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Serious batttery issue, is this normal?

The battery on my Note is decent, giving me 2-3 days of moderate use or roughly a full day with heavy use.
Problem is when the battery decreases to around 40% & lower, the battery drains like anything even when not used.
Simply idling the phone would lose roughly 5-6% over an hour.
When the battery is around 20% it will easily run down to 10% and less over a period of a few hours when doing NOTHING.
Yet when then battery is at 80 & 90% it will lose around 5-6% battery over many hours.
Here is the proof, I took a screenshot of the battery information & you will clearly see rapid drops in battery life when at 50% and less.
On the last 20% it goes down even faster, and this is with NO use at all.
I hope this is fixed in ICS as it's a serious problem.
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Pretty flat at the end there, even while being used.
I have seen that reported elsewhere, but not seen it on my own Note. I have just settled it into a new pattern after rooting and deleting the stats, so I am not certain right now, but I think it remains fairly even over the whole cycle.
I am not sure I could use is as little as you appear to have however!

I've yet to get my Note battery to last until 2 days, and not even a full 24 hours (almost heavy usage on data network).
So I guess that's good enough that yours lasted for almost 3 days!

eman369 said:
I've yet to get my Note battery to last until 2 days, and not even a full 24 hours (almost heavy usage on data network).
So I guess that's good enough that yours lasted for almost 3 days!
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Haha, don't get me wrong, I think the battery is great.
I'm only wondering why it goes so quickly when it's at 40% and under...

This seems odd. I'd say I'm having the same issue (the poor battery performance).
I've been trying to analyse this but don't have much time to do it right. From what I'm seeing the battery usage graph looks legit. Phone seems to enter deep sleep states. Nonetheless Note seems to drain the battery a lot faster in deep sleep than my Galaxy 3 does, which is odd considering Note having 3 times larger battery capacity.
What seems odd too is extremely slow suspend/resume cycles (e.g. the time it takes for the phone to turn the screen off/show lock screen). It takes more than a second on my Note to show the lock screen. I've seen other report this too. A friend of mine shocked a salesman on a Samsung booth lately when he showed him that. Galaxy S2 is thunderfast, while Galaxy Note takes ages to resume. My Galaxy 3 takes <0.5s. I've looked into the `dmesg` output for some hints. I'm no guru in this, but `ehci` seems to be taking some time to suspend/resume. This also converges with my other observation - Galaxy Note notoriously locks up when playing with usb host. I've tried couple of keyboard/mouse on usb - some of them do work, some of them don't (I can see 'Mouse/Keyboard' connected on the statusbar but there's no mouse pointer nor keyboard input is possible; after some time it's most likely to hard lock the system).
Thus I would suspect buggy usb host/otg hardware/driver that's leading to such a poor battery performance. But hey, maybe it's just me and my theories. Nevertheless something must be broken.

My battery is terrible.
With soe usage, mostly data, I'll drop from 100% to 60% in 3 to 4 hours.
Im on rocket rom.
Only 1 heavy gmail syncing and 3 other gmails with barely an email per week and facebook syncing.
And microsoft exchange calendar syncing (no email syncing).
No twitter.
No other apps.
But im on H+ most of the time.
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I know HSPA (H+) eats battery because I turned off my data for 2 days and battery latest me 1.5 days.

CorruptedSanity said:
My battery is terrible.
With soe usage, mostly data, I'll drop from 100% to 60% in 3 to 4 hours.
Im on rocket rom.
Only 1 heavy gmail syncing and 3 other gmails with barely an email per week and facebook syncing.
And microsoft exchange calendar syncing (no email syncing).
No twitter.
No other apps.
But im on H+ most of the time.
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I know HSPA (H+) eats battery because I turned off my data for 2 days and battery latest me 1.5 days.
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I found gmail syncing kills the battery very very fast. try to disable auto sync and see if that helps

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indie said:
I found gmail syncing kills the battery very very fast. try to disable auto sync and see if that helps
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Why in the world would I do that?
Its 2012. I need/want my data pushed.
Turning off auto sync would be like me going back to 2004.

CorruptedSanity said:
Why in the world would I do that?
Its 2012. I need/want my data pushed.
Turning off auto sync would be like me going back to 2004.
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I just made a suggestion, that's all. I'm trying to help you save battery. If you want all the bells and whistles and want battery then going for the extended battery is your route. I don't think you will get much more from the standard.

