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Major crossroad with Nexus 6

Hey guys, looking for some input here.
Im coming up on the 14 day return policy for the nexus 6, but im really thinking of returning it and going with the note 4.
The only issue i have with the phone is battery life. My phone seems to gulp it down. Now i do have many battery draining features turned off and standby time is excellent. Its when i actually use the phone i get massive drain, whether it be facebooking, web browsing, or playing games, the phone loses a lot of life! My wife used the camera this past weekend for 20 minutes according to the stats and my percentage dropped 25%from 80% to 55% within 1/2 hour!
My brightness is also on adaptive at 35-40%. For the life of me, it just seems i cant stop the battery drain.
I know going to the stock note 4 battery is about the same, but Zerolemon is releasing the note 4 10000 mah battery later this month. I had the same battery on my note 3 and loved it, ive never killed that battery. Yes, itll be a brick, yes but im thinking id prefer battery over function.
I do love the nexus, especially the screen size and the front facing speakers, and i will lose those with the note, but having a dead phone by 6pm makes those features useless. Yes, i could charge the phone halfway through the day, but i was spoiled with the note 3 extended battery.
SO my question is, should i chance the nexus 6 and hope upcoming updates solve the drain, or should i dump it and go with the note 4 and extended battery.
Frank
TL;DR NExus 6 battery dies too quick, return and get note 4 with zero lemon.

I went from the Note 4 to the Nexus 6 and battery life is about the same. I was actually pretty disappointed with the battery life of the Note 4 considering i had a Note 2 where the battery lasted FOREVER! I had originally decided that i would bypass the Nexus 6 and get the Note 4 instead, and at first i loved it but after having to deal with constant lag and dealing with samsung's crappy radios i'm glad i picked up the Nexus 6 (Note 4 is my new alarm clock at home)

It seems that your mind is already made up.. just get the Note 4

ultravorx said:
Hey guys, looking for some input here.
Im coming up on the 14 day return policy for the nexus 6, but im really thinking of returning it and going with the note 4.
The only issue i have with the phone is battery life. My phone seems to gulp it down. Now i do have many battery draining features turned off and standby time is excellent. Its when i actually use the phone i get massive drain, whether it be facebooking, web browsing, or playing games, the phone loses a lot of life! My wife used the camera this past weekend for 20 minutes according to the stats and my percentage dropped 25%from 80% to 55% within 1/2 hour!
My brightness is also on adaptive at 35-40%. For the life of me, it just seems i cant stop the battery drain.
I know going to the stock note 4 battery is about the same, but Zerolemon is releasing the note 4 10000 mah battery later this month. I had the same battery on my note 3 and loved it, ive never killed that battery. Yes, itll be a brick, yes but im thinking id prefer battery over function.
I do love the nexus, especially the screen size and the front facing speakers, and i will lose those with the note, but having a dead phone by 6pm makes those features useless. Yes, i could charge the phone halfway through the day, but i was spoiled with the note 3 extended battery.
SO my question is, should i chance the nexus 6 and hope upcoming updates solve the drain, or should i dump it and go with the note 4 and extended battery.
Frank
TL;DR NExus 6 battery dies too quick, return and get note 4 with zero lemon.
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Are you using stock ROM or rooted and/or flashed? Sounds unusual for stock. I'd check your network settings and make sure your preferred network type and access point name are correct for your carrier but if standby time is good that probably isn't it anyway. I'd look for an app which gives more detailed battery usage information and go from there.

after going through an S4 and Note 3.. Im glad to be away from samsung. They have amazing hardware specs but drag it down with their crappy touchwiz. It's really unfortunate, the s-pen is pretty great.

toyfreak said:
Are you using stock ROM or rooted and/or flashed? Sounds unusual for stock. I'd check your network settings and make sure your preferred network type and access point name are correct for your carrier but if standby time is good that probably isn't it anyway. I'd look for an app which gives more detailed battery usage information and go from there.
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im actually fully stock, with just a few apps. I have checked for wake locks and draining apps and down have any. Actually all the apps i had are the same as the note 3 i had. Nothing new.
Im on att and my prefered network is LTE, changed it from global a few days ago.
It seems the biggest drain is during use, not standby!
Frank

tsy87 said:
after going through an S4 and Note 3.. Im glad to be away from samsung. They have amazing hardware specs but drag it down with their crappy touchwiz. It's really unfortunate, the s-pen is pretty great.
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I'm in the same boat you are. I'd get a samsung device today if they just got rid of TouchWiz and just went stock AOSP.

