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Hi Ladies and Gents-I am having the WORST time finding a solution to my battery life problem. I've even goten a replacement device from AT&T in case it was an internal problem.
Sitting idle during the day except for the device checking email every hour, a text here and there, and an occasional 5 minute phone call; my Tilt ends up at 20% at the end of an eight-hour work day.
Others have indicated that they've had upwards of 70% battery at the end of the day, with much more device use!
I've had the battery tested at Batteries Plus, and they conclude there are no bad cells nor leakage.
I live in the Indianapolis area and am using Radio 1.64.08.21 and Utty's April 29th Hybrid ROM if that's useful information.
I also use GPS golf software, but can only last 8 or 9 holes. It's madening!
Can someone help?
Thanks....
i think you answered your own question. the gps drains the battery like crazy
sd73ta said:
i think you answered your own question. the gps drains the battery like crazy
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I agree...gps is a killer
sd73ta said:
i think you answered your own question. the gps drains the battery like crazy
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Thanks, but I thought about that. The other folk have the same device and use their GPS actively without disabling when not in use...
maiahsdad said:
Thanks, but I thought about that. The other folk have the same device and use their GPS actively without disabling when not in use...
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Well, if you leave the program running in the background instead of closing it, then it will continue to actively use the GPS. In which case 8 hours would be a good battery life. Try actually exiting the programs that use GPS when you are not using them to see if that affects the battery life. Some roms will kill the program if you click the X in the corner, and others only minimize it. Just a thought.
skatdawg said:
Well, if you leave the program running in the background instead of closing it, then it will continue to actively use the GPS. In which case 8 hours would be a good battery life. Try actually exiting the programs that use GPS when you are not using them to see if that affects the battery life. Some roms will kill the program if you click the X in the corner, and others only minimize it. Just a thought.
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Obviously, your not just complaining about battery life on the golf course. That does sound like abnormal battery drain during a regular day. I had the same problem when I had push email active.
I hard reset , reloaded all my programs without push email , and my battery life was back to crappy normal. 100% to warning popup in about 24 hours.
The push email was keeping Edge connected all day despite my settings in Kaiser tweaks/Advance Config.
skatdawg said:
Well, if you leave the program running in the background instead of closing it, then it will continue to actively use the GPS. In which case 8 hours would be a good battery life. Try actually exiting the programs that use GPS when you are not using them to see if that affects the battery life. Some roms will kill the program if you click the X in the corner, and others only minimize it. Just a thought.
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Thanks for the thoughts. I appreciate all of you input. This is exactly the first thing I did when I noticed the drain. I set my preferences to "CLose Programs When Tapping X". I also double-check with the "running programs" tab in the top, right corner of the Today screen. At least I feel good about trying the right things to help my situation.
I'm thankful for any and all input. I hopefully will find a solution soon.
denco7 said:
I had the same problem when I had push email active.
The push email was keeping Edge connected all day despite my settings in Kaiser tweaks/Advance Config.
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Thanks so much for you input. Now... I'm using the email setup program that came with the ROM. I set up my POP 3 account (somehow it reverted to IMAP but still works) with SBCGlobal and all works well. but what I DON'T know is if this is PUSH mail. Not familiar with how it works exactly.
i would never use the GPS unless its pluged in...
In the car gps on, I leave plugged in
I also use gps today, cool little program too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=370384
Listening to music via bluetooth and leaving gps on all day will kill the battery. 4 hours at best.
I charge at my desk and listen to bloototh music, (people think just an IT guy with bluetooth ear piece)
Charge in the car Listen to music, GPS and take calls.
I try to stay above 50% on battery if I can, just in case I want to flash a new rom when I get home.
ChInEsE ChIcKeN said:
i would never use the GPS unless its pluged in...
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If IT refers to the GPS being plugged in... Uh... it's integrated. But if you mean the DEVICE being plugged into a charger... that's not possible if I'm outside of the vehicle. And for my golfing program, carts don't have chargers (I usually walk anyways).
