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 M51 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Getting 17hrs of screen on time minimum on full charge for youtube 3hrs , clash of clans 2hrs and 45-50 mins of calls per day....last 3 days with my usage
Plus Whatsapp of 1 hrs approx per day
gandeepan said:
Getting 17hrs of screen on time minimum on full charge for youtube 3hrs , clash of clans 2hrs and 45-50 mins of calls per day....last 3 days with my usage
Plus Whatsapp of 1 hrs approx per day
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SS or it didn't happen
I've had this phone 2 days and so far I've had 6 hours 31 minutes of screen time and I have 58 percent battery left. This is mostly YouTube, Web browsing, an hour of downloading apps from play store and a bit of emulation (ppsspp) am extremely impressed with the battery life on this phone.
Battery lasts more than 2 days at Medium Power Saving mode with moderate apps usage(no gaming but with youtube, magic fluid live wallpaper, whatsapp, browsing) and SOT approx 13+ hours in these two days. At the end of second day battery remains at 30-35%.
Has anybody here compared to the Moto G8 Power? Is the battery life even better?
GoogleoverK said:
Has anybody here compared to the Moto G8 Power? Is the battery life even better?
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Exactly how do you think a cheap SD 665 11nm chip with a 5,000mAh battery will do against a higher tier SD 730g 8nm chip with a 7,000mAh battery?
Hmmmmm ?
Devilmonkey27 said:
Exactly how do you think a cheap SD 665 11nm chip with a 5,000mAh battery will do against a higher tier SD 730g 8nm chip with a 7,000mAh battery?
Hmmmmm ?
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Could have answered like a normal person.
GoogleoverK said:
Could have answered like a normal person.
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I did... Exactly how do you think they will compare?
@Devilmonkey27 No need for snark...
It was a genuine question, try to provide a genuine answer. Please reply properly or don't reply at all.
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@Devilmonkey27 No need for snark...
It was a genuine question, try to provide a genuine answer. Please reply properly or don't reply at all.
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So exactly how do you think a phone with half the specs will do?
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So exactly how do you think a phone with half the specs will do?
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You're missing the point. My post has nothing to do with that...
I'm simply asking, that if you have anything to add to a thread, please do so in a constructive manner without snark or attitude. It would have been very easy for you to convey your message without being rude or condescending.
If you've got more to discuss on this particular matter, please contact me through a private message (to keep the thread on topic).
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Exactly how do you think a cheap SD 665 11nm chip with a 5,000mAh battery will do against a higher tier SD 730g 8nm chip with a 7,000mAh battery?
Hmmmmm ?
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To come back on it, I have it since today and so far it's looking like the G8 Power has better or equal batterylife, standby drain is somehow bad on the M51, I checked all apps. Still I'll let the software settle and get through more cycles and check Gsam Battery Monitor in a couple of days again.
I honestly blame Samsung's other apps that aren't used and aren't able to be disabled or uninstalled.
Hi guys. I wanted to let you know my findings and provide some test results of galaxy m51 battery life. Firstly, I will outline what was my priority for that test. I wanted to check how long the phone can last mainly on google maps navigation with additional apps in the background. Also this test is a bit static so to speak but had no chance travelling for so many hours. That said I believe SOT was tested correctly for my planned usage. I guess in a real case scenario, I would need to do some more browsing and perhaps occasional screen switch offs during a break like filling up the fuel or stop to rest on a bicycle.
How I performed my test.
1. I did some initial installations, downloaded my apps and logged in to social apps such as FB, Spotify so they can work in the background, send notifications etc.
2. Once I completed the setup, I charged the very new phone to 100%. AccuBatter reported capacity was 6800mAh designed capacity not 7000mAh and estimated capacity 6700mAh.
3. CPU-Z reported Snapdragon 730 so I regret it is not 730G and honestly I do not know how to check with online stores as the packaging does not help with this. Also, I plan to test POCO F2 PRO 8gb ram/256gb version the same way and see how it goes since I get better hardware, but I like SD card slot on galaxy m51. Very useful when resetting the phone.
4. Set google maps navigation, lunched another app which uses GPS and LTE for maps showing speed cameras, road works or dangers which I use alongside with google maps. I also start shuffle play on Spotify to imitate streaming the music in my car or on the bike.
5. WiFi, LTE, GPS, Bluetooth, sync was enabled, blue light filter enabled.
6. Between 15-20 apps were in the background.
7. I unplugged the device from the mains.
8. Initial 15% discharge was with a WiFi connection with my router. Then switched of my router for overnight, left wifi enabled on Samsung but it had to continue downloading data over LTE such as Spotify music streaming. I also changed google map setting to day light only to avoid night backlight.
9. I went to bed? and in the morning there was still a lot of juice.
10. Around 20% discharge I took about 100 pictures most of them in burst mode to simulate a trip where you simply stop and take some snaps.
11. I stopped the test at 1% discharge and noticed no heating problem. The phone was cool during the test.
The overall SOT measured until 1% discharge was a staggering 17h 50m? Below you will find AccuBattery screenshots. At remaining 15% I had still over 2 h 42 m of use left.
This phone reminded me of good, old days of my Samsung galaxy s3 with a Zerolemon 7000mAh?
Now with my galaxy s7 deteriorating battery (current capacity just over 2300mAh) this is a great thing. For Galaxy s7 I also own a KiwiBird powerbank case of 5400mAh right from the beginning wich did its job when away from the mains, travelling etc.
I guess for a more accurate SOT, I would need to add some phone calls and browsing but even with I deduct 2h, it is still nearly 16 h of use. Like for me excellent. I also do not plan gaming.
On the downside of this phone it seems like my galaxy s7 takes a bit better picture, but it just might be my perception of selfies taken. Back camera is also just ok on a cloudy day. Ok but that is an offtopic.