ultravorx said:
It seems the biggest drain is during use, not standby!
Frank
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That is normal on any device. That battery for me is decent. However don't forget that you just got a new device. People always use new devices more initially before they settle into a normal use rhythm. Also I wouldn't worry much about the return date because this device is so hard to get that if you sold it yourself you would probably make money on it. Just give it time.
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It's possible that something is wrong with YOUR nexus. I get 5 hours of sot with a stock rooted rom and greenify. Once I decrypt, ROM and kernel I'd expect 6 to 8 easy.

shook187 said:
It seems that your mind is already made up.. just get the Note 4
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This
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Could it be related to this?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/11/05/google-confirms-android-5-0-lollipop-delay/
edit: nm i see you already mentioned it in the original post, and were just looking for opinions.
The battery life is obviously important, so it is certainly a dice roll on your part.
For me, I have a Note 2 and waiting for N6 to be available for me. I am so sick of Samsung forced apps and touchwiz. It's not rooted, but I don't feel like I should have to root it in order to get a basic OS without the addons being forced on me by the manufacturer, and then have the warranty voided because of it.

ninja6o4 said:
Could it be related to this?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/11/05/google-confirms-android-5-0-lollipop-delay/
edit: nm i see you already mentioned it in the original post, and were just looking for opinions.
The battery life is obviously important, so it is certainly a dice roll on your part.
For me, I have a Note 2 and waiting for N6 to be available for me. I am so sick of Samsung forced apps and touchwiz. It's not rooted, but I don't feel like I should have to root it in order to get a basic OS without the addons being forced on me by the manufacturer, and then have the warranty voided because of it.
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My top hitter has never been misc, its usually android os or google play services.
Frank

So here's some usage pics from today. Does this seem typical?
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ultravorx said:
So here's some usage pics from today. Does this seem typical?
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theres no such thing as "typical". we all use our devices differently, and have differing signal quality. you can really ever compare battery stats with another person because of that. only you know how you use your device. so the question is going to get changed.. by how you use your device, and your local signal quality, are you happy with your battery life?

ultravorx said:
im actually fully stock, with just a few apps. I have checked for wake locks and draining apps and down have any. Actually all the apps i had are the same as the note 3 i had. Nothing new.
Im on att and my prefered network is LTE, changed it from global a few days ago.
It seems the biggest drain is during use, not standby!
Frank
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Did you allow google to auto restore settings, apps, data at first boot up? Coming from a different device and OS version could have synced something funky that is causing this. I have noticed this before. Consequentially I never use this feature. I always set every device up fresh (same if switching Roms too in my book). I would try a factory reset at the very least. I have been trying hard to kill my n6 today with no luck, already 12 up time 22% battery left with 4½ hours SOT. Battery stats say I have 3 hours of life left.
Have google now on and going, 2 email clients syncing, g+ syncing, Tapatalk syncing, roughtly 4 active hangouts going, and updated 8+ apps from play store.
Been actively trying to duplicate a power day on this thing. With you experience, something is off with your description and worth experimenting some.

I did do the wireless sync due to some apps needing to recover data.
Maybe I'll try a reset and manually download the apps.
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Ive had my phone for a couple weeks now. The first week I had it obviously I was playing around with it a ton and trying different Qi chargers to see how they work. My battery life was unimpressive at 8-10 hours. I was hoping to have at least a full days worth of time based on everything this is supposed to have.
Then I tried a couple things. I turned off the stupid fit application. I ran the battery all the way down until the phone literally turned off. Then I used only wall USB chargers to charge it up.
Now with the same type of usage 3-4 hours of screen time, Im typically getting at least 18-24 hours of battery life. I even managed 30 hours once. Anyway, Im extremely happy with the way this phone is holding up now. Obviously YMMV but I think if you find the right tweaks for the way you use it, it should last longer than you expect.

