doing some whatsapp calls on the 3g network "not even 4g". i only disabled facebook and using nova launcher and the AOD is off also. im not sure if i should send it back... how many days are we talking about for the battery to get better? i only want somehow a good battery not worse than my old grand prime. as i said i got it wendesday's evening and now its friday and its still bad
lollimolly said:
Hi thanks for the reply, yeah its my fault i forgot to mention some information
I am using the Exynos model in Netherlands. the screen is always on the top of the list of the battery usage. im using gsam to monitor the battery and i dont think there is anything unusual there android system on the top using 25% or something. im really scared of using anything so it wont die on me outside today i was only navigating and doing some whatsapp calls on the 3g network "not even 4g". i only disabled facebook and using nova launcher and the AOD is off also. im not sure if i should send it back... how many days are we talking about for the battery to get better? i only want somehow a good battery not worse than my old grand prime. as i said i got it wendesday's evening and now its friday and its still bad
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If I'm reading correctly, you are losing about 60% in 5 hours? If so, that is definitely excessive even during the first 2 or 3 days unless the screen was on and the phone active the entire time. Can you post screen shots of you battery stats? Maybe some app is causing the problem, but is not being reported as using too much battery.
Some folks say that the different firmwares have different battery usage. Has yours updated?
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If I'm reading correctly, you are losing about 60% in 5 hours? If so, that is definitely excessive even during the first 2 or 3 days unless the screen was on and the phone active the entire time. Can you post screen shots of you battery stats? Maybe some app is causing the problem, but is not being reported as using too much battery.
Some folks say that the different firmwares have different battery usage. Has yours updated?
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ok someone told me to turn it off and charge to 100% so i dont have enough data now. but im doing a test now with pokemon go lol
the screen is on about 70% brightness wifi and gps are on and radio is off (i have low cell signal now) and music app playing in the background and now after 50 minutes i am at 89% with screen on all the time. do you think this is good or bad?
i just noticed something in most of the screen shots from other people gsam shows about 3.80v near the temperature but mine show 4.07v does this makes any difference?
That sounds normal for an hour of paying Pokemon Go. It's pretty battery intensive. That voltage is just the current battery charge. It'll drop as your battery percent drops.
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I'm very impressed with the screen on time so far on this phone! I am getting on average 7+ hours of SOT which is so much better than any Android phone I have ever used. Anyone else having great battery life on this phone?
samanbabah said:
I'm very impressed with the screen on time so far on this phone! I am getting on average 7+ hours of SOT which is so much better than any Android phone I have ever used. Anyone else having great battery life on this phone?
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Wuuuuuut, 7hrs is astonishing
I also got couple days ago almost same. It was 6hours and still 28% battery left. WiFi & BT off, GPS at battery saver mode. Power consumption mode was performance and using LTE/4G. Lot of better than example Huawei P9.
zige said:
I also got couple days ago almost same. It was 6hours and still 28% battery left. WiFi & BT off, GPS at battery saver mode. Power consumption mode was performance and using LTE/4G. Lot of better than example Huawei P9.
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Whaaat, the honor 8 is having a killer battery
PalakMi said:
Whaaat, the honor 8 is having a killer battery
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ATM You can calculate from that what it would be @0% Its insane... And only using 4G, no WiFi at all.. Signals are 2-3 bars so not evem best signals, lol. I though Samsung Galaxy S7 had great battery but this is insane. Im using Facebook, Messenger, Whatsapp, Chrome etc. All are battery eaters and still... Thanks Huawei!
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ATM You can calculate from that what it would be @0% Its insane... And only using 4G, no WiFi at all.. Signals are 2-3 bars so not evem best signals, lol. I though Samsung Galaxy S7 had great battery but this is insane. Im using Facebook, Messenger, Whatsapp, Chrome etc. All are battery eaters and still... Thanks Huawei!
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I don't know how huawei did this, but I thank them because I'm planning to get this device
PalakMi said:
I don't know how huawei did this, but I thank them because I'm planning to get this device
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I dont know either. Im really suprised. Havent ever seen phone with 3000mah battery and this great battery life. Dont know how much better is Li-Po battery than Li-Ion. Manufacters started using Li-Po's on this year after Q1/2. Ofcourse i think that newer battery type (Li-Po) would be also better but questions is how much better it is on paper?
