Battery?!! - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys..,
I just bought an awesome nexus 5 D821 32GB from week ago and I flashed Franco kernel and I'm still on KK 4.4.4 but I think the battery drains faster!
Check that pic plz, am I wrong?!

mEmoZz said:
Hey guys..,
I just bought an awesome nexus 5 D821 32GB from week ago and I flashed Franco kernel and I'm still on KK 4.4.4 but I think the battery drains faster!
Check that pic plz, am I wrong?!
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if its not working for you then flash the stock kernel back

The battery is like that lol

chaco81 said:
if its not working for you then flash the stock kernel back
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I Just flashed franco yesterday and i have the same with the stock and that's the reason that i flashed franco.
dicecuber said:
The battery is like that lol
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It was appeared in tapatalk! -_-

Well the screenshot tells us nothing. You'd have to give us all the battery screen shots. But from what I can see, 14 minutes on battery, a lot of screen use and some gaming... 3% isn't bad at all. You can't really judge anything on 15 minutes though.

mEmoZz said:
Hey guys..,
I just bought an awesome nexus 5 D821 32GB from week ago and I flashed Franco kernel and I'm still on KK 4.4.4 but I think the battery drains faster!
Check that pic plz, am I wrong?!
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While the N5 is one seriously amazing device, one thing it is not known for is having great battery life. You'll get used to it.
Sent from my iPhone 6 using Tapatalk

rootSU said:
Well the screenshot tells us nothing. You'd have to give us all the battery screen shots. But from what I can see, 14 minutes on battery, a lot of screen use and some gaming... 3% isn't bad at all. You can't really judge anything on 15 minutes though.
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I know that's not long time sage but i mean it's 3% in 14 mins so fast drain as a new phone!
This is my phone right nw
and compared to this screenshot from youtube video N5 uses franco kernel
i found my battery's not good!
tell me what u think please?!
_MetalHead_ said:
While the N5 is one seriously amazing device, one thing it is not known for is having great battery life. You'll get used to it.
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I already know that about the N5 battery, but i think it's particular problem with my phone.

You're still not showing all the screen shots. Your battery is fine. Look at the screen usage % of the other screen shot. Much less than yours
Here's the deal, if you use the screen, your battery goes down. Nothing new here.

rootSU said:
You're still not showing all the screen shots. Your battery is fine. Look at the screen usage % of the other screen shot. Much less than yours
Here's the deal, if you use the screen, your battery goes down. Nothing new here.
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So how to reduce that screen usage?

mEmoZz said:
So how to reduce that screen usage?
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Only 2 things affect screen battery use.
1) the amount of time you use the screen
2) the brightness of the screen.
So turn it down or turn it off.

Playing games will drop your battery fast. No way around it. ?

mEmoZz said:
I know that's not long time sage but i mean it's 3% in 14 mins so fast drain as a new phone!
This is my phone right nw
and compared to this screenshot from youtube video N5 uses franco kernel
i found my battery's not good!
tell me what u think please?!
I already know that about the N5 battery, but i think it's particular problem with my phone.
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You can see they didn't play a game in their screen shot, where as you spent some time playing clash of clans. Gaming will always drain your battery quickly and this is not a unique behavior with the Nexus 5.
Also the higher frames per second your phone can achieve the quicker your battery will drain. This makes an interesting situation as once your phone gets hot and throttles down it will actually last longer as the frames get lower. If you were to limit the FPS or CPU clock speed you could actually game for longer.
Usage, Settings, and Signal determine battery life. This would be an example of how different usage will obtain different battery life.

so i perfer to have a battary case, this phone battary so tinty

Yeah i got that, thanks a lot guys!

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Easy way to back to 4.3?