ultravorx said:
So here's some usage pics from today. Does this seem typical?
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So Far Today by your stats i will give you mine.
@ 27% Battery Left after flashing Stock a 1.5 days ago rooted/decrypted
Screen is at 4:30:09 @ 42% Usage
Phone Radio 15:30:41 @ 4% usage
Wifi Active 3:24:12 1% usage
Held Awake 2:23:26 0% usage
App Usage 53%
I also have a persistent System (ADSPD) drain that while i don't know how much its draining app sucker puts it at 13.8% vs the next drainer of Android System at 7.3%
Just guessing maybe you are in a poorer signal area than I? Basing that on your phone radio using much more of the percentage?
For what its worth you saw my screen on time. GSAM is predicting 6h 58m total for the day if i run it to 0.

Battery life question from a heavy user

I've been a Samsung user since the note 1 days because I was attracted to the screen size. I forget which phone I originally had but it was an HTC phone with a 5 inch screen. Back then that old outdated phone and the note 1 were the largest phones available.
Anyways to my question, I currently have a note 3 and battery life is dreadful. I've always had 2 batteries for my phones since my Nextel days. I've never owned a phone without a removable battery so my question is to anyone that's owned a battery removable phone or owned an android phone without removable battery, how does the Nexus 6 compare? I've been with android since donut and it's always been a hog on the battery, especially since I'm a heavy user.
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mo2002 said:
I've been a Samsung user since the note 1 days because I was attracted to the screen size. I forget which phone I originally had but it was an HTC phone with a 5 inch screen. Back then that old outdated phone and the note 1 were the largest phones available.
Anyways to my question, I currently have a note 3 and battery life is dreadful. I've always had 2 batteries for my phones since my Nextel days. I've never owned a phone without a removable battery so my question is to anyone that's owned a battery removable phone or owned an android phone without removable battery, how does the Nexus 6 compare? I've been with android since donut and it's always been a hog on the battery, especially since I'm a heavy user.
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well, I'm a heavy user and my battery makes it through a full day without issue. I see about 5-7hours sot depending what I'm doing. but, then again, how you setup your device makes a huge deal, so does your signal quality. most everyone that I've seen doesn't knuw how to setup a device properly, some I've seen do.

Also a large screen guy that always had removable batteries. Note 2 and LG G2 were my last two phones. Not a heavy user, I get two days on a charge.
Highly suggest Franko's Kernal for battery life.

The new features in the last couple of Android OS iterations like Doze and Battery Saver really make the most of the Nexus 6 battery.
Doze is great but I really like Battery Saver. It automatically kicks in when your battery hits 15% but if I know I'm going to be away from a charger for awhile I engage it manually. It limits the notifications I get but it really stretches the battery.

simms22 said:
well, I'm a heavy user and my battery makes it through a full day without issue. I see about 5-7hours sot depending what I'm doing. but, then again, how you setup your device makes a huge deal, so does your signal quality. most everyone that I've seen doesn't knuw how to setup a device properly, some I've seen do.
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Ok see knowing someone else that's a heavy user and can get anything better than I can relaxes my mind before I dive in and make my purchase. thanks to all that have commented.

mo2002 said:
Ok see knowing someone else that's a heavy user and can get anything better than I can relaxes my mind before I dive in and make my purchase. thanks to all that have commented.
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just remember, the brighter you keep your screen, the fast battery will go. most of the time I keep my brightness from 0-15%, if I raise it to 35% then I lose an extra hour of screen on time.

I'm not sure why everyone says the battery life is horrible on the Nexus 6. I've not had any issues, esp with Doze in Marshamallow now.

mikeprius said:
I'm not sure why everyone says the battery life is horrible on the Nexus 6. I've not had any issues, esp with Doze in Marshamallow now.
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I NEVER have battery issues, at all. AND my n6 never ever uses doze. to use doze, it has to be laying flat, and motionless. when I'm not using my phone, its in my back pocket.

