AT&T S6 and optimization - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6

I just wanted to confirm that this phone doesn't have the app optimization and battery details that Samsung released along with 5.1.1 and latest patches?
I've got build BOJ7 and under battery I only have the battery life graph, I can't even tap this to get any more details (like signal strength and time awake). Smart Manager isn't in the apps tray either.
I don’t have any real problems, I just want to confirm I'm not missing something.

I'm pretty sure AT&T either removed or disabled that functionality, luckily 6.0 should be here in a few weeks or so depending on how long AT&T takes so maybe late Jan early Feb?

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T-mob Galaxy S6 5.1.1 Updated -> Significant power draw when WiFi enabled

For some reason after the 5.1.1 update on my T-mobile Galaxy S6 it was running hot and looking at the power consumption it was draining the battery quickly. It drained about 15% of the battery in less than an hour w/ nothing running in the background, and the battery usage is displaying 1% for everything for some reason. The one on top is com.tmobile.pr.adapt.
I wasn't sure if T-mobile pulled something stupid like making one of their apps that communicates to their network, but only over their data (i.e. not over wifi - like they do with showing your account information.) So, I turned off the WiFi to let it run off of LTE for a while. It cooled down and power consumption went back to normal (for being on LTE.) I let it sit for a couple hours that way, then switched back to WiFi and within a few minutes it was heated back up and power draining fast for some reason. There's no indication of things being downloaded but it's drawing way too much power.
Note I've rebooted it 3 times w/ same type of power activity.
Any thoughts, and anyone know how to role back to 5.0?
If you took the ota or used Odin to update you can't downgrade. I told everyone first thing this morning a downgrade won't be possible. Have you done a factory reset since updating?
I did a factory reset when I updated and battery life has been good with no strange issues.
mikeyinid said:
If you took the ota or used Odin to update you can't downgrade. I told everyone first thing this morning a downgrade won't be possible. Have you done a factory reset since updating?
I did a factory reset when I updated and battery life has been good with no strange issues.
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Haven't tried a factory reset yet. I figured I couldn't downgrade as that's typical. I left it overnight w/ WiFi enabled and it drained downfrom 100% to 60% within the first 2hrs and then started draining slower to about 36% over then next 10hrs.
I topped it off w/ WiFi turned on and it felt like it was running hot. Left the house to run some errands for an hour and it only dropped to 96% (WiFi turned on but not connected.)
I've just got back from that, I'm going to let it sit for an hour w/ WiFi on but will leave it sit and see what happens. Personally I don't want to do a Factory Reset but if I'm still having the issue that's where I'll go. I had a similiar issue for a while on my S4 but it went away after a couple weeks.
EDIT: Ok, almost an hour later and it's only dropped about 3% while the WiFi was enabled and connected. I guess whatever was causing that has settled down. Thankfully no Factory Reset was required.
It is because of a stupid bug on WiFi calling (the mobile antenna does not turn off and it drains the battery). If you want to use wifi, just disable wifi calling, and you should be ok
I'm having a similar experience as TAZ427. Just updated my T-Mobile GS6 edge to 5.1.1 with OTA. I immediately noticed the phone was somewhat warmer. Battery monitor reveals that com.tmobile.pr.adapt is now #1 on the list. I tried killing that process several times but keeps coming back.
I also notice that despite being connected to my home WiFi, the "4GLTE" icon comes on and off constantly (1 second on, 3 seconds off, repeat...). Before the update, 4GLTE rarely came on while on WiFi. So probably the increased battery drain and heat are due to radio usage, not necessarily extra CPU utilization.
Not sure what com.tmobile.pr.adapt is for, or if it can be disabled. Would love to hear any guidance on that. As a side note, I had TMO grant me a SIM unlock -- I'm actually on Straight Talk (AT&T MVNO). So this service is running despite my phone not actually using the T-Mobile network.
I'm going to continue observing for the next couple of days before doing a factory reset. Really hoping to avoid that...
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I'm having a similar experience as TAZ427. Just updated my T-Mobile GS6 edge to 5.1.1 with OTA. I immediately noticed the phone was somewhat warmer. Battery monitor reveals that com.tmobile.pr.adapt is now #1 on the list. I tried killing that process several times but keeps coming back.