I got my M51 yesterday and I am not fully sure yet about battery lifetime. I have charged it to 100% and about 8 hours and 2.5 hours secreen time later I am at about 90%.
Coming from my Moto Z Play I am not sure yet if I stay with the galaxy. The Mot Z Play with Incipio OffGrid Wireless Power Pack mod is about the same size and weight. Though provides less capacity (3300mAh phone + 2200mAh power mod) but battery lifetime still was bout 3-4 days usually.
The M51 is also getting considerably warmer during use.
I noticed also the Samsung battery saver with medium settings can reduce the CPU clock to max out at 70% which is handy. Not sure if there is any undervolting, underclocking tools as I think I would be perfectly fine with less performance - actually I was able to reach insane battery life on my old Galaxy P1000 with TricksterMod and custom undervolting back in the days.
I still believe better lifetime with the M51 would be possible bz reducing CPU clock and also with better screen brightness control. I noticed many times already that the M51 screen was too bright for me and having to reduce the slider to "minimum" position or very close to it. Also I noticed that the screen brightness slider is not linear at all. So on the last notch on the left side the screen really starts to dim properly while to the right there isn't much change. Also I like still to use automatic screen brightness adjustments but found the automatic adjustment often moves the brightness too high.
Also a possibility to limit the used screen area (e.g. display black bar on bottom/top) would save energy on the AMOLED screen while still providing more than enough screen space.
EDIT: One-Handed mode sort of provides this feature, but not exactly what I was looking for (like cinema-bars on top and bottom and no prominent "one-handed-mode" title.
I will continue to use the M51 for a couple of charges and decide if I am going to trade it again. The phone itself is performing well, supporting VoLTE WiFi calling but seems to lack carrier aggregation for no apparent reason. I strongly dislike the slippery, fingerprint-attracting, cheap-looking plastic backside of it.
I also hate that everywhere you tap it tries to sign up to a Samsung account. Also replaced the launcher with Nova launcher.
Below is the answer to almost all above useless posts
Battery life tests - GSMArena.com
Why I say useless ?
Simply. SOT will be completely different when you read ebooks compared when you watch movies or browse Internet.
Gsmarena does standarised comparison
I am fan of long life battery phones. I used "king" Lenovo P2 for over 2 years. M51 is better.
I'm at the fourth cycle of charge.. and got 15 hrs so far.. have done a heavy idb debloating
maby it will increase over more charging cycles?
i m getting about 20h sot normal usage
facebook lite, browser , youtube , aliexpress and playing alphalt extreme 30 min
wifi and dark mode on
brightness between 10-40 %
data off
location off
this phone have a very good battery
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There is a thread of fellows showing off envious battery life. Let me start one with the opposite lol
I think my phone might be faulty lol....Hope you folks can shed some light on how to improve battery life...
Snapdragon variant
AOD on
Infinity wallpaper on
Wifi and bt scanning off
BT off
Keep screen off setting off
No SHealth
Location history off
ForceDoze installed
Wifi/4g 50:50. 4g signal is quite weak at work though.
Wiped cache partition once after an OTA update.
Reset all app preferences oncr so I can keep an eye out for the access granted.
Auto brightness on
NFC on
Edge lighting on
No FB app, only use the wrapper Swipe with 2 hr update interval
WhatsApp, WeChat, Twitter installed
Adblocker for Samsung internet installed
FHD+
Outlook with 3 email accounts with sync and push on
Google Feeds off
Noticed one strange thing. Proximity sensor gets used quite often when on mobile internet. When on wifi, barely gets used..
Apparently you will be getting 16 + hrs from one charge? Oh that's just an atrocity! Lol.
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Apparently you will be getting 16 + hrs from one charge? Oh that's just an atrocity! Lol.
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I have no idea as to how some folks can achieve close to a day's usage with 4-5 hrs SOT..
I don't even call myself a medium user? Just surfing the internet whilst listing to music (stored on the SD card) whilst communutig (2 hrs in total both ways). Checking emails, a bit of messaging, FB via Swipe, no game at all at this stage (I don't even dare to try lol), etc..
The S8 Battery Life sucks I have to charge it three times a day.
It's been terrible for my S8. I barely touch the thing and I can't get thru a work day. I don't install any social network apps as well since they smash battery.
Going to chat with Samsung about returning it.
Man you sound like me lol. I have this beautiful, powerful piece of technology, amazing screen and all that stuff; and yet, I find myself hesitant to even use my phone. Right now I'm on the bus, testing my battery with mobile data on. I know it won't last long. What did we do to deserve it?
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Sorry to hear some are having battery issues. I'm one of the ones getting all day usage, and then some. I don't know if the info on the video link below will help, but I did setup my phone like the video describes. YMMV
https://youtu.be/rF41hBoK1aM
Samsung recently quite often began to produce models with defects, to the end did not test everything. When negative reviews are typed more, they will release a nude model, with an improved battery and less energy consumption. But most likely there will be some shortcomings in it.
My AT&T S-835 S8+ got excellent battery life - better than my S7e configured exactly the same way. I got a UK Exynos yesterday so I'll be able to compare how the two perform against each other. Most battery issues aren't h/w but user induced by s/w. Conflicting apps, things like Bixby remappers, and using older apps can cause battery drain. So can freezing and disabling some of Samsung's apps because they're co-dependent.
I get 48 hours with 5 hours of on screen time on a single charge.
Of course, I took a few steps to achieve this instead of sticking with out of the box settings.
I turned off AOD
I turned the screen brightness down to just half way.
Greenify - works just as well without root
Use Samsung's built-in management of apps, and shut off some background apps
I did purchase BK Package Disabler, for $1.50 USD it was well worth the price of admission. I don't use things like facebook - I disabled facebook, and any other bloatware apps I don't need.
Under accounts I disabled some google syncing like google fit or google calendar - I don't use those so stopping that is just one less running process in the background.