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I dont know either. Im really suprised. Havent ever seen phone with 3000mah battery and this great battery life. Dont know how much better is Li-Po battery than Li-Ion. Manufacters started using Li-Po's on this year after Q1/2. Ofcourse i think that newer battery type (Li-Po) would be also better but questions is how much better it is on paper?
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I don't know nothing about batteries :/
PalakMi said:
Wuuuuuut, 7hrs is astonishing
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Also this phone only drops 1% battery over night... my Galaxy S7 used to drop like 8% overnight! This phone has an AMAZING battery! but just so you know this all depends how you use the phone, so if you game all day your battery definitely won't last 7 hours lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68480335&postcount=4
Great battery life here too.
samanbabah said:
Also this phone only drops 1% battery over night... my Galaxy S7 used to drop like 8% overnight! This phone has an AMAZING battery! but just so you know this all depends how you use the phone, so if you game all day your battery definitely won't last 7 hours lol
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Amazing SOT and standby, day over day I love this device more and more :
samanbabah said:
Also this phone only drops 1% battery over night... my Galaxy S7 used to drop like 8% overnight! This phone has an AMAZING battery! but just so you know this all depends how you use the phone, so if you game all day your battery definitely won't last 7 hours lol
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This 1% drop overnight was in ultra mode? Or did you leave everything ON and just locked the screen? Because I'm dropping more than 1%, but that's with wifi on. Next night I'm gonna see how it goes in ultra mode overnight.
Battery life is good yes I most often get 6 hours screen on time in 1½-2 days usage.
I am also getting really really good Battery life. 5-6 hours of screen on time with 20% battery remaining. I will post pics later. Last night i took a screen shot and had 3:28mins screen on time with 48% battery left. I am also amazed. some reviews stated battery life was great, but others only average. I can say for certain this is GREAT. I am in the middle power mode. There is so much autonomy on app controls that you can create your own battery life destiny pretty easily. So for so awesome
how you get this great battery time i usually only get between 4-5h of screen on time. Awesome tho for you guys, might be some app i'm using
BudaBang said:
how you get this great battery time i usually only get between 4-5h of screen on time. Awesome tho for you guys, might be some app i'm using
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I could barely make it over 3 hours SOT with 13 hours off the charger.
mwatson said:
I could barely make it over 3 hours SOT with 13 hours off the charger.
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I sympathies with you man... but there must be something really hogging your battery look in to it
mwatson said:
I could barely make it over 3 hours SOT with 13 hours off the charger.
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You're the only one with 3h SOT, an app is draining your battery.
Overnight test with ultra mode resulted in 0% drop by the morning.
YuriMS said:
Overnight test with ultra mode resulted in 0% drop by the morning.
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Wooow, that's amazing :laugh:
How much battery you get when you debloat S8?
Manage open apps
Start up apps
Black Theme
Blackish Wallpaper
etc etc
basic advance user battery settings
I want to buy S8 but 2 things hold me back.
Drop it (with a good case) and brake the screen.
Battery life after debloating with all the advance user battery tweaks.
I usually charge my phone when it gets to about 40% but the few times I did get down to 15% I was around 6.5 hours to 7 hours SOT; that's with Bluetooth, GPS, quad HD, AOD on at all times. Sync, wifi is off.
This phone is fragile. I have a very protective case on it but no case will protect the phone if you're not cognizant with your phone. Don't drop it.
napster855 said:
How much battery you get when you debloat S8?
Manage open apps
Start up apps
Black Theme
Blackish Wallpaper
etc etc
basic advance user battery settings
I want to buy S8 but 2 things hold me back.
Drop it (with a good case) and brake the screen.
Battery life after debloating with all the advance user battery tweaks.
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Can we debloat without root ?
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I charge my s8 when I gets to 20%, and I didn't use it when charging. usually my phone lasts more than 7 hours with some functions on. I think it works fine with me
well that's terrible battery life.... :/
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well that's terrible battery life.... :/
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No it's not. My S8 keeps up with my 3t. My note 4 had terrible battery life with 3 hours SoT. If you need more, you need another category of phones. All flagships get you between 5 and 8 hours of screen time. How long this is in total useage depends on you. I get two solid days out of my s8.
Much better after debloats.