I have had troubles with battery life since I bought this beauty. I have been trying several Roms and Kernels, and none seem to make much difference. I also tried selecting among governors but still no better luck.
When I have 20-24hrs battery life it is very good!
The only thing that allowed me to save some was to reduce lcd intensity, and use the Note in dark environments.
Maybe I am using it more than the average user, but with all the opportunities it provides, I can hardly refrain myself from using it.
My typical use is:
- Radio and surf when going to work and home,
- Email and surf every hour at work
- About 10-20mn phone calls
- Listening to music when I can be alone working (1-2 hrs each day)
- Tablet use when at home.
Do you consider this to be a very heavy usage of the phone ?

I have just had my Note for a few days. The biggest battery eater in my case is WiFi. If I switch it off, the discharge is quite acceptable (a couple of percent during the night). I am not deep into Android internals, but it seems my 5-year-old Palm TX had much better WiFi power management than my brand new Note!
BTW, I am on a stock ROM and have disabled auto-sync.

Have you tried wiping battery stats? Let the phone completely die then charge it without interruption until it's been on 100% for an hour then boot to CWM and wipe battery stats
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indie said:
I just made a suggestion, that's all. I'm trying to help you save battery. If you want all the bells and whistles and want battery then going for the extended battery is your route. I don't think you will get much more from the standard.
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I thank you.
I wasn't lashing out at you. I know you were trying to help.
It was directed to the R&D at Samsung.
sudisk said:
Maybe I am using it more than the average user, but with all the opportunities it provides, I can hardly refrain myself from using it.
My typical use is:
- Radio and surf when going to work and home,
- Email and surf every hour at work
- About 10-20mn phone calls
- Listening to music when I can be alone working (1-2 hrs each day)
- Tablet use when at home.
Do you consider this to be a very heavy usage of the phone ?
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I do not consider the battery able to cope with the features.
I'm on H+. why wont I have everything auto syncing?
Battery should support the phone features.
Rght now I'm always connected to a power source via USB or car charger or home charger.

CorruptedSanity said:
Why in the world would I do that?
Its 2012. I need/want my data pushed.
Turning off auto sync would be like me going back to 2004.
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well... then stop complaining about your battery drainage...
The other guy were simply gave you a advice as to why your battery were used up so fast....

mustang2012 said:
well... then stop complaining about your battery drainage...
The other guy were simply gave you a advice as to why your battery were used up so fast....
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I can complain. I paid $750 for it.
The bells and whistles are there but the battery can't cope. Major flaw in battery implementation.
I already told the other guy i appreciate his help but that defeats the purpose of such an advanced and sophisticated mobile phone.
I had a SE symbian for 3 years then several HTC WM 6 mobiles, then a year of HTC Desire then an iPhone 4 for 1.5 years. I'll head towards the best regardless of brand.
Quit being a fanboy.

mustang2012 said:
well... then stop complaining about your battery drainage...
The other guy were simply gave you a advice as to why your battery were used up so fast....
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I am not complaining about the battery drainage per-se.
My previous phone was a Nokia N900, which I used all day long for calls, mails, radio listening, ssh to my home computer, etc... and I knew well that I could not use it for more than a day without charging, sometimes even less.
The phone battery was never advertized as being able to cope with such usage, and only announced battery times for 2G/3G calls.
When I first read announcements about the N7000, I read that Samsung decided to increase the battery power to make it last 2 days, which looked nice to me.
Now I have hardly 13 hours of battery time with my usage (see my previous post) and I want to know:
- is it a normal behaviour for the phone?
- is there a way to make things better with the same hardware?
- do I really need to lower my expectations?
If the answer to the last question is yes, I will be of course disappointed but I can cope with it, as I did with my previous phones. As CorruptedSanity already mentioned, my only complains are to the Samsung techs (or advertizers) and not to any member of this forum who are usually able to help beyond my needs.
I hope that screen optimizations will come that will increase the battery life while I use the phone, but my expectations are low.

You can expect around 5 hrs of screen time based on peoples reports here
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indie said:
You can expect around 5 hrs of screen time based on peoples reports here
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Yup, that's the killer IMO. I can leave WiFi enabled all day, or use the phone for a couple of hours of calls and a few hours of 'screen time'. Not both!
Before rooting and killing bloatware, I could do neither.