Hello is there an easy way to go back to 4.3?? if not yet i hope a good guy from XDA will provide an easy way
diecast said:
Hello is there an easy way to go back to 4.3?? if not yet i hope a good guy from XDA will provide an easy way
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[GUIDE] Moto G - Restore stock firmware
this is something I'm considering, just to get my battery drain under control. unless someone tells me it was there then and I imagined it was loads better.
eemgee said:
this is something I'm considering, just to get my battery drain under control. unless someone tells me it was there then and I imagined it was loads better.
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Im using 4.3 and battery is good,
airplane mode uses a max of 1% overnight , have just put it on charge after 1 day 17 hours of mixed use on wifi and 3G and the screen time was just over 9 hours. appears to be getting better all the time.
quizmaniac said:
Im using 4.3 and battery is good,
airplane mode uses a max of 1% overnight , have just put it on charge after 1 day 17 hours of mixed use on wifi and 3G and the screen time was just over 9 hours. appears to be getting better all the time.
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do you use g now by any chance? my 4.4 is fine until I switch that and location on.
eemgee said:
this is something I'm considering, just to get my battery drain under control. unless someone tells me it was there then and I imagined it was loads better.
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I can assure you, kitkat doesn't affect your battery consumption. There must be something else wrong, that you are suffering from battery drain.
-=bhf=- said:
I can assure you, kitkat doesn't affect your battery consumption. There must be something else wrong, that you are suffering from battery drain.
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Indeed, battery life on 4.4.2 GPE is incredible for me.
eemgee said:
do you use g now by any chance? my 4.4 is fine until I switch that and location on.
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no i don't use g now so dont know if it would effect my battery.

Battery drains to fast!!!

I recently bought a nexus 5. I was really happy till i noticed that the battery drains super fast. It only lasts 8 to 9 hours i even flashed francos kernel whit cataclyst rom still no improvement. I boughted new battery and replaced it. I had like 12 hours first time i charged now its 8/9 hours again. What can i do ?
first, you need to provide screenshots of your battery AND a better battery stats before we can help you
Droidbox. said:
I recently bought a nexus 5. I was really happy till i noticed that the battery drains super fast. It only lasts 8 to 9 hours i even flashed francos kernel whit cataclyst rom still no improvement. I boughted new battery and replaced it. I had like 12 hours first time i charged now its 8/9 hours again. What can i do ?
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battery life is not dependent on what you flash. there is no such thing as a magic pill to flash to automatically give you good battery life. battery life is dependent on how you personally use your phone, how you personally set up your phone, what apps you chose to install, and very much depending on the quality of your phone/data connection.
...you bought and manually installed a new battery on your recently bought N5 before finding out what apps were causing the drain? Yikes. But yeah try better battery stats or wakelock detector to see what apps are draining it.
Mine's been off the charger for 29 hours so far and I still have 37% left. Depends how you use it. A good signal helps.
Sent from my Nexus 5
dicecuber said:
The nexus 5 battery sucks
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it follows your lead
Droidbox. said:
I recently bought a nexus 5. I was really happy till i noticed that the battery drains super fast. It only lasts 8 to 9 hours i even flashed francos kernel whit cataclyst rom still no improvement. I boughted new battery and replaced it. I had like 12 hours first time i charged now its 8/9 hours again. What can i do ?
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i call BS on replacing the battery
dicecuber said:
The nexus 5 battery sucks
Sent from my Nexus 5
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funny im sitting on 24 hours with moderate use ...
battery status
simms22 said:
battery life is not dependent on what you flash. there is no such thing as a magic pill to flash to automatically give you good battery life. battery life is dependent on how you personally use your phone, how you personally set up your phone, what apps you chose to install, and very much depending on the quality of your phone/data connection.
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Alroght , here are the battery stats
Droidbox. said:
Alroght , here are the battery stats
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Make screenshots from wakelock detector and betterbatterystats too
CheesyNutz said:
i call BS on replacing the battery
funny im sitting on 24 hours with moderate use ...
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press on the screen use percentage, whats the screen on time?
battery status
GtrCraft said:
Make screenshots from wakelock detector and betterbatterystats too
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Here you go i hope there is a solution
Droidbox. said:
Here you go i hope there is a solution
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I think it's google now that ia taking so much (probably location service too)
Turn off google now if you dont use it or at least the ''Ok Google'' feature
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Here you go i hope there is a solution
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your battery life seems pretty average, not bad and not great. youll get about 3.5 hours screen on time total. sure, you can play with your settings/set up some to try to get it a little better. but, depending on your data/phone connection(quality of), you might not get much better(or you can get it much better).
You can also try going into your location settings and ticking the "Battery saving" mode.
I can confirm that data/phone connection quality has a huge impact.
At work my office is on the second of five floors with its windows faced to a very narrow court. So there is almost no connection and often the phone is switching between 2G, 3G and 4G all the time. If additionally the screen is on very often (due to messages, mails, etc.) the battery usually doesn't last longer than 5 to 6 hours.
A dutch guy . So am I.
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K...just for one day do the following. ....start at 100 percent too.
Turn off location services. Turn off Google now. In the Google settings app, go into android device manager and uncheck both items. Turn off sync. Uninstall or freeze Facebook app and fitness app your screen shot listed. Freeze Google plus as well, if you're rooted. If not....sign out of it, or turn its sync off at least. Use browser for Facebook and google plus for the day.
Don't play ANY games.
Also, see how your signal strength is. If you are losing signal completely ....that will destroy your battery.
Do these things and see how your battery is. If its much better, then you can try turning things back on....one thing per day. And when your battery gets bad again....you know its the last thing you turned on.
See how it goes.
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kj2112 said:
K...just for one day do the following. ....start at 100 percent too.
Turn off location services. Turn off Google now. In the Google settings app, go into android device manager and uncheck both items. Turn off sync. Uninstall or freeze Facebook app and fitness app your screen shot listed. Freeze Google plus as well, if you're rooted. If not....sign out of it, or turn its sync off at least. Use browser for Facebook and google plus for the day.
Don't play ANY games.
Also, see how your signal strength is. If you are losing signal completely ....that will destroy your battery.
Do these things and see how your battery is. If its much better, then you can try turning things back on....one thing per day. And when your battery gets bad again....you know its the last thing you turned on.
See how it goes.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
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Thank you very much im taking your advice
some of you guys complain way to much, be glad you have a nexus 5.
Also try what the above user said, turn all social networking and weather/fitness/gps apps off as well as un-used radios ie: bluethooth,wifi, ect :good:
oh & it helps to have a nice kernel -- flash ElementalX / lower screen brightness as well. I dont get the BEST battery life but it last through most of the day for me. cheers :highfive:
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Thank you very much im taking your advice
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best of luck!