mikeprius said:
I'm not sure why everyone says the battery life is horrible on the Nexus 6. I've not had any issues, esp with Doze in Marshamallow now.
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Idk if you're speaking about me or others, but I was saying my N900v has bad battery life. I'm gonna be purchasing a nexus 6 since I no longer need the SPen. I just wanna make sure the battery is better than previous android devices that didn't allow removing the battery.
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simms22 said:
I NEVER have battery issues, at all. AND my n6 never ever uses doze. to use doze, it has to be laying flat, and motionless. when I'm not using my phone, its in my back pocket.
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Is the doze app and doze feature in marshmallow, the same or very similar?
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Well, I consider myself a heavy user, and I also once used Note 1 and 3.
Here is the thing, I only read ebooks alot on phones, not facebook.
Note 1 and 3, I got 10+ hrs SOT, reading (Black background and light grey text), disable auto brightness. I use LUX instead.
I also disable Google location history. (So no Google Now) (and I also disable all the Google stuff I don't use)
I get 2 days battery life on all three phones. With 40%+ battery life left.(Note 1, 3 and Nexus 6) - No root, stock.

mo2002 said:
Is the doze app and doze feature in marshmallow, the same or very similar?
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I've never used the app, so can't tell you 100%. but it says in its description that its different, but its based on the real doze.

mo2002 said:
Idk if you're speaking about me or others, but I was saying my N900v has bad battery life. I'm gonna be purchasing a nexus 6 since I no longer need the SPen. I just wanna make sure the battery is better than previous android devices that didn't allow removing the battery.
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I used to have a Samsung before myself. The battery swelled and Samsung wouldn't replace it. Nonetheless the Exynos chip and Knox pretty much did it for me so I'm done with Samsung.
Btw, for some reason I love that avatar LOL. Where did you get that ?

comscier said:
Well, I consider myself a heavy user, and I also once used Note 1 and 3.
Here is the thing, I only read ebooks alot on phones, not facebook.
Note 1 and 3, I got 10+ hrs SOT, reading (Black background and light grey text), disable auto brightness. I use LUX instead.
I also disable Google location history. (So no Google Now) (and I also disable all the Google stuff I don't use)
I get 2 days battery life on all three phones. With 40%+ battery life left.(Note 1, 3 and Nexus 6) - No root, stock.
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I probably could do without google now but I use the search feature and weather options a lot but I could do without it constantly pinging.
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mikeprius said:
I used to have a Samsung before myself. The battery swelled and Samsung wouldn't replace it. Nonetheless the Exynos chip and Knox pretty much did it for me so I'm done with Samsung.
Btw, for some reason I love that avatar LOL. Where did you get that ?
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Lol from 1 of my gaming groups on Facebook. Like 90% of my memes come from that group.
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Battery life has been great with Pure Nexus and ElementalX. Usually get 6-8 hrs SOT over a full day of heavy use. I can go 36+ hrs between charging with moderate use.
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seabro01 said:
Battery life has been great with Pure Nexus and ElementalX. Usually get 6-8 hrs SOT over a full day of heavy use. I can go 36+ hrs between charging with moderate use.
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Nice nice. I have had 1 Motorola phone and that was the first one they had on Verizon. Think it was called the thunderbolt. Only reason I didn't keep it was because I couldn't get H+ speeds on my GSM carrier, but the battery was awesome in that phone.
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[Discussion] Battery life thread

Share your screenshots here, battery endurance opinions..etc

S9 Exynos here.
Second full day (after a half day when I got it) and it's been pretty horrible. I expected it to be average or not great for the first couple days, but this is nuts.
I've got everything on - location, sync, AOD, Bixby, etc - and am losing about 5% per hour with the screen off. Ending the day on 15% with only an hour or two of SOT.
Will be keeping a spreadsheet log of it, including what services are on and how I've used it, so will report back. Hope it improves naturally with everything on though. Reception is also surprisingly average; in the bathroom at work my Pixel 1 had decent enough reception to load videos, but my S9 seems to struggle to even load images. Pixel 1 had 3G in an underground pub, but my S9 couldn't get any data at all.