I also notice that despite being connected to my home WiFi, the "4GLTE" icon comes on and off constantly (1 second on, 3 seconds off, repeat...). Before the update, 4GLTE rarely came on while on WiFi. So probably the increased battery drain and heat are due to radio usage, not necessarily extra CPU utilization.
Not sure what com.tmobile.pr.adapt is for, or if it can be disabled. Would love to hear any guidance on that. As a side note, I had TMO grant me a SIM unlock -- I'm actually on Straight Talk (AT&T MVNO). So this service is running despite my phone not actually using the T-Mobile network.
I'm going to continue observing for the next couple of days before doing a factory reset. Really hoping to avoid that...
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I'm noticing the exact same thing as far as the 4G LTE icon + WiFi and it's pissing me the f*** off. I've Factory Reset and everything after 5.1.1 update. I'm on MetroPCS with a TMO phone.
I never had this issue before the update
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rico-b said:
I'm having a similar experience as TAZ427. Just updated my T-Mobile GS6 edge to 5.1.1 with OTA. I immediately noticed the phone was somewhat warmer. Battery monitor reveals that com.tmobile.pr.adapt is now #1 on the list. I tried killing that process several times but keeps coming back.
I also notice that despite being connected to my home WiFi, the "4GLTE" icon comes on and off constantly (1 second on, 3 seconds off, repeat...). Before the update, 4GLTE rarely came on while on WiFi. So probably the increased battery drain and heat are due to radio usage, not necessarily extra CPU utilization.
Not sure what com.tmobile.pr.adapt is for, or if it can be disabled. Would love to hear any guidance on that. As a side note, I had TMO grant me a SIM unlock -- I'm actually on Straight Talk (AT&T MVNO). So this service is running despite my phone not actually using the T-Mobile network.
I'm going to continue observing for the next couple of days before doing a factory reset. Really hoping to avoid that...
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You guys are finally confirming what I noticed since first time I upgraded. Data turns on automatically and that only happens when wifi is on. Sucks.
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I'm noticing the exact same thing as far as the 4G LTE icon + WiFi and it's pissing me the f*** off. I've Factory Reset and everything after 5.1.1 update. I'm on MetroPCS with a TMO phone.
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You guys are finally confirming what I noticed since first time I upgraded. Data turns on automatically and that only happens when wifi is on. Sucks.
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I think I found a semifix, someone else will have to investigate because I have no idea what I actually did or if it's a longterm fix...
Go to Data Usage in Settings, find com.tmobile.pr.adapt or whatever it is, turn OFF Background Data. Go to Application Manager, find com.tmobile.pr.adapt and Force Close, Clear Data. I wasn't able to disable it but it seems the Background Data being turned off fixed it.
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I think I found a semifix, someone else will have to investigate because I have no idea what I actually did or if it's a longterm fix...
Go to Data Usage in Settings, find com.tmobile.pr.adapt or whatever it is, turn OFF Background Data. Go to Application Manager, find com.tmobile.pr.adapt and Force Close, Clear Data. I wasn't able to disable it but it seems the Background Data being turned off fixed it.
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I did that. Will let you know
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rico-b said:
I'm having a similar experience as TAZ427. Just updated my T-Mobile GS6 edge to 5.1.1 with OTA. I immediately noticed the phone was somewhat warmer. Battery monitor reveals that com.tmobile.pr.adapt is now #1 on the list. I tried killing that process several times but keeps coming back.
I also notice that despite being connected to my home WiFi, the "4GLTE" icon comes on and off constantly (1 second on, 3 seconds off, repeat...). Before the update, 4GLTE rarely came on while on WiFi. So probably the increased battery drain and heat are due to radio usage, not necessarily extra CPU utilization.
Not sure what com.tmobile.pr.adapt is for, or if it can be disabled. Would love to hear any guidance on that. As a side note, I had TMO grant me a SIM unlock -- I'm actually on Straight Talk (AT&T MVNO). So this service is running despite my phone not actually using the T-Mobile network.