But there's definitely something going on that's eating my battery.....
I appreciate all of the comments thus far.
Hi maiahsdad,
It was me who was getting 70% at the end of a day, what can I say, not anymore... I don't know what the problem is - but i was using the same configuration (Leos V7 with included radio). last week the percentage was falling in front of my eyes... i didn't know what to do, flashed again and again different roms and radios, still no god results. I'm now on Leos v8 light with SPB Shell on top of it, but am not happy with my battery life AT ALL... 7% of battary gone in standby overnight - used to be 3%. the only thing is I have BT onn at all times.
looking for a solution....
slovoflud said:
Hi maiahsdad,
It was me who was getting 70% at the end of a day, what can I say, not anymore... I don't know what the problem is - but i was using the same configuration (Leos V7 with included radio). last week the percentage was falling in front of my eyes... i didn't know what to do, flashed again and again different roms and radios, still no god results. I'm now on Leos v8 light with SPB Shell on top of it, but am not happy with my battery life AT ALL... 7% of battary gone in standby overnight - used to be 3%. the only thing is I have BT onn at all times.
looking for a solution....
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Hi slovoflud, you could try to remove spb shell and see if it is eating up your battery. I used to install it but now no more and I noticed some improvement in battery life. The radio included is the best IMHO in terms of battery life.
dereknas said:
Hi slovoflud, you could try to remove spb shell and see if it is eating up your battery. I used to install it but now no more and I noticed some improvement in battery life. The radio included is the best IMHO in terms of battery life.
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are you talking about V7 or V8 ?
I'm using V7. I have not tried V8 yet because I'm waiting for V9 but I would think that V8 should perform the same.
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are you talking about V7 or V8 ?
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I've found V7 & V8 to be refreshingly light on battery usage with the 1.58*** ROM that was found to work.
denco7 said:
The push email was keeping Edge connected all day despite my settings in Kaiser tweaks/Advance Config.
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I ran some tests - which I have a hard time believing - on Push on/off and the Kaiser Tweak settings for a constant connection. The tests were run over three evenings (so I was sure I was not using the phone for calls or data sessions). I found that having push on, off or the Kaiser Tweak settings for disconnect after 1 minute or constant on made no difference. Obviously, if you get a bunch of email from the Push connection, that will make a difference but my intent was to check to see if the persistent data connection made a difference in battery life; it did not.
The reason I did this I found that the Kaiser Tweak setting for automatic disconnect prevents simultaneous data and voice connections in HSDPA mode; which is key benefit to using HSDPA, at least for me.
Like I stated; results I have a hard time buying but I have repeated the tests with the same outcome.
As a result, I just leave the Kaiser Tweak setting at constant data connection and turn Push Email on when I need it (usually during the work day when I am out of the office).
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are you talking about V7 or V8 ?
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Thanks to both of you. Is there a cab for V8 that I can download. I don't have it currently so I KNOW that it's not causing my battery life problem. But I would like to try the cab.
Thanks.
maiahsdad said:
Thanks to both of you. Is there a cab for V8 that I can download. I don't have it currently so I KNOW that it's not causing my battery life problem. But I would like to try the cab.
Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=400118
over there
I have to kind of disagree with the whole push email thing draining battery. Yes it makes sense but heres my scenario
I'm using Dutty's Diamond V1 ROM
Radio: 1.65.16.25
I'm using Windows Live for my Hotmail acct. which pushes my email
I have Blackberry Connect software from 3 other email accts. for my job
Always using H signal 3.5g speed
Bluetooth stays on even though I don't use it because I find that I save battery life when I keep it on.
Yesterday I charged my phone it was at 100 percent in the morning. Haven't charged it since and right now 3:00 pm eastern time my battery is at 64 % casual use. Which is by far the most pnenominal life I'd had. I'm going to see how long it'll last before it dies.
Well I just switched to Android and I'm loving it! It's awesome. However I'm really having a problem with my battery. I got this phone on Sunday...and the battery life for me has been horrible for me.