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the LG Nexus 5X before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

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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 LG Nexus 5X before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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Well as i remember, the SOT was always bad on Nexus devices, is it still that bad in this one?

xshopper86 said:
Well as i remember, the SOT was always bad on Nexus devices, is it still that bad in this one?
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Typically 3-5 hours SoT over 1-2 days with this device.
http://imgur.com/a/xjSTe

I usually get 3.5 hours(4 if I'm REALLY lucky) over maybe 12-14 hours off the charger.

Excellent!

About 3 to 3.5 hours of screen on time under normal use.
less if I'm using it less and phone spent more time on standby / idling.

I get 4h00 pretty consistently. High accuracy. OK Google off. Location History on.

bblzd said:
Typically 3-5 hours SoT over 1-2 days with this device.
http://imgur.com/a/xjSTe
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http://www.xda-developers.com/sot-battery-meter-xdatv/

Davirus849 said:
http://www.xda-developers.com/sot-battery-meter-xdatv/
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This is a thread regarding Screen on time, asking what people's screen on time is lol. But thanks, I guess.

bblzd said:
This is a thread regarding Screen on time, asking what people's screen on time is lol. But thanks, I guess.
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Im just reposting it, so, some people don't judge only by SOT.

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Im just reposting it, so, some people don't judge only by SOT.
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You replied directly to me which would indicate that you're trying to let me know about that, as opposed to a general reply which would be directed at the thread. I'm well aware of the implications of screen time and its inaccuracy as a "be all end all" measurement for battery life.
I provided much more information than just SoT though. I indicated over 1-2 days and also provided detailed screenshots of one of my results. That's about as much battery information that I could possibly provide so I'm not sure what more you were hoping to find. Maybe some official stats from professionally tested battery reviews could be helpful as well. Please do let me know what else we can add here to provide a clearer picture of 5x battery life.
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http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_nexus_5x_battery_test_results-blog-15120.php
http://anandtech.com/show/9742/the-google-nexus-5x-review/5

Excellent!

I've been getting way more then 3.5 hours of sot but I don't game on my phone or watch full movies. Just YouTube clips here and there. Syncs off Bluetooth off screen brightness down to about 25. I'm getting 7 plus hours sot.
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illcat2000 said:
I've been getting way more then 3.5 hours of sot but I don't game on my phone or watch full movies. Just YouTube clips here and there. Syncs off Bluetooth off screen brightness down to about 25. I'm getting 7 plus hours sot.
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And you're phone is hardly a smartphone.....Jesus. What DO you do with it.

bblzd said:
You replied directly to me which would indicate that you're trying to let me know about that, as opposed to a general reply which would be directed at the thread. I'm well aware of the implications of screen time and its inaccuracy as a "be all end all" measurement for battery life.
I provided much more information than just SoT though. I indicated over 1-2 days and also provided detailed screenshots of one of my results. That's about as much battery information that I could possibly provide so I'm not sure what more you were hoping to find. Maybe some official stats from professionally tested battery reviews could be helpful as well. Please do let me know what else we can add here to provide a clearer picture of 5x battery life.
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_nexus_5x_battery_test_results-blog-15120.php
http://anandtech.com/show/9742/the-google-nexus-5x-review/5
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Honestly, you are on wrong thread... this is all about SOT, not battery life or how to mesuare battery life. talk about SOT are simply like
result 1:
while i just usage on my phone, just normal FB, social chat, hang out gps's apps without gaming(50% of my usage are under wifi zone), i manage to get 3.5H(3H 30M) sot in 1 cycle charge.
result 2:
i do play games like CoC and alpha 8(or some sort of heavy games?) and i just manage to get 2.5H SOT, data only(no use of wifi, note that under wifi condition will have lower battery drain in standby).
talking about SOT are just mainly giving idea to reader how this phone last in 1 cycle battery charge. because everyone are using their phone different way, but SOT can giving such similar result over user.
its not about battery life(there is another thread for battery life). But thanks for the info too...

I typically get about 3 hours of SoT. That doesn't include any video which allows you to rack up a ton of screen on time. I try to charge my phone when I go to bed at night but if I don't I can usually get through almost a second day with it. I am still super annoyed they didn't include wireless charging or an easy way to add it in this phone.