As with anything else, YMMV, but for me, this was pretty much all that was needed without hamstringing my phone. The important things like Gmail, weather, messaging all work normally
st0nez0r said:
I get 48 hours with 5 hours of on screen time on a single charge.
Of course, I took a few steps to achieve this instead of sticking with out of the box settings.
I turned off AOD
I turned the screen brightness down to just half way.
Greenify - works just as well without root
Use Samsung's built-in management of apps, and shut off some background apps
I did purchase BK Package Disabler, for $1.50 USD it was well worth the price of admission. I don't use things like facebook - I disabled facebook, and any other bloatware apps I don't need.
Under accounts I disabled some google syncing like google fit or google calendar - I don't use those so stopping that is just one less running process in the background.
As with anything else, YMMV, but for me, this was pretty much all that was needed without hamstringing my phone. The important things like Gmail, weather, messaging all work normally
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Would you mind sharing the list of apps that you disabled via BK Package Disabler? Is this app the same as the Package Disabler Pro?
I'm in the poor battery life camp but I know people who are getting great battery life.
I've just installed Greenify and i'm going to try that, my S7 edge just about managed the day and since moving to the S8 i'm changing it in the afternoon to last the night which is annoying
It's been pretty good for me. 4 Hours SOT and gets through to bedtime happily.
I got poor battery life at first too, but then I read in another thread that if you used Smart Switch during initial setup to automatically install apps, that could be the culprit. I did a factory reset and manually installed my apps the 2nd time around and BAM! Awesome battery life.
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I got poor battery life at first too, but then I read in another thread that if you used Smart Switch during initial setup to automatically install apps, that could be the culprit. I did a factory reset and manually installed my apps the 2nd time around and BAM! Awesome battery life.
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I used Smart Switch on my setup and don't have battery life issues, as I stated above, so I'm not sure if Smart Switch is the actual culprit. Like others, I think the root cause boils down to a personal mix of apps, app settings, and possibly bringing over old app settings via manual copying or via Smart switch. At this point, I think a number of us are just shooting in the dark as to the root cause.
Should start a poll which S8 version you have if you have poor battery life. Maybe there's a correlation?
For the record, I'm in the good camp: over 6 hours SOT, last charged about 30 hours ago, and sitting at 38%.
Batterylife on full brightness is on par with other phones such as the iPhone 7 Plus when used at 30-40% brightness. I'd say that the S8 has great battery life! It performs slightly better than my previous phone, the S7 Edge.
Both my S8 and S7 Edge are Exynos models. I attached screenshots of what I sometimes get for batterylife. It varies a lot depending on the severity of my snapchat addiction. I commute in total about 3-4 hours a day (~1 hour by bus, 2.5 hours by train). When I'm on the go or at work, I'm on 4G+. When I'm at home or at university I always use WiFi. While traveling daily from home to University and back, I always listen to Spotify (pre-downloaded, NOT STREAMED) and I read the entire journey (3-4 public transit trip) manga/webtoons (mainly white + colors) or I read PDF's/view powerpoints + social media.
On top of all that, I am a heavy snapchat user. On average, I'd say I use snapchat for about 30-60min a day. I get about 5-8H SOT on average over a full day on automatic brightness. AOD is turned off, the rest is UNTOUCHED. Bluetooth is on as I have it paired with my Huawei Watch. Location is at high precision (simply untouched setting). Nothing disabled either.
From my previous experience with the S7 Edge, when using a stock rom....disabling apps usually result in worse battery life hence I don't disable apps anymore. Also, I never close out used apps.
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The mAh indication at the screen on time screenshot indicates how high the display brightness has been. Mine is well above 1600mAh at merely 8H sot. This indicates a relative high brightness used. If I were to use a lower brightness while the display remains at 1600mAh consumed, my phone would have been able to achieve many hours more SOT. Do keep in mind that lowering brightness does not improve battery-life much on OLED-equipped smartphones.
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The S8 Battery Life sucks I have to charge it three times a day.
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Try limiting the use of VR porn to once a day. :laugh:
Btw, I am using the Snapdragon version I think? Cuz that is the only version available in Australia official?
Seems Exynos version performs better battery life wise?
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Batterylife on full brightness is on par with other phones such as the iPhone 7 Plus when used at 30-40% brightness. I'd say that the S8 has great battery life! It performs slightly better than my previous phone, the S7 Edge.
Both my S8 and S7 Edge are Exynos models. I attached screenshots of what I sometimes get for batterylife. It varies a lot depending on the severity of my snapchat addiction. I commute in total about 3-4 hours a day (~1 hour by bus, 2.5 hours by train). When I'm on the go or at work, I'm on 4G+. When I'm at home or at university I always use WiFi. While traveling daily from home to University and back, I always listen to Spotify (pre-downloaded, NOT STREAMED) and I read the entire journey (3-4 public transit trip) manga/webtoons (mainly white + colors) or I read PDF's/view powerpoints + social media.
On top of all that, I am a heavy snapchat user. On average, I'd say I use snapchat for about 30-60min a day. I get about 5-8H SOT on average over a full day on automatic brightness. AOD is turned off, the rest is UNTOUCHED. Bluetooth is on as I have it paired with my Huawei Watch. Location is at high precision (simply untouched setting). Nothing disabled either.
From my previous experience with the S7 Edge, when using a stock rom....disabling apps usually result in worse battery life hence I don't disable apps anymore. Also, I never close out used apps.
Keep in mind:
The mAh indication at the screen on time screenshot indicates how high the display brightness has been. Mine is well above 1600mAh at merely 8H sot. This indicates a relative high brightness used. If I were to use a lower brightness while the display remains at 1600mAh consumed, my phone would have been able to achieve many hours more SOT. Do keep in mind that lowering brightness does not improve battery-life much on OLED-equipped smartphones.
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This just looks too good to be true
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 Moto X4 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I'm getting 6+ hours and true all day use, easily.