I leave my phone on the charger all night. I have to leave for school, and I take my phone off the charger around 8:00am.
Throughout the school day, I'll check my phone a couple times. I probably send like 10-15 texts, and I take a few pictures at lunch. That's all I do, nothing else. By the end of the day (2:45) the battery is at 50%. I don't understand how a battery can be this bad, when it's in standby almost the whole day.
I have advanced task killer installed, and I have it set so all apps are killed when the screen is off, and it auto-kills apps. I turn off wi-fi at school since I don't get any, and my screen brightness is at auto. No live wallpaper either, just a normal still one. So I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I understand the battery isn't the biggest, but from what I hear everyone else is getting better battery life then me, and they're doing so much more than me.
Any help? Would be appreciate!
First things first, get rid of task killer. Also see what's syncing. Play with the settings a little. Battery is tiny for this phone. But with tweaking it does the job. Best bet is to get a second battery or an extended battery from the desire hd.
Why should I get rid of task killer? Everyone that I speak to that has android told me to get it. When I don't have it, I have all these apps running in the background like Asphalt 5, AT&T Navigator, Maps, and a bunch of crap that shouldn't even be running. I have pretty much everything syncing, does that kill the battery?
Taskiller was ok back in earlier versions of android. The apps aren't actually running they are stored in memory with no impact on CPU. Constant syncing is going to destroy your battery.
Davwman is absolutely correct about the task killer app. Do some googling on this and you will see that it creates more issues than helps.
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Alright, thanks a lot! I fixed the syncing, and a message popped up saying that it will extend the battery life. I'm going to assume this is going to help a lot, since Facebook and my email was probably constantly updating during. I'll look into the task killer as well!
You should see an improvements in the following days as well as the battery is settling in.
If not, Id ask AT&T for a replacement of the unit for another one.
If you have any battery widgets I would remove those too. I had batstatt and it was destroying my battery!!!
The battery isn't too great... 1230mAH ... I did send an e-mail to HTC regarding replacement batteries and they said I quote..
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You really need to turn off auto-brightness as well. That will suck up battery power. Just set your brightness to a reasonable level. I usually keep mine around 35-40%
also auto rotate and data always on could affect it
Look into a widget that will allow you to kill data when you don't need it. Switchpro is a paid app and will allow this but I'm sure there are free ones.
You will still be able to send and receive calls as well as sms.
This should help get more out of the battery life.
As previously stated you might also look into picking up a spare battery for when you need the juice.
Check amazon and ebay. Beware of anything coming from China.
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Androidude said:
You really need to turn off auto-brightness as well. That will suck up battery power. Just set your brightness to a reasonable level. I usually keep mine around 35-40%
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This.
Everytime your screen adjusts, its using CPU. So turn it off, get rid of the task killer,- when you kill them, chances are most of them are starting back up and that's making it worse.
Flash/ or wait for a version with all of this horrendous bloat removed.
It will get better
I'm actually pretty happy with mine.
I'm at 15 hours off charge, exactly 20% battery left, 3 hours screen on time
turn off syncing. dont us gps or navigation programs. no live wallpaper. i use this phone like my old Tilt 2 and i get about the same amount of battery life out of it (1 day) and i charge it at night. now on my phone i have syncs running for email and facebook and what not i send and recieve about 30 - 50 txts a day. lots of email. photos for work, i DO have live wallpaper loaded so i think the battery is just fine. however yes i will want a bigger battery when this one dosnt accomplish a full day without a charge.. oh ya games will eat into your battery as well!