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S9 Exynos here.
Second full day (after a half day when I got it) and it's been pretty horrible. I expected it to be average or not great for the first couple days, but this is nuts.
I've got everything on - location, sync, AOD, Bixby, etc - and am losing about 5% per hour with the screen off. Ending the day on 15% with only an hour or two of SOT.
Will be keeping a spreadsheet log of it, including what services are on and how I've used it, so will report back. Hope it improves naturally with everything on though. Reception is also surprisingly average; in the bathroom at work my Pixel 1 had decent enough reception to load videos, but my S9 seems to struggle to even load images. Pixel 1 had 3G in an underground pub, but my S9 couldn't get any data at all.
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With screenshots it would be better next time :good: , thanks for your feedback.

Soufiansky said:
With screenshots it would be better next time :good: , thanks for your feedback.
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Happy to provide them, I just never bother taking them haha. Why better though? I log my battery details in a spreadsheet, so wouldn't this be the same as a screenshot?

Coral Blue Galaxy S9 battery
2days turned on with 5hrs SoT.
Awesome.

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Happy to provide them, I just never bother taking them haha. Why better though? I log my battery details in a spreadsheet, so wouldn't this be the same as a screenshot?
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It's just better because most people do like that since you just see the screens instead of reading everything, but as you like man :victory:

battery times (at least european version) are currently worse than s8. most reviews i have read (with comparison) are confirming this.

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battery times (at least european version) are currently worse than s8. most reviews i have read (with comparison) are confirming this.
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Can confirm.
Same settings, apps and usage behaviour.
S9: Usage ~14 hours and 5 hours sot
S8: Usage ~20+ hours and 7+ hours sot
Samsung wtf?

I don't know whether I've conditioned the battery or whether it's the intelligent scan that i turned off (and restarted phone) but i am getting 5hrs sot 36hrs uptime. AOD off. Resolution is fhd+. Exynos s9.

sl4y3r88 said:
I don't know whether I've conditioned the battery or whether it's the intelligent scan that i turned off (and restarted phone) but i am getting 5hrs sot 36hrs uptime. AOD off. Resolution is fhd+. Exynos s9.
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Sure i have also 5h SOT (with 2 h playing a game currently) but turning off things shouldn't be the solution to get SOT times still worse than the s8.
The bad thing is most reviews are aware of the bad battery Times but still gave a high rating. So samsung will not fix this as fast as we want as the first reviews are rewarding them.
This should be a high priority issue.
I am sure this idiots will first concentrate their fixes to have higher benchmarks results

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Sure i have also 5h SOT (with 2 h playing a game currently) but turning off things shouldn't be the solution to still get SOT times worse than the s8.
The bad thing is most reviews are aware of the bad battery Times but still gave a high rating. So samsung will not fix this as fast as we want as the first reviews are rewarding them.
This should be a high priority issue.
I am sure this idiots will first concentrate their fixes to have higher benchmarks results
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Do you think it's fixable by Samsung? Maybe the new Exynos is just a battery sucker.

Battery life is underwhelming. Got like 1-2% discharge per hour, with phone locked + internet connection.

Here i have g960FD, battery REALLY SUCKS. My s8 does a LOT better than my S9, Idk if installing another firmware will solve the issue, i have germany firmware rn but it sucks a lot

aybarchu said:
Here i have g960FD, battery REALLY SUCKS. My s8 does a LOT better than my S9, Idk if installing another firmware will solve the issue, i have germany firmware rn but it sucks a lot
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How long have you had it? I wonder if the battery would improve after it has a chance to settle (i.e. after a number of charge/discharge cycles)

metal450 said:
How long have you had it? I wonder if the battery would improve after it has a chance to settle (i.e. after a number of charge/discharge cycles)
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5 days. The problem is I have a Pixel 2 and a brand new S8 and both of them are doing great...

aybarchu said:
5 days. The problem is I have a Pixel 2 and a brand new S8 and both of them are doing great...
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Are both the S8 and S9 Exynos?
I agree that it shouldn't be so much worse from the get-go...however, I personally care far more about how it behaves long term. If the S9 does eventually stabilize to behaving similar to the S8, that'd be fine with me. *If*...
(I'm currently on the fence between Exynos S8 and Exynos S9...)