Easily the best SOT of any device I have owned... Over 6 hours yesterday and was at 45% when I plugged in for the night. I don't believe I will need to charge this thing at all other than overnight. Amazing!
Crap I'm getting 4 hours at a stretch.
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Easily the best SOT of any device I have owned... Over 6 hours yesterday and was at 45% when I plugged in for the night. I don't believe I will need to charge this thing at all other than overnight. Amazing!
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The X4 has a bad cell reception. On wifi i get 7-8 hours but in mobile data only 4h maximum
I was off WiFi yesterday traveling and still had nearly 7 hours SOT by 10pm and 12% battery left. I live in rural Wyoming.
I'm at 3.5 hours SOT, and I'm still at 43%. A good bit of that was relatively intensive. I had GMaps download 3 offline maps covering 5 states, Play Music downloaded ~3GB of music for offline. I logged in and set up a bunch of apps (social media, etc), and played Clash Royale for ~1.5 hours.
AccuBattery says I'm averaging 11.2%/hour Screen On, and 0.7%/hour Screen Off.
Clash Royale is ~13-14%/hour, where both my old Nesux 5x and Nexus 7 (2013) were ~25-30%/hour.
I am extremely impressed with the battery life on this. I can't wait to get a kernel with hotplug and root with Greenify to see if I can't get it down even more.
Update: Over a 36 hour period, I got 5.5 hours SOT, and plugged it in with 12% left. That includes running benchmarks, playing games, and all the stuff I mentioned in the previous post. I'm guessing I could get 7-8hours in a day of continuous light usage, and probably an average of 6 hours SOT with a generous mix of gaming and youtube thrown in.
Overall, I'm VERY happy with the battery life.
Had 4:40hr sot at 51% battery
That's Nobody said:
I was off WiFi yesterday traveling and still had nearly 7 hours SOT by 10pm and 12% battery left. I live in rural Wyoming.
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What service provider, Verizon or AT&T? I live in Wyoming too.
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Can anyone help me with this question? I read that an LED screen will consume slightly less power the "whiter" it is, unlike AMOLED. So I've been changing all of my wallpapers, backgrounds, etc. to white/light to help the battery life. Could someone add to this with some facts?
TerpU82 said:
Can anyone help me with this question? I read that an LED screen will consume slightly less power the "whiter" it is, unlike AMOLED. So I've been changing all of my wallpapers, backgrounds, etc. to white/light to help the battery life. Could someone add to this with some facts?
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That is false. OLED or AMOLED screens are made up of thousands (millions) of tiny LEDs, so black backgrounds save power by simply turning off a portion of the screen when it wants to show black. This is why you get battery saving.
The screen on the Moto X4 is a LED-backlit LTPS IPS LCD. Because the backlight is separate from the LCD itself, and the IPS LCD is an active matrix, there's no way to reduce the power consumption simply by changing the color. The IPS LCD has to use power to change the color no matter what it is, so it's kind of irrelevant. The only change that can (and WILL) make a difference on your battery life is brightness of said backlight. This is why everyone knows to lower your brightness to save power.
If there was a way to segment out the LED backlight into a per-pixel basis, then you could obtain the same battery saving features as an AMOLED screen, but at that point you're basically building 1/3 of an AMOLED screen anyways, so why not just build the whole thing?
An interesting side note, because these phones are using LTPS technology, the LCD itself does use less power than older phones, even at the same resolution. It's still dwarfed by the consumption of the backlight, but power saving is power saving, amiright?
wow, this sd630 is awesome! getting 6+ hours with some heavy wifi downloading, installing apps, making a hotspot, streaming music, watching videos, etc.. why did i ever want a flagship?? my old op3 couldn't get close even underclocked and with a black substratum theme lol
battery life is crazy on this phone. what did lenovo/moto do?
i can use it for social media and some gaming and I'm always on 4g and theres days when I dont charge it at all. loving it.
I got 6+ hrs SOT on 1st day let's see how it's perform in next few days
I am getting 8 hours SOT with moderate usage. However I am using data over WiFi only and no gaming.
battery life is great here as well.
even with 2.4ghz wifi (being at reasonable distance from the router),
browsing on screen time with speakers playing music but not on loudest,
i seem to be able to hit 10hours easily.
best phone battery i've had. (compared with Samsung SII plus & Moto g3rd
(I don't play games on my phone tho so i can't comment on that)
i'm a heavy user but only play Marvel contest of champions on my phone sometimes. Mostly i play youtube videos on loudspeaker with maximum volume, check facebook, twitter, chat on whatsapp etc. And i'm still getting nearly 6 hours of screen on time!
I don't track my SOT but definitely impressed with the X4. I normally charge my phone (and remove the charger) before going to bed (12mn) and until now (it's 2pm here), I still have 60% battery left.
I don't play games but I frequently use my phone for social and media consumption.
I'm not worried that my phone won't last til I go home (~10pm).
With my previous phone (HTC 10/ Huawei P10), the battery percentage may be around 40% by now.
Mine on first charging...
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Moto G7 Power's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I am sorry in advance not trying to insult or anything when it comes to battery life of any smartphones in general
But under heavy usage. How long can this phone last?
I'll be travelling soon so i need the longest battery possible
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If anyone is kind enough to conduct one test on this device
There is an app called "photorealism benchmark 2018" (very heavy GPU infinite test)
If someone can download this free and let the phone run from 100% > 0% with around 30% brightness on WIFI and see
I doubt it can last more than 5 hours of screen on time running this app
Hey. I think I will soon upload my experience with light and heavy day to day usage. But if you like to know a bit more about the battery life, maybe this could already help you:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g7-power/review/screen-time-t3898163/page2
Only Playing 3D games/Running 3d Graphic counts
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Hey. I think I will soon upload my experience with light and heavy day to day usage. But if you like to know a bit more about the battery life, maybe this could already help you:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g7-power/review/screen-time-t3898163/page2
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Thanks so much for replying.