I'm going to continue observing for the next couple of days before doing a factory reset. Really hoping to avoid that...
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I am having the same issue and my phone is not usable now since the battery is awful. My s6 is temporary unlocked for a month since I am out of the states. I am afraid this is happening for unlocked s6's only. The trick of restricting background data for the "com.mobile.pr.adapt" seems to be working for now.
kojaraty said:
I am having the same issue and my phone is not usable now since the battery is awful. My s6 is temporary unlocked for a month since I am out of the states. I am afraid this is happening for unlocked s6's only. The trick of restricting background data for the "com.mobile.pr.adapt" seems to be working for now.
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My S6 is not unlocked, it's a T-Mobile variant right out of the box activated on MetroPCS. If I had to venture a guess it would be that this is only happening to phones not on T-Mobile, not necessarily just unlocked. I'm assuming that com.tmobile.pr.adapt is some kind of phonehome or data reporter for T-Mobile but since we're not on T-Mobile it keeps bouncing back and getting stuck in some stupid loop.
I have the same problem with my unlocked t-mobile device (running on att). I wouldn't be so pissed if the update at least fixed the memory drain, but noooooope. Now I'm stuck with a 450mb phone that crashes and has bad battery (last two are new).
I did that small hotfix, and will check back.
Has everyone cleared the cache partition? Since the update, is the download booster automatically set to on?
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Has everyone cleared the cache partition? Since the update, is the download booster automatically set to on?
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The download booster is set to off after the 5.1.1 update
Happy to report that for me, this "com.tmobile.pr.adapt" issue has effectively gone away. Things started getting better after I cleared the cache and data for this process. I also restricted its background data as was suggested by others. Not sure which of those actions did the trick. Just theorizing, but another possibility is that T-Mobile was simply collecting post-update metrics from their phones for QA purposes, and that this was all just a short term annoyance. Anyone still seeing battery drain and heat higher than normal due to this process?
Anyway, "com.tmobile.pr.adapt" is no longer registering on my battery usage menu, or on CPU utilization list when I run OS Monitor. The phone is performing well overall (no worse than before the 5.1.1 update, anyway).
Excellent battery life for me. I had over 17 hours in total & 3+ hours on screen time. Only problem is i cant seem to install downloaded apps manually
Thanks
FatalIll said:
I think I found a semifix, someone else will have to investigate because I have no idea what I actually did or if it's a longterm fix...
Go to Data Usage in Settings, find com.tmobile.pr.adapt or whatever it is, turn OFF Background Data. Go to Application Manager, find com.tmobile.pr.adapt and Force Close, Clear Data. I wasn't able to disable it but it seems the Background Data being turned off fixed it.
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After the 5.1.1 update this morning my S6 went from a 100% charge to 10% in about 2.5 hours which was disheartening. Tried a factory reset which didn't help. Even charging from a USB port didn't stop it from draining the battery (just drained slower)! Called TING and they had no idea. But this seems to be working for me too. Thanks!!! I'll email TING to let them know about the fix, may help with a future update?
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After the 5.1.1 update this morning my S6 went from a 100% charge to 10% in about 2.5 hours which was disheartening. Tried a factory reset which didn't help. Even charging from a USB port didn't stop it from draining the battery (just drained slower)! Called TING and they had no idea. But this seems to be working for me too. Thanks!!! I'll email TING to let them know about the fix, may help with a future update?
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I think it has more to do with T-Mobile pushing a fix or an update, because whatever they did to 5.1.1 on their end royally screwed anyone using their branded S6 on another carrier. I don't know the proper channels to make T-Mobile aware of this.
I have the same annoying problem on my 920T. I bought it from t-mo, unlocked it and am using it in Italy. As soon as I got the 5.1.1 update, com.tmobile.pr.adapt started killing my battery. I just enabled the "restrict background data" and will let you know how it goes...