I've had a rooted bolt for a year and 1/2 and always had bad battery life. I even bought a rezound battery hoping it would help. But it barely changed. I u installed Google maps and now I have 60% at the end of my work day where as before I'd charge it by 3 pm due to a dead battery. I hope this helps someone who does.t care too much about using Google maps
Better batt life
beeholtz said:
I've had a rooted bolt for a year and 1/2 and always had bad battery life. I even bought a rezound battery hoping it would help. But it barely changed. I u installed Google maps and now I have 60% at the end of my work day where as before I'd charge it by 3 pm due to a dead battery. I hope this helps someone who does.t care too much about using Google maps
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Not sure what Rom you're using, if it's Aosp, I suggest trying imo lean 184 kernel. With speedtweak setting on #1 normal, undervolted, cpu min 184 - max 1408. After 15 hrs of light to moderate use, I had 49% batt left. Used to be dead at 6 hrs.
az_biker said:
Not sure what Rom you're using, if it's Aosp, I suggest trying imo lean 184 kernel. With speedtweak setting on #1 normal, undervolted, cpu min 184 - max 1408. After 15 hrs of light to moderate use, I had 49% batt left. Used to be dead at 6 hrs.
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im using thundershed right now. it has seemed to be the most stable and best on battery life for me so far. plus i like the look and feel of it
I've actually been pleasantly surprised by BatteryXL in the market. It doesn't do anything spectacular aside from shutting down radios and services when they're really not needed. It's helped me to get through an entire day with no charging.
Or you could just disable GPS until you need it.
Tshed
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im using thundershed right now. it has seemed to be the most stable and best on battery life for me so far. plus i like the look and feel of it
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I am also running tshed (imo lean) and 605.9 radios. Common thought seems to point to 605.19 rsdios being a bit more power hungry than the 605.9s...
ya i always have gps disabled but maps was always running in services.... even if you stop it it comes back. probably because im rooted and sometimes things happen at some points id have 2 or 3 instances of maps running. i decided to just uninstall it and im telling you ive never had my battery last like it does not.... never since i got the phone 1 1/2 years ago
Batt xl
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I've actually been pleasantly surprised by BatteryXL in the market. It doesn't do anything spectacular aside from shutting down radios and services when they're really not needed. It's helped me to get through an entire day with no charging.
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What are your settings? Itried batt xl, it seemed my batt life was worse after a week. What kinda savings did you notice?
Unfortunatly, i use the navigation all the time, so this is not an option. But, my car charger works great!
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The charger is like a American express card don't leave home without it
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I have a siedo extended battery and use Juice Defender Ultimate (rooted, stock rom). I can go 2-3 between charges with 3g coverage. I do notice a faster drain when in 4g areas though.
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im an IT tech so i use my phone all day every day. after uninstalling google maps like i stated in the OP i had 55 percent after a whole day at work and 40 percent at 1130 pm. i took it off the charger at 615 that morning. I highly encourage people to try it if you have bad batter life on your bolt. i used to use setcpu etc to control stuff but this works way better
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im an IT tech so i use my phone all day every day. after uninstalling google maps like i stated in the OP i had 55 percent after a whole day at work and 40 percent at 1130 pm. i took it off the charger at 615 that morning. I highly encourage people to try it if you have bad batter life on your bolt. i used to use setcpu etc to control stuff but this works way better
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Is there an alternative GPS app to use that won't keep opening?
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Is there an alternative GPS app to use that won't keep opening?
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i have no idea. my navigation never worked on my bolt since day 1 and google maps only works wel for me if im connected to wifi otherwise it kind of hops around and doesnt get my exact location.
beeholtz said:
i have no idea. my navigation never worked on my bolt since day 1 and google maps only works wel for me if im connected to wifi otherwise it kind of hops around and doesnt get my exact location.
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It has been flawless for me since day 1, so good i gave my tom tom away. Cant live without it in my industry.
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Is there an alternative GPS app to use that won't keep opening?
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I used Waze and is the only navigation app that I use.
I fixed my battery life issues just by disabling Verizon's gps service. For some reason it seems to always track you.
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ya even when i disabled my gps i still had battery life issues although it helped. im telling you i uninstalled google maps and now at the end of my work day after heavy to moderate use i have 70 % left. its crazy i never dreamed i could do that from day 1 because of such horrible battery life
I removed maps and I get a little bit better battery life. I don't know if you are using wifi or not while you are working but that could have a lot to do with the increase you are seeing as well.