In Idle (aod off): 3hrs/1%
Idle Aod on: 45min/1%
Facebook/web browseing: about 7min/1%
Screen on but not heavy load: 13min/1%
Easy to pass 8hrs or 9hrs (may be 10) Sot on daily use, this phone battery is really incredible
Ps: I used dual sim so phone radio drain battery little more than normal
thahim said:
Can we debloat without root ?
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Yes. Package Disabler Pro.
dkido said:
Much better after debloats.
In Idle (aod off): 3hrs/1%
Idle Aod on: 45min/1%
Facebook/web browseing: about 7min/1%
Screen on but not heavy load: 13min/1%
Easy to pass 8hrs or 9hrs (may be 10) Sot on daily use, this phone battery is really incredible
Ps: I used dual sim so phone radio drain battery little more than normal
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Im sorry but 9-10 hours SOT is impossible unless you have samsung s8+ version. With regular this is impossible. 10% per hour with wifi on is almost impossible. How the hell did u managed that - i could get 7 hours maybe 8 tops with movie playback mostly with no internet connection and minimum brightness. and i dont have drains i already disabled thoes bloats
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Im sorry but 9-10 hours SOT is impossible unless you have samsung s8+ version. With regular this is impossible. 10% per hour with wifi on is almost impossible. How the hell did u managed that - i could get 7 hours maybe 8 tops with movie playback mostly with no internet connection and minimum brightness. and i dont have drains i already disabled thoes bloats
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The true is I am on S8 version. I had the screen shot of 8hrs and 30min SOT and still 20% left. But because tried so much rom, my phone get soft brick, so I had to go back to stock and lost all the data. So you can easily imaging by take a look at the screen shot below
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The true is I am on S8 version. I had the screen shot of 8hrs and 30min SOT and still 20% left. But because tried so much rom, my phone get soft brick, so I had to go back to stock and lost all the data. So you can easily imaging by take a look at the screen shot below
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Still i just tested video movie. Wifi, bluettooth off - only cell reception 2 bars .
Brightness set on 20-25% , powersaving middle ON- it took 7-8 minutes for 1 % of battery. This means ONLY under sthoes conditions, screen on time would give 10-11 hours - meaning turn wifi on, brightness on little higher level u get 8 hours then. BUT if you start surfing the web and mixed use, u get 5-6 hours tops!!!!
If you looked under batterylife of thoes screenshots who had 8 hours or so - they didnt use phone much in browsing or video playback - they prolly just had screen on too test and brag about batterylife.!!! Unless they are lying about having regular s8 instead of s8+ wich does have little longer battery life then s8 , despite bigger screen
I debloated most stuff with Package DIsabler.
I get 5 hours SOT... Just as I did prior to debloating.
All things on, nothing important turned off (such as location)
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Still i just tested video movie. Wifi, bluettooth off - only cell reception 2 bars .
Brightness set on 20-25% , powersaving middle ON- it took 7-8 minutes for 1 % of battery. This means ONLY under sthoes conditions, screen on time would give 10-11 hours - meaning turn wifi on, brightness on little higher level u get 8 hours then. BUT if you start surfing the web and mixed use, u get 5-6 hours tops!!!!
If you looked under batterylife of thoes screenshots who had 8 hours or so - they didnt use phone much in browsing or video playback - they prolly just had screen on too test and brag about batterylife.!!! Unless they are lying about having regular s8 instead of s8+ wich does have little longer battery life then s8 , despite bigger screen
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All things I did is browsing mate, facebook. Plus 15mins of videos calling by Line everyday(and Line eat battery so badly ^^). So it is true, daily uses, wifi is always on, brightness is auto. I love AOD feature, this is why I tried so many Roms/kernel to make it longer
thenessus said:
I debloated most stuff with Package DIsabler.
I get 5 hours SOT... Just as I did prior to debloating.
All things on, nothing important turned off (such as location)
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Can I see your debloat list, may be I can suggest more. But normally, by this way I dont think there is much changes effected
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Can I see your debloat list, may be I can suggest more. But normally, by this way I dont think there is much changes effected
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Thank you for posting XML- ill try it out in bk disable pro. How is your phone working with all of this disabled? any hickups? Did you checked all thoes disabled apps that are ok to disable, so it wont hurt system too maintain device?
Also after u disabled this, how much system ram u have available in background AFTER u close all aplications in multitab.
U said 5 hours SOT - i do get more then that when not using wifi much and more of video playback - i did notest also that if you disable a lotmof bloatware, dosent improved battery life much.