S9 June Patch performance and battery life discussion

How is everyone else's phones doing after this update?
Haven't gotten an security update since april?
I've got the update 8 hours ago so i can't answer that question.All i can tell you is that they've improved the camera and added Night mode to it
I just got it for my Indian CSC S9 and battery life seems abit better than usual. Will do some more testing and reply back.
Got the June patch a week ago. However, being the Snapdragon model on AT&T meant not getting night mode for the camera, and pretty much nothing else special either. Just the security patch.
So far, battery drain is about the same.
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So I use gestures instead of buttons and now the recents swipe up is too far over to the home button so 9 times out of 10 when I flick up for home the recents opens ? was fine before June update.
Do they even check their changes before releasing the updates ?
Sigh..... Battery life is abysmal, so peed off now.
My baterry after uptade June is **** ??
Idle/Doze battery life has improved a lot for me with the June update its not draining much through the night now, normal usage life is the same as it was prior to the update
I dont even have the June update and I feel like my battery is ****. I had facebook set to sleep if app is not in use. Disabling it completely to see if it helps but any other suggestions? I have the AT&T version running the May 2019 update.

Battery Draining (May - June) Updates

Does anyone notice a battery draining from those monthly updates because my phone started having that problem when I update to June. If someone has fix on this please tell me/us
Small Conversation from Reddit that has same problem with me - https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS9/comments/c4di2o/battery_june/
Notice yes. Just got my phone a month ago. Came refurbished from some funky place. Old software version, but what do I care. Battery life about 2 days. 9 software updates later, battery doesn't even last one day.
Maybe it's AT&T's network monitoring tool they use at the cost of their customers, bad bloatware or maybe Samsung/Qualcomm screwing me over, but it seemed like it all started about the same time to network logo changed to 5G wannabe. I had a software update almost every second day for 2 weeks, but definitely there has been a difference.
I got this phone thinking my S7 was power hungry - that one was also much better on old software's. Now it's the same sh*t.
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Does anyone notice a battery draining from those monthly updates because my phone started having that problem when I update to June. If someone has fix on this please tell me/us
Small Conversation from Reddit that has same problem with me - https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS9/comments/c4di2o/battery_june/
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Do you have a SD Card inside your S9?
When you have one take it out and use your phone 1 - 2 days and look if it's better (highly recommended to test this).
When your Device care shows that Google play services takes a lot of battery, then you should try that out:
- Deactivate Google Play service
- Delete your Google Account in "Settings"->"Accounts" then you can log it back in
-Activate Google Play services
- Restart your S9
- deactivate "Search for nearby devices"in "settings" -> "connections" -> "further connection settings"
- Turn off "Location"(GPS) when you don't need it
(- When you have the google find my device app take its admin rights and delete it)
(-When you have Facebook and Messenger delete them and download their lite version)
-Delete Samsung Health when you don't need it
- Deactivate Auto Update in Galaxy Apps (store) and in Google Play Store
- Activate "save medium energy' in "settings"-> "device care"
-Set your Display resolution to FHD+
- Deactivate adaptive brightness and use your s9 with low brightness
- Use Mobile Data only if necessary
- Delete Apps that you don't need that much
Do this only if you have very similar Battery life like in this screenshot (Where Screen on time is only 1 hour)
I've done this all and now I have 4Hours SOT instead of 1.5 hours.
I hope I could help those with battery life problems.