I really love to see someone with 5000 mAh battery would do continuous hours test of running any 3D graphic app
like
1: Running 3D benchmark app from 100% > 0% with 40% of brightness and everything on
2: Playing / grinding levels in RPG/MMORPG games
3: Playing games continuously 100% > 0% with 40% brightness and everything on
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FOR ME FAKE SOT is watching YOUTUBE/SURFING WEBSITE/PLAYING LOCAL VIDEOS (OFFLINE MODE)
thienthancongtu said:
Thanks so much for replying.
I really love to see someone with 5000 mAh battery would do continuous hours test of running any 3D graphic app
like
1: Running 3D benchmark app from 100% > 0% with 40% of brightness and everything on
2: Playing / grinding levels in RPG/MMORPG games
3: Playing games continuously 100% > 0% with 40% brightness and everything on
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FOR ME FAKE SOT is watching YOUTUBE/SURFING WEBSITE/PLAYING LOCAL VIDEOS (OFFLINE MODE)
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Well I don't know if I will do some all day long 3d Benchmarks. And I don't think it would suit my needs in daily usage to be honest. I can only give info about the stuff I do with my phone day in and day out. But I will try to get some benchmarking out of your suggestions. But don't expect all too much ? I will do some heavy usage in terms of social apps, media apps, software usage, streaming and gps/ wifi/ data.
Only Playing 3D games/Running 3d Graphic counts
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Well I don't know if I will do some all day long 3d Benchmarks. And I don't think it would suit my needs in daily usage to be honest. I can only give info about the stuff I do with my phone day in and day out. But I will try to get some benchmarking out of your suggestions. But don't expect all too much I will do some heavy usage in terms of social apps, media apps, software usage, streaming and gps/ wifi/ data.
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Thanks for taking your time and report in advance.
You do not have to run benchmarks just leave screen on with some 3D application on (motion 3D app that runs till battery dies)
Heavy usage in terms of social apps wifi can last you like 8-10hrs easily with 5000 mAh
(but everything else is on AS WELL AS 3D app) >> 5-6 hrs max of REAL SOT
thienthancongtu said:
Thanks for taking your time and report in advance.
You do not have to run benchmarks just leave screen on with some 3D application on (motion 3D app that runs till battery dies)
Heavy usage in terms of social apps wifi can last you like 8-10hrs easily with 5000 mAh
(but everything else is on AS WELL AS 3D app) >> 5-6 hrs max of REAL SOT
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Ok. I think I can do that. In terms of SOT i think the 720p display is also an advantage in terms of battery life. I will try to test with video and 3d application. Do you maybe have something in mind to use?
Mondfox said:
Ok. I think I can do that. In terms of SOT i think the 720p display is also an advantage in terms of battery life. I will try to test with video and 3d application. Do you maybe have something in mind to use?
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There are 2 major benchmark tests for free on GOOGLE PLAY
1: Photorealism 2018
2: A bit less power consumption Seascape
(im pretty sure photorealism 2018) will eat this 5000 mAh in about 5-6 hours from 100% > 0% with everything else is on (Sync,40% brightness, Wifi, LTE etc...)
Some people do battery drain with wifi only etc.. i think thats bit off
I prefer to test battery with all options TURNED ON (50% brightness, autosync, lte, cellular, gps)
Then i do battery drain with super heavy 3D tasks
(In this case, i call it under REAL HEAVY ENDURANCE)
1: Photorealism 2018
2: A bit less power consumption Seascape
Sorry i didn't reply that long. I had some health issues. But i'll take those as indicator.
How good is heavy multitasking on this? Several apps open, a lot of browsing on Chrome, frequent WhatsApp/Viber and social media scrolling and camera snaps every now and then?
Moto = dog**** USB ports?
The USB port in my last Moto G(6) went out in about 4 months. I assumed it was a fluke, but 3 months in on the g7, its already 96% gone. VERY specific and random angles will charge but nothing else. Tried different cords, cleaning port, etc (both on this and the g6), doesnt matter. My only conclusion is that Moto uses cheap garbage on one of the most essential parts of the phone. Can anyone confirm this? Im sure I use my USB more than than the common person (Android development) but **** is 3 months a JOKE
Heavy usage experience - IMHO
I have used the Redmi Note 4S, Mi Max 2, Redmi Note 8T and Motorola G7 Power. My typical day is dealing with lots of email, web browsing, whatsapp, wechat some facebook and all the banking software. Mi Max 2 has been my choice of phone for a long time even though it barely carry me through the day. I start normally at 6am and finishes around 9pm. Since using Motorola G7 Power, 95% of the time it will still have power left after 9pm.... normally 20% battery or more. I just wish it has a nicer camera but it is fine with ample lighting. Even the Mi Max 2 will be exhausted 90% of the time before 9pm. As for the Redmi Note 8T, it barely last past 6pm and the even less with Note 4S. If you are a no nonsense worker that is not a gamer, this phone is like a workhorse. Let me know if you have any other questions.
GSM arena has a battery test comparison. Moto G7 Power, is close to the top. I'm very impressed with the battery life. It's the main reason I bought the phone.
https://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3
For general uses like web browsing, banking, simple gaming, etc.,. This phone is PERFECT!
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Don't know how it stacks up to the competition but when picking this phone from the Visible lineup it stood out on the factor of battery life alone.
I give it 5 stars because it has delivered as advertised. Approximately 3 days of battery life... And when I put it on its out of box charger the thing jumps at least 20 percent in an our or less time.
It's totally true... I don't have to feel afraid this thing is going to die on me. I just leave my charger in my room and plug it in (about a fifth of the time I used to think to charge my old phone). Normally I get a bit more conscious about it around 30 percent.
