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Ok, maybe it does suck for all users, so the title may be a little misleading, but for those worried about purchasing because of battery life, depending on your usage, the Nexus 5 isn't that bad.
I previously owned an iPhone 5, and after having made the jump to Android finally, I was worried about battery life. Specifically because its my understanding that Android does background tasking differently than iPhone. Well, after having my Nexus 5 for almost 2 weeks now, I must say that I'm impressed with the results. The short version: after getting my Nexus 5 set up to do all that I basically would do on my iPhone on a regular day, the Nexus 5 stomps all over my iPhone 5's battery life.
Not sure exactly how to go into details, but my basic usage is that I work typically 5 hours a day. by the end of my 5 hour shift, and after having barely used my phone during that time, it was a good day if my battery was left with anything over 35%. Keep in mind that I would always have my phone charged at 100% before work, and since im on sprint, my area doesn't even have LTE yet, so I can't use that as an excuse for drain. Though to be fair, my iPhone 5's have both had issues (I've swapped it out once already hoping it was just my phone)
anyways, lately ive been getting full time hours for the holidays, and since I have my nexus 5, I leave my phone fully charged before work. during a 12 hour day, my nexus 5 still had 51% battery life, versus my iPhone only having 25-45% during a 5 hour shift. Granted, this is through light use (a typical day of not accessing my phone much, only checking one mail gets pushed through, texts, and the occasional quick google search lookup here and there)
I am very well aware that the battery drains a lot faster during screen on time, but you have to consider how much bigger the screen is in comparison, and the resolution. But, with that said, screen on time, even game usage, I see the Nexus 5 battery life last longer than my iPhone 5 ever did.
So, for those coming from an iPhone specifically, and scared by all the "this is my battery life" posts everywhere, keep in mind what exactly it is a user is doing on their phone, and a simple screenshot isn't enough to detail what the battery life entails. I'd like to also point out that I haven't really done any of the basic power saving tweaks yet either, so I am excited to mess around with my phone some more as well. Ive also noticed that in the battery settings you can go into each app and see exactly what some apps are doing that are draining your battery. This is dependent on the app, and it mostly just gives you how much data an app used, how long it was accessing something (for instance, cpu, GPS, etc)
These are two different phones, and in particular, two different worlds basically. You can't really compare battery life between the two because they function differently in their own ways. But you can't judge the Nexus 5 battery life on what others say they get either. It all depends on what you are doing exactly. So when you see those screenshots, make sure to get all the info on usage first, before assuming the Nexus 5 battery is poor. I'm not saying its going to last you all day, because again, depending on your usage, the battery just might suck. But I personally know when I am going to game or do something heavy, no matter what phone, it's going to need to be recharged eventually anyway.
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I find the battery life to be very good on my Nexus 5 too. More often I'm getting 2 days easy. That's with little use through day time, and heavy web, facebook, email and quick game or 2 in the evenings. Sometimes all that and even have 20% left!
My last phone was the HTC One-X with the 1800mah battery and it would struggle with a full day.
Are you kidding me? iPhone's battery life is atrocious! No real iPhone user would actually be worried about battery life because they always keep their phone plugged in so that they won't have to worry about their stupid little battery. To be fair, it's quite a feat for the iPhone to handle all that technology on such a small battery but realistically, everybody I know who owns an iPhone regardless of generation always complain that their phone's battery is weak and they either have to keep it charged all the time or carry around external chargers.
I think iPhone users should consider other things such as moving to a different OS and how maybe some of their favourite apps won't be available to them anymore. They shouldn't have to worry about battery life at all.
I've received my N5 last week and yea I find battery life crap...
I have a Note 3 where I get 6 hours on screen daily while my Nexus I have hard time getting 3...
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it kinda sucks if u ask me..i have to constantly charge it every now and then
The battery life is good in comparison to my former Samsung Galaxy S3 Well, it´s not as good as a Samsung Galaxy Note III or similar huge device with a huge built in battery but to be honest, as a customer you knew before the purchase what you had to expect
If you use a good custom kernel, disable processes you don´t need and don´t play games all the time, the battery life of the Nexus 5 is good enough.
im getting great battery life with my N5.. better then my htc one and gs4... yea im rocking franco kernel which is a kick a$$ kernel but even b4 i rooted it i was getting great battery life.. i never use GPS.. i NEVER have ishh syncing in the backround.. i dont go on facebook from my phone..