S10 One UI 2.5 Update

Anybody in US on unlocked device get the update yet?
I'm on AT&T and haven't gotten it yet, I think it's still being rolled out. Probably be another week or 2 before it's seen on our devices.
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Anybody in US on unlocked device get the update yet?
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No, but I'd sure like to! Got the Sept security patch four days ago, at least.
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Anybody in US on unlocked device get the update yet?
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Was wondering the same thing. Waiting impatiently!
Got it!
s10+. at the moment I'm on the locked Verizon version until I paid off I can unlock it.
I got one UI 2.5 update last night I got two problems so far.
I just woke up unplugged my phone 30-45 minutes ago I'm at 92% already battery.
all I've been doing was using chrome to search why I have a battery icon with the speedometer.
come to find out that one UI 2.5 added this icon when you're in high performance mode which 2.1 did not do this.
any way to get rid of that icon?
The only two apps that were running at the battery usage is chrome which I was using and then Google play I didn't open.
between the two screenshots it ate 2% which was not even less than 5min.
I have the sprint device with me and i don't live in US so apparently my sim is on emergency mode only even tho it says in settings that uicc is unlocked and i can use any sim in it. Any help?
Is anyone else getting horrible battery life since update?
Got it about 12 hours ago (AT&T). So far, my phone feels smoother, and more responsive. No difference in battery life compared to before the update, but it's still early <shrug>
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I was having horrible battery life so I haven't been paying attention to it yesterday so.
I noticed that you no longer get the system generated VPN connection notification anymore.
I got the update and now volte and wifi calling are available options under connection settings. I'm on redpocket gsma network btw.
Installing it right now too.
And as I already read, it changes nothing about the horrible battery life. time to sell this garbage
After using this update for a while, I can say on my S10 plus, I definitely am getting better battery life. Significantly better in fact I don't have it quantitatively defined, but just subjectively I can go a day and a half without charging if I need to, with the same utilization patterns as before when it would barely go 3/4 of one day.
Those of you who get it please mention your carrier. Shouldn't make a difference but it does. Looks like at&t, Verizon, and sprint right now? (Yes,I know T-mobile got sprint but still not fully incorporated)
I´m also have worst battery life.
anyone who got the update able to use gesture nav w/3rd party launcher? I just got the update but cant get them to work with Nova. I select gestures, the buttons go away but it doesn't respond to any gestures from the bottom.