Please read all S9 Exynos owners and watchers
https://www.androidcentral.com/samsungs-galaxy-s9-battery-problems-explained

i have poor battery life than other device. i should have not moved to s9 from a huawei midrange device. having premium phone but you still need to think on saving battery doesn't make sense. why pay for a premium phone if you will need to turn off features and sleep the apps just to save juice while outside. this is not fair.

Standby time on my phone has been amazing. Actually from 100% -90%, my battery drains like crazy, but after that it steadies out. I forgot to charge my phone last night with 72%, woke up with 70% and now still going strong. I think I can last another day with this phone. Yeah yeah I only have like one hour and 30min of SOT as of right now, but when I use my.phone through heavy usage I usually can get 5 hrs or even 5hrs and a half. Here's my small tip on how to save battery life:
1. Power saving mode on: CPU limiter off / decrease brightness 10% /AOD off / FHD
2. Battery saving on location settings
3. Make sure data is off when using wifi (developer setting)
4. Delete or disable bloatware
5. Use BetterBatteryStats to check and make sure you have no wakelocks (had some before and with a reboot it fixed all my problems)
6. Make sure your phone settles in. Give it at least a week
7. Go to the battery setting and click on certain apps and disable background activity so that it doesn't trigger any warlock (this will disable notification so beware)
8. For people who use Facebook,delete it. Go to chrome (or brave, which is better) and sign into to your Facebook account and add the website to your homescreen. Honestly it's a lot smoother and you will still receive notifications.
And yeah that's about it for my battery saving tips. Battery will vary depending on your usage so dont depend too much on this idea.

Here's mine

S10 exynos battery life

Hello, i want to upgrade my phone. I can get the s10 or s10e, both exynos and with the buds. But i read it has awfull battery life, is this for all exynos device or is bad just for some units? I have a Xperia z2 and i get like 20 hours of battery with 4.5 hours sot, if i get less i dont think if gonna be a upgrade, the xperia is a 5 five years old device, i dont want less for a new phone. Thanks

This is regular s10 exynos 128gb, judge for yourself.
I don't play games so keep that in mind.
A few apps like Facebook etc disabled, wqhd, adaptive power saving on.

Hi man, there a lot of posts of battery life. Just take a look.
People are making around 5-8h depending on use.
I'm going a lot of game and last 6h+ hour.
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Still at 20%
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3h:41..that's terrible with 20% left. That's not even close to decent battery life.
I thought Samsung fixed their catastrophic Exynos power management from last year's S9, but it seems not.
I also have an S10, and despite I have many apps blocked from background, no AOD, display at default FHD+, I do not get more than 4h SOT on LTE, which is terrible.

Poor battery life after March update (Snapdragon Note 9)

My battery life was so good before this update. I was getting 8 hrs of SOT on an average. But after March update, battery life dropped to 5-6 hrs. Has anyone faced this issue?

Lucky you, after pie update onwards I barely get 3hrs+ of Screen on time on my Exynos Note 9..
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ankydu said:
Lucky you, after pie update onwards I barely get 3hrs+ of Screen on time on my Exynos Note 9..
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3 hrs wtf? ? Samsung should start using Snapdragon in all the regions.

still on Oreo, didn't want to update after people started reporting big drop in battery life post-Oreo
Is it now better or... I better stay put?
9h on wifi, bunch of apps active
On LTE gets from 85% to 55 at work, in 8h, notifiicationd constantly coming (twitter, viber, gmail, stocktwits, skype)...don't want to risk losing this.
I keep it charged 40-85%, charged it few times to 100%.

nbog said:
still on Oreo, didn't want to update after people started reporting big drop in battery life post-Oreo
Is it now better or... I better stay put?
9h on wifi, bunch of apps active
On LTE gets from 85% to 55 at work, in 8h, notifiicationd constantly coming (twitter, viber, gmail, stocktwits, skype)...don't want to risk losing this.
I keep it charged 40-85%, charged it few times to 100%.
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That's really impressive. Seems like sammy is making our note 9 obselete with new updates.