Code124Y said:
Honestly, you are on wrong thread... this is all about SOT, not battery life or how to mesuare battery life. talk about SOT are simply like
result 1:
while i just usage on my phone, just normal FB, social chat, hang out gps's apps without gaming(50% of my usage are under wifi zone), i manage to get 3.5H(3H 30M) sot in 1 cycle charge.
result 2:
i do play games like CoC and alpha 8(or some sort of heavy games?) and i just manage to get 2.5H SOT, data only(no use of wifi, note that under wifi condition will have lower battery drain in standby).
talking about SOT are just mainly giving idea to reader how this phone last in 1 cycle battery charge. because everyone are using their phone different way, but SOT can giving such similar result over user.
its not about battery life(there is another thread for battery life). But thanks for the info too...
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That was my follow up post to a gentleman who wanted more detailed information. My initial post was purely SoT related:
bblzd said:
Typically 3-5 hours SoT over 1-2 days with this device.
http://imgur.com/a/xjSTe
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Staying on topic: 5+ hours SoT over 24 hours using only 3g/H+ mobile data.
http://imgur.com/a/E6Icw

bblzd said:
That was my follow up post to a gentleman who wanted more detailed information. My initial post was purely SoT related:
Staying on topic: 5+ hours SoT over 24 hours using only 3g/H+ mobile data.
http://imgur.com/a/E6Icw
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well, im suprise by it can stand/last for 5H sot on 3G/data...

Code124Y said:
well, im suprise by it can stand/last for 5H sot on 3G/data...
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Only with very strong signal. Otherwise it can be as low as 2 hours SoT with the same usage and weak signal such as in my work building.

bblzd said:
Only with very strong signal. Otherwise it can be as low as 2 hours SoT with the same usage and weak signal such as in my work building.
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Ugh. That's what I get with my Nexus 5. I was hoping this would be a good improvement. I also have a very weak signal at work. Like I work in a Faraday cage.

Not getting this "awesome" battery life??

Hey all. I just got my s6 active via insurance upgrade about 5 days ago.. I expected more battery from what I read... I unplugged it this morning at 525 and by 625 I was at 92%. Is this normal? The battery screen doesn't add up to the battery % lost. I'm just trying to figure out how everyone is getting this great battery. Is it possible they sent me a referbed with a used battery? Many days/weeks of running the phone will it take in order for the battery to even out?

uscg.matthew said:
Hey all. I just got my s6 active via insurance upgrade about 5 days ago.. I expected more battery from what I read... I unplugged it this morning at 525 and by 625 I was at 92%. Is this normal? The battery screen doesn't add up to the battery % lost. I'm just trying to figure out how everyone is getting this great battery. Is it possible they sent me a referbed with a used battery? Many days/weeks of running the phone will it take in order for the battery to even out?
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Seems like your phone doesn't go into deep sleep. There is a rogue app that is probably causing your phone not going into deep sleep. Find the app cure the problem.
Yes it does take many cycles for the battery to reach optimal battery life

Nothing keeping it alive.... Cpu sleep time is the majority of the time. I do use my phone heavily. But i get about the same life as I did with my s5 active..

Same here. I "upgraded" from a 6S on the premise of much better battery life and waterproof without the need of a LifeProof case.
So far I'm getting about the same, maybe less life out of it than my iPhone. I've been out of the Android game for almost 2 years, what can I do to fix this?
Based on battery tests and whatnot, I should be losing around 6-7% per hour, instead of the 10-12% I'm losing now, about on par with an iPhone with half the battery size.
Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: Noob mistake, forgot to mention I'm on the forced 5.1.1 version.
Sent from my Galaxy S6 Active

theking_13 said:
Same here. I "upgraded" from a 6S on the premise of much better battery life and waterproof without the need of a LifeProof case.
So far I'm getting about the same, maybe less life out of it than my iPhone. I've been out of the Android game for almost 2 years, what can I do to fix this?
Based on battery tests and whatnot, I should be losing around 6-7% per hour, instead of the 10-12% I'm losing now, about on par with an iPhone with half the battery size.
Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: Noob mistake, forgot to mention I'm on the forced 5.1.1 version.
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The 5.1.1 version was a battery hog for me too. Before it, i would make it til bedtime with about 30-40% battery of moderate usage. During the 5.1.1 upgrade i was at 40-50% before lunch! Had to charge twice daily. Now with Marshmallow, i'm back up to all day battery. Even lately being a heavy user, it'll generally last all day. I might be at 5% by bedtime, but it'll last all day.