Software Update s10 SM-g973U

Hi Guys
I have a problem. I bought a refurbished Galaxy s10 in Switzerland and after I received it I realised it is the Snapdragon Version. So far I was very happy with that. But since I have got it I have never received a single software Update. My Current Software is Android 11 with One UI-Version 3.1 Software Version G973USQU5GUBH/G973UOYN5GUBH/G973USQU5GUBH and Security Patch Version March 1st 2021. I think its an ATT unlocked Device, because the Software Version of the Provider is SAOMC_SM-G973U_OYN_XAA_QQ_0007 XAA/XAA/ATT.
Does anyone know how to Update the Software manually without the OTA Updates, because i'm not connected to an ATT Network. Also in Smart-Switch it says it is on the latest Software.
If I would flash a newer Firmware Version on it, which one should i take, because I'm a bit confused that the Model Number is G973U and not U1, even though I think the Firmware on it is for the G973U1?
I hope someone can help me with this rather complicated situation.
Thanks a lot in advance
Fast Lessy
It makes sense that you are not getting updates, because you are not on the ATT network. The phone will only get an update if it recognizes the carrier it's on, which in your case it cannot, of course.
For this reason, you will always have to update manually, unless you're in a country where the Snapdragon is normally available and you can find a ROM with a matching carrier.
Your XAA/XAA/ATT means that, yes, the phone was built as an ATT phone. However, the XAA/XAA means that the ROM cannot recognize the carrier you are actually on, so it's staying on the USA "universal" ROM which is XAA. It also doesn't recognize your SIM, hence the second XAA there.
If your phone is working for you fine, then you can remain on this setup. I would recommend getting another XAA ROM and installing that using ODIN. You should be able to do this with ODIN's "upgrade" process, but I'm not sure if that will erase anything in your phone or not, so I strongly recommend having backups of whatever is important to you, just in case.
I would also recommend NOT using Android 12, as many have had issues with this latest version of the OS - as an OS and because of incompatibilities with software. I would recommend A11. You can download a suitable A11 ROM via various websites. One example is samfw.com. I like them because they show you what you're downloading, for example, here is the A11 for ATT: https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-G973U1/ATT/G973U1UES6GUL1
You will see that the files are OYM, which is the "XAA" version of the ROM you are using now (in your typing, you may have had a typo because you typed it as "OYN" in your Provider?). That's why I suggest this version, as it matches what you already have. Makes sense?
So, you get this version, install the HOME_CSC type via upgrade in ODIN (see why you use HOME_CSC here: https://technastic.com/csc-home-csc-samsung-odin/) and it should update your phone to the latest A11 version (December security patch level).
I take no responsibility if you have problems with this process. Always have backups, just in case anyway.
Thank you so much for this very detailed answer. As i already have Android 11 on it and you don't recommend Android 12 i will propably stay on this Version. I just thought it was nice to have Android 12 but if its like you said i better stay with what i have. Thanks so much for your help.
Actually the OYN was not a typo. Thats the confusing part for me. It literally says OYN.
Yeah, ATT does some weird stuff. They refuse to release their own ROMs, so things get a little weird in there.
That said, G973U is a non-unlocked phone ROM... and for that, you would get OYN... so you're correct there. However, you can't find OYN ROMs online because, again, ATT won't release their ROM.
The comparable is the G973U1 ROM which is for an unlocked phone, and that has OYM.
If you wanted to get OYN again, you can get the multi-CSC OYN here, for example: https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-G973U/SPR/G973USQS6GUL1
It says it's Sprint, but that would be an OYN version, and it says Multi-Cert so it should be fine for your usage. You could do an update with that, and it should remain "XAA" and should work the same. It might be good to do this since your version is much older and doesn't have the security updates.
Alternatively, you may be able to find a ROM that works "properly" with your carrier... but that would likely require a wipe of the phone since you're changing the ROM "type". (You could get lucky and just have it work with an upgrade as well, but I don't know for sure.)
If it was me, I would backup and give the OYM version a shot. Or, if you want to be a little "safer" run the upgrade OYN version from the Sprint carrier that I linked. Both would probably be equivalent in the end... the latter is just easier since it is an upgrade.
Again, the risk is yours to take... I can't promise anything!
Is it possible that the battery drains quicker because as you said the phone doesn't recognize the network and SIM Card. I can connect to the cellular network normally and use my SIM Card without any problems but since I got the phone I've had medium battery life. It isn't bad but for Snapdragon I thought it would be around 6-7 hours of SOT. Instead I have something between 3 and 5 hours on a normal day. I'm rarely gaming on my phone and most of the usage is YT and Instagram or browsing.
Do you know anything that could prevent the drain, because I tried quite a lot of things to improve the battery life.