But Dkido guy above, i guess you did managed too get this cause of you using DIFFERENT ROM. maybe this is the case here?!
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Thank you for posting XML- ill try it out in bk disable pro. How is your phone working with all of this disabled? any hickups? Did you checked all thoes disabled apps that are ok to disable, so it wont hurt system too maintain device?
Also after u disabled this, how much system ram u have available in background AFTER u close all aplications in multitab.
U said 5 hours SOT - i do get more then that when not using wifi much and more of video playback - i did notest also that if you disable a lotmof bloatware, dosent improved battery life much.
But Dkido guy above, i guess you did managed too get this cause of you using DIFFERENT ROM. maybe this is the case here?!
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I am now on stock rom mate. I got best result on stock, rooted
dkido said:
I am now on stock rom mate. I got best result on stock, rooted
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Rooted? what did you did that u got less drain then me for example, when browsing net and so on?
dkido said:
Much better after debloats.
In Idle (aod off): 3hrs/1%
Idle Aod on: 45min/1%
Facebook/web browseing: about 7min/1%
Screen on but not heavy load: 13min/1%
Easy to pass 8hrs or 9hrs (may be 10) Sot on daily use, this phone battery is really incredible
Ps: I used dual sim so phone radio drain battery little more than normal
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can you give me a list of all your disabled apps
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Yah, it will a little more time to consider all. Maybe in next morning I will write more. But as fast review I findout a little bit. For example you want to disable Samsung location, you should disable 4 package:
+ app/slocation
+ priv-app/radiolocationservice
+ priv-app/radiolocationmanager
+ priv-app/samsunglocationsdk (sorry if i dont remember exactly the name)
i get barely 3-4h of SOT ? i need some seriously suggestion.. how on earth people manage to get 6-7h SOT? SAME 950F SAME VARIANT..BUT how? just how? what I'm doing wrong? im on renovate 7.2 with xceed kernel..i tried notorious either...that sucks too.. even batstock..not offending..just expressing my sorrow.. please help
i have only 30 apps installed whereas people with so many apps? i never play games... YES I'VE DEBLOATED UNNECESSARY APPS EITHER...
i really need some serious help here..:crying:
I got2 6 hours of sot, Disable AoD and Edge panel.
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Evil... said:
I got2 6 hours of sot, Disable AoD and Edge panel.
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i have already disabled edge panel... calibrated the battery...
razor6_4 said:
i get barely 3-4h of SOT i need some seriously suggestion.. how on earth people manage to get 6-7h SOT? SAME 950F SAME VARIANT..BUT how? just how? what I'm doing wrong? im on renovate 7.2 with xceed kernel..i tried notorious either...that sucks too.. even batstock..not offending..just expressing my sorrow.. please help
i have only 30 apps installed whereas people with so many apps? i never play games... YES I'VE DEBLOATED UNNECESSARY APPS EITHER...
i really need some serious help here..:crying:
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8-9h of SOT here, with stock, pretty sure you wreck your self with rooting a samsung device.
Android-Desire said:
8-9h of SOT here, with stock, pretty sure you wreck your self with rooting a samsung device.
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i never got more than 4hours on stock.. that's why rooted my s8 ?
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8-9h of SOT here, with stock, pretty sure you wreck your self with rooting a samsung device.
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How on earth are you getting 8-9h of SOT? not possible dude
6 hours should be easily achieved with no gaming and no AOD. Don't see why you struggle
dieselhazza said:
6 hours should be easily achieved with no gaming and no AOD. Don't see why you struggle
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that's all i do in my phone..
razor6_4 said:
that's all i do in my phone..
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That doesn't make sense. Maybe defective device
This make sense : @dieselhazza , @razor6_4
XDA APP
Gboard
Messenger
Textra
Chrome
.....
Use app create for your phone (By samsung : Message, internet browser, Keyboard...) and you can see imediatly the difference in smoothness and battery drain .
For example "Don't tuning your car, use the stock part for more security...)
Uncle Samy has expensive R&D department for make application specific for your phone, use it.
That not a troll but, for that apple is smart.
And don't use ton of apps. You can use all option with your phone (AOD, Smart alert, Smart stay......) without any problem because all of them are CREATE FOR YOUR PHONE !
I hope you understand me my english is bad....