tCizler said:
The 5.1.1 version was a battery hog for me too. Before it, i would make it til bedtime with about 30-40% battery of moderate usage. During the 5.1.1 upgrade i was at 40-50% before lunch! Had to charge twice daily. Now with Marshmallow, i'm back up to all day battery. Even lately being a heavy user, it'll generally last all day. I might be at 5% by bedtime, but it'll last all day.
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How much SOT do you get?
I lose about 6% per hour if I watch videos on wifi, however I lose 1% every 6-7 minutes if I'm using my phone for anything else.
What system process is killing the battery? There's no reason I shouldn't get over 12 hours of SOT from daily usage.
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captaingowa said:
One process that I have noticed in the past that will crush your battery is the Microsoft exchange server..
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That's what I'm talking about. I used to freeze basically all non vanilla processes back in the G2 days with Titanium Backup, how can I freeze the Exchange server? It doesn't show up under "Applications" in settings.
Currently on 6.0.1.
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theking_13 said:
How much SOT do you get?
I lose about 6% per hour if I watch videos on wifi, however I lose 1% every 6-7 minutes if I'm using my phone for anything else.
What system process is killing the battery? There's no reason I shouldn't get over 12 hours of SOT from daily usage.
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I don't know how to say this without sounding condescending, i don't mean to, but you're insane if you think you should get anywhere near 12 hours SOT. Let alone "no reason I shouldn't get over 12 hours of SOT". I doubt I could get 12 hours SOT with 2 batteries.
I average 5-6 hours SOT which i think is actually pretty awesome, (And that's with the dark theme). I honestly don't count battery percentages and compare videos to surfing/browsing. I just know that i can use my phone all day and I don't have to charge it until bedtime.

tCizler said:
I average 5-6 hours SOT which i think is actually pretty awesome, (And that's with the dark theme).... I just know that i can use my phone all day and I don't have to charge it until bedtime.
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Their web browsing test is a more realistic expectation, which is why I said 12. They got 16 hours, which I don't doubt, but this phone draining comparably to a 4+ year old HTC? Not at all impressed.
I have screenshots where I tested their results vs actual daily usage and they were very close for every phone.
But no worries, I'm glad you're satisfied with your phone's performance.
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theking_13 said:
Their web browsing test is a more realistic expectation, which is why I said 12. They got 16 hours, which I don't doubt, but this phone draining comparably to a 4+ year old HTC? Not at all impressed.
I have screenshots where I tested their results vs actual daily usage and they were very close for every phone.
But no worries, I'm glad you're satisfied with your phone's performance.
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What web browsing test are you refering to? I'd like to run the same test and see what i get. Almost nobody gets over 6 hours....
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-how-much-screen-time-you-getting-charge.html
A few new phones have come out with massive batteries, but still not 12 hours SOT. One guy with a 10Ah zerolemon on his note 4 was able to get 16 hours (unverified), but that's the best i've ever heard.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-active-battery-life-test/
The One X, S3, LG G2, and iPhone 6 & 6S web browsing results were great representations of what I could expect as far as smartphone battery goes. I've had more phones than I can count, but those were the ones I kept the longest and remember the results off the top of my head.
I can find my old One X SOT screenshots to further prove my point.
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http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-active-battery-life-test/
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This makes no sense to me. In their test, the battery lasted longer playing videos, than web surfing? Something is off here. I've never seen a phone have more than 6 hours SOT, ever (with the exception of extended batteries). Maybe if the phone was in extreme battery saver mode and the screen was at the lowest setting possible, and it was only on 3g, it might be possible to get 6 hours. I'm not calling you a liar, or the article you posted a lie, i just have to believe something else is going on. If i was to get 12+ hours of SOT, for me, that would be equivlent to the phone lasting me all work week.
I hope you get your battery life figured out, but i have to believe we're on different pages here about something. There was an update pushed out this morning, maybe it will help a little.