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Is it possible that the battery drains quicker because as you said the phone doesn't recognize the network and SIM Card. I can connect to the cellular network normally and use my SIM Card without any problems but since I got the phone I've had medium battery life. It isn't bad but for Snapdragon I thought it would be around 6-7 hours of SOT. Instead I have something between 3 and 5 hours on a normal day. I'm rarely gaming on my phone and most of the usage is YT and Instagram or browsing.
Do you know anything that could prevent the drain, because I tried quite a lot of things to improve the battery life.
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Sorry for the delayed response... yes, not having the carrier synced could cause reduced battery life. I've heard that this can happen because the phone is trying to use frequencies it has, but those may not be the right ones supported by your carrier, so it has to hunt around and use whatever is available... which could even be a weaker signal.
All of this is theory - I have no experience with it like this, but I've heard this explanation before. I would certainly recommend trying to get it synced to your carrier if possible.
Beyond that, you should also check the battery usage - if the cell signal is the major draw, then this makes sense, but I honestly haven't seen that much draw related to SOT... so I'm thinking you may have other drains, but the wrong carrier is a possibility.
FWIW, my S10+ estimates 10hrs of SOT, according to AccuBattery...
That would also make sense to my and explain the drain. However when I check Accubattery or Gsam Battery monitor, the battery usage of the Network is normal at around 2 percent. The usage in those apps shows no unusual battery drain or power drawing service. Thats what drives me a bit crazy. Everything shows up to be perfectly normal and I think the battery got replaced before I bought the Phone 9 months ago. I cant explain the SOTs because I dont have a very heavy usage. The standby drain over night is quite good aswell with around 3-5 Percent in 6hours. However if I have my phone in my pocket during the day as a student, the battery drains quicker. I dont really get it but luckily it isnt a huge problem for me because I can charge my phone whenever I need to during the day. I just wished I could find a fix that would make the SOTs around 5hours in normal usage.
But thanks a lot for explaining everything to me and trying to help. I really appreciate that.
Fast_Lessy
You're very welcome. With the drain your seeing, what are the actual items showing higher drain, then? I mean, the apps (and even the built in battery graphs) should be able to show you where it's going?
Also, in accubattery you should see the battery health - how is that looking?
Thats the cursed thing. I dont see anything unusual in the power consumption of the apps. Accubattery says the battery has 83% of capacity left, which I doubt, I think its higher. I can charge my phone with a USB-Tester to see to what capacity it will charge. Today is quite a good example of the battery life. I had my phone in my pocket for most of the time. The battery is at 63 percent after 1h30mins of SOT. As I mentioned before its not very bad but I would like to get more out of it. As you can see on the screenshot I have Power Saving mode activated and still have these SOTs.
I attached my screenshot for reference. Not sure it helps, but good for comparison at least.
Your usage pattern seems more like my wife's... she uses Chrome a LOT and usually drains the battery before the end of the day. I would check her SOT and stuff but she's using her phone at the moment, so I'll try to get that to you later.
You'll note that I use Firefox instead, and have much less battery usage (yours is 10% for 14m of use, mine is around 1.2% for 6m of use... extrapolating that means I should still be around 2.4% for 12m usage, which is quite a bit less than Chrome). I'd say give that a try? I switched her to FF as well, and I think that has helped her as well...
You're right, though, I'm not seeing anything unusual in your usage... but you should get more SOT. As you can see, I get much more SOT and I have white screens, no battery saver, etc.
Like you said, maybe your battery isn't quite up to capacity. I had Accubattery on my old phone, and even after 5 years it kept saying I was above 90% capacity. I don't believe that to be true... so we may not want to believe in that too much. That being said, however, if you're showing 83% capacity, I might say you actually have LESS than that (based on my previous phone info). I agree, if you can do a USB charge test, that might be helpful.
EDIT: Do you use any "battery saving" apps? I've found those can make things worse... I use none of them.
Here's my wife's battery data for today. As I said, she uses the web a LOT versus my usage. Also note how 3 hours of usage on FF only took about 24% battery.
Accubattery on her phone also estimates about 10h SOT. Again, she doesn't use any battery saver apps, settings, etc. She usually has her screen on much brighter than mine as well... and yet she gets that kind of life. Impressive.
Remeber, these are both S10+ units, not S10 (standard). Your SM-G973U is a standard S10, so that will matter as well. S10+ is the SM-G975...
Thanks for your help. I think the difference might be because the S10+ has a significantly bigger battery. After all i love the S10 and Samsung has no newer Phone that I would want to switch to so I guess I will use the phone until the battery really gets worse and then replace it.

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