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This make sense : @dieselhazza , @razor6_4
XDA APP
Gboard
Messenger
Textra
Chrome
.....
Use app create for your phone (By samsung : Message, internet browser, Keyboard...) and you can see imediatly the difference in smoothness and battery drain .
For example "Don't tuning your car, use the stock part for more security...)
Uncle Samy has expensive R&D department for make application specific for your phone, use it.
That not a troll but, for that apple is smart.
And don't use ton of apps. You can use all option with your phone (AOD, Smart alert, Smart stay......) without any problem because all of them are CREATE FOR YOUR PHONE !
I hope you understand me my english is bad....
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My friend under no circumstances is it acceptable to have such appalling battery life. The only time it is acceptable is if you do heavy gaming. In all other conditions this phone should hit 5 to 7 hrs SOT,
YouTube will always use a lot of battery, especially if there's not an optimal 3g/4g/wifi connection.
Not sure what to do.. tried everything...
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Not sure what to do.. tried everything...
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we are on the same page bro.. ? noting to do thinking of getting pixel 2xl or oneplus 5t
i know many apps drain battery..but after buying a 750$ phone, it's obvious i would use it as much as i want.. but it's not happening.. if one needs to DEBLOAT, block notification etc things, shouldn't they get nokia 3310? fully DEBLOATED no lag and excellent battery..
btw i don't have any defect in my phone... and i don't get easily 6h.. that's what the post is about..
8-9 hrs SOT is just not possible on s8. Its an outlier if its true. Even on Wifi, one might get 5 hrs to max 6 hrs SOT. I would ask folks who are getting it to do a video of their phones and usage to confirm this kind of SOT.
The issue is with standby time and not with actual battery consumption. Sammy's experience 9.0 is also not as optimized as vanilla android. OEMs like Huawei & Xiaomi just nuke their background apps and hence folks get higher standby and thus more SOT
@sp1312 Indian telcos are not optimized for 4G. The max SOT you'lll get on a good day with mixed (wifi+4G) would be about 4-5 hrs which I am experiencing.
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8-9 hrs SOT is just not possible on s8. Its an outlier if its true. Even on Wifi, one might get 5 hrs to max 6 hrs SOT. I would ask folks who are getting it to do a video of their phones and usage to confirm this kind of SOT.
The issue is with standby time and not with actual battery consumption. Sammy's experience 9.0 is also not as optimized as vanilla android. OEMs like Huawei & Xiaomi just nuke their background apps and hence folks get higher standby and thus more SOT
@sp1312 Indian telcos are not optimized for 4G. The max SOT you'lll get on a good day with mixed (wifi+4G) would be about 4-5 hrs which I am experiencing.
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Yes i agree.. i was using reliance jio which only works with VOLTE and it was consuming a lot of battery.. now i have disable the volte sim it seems kind of Ok.. see in the below screen shot stand by time at over the night is very good.. it drain only 3-4% over the night...
linom said:
8-9 hrs SOT is just not possible on s8. Its an outlier if its true. Even on Wifi, one might get 5 hrs to max 6 hrs SOT. I would ask folks who are getting it to do a video of their phones and usage to confirm this kind of SOT.
The issue is with standby time and not with actual battery consumption. Sammy's experience 9.0 is also not as optimized as vanilla android. OEMs like Huawei & Xiaomi just nuke their background apps and hence folks get higher standby and thus more SOT
@sp1312 Indian telcos are not optimized for 4G. The max SOT you'lll get on a good day with mixed (wifi+4G) would be about 4-5 hrs which I am experiencing.
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Yes i agree.. i was using reliance jio which only works with VOLTE and it was consuming a lot of battery.. now i have disable the volte sim it seems kind of Ok.. see in the below screen shot stand by time at over the night is very good.. it drain only 3-4% over the night...
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yes...5h is great...i was happy until i saw those 7-8h sot guys..thanks guys..u gave me a hope to use this phone again.. i was totally frustrated
i also have 4% of drain which is pretty annoying though..hope it will be fixed the oreo official builds ??
i used oneplus one few months back.. if i sleep with 100% it'll stay 100% after 9-10h of sleep.. that's how i got more sot..
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yes...5h is great...i was happy until i saw those 7-8h sot guys..thanks guys..u gave me a hope to use this phone again.. i was totally frustrated
i also have 4% of drain which is pretty annoying though..hope it will be fixed the oreo official builds
i used oneplus one few months back.. if i sleep with 100% it'll stay 100% after 9-10h of sleep.. that's how i got more sot..