Not getting this "awesome" battery life??
Yes, this is due to less CPU usage and videos/movies are not almost entirely white.
I looped a couple of YouTube movies and left the S6 Active running all night at 50% brightness with only wifi on. I woke up, 8 or so hours of SOT, and the battery has 59% left. This leads me to believe it's a system app, more than likely a Samsung one, since all of my other Android phones don't have this issue.
I'll post up actual pictures when I get home, I'm back on my iPhone.
You haven't been here long, which is fine, but trust me when I say that there's something draining the battery. A G2 with a 3000mAh battery lasted over 9 hours consistently with data on, the S6A should have no problem matching that.
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Hello I have recently purchased an used S6 active gsm unlockrd with android 5.1. This is my first day with it I still don't know about the battery stats anyway I would like to know if I will get improvement in marshmallow. What are the advantages. Also since at the s6 and s6 edge the marshmallow update improved the camera speed. I would like to know if it will improve also the camera speed. Thanks
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theking_13 said:
Yes, this is due to less CPU usage and videos/movies are not almost entirely white.
I looped a couple of YouTube movies and left the S6 Active running all night at 50% battery life with only wifi on. I woke up, 8 or so hours of SOT, and the battery has 59% left. This leads me to believe it's a system app, more than likely a Samsung one, since all of my other Android phones don't have this issue.
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You haven't been here long, which is fine, but trust me when I say that there's something draining the battery. A G2 with a 3000mAh battery lasted over 9 hours consistently with data on, the S6A should have no problem matching that.
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Hmmm, maybe i'm just considering real world use instead of ideal conditions. Kinda like how i'm supposed to get 35 mpg in my car, but actually only get about 26-27.
When i was on 5.1.1 and had insane battery drainage, all of my research and testing said it was kernel related. I just stuck it out and waited for marshmallow, and now my battery is back to acceptable to me.
Keep us updated if you figure it out, even though i'm relatively happy with my battery life, i'm always happy to get more.
P.S. I've actually been here longer than you, so i'm not sure if that was directed at me. You are way more active and most likely way more software savvy than i am, but i've been here a long time.

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captaingowa said:
That's really impressive.
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Yeah he gained 9% battery by leaving his phone on all night, lol. I kid, maybe i'm just reading it wrong.
"left running all night at 50% battery life....... I woke up, and the battery has 59% left"

Not getting this "awesome" battery life??
I meant brightness, too many ideas at once haha. I'm posting actual pictures in a second, and will keep the phone running while I'm at work.
It has to do with a Samsung "feature", I've turned off most of them from settings. Next will be disabling packages.
It sucks that we don't have root, it seems like an AOSP Rom would net us the battery life that we should get.
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Battery Life Thread

Just received mine yesterday and got 9hrs SOT. After HEAVY usage. Games, videos, camera, etc.
So far, I am shocked by the battery life.

xT29c said:
Just received mine yesterday and got 9hrs SOT. After HEAVY usage. Games, videos, camera, etc.
So far, I am shocked by the battery life.
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Which version you have ? Huawei Mate 10 ALP-L09 or Huawei Mate 10 ALP-L29 or Huawei Mate 10 ALP-L00 ? Could you post your battery stats ?

Mate 10 ALP-L00

xT29c said:
Mate 10 ALP-L00
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Good shocked? Got mine today

https://youtu.be/lXp-4QyJpmo
Maybe this was tested before the mentioned updates which improved battery life

Read some reviews and saw video on youtube, the Mate 10 battery life sucks big time, it loses to S8 and Note 8 which is quite embarrassing, barely better than iphone.
I wonder if the update resolved the issue.

Derpling said:
Read some reviews and saw video on youtube, the Mate 10 battery life sucks big time, it loses to S8 and Note 8 which is quite embarrassing, barely better than iphone.
I wonder if the update resolved the issue.
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Mrwhotheboss review was done before the rom update was released. And running Antutu several times is not even reliable way of finding battery life.

warea said:
Mrwhotheboss review was done before the rom update was released. And running Antutu several times is not even reliable way of finding battery life.
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Yep but it still weird to see the Mate loses like that, i hope Huawei will address it, or they already have.
Soon we will have the official reviews, then we can judge.