I would say the Nexus 5 battery is average or slightly above average. It does not suck but it is not great either. Its on par with other phones with the same size screen and battery.
It seems to me that the ones complaining about the battery life are coming from other android devices which, depending on the device, might have had a bigger battery to begin with, other optimizations, etc.
Then some of the ones praising the battery (like myself) have probably come from smaller devices, like the iPhone (such as myself lol).
I just wanted to post this to point out for those that were like me and worried about it. There are still things I don't like about android, but I'm trying to give it a chance and keep the switch. I just got sick of the iOS environment.
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IIIPowerIII said:
I've received my N5 last week and yea I find battery life crap...
I have a Note 3 where I get 6 hours on screen daily while my Nexus I have hard time getting 3...
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Look at the Note 3 battery
I feel like I am the only person on earth who actually doesn't the iphone has bad battery life. (maybe that's because I had galaxy phones up until my iphone 5 and 5s and was blown away at how long it lasted) i could easily go 2 days on a charge, not that I ever did unless I had to. but anyway I digress.
I would say my Nexus battery is more than adequate for what I need. I am a heavy user, especially yesterday it was constant twitter/instagram/texting etc... And I got over 13 hours with 3+ hours of screen time.
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Look at the Note 3 battery
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I know the difference in the battery.
But coming from a Note 3 to N5 is a major downgrade for me.
My N4 and N5 has no difference at all in battery life.
I love my N5 for the OS with Google experience, give me a rom like that for my note 3 and I wouldn't even keep my N5. That why I bought the n5, I'm bored of all the crap Samsung put in my note 3.
1.2gb vs 300mb, that's the roms size difference between both... But yea at the moment I'm keeping both device for daily use.
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I think the phone's OS itself is quite optimized and I was expecting far worse battery life since I am coming from a Note 2. To my surprise, it's not bad at all. I've not experienced many wakelocks, and my cell reception is, on a scale of 1-10 avg about 7. I've disabled the recommended location stuff and wifi scanning, and I'd say it's doing quite well. I've also installed Lux to minimize screen brightness and it helps a bit.
Overall, I will say the battery life is adequate, considering how thin and light this phone is. If you really need the battery life, get a Note 3 or a battery pack.
I don't have any battery issues personally but I see a few people do but I do know a few things that cause it.
The new GPS menu is misleading, you want to have it on Battery Saver, not High Accuracy, that there will drain your battery alone.
Turn off NFC when not in use.
Just a few things.
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I've received my N5 last week and yea I find battery life crap...
I have a Note 3 where I get 6 hours on screen daily while my Nexus I have hard time getting 3...
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If you are seriously spending 6hrs a day on your phone you have issues man. No offense but that's just unhealthy!
Go outside a bit and go for a walk or something. Try leave your phone at home.
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If you are seriously spending 6hrs a day on your phone you have issues man. No offense but that's just unhealthy!
Go outside a bit and go for a walk or something. Try leave your phone at home.
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Oh yea because it last 6 hours per charge, I need to use it 6 hours per day...
My note is charged once per 2 days and I never run out of battery while my Nexus is dying at the end of 1 days so yea it make a big difference.
I'll have to start some heavy undervolting like I did on my N4 to get something normal.
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Wow I would have never thought the iPhone 5 had such bad battery life
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battery life is a big improvement for me over my old galaxy s3. I can actually make phone calls send text, surf and watch youtube and have about 3.5-4h hours of time on screen with about 16 hours of being unplugged.
Funny - it's the second best phone I've had. I had no problem getting 3 days out of my HTC One GPE, and I have no problem getting 2 days out of my Nexus 5.
My absolute worst battery day was 15 hours, 20 minutes to 5% battery. That consisted of 4 hours, 31 minutes screen-on time, with literally 100% of that time consisting of running benchmarks (mostly 3dmark and geekbench). Since then, I haven't had a single day - even relatively heavy phone-use days, with 2+ hours of screen-on time - where I've gone below 50% before bed. Other than the HTC One GPE, this is the first phone I can say that about.
According to BetterBatteryStats, my battery drain RARELY reaches 2%/hr.
Anyone complaining about battery life on this phone likely has either a battery issue, a rogue process, or they use it a LOT more heavily than they think... Just my 2 cents.