Bad battery life on my recent Nexus 5

Hello,
I got a second Nexus 5 after my first one suddenly developed a modem fault and refused to work in 2G areas. This time, I got one in red, used, manufactured in March 2014. The phone is in great condition and is as good as new.
Problem is, the battery life is really bad. I'm on stock rom with ElementalX 1.12 and despite undervolting by -25 on all frequencies, my battery life is as shown in the images below. I easily got 3.5-4 hours of SOT with some 15-20% battery remaining on my previous Nexus 5 which I got in December 2013. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is the only phone I can afford right now and I'll have to live with this purchase till at least next year. Thank you.
P.S: I'm down to 22% within the last 30 minutes with an extra 10 minutes of SoT while doing nothing but keeping the screen active.
How's your signal?
Signal is generally good. I was travelling to a remote location today hence the poorer signal but on any day, my battery is pretty much the same. Especially now that I'm back home with a solid signal, it's still dropping battery.
whisky_ said:
Hello,
I got a second Nexus 5 after my first one suddenly developed a modem fault and refused to work in 2G areas. This time, I got one in red, used, manufactured in March 2014. The phone is in great condition and is as good as new.
Problem is, the battery life is really bad. I'm on stock rom with ElementalX 1.12 and despite undervolting by -25 on all frequencies, my battery life is as shown in the images below. I easily got 3.5-4 hours of SOT with some 15-20% battery remaining on my previous Nexus 5 which I got in December 2013. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is the only phone I can afford right now and I'll have to live with this purchase till at least next year. Thank you.
P.S: I'm down to 22% within the last 30 minutes with an extra 10 minutes of SoT while doing nothing but keeping the screen active.
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your battery is fine. the longer you go without charging, the shorter amount of screen time youre gonna get. im a heavy user, and use up my battery within 10 hours, but i see 5h sot every day. you are using closer to 24 hours but are seeing 3.5-4h sot. i see nothing wrong with your battery. lower your brightness some and youll see better battery. keep your brightness around 20%.
20 hours, 33% remaining, what's the issue? 3hrs SoT is what is to be expected without reducing the settings that drain your battery. A small undervolt and custom kernel aren't going to affect your run time noticeably, so you've actually yet to do anything significant to increase battery life. That would require adjusting settings to maximize run time.
For more information, see the battery help thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-life-help-troubleshoot-battery-t2785128
EDIT - just saw it was already linked.
Hello,
I am using nexus 5 for couple of days now. Recently I am getting this running process "mm-qcamera-daemon" which is eating 31% of my battery life. (Check my screenshots attached) which is even greater than screen % of about 16% only.
The battery drains real quick. Even though I reboot the phone,it doesn't work.
I also keep getting error message of "cannot connect to camera".
Romush,
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romusht said:
Hello,
I am using nexus 5 for couple of days now. Recently I am getting this running process "mm-qcamera-daemon" which is eating 31% of my battery life. (Check my screenshots attached) which is even greater than screen % of about 16% only.
The battery drains real quick. Even though I reboot the phone,it doesn't work.
I also keep getting error message of "cannot connect to camera".
Romush,
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reboot to get rid of the battery loss. and where did you buy your n5? and is a warrenty exchange possible? since your having camera issues as well. you can try going to the main settings, apps, yhen find the camera app and clear its data.
Hi simms22,
I cleared the app data and rebooted. But still same mm-qcamera-daemon is still there eating up my 31% battery.
Is that a bug or issue with my ROM??
I bought it from 3rd person so no exchange possible.
Should I be worried about my battery??
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romusht said:
Hi simms22,
I cleared the app data and rebooted. But still same mm-qcamera-daemon is still there eating up my 31% battery.
Is that a bug or issue with my ROM??
I bought it from 3rd person so no exchange possible.
Should I be worried about my battery??
Sent from my Nexus 5
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it could be a bug with the rom you are running, if its a custom rom. if so, id flash the factory img first. btw, which version of android is running? anyways, if after flashing the factory img it still happens, i suspect a hardware issue if your camera is not working. so, after a full run, it uses that much battery or is that only in the very beginning, when you just start using after unplugging?
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romusht said:
Hi simms22,
I cleared the app data and rebooted. But still same mm-qcamera-daemon is still there eating up my 31% battery.
Is that a bug or issue with my ROM??
I bought it from 3rd person so no exchange possible.
Should I be worried about my battery??
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ok, i didn't see the screenshot before. i see. do you use the camera?
Hi simms22,
I am using stock ROM running on andrioid 4.4.4
This issue doesn't always arise. But happens In like 3-4 days.
Yes I do use the camera.
When I reboot it. It works fine for couple of days again.
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romusht said:
Hi simms22,
I am using stock ROM running on andrioid 4.4.4
This issue doesn't always arise. But happens In like 3-4 days.
Yes I do use the camera.
When I reboot it. It works fine for couple of days again.
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ok, then you just have the normal bug with the daemon. after using the cam, reboot. and that should keep it from appearing mostly.
The bug is bugging me. Whenever you need the camera most it shows the error.
Anything you can help me with again.
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romusht said:
The bug is bugging me. Whenever you need the camera most it shows the error.
Anything you can help me with again.
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just clearing the camera apps data and rebooting.
How long does it take for your nexus charge with 5V 1.2A adaptor??
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romusht said:
How long does it take for your nexus charge with 5V 1.2A adaptor??
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About 4 hours on my wireless pad mate (throws out about 1.0 amp)
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romusht said:
How long does it take for your nexus charge with 5V 1.2A adaptor??
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100 minutes with a dual usb 4.1 amp charger