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I noticed maps runs all the time but because I get decent battery life (CM7, Imo's184hz kernel undervolted even beyond extreme using incredicontrol) I never thought much of it. I did notice when I killed it it runs back immediately. I'm going to freeze it with titanium and see if it makes a difference.
Hello readers! I was checking my battery usage and noticed that Facebook used over a day of GPS yet I have location off and haven't "checked in" or used anything that would warrant location use. Tips?
Uninstall the app and use their webpage. The browser allows blocking of location.
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Hello readers! I was checking my battery usage and noticed that Facebook used over a day of GPS yet I have location off and haven't "checked in" or used anything that would warrant location use. Tips?
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Best solution is Greenify.
I think the Facebook app always uses your location and keeps running the background. Use AppOps to deny the permission and also greenify it if you are rooted.
Thanks. Not rooted yet and this is the first time this has happened. Wonder if something stuck. I'll see how it does today.
Tap you're battery graph so you can see when and how often your GPS was pegged.
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Tap you're battery graph so you can see when and how often your GPS was pegged.
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Didn't you see the time in the Facebook breakdown screenshot? It said 1day 2hrs of GPS use which is impossible so if anything i'll imagine it's a GUI bug/glitch in the meter. No way ANYTHING could be using GPS for that long and have it last 12hrs much less 24hrs . Drive with Google Maps for 30mins and it sucks 20% of your battery using GPS.
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Didn't you see the time in the Facebook breakdown screenshot? It said 1day 2hrs of GPS use which is impossible so if anything i'll imagine it's a GUI bug/glitch in the meter. No way ANYTHING could be using GPS for that long and have it last 12hrs much less 24hrs . Drive with Google Maps for 30mins and it sucks 20% of your battery using GPS.
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That's the first thing I noticed! Shocked the heck out of me. I'll be keeping an eye out on it to make sure it doesn't do it again.
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Didn't you see the time in the Facebook breakdown screenshot? It said 1day 2hrs of GPS use which is impossible so if anything i'll imagine it's a GUI bug/glitch in the meter. No way ANYTHING could be using GPS for that long and have it last 12hrs much less 24hrs . Drive with Google Maps for 30mins and it sucks 20% of your battery using GPS.
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I noticed that but I was wondering what it would look like on the actual graph. Would it just be pegged blue for the entire day or was it sporadically being pegged etc.
Best solution ever:
GET RID OF FACEBOOK lol
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Best solution ever:
GET RID OF FACEBOOK lol
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Best solution. :good:
If I didn't have family all over the country that use it to watch my kids grow, I wouldn't have it.
So I got the s8+ two days ago and I gotta say, I'm not that impressed with the battery, my nexus 6p was more reliable.. Just got home from work and had ~17% left with 3.5h sot. This means that when I get home from work I'll have to charge my phone for half an hour atleast before I can go out and enjoy my spare time, I can't just go out straight from work
Anyone have any pointers?
Some key notes, no wifi at work (working within the government in Sweden is retarded)
And the 4g is pretty weak.
Brightness is around 50% and I have disabled bixby and 100 other services (package disabler)
Played games for like 1h
Some browsing, no video watching
Nobody called me during the say because I'm an asshole
That's pretty much it
Two days isn't really a good test to see what the battery life will be like. Especially since you are installing apps and setting up the phone.
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I suggest use a black theme to save battery, as AMOLED screens doesn't need much power producing black color.
Also in the bottom of Battery settings, there's "always sleeping apps". Add all apps here that you don't need running in the background.
Also disable mobile internet if not needed, or at least turn on data saver.
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Two days isn't really a good test to see what the battery life will be like. Especially since you are installing apps and setting up the phone.
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I suggest use a black theme to save battery, as AMOLED screens doesn't need much power producing black color.
Also in the bottom of Battery settings, there's "always sleeping apps". Add all apps here that you don't need running in the background.
Also disable mobile internet if not needed, or at least turn on data saver.