It's 1 am here... And I left my house at 5 pm yesterday. It was at 52 percent and now it's at 38. I've been streaming music, using Google maps... Making the occasional call. And browsing the web on it for the last hour.
I honestly think this phone would remain ready to ring for about a week if left entirely alone.
It's absurd and a great advantage in the notion of the need for a phone that isn't a pain in the @$$.
G7 Power - Battery
Bought mine 2 days ago so can not elaborate on USB-C robustness and overall reliability.
Below my experience so far:
Very bright screen, easy work on it outdoors even in sunny days (wish I could attach pics), if remember well, top brightness is ~630 candelas. IMHO one of the brightest LCD screens esp for a phone that sells for 160$ +Tax.
When got mine, I charged it to 100% before powering up.
After that decided to fully discharge it to give charge controller some data.
Biggest problem was discharging it, took forever:
I was playing YT videos at full brightness in full screen and in windowed mode to make sure it is not going into standby while also texting, updating system and apps and having hotspot running on it (Mobile signal strenght was at ab 50-70%)
It took ab 9hrs (test was going on for ab 10+ but few times forgot to return on time to click on YT button to continue video playback so it went into sleep).
Phone shut down after reaching 1% of battery capacity
Recharging was done on USB-C 60W charger from my Chromebook instead of stock 15W,
phone entered turbo charge state without any issues or overheating:
After 15 min of charging - batt charge level 22%
after 2 hrs of charging - batt charge level 95%
Last 5% took about 30 min as I am sure charger was in a slow charge for safety.
I was performing full charge-discharge curve to train the battery controller so in real life I guess phone will go into charging at ab: 10-15% and be off the charger at 90% as the extra few percent makes no difference while unnecessarily extend charging time and stress on the lithium cell.
So I estimate total charging time in daily use scenario will be ab 90min every 2-3 days (in my case, no gaming no binge YT watching etc).
IMHO a very good workhorse for a heavy duty daily use (but not for gaming or advanced photography, video shooting) at very low price!
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thienthancongtu said:
Thanks so much for replying.
I really love to see someone with 5000 mAh battery would do continuous hours test of running any 3D graphic app
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1: Running 3D benchmark app from 100% > 0% with 40% of brightness and everything on
2: Playing / grinding levels in RPG/MMORPG games
3: Playing games continuously 100% > 0% with 40% brightness and everything on
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FOR ME FAKE SOT is watching YOUTUBE/SURFING WEBSITE/PLAYING LOCAL VIDEOS (OFFLINE MODE)
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For me you are either a troll trying to make people put thermal damage on their phones or a real gaming addict that needs a high end gaming rig not a smartphone - mobile devices of any kind are not for hardcore 100% duty cycle gaming, video editing etc.
BTW G7 Power sell for 160$, pocket change, buy one and run on it any crazy and destructive tests you dream about.
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Samsung Galaxy A71's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Phone lost 24% overnight. Culprit seems to be Facebook services, which in turn triggered Google services (for GPS location). I've disabled all the FB crap now and I'll see how it goes today...
Update 19/02 - I'm using Swipe Pro for Facebook and since then the battery seems to have settled. Getting really good battery life now with not too much standby drain.
The 730G is dreadful on my Xiaomi Mi Note 10 - which has an even bigger, ~5200mAh battery. It performs much worse than my OnePlus 7 Pro with 4000mAh. IMO the chipset (730/730G) is NOT power efficient.
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The 730G is dreadful on my Xiaomi Mi Note 10 - which has an even bigger, ~5200mAh battery. It performs much worse than my OnePlus 7 Pro with 4000mAh. IMO the chipset (730/730G) is NOT power efficient.
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Likely a device specific problem. Notebookcheck test power consumption in idle, sd 730/g phones are within the same range of comparable mid range SOCs. A71 in particular consumes pretty much the same as Pixel 3a for example (Snapdragon 670), more under load but it's quite a bit more powerful as well, consumes less than Galaxy A51 (Exynos 9611), way less than Huawei P30 lite (Kirin 710) and quite a bit less than Oneplus 7 pro as well for that matter. It uses the same modem as sd 710 and 712 so that's not a problem either.
I have 2-4% standby battery drain. But I checked all apps for background battery usage, I don't use facebook app. The only background apps I use are email, sense flip clock and I use greenify on top of that.
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I have about 15% battery drain in flight mode during the night. I feel this is a CATASTROPHY! What is causing this??? Is there a FREE app that can find what app is doing this? If I check in the settings, it says all apps has drained 0% during the night..
Hey, am thinking of buying an A71 and was wondering if you still have battery issues please?
I have wifi off and Bluetooth for watch, No FB . I get 1 or 2% loss mainly messenger lite , and my games I don't shut down .. with wifi on an average day its about 40% loss . that with wifi always on , games being played, youtube etc ... Since taking of FB I have noticed a huge difference, as before I was loosing 10/20 % at night and 70% in the day ... now I charge once every 2 days, which is not bad ...
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Phone lost 24% overnight. Culprit seems to be Facebook services, which in turn triggered Google services (for GPS location). I've disabled all the FB crap now and I'll see how it goes today...
Update 19/02 - I'm using Swipe Pro for Facebook and since then the battery seems to have settled. Getting really good battery life now with not too much standby drain.
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if U use Facebook Messenger , just remove it and test your phone again
if its not gonna helpful , just check what app drain your battery in setting
Same problem. Just got mine and lost 25% overnight. AOD is not even on. I disabled Facebook the instant I took it out of the box so it isn't that. Must be another app but not sure which. All the same apps I was using on my previous device and had no issues like this.
My battery life is horrible on my A71, I come home from work with 10%, on my P20 Pro which has a smaller battery is 65-70%. I have already used package disabler to disable the crap and its still happening. Going to be returning this phone.