One last thing, for absolute transparency - The first thing I do with ANY new Nexus device is turn it on to make sure it works, unlock the bootloader, and immediately flash the factory image. Between a Nexus One, 2 Nexus S's, 2 Galaxy Nexuses, 3 Nexus 4's, 2 2012 Nexus 7's, a Nexus 10, and now my Nexus 5, the only device to ever have a problem is my wife's Nexus S, which suddenly stopped turning on one day. Worked perfectly, battery died, then... nothing, ever again.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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)
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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)
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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...
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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...
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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
I've been having horrible battery life on Pie. I started on a clean slate then restored through smart switch. I'm getting max 5 hours of SOT on pie whereas I always got 8+ hours on oreo. I don't know if it's just me or anyone else is experiencing the same. Please share your battery stats so we can average out the outcome. If this continues, I'm definitely odining back to oreo.
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Got 10 hours this past weekend. Snapdragon.
Exynos. And it's awful
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6hrs consistently
Exynos
It looks bad Pie on exynos.Woaw!
I am Oreo.Not upgrade to Pie and my SOT is every day 7,8h SOT wifi and 4G.
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Got 10 hours this past weekend. Snapdragon.
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Exynos
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Yours is pretty bad.
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K-alz said:
Are you on T-mobile?
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AT&T
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AT&T
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Then it's only tmobile who's having the battery issue
Nope, I am At&t went back to Oreo. Wasn't getting anywhere close to the 8 to 10hr screen times as a see some have. Best I could get was about 5hrs..granted I would have about 6hrs call time which is ok I guess, but still Oreo was better for me. But then again I never let my battery drop below 20% and I usually only charge to 90%..I never let it get down to the single digits.
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Then it's only tmobile who's having the battery issue
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I'm on T-Mo and have great battery life. 8-10 hours SOT. Mix of WiFi and LTE.
Actuakky I'd say an estimated 8-10 hours. I use the phone pretty heavy throughout the day. I'm on it for a couple hours after I wake up. Posting on here, reading my Bible app, checking the news, etc.
Then I go to the gym and stream music through Bluetooth for a couple hours. I usually check my phone occasionally and take calls while there.
Then I randomly get on it throughout the day and evening at home.
I average 1 hour of screen time per 10% of battery, but I haven't been able to kill the battery before bed to see the full 10 hours of SOT. And I charge over night. Though I have left it off the charger by accident and still woke up with a plenty of juice.
This phone is a beast that sips battery. And my Note 8 is doing just as well on Pie.
I'm not saying I don't believe you, I'm just saying something must be going on with your particular phone.
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I'm not saying I don't believe you, I'm just saying something must be going on with your particular phone.
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Or possibly an app that is not Pie friendly.
Exynos, always almost max brightness QHD+ and 50/50 4G+/wifi, 512/8 version
First one is Oreo, others are pie
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Exynos, always almost max brightness QHD+ and 50/50 4G+/wifi, 512/8 version
First one is Oreo, others are pie
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Do you understand that you're more satisfied with Pie than with Oreo?
K-alz said:
I've been having horrible battery life on Pie. I started on a clean slate then restored through smart switch. I'm getting max 5 hours of SOT on pie whereas I always got 8+ hours on oreo. I don't know if it's just me or anyone else is experiencing the same. Please share your battery stats so we can average out the outcome. If this continues, I'm definitely odining back to oreo.
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I'm getting 7hrs 40mins average SOT
Exynos the battery is quite good.
Dual sim always, location high + wifi scan when wifi off, max resolution on (WQHD+), no AOD
On 4G i get around 5 hours SOT and on WIFI around 6 SOT
Those that are getting 8hours+ probably sometimes they are using the phone in airplane mode with WIFI enabled or not at all and a lot other things that they do not mention so please do not take them as "normal" people because it's not fair what they are presenting and does not reflect a normal day to day user.
As some noted, depending on the usage - the battery life on pie is worse vs oreo. For me it's also worse as I multitask a lot. The SOC CPU control is tuned differently for more performance. Sadly, it's leading to worse battery life while still lags massively behind the snapdragon 845 in performance. Luckily - it's a little bit faster. This is the reason why most likely those reports about lower battery life on pie will come from mainly exynos note 9 owners.
For me and my usage, it's not massively lower, but surely it's noticeable lower usage before need for recharge vs oreo. It's still ok. I am not so ok with the gutted multiwindow functionality and the rushed/bugged state (and that's funny given how many months the PIE update was in development + the beta).