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Yeah im happy both of you responded to me, I do realize that 2 days is way too soon to judge the battery, and I am not going to do so, you are both right and I did follow the advice you posted, got all the apps I don't need running in the background etc! Thanks guys, let's see if I end up with more %tomorrow after work
WOW! I wonder what's draining you so quickly? I'm getting right at 7hrs SOT with no WiFi and marginal cell service at work!
You must've disabled an app that keeps pinging the system. Try to enable all apps and go from there. You shouldn't have to disable anything. Just watch for resource hungry apps like Facebook or Snapchat
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WOW! I wonder what's draining you so quickly? I'm getting right at 7hrs SOT with no WiFi and marginal cell service at work!
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You must've disabled an app that keeps pinging the system. Try to enable all apps and go from there. You shouldn't have to disable anything. Just watch for resource hungry apps like Facebook or Snapchat
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Yeah im not enjoying this.. it's been 3 hours, barely used the phone and im down to 80% already (30 min sot)
I renabled everything in package disabler again, won't be using it untill people get more comfortable and researched in the subject of matter.
4g signal is pretty bad at work though, and these idiots dont have wifi lol. (getting like 1-2 bars)
Maybe it was package disabler causing the problem, if you disable something which something else relies on it might constantly try and connect to the disabled package causing battery draining
if you do continue to have a poor experience i definitely suggest using a pure black theme, This will boost your SOT buy a few hours minimum
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Maybe it was package disabler causing the problem, if you disable something which something else relies on it might constantly try and connect to the disabled package causing battery draining
if you do continue to have a poor experience i definitely suggest using a pure black theme, This will boost your SOT buy a few hours minimum
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I did re-enable all apps within package disabler again in the morning, im at 65% now thats 5h battery usage and 1.5h SOT.
How are people getting 8-9 hours SOT... HOW
also I am using a black theme atm, it's the "high contrast" on samsung theme store
I appreciate the help
You may have a dud. I'm coming from a 6p too and I usually have about 30% batter at the end of the day when I was shutting down right before leaving. I run a dark substratum theme with brightness at 35%. I get 6hrs but I stream video and game off and on.Give it a few days and if things don't improve try a new one.
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I did re-enable all apps within package disabler again in the morning, im at 65% now thats 5h battery usage and 1.5h SOT.
How are people getting 8-9 hours SOT... HOW
also I am using a black theme atm, it's the "high contrast" on samsung theme store
I appreciate the help
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Hey man. I had this same issue when i bought my phone. Apparently my phone wasn't going into deep sleep mode. Install an app called CPU spy and you'll be able to see if you're phone isn't going into deep sleep due to an app. If your phone is going into deep sleep but you still have battery drain like that. It could be a defective device. Btw the issue I had was facebook app. I disabled it and now I'm getting at least 8:30 hours sot.
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You may have a dud. I'm coming from a 6p too and I usually have about 30% batter at the end of the day when I was shutting down right before leaving. I run a dark substratum theme with brightness at 35%. I get 6hrs but I stream video and game off and on.Give it a few days and if things don't improve try a new one.
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Hey man. I had this same issue when i bought my phone. Apparently my phone wasn't going into deep sleep mode. Install an app called CPU spy and you'll be able to see if you're phone isn't going into deep sleep due to an app. If your phone is going into deep sleep but you still have battery drain like that. It could be a defective device. Btw the issue I had was facebook app. I disabled it and now I'm getting at least 8:30 hours sot.
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I'll look into that theme, thank you for the tip Vermicious!
I am going to install cpu spy, I do use facebook, i dont know why tbh, might actually disable it and might just use the messenger app whitch is the app i pretty much only use anyways (for social media)
I have verified that I can return the phone unlike my note 3 that I bought a couple of years ago (battery laster 4 hours first charge, wanted to return it but since i had peeled the plastic off they rejekted it lol, such dicks xD)
Other than the battery being a big off the device is absolutely incredible, I am happy I gave samsung another chance, (I had sworn to never use a samsung device again after the note3)
again, many thanks for taking your time to look into my issue!