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Don't lose sleep over an hour or two of SOT. Just enjoy the phone. As far as it lasts a day, everything is fine.
The trick to higher SOT is keep it's screen on for a few minutes randomly. When I read books on Kindle app or keep looking at photos, my SOT shoots up by an hour. There is usually nothing wrong with our phone, unless there is abnormal battery drain per hour. 2-4% on 4G is absolutely fine.
linom said:
Don't lose sleep over an hour or two of SOT. Just enjoy the phone. As far as it lasts a day, everything is fine.
The trick to higher SOT is keep it's screen on for a few minutes randomly. When I read books on Kindle app or keep looking at photos, my SOT shoots up by an hour. There is usually nothing wrong with our phone, unless there is abnormal battery drain per hour. 2-4% on 4G is absolutely fine.
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that abnormal drain is the issue for some users including me..
Has anyone been getting battery life like this on the Pixel 2XL? After an hour or so of screen on time I'll already be at 80%. I think I noticed it in December. I've been getting 3.5 or 4 hours of screen on time whereas I used to get 6 or 7.
I would say, losing 10% battery for 30min screen on time is quite normal. At this rate you would get 5hrs of SOT.
Judging battery life based on SOT only is quite wrong too. What you were doing on that screen matters. Gaming will be very different from netflix. It also depends on your network signal strength, whether you were on wifi or mobile data, what other background stuffs were running....
You could run accubattery for a week or so and see if your battery is degrading. It also does a pretty good job tracking what apps are using the most battery
Do you use it at maximum brightness?
My first 10% constantly give me about 50-55 minutes
Have you changed usage habits in any way? (more gaming or anything else that maxes out CPU)
Are you in a cell network fringe area and barely get signal? If your phone is struggling to maintain signal, that will drain battery fast.
Do you have a lot of apps using battery/data in the background?
Have you tried a factory reset?
I have not noticed any degradation in battery life since December. I still get at least 6 hours SOT between recharges. When I am using the phone, it typically loses ~10% per hour. When phone is asleep, it drains less than 1% per hour.
I notice me too a drop of battery life since December Patch.
10% give me 1h10 min of video (in wifi) Now it's more 40min, 50min.
And data suck my battery like nothing, it's like snow under sun.
von_block said:
Do you use it at maximum brightness?
My first 10% constantly give me about 50-55 minutes
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I don't use it at maximum brightness.
sublimaze said:
Have you changed usage habits in any way? (more gaming or anything else that maxes out CPU)
Are you in a cell network fringe area and barely get signal? If your phone is struggling to maintain signal, that will drain battery fast.
Do you have a lot of apps using battery/data in the background?
Have you tried a factory reset?
I have not noticed any degradation in battery life since December. I still get at least 6 hours SOT between recharges. When I am using the phone, it typically loses ~10% per hour. When phone is asleep, it drains less than 1% per hour.
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I don't use my phone for gaming at all. I do live in an area now where I don't get great service, but I'm on wifi like 90% of the time. I do keep apps open all the time. I haven't changed how I use this phone at all. I used to get almost 9 hours of screen on time with many apps still open in the background, but I now I don't. I'm starting to think I need a new battery.
Le_Combattant said:
I notice me too a drop of battery life since December Patch.
10% give me 1h10 min of video (in wifi) Now it's more 40min, 50min.
And data suck my battery like nothing, it's like snow under sun.
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I think it's my battery. A couple of months of ago my phone would cut off when I tried taking a picture with Snapchat when my battery was below 30% or so. I looked it up and it's sort of common. Someone said a battery replacement was needed.
TreQuanYoung said:
I think it's my battery. A couple of months of ago my phone would cut off when I tried taking a picture with Snapchat when my battery was below 30% or so. I looked it up and it's sort of common. Someone said a battery replacement was needed.
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How long have you had your phone?
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December updste had the best battery life the moment i jumped from December to feb update my phone wont even last a day.
EeZeEpEe said:
How long have you had your phone?
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Ever since the launch of the phone...since October 2017 I think.
TreQuanYoung said:
Ever since the launch of the phone...since October 2017 I think.
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Same here. Never had a huge drop in percentage after a restart like you described.
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