Standby Drain on A71 Samsung
I have the phone for 1 week now and the battery I can say is performing very poor. Just got it to 100% then after 1 minute suddenly went to 99% and after 5 mins suddenly went to 98% just on standby mode. Can anyone please explain me why this is happening?
My device is always optimized (no background processes running). Every app (even the useful ones) I have put to sleep, which means I'm sacrificing on not getting the notifications when the internet is connected as those those apps are put to sleep but I did it just to put my battery on right track. Still no significant benefit.
Standby drain is the biggest issue I'm facing. Early 2% drops from 100% for no reason at all. At night time, I see at least 3% drop in 4 to 5 hours standby with wifi off and zero brightness and dark mode on and always-on display disabled, battery saving mode on and no app running in the background.
I'm having 1% battery drop every 10 mins for just reading comments on XDA developer or GSMArena with brightness to 0%, no extra app working in background, have put all the apps to sleep when not in use, no multimedia use, always-on display disabled, dark mode on, battery saving mode on. So, when I'm using Chrome, I'm only using Chrome. When I'm watching Youtube videos on app with 20% brightness and 60% volume, I'm having 1% drop every 7 to 8 mins. I see variability between each % drop. Like for example, sometimes it drops 1% at 4 mins interval and after that it will take 8 mins to drop a percent.
I have never been so confused in terms of battery life before. Someone from Samsung should at least come forward and explain to us what is going on.
From the reviews, the new updates doesn't have much to offer in terms of battery life. I haven't gotten the update yet.
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I have the phone for 1 week now and the battery I can say is performing very poor. Just got it to 100% then after 1 minute suddenly went to 99% and after 5 mins suddenly went to 98% just on standby mode. Can anyone please explain me why this is happening?
My device is always optimized (no background processes running). Every app (even the useful ones) I have put to sleep, which means I'm sacrificing on not getting the notifications when the internet is connected as those those apps are put to sleep but I did it just to put my battery on right track. Still no significant benefit.
Standby drain is the biggest issue I'm facing. Early 2% drops from 100% for no reason at all. At night time, I see at least 3% drop in 4 to 5 hours standby with wifi off and zero brightness and dark mode on and always-on display disabled, battery saving mode on and no app running in the background.
I'm having 1% battery drop every 10 mins for just reading comments on XDA developer or GSMArena with brightness to 0%, no extra app working in background, have put all the apps to sleep when not in use, no multimedia use, always-on display disabled, dark mode on, battery saving mode on. So, when I'm using Chrome, I'm only using Chrome. When I'm watching Youtube videos on app with 20% brightness and 60% volume, I'm having 1% drop every 7 to 8 mins. I see variability between each % drop. Like for example, sometimes it drops 1% at 4 mins interval and after that it will take 8 mins to drop a percent.
I have never been so confused in terms of battery life before. Someone from Samsung should at least come forward and explain to us what is going on.
From the reviews, the new updates doesn't have much to offer in terms of battery life. I haven't gotten the update yet.
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Had the same issue and no matter what I did couldn’t fix it. I turned this off turned that off, lowered this, reduced that. In the end I gave up and returned it. Shouldn’t be that much of an effort but then it always seems to be with Samsung. Huawei for example it’s just ready to go and works flawlessly out of the box. For a phone that had 4500mah battery it performs nothing like it. I bought the new iPhone SE, it’s battery is tiny 1800mah or something and it lasts longer than the A71.
47% overnight, with no use. It's my second A71. The first, the battery seemed normal. But I did not observe this detail carefully. I changed it the first time due to the infamous discoloration defect of the screen on a gray background with low brightness. Now the second, in addition to the same discoloration defect of the screen, the battery does not last! I went to sleep, the battery at 47%. Wifi off. Mobile data off. GPS off. Bluetooth turned off. Vibration off. Always on Display off. NFC Off. Sim card removed. Only Whatsapp running in the background. All other apps have been configured to be suspended in the background. Approximately 8 hours later, without any use, the battery has zeroed. I have a Samsung Galaxy A7 2017, which has 3 years of use and a 3600MAh battery worn by hundreds of charge cycles, and yet its battery is WELL better than the Galaxy A71, which has 4500MAh and a few days of use. If a new cell phone discharges at this rate, imagine after about 2 years of use. You will need to recharge every hour. Turning the adaptive battery on or off for me made no difference. During normal use, it discharges quickly, but the problem is much more evident at night, when the device is not in use. It seems to drain as much energy in idle mode as in normal use.
The quality of Samsung's products is dropping every day. 3 years ago, you could buy an intermediary made of metal and glass. Protection IP68, OIS and Gorilla Glass 4. Today, the devices that cost almost the same as the high end, are all made of plastic. Without IP68. Gorilla Glass 3 (obsolete technology from 2013), without OIS, and batteries that although bigger, last less. Quality decreases and price increases. It is unfortunate.
h8Aramex said:
The 730G is dreadful on my Xiaomi Mi Note 10 - which has an even bigger, ~5200mAh battery. It performs much worse than my OnePlus 7 Pro with 4000mAh. IMO the chipset (730/730G) is NOT power efficient.
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I have the 730G 8GB ram variant on my A71 (This is the standard in the PH) and my phone lasts for 2 days with social media and youtube usage. OST is between 6-7 hours so no issues with the chip itself, the phone software is probably not optimized properly with the Mi Note 10.
DOVahFeyN said:
I have the 730G 8GB ram variant on my A71 (This is the standard in the PH) and my phone lasts for 2 days with social media and youtube usage. OST is between 6-7 hours so no issues with the chip itself, the phone software is probably not optimized properly with the Mi Note 10.
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So what's happening to the other people in this thread? Is it a case of just too many bad apples (bad/broken devices) or... ?
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So what's happening to the other people in this thread? Is it a case of just too many bad apples (bad/broken devices) or... ?