Is Honor 8 nougat beta stable for daily use ?

Does it have a lot of bugs? How is the battery and etc?
For me, the battery life is crap, apart from that I'd say it's stable enough.
mr.jelly said:
For me, the battery life is crap, apart from that I'd say it's stable enough.
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On B316?
mr.jelly said:
For me, the battery life is crap, apart from that I'd say it's stable enough.
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How can you say that ? I get more SoT on Nougat, like 5-6 hours with like 30-40 minutes of gaming.
On marshmallow i get like 5 hours.
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Does it have a lot of bugs? How is the battery and etc?
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No bugs, everything looks fine for me, fast and fluid. I get more battery on Nougat then on Marshamallow.
Sheldd said:
How can you say that ? I get more SoT on Nougat, like 5-6 hours with like 30-40 minutes of gaming.
On marshmallow i get like 5 hours.
No bugs, everything looks fine for me, fast and fluid. I get more battery on Nougat then on Marshamallow.
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Thanks for reply
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On B316?
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B320
For me i miss some things on marshmallow like the smart power plan....battery life isn't so great for me whether on marshmallow or nougat :/ i don;t kno how you guys set up your phones but even after calibrating i notice a significant drain
Sheldd said:
How can you say that ? I get more SoT on Nougat, like 5-6 hours with like 30-40 minutes of gaming.
On marshmallow i get like 5 hours.
No bugs, everything looks fine for me, fast and fluid. I get more battery on Nougat then on Marshamallow.
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Had 5-6 on Marshmallow, on the Beta the battery is draining like crazy, usually have to charge twice a day with light usage. Factory reset didn't do nothing, same apps as before. Might do another factory reset or go back to Marshmallow after the holidays.
mr.jelly said:
Had 5-6 on Marshmallow, on the Beta the battery is draining like crazy, usually have to charge twice a day with light usage. Factory reset didn't do nothing, same apps as before. Might do another factory reset or go back to Marshmallow after the holidays.
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exactly the same issue....on marshmallow is a bit better cause of the extra power plans....i wonder if rooting and using greenify and amplify will help
trainpunk said:
exactly the same issue....on marshmallow is a bit better cause of the extra power plans....i wonder if rooting and using greenify and amplify will help
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I never messed with the power plans, just went with performance, haha!
Might help, give it a try, I haven't got time to mess around with anything now for a week or two.
mr.jelly said:
I never messed with the power plans, just went with performance, haha!
Might help, give it a try, I haven't got time to mess around with anything now for a week or two.
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Where did you find power plans in nougat ?
sTefIx420 said:
Where did you find power plans in nougat ?
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Nowhere, meant on Marshmallow
trainpunk said:
For me i miss some things on marshmallow like the smart power plan....battery life isn't so great for me whether on marshmallow or nougat :/ i don;t kno how you guys set up your phones but even after calibrating i notice a significant drain
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It depends on number of apps you install , number of apps running in background . Time u keep you data connection open . all above will drain it battery faster so use minimal except basic apps
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It depends on number of apps you install , number of apps running in background . Time u keep you data connection open . all above will drain it battery faster so use minimal except basic apps
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Figured all that already...always close all apps when the screen is off, never connect to wifi or data while the screen is off, smart power plan, reduce resolution, disable bloatware i don't use etc..... for sure i can have my phone without charging for 3 days but what is the point is my screen on time is 4hrs or maybe less in Nougat is even worse imo.... Even after emptying the battery charge to 100% and recalibrating twice
Also something irrelevant i noticed after downgrading back using another region update.app is that the theme store have more themes now that before they weren't there
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Where did you find power plans in nougat ?
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No power plans on Nougat. It's something like this, for performance you dont need to do anything.
The batttery saver is in Phone Manager, then you have the option to lower the resolution which i dont think it works because nothing changing when i turn it on and the Ultra saver.
I noticed more standby battery drain in EMUI5.0 (B320) than EMUI4.1. I believe Android OS uses more power than before (I don't remember how much it uses in 4.1, but it uses a lot in 5.0).
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No power plans on Nougat. It's something like this, for performance you dont need to do anything.
The batttery saver is in Phone Manager, then you have the option to lower the resolution which i dont think it works because nothing changing when i turn it on and the Ultra saver.
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the smart power plan is missing though!!! which i find it important cause sometimes you don't need neither perfomance nor battery save
trainpunk said:
the smart power plan is missing though!!! which i find it important cause sometimes you don't need neither perfomance nor battery save
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I think the smart power plan is the same thing as battery saver
Sheldd said:
No power plans on Nougat. It's something like this, for performance you dont need to do anything.
The batttery saver is in Phone Manager, then you have the option to lower the resolution which i dont think it works because nothing changing when i turn it on and the Ultra saver.
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Changing the resolution won't change anything in view . but look here , in order to display a video with 1080p resolution you are using much CPU power where as when u watching the same video at 480p resolution , it requires much juice . only thing u miss is display quality which is negligible.
Wow battery drain is epic i turn everything off and went to sleep with 60% and i wake up with my phone dead..