Derpling said:
Yep but it still weird to see the Mate loses like that, i hope Huawei will address it, or they already have.
Soon we will have the official reviews, then we can judge.
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It did well on gsmarena battery test:
https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_10-review-1675p3.php
For me phones that have 80h+ on gsmarena battery test are 5-6hours sot phones with the heaviest of usage and with moderate usage they can last couple of days so battery wise everything seems good.
Here’s new review that also mentions sot and shows battery usage. I am sold thats its ok in terms of battery. Dude has 6hours of sot on heavy usage.
https://youtu.be/KLa_0dyIIr4

Well so far I'm getting over an hour SOT every 10% of batter, this is what I hoped. Pic and so on will come. And yes those tube videos really did scare me too
Anyone found a video of the 10 vs 10 pro for battery life? Really want to see how mine is against the pro

jemeljsh said:
It did well on gsmarena battery test:
https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_10-review-1675p3.php
For me phones that have 80h+ on gsmarena battery test are 5-6hours sot phones with the heaviest of usage and with moderate usage they can last couple of days so battery wise everything seems good.
Here’s new review that also mentions sot and shows battery usage. I am sold thats its ok in terms of battery. Dude has 6hours of sot on heavy usage.
https://youtu.be/KLa_0dyIIr4
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I guess it's good, the Mate 9 really set up very high standards , i see the Mate 10 is not an improvement in battery life, at least not directly as it has higher display panel but more efficient CPU.

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Notebookcheck battery test results for Mate 10 pro.

Greatest battery life ever
One hour and 30 minutes sot before it got to 90% then slowly to this lever. This is almost all 4g, bluetooth on all the time andI toggle gps as I need it, which wasn't much at all today. No games today either which I hardly play. On mate 9 I'd have 20% work plus 7 hours sot. Withth this I got over 40%
I have the cat 18 high speed setting on too, maybe I'll get more battery disabling this setting. Sitting at 40% left after 7hrs 35 mins sot, Not bad
Really want to see how the mate 10 stacks against mate 10 pro battery life wise
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Greatest battery life ever
One hour and 30 minutes sot before it got to 90% then slowly to this lever. This is almost all 4g, bluetooth on all the time andI toggle gps as I need it, which wasn't much at all today. No games today either which I hardly play. On mate 9 I'd have 20% work plus 7 hours sot. Withth this I got over 40%
I have the cat 18 high speed setting on too, maybe I'll get more battery disabling this setting. Sitting at 40% left after 7hrs 35 mins sot, Not bad
Really want to see how the mate 10 stacks against mate 10 pro battery life wise
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How did you get cat 18 switched on?

ramheer said:
How did you get cat 18 switched on?
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Settings, wireless and networks, mobile network, advanced, where you'll find Lte high speed mode

This is the second day of using the phone. I would say I am a heavy user. My result is below. It's good but I was expecting more as Huawei says the 970 is more efficient than the 960.

After 20 hours since full charge this is very good battery life! On course to get over 11 hours sot over such a long period of time.
Hour sot, only used 5% battery

loving the battery

Can you guys put above the screenshot which version of Mate are you using? Thanks
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tboy2000 said:
This is the second day of using the phone. I would say I am a heavy user. My result is below. It's good but I was expecting more as Huawei says the 970 is more efficient than the 960.
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Coming from a Mate 9. You have to give it time to adjust to you to get optimal results. Anyone posting the first week battery results, it's nearly the same as an ordinary phone. Still a good base to go on. The ai still needs time for pattern adjustment to unlock it's true potential.

battery life

Hi guys. I just bought my phone today installed all the apps and then fully charged it. However I am getting poor battery life. What is causing my battery to be crap? I don't see what the issue can be as it is a brand new phone. Coming from the sony xz premium i feel as if its a downgrade on the battery end of things. Does anyone have a suggestion

I thought my battery was terrible at first when I got it. I noticed lately I have not noticed so much anymore. Right now phone been on for 2 hours straight and lost 25% with brightness half way. Just give it time

cgrimm9 said:
I thought my battery was terrible at first when I got it. I noticed lately I have not noticed so much anymore. Right now phone been on for 2 hours straight and lost 25% with brightness half way. Just give it time
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It scares me that battery life is not going to be any good and I have to hunt for the charger through out the day. With my xz premium with about 4 hours usage i normally had 40 to 50% remaining. I don't want to think about charging my phone just to get through a day. Lets just wait and see if it gets any better

dieselhazza said:
Hi guys. I just bought my phone today installed all the apps and then fully charged it. However I am getting poor battery life. What is causing my battery to be crap? I don't see what the issue can be as it is a brand new phone. Coming from the sony xz premium i feel as if its a downgrade on the battery end of things. Does anyone have a suggestion
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Android needs some time to adapt to your apps.
I bought my Note8 three days ago and don´t used it permanently respectively don´t have so many apps installed.
I charged it 2 days ago (at 18 o´clock it was fully charged!), now I have 48%
Before I bought my Note 8 I had a Mate 10 Pro with 4000 mAh and 60-70 apps. Android needed 3-4 days to adapt. In the first days I had to charge every day. After a week the Mate 10 Pro had to be charged only once in 2 days.
So do not worry!