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I think we need to put things into context first. None of them talked about what apps they had running, what settings they used, etc. Also, the other dude talked about the Huawei when that phone is known to aggressively kill apps very quickly in the background to save battery as a default. You can also do that with Sammy's but you need to activate it first.
As for my phone, it's set on its default out of the box-setting which is optimized if that at all matters.
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So what's happening to the other people in this thread? Is it a case of just too many bad apples (bad/broken devices) or... ?
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I think we also need to look at which carriers are having issues. I have an open line international variant and I've had none of the issues in this thread.
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Hey, am thinking of buying an A71 and was wondering if you still have battery issues please?
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If you can find an open line (not tied to any carrier) international variant, it doesn't have any issues.
guitarsmurf2501 said:
Phone lost 24% overnight. Culprit seems to be Facebook services, which in turn triggered Google services (for GPS location). I've disabled all the FB crap now and I'll see how it goes today...
Update 19/02 - I'm using Swipe Pro for Facebook and since then the battery seems to have settled. Getting really good battery life now with not too much standby drain.
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Mine was a bit power hungry at first 6 months ago
Now that i shut off and tried to kill all processes but active ones my battery is AMAZING!
So to compare I read your post last night at around 11 ish to midnight topped off the phone to 94%, and it dropped to 93% just before i went to sleep
killed all the processes with built in battery device care and also greenify.
woke up today at 8:30am and the batter was at 90% and dropped to 89% after a min of use.
So 3-4% over eight or nine hours.... I"m pretty happy with that.
Hi, I just got my S20+ 5G (exynos processor) 3 days ago, and I'm very disappointed. The phone get warm and drops frames during normal scrolling through the UI so easily and the battery drop percentage is huge (I installed Accubattery to get exact status) and as you can see 21% of battery is gone while the screen is off?!!
The phone settings as below :
WIFI + NFC + GPS : Off
Screen : 120 Hz and brightness is Auto
SIM: 2 first locked on LTE and the second on 3G and the coverage at my place is excellent
What do you think? Am I an isolated case or do you have a similar issues, especially the power consumption during screen of time.
I feel its very new. Give sammy sometime to mature the software for 120 hz. I feel 120 hz is the cause for the drain i think.
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paras said:
I feel its very new. Give sammy sometime to mature the software for 120 hz. I feel 120 hz is the cause for the drain i think.
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My main concern is the consumption when screen is off which is not related to 120 Hz
Have you restored a backup from an older phone?
Isn't wifi more efficient than LTE and 5G? Maybe keep that on and see if you notice a difference. Switch to 60 hz as well.
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Have you restored a backup from an older phone?
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No
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Isn't wifi more efficient than LTE and 5G? Maybe keep that on and see if you notice a difference. Switch to 60 hz as well.
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I don't have WiFi, I have unlimited data sim which i been using it for the last year, haven't faced any issues with power consumption in my older phones
This seems like the normal exynos problems. In some cases (back on my s9/s10/n10+) experiences, these phones have had catastrophic battery lifetimes. Maybe it'll settle after 2-3 days, but I think it'll stay that way.
With adaptive battery, the phone must first learn your usage etc...I saw some videos where the people complain regarding the 120hz using a lot of power...25% more then with 60hz
I just received an update today, I'll see if it improves the heat/battery issues I have
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i have s20+ as well and i do agree during heavy usage ''exynos'' the phone gets very warm too warm one time i cant even use it to my face to talk to the person im on a call.
for battery life, give it a few days to gain the full potential of the battery. then try again.
Hey s20 plus users, anyone of you have issues with the auto focussing with the 64mp camera? Cuz I do, my plus just wont focus on the subject automatically, I have to click on the subject for it to focus. Is that normal? or is it supposed to focus automatically??
Oh and I once had a 30%-35% battery drain over night, insane!
Exynos variant that is. lol
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Hey s20 plus users, anyone of you have issues with the auto focussing with the 64mp camera? Cuz I do, my plus just wont focus on the subject automatically, I have to click on the subject for it to focus. Is that normal? or is it supposed to focus automatically??
Oh and I once had a 30%-35% battery drain over night, insane!
Exynos variant that is. lol
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I always click on the subject I want to shoot so I didn't notice this problem..
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I have an S20+. And the firmware reports 4,370 capacity which is the guaranteed minimum capacity. Not the reported capacity comes from the phone firmware NOT the app. The estimated actual capacity comes from the app. The capacity the manufacturers advertise is the "average" capacity. Also I've used Accubattery for a couple months now and it reports 94% health, this doesn't mean my battery actually has the advertised 4,500 mah capacity. The health is based on the phone accurately measuring the exact charging current of the charger which isn't a perfect measurement.
Generally these battery apps are good for measuring the RELATIVE change in the health of your battery over a long period of time, or, checking the battery health when you purchase a refurb/used phone. For new phones, anything 92% on up in my opinion is an indication the battery is good and essentially in like-new condition. On renewed/used phones, that are 1-3 years old, I think anything at about 85% up shows the battery is still pretty good. It's when you start to dip below 75% is it probably a reliable sign you probably could benefit from switching to a newer phone/battery.
Also, it is not uncommon when a phone is brand new or after installing some new apps, your battery usage can temporarily jump for a day or two. The most important stat to look at in Accubattery is the current (not average) Screen Off Dishcharge rate in % per hour. If it's around 1% or lower, then you don't have a lot of apps doing stuff in the background to eat battery. If it's like 2% or more, then go into Settings > Device care > Battery > Battery Usage and look at what apps are using a lot of battery that have more background time than foreground. Those are what's eating your battery and you need to see if there are settings in the app to minimize background usage, or make sure they are not excluded from the Optimize Battery Apps list (some apps have to operate all the time in the background though.)
I received the stable 11 update and my battery wasn't great, after a few days it's actually been pretty good, had 100 charge at 9 in the morning and have been using phone throughout the day in work and its now 5:19 with 72 %, exynos