Samsung Galaxy S8+ Dual Sim International version heavy batter drainage

I've just bought my phone two days ago, but it seems to have a really awful problem, my battery is draining like hell, I don't get more than 7 hours SOT and sometimes my SOTs are aweful.
Take a look at the screenshots.
Is it normal? Tell me if it isn't so that I can take it for a replacement.
One of the screenshots are from 100 percent to 14 and the other one is from 100 percent to 79
Also my phone is always warm and I think that it's too much warm sometimes.
JohnSmit268 said:
I've just bought my phone two days ago, but it seems to have a really awful problem, my battery is draining like hell, I don't get more than 7 hours SOT and sometimes my SOTs are aweful.
Take a look at the screenshots.
Is it normal? Tell me if it isn't so that I can take it for a replacement.
One of the screenshots are from 100 percent to 14 and the other one is from 100 percent to 79
Also my phone is always warm and I think that it's too much warm sometimes.
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If your phone is quite new , then I'd suggest that you should most probably put your phone through many charge discharge cycles . if the problem still persists then I'd really advice you to take a replacement
pallavkeshari said:
If your phone is quite new , then I'd suggest that you should most probably put your phone through many charge discharge cycles . if the problem still persists then I'd really advice you to take a replacement
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Thanks for your help, I'll try to do some more charge cycles and see what happens, may I ask if you own a S8+? I'm curious about your SOT, wanna know how much the standard of it is.
JohnSmit268 said:
Thanks for your help, I'll try to do some more charge cycles and see what happens, may I ask if you own a S8+? I'm curious about your SOT, wanna know how much the standard of it is.
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How much would be considered ok? At the moment i get around 8h 56min with 14% left. Is this a good value?
JohnSmit268 said:
Thanks for your help, I'll try to do some more charge cycles and see what happens, may I ask if you own a S8+? I'm curious about your SOT, wanna know how much the standard of it is.
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On my S8 i get 7-8 hours on an average SOT .
Mine is the worse. I can only get 4h SOT in a day.
pallavkeshari said:
On my S8 i get 7-8 hours on an average SOT .
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I have to ask, do you use mobile data frequently?
Mine is always on.
From0toHero said:
How much would be considered ok? At the moment i get around 8h 56min with 14% left. Is this a good value?
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Yes I think? I get only 7 hours with no batterry left.
7 hours SOT is good. You have no reason to complain about that.
Also, you need to wait a week for everything to settle, and let the Samsung power monitor start putting unused apps to sleep.
Also, dual SIM phones will use more battery than single SIM.
the_scotsman said:
Also, dual SIM phones will use more battery than single SIM.
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Only if the second SIM is actually in use, otherwise it doesn't.
@JohnSmit268 I have a Dual SIM S8+ as well, only use it with 1 SIM, but I get about the same battery life as you do, slightly better but I'm happy with it. I've put some apps to sleep permanently so they don't run in the background and I use it at about 30% brightness.
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Only if the second SIM is actually in use, otherwise it doesn't.
@JohnSmit268 I have a Dual SIM S8+ as well, only use it with 1 SIM, but I get about the same battery life as you do, slightly better but I'm happy with it. I've put some apps to sleep permanently so they don't run in the background and I use it at about 30% brightness.
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So I think that my phone has no problems. Also can I ask what screen resolution you're using?
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So I think that my phone has no problems. Also can I ask what screen resolution you're using?
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Full res WQHD+.
I didn't like the 1080p downscaling. It looks like crap.
murtaza02 said:
Full res WQHD+.
I didn't like the 1080p downscaling. It looks like crap.
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So I think I need to examine my phone at full res and see how it performs.
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So I think I need to examine my phone at full res and see how it performs.
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I noticed your computed power usage with 7h SOT was 1633 mAh, that's a lot higher than mine.
With 30% brightness, full res display, and a black theme, my computed power usage with around 7 and a half hours of SOT is only around 800 mAh.
Do you use AOD?
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I noticed your computed power usage with 7h SOT was 1633 mAh, that's a lot higher than mine.
With 30% brightness, full res display, and a black theme, my computed power usage with around 7 and a half hours of SOT is only around 800 mAh.
Do you use AOD?
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Yep, I read somewhere that it doesn't have much effect on battery consumption.
Now I'm charging my phone to 100%, see how the phone performs without AOD on full res. I really feel the drainage is faster than it should be, let's see what happens.
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Now I'm charging my phone to 100%, see how the phone performs without AOD on full res. I really feel the drainage is faster than it should be, let's see what happens.
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Cool, let us know how it goes then.
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I have to ask, do you use mobile data frequently?
Mine is always on.
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Yeah , my mobile data LTE is always on and I use regular stuff and YouTube (2 hours ) daily
Difference between FHD and WQHD+ is negligible and makes almost no difference to battery usage.
If you think 7 hours SOT is not good, then you are honestly very much mistaken. It is very good.
But you simply cannot compare easily with someone else. There are so many factors that change. Signal strength, wifi strength, how often you use wifi and data, brightness, auto brightness, AOD, vibration, sound, bluetooth, NFC, apps installed, apps used, apps running in the background, location settings. They all make a difference and vary between every device.
Colour of wallpaper will make a big difference too. Wallpaper with lots of black will save power because of how AMOLED displays work, so that will also makes a difference between every device too.
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Cool, let us know how it goes then.
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Don't know if it's luck or something, or maybe it's a one time happening but this is my test result, with the draining speed I have, it can give me around 9 to 10 hours SOT. I had the 3G always on, my brightness was more than half. This SOT is outstanding, I wish my device maintain this. I turned off AOD, switched to a black theme and used full res display.
Just wondering why the screen usage is that high. 2400 mAh...

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