I also saw some recent tests of those with exynos and update Pie with Antutu around 260000 compared to the test made on Oreo around 244000. It sees the CPU and GPU increase and a consistent decrease to UX and MEM.
avatar_ro said:
Exynos the battery is quite good.
Dual sim always, location high + wifi scan when wifi off, max resolution on (WQHD+), no AOD
On 4G i get around 5 hours SOT and on WIFI around 6 SOT
Those that are getting 8hours+ probably sometimes they are using the phone in airplane mode with WIFI enabled or not at all and a lot other things that they do not mention so please do not take them as "normal" people because it's not fair what they are presenting and does not reflect a normal day to day user.
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Actually depends on the apps you're using, on wifi I got very high battery without airplane mode, which can make me go to 10 hrs of screen on
Hello,
Just curious from people that may have tested both. How does the battery compare between the two? I just ordered the S10 but am second guessing due to the size of the battery in the Plus. The smaller pixel the battery is trash compared to the XL. Was wondering if the same is the case for the S10 vs the S10+
Thanks
sruel3216 said:
Hello,
Just curious from people that may have tested both. How does the battery compare between the two? I just ordered the S10 but am second guessing due to the size of the battery in the Plus. The smaller pixel the battery is trash compared to the XL. Was wondering if the same is the case for the S10 vs the S10+
Thanks
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I think it is going to be a little more than try, return and upgrade to compare the difference. Hopefully someone has tried both through multiple charging cycles because that's what it takes for a battery to settle in.
Tel864 said:
I think it is going to be a little more than try, return and upgrade to compare the difference. Hopefully someone has tried both through multiple charging cycles because that's what it takes for a battery to settle in.
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Yeah I'll probably try the s10 for a week then decide. All the reviews I've watched are on the S10+. Not many reviewing the S10.
I'm hoping the S10 has decent battery. Had the note and 6t. It's been a while since I've had a smaller phone. I want to try.
sruel3216 said:
Yeah I'll probably try the s10 for a week then decide. All the reviews I've watched are on the S10+. Not many reviewing the S10.
I'm hoping the S10 has decent battery. Had the note and 6t. It's been a while since I've had a smaller phone. I want to try.
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I ordered the S10 hoping I would get at least what I got on the S9. Every now and then I don't make it through a day with the S9 but I mostly do. I'm hoping with the slightly larger battery in the S10 vs the S9 I may see a little improvement. The S10e is the size phone I wanted and has the flat screen, but the smaller battery drove me away from it.
I haven't compared but right now I'd say the batterife on my plus is not as good as I was hoping. I've had it since March 6th and it's been worse than my Note 9 and way worse than my Huawei Mate 20 pro. I hope it gets better with time. My pixel 3 was horrid for the first week or so but improved dramatically soon after
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I haven't compared but right now I'd say the batterife on my plus is not as good as I was hoping. I've had it since March 6th and it's been worse than my Note 9 and way worse than my Huawei Mate 20 pro. I hope it gets better with time. My pixel 3 was horrid for the first week or so but improved dramatically soon after
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Any updates? Just got it and it's only 5 hours screen on time, waaaay worse than my POCOPHONE. Is there any difference after a while? Thanks
I'm not impressed at all with my S10+
Way worse than I expected
Here is mine, been on battery for over 24 hours with AOD on from 7am to 1am. 2 sim cards in the phone. On WiFi mainly. Browsing forums and watching YouTube vanced dark mode, Samsung browser on dark mode most of the time. I think mines not too shabby, ive seen someone get 15 hours, don't know how. As long as I can get through a day with the battery I'm ok.
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johnkabou said:
I'm not impressed at all with my S10+
Way worse than I expected
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What was so disappointing about the 4100 mah battery?
ArunRocker said:
What was so disappointing about the 4100 mah battery?
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5 hours SOT? I've seen tests over 8. And my Poco has 8+ hours. I was expecting at least the same
Content with my S10+ SD - stil selling it, but otherwise no complaints. I use bluetooth (Galaxy Buds) regularly for calls and music. This was a lighter day for me. Owned the phone since launch.
https://imgur.com/a/HttyUWL
I average about 4.5 SOT with 17-19 hours up ok my SD S10.
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johnkabou said:
Any updates? Just got it and it's only 5 hours screen on time, waaaay worse than my POCOPHONE. Is there any difference after a while? Thanks
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Unfortunately I ended up returning my s10. Battery life was never that great and I was impressed with the phone over the Note 9. Think I'm just gonna wait for the Note 10 at this point.