Watching this with interest. Mine is a week old and I feel like I need to keep topping it up. On the road all day today and worried she won't make it!
I've a charger in the bag. But going to see how far I get!

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Watching this with interest. Mine is a week old and I feel like I need to keep topping it up. On the road all day today and worried she won't make it!
I've a charger in the bag. But going to see how far I get!
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Thats what i was saying while i have the chance i might return it and get the Pixel XL 2 or the mate 10 pro. I believe both have better battery life. The pixel loses out on screen quality but makes up with software and battery life. The mate 10 pro loses on software but kills it on battery life. So tough choice to make. However i can't stand poor battery life especially never having to worry about battery life on the sony xz premium

Had mine since day one and the battery gets better the longer you use it. I have several things disabled that are big battery suckers - Bixby for one, don't want or need it. I can go 1-2 to days of moderate use, using an ereader app but no game playing.

ggrant3876 said:
Had mine since day one and the battery gets better the longer you use it. I have several things disabled that are big battery suckers - Bixby for one, don't want or need it. I can go 1-2 to days of moderate use, using an ereader app but no game playing.
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What did you disable?
Also what do you get for SOT

dieselhazza said:
What did you disable?
Also what do you get for SOT
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The better question is, what apps did you install? You need to just use your phone for a few days. It will begin to background/sleep apps you aren't using which will extend your battery life.

Jammol said:
The better question is, what apps did you install?
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Ahhaaa very simple.
WhatsApp, Snapchat, telegram

dieselhazza said:
Ahhaaa very simple.
WhatsApp, Snapchat, telegram
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Man those are battery hogs galore!!! Use the device for a few days and let it adjust. Did you enable the sleep function during setup?

Jammol said:
Man those are battery hogs galore!!! Use the device for a few days and let it adjust. Did you enable the sleep function during setup?
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I had these apps and more running on my xz premium but i had great battery life. So I don't see how they are battery hogs galore.
What is sleep function and how do you enable it

dieselhazza said:
I had these apps and more running on my xz premium but i had great battery life. So I don't see how they are battery hogs galore.
What is sleep function and how do you enable it
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Like myself and others have said, just use the device. You're comparing a device you used for a period of time to a device you just got just over 24 hours ago.
Those apps are considered battery hogs because they don't sleep. Also, Xperia devices have a sleep function implemented. They were the first ones to ever have such a robust background sleep function of Android devices.
The sleep function should be on automatically during setup but it could be turned off. Look under battery settings and it'll be there with the option to turn it off. I recommend keeping it on.

Jammol said:
Like myself and others have said, just use the device. You're comparing a device you used for a period of time to a device you just got just over 24 hours ago.
Those apps are considered battery hogs because they don't sleep. Also, Xperia devices have a sleep function implemented. They were the first ones to ever have such a robust background sleep function of Android devices.
The sleep function should be on automatically during setup but it could be turned off. Look under battery settings and it'll be there with the option to turn it off. I recommend keeping it on.
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Yes i will give it a week and see if it settles. If not by hy note 8 and hello next phone. Lets see what time will show

Not sure where the setting do turn sleep on and off is, but the phone has sleeped (is that a word?) a bunch of apps. Battery is looking good so far today.

There was a video showing ba they life from a s8 a s8÷ note 8 and the late. And the note 8 lasted 2nd best.

dieselhazza said:
What did you disable?
Also what do you get for SOT
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I've disabled knox, security folder, bixby, ant radio all the t-mobile apps, several of the edge screens and a few others.

As others have pointed out, the device needs some days and several charging cycles to achieve a good performance, besides, and very important, in settings>device maintaince>battery, there are 2 groups of apps that you can choose, always sleeping apps and unmonitored apps, there you can control their behaviour

ggrant3876 said:
I've disabled knox, security folder, bixby, ant radio all the t-mobile apps, several of the edge screens and a few others.
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I got better battery stats with Bixby not disabled. I may introduce and disable further packages one by one.
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I got better battery stats with Bixby not disabled. I may introduce and disable further packages one by one.
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Yeah some of the Samsung apps and services being disabled will actually cause more drainage to occur.