Exactly.
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A few months ago I tested out my battery life from 100% down to 15% during a typical days use.
It took over 14hrs use and 5hrs screen time to get down to 15%
Its used for work, so everything is turned on (Wifi, 4G data, NFC, GPS, Bluetooth, Sync, AOD) at max full screen res. Hey, got it use it
The phone was bought 2018, and is running the last version of Android 9, (I tried 10 and hated it).
So stick with or go back to 9 if you have the option. :good:

My note 9 gets average 8 hours sot I'm on 9 pie .and wont update to android 10 as it dropped my sot to 4 hours average. So I went back to pie

I don't get people who complain for battery on Android 10. I get 8h SOT for 24h with 0 attempt to save power and just enjoying my phone. Exynos here.

koragg97 said:
I don't get people who complain for battery on Android 10. I get 8h SOT for 24h with 0 attempt to save power and just enjoying my phone. Exynos here.
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Unbelievable, do you have good lock app installed?
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ankydu said:
Unbelievable, do you have good lock app installed?
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Yes but it does not work in Bulgaria. For the actual modules I use FineLock. I need GoodLock installed for some modules to auto-start on boot.

koragg97 said:
Yes but it does not work in Bulgaria. For the actual modules I use FineLock. I need GoodLock installed for some modules to auto-start on boot.
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Would love see some screenshots of the battery usage

Techvir said:
Would love see some screenshots of the battery usage
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Sure will charge to 100 these days and drain to low percentage and will share screens. But I'm on exynos version, not snapdragon.

@ankydu @Techvir Here is my usage today. Unplugged at around 82-83% at midnight and started using it from 8:30 until 20:30 when it hit 30%. So for 50% battery used for 12h (and 8h stand-by at night) I get 4h SOT. See attached screenshot for all details. And this is with the "inferior" Exynos chipset It's amazing for me. If I actually had something to do to achieve 8h SOT I would have charged to 100 and stopped at 1% with the 8h SOT. I just prefer charging between 30 and 80 to not degrade my battery. And I don't really need more than 4h SOT per day (which still was a little stretch xd) so I'm perfectly fine with this info.

koragg97 said:
@ankydu @Techvir Here is my usage today. Unplugged at around 82-83% at midnight and started using it from 8:30 until 20:30 when it hit 30%. So for 50% battery used for 12h (and 8h stand-by at night) I get 4h SOT. See attached screenshot for all details. And this is with the "inferior" Exynos chipset It's amazing for me. If I actually had something to do to achieve 8h SOT I would have charged to 100 and stopped at 1% with the 8h SOT. I just prefer charging between 30 and 80 to not degrade my battery. And I don't really need more than 4h SOT per day (which still was a little stretch xd) so I'm perfectly fine with this info.
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which firmware do you have? thank u very much.

neptunelt said:
which firmware do you have? thank u very much.
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Stock unrooted Android 10 OneUI 2.0 on April Security Patch. Exact version is: N960FXXU5DTC9

koragg97 said:
Stock unrooted Android 10 OneUI 2.0 on April Security Patch. Exact version is: N960FXXU5DTC9
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i can find only Modem/CP version. which is PDA/AP Version? and REGION United Kingdom? BTE or BTU or BTB or EVR?
i want to flash your firmware. Thank you :fingers-crossed:

koragg97 said:
Stock unrooted Android 10 OneUI 2.0 on April Security Patch. Exact version is: N960FXXU5DTC9
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Hmm, mine is still stuck with March Firmware. Could be that the April firmware improved things a bit?
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neptunelt said:
i can find only Modem/CP version. which is PDA/AP Version? and REGION United Kingdom? BTE or BTU or BTB or EVR?
i want to flash your firmware. Thank you :fingers-crossed:
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Don't know what region it's for but that doesn't matter. Get the April firmware from here: https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-note9/firmware/#SM-N960F
Or if you want you can always get the latest one from May too. I just prefer waiting for the OTA to hit me rather than flashing it myself.
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ankydu said:
Hmm, mine is still stuck with March Firmware. Could be that the April firmware improved things a bit?
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I bought my phone on 5th March and updated it immediately. Didn't have any problems on the March update as well (like that green tint issue that's being mentioned a lot).

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koragg97 said:
Don't know what region it's for but that doesn't matter.
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Firmware depend on Region. You can see it in About your phone-> software information-> service provider. Mine is DBT (germany) .
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